gb news, the battle of the dambusters base hits its target. >> campaigners win their fight for a judicial review over housing asylum seekers at the former raf station scampton. we've got the latest live from court . court. >> put the popcorn away. you could be facing a long wait to see your favourite stars on the big screen as hollywood grinds

to a halt. the cast of the summer blockbuster oppenheimer walk out of the london premiere as actors strike over pay and conditions and the use of ai . conditions and the use of ai. >> a deadly warning to britain's houday >> a deadly warning to britain's holiday makers as europe breaks all time heat records. zoo animals in spain get popsicle treats . aukus. but for millions treats. aukus. but for millions of others, it's not so appetising. >> we'll also be having a little poke around buckingham palace as the coronation exhibition opens to the public today. >> yes, we'll bring you a peek of king charles's robe. there it is. and the coronation coach to courtesy of our exclusive tour guide, our royal correspondent , guide, our royal correspondent, cameron walker. first, the latest headlines with rhiannon .

latest headlines with rhiannon. >> thank you, mark. good afternoon . it's 12:02. your top afternoon. it's 12:02. your top stories from the newsroom . two stories from the newsroom. two councils as we've been hearing, have been given permission to go to the high court to challenge the home office decision to house migrants at former raf bases. house migrants at former raf bases . west lindsey district bases. west lindsey district council opposes the use of raf scampton in lincolnshire. brain tree council is challenging the use of wethersfield airfield in essex. the decision comes after 46 asylum seekers have already arrived at wethersfield field on wednesday . junior doctors in wednesday. junior doctors in england have said they're in it for the long run. on day two of their five day strike. that's despite the government's offer of a 6% pay rise, which the prime minister says is final. the british medical association says more strikes are possible . says more strikes are possible. they want an offer closer to the 12.4% given to junior doctors in in scotland . meanwhile, all four

in scotland. meanwhile, all four teaching unions have called for their strikes to be cancelled , their strikes to be cancelled, saying members should accept the 6.5% pay rise they've been offered the education secretary, gillian keegan , told gb news how gillian keegan, told gb news how it's being funded . it's being funded. >> the treasury what they usually do with departments is any spend that you don't get, you don't make . so if your you don't make. so if your forecast is too high or you you don't deliver as quickly as you thought and all of those underspends, they always go back to the treasury and then they reprioritise it on behalf of the government. but in this case they've permitted us to keep those underspend. so what i've been doing is going through line by line every bit of the budget, looking at the forecast, looking at we could at the programmes that we could maybe started yet, we at the programmes that we could maybeslow started yet, we at the programmes that we could maybeslow down started yet, we at the programmes that we could maybeslow down andirted yet, we at the programmes that we could maybeslow down and that'set, we at the programmes that we could maybeslow down and that's how e could slow down and that's how we've done it . we've done it. >> two british men have been sentenced for smuggling seven indian migrants, including women and children, into the uk and the boots of their cars. one man who was stopped in dover in 2018 has been given three and a half

years for assisting unlawful immigration. three indian nationals claiming to be afghan sikhs were found in the boot of his car. his co—accused, who had four indian nationals in his , four indian nationals in his, has been jailed for three years and two months. also for assisting unlawful immigration . assisting unlawful immigration. almost a thousand workers at gatwick airport , including gatwick airport, including baggage handlers and check in staff, will stage eight days of strikes later this month. unite union says there because of ongoing pay disputes, workers will walk out for four days from friday. the 28th, then again from friday the 4th of august for another four days. airlines affected include british airways , easyjet, ryanair, tui , westjet , easyjet, ryanair, tui, westjet and wizz air . , easyjet, ryanair, tui, westjet and wizz air. people have , easyjet, ryanair, tui, westjet and wizz air . people have been and wizz air. people have been forced to pull out their own teeth because they can't access or afford nhs care. a new report by the health and social care committee found 10% of people

admitted to attempting diy dentistry . it says the evidence dentistry. it says the evidence of pain and distress is totally unacceptable in the 21st century. it's calling for urgent and fundamental reform . the nhs and fundamental reform. the nhs says it's already started making changes, including to contracts with dentists , as a breakthrough with dentists, as a breakthrough who may have been made in a bid to unlock boris johnson's old mobile phone after an ally suggested the government had recovered a pin code . the recovered a pin code. the deadune recovered a pin code. the deadline to hand over unredacted messages to the covid inquiry was missed this week due to complications accessing the former prime minister's phone. the device is likely to contain content relating to the ordering of lockdown inns, as well as details on the early response to the coronavirus pandemic. the government has already handed over the rest of mrjohnson's over the rest of mr johnson's documents following a high court order having initially argued it was irrelevant at. experts have said it is still safe to consume a smartphone in limited quantities , despite it being

quantities, despite it being declared a possible cause of cancen declared a possible cause of cancer. the sweeteners used in everything from fizzy drinks to cough sweets and even toothpaste taste. but the world health organisation says the average person would need to drink 1418 cans of a diet soft drink a day to exceed safe levels . tourists to exceed safe levels. tourists are being warned to take care in the extreme heat as temperatures across southern europe and north—west africa topped 40 c. the cerberus heatwave has taken hold of popular british holiday hotspots in the mediterranean, while fires in croatia, sparked by a combination of strong winds and heat , by a combination of strong winds and heat, have burned houses to the houses to the ground. weather alerts are in place across spain's canary islands, italy , cyprus and greece , where italy, cyprus and greece, where authorities expect temperatures to reach up . to 43 c. and king to reach up. to 43 c. and king charles and queen camilla's coronation outfits are going on

display for the very first time. items from the king's coronation will open to the public at buckingham palace from today . buckingham palace from today. the display includes the gold saint edward's crown used in the ceremony and the diamond jubilee state coach that brought king charles to the abbey . this is state coach that brought king charles to the abbey. this is gb news. we'll bring you more as it happens. now, though, it's back over to mark and . over to mark and. pip rhiannon . rhiannon. >> thanks very much indeed. and more now on the live desk on that breaking news from the high court . the latest battle of the court. the latest battle of the dambusters having been played out this over out there in this row over housing seekers at the housing asylum seekers at the historic scampton airbase , a historic raf scampton airbase, a challenge to the home office by the council residents the local council and residents now to go full now allowed to go to full judicial review. >> the council has been battling to stop the government from

housing up to 2000 asylum seekers at the base. a controversial move that has prevented a £300 million regional project for the site, say local residents and councillors. well, let's cross live to our home and security editor mark white, who is outside the royal courts of justice. just explain a little bit more, mark, because we understand that mrs. justice thornton said that two out of the 15 grounds could go ahead to a further hearing on. yes >> so i mean, there was a number of different grounds, 15 as you highlighted there, that the park parties who had brought this case seeking a full judicial review had put forward , and most review had put forward, and most of those were dismissed, but a couple of grounds , including couple of grounds, including this class claim which surround is this national emergency agency declaration that the government has implemented with regard to the small boats crisis

is allowing them effectively to bypass local council planning rules to put asylum seekers in areas that they own, such as ministry of defence sites , which ministry of defence sites, which of course is what scampton is. and the former raf wethersfield , now a ministry of defence base. so on those grounds they can go forward. so i think there's no doubt that this is another blow of sorts to the home office, although we've got to say just because it's going to say just because it's going to a full judicial review doesn't mean that at the end of the day it will fall all in favour of those who are bringing that judicial review. but it at least from them, it's a partial victory because they will be able to have their arguments fully aired in a full high court heanng fully aired in a full high court hearing on the merits and obviously the thrust that they're putting through is that

this national emergency system that the government has put into place to bypass this local planning laws is wrong. and one of the things that we're arguing was just how long would this base be required to house asylum seekers .7 and if it's a national seekers? and if it's a national emergency , would that be one emergency, would that be one year as they're claiming they claim to have seen documents that suggest it could be two, three, even five years that they might be looking to put asylum seekers in the base, that then they claim does not fall? surely under the umbrella of a national emergency . when you're looking emergency. when you're looking at this as a site for much longer term asylum seeker use . yes. >> and where does this leave the process, mark, in terms of it now going to the review because of course at wethersfield, which is the base in essex, 46 asylum seekers already been housed

there . there. >> well, yes. i mean, i have to say it was a real surprise when we learned on wednesday that that the first 46 young men of the 1700 who are planned to be sent to the wethersfield base had actually arrived at that base because we are now in a position with this going to a full judicial review that at the end it is perfectly possible that the high court here might rule that that plan is unlawful. now, if that's the case, presumably , of course, the presumably, of course, the government would try to appeal that. but they've already got people on site and may be putting more more on site in the coming days and weeks, although you would think with it now, going to just judicial review perhaps they will hold off with just the initial 46 there until they've got proper clarity on whether what they are doing is

within the law in terms of their national emergency and their ability to bypass those planning laws is concerned. mark at the high court, thanks very much for updating us on that . updating us on that. >> let's speak now to our east midlands reporter will hollis, who is outside scampton . and who is outside scampton. and will, there's probably a few oh, there are a few protesters with you or certainly one at least. what is the reaction from people gathered there? yes >> well, it's 158 miles away that the decision about scampton is being made at the high court. but this is where it matters. when that news came in that they were going to be getting a full judicial review, there was a little bit of a cheer that rippled through the protesters here. and maybe one of the people that was cheering the loudest is sarah carter from the save our scampton campaign. just your reaction to the next stage of the judicial review? >> well , i of the judicial review? >> well, i mean, we don't know how it's going to go. obviously

we need to find out when it's going to be yet. but the fact that we have been given permission to hold a judicial review says quite a bit because it's not something they take lightly to be given that we know that we've got a fighting chance. so fingers crossed, everything crossed the we win it , you and everybody here at the save our scampton campaign have been outside these gates since that decision was announced in houses of commons in march, where do you see this going from here? >> because it's been a long journey, but i suppose this is the hardest part. now, the final stop. >> it is, yeah. i mean, the support that we've had of people coming up and standing outside the gates has just been amazing. and you've seen the support we've got from people going past and everyone tooting and that. yeah, it's just been amazing. and the next step forward , we're and the next step forward, we're we're going to carry that support as well. and it's . it's support as well. and it's. it's been a lot of sleepless nights

for you, hasn't it. >> why does this matter so much for the people in scampton? we're outside the base right now, but where do you live in relation to the base? >> i live three houses away from the wire separates us from the wire that separates us from the wire that separates us from the base. so we couldn't the actual base. so we couldn't get much closer. really the fact that we've been given a judicial review , who is going to change review, who is going to change the whole atmosphere here on on the whole atmosphere here on on the estate ? because i mean, i the estate? because i mean, i think everybody's sort of tolerance was getting a bit low and this is just going to be a massive boost for us. and i know that everyone's going to be celebrating wherever they are . celebrating wherever they are. >> so and it's a cold, wet day, but a little silver lining for you and the people at sevilla scampton. and of course, scampton. and but, of course, sarah, biggest challenge sarah, the biggest challenge is still come. we don't have still to come. but we don't have a for when judicial a date for when that judicial review will place. will review will take place. will hollis, thank you. >> we will, of course, be following that judicial review very closely. funeral is very closely. the funeral is taking place of one of the victims of the nottingham

attacks. family and friends have gathered in taunton in somerset to pay their respects to barnaby weather. but barnaby weber , i weather. but barnaby weber, i apologise. barnaby was just 19 years old. student at nottingham university who died after being attacked in the city just over four weeks ago. >> well, many of his friends from taunton school and indeed the university of nottingham at taunton minster as the service is also relayed on large screens outside. let's join our south west of england, reporterjeff west of england, reporter jeff moody who's there with, i think, the estimate. geoff is some 600 other people showing just how they have this this little teenagerin they have this this little teenager in their hearts after what's happened to him to be asked. >> well, that's right, mark. it's actually very moving when you walk around the church here and you see literally hundreds of people standing in silence , of people standing in silence, sheltered underneath umbrellas just watching these video screens that are outside the church. as you can see, the

service is half way through. now, we've been hearing all sorts of really beautiful moving testimonies from friends of barnaby webber. we're now heanng barnaby webber. we're now hearing from the vicar who has been conducting the service, but we have been hearing from his school friends, too, talking about what a warm open and inclusive man barnaby was, how he loved his cricket, how he loved to muck around a little bit. he liked to drink or two, but also how he really embraced his community and how he was really at the centre of school life here in taunton and talking through a lot of tears. it has to be said his fellow students have been talking about how much they'll miss him and the legacy that he will leave behind and the hole that he's left in their lives. it really is a very moving but beautiful service down here in taunton , so that

down here in taunton, so that we're so we reflect that his parents and those, of course, of grace, his 19 year old friend who was also killed, who now started these charity foundations in their honour. >> so clearly , they want their >> so clearly, they want their memories to live on. >> lord, we do not know where you are going, how? >> well, that's right. they were expecting to raise around £5,000, but they've already doubled that and raised around £10,000. and that charity foundation will continue in the days and weeks to come . days and weeks to come. >> no one will give us an indication then, geoff, about the stories that we've heard about him . about him. >> i mean, we understand so involved in the cricket club, his teachers praising him for being such a wonderful student and then of course i think those from the university as well joining in today. >> yes, absolutely. most of the people here have been from his school in taunton, but we have just heard from some of his new

students that he was starting to get to know very well in in nottingham saying, saying what an inclusive man he was and how he loved to tease people. he had a really good sense of humour and he was one of those people that he would often befriend people that maybe others wouldn't he? he always used to say, well, i don't care who you are or what you are, if you're nice to me, i'll be nice to you. and it's a very simple philosophy that they said kind of he lived his life by. it's been a very moving experience here. mark jeff, thank you very much indeed for updating us. >> then taunton, as we see the service being relayed to those hundreds there outside the minster, thank you very much indeed. >> coming up on gb news rishi sunak , it's final and he was sunak, it's final and he was very definite about this final offer. the prime minister has offered public sector workers a pay offered public sector workers a pay rise of between 5 and 7. but

junior doctors are holding out for that 35% increase. we will bnng for that 35% increase. we will bring you the very latest on this from westminster. stay with us. >> us. >> that warm feeling inside from boxt boilers. proud sponsors of weather on . gb news. weather on. gb news. >> i'm alex deakin and this is your latest weather update from the met office for gb news. some lively weather crossing the country over the next couple of days. plus dry spell with some wet weather around and it doesn't feel very warm , doesn't feel very warm, certainly not for july. doesn't feel very warm, certainly not forjuly. this certainly not for july. this chart is more typical of maybe october or november, a deep, low pressure spreading rain steadily northwards and some gusty winds, particularly over southwest england and west wales and seasonably windy in that rain spreading north. that'll be heavy and persistent across northern ireland. very wet afternoon here. not raining everywhere. parts of northeast england , southern scotland and england, southern scotland and the far north may stay largely dry , but it is getting blustery dry, but it is getting blustery and it is on the cool side with

temperatures staying in the teens and feeling very chilly with that persistent rain over the east of northern ireland into this evening. that rain spiral across scotland. so a very wet night here for england. well, it does turn drier through this evening. there'll be some clear spells overnight, but staying pretty gusty with more showers coming into the west. temperatures mostly holding up in teens on to saturday. and in the teens on to saturday. and it's more of a case of sunshine and showers, but it will be a blustery day again, unseasonably windy, particularly over parts of the south and east of england. so, again, met office warning in place. lots of heavy showers as well. they will zip through because it's so windy. but showers are likely to but those showers are likely to turn thunderstorms turn into thunderstorms in places and a lot of rain in places and drop a lot of rain in a short of time. and a short space of time. and again, all the wind and the again, with all the wind and the showers, it's not warm . showers, it's not warm. >> that warm feeling inside from boxt boilers proud sponsors of weather on

radio. >> welcome back to the live desk. now, as we outlined for you yesterday, million public sector workers offering a pay rise of up to 7. but it seems it's failed to end the current strike action by junior doctors. >> the prime minister has warned it is the final offer and government minister gillian keegan, the education secretary, this morning, has urged the doctors to accept the 6% offer. they've walked out for a second day among amid the longest stoppage in nhs history. well, let's join our political reporter olivia utley in westminster. good afternoon , westminster. good afternoon, olivia. so, gillian keegan saying that unions have to take this pay off as seriously , but this pay off as seriously, but they are warning that it is just going to drive doctors out of the profession and could cause yet more strikes . yet more strikes. >> well, absolutely. this

ongoing strike from junior doctors and consultants next week is a real fly in the ointment for rishi sunak and the government. it felt yesterday as though we were in breakthrough territory after months of on and off strikes, the teaching unions for different teaching unions called off their strikes and urged their members to accept a pay urged their members to accept a pay rise of 6.5. but in the nhs, strikes are still on going and thatis strikes are still on going and that is very bad news for rishi sunak indeed. yesterday hospital waiting lists reached a record high. there are now 7.47 million people in england waiting for hospital nhs treatment and of course one of rishi sunak five pledges is to get waiting lists down and the big issue for rishi sunakin down and the big issue for rishi sunak in the government is that he can urge the doctors to accept all he likes, but it doesn't sound like they're going to anytime soon. they've been offered a pay rise of 6.5, plus a one off payment of £1,250, which for the most junior doctors, it must be said,

equates to more like just over a 10% pay rise. but it that is a very far cry from what the unions are demanding. the unions would like to see doctors pay restored to 2008 levels, which would represent a 35% pay rise in real terms. so where the government are and where the doctors union are very far apart indeed. so i don't think we can expect to see an end to these very damaging strikes any time soon, which will put a big impact on rishi sunak ability to get those five pledges done . get those five pledges done. >> the other aspect to this, olivia, is that the nhs administers doctors, those who are running the nhs have also questioned this in terms of what rishi sunak said was reprioritising, i.e. the pay rises will have to be paid from existing budgets. matthew taylor , the chief executive, said look, there's no fat left on the bone to find further money from from within the service . from within the service. >> well, absolutely. and that is not just a problem in the nhs .

not just a problem in the nhs. rishi sunak has talked a lot in the past couple of days about where he won't be funding these these pay rises from. he said that he won't be increasing borrowing, he won't be increasing taxes, he won't be taking of the core taking money out of the core schools budget as he calls it, or off the frontline nhs work. but then where on earth is this extra funding going to come from 7 extra funding going to come from ? he talked about underspend . we ? he talked about underspend. we heard gillian keegan earlier talking about that where where government departments don't completely use up their budget. there's a little bit of leftover money it normally goes back to the it now stay the treasury. it will now stay in departments, but even in those departments, but even by most by the government's most generous that generous estimates, that is not going plug the very black going to plug the very black hole, very big black hole that these pay rises have created. so where exactly is the money going to come from? it's said that a very tight group of people around the prime minister know. but until rest of us know , but until the rest of us know, questions are going to be questions are still going to be asked . and surprising asked. and it's not surprising that the nhs administration are feeling pretty sceptical at the moment. yeah and those

consultants go on two day strike action next week as well. >> well let's cross to the picket line. our national reporter paul hawkins is outside saint thomas's hospital in london. good afternoon, paul. i say let's cross to the picket line, but i'm not seeing many people actually on the picket line . line. >> yeah , there was a picket line >> yeah, there was a picket line here yesterday . we know that here yesterday. we know that this is a really long strike by junior doctors. we spoke to the bma this morning. they said there might picket line there might be a picket line here if there was here today. and if there was one, would be organised one, it would be organised locally clearly hasn't locally. but clearly one hasn't materialised . weather might have materialised. weather might have something to that as something to do with that as well, but they're still in very defiant junior doctors is defiant mood. junior doctors is listen there was a bma survey at the end of last year which said that around a third of junior doctors , once they qualify from doctors, once they qualify from medical school, once they've completed their training, they would go abroad. and that is because they say abroad you get better pay, it's better staff , better pay, it's better staff, better pay, it's better staff, better resourced healthcare

systems . it's frankly just why systems. it's frankly just why wouldn't you want to go and work there instead of working under there instead of working under the nhs at the moment? and that's why they're going to stick guns. that's why stick to their guns. that's why they want a 35% pay increase and they want a 35% pay increase and they don't want to accept their they want a 35% pay increase and th

whether they should get that 35% pay whether they should get that 35% pay increase they want . pay increase that they want. >> that, you know, the >> i think that, you know, the junior doctors should be paid a fair because they are fair amount because they are contributing significantly towards health care system. towards our health care system. and had such an extensive and they had such an extensive training in their medical school. and the fact that , you school. and the fact that, you know, they are working on course flat out 24 hours a day, they're providing extensive service to our patients because, you know, we're living an ageing population and the medical conditions of the patients are getting more complex. so that's why the junior doctors are so vital in providing that extra support. but no one would deny that. >> but they want 35% pay increase. and the government is saying it's 6. and that's your final offer. do you think 35% is too much? a lot of people rishi sunak aslef. there's no more money. >> yeah, i think that they deserve that percentage. and i agree whatever percentage deserve that percentage. and i agre is whatever percentage deserve that percentage. and i agre is that nhatever percentage deserve that percentage. and i agre is that they ever percentage deserve that percentage. and i agre is that they are percentage deserve that percentage. and i agre is that they are being1tage that is that they are being offered. that high offered. if it's to that high level , they should be given that level, they should be given that the other aspect, paul, of course, when you speak to the course, is when you speak to the doctors on picket lines, doctors on the picket lines, they it's not just about

they say it's not just about these percentages, these specific percentages, it's about they say is the about what they say is the attrition of the nhs. >> and now of course this is a political football. it seems , political football. it seems, where the pay award would come out of existing nhs budgets leading perhaps to further cutbacks . cutbacks. >> absolutely. and so potentially when we talk about one man's reprioritisation , is one man's reprioritisation, is another man's cuts potentially further down the line when we talk about where they're going to make these reprioritisation or or cuts in order to find the money to pay those doctors or any nhs staff, whatever they want, there could be further industrial action later down the line . so it seems like at the line. so it seems like at the moment with the current ongoing dispute, junior doctors continue to lose out on pay while they take really long strike, strike days, strike action like they are now. and of course at the same time, waiting lists are creeping up, which is politically dangerous for rishi sunak. >> yeah, 7.7 million and counting, of course . paul counting, of course. paul outside saint thomas's. thanks

for updating us. thank you very much. >> it does strike me as a little bit odd, mark, that they're up in arms about this, about not agreeing with this pay offer and yet there's nobody on the picket line. there might have been earlier. they're that earlier. but if they're that angry, even rain, would angry, even in the rain, would you see them? you not expect to see them? >> yeah, i guess the thing is that they've five days of that they've got five days of action, they're trying to action, so they're trying to pace themselves, perhaps conserve conserve conserve their energy. conserve their energy. yeah that's doctors you. their energy. yeah that's doc do; you. their energy. yeah that's doc do stayyou. their energy. yeah that's doc do stay with us here on their energy. yeah that's docdo stay with us here on gb >> do stay with us here on gb news. royal correspondent news. our royal correspondent will give us a sneak of will give us a sneak peek of king and king charles's robe and coronation coach as buckingham palace doors to the palace opens its doors to the pubuc palace opens its doors to the public today. now over to our own royal rhiannon with the headunes. headlines. >> thank you, pip. good afternoon. it's 1232. your top stories from the newsroom to councils have been given permission to go to the high court to challenge the home office decision to house migrants at former raf bases.

west lindsey district council opposes the use of raf scampton in lincolnshire, braintree council's challenging the use of wethersfield old airfield in essex. the two day hearing began on wednesday as the first migrants began arriving at wethersfield junior. doctors in england have said they're in it for the long run. on day two of their five day strike. that's despite the government's offer of a 6% pay rise, which the prime minister says is final. the british medical association says more strikes are possible. they want an offer closer to the 12.4% given to junior doctors in scotland . almost a thousand scotland. almost a thousand workers at gatwick airport, including baggage handlers and check in staff, will stage eight days of strikes later this month. unite union says it's because of ongoing pay disputes . workers will walk out for four days from friday. the 28th, then again from friday, the 4th of august. airlines affected include british airways, easyjet

, ryanair, tui, westjet and wizz air . and two british , ryanair, tui, westjet and wizz air. and two british men have been sentenced for smuggling seven indian migrants, including women and children, into the uk and the boots of cars. in 2018, one man has been given three and a half years for assisting unlawful immigration. his co—accused has been jailed for three years and two months and you can get more on all of those stories by visiting our website, gb news. news.com . that warm gb news. news.com. that warm feeling inside from boxt boilers. >> proud sponsors of weather on . gb news. >> i'm alex deakin and this is your latest weather update from the met office for gb news. some lively weather crossing the country over the next couple of days. plus dry spell with some wet weather around and it doesn't feel very warm .

doesn't feel very warm. certainly not for july. doesn't feel very warm. certainly not forjuly. this certainly not for july. this chart is more typical of maybe october or november. a deep, low pressure spreading rain steadily northwards and some gusty winds, particularly over southwest england and west wales and seasonably windy in that rain spreading north. that'll be heavy and persistent across northern ireland. very wet afternoon here. not raining everywhere . parts of northeast everywhere. parts of northeast england, southern scotland and the far north may stay largely dry, but it is getting blustery and it is on the cool side with temperatures stuck in the teens and feeling very chilly with that persistent rain over the east of northern ireland into this evening, that rain spiralled across scotland. so a very wet night here for england. well, it does turn drier through this evening. there'll be some clear spells overnight, but staying pretty gusty with more showers coming into the west. temperatures mostly holding up in teens onto saturday. and in the teens onto saturday. and it's more of a case of sunshine and showers, but it will be a blustery day again, unseasonably windy, particularly over parts of the south and east of england. so, again, met office

warning in place. lots of heavy showers as well. they will zip through because it's so windy. but those showers are likely to turn into thunderstorms in places lot of rain in places and drop a lot of rain in a short space of time. and again, with all the wind and the showers, it's warm . showers, it's not warm. >> that warm feeling inside from boxt boilers, proud sponsors of weather on

radio. >> welcome back to the live desk on gb news with mark longhurst and pip tomson, the king and queen enjoyed a tour of the special coronation exhibition in the buckingham palace ballroom this week. >> from today, the public have access to those state rooms and the special display of objects used and worn back in may. but our royal correspondent cameron walker can offer us an exclusive sneak peek a moment of history

experienced by millions of people on their tv screens . people on their tv screens. >> but the public could only watch support it or protest from a distance . today, buckingham a distance. today, buckingham palace is opening its doors for the first time since the death of her late majesty with a brand new exhibition showcasing both older and more modern items from king charles and queen camilla's coronation gb news has been given special access behind palace walls . i met the curator palace walls. i met the curator of the display , sally goodsir, of the display, sally goodsir, who showed me the diamond jubilee state coach parked outside the grand entrance of buckingham palace. it's carried their majesties to westminster abbey before they were crowned. sally explains what the public can expect. i think it's this opportunity to see items that we might maybe saw from a distance at the coronation service. >> it's quite a complex service. the were little the cameras were a little distance away from events distance away from the events that happening, but to that were happening, but to really get within a metre in many cases this incredibly many cases of this incredibly intricate craftsmanship, think intricate craftsmanship, i think that's probably the key highlight me . highlight for me. >> inside the ballroom used by

the king and queen for coronation rehearsals and large enough fit 72 double enough to fit 72 double decker buses. enough to fit 72 double decker buses . the small, intricate buses. the small, intricate details of the items come alive. the queen's two jack russells, beth and bluebell and her grandchildren's names have been carefully embroidered onto her coronation dress and the king's purple coronation tunic . glove purple coronation tunic. glove and girdle can be seen up close by paying ticket holders and the money generated by ticket sales supplements the taxpayer income the royal family receives to fund their official duties the year before the pandemic . the year before the pandemic. the royal collection trust, which manages ticket sales, generated £7.3 million for the royal household . but the pandemic and household. but the pandemic and lockdown meant income fell to zero, hitting royal finances hard income crept up slowly over the next two years, but a lack of international tourists , of international tourists, limited sales, current forecasts for visitor numbers at occupied royal palaces is expected to return the income to pre—pandemic levels over the ten

weeks that buckingham palace is open. >> we're expecting between 300 and 400,000 visitors at £30 for and 400,000 visitors at £30 for an adult ticket, but that could generate more than £9 million for the royal household . for the royal household. >> it's understood there are plans to open up royal residences to the paying public for longer, but nothing official yet has been announced . cameron yet has been announced. cameron walker gb news at buckingham palace , nana a woman's due to be palace, nana a woman's due to be sentenced this lunchtime after being convicted of slave three and the wilful neglect of her husband, tom somerset. >> how who suffers from cerebral palsy was physically and psychologically abused by his wife sarah, and her lover, george webb. he was initially hired as his carer. >> both webb and somerset house were found guilty of wilful neglect and holding person in neglect and holding a person in slavery and servitude . let's go slavery and servitude. let's go to portsmouth crown court and get more with our national reporter theo chikomba theo , reporter theo chikomba theo, what has the court been hearing 7 what has the court been hearing ? well this afternoon will be

heanng ? well this afternoon will be hearing that sentencing. >> it starts around 2:00. so both sarah somerset hall and her lover, george webb, imprisoned her spouse, tom, who was his carer, as you've just mentioned, while treating him in what's been described as a piece of property. sarah alongside her, the carer of her husband , were the carer of her husband, were found guilty of enslaving him and what's been described as the first of a kind . and what's been described as the first of a kind. in this and what's been described as the first of a kind . in this case, first of a kind. in this case, the charge usually applies to victims who have been trafficked from abroad or for forced to work for no pay . prosecutors work for no pay. prosecutors said. somerset how and mr webb treated the 40 year old who suffers from cerebral palsy, needs needed 24 hour care. and they used him as a cash cow, spending his inheritance whilst buying themselves lingerie and dj equipment. now after a four week trial here at portsmouth crown court, jurors deliberated for a little more than just 12

hours before finding george webb and mrs. somerset house guilty of holding a person in slavery or servitude. the court heard how mr mr somerset how a graduate from a wealthy family he was kept in bed 90% of the time and was only left with cnsps time and was only left with crisps or sandwich to eat. george webb was also convicted of ill treatment by a social care worker, whilst mrs. somerset, how an executive assistant who worked for the firm kpmg and lawyers irwin mitchell, has been convicted of aiding and abetting him . from aiding and abetting him. from 2018 to 2020. now both of them were cleared of charges pertaining to illegal ill treating before 2018, when mr webb was found. mr webb was found guilty of actual bodily harm against mr somerset. however, after an incident where he was hit with a shoe . now, in he was hit with a shoe. now, in this case, prosecutors have argued that by being cut off

from his family and using his financial resources forces, the neglect was so bad that mr somerset house was essentially isolated and he was treated like a slave in his home in chichester in west sussex . now, chichester in west sussex. now, detective constable garrett from sussex police. in a statement said this sarah somerset, hal and george webb totally betrayed their innocent victim who relied on both of them for the most bafic on both of them for the most basic human needs. the scale of their depravity was revealed thanks to the tenacity of a friend who alerted to the victim's family. they acted quickly and they reported their concerns. and they do thank the family for taking part in the investigation and giving evidence as well. both somerset house and george webb will be sentenced here at portsmouth crown court this afternoon . crown court this afternoon. >> thank you. very distressing case. of course. back to you as that sentencing begins a little later. thanks very much . later. thanks very much. >> tourists are beginning being

warned to take care in the extreme heat after a man died as temperatures across southern europe and northwest africa topped 40 degrees. the cerberus heatwave has taken hold across many popular british family houday many popular british family holiday hotspots in the mediterranean . in fact, you mediterranean. in fact, you might well be going on a flight this weekend. there do take great care. wildfires have broken out in croatia, burning houses to the ground . houses to the ground. >> and, well, the alerts in place across the canary islands, italy, cyprus and greece. the greek authorities are expecting temperatures there to reach 43 c. let's get more now from spain, though. joining us from marbella is elise dan weber. how were you coping ? were you coping? >> well, not too well, really. >> well, not too well, really. >> it's an extremely hot here at the moment. and obviously i'm here running a huge animal shelter. so the ones that are really suffering are, unfortunately, the animals, never mind the tourists. >> yeah. elise i know you've you've lived part of your time in the uk. you now live in

marbella compared to previous summers. just give us an idea of how blinking, stinking hot this is . is. >> well, the strange thing, pip, is this year it got extremely hot very quickly. normally, it's quite comfortable around april or may and then june, july, it sort of comes up nicely. and then august, we're hit with really hot temperatures. but this time june from june onwards, it's been full on 30 plus degrees every day . and plus degrees every day. and yesterday, my colleagues inland recorded 46 degrees. so yeah, quite a big difference to normal summers. >> yeah. and getting to those sorts of levels, 46 i mean, that's when it does start getting into to human health, let alone of course , animals let alone of course, animals coping with it. what are the authorities been saying about how should with all how people should cope with all this ? this? >> well , the main message has >> well, the main message has been to stay indoors. >> if you are not working in somewhere essential or in an office where you've got air conditioning. so outdoor workers have been told to stay indoors.

unfortunately, we can't do that. we have to be here because the animals need us. yeah, and we can just actually, while we're talking to you, elise, just show our viewers a map or people who are watching us rather than listening the radio. listening to us on the radio. >> can show a map . and spain >> we can show a map. and spain is just covered in red chillies and you're in southern spain , and you're in southern spain, italy as well . it's just it's italy as well. it's just it's s just awful. i mean, it sounds like people are going out first thing in the morning onto the beach because they certainly can't stay there very long. sunrise is the best time . yet. sunrise is the best time. yet. >> absolutely . i go out hiking >> absolutely. i go out hiking every morning at 7:00 with my six dogs, drag my husband along because 7:00 is the best time to go. it's a very comfortable temperature and you see more and more people out getting their daily exercise in at 7:00 in the morning, which i think is wonderful. and then a lot of lucky people have a siesta for the of the but, yes, the rest of the day. but, yes, everybody's going out earlier here animal shelter, we

here at the animal shelter, we have all the dogs walked have to get all the dogs walked by otherwise it's by lunchtime. otherwise it's just impossible for humans and for animals. for the animals. >> and clearly you've got >> yeah. and clearly you've got special circumstances looking after the dogs and so on. i mean, how do you actually manage to keep them cool? bearing in mind can't tell you mind they they can't tell you when they're getting too hot . when they're getting too hot. >> we've got a very good team here at the shelter. lots of brilliant volunteers , one of brilliant volunteers, one of whom has actually built them some purpose made splash pools because obviously they're best way to cool off is to run in the cool water. so have that. cool water. so we have that. we've also purchased a load of these. there cooling these. there are cooling bandanas which we put on all the dogs they for a walk. dogs before they go for a walk. i sometimes wear one myself because it's quite refreshing. but yes, we've a team. but yes, we've got a good team. we how deal with heat we know how to deal with heat problems in animals, but it's ghastly . it really is. we've got ghastly. it really is. we've got the fans on the puppies are in an air conditioned unit, which is great, but it's the others. i don't know if you can see here, but it's just it's extremely hot. we can't really move . hot. we can't really move. >> and you have to be so

careful, don't you, with their paws on on the ground, on the concrete. you know it would burn our alone alone our feet, let alone let alone animals. yeah yeah. >> we've got three big jacintos here. we're very lucky, which are grassy areas, but they're not actually green grass anymore. they're sort of dry yellow patches. it's more like walking on straw, but at least we can still get the what you're talking about. >> without them having to i >> -- >> sorry. >> sorry. >> can we see you're >> can we see what you're talking about? what you were just about there? just talking about there? jacinto's what jacinto's just explaining what they are. >> i'm not. >> i'm not. >> i'm not so recinto is basically a field, an enclosed field where the dogs can run free and they can play. we've got an agility course. i'm not standing by one at the moment, but i did send it to your producer. i believe. so the dogs can run free and normally it's lush green grass, but now it's just yellow straw burnt from the sun.so just yellow straw burnt from the sun. so not so nice, but at least it's better than hot tarmac . tarmac. >> okay, well, good luck in keeping all those animals cool. you all stay safe, won't you ?

you all stay safe, won't you? >> thank you very much, pip. nice to speak to you. thank you. mark >> i think the bandanas going back on, as soon as that camera switches off, absolutely no hollywood actors joining a strike by screenwriters. the first time that's happened in 60 years. unions voting to walk years. the unions voting to walk out after the breakdown of talks with studios, 160,000 performers stopped work at midnight in los angeles, bringing to a halt most us film and tv productions. >> but fair pay is not the least of their concerns . of their concerns. >> they want guarantees that all ai versions of their likeness , ai versions of their likeness, all artificial intelligence, will not be used to replace them without permission or . well, without permission or. well, here's the key payment. well kimiko glenn, who played inmate brook soso in orange, is the new black, has expressed her concerns as it feels like everyone just wants to have it harder . harder. >> and it's not about that . like >> and it's not about that. like no one's saying like, why aren't we rich? why aren't we wealthy? we're just wondering why we can't make rent, why we're not eligible for insurance , why we

eligible for insurance, why we have to take another job for supplemental income in the middle of the job that has us recognised by everyone worldwide. it's a really difficult position to be in and it's a hard one to understand for someone who's not in it, but like we're going up against the people who are stealing money from us and everybody. this is like , well, film critic and like, well, film critic and podcaster van conner can join us now . how. >> now. >> good afternoon, van. thank you for talking to us on gb news. explain how this is going to affect cinema goers. i mean, are people going to have to wait are people going to have to wait a lot, lot longer to go to the movies as we love to do and see their favourite blockbuster film? i mean, lots of halted production, haven't they included, including the production of wicked right here in the uk in buckinghamshire , indeed. >> just down the road, actually, the two part wicked is in production at the moment and it's one of a bevvy of film and television productions that are

going to have to shut down. now because of this strike. and this includes obviously profile includes obviously high profile things like we things at the moment, like we have deadpool movie that have the new deadpool movie that you'll of on you'll have seen photos of on twitter online this past twitter and online this past week, the second season of house of dragon is going to have of the dragon is going to have to think the to halt production. i think the new movie that tim new beetlejuice movie that tim burton's production, burton's has got in production, that's that's to have to that's that's going to have to close me personally. close for down me personally. i'm out on the new i'm going to miss out on the new twister twister sequel. they've they've got in development. i was to that. and was looking forward to that. and final destination six. we're going have a lull now of going to have a lull now of rather we had during the rather like we had during the pandemic going to pandemic where we're going to have and then backlog have a lull and then a backlog where influx yet where we have an influx yet again of things that have been hurried back into production. an again of things that have been hknow back into production. an again of things that have been hknow lthinkito production. an again of things that have been hknow lthink the)roduction. an again of things that have been hknow lthink the only ction. an i know i think the only production that's carrying on unencumbered production that's carrying on unen> we should apologise for >> yeah, we should apologise for inadvertently, perhaps the emotion hollywood and emotion from hollywood and coming out with some language inappropriate language that we've had on screen. but we've just had on screen. but let's just reflect on what is

really driving the emotions . is really driving the emotions. is it the fact that the streaming services are meaning that they're not getting the pay, particularly what they call residuals or royalties? or is it the of ai, artificial the fear of ai, artificial intelligence coming into productions ? productions? >> it's a it's a double header. it's both at the same time. the streaming economy, which was once held up as being the future, the great shining light and the beacon that was going to redefine the industry and democratise all has been shut democratise it all has been shut founded in very much a culture of withhold feeding what we would refer to as viewer figures, for instance, and things like that. netflix in particular, kind of led the way with only now started with this and only now started to come out with figures and it affects residuals as you then also idea that they can also got the idea that they can now pull content that they can take shows away on a dime take these shows away on a dime and when you combine that with the rise of ai and talk , as the rise of ai and talk, as we've had this week with the alliance for motion picture and television producers talking about taking day players and extras, for instance, and

scanning their rights, the background performers images into use for perpetuity forever and ever . into use for perpetuity forever and ever. it's leading to a really bleak future. you've got writers who exist on residuals , writers who exist on residuals, on their work, getting seen over and over again, who don't have the transparency they would like and also now face the idea that this content can just be pulled from public visibility at any time. we've got a writer this week famously who had written the episode of the daredevil episode of she—hulk has seen a residual for $381, and that's a marvel production. and if it's that bad for someone on a marvel show, you can only imagine what it must be like on something less popular, something less mainstream. >> not so marvellous indeed. van, thank you very much indeed. we'll have to bring the curtain down moment, thanks down for the moment, but thanks for joining us. >> i'll forjoining us. >> i'll see what you did there. very clever, mark. lots more to come the next hour, we come in the next hour, we will again outside the high court again be outside the high court where their where campaigners have won their fight review of fight for a judicial review of scampton . talk to very scampton. talk to you very shortly . shortly. >> the temperature's rising on

boxt solar proud sponsors of weather on . gb news. weather on. gb news. >> i'm alex deakin and this is your latest weather update from the met office for gb news. some lively weather crossing the country over the next couple of days. blustery spell with some wet weather around and it doesn't feel very warm. certainly not for july. doesn't feel very warm. certainly not forjuly. this certainly not for july. this chart is more typical of maybe october or november, a deep, low pressure spreading rain steadily northwards and some gusty winds, particularly over southwest england and west wales and seasonably windy in that rain spreading north. that'll be heavy and persistent across northern ireland. very wet afternoon here, not raining everywhere. parts of northeast england, southern scotland and the far north may stay largely dry, but it is getting blustery and it is on the cool side with temperatures struggling in the teens and feeling very chilly with that persistent rain over the east of northern ireland into this evening. that rain spiralling across scotland. so a very wet night here for england.

well, it does turn drier through this evening. there'll be some clear spells overnight, but staying gusty with more staying pretty gusty with more showers coming into the west . showers coming into the west. temperatures mostly holding up in the teens to saturday. and it's more of a case of sunshine and showers. but it will be a blustery day again, unseasonably windy, particularly over parts of the south and east of england. so, again, met office warning in place. lots of heavy showers as well. they will zip through because it's so windy, but showers are likely to but those showers are likely to turn into thunderstorms in places and drop a lot of rain in a short space of time. and again, with all the wind and the showers, it's not warm . the showers, it's not warm. the temperatures rising . temperatures rising. >> boxed solar proud sponsors of weather on gb news

news >> the battle of the dambusters base hits its target. campaigners win their fight for a judicial review over housing asylum seekers at the former raf station scampton . we'll have the station scampton. we'll have the latest live from court . latest live from court. >> put the popcorn away. you could be facing a long wait to see your favourite shows on the big screen or the small screen. hollywood grinds to a halt in the latest strike. the deadly warning to britain's holiday makers as europe breaks all time heat record as zoo animals in spain get popsicle treats to cool down. >> but for millions of others, life is not so appetising . life is not so appetising. >> i'm breaking news this hour on the live desk. the department of transport has just said that plans for a road tunnel past stonehenge have been approved.

if you're stuck on the a303 currently. on. help is currently. hold on. help is coming. meanwhile, latest coming. meanwhile, the latest headunes coming. meanwhile, the latest headlines rhiannon . headlines with rhiannon. >> mark, thank you. good afternoon. it's 1:02. your >> mark, thank you. good afternoon. it's1:02. your top stories from the gb newsroom . a stories from the gb newsroom. a legal bid to challenge the decision by the home to office use former raf bases to house asylum seekers has been approved by the high court. asylum seekers has been approved by the high court . west lindsey by the high court. west lindsey district council opposes the use of raf scampton in lincolnshire. braintree council's challenging the use of wethersfield airfield in essex. the two day hearing began on wednesday as the first migrants began arriving at wethersfield . hundreds of people wethersfield. hundreds of people are at a funeral of one of the students stabbed to death in nottingham last month . around nottingham last month. around 600 people are at taunton minster in somerset to pay their respects to barnaby webber. one of the three people killed dunng of the three people killed during the attacks. the 19 year old was killed as he returned from a night out with fellow

student grace o'malley. dumas, 65 year old school caretaker ian coates was also stabbed to death in the attack. a man charged with their murders is due in court for a plea hearing in september . junior doctors in september. junior doctors in england have said they're in for the long run on day two of their five day strike. that's despite the government's offer of a 6% pay the government's offer of a 6% pay rise, which the prime minister says is final. pay rise, which the prime minister says is final . the minister says is final. the british medical association says more strikes are possible . they more strikes are possible. they want an offer closer to the 12.4% given to junior doctors in scotland . meanwhile, all four scotland. meanwhile, all four teaching unions have called for their strikes to be cancelled , their strikes to be cancelled, saying members should accept the 6.5% pay rise. they've been offered. the education secretary gillian keegan, told gb news how it's going to be funded . it's going to be funded. >> the treasury what they usually do with departments is any spend that you don't you

don't make . so if your forecast don't make. so if your forecast is too high or you you don't deliver as quickly as you thought and all of those underspends, they always go back to the treasury and then they reprioritise lies on behalf of the government . but in reprioritise lies on behalf of the government. but in this case they've permitted us to keep those underspend. so what i've been doing is going through line by bit of the budget by line every bit of the budget , looking at the forecast, looking programmes that looking at the programmes that we could. maybe we haven't started could down started yet, we could slow down and how we've done it . and that's how we've done it. >> two british men have been sentenced for smuggling seven indian migrants, including women and children, into the uk and the boots of cars. one man who was stopped in dover in 2018 has been given three and a half years for assisting unlawful immigration. three indian nationals claiming to be afghans . sikhs were found in the boot of hire car. his co—accused of his hire car. his co—accused , who had four indian nationals in his , has been jailed for in his, has been jailed for three years and two months also for assisting unlawful immigration. for assisting unlawful immigration . an almost a

immigration. an almost a thousand workers at gatwick airport, including baggage handlers and check in staff, will stage eight days of strikes later this month. unite union says there because of ongoing pay says there because of ongoing pay disputes , workers will walk pay disputes, workers will walk out for four days from friday the 28th, then again from friday, the 4th of august. airlines affected include british airways, easyjet , british airways, easyjet, ryanair, tui, westjet and wizz air . a ryanair, tui, westjet and wizz air. a breakthrough may have been made in a bid to unlock bofis been made in a bid to unlock boris johnson's old mobile phone after an ally suggested the government had recovered a pin code. the deadline to hand over unredacted messages to the covid inquiry was missed. this week due to complications as assessing the former prime minister's phone. the device likely contains content relating to the ordering of lockdowns, as well as details on the early response to the coronavirus pandemic. the government has already handed over the rest of mr johnson's documents following a high court order, having

initially argued it was irrelevant . to ms are initially argued it was irrelevant. to ms are being warned to take care in the extreme heat as temperatures across southern europe and north—west africa topped 40 c. the cerberus heatwave has taken hold of popular british holiday hotspots in the mediterranean. wildfires in croatia, sparked by a combination of strong winds and heat, have burned houses to the ground . weather alerts are the ground. weather alerts are in place across spain's canary islands, italy. cyprus and greece, where authorities expect temperatures to reach up to 43 c . and india's space agency has successfully launched a rocket kit to the moon . three, 2—1, kit to the moon. three, 2—1, zero. the mission is aiming to land at the lunar south pole and deploy a rover which will conduct experiments for two weeks. only three other space

agencies, the us , china and the agencies, the us, china and the former soviet union, have landed on the moon, but none have been to the south pole yet . at this to the south pole yet. at this is gb news. we'll bring you more as it happens. now, though, it's back over to mark and . back over to mark and. pip rhiannon . rhiannon. >> thanks very much indeed. just a few more details coming through in that breaking news we brought you about stonehenge. of course, been huge bugbear course, it's been a huge bugbear for travellers to get for travellers trying to get down to the west country for years years years. years and years and years. transport harper transport secretary mark harper just revealing he's granted what's development just revealing he's granted what's order development just revealing he's granted what's order (allowpment just revealing he's granted what's order (allowpnroad consent order to allow a road tunnel tunnel to be built tunnel, a tunnel to be built near stonehenge, previously that been by the high court been quashed by the high court back 2021. because of back in july 2021. because of concerns about the environmental environmental impact on stonehenge , of course, which is stonehenge, of course, which is a unesco world heritage site. but it looks now as if it might be speed ahead to the next

be full speed ahead to the next traffic jam. maybe >> let's tell you more now about our top story this lunchtime. and it's about the latest battle of the dambuster , which has been of the dambuster, which has been played out row over played out in the row over housing seekers at the housing asylum seekers at the historic raf scampton air base. a challenge to the home office by the local council and residents has now been granted permission to go to a full judicial review . judicial review. >> well, the council have been battling to stop the government from housing up to 2000 asylum seekers that base, seekers at that base, a controversial move that far controversial move that so far prevented a £300 million regeneration mission at the site. let's get more with our home security editor, mark white, who's outside the royal courts justice. and mark, courts of justice. and mark, also another base in essex involved . but the appeal to or involved. but the appeal to or judicial appeal only to on grounds. so there are some caveats . here caveats. here >> yeah. i mean , the first thing >> yeah. i mean, the first thing to say is this is not a battle of the dambusters. it's involving two separate bases. this one in essex, a former raf

wethersfield , which is still wethersfield, which is still a ministry of defence defence site , and raf scampton up in lincolnshire. so i think that's the first thing to clarify there. and the judicial review that has been granted relates to both those sites and it is on two of about 15 grounds that the various parties to district council representing lives and one local resident down in wethersfield in essex brought to the high court and really they are grounds surrounding this class. q rule , which is a rule class. q rule, which is a rule that was invoked by the home office to allow them to bypass local authority planning rules to use these sites to accommodate asylum seekers . accommodate asylum seekers. there was a hearing back in april that we were at as well, andifs april that we were at as well, and it's never ending saga that was with regard to braintree

council that had brought that particular challenge. they tried to get an injunction to stop asylum seekers going to the base in wethersfield and at that point the legal team for the home office declared this a national emergency and said that as such , class q rules here as such, class q rules here appued? as such, class q rules here applied? well, since then , of applied? well, since then, of course, both braintree district council west lindsey district council west lindsey district council relating to raf scampton and the local resident in essex have managed to get this to the high court to seek a judicial review and of course the breaking news today is that the judge, mrs. justice thornton, has agreed that it can go to judicial review. so that will be a fuller hearing, an opportunity for all sides to make their case. but a complicating factor , because in wednesday of this week , the government announced , week, the government announced, in fact, it came out in court

and then the government confirmed that 46 asylum seekers , young men have already been sent to the wethersfield base. they are already being accommodated at that site site, which has not been fully decided in terms of the legality of what they're doing. so it could be potentially looking further down the road depending on how that judicial review goes . quite judicial review goes. quite embarrassing for the government if it goes against them. and they end up having to take these people back out of that base or not. of course, if they win, it's still got a long way to go. >> mark, as you say, just a bit of reaction from the local mp in near raf scampton, sir edward leigh. he's reacted saying absolutely delighted. we all know home office plans were perverse . us for reasons i have perverse. us for reasons i have explained in parliament time and time again . explained in parliament time and time again. in yes, i mean the

clearly feel as far as scampton is concerned , that that is is concerned, that that is a site that they are looking forward to developing with regard to a partnership agreement . for £300 million agreement. for £300 million worth of development on that site to use it for aviation action for museums, for technology , all kinds of things technology, all kinds of things that they believed actually would create a thousands potentially of jobs, obviously, in the construction zone. >> and then afterwards in the running of that facility that is in jeopardy. but i think in terms of what the judicial review will be concentrating on is really the sort of, um, this issue around these emergency powers and whether the home office has overreached in using that particular law, which is a significant and serious option

that they have that allows them in extremis to bypass government, local planning laws, providing the own the particular site. and of course , when it site. and of course, when it comes to ministry of defence sites, they do own those sites, but they also have to have all of the proper infrastructure in place in terms of the drainage, in terms of health care provision, security , all of the provision, security, all of the above, which i'm sure for the parties for both those at raf scampton and the airbase at wethersfield will be arguing they simply do not have. and there's also one other point on this. the issue of how long they would be staying at these bases. well, the government have said that it's a national emergency. the lawyers for the parties here that have won the right to a judicial review said, well, if it was a national emergency , it was a national emergency, you're talking surely about a duration of a year or so. but

they say they have seen evidence that the home office is actually talking about two, three, even five years potentially , of these five years potentially, of these sites being used. so in not just the short term, but well into the short term, but well into the medium perhaps going into longer term provision . longer term provision. >> mark, thank you very much indeed for updating us there on that court decision , of course, that court decision, of course, the judicial review to come. but let's bring in our east midlands reporter, will hollis, who's actually at scampton . and of actually at scampton. and of course, mark, there was actually questioning whether is the questioning whether it is the battle the dambusters, but battle of the dambusters, but clearly very emotive for scampton given its its history , scampton given its its history, even those discussions even down to those discussions about the dog that wing commander, guy gibson, had buned commander, guy gibson, had buried there. of course, we won't mention its name for obvious reasons. >> yes, well, in terms of battling, i think most people this morning have just been battling the weather because it is torrential here for most of the morning , though, since the morning, though, since around 7 am. i'm told there's

been groups of people from various campaigns , including various campaigns, including save our scampton and they come outside of raf scampton in pretty much every single day . pretty much every single day. they've been doing so since around about march when the announcement was first made in parliament that raf scampton and wethersfield field were going to be used for this intention to house thousands of asylum seekers inside of the former raf bases. no body is here at the moment because it's been rained off. i've been told that the protesters or the campaigners as they like to call themselves, are coming back around are coming back usually around rush because that's when rush hour because that's when the really picks up the traffic really picks up again. i was getting an idea as to how much this means to them when we were here because they started to cheer. it was a little bit muted. it was muted because of the sound of the trucks that are going along the a15 that i'm sure you can hear because there's been a lot of support in that kind of regard. but it is also muted because this is just one step on a much

longer journey. these campaigners, of course, have been involved in this for quite a long time now, a number of months. but the big battle is still ahead. while there is kind of two strains to how people that live around raaf scampton feel about this one being worries for or concerns around safety and what might happen with these people when they're placed here without resources, as they say , you know, ten as they say, you know, ten minutes drive away from the nearest kind of big major air area, which is lincoln city centre. the other is, of course , this £300 million regeneration deal. , this £300 million regeneration deal . of course, rf scampton is deal. of course, rf scampton is a massive heritage site. parts of it are grade two listed as well as the area around guy gibson's dog, which is hangar 2—1 of four grade two listed hangars. and that's something that i was hearing about from keith batty, who's a member of the rf scampton heritage group , the rf scampton heritage group, and he was telling me his reaction to the news about the

judicial review just an hour ago. we as a group don't really have a view on the use of the station for housing asylum seekers as except that we are very keen that the developments promised by west lindsey district council and their business partners do go ahead. >> they're really important for the future of lincolnshire. so if the asylum centre does go ahead here, there's no reason why those developers can't sit alongside it. if it why those developers can't sit alongside it . if it doesn't go alongside it. if it doesn't go ahead. i'm sure it will be for the right reasons examined through this judicial review process . pi'ocess. >> process. >> you were speaking just a moment about the reaction from sir edward leigh, the mp for gainsborough, which covers this part of lincolnshire, where scampton is . only a few weeks scampton is. only a few weeks ago he was expressing to me the sheer size of scampton and he was saying how he doesn't see any reason why, if asylum seekers do come here, that they

shouldn't be placed here in line with that development. it is a massive site raaf scampton the runway alone is huge and so i think even if this doesn't go the way that the campaign owners would like, which would be ultimately no asylum seekers are coming here, i think some people are considering what might happenin are considering what might happen in the future if it does go ahead and how it might affect this £300 million deal and whether that can still start happening, particularly with things like developments for a site which is expected to be here for quite some time indeed. >> will at that former raf base. thank you very much indeed. but let's take you now to another raf base. this is raf fairford in gloucestershire , because we in gloucestershire, because we have these pictures of a certain family enjoying their first day out on the school holiday . out on the school holiday. charlotte, louis and also george, of course, with mum and dad at the royal international air tattoo. >> yeah, that's in

gloucestershire. they were greeted by the wing commander, will essex and they don't look like they don't actually look very happy there considering they're on a day out taking you to an international air tattoo. >> dear. yes, maybe it's the weather or something, but i'm sure they were smiling at some point. >> but it's also the day before the princess of wales will be back at wimbledon. she is going to wimbledon tomorrow to watch the ladies singles final. hopefully she'll look a bit more cheerful. >> it might be a clue as to why we haven't got any aircraft because they're greeted by grey we haven't got any aircraft becal and 1ey're greeted by grey we haven't got any aircraft becal and there greeted by grey we haven't got any aircraft becal and the heavy ted by grey we haven't got any aircraft becal and the heavy rain 3y grey we haven't got any aircraft becal and the heavy rain that ey skies and the heavy rain that we've just seen with will scampton and a few aircraft in the skies before they arrive. >> but clearly, maybe they've not able to too see much. not been able to too see much. >> and it might be outing, it might be because they felt like they weren't really dressed for dressed rain, they were they weren't really dressed for dr reflect. dad is an >> let's reflect. dad is an accomplished helicopter pilot, so maybe they're getting some insight, knowledge there on what to do at the controls. but yes, school , first day out . school holidays, first day out. >> i'm just pleased that we're

sitting in the dry, to be honest this lunchtime. do stay with us here on gb news. coming up, rishi sunak final offer. we'll have the latest from westminster as junior doctors continue their historic strike. they are not happy at all with that 6% pay rise offer from the government. talk to you shortly . talk to you shortly. >> the temperature's rising . >> the temperature's rising. boxed solar proud sponsors of weather on . gb news. weather on. gb news. >> i'm alex deakin and this is your latest weather update from the met office for gb news. some lively weather crossing the country over the next couple of days. blustery spell with some wet weather around and it doesn't feel very warm. certainly not for july. doesn't feel very warm. certainly not forjuly. this certainly not for july. this chart is more typical of maybe october or november, a deep, low pressure spreading rain steadily northwards and some gusty winds, particularly over southwest england and west wales and seasonably windy in that rain spreading north. that'll be heavy and persistent across

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radio. >> welcome back to the live desk with downing street confirming there will be no more talks on wage increases after the junior doctors said their 6% pay offer was not going to stop their strike action underway at the moment. >> they've walked out for a second day amid the longest stoppage in nhs history. second day amid the longest stoppage in nhs history . we can stoppage in nhs history. we can talk to our political reporter olivia utley in westminster . it olivia utley in westminster. it sounds, olivia, like junior doctors. they really are sticking to their guns. they still want this 35% pay rise, even though other colleagues in the public sector have have accepted what the government's offered yesterday . offered yesterday. >> yes, it's sounding increasingly as though both sides are becoming more and more

entrenched and it's hard to see how a breakthrough is going to be made. junior doctors are still holding out for that 35% pay still holding out for that 35% pay rise that they've asked for . that's on the basis of wanting their pay to be restored to 2008 levels. there have essentially been cuts over the last 15 years, which have seen junior. junior doctors pay go right, right, right down. so they want that 35% pay rise. the government is offering has offered a 6% pay rise plus a lump sum of £1,250. now, as downing street has pointed out this lunchtime , that actually this lunchtime, that actually equates to more like an 8.3% pay rise for the average doctor and more like just over 10% for those at the very bottom end of the pay scale. and downing street has said again this lunchtime, can you look again at the offer? we are not going to be offering you any more. and it sounds little bit as though be offering you any more. and it soungloves:tle bit as though be offering you any more. and it soungloves are bit as though be offering you any more. and it soungloves are comingiough be offering you any more. and it soungloves are coming off|h be offering you any more. and it soungloves are coming off from that gloves are coming off from the government regards to the government with regards to consultants pay. they've said that consultants they've the that consultants and they've the downing spokesperson downing street spokesperson pointed this lunchtime

pointed out this lunchtime that consultants on £120,000, consultants are on £120,000, some of them anyway, should have another look and decide whether they really want to carry on with these strikes. now, rishi sunak desperately wants to find some sort of common ground here because getting down nhs waiting lists was one of his five pledges and we know that on some of the other pledges he isn't doing particularly well either. inflation is proving to be very sticky and numbers of small boats don't really seem to be going down in big numbers. so rishi sunak is desperate to get those waiting lists short and which isn't going to happen while junior doctors are on strike yesterday, in fact, waiting lists rose to record levels. now 7.4, 7 million people in england waiting for hospital treatment. he is desperate to find a breakthrough, presumably junior doctors are getting pretty desperate to find a breakthrough, too. these strikes mean that they're not being paid fully , but where are we going to fully, but where are we going to get to 6.5? 35? it's hard to see where the compromise will be

found . found. >> and of course, olivia, the other aspect of this, once people have been drilling down into the detail of what the prime minister means by reprioritising budgets , i.e. reprioritising budgets, i.e. will mean cuts elsewhere ? will it mean cuts elsewhere? we've got matthew taylor, chief executive of nhs executive of the nhs confederation , saying, look, confederation, saying, look, there is no fat on the bone. if you think we can take from other areas to actually pay a bigger increase , well, absolutely , mark. >> and that isn't just a problem in the nhs. we've heard a lot from rishi sunak over the past couple of days about where he won't be cutting spending to pay for these pay increases, so he won't be, for example , won't be, for example, borrowing, he won't be putting up taxes, he won't be cutting spending from schools, core budgets . he won't be cutting budgets. he won't be cutting spending from the nhs . frontline spending from the nhs. frontline so where exactly is this huge amount of money going to be found? he talks about underspends. we heard gillian keegan earlier talking about bits in government department budgets which end up not being spent by the end of the year. they normally go straight back

into the treasury coffers. now they'll be left with the department. that department. so some of that money can repurposed . he's money can be repurposed. he's also talked about increasing the fee foreigners who come to fee that foreigners who come to the temporarily to pay . the uk temporarily have to pay. they have to pay a one off lump sum to support the nhs and that will be increased by £400. but even by the treasury's estimates, that's only set to make £1 billion and make about £1 billion and they're looking to fill a £2 billion hole. this year, going up to £3 billion next year. apparently there are some people close to the government who know how this this funding need is going to be met. but we heard gillian keegan this morning the education secretary, saying, yes, that is the big question. so we'll have to wait and see. but it does look as though that funding issue is going to be a bit of a problem for rishi sunak in the coming weeks. >> indeed, olivia at a gloomy westminster. very much westminster. thanks very much for that . for updating us on that. >> probably heard by now >> you've probably heard by now about kill cash about our don't kill cash campaign because we're talking about enough and it now has about it enough and it now has

over 214,000 signatures and with more than 5 million of us in the uk relying on cash every day, new banking hubs in britain have shown that hard money is still crucial in society and very importantly, provides a lifeline to those struggling in a cashless society . cashless society. >> well, some of these hubs being operated by the post office in villages and towns where the banks, of course, have closed those hole in the walls. our yorkshire reporter anna riley went to one of britain's first banking hubs in cottingham to speak to customers about why cash is so crucial. the tories the banking hub in cottingham, openedin the banking hub in cottingham, opened in november last year after all the banks closed in the east yorkshire village . the east yorkshire village. >> since then, demand for its services have grown, with 600 cash transactions from customers every week , with all cash every week, with all cash withdrawals, cash deposits , it's withdrawals, cash deposits, it's you can pay cheques in, you can get balances , you can pay get balances, you can pay utility bills . utility bills. >> but it's primarily is to give

access to cash to all the community. demographically, cottingham is one of the oldest villages in yorkshire, and so there's a lot of old people and a lot of them do need access to cash, and this provides that the banking hub is most used by the older generation who rely on the use of cash. >> i've grown up with cash all my life and i know where i am with cash . whereas with debit with cash. whereas with debit cards, you don't. and to me, it's important because at christmas, birthdays , i like to christmas, birthdays, i like to give the grandchildren cash in an envelope that i'd be lost without it, actually. and not only that, there's a places now just want that. they don't want cash. they just want your card. but i won't go into them shops. >> i am using my card more , but >> i am using my card more, but i still like cash. in the past. but it's purely the generational aspect . i like cash. i like to aspect. i like cash. i like to know what i'm doing with my

money. you know? so i'm just from here, i'm just going some vegetables . i from here, i'm just going some vegetables. i don't from here, i'm just going some vegetables . i don't have to pay vegetables. i don't have to pay with a card for some just some vegetables and small things like that. yeah there, you know , that. yeah there, you know, robbing all people out out there with all these technology things. >> cash access uk run the banking hubs in britain and back the gb news don't kill cash campaign. >> 5 million people still rely on cash day to day. and that's dnvenin on cash day to day. and that's driven in some. in some cases it's driven by age. but a lot of the time that's driven by income as well. so we know that there are people who rely on cash to do their budgeting and they might not have data at home. so they their regular they use their regular expenditure. really expenditure. so it's really important that we provide these services for people who do rely on cash. >> so with the popularity of the banking hub services, cash is certainly still king here in cottingham. anna riley . gb news, cottingham. anna riley. gb news, do stay with us here on gb news.

>> we'll be bringing you the story of a woman who's really terrible . this a woman due to be terrible. this a woman due to be sentenced this afternoon, soon after being convicted of slavery and the wilful neglect of her husband . i'd first though, your husband. i'd first though, your headunes husband. i'd first though, your headlines with rhiannon . headlines with rhiannon. >> thank you, pip. good afternoon. it's 133. your top stories from the gb newsroom . stories from the gb newsroom. two councils have been given permission to go to the high court to challenge the home office decision to house migrants at former raf bases. west lindsey district council opposes the use of raf scampton in lincolnshire. braintree council's challenging the use of wethersfield airfield in essex. the two day hearing began on wednesday as the first migrants began arriving at wethersfield , began arriving at wethersfield, the department for transport has approved plans to build a two mile road tunnel near stonehenge . it's part of plans to turn the a303 into a dual carriageway.

the transport secretary has granted a so—called development consent order. a previous dco was overturned by the high court in 2021. that's after campaign has raised concerns for the unesco world heritage site . unesco world heritage site. junior doctors in england have said they're in it for the long run on day two of their five day strike. that's despite the government's offer of a 6% pay rise, which the prime minister says is final. the british medical association says more strikes are possible. they want an offer closer to the 12.4% given to junior doctors in scotland and almost a thousand workers at gatwick airport, including baggage handlers and check in staff, will stage eight days of strikes later this month. unite union says it's because of ongoing pay disputes . its workers will walk out for four days from friday, the 28th, then again from friday, the 4th of august. airlines affected

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>> hello. you're with the live desk on gb news. a woman is due to be sentenced this afternoon after being convicted of slavery and the wilful neglect of her husband . a really terrible story husband. a really terrible story this tom somerset. how who suffers from cerebral palsy was physically and psychologically abused by his wife and her lover, george webb , who was lover, george webb, who was initially hired as his carer? >> well, both webb and somerset were found guilty of wilful neglect and holding a person in slavery and servitude due to be sentenced shortly . so let's go sentenced shortly. so let's go to portsmouth crown court now and speak to our national reporter theo theo chikomba. distressing at the very least, theo, to go through the details, but what has the court heard in that hearing so far. >> indeed. well, the court will be resuming just after £0.02 pm this afternoon for the sentencing, where some are sarah somerset howe and george webb, who was her lover and also the carer of her husband, will be

sentenced here at portsmouth crown crown court in what's been described as a difficult case. but also her husband and tom, he was he was barely kept alive and was he was barely kept alive and was being described as a piece of property in that circle instance, sarah alongside and mr webb were supposed to be looking after him, but only gave him very little attention. and it's been described as a first ever case of its kind. now this charge us , only applies to charge us, only applies to people who've been brought in from abroad or those who've been forced to work without pay, prosecutors said. mrs. somerset howe and mr webb treated the 40 year old who suffered from cerebral palsy . and he needs 24 cerebral palsy. and he needs 24 hour care as a cash cow. cerebral palsy. and he needs 24 hour care as a cash cow . they hour care as a cash cow. they were spending his inheritance money on laundry and dj equipment. now, after a four week trial here at portsmouth crown court, jurors are deliberated for little more than

12 hours before finding mr webb and mrs. somerset howe. guilty of holding a person in slavery or servitude. and the court also heard how mr somerset howe, a graduate from a wealthy family, was kept in his bed 90% of the time without much attention, and he was only allowed to shower once a week and was left with only crisps and a sandwich to eat. now, george webb was also convicted of ill treatment by a care worker, while miss somerset howe, an executive assistant who worked for kpmg , has been worked for kpmg, has been convicted of aiding and abetting him from 2018 to 2020. now this from sussex police . detective from sussex police. detective constable garrett says sarah somerset howe and george webb totally betrayed their innocent victim, who relied on both of them for care, particularly when it comes to the most basic human needs to scale of their depravity was revealed thanks to

the tenacity of a friend who alerted the victim's family. they acted quickly to report this to sussex police, and she went on to say, i would like to thank them and as well for helping throughout this investigation. now, both somerset howe and mr webb will be sentenced here at portsmouth crown court this afternoon, starting just after 2:00pm. >> and theo , we've just seen >> and theo, we've just seen some video from sussex police of the circumstances there and the conditions he was kept in. have we got any idea from the judge what the parameters will be for sentencing , what they could be sentencing, what they could be facing ? so at the moment, we facing? so at the moment, we don't have those details, but when this resumes, we'll be able to get some of those further details shortly in the next few minutes to you, of course, in the next 20 minutes for that. theo, thank you . theo, thank you. >> now, you might want to listen up if you are going away to europe this weekend because tourists are being warned to

take care in the extreme heat after a man died as temperatures across southern europe and northwest africa topped 40 degrees. well, it's called the cerberus heat wave. >> it's taking hold across many popular destinations for british holidaymakers across the mediterranean . an with weather mediterranean. an with weather alerts in place across the canary islands, italy, cyprus and greece. indeed, the greek authorities expecting temperatures to reach 43 celsius this is seen from croatia here where one village has literally burnt to the ground because of the conditions. >> joining us now live from lincoln is weather forecaster john kettley. good afternoon to you, john. thank you for talking to us here on gb news. so explain to us why why this heatwave is happening . we are heatwave is happening. we are seeing some terrible pictures. i mean, tourists as well. i'm reading , are mean, tourists as well. i'm reading, are being mean, tourists as well. i'm reading , are being stretchered reading, are being stretchered away from the acropolis . away from the acropolis. >> that'd be nice when it's finished , won't it? the finished, won't it? the acropolis. >> but a rather flippant answer, really would be that this is

high summer. >> it's june, july, august. and every year the top temperatures across there in southern europe, in particular in the mediterranean , is over 40 mediterranean, is over 40 degrees. so it's fairly common these days. i mean, there was a time, say, 30 years ago, we're probably looking at 35 to 38 degrees as being a top temperature in these resorts. but even then, of course, that was too hot for most of us brits going south and there were still wildfires going on at that time. now, with global warming or whatever want call it, whatever we want to call it, these days, the temperatures are rising worldwide. and so we are expecting year expecting temperatures year by year to around 40 degrees year to be up around 40 degrees or so . but it is year to be up around 40 degrees or so. but it is interesting and it's sobering thought, it's a sobering thought, actually, you look back at actually, when you look back at the that highest the figures that the highest temperature recorded in athens was back in 1997, on the was way back in 1997, on the 10th of july. and i think that was about 47 degrees. so we've seen these higher temperatures before . it's just that they are before. it's just that they are becoming more cumulative and the ground is drying out. of course, as we run into midsummer. so it's not too surprising that it gets hotter hotter . gets hotter and hotter. >> we're going to bring the map

up, show the of up, john, to show the sort of red areas across what is, i guess, a bloom. i think you call it, up from sahara it, coming up from sahara hitting southern france hitting spain, southern france and sardinia and sicily particularly. i mean, we're being told sardinia and sicily could be facing 48 plus. well that would be a record, mark. >> yes, that would be a record. if they got to 48 degrees, that would be quite exceptional. and of course, it's only 12 months. in fact, it's a few days short of 12 months when we got our 40 degrees this country. so it degrees in this country. so it is a sign of what's happening worldwide across worldwide and certainly across europe moment. are europe at the moment. we are seeing higher temperatures seeing these higher temperatures year of course, year by year. but of course, there are winners and losers in all of this and we need to all of this and we only need to look the window and we look out of the window and we just seen report from just seen the report from portsmouth crown just now portsmouth crown court just now pounng portsmouth crown court just now pouring rain across uk. pouring with rain across the uk. it's feels it's absolutely lousy. it feels more autumn today. more like autumn today. temperatures barely up to to temperatures barely up to 18 to 20 degrees. it's raining virtually everywhere now . virtually everywhere now. there's more rain to come there's more heavy rain to come at afternoon. at wimbledon. this afternoon. thank goodness for that retractable so although retractable roof. so although most parts of europe certainly

at the moment are very hot, it doesn't to say that it's doesn't mean to say that it's going to be hot everywhere. and from time to time it will cool down. and every and again, down. and every now and again, certainly the summer, certainly later in the summer, they'll storms they'll be getting the storms back. be back. and then we'll be wondering what's going on. >> it actually >> yeah, is it actually affecting our weather? is it pushing jet stream with that pushing the jet stream with that sort coming up sort of bloom coming up from africa giving this wet africa and giving us this wet and weather coming in from and windy weather coming in from the would be nice to think >> it would be nice to think that to going get a bit that we were to going get a bit of that hot weather, but it sometimes we do. sometimes we are fringe it and it are on the fringe of it and it actually just push further north westwards. occasion, westwards. but on this occasion, sadly, low pressure system, sadly, this low pressure system, this weather that's this band of wet weather that's covering us actually covering us now, is actually going force that's going to be the force that's going to be the force that's going push back heat. so going to push back the heat. so although about 31, 32 although it's about 31, 32 degrees across in paris at degrees just across in paris at the moment, that hot weather is so near and yet so far. the moment, that hot weather is so near and yet so far . so it's so near and yet so far. so it's going to be pushed back into central europe. it's not coming our way the moment, quite our way at the moment, quite honestly, for the next days honestly, for the next few days , we're going to be dominated totally on the cool side of the jet means if we jet stream, which means if we get or degrees, we're

get 20 or 21 degrees, we're doing pretty well. and the problem is, that we're problem is, too, that we're going see a lot of heavy going to see a lot of heavy squall showers. we're going to going to see a lot of heavy squ.the;howers. we're going to going to see a lot of heavy squ.the;hower:continuing ng to going to see a lot of heavy squ.the;hower:continuing to to see the winds continuing to strengthen of this strengthen because of this temperature that's temperature contrast that's across europe at the across northwest europe at the moment. get moment. when you get the contrast in temperature and that contrast in temperature and that contrast becomes greater, you're more more deep and more likely to see more deep and more likely to see more deep and more extensive, more severe low pressure systems moving north across uk and so now we're across the uk and so now we're going to get gales in some places this weekend. >> okay. well that sounds absolutely delightful. i was supposed be going camping supposed to be going camping this weekend. think i'll this weekend. don't think i'll bother now, but for bother with that now, but for people are being people who are actually being much me and much more sensible than me and doing something nice, like possibly going to europe. but if they are going, say to spain, to italy, to greece , obviously they italy, to greece, obviously they have to be so , so careful. but have to be so, so careful. but is there any end in sight to this to this heatwave for people that are travelling over the next few days ? no next few days? no >> at the moment you'd have to say that for much of southern europe, temperatures will remain about 35 to 40 degrees and possibly a little bit more than

that. so the heat wave is set to stay further north across into france and parts of germany as we go through to the end of next week and into the following week. well, perhaps it does turn more they're going more unsettled. they're going to get our heaviest showers get some of our heaviest showers and so there will and thunderstorms. so there will be respite there. if be some respite there. if it's respite that you're after. but quite frankly, most people, most brits going south are looking for skies and sunshine. you for blue skies and sunshine. you just have to be sensible about it. don't you really put your cream on. don't in the cream on. don't lie in the sunshine hours in the sunshine for four hours in the middle the or keep middle of the day or keep drinking and be very drinking and just be very sensible. take your siestas. that's they've done that's what they've always done in for donkey's in southern europe for donkey's years, what should years, and that's what we should do when we go abroad. >> get super early and get on >> get up super early and get on that at sunrise is what that beach at sunrise is what i say. >> and $- gm— >> and when you say keep drinking, obviously referring to water john, ever, thanks water for john, as ever, thanks very much indeed for updating water for john, as ever, thanks verthanks indeed for updating water for john, as ever, thanks verthanks indeed .yr updating us. thanks indeed. >> indeed . >> indeed. >> indeed. >> now, queen, king and >> now, the queen, king and queen enjoyed a tour of the special coronation exhibition in the buckingham palace ballroom this week. why are we telling you that? well, because from

today , you, the public, will today, you, the public, will have access to the state rooms and a special display of objects used worn during their used and worn during their majesty's coronation in may. >> but if you can't wait , our >> but if you can't wait, our royal correspondent, cameron walker , give an walker, can give you an exclusive sneak peek . exclusive sneak peek. >> a moment of history experienced by millions of people on their tv screens. but the public could only watch support or protest from a distance . today, buckingham distance. today, buckingham palace is opening its doors for the first time since the death of her late majesty with a brand new exhibition showcasing both older and more modern items from king charles and queen camilla's coronation gb news has been given special access behind palace walls . i met the curator palace walls. i met the curator of the display , sally goodsir, of the display, sally goodsir, who showed me the diamond jubilee state coach parked outside the grand entrance of buckingham palace. it's carried their majesties to westminster abbey before they were crowned. sally explains what the public can expect . can expect. >> i think it's this opportunity

to see items that we might maybe saw from a distance at the coronation service. it's quite a complex service. the cameras were a little distance away from the that were happening, the events that were happening, but within a metre but to really get within a metre in cases of this incredibly in many cases of this incredibly intricate craftsmanship , i think intricate craftsmanship, i think that's probably the key highlight inside the highlight for me inside the ballroom used by the king and queen for coronation rehearsals and enough to fit 72 and large enough to fit 72 double decker buses. >> the small, intricate details of the items come alive. the queen's two jack russells, beth and bluebell and her grandchildren's names have been carefully embroidered onto her coronation dress and the king's purple coronation tunic, glove and girdle can be seen up close by paying ticket holders and the money generated by ticket sales supplements. the taxpayer income. the royal family receives to fund their official dufies receives to fund their official duties as the year before the pandemic . the royal collection pandemic. the royal collection trust, which manages ticket sales, generated £7.3 million for the royal household . but the for the royal household. but the pandemic and lockdown meant

income fell to zero, hitting royal finances hard income crept up slowly over the next two years, but a lack of international tourists limited sales cut forecasts for visitor numbers at occupied royal palaces is expected to return the income to pre—pandemic levels over the ten weeks that buckingham palace is open. >> we're expecting between 300 and 400,000 visitors. >> at £30 for an adult ticket that could generate more than £9 million for the royal household . it's understood there are plans to open up royal residences to the paying public for longer, but nothing official yet has been announced. cameron walker gb news at buckingham palace . palace. >> well, i think we can say thank you to our tour guide now because he's joining us here. thank you very much for that very welcome. >> he like then? >> what was he like then? >> what was he like then? >> it's one thing to >> because it's one thing to watch it the television, as watch it on the television, as millions of us did, but to actually see see how actually see and to see how intricate these gowns were. actually see and to see how intrabsolutelyese gowns were. actually see and to see how intrabsolutely .;e gowns were. actually see and to see how intrabsolutely . i gowns were. actually see and to see how intrabsolutely . i mean,. were. >> absolutely. i mean, buckingham palace, all, buckingham palace, first of all, you go inside you think it's you go inside and you think it's going to be a normal stately

home you've been to one in home if you've been to one in your area. it's so your local area. but it's so exquisite. it's so detailed and there's it is there's so much gold. it is really beautiful to see these 19 state so much state rooms. of course, so much history surrounding in terms history surrounding it in terms of intricate details with of the intricate details with the robes and gowns the coronation robes and gowns and all the items. it's little things. you're just not going to pick on television. so pick up on the television. so you saw in my report there the fact grandchildren's fact that the grandchildren's names been into the names have been sewn into the queen's coronation gown , but the queen's coronation gown, but the anointing well , queen's coronation gown, but the anointing well, used anointing screen as well, used to king as he was to guard the king as he was being anointed with holy oil dunng being anointed with holy oil during the coronation service. every commonwealth nation has been sewn into each leaf, so there's lots of stuff you just wouldn't necessarily see on the television. >> and these go on >> and will these go on permanent anywhere? permanent display anywhere? because we know that because obviously we know that that quite keen that king charles is quite keen for become more for the public to become more involved buckingham involved and perhaps buckingham palace opened up a palace will be opened up a little more, even though think little more, even though i think the external centre that the external visitor centre that was is now not to was planned is now not going to be built. was planned is now not going to be yes,. was planned is now not going to be yes, the royal collection >> yes, the royal collection trust is in charge of all of these different objects. usually we them going on tour or we see them going on tour or being display from to being on display from time to

time. going to time. i doubt there's going to be permanent exhibition. we be a permanent exhibition. we haven't anything about haven't heard anything about that. right, the that. but you're right, in the national audit office report, that. but you're right, in the natiorhas.udit office report, that. but you're right, in the natiorhas.udit (released ort, that. but you're right, in the natiorhas.udit (released today, which has been released today, it state that the external it does state that the external visitor of buckingham visitor centre of buckingham palace, been planned, visitor centre of buckingham palacehave been planned, visitor centre of buckingham palace have scrapped anned, visitor centre of buckingham palacehave scrapped fored, plans have been scrapped for that. buckingham that. but obviously buckingham palace is pretty big now. so the idea is to put the visitor centre in the existing building rather than build an external structure. inflation's been blamed and the rising cost of living and bills well. living and bills as well. >> then staying with with >> and then staying with with money queen camilla, money because queen camilla, she's going to receive her she's not going to receive her own and i can't even say it. and u, t and u of t, i'm just going to say money allowance from parliament. >> yes. >> yes. >> yeah. just explain to us why is that? and why should we care? >> so the long the last consort, prince philip, husband of the late queen elizabeth ii he got on average around 150, £359,000 from parliament. >> and that dates back all the way to 1952. the civil list act of 1952. and it actually names prince philip that he is going to get a parliamentary allowance

in income every year. now the problem for the queen, camilla, is that she clearly is not named in the 1952 act. and it would take another act of parliament in order to give her an allowance from parliament. and perhaps it was thought in a cost of living crisis where so much money has been, taxpayer's money has on royal has been spent on big royal events. recently the late queen's funeral, the coronation we've has we've seen the economy has dropped slightly due to the we've seen the economy has droppbankightly due to the we've seen the economy has droppbank holidayre to the we've seen the economy has droppbank holiday due the we've seen the economy has droppbank holiday due to e we've seen the economy has droppbank holiday due to that extra bank holiday due to that pandemic. sorry, not pandemic. the coronation itself , the extra the coronation itself, the extra bank holiday. it was perhaps seen that the sovereign grant, which funds the official duties of the royal family now rather than the civil list, is the best way to fund the queen. >> okay. and let's just very quickly school holidays, including a certain three children dragged to an air display. >> yes. >> yes. >> parents will be able to relate to these pictures. >> absolutely. >> absolutely. >> yes. today, prince george, princess charlotte prince princess charlotte and prince louis at an air show at raf fairford, royal fairford, the royal international tattoo . international air tattoo. >> parents princess william and catherine air taking the kids on

their day out. of course, prince louis looking a little bit cheeky there as he always does. >> yeah. and of course, let's not reflect that the prince of wales, an expert helicopter not reflect that the prince of walesson expert helicopter not reflect that the prince of wales son exp be helicopter not reflect that the prince of wales son exp be blindinger not reflect that the prince of wales son exp be blinding them pilot, so he'll be blinding them with his inside knowledge. no, that's probably why they've got faces like that. anyway, thank you school holidays you for that. school holidays beckon. next hour beckon. and our next hour beckons as well. stay with us here on live desk. we'll here on the live desk. we'll have the for you. have all the latest for you. we'll back in a moment. we'll be back in a moment. >> a brighter outlook with boxt solar sponsors of solar a proud sponsors of weather on . gb news. weather on. gb news. >> i'm alex deakin and this is your latest weather update from the met office for gb news. some lively weather crossing the country over the next couple of days. a blustery spell with some wet weather around and it doesn't feel very warm. certainly not for july. doesn't feel very warm. certainly not forjuly. this certainly not for july. this chart is more typical of maybe october or november, a deep, low pressure spreading rain steadily northwards and some gusty winds, particularly over southwest england and west wales and seasonably windy in that rain

spreading north. that'll be heavy and persistent across northern ireland. very wet afternoon here, not raining everywhere . parts of northeast everywhere. parts of northeast england, southern scotland and the far north may stay largely dry, it is getting blustery dry, but it is getting blustery and it is on the cool side with temperatures stuck in the teens and feeling very chilly with that persistent rain over the east of northern ireland into this evening. that rain spiralling across scotland. so a very wet night here for england. well, it does turn drier through this evening. there'll be some clear overnight, but clear spells overnight, but staying gusty with more staying pretty gusty with more showers coming into the west. temperatures mostly holding up in the teens on to saturday. and it's more of a case of sunshine and showers, but it will be a blustery day again, unseasonably windy, particularly over parts of the south and east of england. so, again, met office warning place . lots of heavy warning in place. lots of heavy showers as well . they will zip showers as well. they will zip through because so windy, through because it's so windy, but those showers are likely to turn thunderstorms in turn into thunderstorms in places lot of rain in places and drop a lot of rain in a short space of time. and again, all the and the

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gb news campaigners win their fight for a judicial review over housing asylum seekers at the former raf base scampton. >> we'll have the latest live from court and from the base in lincolnshire . lincolnshire. >> our final offer, downing street, confirms they'll hold no further talks on wage increases , but junior doctors say the 6% offered will not stop their strike. could it be stalemate between the government and the unions once more ? unions once more? >> the deadly warning to britain's holidaymakers as europe breaks all time heat records. it is also caused deadly wildfires across the

continent, including in croatia. those temperatures, they keep going up and up. >> also coming up, the department of transport gives the green light for a £1.7 billion tunnel past stonehenge . billion tunnel past stonehenge. but will the protesters find another legal route to stop it in its tracks ? latest headlines in its tracks? latest headlines now with rhiannon . now with rhiannon. >> thank you, mark. good afternoon. it's coming up to 2:02. your top stories from the gb newsroom. a legal bid to challenge the decision by the home office to use former raf bases to house asylum seekers has been approved by the high court . west lindsey district court. west lindsey district council opposes the use of raf scampton in lincolnshire. braintree council's challenging the use of wethersfield airfield in essex. the two day hearing

began on wednesday as the first migrants began arriving at wethersfield . hundreds of people wethersfield. hundreds of people have been attending the funeral of one of the students stabbed to death in nottingham last month. around 600 people were at taunton minster in somerset to pay taunton minster in somerset to pay their respects to barnaby webber, one of the three people killed during the attacks. the 19 year old was killed as he returned from a night out with fellow student grace o'malley. kumar, 65 year old school caretaker ian coates was also stabbed to death in the attack. a man charged with their murders is due to in court for a plea heanng is due to in court for a plea hearing in september. the department for transport has approved plans to build a road tunnel near stonehenge. the two mile tunnel is part of plans to turn the a303 into a dual carriageway. the transport secretary has granted a so—called development consent order or dco, but a previous dco was overturned by the high court

in 2021, after campaigners raised concerns for the unesco world heritage site . june year. world heritage site. june year. doctors in england have said they're in it for the long run. on day two of their five day strike. that's despite the government's offer of a 6% pay rise, which the prime minister says is final. rise, which the prime minister says is final . the british says is final. the british medical association says more strikes are possible . they want strikes are possible. they want an offer closer to the 12.4% given to junior doctors in scotland . meanwhile, all four scotland. meanwhile, all four teaching unions have called for their strikes to be cancelled , their strikes to be cancelled, saying members should accept the 6.5% pay rise they've been offered . the education offered. the education secretary, gillian keegan , told secretary, gillian keegan, told gb news just how it's going to be funded. >> the treasury, what they usually do with departments is any spend that you don't or you don't make . so if your forecast don't make. so if your forecast is too high or you you don't deliver as quickly as you thought and all of those underspends, they always go back to the treasury and then they

reprice kyrees on behalf of the government. but in this case, they've permitted us to keep those underspend. so what i've been doing is going through line by bit of the budget by line every bit of the budget , looking at the forecast, looking the programmes that , looking at the forecast, loo could the programmes that , looking at the forecast, loo could maybe 'ogrammes that , looking at the forecast, loo could maybe we ammes that , looking at the forecast, loo could maybe we haven'tthat we could maybe we haven't started could slow down started yet, we could slow down and how we've done it . and that's how we've done it. >> two british men have been sentenced for smuggling seven indian migrants, including women and children, into the uk and the boots of cars. one man who was stopped in dover in 2018 has been given three and a half years for assisting unlawful immigration. three indian nationals claiming to be afghan sikhs were found in the boot of his hire car. his co—accused , his hire car. his co—accused, who had four indian nationals in his, has been jailed for three years and two months. also for assisting unlawful immigration . assisting unlawful immigration. almost 1000 workers at gatwick airport, including baggage handlers and check in staff, will stage eight days of strikes later this month. unite union says there because of ongoing

pay says there because of ongoing pay disputes, workers will walk out for four days from friday, the 28th, then again from friday the 28th, then again from friday the 4th of august for another four days. airlines affected include british airways, easyjet , ryanair, tui, westjet and wizz air . a , ryanair, tui, westjet and wizz air. a breakthrough may have been made in a bid to unlock bofis been made in a bid to unlock boris johnson's old mobile phone after an ally suggested the government had recovered a pin code. the deadline to hand over unredacted messages to the covid inquiry was missed this week due to complications accessing the former prime minister's phone. the device likely contains content relating to the ordering of lockdowns , as well as details of lockdowns, as well as details on the early response to the coronavirus pandemic. the government's already handed over the rest of mrjohnson's the rest of mr johnson's documents following a high court order, having initially argued it was irrelevant . tourists are it was irrelevant. tourists are being warned to take care in the extreme heat as temperatures across southern europe and northwest africa topped 40 c. the cerberus heatwave has taken

hold of popular british holiday hotspots in the mediterranean in wildfires in croatia , sparked by wildfires in croatia, sparked by a combination of strong winds and heat, have burned houses to the ground. weather alerts are in place across spain's canary islands , italy, cyprus and islands, italy, cyprus and greece , where authorities expect greece, where authorities expect temperatures to reach up to 43 c . and india's space agency has successfully launched a rocket to the moon. three, 2—1, zero. >> the mission is aiming to land at the lunar south pole and deploy a rover which will conduct experiments for two weeks. >> only three other space agencies the us, china and the former soviet union, have landed on the moon, but none have been to the south pole or this is gb news. we'll bring you more as it happens. now those back over to mark and bib .

mark and bib. welcome back. >> you're watching the live desk on gb news. as a legal challenge to the home office by the local council and residents over former four fs airbase, raf scampton has now been granted permission to go to a full judicial review . judicial review. >> well, the council's been battling to stop the government from housing up to 2000 asylum seekers at the base, a controversial move that's prevented a £300 million regeneration project for that site. let's get more with our home security editor, mark white, who's been following the case at the royal courts of justice. mark, what happens next? because this was just a stage post, if you like, to a full judicial review . full judicial review. >> yes, well, it will go to this full hearing. now and it's, of course, not just the raf scampton. they're the former dambusters base , but the former dambusters base, but the former

raf wethersfield base near braintree in essex, where 46 asylum seekers have actually now been placed in that base. there are 7600 who are destined for the base. if the home office get their way eventually and it may be, of course, if they don't get their way, that they have to embarrassingly take those asylum seekers back out of that base. but perhaps we're getting ahead of ourselves because you're right, we still have to go to this full judicial review that will be scheduled in the weeks ahead. will be scheduled in the weeks ahead . then there very ahead. then there will very likely be a reserved judgement . likely be a reserved judgement. in other words, you won't get the ruling from the judge right away. they'll have to go away and think about it. write up the ruling . and so we could be ruling. and so we could be talking a good month or two before we actually get to a point where there is any kind of conclusion to this issue. and all of the while, the residents continue to battle the home

office and its plans to house in scampton case, 2000 people at that base. and as i said before 1700 down at wethersfield in essex. and mark, mrs. justin justice thornton in her in her ruling was very clear that the decision to accommodate asylum seekers on the sites may give rise to strong local opinion . rise to strong local opinion. >> she says there might be wider discussions about the welfare of the asylum seekers. but she was very clear in saying these are not, , matters for the not, however, matters for the court. that's not what she's ruling on. >> no, there were 15 sort of points of contention that the interested parties for both wethersfield and scampton put across in their rolled up joint heanng across in their rolled up joint hearing and the judge has actually decided , added that actually decided, added that they have merit for a judicial

review on three of those 15. so on the issue of what's called class. q a rule that allows the home office in extremis by declaring a national emergency to bypass local authority planning rules if it's on a site that the government owns and clearly ministry of defence bases are sites the government owns. that's one area. the other is on an environmental impact assessment that was carried out and the other on an equalities assessment that relates to the braintree area . wethersfield braintree area. wethersfield sites . so three particular sites. so three particular points that the judge said do have merit , points that the judge said do have merit, but that could be argued out at a judicial review. but i say we are still some way off, i think, from getting a definitive conclusion as to what happens here and all of the while, the time keeps ticking on

for the government and more asylum seekers keep arriving. we're onto more than 13,000 this yeah we're onto more than 13,000 this year. already which is roughly equivalent to those that came across at the same time last yeah across at the same time last year. in fact , just today, i'm year. in fact, just today, i'm told that another 50 asylum seekers came came across or channel migrants we should call them as they weren't of a declared that they want to claim asylum just yet but they came across in a small boat in what are fairly horrendous weather conditions out in the english channel. so even when the weather is bad, they're still trying to come across the engush trying to come across the english channel. when we get into the very hot months of august and september and we get flat calm conditions out there, then we are likely to see many, many hundreds and thousands who will try and come across the engush will try and come across the english channel and just on the bigger picture, mark, of course,

we've had these proceedings in parliament, what they call the ping parliament, what they call the ping pong between the lords and the commons on the illegal migration bill >> i mean, robert jenrick this morning indicating that, you know, is going to be stuck know, this is going to be stuck to and mps expected to reverse some of the changes , but then some of the changes, but then the stand off continuing and of course time is running out before parliament goes into recess . yeah i mean, this is recess. yeah i mean, this is a very, very difficult situation that the prime minister, the home secretary find themselves in. >> now, this is a key pledge to stop the boats . and all the stop the boats. and all the while, the weeks and months are ticking down towards the general election with no discernible progress that really has been made. despite rishi sunak sunak standing up a month ago and telling us that there was a 20% drop in the number of people who have crossed the english channel in small boats . well, that was in small boats. well, that was true at that time , but we had true at that time, but we had always suggested that this is

more to do with the weather than government policy. and sure, sure enough, apart from today and even on today, 50 crossed. but when we had an improvement in the weather , that 20% had has in the weather, that 20% had has disappeared to only 1 or 2. now now we're roughly equivalent to where we were last year. rwanda is going nowhere fast because the government suffered a very significant setback just last month when that policy was declared unlawful. and they're having to go to the supreme court now to try to get that overturned. and the are constantly coming up against obstacles in trying to get away from the overreliance on the hotels that are currently housing 51,000 asylum seekers in hundreds of hotels across the country at a cost of £6 million a day . and yes, you're right, a day. and yes, you're right, this ping pong that shows no

sign of ending with the lords constantly pushing forward amendments every time this bill comes that send it back to the to the house of commons for again, more consideration. the government do give way on some points, but it goes back to the lords and they just ping it straight back again. >> keeps you busy. however, mark, as ever, thanks for updating us there outside the courts on the latest on the two particular bases. >> let's get more on this from outside scamp in lincolnshire. we can talk to our midlands. reporter our east midlands. reporter our east midlands. reporter will, will hollis what sort of reaction are you getting from people there? will i mean, there might have been deterred because of the weather, but there were some protesters there earlier, weren't there? >> yes. well, they were here bright and early from 7 am. they've come out most mornings and they've done so since the announcement was first made in

march. that scampton was going to be used to house asylum seekers of course, raaf wethersfield as well down in essex. but it seems that raaf scampton has a little bit of notoriety because of everything that happened with the dambusters. the most famous raf base in british history. dambusters. the most famous raf base in british history . and so base in british history. and so obviously it gained a lot of attraction and it's got a really deep connection with the local community, obe, particularly around lincolnshire, because of course lincolnshire was bomber command during the second world war, so lots of people have been coming down here since that announcement was made in march. they've been with the they've been battling with the weather they left a little weather and they left a little while ago, an hour or so weather and they left a little whilebuto, an hour or so weather and they left a little whilebut they're an hour or so weather and they left a little whilebut they're coming ur or so weather and they left a little whilebut they're coming back so weather and they left a little whilebut they're coming back at ago, but they're coming back at rush hour because that's when there's going to be lots of cars on road. and you might hear on the road. and you might hear a lot of traffic in the background from the a15. you'll probably hear as well a lot of pipping pipping of the horns, particularly the particularly from some of the big because here it does big hgvs, because here it does get a lot support . big hgvs, because here it does get a lot support. but big hgvs, because here it does get a lot support . but there get a lot of support. but there are two main strands as to why

they don't want asylum seekers to come here. the campaigners from save our scampton have raised issues with things relating to what the young men will do when they come here. it's about ten minutes away in a car to lincoln city centre, so they're wondering is there going to be the right resources? is there also wondering things around safety, particularly with the people that live at scampton camp, which is the former married quarters, is literally just up against the fence line . just up against the fence line. and so there are those sorts of concerns. the second strand, which we hear really quite a lot with scampton is this £300 million heritage deal. of course , scampton, because of its history , has been earmarked for history, has been earmarked for this deal. i'm told it's been a dealin this deal. i'm told it's been a deal in the making for around five years. and scampton holdings is a partnership which is bringing the money to the table. and as well as things to do with museums and heritage. farage also a plan to farage there's also a plan to essentially satellite bus essentially shoot satellite bus up from this place because of

course there is a no fly zone here around raf scampton and that's something that was really raised to me by the heritage group. scampton heritage, and that's an organisation that's made up from the old tour guides who used to bring people to the museum here at scampton. and i was speaking to their chief, keith batty, a little bit ago. >> we as a group don't really have a view on on the use of the station for housing asylum seekers, except that we are very keen that the developments promise that by west lindsey district council and their business partners do go ahead. they're really important for the future of lincolnshire . so if future of lincolnshire. so if the asylum centre does go ahead here, there's no reason why those developers can't sit alongside it. if it those developers can't sit alongside it . if it doesn't go alongside it. if it doesn't go ahead. i'm sure it will be for the right reasons examined through this judicial review process . process. >> that judicial review does not have a date yet. it could still

be quite some time, but west lindsey district council and braintree now have 35 days to lay out their full case ahead of any judicial review. will hollis outside scampton, thank you . outside scampton, thank you. >> now, more than 600 people gathered to remember one of those killed in the nottingham attacks. >> yes , there was such a huge >> yes, there was such a huge turnout , as >> yes, there was such a huge turnout, as you would >> yes, there was such a huge turnout , as you would expect at turnout, as you would expect at taunton minster in somerset, somerset, to pay tribute to 19 year old barnaby webber , who year old barnaby webber, who died after being attacked in nottingham on june the 30th. well south—west of england. reporter jeff moody was outside the funeral. jeff, it will have of course been such comfort for barnaby's family to have such a huge turnout today. his parents, david and emma, his younger brother charlie, they all so bravely paid emotional tributes to a son and brother who was taken away from them in the most horrific, horrific of

circumstances . circumstances. >> yes, absolutely. i mean, there were hundreds lining the streets earlier on, standing out in the pouring rain under their umbrellas, in silence for around an hour, watched the funeral set chimney take place from a big video screen outside . they're video screen outside. they're not actually calling it a funeral by the way. they're calling it a send off. and that's a slightly different emphasis. there was quite a lot of laughter inside the church in amongst the tears to come as people we were hearing stories of barnaby and stories of his life and getting a real sense of the young man that he was and the young man that he was and the man that he would have become if he'd have been given the chance . aukus we heard from the chance. aukus we heard from his teachers at taunton school who talked about a very bright young man who had a very promising future in front of him. we heard from lots of his friends too, at taunton school who talked about a boy that did

just enough work to please the teachers, but also enjoyed going out, enjoyed socialising , and out, enjoyed socialising, and who believed that relationships with other human beings were the most important thing of all. we heard too , from his new friends heard too, from his new friends at nottingham university who who talked about a boy that loved cricket, that met lots of people that really enjoyed being in nottingham, enjoyed the diversity of it, enjoyed meeting people from different cultures, different backgrounds too. and his motto in life was, if i like you, i like you. it's as simple as that. and we heard a lot about how he had friends from all different communities, all different backgrounds. he was a very popular and kind boy . the very popular and kind boy. the word kind came up many, many times as he said. yes, particularly moving was these statements and these speeches that were read out from the family themselves . charlie, his family themselves. charlie, his

younger brother , gave a very, younger brother, gave a very, very moving speech, as did both parents. his mother talked about how she would always regard them as a family of four. and she said that at the moment it feels like the family is looking out at a black sky with no light in it at all. but they're looking desperately at that sky, hoping to find a little glimmer of light. and they said they're well aware that at some point that they will be able to see some light and find a way forward. that way forward will concern the barnaby webber foundation, which they've recently set up. it's a foundation that has so far raised £11,000, pounds . they're raised £11,000, pounds. they're not quite sure at the moment what they're going to do with that money, but they say that they will always, always use it to honour him and all he stood for and what he stood for was kindness, respect , paul coyte, kindness, respect, paul coyte, decency . and he was regarded as

decency. and he was regarded as being very non—judgmental with everybody around him. his motto in life, if he likes you, he likes you , and certainly someone likes you, and certainly someone who liked him. >> of course, is grace. grace o'malley kumar, the 19 year old friend who was also killed in the attack. we understand that her were there today and, her family were there today and, of another function was of course, another function was the foundation has been started in her name to carry on that particular work as well . that's right. >> the foundation is in the names of both of these these two young people who were incredibly popular in the community that they were in. i mean, that just is shown just by the sheer number of people that have turned out in force today and really braved quite horrendous weather conditions to pay their respects . respects. >> jeff, thank you very much indeed for updating us there on torfaen. as we remember, two very special young people , of very special young people, of course. thank you. >> utterly, utterly heartbreaking. do stay with us here on gb news. when we will be

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news radio. welcome back to the live desk. >> how do you fancy a tour of buckingham palace? well, the king and queen enjoying a tour of the special coronation exhibition there in the ballroom this from today. well, the this week from today. well, the pubuc this week from today. well, the public have access to their state the special state rooms and the special display objects worn and display of the objects worn and used the coronation. our used during the coronation. our royal correspondent cameron walker got a sneaky peek preview . a moment of history experienced by millions of people on their tv screen shows. >> but the public could only watch , support or protest from watch, support or protest from a distance. today, buckingham palace is opening its doors for the first time since the death of her late majesty with a brand new exhibition showcasing both older and more modern items from king charles and queen camilla's coronation in gb news has been given special access behind

palace walls . as i met the palace walls. as i met the curator of the display, sally goodsir, who showed me the diamond jubilee state coach parked outside the grand entrance of buckingham palace. it's carried their majesties to westminster abbey before they were crowned, sally explains what the public can expect . what the public can expect. >> i think it's this opportunity to see items that we might maybe saw from a distance at the coronation service. it's quite a complex service. the cameras were little distance away from were a little distance away from the that happening , the events that were happening, but get within a metre but to really get within a metre in cases this incredibly in many cases of this incredibly intricate , i think intricate craftsmanship, i think that's probably the key highlight for me inside the ballroom used by the king and queen for coronation rehearsals and enough to fit 72 and large enough to fit 72 double decker buses . double decker buses. >> the small, intricate details of the items come alive. the queen's two jack russells, beth and bluebell and her grandchildren's names have been carefully embroidered onto her coronation dress and the king's purple coronation tunic glove and girdle can be seen up close by paying ticket holders and the money generated by ticket sales

supplements the taxpayer income the royal family receives to fund their official duties the year before the pandemic . the year before the pandemic. the royal collection trust, which manages ticket sales, generated £7.3 million for the royal household . but the pandemic and household. but the pandemic and lockdown meant income fell to zero, hitting royal finances is hard. income crept up slowly over the next two years, but a lack of interest and tourists limited sales as current forecasts for visitor numbers at occupied royal palaces is expected to return the income to pre—pandemic levels over the ten weeks that buckingham palace is open. >> we're expecting between 300 and 400,000 visitors at £30 for and 400,000 visitors at £30 for an adult ticket that could generate more than £9 million for the royal household. >> it's understood there are plans to open up royal residences to the paying public for longer, but nothing official yet has been announced . cameron yet has been announced. cameron walker gb news at buckingham palace . palace. >> well, staying with the royals

because we've got some pictures to show you from the last hour or so of the prince and princess of wales tweeting their children to a day of jets , helicopters to a day of jets, helicopters and historic planes as they enjoyed a family day out at an air show. and prince george, i can't believe this. he's celebrates his 10th birthday later this month. yeah they called it a fun day out . called it a fun day out. >> maybe not according to charlotte and catherine. maybe you can explain. apparently, the skies were grey, the rain was falling, so not too many jets actually up in the sky. so i think a lot of time spent in the hanger. think a lot of time spent in the hanger . unfortunately think a lot of time spent in the hanger. unfortunately hangdog look. maybe who knows. anyway, a day out as the school holidays bakhmut. >> well, very shortly we will be talking about the hollywood actor kevin spacey , kwasi he has actor kevin spacey, kwasi he has beenin actor kevin spacey, kwasi he has been in court this week. he's accused of a number of sexual offences . he denies the charges offences. he denies the charges , but he's accused the prosecution of having a weak case. we'll be outside southwark crown court. first, though , your

crown court. first, though, your headunes crown court. first, though, your headlines with rhiannon . pip headlines with rhiannon. pip >> thank you. good afternoon. it's 232. your top stories from the newsroom to councils have been given permission to go to the high court to challenge the home office decision to house migrants at former raf bases. west lindsey district council opposes the use of raf scampton and lincolnshire. braintree councils challenging the use of wethersfield airfield in essex. the two day hearing began on wednesday as the first migrants began arriving at wethersfield and the department for transport has approved plans to build a two mile road tunnel near stonehenge. it's part of plans to turn the a303 into a dual carriageway. the transport secretary has granted a so—called development consent order. a previous dco was overturned and by the high court in 2021, after campaigners

raised concerns for the unesco world heritage site . eight world heritage site. eight junior doctors in england have said they're in it for the long run. on day two of their five day strike. that's despite the government's offer of a 6% pay rise, which the prime minister says is final. the british medical association says more strikes are possible. they want an offer closer to the 12.4% given to junior doctors in scotland and almost a thousand workers at gatwick airport, including baggage handlers and check in staff, will stage eight days of strikes later this month. unite union says it's because of ongoing pay disputes . workers will walk out for four days from friday the 28th, then again from friday, the 4th of august. airlines affected include british airways, easyjet , ryanair, tui, westjet and wizz air . and you , ryanair, tui, westjet and wizz air. and you can get more on all of those stories by visiting our website, gbnews.com .

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radio. >> welcome back to the live desk on gb news. oscar winning actor kevin spacey has told a jury that he did not have a power wand that he used to get people to go to bed with him, adding the prosecution in his sexual offences trial are presenting a weak case. >> well, he denies charges, including indecent assault, sexual assault and causing a person to engage in sexual activity without consent . let's activity without consent. let's cross to our national reporter, paul hawkins, who's outside southwark crown court and well, it seems it was quite a strong performance by the actor under cross—examined paul . cross—examined paul. >> yeah, absolutely . yesterday >> yeah, absolutely. yesterday we heard from kevin spacey and he was talking about how these allegations have ruined his

personal life, his professional life. he said that his world had sps ended. he was in tears in the dock. really quite emotional today. the dock. really quite emotional today . it was a more confident, today. it was a more confident, more defensive sounding. kevin spacey. there were some testy exchanges between both himself and the lawyer for the prosecution , christine agnew , prosecution, christine agnew, who put the range of allegations to him and was cross—examining him over his private life and his approach to intimacy and to relationships . there was one relationships. there was one allegation from one complainant that he grabbed his crotch at a charity gala , something that charity gala, something that kevin spacey described as absolute , and i won't use the absolute, and i won't use the exact word he used, but absolute balls, christine agnew, the lawyer for the prosecution , lawyer for the prosecution, said, yep, that's exactly where you did grab him. and kevin spacey replied, really? the judge then had to intervene . i judge then had to intervene. i mean, to get kevin spacey to answer the questions from the prosecutor directly . the same

prosecutor directly. the same complainant also made allegations that kevin spacey made a string of sexual comments at this charity gala about him. kevin spacey replied, i don't accept a single word that comes out of his mouth. there are deeply personal reasons why i have never and would never speak to a human being in the way he has claimed. he has made up his entire story from beginning to end.the entire story from beginning to end. the lawyer for the prosecution said that you got turned on and decided to go for it , kevin spacey said. now it, kevin spacey said. now you're just making it up again. the judge had to miss the justice ball had to intervene . i justice ball had to intervene. i mean, we also heard a claim that kevin spacey turned up at the old vic when he was artistic director, looking dishevelled and smelling of alcohol, something that kevin spacey described as pure fantasy and said he was also cross—examined over , as i say, how he conducted over, as i say, how he conducted his intimate relations within his intimate relations within his life. he was asked by the

lawyer for the prosecution, did you ever feel lonely in those years ? he replied, of course. years? he replied, of course. did you ever did you then reach out to people sexually in order to ease that burden ? welcome to to ease that burden? welcome to life. yes yes, i did. he said. did you get a thrill out of one night stands? kevin spacey replied, i had casual, indiscriminate sex. that doesn't make me a bad person . he also make me a bad person. he also said that he believes two of the four men making the allegations now regretted consensual sexual encounters and accused one, a young actor , of using his fame young actor, of using his fame to try and boost their own career. but he admitted that he definitely misread signs from one complainant. but that he had had consensual interact with two other complainants . and he other complainants. and he claims his alleged victims did not let me know if they went further with him than they intended. he faces 12 sexual offence allegations by four men from 2001 to 2013, and he denies

all the allegations. the case continues. paul hawkins outside southwark crown court . southwark crown court. >> thank you . >> thank you. >> thank you. >> downing street's confirmed that there will be no more talks on wage increases or pay deals after rishi sunak set out his final offer to public sector workers education secretary gillian keegan urged junior doctors to accept the 6% that's on the table, saying that their demand of 35% was unreal, tenable. >> let's join our political reporter , olivia utley, who is reporter, olivia utley, who is in a very wet, wet, wet westminster olivia. gillian keegan is urging them to accept it. but junior doctors, it doesn't sound like they're going to. they are digging their heels in. >> yes, junior doctors are very much digging their heels in and this is a really whopping great fly in the ointment for the government. generally ministers were sounding quite chipper this morning. their offer of a 5 to 7% pay rise for most public sector workers has been accepted and a number of teaching strikes, which were planned have

been for off teaching. been called for off teaching. unions are now urging their members to accept the government's offer of a 6.5% pay rise across the board . rise across the board. generally, these this these pay rise offers have gone down well . but as you say, junior doctors don't sound like they're going to budge. they're currently on the second day of a five day walkout. that's an unprecedented the longest walkout in nhs history. and their unions are still demanding a 35% pay rise. i mean, that is a far cry from the 6.5% that the government has offered that 35. unions argue, would just get them back to pre 2008 levels. their pay has been slowly cut in real terms since the financial crash almost 15 years ago. so that is the junior doctors problem at the moment and it is very hard to see where the government can meet them halfway. the government says that they've not just offered a 6.5% pay increase, they've also offered £1,250 as a one off lump

sum payment . now the government sum payment. now the government says that equates to more like an 8.5% pay rise for the average junior doctor and over 10% for those at the bottom of the scale . but even that is a far cry from the 35% which the unions are demanding. so it's very hard to see where they can find any common ground. and that is a huge problem for rishi sunak, who has promised over and over again he plans to cut nhs again that he plans to cut nhs waiting that isn't waiting lists while that isn't going to happen with doctors, not in hospitals. yeah. >> additional problem now >> and an additional problem now raising head because we raising its head because we remember rcn, the royal remember the rcn, the royal college nursing, coming college of nursing, coming to agreement a deal of 5, but agreement on a deal of 5, but we've now got pat cullen from the rcn saying that the approach now is highly cavalier and the pay now is highly cavalier and the pay award to nurses unfair and inadequate, bearing in mind what they've offered to doctors. so it seems that they're cutting up rough now as well . rough now as well. >> well, absolutely. and this is a problem which jeremy hunt has raised before. the issue is that once you offer raises to some pubuc once you offer raises to some public sector workers who are striking , then other public

striking, then other public sector workers come out of the woodwork and say, hey, hang on a minute, this isn't fair on us. we've seen plenty of nurses strikes. finally the strikes. and finally the government sort of government reached some sort of agreement with pat cullen a few months . it felt as though months ago. it felt as though thatissue months ago. it felt as though that issue settled and that issue was settled and now it's its head again . and it's raising its head again. and as hunt has said, there as jeremy hunt has said, there is a danger that if this keeps on happening, if you offer a pay rise to one group of public sector workers and then another starts demanding a bigger increase, you end up on increase, then you end up on this inflationary wage increase spike royal and that makes interest rates worse for mortgage holders across the country. so this is a really, really big problem for the government and it is hard to see how they're going to find a solution. so although government ministers were sounding pretty chipper, this morning, understandably, after a big breakthrough yesterday, it's not all sailing from here. all plain sailing from here. >> never rains. but it pours. >> it never rains. but it pours. olivia at westminster , thank you olivia at westminster, thank you very much indeed . very much indeed. >> now , what are you doing this >> now, what are you doing this weekend when you go out, are you going to be paying by card or

have you got cash in your pocket? we are talking about this lot moment because this a lot at the moment because don't kill cash campaign now has over 214,000 signatures, which isn't bad going at all with more than 5 million people in the uk relying on cash every day. new banking hubs in britain have shown that hard money is still crucial in society and providing a lifeline to those struggling in a cashless society . in a cashless society. >> well, the hubs operated by the post office in villages and towns where banks, of course, and those holes in the wall have closed. our yorkshire reporter anna riley went to one of britain's first hubs in cottingham to speak customers cottingham to speak to customers there why cash still there about why cash is still so crucial . harmondsworth the crucial. harmondsworth the banking hub in cottingham, openedin banking hub in cottingham, opened in november last year. >> after all the banks closed in the east yorkshire village. since then, demand for its services have grown , with 600 services have grown, with 600 cash transactions from customers every week. without cash withdrawals, cash deposits , you

withdrawals, cash deposits, you can pay cheques in, you can get balances , you can pay utility balances, you can pay utility bills . bills. >> it's primarily to give access to cash to all the community demographic . cottingham is one demographic. cottingham is one of the oldest villages in yorkshire, and so there's a lot of old people and a lot of them do need access to cash . do need access to cash. >> and this provides that the banking hub is most used by the older generation who rely on the use of cash . use of cash. >> i've grown up with cash all my life and i know where i am with cash. whereas with debit cards, you don't. and to me, it's important because at christmas , aukus birthdays , we'd christmas, aukus birthdays, we'd like to give the grandchildren cash in an envelope. i'd be lost without it, actually. and not only that, there's some places now just want they don't want cash. they just want your card . cash. they just want your card. but i won't go into them shops. >> i am using my card more , but >> i am using my card more, but i still like cash in a purse.

but it's purely the generational aspect. i like cash . i like to aspect. i like cash. i like to know what i'm doing with my money. you know, say i'm just from here. i'm just going for some vegetables. i don't have to pay some vegetables. i don't have to pay with a card for some just some vegetable oils and small things like that. there you know, rub inaya bazball people out, out. they with all these technology things cash access uk run the banking hubs in britain and back the gb news don't kill cash campaign. >> 5 million people still rely on cash day to day and that's dnvenin on cash day to day and that's driven in some. in some cases it's driven by age. but a lot of the time that's driven by income as well. so we know that there are people who rely on cash to do their budgeting and they might data at home. so might not have data at home. so they use their regular expenditure . so it's really expenditure. so it's really important that we provide these services for people who do rely on cash. so with the popularity of the banking hub services, cash is certainly still king here in cottingham.

>> anna riley gb news now let's update you on royal finances, because queen camilla will not receive an annuity from parliament despite the previous console. >> of course, the duke of edinburgh being paid nearly £360,000 a year to fund official dufies £360,000 a year to fund official duties even when he retires . duties even when he retires. this is according to a report just been released by the national audit office, no less. >> we'll get more on this from our royal correspondent, cameron walker, who's us in the walker, who's joined us in the studio. explain it to us studio. cameron explain it to us and why should we actually care? >> so in 1952, there was an act of parliament which allowed prince philip the consort of queen elizabeth ii to have an annual allowance from, um parliament following prince philip's death. i mean, that was actually he was named in that legislation in 1952. so there's been no act of parliament, which gives camilla the same rights as prince philip did. so a new act would be needed to be put through parliament in order to get more money clearly in the

cost crisis, perhaps, cost of living crisis, perhaps, and a lot of money of taxpayers money has already been spent on big royal events like the coronation, economy's coronation, the economy's down due to the extra bank holiday because of the coronation it perhaps was thought that the sovereign the sovereign grant, which funds the official the royal official duties of the royal family, enough to fund queen family, is enough to fund queen camilla she doesn't need a camilla so she doesn't need a separate amount funding from parliament. >> and is this the change from what was the civil list to the sovereign grant? because, of course, individual members of the used to get the royal family used to get individual didn't they? the royal family used to get irmean,al didn't they? the royal family used to get irmean, is didn't they? the royal family used to get irmean, is it didn't they? the royal family used to get irmean, is it updidn't they? the royal family used to get irmean, is it up to n't they? the royal family used to get irmean, is it up to the :hey? the royal family used to get irmean, is it up to the king i mean, is it now up to the king as how that sovereign grant as to how that sovereign grant is divided amongst his relatives? >> yes. >> yes. >> a civil list ceased in >> if a civil list ceased in 2011 and it was replaced by something called the sovereign grant, and that is based on a percentage of the profits of the crown estate, usually but crown estate, usually 15, but due to buckingham palace being resurfaced at the moment, due to buckingham palace being resurfaced at the moment , new resurfaced at the moment, new heating, plumbing, heating, lighting, plumbing, etcetera , it's 25% of the crown etcetera, it's 25% of the crown estate's profits. so it's not individual pots of money for individual. >> and let's reflect the wind farms are filling coffers farms are filling royal coffers up fairly rapid rate at the moment. >> there certainly are. there's

three separate or six separate wind farm projects have created a windfall in terms of a massive windfall in terms of profits. king made it profits. but the king made it very in january that he very clear in january that he doesn't extra profits doesn't want those extra profits to sovereign grants. to benefit the sovereign grants. he that to be given to the he wants that to be given to the wider public good. so is any of this to do with the fact that king charles does appear as frugal you can? frugal as you can? >> well , he's royal, frugal as you can? >> well, he's royal, but but >> well, he's royal, so but but as frugal as you can be if you're a royal. that makes sense. >> yeah. i mean, i think perhaps it's definitely parliament it's definitely up to parliament and to decide how and politicians to decide how the family is publicly the royal family is publicly funded. but of course, there are several ways in members of several ways in which members of the are funded. the royal family are funded. they have their private they also have their private incomes. of incomes. so the duchy of lancaster, example, huge lancaster, for example, a huge portfolio and portfolio of lands and properties that funds the king and his kind of personal life, the duchy of cornwall. similarly with prince william, prince of wales, a huge portfolio of landed property, 135,000 acres. he a private income from he gets a private income from that and the windsor family itself has several properties that they own privately . so that they own privately. so balmoral castle is owned by the windsor family, not the state of

the united kingdom. and the same sandringham, exactly the same as balmoral. different. sandringham, exactly the same as balmor.talked|ifferent. sandringham, exactly the same as balmor.talked about|t. sandringham, exactly the same as balmor.talked about the two big >> you talked about the two big ones. and what about them? buckingham palace, because of course, were very kindly course, you were very kindly giving us an exclusive tour of the coronation exhibition at buckingham there's 185.1 buckingham palace. there's185.1 million being spent. so far on what's called reservicing it 369 million in total. what's called reservicing it 369 million in total . and this is million in total. and this is just what plumbing and wiring and, you know, yeah, it's a lot of money floors. >> yes, i'm sure there's definitely lots of that national audit office has said they have been told by the royal household that that ten year refurbished programme is on track to be completed on time and crucially, is staying within budget. but of course, we've a number of course, we've got a number of years yet before we find out whether or not they have truly stuck the budget. is a lot stuck to the budget. it is a lot of but clearly it needs of money, but clearly it needs updated. been updated updated. it hasn't been updated since 1950s. >> and will we be seeing more of buckingham palace? because i think has indicated think the king has indicated perhaps be perhaps he wants balmoral to be open the as a sort of

open to the public as a sort of living to former living museum to the former queen buckingham queen and buckingham palace, clearly , might be going clearly as well, might be going into that sort of open element, if you like. >> yes, there were plans for an external visitor centre to be built next to buckingham palace , perhaps indicating that the palace is going to be open for a longer amount of time rather than just the ten week period in the summer, which is what it has been for the last three years. >> young man oh yeah. >> young man oh yeah. >> not sure felt like i'm >> i'm not sure it felt like i'm in the episode of crown, in the episode of a crown, really. but yeah, but i mean, ambition achieved, certainly. >> this is >> i mean, you know, this is perhaps indication what 19 perhaps an indication what 19 state public state rooms that the public will be to through. be able to go through. >> yeah. 19 state rooms and the garden as well. perhaps open slightly you get to slightly more. yes. you get to walk through the gardens following the tour go out following the tour and go out the end. normally you can the other end. normally you can only a garden party. >> exactly. >> exactly. >> and there is scones >> and i'm told there is scones and and cakes available to and tea and cakes available to buy so tasty. buy if you so tasty. >> yeah. >> yeah. >> let's let's talk about prince george. something i mentioned earlier i couldn't earlier because i couldn't believe he turns ten believe it is that he turns ten later this we've actually later this month. we've actually got of him from today

got pictures of him from today with family. they're with the family. they're not actually that actually looking looking that happy out. happy on this day out. >> no, a fun day out. >> no, a fun day out. >> it was was a fun day out >> it was it was a fun day out in the pouring rain we do there is actually moving footage in the pouring rain we do there is actlhopefully moving footage in the pouring rain we do there is actlhopefully mccan| footage in the pouring rain we do there is actlhopefully mccan shownge in the pouring rain we do there is actlhopefully mccan show you which hopefully we can show you soon some point. but it is soon at some point. but it is pounng soon at some point. but it is pouring down with rain and they have to get out the car and quickly run up this ramp to this c—17 it c—17 transport, which is what it is, which is actually the plane which transported the late queen's scotland which transported the late quee to scotland which transported the late quee to london scotland which transported the late quee to london followingand which transported the late quee to london following her back to london following her death . so, yes, they're visiting death. so, yes, they're visiting that that actually that plane that actually explains sober looks. then perhaps if that was >> then perhaps if that was reflected, quite possibly there. >> looks very interesting >> he looks very interesting from is from the pictures as well. is that, louis, again, that, you know, louis, again, prince louis being a little cheeky chappy. i think he gave a very waved wave to the to very funny waved wave to the to the photographer like that. but but do that again. >> camera is going like that. >> camera is going like that. >> i don't know if you're going to see that on camera. prince george, you know, he george, though, you know, he still very still seems very shy. >> the future king, but >> he's the future king, but he's contained he's still very, very contained , i think. >> i think he's very stoic . and >> i think he's very stoic. and i think if you look back to footage of queen elizabeth when

she was princess elizabeth, it's actually i noticed some similarities actually . i think similarities actually. i think perhaps he knows his place and he is not perhaps as confident or out there as his younger brother is. i think, you know, perhaps duty calls and princess charlotte, again, see charlotte, again, you can see her even the balcony there her even on the balcony there was during the trooping the colour just had prince colour which we just had prince louis accidentally smacks her in colour which we just had prince lou headidentally smacks her in colour which we just had prince lou head andtally smacks her in colour which we just had prince lou head and you smacks her in colour which we just had prince lou head and you see icks her in colour which we just had prince lou head and you see her her in colour which we just had prince lou head and you see her shoot the head and you see her shoot round to look at her younger brother. then clearly realises she's can't do a she's on camera and can't do a lot. and just very stoically sits there and says , i think sits there and says, and i think the of wales at the princess of wales at wimbledon afternoon, wimbledon this afternoon, tomorrow tomorrow tomorrow or tomorrow, tomorrow we know. ladies, final we know. yes. ladies, final tomorrow. she'll be there as tomorrow. so she'll be there as patron wimbledon course. tomorrow. so she'll be there as patand wimbledon course. tomorrow. so she'll be there as patand ofvimbledon course. tomorrow. so she'll be there as patand of course,ion course. tomorrow. so she'll be there as patand of course, the course. tomorrow. so she'll be there as pat and of course, the fashione. tomorrow. so she'll be there as pat and of course, the fashion as >> and of course, the fashion as well. she is becoming well. i mean, she is becoming a bit of a fashion icon with whatever she's wearing. >> she certainly is. and royal children, prince george and princess charlotte's have both been the been seen in wimbledon in the past. so perhaps we will see them well. that's not them as well. but that's not been them as well. but that's not beea very fashionably dressed >> a very fashionably dressed young royal correspondent from buckingham. thank you very much. >> always are. >> thank you. always are. cameron us to shame. cameron you put us to shame. >> thank you that. and thank >> thank you for that. and thank

you being with us this you for being with us this friday. of course, back friday. we are, of course, back with desk monday. with the live desk on monday. >> the rain, the >> enjoy the rain, the temperatures boxt solar temperatures rising, boxt solar the proud sponsors of weather on . gb news. >> hello, my name is rachel ayers and welcome to your latest gb news weather forecast supports you by the met office. so looking ahead to the weekend and the unsettled isn't and the unsettled weather isn't going anytime soon and going anywhere anytime soon and this is all due to this area of low pressure that's going to continue to push north—east woods as we go through the weekend , bringing us some heavy weekend, bringing us some heavy rain winds as but rain and strong winds as but looking at the detail for tonight and will start to tonight and rain will start to clear away much of england clear away from much of england and and into northern and wales and push into northern scotland. so there is a yellow rain warning in force there for tonight , but rain warning in force there for tonight, but this will be quickly followed by some showers pushing in from western areas. and with quite a bit of cloud around and strong winds, temperatures tonight won't drop out of the low teens. so a warmer start to saturday morning , but a little bit more in the

way of brightness than what we've seen on friday. there will be still rain clearing away from northern and quickly we northern scotland and quickly we will then see heavy showers and some thunderstorms developing across the rest of the uk. they'll be strong winds, too, especially across the southern half of the uk. especially across the southern half of the uk . so do bear this half of the uk. so do bear this in mind if you are out and about tomorrow and with those strong winds, it's going to be still feeling pretty cool as we go into looking into saturday. now looking at sunday, and it's a generally better weekend for better day of the weekend for many there will be some many. there will be some persistent rain for western scotland and a few showers around and that isn't going to change much go into the change much as we go into the new week with showers continuing into monday and temperatures still below average . the still below average. the temperatures rising , boxt solar temperatures rising, boxt solar proud sponsors of weather on gb news

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we're going in big, we're going in today with a big, big, big exclusive because priti patel will be joining us, the former home secretary she is going to be outside raf wethersfield where for now at least, there is a stay of execution on when it comes to actually moving asylum seekers into a couple of