>> hello and welcome to gb news saturday. >> i'm martin daubney and for the next three hours i'll be keeping you company on your television, online and your digital radio. coming up in this first hour, the tories ready first hour, are the tories ready to scrap inheritance tax to bolster their votes in the next general election? and if so , is general election? and if so, is this enough to save them ? then this enough to save them? then we'll be looking into the knock on effects of the swathes of pubuc on effects of the swathes of public sector pay rises. was this a necessary move from sunak or will it fuel the fire of inflation? ian and we'll be reflecting on the 12th of july parades across northern ireland. our legendary reporter dougie beattie will bring us his special report. but first, it's the news headlines with . aaron

the news headlines with. aaron >> good afternoon. it's a minute past 12 here in the gb newsroom . councils in england and wales are calling for disposable vapes to in the uk next to be banned in the uk next yeah to be banned in the uk next year. local government year. the local government association says the 1.3 million vapes discarded every week are a litter, blight and a fire hazard which caused environmental damage due to the difficulty recycling them. they're also concerned about a huge increase in young people taking up the addictive products . the charity addictive products. the charity action on smoking and health, though, is against a ban, arguing it would increase the sale of illegal vapes. arguing it would increase the sale of illegal vapes . there's sale of illegal vapes. there's no end in sight to the junior doctors strike, which is continuing in england for a third day. the british medical association's warned the government that their doctors won't back down on demands for a 35% pay rise. that's despite the prime minister adopting the recommendations of india attendant pay review bodies and making a final offer of 6% at

the strike, which is the longest in nhs history , runs until in nhs history, runs until tuesday morning . inheritance tax tuesday morning. inheritance tax could be scrapped by the government in a bid to win the next election. the times is reporting the move could be part of a manifesto to secure of a manifesto pledge to secure votes in so—called blue wall seats in 2025. most couples can pass on up to £1 million to their children without paying inheritance tax . it would cost inheritance tax. it would cost the treasury an estimated £7 billion per year. but much less than a proposed £0.02 cut to income tax . meanwhile, the income tax. meanwhile, the government's considering capping the number of students who can take what they've described as low value university degrees . low value university degrees. rishi sunak set to announce limits on courses that don't have a high proportion of graduates getting a professional job, pursuing further studies or starting a business. the guardian's reporting, if implemented , the policy would implemented, the policy would restrict student applications in england for the first time since 2015. opposition parties say

it'll make make it much harder for young people to achieve their aspirations. no criminal offences were committed in relation to the deaths of two people off bournemouth beach in may. that's to according the police, who believe 17 year old jo abbas and 12 year old sunak khan died after being caught in a riptide. next to the pier. a man in his 40s who was initially arrested on suspicion of manslaughter will face no further action. the opening night of the proms was interrupted when two protesters from just stop oil stormed the stage . the pair setting off stage. the pair setting off confetti cannons and sounding air horns were eventually removed from the sell out event at the royal albert hall. just stop oil, say the stunts are a response to the bbc's underwhelming coverage of climate change. hours later, demonstrators also interrupted a taping of the channel a programme the last leg host adam hills, telling the audience it was not part of the show . was not part of the show. research into the adhd has been

given a huge funding boost to help future diagnosis. the medical research council has given £2.4 million to three studies taking place at institutions in england and wales. adhd is usually diagnosed in children. those with the condition can be restless and can have difficulty concentrating . the mkr hopes the concentrating. the mkr hopes the studies will identify why more people at risk, which will enable doctors to offer earlier intervention . and the met office intervention. and the met office has issued warnings , weather has issued warnings, weather warnings across the south of england and wales with a yellow thunderstorm alert for scotland . the service is warning that travel disruption is likely. now the goodwood fest of speed and london's kaleidoscope festival at alexandra palace have been cancelled because of winds up to 50 miles an hour. weather journalist nathan rao told gb news winds can be more dangerous at this time of year. >> across the south of england. that's london and the south—east, the east of england , leicester, leicestershire ,

, leicester, leicestershire, essex, all that sort of area. that's for gusts of up to 55mph, which seem that high. which doesn't seem that high. but that the trees are but remember that the trees are in full leaf at the moment. so strong more strong gusts can cause more damage they would do. say, damage than they would do. say, for example, in november when all the leaves down. for example, in november when all but leaves down. for example, in november when all but leécourse down. for example, in november when all but leécourse ,down. for example, in november when all but leécourse , the n. for example, in november when all but leécourse , the weather >> but of course, the weather won't wimbledon later won't affect wimbledon later thanks roofs on centre thanks to the roofs on centre court. and number one, both women in the final are women in the singles final are on verge of history. on the verge of making history. ons tunisia's hoping ons jabeur from tunisia's hoping to become the first or to become the first african or arab woman win a grand slam arab woman to win a grand slam singles final as she went close runner up at wimbledon and the us open last year. now her opponents later the czech player marketa vondrousova, is hoping to become the first unseeded woman in wimbledon history to lift the venus rosewater dish. she is 46th in the world. this is gb news more as it happens , is gb news more as it happens, but that's it for the moment. now it's over to martin and gb news. saturday

>> thank you very much. that was aaron armstrong. okay let's get stuck now into today's hot topics. the tories might tear up inheritance tax and a push to win more votes before the next general election. the government is weighing up scrapping the inheritance altogether , for inheritance levy altogether, for it's also been rumoured they are looking income tax looking into cutting income tax by much as £0.02, will by as much as £0.02, which will cost a whopping £13.7 billion a yeah cost a whopping £13.7 billion a year. we're joined now to discuss this as gb news political reporter olivia utley olivia. let's get on to the inheritance tax. first of all, it's bribery . it's election it's bribery. it's election time. here's a big sack of cash for our voters. corbyn did it . for our voters. corbyn did it. clegg did it with tuition fees. now it's the inheritance tax. this will play out, though, won't it? very well. in those blue wall areas, perhaps where tory voters, heartland voters, think about switching to the liberal democrats , the nimbys, liberal democrats, the nimbys, the greens, they can't compete on that. but is very on that. but this is very tempting to property owners. >> well, absolutely. it's a really interesting policy proposal. and let's just say at

the it is that it the beginning it is only that it is proposal . all those is only a proposal. all those who are advocating it say that it could only happen when inflation comes down. and the prime himself prime minister himself is distancing so distancing himself from it. so we are at the very early stages of this conversation. but what's really it is really interesting about it is that that the that it shows that the government now trying government is now trying desperately to reach out to its core voters. these are people in the south of england whose properties are worth enough to incur inheritance tax. they are people who previously the tories would have completely taken for granted their core tory voters. so it shows just how worried the conservatives are, just how far behind in the polls they are that they feel the need to offer, as you put it, bribery to people who previously they would have just assumed, yes, of course they're going to vote conservative in the next election. >> the numbers of people pulled into actually quite into this tax is actually quite small,4% of property is, but the about 4% of property is, but the rate, the take is increasing 15% year on because, of course year on year because, of course , property prices are going up and is a feeling that's and there is a feeling that's a cruel tax. it hammers those who

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taxed on, they've already paid taxed on, they've already paid tax all through their tax on it all through their lives, tax, lives, through income tax, through through vat through stamp duty, through vat , etcetera. so it's a sort of rather crass way of putting it, but a final nail in the coffin for people. yeah. it is for people. yeah. and it is very, very unpopular. so yes, i think that it's very likely that labour will hit back and they might well have quite a lot of traction when they say that, you know, it is primarily the richer people who benefit from it. people who will benefit from it. but calculation but the tories calculation seems to doesn't really to be that that doesn't really matter to the general public. the general public want to be in a position where they where where enough or where they're earning enough or they've enough cash they've accumulate enough cash to to their loved to leave some to their loved ones. so this tax is popular ones. and so this tax is popular andifs ones. and so this tax is popular and it's sort of low hanging fruit for the conservatives. it costs around calculation costs around the calculation that cost around that it would cost around 7 billion. sounds like a lot of money. but another proposal that they're considering to and they're considering to try and tempt some before tempt back some voters before the election a to p cut in the election in is a to p cut in the election in is a to p cut in the of tax. well, the rate of income tax. well, that cost 14 billion. so that would cost 14 billion. so this much cheaper would apply this is much cheaper would apply to people and yet to much fewer people and yet would popular. would still be very popular. >> it's worth pointing that would still be very popular. >> uk worth pointing that

would still be very popular. >> uk hasth pointing that would still be very popular. >> uk has the ointing that would still be very popular. >> uk has the fourth that would still be very popular. >> uk has the fourth highestt the uk has the fourth highest inheritance in the world. inheritance taxes in the world. it's seen as a cruel tax, a death tax, taxes matter when it comes to general elections , comes to general elections, don't they? saw with the don't they? we saw with the dementia tax a disastrous policy by theresa may almost cost him the election in 2017. and as i said, the tuition, the brake on those taxes on the fees almost got corbyn over the line. so when push comes to shove, nebulous matters such as climate change or or interesting but the pounds and the pence in your purse and your wallets are what really matters. >> yeah. and also, it's really interesting to see how this will go down with conservative backbenchers because rishi sunak and jeremy hunt have this policy to halve inflation. that is one of their top five priorities. they talk about that a lot and they believe, rightly or wrongly , that lowering taxes is in direct contradiction to bringing down inflation. they think if there is more money in people's pockets, essentially, then inflation will keep going up. so they have held off lowering taxes. but of course their

conservative backbenchers say , conservative backbenchers say, hey, well, we are supposed to be the low tax. that is the party of low tax. that is pretty much the primary thing that we stand for. so if we don't start lowering some sort of taxes, then what on is of taxes, then what on earth is the reason vote conservative the reason to vote conservative lviv and 50 or 60 conservative mps have already signed the telegraph. sort of concern telegraph. that sort of concern lviv party newspaper, if you like. been running like. they've been running a campaign to scrap inheritance tax gone down very well tax and it's gone down very well among conservative mps. it among conservative mps. so it could well as could be that as well as reaching out to those core tory voters in the blue wall, rishi sunakis voters in the blue wall, rishi sunak is trying to throw a little meat to his little bit of red meat to his own yeah another own backbenchers. yeah another bit meat at is bit of red meat thrown at is capping student numbers. bit of red meat thrown at is cap heg student numbers. bit of red meat thrown at is cap he talkedent numbers. bit of red meat thrown at is cap he talkedent n week's. bit of red meat thrown at is cap he talkedent nweek about >> he talked last week about capping foreign capping the number of foreign students. there's an students. of course, there's an argument that forcing working class out class students in particular out of degrees, but now he's looking at what he calls low value degrees, non—vocational degrees degrees, non—vocational degrees degrees for degrees sake. when you look at student numbers , we you look at student numbers, we have now 2.9 million students in the uk for % increase on the year the uk for% increase on the year andifs the uk for% increase on the year and it's a £44 billion industry

and it's a £44 billion industry and that often comes at a huge cost to the treasury. so why is he doing this? it's coming back as keeping lower paid students out. you know , punishing the out. you know, punishing the working classes . but it will working classes. but it will make a great savings to the treasury. >> yeah, it would it's a really interesting one. it's something that rishi sunak talked about last year when he was in the leadership race against liz truss and what he wants to do , truss and what he wants to do, it seems, is to make some sort of parity between apprenticeships and sort of vocational skills based learning and university degrees. and what conservatives have been worried about recently is that so many people , tony blair, had a target people, tony blair, had a target to get 50% of people into into higher education, into university. that target has been surpassed. now and so what conservatives worry about is that there are people who aren't really academically suited to doing a degree doing degrees, doing a degree for degree sake, and that for a degree sake, and that means they're doing the means that they're not doing the sort apprenticeship which sort of apprenticeship which could a job and get could get them a job and get them into the labour market. big

problem for the conservatives at the moment is that there are there's a record number of people leave people on long term sick leave out work not looking for out of work or not looking for work and who really work and who aren't really qualified to do any of the jobs which desperately need be which desperately need to be done. sort plumbing done. those sort of plumbing jobs, electricians, jobs, the kind which you might not kind of jobs which you might not do you've and got do if you've gone and got yourself degree. so rishi yourself a degree. so rishi sunak trying to begin sunak seems is trying to begin to the of people to lower the number of people doing hopefully doing degrees and hopefully raise the number people going raise the number of people going into apprenticeships . yes, that into apprenticeships. yes, that seems what after seems to be what he's after here. have half an here. he might also have half an eye on on immigration numbers because we've seen that one clever loophole that people use student get into the student visas to get into the country is student visas. a student allowed bring up student is allowed to bring up to four dependents with them. so some people, it seems, are coming over here to do a degree . they're not really interested in really in degree, they're not really interested a job. at interested in getting a job. at the it, they're doing the the end of it, they're doing the easiest they can get easiest degree that they can get so that they can bring four family over them. family members over with them. >> earlier there'd >> well, olivia, earlier there'd be for to be a fascinating way for to rishi get immigration rishi finally get immigration down. megxit thanks for joining us. you in the

us. i'll see you again in the next hour. let's move on now. again that man, rishi sunak, has offered around 6% offered pay rises of around 6% to millions of public sector workers, including doctors and teachers , in a bid to end the teachers, in a bid to end the devastating strikes, ministers warned that unions that this could drag hinckley impact this and will have on inflation rates and will have on inflation rates and in stressed out the need for discipline. when throwing money around. well joining me now is independent economist julian jessop. hello to you, julian. it's a fair point, isn't it? we have the highest taxes since world war two, de facto open borders on obsession with net zero. and now 2 billion quid's worth of public sector pay rises sometimes feels like we voted tories and got corbyn. >> well, to be fair , i think if >> well, to be fair, i think if we were looking at a private sector employer , they'd probably sector employer, they'd probably be looking at awarding 6% for their staff as well. there are plenty of recruitment and retention problems in the in the pubuc retention problems in the in the public sector, just as there are in the private sector . so in the private sector. so i think it is necessary to pay people in the public sector a

little bit more. now, it's also worth stressing that these numbers are basically the numbers are basically the numbers recommended by the independent pay review committees. now >> so nothing's perfect about this . but i >> so nothing's perfect about this. but i think as a starting point, what the independent experts say is appropriate is probably as good as any . probably as good as any. >> it's interesting how you look at the numbers there, and it still hasn't been at all costed . there are several ways of paying . there are several ways of paying for this kind of thing. that's either putting taxes up, which they would be electoral suicide , surely cuts or suicide, surely making cuts or borrowing more money. well, we're £2.6 trillion in debt. they have, however, talked about a war on the civil service. do you think that might be the way forward? is this the revenge on the blob ? the blob? >> well, first of all, it is hard to put numbers on this because it depends what you think the alternative was . think the alternative was. >> and realistically, people are not rise. not going to get a 0% pay rise. they probably would have got not going to get a 0% pay rise. they3)robably would have got not going to get a 0% pay rise. they3 orbably would have got not going to get a 0% pay rise. they3 or 4. )ly would have got say, 3 or 4. >> otherwise . >> otherwise. >> otherwise. >> so start, you have to >> so for a start, you have to look at what the additional element of is going to be element of this is going to be

in of paying for it. of in terms of paying for it. of course, the government is saying it's come from it's going to come from efficiency and other efficiency savings and other things , for example, things like, for example, getting migrants to pay more for accessing the nhs. accessing the n hs. >> accessing the nhs. >> so the government will presumably argue that the net cost wouldn't be too big . cost wouldn't be too big. >> i guess for me the question is what is the alternative? >> if you didn't pay people more, would have these more, then you would have these continued big problems of recruitment and retention in the pubuc recruitment and retention in the public sector. our public services probably suffer services would probably suffer and also the strikes would continue . so it's very difficult continue. so it's very difficult to get the balance right. but i think figures around about the 6% probably in the 6% number are probably in the ballpark correct. ballpark. that's correct. >> judy, and one idea >> well, judy, and one idea that's been floated this to that's been floated this week to pay that's been floated this week to pay for £1 billion of this pay for £1 billion worth of this is charge farage foreigners is to charge farage foreigners who in the uk a £400 per who arrive in the uk a £400 per year flat. immigration surcharge to use the nhs. year flat. immigration surcharge to use the nhs . do you think to use the nhs. do you think that seems fair? after all, they don't pay in. >> well, i think it probably is fair. >> it's worth stressing of course, that people who are living and working here are are

paying living and working here are are paying tax in all sorts of ways and contributing to the economy. so it's not as if they are contributing nothing to the nhs, but there's certainly a possibility that some people are coming here purely to access the nhs and the more that we can charge them, i think the better . that does seem like . so that does seem like a reasonable measure. mean reasonable measure. i mean personally would like personally of course would like to in the to see more charging in the in the nhs means of the nhs as a means of controlling the at the moment uncontrolled demand for it and maybe with foreigners paying a bit more, that would be a good starting point. >> finally, the bank of england is continually banging on the increasing wages , cause a increasing wages, cause a spiralling inflation despite the fact they printed £900 billion worth of free money during the pandemic . is there any merit to pandemic. is there any merit to the idea that giving out billions pounds worth of pay billions of pounds worth of pay rises exacerbate inflation? >> no, i don't really buy that. i think that inflation is mainly about monetary policy . as you about monetary policy. as you say, the bank of england mistakes, they're keeping interest rates too low for too long and printing all the extra money. that wages are

money. i think that wages are simply about redistributing the amount of income we have in the economy. and if some wages have to go up more than others in order to fix problems of recruitment and retention, i think that's absolutely fine . it think that's absolutely fine. it certainly also to focus certainly ought also to focus just on the public sector here. after all, we're talking here about a few million public sector workers compared to the 25 million or so in the private sector. and if private sector workers are getting 6 or 7% or more, as the official figures suggest they are, then it seems a bit odd to complain that pubuc a bit odd to complain that public sector workers might be getting less than that. >> okay, julian jessop, thank you for joining >> okay, julian jessop, thank you forjoining us on the show. you for joining us on the show. today excellent. moving on today was excellent. moving on now, called now, bbc bosses have been called before parliament next week to answer questions on handling answer questions on its handling of allegations . of the huw edwards allegations. the corporation is to continue internal investigations following fresh claims that edwards allegedly sent inappropriate messages to current and former bbc employees. meanwhile mental health charity mind has called for the broadcast to be given to

space receive treatment, but joining me now is former head of religion and ethics at the channel religion and ethics at the channel, bbc, aqeel ahmed . channel, bbc, aqeel ahmed. thanks for joining channel, bbc, aqeel ahmed. thanks forjoining us channel, bbc, aqeel ahmed. thanks for joining us today. channel, bbc, aqeel ahmed. thanks forjoining us today. mr thanks for joining us today. mr ahmed first of all, in terms of the ethics of the investigation or how the bbc's handled this in tonally, how do you think the bbc has acquitted itself during this this period and well, i think well, thanks for having me on. >> well, i think when you think about the whole process about, you know, a complaint was made, a 29 minute conversation took place, then there was an attempt to contact to find out more information and more detail. you know, can have an argument know, we can have an argument about whether or not that was rigorous i think if rigorous enough, but i think if you at 250 serious you look at 250 serious complaints that investigated complaints that are investigated over you over a six month period, you know, that's you're constantly going to back and going to be going back and forth. people don't forth. and if people don't reply, may wait a few reply, then you may wait a few more weeks before you back. more weeks before you go back. but it was ramped up but since then, it was ramped up last week when had the when last week when we had the when the came and the article came out and then there and then there was a suspension and then there was a suspension and then

there all sorts of there was all sorts of conversations. what we do know now hindsight, obviously, now with hindsight, obviously, is hugh's is that they knew about hugh's mental health issues and obviously they had duty obviously they had a duty of care as well. i think care to him as well. so i think in a sense, you know, nothing's ever perfect, but i think they did decent job in what ever perfect, but i think they did actuallydecent job in what ever perfect, but i think they did actually really, job in what ever perfect, but i think they did actually really, really what was actually really, really difficult circumstances with people not getting you. people not getting back to you. police investigating and newspaper investigations and as we now find out, internal investigations, not just corporately, but also journalistically, i think it was a tough thing to navigate . a tough thing to navigate. >> and akua, as a former bbc worker, this thought was originally played out as the bad guys at the sun versus the good guys at the sun versus the good guys at the bbc. and now it's transpired , of course, that an transpired, of course, that an internal investigation, a journalistic was journalistic investigation was already underway by the bbc. see. what do you make of the spectacle of bbc journalists, investors rating other bbc journalists for a bbc journalistic output ? journalistic output? >> well, you have to mean, i think in terms of initially , i think in terms of initially, i would say the bbc's coverage of this was excellent as it always is, when they're very good at

investing themselves. you know, i think i have a few questions about whether or not if i if i knew of something like this, would it be my first duty? would be my first duty to actually try and of it? or and get a story out of it? or would be to actually go and would it be to actually go and try and resolve the situation by speaking management or speaking to management, hr or wherever know, wherever it was, you know, whistleblowing effectively? so i think a there's a bit of think there's a there's a bit of a question mark there, but i understand it as a journalist myself, sometimes just myself, sometimes you just can't help i do think help yourself. but i do think that this is this is a very nuanced the bbc, nuanced story. the sun, the bbc, everybody is you know, the families involved. everybody has got there's there is still got is there's there is still unresolved issues here. so i think in a sense , you know, i think in a sense, you know, i don't think we actually really know what has gone on. we've talked a bbc investing talked about a bbc investing station. have been station. it may have been a couple of questions, a couple of people chatting i don't know people chatting to. i don't know if was full journalistic if it was a full on journalistic investing station, but i actually we when we actually think when we when we look this, do need to look back on this, we do need to look back on this, we do need to look at the behaviour of quite a few people and also whether or not certain thresholds in terms of public interest and evidence

etcetera were met for the kind of the severity of the particular story when it was first broke. okay >> akua of course, hugh, is currently in hospital suffering from mental health issues. we, of course respect that. but at some point he's going to have to face the music about his own personal conduct. in terms of the allegations the imagery, the allegations of the imagery, the allegations of the imagery, the financial incentives being offered or the mental health and well—being of the person in question . and of course, bbc question. and of course, bbc employees . so do you think he'll employees. so do you think he'll ever work again at the bbc after this ? this? >> well, i mean, that's a very good question today the truth and we can't it's just pure speculation. i think you're completely correct. you will have to at some point when he's ready. when he's ready and when an be going an investigation will be going on the as well. they on with the bbc as well. they won't that police won't stop now that the police have there's criminal have said there's no criminal obe the bbc obe they will the bbc investigation will carry on. you know, he will have to have conversations . conversations about behaviour. there'll be issues about whether or bought bbc into or not he's bought the bbc into disrepute. these disrepute. i don't think these are that can comment on are things that i can comment on

today we don't really today because we don't really know the ins outs of it. know the ins and outs of it. what would is does get what i would say is it does get difficult depending on difficult sometimes depending on what because if what your role is, because if obviously people have to have, you believe in integrity you know, believe in integrity in you, etcetera, etcetera, i think the process has to take its place. and once that process has its place, then then has taken its place, then then a decision but decision can be made. but i don't think anybody who says he's never going to work again, anybody that i anybody who says that today, i think that's silly because none of us the actual full of us know the actual full details. it will be a details. but but it will be a very difficult conversation , i imagine. >> okay, akhil amar, thank you for joining us this afternoon. thanks for your input. it's moving a moving on now. it's only been a couple of since our couple of days since our exciting coverage with the exciting live coverage with the 12th across 12th of july parades across northern ireland. thousands of patriots not deterred by the rainy weather headed to belfast to mark the 333rd anniversary of the battle of the boyne, our northern ireland reporter dougie beattie has more on the famed history glorious history of the glorious rebellion . rebellion. >> william wastes no time when he lands in ireland. in june of

1690. he headed south from carrick through belfast heads over territory that the jacobites had occupied a year before , and he's constantly before, and he's constantly pushing them back, pushing them back south and south. he wants a decisive battle to destroy the jacobites, but they don't offer that in eastern ulster . jacobites, but they don't offer that in eastern ulster. he moves through lisburn, where the french huguenots have been stationed during the winter and then on to hillsborough bannau obviously royal hillsborough and it's at the fort at hillsborough where a very significant event takes place. it's here that william receives a loyal address from the presbyterian ministers, the presbyterian clergy of the province of ulster , and they're province of ulster, and they're effectively representing the presbyterian community and they're giving their loyalty to they're giving their loyalty to the new democratic, essentially regime of william the third and mary the second. and in response to that, william signs the regium donum and there is a plaque embedded in the wall at the old hillsborough fort that marks that event where william

reinstates the payments made by government to presbyterian ministers in ulster and across essentially across ireland. and it's at loch brickland and scarva, where he assembles his forces and he's drawing troops from right across ulster at that stage, londonderry had been relieved . you had had the battle relieved. you had had the battle of enniskillen and newtownbutler, so those troops from western ulster are able to assemble and meet with his emboldened army and that massive camp full of supplies and men, horses . horses. >> it's somewhat hard to believe that the shoreline around this lake that runs beside a busy motorway between loch brickland banbndge motorway between loch brickland banbridge and scarva once housed thousands of williamite soldiers on their way to a battle that would not only decide the future of the british crown, but the shape of europe for hundreds of years to come . years to come. >> and there are a number of sites along that route. there's

a big spanish chestnut tree that continues to grow on one of the landed estates at scarva that william is supposed to have rested on before he gathers his forces and pushes south in pursuit of james and the jacobites . jacobites. stirring stuff there. >> thank you, dougie. okay, you're watching and listening to gb news saturday with me, martin daubney. there's tonnes more coming today's show . coming up yet on today's show. but let's take a look at coming up yet on today's show. but weather:'s take a look at coming up yet on today's show. but weather with ke a look at coming up yet on today's show. but weather with jonathan at coming up yet on today's show. but weather with jonathan . t the weather with jonathan. >> the temperature's rising . >> the temperature's rising. boxed solar proud sponsors of weather on . gb news. weather on. gb news. >> hello there. i'm jonathan vautrey here with your latest gb news weather forecast provided by the met office. june's heat certainly feels like quite a distant memory now that july is bringing us something much more unsettled . this area of low unsettled. this area of low pressure sat across the uk,

keeping things particularly windy for southern areas 40 to 50 mile an hour gusts possible inland throughout the rest of this and evening. this afternoon and the evening. yellow is in force yellow wind warning is in force throughout tonight. thunderstorms into thunderstorms continuing into the evening well, but the evening as well, but gradually their way gradually easing their way off. showery rain will, showery outbreaks of rain will, though, persist throughout the night the breeze night for many of us. the breeze thatis night for many of us. the breeze that is around to that is around will help to reduce our temperatures dropping too far , holding up around 12 to too far, holding up around 12 to 14 c. for many of us, the second half of the weekend does look to remain relatively unsettled . the remain relatively unsettled. the winds, though, will just be a touch lighter across southern areas of the uk. strongest areas of the uk. the strongest breeze particularly for breeze now, particularly for eastern northern england eastern coast northern england into central areas scotland. into central areas of scotland. some persistent rain for some more persistent rain for parts western scotland as parts of western scotland as well. be showers, well. but there'll be showers, potential thunderstorms for potential for thunderstorms for many as well . many of us elsewhere as well. still relatively still feeling relatively cool. top temperatures around mid to high for scotland and high teens for scotland and northern ireland, perhaps 20 to 22 c for southern areas of wales and england. this is the start of week. that low of the new week. that low pressure is going to pressure system is going to shift its way off towards scandinavia. will scandinavia. so there will be a trailing parts of rain still for

northeastern areas of scotland into . elsewhere, though, into monday. elsewhere, though, the winds will noticeably the winds will be noticeably lighter, but still a scattering of showers throughout the day. and that relatively and we remain that relatively unsettled, showery theme into the week as well. by by the the new week as well. by by the temperatures rising by next, solar proud sponsors of weather on . gb news solar proud sponsors of weather on. gb news and solar proud sponsors of weather on . gb news and thank you very on. gb news and thank you very much for that jonathan there's loads more coming up yet on today's show . today's show. >> ons jabeur and marketa vondra cote d'ivoire will go head to head the women's singles head in the women's singles final later that afternoon at wimbledon, capping off a thrilling fortnight of tennis on their of the we'll go their side of the draw. we'll go live wimbledon to get of live to wimbledon to get all of the latest. all of that come the latest. all of that to come and more. i'm martin and much more. i'm martin daubney you're watching. and daubney and you're watching. and listen gb news, britain's

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kaleidoscope festival at alexandra palace, have been cancelled because of the weather. the met office has issued a yellow wind warning across the south of england and wales and a yellow thunderstorm alert for scotland. winds of up to 50 miles an hour have been predicted. that may impact pubuc predicted. that may impact public transport, damaged trees and make driving difficult . more and make driving difficult. more on all of our stories are on our website, gbnews.com. that's it for the moment. back to . for the moment. back to. martin >> thanks for that, aaron. welcome back to gb news saturday with me, martin daubney on your tv online and on your digital radio. well it's the penultimate day of the wimbledon tennis championships. later on, centre court , the women's final between court, the women's final between andrzej and marketa andrzej duda and marketa vondrousova will take place. our very own paul hawkins joins us live now from wimbledon. hello to you, paul. you get all the

best jobs, captain. so tell us about mood who do you about the mood and who do you fancy win today ? oh i think fancy to win today? oh i think you've got to go with ons jabeun >> she's clearly the favourite, given she made last year's final wimbledon and she's ranked number six in the world. sixth seed. but she's taking on marketa vondrousova , who only marketa vondrousova, who only played four games on grass before wimbledon. she only came back from injury last october, having broken her wrist and she was so unconfident of being at wimbledon this year about how she was going to perform. she actually told her husband to stay home in the czech stay at home in the czech repubuc stay at home in the czech republic watch tv and republic and watch it on tv and cats. it clearly they've found a cats. it clearly they've found a cat sitter. he's on his way here. in fact, he is here now. i should imagine he's going to be watching final so watching the final later. so it's be fantastic it's going to be a fantastic match, whatever happens. and we should by should add ons jabeur by the way, to become first way, vying to become the first arab muslim of arab african muslim winner of a grand slam and vondrousova as well , grand slam and vondrousova as well, unseeded the grand slam and vondrousova as well , unseeded the first well, unseeded the first unseeded finalist in grand slam history. so, listen, there's

lots of records to be broken later over here. these are where the crowds have been building, where people have been queuing up holders been up the ticket holders have been coming thinning coming in. it's thinning out a little bit because 2:00, the women's final gets underway on centre court for you ticket holders over here. and we've been talking to the ticket holders what we did holders all morning. what we did want to the who want to talk to the people who are missing because are actually missing out because on the road there on this side of the road there are ground tickets left for are no ground tickets left for the day and people are congregating the day and people are congreof ting the day and people are congreof tunisian fans. hi, group of tunisian fans. hi, guys. guys. first of guys. hi. hi, guys. first of all, let's just start with the ticket situation. you're not happy ? happy? >> well, quite, really. you >> well, not quite, really. you know because we know, because last year we coming down here, we supposed like it's supposed to a kiwi like it's supposed to be a kiwi to a ticket just get to get a ticket just to get inside , know, after you inside, you know, and after you get for the court, they get a ticket for the court, they doesn't let know, you doesn't even let us know, you know, not like i know, like, it's not like i didn't nothing it. didn't know nothing about it. it's and i said, it's just coming in and i said, oh, it's closed because of oh, no, it's closed because of the wind or because of the weather, because they just. >> the weather. this >> yeah, look, the weather. this weather, apparently weather, it's apparently it's quite windy and there's the danger structures danger with structures and things. >> w- f- w could do like even >> yeah, they could do like even a and down in a tent in front and down in here, know, to just get us

here, you know, to just get us and know, to just make and you know, like to just make people happy, you know, like, you know, they come in from far away get and just no ticket. >> yeah. so. so what are you going to do? what's the what's the plan? >> waiting for some luck. >> yeah, waiting for. >> yeah, waiting for. >> they'll change their >> maybe they'll change their minds and then release some tickets. >> maybe. >> em ma emma ema- ema— >> maybe there will be a spot on the hill. or maybe there will be a spot, you know, outdoors. >> make yeah. >> maybe we can make it. yeah. >> maybe we can make it. yeah. >> quickly, you >> and just very quickly, you are to watch marketa are all here to watch marketa vondrousova, you? no, no, vondrousova, aren't you? no, no, no, no. i'm just winding you up. yeah, you're jabeur. that's who. you're all here for, isn't it? yeah. just tell us what she means to you guys tennis fans means to you guys as tennis fans and tunisians. >> a tunisian. really >> as a tunisian. really proud to you to see, like, a to see you know, to see, like, a woman like me especially. and to see first woman in the see the first woman in the world, down world, like playing and down there, as you there, you know, like as you know, as know, arabian, especially as a muslim . as african. yes muslim. as african. yes >> and you were telling me earlier about special name you've got for her. >> yes . she's the you've got for her. >> yes. she's the minister of happiness. this is how we call her in tunisia. and i'm really proud that she made it to the

final. i mean, again. yes. yeah again. yeah, again. exactly. i'm here for the first time and i really hope that i will be able to watch her. yeah. yeah yeah. >> and just just quickly, >> and just just very quickly, how watch the how will you guys watch the final then? because how long what's strategy ? you're what's the strategy? you're going and watch going to stay here and watch it on pavement on your phone? going to stay here and watch it on maybe.ement on your phone? going to stay here and watch it on maybe. maybeyn your phone? going to stay here and watch it on maybe. maybe wait ur phone? going to stay here and watch it on maybe. maybe wait chance e? going to stay here and watch it on maybe. maybe wait chance for >> maybe. maybe wait chance for the ticket or maybe see the ticket or maybe just go see the ticket or maybe just go see the wimbledon centre. the screen at wimbledon centre. >> wherever comes to >> so wherever wherever comes to the best. >> and is there any andrzej duda chance song win? yes. >> you would win. yeah. she's going to win for sure. >> she had big chance today to win because i think she win the third , the fourth, second and third. >> the second and the third. >> the second and the third. >> yeah. >> yeah. >> so i think she have big chance to win today. >> yeah. >> yeah. >> well by the way you're looking sharp you're looking looking sharp you're all looking sharp. you sharp. so hopefully. thank you so to us. so much for speaking to us. cheers, guys. thank very cheers, guys. thank you very much. means much. see, that's what it means to tunisia who i'm to everyone in tunisia who i'm told watching back home told will be watching back home when ondjiva takes on vondrousova, who we shouldn't write off either. she's got all

the through to final, the way through to the final, and though unseeded , and even though she's unseeded, as she even she didn't as we say, she even she didn't expect to get this so expect to get this far. so definitely the pressure won't be on her. but you know, some records will be broken in history, will be made later this afternoon. >> paul hawkins, thank you very much. great fun update live much. that great fun update live from ladies from wimbledon. the ladies final is later on this afternoon. well, lots of you have been getting in touch with your thoughts scrapping the thoughts on scrapping the inheritance if inheritance tax. alan says if the tories to abolish the tories pledge to abolish inheritance the next inheritance tax at the next general election , then will inheritance tax at the next genymany ection , then will inheritance tax at the next genymany votes , then will inheritance tax at the next genymany votes . then will inheritance tax at the next genymany votes . alan, will inheritance tax at the next genymany votes . alan, i will inheritance tax at the next genymany votes . alan, i think ll inheritance tax at the next genymany votes . alan, i think a win many votes. alan, i think a lot of people would agree with that, the blue that, particularly in the blue wall areas where the tories are concerned about slipping votes. the liberal democrats are property of the property owners. end of the day, they to vote for the pounds they like to vote for the pounds and the pence in their pockets. don't the don't we all? david says the following hilarious that most think scrapping inheritance tax is a vote winner when it only affects a small percentage of the population. david that's true. but also don't forget their children . an and what their children. an and what about the broader message that this tax that punishes this is a tax that punishes aspiration? it's a death tax . we

aspiration? it's a death tax. we have the fourth highest inheritance tax in the world. after all. we'll keep your views coming in on that. and any of the other topics in today's show because you're watching and listening gb news saturday listening to gb news saturday with martin daubney loads with me, martin daubney loads more coming up yet on today's show, including the world's largest military air show, is underway at raf fairford in gloucestershire and is expected to attract an impressive 200,000 spectators over the weekend , spectators over the weekend, including a few familiar faces as all that and more to come . as all that and more to come. i'm martin dalby and you're watching analysts and gb news britain's news

radio. >> welcome back to gb news saturday with me, martin daubney on your tv online and on your digital radio. well, the royal international air tattoo is the world's largest military air show, and it's taking place today with around 200,000 spectators expected to attend over the weekend . we can now go

over the weekend. we can now go live to the festival with our reporter jeff moody. jeff, it looks like it's going to be magnificent, but how are we holding up with the weather? well the weather's not too bad, actually. >> they did issue a warning yesterday because i know a lot of people were very concerned about weather. about the weather. >> been it stayed >> but it's been it stayed pretty . pretty dry. >> shower early on, but >> we had a shower early on, but it's windy. >> it's very windy here and it's very noisy . very noisy. >> any second now, something like a hurricane or a spitfire will fly overhead and we're going to hear a word say. going to hear a word i say. there literally thousands there are literally thousands upon thousands of people here. >> the roads around gloucestershire were totally snarled up for hours trying to get here today. >> and there's all manner of planes up in the sky. and here on the ground, too. i don't know what any of them are, but i'm about to ask someone that does. so these two volunteers that so these are two volunteers that are come every year, are better. you come every year, don't but this is your don't you? but this is your first here. i don't know first year here. i don't know what that is. do you know what that pain is in the sky at the

moment? >> cosmo i'm not sure. off the top of my head, unfortunately. i know. >> but what about these two here? on the ground? here? these ones on the ground? this. one. what's this. this blue one. what's that? dragon that? this is a dragon falcon. >> it's owned privately in the uk. >> okay . >> okay. >> okay. >> and the one over there with all the. the pixilated colours , all the. the pixilated colours, it's a de havilland twin otter, which has come over from canada. >> you're very good on your planes, aren't you? >> is this something that interests you? yes. i've been interested a long time. >> my granddad was in air >> my granddad was in the air force currently force and i'm currently a reservist . reservist. >> and what does a reservist do ? >> 7- >> i'm ?- >> i'm on 7- >> i'm on a ? >> i'm on a university air squadron at the moment, i do squadron at the moment, so i do my day . and my degree by day. and once a week we go down to cambridge and week we go down to cambridge and we sorts of training and we do all sorts of training and drill things , and you want to drill on things, and you want to eventually become pilot. eventually become a pilot. >> fly heritage >> i'd like to fly heritage aircraft, anything from spitfires to meteors, sea that's a great ambition, isn't it? i want to fly a spitfire when i grow up. i love that. not that you're not grown up now. >> of course. >> of course. >> billy, give us some idea of how many people are here today . how many people are here today. >> so we've had a pretty much sold over the weekend.

sold out show over the weekend. we've over 200,000 we've had over 200,000 people wanting visit us this wanting to visit us this weekend, is just an weekend, which is just an incredibly huge amount of people. is 200,000 people people. that is 200,000 people all trying to get in down these narrow get in here. narrow lanes to get in here. >> royal >> yeah. and we had a royal visitor yesterday, i believe . yes. >> so prince william and princess kate and their children came yesterday. they went over into the techno zone, which is our stem sector, which is inspiring young children to get into aviation and science technology. gave that a technology. and they gave that a visit came and said hello to visit and came and said hello to everyone. it was great. >> fantastic. they looked like they good as well. >> fantastic. they looked like the yeah, good as well. >> fantastic. they looked like the yeah, they)d as well. >> fantastic. they looked like the yeah, they did. as well. >> yeah, they did. >> yeah, they did. >> really lovely see >> it's really lovely to see them here. >> it's really lovely to see the so 1ere. >> it's really lovely to see the so we've got plenty >> so we've got plenty of stalls, merchandise over there. there's arrows, official there's the red arrows, official merchandise. going to merchandise. it's all going to royal air force charities. so if you do come along, spend away . you do come along, spend away. but in terms of what's actually happening in the sky, how many planes are up in the sky today? and what should people look for? billy, we've got going billy, we've got lots going on today. billy, we've got lots going on tod ll. we've already had the >> i mean, we've already had the red we've typhoon go red arrows. we've had typhoon go up, the new f—35 . that was up, the new f—35. that was brilliant. later on, weather

depending , hopefully we'll see a depending, hopefully we'll see a chinook, maybe some more display teams. we've got the saudi air display team here as well. so there is plenty to see over around 270 aircraft, some in the air and plenty on the showground, which is over two miles long. >> so loads to see. >> and it's just a really incredible year this year. absolutely incredible year this yeah >> what are you looking forward to seeing most? cosmo i'm really looking forward to the messerschmitt 262. >> i'm not sure how long it hasn't been flying, but it's now alongside the gloster meteor i've seen that wouldn't have been seen since basically 1944. and to see them and it's amazing to see them parked down the other end together. looking together. and i'm really looking forward messerschmitt flying. >> i'm looking forward to seeing spitfires. i always the spitfires. i always love the sound spitfire, that old sound of a spitfire, that old rolls—royce engine . it it's rolls—royce engine. it it's really evocative, isn't it? >> yeah, yeah. >> yeah, yeah. >> i think, unfortunately, the spitfire coming today spitfire isn't coming today because windy . who because it's too windy. who knows about tomorrow? >> there's definitely going >> but there's definitely going to loud stuff going on. to be some loud stuff going on. fingers crossed. we might to fingers crossed. we might get to see is a us aircraft.

see b52, which is a us aircraft. >> absolutely huge . there's one >> absolutely huge. there's one parked down the other end, but fingers crossed get to see fingers crossed we'll get to see a today. will a fly—past today. that will probably thing in probably be the loudest thing in the it's pretty the air. yeah, well, it's pretty loud as it is. >> if you do want to come along, it is open tomorrow. but try and bnng it is open tomorrow. but try and bring some earmuffs something bring some earmuffs or something and wrap up warm and make sure you wrap up warm because windy because it is very windy and very, very loud. >> jeff moody, thank you for that excellent and i've that excellent update. and i've just they're the just got to say, they're the spitfire is grounded. but the luftwaffe is in the air the first time they've beat, as i suppose this after the suppose all this time after the war. we'll let them that. war. we'll let them have that. okay let's move on now. lots of you've been getting in touch with with your thoughts on pubuc with with your thoughts on public sector workers being offered rise around 6% offered a pay rise of around 6% and by the prime and a final deal by the prime minister. judy says this is rishi sunak billion pound pay deal for public workers. is essentially robbing peter to pay paul essentially robbing peter to pay paul. it's a great point, julie , because this money has to come from somewhere and where is it going to come from? is it going to be increased taxation? is it going to be cuts or more borrowing? either way , we all

borrowing? either way, we all pay- borrowing? either way, we all pay. says this a wage pay. sidney says this a wage increase of around when increase of around 6% when inflation remains unchanged at 8.7% is still a pay cut. it's a fair point , sidney, but the fact fair point, sidney, but the fact about inflation is that the bank of england keeps telling us pay rises cause inflation. and here we are given a £2 billion giveaway. david has this to say. what about our armed forces? that's a great point. they've been left behind salary wise and are not allowed to strike. they are not allowed to strike. they are essential to the survival of this country. you know, that's a fantastic point. the armed forces only got 5% and they were the ones stepping in to keep our borders open when border force chickened out anyway , keep your chickened out anyway, keep your views coming in. subscribe to our youtube channel and follow us on twitter. we're, of course, at gb news. so to our next topic, does ukraine need to be more grateful? well defence secretary ben wallace says ukraine ought to be more thankful to the west in response to zelenskyy's complaints that

ukraine has not been given a firm timetable for joining nato . but joining me now is former ministry of defence director general and former nato commander, real rear admiral chris parry . hello to you, chris parry. hello to you, chris. so first of all, it's been a nato summit which finishes today mired really in a bit of a to ing and fro ing between ben wallace and zelenskyy. they should be grateful and we're not. amazon has this spat overshadowed the proceedings , do you think ? proceedings, do you think? >> i think it's a bit unusual for ben wallace to say something like that. it's out of character and i think probably out of context as well . the fact of context as well. the fact of life is ukraine is in the front line defending our freedoms as well as their own against russian aggression . ian and they russian aggression. ian and they need all the help that they can get. >> but i think what ben wallace was trying to say is, look, the tap is finite. >> you know, we can only produce so much within certain timescales and you have to use

that those weapons and systems wisely . we appreciate you're wisely. we appreciate you're making sacrifices , but we have making sacrifices, but we have our limitations, too . our limitations, too. >> and what about the feeling that endless billions are being poured in now, not just from the uk, but of course from the usa ? uk, but of course from the usa? people are stepping up now for the presidential election race and is becoming a hot and ukraine is becoming a hot topic there. there's a topic over there. there's a sense american sense that the american public are tired of are getting quite tired of giving of money giving endless amounts of money to well , i giving endless amounts of money to well, i think to zelenskyy well, i think certain sections of the american pubuc certain sections of the american public are getting tired of giving money. >> i think it splits about 5050. my >> i think it splits about 5050. my contacts say that, frankly , my contacts say that, frankly, ukraine is fighting the west battles right now. and if we're to maintain the pressure on essentially what is a totalitarian regime which is on the verge of collapse , acas, the verge of collapse, acas, then we're going to have to keep supporting ukraine and let's not forget that if totalitarian regime gets its way in europe , regime gets its way in europe, others like iran and china are going to take a message from that. and the world would become even more destabilised . and if

even more destabilised. and if the americans value , as they the americans value, as they say, the international rules based system, it's actually quite cheap at the price to be subsidising ukraine in this way. >> and chris, you think some of ben wallace's frustration might be there's a feeling be because there's a feeling that has been that joe biden has been favouring ursula von der leyen as the nato chief, a job as the next nato chief, a job that ben wallace himself fancied, and indeed he's hinted he might be stepping away from politics as a result of this . politics as a result of this. >> i mean, ben wallace would have been a very good secretary—general of nato. we know ursula von der leyen was a disaster stress minister of defence germany . i think defence for germany. i think this to a bigger game in this plays to a bigger game in the united states. the united states europe to play states wants europe to play a greater part in its own defence, wants it to pay more . and this wants it to pay more. and this is a means of actually encouraging, shall we say, europe, to do that, where i think the biden administration has got it totally wrong is the eu seeks to displace nato as the primary security organisation for europe and i'm afraid to say my experience of the eu is it's

a case of can't fight, won't fight, and won't provide anything like the deterrent principle that nato does today . principle that nato does today. >> and chris, we saw earlier this week the announcement of a kind of israel style proxy membership of nato for ukraine that costs $4 billion a year for israel . yet zelenskyy has been israel. yet zelenskyy has been complaining it's not fast enough, but full membership of nato was always seen way back into the days of donald rumsfeld as an act of provocation , even as an act of provocation, even to the east, to russia. do you think we're going to quickly towards this kind of conversation ? conversation? >> i think a lot of promises are being made to ukraine at the moment that are unrealistic . moment that are unrealistic. let's not forget, the ukraine was a into nato was promised a path into nato way back in 2008 and nothing really happened. there's a lot of pious words going on at the moment, but nobody really wants to see ukraine absorbed into the nato alliance while it's in a hot war with russia. when we get

some sort of settlement or ceasefire there, then people can negotiate and see what's possible and what is desirable in this situation . there's a lot in this situation. there's a lot got to happen before ukraine comes into nato . essentially, comes into nato. essentially, it's a country that's broken by war. its political economic system is in disarray. it's incredibly corrupt still. and there's a lot of organised crime. there's a lot of things we're going to have to get right. i pointed out to somebody this morning that we didn't bnng this morning that we didn't bring west germany into nato until years after nato was until six years after nato was formed in 1955. so it's going to take some time to stabilise ukraine and to find out what the market will bear. and we shouldn't forget that russia is essentially in the process of regime transition at the moment. putin's a puppet. people are pulling the strings on him at the moment and we need to see how that works out. >> okay. that was an excellent analysis. thank you very much for joining us today. rear forjoining us today. rear admiral chris parry on the latest at nato with the ukraine.

okay, you're watching and listening to gb news saturday with me, martin dalby. there's still more coming on still loads more coming up on today's let's today's show, but first, let's take at your weather with take a look at your weather with jonathan . jonathan. >> a brighter outlook with boxt solar the proud sponsors of weather on . gb news. hello weather on. gb news. hello >> hello there. i'm jonathan vautrey here with your latest gb news weather forecast provided by the met office. june heat certainly feels like quite a distant memory now that july is bringing us something much more unsettled. this area of low pressure sat across the uk keeping things particularly windy for southern areas 40 to 50 mile an hour gusts possible inland throughout the rest of this afternoon the evening. this afternoon and the evening. yellow is in force yellow wind warning is in force throughout thunderstorms continuing evening as continuing into the evening as well, gradually easing their well, but gradually easing their way off. showery outbreaks of rain persist rain will, though, persist throughout the night. many throughout the night. for many of us, the breeze that is around will help our will help to reduce our temperatures dropping too far, holding around 12 to 14 c for holding up around 12 to 14 c for many of us. the second half of the weekend does look to remain

relatively unsettled . the winds, relatively unsettled. the winds, though, will just be a touch lighter southern of lighter across southern areas of the uk. the strongest breeze now, particularly for eastern coast northern england into central areas of scotland. some more rain for parts more persistent rain for parts of scotland well. but of western scotland as well. but there'll be showers, potential thunderstorms us thunderstorms for many of us elsewhere still feeling elsewhere as well. still feeling relatively cool. top temperatures around high temperatures around mid to high teens scotland and northern teens for scotland and northern ireland, perhaps 2022 degrees celsius southern areas of celsius for southern areas of wales england. and the wales and england. and it's the start week. that low start of the new week. that low pressure system is going to shift way off towards shift its way off towards scandinavia. so there will be a trailing parts still for trailing parts of rain still for northeastern areas of scotland into monday. elsewhere, though, the be noticeably the winds will be noticeably lighter, still a scattering lighter, but still a scattering of showers the day. of showers throughout the day. and we remain that relatively unsettled, showery theme into the new week as well. by by a brighter outlook with boxt solar proud sponsors of weather on . gb news. >> thank you very much for that jonathan. >> there's loads more coming up yet on today's show, including

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first, it's your news headlines with . aaron with. aaron >> hi, there it is a minute past one. good afternoon to you, aaron armstrong here in the gb newsroom councils in england and wales are calling for disposable vapes be banned in the uk vapes to be banned in the uk next year. local government next year. the local government association says the 1.3 million vapes discarded every week are a litter blight and a fire hazard which caused environmental damage due to the difficulty of recycling them. they're also concerned about a huge increase in young people taking up the addictive products. the charity action on smoking and health, though, is against a ban, arguing it would increase the sale of illegal vapes. no end in sight to the junior doctors strike that's continuing in england . for a third day. the england. for a third day. the british medical association has warned the government that doctors will not back down on demands for a 35% pay rise. that's despite the prime minister adopting the

recommendations of independent pay recommendations of independent pay review bodies and making a final offer of 6. the five day strike, which is the longest in nhs history, runs until 7 am. on tuesday morning . an on tuesday morning. an inheritance tax could be scrapped by the government in a bid to win the next election. the times is reporting the move could be a manifesto pledge to secure votes in the so—called blue wall seats in 2025. most couples can pass on up to £1 million to their children without paying any inheritance tax . it would cost the treasury tax. it would cost the treasury an estimated £7 billion per year , much less than a proposed £0.02 cut to income tax research into adhd has been given a huge funding boost to help future diagnosis. the medical research council has given £2.4 million to three studies taking place at institutions in england and wales. adhd is usually diagnosed in children and those with the condition can be restless and have difficulty concentrating .

have difficulty concentrating. well, the mkr hopes the studies will identify more people at risk, enabling doctors to offer earlier intervention in tributes will be paid to the late snp politician winnie ewing at a memorial service today. the 93 year old former mp mep and msp was scotland's first ever female parliamentarian . she was also parliamentarian. she was also the snp's president from 1987 to 2005. following her death last month, former first minister nicola sturgeon described ms ewing as a beloved icon . banks ewing as a beloved icon. banks may be wrongly closing customers accounts or silently flagging them for concerns over fraud . them for concerns over fraud. the consumer watchdog, which has found some banks are closing the accounts of innocent customers without sufficient care or investigation . it found many investigation. it found many customers are unaware of flags placed on their account for suspicious activity. that's not always being relayed, which could result in poor credit ratings or an inability to

access finance. the ability for banks to close customers accounts quickly and without reason is seen as an important tool in the crackdown on suspected fraud . the met office suspected fraud. the met office has issued a yellow wind warning across the south of england and wales and a yellow thunderstorm alert for scotland. the service is warning of travel disruption likely in those affected areas. now the goodwood festival of speed had to cancel the event's first day for the first time in its 30 year history. and london's kaleidoscope festival at alexandra palace has been cancelled to weather . journalist cancelled to weather. journalist nathan rowe told gb news high winds can be more dangerous at this time of year. >> across the south of england. that's london and the south—east, the east of england, leicester, leicestershire , leicester, leicestershire, essex, all that sort of area. that's for gusts of up to 55mph, which doesn't seem that high. but remember the trees are but remember that the trees are in leaf at the moment. so in full leaf at the moment. so strong cause more strong gusts can cause more damage would do, say, strong gusts can cause more darexample, would do, say, strong gusts can cause more darexample, in would do, say, strong gusts can cause more darexample, in novemberio, say, strong gusts can cause more darexample, in november when y, for example, in november when all and all the leaves are down and those warnings come as the

cerebrus heat wave continues to sweep across europe. >> a forest fire has broken out on the spanish island of la palma in the canary islands. authorities have had to evacuate more than 500 people within area of about 140 hectares, destroy . of about 140 hectares, destroy. buoyed by the fire. but the weather won't affect wimbledon later because of the roof, of course, on centre court. both women taking place or taking part in the final are on the verge of making history. ons jabeur from tunisia is hoping to become african or arab become the first african or arab woman to win a grand slam singles final as she was runner up at wimbledon and also at the us open last year. so no grand slam final experience . her czech slam final experience. her czech opponent marketa vondrousova, is hoping to become the first unseeded woman in wimbledon's history to lift the venus rosewall water dish . this is gb rosewall water dish. this is gb news more as it happens , but news more as it happens, but that's it for the moment. now it's back to gb news. saturday

thank. >> thank you very much. that was aaron armstrong . and let's get aaron armstrong. and let's get stuck now into today's big topic . well, the tories might tear up inheritance tax in a push to win more votes before the next general election. the government is weighing up scrapping the inheritance . it's also been inheritance levy. it's also been rumoured that they looking rumoured that they are looking into income by as into cutting income tax by as much as £0.02 in the pound, which will cost about £137 which will cost about £13.7 billion per year. well joining me now to discuss this is gb news political reporter olivia utley . so, olivia, it's out utley. so, olivia, it's out there. it's general election time. it's the time of big giveaways and we know it works. the uk has the fourth highest inheritance tax in the world, seen by many as a cruel tax , a seen by many as a cruel tax, a death tax and a clear and blatant attempt to woo people in the wavering blue wall. how well has it landed with tory voters? >> well , it's has it landed with tory voters? >> well, it's hard to tell just yet exactly how well it's

landed, but i suspect it will landed, but i suspect it will land pretty well if the polling is anything to go by. although inheritance tax actually only affects about 4% of people because the inheritance tax threshold is relatively . high threshold is relatively. high £325,000 plus an extra £175 for a first residence. and couples are allowed to put their allowances together so a couple can pass on up to a million to their children. so although only only 4% of people fall into that bracket , but 30% of people think bracket, but 30% of people think that they will fall into that bracket. so essentially , there bracket. so essentially, there are of people who are are lots of people who are hoping that by the time they die, they earned to die, they have earned enough to be pass on a good chunk be able to pass on a good chunk to their loved ones, which means that tax is really that inheritance tax is really very unpopular with the general public. very unpopular with the general pubuc.so very unpopular with the general public. so the conservatives calculation seems to be, well , calculation seems to be, well, this is something relatively cheap we can do. £7 billion cheap that we can do. £7 billion sounds like a lot of money and in some ways it is. but for example, another policy which they're considering, which is taking tax, taking £0.02 off income tax, would £14 billion to the would cost £14 billion to the treasury. 17. 7 billion would cost £14 billion to the treasury. 17.7 billion is a drop in the ocean compared to

that. so their logic is, well, it won't affect many people. it's relatively small fry for us, but it's very popular with the general public. so low hanging fruit and i think what what they're doing at the moment is sort of pushing it out. their briefing, newspapers, briefing, is sort of pushing it out. their briefing, rjournalists briefing, is sort of pushing it out. their briefing, rjournalists ,3riefing, is sort of pushing it out. their briefing, rjournalists , seeing, broadcast journalists, seeing how lands , and then they'll how it lands, and then they'll decide whether to press ahead with it. >> it might be canny >> and it might be canny politics in far as they may politics in as far as they may force the labour party to come out it. now bearing in out against it. now bearing in mind of the liberal mind that some of the liberal democracies the of democracies across the world of the liberals take the left and the liberals take the left and the liberals take the to, speak, new the knee to, so to speak, new zealand, canada, norway have 0% in heritance tax. so it's not really a kind of right wing hardcore policy . but if the hardcore policy. but if the labour party come out against it, then the tories can say, well, here we go again. the labour party are out to take everything even when everything you've got, even when you're and i think another >> yeah. and i think another issue the labour with issue for the labour party with this the conservatives this is that the conservatives seem to be putting their seem to be now putting their heads together and coming up with some ideas. i mean scrapping inheritance inheritance be pretty inheritance tax would be pretty revolutionary they're inheritance tax would be pretty revo|talkingy they're inheritance tax would be pretty

revo|talkingy taking're inheritance tax would be pretty revo|talkingy taking some also talking about taking some money income tax that would money off income tax that would be revolutionary too. and be pretty revolutionary too. and it it sort of highlights where a keir starmer is sort of big ideas is. so i think that's going to be a question doing the rounds in westminster over the next couple of weeks. is it enough any more for keir starmer? simply not to be the conservatives, something which he's relied on for quite a while now? >> it could also be just a bit of a dead cat to throw out there because we have the highest taxation tories since taxation under the tories since world it a way world war ii. is it just a way of them grabbing back the idea that they're actually a compassionate, party of compassionate, caring party of low call me cynic . low taxes? call me a cynic. another rushes another story today that rushes thrown out there again is raising eyebrows is this idea of capping the number of students on so—called mickey mouse degree courses . what's this one about? courses. what's this one about? >> yeah, this is really interesting. it's an idea that rishi sunak raised in the leadership and leadership contest last year and essentially there is a growing worry among not just tory mps, but but the parents of university children as well, that too many people are going

into degrees which don't really improve their life chances. they come out of university with a 50 k debt, which they'll be paying off the rest of their lives or it'll be it'll be written off and the taxpayer will end up paying and the taxpayer will end up paying it. and there are more paying it. and there are no more likely degree than they likely to get a degree than they were started . there were before they started. there are a lot are also quite a lot of universities, 56,000 students studying different studying at 35 different universities where 80% less than 80% of people are progressing to their second year of study. so it seems that some people are simply sort of doing degrees for the sake of it, not improving their life chances then feel their life chances and then feel as they've been cheated their life chances and then feel as universitye been cheated their life chances and then feel as university system.heated their life chances and then feel as university system. so ted by the university system. so what rishi sunak is trying to do with policy is sort of with this policy is sort of persuade people who might be who might be choosing between perhaps a vocational course in plumbing or electrician or apprenticeship or a degree without much sort of academic value to go for the vocational option. and hopefully gain the sort of skills which are desperately needed for our economy rather than rack up 50 grand's worth of debt and then

not get a job at the end of it. >> it's interesting because, you know, of course blair was always about education, education, education. about education, education, edu

uk, you're allowed to bring up to dependents you . so to four dependents with you. so that, seems, is a bit of that, it seems, is a bit of a loophole in the immigration system . um, could be that some system. um, could be that some people over here with people are coming over here with their not their four dependents, not really very serious about doing their degree staying for their degree at all, staying for a that time them a year. and in that time them and dependents of and their dependents sort of slip the to, to some sort slip into the to, to some sort ofjobs slip into the to, to some sort of jobs on on perhaps the black market. so this could be an attempt that rishi sunak has a bit of an eye on, on getting a hold of immigration, which as we know, is one of his five pledges. he's so keen to talk about. >> superb food for thought. thanks for joining >> superb food for thought. thanks forjoining us >> superb food for thought. thanks for joining us today, olivia. we'll see you the olivia. we'll see you in the next hour. thank you for that. olivia. we'll see you in the next iso: thank you for that. olivia. we'll see you in the next iso our ank you for that. olivia. we'll see you in the next iso our nextyou for that. olivia. we'll see you in the next iso our next story,’ that. olivia. we'll see you in the next iso our next story, it's|t. okay. so our next story, it's one immigration a one big immigration mess and a story that's divided locals. a legal to challenge the home legal bid to challenge the home office's plan use former raf office's plan to use former raf airbases to house asylum seekers has been approved by the high court to add to the mess. has been approved by the high court to add to the mess . while court to add to the mess. while the migration bill is bouncing between the lords and the commons, a new report suggests that brits should wait for it. take asylum seekers to stay with them in their spare rooms to

help reduce the 2.2 billion annual cost of housing them in hotels as well. joining me now is international human rights lawyer david. hey a great fan of the show and the director of the centre for migration and economic prosperity , stephen economic prosperity, stephen wolf. wolfie i'm going to start with you. i couldn't believe my eyes. all my ears when i saw this idea yesterday. bannau backed by brandon lewis , former backed by brandon lewis, former conservative party chairman , conservative party chairman, former immigration minister, he actually said a good idea to sort the immigration mess is for brits in britain to take asylum seekers who can be undocumented and unvetted into their spare rooms. what on earth is going on? >> well, firstly , what's going >> well, firstly, what's going on is that the government has lost the plot in being able to stop those people coming across on channel migrants. so they're desperate. now to be able to find accommodation for them. they're running out of space. but here let's let's have a think about this and let's think

of the policy, the policy saying that brits should be able to accommodate these individuals. and i'm going to say something here that might surprise people . going agree with it. . i'm going to agree with it. but i'm going to agree with it in this principle that the 700,000 houses in this country, that are valued at more than £1 million and that have more than two bedrooms, they should be forced by the government to accept them first, purely and simply. they'll include the mps. they'll include the council members, they'll include the civil servants backing the policies because they all tend to live in these types of houses. so i would make it a government policy that anyone who has million with who has £1 million house with more bedroom should be more than one bedroom should be forced to take first. there forced to take them first. there should no council houses, no should be no council houses, no , no housing association houses allowed, and there should be no rental houses in the in the country being allowed to take these individuals. country being allowed to take these individuals . and let's these individuals. and let's think about it. how many of those individuals who own these houses saying migrants, houses are saying migrants, welcome. i'm sure they'll open them hands begging to take

them with hands begging to take them with hands begging to take them in. >> wolfie, you've surprised, were they you're channelling yourinner were they you're channelling your inner jeremy corbyn, but your inner jeremy corbyn, but you have when you say you do have a point when you say the refugees welcome brigade, the refugees welcome brigade, the lineker's , the yvette the gary lineker's, the yvette cooper's city cons, the cooper's the city cons, the nicola sturgeons , the care for nicola sturgeons, the care for calais charity workers , corbyn, calais charity workers, corbyn, diane abbott, the whole lot of them. the ones who say refugees welcome haven't taken a single refugee into their spare rooms . refugee into their spare rooms. and instead this kind of middle class, upper class belief system has become a working class problem dumped on communities that voted against this at every national election since 2010. david hey , it's a novel idea, david hey, it's a novel idea, isn't it ? what do you make of it ? >> 7- >> yeah, 7 >> yeah, good afternoon. i mean, it certainly is. i think, you know, in a perfect world where you've got people of good character on both sides and you've a system is that you've got a system that is that actually and is efficient, actually works and is efficient, it could help solve small problems. >> but i think that only would happen with the current system where we've got long, long time

seekers. now, if the government's plans pass and are to be believed and there's a very quick removal of people forcibly that come across illegally, if . the new act, the illegally, if. the new act, the new bill passes, then it could become a very dangerous and deeply unpleasant experience. imagine if you've got an asylum seeker across the channel seeker coming across the channel they're placed in a home and in someone's home, and then they're rapidly removed. within a few weeks potentially forcibly. weeks, potentially forcibly. that's a very unpleasant and dangerous situation, i think, to put british home owners in. so it could be a tiny solution, i think, for long term asylum seekers. but the government is saying that that won't happen anymore, there be anymore, that there won't be long term asylum seekers under their rules. it's a nice their new rules. so it's a nice idea if perfect, but deeply idea if perfect, but a deeply potentially dangerous one. if not, yes . not, yes. >> stephen, coming back to you now. gary lineker did take an asylum seeker in a guy called rashid who'd been heavily vetted. a 20 day pass. vetted. it was a 20 day pass. and meanwhile , all in the real and meanwhile, all in the real world, the facts of the matter is cannot be sure of the

is we cannot be sure of the economic even the economic or the even the criminal status of people coming to our shores. a lot of them are throwing their passports in the channel. so on what planet would it be a good idea to send unknown military age men into the homes of british people ? the homes of british people? >> well, they're already sending these people into the communities of mainly the poorest areas in the country . we poorest areas in the country. we know from a government report that five out of every six asylum applicant is housed in the poorest areas of the united kingdom. and also in the cities. so all these dangers that we face and remember very clearly that if you listen to those people in parliament, those who support the idea of migrants, welcome say that the vast majority of these people are peaceful. there's nothing dangerous about them. and so, therefore, reiterate once therefore, i reiterate once again that maybe in a point of national emergency that we're in, rishi sunak should make it a piece of legislation that forces all of those with the most

expensive houses and the large houses to take them for free, irrespective of vetting. it's about time. gary lineker has one in his house permanently for one, 2 or 3 years and have multiple individuals once they get asylum or not. and that way he will start to understand the impacts and the effect on the communities across the united kingdom who have to see them in their local authority areas, local authority, housing or hotels in their areas . let the hotels in their areas. let the rich for once do as they are saying others should do so well, david, one thing we do know for sure, this is a huge pot of money, £2.2 billion, just on hotels per annum , 3.5 billion hotels per annum, 3.5 billion costs in total . costs in total. >> the amount on hotels what we spent on the last wave of levelling up funds for the entire uk. a key electoral pledge in 2019 to get a transport to get us infrastructure. this now that and shamefully, in my opinion ,

and shamefully, in my opinion, three times the amount of money we spend on our own homeless population, which includes at least 6000 armed forces veterans. whichever way you look at this , david, this is a huge at this, david, this is a huge sum of money. and the government simply has lost control of our borders . borders. >> well, absolutely right. and i agree with you. i mean, it's an absolute catastrophe. and chaos that we're in. and, you know , we that we're in. and, you know, we talk perhaps every week about another policy or another announcement that's come out. you know, as you my you know, as you know, my opinion just designed to opinion is it's just designed to put over the that put a facade over the fact that it's utter chaos in immigration. they've got no plan and they have the plot . and, you have lost the plot. and, you know, don't think this policy know, i don't think this policy it will will it will never it will it will it will never get through . and if it did, get through. and even if it did, i think it be i don't think it would be workable as i mentioned workable as as i mentioned earlier. so absolute disaster. >> okay, wolfie, the final question to you is, if we got to the stage now where we're expecting to treat undocumented people coming ashore illegally ,

people coming ashore illegally, comparing them with the humanity , ovarian galvanising spirit of the way we've been so welcoming to the refugees from ukraine, we've completely lost the plot. we're we're conflating two completely and utterly different things . things. >> oh, of course. i mean , there >> oh, of course. i mean, there is plenty of evidence to say that when people are coming from genuine war torn areas that fall within the definition of the un refugee convention, such as those from the ukraine, there has been an openness and a welcoming attitude from people to bring them into their homes. but this is wholly different to the vast number of reports from the vast number of reports from the commissioner of immigration or asylum in the european commission to the world bank who recognise that 60% of all of those crossing into european union countries, which includes those crossing the channel into the uk , are genuinely economic the uk, are genuinely economic migrants who are claiming to be asylum seekers and as a

consequence of that, that's perverting the system. which is why i say once again to those areas such as the liberal democrat and liberal dominated conservative areas of hampshire and wiltshire where i live, where they've taken in genuine refugees , they are big refugees, they are big supporters of these types of policies of allowing migrants to come in. how was them in your homes for free? that's what i'd say. be honest, be genuine, house them in their homes for free. and let's see if you stand up to your principles. up to your own principles. >> well, steven wolf, strong words david. thank words there, david. hey, thank you both for us. and you both forjoining us. and yeah, see the refugees yeah, let's see all the refugees welcome as welcome brigade. actually, as welcoming say. let's welcoming as they say. let's move on now. well, it's only been couple of days since our been a couple of days since our exciting live coverage the exciting live coverage of the 12th july across 12th of july parades across northern thousands of northern ireland. thousands of patriots, not deterred the patriots, not deterred by the rainy headed to belfast rainy weather headed to belfast to mark the 333rd anniversary anniversary of the battle of the boyne. our northern ireland reporter dougie beattie has more

i >> william again pushes south. he's wanting to meet james and combat . well, james withdraws combat. well, james withdraws and essentially different towns exchange hands within 24 hours as the jacobites retreat and william advances as he goes through dundalk very quickly and heads for drogheda. and it's at drogheda where this battle that people have been expecting will take place because that's the last natural barrier between the williamite forces and the irish capital in dublin . and the river capital in dublin. and the river boyne becomes the scene then for that engagement . james james that engagement. james james leaves a garrison in drogheda town itself . but william doesn't town itself. but william doesn't want to take drogheda through a siege or a long siege. he wants to push on for dublin . to push on for dublin. >> the battle of the boyne was probably the most famous of all the irish battles the boyne river offers a natural defence and james took full advantage of

that , fanning out his 25,000 that, fanning out his 25,000 jacobite knights along the south on the north side of the river. william's armies gathered, and the night before the battle, william narrowly escaped death . william narrowly escaped death. >> william's habit of leading from the front gets him into trouble. he he wants to see whether jacobites are place their cannons and he is moving with his officers slowly across the northern bank of the river, nana and jacobite gunners see this and they fire cannons at this and they fire cannons at this party of troops. this and they fire cannons at this party of troops . and two of this party of troops. and two of william's bodyguards are killed. william's bodyguards are killed. william himself is injured. the jacobites think william's dead, but actually he's had an escape. and it becomes known as the fortunate escape . william, after fortunate escape. william, after showing himself to his regiments by campfire light . hence the by campfire light. hence the bonfire tradition on the eve of the 12th celebration shows william's troops are ready for the fight and the jacobites are probably not expecting the battle to take place. and it lasts essentially for a school day at 8:00 in the morning. it's

very misty . day at 8:00 in the morning. it's very misty. the day at 8:00 in the morning. it's very misty . the boyne day at 8:00 in the morning. it's very misty. the boyne is a tidal river mist rolls in and william uses this to his advantage . he uses this to his advantage. he sends 10,000 men under the count schomberg around to slane for the crossing point and they face only 800 jacobites james's troops see this and james makes the fateful decision to divide his army and sends 15,000 men round to slane . in actual fact, round to slane. in actual fact, william had kept the bulk of his 35,000 soldiers in the middle at oldbridge . and just afterjames oldbridge. and just after james divides his forces, william and launches the attack . it's here launches the attack. it's here where the duke of schomberg is actually killed. some of the first troops to cross the river are the french exiled huguenot regiments, and they come under very heavy fire from the jacobites and the duke of schomberg . he decides to charge schomberg. he decides to charge across the river and rally his men. he shouts, look, soldiers, there are your persecutors because they are fighting

against those french and the jacobite side who are backing james. so you have the exiled french huguenots fighting the french huguenots fighting the french that are loyal to louis the 14th william. then pushes across the river very hard. he's almost actually shot by his own side . and it's hardened fighters side. and it's hardened fighters from enniskillen who nearly killed their new king, who they're fighting amidst the they're fighting for amidst the smoke of battle . he comes under smoke of battle. he comes under the gears of dragoon and pistols from the inniskillings and it's an officer has to ride between them, shouting that don't you recognise your own king and william is very taken by that. he's not offended . and he he's not offended. and he actually said, i have heard of the courage of the inniskilling troops and they will be my guard today. troops and they will be my guard today . so it's the inniskillings today. so it's the inniskillings who william across the who escort william across the river. at the battle river. boyne at the battle itself . james because he's itself. james because he's divided his forces has committed a cardinal sin of strategic battle and the williamites are able to push across an old bndge able to push across an old bridge and push the jacobites back. despite spirited defence

by the jacobite , the french and by the jacobite, the french and irish cavalry . and the day is irish cavalry. and the day is lost. but it's it becomes the political battle of the war because that is the only time when they recently deposed james and the recently enthroned william actually faced each other at the battle. so londonderry is the strategic battle. the boyne is the political battle stirring stuff. >> thanks for that, dougie beattie. you're watching and listening to gb news saturday with me. martin daubney loads more yet today's more coming up yet on today's show. let's take a show. but first, let's take a look weather with look at the weather with jonathan. >> brighter outlook with boxt >> a brighter outlook with boxt solar proud sponsors of weather on . gb news. on. gb news. >> hello there. i'm jonathan vautrey here with your latest gb news weather forecast provided by the met office june's heat certainly feels like quite a distant memory now that july is bringing us something much more unsettled. this area of low pressure sat across the uk, keeping things particularly

windy for southern areas 40 to 50 mile an hour gusts possible inland throughout rest of inland throughout the rest of this evening . this afternoon and the evening. yellow warning is in force yellow wind warning is in force throughout it thunderstorms throughout it for thunderstorms continuing evening as continuing into the evening as well, gradually easing their well, but gradually easing their way showery of way off. showery outbreaks of rain persist rain will, though, persist throughout the night. many throughout the night. for many of us, the that is around of us, the breeze that is around will help to reduce our temperatures dropping to far holding around 12 to 14 c. holding up around 12 to 14 c. for many of us, the second half of the weekend does look to remain relatively unsettled. the winds, though, will just be a touch lighter across southern areas the uk. the strongest areas of the uk. the strongest breeze now, particularly for eastern coast northern england into areas of scotland. into central areas of scotland. some persistent rain for some more persistent rain for parts of western scotland as well. be showers, well. but there'll be showers, potential many potential thunderstorms for many of elsewhere well . still of us elsewhere as well. still feeling relatively cool. top temperatures around mid to high teens scotland and northern teens for scotland and northern ireland, perhaps 2022 degrees celsius areas of celsius for southern areas of wales england start wales and england and the start of the new week, that low pressure system going pressure system is going to shift off towards shift its way off towards scandinavia. be scandinavia. so there will be a trailing parts of rain still for northeastern areas of scotland

into elsewhere though, into monday. elsewhere though, the winds will be noticeably lighter , but still a scattering lighter, but still a scattering of showers throughout the day. and that relatively and we remain that relatively unsettled, showery theme into the well. by by a the new week as well. by by a brighter outlook with boxt solar proud sponsors of weather on . gb proud sponsors of weather on. gb news and thank you very much for that update jonathan. >> well loads more coming up yet on including a new on today's show, including a new campaign to the campaign to encourage the elderly and disabled to use their free bus passes to enable meet ups with friends and family and rediscover local attractions. all of that and much more to come. i'm martin daubney and you're watching and listening britain's listening to gb news, britain's news

to gb news radio. >> hi there it is. 132. i'm aaron armstrong in the gb newsroom. ministers are facing further pressure to impose an outright ban on disposable vapes

. the local government association says their manufacture and sales should be stopped next year amid warnings of rising popularity amongst children in a single use vapes are also considered to be a fire hazard for waste collectors and difficult to recycle. france is considering a ban by the end of 2023, with the european union expected to follow suit in 2026. industry bodies, though, say vapes help smokers quit and can be recycled , the british medical be recycled, the british medical has warned the government their doctors won't back down on demands for a 35% pay rise as junior doctors in england strike for a third day. that's despite the prime minister adopting the recommendations of the independent pay review bodies and making a final offer of 6. the five day strike, the longest in nhs history, runs until tuesday morning . the goodwood tuesday morning. the goodwood festival of speed has been forced to cancel its events today. forced to cancel its events today . london's kaleidoscope two

today. london's kaleidoscope two at alexandra palace is off because of the weather. the met office has issued a yellow wind warning across the south of england and wales and a yellow thunderstorm alert for scotland. it's warning of winds up to 50 miles an hour. that may impact pubuc miles an hour. that may impact public transport damaged trees and make driving difficult . and make driving difficult. that's it for the moment from us. more in about half an hour's time and more on our website, gbnews.com. now back to . gbnews.com. now back to. martin and thank you, aaron, for that update. >> welcome back to gb news saturday with me, martin daubney on your tv online and on your digital radio. now a new campaign has been launched to encourage the elderly and the disabled to use their free bus pass to meet friends and family and rediscover local attractions, which in turn will boost their wellbeing . our boost their wellbeing. our yorkshire and humberside reporter anna riley has this

story . story. >> pensioners are being urged by the government to make the most of free bus to travel meet friends and family, visit local attractions and get their culture fix from 66. >> they take the bus campaign was launched in leeds by roads minister richard holden and aims to tackle loneliness and isolation . isolation. >> i just want to see people really enjoying the summer and getting out there and using their bus passes. >> we give them, given them to people to make the best use of it and i just want them to use as much as possible and help tackle some of those issues that we've a result of we've seen as a result of people. know, being cooped people. you know, being cooped up want up because of covid and i want them be, especially with the them to be, especially with the summer just getting out and about back across about right back across the country, pass country, concessionary bus pass holders at the unveiling of the scheme also said the cost of living had deterred them from travelling . travelling. >> well, i've had to cut down on various things, you know, because we just ain't got the to money do more things locally.

>> i've got a car so i can rely on— >> i've got a car so i can rely on my car . i'd >> i've got a car so i can rely on my car. i'd rather use the busesif on my car. i'd rather use the buses if, you know, it's cheaper method because i've got a free bus pass . bus pass. >> it's just going bus pass. >> it'sjust going higher bus pass. >> it's just going higher and higher. i hope it's going to reverse , but a lot of people do reverse, but a lot of people do struggle, especially the elderly or young families . but i would or young families. but i would use the buses in preference to taxis. obviously it would be cheaper if you have a maximum pubuchy cheaper if you have a maximum publicity to make sure that the elderly get out. >> charities also believe that boosting bus for travel the elderly will help to support their independence. we work to encourage people to build confidence and to take advantage of the great city that we've got. >> the beautiful countryside we've got around to support their wellbeing and had this opportunity , this campaign for opportunity, this campaign for the concessionary bus fare. we're really behind it. we really want to support older people to apply for their passes. >> so this scheme may be just

the ticket to get more older people out and about this summer i >> -- >> anna riley gb news leeds i absolutely love stories like that, don't they warm your cockles? >> okay, well, lots of you been getting in touch with your thoughts on scrapping the inheritance tax . billy says this inheritance tax. billy says this as a conservative party member of many years, i will have no opfion of many years, i will have no option to leave if inherited option but to leave if inherited tax is abolished. now that's an interesting one. you think this was meant to out to voters was meant to play out to voters like b said? no, he like billy b said? no, he wouldn't. he wouldn't win at all. says this this tax is all. shane says this this tax is all. shane says this this tax is a way of getting our chunk from the super wealthy. the majority of people haven't got much to pass scrapping will pass on, so the scrapping will only benefit the upper class. but thing is, shane, that's but the thing is, shane, that's a point. but a lot of very a fair point. but a lot of very rich and very clever people have very good accounts and can do their best to make sure they mitigate or avoid a lot of this taxation. but a lot of people who are asset rich, who aren't necessarily cash rich property owners , pensioners may see their

owners, pensioners may see their estates not go to their children . a lot of people think that's unfair. it's a tax on death. janine says this, but how are we going to plug the billion pound hole if inheritance tax is scrapped? well janine, it's actually a £7 billion shortfall to the exchequer if this goes through. but i guess, hey , it's through. but i guess, hey, it's general election time. suddenly money tends to turn up, doesn't it? so keep your views coming in. you're watching and listening to gb news saturday with martin daubney . there's with me, martin daubney. there's loads come on loads more to come yet on today's show, including the prime has made his prime minister has made his final offer and a multi—billion pound pay to public sector pound pay deal to public sector workers to end the strike chaos. but it has come with some warnings all of that and more. i'm martin daubney and you're watching and listening to gb news, britain's news

news radio. >> welcome back to gb news saturday with me, martin daubney on your tv online and on your digital radio. now rishi sunak

has offered to pay rises of around 6% to millions of public sector workers , including sector workers, including doctors and teachers , in a bid doctors and teachers, in a bid to end the devastating strikes that gripped the nation for months . but that gripped the nation for months. but not that gripped the nation for months . but not everyone is months. but not everyone is happy. months. but not everyone is happy . the months. but not everyone is happy. the chair of the months. but not everyone is happy . the chair of the british happy. the chair of the british medical association's uk council said. rishi sunak pay increase offer fails to address years of below inflation. asian pay deals . well, before we move on to my next guest on this topic, let's have a look at what you've been saying on this topic. it's really got you going. mick says this well done to the government on recommended on pay rises as recommended ended pay ended by the independent pay review body. it's great that teachers are going back to work here. here my kids seem to have spent more time at home than in classroom robert says classroom recently, robert says this who started this any doctor who started their career after 2008 has no moral right to demand historic high rates of pay . strong words high rates of pay. strong words from robert there. david adds this the continuing version of the strikes is purely political . now, i had sympathy for the

junior doctors in hospitals because they work hard. however this latest refusal smacks of another agenda . we'll keep those another agenda. we'll keep those views coming in. join me now is trade unionist and broadcaster paul embery , a very sensible paul embery, a very sensible left wing fellow on brexit. certainly paul, welcome to the show . so your lot the fire show. so your lot the fire bngade show. so your lot the fire brigade accepted a deal some time ago now 12% over two years. very sensible . all the teachers very sensible. all the teachers have accepted the police, the armed forces, the civil service yes. so let's start with the good news. we can see a return to some sense of normality, especially with beleaguered parents who've had to take so many days off to look after kids . yeah and hi, martin. >> by the way. >> by the way. >> look what i would say is i've i've taken strike action as a pubuc i've taken strike action as a public sector worker. >> it's not something you enjoy doing. >> you feel that moral pressure not to do it. and you generally tend to do it only if you feel you've got no other option, that

it's a last resort. um, because of course, you know, when, when pubuc of course, you know, when, when public sector workers take strike action, they're not denying just the public. the service . they're denying their service. they're denying their own families. the service who use those services as well. and they're losing pay. so they're they're losing pay. so it's not something that anybody ever does and look , the ever does lightly. and look, the offer's been made. i understand that all of the teaching unions are likely to recommend it to their members. so we could well see an end to strikes taking place in schools. but it's for each union to make their own democratic decision. if unions decide to accept the offer all well and good. some may choose to carry on fighting on the bafis to carry on fighting on the basis that offer isn't basis that the offer isn't good enough. we're still seeing enough. but we're still seeing paul a continuation of strike action. >> junior doctors . for action. >> junior doctors. for many people it was mentioned by our comments there 35% demand seems ludicrous . nurses, 27. the these ludicrous. nurses, 27. the these odds will never be met and our viewers there would just adding paul this now feels like a

political battle a deliberate digging in by the nhs, which has become the most political of all strike arenas . well what i would strike arenas. well what i would say is, look, these strikes are decided by thousands, hundreds of thousands in some cases, of ordinary trade unionists voting in a secret ballot to withdraw their labour. >> gone are the days in the 19705 >> gone are the days in the 1970s where union chiefs can just decide that everybody should walk out of the doors on a whim. there is a very strict process that unions have to go through these days and what i don't accept, martin, is the idea that all of these hundreds of thousands of public sector workers , many of whom have never workers, many of whom have never been on strike action before, suddenly woke up one morning and thought, know what, we don't thought, you know what, we don't like the tory government. we are going political going to carry out a political strike against that tory government. know happened government. know what happened is anger and their is that their anger and their decision to take strike action was of economic was a reflection of the economic circumstances at the time. the fact that their wages were

falling real terms, year on falling in real terms, year on yeah falling in real terms, year on year, the fact that they're living standards were falling, the fact that of them were the fact that many of them were struggling meet. struggling to make ends meet. now interest rates now the fact that interest rates are rising and that's crippling for many families, the fact that we're tightest we're seeing the tightest squeeze on since napoleon squeeze on wages since napoleon times. that's why so many workers have decided to take strike action. it's a storm that's been brewing for many years in this country. so i don't accept the idea that this is all political. really is all political. i really don't. is all political. i really dorwell, i'll put it to you >> well, i'll put it to you again, in which case, why have teachers accepted your guys teachers accepted 6.5? your guys 12% over two years. and yet the junior doctors are still digging in for 35. the nurses 27. at the same time , let's not forget, same time, let's not forget, paul same time, let's not forget, paul, we've got the largest nhs waiting list in history. 7.4, 7 million patients waiting to get seen at the end of may, an increase of 50,000 since april. it's been bedlam since lockdowns and yet here we are with more strikes which surely will lead to loss of life and you must

admit an erosion of public sympathy when everybody else does accept the terms. why is it uniquely the nhs are digging in like this ? like this? >> well, i don't accept that we should counterpose the idea of decent pay increases for people against the fact that there are long waiting lists and problems with the national health service . i don't think those two things are linked in the sense that i think workers should get a decent pay rise and you should also deal separately with issues around the, you know, the waiting lists and so on. but look, every union will have their own bargaining position . their own bargaining position. martin and, you know, the junior doctors have got their particular bargaining position . particular bargaining position. i've a union i've been a trade union negotiator . i know you go in negotiator. i know you go in with a demand sometimes that, you know, realistically, you're not going to get. but what you do to meet somewhere in do is try to meet somewhere in the you know, these the middle. but you know, these demands, forget, demands, let's not forget, although high to some although they seem high to some people, we need to remember they're culmination of the they're a culmination of the fact real wages have been fact that real wages have been falling for many years. even falling for many years. so even if even if and it's a very

outside chance, these these unions, you know , the junior unions, you know, the junior doctors are going to achieve their demands , all it would do their demands, all it would do is actually make up for the wages that they've lost over over recent years. but look, they've got their bargaining position. decide position. if they decide democratically as a union that what's on offer is not good enough and they want to continue to exercise their democrat right to exercise their democrat right to withdraw their labour, then that's something i respect. that's something that i respect. there's not one size fits all there's not a one size fits all approach to this wave of industrial action that's taking place. all different unions will have demands they have different demands and they will rationale will have different rationale behind demands. that's behind those demands. and that's something respect. behind those demands. and that's sonyeah.g respect. behind those demands. and that's sonyeah. paul, respect. behind those demands. and that's sonyeah. paul, yomect. behind those demands. and that's sonyeah. paul, you must admit >> yeah. paul, you must admit you've been into bat for your lads and your ladies in the fire service. if you were going to in bat now for the junior doctors. sure we'd say, come on, lads, look , they've offered us 7% look, they've offered us 7% final offer. they've offered us look, they've offered us 7% fintlsoffeh they've offered us look, they've offered us 7% fintls lliel’. they've offered us look, they've offered us 7% fintls it reallyey've offered us look, they've offered us 7% fintls it really a've offered us look, they've offered us 7% fintls it really a goodfered us look, they've offered us 7% fintls it really a good idea us look, they've offered us 7% fintls it really a good idea to 10. is it really a good idea to be holding out for 35 and 27? what i'm saying to you is, of course, they have a hard bargaining position, but when are to real and are they going to get real and

accept with £2.6 trillion in debt? this is the giveaway the likes of which would be very reminiscent of a labour party. we simply don't have enough money to fuel 35 and 27% pay rises . we rises. we >> well, i think that whether it's junior doctors or other workers across the country are kind of looking at the economy at the moment and thinking, well, we're constantly told there isn't enough money, but there isn't enough money, but there are some people who seem to be doing very well still. i mean, the pandemic , i think, mean, the pandemic, i think, exacerbated the gap between rich and poor in this country. exacerbated the gap between rich and poor in this country . we're and poor in this country. we're seeing pay still rise seeing directors pay still rise quite handsomely. we're still seeing city bonuses still rise quite handsomely. we're seeing some our corporations some of our corporations recording record profits at the moment. we're seeing the bank, the banks make huge amounts of excess profits as a result of the rise in interest rates . so the rise in interest rates. so when people come along and say, you know, there isn't enough to money fund decent public services decent pay rises services and decent pay rises for in the in the public for people in the in the public sector, i can understand public

sector, i can understand public sector well, sector workers saying, well, hold on second. and that hold on a second. and that excuse doesn't seem to apply to people at the other end of the scale. truth is we have got scale. the truth is we have got a fundamentally unbalanced and unfair economy. martin and until some issues are some of those issues are addressed, know, those addressed, you know, those grotesque inequalities wealth grotesque inequalities in wealth and income , then i think and income, then i don't think we lecturing public we should be lecturing public sector workers. >> okay? paul you always >> okay? paul mbappe, you always talk i would talk with great passion. i would just, though, just, however, add though, the city . private sector city bonuses. private sector pay isn't for by the taxpayer. isn't paid for by the taxpayer. or we perhaps they're comparing apples pears. well, moving apples with pears. well, moving on now, gb news is campaigning to stop the uk becoming a cashless society . dodi. the cashless society. dodi. the campaign is called don't kill cash, and it's become very , very cash, and it's become very, very popular. we launched a petition last monday and already more than 216,000 people have signed it. and i'm one of them. the petition is on our website gbnews.com forward slash cash or if you've got a smartphone and you can use it right now to click on the qr screen on your on your screen right now that

code is in front of you too. so you can go and sign the petition, help gb news with our campaign and tell the authorities don't kill cash cato our next story. something else that gets me hot under the collar is hs2 coming off the rails . well, the chief executive rails. well, the chief executive of hs2 , mark thurston, a step of hs2, mark thurston, a step down as pressure on the multi—billion pound project has grown too much for him to bear. poor soul . grown too much for him to bear. poor soul. hs2 has been grown too much for him to bear. poor soul . hs2 has been beset poor soul. hs2 has been beset with many problems in recent years , but will the departure of years, but will the departure of the big boss derail the entire project? well, joining me now is the former ceo of mancunian way, nick buckley , who's also nick buckley, who's also standing as a mayoral candidate , i understand, in manchester to talk about this. so first of all, let's talk about the departure of mark thurston and mick. nick astonishing . he was mick. nick astonishing. he was on a £670,000 pay packet since 2018. his trousered over £3

million in five years. and that's despite the budget bill running to more than probably £100 billion. euston alone is late. the cost balloon there 2.6 to 4.8 with no trains until 2041. this guy seems like a very expensive chocolate teapot . expensive chocolate teapot. >> um , it's probably not all his >> um, it's probably not all his fault . fault. >> not every government contract does this. every government contract is over. >> budget. come comes in late and they end up just being vanhy and they end up just being vanity projects for politicians because once they've once a politician says we're going to do this, it's they just go for it because they want to have that pitch in the history books of them with the golden shovel going in the ground or with a big pair of scissors cutting the fibbon big pair of scissors cutting the ribbon so they become vanity projects . it's we used to rule projects. it's we used to rule the world. we used to we built railways all over the world and we were good at it. this isn't

even new technology. this is ancient technology. now, in the grand scheme of things, and we still can't build . we can't still can't build. we can't build more now we can't build them any more now we can't build them any more now we can't build projects . and he build any large projects. and he is he personally responsible ? is he personally responsible? well, i think that's just a simplistic answer. the whole system's responsible, weak leadership , weak politicians. leadership, weak politicians. nobody taking responsibility, no , nobody pushing, pushing and pushing to get things done because their career is already cemented , their pensions cemented, their pensions cemented. it was broke when i got it. why should i fix it? okay >> okay. nick well, i spent a lot of time campaigning in the west midlands when i was elected as an mep in 2019. i spoke to thousands and thousands of voters. i spoke to lots of councillors, of local councillors, lots of local politicians as and i couldn't really find anybody who was in favour none of them favour of hs2. none of them wanted an expensive wanted it. it's an expensive vanhy wanted it. it's an expensive vanity project to get people to london a few minutes quicker. you speak to the electorate in manchester where you're standing. what are they saying to there ? to you up there? >> nobody ever mentions it. my family, my friends, people i

work with, work colleagues. i've never had a conversation apart from on this channel with anybody talking about hs2 . no, anybody talking about hs2. no, nobody. most people have never heard of it. most people who have heard of it say, well, what's the point of getting to london ten minutes quicker? you know, look the cost. i look know, look at the cost. i look at this in 2009 when this project started, i mean, 2009, under a labour government, project started, i mean, 2009, under a labour government , that under a labour government, that might have been quite relevant then. might have been quite relevant then . but you know, 25 years on then. but you know, 25 years on technology is a technology is change. we don't travel that much now. we have zoom calls . it much now. we have zoom calls. it just this is turning into a big white elephant. i'm not convinced one way on this project at all. >> okay. so something that a lot of people suggested in ofsted, we have the technology in place to be a global leader and open up the to east the west and north—west and north—east why not? instead of spending more money on on getting people to and from london quicker, spend money on on getting people to and froinstead)n quicker, spend money on on getting people to and froinstead in quicker, spend money on on getting people to and froinstead in infrastructurei

money instead in infrastructure to open up manchester to leeds , to open up manchester to leeds, liverpool to leeds to hull to create a genuine northern powerhouse. we're not saying that infrastructure and spending money is a bad idea. that infrastructure and spending money is a bad idea . all we're money is a bad idea. all we're saying is perhaps we should be balancing this onto the provinces, onto the north rather than making transport policy always seem so london centric . always seem so london centric. so spot on. >> that's exactly what they should have done. but it because politicians are based in london, it's always about how can london and the southeast, how can they give money out to other parts of the country? how can we get our success and filter it to the pooh success and filter it to the poor, stupid people that live in the north or live in the midlands or live in parts of scotland? the answer should have been let's create the north of england into a powerhouse. let's build them a fantastic railway that you right ? that connects you right? liverpool, manchester, leeds, all the way up to hull, newcastle and let them create a powerhouse for themselves. why

not london? >> nick, i have to stop you there. we've run out of time, nick. but i absolutely agree and i'm sure many do, listening out there. let's hear it for the nonh there. let's hear it for the north and not it all north and let's not make it all about all the time. well about london all the time. well you're watching and listening to gb martin gb news saturday with me, martin dalby. coming gb news saturday with me, martin da|yet coming gb news saturday with me, martin da|yet on coming gb news saturday with me, martin da|yet on today's coming gb news saturday with me, martin da|yet on today's show. coming gb news saturday with me, martin da|yet on today's show. butyming up yet on today's show. but first, let's take a look now at the with jonathan , that the weather with jonathan, that warm feeling inside from boxt boilers proud sponsors of weather on . gb news. weather on. gb news. >> hello there, i'm jonathan vautrey here with your latest gb news weather forecast provided by the met office june's heat certainly feels like quite a distant memory now that july is bringing us something much more unsettled. this area of low pressure sat across the uk, keeping things particularly windy southern areas 40 to windy for southern areas 40 to 50 mile an hour gusts possible inland throughout the rest of this afternoon and evening. this afternoon and the evening. yellow in force yellow wind warning is in force throughout most thunderstorms continuing the evening as continuing into the evening as well, gradually their well, but gradually easing their way off. showery outbreaks of rain will, though, persist

throughout for many of throughout the night for many of us, that is around us, the breeze that is around will help to reduce our temperatures, dropping to far holding up around 12 to 14 c for many of us, the second half of the weekend does look to remain relatively unsettled. the winds, though, will just be a touch lighter across southern areas of the uk. strongest breeze the uk. the strongest breeze now, particularly for eastern coast england into coast northern england into central areas scotland. some central areas of scotland. some more rain parts more persistent rain for parts of scotland as well. but of western scotland as well. but there'll be showers, potential thunderstorms us thunderstorms for many of us elsewhere as well. feeling elsewhere as well. still feeling relatively cool. top temperatures to high temperatures around mid to high teens for scotland and northern ireland, perhaps 20 to 22 c for southern areas of wales and england. it's the of the england. it's the start of the new low pressure new week. that low pressure system shift way system is going to shift its way off scandinavia. so off towards scandinavia. so there trailing parts there will be a trailing parts of rain still for north eastern areas of scotland monday. areas of scotland into monday. elsewhere though, the winds will be noticeably lighter , but still be noticeably lighter, but still a of showers a scattering of showers throughout the day. we throughout the day. and we remain that relatively unsettled . theme into the new . josh howie theme into the new week by that warm week as well by by that warm feeling inside from boxt

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channel hello and welcome to gb news saturday. i'm martin daubney and for the next hour, i'll be keeping you company on your tv, onune keeping you company on your tv, online and on your digital radio. coming up this hour, are the tories ready to scrap inheritance tax to bolster their votes in the next general election? and if so, will it be enough to save them? then a new report shows the demand for homes has plunged with buyer enquiries across the country falling by a staggering 45% in

june. but what does this mean for british home owners ? and for british home owners? and we'll be reflecting on the 12th of july parades across northern ireland. our reporter dougie beattie will bring us his special report . but first, it's special report. but first, it's the news headlines with aaron armstrong . armstrong. >> good afternoon. it's a minute past two. i'm aaron armstrong in the newsroom. councils in england and wales have joined doctors in calling for disposable vapes to be banned in the uk next year. the local government association says . the government association says. the 1.3 million vapes discarded every week are a litter blight and a fire hazard, which causes environmental damage due to the difficulty in recycling them. they're also concerned about the huge increase in young people taking up the addictive products . the charity action on smoking and health, though, says a ban would merely increase the sale of illegal vapes. would merely increase the sale of illegal vapes . there's no end of illegal vapes. there's no end

in sight to the junior doctors strike, which is continuing in england for a third day. the british medical association's warned . the government has warned. the government has warned. the government has warned the government their doctors will not back down on demands for 35% pay rise. that's despite the prime minister adopting the recommendations of the independent pay review bodies and making a final offer of 6. the five day strike, the longest in nhs history, runs until tuesday morning . until tuesday morning. meanwhile, downing street is considering scrapping inheritance tax in a bid to win the next election . the times is the next election. the times is reporting the move could be a totemic manifest offering in an effort to secure votes in so—called blue wall seats in 2025. most couples can pass on up to £1 million to their children without paying any tax on inheritance. it would cost the treasury an estimated £7 billion per year , but a proposed billion per year, but a proposed £0.02 cut to income tax would cost almost double that research

into adhd is being given a huge funding boost to help future diagnosis. the medical research council, the mrc , has given £2.4 council, the mrc, has given £2.4 million to three studies taking place at institutions in england and wales . adhd is normally and wales. adhd is normally diagnosed in children with those suffering with the condition restless and finding difficulty concentrating the hopes the studies will identify more people at risk, which will enable doctors to offer earlier intervention . tributes will be intervention. tributes will be paid to the late snp politician winnie ewing at a memorial service today. the 93 year old former mp mep and msp was scotland's first ever female parliamentarian . she was the parliamentarian. she was the snp's president from 1987 to 2005. following her death last month, former first minister nicola sturgeon described ms ewing as a beloved icon . banks

ewing as a beloved icon. banks may be wrongly closing customers accounts or silently flagging them for concerns over fraud . them for concerns over fraud. the consumer watchdog, which has found some banks are closing the accounts of innocent customers without sufficient care. it found many customers are unaware of flags placed on their account because of suspicious activity , because of suspicious activity, and that isn't always relayed, which can often result in poor credit ratings or an inability to access finance . the ability to access finance. the ability for banks to close customers accounts quickly and without reason can be an important tool in the crackdown on suspected fraud . the met office has issued fraud. the met office has issued yellow wind warnings across the south of england and wales and a yellow thunderstorm alert for scotland . the service is warning scotland. the service is warning about travel disruptions to come throughout the day . the goodwood throughout the day. the goodwood festival of speed had to cancel saturday's events for the first time in its 30 year history. london's kaleidoscope festival at ali harbi ali has been cancelled , too. weather cancelled, too. weather journalist nathan rao told gb news high winds can be more

dangerous at this time of year. >> across the south of england. that's london and the south—east, the east of england , leicestershire , , leicester, leicestershire, essex, all that sort of area. that's for gusts of up to 55mph, which doesn't seem that high. but the trees are but remember that the trees are in leaf at the moment. so in full leaf at the moment. so strong cause more strong gusts can cause more damage do. say, damage than they would do. say, for in november when damage than they would do. say, for the in november when damage than they would do. say, for the leavesn november when damage than they would do. say, for the leavesn n(down er when damage than they would do. say, for the leavesn n(down and hen damage than they would do. say, for the leavesn n(down and itn all the leaves are down and it comes as the seb gorka heatwave continues to sweep across europe forest fire has broken out on the island of la palma in the canaries. >> authorities have had to evacuate more than 500 people with an area of around 140 hectares destroyed by the fire that won't affect wimbledon , that won't affect wimbledon, though both women in the final today are on the verge of making history . ons jabeur is from history. ons jabeur is from tunisia. she's hoping to become the first african or arab woman to win a grand slam singles final . she to win a grand slam singles final. she was runner up at wimbledon and in the us open last year . so two grand slam last year. so two grand slam finals for her good experience

and her czech opponent, marketa vondrousova is aiming to become the first unseeded woman in wimbledon history to lift the venus rosewater water dish. they will be getting underway in a few moments time and i'll keep you up to date with score as you up to date with the score as we through the afternoon. we go through the afternoon. this is gb news. back this is gb news. now it's back to . to. martin >> well, thank you very much for that update, aaron. okay, let's get stuck now in today's topics. the tories might tear up inheritance tax in a push to win more votes before the next general election. the government is weighing up scrapping the inheritance levy. it's also been rumoured they are looking into cutting income tax by as much as £0.02 pound, which will £0.02 in the pound, which will cost them a whopping £13.7 billion a year as well . joining billion a year as well. joining me now to discuss this is gb news political reporter olivia utley. so olivia, it's general election time and suddenly a

potless government finds a £20 billion down the back of the sofa . let's talk specifically sofa. let's talk specifically about inheritance tax. some see it as one of the cruellest taxes of all paying a final tax on income. that's been taxed throughout their entire lives . throughout their entire lives. others say it's a fair tax on the wealthiest. but this probably will land quite well in those blue wall seats where the tories are desperate to keep the liberal democrats out of power. well, absolutely. >> it's really interesting well, absolutely. >> the it's really interesting well, absolutely. >> the tories|lly interesting well, absolutely. >> the tories have teresting well, absolutely. >> the tories have gone ing well, absolutely. >> the tories have gone for that the tories have gone for inheritance tax as a potential one to cut because it is a tax which tends to affect the wealthiest people in society . wealthiest people in society. dodi people who in previous elections the tories have very much taken for granted. but this yeah much taken for granted. but this year, as you say, they will be fending off the liberal democrats. the tories are trailing so far behind in the in the polls that they can no longer rely on even votes in those true blue wall areas as it would cost about £7 billion, which is a lot of money. but

only about half what it would cost to implement. another of the proposals , which is to drop the proposals, which is to drop the proposals, which is to drop the income tax by £0.02. so it could be that the conservatives are simply thinking , well, this are simply thinking, well, this is low hanging fruit, it won't cost us very it'll be go cost us very much. it'll be go down really well in those sort of blue wall areas. it'll go down among down really well among conservative who conservative backbench mps who have chomping at the bit to have been chomping at the bit to have been chomping at the bit to have sort of tax as low as have any sort of tax as low as they we are supposed to they say. we are supposed to be they say. we are supposed to be the taxes . if we the party of low taxes. if we have the highest tax burden of 70 going into the 70 years going into the election, would anyone vote election, why would anyone vote conservative so generally, it could it's a win win all could be that it's a win win all round for the conservatives. of course, the problem is that it opens door for labour to opens the door for labour to say, again, say, well, wait a minute, again, the only the conservatives are only benefiting the richest people. how to going help how is this to going help someone red wall seat whose someone in a red wall seat whose house doesn't meet the house doesn't even meet the inheritance tax threshold of £325,000? >> but it is canny politics because, i mean, it won't land that well in the red wall, but no doubt they'll have different policies area. policies for that area. but i wonder is flying a kite, wonder if this is flying a kite, flying to force the labour party

to take a position because a lot of democracies of the more liberal democracies on no on the planet have no inheritance tax. new zealand, canada , norway. so are they canada, norway. so are they trying to fight? four fs keir starmer into appearing to be that kind of grasping socialist? you know, they should be scared of and therefore vote for us if you want to keep your money safe there is an element of there probably is an element of that because keir starmer obviously years obviously in the last few years has desperately trying to has been desperately trying to position the to position himself as the heir to blair and part of that is being a sort of aspirational prime minister. >> what lots of what blair talks about is that sort of pretty about is, is that sort of pretty conservative principle, one might doing well and might say, of doing well and doing your best your family doing your best for your family and being able to provide for that and keir starmer that family. and keir starmer has that of has been echoing that sort of sentiment recent weeks and sentiment in recent weeks and months. as you say , there months. and as you say, there are those who say that inheritance tax is an anti aspiration tax , although it aspiration tax, although it doesn't actually apply to that many people. lots of people don't like because they would don't like it because they would like in position by the like to be in a position by the time to be able pass time they die to be able to pass on good of to money on a good chunk of to money their ones. now, if rishi their loved ones. now, if rishi sunak keir starmer in the

sunak puts keir starmer in the position has say no, position where he has to say no, we inheritance tax we will keep inheritance tax where is, that is a bit where it is, that is a bit awkward because there are plenty of people, the sort of aspiration people, the sort of aspiration people, the sort of people probably would of people who probably would have who really have voted for blair who really don't like inheritance tax. whether it apply whether or not it will apply to them making that link to them and making that link to blair, thrown out blair, another policy thrown out this week rishi sunak is this week by rishi sunak is capping student numbers what capping student numbers on what some call mickey mouse some might call mickey mouse degrees . degrees. >> basically, these universities are coming at huge cost to the treasury . rishi looking for cut treasury. rishi looking for cut backs, maybe to pay for inheritance tax cuts and is saying let's cut down on the numbers of people to numbers of people going to university. what's rationale university. what's the rationale behind really >> well, it's really interesting, actually. obviously, tony blair, you obviously, tony blair, as you mentioned, policy to get mentioned, had a policy to get 50% of young people into university higher education. and that policy was achieved . and that policy was achieved. and ever it's been achieved, ever since it's been achieved, people been their people have been rubbing their chins hey, on chins and saying, hey, hang on a minute. this such a good minute. was this such a good idea? the situation idea? because the situation we're in at the moment is there are lots of young are lots and lots of young people into these mickey people going into these mickey mouse degrees, which mouse degrees, degrees, which are academic, are not particularly academic, not much value in

not really of very much value in the jobs market coming out, finding themselves 50 grand in debt and unable to get a job. now, rishi sunak is really worried about that. he thinks that some of some of our universities have become a bit of bit racket, just of a bit of a racket, just simply making enterprises. simply money making enterprises. they're not keen on giving students valuable education students a valuable education which will get them a good job. they simply want to make as much cash possibly cash as they possibly can. and rishi change rishi sunak wants to change that. and he wants to wants to open the possibility for more open up the possibility for more young to be doing young people to be doing apprenticeships are apprenticeships, which are sometimes of sometimes seen as a kind of secondary option, not as not as prestigious a degree. and prestigious as a degree. and the conservatives for conservatives have been for talking time. labour have talking a long time. labour have to of trying talking a long time. labour have to trying of trying talking a long time. labour have to trying to of trying talking a long time. labour have to trying to change of trying talking a long time. labour have to trying to change of and1g to trying to change that and making the apprenticeship option a opfion making the apprenticeship option a option not a viable option for not particularly academic work. school pupils who want to do something else there might also be that rishi sunak has a bit of an eye on immigration because it's been noted that in the last few years the number of foreign students coming over here and bringing with them dependents has almost exponentially.

has risen almost exponentially. you've got a situation where any foreign student coming over here is allowed to bring for even just a one year master's degree is allowed to bring up to four dependents with them. so it could that there are could be that there are immigrant who are of immigrant who are sort of abusing that, that loophole in the over here the system coming over here doing a one year master's degree in a mickey mouse subject they're particularly they're not particularly interested in. and bringing their now their dependents with them. now rishi sunak be thinking if rishi sunak might be thinking if we on mickey we put a cap on those mickey mouse degrees, could mouse degrees, then we could bnng mouse degrees, then we could bring immigration while bring immigration down while we're . we're at it. >> wouldn't it be a novel >> well, wouldn't it be a novel way inviting grips way of inviting getting to grips with controlling the amount of people country ? people coming into our country? olivia you for that olivia utley thank you for that update. afternoon. olivia utley thank you for that update okay afternoon. olivia utley thank you for that updateokay well, afternoon. olivia utley thank you for that updateokay well, lotsternoon. olivia utley thank you for that updateokay well, lots of noon. olivia utley thank you for that updateokay well, lots of yow. today. okay well, lots of you have been getting in touch on the we've been discussing the topics we've been discussing on today. on the show on gb news today. the is tom. i've worked the first is tom. i've worked hard all of my life getting qualified nations to earn reasonable money, which is taxed. why should i pay further taxed. why should i pay further tax on my assets when i die? people are conditioned to believe all taxes are needed and fair. tom, that's an excellent point. as we just said there

with olivia utley and we're about to have a big debate on this topic. there is very much a feeling that the death tax, the inheritance tax is the cruellest tax of all because all this money has been taxed throughout entire periods of life. however d says the following the uk already has some of the lowest personal tax levels, which should be increasing an inheritance tax , especially as inheritance tax, especially as people don't expect to pay for their social care either. again, you have to say d an excellent point. we can't just give tax away all the time, but it is it just one of the cruellest taxes of all. we'll keep your views coming in. so joining me now to debate this topic, it's very divisive . it's political divisive. it's political commentator matthew stadlen and the director of the new culture forum, peter whittle. good afternoon to you, gentlemen. so we've been talking about this all afternoon . let's start with all afternoon. let's start with you, peter . yes. as all afternoon. let's start with you, peter. yes. as somebody from the more conservative side of the spectrum, does this feel like a blatant general election

giveaway? and i know we're potless, but wow, we suddenly find £7 million to try and appeal to wavering tory voters who might have been thinking about voting. liberal democrat in the blue wall. yes basically in the blue wall. yes basically in a nutshell, yeah. >> that's what it is. >> that's what it is. >> it's the kind of desperate measure. >> it's not even i think they just consider doing it, aren't they. yeah. and i think fact they. yeah. and i think the fact is , is that when you look at the is, is that when you look at the list of issues that have not been dealt with or where this government has been absolutely spectacularly useless on, they're on a hiding to nothing with this. i mean, in terms of people that will be affected , i people that will be affected, i still think more than maybe still think it's more than maybe onceit still think it's more than maybe once it it would have been. but it's still small. it's still quite small. >> something like 3% or whatever. frankly, when you whatever. and frankly, when you see that the tax burden overall is the highest, it's been since the second world war, this is just a cheap way of making a gesture. yeah, i think from what i can see, they're just looking at kind of what at people in the kind of what they might call the blue wall. frankly, they've it frankly, they've lost them. it seems to they've utterly lost seems to me they've utterly lost those they're not

those people anyway. they're not going to vote. >> so, you know, >> tory. and so, you know, frankly , i think it is it's a frankly, i think it is it's a bit cynical. and also it's a low priority. dare i say. >> when you look at all the things that we're facing. >> okay, matthew, some people call it call it the cruellest tax of all lifetime earnings, every penny that to every single penny that goes to your death pot already been your death pot has already been taxed . but this will be your death pot has already been taxed. but this will be a 7 billion hole in the treasury. where do you stand on the spectrum of this being cruel versus a justifiable tax on the wealthiest? i don't know wealthiest? yeah, i don't know where you got the word cruel from. >> i don't think it's cruel at all. >> i mean, most people don't want than they want to pay more tax than they absolutely to. absolutely have to. >> course. absolutely have to. >> but:ourse. absolutely have to. >> but there's a big problem here. sps already pointed out deaths every year are only at the moment this is only affecting under 4% of them. so under 4% of deaths in this country a year are incurred in inheritance tax. now, why is that an important figure? it's an important figure because if the tories really do go ahead and abolish inheritance tax,

this is a massive giveaway to the wealthiest 4% and it is massively damaging for the rest of us. >> and i'll just make two quick points on that. >> the nhs, as i think most of us would agree, is on knees. us would agree, is on its knees. a over 7 million a waiting list of over 7 million or and social you or so and social care. do you remember boris johnson remember when boris johnson seems long time ago now. remember when boris johnson see|boris long time ago now. remember when boris johnson see|boris johnson time ago now. remember when boris johnson see|boris johnson stood ago now. remember when boris johnson see|boris johnson stood on» now. remember when boris johnson see|boris johnson stood on the n. but boris johnson stood on the steps downing street and steps of downing street and pledged that he would fix social care. care is also on its care. social care is also on its knees. if we're going to cut taxes, and i definitely don't think we can afford to at the moment for those two reasons. you don't give away to the richest in society . you might richest in society. you might try and cut inherited , not try and cut inherited, not inheritance. you might try and cut income tax a little. don't help the wealthiest when the poorest and the middle earners are really struggling . but are really struggling. but peter, is it simply a case of this being a tax on the wealthiest because look at how people accrue assets through property values. now, a lot of these people aren't cash rich. they become asset rich through

these people aren't cash rich. they ithe me asset rich through these people aren't cash rich. they ithe rightsset rich through these people aren't cash rich. they ithe right thing ch through these people aren't cash rich. they ithe right thing .h through these people aren't cash rich. they ithe right thing . they'veh doing the right thing. they've worked they've paid worked hard. they've paid their taxes already into taxes, they've already paid into the nhs their entire life. why should they be taxed again on the nhs their entire life. why sho point ey be taxed again on the nhs their entire life. why sho point of be taxed again on the nhs their entire life. why sho point of death?ed again on the nhs their entire life. why sho point of death? no,]ain on the nhs their entire life. why sho point of death? no,]amean , the point of death? no, i mean, i would sort of i wouldn't disagree with that, particularly now as say, now that obviously, as you say, people are rich via their homes i >>i >> i mean, like people who would never have dreamt about inheritance tax before if it's obviously changed now. my i mean, before you think that matthew inaya, you know, agreeing too much on this, let's disagree , shall we? i think disagree, shall we? i think there are far more important things . you know, when, for things. you know, when, for example, today , without wishing example, today, without wishing to diverge, when you see today that there is a report coming out that is recommending from a conservative side recommending , conservative side recommending, for example, that people should open their homes up to asylum seekers , for example. seekers, for example. unbelievable lack of political instinct. and i think this is exactly the same . exactly the same. >> now, could i just say why the tories may be considering this and that is because it does, bizarrely and perversely appear to be a vote winner. winner. you

guys will remember back in two thousand and seven, it was widely believed that gordon brown was going to go to the polls. he was going to hold an early general election so that he feel he was endorsed by he would feel he was endorsed by the public because he took over , he, tony blair? , didn't he, from tony blair? it's also widely believed that the reason he didn't the the reason he didn't go to the polls because george osborne polls was because george osborne came up with this inheritance tax idea of, i think, tax bombshell idea of, i think, raising the threshold to £1 million. and gordon brown got fritz. he was terrified. and i don't think i don't think he recovered in the eyes of the pubuc recovered in the eyes of the public ever since. why, at the time ? why? because people don't time? why? because people don't like it if leaders are afraid to go to the polls. so the reason this polls well, even though it only affects under 4% of deaths a year is because a lot of people wrongly and that is an important word here wrongly think it will or might affect them. it won't. okay. it's worth pointing out, though, that some of liberal democracies on of those liberal democracies on the planet are the types that you really look you would no doubt really look up to be place like up to aspire to be a place like canada, new zealand , norway have

canada, new zealand, norway have 0% inherit tax. so maybe we could learn something from them . let's move now, gents, to . let's move on now, gents, to another story that's been doing the rounds today. this idea, and i'll start with you, peter, of mickey mouse degrees, a feeling that there are too many students doing pointless degrees. they're getting into debt, £44 getting massively into debt, £44 billion industry. we simply have too many people going to university. where do you stand on that? >> oh, i couldn't agree more. when you say too many people going university, going to university, automatically might automatically the left might start just want start saying, oh, you just want it for elitist rubbish. that's absolute rubbish . mean, was absolute rubbish. i mean, i was from a working family. i from a working class family. i went to the first first to go to university in family back in university in my family back in the early 80s is fact is, is that white working class boys are the least likely to go to university now anyway . okay. university now anyway. okay. right. we know that there's certainly the underachievers, for example at school. what is the point just simply in getting them to go to university so that you can say you've got 50, 60% of people at university, then in

doing a totally useless degree, when we say mickey mouse degrees by the way, we're not talking about sort of like history or engush about sort of like history or english any those. we're english or any of those. we're not talking about those. we're talking mean. some of them talking about mean. some of them defy belief. we know before i came i looking at came on, i was looking at i found for example, found one, for example, on advanced bakery that can get advanced bakery that you can get advanced bakery that you can get a degree in bakery. now, these sorts of things are absurd. people are paying through the nose for them . just look at it. nose for them. just look at it. i would say, look, if you are thinking of going to university, see about it. you're see rac think about it. you're going what it, 30, going to have what is it, 30, £40,000 debt and you're going £40,000 of debt and you're going to come out with some media studies which is pretty studies degree, which is pretty useless. racket. studies degree, which is pretty use fair. racket. studies degree, which is pretty usefair point. racket. studies degree, which is pretty usefair point. matthew it's a >> fair point. matthew it's a racket. yeah. i mean, i would just just back into just say we just went back into political didn't we, on political history, didn't we, on inheritance tax, the gordon brown we can go back even brown years. we can go back even further to the tony years further to the tony blair years on wanted, on this one because he wanted, didn't he, to get about 50% of people university. we've now people to university. we've now got the got more than that. now, the reason that seemed like a good got more than that. now, the reascand at seemed like a good got more than that. now, the reascand mightned like a good got more than that. now, the reascand might still like a good got more than that. now, the reascand might still bee a good got more than that. now, the reascand might still bee agoodi idea and might still be a good idea and might still be a good idea university idea is because university offers than just the offers you more than just the qualification. you qualification. it enables you to socialise is meet people to socialise is to meet people to develop interests, develop

hinterlands, sport, music, hinterlands, play sport, music, whatever it is. those years i think are actually , if all think are actually, if all things are equal, really positive. but i have a caveat and the caveat is that i think we still live in a snobbish society. it's not just about class or anything else. it's about the sort work that about the sort of work that people and i think we need people do. and i think we need to value in the way that we look at people more , those who at people far more, those who use hands rather than just use their hands rather than just their brains. and on that basis, there is a strong argument to say if you're going to go heavily into debt by doing this sort degree , maybe an sort of degree, maybe an apprenticeship something apprenticeship or something practical might be more beneficial. i think i think a lot of people there, we have to cut it short, i'm afraid. gentlemen peter whittle, matthew sevilla, thank you very much. i think to think that's a solid point to make. to skills base make. get back to skills base with your hands, not just your heads. you get £50,000 with your hands, not just your head at you get £50,000 with your hands, not just your head at end get £50,000 with your hands, not just your head at end of get £50,000 with your hands, not just your head at end of it get £50,000 with your hands, not just your head at end of it .get £50,000 with your hands, not just your head at end of it . well, 0,000 debt at the end of it. well, it's only been a couple of days since our exciting live coverage of the of july parades of the 12th of july parades across ireland. across northern ireland. thousands were not thousands of patriots were not deterred by the rainy weather headed to belfast to mark the

333rd anniversary of the battle of boyne . our northern of the boyne. our northern ireland reporter beattie ireland reporter dougie beattie has more on what happened after that battle . that battle. >> the defeat at the battle of the boyne. very significant. james flees, never to return . he james flees, never to return. he curses as irish troops and argues that they have let him down. so he flees to france. this actually means that the jacobite army falls under the command of competent commanders from both the irish and the french side, and william advances on dublin. he actually offers very harsh terms for the surrender of dublin. he's trying to divide the irish elite from the ordinary soldier, the jacobite army then retreats west of the shannon river and has a number of strong points, particularly the walled city of limerick. william is always, constantly aware that the longer he spends in ireland, the longer

he spends in ireland, the longer he is away from fighting the french in europe . he pushes hard french in europe. he pushes hard and he leaves general ginkel, a dutch commander in charge of the army, and he moves the following year to try and crush the jacobites and takes various strongholds . so there's a field strongholds. so there's a field battle of the war that takes place in akrehamn . on the 12th place in akrehamn. on the 12th of july 1691. and you actually have two europeans in command of the armies at that time, french general saint ruth commands the jacobites and general ginkel commands the williamites. and it's a very fierce battle, a very hotly contested battle, and only for a little bit of fortune only for a little bit of fortune on the williamite side when they're shown a particular path through marshy ground , are they through marshy ground, are they able to start to break the jacobite resolve by the end of july and 1690? >> james had fled to france . >> james had fled to france. most of the jacobite forces now gathered here in limerick . the gathered here in limerick. the city was never taken by the

williamites, but could well have been the jacobites londonderry . been the jacobites londonderry. on the 3rd of october 1691, the treaty was signed that ended hostility in ireland and allowed william to concentrate his energies and forces in france . energies and forces in france. >> this is a massive change. it's a watershed moment and a very significant one for the british isles . you see the british isles. you see the introduction of freedom of the press. you see an independent judiciary beginning and you see limits on the power of the monarch parliament, increases in power . and that means that power. and that means that people become sovereign and you have laws being introduced first that are guaranteed individual liberty. and this is what flows from the glorious revolution. depher aspects essentially checks and balances that hold the government to account. whether that's a mixture of the monarch or parliament. but you see that aspect of constitutional democracy start

to emerge, and it's very important the political changes have all taken place at westminster . have all taken place at westminster. but have all taken place at westminster . but the fighting to westminster. but the fighting to secure the glorious revolution has taken place in ireland and scotland . and this is a huge and scotland. and this is a huge and seminal moment for the development not only of politics in the british isles, but essentially the development of what we see as liberal democracy. though those ideas of government being a control act between the people and the executive and a contract that needed to be honoured, you have the introduction of regular elections means you have freedom from cruel and unusual punishment . and so those ideas punishment. and so those ideas that will go on to influence the american revolution, the french revolution , an even as far down revolution, an even as far down as the universal declaration of human rights and the european convention on human rights , all convention on human rights, all can trace their origin back to the 17th century and the events of the glorious revolution .

of the glorious revolution. stirring stuff once again. >> there from dougie beattie in northern ireland. you're watching and listening to gb news saturday with me, martin daubney . there's lots more daubney. there's lots more coming up yet on today's show. but first, take a look at but first, let's take a look at the weather with jonathan . the weather with jonathan. >> the temperatures rising , boxt >> the temperatures rising, boxt solar proud sponsors of weather on . gb news. on. gb news. >> hello there. i'm jonathan vautrey here with your latest gb news weather forecast provided by the metaphor. news weather forecast provided by the metaphor . june's heat by the metaphor. june's heat certainly feels like quite a distant memory now that july is bringing us something much more unsettled. this area of low pressure across the uk, pressure sat across the uk, keeping things particularly windy for southern areas 40 to 50 mile an hour gusts possible inland throughout the rest of this afternoon and the evening . this afternoon and the evening. yellow wind warning is in force throughout that thunderstorms continuing as continuing into the evening as well, gradually easing their well, but gradually easing their way outbreaks way off. showery outbreaks of rain though, persist

rain will, though, persist throughout night. for many throughout the night. for many of us, the breeze that is around will help reduce will help to reduce our temperatures dropping too far, holding up around 12 to 14 c for many of us. the second half of the weekend does look to remain relatively unsettled. the winds, though, will just be touch though, will just be a touch lighter across southern areas of the uk. the strongest breeze now, particularly for eastern coast england into coast northern england into central scotland. some central areas of scotland. some more rain for parts central areas of scotland. some m

proud sponsors of weather on . gb proud sponsors of weather on. gb news and thank you very much for that update jonathan there's lots more coming yet on today's show on jabeur and marketa. >> vondrousova have kicked off the women's singles final at wimbledon to end what's been a thrilling fortnight of tennis. we'll live to our national we'll cross live to our national reporter who's there for us right all of that more right now. all of that and more to daubney. and to come. i'm martin daubney. and you're watching and listening to gb news, britain's

>> you're listening to gb news radio . radio. with aaron armstrong . with aaron arm strong. >> with aaron armstrong. >> hi. it is at 134 232. in fact . i'm aaron armstrong in the newsroom . ministers are facing newsroom. ministers are facing further pressure to impose an outright ban on disposable vapes. the local government association says their

manufacture and sale should be stopped next year amid warnings of rising popularity amongst children. single use vapes are also considered to be a fire hazard for waste collectors . hazard for waste collectors. france is considering a ban by the end of this year. the european union is expected expected to follow suit in 2026. industry bodies say vapes help smokers quit and can be recycled . ed the british medical association, meanwhile, has warned the government their doctors will not back down on demands for a 35% pay rise as junior doctors in england strike for a third day. that's despite the prime minister adopting the recommended actions of independent pay review bodies and making a final offer of 6. the five day strike, the longest in nhs history, runs until 7 am. on tuesday morning . today's am. on tuesday morning. today's schedule at the goodwood festival of speed has been affected and london's kaleidoscope festival at alexandra palace cancelled because of bad weather. the met

office has issued a yellow wind warning across the south of england and wales and a yellow thunderstorm alert for scotland . winds of up to 50 miles an hour have been predicted. they may affect public transport and damage trees. may affect public transport and damage trees . more on all of our damage trees. more on all of our stories on our website, gbnews.com. that's it for the moment . now it's back to . moment. now it's back to. martin >> thanks for the update, aaron. welcome back to gb news saturday with me martin daubney on your tv online and on your digital radio. well it's the penultimate day of the wimbledon tennis championships on centre court on jabeur and marketa vondrousova are currently going head to head in the women's singles final . in the women's singles final. well, our very own paul hawkins joins us now from wimbledon . joins us now from wimbledon. paul joins us now from wimbledon. paul, what's the latest mate two games , all in the first set as

games, all in the first set as jabeur starting pretty well. >> she broke vondrousova, who then broke back and it's pretty much even stevens as they fight it out in the fifth game of the first set. whoever wins, it's going to be a fantastic story because on jabeur, of course, bidding to become the first african, first arab, first muslim winner of a of a grand slam . she got to the wimbledon slam. she got to the wimbledon final, last year. she's ranked sixth in the world. she's got experience of the centre court crowd then. so they'll be behind her. we've spoken to so many people today. most people are supporting on jabeur , including supporting on jabeur, including these tunisian fans that we spoke to earlier. unfortunately, they weren't able to get tickets to get into the ground and there was little bit controversy was a little bit of controversy earlier because they're not selling as ground tickets selling as many ground tickets today wind. so today because of the wind. so some people upset, some people were upset, including fans. including these tunisian fans. this is what they had to tell us about and how much she about on jabeur and how much she means to them as a tunisian. >> really proud to see you know, means to them as a tunisian. >> retlike 3roud to see you know, means to them as a tunisian. >> retlike 3r(woman,ee you know, means to them as a tunisian. >> retlike 3r(woman, like u know, means to them as a tunisian. >> retlike 3r(woman, like meiow, to see like a woman, like me especially, and to see the first woman the world, playing

woman in the world, like playing in down you know, like woman in the world, like playing in down know, you know, like woman in the world, like playing in down know, arabian,yw, like as, you know, arabian, especially a muslim. as especially as a muslim. as african. yes >> yeah. and you were telling me earlier about special name you've for her. you've got for her. >> yeah. she's the minister of happiness. this is how we call her in tunisia. i'm really her in tunisia. and i'm really proud that she made it to the final. i mean, again. yes. yeah, again, yeah, again . exactly. i'm again, yeah, again. exactly. i'm here for the first time, and i really hope that i will be able to watch her. >> yeah. and there any >> yeah. and is there any andrzej chance to win? yes andrzej duda chance to win? yes >> you would win. yeah. she's going to win for sure. >> she had big chance today to win because i think she win the third, the fourth, second and the second and the third. >> yeah. >> yeah. >> so i think she have big chance to win today . chance to win today. >> yeah. well seen lots of tunisian fans around here waving flags everywhere there's a little bit of the world cup feel to it but don't write off vondrousova either she's she may be outside the world's top 40. >> she may have only won four games on grass before this. she may have been so unconfident

about how she was going to perform tournament that perform at this tournament that she to stay she told her husband to stay at home look cat. home and look after the cat. he's there her in he's now there watching her in the wimbledon final. don't the wimbledon final. so don't write all. even if write her off at all. even if she wins, she'll become the first unseeded woman win a first unseeded woman to win a grand think in the in grand slam. i think in the in the in the modern era ever. so, look, it's going to be a fantastic outcome whatever fantastic fight outcome whatever happens. >> so thank you, paul hawkins , >> so thank you, paul hawkins, live from wimbledon . well, live from wimbledon. well, you're watching and listening to gb news saturday with martin gb news saturday with me, martin daubney. coming up yet daubney. lots more coming up yet on show, including a new on today's show, including a new report that shows the demand for homes plunged with buyer homes has plunged with buyer inquiries across the country falling by almost half last month. i'll talk to a mortgage adviser to get a grasp of what this means for home owners. all of that and more to come. you're watching and listening to gb news, britain's

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>> yes, i'm martin daubney on your tv , online and on your your tv, online and on your digital radio. well, if you're a home owner , you might want to home owner, you might want to look away. now because a new report shows the demand for homes has plunged with buyer inquiries across the country falling by 45% in june. well, this comes as the bank of england estimates that a million homeowners face the mortgage hike of around £500 a month. well, joining me now is mortgage adviser and broker , sally adviser and broker, sally mitchell. so sally, on the face of it, grim news for homeowners, but no real surprises, i'm guessing, because the price of products is going up so high, people are simply sitting on their hands and not moving houses. right >> yeah, it does seem to be the sensible course of action, doesn't it? i mean, if you didn't have to, why would you choose to move? >> at the moment? >> at the moment? >> unless you can take your existing mortgage with you, which a lot of home owners can do, port it across to a new

property . interestingly, do, port it across to a new property. interestingly, i know dumas and generally is down, but actually demand for first time buyers or from first time buyers is actually up and they made up 53% of all enquiries in the last month, which is much higher than it has been. so what i'm seeing with first time buyers is, is that they they don't know what it's like to have a really good rate because they haven't owned a property before. and the buzzword watchword with them is affordability . they're not so affordability. they're not so much interested in the figures of the rate, you know, 6, 5, whatever . they're they're just whatever. they're they're just saying, well, if i can afford it, if you can prove to me that i can afford it, then i'll i'm off. i'm doing it. i'm getting on that ladder, which is actually refreshing. actually quite refreshing. >> though, sally, actually quite refreshing. >> they though, sally, actually quite refreshing. >> they hit though, sally, actually quite refreshing. >> they hit then gh, sally, actually quite refreshing. >> they hit then is, sally, actually quite refreshing. >> they hit then is asally, actually quite refreshing. >> they hit then is a chain what they hit then is a chain supply issue. it's fair and well for first time buyers to buy unless they're getting new builds . unless they're getting new builds. people aren't moving up the . so are you seeing the chain. so are you seeing stagnation simply blockading the

market? because people who are at that second home status, they just don't want to move on because it's just so expensive just don't want to move on becau so, t's just so expensive just don't want to move on becau so, letjust so expensive just don't want to move on becau so, let alone expensive just don't want to move on becau so, let alone withznsive just don't want to move on becau so, let alone with stamp duty. >> there's certainly dodi a deflated market. you know, the availability is not as great as it was. obviously a lot of first time buyers, they do go for new builds because there are incentives normally as well and shared ownership schemes etcetera . but yeah, we're etcetera. but yeah, we're finding with people who are trying to sell that there's not a race to buy their property. they might have to reduce it a little bit. 42% of, of people who are selling last month reduced their price by 5% to move it along the chain . so move it along the chain. so everybody's having to take a little shave a little here, shave a little there. it's definitely a strange market to be in. but there is movement. it's just not as as as buoyant as it was. and to be fair, we've been seeing this go down since since the mini—budget in the autumn . it'sjust a

since the mini—budget in the autumn . it's just a downward autumn. it's just a downward trend at the moment. and also, sally, a key point here is mortgage rates for to buy let landlords have hit a 12 year high, which of course means passing on those costs to renters. >> and we've seen the average private rents go up by a 5% hike. yeah >> and of course, because the landlords non—portfolio landlords non—portfolio landlords , let's say they simply landlords, let's say they simply can't afford to run it as a as a business or a sideline business. and if they can't pass it on to the renters, their tenants, then they're going to sell and they're going to sell and they're going to come out of the market, which means that there is less supply, which means demand demand goes up, demand means demand goes up, which rents increase as which means rents increase as well. so poor tenants are being hit from all sides actually. okay sally, also, mortgage rates have hit a 15 year high this week with the average two year rate now at at 6.7, according to moneyfacts. >> but i want to try and keep

things positive before we get to doom and gloom here. what would you say to property owners out there? is this a short term bup? there? is this a short term blip? a lot of people watching the show gb news today will remember the 1980s will remember soaring interest rates. it seems , is that inflation is being taken back under control . and taken back under control. and you'd hope being an optimist and being a realist, that this is a storm and things will get better. yes >> yes. we have to believe that they will. these things are cyclical. we just seem to be in a prolonged slump or high, whichever way you look at it . we whichever way you look at it. we have the inflation figures coming out on wednesday, the 19th, holac finally, that will be good news and we'll see a reduction from the 8.7% that we had last time . um, that could had last time. um, that could mean that when the bank of england meets on the on the next policy committee, then they might not put the rate up from 5. experts say it should top out at 6:00. in any case, at the

moment , there's a potential moment, there's a potential family worry that there'll be an overcorrection that we're to going fast for these higher bank of england rates, and that could cause a recession. so it really is a it's a fine tune. cause a recession. so it really is a it's a fine tune . i'm is a it's a fine tune. i'm hoping that inflation will be good on wednesday and that will slow any increase on the base rate. and just give us a little bit of a chance to breathe. and homeowners a chance to breathe and accept this new sort of level of rates , which level of rates, which unfortunately aren't going anywhere. but we certainly don't want see them increase any want to see them increase any further. >> think people >> sally, i think people out there that sentiment. there would echo that sentiment. there's that normally there's a feeling that normally inflation is caused by people overspending by splurging, by being people aren't being reckless people aren't doing this time around, are doing that this time around, are they? they're spending through necessity . inflation is going up necessity. inflation is going up because everything buy because everything we buy from food to clothing to motor cars to our central heating, everything costs more. would you like do you think now that interest rates have just become a tool and they're a blunt tool and they're battering their battering people over their

heads ? heads? >> well, it all really comes back to inflation and a very, very clever economist explained to me the other day about inflation. and he's he's been a chief economist for 30 years. and he said he still doesn't really understand how it happens , how it how it comes about . , how it how it comes about. it's a mixture of science and art and the biggest threat to inflation apparently is us, the general public. you can't control how people spend unless you make it extremely painful for them to do so. and that's what they're attempting to do. you know , making it difficult to you know, making it difficult to spend money, making it hurt if it's not hurting, it's not working. we've heard in the last few months , um, but certainly few months, um, but certainly they seem to think that and i'm not an expert , that inflation is not an expert, that inflation is the key to everything. and that is something that they just have to get under control, which means that we're faced with interest rates. okay. >> sally mitchell, thank you for joining this afternoon gb joining us this afternoon on gb news if only the

news saturday. and if only the bank england hadn't printed bank of england hadn't printed about billion during about £900 billion during lockdowns, sent inflation lockdowns, which sent inflation spiralling anyway , what do i spiralling anyway, what do i know? let's move now . lots of know? let's move on now. lots of you been getting touch you have been getting in touch with the with your thoughts on the potential of scrapping inheritance big of inheritance tax. a big story of the day . neil says this. this inheritance tax. a big story of the day. neil says this. this is just another political stunt . just another political stunt. yes, they might scrap it now , yes, they might scrap it now, but they'll probably reintroduce it in another name. neil, you're a cynic , but you're probably a cynic, but you're probably right. he'll always seems if they take away something , they they take away something, they give it out elsewhere and we're never actually better off. andrew says the following inheritance tax should never have been introduced . you've have been introduced. you've been tax all your life and when you die you get taxed again. andrew is an excellent point. we've been saying that across the show, and it's made out that this is a greedy conservative grasping thing to give out. but some of the most liberal democracies in the world, like finland , norway, canada and new finland, norway, canada and new zealand, they've got 0% inheritance tax . we'll keep your inheritance tax. we'll keep your views coming in. subscribe to

our youtube channel and of course, follow us on twitter. we're at gb news. now onto our next story because according to a report by the national audit office, queen camilla will not receive personal funding from parliament to fund her official duties, despite the previous consort, the late duke of edinburgh, being paid an annual lump sum of nearly £360,000 per year until his death. well, to shed some light on this now, i'm joined by the former royal correspondent at the sun, the legend, the gentleman , ann legend, the gentleman, ann charles rea. hello to you, charles. it's always a pleasure . so this would be seen. i think, as a progressive move , a think, as a progressive move, a move to show that the royal family is being more careful with the purse strings. yes >> yes. and in actual fact , for >> yes. and in actual fact, for camilla to receive this same amount of money, this 360,000 from the civil from the civil plus from parliament, i.e, your money and my money and your the

viewers and listeners money. >> it would need to have an act of parliament. now it's come about because the duke of edinburgh back in 1952, when the queen acceded to the throne, the civil list , he was part of that civil list, he was part of that civil list, he was part of that civil list, he was part of that civil list and got money, which has increased over the years. now in 2012, when it changed to the sovereign grant, most of the civil list was scrapped except for the fact that prince philip continued to receive this £360,000 up until his death. >> now , that doesn't mean that >> now, that doesn't mean that camilla is going to go short at all. she will just get money from the current sovereign grant. so therefore , taxpayers grant. so therefore, taxpayers will not be putting more money into the royal purse. and so we should get all the people who hate the royal family and republicans not jumping up and down about it. yeah and it's worth pointing out, you're absolutely right there, charles. >> they certainly won't go short because the sovereign grant you

alluded to, there is 25% of the crown estates net. so surplus in the two years prior and the most recent pot is £863 million for the year that they can pay her for. >> out of that 86 million. martin that is 36 million on top of the sovereign grant, which covers the refurbishment, the ten year refurbishment of buckingham palace, which ends in 2027. so the royals don't actually get the 86 million. they get about 50 million. i know it's a lot of money, but it's not 86 million. 36 million each year goes to refurbishment and quickly pointing out the air show in fairfield is currently underway . underway. >> charles and the prince and princess of wales have made an outing there . outing there. >> it's always great to see this family. i mean, this is a fabulous family. they're a great looking family. fabulous family. they're a great looking family . the kids are looking family. the kids are fabulous whenever they turn up, it's always great to see them . it's always great to see them. you know, we don't see them all that much, quite rightly. so. we

don't want to intrude too much. so we see them occasionally and it's great see george. he's it's great to see george. he's going to be ten in july the 22nd. so that's a great treat for him. and louis and charlotte, who both look remarkably like catherine. well, george looks exactly like a mini william. yeah great to see them all. fabulous pictures in all the papers this morning. and you're showing those to the viewers today at the moment . viewers today at the moment. >> charles rea, thank you for joining us. it's always a pleasure and never a chore. thank you very much. okay. well, that's it from me today. but stay tuned because up stay tuned because nana is up next and she's joined us in the studio here. nana what's on the menu today? >> got a lot. >> oh, we've got a lot. >>— >> oh, we've got a lot. >> i'm starting off with >> well, i'm starting off with mucking the week with louis schaefer, been so schaefer, and there's been so much of course, much going on. of course, we've had with huw had the whole thing with huw edwards, so we're going to be discussing that later on in the monologue as well, because, you know, obviously a people know, obviously a lot of people suffer health. and suffer with mental health. and i understand that. but it feels to me sometimes mental

me that sometimes mental health starts a new starts to become almost a new race where people start to race card where people start to sort out when, you sort of pull it out when, you know, if you do something that's not then becomes not great and then it becomes uncovered. , anybody uncovered. of course, anybody suffering like this or being something like this or being found to do that found out to do anything that may have been if he's done any of things, be sort of these things, would be sort of these things, would be sort of to come out in of kind of scared to come out in the public now because it's kind of feel of embarrassing and we feel a little shame if it's little bit of shame if it's true. but, you know, i understand acknowledge, accept his mental health. but it feels to it's too quick for to me that it's too quick for people to do this now do you people to do this now and do you think, though, we were talking earlier former ethics earlier to a former ethics adviser bbc and i put it adviser at the bbc and i put it to him, okay, he is in hospital. >> okay. he's not well, but sooner or later, nana, he's going have to face music. going to have to face the music. so he's because there so what he's done because there is a young person, if he has done these things, of course this the this is all alleged at the moment, although bbc moment, although the bbc themselves out with themselves have come out with things own of things with their own sort of investigations what investigations as well. so what do spectacle of do you make of the spectacle of bbc lviv journalists bbc invest lviv journalists investigating their own journalists? >> well, i think maybe they were frightened to speak out before . frightened to speak out before. and that thing where and it's almost that thing where when someone is named, then eventually come forward.

eventually people come forward. if is anything that has if there is anything that has happened and they are saying things have happened, whether that's true or not, obviously we wait to but it's wait for hugh to speak. but it's interesting . so we talking interesting. so we were talking about and when you go about that. and then when you go abroad, ever on abroad, have you ever been on one those of elephant one of those sort of elephant rides anything that? rides or anything like that? yes. when you yes. well, listen, you when you hear my 5:00 guests at difficult conversations, you will never do that again. well, because they're because that again. well, because theydangerous because that again. well, because theydangerous on because that again. well, because theydangerous on you, because that again. well, because theydangerous on you, becyhow the dangerous on you, but how they treat those animals. oh, i see. terrible . now, he's see. it's terrible. now, he's just gone through second just gone through the second reading parliament. the house just gone through the second retlords, parliament. the house just gone through the second retlords, forarliament. the house just gone through the second retlords, for hisament. the house just gone through the second retlords, for his bill1t. the house just gone through the second retlords, for his bill that1e house just gone through the second retlords, for his bill that will)use of lords, for his bill that will stop tourist agents from stop these tourist agents from sending people to these allowing people sort people to book these sort of destinations and there's an incredible story that we have to tell lady whose sister tell about a lady whose sister was killed by an elephant in one of those arenas abroad. and it's a fascinating story. >> it sounds like a superb show. thank you very much for that. so you've been watching and listening to news saturday listening to gb news saturday with dalby. you listening to gb news saturday witmuch dalby. you listening to gb news saturday witmuch for dalby. you listening to gb news saturday witmuch for joining, 1. you listening to gb news saturday witmuch for joining, but you listening to gb news saturday witmuch for joining, but don'tou so much forjoining, but don't go because up go anywhere because nana is up next. first, let's take a next. but first, let's take a look at the weather with jonathan that that warm feeling

inside from boxt boilers >> proud sponsors of weather on gb news . >> proud sponsors of weather on gb news. news. >> hello there. i'm jonathan vautrey here with your latest gb news weather forecast provided by the met office. june's heat certainly feels like quite a distant memory now that july is bringing us something much more unsettled. this area of low pressure across the uk , pressure sets across the uk, keeping things particularly windy southern areas 40 to windy for southern areas 40 to 50 an hour gusts possible 50 mile an hour gusts possible inland throughout the rest of this and evening. inland throughout the rest of thyellow and evening. inland throughout the rest of thyellow wind and evening. inland throughout the rest of thyellow wind warning evening. inland throughout the rest of thyellow wind warning is vening. inland throughout the rest of thyellow wind warning is in1ing. a yellow wind warning is in force throughout thunderstorms continuing into evening as continuing into the evening as well. gradually easing their well. but gradually easing their way outbreaks of way off. showery outbreaks of rain persist rain will, though, persist throughout the night. for many of us, the breeze that is around will help to reduce our temperatures dropping far , temperatures dropping too far, holding up around 12 to 14 c for many of us. the second half of the weekend does look to remain relatively unsettled . the winds, relatively unsettled. the winds, though, just a touch though, will just be a touch lighter across southern of lighter across southern areas of the uk. the strongest breeze now, particularly for eastern

coast england into coast northern england into central of scotland. some central areas of scotland. some more rain parts more persistent rain for parts of western scotland as well. but there'll potential there'll be showers, potential thunderstorms many us thunderstorms for many of us elsewhere still feeling elsewhere as well. still feeling relatively cool. top temperatures around mid to high teens scotland and northern teens for scotland and northern ireland, perhaps 20 to 22 c for southern areas of wales and england. it's the of the england. it's the start of the new low pressure new week. that low pressure system going its system is going to shift its way off towards scandinavia so off towards scandinavia. so there will trailing parts there will be a trailing parts of rain still for north eastern areas scotland into monday. areas of scotland into monday. elsewhere though, the winds will be noticeably lighter, still be noticeably lighter, but still a of showers a scattering of showers throughout the and we throughout the day. and we remain relatively remain that relatively unsettled, showery theme into the well. by by that the new week as well. by by that warm feeling inside from boxt boilers proud sponsors of weather on gb news in a world of dull and predictable radio and tv shows . tv shows. >> oh hi on mark dolan tonight we've got big guests. we drill into the big stories of the day . the show adds up to a

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