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dorset our home arrived in dorset and our home security editor mark is security editor mark white is there and the bbc chief as the barge arrived here around about 8 am, the protesters from the local community were outside making their voices heard. >> but those protests have fallen on deaf ears. the barge is here now and the first asylum seekers will be on board within weeks . weeks. >> mark white will be back there . of course, the bbc chief, tim davie, is being questioned in parliament today about the corporation's leadership after the huw edwards scandal. also talking about the licence fee as the bbc already lost your goodwill . goodwill. >> and a new drug is being hailed as a turning point in the fight against alzheimer's. a global trial has found that it slowed cognitive decline by a third. we'll be looking into that. >> and home secretary suella braverman, she's laying out the government's counter—terror government's new counter—terror strategy warning islamic strategy today, warning islamic terrorism is still a major threat and that russia is using terrorism to sow division in
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this country . this country. >> and we've got the boss of iceland supermarkets , richard iceland supermarkets, richard walker, coming in to talk about price food inflation in. let us know your thoughts this morning, gbviews@gbnews.com email address as always. but first of all, here's your morning's . news here's your morning's. news >> bev thank you very much and good morning. this is the latest from the gb news room. a migrant, a migrant accommodation barge set to house 500 people arrived at portland in dorset this morning. the bibby stockholm home made the delayed journey from falmouth in cornwall yesterday. the barge will be used to house single male asylum seekers. it had been due in portland a month ago, despite resistance from the local council. but work on the barge had been delayed. it's part of the government's plan to reduce of housing those
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reduce the cost of housing those seeking asylum . well, the seeking asylum. well, the barge's arrival comes after the government fought off last minute attempts to make changes to its small boats bill. with the legislation now set to become law, the tories saw off five further changes being sought by the unelected chamber to the legislation , including to the legislation, including modern slavery protections and child detention limits . the child detention limits. the draft bill as a whole would prevent people from claiming asylum in the uk if they arrive through unauthorised means. bbc bosses will be questioned in parliament today over the broadcaster's leadership following the huw edwards scandal. the house of lords, communications and digital committee will ask why the corporation didn't take allegations against its most highly paid news presenter. more seriously sooner follow allegations by the sun newspaper that a high profile presenter now named as edward's paid a young person for explicit images. tim davie ordered a review to assess how some
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complaints are red flagged up. the organisation, the family of the young person had originally complained to the bbc in may and the corporation said it tried to contact them twice . now new contact them twice. now new figures show food price inflation has slowed for the fourth month in a row, but remains incredibly high, to according kantar grocery. prices rose by 14.9% in the four weeks to the 9th of july, compared with a year ago, down from 16.5% in june. it says people are spending more on supermarket promotions to save . money and promotions to save. money and a woman jailed for illegally having an abortion during lockdown will challenge her sentence at the court of appeal , carla arlene foster admitted to taking abortion pills while being between 32 and 34 weeks pregnant. ms foster was handed a 28 month extended sentence, which sparked backlash from several women's rights groups. justice . you can get more on all
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justice. you can get more on all of those stories and more by visiting our website , visiting our website, gbnews.com. now it's back to andrew and . andrew and. bev >> very good morning. so the barge known as the bibby stockholm has arrived in dorset this morning after travelling through the it's going to through the night, it's going to house 500 adult male asylum seekers. >> it's part of the government's plan to cut costs associated with housing migrants in hotels. 51,000 of them are in hotel accommodation across the country, costing £6 million a day. >> so joining us now from portland is our home and security editor mark white. mark, what's the latest .7 mark, what's the latest? >> well , the barge is here now. >> well, the barge is here now. it's slipped into portland harbourjust before our 8 am. harbour just before our 8 am. this morning. harbour just before our 8 am. this morning . and it's now at this morning. and it's now at its berth. i can pop out of the
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way and actually show you a live shot down into portland harbour where you can see that the bibby stockholm is at that point on the end of this pier here, where in the coming hours and days it will be plugged up for all the utilities that it requires , such utilities that it requires, such as electricity , sewerage system as electricity, sewerage system pipes and the like . and then in pipes and the like. and then in the coming weeks, the first of up to 500 asylum seekers will be placed in accommodation here to a room, we understand all of the rooms are en suite. there are recreation facilities as well in terms of games room , tv room, terms of games room, tv room, there will be an on board doctor dental facilities for these asylum seekers and the home office. despite the cost of leasing this barge and providing all of the facilities is still believes that it presents more
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value for money than accommodating those 500 people in hotels . and there is also , in hotels. and there is also, though they say, a deterrent factor because the conditions on board, although they're, you know, perfectly adequate, they are more austere than a 4 or 5 star hotels . some migrants have star hotels. some migrants have been placed into. and they would see that as a potential all deterrent factor . but people deterrent factor. but people around here are not at all happy. they are not happy about the prospect of 500 young males who will be free to come and go from this barge because they're not prisoners. they are asylum seekers. and in fact, there would be bus services laid on to take them around the isle of portland, but also into the likes of weymouth as well . likes of weymouth as well. >> mark the people will be
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unhappy. i understand that. but presumably some of these people could just as easily, easily have been in a hotel in the area. the area has got a lot of hotels and we know we've got asylum seekers, illegal migrants , call what you will in , call them what you will in hotels, length and breadth hotels, the length and breadth of the land . of the land. >> yeah, there's no doubt that for the government there is an imperative to try to get away from the overreliance on hotels 51,000 asylum seekers are currently being housed in hundreds of hotels. there's hardly a community in the uk or certainly in england and wales. they're more concentrated up in scotland , but across england and scotland, but across england and wales , most communities will see wales, most communities will see a hotel that has been requisitioned for use by asylum seekers . and sometimes that seekers. and sometimes that hotel is one of the only amenities in that local community. it's where locals would have held their weddings and funerals and other key
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functions that, you know, are denied them for the duration that it's requisitioned by asylum seekers. and that has caused a lot of upset and anger in communities right across the country. but this is also a big gamble for the government as well , because a hotel normally well, because a hotel normally 100, 150 people might be in that hotel and yet , of course, they hotel and yet, of course, they are then to free wander around that local community. but here you're talking about 500 and very soon, then we are likely to have 1700 odd the old air base at wethersfield in essex , 2000 at wethersfield in essex, 2000 and at the former raf scampton base in lincolnshire. these are very significant concentrations of young males who will be free to wander around these local communities that are, you know, in the isle of portland. here it's , you know, quite a small
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it's, you know, quite a small island . there's 13,000 people island. there's 13,000 people here, but they lack a lot of bafic here, but they lack a lot of basic amenities . they tell me basic amenities. they tell me it's difficult to get a doctor here. will the people on the barge will not have a difficulty because that will be provided for them. five days a week . for them. five days a week. >> fascinating, isn't it? and of course, we know the local tory mp was furious about this, not least because he wasn't consulted . consulted. >> that's right. richard drax. yeah he talking to patrick yeah he was talking to patrick yesterday here on gb news. >> we're going to delve deeper into this, but border control expert henry bolton joins us. an immigration lawyer, ivan sampson, both well known to us here on gb news henry, to you first, is this a sticking plaster on a very large, gaping wound ? wound? >> yeah , andrew, it is. and it's >> yeah, andrew, it is. and it's not a very effective sticking plaster either. i would say, you know, if you don't stop the flow, you are always going to have to firefight with trying to find accommodation for people. and you know, the home office seems to be putting just about
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all its eggs into one basket here, provide sort of austere accommodation, change the law and people will stop coming. well, it's not like that. anybody who has dealt with people smuggling out out in the field operationally dealt with the organised crime groups , the organised crime groups, deau the organised crime groups, dealt with people being smuggled, then you know that this is not going to provide a deterrent. so this is we are going to continue having this problem. there is no strategy . problem. there is no strategy. and as you rightly said at the very beginning of this, the house of lords now has buckled. so the immigration bill will go through the archbishop of canterbury has been criticised for some of his stance on this and i understand why. but one thing that he did say that i agree totally with him on that there is no strategy this is constant fire fighting . the home constant fire fighting. the home office and the government have to get ahead of the game. they need to think strategically. they need to think internationally, regionally, nationally , and they need to get nationally, and they need to get some cohesion to this. and remember, i always remind
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remember, and i always remind people it's not just people of this, it's not just people of this, it's not just people crossing borders. all people crossing our borders. all of cocaine and all of the of the cocaine and all of the heroin in this country and all of criminality and health of the criminality and health issues that that feeds into all come across our borders. they too, are indicators of a failed system for managing and securing our borders . our borders. >> ivan, if i can bring you in, can you just remind us why and when the numbers of people trying to get here illegally started to tick up ? because started to tick up? because we've always had conflict zones . we've always had countries from which people wish to flee. why are we seeing it so prominently now in such big numbers? well they've been doubung numbers? well they've been doubling over the last few years , and the current backlog we have of asylum applications is 173,000. >> we can expect about 100,000 migrants crossing the channel this year alone . and the reason this year alone. and the reason that we have this bottleneck is because of the failure of the home office to consider efficiently and quickly asylum
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applications. look, there's a the initial grant rate for countries like syria, eritrea , countries like syria, eritrea, eritrea, iran , afghanistan is eritrea, iran, afghanistan is high. it's in the 19. i mean , high. it's in the 19. i mean, they should be a fast track system for considering those applications. sorry to interrupt you. >> so i understand why there's the bottleneck that isn't getting cleared quick enough. and i think regardless of which side of this debate you're on, we all agree that's something that should be fixed. but why? why the numbers doubled , as why have the numbers doubled, as you say? why are people now feeling can come feeling that they can come across and do so successfully ? across and do so successfully? >> well, there's greater conflict around the world, and that's what's led to the increase in the numbers. so the conflicts that you have around the world in countries fleeing from countries like syria has exponentially risen . and that's exponentially risen. and that's the reason we've got greater numbers . the reason we've got greater numbers. there's more people fleeing persecution. that's just a global problem. we have due to internal conflicts and instant ability of certain countries .
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ability of certain countries. >> henry, if i could bring you in this, i want to put a different perspective on that to what ivan's just said. isn't one of the reasons so many people are heading for britain is because they perceive that we are touch, that they'll are a soft touch, that they'll arrive won't be arrive here, they won't be deported, they stay here deported, they can stay here for years. may disappear years. they may disappear into the disappear the system. they may disappear into economy . into the black economy. >> i think that's undoubtedly part it. andrew undoubtedly. part of it. andrew undoubtedly. ivan's obviously correct in what he says, but there's no one reason for all of this . and what reason for all of this. and what you say is it's absolutely correct. somebody comes across , correct. somebody comes across, you know, they're reasonably looked after. there are no hotel. the message goes back of course, they're calling their friends families course, they're calling their friends and families course, they're calling their friends and farsaying, abroad. and they're saying, well, actually , it well, you know, actually, it wasn't here i am, and wasn't too bad. here i am, and this is what's happening now, that message through. that that message gets through. that is there's is part of it. but there's another thing that i would, you know, concerns greatly. know, that concerns me greatly. these numbers are going to increase, if only because the population of africa is going to be an additional 1.7 billion by 2050. now that's the un saying
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that the population unpopular fund now we've got to get ahead of the game because those people we i think we can assume fairly safely that unless somebody intervenes the countries of africa are going to struggle to support that sort of population , or many of them are, and they are to going move to china are not to going move to china or america if there is an or north america if there is an exodus from africa because of there's not enough resources, governance break down, governance problems break down, then people are going then those people are going to move along. established routes to southern europe , across the to southern europe, across the mediterranean, to southern europe . many those are europe. and many of those are going head our this is going to head our way. this is a major problem. and if the government get it. other government doesn't get it. other governments of governments don't get ahead of it, then haven't seen it, then we haven't seen anything ivor henry's anything yet. ivor henry's right, isn't he? >> just respond to that bleak prognosis . prognosis. >> look , the assertion that >> look, the assertion that people are making a beeline for the uk because we're an easy touch is simply not true. if you look at the data on where we are in the european union alone, we're 17th on the list of number of asylum seekers here. germany take far, far more greater than
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we do. so do france , and that's we do. so do france, and that's per per person , per area. so per per person, per area. so it's simply not true. the biggest pull factor for people coming to the uk, in my experience over 25 years, is they've got family here. that's they've got family here. that's the reason people come to the uk and that will not stop if no policy , no deterrent is going to policy, no deterrent is going to stop people joining family members in the uk. they simply will not work. we need to have safe legal routes. we need to allow family members to sponsor people, their families to come. we need to allow people to work when they get here so they can support themselves. i mean, people are happy to work the government doesn't allow them to. >> but ivan, you're you're omitting the fact that they're coming here from france , which coming here from france, which is safe country. they're is a safe country. they're coming here, repeat, because coming here, i repeat, because we soft touch. they'll get we are a soft touch. they'll get benefits. they'll be put up in hotels. they might have hotels. they might now have to endure hardship a boat in endure the hardship of a boat in portland which is portland harbour, which is rather where i'm rather pretty from where i'm sitting, they know that sitting, because they know that they they will never they will they will never get sent they'll be
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sent back. they'll never be deported, is why they're deported, which is why they're coming here in such large numbers. of them are numbers. and a lot of them are economic to me. economic migrants to me. >> that's a problem. >> well, that's a problem. >> well, that's a problem. >> and they've got big families for the home office . for the home office. >> they should have system. look, we can deport people. we can those people who are can remove those people who are not genuine asylum seekers. why is government not that is the government not doing that 7 is the government not doing that ? why is government not ? why is the government not removing, albanians , for removing, say, albanians, for example, fast track example, they can fast track them out in two weeks, but the problem the home office, problem with the home office, they have systems, the they don't have the systems, the people and processes to do that. and it's all about blaming everyone. but the home office blame the asylum seekers, blame lefty lawyers like me. it's simply not true . simply not true. >> ivan is correct. there entirely . you can't just simply entirely. you can't just simply keep changing the law and changing your promises to the british people without having a strategy , a plan and resourcing strategy, a plan and resourcing it correct . the resourcing . it correct. the resourcing. these barges are to going cost 1.6 billion for three barges. now, you know, the resources are not going into dealing with the
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structural and systemic problems. they're going into firefighting . and that's a huge firefighting. and that's a huge concern. it's got to be i just don't understand. >> i just can i just ask. i just don't understand, gentlemen, why the home office is incapable of process running these applications. is it because the migrants crossing here have slung their papers over the side of the of the of the dinghy or the boat ? or of the of the of the dinghy or the boat? or is it of the of the of the dinghy or the boat ? or is it because the boat? or is it because they're lying about where they're lying about where they're coming because why they're coming from? because why can't process them, they're coming from? because why can't it process them, they're coming from? because why can't it out process them, they're coming from? because why can't it out and process them, they're coming from? because why can't it out and deportzss them, they're coming from? because why can't it out and deport themzm, they're coming from? because why can't it out and deport them if|, work it out and deport them if they're not genuine ? they're not genuine? >> i can answer that. i had a client interviewed yesterday and the home office made this client go through this interview when he's working for the un . he's he's working for the un. he's a national of a country , which is national of a country, which is he had a passport and yet they went through an interview trying to assess where he's from. they using templates, they're not using templates, they're not using properly qualified trained individuals to assess these claims . and this client of mine claims. and this client of mine went through this process of being questioned on whether he
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was a national of the country. he's claiming to when he works from the un, he's provided evidence for that total waste of time. and that took one year. so it took a year to get to that stage and this could have been deau stage and this could have been dealt in weeks, not one year. >> go on, henry. >> go on, henry. >> i thought i thought ivan was going to give that answer. and again , i find myself in total again, i find myself in total agreement with ivan. you know, resourcing isn't just about money. it's about training your staff correctly. it's about giving them right knowledge, giving them the right knowledge, the equipment, most of the the right equipment, most of the people who are processing the asylum claimants moment asylum claimants at the moment have no knowledge of have absolutely no knowledge of the places that they from. the places that they come from. and, an albanian and, you know, an albanian somebody can speak to albanian you and they might be from from the of albania itself . the republic of albania itself. they might be from the republic of northern they of northern macedonia, they might they might might be from kosovo. they might be serbia. you be from southern serbia. you have to able to understand have to be able to understand these things . if are not these things. and if we are not giving people the correct training, we're on hiding training, then we're on a hiding to it's rather like to nothing. it's rather like policing conservative policing the conservative government cut policing by 21,000. they're replacing
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21,000. okay, they're replacing 20,000. are all 20,000. you know, there are all sorts of issues around that, but that's a different topic . but that's a different topic. but they much the same they did much the same thing with the immigration asylum with the immigration and asylum system. cut back. system. um, they have cut back. they've outsourced more, they've cut, cut the budget for training and so on. so there's a raft of problems here that they've simply simply bad planning . simply simply bad planning. >> okay. thank you both. well, control expert henry bolton and immigration lawyer ivan and i didn't expect those two to agree quite much, actually, quite so much, actually, because of they're from , of where they're coming from, because it's the incompetence . because it's the incompetence. >> it's the incompetence. >> it's the incompetence. >> and there's a lot to >> it is. and there's a lot to agree on, on on this, which is that it's broken and it needs fixing regardless of where you and time we see images on and every time we see images on gb the asylum seekers gb news of the asylum seekers getting or the getting off the dinghies or the rnli they're men, right? >> they're economic migrants. >> they're economic migrants. >> bbc is director—general is set a grilling by lords, set to face a grilling by lords, communications and digital committee communications and digital con excepte communications and digital conexcepte won't be a >> except it won't be a grilling. will a light, grilling. it will be a light, a light flambe. that's what it will be. yeah. comes on the will be. yeah. it comes on the back, course, of the hugh back, of course, of the hugh elle edwards scandal and how the broadcaster handled the
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allegations. by allegations. so we're joined by former bbc presenter sally jones . everyone agrees . sally, i think everyone agrees it was not handled well. we now know, don't we, that the family of the person who huw edwards was in communication with allegedly paying money to complain to the bbc, it took seven weeks to reach the floor of the director general . and of the director general. and that was only after the sun newspaper contacted the bbc. >> it's absolutely extraordinary, the complaints unit were handling it. they must have known what a big story it could be, given the huge reputation and the sort of image of probity that huw edwards has always put out. and they sat on that story. they did not go anywhere near the dg. there were apparently some bbc journalists possibly connected to newsnight who were also working on that story independently , and even story independently, and even they didn't go to the dg and how any of those people,
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particularly the journalists , particularly the journalists, because the complaints unit people may be rather junior, but people may be ratherjunior, but journalists on newsnight and top news programmes will know very well what the impact of all this would be if it turned out to be true that huw edwards had been sending these messages and communicating with this young man, whether or not anything illegal happened . it almost illegal happened. it almost beggars belief . illegal happened. it almost beggars belief. i mean, it seems so stupid as to be almost criminal that nobody went to him and said , look, we've got this and said, look, we've got this problem. it may not be true, but you need to know it, shake it, shaken people's belief and faith in the bbc. >> i think , sally, because of >> i think, sally, because of the almost cavalier way they handled this , there's very much handled this, there's very much a feeling that the people lower down simply thought right, we'll batten down the hatches , we'll batten down the hatches, we'll put our tin hats on, heads in the sand. >> et cetera. and just hope it goes away and a story like that is never going to go away. even
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if it had been predominantly untrue, it's never going to go away the moment those accusations are made and then the name of somebody who's a bbc national treasure comes out of course it's going to be huge. why they did not realise that and start taking it seriously. far sooner. and yes, i think you're dead right that the bbc has suffered a lot from this just as itv did with the phillips schofield case, which in a way was quite similar in fact, that they sat on it and sat on it. and you know, did very little about it. but the bbc is our national broadcast. people have huge trust in it. here was the man who had led us through the queen's funeral , all through the queen's funeral, all the new king's coronation in the absolute voice of the nation . absolute voice of the nation. and nobody had thought to tell the dg or to, you know, to get on to that story and try to deal with it straight away and to do damage limitation, which was really all they could do at that
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point. >> sally as someone who's worked for the bbc and understands the media for what do you see as the future here for the corporation 7 future here for the corporation ? if you had to look into your crystal ball, how long do you think it has been funded by the taxpayer and how will it evolve with the times? >> i think there are going to be huge questions yet more huge questions, because obviously there's already been a lot of quenes there's already been a lot of queries about why on earth this one broadcaster should have a total clear run on the money from the licence fee . and, you from the licence fee. and, you know, given that they don't appear to be behaving in a particularly impressive way and positively suicidal at times, it almost looks like shooting themselves in the foot . themselves in the foot. >> sally lovely to see you. thank you ever so much for joining us this morning. sally jones there now, still to come, the bibby stockholm migrant barge in dorset. barge has arrived in dorset. we're to be speaking we're going to be speaking to human rights lawyers get
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human rights lawyers to get their take. let us know your thoughts, gbviews@gbnews.com their take. let us know your th0|email. jbviews@gbnews.com their take. let us know your th0|email. jbvie is @gbnews.com their take. let us know your th0|email.]bvieis britain's;.com the email. this is britain's newsroom on gb news. the people's channel. the temperature's rising . a boxt temperature's rising. a boxt solar proud sponsors of weather on . gb news. on. gb news. >> hello. very good morning to you. i'm aidan mcgivern from the met office with the gb news forecast. a bright start, but a cool start for many of us. more rain is arriving ing through the morning and into the afternoon. that coming in from the west, already affecting northern ireland. it's going to push into much of southern then much of southern and then central scotland lunchtime. central scotland by lunchtime. also affecting parts of northern england, midlands well as england, the midlands as well as wales and cornwall by the afternoon. but away from the cloudy damp zone across cloudy and damp zone across central areas, actually there is some sunshine to be had towards the southeast , 23 celsius here the southeast, 23 celsius here and the far north of scotland, 14 to 16 celsius here with a cool breeze and 1 or 2 showers. but it's going to feel very un summer like i think where we've got that persistent rain through
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these central parts of the uk, it more showery overnight it turns more showery overnight . keep lot of the cloud and . we keep a lot of the cloud and so night to come for so a milder night to come for many a fairly damp many, but also a fairly damp start to the day across some parts of southeast scotland into northern england as that rain pulls away 12 to 13 for many. but i think towards the southeast, 15, 16 celsius, first thing tomorrow , we've got thing tomorrow, we've got actually some decent spells of sunshine across wales and southern england , first thing southern england, first thing northern ireland, northern scotland also seeing sunny spells interspersed by showers and the central cloudier zone . and the central cloudier zone. well, here we've got the rain turning to showers into the afternoon. so by this stage it's afternoon. so by this stage it's a classic sunny spells and showers sort of day . showers sort of day. temperatures are about a degree or so lower than today. >> the temperatures rising , boxt >> the temperatures rising, boxt solar proud sponsors of weather on .
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gb news. good morning. it's 10 am. on tuesday, the 18th of july. this is britain's newsroom on gb news with bev turner and andrew pierce. >> well, it's arrived. the bibby stockholm migrant barge. it's in dorset. it's going to be used to house 500 single male asylum seekers . it comes house 500 single male asylum seekers. it comes as a government small boats bill finally passes through the commons as soaring food and dnnks commons as soaring food and drinks prices are leaving millions of households struggling to feed their families . families. >> we're going to be speaking to
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. bev, thank you very much and good morning. >> this is the latest from the newsroom. a migrant accommodation barge set to house 500 people arrived at portland in dorset this morning. the bibby stockholm made the journey from falmouth in cornwall yesterday . the barge will be yesterday. the barge will be used to house single male asylum seekers. it had been due in portland a month ago, despite resistance from the local council , but resistance from the local council, but work on the barge had been delayed . it's part of had been delayed. it's part of the government's plan to reduce the government's plan to reduce the cost of housing those seeking asylum while member of reform uk ben habib, says the move is risky. >> when you get 500 people of whom we know nothing , you know, whom we know nothing, you know, these people arrive without papers . we don't know whether papers. we don't know whether they're sympathetic to the united kingdom, whether they're antipathetic to our values , what antipathetic to our values, what their intentions are, whether they're criminals or or genuine refugees being put into these small communities. there will be criminal elements, and that is bound to cause us ructions
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between seen, as i mentioned, you know, these rural communities and people coming in the barges arrival comes after the barges arrival comes after the government fought off last minute attempts to make changes to its small boats. >> bill. with the legislation now set to become law, the tories saw off five further changes being sought by the unelected chamber to the legislation , including modern legislation, including modern slavery protections and child detention limits. the draft bill, as a whole would prevent people from claiming asylum in the uk if they arrive through unauthorised means. bbc bosses will be questioned in parliament today over the broadcaster's leadership following the huw edwards scandal . the house of edwards scandal. the house of lords, communications and digital committee will ask why the corporation didn't take allegations against its most highly paid news presenter more seriously sooner following allegations by the sun that a high profile presenter now named as elle edwards paid a young person for explicit images. mr
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davie tim davie ordered a review to assess how some complaints are red flagged up the organisation. the family of the young person had originally complained to the bbc in may and the corporation said it tried to contact the family twice . new contact the family twice. new figures show food price inflation has slowed for the fourth month in a row, but remains incredibly high, according to kantar . grocery according to kantar. grocery pnces according to kantar. grocery prices rose by 14.9% in the four weeks to the 9th of july, compared with a year ago, down from 16.5% in june. it says people are spending more on supermarket promotions to save . supermarket promotions to save. money a woman jailed for illegally getting an abortion dunng illegally getting an abortion during lockdown will challenge her sentence at the court of appeal. carla foster admitted to taking abortion pills while being between 32 and 34 weeks pregnant. ms foster was handed a 28 month extended sentence, which sparked a backlash from several women's rights groups . a
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several women's rights groups. a new system that allows eurostar passengers to avoid uk border checks by using face scanning has been launched at saint pancras station. it will allow travellers to avoid manual checks for tickets and passports by uk officials through a facial recognition system . its aim is recognition system. its aim is to ease congestion and avoid delays . passengers must use an delays. passengers must use an app delays. passengers must use an app before travel to scan their identity document and verify their face and ticket . 40 their face and ticket. 40 degrees heats will become more frequent if greenhouse gas emissions are not cut . that's emissions are not cut. that's according to the met office . 40 according to the met office. 40 degrees had never been recorded in the uk until the 19th of july last year, but it could happen every three years as if co2 emissions continue at the same level. the warmth has been described as the silent killer , described as the silent killer, as a study found that nearly 3500 people died last year due to the summer's heat. 3500 people died last year due to the summer's heat . the to the summer's heat. the ministry of energy security and
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net zero says we're already doing a lot to cut emissions. >> this country has, in fact, led the world in terms of cutting our climate emissions. we've actually cut our co2 emissions by 48% whilst growing the economy by 65. no other nafion the economy by 65. no other nation in the world has achieved that. we've cut our emissions faster than any other g7 nation. the government has launched a competition for small nuclear reactors as it promises grants of up to £157 million to nuclear projects . projects. >> its companies will be able to sign up for the great british nuclear programme where money funded by the government and private sector will help develop smaller nuclear power plants. the project is asking for a design which is small enough to be manufactured in factories and then transported to where they're going to be used . they're going to be used. meanwhile, countries in europe are experiencing a heat wave. british holiday destinations such as spain , italy, greece and
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such as spain, italy, greece and parts of the balkans are being hit with extreme heat forest fires occurring in many parts of europe as well as they struggle with extreme weather. wildfires in switzerland and have forced the police to evacuate villagers as and the commonwealth games federation says the victorian state government's decision to withdraw as host of the 2026 commonwealth games is hugely disappointing. the reason for the australian state's withdrawal is due to finance it would cost them more than £3 billion, which is 50% more than expected and the cost is higher because of the unique regional delivery model that victoria chose for these games to village and venue builds and transport infrastructure . you're with gb infrastructure. you're with gb news. we'll bring you more news as it happens. now it's back to andrew and .
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andrew and. bev >> it's 1007. thank you andrew and. bev >> it's1007. thank you very much for joining >> it's1007. thank you very much forjoining us this much for joining us this morning. now, the barge known as the bibby stockholm has arrived in dorset this morning and it will house 500 adult male asylum seekers. >> it's part of the government's plan cut costs associated plan to cut costs associated with migrants because with housing migrants because there them in there are 51,000 of them in hotel accommodation and costing the £6 million a day. the taxpayer £6 million a day. so that's only another 50,000, 50, 50,500 to get out of hotels . it's extraordinary, isn't it? >> it'sjust . it's extraordinary, isn't it? >> it's just amazing. and that's why i was asking that our lawyer earlier, ivan, about why these numbers are increasing. and i know what he's saying about the fact we've got more war zones across the world, but we've always had conflict zones across the i'm just still the world. i'm just i'm still a bit confused as to why these numbers are so now. well, numbers are so high now. well, let's let's ask human rights lawyer hey actually, let's let's ask human rights lawyer maybe hey actually, let's let's ask human rights lawyer maybe we! actually, let's let's ask human rights lawyer maybe we can ually, let's let's ask human rights lawyer maybe we can start. let's let's ask human rights lawyer maybe we can start with david, maybe we can start with with that question. why these numbers recent numbers have doubled in recent years . years. >> i think it's a very good. good morning, both of you. i
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think it's a very it's a very good question. i think one of the perhaps even one the the perhaps even one of the reasons why certainly that i'm seeing is that the complete failure the government failure of the government to tackle crisis we've tackle the crisis that we've seen people coming across the channel marketing , i channel it's almost marketing, i think, for the for the smuggling gangs, because people that gangs, because people know that if come here, there's if they come here, there's complete chaos, that there's going chaos in legal going to be chaos in the legal system for long time to come. system for a long time to come. i think while government is i think while this government is still because still still in power, because still now, that bill now, even though that the bill is obviously going to is now obviously going to receive assent, soon receive royal assent, we soon there's chaos. and so there's absolute chaos. and so if you're a if you're a legal trafficker, it's a it's a green light. >> so but i'm still a little bit confused. does that mean that our systems aren't as good as they used to be? or is it that people traffickers have realised this very successful this is a very successful business model and are therefore capitalising or are there capitalising on it or are there greater numbers of people who want to get out of war zones ? want to get out of war zones? >> as i think i think i think it's all of the above. you know, i think you've also seen certainly from the ability of the government to or rather the
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inability the government to inability of the government to actually practises actually put in place practises that asylum that deal with these asylum seekers quickly. have asylum seekers quickly. you have asylum claims going claims that are going on for years and and years and years and years and years and years, and that's completely unacceptable. and that's of unacceptable. and that's one of the why we've got the reasons why we've got a problem. course, you problem. of course, you mentioned obviously lots mentioned obviously there's lots of conflicts of war zones and conflicts around world. you've also around the world. you've also also you know, it's very, also got, you know, it's very, very people to very profitable for people to come here from a commercial perspective for commercial, not real asylum seekers. so i think you've you've got a very bad you've got you've got a very bad mix things which has created mix of things which has created the we're in. but the situation that we're in. but definitely government's definitely the government's inability the problem definitely the government's inabcontinued the problem definitely the government's inabcontinued inabilityroblem definitely the government's inabcontinued inability i)blem definitely the government's inabcontinued inability i think and continued inability i think is one of the biggest, if not the biggest reasons. >> dare say though, >> david dare i say it though, aren't people you part of aren't people like you part of the problem? the human rights industry, rights industry, the human rights lawyers representing lawyers who are representing these on on with legal these people on on with legal aid , which is why these cases go aid, which is why these cases go on and on and on, endless appeals , people being taken off appeals, people being taken off planes, which were about to go to by human rights to rwanda by human rights lawyers . lawyers. >> i think i think it's difficult to blame . it's easy to
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difficult to blame. it's easy to blame the lawyers. but i think the real problem is that the law we've got the law that we have at the moment, which was passed by previous governments, puts in place certain place protections for certain series of people. now, if that law isn't working, which clearly is, changing. so is, and it needs changing. so the lawyers are doing their jobs the lawyers are doing theirjobs effectively , it's very easy, effectively, it's very easy, like i said, to blame lawyers. and there are, of course, some lawyers and there are, of course, are doing course, some ngos that are doing it reasons in it for the wrong reasons in holding things up . it for the wrong reasons in holding things up. but it for the wrong reasons in holding things up . but it's, you holding things up. but it's, you know, what the government needs to start doing is change the laws that allow the lawyers and the stall these the ngos to stall these situations and then put in policies and practises that comply with existing laws. now, what the government is doing at the place the moment is putting in place policies like which they policies like rwanda, which they knew beginning going knew at the beginning was going to end up in court. and quite you has ended up in courts you know, has ended up in courts and and yet more appeals and appeals and yet more appeals to effective to come. it isn't effective doing policies in doing that. put policies in place meet existing laws. place that meet existing laws. what make laws so what would make your laws so what would make your life difficult as a human rights lawyer? >> david, if they were going to
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introduce let's say, one two changes, give me that would make it very difficult for you to do what you do. would that what you do. what would that look like ? look like? >> like i said, what >> i think, like i said, what the reason why that human rights lawyers , the immigration lawyers lawyers, the immigration lawyers that managing to stall the that are managing to stall the government plans at the moment are the that are in are because the laws that are in place. so, for instance, the human now we heard human rights act now we heard a lot about of rights that lot about a bill of rights that was to go through. now was meant to go through. now that was quietly dropped that was rather quietly dropped a back know. so that a few weeks back know. so that now going go through. now isn't going to go through. and that was one of the things that was going to help the government challenges that was going to help the govewe're tl challenges that was going to help the govewe're seeing challenges that was going to help the govewe're seeing cinownges that was going to help the govewe're seeing cinow that that we're seeing now. now that isn't happen. we're isn't going to happen. we're seeing small boats bill seeing that the small boats bill will go through. but how is that going work? so the first going to work? so the first thing be change thing would be to change the laws. is the laws. and one of them is the human rights act. another is the european human rights european court of human rights and membership of it. those and our membership of it. those are the laws. so it's not just international or it's not european domestic law european law, it's domestic law as which in place as well, which we put in place thatis as well, which we put in place that is enabling these challenges ahead. so if challenges to go ahead. so if the which it has the government, which it has a majority, to those, majority, wants to change those, then change those then it needs to change those laws it hasn't done that.
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laws and it hasn't done that. the bill of rights has isn't going go through this term. going to go through this term. >> about the modern >> and what about the modern slavery act, david? that was the great theresa may's great flagship of theresa may's time home secretary, a time time as home secretary, a time which think you back more which i think you look back more and disaster . which i think you look back more and disaster. but and more was a disaster. but that her great piece of that was her great piece of modern legislation. isn't that now being exploited by people coming particularly from albania who are saying, oh, they were trafficked by people trafficked here by people traffickers then they to traffickers and then they get to stay traffickers and then they get to stajwell, absolutely. that that >> well, absolutely. that that has been exploited. so is the human rights being human rights act being exploited? a human exploited? you know, as a human rights lawyer, i want to see genuine seekers, people genuine asylum seekers, people that genuinely risk, that are genuinely at risk, protected . and i think most protected. and i think most people around the world would want to see that the genuine people that are vulnerable and need also want to need protection. i also want to see, do want to see see, as a brit, i do want to see our borders protected and i want to see the people that are not genuine and the people traffickers human traffickers and the human traffickers and the human traffickers like traffickers and people like that. see that that. i want to see that stopped. but hit the stopped. and. but you hit the nail on head when you said nail on the head when you said about that act was about theresa may that act was passed. previous governments passed. so previous governments passed. so previous governments passed which passed past acts which are
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causing problems. need causing the problems. so we need to the law before we put to change the law before we put policies in place breach policies in place that breach the law. that's the reason why policies in place that breach the la'gothat's the reason why policies in place that breach the la'got this the reason why policies in place that breach the la'got this problem.)n why policies in place that breach the la'got this problem. and 1y we've got this problem. and you've government that is you've got a government that is in chaos. and i think that's one of the big issues, because we are even though that this are now, even though that this new bill will become new small boats bill will become a law, we're going see a law, we're going to see significant problems it significant problems because it was at the was already known at the beginning is beginning of that that he is going breach international going to breach international existing law. so and even the human rights act, you're going to more more problems and to have more more problems and more more delays in courts going forward. and as you know , we're forward. and as you know, we're hurtling towards the general election. i don't think election. so i don't think you're see changes you're going to see any changes any time soon. >> and get any changes >> and we won't get any changes if labour get in because their only to be closed only policy appears to be closed down. the people smuggling gangs. the tory gangs. well that's been the tory policy but nothing policy for years, but nothing happens absolutely in its chaos >> well, absolutely in its chaos and that's the thing you know as and that's the thing you know as an tory it's difficult for me to call for a general election, as it were. but there's no plans even if we do that. so we're facing, you know, an awful lot of chaos. think, in the of chaos. i think, in the future. you know, i think
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future. and, you know, i think there's going to be need for some significant actions. and i don't anyone's don't think anyone's in a position do at the position to do that at the moment. but it's going to be more chaos, more people. the numbers going up. numbers are going to go up. i'm sure. know, a barge sure. so. and you know, a barge that left just a few miles from where am yesterday that houses where i am yesterday that houses 500, getting more 500, when we're getting more than across per day than that coming across per day is drop the ocean, isn't it? >> it is, quite literally. >> it is, quite literally. >> that's human rights lawyer david hague. and thanks for being so us, david. being such so with us, david. good talk to you. pleasure good to talk to you. pleasure and admits it. you know, the and he admits it. you know, the human rights lawyers have exploiting human exploiting tony blair's human rights and theresa may's rights act and theresa may's human this modern slavery act. and i don't see any solution. do you know, we just want somebody to get hold of the situation and fix it. get a grip. >> right. russia is using terrorism to sow division in the uk. this is according to the home secretary. she's warning us about this today. she lays out the government's new counter—terrorist erg. >> this is convinces is all part of the we are an active government in the build up to three by elections on thursday .
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three by elections on thursday. forgive me for being so cynical. suella also going forgive me for being so cynical. susay also going forgive me for being so cynical. susay islamic also going forgive me for being so cynical. su say islamic terrorism 0 going forgive me for being so cynical. susay islamic terrorism isjoing to say islamic terrorism is still a major threat to the country, which takes three country, which takes up three quarters of m15 time. that's a surprise, isn't it? >> i'm now joined by chris phillips, the former head of national counter terrorism security . morning, chris. are security. morning, chris. are you surprised to hear that figure from suella braverman that three quarters of m15's time is spent still investigating islamic terrorism ? >> 7- >> no, not 7— >> no, not in ? >> no, not in the 7 >> no, not in the slightest. i mean, it's very well known that islamic terrorists are still active in the uk. there's more and more of them actually, than than ever before. and of course, we've also got people being released from prison who are actually convicted terrorists. so the problem is there has always been there and it will continue to be there. >> one of the concerns, chris, about the people crossing the channel some of whom of course, will be genuine asylum seekers, some many more of them, in my view, are economic migrants, but some them could be intent on some of them could be intent on wreaking terror on this country.
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and they get in via the small boats and then get lost in the system. um, yeah. >> and was i was laughing actually your guest for actually at your last guest for explaining why he was part of the problem, aiding these people to, to stay in the uk . the to, to stay in the uk. the simple fact is many of the people we know come over are economic migrants and some of them, some of them will be hardened terrorists who are being infiltrated into our communities. and this is an issue. and i would ask people that are helping this to go on and accepting people coming over as how many terrorists would you accept not to come over? because we know they've done that. >> and three quarters of m15's time being devoted to this, chris, is that enough? because they can't keep an eye on all they can't keep an eye on all the people that are on the suspect list? all the time because it's too expensive and it's too labour intensive ? it's too labour intensive? >> no, it's impossible to keep their eye on on that number of people. the 40 odd thousand plus
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people. the 40 odd thousand plus people that are of concern now, 40,000 people, you know, you couldn't really keep your eye on more than half a dozen . you just more than half a dozen. you just have to risk assess those people that are most likely to commit terrorist attacks and to try to do something when you know someone's on that path. but but no, it's an impossible task. and it doesn't really matter how much resources you've got , much resources you've got, whether it's police or security services, there will be times where when one's get through and terrorists get through. and of course , we all suffer. course, we all suffer. >> 40,000 is a huge figure. it's a shocking figure. it's a it's a packed football stadium on a saturday afternoon . saturday afternoon. >> yeah. and that's in the uk and of course we've got similar if not more numbers across france. i mean, the vast majority of those won't move towards actually committing terrorist attacks , but more terrorist attacks, but more towards supporting the ideology. and that's one of the major issues is that people go from being a supporter of the
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ideology through to doing a terrorist attack very quickly. so the security services get very little time to interject in someone that's on that path . someone that's on that path. >> suella braverman is always talking, also talking about russia as well, talking, also talking about russia as well , chris, wanting russia as well, chris, wanting to exploit terrorist narratives. what does she mean by that ? what does she mean by that? >> well, of course, any disrupt in in a country that's effectively whether you like it or not, in some kind of a war with with russia, they they will be able to fund and help and assist those people that want to go towards terrorist attacks simply because it will disrupt this country. and that's what they're all about. and, of course, you know, this is one just one of the issues. and one of the countries that are doing this kind of stuff. >> i heard i heard one expert on the radio, the other day, chris, saying that russia is involved and along with china in in in the great cyber warfare , in the great cyber warfare, in promoting wars in promoting the culture wars in this country because it it promotes this unease. it
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promotes this unease. it promotes division division. do you buy that that the russians and the chinese are stirring that up? yeah very much so. >> and i think, i mean, to be fair, though, they would argue that we do something similar in in russia and china. so this is something that countries have been involved in and of course, the use of cyber technology means that they can hide under a shelter and stir the pot, if you like, without actually being obvious . obvious. >> do we think do you think, chris, in your experience now in 2023, are we still what would you say is the biggest threat? is it a cyber attack on some of our systems? is be that the nhs or maybe a government system or is it still the risk of an actual death donated device in a crowded area somewhere, which is the biggest threat to us, do you think? more likely ? think? more likely? >> well, they're all on the crime countries crime register and i think any one of those major attack of any kind will
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have a huge impact on the country. if you look at what happenedin country. if you look at what happened in manchester, you know that that the impact of that on not only the families, but also on society , that people just on society, that people just don't feel safe. and if you take safety away from people, they won't go to events. they won't do things and live their normal lives. but likewise , if you lives. but likewise, if you interfere with the with the computers that that are used in our hospitals, that has a major impact on on society. so terrorism is all about making people scared and using threats and violence to do that. cyber terrorism is an interesting concept, actually, because some some would say that you can have it. but but certainly you can frighten the public into changing their behaviour , which changing their behaviour, which is all terrorism is about. >> yeah. okay. thanks so much , >> yeah. okay. thanks so much, chris. chris phillips there. i really like to think that suella braverman hasn't done this this week to make us frightened and
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therefore to vote differently in therefore to vote differently in the upcoming by—election think. >> i just think it's about trying look like it's trying to look like it's a government foot got government on the front foot got an it's still it hasn't an agenda. it's still it hasn't lost its completely. but lost its way completely. but chris about that. chris was right about that. manchester rac that manchester terrorist rac that was the ariana grande concert just awful. children targeting children think the children. yeah, i think the youngest one who died was 12, wasn't. >> yeah. and you know, we touchwood fingers crossed etcetera . but we do do pretty etcetera. but we do do pretty well in this country actually, considering that there are 40,000 people any point 40,000 people at any given point on watch list, somebody our on the watch list, somebody our surveillance services behind the scenes are counter—terrorism services aren't doing a good job attacks all the time that we don't know about and they won't tell us about. don't know about and they won't tell us about . well, we haven't tell us about. well, we haven't got to any of your views this morning, will, promise, morning, but we will, i promise, in a little while. now, the in just a little while. now, the government is pushing nuclear power us energy power to make us energy independent. it too independent. but is it too little, too late? that and a lot more this is britain's more up next. this is britain's newsroom. that warm feeling newsroom. um, that warm feeling inside boilers inside from boxt boilers >> proud sponsors of weather on gb news news. hello
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>> very good morning to you. i'm aidan mcgivern from the met office with the gb news forecast . it's a bright start, but a cool start for many of us. more rain is arriving through the morning and into the afternoon. that coming in from the west, already affecting northern ireland. it's going to push into much southern then much of southern and then central scotland lunchtime . central scotland by lunchtime. um, parts of um, also affecting parts of northern england, the midlands as wales and cornwall. as well as wales and cornwall. by as well as wales and cornwall. by the afternoon. but away from the cloudy and damp zone across central areas, actually there is some sunshine to be had towards the southeast. 23 celsius here and the far north of scotland, 14 to 16 celsius here with a cool breeze and 1 or 2 showers. but it's going to feel very un summer like i think where we've got that persistent rain through these parts of the uk , these central parts of the uk, it turns more showery overnight . we keep lot of the cloud and . we keep a lot of the cloud and so night to come for so a milder night to come for many , but also a fairly damp many, but also a fairly damp start to the day across some parts of southeast scotland into northern england as that rain pulls away, 12 to 13 for many.
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but i think towards the southeast, 15, 16 celsius, first thing tomorrow , we've got thing tomorrow, we've got actually some decent spells of sunshine across wales and southern england, first thing, northern ireland, northern scotland also seeing sunny spells into burst by showers and the central cloudier zone. well, here we've got the rain turning to showers into the afternoon. so by this stage it's a classic sunny spells and showers sort of day . temperatures are about day. temperatures are about a degree or so lower than today . degree or so lower than today. >> that warm feeling inside from boxt boilers, proud sponsors of weather on . weather on.
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britain's news. channel >> and it's 1127 with britain's news. no, it's 1027. we don't want to. go ahead. >> good morning away. >> good morning away. >> we don't want to do that. it's 1027. you're with britain's newsroom. when gb news with andrew bev turner and andrew pearson, bev turner and we're to now to our we're going to talk now to our very about business we're going to talk now to our veryeconomics, bout business we're going to talk now to our veryeconomics, a ut business we're going to talk now to our veryeconomics, a manisiness we're going to talk now to our veryeconomics, a manisinesa and economics, a man with a graphic liam liam graphic liam halligan liam halligan because he's because the government are talking about great today. the government are talking about gre there today. the government are talking about gre there is today. the government are talking about gre there is there today. the government are talking about gre there is there he ay. the government are talking about gre there is there he is. >> there he is there he is. well, so you're at the science museum in london this morning. liam about nuclear liam to talk about nuclear energy. who are you to ? talking energy. who are you to? talking >> i am indeed at the science museum, bev. i don't think i've been here since i was a cub in my little shorts and my cap. i wish i was wearing them today because it's pretty hot and humid down here. i am in museum
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land in kensington in land in south kensington in central london, and pretty soon the energy secretary grant shapps arriving here, shapps will be arriving here, giving what he is billing the department of billing as a major speech on nuclear energy . he's speech on nuclear energy. he's going to announce the launch of great nuclear, a new great british nuclear, a new arm's length government in arm's length government body in order to speed up the rollout of nuclear power over the coming decades , saying that we want to decades, saying that we want to get to 25% of our energy mix being nuclear by 2050. let's have a look at that energy mix, because i away from the because i may be away from the studio, but i've still got my graphics and here is one my graphics and here is one of my graphics and here is one of my graphics . yourself in. graphics. strap yourself in. this is good one because there this is a good one because there you can see energy mix in you can see our energy mix in the latest year which data the latest year for which data is available . 15% of our is available. 15% of our electricity comes from nuclear power . almost 40% comes from power. almost 40% comes from gas. just 1 or 2% now from , um, gas. just 1 or 2% now from, um, coal. quite interesting. and quite a lot from renewables as well though energy prices are unked well though energy prices are linked to the price of gas. what grant shapps will be saying today is that he does want to
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see the completion of hinkley point down in the west country . point down in the west country. i'll talk about that a bit more. but also he's going to be talking about these small modular nuclear reactor . as we modular nuclear reactor. as we know, the government's given money to the uk's own rolls—royce to develop these nuclear reactors . i think he's nuclear reactors. i think he's going to say in his speech here, though, that it'll about 11, though, that it'll be about 11, 1130. he's going to say that the government still has to decide who is actually to going build those modular reactors . there's those modular reactors. there's going to be an international tendering then tendering competition and then those reactors will be rolled out . the energy secretary will out. the energy secretary will say in the 2030, liam , the say in the 2030, liam, the question, of course, which i'm sure i'm sure you'll be asking the secretary of state is this is terrific and great and we're all pleased and delighted. >> it's a little late in the lifetime of a government, isn't it, when they've been in power for 14 years of most of for 14 years and most of most of these power stations these nuclear power stations won't come on stream till 2035, if we're lucky . if we're lucky. >> indeed, this is all about the
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long term. the government would reply. ministers would reply , reply. ministers would reply, well, that pretty much all the nuclear power stations that are active in the uk now were were commissioned under conservative governments. of course, hinkley point is being built. it's the biggest construction project in europe . i was down there just europe. i was down there just last month talking to grant shapps. it's a huge construction project down there in the west country on the coast near taunton. it's a very, very complex project. it's funded by french government money, by china is government money as well as by uk government money. and other private sector. look, this is the long term. in the end, the government hopes that nuclear is part of the solution, not only to cheaper energy but also to more secure energy, not relying on overseas powers , not relying on overseas powers, not least in the middle east and russia for our energy, and also helping towards net zero increasingly western countries as net zero gets tougher are
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starting to treat nuclear power as on balance, environmentally friendly . the french, of course, friendly. the french, of course, have 70% of their electricity comes from nuclear, just 15 here. the germans, meanwhile , here. the germans, meanwhile, have almost entirely decommissioned their nuclear power. this is a long term game. nuclear energy, and i'll be back soon with more from the energy secretary. >> very interesting. thank you , liam. >> our business and economics editor . edhon >>i edhon >> ihave edhon >> i have questions about nuclear. >> yeah, but i mean, it is at least we're always criticising governments for being too short term. this is a long term plan of which they're going to get no political benefit at all. but i think it's safer, isn't it? and cheaper keir starmer said cheaper and keir starmer said that would include nuclear in that he would include nuclear in his energy strategy well. his energy strategy as well. >> he isn't one of >> so hopefully he isn't one of those things will be those things that will be initiated and then it will be scrapped coming. initiated and then it will be sci�*ill)ed coming. initiated and then it will be sci? it might coming. initiated and then it will be sci? it might u—turn coming. initiated and then it will be sci? it might u—turn ccthat]. tomorrow. >> he might. but what do they do with the waste? that's my question. that's what we used to be. with nuclear be. the problem with nuclear energy. know what to energy. we didn't know what to do with waste. anyway, we've do with the waste. anyway, we've got move on right? got the
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got to move on right? we got the ceo supermarket iceland is ceo of supermarket iceland is going be us in the going to be joining us in the studio discuss the rising studio to discuss the rising cost food and he might cost of food and what he might be to help after your be doing to help after your morning's with tatiana morning's news with tatiana beth. >> e“- em.- >> thank you very much. it's 1032. is latest from 1032. this is the latest from the a migrant the gb newsroom. a migrant accommodation barge set to house 500 people arrived at portland in dorset this morning. the bibby stockholm made the journey from falmouth in cornwall yesterday . the barge will be yesterday. the barge will be used to house single male asylum seekers. it had been due to arrive in portland a month ago, despite resistance from the local council, but work on the barge had been delayed. it's part of the government's plan to reduce the cost of housing those seeking asylum are the barge's arrival comes after the government fought off last minute attempts to make changes to its small boats bill with the legislation now set to become law, the tories saw off five further changes being sought by the unelected chamber to the legislation , including modern legislation, including modern slavery protections and child
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detention limits. the draft bill, as a whole would prevent people from claiming asylum in the uk if they arrive through unauthorised means. bbc bosses will be questioned in parliament today over the broadcaster's leadership following the huw edwards scandal . the house of edwards scandal. the house of lords communications and digital committee will ask why the corporation didn't take allegations against its most highly paid news presenter more seriously sooner following allegations by the sun that a high profile presenter now named as edward's paid a young person for explicit images. director general tim davie ordered a review to assess how some complaints are red flagged up the organisation. the family of the organisation. the family of the young person had originally complained to the bbc. in may the corporation said it tried to contact them twice and new figures show food price inflation has slowed for the fourth month in a row. but remains incredibly high, according to kantar grocery , according to kantar grocery, pnces
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according to kantar grocery, prices rose by 14.9% in the four weeks to the 9th of july, compared with a year ago, down from 16.5% in june. it says people are spending more on supermarket promotions to save . supermarket promotions to save. money you can get more on all of those stories by visiting our website, gbnews.com . website, gbnews.com. >> direct bullion sponsors the finance report on gb news for gold and silver investment . gold and silver investment. >> here's a quick snapshot of today's markets. the pound will buy you $1.3095 and ,1.1649. the price of gold is £1,498.90 per ounce, and the ftse 100 is at 7418 points. >> direct bullion sponsors the finance report on gb news investments that matter
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radio. 1038 with britain's newsroom in gb news andrew pearson bev turner. >> we have a media star in the studio with us, retail star. >> oh, i thought you're talking about me then for a minute. >> well, that goes without saying. richard walker, of course, is executive chairman of iceland have iceland foods. great day to have you because food inflation iceland foods. great day to have you fallen ause food inflation iceland foods. great day to have you fallen fore food inflation iceland foods. great day to have you fallen for the )d inflation iceland foods. great day to have you fallen for the fourth ation iceland foods. great day to have you fallen for the fourth month has fallen for the fourth month running. still far too running. it's still far too high. and there a suspicion, high. and there is a suspicion, which competition and
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which is why the competition and markets looking into markets authority looking into it, that there's been it, richard, that there's been some pokery with some jiggery pokery with the retailers of the retailers at the expense of the consumer. well not at iceland. >> we obviously worked day and night to keep prices as low as possible because customers will go elsewhere. >> but i do think it's right that the cma are looking into this because the price of fuel potentially at some of the big four supermarkets is an interesting balancing act. they've been doing. whilst selling food at low cost . of selling food at low cost. of course, now we've all seen food pnces course, now we've all seen food prices go up and up at the shelf . there is no profiteering certainly in our business. i can't talk for competitors hours, but i think it's really important that as soon as cost pnces important that as soon as cost prices of the goods that we buy come down, that we pass those on to our customers. what extra costs are you having to meet at the moment? >> well, i mean, there's a lot of product cost and that's from war in ukraine leading to grain shortages, oil shortages, because it is the breadbasket of europe and the price of petrol,
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which obviously affects the price of everything. >> but then in our operational costs, think of our electricity bill. we've got national minimum wage increase, which is the right thing. but you know, that will cost us another 50 million. so there's a whole different range of different costs and it just seems to keep coming. now, we've just been hearing about the heat wave in europe that the heat wave in europe and that will growing season will affect the growing season of produce, which in turn may impact price shelves . so impact the price on shelves. so we're really hard today we're working really hard today . we've that we've cut . we've announced that we've cut 500 prices by about 20, but, you know, i want there to be more to come and you're right, food inflation is now dropping. we'll be passing that on. >> so explain me i was just >> so explain to me i was just looking at some these cut looking at some of these cut prices. so a 200 gram of prices. so a 200 gram jar of nescafe down from 650 450 15 nescafe down from 650 to 450 15 fishfingers down from to £2. fishfingers down from 350 to £2. these big cuts. very welcome these are big cuts. very welcome for people watching and listening manage to listening. how can you manage to do that and still remain profitable? do that and still remain proyeah e? do that and still remain proyeah ,? do that and still remain proyeah , and remaining >> yeah, and remaining profitable important of profitable is important of course, because you know , course, because you know, there's no shame in making a profit because that enables us
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to you're making such to invest. you're making such big that, you big profits before that, you know, this? no, i mean, on know, to do this? no, i mean, on an accounting level, we'll break even. this year we are generating more cash, we're generating more cash, but we're not taking dividends. and we not taking any dividends. and we haven't done for a decade. we're investing in the investing it all back in the business. a private family business. it's a private family business. it's a private family business. so want it to be business. so i want it to be here for the 50 years. it here for the next 50 years. it was by my mum and dad 50 was started by my mum and dad 50 years and so we're term years ago and so we're long term greedy. in the greedy. we invest in the business, in our business, invest in our customers, in our customers, invest in our products, sometimes take customers, invest in our p|hit.cts, sometimes take customers, invest in our p|hit. so sometimes take customers, invest in our p|hit. so we've ometimes take customers, invest in our p|hit. so we've frozen1es take customers, invest in our p|hit. so we've frozen the take customers, invest in our p|hit. so we've frozen the price ke a hit. so we've frozen the price of all of our £1 lines. it's about 20% of our range. we used to make 25% margin on those. now we even and that's a we break even and that's a conscious investment that we're making. on the 500 prices that we've just dropped , that's going we've just dropped, that's going to cost us half £1 million a week. it's the right thing week. but it's the right thing to do. >> but do you do you get that back because more people come in? >> yeah, our sales are good and definitely our sales are good. i mean, there's a trend anyway since lockdown, more people switching to frozen food, managing and, managing their budgets and, you know, you it's know, food waste. you know, it's good number of levels . but, good on a number of levels. but, you we've managed to kind
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you know, we've managed to kind of shore up our costs a bit in terms of electricity. we've got we're opening new stores so , we're opening new stores so, yeah, we're growing market share. we're growing sales. >> this concept, though, of >> this this concept, though, of price so supermarkets price gouging. so supermarkets knowing that we expect prices to be high and therefore , you know, be high and therefore, you know, sticking the odd £0.10 on here and they're hoping we may not nofice and they're hoping we may not notice that has to be happening. richard and if it is, how will we know as consumer? we know as the consumer? >> well, so only our customers, you can't kid them because if the price is higher elsewhere, they will simply go elsewhere . they will simply go elsewhere. so we've got 5 million customers a of were really a week. some of whom were really struggling the cost struggling before the cost of living some whom living crisis, some of whom might week to spend might have £25 a week to spend to feed their entire family. so they're experts in household budgeting , they're experts in household budgeting, in reducing food waste. and we certainly couldn't get away even if i wanted to with any profiteering. and that's why we've got to be as sharp as possible on this. >> still turn their >> but people still turn their nose at and think, oh, nose up at ice and think, oh, it's frozen food. poor brand it's all frozen food. poor brand food. yeah i think i think that's fair. >> there is a bit of an inverse
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snobbery there . bit of snobbery there. bit of misconceptions around frozen food well. food as well. >> how you counter it then? >> how do you counter it then? >> how do you counter it then? >> well, you know, you >> well, i say, you know, you probably shop in one of those posh you go to posh supermarkets and you go to the counter and you buy all the fish counter and you buy all that fresh fish a bed that lovely fresh fish on a bed of ice. not fresh fish. of ice. it's not fresh fish. it's frozen and then defrosted and mark—up point. and sold at a mark—up point. same hot cross buns at same with hot cross buns at easter , turkeys christmas, easter, turkeys at christmas, frozen chilled pizzas, chilled soup. frozen chilled pizzas, chilled soup . it's all a con job. it's soup. it's all a con job. it's previously frozen and then defrosted and sold to you at a premium for chilled. so if you want it fresh, buy it frozen. >> you are telling us we were off air? i was interested to know that as a family know that as is a family business, you actually did your time the floor in the shop, time on the floor in the shop, didn't parents made time on the floor in the shop, didr stack parents made time on the floor in the shop, didr stack the parents made time on the floor in the shop, didr stack the shelves?:s made you stack the shelves? >> yeah, exactly. yeah i when i got my 30s, i sort of was got to my 30s, i sort of was aware like iceland is this fantastic business, but i only had a passing knowledge of it. and to you know, i'm and i said to dad, you know, i'm going give it and he's going to give it a go. and he's a no nonsense. yorkshireman so he me straight the he stuck me straight in the shops, but was, it was the shops, but it was, it was the best, best year of my life,
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stacking shelves for him, stacking shelves for him, stacking shelves, the stacking shelves, working on the till, till. was till, on the till. that was always the stressful always the most stressful experience. terrible at it experience. i was terrible at it and driving the van and worked my way up to be store manager. got just about. got got signed off just about. but great because you but it was great because you learn about it from the learn about it from from the bottom up. >> just, just kind of on >> just, just, just kind of on a on a a wider level here with on a on a wider level here with what our consumers facing in what our consumers are facing in this and our viewers this country. and our viewers and listeners at home and you're saying that your prices are going electricity, your going up with electricity, your fuel, petrol, everything. going up with electricity, your fueiknow petrol, everything. going up with electricity, your fueiknow it'strol, everything. going up with electricity, your fueiknow it's coming rything. going up with electricity, your fueiknow it's coming rythinga we know it's coming down a little bit, hope. but what little bit, we hope. but what more do the government need to little bit, we hope. but what morif do the government need to little bit, we hope. but what morif do tihadivernment need to little bit, we hope. but what morlfdo tihad aernment need to little bit, we hope. but what morlfdo tihad a hotline need to little bit, we hope. but what morif do tihad a hotline to zed to do? if you had a hotline to jeremy hunt today, what would you do help you ask him to do to help supermarkets? you ask him to do to help squeah, kets? you ask him to do to help squeah, kets’.| sat last year on >> yeah, and i sat last year on the number business council, the number 10 business council, which a good sort of which was a good sort of platform to air concerns. i think the best thing they can do is get the way and let is get out of the way and let the free market its job and the free market do its job and be competitive as possible. be as competitive as possible. look retail. yes, look at food, retail. yes, pnces look at food, retail. yes, prices are high, but we operate in of most competitive in one of the most competitive industries planet. so, industries in the planet. so, you know, we don't need red tape. don't need tape. we don't need overregulation just overregulation on and we just need to get on with serving our 5 week as
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5 million customers a week as best we can. >> is it right saying because you're a frozen food business, you're a frozen food business, you don't same you don't have the same relationship with the farmers because about because when we ever talk about supermarkets, i mean, our inbox lights with saying our lights up with people saying our farmers being treated so farmers are being treated so badly supermarkets in the uk, badly by supermarkets in the uk, actually our biggest selling product and product is four pint milk and only of our sales are only a third of our sales are frozen. only a third of our sales are frozbut everyone thinks of us as >> but everyone thinks of us as a frozen food retailer. that's why us. but we sell a frozen food retailer. that's why as us. but we sell a frozen food retailer. that's why as much us. but we sell a frozen food retailer. that's why as much ambient but we sell a frozen food retailer. that's why as much ambient grocery sell a frozen food retailer. that's why as much ambient grocery and just as much ambient grocery and chilled have a very good chilled and we have a very good relationship our suppliers relationship with our suppliers because we're a private family business. we have shallow supply chains is chains and more than half is from the uk in terms of our supply we to work supply base. so we tend to work very with them and on very closely with them and on frozen, we're kind frozen, we're really kind of innovating alongside innovating and working alongside suppliers and do you buy your shopping i do. i do. shopping in iceland? i do. i do. i of yeah. we've got i do, of course. yeah. we've got a we've got a great store our a we've got a great store on our head office site, but i shop around well. everyone. around as well. like everyone. >> nightmare >> richard had a nightmare yesterday. >> freezer has broken down. >> oh, dear. >> oh, dear. >> my whole freezer melted. gone. was cooking gone. i know. i was cooking everything yesterday. i was cooking sausages, sausage rolls, everything be cooked. everything. if it can be cooked. >> speaking to right >> you're speaking to the right quy- >> few freezers. >> i've got a few freezers. >> i've got a few freezers. >> maybe it's your worst
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nightmare. lovely to see you, richard. much. richard. thank you so much. >> what nice man , isn't he? richard. thank you so much. >> honestly ice man , isn't he? richard. thank you so much. >> honestly ,:e man , isn't he? richard. thank you so much. >> honestly , i. man , isn't he? richard. thank you so much. >> honestly , i. icelandn't he? richard. thank you so much. >> honestly , i. iceland in he? >> honestly, i. iceland in twickenham, high street . i was a twickenham, high street. i was a lot of my business, especially when made masks when he makes mask made masks optional close my local iceland. >> which was that? >> which one was that? >> west hampstead. >> west hampstead. >> hampstead. yes. you >> hampstead. oh yes. yes. you might have to this off might have to take this up off air. about can we air. sorry about that. can we sort that? >> no, it during lockdown. >> no, it during lockdown. >> let's get some of your views here morning . here this morning. >> obviously, we've got we've been watching the bibby stockholm dorset stockholm arriving in dorset this . derek has said the this morning. derek has said the solution is easy as soon as migrants enter uk waters, coast guards them to guards should send them back to french waters, hand them over to the is paying the french britain is paying france keep migrants from france to keep the migrants from setting sail from there. no we're france to push them we're paying france to push them out dinghies push out on those dinghies and push them half billion. them over to us. half a billion. we gave them recently. >> absolutely ridiculous. and pete the uk and france pete says the uk and france could stop the crossings overnight wanted overnight if they really wanted to. is simple to. the answer is simple stop manufacturers and boats from selling anyone selling them to anyone they could the could get the boats. the dinghies yeah dinghies and punch them. yeah david said. >> we are not in europe very few of immigrants are risk. of the immigrants are at risk. they're britain they're coming to great britain because touch,
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because we are a soft touch, giving food and lodging. giving free food and lodging. it's to stop. i said, david it's got to stop. i said, david right. we've been joined in the studio. they are writer and journalist emma wolf and political tanya political commentator tanya buxton . morning, ladies. buxton. morning, ladies. >> normally here next >> do you normally sit here next to me? >> but i'm offended. >> but i'm not offended. >> but i'm not offended. >> i'm you, actually. >> smells good. she smells good. >> smells good. she smells good. >> probably been cooking >> she's probably been cooking now we're going to we're probably about probably going to talk about alzheimer's, yeah, alzheimer's, aren't we? yeah, it's all over the it's a big story all over the papers a important papers. it's a really important story. important story, story. really important story, especially with our ageing population . population. >> but can i be >> yeah, but can i be controversial and say it kind of made well because we made me sad as well because we can be grown up and we can make amazing breakthroughs on things like alzheimer's and dementia and still be grown up and we still can't be grown up and we still can't be grown up and about the thing that's and talk about the thing that's really killing people this really killing people in this country, obesity. really killing people in this coucannot obesity. really killing people in this coucannot thatesity. really killing people in this coucannot that conversation we cannot have that conversation which causing cancer huge, which is causing cancer huge, huge cancer and huge amounts of cancer and diabetes and putting the nhs under huge pressure. so i know it's about alzheimer's, but it's not about alzheimer's, but i think let's really look i just think let's really look at things, let's look at the fundamentals and let's get people again . yeah, people healthy again. yeah, yeah, not allowed to. yeah, we're not allowed to. we're allowed we're not literally not allowed
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to obesity . you're to talk about obesity. you're fat you're having a go fat phobic. you're having a go at people, you're anti joy , at people, you're anti joy, you're anti. it's just a nonsense. people's lives are being made a misery. the nhs is struggling. billions and billions of pounds being spent not only on extra equipment and extra large wheelchairs and stretchers and extra large morgues to put obese people in, but also so people's lives are being made at absolutely miserable. 60% of people in this country , over 60% are now country, over 60% are now overweight or obese . so when overweight or obese. so when we're looking at alzheimer's and other age related conditions, let's also talk about obesity point well made. >> absolutely. >> absolutely. >> point well made. i couldn't disagree with any of that on on the alzheimer's, but on the alzheimer's thing. this new alzheimer's thing. so this new drug and a drug has come through and it's a real drug. my real breakthrough drug. and my mum alzheimer's and i'm mum has alzheimer's and i'm actually going over there at the end of week. it's really end of the week. and it's really it's it doesn't just affect the person that's got it. it affects the whole family. i mean, it's really it's a shocker. it's does your mum know who you are? she knows who i am. she she's,
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she's, she's kind of actually if you came round she'd probably make you a cup of tea. absolutely fine. but then she'll come these incredible come out with these incredible porky and get porky pies and. and just get something. angry . something. gets really angry. and, responses to and, you know, her responses to certain things terrible. so certain things are terrible. so i'm about this , but. i'm so pleased about this, but. but it says that only 6% of people will be able to get it because our diagnosis, our diagnosis is so, wolf, we don't have we don't have the inadequate we don't have to do it. so there's that. it says it'll get into the uk regulators within six months. then it's within six months. but then it's the earliest it would the first person it would 18 person would get it would be 18 months or two years too late. that's too late for that's exactly it's too late for that people. and the that for some people. and the most thing is why only most important thing is why only 2% of people's lives will be changed from this. we have to get the scanners in. >> and also, you've then got to get by nice to put get it approved by nice to put it nhs. and it available on the nhs. and apparently first instance apparently in the first instance it cost £21,000 year. you it will cost £21,000 a year. you can the exchequer can just imagine the exchequer exactly . exactly. >> and worry is that, as >> and my worry is that, as usual it'll the middle usual, it'll be the middle class, well—educated , the class, the well—educated, the ones are reading the ones who are reading the telegraph are
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telegraph and the times, who are the who will buy it the people who who will buy it privately, the who privately, or the people who like us, probably go to our gp or go to i google right or go to i google the right consultant go, you consultant and i'll go, you know, to them you know, you go to them and you say, i've about this say, now i've heard about this new that's the worry new drug. and that's the worry is people aren't going is that people aren't going to be routinely scanned for this. they're to be it's not they're not going to be it's not going available going to be routinely available unless for it. unless you sort of fight for it. so and we and we need the so that's and we and we need the infrastructure there. infrastructure over there. >> the worst >> so we've got the worst provision in europe. provision of scanners in europe. >> that how that be? >> isn't that how can that be? >> isn't that how can that be? >> can how could you >> how can that how could you put money haloed nhs done put more money haloed nhs done it again. put more money haloed nhs done it aiain. put more money haloed nhs done it ai mean 20 years ago my father >> i mean 20 years ago my father died and died with alzheimer's and it means is improved in the means nothing is improved in the 20 since. nothing at 20 years since. nothing at all. how is that? how shameful is that? >> and >> it really is. and it's completely unacceptable. >> going >> we always knew it was going to worse. they say 900,000 to get worse. they say 900,000 people got it. emma people have got it. emma it's much because many people much more because so many people haven't been diagnosed. >> are just >> so many people are just living feeling very, very living lives, feeling very, very confused their living lives, feeling very, very conf and their living lives, feeling very, very conf and whatever. their living lives, feeling very, very conf and whatever. how their living lives, feeling very, very conf and whatever. how much|eir living lives, feeling very, very conf and whatever. how much more own and whatever. how much more money could we pour into the nhs? don't think it's a nhs? i don't think it's a funding it's funding thing. i think it's about and where that about management and where that money about management and where that mo emma, you will go and >> emma, you and i will go and start. i are putting start. emma and i are putting it forward anybody wants forward now. anybody who wants us go and run the nhs,
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us to go and run the nhs, i'll stop. i'm right now. stop. what i'm doing right now. i'll the nhs. you'll i'll come into the nhs. you'll be dealing with the obesity crisis, which is huge, is crisis, which is huge, which is huge obesity causes all huge and obesity causes all these i'll take huge and obesity causes all thethe i'll take huge and obesity causes all thethe scanners i'll take huge and obesity causes all thethe scanners for i'll take huge and obesity causes all thethe scanners for the l take on the scanners for the alzheimer's. let's do it. >> we know many of >> but also we know so many of these machines, not just for alzheimer's, but many are sitting or sitting in operating theatres or sitting in operating theatres or sitting can't sitting in places that can't be used can't brought used or they can't be brought over don't have the over or they don't have the staff to operate them. there's so much wastage and bad management. so much wastage and bad managealsot. very rich people >> you also get very rich people who buy academies would buy one, would sponsor one. what's wrong with that? let's be imaginative. do that. let's imaginative about it. absolutely >> we should we talk about the weather? ladies doesn't sound terribly that's terribly interesting, but that's really all is, isn't it, really all it is, isn't it, tanya? the weather . but tanya? it's the weather. but we're and we're being convinced and brainwashed europe is brainwashed that europe is currently in the midst of it is in the midst of a heat wave. but whether that man i'm whether that is man made or i'm greek, greek cypriot, so greek, i'm greek cypriot, so i've been back home every i've been going back home every single year i've been going back home every sin�*have year i've been going back home every sin�*have a year i've been going back home every sin�*have a heat year i've been going back home every sin�*have a heat wave. year we have a heat wave. >> you know, sometimes it goes over 40, comes to 50, sometimes it's bad. it's weather . it's not so bad. it's weather. and actually our weather has been less kind of changeable in
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the latter part of this century than it was in the early parts. i mean, in the 19in 1931, than it was in the early parts. i mean, in the 19in1931, in i mean, in the 19in 1931, in central china, there were floods that killed 3 million people. you know, in the 1930, in america, there were dust bowls that things when that caused horrific things when it came weather. and that was it came to weather. and that was earlier century. it's earlier in the century. so it's the and it's hot stop the weather and it's hot stop the weather and it's hot stop the fear mongering . we know what the fear mongering. we know what they're playing at. we know what they're playing at. we know what they're playing at. they're using a fear tool. they using it as a fear tool. they want to net zero. and want to get to net zero. and it's nothing to it. it's got nothing to do with it. and the newspapers buying and the newspapers are buying into people. into it. and frightening people. >> great excuse. into it. and frightening people. >> we great excuse. into it. and frightening people. >> we gnewspapers on the >> we have newspapers on the internet which we didn't internet now, which we didn't have in the 1930. you wouldn't internet now, which we didn't have known1930. you wouldn't internet now, which we didn't have known1930.there nouldn't internet now, which we didn't have known 1930.there nould these have known that there were these floods that's the main floods in china. that's the main or these or the dust bowl, these appalling people with stop appalling people with just stop oil these oil use would use these headunes oil use would use these headlines another excuse to headlines as another excuse to cause wanton destruction. >> do feel sorry, though, for >> i do feel sorry, though, for families people who are families and people who are finally trying finally getting away, trying to get airports, get away at these airports, trying away and realising trying to get away and realising that they're going to go out there. >> imagine you have kids >> imagine you have young kids and sitting in a hotel >> imagine you have young kids and because ing in a hotel >> imagine you have young kids and because youin a hotel >> imagine you have young kids and because you literallyl >> imagine you have young kids and because you literally can't >> imagine you have young kids an> imagine you have young kids an> imagine you have young kids an
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work though. you do something else. have you ever else. i know, but have you ever tried museum tried to walk around a museum with two, five, six year old? with a two, five, six year old? i you know, it's not as i mean, you know, it's not as easy if an adult, can easy if you're an adult, you can just away other just go away and do other things. think it's things. i do think it's difficult you've planned difficult if you've planned a sort of beach holiday where you're to going sit the pool you're to going sit by the pool with think that's tough. >> you know what, though, emma? i to a phone on i was listening to a phone in on an inferior other outlet an inferior other media outlet the were you why an inferior other media outlet the you. were you why an inferior other media outlet the you. i were you why an inferior other media outlet the you. i like were you why an inferior other media outlet the you. i like to were you why an inferior other media outlet the you. i like to see �*e you why an inferior other media outlet the you. i like to see what why an inferior other media outlet the you. i like to see what the/ were you. i like to see what the competition are up to. no competition. believe me, it wasn't competition. wasn't any competition. but there were. there was caller after now not after caller saying, i'm now not going because it's going on holiday because it's going on holiday because it's going too hot. so they going to be too hot. so they were not getting on the were just not getting on the aeroplane. changing aeroplane. that is changing human on fear . yeah. >> there we go. just stop. oils job their job is done. job is done, theirjob is done. >> maybe stay >> but then maybe they'll stay here some money here. here and spend some money here. >> i think what's worrying is the thing about the the is this thing about the cumulative after day, the is this thing about the cun body le after day, the is this thing about the cun body needs after day, the is this thing about the cunbody needs a after day, the is this thing about the cunbody needs a periodter day, the is this thing about the cunbody needs a period below, the is this thing about the cunbody needs a period below 27 the body needs a period below 27 degrees recover and body degrees to recover and the body is not that. people is just not getting that. people in these heat waves of in these in these heat waves of over 100 degrees, they're going to own sweat. to boil in their own sweat. >> let's not talking >> but let's not start talking about we've to about that. right. we've got to move next few moments. move on in the next few moments. we're to be speaking about
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we're going to be speaking about that alzheimer's an that alzheimer's drug to an expert the expert who will tell us what the chances are of be fighting the disease. we're going to disease. and we're going to dorset get latest the dorset to get the latest on the migrant gb news, migrant barge. this is gb news, britain's channel. britain's news channel. >> temperature's rising boxt >> the temperature's rising boxt solar proud sponsors of weather on .
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gb news. >> it's 11 am. on tuesday, the 18th of july. this is britain's newsroom on gb news with andrew pierce and bev turner. >> so the bibby stockholm has arrived dorset morning. arrived in dorset this morning. our reporters jeff moody and mark white, are there . mark white, are there. >> the accommodation barge has now been moored in the harbour below . in the coming days it below. in the coming days it will be hooked up to electricity
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and other utilities in preparation for the first of the asylum seekers to arrive in the next few weeks . it's and asylum seekers to arrive in the next few weeks. it's and i'm outside the gates of portland port where two protests have been taking place since before first light. >> but neither side in the protests want the barge here. >> but apart from that, protests want the barge here. >> but apart from that , they >> but apart from that, they couldn't be .furtherapar t. couldn't be .further apart. >> and labour leader sir keir starmer is under fire from his own party after failing to pledge to scrap the two child benefit cap he used to believe in it. a new drug being hailed as a turning point in the fight against alzheimer's is emerging. >> a global trial has found that it showed a slowed cognitive decline by a third. >> and grant shapps, whose secretary of state for energy security and net zero. we've got a separate state for net zero. he's talking about nuclear program today. they're calling it the great british nuclear and claim it will create new green jobs the uk . does it jobs across the uk. does it sound familiar to all come on
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great britain's newsroom . great britain's newsroom. get in touch this morning. >> gbviews@gbnews.com is the email address. first of all though, here's tatiana sanchez with your latest headlines . with your latest headlines. >> bev, thank you very much. this is the latest from the newsroom. a migrant accommodation barge set to house 500 people arrived at portland in dorset this morning. the bibi's stockholm made the journey from falmouth in cornwall yesterday. the barge will be used to house single male asylum seekers. it had been due in portland a month ago, despite resistance from the local council, but work on the barge had been delayed. it's part of the government's plan to reduce the cost of housing those seeking asylum . a member of seeking asylum. a member of reform uk, ben habib, says the barge is a risky move .
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barge is a risky move. >> if you get 500 people of whom we know nothing , you know, these we know nothing, you know, these people arrive without papers . we people arrive without papers. we don't know whether they're sympathetic to the united kingdom, whether they're antipathetic values , what antipathetic to our values, what their intentions are, whether they're criminals or genuine they're criminals or or genuine refugees being put into these small communities where there will be criminal elements and thatis will be criminal elements and that is bound to cause ructions between , as i mentioned, you between, as i mentioned, you know, these rural communities and people coming in the barges arrival comes after the government fought off last minute attempts to make changes to its small boats bill. >> with the legislation now set to become law, the tories saw off five further changes being sought by the unelected chamber to the legislation , including to the legislation, including modern slavery protection and child detention limits . the child detention limits. the draft bill as a whole would prevent people from claiming asylum in the uk if they arrive through unauthorised means. bbc bosses are being questioned in parliament today over the
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broadcast sector's leadership following the huw edwards scandal. the house of lords , scandal. the house of lords, communications and digital committee will ask why the corporation didn't take allegations against its most highly paid news presenter more seriously sooner follow , showing seriously sooner follow, showing allegations by the sun that a high profile presenter now named as edward's paid a young person for explicit images. director general tim davie ordered a review to assess how some complaints are red flagged up the organisation. the family of the organisation. the family of the young person had originally complained to the bbc in may and the corporation said it tried to contact them twice . this new contact them twice. this new figures show food price inflation has slowed for the fourth month in a row, but remains incredibly high, according to kantar. grocery pnces according to kantar. grocery prices rose by 14.9% in the four weeks to the 9th of july, compared with a year ago, down from 16.5% in june. it says people are spending more on supermarket promotions to save money. the government has
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launched a competition aimed at accelerating the development of nuclear power in the country . nuclear power in the country. companies will be able to sign up for the great british nuclear programme from where money funded by the government and the private sector will help develop smaller nuclear power plants . smaller nuclear power plants. theideais smaller nuclear power plants. the idea is to design the plants which are small enough to be manufactured in factories, then transported to where they'll be used. the government has also announced a grant of up to £157 million, potentially leading to faster and more cost effective construction of power plants . construction of power plants. now, a woman jailed for illegally getting an abortion dunng illegally getting an abortion during lockdown will be released from prison after the court of appeal reduced her sentence. carla foster admitted to taking abortion pills while being between 32 and 34 weeks pregnant . miss foster was handed a 28 month extended sentence, which had sparked backlash from several women's rights groups . several women's rights groups.
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former manchester united football player ryan giggs says trial later this month over domestic violence allegations has been abandoned . the 49 year has been abandoned. the 49 year old was due to stand trial for a second time, accused of controlling or coercive behaviour towards his ex—girlfriend , kate greville, ex—girlfriend, kate greville, between 2017 and 2020. but lawyers have withdrawn the prosecution. he denied the offences and the previous trial ended last august when the jury failed to reach any verdicts . failed to reach any verdicts. temperatures of 40 degrees could be seen more frequently in the uk in future if greenhouse emissions aren't cut, according to the met office. last july was the first time 40 degree temperatures had been recorded in the uk, but it could end up happening every three years in future if co2 emissions continue at the same level. the warmth has been described as the silent killer as a global health study found that nearly 3500 people died from last year's summer
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heat. the minister of energy security and net zero, andrew bowie, says we're already doing a lot to cut emissions. >> this country has in fact, led the world in terms of cutting our climate emissions. we've actually cut our co2 emissions by 48% whilst growing the economy by 65. no other nation in the world has achieved that. we've cut our emissions faster than any other g7 nation . than any other g7 nation. >> this is gb news. we'll bring you more news as it happens. now it's back to andrew and . it's back to andrew and. bev >> so the bibby stockholm boat has arrived in dorset this morning. it's going to house about 500 adult male asylum seekers . seekers. >> it's part of the government's plan. long awaited to cut costs associated with housing migrants , migrants. 51,000 of them in hotels across the country, costing the taxpayer over £6 million every single day .
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million every single day. >> so let's go and join mark whyte. our gb news is home security editor and gb news south west england reporterjeff south west england reporter jeff moody. mark, let's come to you first. what's the latest down there in dorset ? there in dorset? >> well , all the there in dorset? >> well, all the bibby there in dorset? >> well , all the bibby stockholm >> well, all the bibby stockholm arrived here in dorset , portland arrived here in dorset, portland harbour at about seven this morning and it burst around eight in the last few minutes . eight in the last few minutes. it's begun to move again. i'm going to do the old sideways shuffle just to allow you to get a shot down there. now, i don't think this is an indication that the protesters at the front gates have won. it's probably just repositioning to somewhere else. but it had been berthed on the quay there for a few hours. so i'm not quite sure where it's moving to. there was some suggestion actually, that there is a berthing position closer to the land side, that it may be
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moved into . so we know that moved into. so we know that there is still a process to go before the first of the asylum seekers move on board this vessel in terms of all of the utilities, the electricity , utilities, the electricity, sewerage systems and the like, all need to be sort of plugged in and for it to be sort of all working and shipshape for the first of those asylum seekers to arrive, we think within a few weeks or so and then potentially up to 500 asylum seekers will be here. but if i give you an indication of what's been happening out in the english channel happening out in the english channel, this morning, we've had sort of calmer conditions than recent days out in the channel. and of course, what happens when it's calm? well, the small boats keep coming across from france . keep coming across from france. and already today, six small boats have been intercepted by border force vessels out in the engush border force vessels out in the english channel. there are
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normally about 50 or more to a boat. so you're already talking 300 of the 500 people who could be accommodated on that boat coming across in less than half a day . extraordinaire a day. extraordinaire >> ordinary, isn't it, mark? well, let's go to geoff actually , because geoff, i think you're there down at the part at the port. sorry, aren't you surrounded by protesters ? what's surrounded by protesters? what's going on down there ? going on down there? >> well, yes, there's been two protests that really began before first light. >> they've been here since the crack of dawn, protesting two sides. >> as i say, there's no to the barge. >> and there's also stand up to racism. the stand up to racism lot won't engage with gb news. they won't . they've refused any they won't. they've refused any requests for interviews, but no to the barge have been very kind and they are with us now to talk and they are with us now to talk a little bit more about how they're feeling today . let's they're feeling today. let's start with you. the barge is now
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in. >> yep . >> yep. >> yep. >> how do you feel today ? >> how do you feel today? >> how do you feel today? >> i feel really sad today . >> how do you feel today? >> i feel really sad today. i just feel as if there's a really big i feel as if i've had a loss. actually >> i just feel really, really sad. jill the other group to stand up racism has accused you guys of being racist. >> they're saying that you're judging these people before you've even seen them based on the colour of their skin. how do you argue that? >> we haven't actually said that at all. whenever say anything at all. whenever we say anything that they don't agree with, they just call us racist. they bring this big r word up all the time. we've tried to engage with them because we all want the same thing all this barge to thing. we all want this barge to not be here. lorraine you said that you've had some problems this morning. >> yeah, just found out >> yeah, i've just found out i am president of the guardian. light spiritualist church on portland, and apparently . my portland, and apparently. my position as being questioned that, you know, being a spiritualist, which , yes,
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spiritualist, which, yes, i believe in, has been questioned , that, you know, i shouldn't be here and doing this. but i have freedom of speech and i'm able to do what i want to do. >> i don't have to be questioned. and accused of doing things when they know nothing about things when they know nothing aboso as people assuming that >> so as people assuming that you a certain way and feel you think a certain way and feel a certain way because you're here being morally targeted and that's not the case at all. >> alex, you've been leading this campaign from the very beginning . where do you go now? beginning. where do you go now? because the whole campaign is based on say no to the barge , based on say no to the barge, but the barge is here now, so what happens to your campaign? so as i've shared before, we're looking towards our legal challenge, and that's about gathering information on gathering more information on that gathering more information on tha unfortunately , the dorset >> unfortunately, the dorset council haven't been very open with us, but we do have a freedom of information request in and we are going to in the works and we are going to work on that. >> the cruise line is to we are going to be here to protest them and share what the and really share what the economic disparity , the haves
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economic disparity, the haves and the have nots here of those that use the cruise liners and the poor men that are going to be on this asylum barge if the cost of living crisis hadn't happened and everybody was very wealthy , very well off, very wealthy, very well off, very comfortable at the moment, what do you think? >> you'd feel the same about this barge ? this barge? >> it's a bit of an open ended question, that one, really, until until they arrive and beanng until until they arrive and bearing in mind that this could have been 500 men from any other counties is that we don't know the impact that's going to have upon the island. >> but i think with having the extra 500 people from wherever , extra 500 people from wherever, it isn't good for such a small community. obe so yeah, i do feel it's going to have an impact on portland. yeah. all right. >> well, thank you very much for joining me. and there are plenty more as you've been more protests as you've been heanng more protests as you've been hearing coming weeks more protests as you've been hearmonths. coming weeks more protests as you've been hearmonths. backoming weeks more protests as you've been hearmonths. back to ing weeks more protests as you've been hearmonths. back to you weeks more protests as you've been hearmonths. back to you .eeks and months. back to you. >> this is south—west of england. reporter you know what?
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>> you talk to a stand up. you know what amazes me exactly? >> what is it about some of these organisations, some of these organisations, some of these protest groups stand these protest groups that stand up these protest groups that stand up who won't talk up to racism who just won't talk to if you believe what to us if you believe in what you're standing up for, then have the spine to come and talk to us and tell us what you think. otherwise you're not getting your message across. no point background point standing in the background waving saying everyone point standing in the background waving want saying everyone point standing in the background waving want a saying everyone point standing in the background waving want a boatying everyone point standing in the background waving want a boat here. veryone doesn't want a boat here. he's racist. blatantly untrue. >> think mr moody would >> i don't think mr moody would have jumped down their throat. i think had a very think he'd have had a very constructive conversation with think he'd have had a very consreading conversation with think he'd have had a very consreading con paper. )n with think he'd have had a very consreading con paper. i| with think he'd have had a very consreading con paper. i was1 you reading the paper. i was looking you know, looking for a boring you know, i was for a headline in was looking for a headline in the so can talk to the paper so we can talk to kevin editor of kevin schofield, the editor of huffpost. was a very huffpost. there was a very damaging headline keir damaging headline about keir starmer today about starmer in the paper today about children there's children and the fact there's a huge revolt now . and you and i huge revolt now. and you and i bumped into him in the comments yesterday and could sense yesterday and i could sense the anger labour the anger from labour mps over the fact not going fact that starmer is not going to rid of the benefit, the to get rid of the benefit, the cap child benefit after two cap on child benefit after two children labour children that was always labour policy was policy when he policy was his policy when he ran leadership. he's ran for the leadership. he's changed and you've shadow changed it and you've got shadow cabinet openly saying
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cabinet ministers openly saying my position has been clear on this. in other words, we don't agree. yeah exactly. >> i mean, it's john ashworth who's the shadow and who's the shadow work and pensions secretary i've pensions secretary and i've invidious position. i mean, he went last night having went on the tv last night having to defend the position. >> he didn't very well >> he didn't do very well defending it. >> well month ago he >> no. well a month ago he described child benefit >> no. well a month ago he des> no. well a month ago he des> no. well a month ago he des> no. well a month ago he des> no. well a month ago he des> and he's having to go and >> and now he's having to go and heinous and vicious. >> well, yeah, exactly. >> well, yeah, exactly. >> know, he's been kind >> you know, so he's been kind of hung out dry, really of left hung out to dry, really by starmer . by keir starmer. >> lot of mps even those >> and a lot of mps even those supportive of starmer that supportive of keir starmer that i've to, are pretty down i've spoken to, are pretty down in the dumps he's in the dumps about how he's handled this, they've said in the dumps about how he's he he .ed this, they've said in the dumps about how he's héhe didn'ts, they've said in the dumps about how he's héhe didn't need they've said in the dumps about how he's héhe didn't need to :hey've said in the dumps about how he's héhe didn't need to be we said is he didn't need to be so definitive . he didn't need definitive. he didn't need to say because he said it say we won't because he said it in that interview sunday, in that interview on sunday, didn't kuenssberg didn't he, with laura kuenssberg even shadow secretary, even the shadow home secretary, yvette very senior yvette cooper, a very senior member shadow cabinet, member of the shadow cabinet, said she didn't know what said she didn't even know what the was , which was bit the policy was, which was a bit of dissembling , to put it of dissembling, to put it mildly. >> well, it's bit strange >> well, it's a bit strange because labour's policy until because labour's policy up until now everything has been we now on everything has been we can't make any spending commitments , we can't do commitments, we can't do anything the have anything because the tories have trashed we can't
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trashed the economy and we can't say we'll spend here, there and everywhere. >> but this particular >> but on this particular policy, he's been very clear. we will not scrap it. and a lot of labour mps are saying, well, why ? and put yourself up for criticism on this. why be so clear on this very controversial area when you could just try and fudge it? >> and it's not in terms of context of government spending. kevin a huge amount of money, 1.3 billion. i mean, it's a lot of money, but when you consider the overall size of the government budget, i mean, it's just it's drop in the ocean. >> it's a drop in the ocean. >> it's a drop in the ocean. >> going to to back >> is he going to have to back down this? down on this? >> well, very difficult >> well, it's very difficult because embarrassing, because then it's embarrassing, isn't have to u—turn isn't it? if you have to u—turn after being so clear on a tv a couple of days ago, they then u—turn it and would be u—turn or fudge it and would be hugely embarrassing . so i think hugely embarrassing. so i think he's going to have to stick to it. mean, the message it. i mean, the message that he's to across to he's trying to get across to voters is labour can be trusted on economy. we're not going voters is labour can be trusted on eyany my. we're not going voters is labour can be trusted on eyany unfunded not going voters is labour can be trusted on eyany unfunded spending to make any unfunded spending commitments . acas and it stops commitments. acas and it stops the conservative of attacking them in that area . but at the them in that area. but at the same time, it expose labour
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same time, it does expose labour splits and it leaves them open to criticism, not just to a lot of criticism, not just from left of labour from the left of the labour party, from own party, but from his own supporters really, who think that unnecessary that this is an unnecessary row. >> bumped into john >> well, i bumped into john ashworth shadow work and pensions, said, well, how long how can stay in the shadow how can you stay in the shadow cabinet? a genius cabinet? if it was a genius policy? month ? and now the policy? last month? and now the labour sticking with labour leader is sticking with it, stay in the it, how can you stay in the shadow cabinet? what do say? shadow cabinet? what do you say? he he said, you're very he said he said, you're very mischievous you mischievous and you know you need to me a gin and tonic. need to buy me a gin and tonic. how help the policy ? how does that help the policy? how does that help the policy? well as i say, well yeah, i mean, as i say, it's embarrassing for him. >> he went tv last >> and he went on the tv last night go defend night having to go and defend it, given weeks he was it, given four weeks ago. he was he criticised. no, exactly. he was criticised. no, exactly. so him as so i mean, i was texting him as well yesterday and he was sticking to the line. he was saying we have fiscally saying we have to be fiscally and of the economy, and in control of the economy, so we can't be making any profligate promises. but, you know, you've got to admire their commitment to sticking to the line . but at the same time, it line. but at the same time, it doesn't make you look a little bit ridiculous. doesn't make you look a little bit whatlous. doesn't make you look a little bit what what do you think with >> what what do you think with this? these images of
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this? we got these images of this? we got these images of this bibby stockholm boat arriving and we've arriving today. and as we've heard, could heard, there's probably we could probably number probably fill it in the number that on a calm that have arrived even on a calm day today already, you day like today already, if you were working labour were working for the labour party, you be saying party, what would you be saying about like today? >> well, again, it's another difficult one for labour because they that particular red they know that particular red wall voters, you know, they support the government when it comes the boats . and support the government when it cthink the boats . and support the government when it cthink instinctivelyts . and i think maybe instinctively labour are a little bit more liberal when it comes to immigration, without a doubt. and to try and and but they have to try and almost appear as tough as the conservatives, without aping conservatives, but without aping their labour are their policies. what labour are saying would and saying is they would try and attack problem at source, saying is they would try and attacwould)roblem at source, saying is they would try and attacwould crackm at source, saying is they would try and attacwould crack down ;ource, saying is they would try and attacwould crack down once, saying is they would try and attacwould crack down on the they would crack down on the criminal gangs. they'd want more closely with france, but it's willy, it's willy. and i think people can suspect that, although that being said, when you look the polling , labour you look at the polling, labour are of the tories on are now ahead of the tories on migration well on because migration as well on because people think they've bailed on it. . and that's it. well, absolutely. and that's the because sunak the problem because rishi sunak set high he said he set the bar so high he said he would the boats january. would stop the boats in january. now they've said when now they've not said when they'll the boats by, but they'll stop the boats by, but you as plain as the
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you know, it's as plain as the nose your face. nose in your face. >> no. they not stopped the >> no. have they not stopped the boats? we've we've had to get our boats accommodate our own boats to accommodate them. write it, them. i you couldn't write it, could them. i you couldn't write it, couyou to a month ago >> you went to dover a month ago and it's all and basically said it's all working. number of boats is working. the number of boats is 20% down. whether it was the weather. it's to weather. and now it's up to where it this time last. where it was this time last. >> there's suggestion >> and there's the suggestion again papers this again in some of the papers this morning, kevin, that labour, though, get rid of though, might not get rid of these boats. they might stick around. >> well, again, mean, but like >> well, again, i mean, but like the child benefit stuff, you the two child benefit stuff, you know, they don't want to be sticking their out because sticking their neck out because they fear that it opens them up to from the conservatives to attack from the conservatives and turn voters. and they might turn off voters. >> believe in anything? >> they believe in winning the next election. >> what about, >> that's what it's all about, isn't it? >> absolutely. they know >> yeah, absolutely. they know they're front. this >> yeah, absolutely. they know th mandelson, front. this >> yeah, absolutely. they know th mandelson, blairfront. this >> yeah, absolutely. they know th mandelson, blair control1is freak. >> and of course, we see today that kirsten was sharing a platform with blair for the first time. back in the first time. blair back in the fold. is that sensible? kevin because still think tony blair because i still think tony blair is unpopular out there is hugely unpopular out there with swathes of population, with swathes of the population, not because iraq war. >> well, you know, it's interesting. you know, he's the first labour to basically
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first labour leader to basically hug blair, close . if you hug tony blair, close. if you think ed miliband disowned him, obviously jeremy corbyn didn't have tony blair. have any time for tony blair. yeah. and so it's an interesting tactic, again, it's all part tactic, but again, it's all part of this sort of intention to try and reassure the public. we're not like the old tax and spend laboun not like the old tax and spend labour, nice, moderate labour. >> it's a terrifying tactic because for those of us who are con aukus of a kind of globalist push and keir starmer was asked that question, wasn't he, about where would you rather be davos or westminster for? and he said, i'd davos. stupid i'd rather be in davos. stupid answer worries people like answer that worries people like me are concerned about me who are concerned about digital id central banking, digital id central banking, digital currencies, all the stuff that tony blair gets positively aroused. talking about. positively aroused. talking about . this is the stuff that about. this is the stuff that really floats his boat to carry on the maritime analogy today. and so when i see keir starmer hugging tony blair, i know exactly what he's about. and there are a lot of people who do not want that vision of the future. it is a risky strategy. it can be. >> and you're right. i mean, the
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iraq war people still remember that. and was, you that. and blair was, you know, deeply unpopular over that, although did win the 2005 although they did win the 2005 election after the iraq invasion although they did win the 2005 ebut on after the iraq invasion although they did win the 2005 e but 0 think r the iraq invasion although they did win the 2005 e but 0 think what iraq invasion although they did win the 2005 e but 0 think what keirinvasion although they did win the 2005 e but 0 think what keir called n . but i think what keir called him starmer, keir starmer is saying, look , jeremy corbyn is saying, look, jeremy corbyn is gone. saying, look, jeremy corbyn is gone . we are a completely gone. we are a completely changed labour party. we are a moderate, sensible labour party. tony blair won three elections. lest we forget . so maybe we can lest we forget. so maybe we can learn a few things from this guy and to be seen sharing a platform with him, he thinks. >> i think he's wrong. mrs. those are gone. those days are gone. >> elections the tories >> elections and the tories eventually sharing eventually stopped sharing a platform it because it platform with it because it wasn't me good or it's wasn't doing me any good or it's going bad. >> that's almost >> well, that's almost as if labour couldn't forgive tony blair all the blair for making all the compromises and the concessions that to win that he needed to do to win three but now that's three elections. but now that's changing. they've had their time three elections. but now that's ch oppositioney've had their time three elections. but now that's ch opposition and had their time three elections. but now that's ch opposition and they their time three elections. but now that's ch opposition and they justr time three elections. but now that's ch opposition and they just want in opposition and they just want to win next election. and if to win the next election. and if that means, you know, compromising and of compromising on lots and lots of things said the things that they've said in the past, so be it. past, then so be it. >> and is it going to be a cosy, loving between sir keir sir loving between sir keir and sir tony? the kiss of death.
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>> @- death. >> i'm interested p i'm interested >> well, i'm interested to see me. interesting to see me. it'll be interesting to see how but as i say, how it goes, but as i say, obviously, you know, labour do lots groups they lots of focus groups and they must blair's must be thinking that blair's going ask keir starmer going to ask keir starmer question. >> given question. >> suella given the list of questions already there, so close, i would have thought so. >> good you him >> it'd be good if you asked him about benefit cap. about the two child benefit cap. >> yes. >> yes. >> yes, wouldn't it? i'd be surprised he though. i'd surprised if he did, though. i'd be amazed. surprised if he did, though. i'd be am'be d. surprised if he did, though. i'd be am'be amazed. kevin it's >> i'd be amazed. kevin it's always talk you. always good to talk to you. >> see you. right right. >> good to see you. right right. now, moving on. to come, now, moving on. still to come, we're be talking to we're to going be talking to alzheimer's research uk because we've mentioned this. this morning. new drug that's morning. it's a new drug that's being hailed
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britain's news. channel >> and it's 1125 with britain's newsroom on gb news with andrew pierce and bev turner. >> so a new drug is being hailed as a turning point in the fight against alzheimer's. >> it's a global trial of the medicine. donanemab medicine. it's called donanemab found showed cognitive found that it showed cognitive decline by a third. >> so joining now to explain >> so joining us now to explain how breakthrough how significant a breakthrough this david thomas this might be is david thomas from alzheimer's research uk. good great to good morning, david. great to see you. maybe just to answer that significant that question, how significant is breakthrough you? is this breakthrough you? >> it is a turning point >> well, it is a turning point in alzheimer's research , a in alzheimer's research, a really exciting time we've had over the last decade a number of failed drug trials that haven't delivered the results that we wanted. >> and now with the news that we had yesterday about this particular drug slowing, the progress of alzheimer's disease, we've seen results in the last year from another drug called lecanemab. so it's starting to look like we are moving into a
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new period where we have iv drugs that are able to actually treat the disease itself, which is very well, very much needed given the scale of the impact that dementia has on on people in britain and beyond. >> david, i imagine many people watching this and listening to us have no someone or had families who've been impacted by alzheimer's. certainly my own family my my worry family was. but my what my worry about this is when look when about this is when you look when you into this, the you dig into this, the infrastructure isn't there. infrastructure here isn't there. the number of scanners we've got in this country per head is one of the lowest in europe. how have we fallen so far behind and . i think it's a very important point that that our health system isn't ready for these new medicines. >> and they do pose challenges for health systems here and globally . it really requires for health systems here and globally. it really requires us to fundamentally change the way that we that we provide diagnosis for people living with alzheimer's disease. at the moment , the routine way of doing moment, the routine way of doing it is just based on symptoms.
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now we know that we have these sorts of treatments. it needs to be we need to be diagnosing people on latest people based on the latest diagnostics. that mean diagnostics. and that does mean we need to invest in the infrastructure here. also, we need to find new ways of diagnosing people that are cheaper and more scalable . so cheaper and more scalable. so there's a lot of activity at the moment around blood tests and that could be the future that they could be the future for diagnosis. alzheimer's for diagnosis. so alzheimer's research are research uk and others are investing the moment investing in this at the moment and that's something which we really see the nhs really want to see the nhs getting leading the getting ahead of and leading the way with access to those getting ahead of and leading the way of with access to those getting ahead of and leading the way of cutting access to those getting ahead of and leading the way of cutting edges to those getting ahead of and leading the way of cutting edge diagnostics sort of cutting edge diagnostics to out these new treatments. >> david what just help me understand a bit. what is the mechanism of action, if you like, outside himars and the like, for outside himars and the neurological wear and tear on the brain? and what does this drug arrest that drug do to arrest that presumably so alzheimer's disease is associated with the development of a protein in the brain. >> it's a sticky plaque called amyloid , and it's been thought amyloid, and it's been thought for many years by scientists that if you were to remove that , that that protein, you would
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see some benefit to the individual that's been tested in a number of clinical trials. it didn't work . but these last two didn't work. but these last two trials have now shown that by removing that plaque as much, which is what they've done, that you having benefit. you are having some benefit. i should that the benefits are should say that the benefits are modest. we're looking at delaying a few months , but delaying it by a few months, but it really provides a foundation to build on and it's deepened our knowledge of how you could deploy these drugs . so and deploy these drugs. so and that's why we are so excited at the moment about about the potential all this offers for a new age of treatment. >> i don't want to be gloomy because this is good news. we want good we want to cheer good news when we get david but there is get it. david but there is also an of about the an issue, of course, about the cost. will very, very cost. it will be very, very expensive . i read, think in expensive. i read, i think in the ft would be around 20,000 the ft it would be around 20,000 a year patient . a year per patient. >> so they haven't set the price for this particular drug, but yet we are expecting it to be given the sort of drug it is and the research that's gone into it. we are expecting to be it. we are expecting it to be expensive obviously it expensive and obviously it covers quite a big
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covers potentially quite a big population. it is just for people the stages people in the early stages of alzheimer's disease. but even thatis alzheimer's disease. but even that is a wide set of people. so we really need the companies that manufactured , these that are manufactured, these drugs the nhs to be working drugs and the nhs to be working together to agree together to, you know, to agree a price that we can pay and to be also understanding how do we how do we in the real world look at what the benefits of this drug, how do we make sure the right people are getting it, how do we answer any uncertainties there about the use of there might be about the use of these drugs over the longer penod these drugs over the longer period time will also period of time that will also help those issues around help manage those issues around around help manage those issues around arordavid, there anything that >> david, is there anything that we regardless of our we can all do, regardless of our age, to avoid developing age, to try to avoid developing alzheimer's in the first place? absolutely >> so the this is another area where research has really kind of pointed the way over the last decade that we now know that around 40% of cases of dementia are are are preventable. so for some people, there is nothing you can do because it may be it may be genetic, but for most people, are things can people, there are things you can do reduce risk . and do to reduce your risk. and those very similar to what
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those are very similar to what people need to do to look after their heart health. for example . so staying healthy and active, managing your for any issues you might have with blood pressure , might have with blood pressure, limiting alcohol, not smoking , limiting alcohol, not smoking, maintaining sort of social relationships and activities . relationships and activities. you know, as you age, these are all things that will really help lower people's risk of getting dementia. we talk about looking after your brain health in the same way that you look after your heart health. so there are things people can do to reduce their risk. >> just w— w" >> acas you just one tiny little question if you keep question is, is it if you keep your brain active, does that make a difference to you? thinking reading writing, thinking of reading and writing, david, factor? david, is that a factor? >> the technical term is cognitive reserve is what the scientists will talk about. so there evidence that it's there is evidence that that it's not just being physically active, it's also being being mentally well , mentally stimulated as well, will a benefit and help will have a benefit and help lower your risk. >> thank you, david. to great talk david. talk to you, david. >> thomas alzheimer's >> david thomas alzheimer's research news. >> david thomas alzheimer's res my:h news. >> david thomas alzheimer's res my dad news. >> david thomas alzheimer's res my dad 86. news. >> david thomas alzheimer's res my dad 86. favourite. >> my dad is 86. my favourite thing in the world is sitting with my dad and doing the
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council. but work on the barge had been delayed . it's part of had been delayed. it's part of the government's plan to reduce the government's plan to reduce the cost of housing those seeking asylum members . a member seeking asylum members. a member of reform uk, ben habib , told us of reform uk, ben habib, told us earlier it's a risky move. while the barge's arrival comes after the barge's arrival comes after the government fought off last minute attempts to make changes to its small boats bill. with the legislation now set to become law, the tories saw off five further changes being sought by the unelected chamber to the legislation , including to the legislation, including modern slavery protection and child detention limits . the child detention limits. the draft bill as a whole would prevent people from claiming asylum in the uk if they arrive through unauthorised means. a woman jailed for illegally getting an abortion during lockdown will be released from prison after the court of appeal reduced her sentence. carla foster admits to taking abortion pills while . being between 32 pills while. being between 32 and 34 weeks pregnant. ms foster was handed a 28 month extended
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news. the people's channel, britain's news channel . and good morning. >> it's still morning, isn't it? yes, it's only 1140. you're with britain's newsroom on gb news with andrew pearson, bev turner and great excitement because grant shapps the energy sector is making a speech, keynote is making a speech, a keynote speech, great excitement, but not excitement. not so much excitement. >> going bring to >> we're going to bring it to you live. he's talking about
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launching body launching a new government body called great british nuclear. >> and just so we don't have to sit through it, liam halligan is there on behalf gb news and there on behalf of gb news and he'll tele. he'll be on the tele. >> he's taking one the team >> he's taking one for the team telling what he said. >> he's taking one for the team tellnow, what he said. >> he's taking one for the team tellnow, this hat he said. >> he's taking one for the team tellnow, this ha'alle said. >> he's taking one for the team tellnow, this ha'all parti. >> he's taking one for the team tellnow, this ha'all part of the >> now, this is all part of the government's of providing government's aim of providing a quarter of our power from nuclear energy by 2050. quarter of our power from nucalison|ergy by 2050. quarter of our power from nucalison downes 2050. quarter of our power from nucalison downes 20the >> alison downes is the executive director the executive director of the campaign group stop sizewell c morning alison. well, morning to you, alison. well, you with morning to you, alison. well, you because with morning to you, alison. well, you because it's with morning to you, alison. well, you because it's going with morning to you, alison. well, you because it's going aheadth that because it's going ahead and the court last and the high court said last month government hadn't, month the government hadn't, hadnt month the government hadn't, hadn't unlawfully , hadn't acted unlawfully, critically , they don't have the critically, they don't have the money yet. >> this is the really key thing we've always said about sizewell. >> c so sizewell c is two proposed nuclear reactors here on the suffolk coast. the last estimated cost was £20 billion. i've had civil servants roll their eyes at me and say, oh, 30 plus, £30 billion for 3.2gw of electricity that would not even be generating until the late 2030. so sizewell c may have government support , it may have government support, it may have
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planning consent, but it cannot go ahead until it gets the money. and this is what happened the last time there was an attempted nuclear renaissance. sizewell built here. there sizewell b was built here. there was the project that was proposed down at hinckley at that time to scrapped that time had to be scrapped because there was no money to put into it. so £30 billion buys you a huge amount of other sources of energy. it would buy you an enormous amount of energy efficiency, which would also create many, many tens of thousands of jobs. >> so we. >> so we. >> alison, you could invest you could invest it in wind turbines and then have no wind and and then we have no wind and they the flipping they don't the flipping things don't well, last week, last >> btec well, last week, last month when andrew bowie was tweeting that we had calm conditions in the west, it was blowing an absolute holy here on the coast the north sea. the east coast in the north sea. and that's why have and that's why we have interconnect towers and there are interconnectors are more interconnectors proposed this area, proposed also for this area, which potentially could carry which is potentially could carry up to a third of the uk's 2040 electric supply. if all the projects went ahead. so that allows energy to be exchanged when it's windy and sunny in
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different parts of europe . so different parts of europe. so there are alternative solutions. there are plenty of models that do not include nuclear energy . do not include nuclear energy. it is slow, it is risky and it is very expensive . we think that is very expensive. we think that british households don't want to pay british households don't want to pay for the construction tax as well. >> so you're coming at it. it sounds like from a point of view that you don't think this is going to be value for money for the taxpayer nuclear energy. but is also, said risky? what is it also, you said risky? what is it also, you said risky? what is about nuclear energy ? is risky about nuclear energy? >> well, the risk with sizewell c is that like other projects of its kind, it will take far longer to build and cost far more than is predicted. now now, the other thing about great british nuclear is it's not really british because sizewell c would be wholly dependent on the french energy company edf to build regardless of paid build it regardless of who paid for it. and the french have more experience anybody of experience than anybody of building and building nuclear reactors and they a hideous they have had a hideous experience with this particular type reactor , the type of reactor, the flamanville, which is 14 years late. and they have also decided
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they're not going to build any more of this type of reactor , more of this type of reactor, you know, precisely because of those problems . so why don't we those problems. so why don't we take a leaf out of their book, actually, and ditch this completely and archaic reactor which has got such a dreadful track record delivering late and lasting a great deal more, and they're not working as indeed they're not working as indeed the reactors in china have been switched off for a considerable amount of time. >> be clear, you're not >> but to be clear, you're not saying there's with saying there's an issue with safety power . safety of nuclear power. >> think many people do >> well, i think many people do take issue. and myself, i do have these concerns about the fact that you generate toxic waste that has to be stored for millennia. and there is no long term solution for the storage of that waste. as things stand, the government wants to build a geological disposal facility, but it doesn't yet know where and it doesn't yet know much and it doesn't yet know how much it cost. in the it will cost. and in the meantime, spent fuel from size will be and for sizewell c if it went ahead, would have to be stored on fragile suffolk stored on the fragile suffolk coastline for well over a century when we have, you know,
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increasing evidence of the impacts of climate change on our coast. >> okay , fascinating. thank you. >> okay, fascinating. thank you. alison downes there. stop sizewell c executive director tanya and emma wolf are back in the studio with us. emma, let me come to you . i admire that sort come to you. i admire that sort of passion to stand up for what you believe in, but it doesn't matter it and i admire matter what it is. and i admire her gb news to defend her coming on gb news to defend it. little confused it. were you a little confused as what her objection as to what her actual objection is it though? as to what her actual objection is i it though? as to what her actual objection is i was ough? as to what her actual objection is i was actually. i'm glad that >> i was actually. i'm glad that you pressed her is risky? >> i was actually. i'm glad that yothatessed her is risky? >> i was actually. i'm glad that yothat what her is risky? >> i was actually. i'm glad that yothat what you're is risky? >> i was actually. i'm glad that yothat what you're saying? ky? >> i was actually. i'm glad that yothat what you're saying? risk is that what you're saying? risk in terms she's really talking about she's about the money. she's impressive. she's really good speaken speaker. but i wasn't actually clear saying. and clear whether she's saying. and then french. the then there was the french. the edf actually going be in edf are actually going to be in charge it because charge of building it because because build because they're experts build building experts. >> of their power is >> 70% of their power is nuclear. are the experts. >> this country's in a mess. this what did you and did you this is what did you and did you kind of understand where they're coming is? >> because always think, okay, >> because i always think, okay, the nuclear the objection is for nuclear power going that power is just going to be that there danger. we have there is the danger. we have a chernobyl, right? we up chernobyl, right? we raised up the years saying that the last 30 years saying that nuclear potential to nuclear power has potential to be dangerous. i don't think that's the case
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anymore. >> think w“ >> i don't think it's case anymore. but she make anymore. but she did make a point does the waste point about where does the waste go think when you're go and i think that when you're building things that, along go and i think that when you're builcitg things that, along go and i think that when you're builcit needsjs that, along go and i think that when you're builcit needs to that, along go and i think that when you're builcit needs to be that, along go and i think that when you're builcit needs to be wherever ng go and i think that when you're builcit needs to be wherever the with it needs to be wherever the waste is going, because that's really that was really important. so that was the thing i took that the only thing i took that was out that really. out of that really. >> going alison is >> we're just going to alison is still wants to reply still here. she wants to reply to i'm you've to us. alison, i'm glad you've stayed because we don't stayed with us because we don't like you behind like talking about you behind your back. once you've gone. what do to do? your back. once you've gone. wh something to do? your back. once you've gone. wh something to emma. your back. once you've gone. wh something toemma. emma >> something with emma. emma what done offend what has she done to offend you? >> well, that emma's >> well, i'm sorry that emma's confused where we're confused about where we're coming confused about where we're coning confused about where we're coni mean, the thing about >> i mean, the thing about science see that there science we'll see is that there are so many things are actually so many things wrong in wrong with it. and, you know, in just space a few minutes, just the space of a few minutes, trying cover what all of trying to cover what all of those things of course, you those things are, of course, you know, quite challenging. know, it's quite challenging. >> very impressive spokesperson. i address the cost. >> i did address the cost. >> i did address the cost. >> address the risk of >> i did address the risk of construction taking much longer and much more than it and costing much more than it might otherwise be expected. but is it about the cost and the delays that your principal objection to this ? no, i live objection to this? no, i live very close to where this nuclear reactor would take place. >> that's what i was looking for. >> yeah, got it.
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>> yeah, got it. >> obvious that this community would be incredibly impacted , would be incredibly impacted, but i absolutely reject accusations of nimbyism because it is the people who are going to be most affected by a project who take the trouble to find out the about it. and the the most about it. and the reality is that science will see is it's risky, it's is slow. it's risky, it's expensive . it offer value expensive. it won't offer value for won't deliver for money. it won't deliver electricity for well over a decade. and it's not the solution to our climate emergency, but it will also destroy the vista of where you live . where i live has areas of live. where i live has areas of upset. it's an area of outstanding natural beauty. it's right adjacent to rspb minsmere reserve. but those those are secondary issues right at this moment. so the fact that sizewell c is genuinely not the answer to our climate emergency i >> -- >> okay, alison, but would you be happy with it being on the north coast of scotland? no i wouldn't wish a project like this on anybody because it's got such an appalling track record everywhere. >> they've tried to build it. it's taken years and years longer than it should have done. it's cost a great deal more . and
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it's cost a great deal more. and then you've got a reactor then you've still got a reactor that, like the ones in china , is that, like the ones in china, is not functioning properly. i mean , one of these types of reactors in offline for 12 in china was offline for 12 months. so alison would have to pay a months. so alison would have to pay a tax on their energy bills dunng pay a tax on their energy bills during construction and then we get a reactor that wouldn't work properly. >> alison downes thanks for coming back. emma you did say that impressed. that she was very impressed. >> love her as a spokesperson that she was very impressed. >> any ve her as a spokesperson that she was very impressed. >> any campaigni spokesperson that she was very impressed. >> any campaign that kesperson that she was very impressed. >> any campaign that izsperson that she was very impressed. >> any campaign that i was'son for any campaign that i was running are on running and secondly, we are on a island . i want us to a small island. i want us to pursue and invest in pursue and properly invest in renewables, wave. renewables, wind and wave. that's what i think. >> i'd to see her up >> i'd like to see her up against grant this against grant shapps this afternoon. that's what i want. i want to debate actually want to see a debate actually between two of them. between the two of them. tanya, let's talk about the licence let's talk about the bbc licence fee, the bbc faces an fee, if we may. the bbc faces an official review of this unsustainable licence fee model. what the future? unless ipp? what is the future? unless ipp? >> is no more for the bbc. >> i'm really hoping so. >> i'm really hoping so. >> pounds per household . it's outrageous. >> the thing is that 172 going up, it is . up, it is. >> but they said that 500,000 people have stopped paying it, but it would be a lot more because people are normally law
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abiding and fearful of breaking the law and the law says that if you watch telly, you have to watch the bbc and they make it so complicated you don't understand. you understand. because if you actually a vote it, most actually had a vote on it, most people would not be watching the bbc. now, i do not want any of my kids. >> w.- tv? >> they on a conventional tv? they don't. they just don't. and if they were going watch if they were going to watch something, alas, it's probably something, alas, it's probably something trashy like love island or, you know, one of these things they wouldn't these things and they wouldn't be watching the bbc. so we should not to forced to should not have to be forced to pay should not have to be forced to pay something that we don't pay for something that we don't believe in. it shouldn't part believe in. it shouldn't be part of being taxed of our taxes. we're being taxed enough. the main thing is, enough. and the main thing is, is that i think bbc have is that i think the bbc have forgotten to journalists. forgotten how to be journalists. they journal they don't actually journal anymore . they what their anymore. they just do what their political feelings are and broadcast that well . broadcast that well. >> at the risk of playing devil's emma, devil's advocate here, emma, maybe the so it's maybe we need the bbc. so it's not love island. not just all trashy love island. my favourite line from this article the times there's article in the times is there's article in the times is there's a growing unwillingness pay a growing unwillingness to pay that mildly . that is putting it mildly. >> i know a lot of people, a lot of who are not paying
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of people who are not paying their to their licence fee just to correct you. licence fee correct you. all the licence fee is for any live television, any streaming, anything online. it's not about watching the bbc. you need a licence . if you are need a licence. if you are watching loads of young watching live loads of young people paying their people are not paying their lives, they lives, they're not. they don't want the bbc. i think want to watch the bbc. i think as well with the grubby scandals that happening, the that are happening, the ludicrous ludicrous ludicrous salaries, ludicrous salaries of the top salaries of some of the top presenters, that's 1.3, salaries of some of the top presenters, that's1.3, 1.3 presenters, that's 1.3, 1.3 million for a football commentator or £4 million for pretty lukewarm talent , in my pretty lukewarm talent, in my view. you think they will go and run other competitors? run across to other competitors? fine go. fine let them go. >> bev turner and could do a >> bev turner and i could do a much utterly much better, utterly unsustainable of the unsustainable this a 10th of the price. we wouldn't know what we're talking about, but it'd entertaining. >> we'd saying nice >> we'd be saying what nice legs. got. legs. they've all got. >> really confused as >> i'm always really confused as to get these of to why they get these type of fees should be a real fees when there should be a real turnaround new talent coming turnaround of new talent coming through the which through all the time, which actually to our next actually takes us on to our next story want to cover. story that we want to cover. >> is about people who >> and this is about people who do that transition from do make that transition from unean do make that transition from linear, old linear, terrestrial old fashioned media the fashioned legacy media into the mainstream, alternate mainstream, into the alternate space, particularly the youtube we're russell we're talking about russell brand. be brand. now, you might be familiar with russell brand. of
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course, was an actor. was course, he was an actor. he was a presenter . he course, he was an actor. he was a presenter. he was course, he was an actor. he was a presenter . he was always a tv presenter. he was always known as very anarchic and an addict. a massive addict. he's had a massive change of identity. tonya and you were with him this weekend. >> so he is now. he did >> i was so he is now. he did a lot things for recovering lot of things for recovering addicts, i was addicts, which i think was really because really fantastic because he says, you can use says, you know, if you can use your mind to recover from these horrible addictions can horrible addictions and you can do with your mind. do so much more with your mind. now, i was kind dragged now, i was i was kind of dragged there little bit and i'm so there a little bit and i'm so glad went went for glad i went because i went for the speakers. yes, the political speakers. yes, you're get yoga. you're you're going to get yoga. you're going get jujitsu. going to get jujitsu. jujitsu. you get sound baths and didgeridoo doing. and i love i love a bit of that. but what drew me there were the speakers and there's one in and one there's one in particular, a young man called kali used to work for kali means, who used to work for coca and he is now turned coca cola and he is now turned whistleblower and some of the things says his main things that he says his main job at cola make sure at coca cola was to make sure the taxes didn't go the sugar taxes didn't go through make sure that through and to make sure that soda still part of the soda was still part of the vouchers to vouchers that are given to people. in america people. 15% of people in america . spend their money . so they can spend their money on said that they on pop. and he said that they were were spending funding on pop. and he said that they we television re spending funding on pop. and he said that they we television programsig funding on pop. and he said that they we television programs notrnding on pop. and he said that they we television programs not toiing on television programs not to
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convince the consumer, but to influence the news. now, this is really mind blowing for me. you know, that sense of what's going on in traditional is lifting the lid, isn't it? >> how would how would he be influencing the news? how would they do that? >> they buy things, you >> were they buy things, you know, they buy advertisement. and they don't and but they don't they don't necessarily mean, when necessarily care. i mean, when you a big pharma company, necessarily care. i mean, when y0lexample,ig pharma company, necessarily care. i mean, when y0lexample, that'srma company, necessarily care. i mean, when y0lexample, that's that's,mpany, necessarily care. i mean, when y0l example, that's that's, you ny, for example, that's that's, you know, buying advertising but not of a drug that you would have a choice of, then it's just about buying the news. it's buying the people news. i want people at the news. i don't want to any names. don't get to name any names. i don't get into but we've been into any trouble, but we've been through three through it in the past three years. there's drug years. there's certain drug companies, big pharma, that bought sponsored companies, big pharma, that bou oscars, sponsored companies, big pharma, that bou oscars, these jonsored the oscars, did all these things, they don't actually things, but they don't actually have you could have something that you could choose to take. i'm not to choose to take. i'm not going to take you take a or b, and, you know, other like helena other people like helena norberg—hodge, who's all about local my gosh, local izing things. oh, my gosh, doctor who is a doctor vandana shiva, who is a is a physicist, an environmentalist, is a physicist, an environmentalist , talking about environmentalist, talking about how these big corporations are trying to buy the seeds off the farmers and farmers keep farmers and helping farmers keep their seeds. their own seeds. >> i find russell brand, emma,
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fascinating because fascinating character, because if look at his it if you look at his arc, it sounds like your worst nightmare. this creep, this festival, doesn't it? i mean, it was as well. festival, doesn't it? i mean, it wasrhiannon well. festival, doesn't it? i mean, it wasrhiannon but l. festival, doesn't it? i mean, it wasrhiannon but this is what's >> rhiannon but this is what's so interesting about him because he considered to be he was always considered to be incredibly wing. incredibly left wing. >> was absolutely left >> emma he was absolutely left wing. he's accused wing. now he's accused of being very right wing because that is what has happened to politics in the years. what's the last three years. what's happened like you. happened and like you. >> russell and camping is >> russell brand and camping is my nightmare . >> russell brand and camping is my i'm nightmare. >> russell brand and camping is my i'm veganitmare. >> russell brand and camping is my i'm vegan food.�*. >> i'm vegan food. >> i'm vegan food. >> no , no, i'm vegan. i'm vegan. >> no, no, i'm vegan. i'm vegan. that's that's fine. oh no, that's fine. that's fine. oh no, no alcohol. apparently. that's fine. that's fine. oh no, no al alcohol. >> alcohol. >> oh, well, you sneak any? >> oh, well, did you sneak any? >> oh, well, did you sneak any? >> people may have taken >> oh, well, did you sneak any? >> cases people may have taken >> oh, well, did you sneak any? >> cases rathere may have taken >> oh, well, did you sneak any? >> cases rather heavy. iave taken big cases rather heavy. >> it had a whole chicken and lots of hahaha. i'd have lots of wine. hahaha. i'd have it your tent, but actually it in your tent, but actually does quite. does sound quite. >> sound mind >> it does sound quite mind blowing. just want to blowing. and i just want to hear this isn't the this stuff that isn't just the establishment just being lied to and the big companies and all of that which increase and hate. that which increase and i hate. i to tanya, i hate i was saying to tanya, i hate conspiracy theories. i hate all this. know, they're telling this. you know, they're telling us to what do. but actually, after being locked down, lockdown country lockdown ish in this country for two want hear all two years, i want to hear all these alternative views. i want
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to behind this. to hear what's behind this. who's brand who's funding what russell brand sort of turning into an anti—hero thing. still anti—hero sort of thing. i still wouldn't a russell brand wouldn't go to a russell brand festival. hero. festival. he's a hero. >> i think he is because, you >> i do think he is because, you know, it's like he said, he was a and now a real socialist and now he's considered a fascist. >> do you remember? i mean, insane. >> that's insane . he's >> that's insane. he's a marxist, but now his own have turned on him. they're calling him a fascist. so they call him racist. all the racist. they call him all the names under the sun just because he's pointing these big he's pointing out that these big corporations taking the corporations are taking over the world. have to look world. now, you have to look at why that happening? it's why is that happening? and it's because corporations why is that happening? and it's bectfore corporations why is that happening? and it's bectfor everything. corporations why is that happening? and it's becand everything.corporations why is that happening? and it's becand everygot g. corporations why is that happening? and it's becand everygot g. cormanyons >> and he's got how many subscribers does have on youtube? >> about 10 million. >> about 10 million. >> 10 people. right. >> about 10 million. >> 10should people. right. >> about 10 million. >> 10 should the ople. right. >> about 10 million. >> 10 should the ople.about. >> about 10 million. >> 10 should the ople.about the what should the bbc about the same viewers that same number of viewers that we've had this morning we wanted, sure he does. now, we've had this morning we wanteycome sure he does. now, we've had this morning we wanteycome tore he does. now, we've had this morning we wanteycome tore hyend as. now, we've had this morning we wanteycome tore hyend of now, we've had this morning we wanteycome tore hyend of ourv, we've come to the end of our show morning. thank you, we've come to the end of our show buxton.ning. thank you, we've come to the end of our show buxton. thankhank you, we've come to the end of our show buxton. thank you, you, we've come to the end of our show buxton. thank you, emma tanya buxton. thank you, emma wolf. the live wolf. coming up next is the live desk longhurst and pip tomson. >> we'll be back with britain's newsroom tomorrow at 930. see youthe newsroom tomorrow at 930. see you the temperatures newsroom tomorrow at 930. see youthe temperatures are rising. >> the temperatures are rising. >> the temperatures are rising. >> boxt solar. proud sponsors of weather on . gb news.
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weather on. gb news. >> hello, very good morning to you. i'm aidan mcgivern from the met office with the gb news forecast. a bright start, but a cool start for many of us. more rain is arriving through the morning and into the afternoon. that coming in from the west, already affecting northern ireland. it's going to push into much southern then much of southern and then central lunchtime , central scotland by lunchtime, also affecting parts northern also affecting parts of northern england , midlands, well england, the midlands, as well as and cornwall by the as wales and cornwall by the afternoon. but away from the cloudy and damp zone across central areas, actually there is some sunshine to be had towards the southeast, 23 celsius here and the far north of scotland, 14 to 16 celsius here with a cool breeze and 1 or 2 showers. but it's going to feel very un summer like i think where we've got that persistent rain through these parts of the uk , these central parts of the uk, it turns more showery overnight. we keep a lot the cloud and we keep a lot of the cloud and so a milder night to for so a milder night to come for many, but also a fairly damp start to the day across some parts of southeast scotland into northern england as that rain pulls away, 12 to 13 for many.
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but i think towards the south, 15, 16 celsius, first thing tomorrow. so we've got actually some decent spells of sunshine across wales and southern england, first thing northern ireland, northern scotland also seeing sunny spells interspersed by showers and the central cloudier zone . well, here we've cloudier zone. well, here we've got the rain turning to showers into the afternoon. so by this stage it's a classic sunny spells and showers sort of day . spells and showers sort of day. temperatures are about a degree or so lower than today. >> the temperatures rising , a >> the temperatures rising, a boxt solar proud sponsors of weather on .
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