working out whether they would be in trouble at a general election. >> yeah, they are going to have a few weeks reflect now, but a few weeks to reflect now, but thatis a few weeks to reflect now, but that is the scene for you at the moment. labour and anstey moment. in at labour and anstey where labour have overturned . where labour have overturned. a 21,137 majority and taking that seatis 21,137 majority and taking that seat is 25 year old keir mather and who we are going to see very shortly is sir keir starmer of course, they are both named keir because of sir keir hardie. yeah and just reflect on somerton and frome down in the west country. >> a tory majority again overturned there with an 11,000 majority. now for the liberal democrats with sarah. so as well as labour versus conservative, of course liberal democrats coming into the various assessments of what might happen in a general election with sir ed davey saying that basically they are back in terms of the west country, what would that

mean for a general election vote? well, an indication perhaps that there have been a lot of tactical voting in terms of going to the liberal democrats would that still happenin democrats would that still happen in a general election? lots questions still to be lots of questions still to be answered as to how this will be interpreted well maybe interpreted come. well maybe a year or 18 months time for the big vote. >> yeah, a year is not a long time at all. but people are saying, analysts are saying that, you know, for rishi sunak it wasn't quite as bad as it could have been. i mean, they lost two, they won one. and there were predictions that it was going to be a bit of a wipe—out for the tories in these three by elections. so it is a little bit of a life raft for the tory party at the moment. but both labour and the lib dems , they are very clear today. they are saying that the tories are on track to lose the next general election. labour's win in selby and unseat the second biggest swing in a by—election on record. and that's only just

behind ed when tony blair took back dudley west in 1994, labour very optimistic today. back dudley west in 1994, labour very optimistic today . they very optimistic today. they believe that if they can get it right in selby, which they very clearly have, they can get it right everywhere . right everywhere. >> let's just reflect that this scene that we're looking at in nonh scene that we're looking at in north yorkshire, this is just some 90 miles from the prime minister's own constituency in richmond in north yorkshire. so clearly there might be some food for thought for rishi sunak, who does enjoy a majority there of some 27,000. but in terms of the message that he's taken away , he message that he's taken away, he spoke to broadcasters earlier saying by elections mid—term is for an incumbent government always difficult , they rarely always difficult, they rarely win them. the message i take away, he said, is that we've got to double down, stick to our plan and deliver for people. let's bring olivia back in at westminster. the difficulty olivia , for the prime minister's olivia, for the prime minister's approach in that is that it's not been delivered so far, particularly of course on stop

the boats . well absolutely. the boats. well absolutely. >> the prime minister has had these five priorities, which he's been talking about since, i think it's january . he thinks think it's january. he thinks that if he keeps doubling down on those and keeps proving that he's deliver on those, then it is possible, as he says, that the next election isn't a done deal that the conservatives deal and that the conservatives would as say, though , would win. as you say, though, those five priorities aren't turning out too well. the prime minister has this week managed to get the rwanda legislation through that small boats legislation. it hasn't been amended too much. the laws didn't do too much damage it. didn't do too much damage to it. but there are still quite a few hurdles that that the legislation to get over legislation has to get over before actually before we will actually see flights departing for rwanda. we can expect another court case. we can expect it to go to the high court. so even that that sort of his his the centre of his policy pledge and he isn't really managing to do very much on that at all. as for halving inflation, well, yes, we have seen inflation dip down from

8.3% to 7.9. and rishi sunak is really keen to shout about that . but it was 11% at the beginning of the year and he has a lot a long way to go before it's down at sort of five and a half, which is what he needs. the glimmer of hope, of course, for rishi sunak is that they did win that uxbridge by—election. they'd almost written it off on the grounds because the the grounds that because the polls were showing a sort of 20 point swing to labour holding on to a constituency with a majority of 7000 like uxbridge looked like it was going to be very difficult indeed. but actually what happened on the ground was given that uxbridge is london borough , it is an outer london borough, it would be very, very affected by the ulez charge. that £12, 50 charge on older polluting vehicles coming into central london. sadiq khan is very unpopular in seats like uxbridge. and it seems as though that uxbridge byelection was essentially a referendum on ulez. so it's pretty difficult for rishi sunak to sort of

extract collate that something which is very much a local issue to a general election scenario . to a general election scenario. his hope perhaps, is that he can find enough sort of wedge issues as they call it, local important issues , that he can issues, that he can differentiate himself and a lot of clear blue water between himself and keir starmer in enough seats around the country to be able to squeak a win that feels like it's his best hope now. but the problem is that thatis now. but the problem is that that is much easier said than done. are local issues done. there are local issues obviously, affect obviously, which affect different constituencies, but overall all we are seeing a trend to labour and of course the selby byelection was perhaps the selby byelection was perhaps the most important . the lib the most important. the lib dems. we could expect them to be resurgent south—west resurgent in the south—west where were previously had a where they were previously had a big stronghold. somerton big stronghold. so in somerton they very well in they also do very well in by elections. tories can elections. so the tories can sort about explain away sort of just about explain away that loss. in selby that somerton loss. but in selby , overturning a 20,000 tory majority , that feels as though majority, that feels as though that's where the momentum is. that's where that's where the country is looking. they are looking towards labour and i think we can expect keir starmer

to be sounding pretty victorious this morning. >> and of course the tory mp , >> and of course the tory mp, they're effectively going off in a huff after not getting his his peerage from boris johnson. but rishi sunak today in number ten, mulling through all these issues, has he got a bit of time in that? we are now of course in the parliamentary recess so perhaps we haven't got those panicking backbenchers that we're on him. we're putting pressure on him. he's got weeks to try and he's got a few weeks to try and unsettle the ship. if >> well, i think it's a bit of a mixed bag for rishi sunak in that respect. yes, he gets a little bit of time away from his backbenches. and so, yes, they won't be putting pressure on him every day in the house of commons. that said , when mps go commons. that said, when mps go home to their constituencies, they start to pick up when they're there for a sort of long penod they're there for a sort of long period of time, 6 or 7 weeks, they begin to pick up the mood on the ground. and if it turns out, as the polls would imply, that the mood on the ground is pretty angry with the conservatives you might find that back after the that we get back after the summer recess find that

summer recess to find that mps are righteously furious are sort of righteously furious with prime minister and with their prime minister and are all the concerns are passing on all the concerns and anger from their own constituents . so yes, rishi constituents. so yes, rishi sunak has given himself a little bit breathing room, but the bit of breathing room, but the situation he gets back situation when he gets back after the recess be even after the recess could be even worse than it is today. interesting there was rumours that he was going to reshuffle his cabinet today as a sort of distraction tactic . he has distraction tactic. he has decided now to postpone that reshuffle, but perhaps that's the cat that he's going to pull out of the bag when his mps come back from recess boiling over with rage from their constituents. perhaps a big reshuffle to take the headlines away from him will be his answer i >> -- >> we're lam >> we're still looking at pictures of selby olivia, as we await the arrival of what will be a pretty triumphant looking sir keir starmer. but he has to be a little bit careful as well, doesn't he? because this is the result in uxbridge and ruislip not a sign that labour needs to be a little bit careful when it comes to their green policies

and you know, ulez was clearly not a vote winner for labour at all. they shouldn't be too radical in that area, should they ? well yes, this is what lot they? well yes, this is what lot of the consensus that seems to be emerging in westminster this morning, the idea that although in theory when people are polled about what they think about green politics, they are very keen for net zero. >> they're very keen for any sort of policy that will bring vehicle down. what the vehicle emissions down. what the uxbndge vehicle emissions down. what the uxbridge prove uxbridge result seems to prove is that when push comes to shove , are actually more , people are actually more concerned the money in concerned about the money in their wallets, which you can understand middle of understand in the middle of a cost living crisis. the other cost of living crisis. the other issue for keir starmer, which might even more salient given might be even more salient given that the ulez issue that of course the ulez issue only really applies to london, is that keir starmer is offering didn't manage to cut through local concerns in the uxbridge constituency. if we were seeing a sort of blairite swing to towards labour of the kind that we saw in 1997, then these sort

of very ultra local concerns about, you know, £12.50 a day would melt into nothingness against the tide of excitement towards a new labour government, with huge plans for the country. but as it was , yes, labour managed. >> olivia i'm just going to interrupt you. we've just got applause at selby, which means i think that the labour leader is on his way, sir keir starmer of course this location near the leisure centre we think is where the result was. the vote last night with that . and and there night with that. and and there were all cheers and there are the claps as he heads across with in fact angela rayner we didn't know whether she would be joining him because she was doing the tour of the television studios this morning, bringing labour's reaction to this labour saying that a similar swing across the country as seen here would result in the party winning more seats than tony blair did back in the landslide

in 1997, which they advocate. why we are getting this reaction from labour supporters. there >> walking in between them is selby announced his new labour mp, 25 year old keir martha looking absolutely delighted as you might expect. let's let's just take in these scenes here. here will be the youngest mp in the commons after overturning a 20,000 plus majority . we are 20,000 plus majority. we are expecting the labour leader to speak any second, but they're just taking in the moment, aren't they? and it is quite a moment . the way that selby and moment. the way that selby and ainsty doesn't that sound good? >> doesn't that sound good? >> doesn't that sound good? >> and today is a day of firsts. this is the i'm the first leader to say labour, selby and ainsty ever.

to say labour, selby and ainsty ever . it's the first time we've ever. it's the first time we've won here. it's the first time we've overturned a 20,000 majority be the biggest majority we've ever turned over in the history of the labour party. absolutely . and because i'm absolutely. and because i'm always saying no complacent . always saying no complacent. see, it's the first time ever i've been able to say, well done , keir keir mather , the mp, the , keir keir mather, the mp, the new mp. >> fantastic . >> fantastic. >> fantastic. >> and i want to address those that voted for us yesterday directly because because you voted for change. you put your trust in the labour party and we hear you. we hear that cry for change away from the chaos , away change away from the chaos, away from those rising bills , the from those rising bills, the crumbling public services , a cry crumbling public services, a cry for change and we will deliver. we will deliver for through keir

mather here and will deliver with the next labour government. yes . because this labour party yes. because this labour party has changed and what happened yesterday is vindicate version of that change. the priorities of that change. the priorities of working people are our priority 80s and that's why people are prepared to put their trust in the labour party. they want a party in a government focussed on their priorities of jobs, of health, of public services, of opportunities for everyone wherever they are. so by changing our party, listening to voters, we've shown what a changed labour party can do. this should never have been a by—election caused by the chaos the division, the infighting in the division, the infighting in the tory party and that's why so many people have said to us they want change and they want to see politics as a force for good. and we will deliver that change.

we will see politics as a force for good with the next labour government, with keir mather here as the mp coming into parliament. thank you so much . parliament. thank you so much. >> i'm going to pass over to andrew rayner . >> i'm going to pass over to andrew rayner. thank you. and i won't speak for long. >> i'm in a sandwich of kids but it's nice to have a two kids as labour mps going forward and it is to the thanks of the people of selby and for the trust that they've put in the labour party . and of course it's in rishi sunaks own back garden literally as well , because we've shown as well, because we've shown that we can win in tory areas as well, because the labour party has changed, we are listened to the voters, we're listening to their priorities and we know that they want to see a credible plan to take us into the future, not just for today's problems which have been caused by the conservatives and the 13 years of their disastrous rule, but

also a plan for the future for our young people , for jobs, for our young people, for jobs, for productivity , for our public productivity, for our public services that we've seen that has been completely run down after 13 years. and it's great to be in a keir sandwich and it's and it's absolutely brilliant to see so many people here today and to thank those voters who came out and gave keir the support that they gave him. he knows he's got to work hard. he knows that it starts right now, not getting elected was one thing, but actually the work starts now . now and the work starts now. now and the trust that the people here have put into care and to put into the labor party, we say thank you and we will make sure that we make you proud so that you will vote for keir come the general election and get both these kids into parliament again. and get this, keir, as prime minister. so and i want to just say a huge, incredible thank you for the work you've done, keir, and hand you over to the new mp for salisbury, keir.

thank you . thank you. >> well , thank you all so much >> well, thank you all so much for being here and i want to start by saying thank you to the people of selby and ainsty all those people who've put their trust in labour, many for the very time. very first time. >> is the privilege of my >> it is the privilege of my life to serve you in parliament and will be working tirelessly and i will be working tirelessly every faith every day to repay the faith that shown me. i that you've shown in me. and i also want to thank all of the activists who are gathered here today, because we have made history in this campaign , and i history in this campaign, and i am so incredibly proud of every single one of you overturning the largest majority since the second world war is no mean feat . but it's testament to the . but it's a testament to the fact we worked fact that we have worked incredibly get out on incredibly hard to get out on the doorstep, spread that positive of message positive of hopeful message about labour mp and a about what a labour mp and a

labour government deliver labour government can deliver for people. and i could not be prouder of the campaign that we've when we we've delivered. i mean, when we start , had nobody thought that start, had nobody thought that we overturn a 20,000 vote we could overturn a 20,000 vote conservative majority in this seat, and through your dedication and by going out and speaking voters and making speaking to voters and making that have it that case, we have made it possible. people are feeling positive. they are feeling enthusiastic about the future and about the potential that a hard labour mp and hard working labour mp and eventually a labour government can is the absolute can bring it is the absolute privilege my life to be able privilege of my life to be able to serve the people of selby and ainsty i cannot to get ainsty and i cannot wait to get started. thank you . all started. so thank you. all against isolation. yeah, absolutely. >> should we step on the stage ? >> should we step on the stage? >> should we step on the stage? >> are we looking at a future prime minister? there 25 year old keir mather , who has been old keir mather, who has been elected as mp for selby and ainsty, the deputy leader, angela rayner , sandwiched

angela rayner, sandwiched between the two kyrees who says that, you know, we are now in the prime minister's own back garden. they have over turned that huge 20,000 majority in the nonh that huge 20,000 majority in the north yorkshire constituency keir mather saying it is the privilege of his life to serve people now in parliament. >> many congratulations for him there from the supporters . he there from the supporters. he will, as pip says, have this title, the baby of the house. it's not pejorative term that is like the father of the house to indicate he will be the youngest mp, but certainly a pretty mature approach there in his speech , as sir keir starmer , the speech, as sir keir starmer, the leader of the party, also meets people in this particular constituency, as he indicates there, this historic overturning of the majority, the biggest since 1945. let's bring olivia back in. down at westminster and olivia. obviously, everyone will be trying to interpret or she's

not there at the moment. but let's let's reflect that they're trying to interpret the numbers. one of the interesting facts is that when they're trying to work out people have voting out if people have been voting tactically early, that lib tactically early, that the lib dem vote here in north yorkshire down on 5, although obviously in the west country. sir keir starmer, they i think just about to speak the result here in selby and ainsty is absolutely incredible. >> it's the first time that the labour party in its history has overturned a 20,000 majority in a former conservative seat. and i think it shows that after we've now changed the party, we can win anywhere, including in places that were tory strongholds . so i know the strongholds. so i know the people in this constituency have put their trust in the labour party in keir mather as the new mp, and we will deliver on that trust . trust. >> there's no guarantee that you're the next new prime minister. you're the next prime minister. you're the next prime minister. well every vote has to

be earned . be earned. >> but this is an incredible result. never in the history of the labour party have we overturned a 20,000 majority in a tory heartland. so i know that we have to go forward from here. we have to continue with that positive message. we have to earn every vote. but last night many, many people put their trust in the labour party and we know as we go forward that we must continue to earn the trust and to deliver if we get the chance in a labour government on the very many aspirations of people in this institusi . oh, people in this institusi. oh, the priorities for this constituency are to ensure that everybody has the opportunity to get on. the public services are working well, that the economy grows and that there's a sense of a country moving forward. and so this is a big step forward towards the general election. never before in our history have we done this. i'm very, very proud of the team here. >> i think you can be get on

with it. i'll be watching . with it. i'll be watching. >> well, this is sir keir starmer answering the reporters questions as he was just indicating there in that little clip that this is significant for labour in terms of that overturning of the majority. but the key question, of course, for all the parties, including laboun all the parties, including labour, is can they actually convert these wins at by elections into a general elections into a general election result? >> yeah, let's speak to the pollster joe twyman >> yeah, let's speak to the pollsterjoe twyman now. he is the co founder and director of delta poll. good afternoon to you, joe. well it's been quite a night, quite a day so far. we've just seen the labour leader, sir keir starmer. absolutely triumphant there, saying that we can now where win anywhere,

including in tory strongholds is he right by reading the results like that? >> well , like that? >> well, certainly it's a very good result for labour. there he talks about the 20,000 majority that they overturned, but actually the more interesting fact is the fact that the swing was 24. now labour have not achieved a swing in percentage terms of that magnitude since tony blair's time between 1994 and 1997. and that's important because come the next election , because come the next election, by historical standards , keir by historical standards, keir starmers labour party will have to achieve a swing in excess of what tony blair achieved in 1997 just to get a majority of two. now, many people watching will say, oh well, the circumstances are different now from 1997 and that's true, but it doesn't change the fact that by historical standards, the task facing labour remains enormous andifs facing labour remains enormous and it's results like last night, which will really embolden them. but at the same

time to not win in somewhere like uxbridge shows that it's very much a mixed picture and nothing can be taken for granted at this stage and is part of the problem. >> when you actually try and extrapolate from these various byelections that people do vote tactically in the by elections for whatever reason in and therefore it's difficult to try and assess what that means for a bigger picture over the whole country. >> well, it's very dangerous to extrapolate the performance of any party in a by—election to what it might be at a general election, as you say by elections are weird and wonderful in many ways, not least because people are far more likely vote tactically more likely to vote tactically there they would there than they would nationally. but you have hyper local issues that can have a big impact, such as we saw in uxbridge. and although they take place at a time when the government and the other parties are not actively campaigning for are not actively campaigning for a general election, so we would expect things to change perhaps dramatically by the time that a

general election comes around. but there's no guarantee that that change will be to the favour of one party or another. really because, you know, we're being told we might just be 12 months out from a general election, which is not that long in political terms. >> a lot of analysts are >> and a lot of analysts are saying, know, the saying, look, you know, the government doesn't have awful government doesn't have an awful lot deliver on those lot of time to deliver on those five promises that have been made months. made 12 months. >> mean we might conceivably >> i mean, we might conceivably have only three months. >> exactly. >> yeah, exactly. >> yeah, exactly. >> general election. >> the next general election. i mean, really there are mean, i think really there are plausible arguments for a general election this autumn. next may, or the following autumn. now, it doesn't mean that this autumn is the most plausible of arguments, but there are arguments to be made. and i think the set of results that we saw yesterday will have a huge impact on the thinking in downing street about when that election should take place, because as you say, there's really not a lot of time remaining. there's only a maxim of so it has to of 18 months. so it has to happen at some point. the key calculate for downing street now is at what are things not

is at what point are things not going to get any better and people have speculated about that over the over the last few days and weeks. there was a very convincing article by danny finkelstein that said that may next year might be the best time to do it, to coincide with the with the local elections and the london mayoral elections. and given that it said uxbridge was a referendum on ulez, perhaps that could help them in london. but not delivering on on promises before that could be could be damaging. and i think that the momentum that the victory in selby will give the labour party could well last now throughout the summer into the into the party conference season , simply because of the because of the timing. of course, it could have been worse if the conservatives had lost all three seats. that momentum , i imagine, seats. that momentum, i imagine, would been greater . would have been even greater. but not clear when but it's still not clear when the best for the the best time for the conservatives to hold the election will be. and i'm not sure it will ever be particularly clear . particularly clear. >> okay. well, thank you very

much indeed for that. so we'll put those dates in our diary and we will book you for those particular programmes and see what happens. but thanks very much indeed for that analysis. more analysis come and also more analysis to come and also more reports from the constituencies will be in uxbndge constituencies will be in uxbridge of course, held uxbridge. of course, they held on power conservatives there on to power conservatives there and johnson's old seat, and boris johnson's old seat, but just how is the weather but only just how is the weather looking fare for them that warm feeling inside from boxt boilers proud sponsors of weather on . gb news. >> hello, it's aidan mcgivern here from the met office. with the gb news forecast, sunny spells in 1 or 2 spots today, but quite a few showers once again. and then turning more generally later as generally unsettled later as some weather systems move in and they're going to bring a breezy and damp weekend, certainly through much of saturday ahead of those weather systems. showers breaking out, especially across northern scotland into parts of southern scotland ,

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have been called off. that has come from the london mayor, sadiq khan . the rmt has also sadiq khan. the rmt has also suspended planned strikes on london underground next week. disruption had been expected across tube services from this sunday through to next saturday, with little to no trains between tuesday and friday. so it was due to cause huge disruption. >> sadiq khan saying i want to thank the rmt aslef and unite who've worked really hard or closely with tfl to pull these strikes off negotiations are what it's all about. maybe a bit of a hidden message there in terms of what may or may not happen on the trains, but we'll get more the headlines now get more in the headlines now with tatiana . with tatiana. >> mark, thank you very much and good afternoon. this is the latest from the gb newsroom. rishi sunak has suffered a double by—election loss with labour and the liberal democrats, both overturning majorities of more than 20,000 and labour won. selby and ainsty

and labour won. selby and ainsty and the lib dems took somerton and the lib dems took somerton and frome on sizeable swings. the prime minister says the conservatives, by—election victory in uxbridge and south ruislip boris johnson's old seat shows the next general election isn't a done deal. he said the defeats were far from favourable, but he plans to double down and deliver for the people more . more on that people more. more on that breaking news next week. strikes on the london underground have been called off. london's mayor sadiq khan has thanked the rmt aslef and unite unions who worked closely with the transport for london. he said this is what you can achieve when you work with and not against unions. tenants are feeling the squeeze as landlords in and outside of london increase rents by between 3 and £500 per year. the average asking price for rents outside of london has risen by £308, with an average price per month of £1,200, while landlords in the capital have increased their asking price by £559, with the

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radio. >> welcome back to the live desk here on gb news with more reaction to these byelection results , london mayor sadiq khan results, london mayor sadiq khan has defended added that controversial ulez or ultra low emission zone policy after labour party had blamed the policy for their byelection defeat in uxbridge. labour deputy leader angela rayner and steve reid, a frontbencher, saying that as significant factor in their defeat while the new tory mp steve tuckwell, describing it as a referendum on ulez . ulez. >> well, let's go live to uxbndge >> well, let's go live to uxbridge now and speak to gb news national reporter paul hawkins . paul, what's been the hawkins. paul, what's been the reaction there? because the tories clearly ran uxbridge as a single issue campaign. but they're going to struggle to replicate that elsewhere in the country, aren't they? paul we've lost you. okay, we'll we'll try

and rejoin paul in just a second. he will have had plenty to say. but let's just recap on on what we've been seeing in the last few moments, which is the labour leader , sir keir starmer, labour leader, sir keir starmer, in a in selby and ainsty in nonh in a in selby and ainsty in north yorkshire. hayley labour's by—election victory . he's been by—election victory. he's been there this morning with the deputy leader, angela rayner , deputy leader, angela rayner, and he says that we can win anywhere now, including in tory strongholds. he described it sir keir starmer as an increase credible result, overturning a majority of over 20,000 in a tory heartland right near. interestingly, the prime minister constituency and just return to uxbridge just to fill you in on what sadiq khan is saying, the london mayor saying he was disappointed labour had not won there, but backing his policies today, that the policies today, saying that the £12.50 charge for drivers in specific zones, he was determined to clear the air in london. >> but clearly he's cleared the

constituency for labour in terms of that 495 seat or vote majority that the tories have won. more reaction . we'll get won. more reaction. we'll get back to paul shortly, but let's update you on what's been happening elsewhere in the country because the king and queen, of course, are visiting wales. yesterday, as we were telling you the first time, of course, the coronation, course, since the coronation, their met local their majesty has met local farmers oldest farmers at the oldest agricultural in the agricultural society in the country, back to 1755. >> our royal correspondent cameron walker was there . cameron walker was there. >> it's not every day you see an alpaca standing casually next to the king and queen, but these breconshire farmers. a royal visit is a chance to pull out all the stops . the late queen all the stops. the late queen first visited breconshire agriculture society in 1955. since then, charles as prince of wales became their patron, and he's continuing that role as king, as well as alpaca and prize winning goats. their majesties viewed a demonstration

of sheep shearing the king and queen also spoke to local food and drink producers with sustainability and organic farming holding a special place in his heart, king charles met representatives from black mountain college, which has courses specially in adapting to what some describe as a climate emergency . emergency. >> his majesty has a long record of championing sustainability and agricultural approaches to farming. so we're delighted that he's taking an interest and we hope he'll help spread the word. >> their majesty spent a good hour at the agricultural show, serenaded by a male voice choir, keeping with the theme of sustainability and a staple of any royal engagement , the king any royal engagement, the king was invited to add some soil to an oak sapling. it'll later be replanted in the brecon county showground. conservative member of the welsh senate for brecon and radnorshire james evans thinks the king will continue to have a special relationship with wales . wales. >> the king really wants to embed himself in wales. i mean,

his mother did before and he's going carry that on. he was going to carry that on. he was a phenomenal of wales and phenomenal prince of wales and he's that on as he's to going carry that on as king hopefully we'll see king and hopefully we'll see that coming forward the new that coming forward in the new prince of wales and his son as well. >> yesterday's county show in brecon only a small taster brecon was only a small taster for the king and queen to enjoy. see, the event is scheduled see, the main event is scheduled for the 5th of august, for saturday, the 5th of august, where people are where up to 12,000 people are expected to attend. cameron walker gb news brecon . walker gb news brecon. >> well, it looks like the hottest june on record boosted retail sales because they rose by 0.7% last month, defeating forecasts for a mere nought point 2% rise. >> but government borrowing in june less than expected, marking the third highest june on record. still what does it mean? good, bad or indifferent? let's get the latest now. the economics and business editor liam halligan with on the money . a splurge in the sunshine. >> kind of a mixed picture with the latest economic data out

this morning. the latest economic data out this morning . both official and this morning. both official and unofficial . so what we learned unofficial. so what we learned is that in june , retail sales, is that in june, retail sales, as you say, pip, they in volume terms, they were up 0.7. that's compared to may. so that's month on month . but if you look over on month. but if you look over the year , june 2023 compared to the year, june 2023 compared to june 2022, retail sales volumes were actually down by 1. we did see a bounce back in food sales last month, partly linked to the weather. as you say, mark. but overall, if you look at consumer confidence in july, these official numbers are forjune. official numbers are for june. if you look at surveys of consumer confidence so far in july , particularly by the july, particularly by the consultancy gfk , a very consultancy gfk, a very respected consultancy , they're respected consultancy, they're actually pretty down. all right . and there is a sense now that endless interest rate rises. we've had 13. we've probably got another interest rate rise in early august, august the 3rd, when the monetary policy committee next gets back together. plus those frozen tax thresholds which are dragging

more and more people into higher tax bands. you know, the british consumer is pretty resilient. a lot of people are borrowing more money so they carry on money so they can carry on spending, maintain their lifestyles. are signs lifestyles. but there are signs that to slow down that it's starting to slow down now actually the now, which is what actually the bank wants us to do in bank perhaps wants us to do in terms of hitting inflation to some degree. but it's pretty clear of living crisis clear this cost of living crisis is ongoing, though we just is ongoing, even though we just had inflation numbers 7.9% had lower inflation numbers 7.9% in june compared to 8.7% the month before. but i've been talking to a lot of business leaders , particularly those leaders, particularly those small and medium sized enterprises that we like to champion here on gb news. and it is pretty clear that a lot for a lot of small business owners, like consumers, they're finding the going tough as well here is alan sodi of the federation of small businesses. >> there is a cost of living crisis affecting consumers, but there is a cost of doing business crisis as well, particularly affecting smaller businesses who don't have the big pockets of big, large global corporates and that higher

interest rates , it's inflation, interest rates, it's inflation, it's the highest tax burden for 70 years. the only way out of thatis 70 years. the only way out of that is to ease some of that burden, to have policies in place from government and from others that actually allow these businesses to have more of the money that they take to spend to invest, to create jobs, invest, to grow, to create jobs, and to get back and ultimately to get back economic recovery . economic recovery. >> you've also got something to tell us about government debt, how that looks at the moment. so the retail sales figures aren't bad. >> the government debt figures, well, sort of in the round, they're quite worrying. they're actually a lot better than people expect. and so the government, the british government borrowed £18.5 billion in june. how much is that? well, one p on the basic rate of income tax raises about 6 billion. so it's the same equivalent to tax revenue from £0.03 on the basic rate of income tax for a whole year. the government just borrowed that in one single month. that is though 0.4 billion. so 400 million less

than in june 2022. so it's not as bad, but it is still the third highest june on record in terms of government borrowing . terms of government borrowing. and this is the really worrying thing for me. so we borrowed £18.5 billion as a government last month. debt interest payments . last month, the debt payments. last month, the debt service on interest payments on government debt was 12.5 billion. so get that almost two thirds of the money that we borrowed last year, we used that to pay the interest on money that we've previously borrowed. and this goes to and you know, the these this debt number for juneis the these this debt number for june is a little bit lower than the obr expected. so now everyone says, oh, tax cuts with loads of room for tax cuts. there's loads of money. no we're just a little bit less indebted than we thought we were. and a lot of that now is being lot of that debt now is being accumulated in order pay the accumulated in order to pay the interest existing debt. interest on existing debt. >> just to give the bigger >> and just to give the bigger picture, number. and picture, the bigger number. and it big number in terms of it is a big number in terms of the debt versus what we can earn in economy . me, as you would in the economy. me, as you would do household , you know,

do in your household, you know, what i bringing home as what am i bringing home as opposed i'm paying out. opposed to what i'm paying out. it's 100.8% of gdp the it's about 100.8% of gdp the first time it's reached those sorts of levels since 1961. >> so we've known that for a couple of months. so the number i just said that 18.5 billion, thatis i just said that 18.5 billion, that is the amount of extra borrowing in one month. but that of course adds to a big pile of debt and that pile of debt is now around £25 trillion. that's £2,500 billion. and that, of course , is bigger than the size course, is bigger than the size of the economy in a whole year. we don't have to pay all that debt off immediate. we pay it off over many, many years . and off over many, many years. and there many countries, italy there are many countries, italy , france, where the debt is even bigger than that. but it is unusual to have the uk with a debt at this size and it just means that the more interest rates go up, the more interest payments, the government has to make on these debts, the less money for nurses, doctors,

school meals and everything else that we want to spend on. >> there is a little bit of hope, glimmer that interest hope, a glimmer that interest rates at the beginning of august might up by quite as much might not go up by quite as much as us have been calling as some of us have been calling for to not raise for this for months to not raise interest rates any more. for this for months to not raise inteand rates any more. for this for months to not raise inteand there'sny more. for this for months to not raise inteand there's certainly when >> and there's certainly when the the inflation figure the when the inflation figure came this week, came out earlier this week, i said, there now be at said, oh, there may now be at least a debate on whether or not interest rates should go up on the of august. still think the 3rd of august. i still think they pip. i don't they will, pip. i don't agree with it. just think the bank with it. i just think the bank of monetary policy of england's monetary policy committee of hasn't got the committee sort of hasn't got the imagination to think outside the box. diversity box. we do need more diversity on committee in terms of the on the committee in terms of the way people think. the you could construct a really good argument now done 13 interest now that we've done 13 interest rate and the economy's rate rises and the economy's already we've got 0% already stalled, we've got 0% growth. you know, just let's growth. so you know, just let's see how it goes rather than imposing more pain. but unfortunately , i think there unfortunately, i do think there will another interest rate will be another interest rate rise 3rd of august. they rise on the 3rd of august. they possibly quarter point possibly just a quarter point rather a half point. rather than a half point. >> well, at least >> well, that is at least something. thank you, liam. >> liam, thank you. a bit of

breaking news coming in from the gulf at the open hoylake breaking news coming in from the guliverpool.)pen hoylake breaking news coming in from the guliverpool.)pen yes, hoylake breaking news coming in from the guliverpool. )pen yes, just ylake in liverpool. and yes, just stop oil have been putting their orange stamp that particular orange stamp on that particular event. it looks as if it might be the 17th hole where they've used this sort of orange paint or powder to actually interrupt play or powder to actually interrupt play . are indications that play. are indications that police have led at least two people away with their latest protest. we think play is back underway , but clearly the latest underway, but clearly the latest out in terms of intervention in these sporting events and they said they had intelligence. the royal liverpool , that something royal liverpool, that something may be happening, but they've targeted the 17th hole it seems. but play back underway the last time they targeted a sport event was at wimbledon, wasn't it, when they threw jigsaw pieces is dunng when they threw jigsaw pieces is during play and i actually thought there'd be far too busy in london because they've been all over the city the last all over the city over the last few days. anyway, latest coming up from liverpool. let's up from liverpool. but let's also got the also reflect that we've got the majority schools breaking up majority of schools breaking up across england and wales for some of week with than across england and wales for s(million week with than across england and wales for

s(million holidaymakers than 2 million holidaymakers predicted go overseas despite 2 million holidaymakers prerheatwave|o overseas despite 2 million holidaymakers prerheatwave affectingis despite 2 million holidaymakers prerheatwave affecting partspite 2 million holidaymakers prerheatwave affecting parts ofe the heatwave affecting parts of it which were now told will be lasting into august . lasting into august. >> but in typical british fashion, those of us who want to stay in the uk can expect up to a month's worth of rain to fall over this weekend in what can only be described as a summer washout. >> i think it's time maybe to blame john kettley once more, don't you, john? let's talk about the heatwave first, because i think we've got the world meteorological organisation, no less, saying this heatwave could actually last into next month into august i >> -- >> well, it's m >> well, it's not long to go, is it, mark? really? we're up to the 21st now. so yes, i think there is more hot weather to come. and of course, as we always say, it is summertime and people go abroad to southern europe in particular for the hot sunshine. the sea. sunshine. they want the sea. they the sand. and we'll they want the sand. and we'll leave that. but they want leave it at that. but they want the weather. that's what the hot weather. that's what they really want. and it's not surprising that temperatures have again, this have been very high. again, this summer. they've been higher than

normal. have. but normal. of course they have. but it's perfect storm in it's been a perfect storm in many ways. hot early in many ways. it was hot early in the summer. in really in the summer. in fact, really in the summer. in fact, really in the spring, we saw very high temperatures to temperatures and that helped to dry it also dry out the ground. it also increased sea temperatures a increased the sea temperatures a little bit higher than normal as well. the jet stream well. and with the jet stream affecting rather down affecting us rather than down there, normally there, which it would normally do in the summer anyway, do in the in the summer anyway, it always fairly placid it would always be fairly placid down in the south of europe at this time the year. not this time of the year. not surprising. had hot surprising. we had the hot weather hot weather is weather and that hot weather is continuing. i think at the continuing. but i think at the moment there just moment there are signs just subtle a change once we subtle signs of a change once we get through to next month. >> explain, because >> and just explain, because we've all these we've been seeing all these pictures italy that pictures from from italy that has suffered from from has suffered terribly from from this yet in this extreme heat. but yet in northern , they've had northern italy, they've now had hailstorms as yeah, well, that's a sign of a breakdown, if you like. >> it's fairly typical at at any time, frankly, that you get the thunderstorms up and around the alps. i mean, i've been at lake garda in the past in what, probably early july and inglorious hot sunshine. and you've seen the thunderstorms raging away to the north,

especially at night. you see the lightning flashing away for hour upon and know, upon hour. and you know, perfectly heavy perfectly well there's heavy rain you say, and rain or hail, as you say, and thunderstorms. not that far away. it's fairly typical. it's what's happening we've got what's happening now. we've got plenty showers across what's happening now. we've got plentjcentral showers across what's happening now. we've got plentjcentral partsowers across what's happening now. we've got plentjcentral parts ofers across what's happening now. we've got plentjcentral parts of europe ss more central parts of europe right now. but down in the south, things aren't really changing in a hurry. but i have to say that temperatures are not quite as high as they've been. they're around 41 now they're up around 40 or 41 now in and many other in malta. and many other southern of europe, southern parts of europe, palermo sort area in palermo and that sort of area in sicily where we've got the record high temperature couple record high temperature a couple of 48.8. it's not of years ago, 48.8. it's not going to get there this year. it's not going to be a record breaking year. i think it's the longevity of this heat wave that's more striking and of that's been more striking and of course, you out, course, it wears you out, doesn't it? it's very tiring being that heat for after day. >> and talking of that longevity and what described as and what they've described as this over europe, this dome sitting over europe, as explained, that's pushed this dome sitting over europe, as jet explained, that's pushed this dome sitting over europe, as jet stream ed, that's pushed this dome sitting over europe, as jet stream further 's pushed this dome sitting over europe, as jet stream further to pushed this dome sitting over europe, as jet stream further to northd the jet stream further to north bnng the jet stream further to north bring us this changeable bring us all this changeable weather the atlantic. and weather across the atlantic. and i warning this i think the warning about this weekend could be a weekend is what could be a month's of rain in the weekend. >> yeah, it's a great media line

that, isn't it? i hate it. really, because you know perfectly well that some places some places are going be much some places are going to be much wetter others. you can talk wetter than others. you can talk about talk about snowdonia, you could talk about snowdonia, you could talk about don't know, the about the, i don't know, the cumbrian and they're cumbrian fells, and they're going awful lot more going to get an awful lot more rain than you will do in in lincoln or something like that. so yes, some places will have an awful rain this weekend. awful lot of rain this weekend. it's havoc with it's going to play havoc with the events. of course, it's going to play havoc with tiknow events. of course, it's going to play havoc with tiknow mark, events. of course, it's going to play havoc with tiknow mark, you'll of course, it's going to play havoc with tiknow mark, you'll be course, it's going to play havoc with tiknow mark, you'll be very se, i know mark, you'll be very interested it's going interested in that. it's going to upset things at old to really upset things at old trafford and it'll pretty trafford and it'll be pretty challenging as well at hoylake, especially tomorrow. so yeah, it is to pretty is going to be a pretty miserable weekend. if we look a little bit further ahead. well, it worse, can it? it can't get any worse, can it? this been unusual this has been a very unusual july being worse than june. august has got to improve, but i'll have back and tell i'll have to come back and tell you when it's going to happen. >> what about the chances an >> what about the chances of an indian summer? is indian summer? because is september is always , isn't it september is always, isn't it traditionally quite a nice month. the early part month. certainly the early part in uk . in the uk. >> september can be very >> yeah. september can be very mixed, but certainly historically we've had some glorious in september glorious weather in september and in the past, if you go back

far enough, 2011 and way before that in 1985, i think the highest temperatures in the country that summer were actually right at the end into late september, beginning of october. it wouldn't be october. so it wouldn't be unusual to get indian summer unusual to get an indian summer if that's you want to call if that's what you want to call it. but but, yes, let's it. but but but, yes, let's let's just look forward to some decent weather coming in decent weather coming up in august i say, it can't august as i say, it can't get any there some any worse. there must be some nice weather far around the nice weather not far around the corner. there's plenty heat corner. there's plenty of heat in yet. so let's look in the sun yet. so let's look forward to some decent spells of sunshine coming back. >> fingers crossed. >> there we go. fingers crossed. yeah. positive note finish yeah. a positive note to finish on. ever, thanks ever so on. john as ever, thanks ever so much that. up, more much for that. coming up, more by—election rishi sunak by—election analysis rishi sunak defiant at sir keir starmer, triumphant tom moore. in a moment , the temperature's rising i >> -- >>a -- >> a boxt solar proud sponsors of weather on . gb news. of weather on. gb news. >> hello. it's aidan mcgivern here from the met office with the gb news forecast. sunny spells in 1 or 2 spots today, but quite a few showers once

again. and then turning more generally unsettled later here as some weather systems move in and they're going to bring a breezy and damp weekend , breezy and damp weekend, certainly through much of saturday ahead of those weather systems. showers breaking out, especially across northern scotland into parts of southern scotland, northern england, the midlands and wales. further south, fewer showers, although you wouldn't rule them out completely. a better chance of seeing some sunny spells. the brighter skies, though. southwest scotland, cumbria , southwest scotland, cumbria, devon and cornwall , where we see devon and cornwall, where we see some brightness. high teens, low 20s still feeling on the 20s but still feeling on the cool side north of cool side in the north of scotland with the breeze and northern more northern ireland as more persistent rain sets in. by the end of the afternoon, that spreads more widely into western scotland. north west england and west wales . by the end of the west wales. by the end of the night and with the cloud and rain moving in, well, it's going to be a slightly milder night, but we'll see some clear spells towards the southeast and the north of scotland where it will be a chilly start. and actually scotland, the north, at least

seeing plenty of bright weather throughout saturday. elsewhere where rain on and off where we've got rain on and off spreading across the country, that rain will heavy and that rain will be heavy and persistent, particularly over western coasts, and it western hills and coasts, and it will be breezy around south western coast with in western coast with gales in exposed spots. so all in all, an unsettled day to come and feeling very much on the cool side . side. >> the temperatures rising, boxt solar the proud sponsors of weather on .

gb news. >> good afternoon. it is 1:00. you are watching the live desk here on gb news. coming up in the next two hours, a damaging night for rishi sunak. >> a double by—election blow. labour triumphant after enjoying a historic victory in yorkshire. what does it mean for a general election? we'll be crunching the numbers as we hear the cry for change. >> labour leader sir keir starmer in selby and ainsty after his party overturned means that tory majority of more than 20,000 the migrant crisis continuing to escalate. >> gb news can reveal more than 1300 people crossed the channel in small boats since tuesday. we're live in portland with the latest .

latest. >> plus , i am in pink mark, >> plus, i am in pink mark, clearly isn't, but it does give you a clue as to what we are going to be talking about. it has been dubbed bodenheimer day. we'll be chatting to moviegoers on this massive weekend for cinema. we're very excited. before all that, here's your headunes before all that, here's your headlines with tatiana . pip. headlines with tatiana. pip. >> thank you very much and good afternoon. this is the latest from the newsroom. rishi sunak has suffered a double by—election loss with labour and the lib democrats, both overturning majorities of more than 20,000. labour won selby and ainsty and the lib dems took somerton and frome on sizeable swings. the prime minister says the conservatives by—election victory in uxbridge and south ruislip boris johnson's old seat shows the next general election is not a done deal. he said the defeats were far from favourable, but he plans to double down and deliver for the

people all next week. strikes on the london underground have been called off. the union say progress has been made in talks on pensions and working conditions , although conditions, although negotiations are still ongoing with acas as they attempt to come to a resolution. london's mayor sadiq khan has thanked the rmt and aslef and the unite unions , who worked closely with unions, who worked closely with transport for london. he said. this is what you can achieve when you work with and not against unions. when you work with and not against unions . department against unions. department stores and furniture sellers had a good month as sales were higher than expected in june. figures from the ons found that retail industry did better than expected last month . sales in expected last month. sales in supermarkets were also a driving force behind the bounce back . force behind the bounce back. growth still fell annually, but at its slowest rate since the beginning of the war in ukraine. tenants are feeling the squeeze as landlords in and outside of london increase rents by between three and £500 per year. the average asking price for rents outside of london has risen by

£308, with an average price per month of 1200, while landlords in the capital have increased their asking price by £559, with their asking price by £559, with the average monthly rent at just over 2500 pounds. parents struggling with child care will receive what the government is calling more properly and fairly funded support. calling more properly and fairly funded support . the chancellor, funded support. the chancellor, jeremy hunt, announced new measures in the budget in march , which will see some families claiming 30 hours of free childcare per week from april next year working parents of two year olds will be able to access 50 hours of free childcare to be extended to working parents of all children older than nine months from september next year . ukraine's president vladimir zelenskyy has sacked his country's ambassador to the uk. vadym prystaiko was reportedly dismissed after publicly criticising the president . s criticising the president. s response to a row over gratitude for british military aid . for british military aid.

earlier this month. defence secretary ben wallace said the uk and the us were not amazon when it came to kiev's request for weapons and military equipment. he called mr zelenskyy's promise to thank the uk defence minister every morning unhealthy sarcasm. kyiv gave no official reason for the dismissal mean . while the white dismissal mean. while the white house has confirmed ukraine is using us cluster bombs against russian forces in the country, national security spokesperson john kirby says they're being used effectively against russian defence and operations cluster munitions, which are banned in more than 100 countries released large numbers of smaller bomblets that can kill over a wide area . those that fail to wide area. those that fail to explode pose a danger far into the future as the us agreed to supply them to boost ukraine's ammunition supplies as holidaymakers have been warned not to touch dead birds on welsh beaches as concerns rise over a bird flu outbreak in recent weeks , reports of bird carcases

weeks, reports of bird carcases washing up on shores in west and nonh washing up on shores in west and north wales have increased as wild bird colony around the uk continue to be affected . and the continue to be affected. and the welsh climate change minister juue welsh climate change minister julie james described the situation as heart wrenching. she said it's important people don't help spread the disease further . and don't help spread the disease further. and finally, liam o'prey has been found guilty of murdering boxing heavyweight champion tyson fury's cousin . champion tyson fury's cousin. the 22 year old was convicted at manchester crown court for killing 31 year old rico burton on mr burton was fatally stabbed in greater manchester in august last year during a brawl. police had described the attack as senseless and unplanned . you're senseless and unplanned. you're with gb news. we'll bring you more as it happens. now it's back to mark and .

back to mark and. pip >> so the political hangover after the night before. a difficult time for rishi sunak and the conservative party . and the conservative party. after suffering heavy defeats, labour triumphant after overturning a tory majority of 20,000 in yorkshire. >> despite the disappointing count, rishi sunak struck a fairly upbeat tone, saying his party's victory in uxbridge and south ruislip by just 495 votes shows the next general election is not a done deal. >> but as all parties crunch the numbers, conservative party chairman greg hands admitted they need to regain the trust and confidence of voters ahead of any general election . of any general election. >> well, let's get the latest from our gb news reporters who are all over the country today having followed these by—election results. we've got olivia utley at westminster, jeff moody in somerton and frome , anna riley, who's in selby and ainsty, and also paul hawkins in uxbridge. so let's start with you, anna, in selby. where to

keys have been. congrats elated by by voters today . by by voters today. >> they certainly have. yes. i'm here at selby football club where speeches were given by keir starmer keir mather, the new labour mp for selby and ainsty and also angela rayner. she stood in the middle of the both and joked that she was part of a keir starmer message. the message from labour here was that they feel victorious. they were putting really proud of this landslide victory. we know we've been saying before, but it's the largest majority party reversed at a by—election the conservative had a majority of 20,137, so labour are feeling very pleased here and it's known as a tory heartland in this area or in north yorkshire, selby and ainsty the makeup of it. it's three small, fairly small towns

and mainly rural villages , and mainly rural villages, fairly affluent as well , that fairly affluent as well, that normally do vote conservative. this seat was created in 2010. nigel adams has been mp conservative mp ever since it was created and he stood down last month after he didn't get a peerage and that speaking to people here, did anger many people. he said that he was going to stand down in in time for the next election , but for the next election, but people felt a bit adrift, really not having their mp . and it was not having their mp. and it was something that keir starmer said in his speech here today. he said it was a real for success labour because he said because of conservative infighting that this by—election was actually called. so a success for them . called. so a success for them. but now what they need to do is hold that success so keir mather needs to show that he can deliver for the area up until that next general election and keep the seat. i've been out speaking to people in selby this

morning and this is what they had to say about how they voted and what they wanted from their next mp . next mp. >> time for change. yeah >> time for change. yeah >> and did you vote for labour? >> and did you vote for labour? >> i did. i did vote for labour. first time. i voted for ten years. and yeah, so it's worked out well on it. >> and what made you go out and vote for just want a change, think. >> time for a change on that country. i think countries in its dire straits and i think time for a change. >> disgusted, as i said, i hope, keir, i hope the prime minister knows that the people didn't vote for him. we only voted for one man. >> and who? and who did you vote for ? for? >>i for? >> i actually voted for the yorkshire party, but i'm afraid i don't think anybody's happy with having a prime minister that we've got. the way it was done , people vote for the prime done, people vote for the prime minister's, not the mps. >> i feel it's just a little too

young to represent me . i feel my young to represent me. i feel my mps have a bit more life experience. yes. >> and who did you vote for, if you don't mind me asking? >> i voted conservative. >> i voted conservative. >> well, there we are. thank you for that up in yorkshire. but let's in terms of political balance , go to a conservative balance, go to a conservative victory , but only just and let's victory, but only just and let's speak to paul in uxbridge for hundred and 95 votes in it, paul and being seen perhaps as a referendum on ulez. >> absolutely . that's that's >> absolutely. that's that's that's don't take my word for it. take it from the deputy leader of the labour party, angela rayner, who herself admitted and steve reed, who's also in the shadow cabinet. they are saying this is all to do with ulez. that's what all the candidates that standing candidates that were standing here to make here in uxbridge wanted to make about indeed that's what about and indeed that's what that's about. in that's what it was all about. in the 495 votes, still a the end, 495 votes, still a swing to labour 6.7. but the swing to labour of 6.7. but the conservative party hanging on steve tuckwell the winner in the end. he's now the new mp for uxbndge end. he's now the new mp for uxbridge and south ruislip . he uxbridge and south ruislip. he campaigned on ulez and i'll come

to what ulez is for those who don't know who don't live in london in just a moment, but he also campaigned on being a very local man. he's born in the borough, schooled in the borough, schooled in the borough, borough . borough, works in the borough. he's royal mail he's a former royal mail manager, deputy chairman of the conservative party local council, of council, actually part of hillingdon council, one of five borough that have borough councils that have brought review of brought that judicial review of sadiq khan, the london mayor's plans to extend ulez, the ultra low emission zone, which is essentially a charge on high polluting vehicles entering the centre of london. and he wants to expand it to places like hillingdon , basically to the hillingdon, basically to the outer boundary of london. so it's been an issue that seems to have brought in a lot of voters on both sides. we're to going hear now from david. he's a lifelong conservative voter. he's on the left . and he he was he's on the left. and he he was talking to us. and then nick came up and spoke to us as well . he voted labour on an issue about closing the local police station here, but of them station here, but both of them are opposed to ulez. this is

what had to because what they had to say because people can't pay £12.50 a day. >> whatever it is yet to go backwards and forwards. >> there needs to be, if it comes into this area, there's got to be a longer extension to allow people to get their vehicles sorted out and it must be three years rather than nine months, nine months is just farcical. >> and it wasn't nine months when he extended it to the north and south circular, he gave people a lot more time. >> very much, paul . well, >> thanks very much, paul. well, let's to jeff moody in let's go now to jeff moody in somerton and frome, where ed davey, the liberal democrat leader , has been celebrating. in leader, has been celebrating. in fact, geoff, he's been calling for a general election now, hasn't he? he says it is time to get these clowns out of number 10. >> he has absolutely . i mean, >> he has absolutely. i mean, we're always looking to see what his his latest stunt would be. they called the stunt . the lib they called the stunt. the lib dem team here referred to the stunt as operation fromage . so stunt as operation fromage. so i was wondering if it would have something to do with cheese. but it didn't at all. it was a

cartoon cannon and out of the cannon at the right moment came all of this confetti and with the caption, get these clowns out of number 10. well, the media circus has moved on at the moment . there's plenty of moment. there's plenty of reporters dotted around chatting to people about what's going on. it's not been a surprise . is it's not been a surprise. is this victory for the lib dems ? this victory for the lib dems? everybody was expecting it, but it's the sheer scale of that victory that we weren't expecting . they've overturned a expecting. they've overturned a 19,000 conservative majority and they've now established for themselves an £11,000, £1,000 and 11,000 majority for the new. the new mp, sarah, who has performed extremely well. i mean, she had a very, very faltering start. you may remember an interview that she did which has been regarded as a car crash interview. it was so bad she didn't seem to know any of the questions that were being put to her. but since then, she seems to have turned that around. there's been an awful

lot of campaigning here and it's done well . sir ed done incredibly well. sir ed davey very keen to stress as davey was very keen to stress as well that this is now the second seat as many years that seat in as many years that they've picked up in the south—west you may remember tiverton honiton this time tiverton and honiton this time last year when there was a big blue door that said show boris the door. well, they did show bofis the door. well, they did show boris the door or rather boris was shown the door, not necessarily by them. shortly afterwards . and the mp there, afterwards. and the mp there, richard ford, was at the meeting today and he caught up with me and this is what he had to say about the situation for the lib dems down here in the south—west >> you can see the trend. this is our fourth parliamentary by—election win of this parliament and it builds on top of the other by—election successes in north shropshire and chesham and amersham. we control the council here in somerset and there's a real sense where the liberal democrats are very much back and on the up in the west country. i

can tell you is that there are 15 conservative mps in the south—west who have majority parties that are smaller than the one that sarah overtook learned last night at our by—election here in somerton and frome . so i think there will be frome. so i think there will be quite a few tory mps looking over their shoulders and being rather worried about their fragile majorities. this morning i >> -- >> jeff, a grande fromage down there in somerset , thank you there in somerset, thank you very much indeed for that. let's bnngin very much indeed for that. let's bring in olivia in westminster because all the parties will be doing their number crunching now. olivia trying to work out what does it mean for a general election ? well yes, exactly. election? well yes, exactly. >> and i think we can see the spin emerging already already from each of the three parties trying to explain why actually what happened last night was a big win for them. and on the face of it, that is what it looks like. there was essentially one seat for each of the main three parties in england. but of course, dig a little deeper and it's not that straightforward . it really a

straightforward. it was really a very bad night for the conservatives. yes, they clung on to uxbridge, but that as we've discussed, was a referendum on ulez rather than which is, of course, a really very local issue. it's a london issue rather than being something more symptomatic of a general mood in the country, the tories can sort of just about explain the somerton explain away the somerton by—election the lib by—election as well. the lib dems worked very, very hard in that seat. they have big that seat. they have a big campaigning seat. campaigning base in that seat. it held by lib dems for a it was held by lib dems for a very long time before, but selby and ainsty was not a good look for conservatives . a swing for the conservatives. a swing of away them, of 20,000 away from them, a swing of 2020 points as well . swing of 2020 points as well. they only need a 12 point swing in order labour and a 12 point swing in order to win the next general election with an overall majority. as for labour , of majority. as for labour, of course picking up selby was was a big win. if you did a really big win. if you did replicate that around the replicate that result around the country, would country, you would see a landslide bigger than tony blair got. it was the biggest swing to labour 1945. in a labour since 1945. in a by—election so that's what we'll be hearing a lot more of over

the next few days from from the labour team. that said, it wasn't all sunshine and rainbows for labour and i think we're beginning to see a little bit of that coming through this morning. it's clear that there is disagreement right in top is disagreement right in the top rungs on green policy. rungs of labour on green policy. sadiq khan has been going full steam ahead with his plan to expand ulez to outer london. and this morning we heard angela rayner , the deputy leader , rayner, the deputy leader, saying that that ulez that if you don't listen to the voters, this is what happens which we presume referred to sadiq khan and ulez. so there's a bit of disagreement there right at the top of labour. it's also perhaps a little bit of a worry for labour that it's often said that they are essentially relying on being not the conservatives . and being not the conservatives. and i think we saw quite a bit of that from keir starmer's victory speech. yes, he was sounding very upbeat, but his actual words were people are keen for a change away from the

conservatives, away from chaos , conservatives, away from chaos, away from crumbling public services . and it was all about services. and it was all about what the labour party is not rather than what it is. and that could be why labour ended up losing that uxbridge seat. those local issues ended up trumping any any enthusiasm for the message that labour was giving . message that labour was giving. so yeah, a generally good night for labour, but there are a few flies in the ointment there and keir starmer will know that to win a general election , which is win a general election, which is very, very different, incumbent governments by governments often lose by elections . turnout very elections. turnout is very small. can't really small. you can't really extrapolate keir starmer extrapolate it. so keir starmer really knows that in order to win a general election, he is going to do more than going to have to do more than simply not be sunak by all simply not be rishi sunak by all parties this weekend . parties this weekend. >> and thank you to all of you. and we should just add that at one point there was some speculation that there could be a government reshuffle announced today, but number 10 is now ruling that out. change at ruling that out. so no change at least for now. >> thank you to our team. we

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watching. >> welcome back to the live desk and gb news can reveal that more than 1300 more people across the channelin than 1300 more people across the channel in the small boats since this tuesday. >> a break in the weather has led to a surge in migrant crossings, with at least another 150 making the voyage today . 150 making the voyage today. >> it also comes, as we've been shown around the bibby stockholm barge, of course, which is now moored in portland. next week. it will accommodate the first of up to 500 asylum seekers as mark white is in portland . white is in portland. >> good afternoon to you, mark, our homeland security editor. i know you can't actually reveal details of that visit just yet , details of that visit just yet, but tell us about this latest surge in crossings . yeah 3:00 surge in crossings. yeah 3:00 this afternoon, we'll be able to reveal the details of that very interesting visit to the bibby stockholm barge and show you pictures from inside that tour.

>> so that will be fascinating and worth watching at 3:00. but yes, you're right. but i think with every passing day, the people smugglers are showing that rishi sunak claim to be stop ing the boats with the government policy is just simply not true . 1300 plus in the past not true. 1300 plus in the past four days, since tuesday . on four days, since tuesday. on tuesday itself, 574 people crossed the english channel in a dozen small boats. then on wednesday , almost 300 crossed on wednesday, almost 300 crossed on thursday, again , almost 300. and thursday, again, almost 300. and then today , three boats out then today, three boats out there in the english channel. and i can tell you the conditions are not great in the engush conditions are not great in the english channel today. a very borderline in terms of weather. these dinghies can make it across because there is a northerly wind that is blowing now. but even so, the people smugglers have pushed three small boats out to have already

made it into dover. small boats out to have already made it into dover . one small boats out to have already made it into dover. one has crossed the line into uk waters and will be picked up shortly by border force. so that's another 150 to add to that list. as i say, that takes us over 1300 since tuesday . since tuesday. >> and the bigger political picture, of course , mark, is picture, of course, mark, is that the prime minister in reaction to these by—election results, saying he's not going to change his approach, doubling down on existing policies? well clearly, in terms of stop the boats, it's just not working at the moment . the moment. >> well, this is a difficulty with five of these key pledges and he is failing to meet a number and chief amongst those, i would argue, is the small boats crisis, which is one that in terms of the conservative vote, resonates very deeply indeed. now, i was in doverjust over a month ago when rishi sunak held a news conference mark, and at that news conference, he said the

government's proposals to stop the small boats were beginning to pay dividends. they were beginning to work. there was, he said , a 20% fall in the numbers said, a 20% fall in the numbers crossing. and yes, that was true at that particular time . but at that particular time. but nobody that knows the maritime environment in the english channel believed that that was anything to do with government policy , but everything to do policy, but everything to do with the weather. at the time. we've had a run of regular northerly winds that just cause real difficulties for these small boats coming across because they push against the beaches of northern france. so they push the boats back onto they push the boats back onto the beaches and indeed they push against the prevailing tide. so they have the effect of churning up the waves as well. so it makes it doubly impassable . and makes it doubly impassable. and we've had a lot of these northerly northeasterly winds over the last few months. but things are turning now as we get into the flat calm months of the

summer . and it doesn't take more summer. and it doesn't take more than a few days of really good weather for that 20% to fall to 10% to fall to 5. now to be only a few% behind the total number who crossed at this time last yeah who crossed at this time last year. so you can see the way it's going. >> and mark, we should also note that the illegal migration bill that the illegal migration bill that became law yesterday, the government will be hoping that that will have some impact, but it's not actually clear when it will come into force or if it's going to be in stages as well, orindeed going to be in stages as well, or indeed , what actual or indeed, what actual difference day it certainly looks and sounds like the government is doing something, but it's okay saying that you are to going reject people who are to going reject people who are coming across illegally, coming across either by small boat or in the backs of lorries,

and that you'll return them either to their home country or to a third country. >> well, the third country would be a country like rwanda that deals going nowhere. it still has to go to the supreme court and may well , has to go to the supreme court and may well, at the end of the day, go against the government. and then in terms of actually returning them to their home country, well, that's just not practical in the vast majority of cases with iran or iraq or syria or afghanistan and many other countries besides where these people are coming in the small boats. so if you can't return them, you can deny them asylum, but then they get leave to remain indefinitely anyway because they can't be returned to their home country . to their home country. >> mark white talking to us from portland, thanks very much for that. we'll come back to you shortly. >> now let's bring you some breaking news coming in from the open at the royal liverpool in hoylake and it's another

sporting event that's been hit by just stop oil protests. pictures coming in. people were led away after earlier what appeared to be an orange flare had been set off near the i think the 17th green. and as we saw with the cricket, the sportsman got directly involved. we're being told that billy horschel intervened with the protesters and helped to detain some of the activists before. as we can see, security and police intervened, the organisers had intervened, the organisers had in fact asked players to not get involved, but it does seem that billy horschel was cheered by the spectators after he removed or helped to remove them from the 17th. will get more from hoylake as details emerge . hoylake as details emerge. >> do stay with us here on the live desk on gb news, we will be talking about retail sales because with the hottest june on record, they actually climbed a little bit more than expected. we'll be dissecting all that in the next few moments. before

that, here's tatyana with the headunes. headlines. >> thank you very much and good afternoon. this is the latest from the newsroom rishi sunak has suffered a double by—election loss with labour and the liberal democrats, both overturning majorities of more than 20,000. labour won. selby and ainsty and the lib dems took somerton and frome on sizeable swings. the prime minister says the conservative by—election victory in uxbridge and south ruislip that's boris johnson's old seat, shows the next general election is not a done deal. he said the defeats were far from favourable, but he plans to double down and deliver for the people next week. strikes on the london underground have been called off. the unions say progress has been made in talks on pensions and working conditions, although negotiations are still ongoing with acas as they attempt to come to a resolution on london's mayor sadiq khan has thanked the rmt aslef and the unite union,

who worked closely with transport for london. he said this is what you can achieve when you work with and not against unions , tenants are against unions, tenants are feeling the squeeze as landlords in and outside of london increase rents by between 3 and £500 per year, and the average asking price for rents outside of london has risen by £308, with an average price per month of 1200, while landlords in the capital have increased their asking price by £559, with the average monthly rent at just over. average monthly rent at just over . 2500 average monthly rent at just over. 2500 ukip chains. president vladimir zelenskyy has sacked his country's ambassador to the uk . vadym prystaiko was to the uk. vadym prystaiko was reportedly dismissed after publicly criticising the president's response to a row over gratitude for british military aid earlier this month . defence secretary ben wallace said the uk and us were not amazon when it came to kiev's request for weapons and military

equipment. mr persico called mr zelenskyy's promise to thank the uk defence minister every morning . unhealthy sarcasm. kyiv morning. unhealthy sarcasm. kyiv gave no official reason for the dismissal , gave no official reason for the dismissal, while . we've got some dismissal, while. we've got some breaking news from the last few minutes, legendary pop and jazz singer tony bennett has died at the age of 96. he was diagnosed with alzheimer's disease . in with alzheimer's disease. in 2016. bennett, known for his performances with singers from frank sinatra to lady gaga, sold millions of records around the world and won 20 grammys. we'll bnng world and won 20 grammys. we'll bring you more on this story as we get it . well, you can get we get it. well, you can get more on all of those stories by visiting our website at gbnews.com . gbnews.com. >> direct bullion sponsors, the finance report on gb news for gold and silver investment .

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on the people's channel, britain's news. channel on the people's channel, britain's news . channel oh, britain's news. channel oh, welcome back to the live desk. >> just a bit more detail coming in on the loss of tony bennett. that well, one of the last of the greats who's died at the age of 96, his publicist, sylvia weiner, confirming that he's died at his home in new york just two weeks before his 97th birthday. and, of course, he had been diagnosed with alzheimer's back in 2016. >> yeah, and what a career he had. he released more than 77 zero albums over the course of his career. he won 918 grammys and who could forget that collaboration he did with the pop collaboration he did with the pop singer lady gaga and his his collaboration with her? well, that won him a whole new legion of fans as well. he was known for hits including rags to riches . and i think one of your favourites. >> yeah. left his heart in san francisco. huge hit. and of course, as we say, lady gaga and amy winehouse. he sang with two

in his later career. so the passing of one of the last of the greats, perhaps along with sinatra and crosby and the others. but more tributes coming in will bring those as they arrive but let's now update you arrive. but let's now update you on our cash and our don't kill cash campaign with, of course, towns and cities across the country. market traders swapping goods for yes , ice cold, hard goods for yes, ice cold, hard cash. remember that. >> but is the rise of electronic card payments creeping in to become the most popular way to pay become the most popular way to pay amman in the east midlands? will hollis has been to market deeping in in lincolnshire to find out more . find out more. >> it does what it says on the tin. there's been a market in market deeping for 800 years. plenty of cash floating around, but now on every stall a card machine to cash or card. >> madam cash , thank you very >> madam cash, thank you very much indeed. >> stewart the fish man has been

coming here for nearly 20 years, virtually everybody about now has got a card . it's so easy to has got a card. it's so easy to pay - has got a card. it's so easy to pay . there's not the banks about pay. there's not the banks about to go and draw cash out. and obviously there's not the atms ehheni obviously there's not the atms either. i think in market deeping, i think there may be two. >> peter and his wife mavis, are regulars tapping their way between the stalls . between the stalls. >> but we don't we don't have cash much nowadays. >> too much cash . of course, we >> too much cash. of course, we have no banks, no banks at all? no. >> and there's no post office. the main post office closed down. >> while lots of people here at market deeping say they're getting comfortable with getting more comfortable with using for purchases , using their card for purchases, they say one of the biggest reasons because of reasons why is because all of the have closed down and the banks have closed down and there's virtually nowhere for them out just them to get their cash out just to go into a shop and buy a newspaper for or something like that. >> it's better just to that. >> it's betterjust to pay by cash. >> and rather than getting a card out, i do use both, but i do prefer to use cash because at least you know , we know what

least you know, we know what you're spending. >> then i do think it's a government ploy to get rid of cash. >> the traders run the market, not the local council. so like most businesses , they went card most businesses, they went card only during covid and now customers have a choice. >> at the moment i'm just changing a battery on a watch for somebody. >> david's on the watch store . >> david's on the watch store. some of his customers are keen on cod, others are clinging to cash. >> this battery will cost £4 and majority of people will pay cash with it. cards can be cloned and cash machines can be cloned. so the elderly feel more secure. paying with cash. £10, please . paying with cash. £10, please. >> older people seem more likely to use cash , but cynthia reckons to use cash, but cynthia reckons the change might help if they've got arthritis fingers or something like that and they can just tap a card that's quite good. >> i find if i just go like that, it's quite good. >> and how old are you ? >> and how old are you? >> and how old are you? >> i'm 89. >> i'm 89. >> the cash card conundrum pits paper against plastic. actually

banknotes are plastic. now too. the old ones are gone . maybe the old ones are gone. maybe time is running out for cash of all kinds . or is it worth all kinds. or is it worth counting the reasons to keep it will hollis gb news in market deeping time will tell. >> well, some good news is because retail sales have climbed by nought point 7. that is despite predict covid falls andifs is despite predict covid falls and it's the recent hot weather. i think it was the hottest june on record that has really helped drive purchases . drive purchases. >> but did they pay by cash or by card? however, government borrowing is less than expected, but still marking the third highest in june on record. the chancellor, of course, this morning saying now more than even morning saying now more than ever, we need to maintain discipline with the public finances . finances. >> joining us to share more on this is our economics and business editor liam halligan with on the money . so liam, what with on the money. so liam, what can we conclude from all this

then? what does what does jenny in birmingham need to know? >> well, jenny in birmingham needs to know that on balance , needs to know that on balance, there's some pretty good economic news out this morning from various sources . let's just from various sources. let's just have a quick run through it. you mentioned retail sales first, and was a very hot june and and it was a very hot june and so the ons, the office for national statistics, was able to report that retail sales volumes were up 0.7% in june. on may, the month before that was largely because of food purchases linked to that hot weather. people having barbecues and so on. but, but, but as always with statistics, you have to look a bit closer because those june numbers are actually down on june 20th, 22, 1% lower. not a huge amount, but it does sort of show the general trend. sectary of the economy , we have sectary of the economy, we have had a bounce back in food sales. as i say , and that's one reason as i say, and that's one reason why we've still got such high food price inflation. pip still up at 17% in june compared to the previous june. really that is a steep price increases there

and that's maybe one reason why consumer confidence is down in july. that isn't an official number. that's from a consultancy called gfk . they consultancy called gfk. they survey public opinion a lot, very, very reputable. i think it's a combination of ongoing food prices, interest rate rises. we've had 13 now and also something we've talked about a lot, those tax thresholds are frozen. they're not going up with inflation. so as wages go up a bit, more and more people are paying a higher and higher rate of tax. the cost of living squeeze is still with us. and it's just for consumers. it's not just for consumers. it's also businesses, it's also for businesses, particularly small businesses. that's i wanted to talk to that's why i wanted to talk to alan sodi of the federation of small businesses, and he is i >> -- >> there is a cost of living crisis affecting consumers, but there is a cost of doing business crisis as well, particularly affecting smaller businesses who don't have the big pockets of large global big pockets of big, large global corporates. and that higher interest rates, it's inflation, it's the highest tax burden for

70 years. the only way out of thatis 70 years. the only way out of that is to ease some of that burden, to have policies in place from government and from others that actually allow these businesses to have more of the money that they take to spend, to to grow, to create to invest, to grow, to create jobs, and ultimately to get back economic recovery . economic recovery. >> well, let's talk about the biggest business of all uk plc. it looks as if we've maxed out in terms of what we're paying on on the debt and what we've borrowed and the debt pile , the borrowed and the debt pile, the overall amount bigger than what we can actually produce in the economy now. yeah. >> numbers came out this morning on government spend ing. government spends , you know, 45 government spends, you know, 45 or 50% of gdp every year. so it's a huge it's a huge part of our economy. we learned this morning , mark, that the morning, mark, that the government borrowed in june alone, £18.5 billion. how can you get your head around a number like 18,500 million, which is what it is ? well, it's which is what it is? well, it's the equivalent. it's what if you think of three pe on the basic

rate of income tax for a year, that gives you about £18 billion. and the government borrowed that in a single year in a single month. it is, though, a bit less than june 20th, 22. it's £400 million less or £04 billion less. so i guess we're on the right path , but it we're on the right path, but it is still the third highest june borrowing total on record. that 18.5 billion. and here's the real kicker, something i wanted to point out because it shows you how expense lviv it is to keep borrowing. so we just borrowed £18.5 billion. and of that £18.5 billion, 12.5 billion of that money went on paying the interest on debts that the british government has already accumulated . and as you say, accumulated. and as you say, mark, our debt burden, our total uk government debt is now 2.5 trillion. that's 2500 billion, which is over. >> how many zeros is that? >> how many zeros is that? >> which is a so a billion is nine zeros. right so it's a lot

of money. so you've already got at a situation where the total amount of debt the government is serving thing is bigger than our annual gdp . and every time these annual gdp. and every time these rates go up, and particularly the gilts technical stuff, but basically we the country's credit card bill gets ever higher and we're paying yet more interest on it. this exactly right. so this when the inflation number came out earlier this month and it was a bit lower than everybody expected, the amount of money the government's got to pay to raise money on international markets actually went down a bit . the gilt yield, that means there's little bit relief there's a little bit of relief for mortgage borrowers. but when the of england raises the bank of england raises interest rates and we expect them raise interest rates them to raise interest rates again 14th time in a row again for the 14th time in a row on the 3rd of august, that does add to the government's debt service bill. so this is why interest rate rises are painful. they're not just painful for consumer confidence , as we've consumer confidence, as we've seen for mortgage holders . seen for mortgage holders. they're also painful because they cost government more they cost the government more

money its existing money to service its existing debt. and every every pound we spend on debt service is a pound we can't spend on nurses, doctors, and all those doctors, teachers and all those other vital public services. liam thanks very much indeed. >> well , liam thanks very much indeed. >> well, cinema goers will be spending this weekend, but they've got a hard decision to make. it is the movie event of the year so far, the release of bodenheimer. >> i've never heard of that film ehhen >> i've never heard of that film either. however, if we break it down, it's either barbie in the pink or oppenheimer dark stuff or both . will odeon saying more or both. will odeon saying more than a million people expected at their cinemas next week after the release of both films at the same time? let's get more with our northwest reporter sophie reaper is have you reaper, who is well, have you got bit of pink there hiding got a bit of pink there hiding somewhere ? somewhere? >> i mean, all pink mark. so if any of our viewers are wondering which of the two i'm most excited for, i'm sure they can guess. no prizes today . excited for, i'm sure they can guess. no prizes today. i'll be going seeing the barbie film a little bit later on this evening. so i'm in my pink ready to go now, if anyone's been

living under a rock, you said they're bob bernheimer. it's the word that's been coined for barbie and oppenheimer , both barbie and oppenheimer, both simultaneously being released today in the uk. there's been huge anticipation ready for these two films to come out. now they're almost polar opposites , they're almost polar opposites, of course. barbie, a comedy directed by greta gerwig , based, directed by greta gerwig, based, of course, on the iconic barbie doll on the other hand, oppenheimer, a biographical thriller based on j. r oppenheimer, the physicist who was behind the atomic bomb. so despite these two films being very, very different worlds apart almost, there's been a lot of speculation online if people are going to take in a back to back viewing, which of the two films they should be seeing first. now, one researcher at the university of oxford said that perhaps people should take in armour first. the in oppenheim armour first. the darker of the two, as then barbie can act as what they said a dessert to oppenheimer. so that's one person's opinion.

i've been here at printworks in manchester today finding out what other cinema goers are going to be doing today. >> the oppenheimer. >> the oppenheimer. >> and are you going to see barbie as well? yeah, 6 pm. barbie as well? yeah, 6 pm. barbie showing. >> so we'll have lunch and then back in. >> i'm here to see barbie, obviously with the pink going on the main film and then oppenheimer might just be too much for me. i might need a break in between. actually. see it here to see oppenheimer. yeah, but guess we'll see barbie later. know, have later. you know, if we have time. even though i'm really excited for both. it's all about barbie. definitely oppenheimer, excited for both. it's all about barbie. delike sly oppenheimer, excited for both. it's all about barbie. delike being penheimer, excited for both. it's all about barbie. delike being asked,ner, excited for both. it's all about barbie. delike being asked, you who don't like being asked, you know, whether not the world's know, whether or not the world's about end and whether or not about to end and whether or not nuclear are truly good nuclear weapons are truly good for bad. for the world or bad. >> it's an interesting question, and a more and it'll be a bit more enjoyable . enjoyable. >> well, both films are expected to make a huge splash in the box office this weekend. that's despite in recent months several of the films not fulfilling their potentials , things like their potentials, things like disney, pixar's elemental and

warner brothers, the flash. neither of those films did, as well as they were expected to, but with a result of both of these films, barbie and oppenheimer having hugely star studded casts , as well as all of studded casts, as well as all of this build up with the marketing and all the things on social media and the fact that the two films have almost been pitted against one another with that , against one another with that, it's expected that both of the films will do really, really quite well this weekend in fact, barbie, if we just look at that one, the budget of this film was around $145 million, but this weekend alone, in the first few days, it's expected to make around 95 to $125 million back. so that means they'll have covered almost the entire budget within just the first few days. so we are expecting them to make that huge splash in the box office. but with this kind of thing, course, only time will thing, of course, only time will tell. >> and em- flim- >> and therein lies the question, of course, sophie, how much will the tickets be there at because certainly at the vue? because certainly i

was to book was trying to book for oppenheimer, not bobby. tonight, £19 wow which is £19 a ticket. wow which is expensive . expensive. >> well , first of all, mark, why >> well, first of all, mark, why not barbie? i think you would enjoy it, but i'm going a little bit later on this evening to my ticket was £11. so perhaps that classic north south divide is coming in there . but i will say coming in there. but i will say cinema tickets over recent years in terms of the cost of living crisis , there's been so many crisis, there's been so many studies done about luxury items and what people can and can't afford . but i think the amount afford. but i think the amount of people i've seen at this cinema this morning, most of the viewings, if not all, have been sold out. so i think with bob bernheimer , people are just bernheimer, people are just putting the cost of living crisis to one side and they're coming in to take in these two huge blockbusters . huge blockbusters. >> and i want to see who is going to see barbie dressed head to toe in pink. and actually you just saw a picture there of a sofa with somebody sitting on it thatis sofa with somebody sitting on it that is my sofa. i have a pink

sofa. that's my niece and dog . i sofa. that's my niece and dog. i also have a pink fridge , which also have a pink fridge, which marks thinking, what's on earth. and i also have a pink shed, which i painted myself. so you have a very good idea of what i'm going to be watching this weekend. >> you'll be going down a bomb at the box office. if you pardon sophie. thank you very much indeed. talking going down indeed. talking of going down a bomb sunak striking bomb rishi sunak striking a defiant despite the loss defiant note. despite the loss of by elections. we'll of those two by elections. we'll have latest. see you shortly i >> -- >>a >> a brighter outlook with boxt solar proud sponsors of weather on . gb news. on. gb news. >> hello, it's aidan mcgivern here from the met office. with the gb news forecast, sunny spells in 1 or 2 spots today, but quite a few showers. once again and then turning more generally unsettled later as some weather systems move in and they're going to bring a breezy and damp weekend , certainly and damp weekend, certainly through much of saturday ahead of those weather systems. showers breaking out, especially across northern scotland and

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the live desk here on gb news. coming up in the next hour. >> a damaging night for sunak. a double election blow . labour double election blow. labour triumphant after a historic victory in yorkshire. the liberal democrats head west again, but what does that all mean for a general election ? mean for a general election? >> the migrant crisis continues to escalate as gb news can reveal more than 1300 people have crossed the english channel in small boats since tuesday . in small boats since tuesday. we'll be live in portland with the latest . the latest. >> tony bennett, the legendary singer who's left his heart in san francisco. san francisco even dies at the age of 96. we'll be joining the tributes paid to one of the last of the greats . greats. >> all that and plenty more still to come. first, though, let's get your latest headlines with tatiana . pip.

with tatiana. pip. >> thank you. this is the latest from the newsroom to bring you that breaking news within the last half an hour or so, legendary pop and jazz singer tony bennett died at the age tony bennett has died at the age of 96. bennett was diagnosed with alzheimer's disease in 2016. best known for his performances with singers from frank sinatra to lady gaga, he sold millions of records around the world and won 20 grammys . the world and won 20 grammys. rishi sunak suffered a double by—election loss with labour and the liberal democrats, both overturning majorities of more than 20,000. labour won. selby and ainsty and the lib dems took somerton and frome on sizeable wins. the prime minister says the conservatives by—election victory in uxbridge and south ruislip that's boris johnson's old seat , shows the next general old seat, shows the next general election is not a done deal, he

said the defeats were far from favourable , but he plans to favourable, but he plans to double down and deliver for the people next week. strikes on the london underground have been called off. the unions say progress has been made in talks on pensions and working conditions , although conditions, although negotiations are still ongoing with acas as they attempt to come to a resolution. london's mayor sadiq khan has thanked the rmt, the aslef and the unite union, who worked closely with transport for london. he said this is what you can achieve when you work with and not against unions , department against unions, department stores and furniture sellers had a good month as sales were higher than expected in june . higher than expected in june. figures from the ons found that retail industry did better than expected last month. sales in supermarkets were also a driving force behind the bounce back . force behind the bounce back. growth still fell annually , but growth still fell annually, but at its slowest rate since the beginning of the ukraine war. tenants are feeling the squeeze as landlords in and outside of

london increase rents by between 3 and £500 per year. the average asking price for rents outside of london has risen by £308, with an average price per month of 1200, while landlords in the capital have increased their asking price by £559, with the average monthly rent at just over 2500 parents struggling with child care will receive what the government calls more properly and fairly funded support. the chancellor , jeremy support. the chancellor, jeremy hunt, announced new measures in the budget in march, which will see some families claiming 30 hours of free childcare a week from april next year. working parents of two year olds will be able to access 15 hours of free childcare . that's to be extended childcare. that's to be extended to working parents of all children older than nine months from september next year. liam o'prey has been found guilty of murdering boxing heavyweight champion tyson fury's cousin, the 22 year old was convicted at

manchester crown court today for killing 31 year old rico burton . mr burton was fatally stabbed in greater manchester in august last year during a brawl. police described the attack as senseless and unplanned . senseless and unplanned. ukraine's president, vladimir zelenskyy has sacked his country's ambassador to the uk. vadym prystaiko was reportedly dismissed after publicly criticising the president's response to a row over gratitude for british military aid . for british military aid. earlier this month. defence secretary ben wallace said the uk and the us were not amazon when it came to kiev's requests for weapons and military equipment. mr prosecco called mr zelenskyy's promise to thank the uk defence minister every morning unhealthy sarcasm. kyiv gave no official reason for the dismissal . gave no official reason for the dismissal. mr meanwhile, the white house has confirmed ukraine is using us cluster bombs against russian forces in the country. national security

spokesperson john kirby says they're being used effectively against russian defence and operations cluster munitions, which are banned in more than 100 countries released large numbers of smaller bomblets that can kill over a wide area . those can kill over a wide area. those that fail to explode pose a danger far into the future . the danger far into the future. the us agreed to supply them to boost ukraine's ammunition supply as . and finally, supply as. and finally, holidaymakers have been warned not to touch dead birds on welsh beaches as concerns rise over a bird flu outbreak in recent weeks . reports of bird carcases weeks. reports of bird carcases washing up on shores in west and nonh washing up on shores in west and north wales have increased as wild bird colonies around the uk continue to be affected. the welsh climate change minister, juue welsh climate change minister, julie james described the situation as heart wrenching . situation as heart wrenching. she said it's important people don't help spread the disease further . don't help spread the disease further. you're don't help spread the disease further . you're with don't help spread the disease further. you're with gb news. we'll bring you more as it happens. now it's back to mark and .

and. pip >> well, welcome back to the live desk with a lot of number crunching being done after a difficult night for rishi sunak and the conservative party suffering the heavy defeats in two by elections. labour triumphant though, after overturning a tory majority of 20,000in yorkshire. the liberal democrats enjoying another strong result in the west country. already those questions though will be repeated at though will this be repeated at a general election? >> go straight to selby >> let's go straight to selby and speak to gb news yorkshire and speak to gb news yorkshire and reporter anna riley. and humber reporter anna riley. good afternoon you, anna. sir good afternoon to you, anna. sir keir starmer, the labour leader, has been there meeting the much younger keir maitha, just 25 years old, possibly a future tory prime minister. tory prime minister. wash my mouth out, i should say. labour prime minister. but sir keir starmer, hailing the result and saying it proves that we can win anywhere

, including in a tory heartland i >> -- >> yes. yes emmi >> yes. yes he was very pleased along with angela rayner. they were here this afternoon in selby thanking campaigners for all their hard work that they'd done here on behalf of keir mather and keir mather saying he's going to do his best to be the best mp that he can for the area and deliver on the promises that he's put in place . tackling that he's put in place. tackling the cost of living crisis , the cost of living crisis, improving wait times for the nhs, as well as tackling local issues around flooding and around antisocial behaviour. that was a lot of his campaign message . it was a large majority message. it was a large majority like you said, more than 20,000. it was nigel adams that was the former mp here. this constituency seat was created in 2010 and ever since nigel adams has been the tory mp in the area . he stood down last month . he

. he stood down last month. he was a close ally of boris johnson, but he didn't get his peerage and then had handed his noficein peerage and then had handed his notice in in a way stood down. and that's why this byelection action was triggered . and you action was triggered. and you mentioned that visit of keir starmer earlier . mentioned that visit of keir starmer earlier. he was very pleased at the result. they needed at least 17% swing here and they in terms of percentages , as they got more than 23, 23.7. so nearly 24. really nationwide labour need a change of 12% to form a majority at the next election . and so they're next election. and so they're hoping that this is a bit of a bellwether for the general election. and this is what keir starmer had to say . it's the starmer had to say. it's the first time we've won here. >> it's the first time we've overturned a 20,000 majority. we the biggest majority we've ever turned over in the history of

the labour party. absolutely and i want to address those that voted for us yesterday directly because you voted for change. you put your trust in the labour party and we hear you. we hear that cry for change away from the chaos , away from those the chaos, away from those rising bills , the crumbling rising bills, the crumbling pubuc rising bills, the crumbling public services , a cry for public services, a cry for change and we will deliver. we will deliver through keir mather here and we'll deliver with the next labour government. yes . and next labour government. yes. and it could be said as well, one of the key factors in labour's win and conservatives loss here is the high amount of people with mortgages. >> it's in the top 40 seats in england and wales for people with mortgages who will have been hammered by those rising interest rates. and that was a point that labour strongly campaigned on here. and speaking

to people in selby as well, they said no matter what their politics, they want their next mp to focus strongly on boosting access to gp's and dentists and improving transport links as well as tackling the cost of living crisis. so people here in selby and ainsty will be looking to keir mather to do that for them . them. >> indeed. anna, thank you very much indeed for that. let's just reflect, of course, that constituency is 90 miles from the prime minister's there in richmond in north yorkshire, but there was a tory victory just in uxbridge. let's go there now . uxbridge. let's go there now. paul hawkins is outside the tube station there for hundred and 95 votes. pretty tight stuff. paul yeah, it was a dramatic night, especially when they announced that recount just before 2 am. and then it came in an hours later 495 votes. >> that is a 6.7% swing to laboun >> that is a 6.7% swing to labour. so the general politics, wind, if you will, similar to that in yorkshire and in

somerset, but just not enough to get labour over the line . and get labour over the line. and the reason in this part of the world is because of the controversial ulez extension ulez meaning ultra low emission zone, which is essentially the charge that high polluting vehicles have to pay £12.50 a day when they enter the centre of london. and the mayor, the london mayor, sadiq khan, wants to the outer to extend that to the outer boroughs of london, including where are now hillingdon , where we are now in hillingdon, which of the five which is one of the five councils plus surrey county council that brought or is council that has brought or is hoping to get judicial review hoping to get a judicial review of the london mayor's plans. hoping to get a judicial review of the london mayor's plans . so of the london mayor's plans. so all the candidates were campaigning on ulez. it did make it difficult for the labour candidate, danny beal, who said that didn't think it should that he didn't think it should be of the be extended because of the ongoing living crisis ongoing cost of living crisis and the winner in the end steve tuckwell making ulez part of his campaign. also, the fact he was a very local man, born and bred in hillingdon, former royal mail manager, deputy chair of the local conservative party. and interestingly as well, he didn't

mention rishi sunak on his promotional material at all, but he did mention the local mayor here 15 times and he didn't even mention rishi sunak in his acceptance speech. but he didn't mention ulez. have a listen to this. >> because people can't pay £12, £0.50 a day, whatever it is yet to go backwards and forwards. >> there needs to be if it comes into this area, there's got to be a longer extension to allow people to get their vehicles sorted out and it must be three years rather than nine months. nine months is just farcical and it wasn't nine months when he extended it to the north and south circular, he gave people a lot time. lot more time. >> that was really >> so that was really interesting. david on the left , interesting. david on the left, a lifelong conservative voter. nick on the right, who voted labour last night because a labour last night because of a policing issue to a police station closure issue in uxbridge. both of them opposed to ulez . and in that to ulez. and in that conversation is encapsulated where labour may face a tricky problem in terms of their election strategy in the capital leading up to the next election

. there are hopes that they could. i mean, they are largely dominant london, they dominant in london, but they would hope steal a clutch would hope to steal a clutch full tory seats the full of tory seats on the perimeter of london. that could be tricky. with that ulez expansion. have to expansion. so they'd have to rethink strategy slightly. rethink that strategy slightly. and labour deputy and indeed the labour deputy leader saying leader angela rayner saying today she may have to get today that she may have to get around the table with the london mayor, khan, sure mayor, sadiq khan, to make sure that if there is an extension that if there is an extension that it that if there is an extension thatitis that if there is an extension that it is done a way that that it is done in a way that doesn't working class people. >> indeed. paul, thank you for that. indeed a bit more coming through, starmer saying through, sir keir starmer saying that to reflect that labour needs to reflect on why expansion of the charge why the expansion of the charge has been such issue its has been such an issue in its failure. coming failure. so more reaction coming in on that. let's go to frome in somerset now where gb news south—west england. south—west of england. >> jeff moody can give south—west of england. >>the jeff moody can give south—west of england. >>the latest|eff moody can give south—west of england. >>the latest there. yody can give south—west of england. >>the latest there. geoffan give south—west of england. >>the latest there. geoff libiive us the latest there. geoff lib dem liberal democrats won by 11,000 votes but was a lot of it down to tactical voting ? down to tactical voting? >> well, i don't know. i mean, the lib dems did put up a very strong campaign down here. and i think what we have to remember

is that the west country really is that the west country really is lib dem heartland. it has been for years and years throughout the 80s and the 90s and the early 2000. they dominate the political landscape down here. it was very interesting and very nice to see paddy ashdown's widow here earlier on when the whole media circus were here and all of the lib dem activists with their banners and their their diamond orange diamonds. banners and their their diamond orange diamonds . and when sir ed orange diamonds. and when sir ed davey came out and pulled that stunt with the cartoon cannon and the words, get these clowns out of number 10, standing at the side watching quietly was lady ashdown, who said that her husband , sir paddy ashdown, husband, sir paddy ashdown, would have been extremely proud of this moment because when he was leader of the lib dems from 1988 to 1989, they absolutely dominated this part of the world. and this is traditionally a lib dem hotspot . after the a lib dem hotspot. after the 2015 election, that's when it all changed, when voters down

here completely and utterly as one turned their back on the lib dems, thought to be because they were punishing them for that lib lab, not lib lab that conservative liberal coalition from 2010 to 2015 when nick clegg got into bed with the tories. and they say that they've never forgiven them down here, but it now as though here, but it now looks as though that's all about to change, that that's all about to change, that that's been forgiven. time's moved on and they can start to wrap , regroup some of those wrap, regroup some of those seats that they lost so long ago . but earlier on, we spoke to sir ed davey, and this is what he had to say. >> well , it's he had to say. >> well, it's a he had to say. >> well , it's a fantastic result >> well, it's a fantastic result for the liberal democrats. >> the majority of 11,000 is way bigger than we expected, let alone anyone else . alone anyone else. >> and i think what it says is that we're opening a new front against the conservatives in the west country , following on our west country, following on our other byelection victory in devon last year, our council election victories in somerset and election victories in somerset anc previously, been talking >> previously, i've been talking about wall places about the blue wall in places

like hertfordshire, oxfordshire, cambridgeshire, buckinghamshire , bedfordshire, and , bedfordshire, surrey and sussex. , you know, sussex. all those, you know, true blue heartlands you true blue heartlands if you like, the home counties where it's now the democrats it's now the liberal democrats really challenging the conservatives. now we have a second front in the west country , heartlands, if second front in the west country , like, heartlands, if second front in the west country , like, liberalrtlands, if you like, the liberal traditional heartlands. that means that a force to be means that we are a force to be reckoned in next reckoned with in the next general election . general election. >> and i've been counting it's around 14 seats that have got a smaller majority than the one that they've achieved here. so if they were to do the same sort of swing in a general election , of swing in a general election, they could pretty much dominate they could pretty much dominate the south—west again. and that would mean big trouble for the conservatives . conservatives. >> jeff, thank you very much indeed for that. well, let's bnngin indeed for that. well, let's bring in our political reporter olivia utley at westminster with, we understand the prime minister in downing street today trying to read through the runes, if you like, and he's being able to do it without the backbenchers being there in parliament. but clearly they'll be getting messages from their own constituencies, perhaps

taking fright at seeing some of these results . these results. >> well, yes, they will. and rishi sunak is pushing on a brave face today made a little bit easier by the fact that at least it wasn't a clean sweep of defeats for him. the conservatives did manage to hold on to uxbridge . the problem is on to uxbridge. the problem is for rishi sunak that the conservatives held on to uxbndge conservatives held on to uxbridge for a very specific local reason. the people of uxbndge local reason. the people of uxbridge do not like the idea of expanding the ulez charge and the message that we hear that rishi sunak is putting out this morning to activists and mps is that, look, we won uxbridge. we could win general could just about win a general election in. he's of election in. he's sort of talking about trying to find wedge issues between himself and labour on local, local, specific local issues like ulez up and down the country . of course, down the country. of course, that's sort of easier said than done. there are plenty of areas of country there of the country where there aren't sort pressing aren't those sort of pressing local would cut local concerns that would cut through labour's messaging. the only perhaps glimmer of hope for rishi sunak is that keir starmer

seems to have won basically by not being the conservatives, evenin not being the conservatives, even in his victory speech today, he was talking about how people turned towards labour turning away from the chaos, away from the crumbling public services, away from the cost of living crisis. it was all about what labour isn't, rather than what labour isn't, rather than what it is. so rishi sunak will just keep on saying if i keep delivering on my five priorities over the next couple of years, we do stand a chance. if we can do it in uxbridge, we can do it up and down the country. as you say, he does have little bit say, he does have a little bit of away from his of time away from his backbenches which makes backbenches now, which makes things easier. won't things a bit easier. he won't have breathing down his have them breathing down his neck while he thinks about his next when they go next moves. but when they go back to their constituencies, they'll be talking their to they'll be talking to their to their people and they'll be heanng their people and they'll be hearing the anger the ground. hearing the anger on the ground. they'll hearing from they'll be hearing from angry conservative who feel they'll be hearing from angry corthough/e who feel they'll be hearing from angry corthough rishi who feel they'll be hearing from angry corthough rishi sunak/ho feel they'll be hearing from angry corthough rishi sunak isn'tzel as though rishi sunak isn't pursuing heavy enough conservative policies. we're already already seeing a bit of that today. we're seeing people like lord frost saying, no, we've to taxes, we've

we've got to cut taxes, we've got to back to a small got to get back to a small state, conserve lviv party. and i members up i think conservative members up and country, group and down the country, that group of 100,000 or who hold so of 100,000 or so who hold so much sway with tory party members will feel same. so, members will feel the same. so, yes, he's got a bit of breathing room, but come september , it room, but come september, it could even more difficult for could be even more difficult for him backbenchers than him with his backbenchers than it yeah, and sirjohn curtice, >> yeah, and sir john curtice, the expert, i he's the polling expert, i mean, he's done so done the number crunching. so overall , all from the three overall, all from the three seats contested, the conservative vote down 21. so therefore does this indicate perhaps a rishi sunak will go long, as the saying is, i that will get an election further away than maybe a test into next spnng? away than maybe a test into next spring? well yeah. >> if i were rishi sunak, i would be holding off on a general election as long as possible. 21% across the country would give labour easily an overall majority. they only need 12% for an overall majority. what rishi sunak is hoping is that if he manages to visibly deliver on those five priorities, which will take a long time, as you say, he'll

have to go long, then maybe by sort of late 20, 24, early 20, 25, people will see their mortgage rates reducing again. they'll see the cost of living crisis lessening a little bit and they'll have a reason to vote conservative. the only issue is, i mean, will a slight easing off of a cost of living crisis be a positive enough reason for people to go out to the ballot boxes and vote conservatives? it's not clear . conservatives? it's not clear. it could simply be that apathetic voters at the general election simply stay at home. >> olivia, thanks very much indeed. well, do stay with us here on gb news. >> some sad news that has come through in the last hour or so is the death of the legendary singer tony bennett. he's died at the age of 96, described by frank sinatra, the late frank sinatra, as simply the best singer in the business. we will be paying tribute very shortly . be paying tribute very shortly. that warm feeling inside from boxt boilers proud sponsors of weather on gb news.

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is the people's channel. britain's news . is the people's channel. britain's news. channel >> and welcome back to the live desk now, tony bennett, that legendary singer who had a huge hit with i left my heart in san francisco, has died at the age of 96, acknowledged by sinatra as best in the business. he as the best in the business. he sold millions of records and won 20 grammys. >> head around it. can you? the star was very sadly diagnosed with alzheimer's disease in 2016 and went public with that news. four years later. he actually tweeted once saying life is a gift. even with alzheimer's. what a beautiful approach. well, joining us now to reflect on his life in the music industry is music industry veteran nick stuart . good afternoon to you, stuart. good afternoon to you, nick. thanks for talking to us

here on the live desk. you're looking down, which makes me wonder whether you can hear us. yes i think you can, nick. oh, hello. you can hear us okay. okay. are you all right to talk to us? are you having a read? >> i mean, you know, the word legend is trotted out all too obviously and endlessly when someone dies in the music business. >> 96 years young. tony bennett was an incredible performer , had was an incredible performer, had his first number one hit in the uk . in 1955. i just about been uk. in 1955. i just about been born by then , and he went to on born by then, and he went to on sell 50 million albums. he had 20 grammys. extraordinary thing was that he was and there you've got his duet with amy winehouse. he did a duet with lady gaga. he kept himself young and relevant by singing with contemporary artists , and he had the most artists, and he had the most wonderful voice made, i suppose the most famous song that people

will know is i left my heart in san francisco . the other one san francisco. the other one would be the opening to one of martin scorseses great movies, goodfellas , where he does rags goodfellas, where he does rags to riches over the story of harry hill in tony, what he's about to do. so, i mean, those are the two songs i suspect that you will. but he did a lot of other things as well. >> yeah. tony, tony, nick, we're paying >> yeah. tony, tony, nick, we're paying tribute to tony bennett, but it would actually be nice, wouldn't it? just to hear a little bit of him singing. could could we hear that, guys? we've just video, but it just seen some video, but it would be lovely to hear him would just be lovely to hear him singing. as we're talking to you. that. it you. we'll try and get that. it was interesting, wasn't it, that frank sinatra call frank sinatra did call him simply best singer in the simply the best singer in the business is that your reflection as well ? as well? >> well, i think i was very big of frank because one of the great things about frank sinatra was that he was the master of timing delivery , the delivery of timing delivery, the delivery of a lyric and all the rest of it.

i think they were great competitors. sinatra was on capitol and then moved across to warner music in the in the in the 60s formed his own label, reprise , as tony bennett stayed reprise, as tony bennett stayed with sony columbia . and i think with sony columbia. and i think all of his life, his records first came out in the uk on philips, but he was a columbia recording artist . philips, but he was a columbia recording artist. he was born . recording artist. he was born. in let me just get my note here. he was born in new york city in 1926, in queens. he served in the in the in the in the army. he fought at the battle of the bulge in the second world war as a private . i mean, this is a man a private. i mean, this is a man that was born in, as you say, in 1926. he you know, he's he's been alive and lived a long and varied life. >> and when we talk about sinatra as well, nick, i mean, what was different about bennett? was it his phrasing or was it the timbre or the tone in his voice? very good.

>> very good. mark yes, that's exactly it. the they had a slightly different style . i slightly different style. i think tony bennett was a bit more jazzy and started his time playing with jazz bands in new york. sinatra was more of a populist singer. i'm going to call him a pop singer, but he was more of a pop singer. they had slightly different styles. bennett was very much more jazzy. as i said , which is jazzy. as i said, which is enabled him to work with the likes of amy winehouse and lady gaga. >> yeah. is he now the last of the line, the last of the greats ? >> 7- >> yeah, he ? >> yeah, he probably is. actually it's amazing. one one reads and hears about so many of our great artists dying now. i mean , getting into their 70s and mean, getting into their 70s and 80s. yeah. 96. yes. and he was he was the last, i think . he was the last, i think. >> so he's left his heart with , >> so he's left his heart with, well, quite a lot of us after that career, he's left his heart

with all of us. >> and as i say, he's1—1 of the >> and as i say, he's 1—1 of the greatest singers of all time. >> nick, thank you very much for joining us here on gb news. thank you for your time. beautiful tribute there. >> well, coming up, do stay with us. we'll be talking about the king queen visited wales king and queen who visited wales yesterday for the first time since coronation an royal since their coronation an royal correspondent was there . first, correspondent was there. first, though, here's some more royalty , tatiana with the headlines . , tatiana with the headlines. pip thank you very much and good afternoon. >> this is the latest, as you've been hearing, legendary pop and jazz singer tony bennett has died at the age of 96. he was diagnosed with alzheimer's disease in 2016. bennett, known for his performances with singers from frank sinatra to lady gaga , sold millions of lady gaga, sold millions of records right around the world won and 20 grammys . rishi sunak won and 20 grammys. rishi sunak has suffered a double by—election loss with labour and

the liberal democrats both overturning majorities of more than 20,000. labour won selby and ainsty and the lib dems took somerton and frome on sizeable swings. the prime minister says the conservatives , by—election the conservatives, by—election victory in uxbridge and south ruislip boris johnson's old seat shows the next general election is not a done deal. he said the defeats were far from favourable, but he plans to double down and deliver for the people . next week. strikes on people. next week. strikes on the london underground have been called off. the unions say progress has been made in talks on pensions and working conditions, although negotiations are still ongoing with acas as they attempt to come to a resolution. london's mayor sadiq khan has thanked the rmt aslef and the unite union, who worked closely with transport for london. he said this is what you can achieve when you work with and not against unions. when you work with and not against unions . a tense ants are against unions. a tense ants are feeling the squeeze as landlords in and outside of london increase rents by between 3 and

£500 per year. the average asking price for rents outside of london has risen by £308, with an average price per month of 1200, while landlords in the capital have increased their asking price by £559, with the average monthly rent at just over 2500 . ukraine's president over 2500. ukraine's president vladimir zelenskyy has sacked his country's ambassador to the uk. vadym prystaiko , who was uk. vadym prystaiko, who was reportedly dismissed after publicly criticising the president's response to a row over gratitude for british military aid . earlier this military aid. earlier this month, defence secretary ben wallace said the uk and the us were not amazon when it came to kiev's request for weapons and military equipment. mr pascoe called mr zelenskyy's promise to thank the uk defence minister every morning. unhealthy sarcasm . pm kyiv gave no official reason for the dismissal . you reason for the dismissal. you can get more on all of those stories by visiting our website.

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second day of the championship. but a smoke flare let off with powdered orange paint at the 17th. american golfer billy horschel intervening to help remove one protester. but now one woman, two men wearing t shirts, handcuffed, marched off merseyside police saying arrested on suspicion of conspiracy to commit criminal damage and public nuisance. >> they say while they respect the rights of people to protest disorder would not be tolerated. and of course, this today comes hot on the heels of protests at wimbledon, at ashes, pretty much at any sport you can think of. >> now. we're continuing our look at the role that cash plays in our everyday lives. part of our don't kill cash campaign in towns and cities across the country. market traders, of course, have to swap their goods for cash. yes, some hard cash. >> but is the rise of electronic card payments creeping in to become the most popular way to pay become the most popular way to pay our east midlands? reporter will hollis has the latest from market deeping in lincolnshire it does what it says on the tin.

>> there's been a market in market deeping for 800 years. plenty of cash floating around. but now on every stall, a card machine to cash or card. >> madam cash, thank you very much indeed. >> stuart the fish man has been coming here for nearly 20 years, virtually everybody about now has got a card . has got a card. >> it's so easy to pay . there's >> it's so easy to pay. there's not the banks about to go and draw cash out. and obviously there's not the atms either. i think in market deeping, i think there may be two, peter and his wife mavis, are regulars tapping their way between the stalls . their way between the stalls. well, we don't we don't have cash much now. >> they carry much cash . of >> they carry much cash. of course, we have no banks, no banks at all? no. and there's no post office. >> the main post office closed down while of people here down while lots of people here at market deeping say they're getting comfortable getting more comfortable with using card for purchases, using their card for purchases, they say one of the biggest reasons why is because all of the banks have closed down and

there's virtually for there's virtually nowhere for them their cash just them to get their cash out just to into shop and buy to go into a shop and buy a newspaper or something like that i >> -- >> it's better just to >> it's betterjust to pay by >> it's better just to pay by cash. >> and rather than getting a card out, i do use both, but i do prefer to use cash because at least, you know, we know what you're spending, then i do think it's a government ploy to get rid of cash, which the traders run the market, not the local council like most businesses, they went card only during covid. >> now customers have a choice . >> now customers have a choice. >> now customers have a choice. >> at the moment i'm just changing a battery on a watch for somebody . for somebody. >> david's on the watch, stole some of his customers are keen on card , others are clinging to cash. >> this battery will cost £4 and majority of people will pay cash with it. cards can be cloned and cash machines can be cloned . so cash machines can be cloned. so the elderly feel more secure, paying the elderly feel more secure, paying with cash . £10, please. paying with cash. £10, please. >> older people seem more likely to use cash . but cynthia reckons to use cash. but cynthia reckons the change might help if they've

got arthritic fingers or something like that and they can just tap a card that's quite good. >> i find if i just go like that, it's quite good. >> and how old are you ? >> and how old are you? >> and how old are you? >> i'm 89. >> i'm 89. >> the cash card conundrum pits paper against plastic. actually banknotes are plastic now, too . banknotes are plastic now, too. the old ones are gone . maybe the old ones are gone. maybe time is running out for cash of all kinds or is it worth counting the reasons to keep it? will hollis gb news in market deeping cash is easier in some ways, but do you know what i keep doing with the card is i always forget my pin number. >> you know, you can only use it so many times before you have to put the card in. it's >> yeah, well, talking of spending retail sector did better than expected last month , climbing by 0.7. despite wider predictions it would actually fall and public sector net borrowing might have fallen last month, but it is still at record highs with uk debt still higher

than gdp for the first time since 1961. >> we'll get more on this now from our economics and business editor liam halligan with on the money . plenty to get into. liam, money. plenty to get into. liam, what's what's the most important aspect of all this? >> just before i start on that gb news viewers and listeners can of course, sign our petition i >> -- >> oh yes, 5mm >> oh yes, we should kill cash gbnews.com forward slash cash. >> we're at around a quarter of a million signatures now. we're going for half a million. we're trying to get a debate in parliament, raise awareness because we know a lot of vulnerable of vulnerable people, a lot of elderly vulnerable older elderly people, vulnerable older people, want to keep people, they do want to keep hold cash. and we've hold of their cash. and we've got reasonably good news got some reasonably good news on the today about the the economy today about the first time i've heard you say that since i started on this show. need to show. you need you need to listen more, i do say it listen more, because i do say it quite you just remember quite often. you just remember the bad things. so, look, we had retail sales numbers this morning they were better retail sales numbers this mornexpected. 1ey were better retail sales numbers this mornexpected. 1ey vythe better retail sales numbers this mornexpected. 1ey vythe office retail sales numbers this mo nationaled.1ey vythe office retail sales numbers this mo national statisticse office for national statistics published numbers. lots of

published its numbers. lots of data comes out on a friday and sales volumes last month were 0.7% up on may. so may to june you had almost a 1% increase in the volume of those retail sales. but that is down 1% on june 2022. so that's the general direction of travel. we have seen a bounce back in food sales in june. the weather was very, very good for barbecues and so on. a lot of people decided to stay at home, sit in their gardens if they're lucky enough to have a garden. that boosted food sales. having said all that, though, in july, these are official numbers in july, survey numbers from a private sector company, gfk . they seem to company, gfk. they seem to suggest that there's consumer confidence. is ebbing. now it's all those interest rate rises and 13 interest rate rises that we've had so far. probably another one on the 3rd of august, if i'm honest. sorry to break the bad news. and also fiscal drag. more and more people being dragged into higher tax brackets with those frozen

tax brackets with those frozen tax thresholds that we've talked about a lot. but it's not just about a lot. but it's not just about consumers. a lot of gb news viewers and listeners will be of small businesses may be part of small businesses may be part of small businesses may be running small businesses. a lot small businesses now are lot of small businesses now are starting feel squeeze in starting to feel the squeeze in terms their cost base as terms of their cost base as consumer confidence ebbs away. i spoke to alan sodhi, who's from the federation of small businesses . businesses. >> there is a cost of living crisis affecting consumers, but there is a cost of doing business crisis as well, particularly affecting smaller businesses who don't have the big pockets of big, large global corporates. and that higher interest rates, it's inflation, it's the highest tax burden for 70 years. the only way out of thatis 70 years. the only way out of that is to ease some of that burden, to have policies in place from government and from others that actually allow these businesses to have more of the money that they take to spend, to to grow, to create to invest, to grow, to create jobs, and ultimately to get back economic recovery . economic recovery. >> and we can reflect it's costing the biggest company of all uk plc a lot in terms of

what we're paying in debt repayment interest. it's costing the government a huge amount. >> worth saying that the fsb have backed our don't kill cash campaign. they're very much behind it . a lot of small behind it. a lot of small companies, they don't like the fact that if you only can use cards , the card payment cards, the card payment companies can then charge more and more. you've got to have cash as a competition to cards. and indeed, when i was speaking to the fsb, we were talking about what the extent to which the government is spending money on its own debt service. so paying on its own debt service. so paying for its own debt and the extent to which we are now borrowing ing to pay debt service on government debt, it really is quite worrying. let me illustrate that to you, mark. so the ons released numbers this morning showing that the government . £18.5 government borrowed. £18.5 billion in june. that's £18,500 million. that's the equivalent to about three pe on the basic rate of income tax for a whole year. rate of income tax for a whole year . that's how much more we year. that's how much more we borrowed in a single month. that was less, though, than june

20th, 22, around £400 million less, 0.4 billion there. but this latest june number was still the third highest june total on record. and here's the kicker of that £18.5 billion that we borrowed in june . on that we borrowed in june. on 12.5 billion actually was spent sent or was we had to borrow it in order to pay the debt interest charges on debt that we'd previously accumulated. so look , lots of people say, oh, look, lots of people say, oh, why can't the government just spend more money? you're really horrible if you don't. the government spend more money, they can borrow more. they can just borrow more. that's very well. the that's all very well. but the more borrow, the more more money we borrow, the more taxpayers money we need to then spend on service that debt. spend on service ing that debt. that's to borrow that's all we need to borrow more. and then we have to pay interest interest. and interest on the interest. and that's we can't then that's money that we can't then put into schools, hospitals, teachers the rest of it teachers and all the rest of it . so to govern is to choose economics needs choices and trade offs. interest trade offs. and as interest rates go up , the amount of money rates go up, the amount of money we're spending on an ever increasing pile of debt goes up

and up and up and the chancellor is warning that we're at a critical juncture and reckless spending must be avoided . i spending must be avoided. i think we are at a critical juncture here, even though i don't like the fact that government spending is so high. i don't like the fact that we're at a 70 year high for the tax burden either. as you heard alan dodi, if the fsb say they're i guess the big debate, pip, is if you lower taxes, is that a responsible or would that spark more growth, which would mean there's then more tax revenue. so we have to borrow less. this is the central conundrum of economics. but the real choice to be made in the coming weeks is that 3rd of august decision by the bank of england. i think there's now a real debate there that the bank of england should hold rates. now, we've just seen a pretty big fall in inflation. we've got that energy price cap that's from beginning that's down from the beginning of will take at least of july that will take at least one percentage point off the rate inflation. may be now rate of inflation. it may be now that the bank of england having been to start raising

been late to start raising interest is now late to interest rates, is now late to stop raising interest rates, compounding error, it's compounding the error, it's going a huge debate in the going to be a huge debate in the days ahead before the 3rd of august. and for many, mortgage holders, this will be a key decision indeed. >> you. quick question . >> thank you. quick question. are going to watch barbie are you going to watch barbie this ? this weekend? >> not going to. i'm >> no, i'm not going to. i'm i must say i'm more of an oppenheimer man than a than a barbie man. >> i'm guess that it >> i'm going to guess that it won't surprise to hear. >> i'm going to guess that it woryeah.prise to hear. >> yeah. >> yeah. >> stay with the boys in blue. >> stay with the boys in blue. >> indeed not the girl in pink. >> indeed not the girl in pink. >> in fact, you fancy >> well, in fact, if you fancy some reckless spending this weekend, have a hard weekend, fans have a hard decision make for movie decision to make for the movie event year. so far. yeah. event of the year. so far. yeah. bobenheim >> think you know what >> yeah. i think you know what i'm going for. although i would quite like to see them back to back as a lot of people i think are going to do this weekend. odeon than odeon cinemas say more than a million are expected at million people are expected at the cinemas over the next week following the release of these blockbusters . blockbusters. >> get more with sophie >> let's get more with sophie sophie reaper, our north west reporter also the pink reporter who is also in the pink there at the vue cinema. so we

know which one you're for , going know which one you're for, going but obviously this is a huge fillip for the cinema industry. after all the problems of covid and so . on and so. on >> it is indeed. mark i think , >> it is indeed. mark i think, you know, we've been here all day today at the printworks in manchester. people have been turning up trying to get those last tickets, but there last minute tickets, but there just aren't any. i've been speaking to manager here. speaking to the manager here. he's that every single he's told us that every single screening both and screening of both barbie and oppenheimer, you can see barbie at there. there's so at the top there. there's so many screenings today of that film, but every single screening has out. only one odd has been sold out. only one odd seat left out in each individual screening. so people are coming in their masses. it's really the footfall is starting to come now, but people being turned away, if they haven't pre—booked their lucky me , i their tickets. lucky for me, i have seeing barbie have pre—booked seeing barbie tonight, so i should be okay. fingers crossed. now, these two films you mentioned, pip, people will be taking in back to back viewings. films could not viewings. these films could not be more polar opposites. barbie is a greta gerwig comedy based,

of course , on the iconic barbie of course, on the iconic barbie doll that everybody knows and loves . oppenheimer doll that everybody knows and loves. oppenheimer is a biological thriller much darker about the creation of the atomic bomb. but yet people will still be doing that back to back viewing. it's been suggested by one researcher that people should do oppenheimer first and take in the dark, brooding atmosphere and then use barbie as a palate cleanser to lighten the mood afterwards. but if people are going to do that, they're looking at a five hour long stint. so it will be quite a slog . now i say, we've been a slog. now i say, we've been here at printworks all day today, speaking to moviegoers, asking them if they're here to see which of barbie or oppenheimer or if they're going to do that back to back. and here's what they had to tell me. it's the oppenheimer and are you going to see barbie as well ? going to see barbie as well? yeah, 6 pm. barbie showing. >> so we'll have lunch and then back in. >> i'm here to see barbie, obviously , with the pink going obviously, with the pink going on the main film and then

oppenheimer might just be too much for me. i might need a break in between, actually. see? sit here to see oppenheimer. yeah but guess we'll see barbie later. know, we have later. you know, if we have time. though i'm really time. even though i'm really excited both. it's all about barbie. >> definitely oppenheimer, who don't asked, you >> definitely oppenheimer, who don't whether asked, you >> definitely oppenheimer, who don't whether or|sked, you >> definitely oppenheimer, who don't whether or noti, you >> definitely oppenheimer, who don't whether or not theyu >> definitely oppenheimer, who don't whether or not the world's know, whether or not the world's about to and whether not about to end and whether or not nuclear truly good nuclear weapons are truly good for the or bad. it's an for the world or bad. it's an interesting question, and it'll be more enjoyable . be a bit more enjoyable. >> sophie, people going to see barbie are many dressed head to toe in pink. i mean, i've seen some people in feather boas and in sunglasses and hats and everything. you know, are they are they really throwing themselves into this ? themselves into this? >> i would say 90% of the people who are here to say barbie today are dressed in pink. i can see some young ladies just just over here who are in pink and people are in, like you say , huge fur are in, like you say, huge fur coats. i've seen cowboy hats. i've seen bags. i've seen there was a whole group before that came in in matching pink barbie jumpers. so people are really getting into the spirit. i'm

going watching it this evening with my friends and i know we're all to be sporting some all going to be sporting some pink clothing, why not? why pink clothing, so why not? why not get into the spirit of things? fun and games things? it's all fun and games after all. >> absolutely brilliant. yeah. i'm at it i'm a barbie girl at heart. it pretty much everything in my house is pink. i've got a pink fridge. there's my pink sofa. i bought a shed. i painted that pink. i might as well just have a barbie party at home. i think with all my mates. not sure how many would go better than a nuclear bomb party, i suppose, but going down a bomb box but going down a bomb at the box office you very much. >> so if you're updating us there manchester now news there at manchester now news just berlin, the just in from berlin, the authorities there have called off search what they off their search for what they thought escaped lioness . thought was an escaped lioness. they've to the they've now come to the conclusion it was, in fact, a wild boar should have gone to specsavers. >> maybe the searcher began on wednesday following sites of the animal. and there is a bit of video where you actually see it and it has to say it did so much look like a lioness. but searchers have confirmed that no paw prints or dna was found ,

paw prints or dna was found, which would suggest the presence of a lioness and so a wild boar, which it was so dangerous, if it had been a lioness, everybody was keeping their pets indoors just in case. >> yeah, i don't think you'd want tangle the wild boar, want to tangle the wild boar, though. but clearly it's turned out as you can see, the out to be as you can see, the hunters there with their rifles. a little relief for all a little bit of a relief for all those citizens of berlin. so there are. news just in. uh, there we are. news just in. uh, a big boar for berlin. that's it from us. we're back on monday. have a great weekend . enjoy barbie. >> yes. all the big boys for your company. enjoy it . your company. enjoy it. >> the temperature's rising . >> the temperature's rising. boxt solar proud sponsors of weather on . gb news. weather on. gb news. >> hello. it's aidan mcgivern here. welcome to the met office forecast for gb news showers for many today and then turning more widely unsettled overnight. and as we head into the weekend, various weather systems are heading our way. a number of

fronts coming in from the north atlantic, maintaining that cool and unsettled july weather that we've become used to this month . but ahead of the more general rain showers petering out across eastern parts of the uk , clear eastern parts of the uk, clear spells through the night for south east england, northern scotland, just a few showers in the far north of scotland, but elsewhere, largely cloudy with outbreaks of rain moving through with the rain. it's going to be a less cool night. temperatures in places staying in the mid teens , but an unsettled start to teens, but an unsettled start to the weekend . we do have some the weekend. we do have some early brightness in the south—east of england and more especially northern scotland, where stays largely sunny where it stays largely sunny throughout saturday. throughout much of saturday. that's the place to be if you want sunshine. but want some sunshine. but elsewhere grey, it's elsewhere it's grey, it's gloomy, and we've got these spells of crossing the spells of rain crossing the country. the rain on and off in many places , particularly many places, particularly towards it's to towards the east, it's going to be persistent be heaviest and most persistent towards and accompanied towards the west and accompanied by strong wind, particularly by a strong wind, particularly around and southwestern around southern and southwestern coast. all feeling on coast. so all in all, feeling on the side . now, the more

the cool side. now, the more persistent wet weather pushes through saturday night, but through on saturday night, but it across central and it lingers across central and southern scotland. northern england well. a showers england as well. a few showers elsewhere sunday the elsewhere, but sunday in the south and the far north looking brighter compared with . saturday brighter compared with. saturday >> the temperatures rising , a >> the temperatures rising, a boxt solar proud sponsors of weather on .

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