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government is putting pressure on rescue british on airlines to rescue british families and roads as of families and roads as tens of thousands flee wildfires that engulfed their accommodation. >> corfu is evacuate in residents by sea now as well . residents by sea now as well. >> and politically, rishi sunak is facing a split within his own party. i think the labour party is their commitment is too on their commitment to net this after the net zero. this is after the conservatives unexpected victory in uxbridge, seen as a rejection of the london mayor's green policies and the levelling up secretary michael gove is giving an update on his plans to tackle the housing crisis this morning. >> he plans to relax rules on extensions and give more flexibility to turn shops into homes. and we're going to be talking to one of michael gove's advisers in the studio and jeremy hunt, the chancellor. >> he's revealed how his >> he's revealed today how his family's been devastated by cancer as he speaks about cancer as he speaks out about his diagnosis being caught his own diagnosis being caught early by the nhs . early by the nhs. carry with me in for bev turner

yes, this is, this is unusual. >> yeah, i'm a bit nervous because it's you. because we're very good now. so this is kind of unusual. very good now. so this is kind of unusuaiback a long way. we've >> we go back a long way. we've got about and got so much to talk about and i'm particularly forward i'm particularly looking forward to nigel farage me to to talking to nigel farage me to that story continues. so now let us your thoughts on us know what your thoughts on all our talking points are today . at gb views at . email us at gb views at gbnews.com . gbnews.com. >> hi, there it is. 932. aaron armstrong here in the gb newsroom. let's get you up to date with the latest headlines . date with the latest headlines. the first repatriation flights are due to arrive in greece later to rescue british holidaymakers stranded by wildfires and roads up to 19,000 people have been evacuated . and people have been evacuated. and one of the largest in greek history. hundreds of british tourists have been stranded , tourists have been stranded, having fled hotels and left belongings behind. they, along with local people, have been sleeping in makeshift centres, schools. these people sleeping in the airport. jet2 and easyjet

are sending flights to bring people . home the prime people. home the prime minister's announced plans to build new homes in cities as he vows is to not concrete over the countryside. it comes as rishi sunak says his party is on track to meet its target of building a million homes between 2019 and 2024. the proposals include creating an urban quarter in cambridge and investing in planning skills to speed up developments at anjem choudary has been charged with with terrorism offences following his arrest last week. the islamic preacher was charged on sunday with three terror offences, including directing a terrorist organisation , membership of a organisation, membership of a prohibited organised nation and addressing meetings to encourage support for a prohibited organisation. khalid hussain from canada is separately has also been charged with membership of a prohibited organisation. both men have been remanded in custody to appear at westmin magistrates court later

today. westmin magistrates court later today . we'll have more today. we'll have more throughout the morning and afternoon on the half hour and there's more on our website as well. gbnews.com but for now it's back to andrew and . it's back to andrew and. carol >> morning again. well, the government is putting pressure on airlines to bring british tourists displaced by wildfires in home as greek in roads back home as greek authorities undertake the country's biggest ever evacuation . evacuation. >> ministers held emergency meetings yesterday as easyjet announced it would run repatriate flights to rescue holidaymakers . with two taking holidaymakers. with two taking place today . place today. >> and it comes as corfu becomes the latest greek island to issue an evacuation order due to fires . we're an evacuation order due to fires .we're joining us now is senior lecturer in sustainable construction and climate change, john grant. mr grant, morning to you. these these are terrible

scenes on these greek islands. what do you draw any conclusions from from these fires .7 are they from from these fires.7 are they worse than normal .7 worse than normal? >> yes, i mean, we've been the tragedy in this is that we have been predicting that a worsening since, well, two thousand and seven, when the first publication, 2012, last year, we were told that , you know, were told that, you know, anything these things happen, fires happen . think it was 2008, fires happen. think it was 2008, roads evacuated 2000 people. but as you can see, just things are getting worse. and because, you know , we're just not responding know, we're just not responding with any real urgency to this this wider challenge and blaming everybody else rather than than actually getting on with coming up with proper strategies to reduce our emissions and become more resilient to these awful , more resilient to these awful, awful situations. but mr grant,

the government, if there was a government minister here, they'd say, we're doing an awful lot. >> investing >> we're doing we're investing so turbines and so much in wind turbines and solar energy every, every, every month. people who are struggling with the cost of living crisis are paying big chunk of their are paying a big chunk of their electric and gas bill in green levies . levies. >> yeah, and isn't that that's just it's one of those classic things of only going half way so what we're doing is we're just doing it enough so that it costs us rather than actually embracing this so that the investment , not the cost, but investment, not the cost, but the investment in these this agenda to zero carbon will actually begin to save us money. so we have this ridiculous situation of giving people money to pay their bills, which they absolutely need because they were on on a knife edge. but but , but if we invested in their homes, then they could save that money and more for ever. but

because we only halfway do it, we've just said today that we're going to build loads of houses, but most of those houses are up to a standard that we're probably going to have to go back and improve them as we realise that they are such standard to the needs of the 21st century and this extreme weather that we're experiencing. i was talking about extreme weather conditions, but the extreme weather isn't that unusual. >> and we know that there have been hotter times. i think it was in sicily a couple of years ago. temperature hit 48.5 ago. the temperature hit 48.5 degrees. it's not hit that since, but in the 40s is not that unusual for europe at this time year . time of year. >> yes. yes of course. it's a mediterranean basin , but it's mediterranean basin, but it's the extreme and the length of these events that we're seeing. the reason that we've got forest fires is not having a 1 or 2 or even a weeks of temperatures close to 40 degrees. but what we're seeing is a is a shift of the entire climate. so it is a

great deal warmer and drier there. and a lot wetter where we are. of course , there's always are. of course, there's always a balance . so that moisture is balance. so that moisture is being lifted out of that environment and so, you know, it is that time of the screw of that situation that is what we're experiencing because you know, we trivialise it when, when, when i say things like 1.2 c, you would say, well, that barely measurable. but what that doesisit barely measurable. but what that does is it pushes all of those events slightly up so that they all happen that little bit worse. and it doesn't take a great deal to tip into these. well, in this case, these awful fires that we're looking at, john, the latest ipcc report, i'm going to read what it says, because i don't want to mess it up, concluded that the signal of climate has not yet climate change has not yet emerged beyond natural variability for the following. >> and they talk about phenomena . they say they're river . they say they're saying river floods, landslides , droughts,

floods, landslides, droughts, severe , sand and dust severe windstorms, sand and dust storms , heavy snowfalls. so storms, heavy snowfalls. so they're not attributing everything that's happening to the weather, to to the the climate change. >> so could you tell me what date that that quote , the date that that quote, the latest, the report, the latest one that what i don't i don't recognise that one because i was looking at the graphs and it clearly showed that the risk for those extreme events are much , those extreme events are much, much higher now than they than they were previously . they were previously. >> so, you know, this is a probability because we know that weather is weather, but it's climate that we're looking at here and we're seeing that shift. so there is there's a whole science called attribution where we can look at events such as these fires, such as the heat heat events going on in china to europe and the us and we can say that it's five times more likely . so yes, you can get more heat

waves. they can still happen even if climate change didn't exist. but it's that five times more likely this is like playing russian roulette but putting more bullets in the revolver. and i'm just i think most people would be uncomfortable with saying, well, there's still an empty chamber there. it might not happen . surely we now have not happen. surely we now have to do have to do something about this. and the idea of displacing this. and the idea of displacing this to something like the tiny little event of the of the low emission zone, which i heard earlier in your your coverage as being, you know, green policy is that's not green policies . that's not green policies. that's one tiny sliver of what we need to do. it is a much bigger problem. and it's not down to people's opinions. i wish it was it was down to my opinion. i wish climate change away , but we can't. we just away, but we can't. we just can't. the science is now clear i >> -- >> and john, i just want to give you one more figure. this is from the european forest fire

information system. it says, so far, 2023 has been an average year for forest fires, a total of 150,000 hectares burned in worst years, 500,000 have burned. so are we overreacting in some way, john? are people like you panicking us because of these images we're seeing on our television screens ? is television screens? is >> well, i'm not panicking . i'm >> well, i'm not panicking. i'm saying that there's more likely event of these fires. and the idea that , you know, these these idea that, you know, these these fires are now close to where people are living is obviously a major concern. but i'm not here to talk about forest fire specific . that's just one specific. that's just one indian. later that something's going wrong . and you know if you going wrong. and you know if you that that might be true that the figure of course it's true you wouldn't misquote i'm sure but you know if we look globally at the number of forest fires, you look at canada , you look look at look at canada, you look look at other parts of the world, we see

a significant tightening of that. and it is probability. again, other things can can happen. we now have a warming event and whilst the north the very far north warms so much faster than than the mediterranean, you get this situation where you get that warm air being dragged up over europe from north africa and here we are in the uk experience this awful wet weather at the moment which nobody is enjoying . and that's because that weather has been dragged down in what's called a rossby wave, which is these up and down waves that are being caused by this instability . and, you know, we instability. and, you know, we can all pick specific events, but the general direct section of where we are going is one of extreme concern . extreme concern. >> and we're going to have to stop . john. we're going to have stop. john. we're going to have to stop you there. that was john grant senior. thank you. that was john grant, senior lecturer grant senior. thank you. that waconstruction, senior lecturer grant senior. thank you. that waconstruction and ior lecturer

grant senior. thank you. that waconstruction and climateirer in construction and climate change in the studio this is, as always, on a monday morning. >> our favourite political >> it's our favourite political strategist, pottinger . strategist, piers pottinger. hello. to hello. what's your reaction to this ? are being panicked by this? are we being panicked by experts because we're pointing to fires in roads, but there's i mean, another figure i saw here, the other day, the hottest temperature ever recorded was 56.7% in death valley in california in 1913. we've never got anywhere near that. 1913. that was. >> beard yeah . >> beard yeah. >> beard yeah. >> i mean, the fact is, climate's been changing since the beginning of time. yeah, but also greece is a very special situation because of the islands and the geography and the greeks are very ill prepared, shared and don't have the resources because it's a very poor country and is quite a mess. bureaucrat quickly. and i think also in the mediterranean, it's as carol mentioned, sicily earlier for today. sicily is supposed to break all records with a temperature of 50 degrees. is i mean , i go to sicily, but i go

mean, i go to sicily, but i go in april or october. yeah, because last year it was i mean, they thought 42 last year was bad and it is very bad now. but the whole of the mediterranean area is vulnerable to wildfires . and in france, where i used to have a house and we evacuated our house twice because of fires in provence, both fires were started by a cigarette. >> interesting . >> interesting. >> interesting. >> and nothing to do with climate. >> do you think that's likely here? some of them. >> well, we don't know what causes the wildfires and they are called wildfires for good are called wildfires for a good reason. there . wild. are reason. it's there. wild. are there unexpected ? it's also the there unexpected? it's also the winds are very strong. i believe today in rhodes, which will make things even worse . but there's things even worse. but there's no doubt that july and august in the mediterranean, i wonder how long they're going to be continue to be the holiday months. i think the implications are that maybe school holidays may may have to you have to look

at the whole year. >> it's interesting you talked about that temperature in sicily. was 48.8 because the sicily. it was 48.8 because the highest before that was . in 1977 highest before that was. in 1977 and that was 48 degrees. so there has been massive, you know , periods of time between these these crazy temperatures. >> yeah. >> yeah. >> i mean , i think the doom and >> i mean, i think the doom and gloom mongers , you know, jump on gloom mongers, you know, jump on every opportunity there are certain sections of the media are they're not they do give us the worst case scenarios. >> the whole time. they seem to have their own agenda, their own. >> green well, if you watch bbc, own. >mean, n well, if you watch bbc, own. >mean, itwell, if you watch bbc, own. >mean, it seems you watch bbc, own. >mean, it seems to»u watch bbc, own. >mean, it seems to be vatch bbc, own. >mean, it seems to be their bbc, i mean, it seems to be their sole subject is climate change with graphics, which seem to suggest temperatures of over 40 c in britain, which has never happened. >> no. let's talk about another subject, because michael gove is making speech today. yes, making a big speech today. yes, housing projects. have i not heard this before ? we're going heard this before? we're going to allow shops to be turned into flats. allow flats. we're going to allow extensions to be built more easily. is there anything new in this? no. >> no, in my opinion. i mean , i >> no, in my opinion. i mean, i think both major parties are

making announcements and eliza dodds from the labour party has been talking about about loosening up laws on transgender care and already after the uxbridge, the conservative lives are talking about steps back from their green policies . these from their green policies. these are tinkering at the edges. i think what is going to win elections is, is the party that the voters trust to cut taxes, make the cost of living manageable and also get a handle on immigration properly. those are the big issues. i think getting the green issue, talking about diesel cars or in 2035 i'm sorry , that's that's in the sorry, that's that's in the distance . mind you, in scotland distance. mind you, in scotland the snp are launching new policies today on you can't sell

your house if you haven't got a new heating pump in it which would cost you £10,000 to do it. that's another brilliant policy from the snp that's going to be greeted with amazement and how on earth they're still in power . i have no idea. >> so before you can sell your home, you've got to have a £10,000 heat pump. >> that's what they're announcing today. >> exactly . that's >> but 14 yeah, exactly. that's a one. a cheap one. >> well as spending more >> as well as spending more scottish money on scottish taxpayers money on another study on independence and the practicalities of a scottish passport. and they're also talking about increasing immigration in scotland to grow the air economy. oh, well, there's another popular policy they can have from england , they can have from england, because i think we've got about a hundred thousand. >> you were talking before about the government do the government has to do more things to people. the government has to do more thirwhy to people. the government has to do more thirwhy isn't to people. the government has to do more thirwhy isn't rishi to people. the government has to do more thirwhy isn't rishi doing»ple. the government has to do more thirwhy isn't rishi doing that? >> why isn't rishi doing that? why he never why we never why is he never why do we never see him ? is he never visible see him? why is he never visible and out there contradicting what labour says and saying the labour says and saying what the tories are going to do? >> i couldn't more with >> i couldn't agree more with you. the problem he you. i think the problem is he is not a natural communicator

and he's not naturally good at interacting with the people and it's a problem for him. he's got an he's got a great deal of integrity. he's an extremely intelligent. we all know that . intelligent. we all know that. and he's got a financially shrewd brain. i think the big question is during the summer until september , where we will until september, where we will probably get a mini reshuffle . probably get a mini reshuffle. well, will jeremy hunt be in power because jeremy hunt is talking about how he cannot at lower taxes in september , which lower taxes in september, which is what he was hoping to do . i is what he was hoping to do. i think that the backbenchers , think that the backbenchers, tory rebels and if they're going to win an election, there has to be some kind of tax cut . and be some kind of tax cut. and that would mean the removal of jeremy hunt, who's also still a staunch remainer, don't forget an and putting someone else in place there, they've got to find a new defence secretary as well , whether it's james cleverly or tom tugendhat, we don't know yet . but i think what if i was advising the conservative party, i'd be telling them to spend

august toughening up their act, working hard on rishi, getting him out there . john major him out there. john major famously went round on a soapbox when everyone laughed at him, but it won him the election. a year after terrible by—election results so it can be done. rishi needs the soapbox. >> he does . that's piers >> he does. that's piers pottinger very pleased to have him with us. now, britain's biggest banks are being summoned for a meeting with the city minister of the minister in the wake of the apology natwest bank. was minister in the wake of the aranigy natwest bank. was minister in the wake of the aranigy reallyest bank. was minister in the wake of the aranigy really for3ank. was minister in the wake of the aran igy really for closing as minister in the wake of the aran wfarage really for closing as minister in the wake of the aranwfarage banky for closing as minister in the wake of the aranwfarage bank accountsing as minister in the wake of the aranwfarage bank account ?ng as nigel farage bank account? >> oh, that's me, yes . >> oh, that's me, yes. >> andrew e jean carroll. >> andrew e jean carroll. >> andrew. this is why i'm not good. >> andrew. this is why i'm not good . andrew griffin will send good. andrew griffin will send a letter today warning that the government is to prepared take the action necessary to protect customers freedom of speech. >> well, we're going to speak to our nigel now our very own nigel farage now about all of this. nigel morning to you. you've stirred some hornet's nests in your time and this is a really big hornet's nest, you said. what do you read into what the city minister

andrew griffith is doing today ? andrew griffith is doing today? andrew griffith is doing today? and is it enough ? and is it enough? >> i think the truth is this problem has been bubbling away for 2 or 3 years. there cannot be an mp in the house of commons that has received anguished that has not received anguished pain letters from constituents, especially those that run small businesses who find it now virtually impossible to open account, find themselves often summarily closed , find their summarily closed, find their local branches have been shut, the atm machines have disappeared . and oh, and if they disappeared. and oh, and if they if they take cash , which the if they take cash, which the banks don't want to accept the cash. so this problem has been bubbung cash. so this problem has been bubbling away for a long time at a variety of levels. and i think what i did to blow the lid off this give andrew griffith this was to give andrew griffith the opportunity to do something that he probably wanted to do anyway. so i'm actually i have to say , it's been extraordinary to say, it's been extraordinary the extent to which the government have acted acted quickly. rishi sunak, andrew griffith, other cabinet ministers and amazingly , andrew, ministers and amazingly, andrew, as went through my sunday

newspaper , there's a whole host newspaper, there's a whole host of left wing journalists who've said terrible things about the past who now all agree this is ultimately about freedom . if ultimately about freedom. if they can control our money, they can shut us down. it's serious stuff. >> nigel, you've lodged a complaint with the information and information commissioner. what does that actually mean? what does that actually mean? what does that mean for banks? what does that mean for banks? what could it mean ? what could it mean? >> so the information commissioner's office actually has a astonishing power. they are able to fine companies huge amounts of money if they're seen to have breached anybody's personal data. why why, oh, why did somebody who works for the natwest group brief? simon jack, the bbc's business editor, about the bbc's business editor, about the state of my current account and how much money may not or may be in it. that is clearly a massive breach of gdpr pr, a massive breach of gdpr pr, a massive breach of my personal privacy . and of course, i'm privacy. and of course, i'm sure, carol, that the fact that.

simon jack , the business editor, simon jack, the business editor, had dinner and sat next to dame alison rose, the boss of natwest the night before , i'm sure the night before, i'm sure that's entirely coincidental , that's entirely coincidental, you know, of course. but but but the ico has power. it has power to demand documents, to demand records of telephone calls, to demand internal emails. records of telephone calls, to demand internal emails . we are demand internal emails. we are going. i promise you , i am going going. i promise you, i am going to get the truth on this and i won't be stopped . won't be stopped. >> and also on alison rose, she she she put out what i would call a rather weasel worded apology . call a rather weasel worded apology. nigel, to you last call a rather weasel worded apology . nigel, to you last week apology. nigel, to you last week . we still don't know what role she had in the construction of that story with the bbc and the bbc still hasn't apologised properly in my view. and i still want to know whether nigel you are going to sue coots bank because what they wrote about you in that 36 page document is defaming three. >> first things first, the bbc. ihave >> first things first, the bbc. i have actually received this morning an acknowledgement from

tim davie, the director general , and he says that deborah turness, the ceo of the bbc, will write to me today. so that is work in progress. will write to me today. so that is work in progress . and i will is work in progress. and i will wait to get deborah tony's letter in terms of getting to the truth, i've also put in a subject access request to natwest that hopefully i can find out there what was said about me at that higher level within the group . and the point within the group. and the point about that 36 page document, andrew, is i had to publish it. andrew, is i had to publish it. and by the way, it was full of misquotes. it was full of things that had been actually beaten in a libel trial against the former guardian journalist that i had to put out that vile information about me . i had to make it about me. i had to make it pubuc about me. i had to make it public because otherwise i couldn't counter the briefing that had been done to the bbc. so, yes, it's yet more reputational damage for me. and on the legal front, all i will say is all options are on the

table. >> interesting . if alison rose >> interesting. if alison rose is proven to have been implicated in what simon rose broadcast on the bbc, is her position unsustainable as chief executive ? executive? >> oh, totally. oh totally. but i mean, there are bigger questions here, too, andrew. good to say every single person watching this right now is a shareholder in the natwest group, right? >> yes . >> yes. >> yes. >> we own 39% of this. we bailed these people out after their greed and stupidity. and now they treat us with contempt. and this i wouldn't have gone public had this just been about me. but i'm learning as i look at my email box every morning, thousands of businesses and individuals have been closed down all over this country. natwest appear to be the worst offender and worst of all. a final thought . i said last week, final thought. i said last week, if they can do it to me, they can do it to you. well, read the small print of all the four big banksin small print of all the four big banks in britain. they now have

the ability to monitor your social media. if you say anything online that goes against the bank's values, they now can close you down. this has got to be fought and fought hard . this is this is the ultimate battle for freedom and individual liberty . individual liberty. >> nigel, fight the good fight. that's nigel farage, our very own nigel farage. now, we have to excuse me , read out what to excuse me, read out what coutts banks has said and carol, i'll let read it. i'll let you read it. >> because you don't want >> that's because you don't want to because i have to read it last week and it just me last week and it just drives me nuts ridiculous. nuts because it's ridiculous. okay, it is not. coutts policy to customer accounts to close customer accounts solely of legally solely on the basis of legally held political and personal views . views. >> still to come , because i >> still to come, because i won't tell you what i think of that. >> well, you have you say you're doing it . doing it. >> it's ridiculous. still to come, more on the fires engulfing the of rhodes . engulfing the island of rhodes. >> britain's newsroom on >> this is britain's newsroom on gb people's channel. gb news, the people's channel. >> the temperature is rising in boxt solar proud sponsors of weather on . gb news.

weather on. gb news. >> hello, i'm marco petagna . >> hello, i'm marco petagna. here's your latest weather update from the met office . update from the met office. we'll see outbreaks of rain clear away the south—east of clear away to the south—east of the uk through the day today, giving sunshine giving way to a mix of sunshine and coupled a and showers coupled with a fairly breeze . it's fairly cool breeze. it's certainly wet picture certainly a fairly wet picture across the south southeast across the south and southeast through we'll through the morning, we'll see some in some heavy bursts of rain in places. i say brighter places. but i say brighter skies tucking the north. so as tucking in from the north. so as we head into afternoon, we head into the afternoon, we'll many places having we'll see many places having some spells coupled, some sunny spells coupled, yes, with particularly with a few showers, particularly towards northwest, towards the north and northwest, those down and that those feeding down and that cooler westerly cooler north to north westerly airstream, it's certainly feeling chilly out and feeling fairly chilly out and about towards the north of the uk breeze. temperatures uk in that breeze. temperatures no than 16 or celsius no better than 16 or 17 celsius down towards the south and southeast. we see a high southeast. we should see a high of 20. 20 is 68in of 19 or 20. 20 is 68in fahrenheit. as we go through the evening, those showers will tend to towards evening, those showers will tend to south towards evening, those showers will tend to south east. towards evening, those showers will tend to south east. still|rds evening, those showers will tend to south east. still some the south and east. still some feeding in there towards the north of scotland. 1 or feeding in there towards the n

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welcome back. it's 10 am. on monday, the 24th of july. this is britain's newsroom on gb news with pearson malone . with pearson malone. >> and the government is putting pressure on airlines to rescue british families who are in roads. tens of thousands have been fleeing wildfires which have engulfed their accommodation. this comes as corfu is now evacuating residents by sea. at the same time , it comes as rishi sunak time, it comes as rishi sunak faces a split within his own party on his commitment to net zero following the conservative victory in uxbridge. >> seen by many as a rejection of green policies, i'll be joined by a tory mayoral candidate , susan hall, and the candidate, susan hall, and the levelling up secretary, michael gove has announced this morning his plans to tackle the housing crisis. >> this morning he wants to relax rules on extensions and

give more flexibility to turn shops homes. i'm going to shops into homes. i'm going to be of his former be joined by one of his former special advisers, even special advisers, adviser, even charlie . charlie rowley. >> jeremy hunt has revealed how his family has been devastated by cancer as he speaks out about his own diagnosis as being caught early by the nhs . we'll caught early by the nhs. we'll be joined by journalist mandar patel later in the programme to discuss her own battle with cancer. >> cancen >> amanda stayed exactly the same skin cancer that jeremy hunts had except much worse. >> she's had much she'd been having. she's been having treatment for years. >> of course she was >> she has, of course she was brought up in australia now. we'd know what you think we'd love to know what you think on all stories, so email us on all our stories, so email us at gbviews@gbnews.com we at gbviews@gbnews.com and we will but will read them out. promise but first, going to get the first, we're going to get the morning with aaron morning news with aaron armstrong . armstrong. >> good morning to you. 10:02 here in the gb newsroom . flights

here in the gb newsroom. flights are due to arrive in greece later to rescue british holidaymakers stranded by wildfires in rhodes . 19,000 wildfires in rhodes. 19,000 people were forced to flee over the weekend. one of the largest evacuations in greek history. hundreds of british tourists have been stranded , having fled have been stranded, having fled hotels. many of whom left their belongings behind. they've been sleeping in airports, make shift centres and school . jet2 and centres and school. jet2 and easyjet are sending flights to bnng easyjet are sending flights to bring people home. sarah shepherd, who fled from rhodes, told gb news she had to leave her hotel to escape the fire. >> we knew that fires were burning, but we didn't really realise how they were coming so close. and then the hotel then sent out an an alert and we all had to evacuate from there . and had to evacuate from there. and we sort of grabbed what we could and went down to the beach and then we just followed everybody else. there was just hundreds and hundreds of people just walking and just we were walking away from the fire. and as we

looked back , you just there was looked back, you just there was just the flames and the and the smoke . smoke. >> meanwhile, the government says there are currently no fires in residential areas of corfu . that's despite evacuation corfu. that's despite evacuation orders being issued there last night, around 60 people were rescued by boat from nozaki beach. rescued by boat from nozaki beach . that's in the north of beach. that's in the north of the island, which is popular with tourists. a rapid deployment team has been sent to rhodes and the foreign office minister andrew mitchell says support available. support is available. >> the situation in corfu is that there are no fires in residence or holiday areas , so residence or holiday areas, so there is much better news on that as far as rhodes is concerned . we now have a team of concerned. we now have a team of ten that is six foreign office experts from london and four red cross support staff at the airport who are giving support to british travellers there. train drivers will hold another

overtime ban in august in their long running dispute over pay. >> the aslef union says workers will walk out from the 7th to the 12th of august. it comes as services were disrupted last week after members of the rmt union held a week long ban on overtime. services could be disrupted , with some areas disrupted, with some areas having no trains . the prime having no trains. the prime minister has vowed not to concrete over the countryside and to prioritise housebuilding ininner and to prioritise housebuilding in inner city areas . the housing in inner city areas. the housing secretary, michael gove , says secretary, michael gove, says plans will include creating an urban quarter in cambridge and investing in planning skills to speed up developments. mr gove also says the extension of permitted development rights will make it easier to extend homes and convert lofts. so getting rid of red tape. we will meet our manifesto target of delivering 1 million new homes in this parliament. >> not only that , but our 11.5 >> not only that, but our 11.5 billion affordable homes programme is delivering well over 100,000 affordable homes , over 100,000 affordable homes, and we're scaling up to deliver

tens of thousands of new homes, specifically for social rent. but we know that there are immediate challenges to future growth across the developed world. there are economic pressures and there is therefore a need for radical action to unlock the supply of new homes . unlock the supply of new homes. >> the islamic preacher anjum choudhury's been charged with terror offences following his arrest last week. the charges include directing a terrorist organisation nye bevan membership of a prohibited organisation and encouraging support for one another. man caleda hussain from canada, has also been charged with membership of a prohibited organisation an. both men have been remanded in custody to appear at westminster magistrates court later today . magistrates court later today. all right, guys. the chancellor has called for more investment in cancer research, drawing from his own diagnosis. jeremy hunt lost both his parents to the disease . his brother has been disease. his brother has been diagnosed with a rare and aggressive form of cancer. while speaking to the daily mail, mr hunt says there needs to be more focus on early diagnosis as it

significantly improves patient outcomes. and he says he was blessed that his own cancer was caught relatively early . caught relatively early. hundreds of patients in england are facing delays in leaving hospitals, despite being ready to be discharged. it's because of issues with sorting , of issues with sorting, transport, paperwork and a lack of available beds elsewhere in nursing homes or community hospitals . nearly 2000 patients hospitals. nearly 2000 patients per day were unable to be discharged last month . the nhs discharged last month. the nhs says it aims to use data to try and address the issue and single malt welsh whisky is now officially protected after receiving special status. the whisky has been awarded the protected geographical indication status as offering legal protection against imitation and misuse . the imitation and misuse. the recognition places it alongside other iconic welsh products like beef, lamb and leeks sold in over 45 countries. welsh whisky is expected to generate up to

£23 million in revenue. this financial year. £23 million in revenue. this financial year . this is gb news financial year. this is gb news more as it happens, but now it is over. to andrew and . is over. to andrew and. carol >> well, airlines are being urged to bring back british tourists who've been displaced by wildfires rhodes, greek by wildfires in rhodes, greek authorities are undertaking the country's biggest ever evacuation effort . evacuation effort. >> ministers held emergency meetings yesterday as easyjet announced it would run repatriate from i can't say the word repatriation flights to rescue holidaymakers with two taking place today. it's incredible that they're still going there, isn't it? >> british airways, british airways and easyjet are still flying there. mind you, you'd probably get a bargain holiday. >> well, you but your >> well, you would, but your hotel might burned down. so hotel might have burned down. so what's point? what's the point? >> in that, >> well, no point in that, actually. >> well, no point in that, act|should read out an email >> should we read out an email

here? this this is lady here? this is this is lady called susan. she says, all this talk about wildfires and linking it climate is it to the climate change is incorrect. portugal incorrect. i lived in portugal for 15 years. had wildfires for 15 years. we had wildfires every single year, all set by human that human hand. pierce said that before. thing is being before. the same thing is being reported about the fires in greece and countries. they greece and other countries. they are hands or are said by human hands or cigarette says cigarette ends. ray says heat waves phenomenon of waves are a phenomenon of nature, fires a cause of human stupidity is discarded. cigarette, a sliver of broken glass a tin magnifying in the glass or a tin magnifying in the heat on dry grass. there go. heat on dry grass. there you go. >> , corfu is now also >> well, corfu is now also issuing an evacuation order due to fires . so we've got the to the fires. so we've got the travel agent, miles morgan , travel agent, miles morgan, who's joining from oh, am i who's joining us from oh, am i going be to pronounce going to be able to pronounce this? hello, kush adithya in turkey. a islands away turkey. just a few islands away from morning to you , from rhodes morning to you, miles. how are you ? miles. how are you? >> good morning. very warm this morning. >> thank you. right. are you on a boat ? a boat? >> yes, i'm on a cruise ship . >> yes, i'm on a cruise ship. we've just landed in kusadasi from istanbul, where we were last night . last night. >> it was making the point and it's a good point, isn't it? it's odd, isn't it, that airlines are still flying

holidaymakers into rhodes? presumably. that's because there's enough of them who want to go . to go. >> well, no. they've actually stopped taking the vast majority of holiday companies have stopped taking people there. they're still flying the aircraft because obviously that means they can then fly people back leg. but the back on the return leg. but the vast majority of have vast majority of them have stopped flying. people out there now obviously the position now until obviously the position becomes later on becomes a bit clearer later on this week. >> you somebody was talking >> are you somebody was talking earlier in the program , i think earlier in the program, i think it was piers pottinger was saying, is it going to soon be the that we'll deciding the case that we'll be deciding we go on holiday to places we can't go on holiday to places like rhodes and even where you are july and august if these are in july and august if these temperatures continue ? temperatures continue? >> well, i think it's a bit early in the day to be saying that. i mean, what we've always seen is, you know, temperatures towards 40 very regularly. people see in this part of the world in july and august. now the issue will be, does it become more frequent and does actually the period of time it's on stay longer? now, if

on for stay longer? now, if that's clearly that's the case, then clearly people to change people might look to change their plans. i think their holiday plans. but i think whilst is dull and 19 whilst the uk is dull and 19 degrees, i think they'll always be for people wanting be demand for people wanting some sunshine . some summer sunshine. >> of criticism of >> in a lot of criticism of travel firms, lots of travel firm s, lots of holidaymakers travel firms, lots of holidaymakers are saying they've just been abandoned by their travel firms. you're hearing that. travel firms. you're hearing that . no, we contacted all of that. no, we contacted all of our guests that are actually out in the resort at the moment in rhodes, and all of them are actually in good shape and all enjoying their holiday because they're in unaffected of they're in unaffected areas of they're in unaffected areas of the island. they're in unaffected areas of the island. they're in unaffected areas of thei think it's always quite >> i think it's always quite natural in these situations that >> i think it's always quite netakesin these situations that >> i think it's always quite netakes a these situations that >> i think it's always quite netakes a little situations that >> i think it's always quite netakes a little bit uations that >> i think it's always quite netakes a little bit oftions that >> i think it's always quite netakes a little bit of timethat it takes a little bit of time for holiday companies to for the holiday companies to pick obviously, you pick up steam. obviously, you know, a very traumatic know, it's a very traumatic incident for all those people affected. and think from now affected. and i think from now onwards, seems onwards, i think control seems to the situation. to be gained of the situation. but it's fair to say that but yeah, it's fair to say that there few moments where there were a few moments where it was hairy for guests it was a bit hairy for guests and obviously that's sad and obviously that's a sad thing for anybody endure at any for anybody to endure at any time, particularly obviously when their holidays. when they're on their holidays. >> right. that's >> all right. that's myles morgan. travel who's morgan. the travel agent who's on cruise ship. on a rather nice cruise ship.

>> looks good. >> it looks good. >> it looks good. >> we can now actually >> well, we can now actually speak very own arlene speak to our very own arlene foster, who's just come back from rhodes. eileen, from from rhodes. eileen, morning . have we got you, eileen morning. have we got you, eileen 7 morning. have we got you, eileen ? is she off? there she is. morning eileen. i'm just trying to see how suntan you are. >> oh, the thing is , i had a >> oh, the thing is, i had a wonderful holiday and i was quite oblivious to what was going on in other parts of the island until saturday when i was due to leave, and i was due to leave on saturday evening. and we travelled from the east just below lardos up the lovely coast road to rhodes town , and we'd road to rhodes town, and we'd been to some wonderful places in rhodes, including an absolutely beautiful little beach restaurant which you would have loved and i'm sure and i think we've got a little photograph. there it is a gorgeous little place . and on saturday evening, place. and on saturday evening, i found out that it was

completely burnt to the ground. >> oh, no, god, yes , absolutely. >> oh, no, god, yes, absolutely. >> oh, no, god, yes, absolutely. >> so the place where i had been on thursday evening, on thursday, all day thursday, i had my lunch there, the beautiful beach beds were there. there were water sports and was there all day thursday and on saturday evening we looked at my daughter looked at twitter, and there it was, burnt to the ground, really ? ground, really? >> you're lucky. there are terrible scenes, terrible footage coming back here now. people fleeing for their lives, literally people who live there, elderly women and carrying a couple of plastic bags with all their worldly belongings. people are terrified . are terrified. >> and it was when we were taking off late on saturday night, early sunday morning, we could look back and see the fires actually raging on the ground in the centre of rhodes. as i say, i've been in rhodes town all day saturday and everybody was enjoying their holidays, walking about the old town, the mediaeval town , which town, the mediaeval town, which is a unesco world heritage site.

it was a lovely day . nobody was it was a lovely day. nobody was concerned once i got to the airport, things started to change and you could see people looking concerned . then we were looking concerned. then we were looking concerned. then we were looking at social media and realise saying how very fortunate we had been as a family. but absolutely feeling so very sad for those wonderful people in rhodes who live there, who work there, who really they were telling us actually that nothing really happens during the winter in rhodes and they make most of their money during the tourist season. and then this happens and they are devastated . i'm told that they devastated. i'm told that they have fires most summers, but this is certainly the worst they've had for many, many years, all in the light of what's happened. >> would you go back to rhodes? would you go back with your family? >> i would go back with my family to rhodes because i just feel that they need tourism. it's probably their biggest industry and they were so lovely. they were wonderful

people and they looked after us so well . they made us feel so so well. they made us feel so welcome . and as i say, i feel so welcome. and as i say, i feel so very , very sad for them that very, very sad for them that this has happened to them . i this has happened to them. i mean, obviously, those of us who were travelling, yes, we have discomfort. yes, we for those people who have been evacuated from their hotels, it's dreadful. but we can come home to our own homes eventually . but to our own homes eventually. but those people in rhodes who live there work there. this is devastation for them. >> certainly is . >> certainly is. >> certainly is. >> eileen, thanks so much for joining us. that's gb news presenter and the former first minister of northern ireland, arlene it is arlene foster. it is extraordinary, isn't it ? extraordinary, isn't it? >> you know, you like the you like the greek islands. >> i and the thing is, you >> i do. and the thing is, you know, morning was know, this morning i was thinking, dreadful for thinking, this is dreadful for people up year people who've saved up all year to a holiday, to have to go for a holiday, to have a lovely time. and happens. lovely time. and this happens. but as arlene just but you know, as arlene just said, this is catastrophic for the for tourist industry the for the tourist industry there, finances there. there, for the finances there. you they're coming out of you know, they're coming out of covid. they had few bad years. covid. they had a few bad years. this is catastrophic. you this is catastrophic. and you see of that

see that lovely image of that lovely where lovely restaurant where she spent day and it's spent the entire day and it's gone for 48 hours later. >> and a lot of kind of structures are there very slight. >> least bit and there >> so the least bit and there was there bit of footage was there was a bit of footage that i saw yesterday. just that i saw yesterday. they just along beachfront, along a whole beachfront, everything one fire in seconds. >> i it's all to weymouth >> i think it's all to weymouth for holiday. for a holiday. >> you mean because. because i'm there. pierce a of the time. >> you mean because. because i'm the very erce a of the time. >> you mean because. because i'm the very generous. of the time. >> you mean because. because i'm the very generous. now,e time. >> you mean because. because i'm the very generous. now, there. >> very generous. now, the levelling up secretary, michael gove, has made speech today. gove, has made a speech today. we're glad we didn't take we're very glad we didn't take it looked, it live because it looked, frankly sounded rather frankly and sounded rather dull. but plans to but he's announcing plans to tackle it tackle the housing crisis. it seems me. proposals seems familiar to me. proposals to relax rules on extensions give flexibility to turn give more flexibility to turn shops homes. yeah, shops into homes. malone yeah, here it's you. here we are. oh, it's you. >> got to keep you've got >> you've got to keep you've got to telling me. okay. the to keep telling me. okay. the prime i'm reading prime minister. i'm reading my notes i think a guest. notes. i think i'm a guest. okay. prime minister has notes. i think i'm a guest. okaysaid prime minister has notes. i think i'm a guest. okay said thatne minister has notes. i think i'm a guest. okay said that britain's er has notes. i think i'm a guest. okay said that britain's new s also said that britain's new housing will be focussed in cities, that the prime minister vows concrete the vows not to concrete over the countryside. do countryside. you've got to do better with autocue well. >> you're not going charlie >> you're not going on, charlie rowley's here. he's former adviser to michael gove. frankly, minister's frankly, the prime minister's speech significant speech is more significant because about because he's talking about

they're going concrete they're not to going concrete over this over the country. so this is clearly watered labour clearly watered with labour who've unless they've who've said unless they've u—turned few days, u—turned in the last few days, which might have done, which they might have done, that they build the green they will build on the green belt. fact we, we saw lisa belt. in fact we, we saw lisa nandy who is michael shadow on the benches only the labour benches saying only last we consider last week we should consider building on green belt, building on the green belt, even though resisted it in her though she's resisted it in her own constituency many own constituency on many occasions . yeah, exactly. occasions. yeah, exactly. >> and hypocrisy >> so. and it's the hypocrisy that many labour that you have many labour frontbenchers that say that they want build homes, but want to build more homes, but then when it actually comes to their constituencies, their own constituencies, they reject about reject it. so today is about making sure that actually you can the homes that you can deliver the homes that you need country. it's not need for the country. it's not something that government, something that any government, frankly, over the last 30, 40 years been to get years has been able to get right. is a housing crisis right. there is a housing crisis in this country. >> i mean, going back to labour, labour a terrible record on labour has a terrible record on building way building houses all the way back. go all the way back to thatcher. remember, they, you know, and know, after, after thatcher and labour power, i think labour came into power, i think they building on average they were building on average something a year something like 562 homes a year when thatcher was building 4500 a so they've no room a year. so they've got no room to about housing, frankly, laboun >> w- w— >> but the tories did set a target back in when philip

target back in 2017 when philip hammond was chancellor of the exchequer of 300,000 homes a yeah exchequer of 300,000 homes a year. they've never, ever reached that target. charlie the high point was 2021. when they got to 240,000 . got to 240,000. >> and after two years of covid, it's going to be even more difficult to reach that particular target. but the government also sort of set out on its manifesto to build a million homes by the end of the parliament work during covid. parliament to work during covid. well of people well but in terms of people buying homes where they were going to originally, sort of lots people stayed at home. lots of people stayed at home. the sort in terms of a the market sort of in terms of a buyer's market, didn't didn't buyer's market, didn't it didn't quite pick up. >> but i was just going to say, eamonn before eamonn touched on this before when saying that, you when he was saying that, you know, they're building houses and now and apartments and places now and apartments and places now and wrecking communities and wrecking you know, towns and villages. way they're villages. the way they're putting up . i mean, putting the houses up. i mean, that's that's true, isn't it? communities destroyed? communities being destroyed? >> , that's part of the >> well, that's part of the reason why been this reason why there's been this tension developers tension between developers and people in the planning people that put in the planning applications. and you have people that put in the planning a|localtions. and you have people that put in the planning a|local council1d you have people that put in the planning a|local council that you have people that put in the planning a|local council that willou have a local council that will ultimately decide on that application. if it's application. but then if it's over ruled a planning

over ruled by a planning inspector at some unknown person, then comes in and person, that then comes in and decides actually, yes, you should or should have that development or not or yes, you should not that one or yes, you should have in a particular have more homes in a particular area that does infringe on a greenbelt or you shouldn't. that's what's created the tension. wanting to tension. i think, in wanting to have in this country. have more homes in this country. and why haven't seen and that's why we haven't seen the development that we should and that's why we haven't seen the ddone.)ment that we should and that's why we haven't seen the ddone. soent that we should and that's why we haven't seen the ddone. so it that we should and that's why we haven't seen the ddone. so i think we should and that's why we haven't seen the ddone. so i think today ould and that's why we haven't seen the ddone. so i think today is ld have done. so i think today is about that and making about readdress that and making sure actually, it's sure that actually, yes, it's about small things. so about the small things. so converting unused converting shops and unused units accommodation. units into new accommodation. i've yes, i've said before, charlie, yes, they have, making it they have, but it's making it much simpler than what much more simpler than what i think been before. so you think it has been before. so you would hope immediately. yes. but housing secretary is announcing it now , and i'm sure he's and it now, and i'm sure he's and i walked around my local high street where i where i live and i think, blimey, all these shops are supposed to be flats. >> mr michael gove why aren't they. they're still empty. >> and again, i think that >> well, and again, i think that probably still goes back to the tension there be with tension that there might be with local communities local local communities and local authorities haven't been authorities that haven't been able feel empowered enough able to or feel empowered enough to sort conversion to make that sort of conversion or applications haven't come or if applications haven't come in. making sure the

in. so it's making sure that the process streamlined politics, process is streamlined politics, too, lost too, because you've lost all those to the lib those by elections to the lib dems, is collapsing. >> charlie well, because the tories suddenly, we're tories are suddenly, oh, we're not going to build anything here. going to build here. we're not going to build anything labour anything here and let labour build sites. build on those sites. >> well, why i think it's >> well, that's why i think it's about making sure that have about making sure that you have in people do want in areas where people do want homes. the midlands, homes. so the west midlands, where minister is where the prime minister is today where andy street, the today and where andy street, the brilliant mayor of today and where andy street, the bril west mayor of today and where andy street, the brilwest midlands, mayor of today and where andy street, the brilwest midlands, is’viayor of today and where andy street, the brilwest midlands, is screaming the west midlands, is screaming out development. out for more development. and that's places like that's why in places like birmingham, london, in leeds, birmingham, in london, in leeds, in other cities across the in many other cities across the uk, quite densified uk, which are quite densified already, expand those uk, which are quite densified alrea(even expand those uk, which are quite densified alrea(even furtherxpand those uk, which are quite densified alrea(even further andd those uk, which are quite densified alrea(even further and getose uk, which are quite densified alrea(even further and get the cities even further and get the homes this country needs. homes that this country needs. >> they've got to get >> it's why they've got to get this immigration thing sorted out, not enough out, because there's not enough homes anybody, let alone homes for anybody, let alone having people the having 500 people crossing the channel 80,000 having 500 people crossing the ciyearel 80,000 having 500 people crossing the ciyear extra 80,000 having 500 people crossing the ciyear extra to 80,000 having 500 people crossing the ciyear extra to house. 80,000 a year extra to house. >> there are people who've been on waiting lists for years now, 40,000, 45,000in hotels, 40,000, 40,000, 45,000in hotels, 55,000 dispersed by local councils . and that's where the councils. and that's where the anger and the resentment is, isn't when they when they isn't there when they when they see you know, see this happening. you know, i mean, i was i was reading a story the other day about about a who a migrant who had

a lady who was a migrant who had come over here and she was really upset because she'd been put a and she but she put in a hostel and she but she wanted own and i'm wanted her own house. and i'm thinking, you have thinking, how can you have a house when there's a waiting list here? we have 271,000 homeless this country homeless people in this country who house who would like to have a house and can't one. and can't get one. >> well, that's why i think in the next election there will be a choice. and, you know, a real choice. and, you know, this conservative government a real choice. and, you know, this citoervative government a real choice. and, you know, this c(to tacklee government a real choice. and, you know, this c(to tackle the >vernment a real choice. and, you know, this c(to tackle the big1ment a real choice. and, you know, this c(to tackle the big issues wants to tackle the big issues of it's not going to of the day. it's not going to talk about sort you know, talk about sort of, you know, tweaking transgender rights here or know, important or there, you know, important issue, but it's issue, though. it is, but it's not something that necessarily the is talking the whole country is talking about. making sure that about. so it's making sure that you this you build the homes that this country have an nhs country needs. you have an nhs workforce plan tackles the workforce plan that tackles the challenges nhs and challenges of the nhs and beating you deal challenges of the nhs and beatithe you deal challenges of the nhs and beatithe economy. you deal challenges of the nhs and beatithe economy. so ou deal challenges of the nhs and beatithe economy. so inflation with the economy. so inflation coming down stop the coming down and you stop the boats you stop the migrant boats and you stop the migrant crisis that in this crisis that we have in this country. those are the big ticket that people this ticket items that people in this country to vote for. country are going to vote for. and the conservatives that and it's the conservatives that seem plan. seem to have the plan. >> to, if there's any >> i want to, if there's any truth in the rumour the tories have sent sadiq khan, the london mayor, the biggest of mayor, the biggest bouquet of flowers a stupid, flowers possible, a stupid,

horrible the ultra low horrible policy of the ultra low emission zone expansion meant they on in they hang. they hung on in uxbndge they hang. they hung on in uxbridge last week. it's true. do you think they should? uxbridge last week. it's true. do well,1ink they should? uxbridge last week. it's true. do well, look, 1ey should? uxbridge last week. it's true. do well, look, 1ey sknow,? uxbridge last week. it's true. do well, look, 1ey sknow, sir >> well, look, you know, sir keir think, put it keir starmer, i think, put it even better to say that if it's plastered on every tory leaflet, then, know, they've got to then, you know, they've got to rethink and he's rethink their policies and he's absolutely because is absolutely right because ulez is absolutely right because ulez is a £12.50 charge charge a £12.50 charge penalty charge effectively day that effectively on people a day that need need their vehicle effectively on people a day that neework. need their vehicle for work. >> £180 for four and a half grand a year. >> £180 for four and a half gra bya year. >> £180 for four and a half gra by the ar. >> £180 for four and a half gra by the way, charlie and then >> by the way, charlie and then and you and if you don't pay and if you and if you don't pay it, you get a fine we got to move on. charlie. >> charlie. always a joy talk >> charlie. always a joy to talk to you. >> okay. >> okay. >> think >> i think michael gove needs you in the office to write you back in the office to write a better speech. okay >> i know it is. i was. i was on that one. still to come, as the expansion ulez calls friction that one. still to come, as the ex the ;ion ulez calls friction that one. still to come, as the ex the labourulez calls friction that one. still to come, as the ex the labour camp:alls friction that one. still to come, as the ex the labour camp betweenion that one. still to come, as the ex the labour camp between sadiq in the labour camp between sadiq khan keir starmer, we be khan and sir keir starmer, we be joined by london's tory mayoral candidate hall. looking candidate susan hall. looking forward candidate susan hall. looking forvlooks things are heating >> looks like things are heating up. boilers are proud up. boxed boilers are proud sponsors of weather gb news sponsors of weather on gb news hello i'm marco petagna. >> here's your latest weather update from the met office. we'll see outbreaks of rain

clear away to the south—east of the the day today, the uk through the day today, giving to a mix of sunshine giving way to a mix of sunshine and showers coupled with a fairly breeze. it's fairly cool breeze. it's certainly fairly wet picture certainly a fairly wet picture across southeast across the south and southeast through morning, we'll through the morning, we'll see some of rain in some heavy bursts of rain in places. brighter places. but let's say brighter skies in from the north. places. but let's say brighter ski as in from the north. places. but let's say brighter ski as we in from the north. places. but let's say brighter ski as we head1 from the north. places. but let's say brighter ski as we head inton the north. places. but let's say brighter ski as we head into the |e north. so as we head into the afternoon, we'll see many places having some sunny spells coupled. few coupled. yes, with a few showers, towards showers, particularly towards the north. and northwest. those feeding cooler feeding down and that cooler north to north westerly airstream, certainly airstream, it's certainly feeling out and feeling fairly chilly out and about the north of about towards the north of the uk that breeze. temperatures uk in that breeze. temperatures no better than 16 or 17 celsius down towards the and down towards the south and southeast. high southeast. we should see a high of 20. 20 is 68in of 19 or 20. 20 is 68in fahrenheit. and as we go through the evening, those showers will tend to ease, particularly towards the south and east. still in there still some feeding in there towards north and west of towards the north and west of scotland. 1 or 2 of those still on the side, too, with the on the heavy side, too, with the clear down towards the clear spells down towards the south—east a bit south—east turning a little bit chilly rural spots. but chilly in some rural spots. but i the coldest temperatures i think the coldest temperatures will rural will be reserved for the rural spots the north here, spots towards the north here, dipping to about dipping down to around about 7 or 8 by tuesday morning. or 8 degrees by tuesday morning. as tuesday itself, another

as for tuesday itself, another day of sunshine and showers is on the pretty on the cards. the showers pretty well south well scattered towards the south and east. most of those reserved again for the north—west the again for the north—west of the uk. again, a few of those uk. and again, a few of those will be on heavy will be on the heavy side. temperatures disappointing will be on the heavy side. temperijuly,; disappointing will be on the heavy side. temperijuly, peakingappointing will be on the heavy side. temperijuly, peaking atpointing will be on the heavy side. temperijuly, peaking at around| for late july, peaking at around about the high teens the about the high teens towards the north the uk, possibly high north of the uk, possibly a high of down towards the of 19 or 20, down towards the south—east. and again, 20 is 68in fahrenheit. that's pretty much i'll see you much it for me. i'll see you soon. bye bye for now . soon. bye bye for now. >> things are heating >> looks like things are heating up . boxed boilers, proud up. boxed boilers, proud sponsors of weather on .

britain's news . britain's news. channel >> and it's 1027 with britain's newsroom on gb news with andrew pierce and not as it says in the autocue. we are with carole malone. >> why don't we just call me bev malone? >> exactly. now, there's been a huge dispute. we know the huge dispute. we know behind the scenes labour scenes between the labour leader, starmer, after leader, sir keir starmer, after the did not the the labour party did not win the uxbndge the labour party did not win the uxbridge by—election, they uxbridge by—election, which they expected london expected to, and the london mayor, over his mayor, sadiq khan, over his ultra low emission zone, which he expand £12.50 day. he wants to expand £12.50 a day. people it . denis people don't like it. denis macshane is with us, the former labour minister denis was labour's to lose and they blew it. >> i'm not it.— >> i'm not sure. we've it. >> i'm not sure. we've never won uxbndge >> i'm not sure. we've never won uxbridge under the great harold wilson and under the wonderful tony blair. >> never going to win it now. >> never going to win it now. >> no, that's true, though. carol's right on that point. i canvassed weeks in canvassed two weeks ago in uxbndge canvassed two weeks ago in uxbridge and saw every uxbridge and i saw every driveway with that's why they lost . well, it was raining, so lost. well, it was raining, so not people talk to me, but

not many people talk to me, but every driveway had at least three on them. and three cars on them. and i tweeted at the time saying, i'm very worried that ulez may cost us this election. and nobody took any notice. but let's be quite half of those cars were teslas . none of the modern cars teslas. none of the modern cars will have to pay the ulez starmer senior advisers have been advising him for months that ulez is toxic and it's going to lose you the election. >> and he ignored that and then he suddenly discovers it on last week. and then he blames khan for it. oh, i think yes , i think for it. oh, i think yes, i think that was not not right play. >> fact is, boris johnson introduced ulez. he also said that we'd have to go get all our fossil fuel cars off the roads by 2030. in spain, where there was an election last night, i was an election last night, i was just going to say where the socially did very well anymore. it's 2050. well this is a point. this is boris. boris is never around when he has to take responsibility. >> mp now let's bring into the conversation susan hall, who is the recently nominated conservative candidate to be

mayor of london next may. susan hall good morning. congratulations on your nomination. this is the this potentially is the best chance for the tories to win back london from sadiq khan because people can't stand this ultra low emission zone. and they particularly object to it being expanded . expanded. >> absolutely right. and actually, i think they can't stand sadiq khan either. it's not just a case of the ultra low emissions zone. it's the situation with the police under special measures, the fire bngade special measures, the fire brigade under special measures . brigade under special measures. and this this mayor does not listen to what any of londoners are saying. and that's the problem we've got. it's not just the ulez . it's all the other the ulez. it's all the other things that contribute to this mayor being so ineffective . mayor being so ineffective. >> if it's his hypocrisy as well, isn't it? you know, a few weeks ago he was just saying that the ulez expansion could be dropped because the air in london was so toxic. children's lungs were rotting. it was it was causing asthmatic conditions for people . if he a u—turn for people. if he does a u—turn now, which is looking like he

might, he won't. does that mean he doesn't care about children's lungs anymore? >> no. the person who doesn't care about susan. so sorry. care about susan. i'm so sorry. susan hall answer. >> then we'll bring denis macshane susan um, i don't macshane in. susan um, i don't think he will back down on it. >> he's very stubborn. he's put his foot down. he's said all along he wants to do it. i, i personally would be very surprised if he does. the court case will hopefully come up with some verdict by end some sort of verdict by the end of this week. even then, i would be very surprised if he changed his mind because he's just not listening to any body. >> is a problem. >> dennis it is a problem. >> dennis it is a problem. >> very simply, i'm going down after this programme to look after this programme to look after month old after my six month old granddaughter. one, granddaughter. second one, the idea any tory candidate for idea that any tory candidate for london should say like susan is that she should grow up in the most polluted city in europe, second only to turkey from respiratory illnesses thanks to air pollution. i think is unacceptable. it's a compromise . it's a tonnes of compromise. and i agree. sadiq has been

playing politics. styx. mr kirby played politics. trust me , played politics. trust me, susan, trust you? by the time of the election, your election, which you will lose next may plus then the general election. this will be sorted out within the labour party. >> so khan goes ahead with this. he's going to be pitting himself against every labour mp and candidate wants in, candidate that wants to get in, which is why, as i said , it's which is why, as i said, it's already the deal's been done behind the scenes and it's gone. >> i can tell you i love the >> and i can tell you i love the idea tory scrap idea of tory saying scrap everything, continue air pollution , let the little pollution, let the little londoners die distorting what tories are saying. >> so let's hear susan hall oh yes he is. >> thank you very much. if you look at tfl's own impact assessment about the ulez expansion , it says it will make expansion, it says it will make virtually no difference at all. now, i don't know why you're ignonng now, i don't know why you're ignoring that because it's important. we need to look at little areas of hotspots where there are issues and there's plenty of money to this. but plenty of money to do this. but if at the amount of if you look at the amount of money. sadiq khan has thrown at this, he's not going back

this, he's not going to back down. do it's tax down. he should do it's tax payers and it will make payers money and it will make very, very little difference except to poor who except to poor families who simply cannot afford to replace their vehicles. and if you've been on as many doors been knocking on as many doors as i have, you would know that. let me just just find it very briefly, susan. >> i think it's a stealth tax because we know already ulez because we know already the ulez has brought in £440 million in fines, 440 million . fines, 440 million. >> she'll agree with you. >> she'll agree with you. >> can i. yes well, i asked i, l, >> can i. yes well, i asked i, ., i— >> can i. yes well, i asked i, i, i asked the commissioner for how much money was going into the budget that he thought they would make out of this 200 million. you're absolutely right, andrew. this is nothing but a tax from this dreadful mayor >> right. respond to the dreadful man. >> very, very old. dreadful. i i sat in the house of commons when i saw the tories attacking the idea the of a pakistani bus driver's son becoming mayor of london. it was disgusting and dreadful. mayor and this horrible insults nobody calls you dreadful susan. i respect

you. you should respect the elected mayor of london. yes, but let me finish . i'm just but let me finish. i'm just delighted to hear somebody quoting the tfl blob as a source of all wisdom . it's a tory. of all wisdom. it's a tory. i mean, look , it's going to be mean, look, it's going to be sorted out. >> debt to 13 billion. >> debt to 13 billion. >> but anyway. well, that's because the government won't fund them. government won't give them their funding. that's fund them. government won't give them th story.1ding. that's fund them. government won't give them th story. honestly,t's fund them. government won't give them th story. honestly, truss another story. honestly, truss to me, this is dying away as we speak and this rail will go to you. >> it won't go and it's susan hall. thank you forjoining us hall. thank you for joining us and congratulations again on your nomination. dennis mcshane thank you and enjoy your granddaughter what she called? >> she's called ayla. oh, lovely. >> loving your outfit . >> loving your outfit. >> loving your outfit. >> yeah, she's looking good. >> yeah, she's looking good. >> nice thing to dress up . >> nice thing to dress up. you're listening to andrew pierce and carole malone here on britain's newsroom . it's gb news britain's newsroom. it's gb news britain's newsroom. it's gb news britain's news channel. we're going to news with aaron going to news now with aaron armstrong . armstrong. >> it's 1034. armstrong. >> it's1034. good morning to

you, aaron armstrong here in the gb newsroom. the flights are due to arrive in greece later to rescue british holidaymakers stranded by the wildfires in rhodes. stranded by the wildfires in rhodes . some 19,000 people were rhodes. some 19,000 people were forced to flee there over the weekend. it's one of the largest evacuations in greek history. hundreds of british tourists have been stranded on the island, having fled their hotels and left their belongings behind. they've been sleeping in airports in makeshift centres and schools . easyjet and jet2 and schools. easyjet and jet2 are among the airlines sending flights to bring people home. train drivers are threatening fresh disruption at the height of the summer holidays, with a further ban on overtime. members of the aslef union won't work. extra hours for a week from saturday. the 12th to the 12th of august. saturday the seventh of august. saturday the seventh of the 12th of august, i should say. the union claims none of the employs the train companies employs enough and warning of enough drivers and is warning of serious disruption . it will be serious disruption. it will be the fifth week long ban on working overtime since may. the latest ended on saturday and latest one ended on saturday and another one is due to start on

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gb news radio. and it's 1040 with britain's newsroom on gb news with andrew pierce, and it is definitely carole malone. >> and in the studio with us, our regular bushra shaikh, political commentator and of course for the first time on this programme, i think peter wilson, director of the new culture forum. how are you? very well, thanks. culture forum. how are you? very welandrew s. culture forum. how are you? very welandrew carroll. yeah. peter, >> andrew carroll. yeah. peter, can be here many years . can be here many years. >> to talk, first of >> you want to talk, first of all? >> you want to talk, first of all’:many years to go back? >> many years to go back? >> many years to go back? >> that's you want >> pierce that's true. you want to that barge? to talk about that barge? >> i want to talk about the bibby stockholm because i'm still from still reading stuff from charities this is charities saying that this is cruel inhumane to put cruel and inhumane to put migrants come migrants who have come here illegally onto this barge. now, from what i've seen, it doesn't look cruel and inhumane. it has

a tv room, it has a games room, it has an it centre, it has a medical centre, it has swimming pool medical centre, it has swimming pool, it has a swimming pool, and it has a generation game. >> have to keep remembering >> you have to keep remembering what it has what they've got and it has outdoor for basketball hoops. >> i don't think this is cruel, inhumane, yeah. >> the thing is, i was really sceptical about it. >> initially, and i was >> like initially, and i was like, god, how are you like, oh my god, how are you going to have these people, you know, beings this know, the human beings on this barge? more read about barge? but the more i read about it fact that they have it and the fact that they have all these facilities is a really positive thing for i'm just positive thing for me. i'm just like, this going look like, how is this going to look and it going to work? and how is it going to work? because although there are all these facilities, don't know these facilities, i don't know whether a long term whether this is a long term plan, man, you know, has to plan, man, you know, it has to be term. so what's be short term. so what's going to happen this and how are to happen after this and how are they get people on it? they going to get people on it? >> supposed to be people >> this is supposed to be people who coming to the end of who are coming to the end of their asylum applications. and so going to so hopefully it's not going to be but but the predictions be long. but but the predictions are people be there are that people will be there for 18 months, which is a blooming long time. frankly. >> think like as >> i think this is like and as

you saying, know, this you were saying, you know, this seems a short term thing. seems like a short term thing. i mean, the is there is no mean, the point is there is no plan. i think there is no real plan. i think there is no real plan for how to deal with this. i mean, it's a gimmick, just like believe was like i believe rwanda was actually a gimmick. it was never really to work. actually a gimmick. it was never reaido to work. actually a gimmick. it was never reaido you to work. actually a gimmick. it was never reaido you reallyork. actually a gimmick. it was never reaido you really think that? >> do you really think that? i don't think rwanda was a gimmick. i think rwanda is would be deterrent. i don't think be a deterrent. i don't think this to deter anyone. >> the thing is, carol, about this, see, that there is this, you see, is that there is a lack of will amongst the people to actually people who count to actually really with this issue. really deal with this issue. well, a civil service well, that's a civil service entirely sort of entirely a civil service sort of going the edges, barges, going around the edges, barges, whether they're very well appointed not. you know, appointed or not. you know, rwanda, all this. the fact rwanda, all of this. the fact is, whether it's legal, illegal or migration, i would say or legal migration, i would say this government so this government has been so pathetic actually on this. >> and here's the other thing, bushra. they're that bushra. they're telling us that 50 going to move in 50 or so are going to move in initially , and it will the total initially, and it will the total capacity it will take capacity is 500. it will take several months to get a full 500in why because there 500in there. why because there are 45,000 migrants in hotels right now costing us £6 million a day. there are 55,000in

council accommodation, costing the local taxpayers god only knows how much money. why is it going to take so long? >> because i think the whole process is flawed. we had this discussion before the fact that even applications are taking so long and we're so backlogged and behind one successful application takes behind one successful ap months. takes behind one successful ap months. it's takes behind one successful ap months. it's ridiculous kes behind one successful ap months. it's ridiculous .es behind one successful ap months. it's ridiculous . you 18 months. it's ridiculous. you know, why? why are we not, for example, just employing a few more to get these this more people to get these this process faster , working process working faster, working quicker? going mirror quicker? this is going to mirror the initial process. that's why it's going take so long, it's going to take so long, which ridiculous because for which is ridiculous because for me, i'm like, okay, if you're a migrant, this is all your information. let's you information. let's get you on the barge. it's simple as the barge. it's as simple as that. but yet it doesn't seem as simple. >> and of course the local people want no, exactly. >> they really don't want it. >> they really don't want it. >> local people count for nothing. yeah. in all these nothing. yeah. in all of these schemes, whether it's hotels or barges or whatever it is, what they think about it counts for nothing government and nothing with the government and the is, do they realise the problem is, do they realise how people not getting how angry people are not getting about, know, have lot of about, you know, i have a lot of connections dorset and i'm about, you know, i have a lot of connetherey dorset and i'm about, you know, i have a lot of connethere a dorset and i'm about, you know, i have a lot of connethere a lot dorset and i'm about, you know, i have a lot of connethere a lot and.et and i'm about, you know, i have a lot of connethere a lot and it and i'm about, you know, i have a lot of connethere a lot and i seed i'm about, you know, i have a lot of connethere a lot and i see then down there a lot and i see the people in weymouth, they're

angry, they're really angry. >> heard councillor >> and i heard one councillor the other saying, you know, the other day saying, you know, there people in that area there are people in that area who a doctor's who cannot get a doctor's appointment love, no money. appointment for love, no money. and these guys coming and yet these guys are coming and all guys. there are and they are all guys. there are they are young single men. they are all young single men. they're coming in, they have a health centre board with they're coming in, they have a health (ande board with they're coming in, they have a health (and nurses ard with they're coming in, they have a health (and nurses ard tap,| doctors and nurses on tap, plus they are to be they all are going to be registered with the gp's in the area, which means local people will again shoved to the back. >> yes, local local people also massive problem. we've massive homeless problem. we've got veterans got people, our veterans sleeping rough, all of this and yet read this they yet people read this and they sort think, why don't sort of think, well why don't you barge and you know, you get a barge and you know, put it or put our veterans on it or homeless or something or other? why is there always a priority for so—called illegal? well, asylum , yes, i agree asylum seekers, yes, i agree with you. 90% men, the official narrative is that this isn't the case. you have to almost pretend that you're not seeing what you're seeing on the news because you see it for ourselves. and where are the women and children? >> there was one local councillor said, and he said that one of the reasons the

local people are angry is because are coming because these guys are coming in and bus trips hourly and they have bus trips hourly every pay for go into every day, pay for to go into town. they're being asked to town. they're not being asked to do work, they're not being do any work, they're not being asked contribute and they're asked to contribute and they're saying, there's saying, you know, there's lots to in dorset, up a bit to do in dorset, pick up a bit of litter, sort the roads out, pick gardens, pick some pick a few gardens, pick some fruit of things to do, but fruit loads of things to do, but yet they're going to be on that boat going around the boat all day or going around the local area having nice old local area having a nice old time ings arranged by local area having a nice old timylocal ings arranged by local area having a nice old timylocal council. arranged by the local council. >> harold but, but that's also because not actually because they're not actually allowed they're not allowed to work. so they're not allowed to work. so they're not allowed to work. so they're not allowed to work. so that for the migrant itself incredibly migrant itself is incredibly frustrating. what we saw frustrating. you see what we saw after was neglect of after covid was the neglect of local families and what local british families and what we that because we're we saw was that because we're not prioritising we not prioritising them and we still still have have not prioritising them and we still migrants|ve have not prioritising them and we still migrants come have not prioritising them and we still migrants come inve not prioritising them and we still migrants come in and give these migrants come in and give them of opportunity. them some type of opportunity. people feeling like they're them some type of opportunity. peo being feeling like they're them some type of opportunity. peo being lookedg like they're them some type of opportunity. peo being looked after. they're them some type of opportunity. peo being looked after. if ey're not being looked after. if community is looked after, community is were looked after, i think have less of an i think they'd have less of an issue they shouldn't. issue and they shouldn't. >> them a wage >> i wouldn't pay them a wage because getting paid because they're getting paid board and lodge. yes of course. in their board in return for their board and lodge can some of the lodge they can do some of the work shall we say, some work that's, shall we say, some british people refuse to do what

is very is that is what is very telling is that the for housing, you the whole bill for housing, you know, illegal migrants and all the of at the moment is the rest of it at the moment is more than the government's so—called budget. so—called levelling up budget. yeah, know. so—called levelling up budget. yeai, know. so—called levelling up budget. yeai mean, iv. so—called levelling up budget. yeai mean, this is extraordinary i >> -- >> yeah. yeah. >> yeah. yeah. >> and i just simply don't know why just turn the why they just don't turn the boats back. why they just don't turn the boayeah,:k. why they just don't turn the boayeah, well, yes, i'm with you there. >> we have to move on or to move on now. on how. >> on now. >> we want to move on. you've chosen the story from the telegraph banks, right? >> us w.- right? >> us about them. >> tell us all about them. >> tell us all about them. >> apparently three more >> so apparently three more banks been closing accounts banks have been closing accounts and due to and have closed accounts due to particular political views and the their clients the views that their clients have. the views that their clients have . now, this interesting have. now, this is interesting for because i was discussed for me because i was discussed passing over weekend passing this over the weekend and of banks closing and i knew of banks closing accounts down right . but we just accounts down right. but we just didn't know why they were doing it in the past. i presumed it was just assumed it was because of money, fraudulent activity . of money, fraudulent activity. and i'm totally against this . and i'm totally against this. you cannot be closing any accounts down for the particular views that you have. and there has to be some level of basis and decency for people to have a bank account in this country. i

mean, for me, it's ridiculous, which of these banks now which of these three banks now which of these three banks now which add this i'm not which we can add this i'm not sure. i'm not sure which are three banks are the banks. did you banks we're talking. >> but it is outrageous. we had nigel farage on earlier. he's >> but it is outrageous. we had nigyletting|e on earlier. he's >> but it is outrageous. we had nigyletting this| earlier. he's >> but it is outrageous. we had nigyletting this go.'lier. he's >> but it is outrageous. we had nigyletting this go. he'she's >> but it is outrageous. we had nigyletting this go. he's he's not letting this go. he's he's he's the trigger for all of this. actually said the this. and he actually said the government has pulled government for once has pulled its finger out. they are on the case are writing to case and they are writing to banks you can't do this. banks saying, you can't do this. you've got be transparent. you've got to be transparent. you've got to be transparent. you've to give people notice you've got to give people notice before you bank account before you close a bank account and reasons. and give reasons. >> exactly. well, the point >> yes, exactly. well, the point is, has done everyone is, nigel has done everyone a service this. actually service by this. actually because this has been going on for while now. the point is for a while now. the point is really is that, you know, all of our institutions, includes our institutions, that includes banks essentially banks have been essentially captured kind of woke captured by a kind of woke ideology. what ideology. that's what it is. i mean, when you look at that dossier produced, which dossier that he produced, which was extraordinary, the was quite extraordinary, the things said for me, things that were said for me, that was a resigning issue straight away for the chairman of that . she's still there. of that. she's still there. >> she's still there. she's still >> she's still there. she's stiland i think it's because they >> and i think it's because they are by people who are surrounded by people who think same way that they do

think the same way that they do and they think, oh, this disgusts eating, but disgusts eating, man. but really, is found really, what is i found surprising about and surprising about this and actually bit depressing is the actually a bit depressing is the number who say, oh, number of people who say, oh, well, know, just have well, you know, just don't have you hear on twitter, oh, you hear this on twitter, oh, well, you shouldn't just have those then you those views then. well, then you won't your bank. won't have your bank. >> financial >> the other financial institutions, by the way, it's metro which is, course, metro bank, which is, of course, the the people's bank, the new bank, the people's bank, yorkshire building society. and american yorkshire building society. and am yes, n yorkshire building society. and am yes, exactly. it's outrageous >> yes, exactly. it's outrageous . yeah. >> and i mean, could you >> and i mean, they could you could peter, because could be next, peter, because you you a brexit party you weren't you a brexit party mep, not an mep. >> but you were supporting >> no. but you were supporting the brexit party, you know, with mr khan there. yeah also mr khan there. yeah but also because run a think tank as because i run a think tank as well. we keep an eye on well. yes, we do. keep an eye on it. we think, you know, we might get message one day and if we get a message one day and if we do oh, we're closing do saying, oh, we're closing your it hasn't happened your account, it hasn't happened yet. do, i'll be straight yet. if we do, i'll be straight on show. on your show. yeah. >> the is, the banks are >> the thing is, the banks are monitoring social media accounts. >> mean, amazing. you and >> i mean, it's amazing. you and i haven't lost our accounts already. >> have when we get >> we might have when we get off. >> well, we might have. >> well, we might have. >> yeah. >> yeah. >> and this is. this is because that's the point. >> it's not about just the fact

nigel farage a well known, nigel farage is a well known, contentious politician. it could be us. be any of us. yeah. >> yeah, it can. the thing is, when i'm going about when i'm going to talk about nigel, i've this. i've got nigel, i've got this. i've got this annoyance feel like this annoyance where i feel like people voice the issues people don't voice the issues until happens to them. i until it happens to them. and i did tweet about it. and because this has been happening for so long, they don't long, but because they don't have public because have a public platform, because they know, they don't, they, you know, their get heard. so their voices don't get heard. so i a little bit frustrated i was a little bit frustrated because people because i thought regular people have this done to them all the time. and it until you time. and it isn't until you have platform that something have the platform that something can however, saying can be done and however, saying that, it's the that, i think it's the transparency are never transparency the banks are never transparent what and why transparent about what and why they do it until farage a lot of people how they people didn't realise how they could about it with could find out about it with these request things. these special request things. >> people didn't know >> a lot of people didn't know that just had it. that they just had to take it. now they thanks to him. now they don't. thanks to him. >> it is. it's a great, >> yes, it is. it's a great, great worry. and if people think, well, it wouldn't think, oh well, it wouldn't happen me, be careful how. >> now. >> you run the london assembly, which perfectly into the which segues perfectly into the next the battle over next story is the battle over the ultra low emission zone. and before think this just before people think this is just a london ultra low a london story, ultra low

emission spreading emission zones are spreading across yes, bristol across the country. yes, bristol derby, and across the country. yes, bristol decourse, and across the country. yes, bristol decourse, this and across the country. yes, bristol decourse, this was and across the country. yes, bristol decourse, this was the and of course, this was the big issue here. peter, week was issue here. peter, last week was because the tories unexpectedly won on that seat won that held on to that seat and a referendum on ultra and it was a referendum on ultra low emissions. >> yes, it was great anger about this. you know, this. i mean, you know, essentially have to see essentially you have to see this in kind context, which is in a kind of context, which is that sadiq khan and the people in his city hall hate cars. right. that's you know, they want to basically change london, you know, so that it basically cars are not welcome . and cars are not welcome. and frankly, they're doing a pretty good job of it at the moment as anyone who tries to get around london will know whether it's bicycle lanes and all the rest of it with this particular ulez it affects people outside who need their cars and it affects the poorest people. peter exactly. but also i think it's because he didn't really care because he didn't really care because first of all, it's a great sort of way of raising money, but also that the people in these areas might well be more likely to be tory voters. >> but the thing is, car needs the money because he's almost

bankrupted london. yes, tfl has got a £13 billion worth of debt, but i mean we should just say what this is going to cost people. this ulez thing, it costs people £87.50 week and costs people £87.50 a week and that's four and a half grand a yeah that's four and a half grand a year. is the people who year. and this is the people who can they're the can least afford they're the people can't afford to people who can't afford to change and change their vehicles and they're working. >> and a lot of them will be carers. yes, because they have to work. yes, a of to drive to work. yes, a lot of people be working in people will be working in airports. that's why gmb airports. so that's why the gmb union both opposed the union and unite both opposed the imposition this expansion. imposition of this expansion. >> screen and across >> look on screen and across across the i mean, at least a million extra people are going to be caught by this. >> who drive into london for work. i'm not sure how much it will raise, but i mean, it's quite a few hundred million. >> and the fact is, i think this is really what it's all about is really what is it's all about also reports consultations into the whole, you know, bad air aspect of london have shown that in fact it would make minimal difference. >> that's that's the point, isn't it? this is about do you drive? >> i do drive . i find ulez just >> i do drive. i find ulez just frustrating. i thought they started kind of just ruined the

whole whole of london. whole the whole of london. anyone to is just anyone that i speak to is just totally against ulez. and i understand that if you've got the of london even if we the city of london even if we talk healthy air breathing talk about healthy air breathing and and there not and healthy air and there is not much a difference. so i don't much of a difference. so i don't understand . okay, got it understand. okay, you've got it in are you now in one. why are you now expanding to everyone else? expanding it to everyone else? >> because he needs the money, but needs the money. he but he needs the money. he he spent over spent spent his over spent and mismanaged so badly. >> also, a lot >> he needs also, a lot of people won't know driven people won't know they've driven into low emission zone. into an ultra low emission zone. >> so because because the >> so because because of the camera technology, number camera technology, the number plates and they'll plates will come up and they'll get a fine. if you don't pay the fine away, it's £180. fine straight away, it's £180. >> a kind of >> also, there is a kind of ideological, as i dislike ideological, as i say, dislike of car. and that is of the car. yeah. and that is kind of ongoing. >> yeah, i agree. >> yeah, i agree. >> it's kind of because the car is like personal. it's private and of it gives and it's kind of free. it gives you freedom that kind of goes against of hard left against all the of the hard left attitudes that this mayor has. >> mm that's true. >> mm that's true. >> very you're back >> very good. you're coming back in houn >> very good. you're coming back in hour. of course that in the next hour. of course that is , uh, peter whittle. the first is, uh, peter whittle. the first time. be the time time. not be the last time i hope for your sake and have you checked your. you checked

checked your. have you checked that into the that you've driven into the ultra low emission zone at all? >> well, no, but my husband, nino, who know very well, nino, who you know very well, had sell car. he had an had to sell his car. he had an old car and he had to sell it because it was going cost him because it was going to cost him £12, to go out of our street. £12, 50 to go out of our street. it's right now in the next it's crazy right now in the next few be speaking few moments, we'll be speaking to midlands reporter to our west midlands reporter jack carson. >> because planes are now starting or being starting to land or being sent to roads collect british tourists. >> to come on that in the >> more to come on that in the next hour. >> gb next hour. » ea next hour. >> gb britain's news >> we're gb news britain's news channel. stay with us. >> temperature's rising. >> the temperature's rising. boxt solar proud sponsors of weather on . gb news. weather on. gb news. >> hello, i'm marco petagna . >> hello, i'm marco petagna. here's your latest weather update from the met office. we'll see outbreaks of rain clear away to the south—east of the uk through the today, the uk through the day today, giving of sunshine giving way to a mix of sunshine and showers coupled with a fairly breeze. it's fairly cool breeze. it's certainly wet picture certainly a fairly wet picture across south southeast across the south and southeast through morning, we'll through the morning, we'll see some of rain in some heavy bursts of rain in places, brighter places, but i'd say brighter skies from the north. skies tucking in from the north. so we into the so as we head into the afternoon, we'll see many places having some sunny spells

coupled, a coupled, yes, with a few showers, particularly towards the northwest. the north and northwest. those feeding cooler to feeding down and that cooler to north north westerly airstream, it's certainly fairly it's certainly feeling fairly chilly about towards the chilly out and about towards the north the in that breeze. north of the uk in that breeze. temperatures than 16 temperatures no better than 16 or 17 celsius down towards the south southeast. should south and southeast. we should see a high of 19 or 20 is see a high of 19 or 20. 20 is 68in fahrenheit. as we go through the evening, those showers to ease, showers will tend to ease, particularly the south particularly towards the south and still some in and east. still some feeding in there the and west there towards the north and west of 1 or 2 those of scotland. 1 or 2 of those still on the heavy side to go with a clear spells down towards the turning a little the south—east, turning a little bit chilly in rural spots. bit chilly in some rural spots. but the coldest but i think the coldest temperatures will be reserved for rural spots towards for the rural spots towards the north dipping north here, dipping down to around 8 degrees around about 7 or 8 degrees by tuesday so for tuesday morning. so as for tuesday morning. so as for tuesday itself, another day of sunshine on the sunshine and showers is on the cards. the showers pretty well scattered towards the south and east. those reserved east. most of those reserved again for north—west the again for the north—west of the uk. a few of those uk. and again, a few of those will heavy side with will be on the heavy side with temperatures still disappointing will be on the heavy side with tenlate|tures still disappointing will be on the heavy side with tenlate july,y still disappointing will be on the heavy side with tenlate july, peaking appointing will be on the heavy side with tenlate july, peaking ap|around for late july, peaking at around about teens towards the about the high teens towards the north the uk, possibly a high north of the uk, possibly a high of or 20 down towards the of 19 or 20 down towards the south—east. again is 68in

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pierce and kat malone. >> the airline is under huge pressure now to rescue british families caught up in those forest fires in roads. thousands fleeing . this comes as corfu is fleeing. this comes as corfu is now evacuated , evacuating now evacuated, evacuating residents by sea to suggestion there. the fires caused by arson. >> you might get that word evacuated, right in a minute. anyway rishi sunak faces a split within his own party on his commitment to net zero after voters in the uxbridge by—election showed their dislike. pierce autocue view of the proposed ulez extension. i'll be joined by tory mp mark francois and the chancellor jeremy hunt revealed how his family's been devastated by cancer. >> cancen >> he spoke about his own diagnosis being caught early by the nhs. we're going to talk to the nhs. we're going to talk to the amanda patel, the journalist amanda patel, a great mate mine and malone in great mate of mine and malone in the in the programme because she's had same cancer battle i >> -- >>a -- >> a newly appointed cleric has received abuse over her heavily tattooed arms. we'll be debating whether it should be a problem for parishioners or just simply irrelevant .

irrelevant. and as always, we'd love to know what you think on all our stories. >> so do email us at gb views. views at gb news.com. but first, here's your morning news with aaron armstrong . aaron armstrong. >> very good morning to you. it's a minute past 11, aaron armstrong here in the gb newsroom. flights are expected to land in greece later to rescue british holidaymakers stranded by wildfires in rhodes. 19,000 people were forced to flee over the weekend. it was one of the largest evacuations in greek history. now hundreds of british tourists have been stranded there, having fled their hotels, many of whom have left belongings behind. they've been sleeping in airports, makeshift centres and also in schools. airlines, including jet2 and easyjet, are sending flights to bring people home. sarah shepherd , who fled from

sarah shepherd, who fled from rhodes, told gb news she had to leave her hotel to escape. >> ukip we knew that fires were burning, but we didn't really realise how they were coming so close . and then the hotel, then close. and then the hotel, then sent out an an alert and we all had to evacuate from there. and we sort of grabbed what we could and went to down the beach and then we just followed everybody else. there was just hundreds and hundreds of people just walking and just we were walking away from the fires. and as we looked back, you just there were just the flames and the and the smoke . smoke. >> meanwhile, the government says there are currently no fires in residential areas of corfu, despite evacuation orders being issued there for last night in up to 18 villages. around 60 people were rescued by boat from misaki beach in the north of the island. and it's a popular area with tourists as a rapid deployment team has been sent to rhodes and the foreign office minister andrew mitchell says support available for

says support is available for the situation in corfu is that there are no fires in residential or holiday areas. >> so there is much better news on that . but as far as rhodes is on that. but as far as rhodes is concerned, we now have a team of ten that is six foreign office experts from london and four red cross support staff at the airport who are giving support to british travellers there. >> spain is facing political uncertainty after sunday's general election ended in conclusively resulting in a hung parliament at the centre right people's party took the biggest share of the vote, but not enough to be able to form a government. even with the support of the far right. vox party, which lost more than a third of its seats. the ruling socialist party outperformed expectations as but results expectations as but the results mean neither they nor ipp will be able to form a coalition government, raising the prospect of another round of elections .

of another round of elections. train drivers are threatening a fresh disruption at the height of the summer holidays, with another ban on overtime . members another ban on overtime. members of the aslef union won't work extra hours for a week from saturday, the 5th to the 12th of august. the union claims none of the train companies employ enough drivers and is warning of serious disruption . it will be serious disruption. it will be the fifth week long ban on overtime since may. the latest one ended on saturday, with another one due to start on the sist. another one due to start on the 31st. the prime minister has vowed not to conquer over the countryside and to prioritise housebuilding in inner city areas . the housebuilding in inner city areas. the housing housebuilding in inner city areas . the housing secretary, areas. the housing secretary, michael gove, says the plans will include creating an urban quarter in cambridge and investing in planning skills to speed up developments . mr gove speed up developments. mr gove says the extension of permitted development rights will make it easier to extend homes and convert lofts. we will meet our manifesto target of delivering 1 million new homes in this parliament.

>> not only that but our 11.5 billion affordable homes programme is delivering well over 100,000 affordable homes and we're scaling up to deliver tens of thousands of new homes, specifically for social rent. but we know that there are immediate challenges to future growth across the developed world. there are economic pressures and there is therefore a need for radical action to unlock the supply of new homes. the islamic preacher anjem choudary has been charged with terror offences following his arrest last week . arrest last week. >> the charges include directing a terrorist organisation membership of a prohibited organisation and encouraging support for one another. man khalid hussain from canada, has also been charged with membership of prohibited organisation, both men have been remanded in custody to appear at westminster magistrates court later today and welsh whisky is now officially protected after it received a special state use. the single malt whisky has been

awarded the protected geographical indication status , geographical indication status, offering legal protection against imitation and misuse. it places it alongside other iconic welsh products like lamb, beef and leeks. it's sold in 45 countries welsh whisky is expected to generate some £23 million in revenue this financial year. million in revenue this financial year . this is gb news financial year. this is gb news more as it happens throughout the afternoon. in now it's back to andrew and carole . to andrew and carole. >> so the airlines are now doing their bit to bring british tourists displaced by wildfires in rhodes. back home, greek authorities say it's the country's biggest ever evacuation zone. >> it comes as corfu becomes >> and it comes as corfu becomes the latest greek island to issue an evacuation order due to fires i >> -- >> let's cross now to our reporter jack carson, who is at

birmingham airport for us this morning. good morning, jack. what's the latest? have you seen any holidaymakers returning ? any holidaymakers returning? >> good morning to you both . >> good morning to you both. well, it's east midlands airport that i'm at this morning because later on this afternoon, we're going to get two flights. the first two flights here arriving today from corfu. of course , as today from corfu. of course, as you mentioned, the latest report , thoughts are that there is now an place an evacuation order in place there locals and tourists. there for locals and tourists. we know overnight from reports from the fire service that there around 2500 people were moved from where those fires were burning the island of corfu. burning on the island of corfu. but the foreign office minister, andrew mitchell, saying this morning that they're not necessarily been any evacuation zones corfu and off the zones out of corfu and off the island yet. but it was more kind of localised with a movement of people, course, away from people, of course, away from where immediate where the immediate danger was. of course , rhodes is where of course, rhodes is where there's a serious very much issue here on the island, rather, we know from the foreign office that around 7000 to 10,000 people are on the island at the moment. of course, the

fires are very much described there at the moment as out of control. and the airline companies all saying that they're as much they to they're doing as much as they to . can he and jet2 have completely cancelled flights from going towards rhodes today. and also tomorrow as well. they're also offering customers on wednesday a chance to change the date of their flight or have a complete refund. and of course, the wildfire had very much been contained to the mountainous centre. but obviously with winds and the high conditions that are there at the minute, that's meant what that's caused course that's caused what, of course that's caused what, of course that spread. now back to corfu, of course, the reports of those fires, the deputy mayor there very much saying that actually this the first unofficial investigate from the fire service there, that those fires in core form may well be because of arson. and of course, we'll provide you the latest here as we get it on gb news. >> all right, jack , thanks. >> all right, jack, thanks. that's jack carson, whose east midlands airport. >> that's interesting. as it appears they're >> that's interesting. as it appearit they're >> that's interesting. as it appearit could they're >> that's interesting. as it appearit could be they're >> that's interesting. as it appearit could be arson.3 >> that's interesting. as it appearit could be arson. and saying it could be arson. and we're about climate change. >> you remember in the first

>> if you remember in the first half an hour, piers pottinger was talking about home was talking about his own home in evacuated in france, which was evacuated twice. both times he said it was caused by we've had dozens caused by and we've had dozens of from people who have of emails from people who have lived and summers lived in europe and had summers there and said this is what happens. >> error. >> it's human error. >> it's human error. >> yeah. or in this case, it's arson, just deranged behaviour. let's bring the let's bring in the meteorologist, jim dale, who's a great friend of gb news. jim, good morning to you. >> morning. >> good morning. >> good morning. >> good morning. good morning. so do you i mean, we've >> so what do you i mean, we've just heard now that possibly the fires in corfu are caused by arson. is that often the trigger ? >> ?- >> yeah, it ?— >> yeah, it is. ? >> yeah, it is . the 7 >> yeah, it is . the 3—3 reasons >> yeah, it is. the 3—3 reasons for wildfires to do to start in terms of the ignition point, and thatis terms of the ignition point, and that is arson, natural and then accidental . those are the three. accidental. those are the three. and it really doesn't matter which one starts it off, what you need in the first instance is , is tinder dry shrubs. bush is, is tinder dry shrubs. bush if you like, you need extremely high temperatures or at least at least high enough temperatures.

and that's exactly what it what what we're seeing in a way, given the fact that this part of the mediterranean, that virtually all of the mediterranean have been been in extreme heat now for a good month and more , this was the month and more, this was the inevitability . this this is the inevitability. this this is the you know, this is this is exactly why we're all worried about climate change in the direction of travel. and what it actually might do isn't to say that wildfires don't happen in the three ways that i've described. it'sjust the three ways that i've described. it's just that it makes it more obvious , more makes it more obvious, more dangerous takes it into dangerous and takes it into areas where the population or the holidaymakers are actually inhabiting at the time. >> but it's interesting, isn't it, jim, that that a lot of the reports up to now have said that, you know, they're attributing this to climate change. if you watch some tv channels and some media outlets, they would say this is all climate change. but here we think this may well be have been done purposely . okay

done purposely. okay >> okay. so we're looking at roads, we're looking at corfu, which is which actually are pinpricks in terms of the size and scale of the global problem because if we if we just take ourselves but we don't have to take ourselves back because it's still happening canada, still happening now in canada, the carried the wildfires that have carried on on for the past month and on and on for the past month and a bit all and a much bigger scale and also siberia, that really cold place up east somewhere. yeah, huge wildfires there in the same way. and much of that is linked to climate change. much of it, particularly in canada and siberia , ordinary in canada and siberia, ordinary areas where you wouldn't think you would see extremely hot temperatures. and it's not that they haven't seen wildfires before. they have, however , before. they have, however, these are unprecedented wildfires , and particularly in wildfires, and particularly in the case of canada . so what you the case of canada. so what you have to do, carol, in this case is you have to join the dots in terms of what's going on globally, just at globally, not just look at a little prism like like corfu or rhodes and say, that's all rhodes and say, yeah, that's all climate what climate climate change. but what climate change does in terms of the

extreme temperatures, the baking, heats , the baking, the baking heats, the land temperatures and also the sea temperatures, the ocean temperatures as many are at record levels . they they give record levels. they they give the give the call it the additional fuel , if you like, or additional fuel, if you like, or the additional reason for these things to catch up. and between me and a lamppost, i don't actually think this is the end of the wildfire season or for that matter the extreme flood season. i think is only just beginning. >> it going to change, do you >> is it going to change, do you think? holiday habits, >> is it going to change, do you thinki holiday habits, >> is it going to change, do you thinki mean, holiday habits, >> is it going to change, do you thinki mean, i holiday habits, >> is it going to change, do you thinki mean, i don'tiay habits, >> is it going to change, do you thinki mean, i don't knowbits, >> is it going to change, do you thinki mean, i don't know what jim? i mean, i don't know what you normally do with your family every but are people every summer, but are people going start somewhere going to start going somewhere cooler july , or cooler in august, in july, or perhaps the holiday later perhaps have the holiday later in year or earlier? yeah in the year or earlier? yeah it's a good question because we're that sort of staging we're at that sort of staging post actually today post where people actually today might the decision might be making the decision whether go or z, what whether they go x, y or z, what they're to do. they're going to do. >> they do they want to stay >> do they do they want to stay at say, in the uk and say at home, say, in the uk and say endure rain? it's not endure the rain? it's not raining the it raining all the time. it certainly was certain places certainly was in certain places yesterday with the test match in the rest of or let's just say the rest of it or let's just say the rest of it or let's just say the cooler temperatures or do

they to for example, they want to go to, for example, today, see the today, we might well see the record temperature in europe, in sicily, at the moment, sicily, which is at the moment, it's at 48.8 in sicily. so it could get close to it . so what could get close to it. so what do you want to do? do you want to stay at home in this sort of temperature? lucky to have these sort of temperatures, might sort of temperatures, you might argue do you want to go and argue or do you want to go and sit in 40 degree, 43, sit in 45, 40 degree, 43, whatever it is, degree celsius, because that is extreme. it's actually it has actually does bodily. it has bodily effects in terms of your thinking, your your movement. all of this starts to affect you from 40 degrees upwards. >> so, jim, the problem for a lot of families is that they have to go in july and august because that's when the school holidays are. because that's when the school hol i iays are. because that's when the school holi mean,e. because that's when the school holi mean, it costs them more >> i mean, it costs them more money there, but they money to go there, but they don't actually have a lot of choice. >> well, the wider question then that was do we go that andrew put was do we go there essentially? is that is that a choice to be made? well, i'm trying to say to you, there are places you go to are other places you can go to that potentially that are perhaps potentially less could go to less extreme. you could go to the continent , holland and the near continent, holland and

belgium and northern france . i belgium and northern france. i mean, are the choices mean, these are the choices because why i say this? because why do i say this? because if climate is moving in the way we think it is moving, then there is a northward movement of the sahara, the mediterranean. so the mediterranean. so the mediterranean is starting to move its way up into france, into germany , in places like into germany, in places like this. so, you know, bit by bit and little by little and not by not by, you know, exact amounts, if you like. and not every single year in every single place. you know, we're at a staging post. this is why the conversations that going on, conversations that are going on, on right and centre and on left, right and centre and across the political spectrum in terms of what we should actually be doing on a personal level, which is where it starts. do you want to play safe? do you want to play, you know, or play play with risk? it's, it's individuals, but when governments involved, we governments get involved, we which now very in the which is now very much in the political spectrum, then that's when have to be made when decisions have to be made for the for the benefit of us all. this this is this is all. so this is this is this is an ongoing story. we be an ongoing story. we will be talking about this again going forward. no bones about

forward. i'd make no bones about that. newspapers that. all over the newspapers today. that. all over the newspapers today . may i read almost today. may i read almost armageddon headlines from newspapers that formerly didn't even accept that climate change even accept that climate change even existed? so things are changing. all right, even existed? so things are changing. all right , jim, always changing. all right, jim, always good to talk to you. >> that's jim dale, who's a senior meteorologist at british weather services. thanks for joining us. and come on again soon. now, we really saw an interesting story in my newspaper today. carole malone, the chancellor, hunt. the chancellor, jeremy hunt. >> he has done a heart >> yeah, he he has done a heart to heart with your paper saying that he has just been treated for skin cancer. it is a basal cell skin cancer. he said he talked about having a mole on his head, which is kept on getting bigger and bigger and bigger and eventually he to bigger and eventually he had to go sorted out. his go and get it sorted out. his his family has been ravaged by cancen his family has been ravaged by cancer. both his parents, in later cancer. and his later life got cancer. and his brother called brother has something called sarcoma . so jeremy hunt has been sarcoma. so jeremy hunt has been incredibly lucky in catching this. >> he caught it really early, found that found found the lump on his head, went and got it tested all on the nhs in case of

anything. i bet he went private because he's a very rich man. but no, he did it all through, through the nhs. well a great mate of both mine and malone's is amanda you would is amanda patel, who you would have on gb news many times have seen on gb news many times on programme and others. have seen on gb news many times on joins'ogramme and others. have seen on gb news many times on joins us'amme and others. have seen on gb news many times on joins us n0w|e and others. have seen on gb news many times on joins us now because hers. have seen on gb news many times on joins us now because man she joins us now because man amanda, hello amanda, morning to you. hello honey have had much more honey you have had a much more severe version an of what the chancellor's got through. amanda tell us all okay andrew i think i sent you. >> i'm not sure if i should have sent it to you. >> we've seen it. we're going to show you the photograph. yeah >> okay. and i've had a long history because i was brought up in australia, but the reason that i sent that picture and that i sent you that picture and the i wanted to come on the reason i wanted to come on today. so for people listening on radio, amanda, i'm just on the radio, amanda, i'm just going you. going to talk over you. >> is amanda being treated >> this is amanda being treated for she looks like for skin cancer. she looks like she's rounds of mike she's done three rounds of mike tyson. does. tyson. she does. >> beautiful, though. >> still beautiful, though. >> still beautiful, though. >> amanda is beautiful. >> yeah. amanda is beautiful. still ugly. still really ugly. >> the really i mean, it's especially pertinent this story to me at the moment because i've actually in the process of

having i've had three biopsies done one of my chest done. if i can pull that down and one and two on my back and that's and i'm waiting for the results because if they are what carol mentioned, basal cell carcinoid coma, then they're not they're not the ones that spread throughout your body. they're not the deadly ones, but they have to cut chunks out of your face. >> but amanda, let's talk about mean . we've we've known each mean. we've we've known each other for years. you have you had one your eye had a terrible one in your eye a few years ago where you had to have quite severe surgery. >> three i know that was that was about six months of surgery. and that was just a little dot in my lower eyelid above your bottom eyelashes. so everyone needs to wear sunglasses that have proper resistance. but the most important thing that people should check is if you get an a horrible mole like the one that jeremy had had the melanoma spread that actually deadly and everyone should just be getting

checked all the time. they can be between your fingers. they can be behind your ears. they can be behind your ears. they can be behind your ears. they can be in your eyebrows, in your hair, in your toes. that's how bob marley died. >> do you know, amanda? i was reading in your paper this morning you know, even morning that, you know, even because know you now because i know you now and i know don't go in the know that you don't go in the sun you wear 50 plus factor. sun and you wear 50 plus factor. i cover yourself. yeah. i know you cover yourself. yeah. if she would wear if it existed, she would wear it. however i read it. however the piece i read today saying that even if as a child, wherever you live, if you have one bad day in the sun, unprotected and it can come back decades later to get you , i decades later to get you, i think that that's true. >> and but it is slightly scaremongering . you have to be scaremongering. you have to be really careful. it i literally go really careful. it i literally 9° up really careful. it i literally go up to women in the park when it's sunny and they've got a little baby with their head exposed and i'd go up and i end up having fights with them. i say, you can't. it's your child got factor 50 on. i'm lunatic. got factor 50 on. i'm a lunatic. but know happens when you but i know what happens when you have cut over the have your body cut up over the years. having these skin years. um, having these skin cancers removed . and i you, cancers removed. and i tell you, it is fun and i say, amanda,

it is not fun and i say, amanda, you've i've known for you've been i've known you for over years. over 25 years. >> been living with this >> you've been living with this ever since i've known you some people this will say, people watching this will say, oh, to put oh, yeah, you only need to put factor or factor five on. factor ten on or factor five on. you've got to put factor 50 on all year round and look , i don't all year round and look, i don't put on all round. put it on all year round. >> think that's impossible . >> i think that's impossible. but whenever you're in the sun you should have it on, your kids should have it on, they should have hats protecting them. or you do as i do on holidays. you can do as i do on holidays. you know wear factor 50 all you both know wear factor 50 all over hat and sit over me. wear a hat and sit under a tree. >> but you see, amanda, we were talking about the childhood thing. yours obviously from thing. yours is obviously from from you were because from when you were young because you properly in for you haven't been properly in for the odd years have you? >>i you? >> i know, but it has a very slow incubation period . yeah. slow incubation period. yeah. that's why it's just so important. and the problem with my on back, the two new my ones on my back, the two new moles, they're quite unusual because as you know, i've not been with a boyfriend for about a year and these came up during that year and it was only when

someone was i was trying a dress on and someone said, what are those moles? i've never seen them before. >> and that's the thing you can't see on your own back, can you? >> can't see you. >>— >> can't see you. >> and it's really the moral of this is get a boyfriend or a friend. >> she's still my friend. >> she's still my friend. >> you know, if i'd had £1 million, i'd guess she'd come up to me and said, i want a boyfriend. >> amanda, this is not a dating show. exactly >> it's not a dating show. >> it's not a dating show. >> you're getting your stitches out today, aren't you? you're getting. you're out. getting. you're finding out. yeah but don't get the results until thursday . until thursday. >> but i've been seeing. seeing because i've such a problem, because i've had such a problem, i'm someone who's a skin i'm seeing someone who's a skin cancer specialist. and you know, fingers crossed, you let us know i >> -- >> yeah, you let us know. just fine. >> amanda, we know cancer is a huge issue in this country, but skin cancer now is emerging as one of the fastest growing problems. what's your advice to people watching and listening? amanda every time you go out in the sun, have protection, wear a hat , put on the sun, have protection, wear a hat, put on factor 50. >> more importantly , make sure

>> more importantly, make sure your kids are always protected . your kids are always protected. that's important i >> -- >> all lyman >> all right. that's amanda patel. and we're going to see her here the studio tomorrow her here in the studio tomorrow because she's in with our panel today. amanda good luck with today. amanda and good luck with the news. >> to me. >>- >> to me. >> yeah, you're coming all sorted. >> yeah, you're coming all sonlet's call being bounced >> let's just call being bounced . been bounced. nice to . you've been bounced. nice to talk to you. that's amanda patel. okay >> still come, pierce , will >> still to come, pierce, will you get that all work has the expansion of the ulez caused a friction in the labour camp between sadiq khan and sir keir starmer? >> i can tell you it has. >>— >> i can tell you it has. >> we're going to be we're going to be talking to the conservative mp, mark francois, who's also got a very good campaign underway about roadworks, everybody roadworks, marks, everybody watching you're watching will agree with. you're with britain's newsroom on

britain's news . channel britain's news. channel >> it's 1125. you're with britain's newsroom on gb news with andrew pierce and carole malone well, the big story last week politically, carol, was the tories hanging on in uxbridge and south ruislip was turned and south ruislip 500 was turned into referendum on the mayor into a referendum on the mayor of sadiq khan's ultra of london, sadiq khan's ultra low emission zone, he low emission zone, which he wants expand to the whole wants to expand to the whole caphal wants to expand to the whole capital. if you're thinking this is london story, isn't. is a london story, it isn't. trust these low trust me, these ultra low emission zones are spreading across the country. so is now huge tension between labour huge tension between the labour leader who's leader keir starmer, who's always he's always backed this policy. he's not quite so keen now. he didn't win the by—election which he should have by a country should have won by a country mile. let's to the mile. well, let's talk to the tory francois . mark, tory mp, mark francois. mark, morning to you. good morning .

morning to you. good morning. >> good morning. good morning. >> good morning. good morning. >> ulez spread as far out as your constituency. see really in essex. >> well it came up to the essex borders because . because the borders because. because the ulez zone would touch , you know, ulez zone would touch, you know, the outer bit of greater london. so a lot of my constituent who would have had to drive into london for work plus us plasterers tradesmen would have been badly affected by it. so i'm absolutely delighted that the good burghers, you know , of the good burghers, you know, of uxbndge the good burghers, you know, of uxbridge did the right thing and told mayor khan where to where told mayor khan where to where to put it. >> and what do you think about sir keir starmer? i mean, mark, we u—turns at every we know he u—turns at every opportunity . he doesn't seem to opportunity. he doesn't seem to believe in anything right up believe in anything but right up until by—election campaign, until this by—election campaign, he full square behind the he was full square behind the expansion of ultra low emission zone. i pointed out in the daily mail recently, it's never even been discussed shadow cabinet been discussed at shadow cabinet because favour of because they're all in favour of it. now saying, whoa, it. but now he's saying, whoa, maybe to be revised. so maybe it needs to be revised. so it takes a by—election for failure to change his view .

failure to change his view. well, he was hedging about even dunng well, he was hedging about even during the campaign, he sort of came out against it. >> then he retracted that. i mean, even labour's candidate was trying to sit on the fence. as he said, it should be delayed . i mean, they were all over the place about it. but you're quite right, andrew, this is not just isolated to uxbridge because there's a government quango called natural england , which to called natural england, which to me is a quango that's now out of control . and they're trying to control. and they're trying to say that we shouldn't have any major housing developments across the country unless they're accompanied by ulez like traffic control zones. so this is something that could be coming , you is something that could be coming, you know, to a is something that could be coming , you know, to a village coming, you know, to a village or a town near you, as it were, or a town near you, as it were, or unless we clamp down on the expansion of this stuff . so, you expansion of this stuff. so, you know, you're not making an idle threat when you say that this could grow because natural

england are pushing this very heavily. and i ask i ask the question, why ? why don't question, why? why don't ministers who set up all these quangos clamp down on them and remind them to remain within their terms of reference ? yes. their terms of reference? yes. >> mark, can i ask you a question? do you think the expansion of the ulez zone is to do with khan wanting clean air, or do you think it's to do with him recouping the money he has lost with his mismanaged state of the city of london >> oh, come on, everyone saw through this from the word go . through this from the word go. tfl is effectively bankrupt and has been for years. the only reason it's able to continue operating as a going concern is because it get it gets billions of pounds of subsidy from central government. so people who live in, you know, bolton or blackburn or wherever are paying part of their taxes to subsidise these khan's inefficient transport for london. and this was all about raising cash, even

the studies that he commissioned confirmed, although he tried to suppress them, that the actual effect on air quality of a of an outer london zone would be marginal. so that's how he tried to justify it. but people saw it for what it was. it was a blatant tax grab. and that's why people rose up against it. that's why i think you've got four other london boroughs, all tory controlled, and one of the county councils , i think it's county councils, i think it's surrey, who are in the middle of a court action trying to get his policy declared illegal. but you're absolutely right . you you're absolutely right. you know, it was as plain as a pikestaff this wasn't about air quality. it was about the money. yeah. >> and he's already it's already brought in £440 million worth in fines. mark when it's expanded, it's going to bring in a lot more. and i suspect some of your constituent s will drive 100 yards into the ultra low emission zone. they won't even realise then get fined realise it. then they get fined and fines are up to £180 and the fines are up to £180 a day. it's the stealth tax .

day. it's the stealth tax. >> well, absolutely. and they were hoping, i suspect that a lot of people would get fined because it would just raise even more revenue , wouldn't it? so more revenue, wouldn't it? so but, you know , i read in the but, you know, i read in the sunday papers that, you know, starmer's effectively been on the phone to khan or his people have asking him either to drop it or to water it down. interestingly most labour mps privately are opposed to the policy . they're making policy. they're making representations to khan to drop it. why is this? because maybe , it. why is this? because maybe, you know, they're getting a lot of emails from their constituents, just as i did, saying, you know, we do not want this. so and i think there's a problem that many people in the upper echelons of the labour party have sort of totally got religion on this and they're prepared to ride roughshod over , you know, ordinary, hardworking people who need to use their cars or their vans for

work . they need it for their for work. they need it for their for their living . it's how they put, their living. it's how they put, you know, food on the plates of their families at the dinner table. but there are some people in the upper echelons of the labour party which , remember, labour party which, remember, was created supposedly to was was created supposedly to defend the interests of working class people. i don't think keir hardie had ever heard of ulez, to be fair. but you know, in the upper echelons of the labour party, you know, that doesn't seem to matter anymore for wokery trumps everything . and wokery trumps everything. and what's good about this is what's really good about this is this a people's revolt . the this was a people's revolt. the people who were going to be affected this stood up, affected by this just stood up, effective at the ballot box and said to the labour party, up with this , we will not put and with this, we will not put and let's hope khan takes the hint. ihope let's hope khan takes the hint. i hope so . i'm let's hope khan takes the hint. i hope so. i'm not sure he let's hope khan takes the hint. i hope so . i'm not sure he will. i hope so. i'm not sure he will. >> and mark, i want to get you on time because i know on another time because i know you've launched. i heard you in transport questions. you are declaring the scourge declaring war on the scourge of the yeah i've got a i've the cones. yeah i've got a i've got a private member's bill here. >> the roadworks regulator .

>> the roadworks regulator. bill, i know we're tight for time , so the essence of it is time, so the essence of it is one of the great bugbears of modern life is you spend ages crawling through a contraflow. you finally get through it. you drive past this big hole in the ground immaculately coned off with no one in sight doing any work on it. so the essence of this bill will be to tighten up materially the conditions under which utilise companies. which people utilise companies. developers can dig up the road network to make them do it faster, to make them do it quicker, and to find them up to 10% of their corporate turnover . if they carry on misbehaving . . if they carry on misbehaving. that's the bill in 30s and transport ministers are now looking at this with other cabinet colleagues and was told at transport questions the other day there's a chance the government are going to adopt this in whole or in part, and i very much hope so. so that we can can the cones and get on with our lives. >> mark francois, thank you so much. the nation cheering you. >> they certainly are. they certainly are. now, carol, this is could throw your.

>> okay. still to come, a newly appointed cleric is at the centre online debate after centre of an online debate after being criticised for showing off her we'll her heavily tattooed arms. we'll be one of our own, be speaking to one of our own, calvin robinson. your calvin robinson. here's your news armstrong . news with aaron armstrong. >> hey, good morning to you. it's 1133. i'm aaron armstrong in the gb newsroom. the british travel company jet2 says they're adding three extra flights to get stranded. holidaymaker home from rhodes . up to 10,000 from rhodes. up to 10,000 british people are estimated to be on the fire ravaged island in greece , with the first stranded greece, with the first stranded holidaymakers having started to arrive back in the uk already hundreds of british tourists have been stranded. they fled hotels . they've left belongings hotels. they've left belongings behind and they've been sleeping in airports and makeshift shelters and schools in parts of the island. in addition to over 50 scheduled flights. one of those flights has just mentioned will go to manchester. another

to leeds, bradford, and a third for birmingham. and there expected to take off later on this evening . train drivers are this evening. train drivers are threatening fresh disruption at the height of the summer holidays with another ban on overtime. members of the aslef union will not work extra hours for a week from saturday, the 5th to the 12th of august. the union claims that none of the train companies employ enough drivers and is warning of serious disruption. it will be the fifth week long ban on overtime since may. the latest one ended on saturday and another one starts on the 31st. michael gove has announced plans to create more homes in inner cities by relaxing planning rules and cutting red tape. the housing secretary says he wants to make it easier to convert empty shops into new flats and to make it easier to extend homes and convert lofts. the plans also include creating an urban quarter in cambridge, although that's been met with criticism by the local tory mp . criticism by the local tory mp. he says it's nonsense. critics say the government will miss its

commitment though to deliver 300,000 homes every year . commitment though to deliver 300,000 homes every year. mr 300,000 new homes every year. mr gove are target gove insists they are on target to meet their manifesto promise of at least a million new homes by 2024. and twitter has replaced the social media platform's famous blue bird logo with a white x on a black background. elon musk unveiled it over the weekend. the latest change since he bought the company in october. he's also added that tweets are going to be replaced with posts to be known as x's . as some people known as x's. as some people say, the move will further alienate twitter's original loyal base. mr musk , though, is loyal base. mr musk, though, is trying to create a super app like china's wechat or paytm in india . more on all of those india. more on all of those stories on our website, gbnews.com . direct bullion gb news.com. direct bullion sponsors gbnews.com. direct bullion sponsors the finance report on gb news for gold and silver investment . investment. >> it . quick look at the markets

today. >> the pound buys you $1.2836 ,1.1581 is the price of gold. £1,531.81 per ounce. and the ftse 100 is at 7665 points. >> direct bullion sponsors the finance report on gb news for physical investment looks like things are heating up . things are heating up. >> boxed boilers proud sponsors of weather on . gb news. of weather on. gb news. >> hello, i'm marco petagna. here's your latest weather update from the met office. we'll see outbreaks of rain clear away to the south—east of the uk through the day today, giving a mix of sunshine giving way to a mix of sunshine and coupled and showers coupled with a fairly cool breeze. it's certainly a wet picture certainly a fairly wet picture across south and southeast across the south and southeast through the morning, we'll see some bursts rain in some heavy bursts of rain in places. as say brighter places. but as say brighter skies from north. skies tucking in from the north. so we head into the so as we head into the afternoon, we'll many places afternoon, we'll see many places having some sunny spells coupled. few showers,

coupled. yes with a few showers, particularly towards the north and northwest, those feeding down to down and that cooler north to north westerly it's north westerly airstream, it's certainly feeling fairly chilly out towards the north out and about towards the north of in that breeze. of the uk in that breeze. temperatures no better than 16 or 17 celsius down towards the south southeast. should south and southeast. we should see 19 or 20. 20 is see a high of 19 or 20. 20 is 68in fahrenheit. as we go through the evening, those showers ease, showers will tend to ease, particularly towards south particularly towards the south and some feeding in and east. still some feeding in there the north west there towards the north and west of or 2 of those of scotland. 1 or 2 of those still on heavy side to with still on the heavy side to with the clear spells down towards the clear spells down towards the turning little the south—east, turning a little bit rural spots. bit chilly in some rural spots. but think coldest but i think the coldest temperatures will reserved temperatures will be reserved for towards the for the rural spots towards the north here, dipping down to around 7 or 8 degrees by around about 7 or 8 degrees by tuesday morning. as for tuesday itself, sunshine itself, another day of sunshine and the cards. the and showers is on the cards. the showers well scattered showers pretty well scattered towards east. most towards the south and east. most of those reserved again for the north—west uk. and again, north—west of the uk. and again, a few those will be on the a few of those will be on the heavy still heavy side. temperatures still disappointing for late july, peaking the high peaking at around about the high teens north the teens towards the north of the uk, possibly a high of 19 or 20 down towards the south—east and again, 20 is 68. in fahrenheit. that's me. that's pretty much it for me.

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britain's news. channel >> well, it's 1141 here with britain's newsroom on gb news with andrew pierce and carole malone, who's still here. delighted to say might not be tomorrow, though. >> if you decide to fire me, i

think they'll be back. you'll be back. okay >> it's me. well, they are definitely going to fire me. that's me? okay, so a newly that's you. me? okay, so a newly appointed cleric is at the centre members of centre of a row after members of the out at her really the public hit out at her really badly on twitter for showing her heavily arms. heavily tattooed arms. >> called the reverend >> so she's called the reverend wendy dalrymple. >> hot >> she found herself in hot water canterbury cathedral water after canterbury cathedral posted an image of her online wearing collared dress wearing a dog collared dress with her tats show . joining with her tats on show. joining us now is the gb news presenter and commentator calvin robinson. >> and the anglican priest and author, the reverend michael coren. martin ng, to you both. >> hi. >> hi. >> so i'm going to speak as a god fearing roman catholic who goes to church most weeks. i don't mind if she's got tattoos. what do you say? first of all, calvin, i. >> i don't think it's the issue that she has tattoos. i think it's the issue here is that she's made that the most important thing about her, you can see she's clearly not wearing a typical clerical garb. she's designed to she's wearing garb designed to specifically off these specifically show off these tattoos. the tattoos are tattoos. and the tattoos are symptomatic wider problem

symptomatic of a wider problem in that this this reverend lady is a liberal. and what we have here is yet another liberal being to a canon. there being promoted to a canon. there are zero conservatives, zero traditionalists, as canons at the moment in this country. that's a great shame because it shows direction church that's a great shame because it sh englanddirection church that's a great shame because it sh england is action church that's a great shame because it sh england is heading church that's a great shame because it sh england is heading in hurch that's a great shame because it sh england is heading in andh that's a great shame because it sh england is heading in and if of england is heading in and if we look at this lady's previous work, was promoted to work, before she was promoted to canon at christmas just canon at the christmas just gone, she was in hot trouble on social media for sharing christmas hymns that she'd rewritten an and replaced lines such as god rest you also women who by men have been erased like this clearly um a feminist agenda here of pushing a liberal ideology rather than focusing on what should be more important than her or her politics, which is jesus christ, which is fundamentally the job vicar i >> -- >> well, to be fair, calvin, her tattoos are are religious based tattoos. they are of jesus, and they're various other tattoos. i mean, i think you're being a little bit cruel here because it is summer and she's wearing a short sleeved summer dress. i don't she was showing off.

don't think she was showing off. you you like the you know, you sound like the people are attacking her on people who are attacking her on twitter when they were saying she a prideful she was putting on a prideful display a peacock display. display in a peacock display. she's not wearing a short she's not she's wearing a short sleeve frock for goodness sleeve summer frock for goodness sake . sake. >> how often have you seen that summer frock? how how many other clerics have. summer frock? how how many other cle|well,ive. not seen you in frock. >> no, that's for sure. but i mean, women should be expected andifs mean, women should be expected and it's quite normal for women to wear summer dresses as not not for clerics . not for clerics. >> it's not. no. i've never seen a cleric in my life wearing that dress. the point there is that that's not standard clerical garb. purposefully garb. this is purposefully designed off her designed to show off her tattoos, is fine if that's tattoos, which is fine if that's what she wants do. as a what she wants to do. as a layman. but as a supposed clergy, she should be there representing herself. >> p- e coren, is p— >> michael coren, is calvin being a bit snooty about this, a bit old fashioned? >> well, i don't think fashion is the issue, but actually it's quite a miracle this this morning. and in canada , it's morning. and in canada, it's really the morning. i actually sort of agree with calvin to a certain degree because these tattoos aren't it's irrelevant . tattoos aren't it's irrelevant. can you see my tattoo that i

proudly wear here? i normally have it covered up, but it simply irrelevant . i mean, the simply irrelevant. i mean, the church is facing all sorts of cnses church is facing all sorts of crises and i speak as someone who's probably more on the progressive wing of the church . progressive wing of the church. but i think that we have to deal with this by being relevant to people. i don't think tattoos make you relevant or irrelevant, although it's important say although it's important to say actually interesting actually it's quite interesting that that are really that churches that are really growing churches, you growing these mega churches, you have in the uk and in north have them in the uk and in north america, it's almost standard uniform guys to be uniform now for guys to be heavily tattooed. it's become sort of a fashion of what is called the bible bro , the bible called the bible bro, the bible brother. so they tattoo themselves as she was attacked in misogynistic. in a very misogynistic. >> she was a man being attacked in this way . in this way. >> look, something visceral in me. when i first saw the picture, i wondered why she proposing it that way . but once proposing it that way. but once again, that was my problem, not hers. she is simply a young woman a great deal of woman with a great deal of ability who's been appointed to ability who's been appointed to a position. and this was one photograph of her. there are

many other photographs of her where she's not showing tattoos, not say you say not michael, you say you say the tattoos but tattoos are irrelevant, but maybe wendy very maybe they make wendy very relevant to the younger generation . generation. >> and know that >> and we know that congregations dwindling by congregations are dwindling by the this makes her the second. maybe this makes her more relevant to a younger generation that people like her can bring to god . can bring to god. >> could be. i mean, i would be very careful about the relevant issue, though, because, you know, have four children and know, we have four children and if anything about if you know anything about raising never try to raising kids, never try to be relevant to them , because within relevant to them, because within a seconds you are, oh, my a few seconds you are, oh, my golly, dad, that social suicide. so i think if we preach truth, if we preach christ and christ for me is a revolutionary figure, a permanent revolution of love and progress and equality, i'm sure calvin is having a effect here, but if we do that, and i've seen it in my church, we do attract people . church, we do attract people. but the cosmetic and of course the tattoo by its nature is cosmetic and that really just doesn't matter at all. >> calvin is she in any trouble with the church authorities , in with the church authorities, in your view, or should she . be was

your view, or should she. be was that to me? >> yes. sorry at all. >>— >> yes. sorry at all. >> i think i think that actually love this. i agree with with the reverend michael. there on on this in that actually we have to be very careful of taking carol's attitude, which i think is quite patronising to young people. this assumption that in order attract young order to attract young people, we somehow relevant we have to somehow be relevant and agree with what michael said there, whenever there, that in order whenever you relevance , actually you chase relevance, actually you're the curve you're always behind the curve andifs you're always behind the curve and it's more cringe inducing than relevant. and i think also ihave than relevant. and i think also i have to disagree with michael , though, is that this isn't misogynistic. this isn't attack on her because she's female. the comments seen online comments that i've seen online have been because they have certainly been because they think tacky, think people think it's tacky, they beyond beneath her. >> calvin it was more than that. they said she had a mental illness was, but they illness if there was, but they said was not sick if there's said she was not sick if there's a man dress. >> think there was a man >> but think if there was a man dressed this way, showing dressed this way, carol, showing off tattoos in a statement off their tattoos in a statement like this where they clearly could dressed in full could have been dressed in full

clerical they have clerical garb, they could have had on. they could have had a blazer on. they could have had a blazer on. they could have had a blazer on. they could have had a cassock on. if it was a man, they would have had exactly the situation. i believe the same situation. i believe michael's the same situation. i believe micmichael, back. come back >> michael, come back. come back to do you think? there to us. what do you think? there are clergy priests, time are clergy vicars, priests, time you to are tattooed you want to use who are tattooed and haven't had this and they haven't had this reaction at all. >> i mean, look, i'm all for compromise. where compromise. let's agree on where we yes there are some we can. yes there are some issues of trying to be relevant. we on that. but of course, we agree on that. but of course, it's misogynist she's it's misogynist stick. she's a relatively young woman who who is photographed in a is being photographed in a certain way. there are many other photographs. some of the things about things that were said about her and been victim on on on and i've been a victim on on on twitter social media twitter and social media many times. you can predict the times. you you can predict the type they will repugnant it wasn't i disagree with you. it wasn't i disagree with you. it was a personal vicious attack on another person because they were dressed in a way that some people disapproved of. yeah, i think was a fear of women. think there was a fear of women. there even a hatred of women there was even a hatred of women . lot of people who . a lot of the people who attacked wouldn't ordain attacked her wouldn't ordain women. believe women. they don't believe in female she's female ordination. she's actually capable actually a very capable person. everything about i everything i've read about it, i mean, this mean, she's conceived this position her

position because of her abilities the past. i don't abilities in the past. i don't agree her on all of her agree with her on all of her theology, but that's not the issue. she's attacked issue. she's been attacked not for views, for looks for her views, but for her looks and photograph. exactly and for the photograph. exactly thatis and for the photograph. exactly that is profoundly on an anti—christian . anti—christian. >> that's right, isn't it, calvin? very unchristian. >> yeah, absolutely. which we shouldn't be attacking people based their personal based on their personal characteristics. absolutely. but my that. my point there wasn't that. that's . my point there was that's right. my point there was that just because she happens to be a woman doesn't make it misogynistic. i think people are sick of the liberal sick and tired of the liberal agenda pushed in agenda that's being pushed in this just in the this country, not just in the country, but by the church. every single week get a new every single week we get a new story. week the story. this week it was the church of england is promoting the of white supremacy. the pyramid of white supremacy. like single week there's like every single week there's a new this new thing. and then we see this woman clearly woman here that is clearly making all about her and her making it all about her and her liberal perspective with the hymns with hymns that she's written, with the she's chosen. as the attire that she's chosen. as michael said, she could have dressed appropriately for the photo promotes her photo shoot that promotes her being to a canon. but being promoted to a canon. but of all of these of course, all of these decisions are designed to provoke reaction from the provoke a reaction from the public. >> well , she was attacked for

>> well, she was attacked for the photograph . i didn't say she the photograph. i didn't say she should have worn something else. i there were other i said there were other photographs of around when photographs of her around when she's that. but she's not dressed like that. but people did not say, disagree people did not say, i disagree with this woman who happens to have tattoos because her have tattoos because of her views. attacked because views. they attacked her because of looked. that is of the way she looked. that is misogynistic. not have to misogynistic. men do not have to face that. >> all well, listen, jen, >> all right. well, listen, jen, we're have to leave we're gonna have to leave it there, i don't think there, because i don't think you're agree to you're going to agree to disagree. that's calvin disagree. so that's calvin robinson, own calvin robinson, our very own calvin robinson, our very own calvin robinson, the robinson, of course. and the anchor and priest and author, reverend michael in the reverend michael cochrane in the studio is our panel. studio with us is our panel. i wonder what you think as a was this misogynist on this a misogynist attack on a young vicar? >> no, i think we're just using that so now. i'm that term so loosely now. i'm totally on this. totally with calvin on this. i believe that when you have principles values principles and values in a faith, you to uphold them faith, you have to uphold them and that's calvin and i think that's what calvin tries do. i do feel like the tries to do. i do feel like the church and the priests are becoming in this country. becoming softer in this country. and like that that and i feel like that that that whole that great whole structure, that great britain built on, built on, britain was built on, built on, is leaving. i think is slowly leaving. and i think because becoming so because everything's becoming so soft, now seeing this soft, you are now seeing this whole of reflection in whole kind of reflection in

society people just society where people just do not care about lisa hartle care about rules. lisa hartle yeah, i think it's sort of i find it rather ugly. >> i mean, that's a personal view choose on anyone. view to choose on anyone. >> i don't like them, but i think she has a right to show her. >> well, i well, i would agree with calvin, though, is he said narcissist stick. i it is narcissist stick. i think it is usually attention seeking. that's point of having that's the whole point of having huge sleeves tattoos, really huge sleeves of tattoos, really . it's almost saying this makes me interested . sting and usually me interested. sting and usually it's very good guide. you're it's a very good guide. you're not that interesting with respect, you think that's respect, don't you think that's a older person? a view of an older person? >> because i used to think a bit like you, but i don't think that's the younger generational view tattoos. think they view of tattoos. i think they regard art. regard it as art. >> don't care. i i think it is >> i don't care. i i think it is my view and i think it's basically uglifying. i think it's awful to sort of spoil your skin in that way. that's well, you know, i mean, we have a rule in the mosque, which is if you have things on your arms or tattoos and stuff like that, you need to cover everything up. >> that a rule and >> and that is a rule and everybody follows that and

that's in order to pray. so perhaps church to perhaps the church needs to adopt but just don't adopt that. but just don't vicars draw attention to vicars need to draw attention to them their church them because their church attendances are dwindling, not even fast. >> churches are >> dramatic churches are closing. don't want that? closing. don't we want that? >> it. that really >> won't do it. that really won't it. i mean, might be won't do it. i mean, it might be cringe. it might not. i just don't think you know, the fact is, people talk about is, when people talk about you've it, it's like you've got to make it, it's like when they say you've got to make shakespeare relevant. what the hell mean? hell does that actually mean? i mean, in mean, the relevance in the church, believe in it or church, if you believe in it or whatever, is there to be had. right. and it's the same with books literature. same books and literature. same thing. of what you do, thing. the idea of what you do, chop bits that people don't chop bits off that people don't like. it's ridiculous. like. i mean, it's ridiculous. >> know, when one of the >> but you know, when one of the highest profile clerics we have in this country the in this country is the archbishop canterbury, who archbishop of canterbury, who bores you you know, bores everyone, you you know, that's going to turn people away from religion rather than bring them to it. don't you think someone like wendy is likely to bnng someone like wendy is likely to bring people to religion? >> i believe that people will come because of wendy having tattoos, i believe it won't tattoos, but i believe it won't be the number that you think in fact, it's the opposite

fact, i think it's the opposite way. need to have way. i think you need to have the in the right. people the rules in the right. people need to come to that religion. you're not going to have people that to that are going to come to religion somebody is religion because somebody is showing off tattoos. >> not the reason. it's >> that's not the reason. it's not about showing tattoos. not about showing off tattoos. >> showing her age what >> it's showing her age and what she it's curve ball here. >> do you agree with women priests? >> do i agree with women? priest yeah, i do believe yeah, why not? i do believe women. you said why leaders ? >> ?- >> so does 7 >> so does that mean that you don't really. >> not really thought >> i've not really thought about this enough for me to an this enough for me to have an accurate believe accurate answer, but i believe that religious leaders that there are religious leaders that there are religious leaders that have because you that you can have because you need women in in certain places, because some female because there are some female imams now. >> not many. >> not many. >> mean, i wouldn't >> yes. so, i mean, i wouldn't call imams. i would call them imams. i would call them scholars. >> there aren't any >> instead. there aren't any female imams. so you call them scholars aren't there female imams. so you call them schola any. aren't there female imams. so you call them schola any. really. n't there female imams. so you call them schola any. really. there'sa female imams. so you call them schola any. really. there's no aren't any. really. there's no point in saying. >> you disagree with >> chris, do you disagree with women priests? >> no, i don't. i don't. i think that the church, though, has got >> no, i don't. i don't. i think th.inthe church, though, has got >> no, i don't. i don't. i think th.in some urch, though, has got >> no, i don't. i don't. i think th.in some ways. :hough, has got >> no, i don't. i don't. i think th.in some ways. yough, has got >> no, i don't. i don't. i think th.in some ways. you mentioned to in some ways. you mentioned the archbishop canterbury the archbishop of canterbury >> yes. twice in the programme . >> yes. twice in the programme. >> yes. twice in the programme. >> i know you mentioned him. she would agree, i think with everything . and you

everything he says. and you know, when you have him saying he's kind of political views that at any given that he does at any given moment, then think that's far moment, then i think that's far more to worry about more important to worry about that we're okay. that i think we're okay. >> it for britain's news today. >> first, she's coming back tomorrow. >> well, maybe not when i get out of here, but who knows? i'd like to. >> we'll see you tomorrow at 930. up next, it's live desk with mark longhurst and pip tomson. pip here to tell us all about it. what's coming up on today's you, pip. >> hi there, andrew. it's going to be a very busy show talking to be a very busy show talking to you all about these wildfires . there's thousands upon thousands are thousands of holidaymakers are stranded, there are more stranded, but there are more rescue flights heading out to roads to rescue people . and we roads to rescue people. and we will be bringing you the very latest on the live desk at midday. now here's your weather i >> -- >> the temperatures rising . boxt >> the temperatures rising. boxt solar proud sponsors of weather on . gb news. on. gb news. >> hello, i'm marco petagna . >> hello, i'm marco petagna. here's your latest weather update from the met office.

we'll see outbreaks of rain clear away to the south—east of the uk through the day today, giving way to of sunshine giving way to a mix of sunshine and showers coupled with a fairly breeze. it's fairly cool breeze. it's certainly fairly picture certainly a fairly wet picture across and southeast across the south and southeast through we'll see through the morning. we'll see some rain some heavy bursts of rain in places, but brighter skies places, but also brighter skies tucking the north. so as tucking in from the north. so as we head into the afternoon, we'll see many places having we head into the afternoon, we'll sunnyany places having we head into the afternoon, we'll sunny spells ces having we head into the afternoon, we'll sunny spells ces havinyes, some sunny spells coupled, yes, with a few showers, particularly towards northwest. towards the north and northwest. those and that those feeding down and that cooler to north westerly cooler north to north westerly airstream, cooler north to north westerly airstreafairly chilly out feeling fairly chilly out and about towards north of the about towards the north of the uk that breeze. temperatures uk in that breeze. temperatures no better than 16 17 celsius no better than 16 or 17 celsius down towards the south and southeast. should see a high southeast. we should see a high of 20. 20 is 68in of 19 or 20. 20 is 68in fahrenheit. but as we go through the evening, those showers will tend particularly tend to ease, particularly towards and east. towards the south and east. still feeding there still some feeding in there towards north west of towards the north and west of scotland. and or 2 of scotland. and 1 or 2 of those still on heavy side, too, still on the heavy side, too, with clear spells down with the clear spells down towards south—east turning towards the south—east turning a little in some rural little bit chilly in some rural spots. i think the coldest spots. but i think the coldest temperatures will be reserved for the rural spots towards the north here, dipping down to around 7 degrees by around about 7 or 8 degrees by tuesday as for tuesday

tuesday morning. as for tuesday itself, day sunshine itself, another day of sunshine and showers the cards. the and showers is on the cards. the showers pretty well scattered towards most towards the south and east. most of again for of those reserved again for the north—west the again, north—west of the uk. and again, a of those will be on the a few of those will be on the heavy side. temperatures still disappointing july, disappointing for late july, peaking about the high disappointing for late july, peaki|towards about the high disappointing for late july, peaki|towards the about the high disappointing for late july, peaki|towards the northt the high disappointing for late july, peaki|towards the northt tithe gh teens towards the north of the uk, possibly high of 19 20, uk, possibly a high of 19 or 20, down towards south—east and down towards the south—east and again, is 68in fahrenheit. again, 20 is 68in fahrenheit. that's pretty it me. that's pretty much it for me. i'll see you soon. bye bye for now. >> the temperature's rising . >> the temperature's rising. boxt solar proud sponsors of weather on gb news

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