i know you're thinking, >> i know you're thinking, god, he's not here. no, i'm not patrick. >> i'm nana i'll be taking you through till 6:00. >> a cracking show for you. >> starting, of course, with roads of course roads roads from hell. of course roads is fire, as are other parts roads from hell. of course roads is greece as are other parts roads from hell. of course roads is greece on are other parts roads from hell. of course roads is greece on these her parts roads from hell. of course roads is greece on these awfulrts of greece on these awful wildfires. a lot of british houday wildfires. a lot of british holiday makers try to their holiday makers try to make their way back uk and way back to the uk and struggling. after that struggling. and then after that we'll be looking at the tory party now, do they to do a party now, do they need to do a green u—turn .7 they go green u—turn.7 do they need to go back? this green u—turn? do they need to go back? this be the answer back? could this be the answer they dropped net zero. rishi sunak facing pressure from sunak is facing pressure from his potentially roll his party to potentially roll back the policies. back on the green policies. would that make you vote tory? and then the bibby stockholm? yes, it's well it's not quite found. its home actually, because it was on its way . it's because it was on its way. it's there but there are no migrants on it as such. apparently the 50 or so that were meant to get on board week are not doing board this week are not doing that. why? we'll find out later on show. we'll discuss and on this show. we'll discuss and of course, brexit, brexit has been, well, there's a victory in brexit at last. we've got something great to talk about. a brilliant in brilliant contract in nottinghamshire. steel, a brazilian company, and it's

going to be a great potential great potential win for those in nottinghamshire . well, as if you nottinghamshire. well, as if you can get in touch with us in the usual way. gb views gbnews.com or tweet me @gbnews. get in touch with us via that way we'll be discussing all of that and more. but first, let's get your latest news headlines as . hi latest news headlines as. hi there it is a minute past three. >> aaron armstrong here in the gb newsroom. let's get you up to date with the news headlines. the greek prime minister has declared war on the wildfires spreading through roads, warning of difficult days ahead. tour operators have flown home nearly 1500 holidaymakers at the start of a mass evacuation as the fires burn for a sixth day. jet2 have announced four repatriation flights today, while easyjet have another two planned later

and another one tomorrow. the foreign office says between 7 and 10,000 britons are currently on the island and it has set up a rapid deployment force to assist those in need of help . assist those in need of help. sarah shepherd, who fled from rhodes , told gb news she rhodes, told gb news how she managed to escape the danger. >> 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 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. >> well, the government says there are currently no fires in residential areas of corfu despite evacuation orders being issued there last night, although there has been some

conflicting information with some reports that almost 2500 people have been evacuated from various parts of corfu , various parts of corfu, especially in the north, which is popular to tourists, evacuated have also taken place on the island of evia. the prime minister, rishi sunak , says minister, rishi sunak, says holidaymakers are being assisted i >> -- >> my paramount priority is the safety of british nationals and that's why the deputy prime minister chaired a cobra meeting yesterday . he's been monitoring yesterday. he's been monitoring the situation closely . we've the situation closely. we've beenin the situation closely. we've been in touch with local authorities on the ground there and the foreign office have sent and the foreign office have sent a deployment team on the a rapid deployment team on the ground assist people. i think ground to assist people. i think the most important thing is people remain touch with the most important thing is peop tour�*nain touch with the most important thing is peop tour operators. jch with the most important thing is peop tour operators. thereth the most important thing is peop tour operators. there are their tour operators. there are lots of flights going back and forth to bring people forth to be able to bring people home. if people are in touch home. and if people are in touch with their tour operators, they'll information that they'll get the information that they'll get the information that they gove announced >> michael gove has announced plans in plans to create more homes in the cities by the uk's inner cities by relaxing planning rules and cutting red tape. the housing secretary says he wants to make it easier to convert shops it easier to convert empty shops into and to extend homes into flats and to extend homes and convert lofts . the plans

and convert lofts. the plans will include creating an urban quarter in cambridge . those quarter in cambridge. those plans, though, have been dismissed by the local tory mp anthony browne as nonsense. it comes amid criticism the government has previously failed to hit its target to build 300,000 new homes annually, shadowing levelling up secretary lisa nandy says the government is making empty promises. >> this is just the latest instalment of a government at war with itself, a housing secretary promising to build new homes while passing legislation right now that will make it more difficult. mortgages have gone through the roof. housebuilding is falling off a cliff. we don't need more recycled press releases and broken promises. need more recycled press releases and broken promises . we releases and broken promises. we need serious action to get britain building now. >> israel's parliament has passed a controversial law which will limit the powers of the judiciary. despite months of nationwide protests . the new

nationwide protests. the new legislation removes the power of the supreme court to overrule the supreme court to overrule the government. it is part of a series of judicial reforms put forward by prime minister ben netanyahu's far right coalition as demonstrators took to the streets in a last ditch attempt to block the plans . and to block the plans. and businesses across the country have closed in protest. train drivers are threatening fresh disruption the height of disruption at the height of the summer further summer holidays, with a further ban overtime . members the ban on overtime. members of the aslef won't work extra aslef union won't work extra hours monday the 7th to the hours from monday the 7th to the 12th of august. the union claims none of the train companies employs enough drivers. it will be the fifth week long ban on overtime since may. the latest that ended on saturday. another one will start on the 31st of july . commons leader and former july. commons leader and former paymaster general penny mordaunt has given evidence to the infected blood inquiry. it follows complaints the government is dragging its heels over compensation payments. bereaved relatives of victims of

the nhs infected blood scandal will deliver a letter to number 10 later calling for full compensation . the inquiry was compensation. the inquiry was established in 2017 to examine how almost 2400 people in the uk died after being infected with hiv and hepatitis c through contaminated blood products in the 1970s and 80s. ms morton says she failed to get a substantive written response from then chancellor rishi sunak about compensation. >> i very much felt that eight people had been waiting a very long time. >> they'd been waiting a long time for this inquiry. >> they had been waiting a long time to get their issues addressed. and there was a moral responsibility . we responsibility. we >> britain's first million pound footballer, trevor francis, has died at the age of 69. he joined nottingham forest in 1979, helping them win back to back european cups. that hasn't been repeated by a british team and he scored the winner in that

first final against malmo . he first final against malmo. he also played 52 times for his country before taking the management guiding sheffield wednesday birmingham to wednesday and birmingham to major finals. family spokesman says he passed away from a heart attack. gary lineker has led tributes calling him a wonderful footballer and a lovely man . footballer and a lovely man. this is gb news we'll bring you more as it happens throughout the afternoon, but now it's back over to nana . over to nana. how >> hello. good afternoon. this is gb news on tv, online and on digital radio. i'm nana akua in for patrick. christine, it's fast approaching . eight minutes fast approaching. eight minutes after 3:00, so finally, it seems our politicians who are elected by us remember us. the people are finally listening to what we've been saying. but the only reason they care now is because

it's cost them something. because in between all of this, they've pretty much been tone deaf with an election on the horizon, though , the so—called horizon, though, the so—called surefire winners, the labour party, who sat and watched party, who sat back and watched the tories eat themselves from the tories eat themselves from the inside out, haven't really had do . they, like us, had much to do. they, like us, have been voyeurs of the tories who've had an 80 seat majority and have provided themselves with very own internal with their very own internal opposition squandered their opposition and squandered their lead. the tories didn't need to get the labour party's agreement on . really. it on any policies. really. it would if it wasn't would be laughable if it wasn't at expense . so it took sir at our expense. so it took sir keir starmer's party to lose the seat formerly held by ousted prime minister boris johnson, which must have hurt for them to prick up their ears and realise that sitting back and waiting for the tories screw up, for the tories to screw up, which is pretty much what the labour party has done thus far, isn't not listening isn't enough. no not listening to your electorate will cost you. as sadiq khan, who is attempting to bulldoze forward, discovered his ulez discovered with his ulez expansion, which seemed unstoppable until now. the tory party are smelling blood and for

once it's just not their own . as once it's just not their own. as the former business secretary, jacob rees—mogg, said that the lesson from the north london result is that there are things that we can change that will be electorally successful. we'll be finally, finally . and he urged finally, finally. and he urged ministers to stop burdening the pubuc ministers to stop burdening the public with business and extra green taxes. fine they're listening. whilst the tories were pretty much annihilated in the other two seats when it comes to issues surrounding net zero, if they put their money where their mouth is and ditch the green by scrapping certain elements and roll back on arbitrary deadlines, you never know . they may have a chance of know. they may have a chance of winning the next general election . so that's what election. so that's what i think. but i want to hear your thoughts. get in touch. email me gbviews@gbnews.com or tweet me at gb news. now, with tinder dry conditions and temperatures expected to top 45 c, the greek

government has declared a severe fire risk in almost half of its land. mass evacuations of british and other holidaymakers are continuing on the island of rhodes as firefighters continue to battle huge wildfires whipped up to battle huge wildfires whipped ”p by to battle huge wildfires whipped up by strong winds now on the island of corfu . fires there led island of corfu. fires there led to a partial evacuation of some of those areas. however, authorities on corfu say that the fires are not yet directly threatening the island's resorts right now. mark white has the latest on the rapidly developing situation . for flying low over situation. for flying low over mountain forests. >> a turkish fire fighting plane gives a sobering assessment of the extent of the disaster now engulfing large parts of this greek island . and turkey has greek island. and turkey has suppued greek island. and turkey has supplied two planes and a helicopter to help authorities in rhodes battle. the flames , in rhodes battle. the flames, which are being whipped up by strong winds. all ready. a number of local villagers and tourist hotels have been badly damaged by the fires , leading to

damaged by the fires, leading to the massive accusation of around 20,000 people over the last couple of days . a ukrainian couple of days. a ukrainian tourist filmed these images on a beach where a number of those evacuated had fled to a high school . sports hall has been school. sports hall has been turned into a makeshift evacuation centre for those fleeing the worst of the fires . fleeing the worst of the fires. >> we could see smoke and then basically the smoke seemed to be getting worse and we came back from the beach yesterday day. we went down in the morning and luckily we came back . when we luckily we came back. when we got back we were in the pool at about 3:00 in the afternoon. we could see flames coming over the top of the forest in rhodes . top of the forest in rhodes. >> thousands of others have ended up here at the island's main airport at forced to sleep in the terminal as they await evacuation flights . evacuation flights. >> we started to hear the

helicopters and then basically you could see the fire eventually on the on the mountain top, panic , everyone mountain top, panic, everyone dashing about fleeing for buses and, you know, luckily we were able to get a bus, a ten man foreign office rapid reaction team is now on the ground helping uk nationals at the airport . airport. >> a number of the airlines and tour companies, including easyjet and tui, are laying on additional flights and have promised more if required . promised more if required. >> and the situation was very challenging. but we are here with a strong team of more than 303 representatives. we are facing the situation russian very well organised and in close cooperation with the greek authorities . authorities. >> it's in the evening when the extent of the fires still raging across parts of rhodes can be seen. the orange glow illuminating the night sky. the

tourist minister on rhodes said reports that up to 50% of the island had been affected by the fires was false. she put the figure . at nearer 15, but with figure. at nearer 15, but with strong winds and the potential for a shift in direction , other for a shift in direction, other areas could still be under threat. on the greek island of corfu , authorities there are corfu, authorities there are also closely monitoring wildfires as their rapid spread led to a partial evacuation of some tourist areas overnight. although greek authorities say the fires are not yet directly threatened . any of the island's threatened. any of the island's resorts . but threatened. any of the island's resorts. but right threatened. any of the island's resorts . but right across resorts. but right across greece, tinder dry conditions and high temperatures have led the national government to declare a severe fire risk to almost half of the nation's landmass . as the thermometer in landmass. as the thermometer in some areas is expected to top

45 c in the days ahead . mark 45 c in the days ahead. mark white . gb news. white. gb news. >> some breaking news. travel company tui has just announced all flights rose up until july 28th. are cancelled. so if you had a holiday , they're going had a holiday, they're going you're planning to take a flight there, then you need to check with them . well, that's the with them. well, that's the situation in greece. but what does the ground does the situation on the ground in uk ? obviously it's in the uk? obviously it's raining, but i don't that. raining, but i don't mean that. let's over our reporter let's cross over to our reporter ray addison, there at ray addison, who's there at gatwick airport . ray hi , ray addison, who's there at gatwick airport. ray hi , nana. gatwick airport. ray hi, nana. >> good afternoon. yes, around 420 british tourists are on their way to the to gatwick airport from the island of rhodes on two rescue flights being put on by easyjet. rhodes on two rescue flights being put on by easyjet . the being put on by easyjet. the first of those flights around 220 passengers due to arrive in about 15 minutes here at gatwick. now that was delayed by around an hour. it's currently

just leaving france and is due to arrive in about 15, 20 minutes. the second flight that was delayed as well by close to two hours. that's above croatia at the moment. eta for that flight is 510 this afternoon , flight is 510 this afternoon, this evening, rather, an easyjet as well is putting on another flight this tomorrow morning . flight this tomorrow morning. >> now, you were talking about tui . tui. >> tui has also announced that they are going to be operating some additional aircraft to bnng some additional aircraft to bring affected guests back early . they haven't said how many. we do know that overnight last night they operated an extra three from rhodes and tui operates out of gatwick here, of course, foreign office saying there is around 7 to 10,000 british tourists on the island of rhodes. not all of them will be looking to come home. we're heanng be looking to come home. we're hearing there in that report from mark white, around 15% of the island and the ministry greece, greek ministry is saying, affect by these fires. some people quite happy. i was talking to a plane spotter who

said his uncle is currently on the island of rhodes , is having the island of rhodes, is having a good time despite what's going on and can see some of the smoke and the fire in the distance, but is currently sat at the poolside bar. now, in terms of the importance of these rescue missions, of course, they cannot be understated . foreign office be understated. foreign office minister mitchell telling minister andrew mitchell telling gb breakfast earlier on it gb news breakfast earlier on it is up to the tour operators to bnng is up to the tour operators to bring british tourists back . bring british tourists back. they're not going to be using the raf to facilitate that government in its own way is using a rapid deployment team to help british tourists there. currently in rhodes international airport and saying that they are helping people. of course, we know that so many tourists had been uprooted from their hotel rooms in the middle of the night. they had to walk miles. some got broken away from their families, their friends lost their luggage and their loved ones. and of course, they'll be providing essential assistance there. but the first flight due in in about 15

minutes time here, 220, very relieved british tourists, i'm sure nana . all right. sure nana. all right. >> that's ray addison. he's out there at gatwick. let's cross over now to our reporter jack carson, who is at east midlands airport . jack yeah , good airport. jack yeah, good afternoon, nana the first flight into the east midlands airport here from corfu today. >> it's a tui flight. it's about to land or five minutes ago. so we are expecting the first passengers from that flight to come through the arrivals gate here at the airport. of course, corfu is an interesting one in this situation out in greece, of course , because the local course, because the local government . controlling that. government. controlling that. it's not an immediate leave it there, but we'll try and get back in back another time. >> we'll discuss that. but we've had we've had a couple of emails in and do get in touch. gb views gbnews.com jenny says there has been of talk about the been a lot of talk about the weather and saying it's to been a lot of talk about the we'doer and saying it's to been a lot of talk about the we'do withd saying it's to been a lot of talk about the we'do with climate it's to been a lot of talk about the we'do with climate change. to all do with climate change. there be conflation

there seems to be a conflation with what's there , but with what's happening there, but jenny says i don't know whether this jenny, i don't this is i mean, jenny, i don't know you know this, but she know how you know this, but she said in rhodes seem to said the fires in rhodes seem to be adding belief that be adding to the belief that climate change causing huge climate change is causing huge havoc. would havoc. however, it would appear that caused by that the fires were caused by arson and therefore have arson and therefore could have happened if the temperature wasn't with regard to wasn't so high with regard to high we are high temperatures, we are reminded history what reminded in history this is what she's saying in history programs that the grew grapes for that the romans grew grapes for wine the north of england. if wine in the north of england. if this in is true, then the this in fact is true, then the question has to be, if the north of east of england was that hot, how were mediterranean how hot were the mediterranean countries and spain? countries of greece and spain? she say, clearly she goes on to say, clearly there records there were no universal records then , and i'd imagine that just then, and i'd imagine that just stop oil weren't active either. that's quite funny. i like that . the question that . but it begs the question that if the earth that hot in the if the earth was that hot in the roman and cooled to cause roman times and cooled to cause the to thames freeze in the river to thames freeze in the river to thames freeze in the northern victorian the northern time, victorian times, just times, isn't this all just cyclical and caused by events outside of our power? probably outside of our power? probably outside of our power? probably outside of the earth? interesting. interested i wonder if there's any climate scientists in there who could give some as to why

give us some clues as to why they wildfires are they think this wildfires are happening, can confirm they think this wildfires are hapraning, can confirm they think this wildfires are hapra lot], can confirm they think this wildfires are hapra lot of can confirm they think this wildfires are hapra lot of those can confirm they think this wildfires are hapra lot of those are, an confirm they think this wildfires are hapra lot of those are, in confirm that a lot of those are, in fact, arson, but you get loads more that and the more of that story and all the other stories of the day on other big stories of the day on our website that , of course, go our website that, of course, go to gbnews.com it's the fastest growing national news website in the country. it's got the best analysis opinion as well as analysis and opinion as well as the latest breaking news. now, gb news is also campaigning to stop the uk becoming a cashless society . the campaign called society. the campaign is called don't kill cash, and it's proving to be a hugely popular , proving to be a hugely popular, popular thing already over 230,000 people have signed it. now the petition is on our website . gbnews.com forward website. gb news.com forward slash website. gbnews.com forward slash cash or if you've got a smartphone , use it to click onto smartphone, use it to click onto the qr code on the screen right now to take you to the petition. help gb news with our campaign and tell the authorities don't kill cash . well, this is gb kill cash. well, this is gb news. you're watching and listening on nana akua on the way. in just a moment, 50 people have been scheduled to move on to the bibby stockholm, but they will now move in this week

will now not move in this week is the government tries is anything the government tries to migrant crisis. to do to fix the migrant crisis. actually working . i'll be actually working. i'll be speaking a resident speaking to a local resident who, however, might be pleased at the news. i'm joanna akua. this is gb news, britain's news

forces? join me mark white on. gb news. welcome back. >> this is gb news on tv , online >> this is gb news on tv, online and on digital radio. i'm nana akua now i'm with you till six, but there's growing uncertainty over when the first asylum

seekers are to be moved into the barge. of course, the bibby stockholm , which has been stockholm, which has been specially fitted out to accommodate up to 500 people. now the bibby stockholm was expected to receive the first influx this week after being towed from falmouth to portland last week, and the use of the vessel has been strongly opposed by residents . but the home by local residents. but the home office says it plans to office says that it plans to move of migrants in move a number of migrants in over the next few months . so over the next few months. so let's have a chat with one of those who's opposing the barge being placed portland. port being placed in portland. port portia is from no to the portia is from the no to the barge campaign . portia what portia is from the no to the bargeeveryone n . portia what portia is from the no to the bargeeveryone saying?a what portia is from the no to the bargeeveryone saying? why what portia is from the no to the bargeeveryone saying? why is|at does everyone saying? why is everyone objecting to the barge ? >> well 7- >> well , 7— >> well , it's 7 >> well , it's simple, ? >> well , it's simple, really. >> well, it's simple, really. >> well, it's simple, really. >> well, it's simple, really. >> we just we're such a tiny island with such a tiny population and we don't have the infrastructure as it is. and there's lots of housing problems and shortage . his lack of access and shortage. his lack of access to mental health treatment . it's to mental health treatment. it's dentists. i know lots of people who can't get a dentist and haven't been able to get a

dentist for years and doctors appointments are rare to come by. you have to be really lucky to get one of them and so now to put 500 men to come into our community, come into our infrastructure, we just we were not going to be able to handle it well. >> our portland, though, is portland getting anything out of this in terms of some sort of cash kickback or something that will help the locals to facilitate more people entering this part of the country ? this part of the country? >> apparently they've made a little deal with dorset council, but we're not very confident of that since dorset council hasn't represented us in any way. there's been no legal or public challenge to the barge by them. so i think they've taken some money towards to extra police officers for the port, which apparently they feel will be enoughin apparently they feel will be enough in in keeping order and

keeping us safe . but that's keeping us safe. but that's about it . the most all we've had about it. the most all we've had from portland port home office dorset council is just complete contempt really in the face of our fears in the face of our worries. we've just been told to get on with it. really, that's happening ? happening? >> well, i mean, listen, if anyone if you're listening on radio, what we're seeing are images of the bibby stockholm. they it's quite plush. it's they were it's quite plush. it's i to be fair, it's not i mean, to be fair, it's not really a deterrent for anybody who's perhaps fleeing the safety of france to get on board. and it seems to have all the mod cons. how are the locals feeling about the fact that actually a lot of people on the island may not even well as the not even live as well as the people may on board people who may well be on board the stockholm a week or the bibby stockholm in a week or so? >> well, we're furious. obviously. just infuriating obviously. it's just infuriating andifs obviously. it's just infuriating and it's just real kick in the and it's just a real kick in the teeth to us all down here. um i mean, it's looks pretty plush and brilliant, but actually it's and brilliant, but actually it's a really old vessel and it was

only built for 250 people and now they're putting over 500 people on there. they're going to have the use of a private doctor. there'll be there'll be have use of our dentist treatments and we're expected to just, um, just roll over and be okay with that. we're furious and we're concerned and, and we feel like we haven't been we haven't been listened to in any, any shape or form . any shape or form. >> it is. but then, okay, so if people might look at this and think, well, where else would you suggest? because obviously every time the government come up with a plan, people go against it. and i don't blame you. i would be against it anyway if it were if it were me . have a totally different . i have a totally different plan. what would your plan. but what would your suggestion government suggestion be for the government to situation? well to deal with the situation? well i'd just say it's their problem. >> they've caused this. this is their shambles of immigration services and now they're expecting local people to, um, to pay the bill basically, and to pay the bill basically, and to put up with their, their

incompetence and their weakness over immigration and um, yeah , over immigration and um, yeah, that's their problem. just don't bnng that's their problem. just don't bring it to our door. don't bnng bring it to our door. don't bring it to our door. don't bring it to, you know, our children's homes. that's up to them. >> but as a solution though , do >> but as a solution though, do you have in your mind what you think are potential solution ? think are potential solution? yes, it's their problem. admitted they've made a complete mess of the whole situation. it's an embarrassing that this country to look very country is made to look very foolish because countries foolish because other countries wouldn't all. but wouldn't tolerate it at all. but do you in your mind, do you have a practical solution that you could to the could put forward to the government would government that they would perhaps that might perhaps work ? um, i mean , they just need to ? um, i mean, they just need to quicken the process up. >> i mean, i know that people have been waiting on their asylum , um, decision for years asylum, um, decision for years and years and they're just not getting anywhere with it. i mean, i've heard stories of islands or , you know, plotting islands or, you know, plotting out some particular land for these people to live. um and

whilst they, whilst they get their lives decided for really, um, but it's, we can't be expected to deal with this. this needs to be a complete different resolve . um, we've got , we've resolve. um, we've got, we've got our own problems in this country. we have. >> well, what do you think about rwanda then? because that's one of well, not of the solutions. well, it's not going to take many people initially, you all for initially, but are you all for the rwanda plan ? the rwanda plan? >> um, i'm not too sure, really. i think i've got no real confidence in the home office in deaung confidence in the home office in dealing with this. so so whatever. whatever we do, i think there's going to be problems . i think there's going to be problems. i don't think it's going to be done properly. um, so whether it's in rwanda or we, we, you know, open up a we plot out some land . um, i'm not out some land. um, i'm not confident , but out some land. um, i'm not confident, but just we out some land. um, i'm not confident , but just we know that confident, but just we know that we do not want it here. um and liverpool said no. london have

said no for the exact same reasons and we need to be listened to. >> yeah. well listen, i wish they would listen . i wish they'd they would listen. i wish they'd listen to me because my idea is you have cruise ships in the channel. they get on the cruise ship, you press them on the cruise ship for the new arrivals who coming. and then who are coming. and then from the ship, they the cruise ship, they go to wherever go. it wherever they need to go. it could be the uk or it could be another country, but that's that's would do. and that's what i would do. and i think would probably as think that would probably act as a and ships a deterrent. and cruise ships are don't get off are nice. you don't get off because that's issue because i think that's the issue here that they're here is the fact that they're getting and then they're getting off and then they're going to be able to around going to be able to roam around quite is fine, but quite freely, which is fine, but you we don't know you don't know. we don't know anything about the migrants that will porsche a will be there. porsche is a pleasure talk to you. thank will be there. porsche is a pleevery talk to you. thank will be there. porsche is a pleevery muchk to you. thank will be there. porsche is a pleevery muchk tojoining1ank will be there. porsche is a pleevery muchk tojoining us.( you very much for joining us. thank that is thank you so much. that is porsche. this is gb news. you're watching and listening. i'm nana akua with you akua on the way. i'm with you till coming up just till six. coming up in just a moment, discussing tory moment, we'll be discussing tory mps the prime mps calling on the prime minister ditch net zero minister to ditch net zero commitments order win commitments in order to win votes next election. votes in the next election. but is as that? this is it as simple as that? this and more. but first, let's

and much more. but first, let's get your latest news headlines . get your latest news headlines. >> hi there. it's 331. aaron armstrong here in the gb newsroom . travel company tui newsroom. travel company tui have cancelled all outbound flights to rhodes up until including friday, the 28th of july. as wildfires continue to spread across the island . as spread across the island. as many as 10,000 britons are estimated to be there. jet2 have announced four repatriation flights today , while easyjet flights today, while easyjet have two planned later and another one tomorrow. evacuation orders have also been issued on the islands of corfu and evia . the islands of corfu and evia. michael gove has announced plans to create more homes in the uk's inner cities by relaxing planning rules. the housing secretary says he wants to make it easier to convert empty shops into new flats and to extend homes . it comes into new flats and to extend homes. it comes amid into new flats and to extend homes . it comes amid criticism homes. it comes amid criticism the government's previously failed to hit its target to build 300,000 new homes annually . train drivers are threatening

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quote , unpopular, expensive quote, unpopular, expensive green policies ahead of the next general election. now our very own sir jacob rees—mogg general election. now our very own sirjacob rees—mogg has said that the tory holding uxbridge and south ruislip in last week's by—election showed that there is a real chance that sunak could win the next general election , win the next general election, where the labour party blamed london mayor sadiq khan and his expansion of the ulez as the reason why the tories narrowly won that seat. but the prime minister later today also reassured the public that the push for net zero will not dramatically increase household costs. here he is speaking earlier today, standing up for the british people. >> because i'm also cognisant that we're living through a time at the moment where inflation is high. having an impact on high. that's having an impact on household families bills and household and families bills and i don't want to do anything to add want to make it add to that. i want to make it eafien add to that. i want to make it easier. so, yes, we're going to make progress towards net zero, but to do that a but we're going to do that in a proportionate pragmatic proportionate and pragmatic way that unnecessarily that doesn't unnecessarily only give more hassle and more give people more hassle and more cost lives. that's what

cost in their lives. that's what i'm interested in prepared cost in their lives. that's what i'ndo. interested in prepared cost in their lives. that's what i'ndo. butterested in prepared cost in their lives. that's what i'ndo. but we sted in prepared cost in their lives. that's what i'n do. but we sted making ared to do. but we are making progress towards net zero and our record on this is our track record on this is better than the vast majority of other countries we're other countries that we're compared should be compared to. so people should be proud of that, but also should be i'm be reassured that what i'm not going unnecessary add going to do is unnecessary add cost families bills. cost to their families bills. that's a rishi sunak speaking there outside what looked like toytown. >> if you look, the houses are so even and perfect. it was a bit didn't seem real, but joining me now is gb news political reporter olivia utley. olivia obviously, i mean, a olivia so obviously, i mean, a lot of people might not know that we cannot actually scrap net zero totally because we've got an eu treaty when we left rig with regard to brexit, that we have to stick with this 2050 thing. so what can the tories do? is there anything they can actually of net actually do in terms of net zero? well it is a little bit tricky. >> they're sort of tied their own because, you say, own hands because, as you say, net is written into law net zero is written into law attempting net zero attempting to achieve net zero by but there are signs by 2050. but there are signs that the government might begin to back down on some of the specific measures that are

specific measures that they are seemingly planning to introduce. so one of those measures which jacob rees—mogg explicitly said he should be scrapped is he thinks should be scrapped is the move to ban new sales of petrol and diesel cars by 2030. now the prime minister is still saying on the airwaves that they are still committed to that plan . but behind the scenes in downing street, i'm hearing that there's a little bit of discussion it is just discussion and it is just possible that the tories could push that ban back to later to more like 2040. another plan which michael gove has actually explicitly criticised. remember, michael gove is in the government. michael gove is the levelling up secretary is this plan has been in the plan which has been in the pipeline for a long time now to ban landlords from renting out their homes unless they buy heat pumps, unless they make their houses more efficient ? houses more energy efficient? now obviously in the midst of a of a housing crisis, particularly a rental crisis, actually anything which makes it more difficult to put houses on the letting market will probably actually affect renters that the

worst off in our society more than anyone else. so that is one area where it is quite possible that we could see a government climbdown in upcoming weeks. but as you say , it is pretty tricky as you say, it is pretty tricky . they do have to find that balance because under eu law they have to reach net zero by 2050 or at least try their very best to do so. >> we can thank theresa may for that one. but you know, it's interesting, though, that you talk the ban diesel and talk about the ban of diesel and petrol by 2030. we got petrol vehicles by 2030. we got out the eu to get rid of out of the eu to get rid of silly laws, so we got out of there. have actually there. they have actually moved theirs we did not theirs back to 2035. we did not follow boris johnson. i theirs back to 2035. we did not follow borisjohnson. i mean, do follow boris johnson. i mean, do you think that a lot of people are saying that this could be something potentially something that could potentially give party a give the conservative party a chance the next general chance in the next general election? does that sound like a realistic they realistic proposition? if they focussed realistic proposition? if they foc|well, possibly the problem >> well, possibly the problem for the conservative government, of course , is that labour is of course, is that labour is beginning to make the sort beginning to make the same sort of after losing the of noises. so after losing the uxbndge of noises. so after losing the uxbridge by—election which was essentially a referendum on that

ulez charge, that £12.50 charge for drivers who drive the most polluting vehicles, which sadiq khanis polluting vehicles, which sadiq khan is planning to extend to outer london. keir starmer and his deputy, angela rayner are now both saying that perhaps there needs to be a bit of a rethink on that ulez plan, which suggests that, you know, labour could start to dilute their other policies as well. so other green policies as well. so yes, if , if rishi other green policies as well. so yes, if, if rishi sunak yes, perhaps if, if rishi sunak started moving on this and started moving on this and started listening, essentially the problem is that although focus groups and polls suggest that the public is very much behind green policies when push comes to shove and it actually comes to shove and it actually comes money in comes to having less money in their wallets , then in comes to having less money in theimiddle s , then in comes to having less money in theimiddle of then in comes to having less money in theimiddle of a1en in comes to having less money in theimiddle of a cost in comes to having less money in theimiddle of a cost of in comes to having less money in theimiddle of a cost of living the middle of a cost of living crisis aren't quite as keen on green policies as they would appear be. the conservatives appear to be. the conservatives seem that, but seem to be realising that, but labour be realising it labour seem to be realising it at same time. labour seem to be realising it at youame time. labour seem to be realising it at you see, time. labour seem to be realising it at you see, thise. labour seem to be realising it at you see, this is the thing, >> you see, this is the thing, isn't it? they don't. neither party offering party seems to be offering anything seems party seems to be offering anyt keir seems party seems to be offering anyt keir starmer seems party seems to be offering anyt keir starmer will;eems party seems to be offering anyt keir starmer will follow that keir starmer will follow whatever, swayze or whatever, whatever swayze or whatever, whatever swayze or whatever works. they commit to things and they're all u—turning it becomes a bit, a bit ridiculous. and this is

by—election defeat for the labour party and obviously the win for the conservative party, which is very small ball. a lot of people, the actual reason why potentially the tories lost that seat seems to be that a lot of tory voters didn't come out. do you think that is that a realistic reason? is that what you're is that a you're hearing? is that a truthful why? truthful reason as to why? >> well, think is it it >> well, i think there is it it does like there is does seem like there is a problem staying at problem with tories staying at home because they don't see that there is a reason to vote conservative. and there are those sunaks those on rishi sunaks backbenchers, the sort of thatcherite low state tories , thatcherite low state tories, those who have perhaps those who may have perhaps supported the supported truss in the leadership who believe leadership contest, who believe that unless you offer some sort of fundamental conservative policy, i.e. small statism, low tax , then conservative voters tax, then conservative voters might not go out and vote laboun might not go out and vote labour, but they could stay at home. that said, of course by elections it's far too easy to extrapolate a byelection result onto a general election . and onto a general election. and actually that isn't really possible. we always expect by—election results to be much lower . people don't bother to

lower. people don't bother to come they know that come out because they know that whatever they vote, the government isn't going to change. could simply be change. so it could simply be that it was just a by—election in, you know, also there are so many local factors going on in uxbridge. we had boris johnson's resignation. there are those who feel very, very strongly about bofis feel very, very strongly about boris johnson in both directions . and of course, ulez played a big part in it, too. >> so interesting, isn't it, because actually the labour candidate support ulez, candidate didn't support ulez, but because of sadiq khan but it's because of sadiq khan who labour is a labour who is a labour is a labour mayor, which is why it appeared that people didn't really take up well. thank very much, up it well. thank you very much, olivia. stuff that's olivia. interesting stuff that's olivia. interesting stuff that's olivia news olivia utley this is gb news on tv , online and digital radio. tv, online and on digital radio. lots of you been getting in lots of you have been getting in touch your thoughts. let's touch with your thoughts. let's see you've been saying see what you've been saying next. john next. general election. john says nana if the tories were to stop the windfall tax on the big energy and oil companies and make them reinvest the money where people can apply for grants pay for heat pumps, where people can apply for grant panelsy for heat pumps, where people can apply for grant panels and heat pumps, where people can apply for grant panels and cart pumps, where people can apply for grant panels and car batteries , solar panels and car batteries, charging points their houses charging points on their houses that help get to net that would help to get to net zero as well as all new builds to be made to implement

to be made by law to implement heat solar panels, so on, heat pumps, solar panels, so on, and doesn't say and so forth. but he doesn't say whether that would actually help people vote for them or whether people vote for them or whether people would vote them. people would vote for them. come back. know, john. i'd back. let me know, john. i'd appreciate is gb news back. let me know, john. i'd ap|tv:iate is gb news back. let me know, john. i'd ap|tv online is gb news back. let me know, john. i'd ap|tv online and is gb news back. let me know, john. i'd ap|tv online and on is gb news back. let me know, john. i'd ap|tv online and on digital\iews on tv online and on digital radio. i'm nana akua. i'm with you six. now on the way. you till six. now on the way. coming up, a brexit victory as a british manufacturer fights off eu competitors to secure a deal with brazil. stay tuned. that's on the

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>> good afternoon. this is gb news. i'm nana akua in for patrick christys. we've got loads to talk about this afternoon . a multi—million pound afternoon. a multi—million pound order for of underwater cables is making its way to brazil after leaving a factory in worksop in nottinghamshire over the weekend. now it's just one of the many products that the uk has exported to latin america as we trade less with the european union and more with the rest of the world and hallelujah at last, the world has opened out. east midlands. reporter will hollis has more . hollis has more. >> a colossal coil ready to roll halfway across the world, weighing as much as 50 elephants. this 329 tonne wire rope is leaving its factory in worksop destination south america. it's one of three that we've exported . and andy is we've exported. and andy is engineering manager at brunton shaw. it's took three days to build this trailer around the

reel to be picked up, and it is now ready for shipping tonight. >> every inch matters. >> every inch matters. >> it's so big, police are closing the road and it's attracting a crowd who come down here to see the big lorry had all the way up around worksop. >> that's right . there's all the way up around worksop. >> that's right. there's a big wire rope and there's loads of police cars going all around the streets. it's something different, isn't it? so they could go back to school in september. so they've gone and seen bound for brazil. >> it's taken 20 weeks to complete each wire, 3.5km long. the company's sending to a multi million pound deal. it'll be used for laying pipes beneath the pacific ocean. kieran buys the pacific ocean. kieran buys the materials, but he started out as just an apprentice . for out as just an apprentice. for me, manufacturing is not much of it in the uk as much anymore, but i think it needs to grow again. he's one of 100 people from worksop with a job . here

from worksop with a job. here for the leader of bassetlaw council, james nash. the sale shows the district can be a hub for manufacturing . for manufacturing. >> we're on a very positive journey in bassetlaw . we've got journey in bassetlaw. we've got lots of companies that are moving notably the moving here, most notably the fusion energy project, a multi—billion pound project which will be taking place at west burton power station . west burton power station. >> the departure comes as new research shows a drop in manufacturing exports to the eu from england and wales. a shift in trade patterns . the raw steel in trade patterns. the raw steel used for the wires comes from india . managing director somnath india. managing director somnath says the sale that spans three continents will bring even bigger orders. >> we have supplied a couple of this kind of product throughout the europe and the usa globally and we would like to think that we will be the market leader very, very soon. >> a tight squeeze, but it's eventually on the road. a big load going out and it's very great fun for kids to come and see it. >> and how many wheels did it

have? have you even counted them? probably like 100. >> it's a long way to brazil, but britain is setting its own pace. will hollis gb news in worksop . worksop. >> all right. well, listen, stay with us because housing secretary michael gove said that tory backbenchers will release his plans and they are in the national interest after one hit out at his nonsense proposals. and now this comes as he announced new proposals to tackle the uk's housing crisis this morning, pledging to meet the conservative manifesto commitment to build a million new homes before 2024. and here is the housing secretary outlining his principles earlier. >> long term plan has ten principles the regeneration and renaissance of the hearts of 20 of our most important towns and cities supercharging europe's science capital building beautiful and making architecture great again , architecture great again, building great public services into the heart of every community. communities taking back control of their future,

greener homes, greener landscapes and green belt protection . a new deal for protection. a new deal for tenants and landlords, ensuring that every home is safe, decent and warm , liberating and warm, liberating leaseholders and extending ownership to a new generation . ownership to a new generation. >> well, interestingly , so far >> well, interestingly, so far they've messed up the housing market completely. but our deputy political editor, tom harwood was at this morning's announcements joins me in harwood was at this morning's ann studio.|ents joins me in harwood was at this morning's ann studio. tom, joins me in harwood was at this morning's ann studio. tom, it's joins me in the studio. tom, it's interesting what michael gove is doing here because the conservative party has been on the on the issue of the back foot on the issue of housing. >> there are fewer houses being built than the 300,000 a year target. even this target. right? and even this headune target. right? and even this headline figure of a million in this parliament is still below the 300,000 a year every year target that the prime minister had originally set himself. so this is a very interesting set of proposals by michael gove to try and turn things around to try and turn things around to try and turn things around to try and deliver more homes , but try and deliver more homes, but not in the sort of sweeping across the board way that the labour party is proposing with

general planning reform. what michael gove is doing is very specific and some might say piecemeal elements of planning reform. so new housing specifically in east london, in leeds , in barrow and this leeds, in barrow and this peculiar or indeed exciting, depending on your view idea for cambridge new quarter, a new quarter of cambridge potentially doubung quarter of cambridge potentially doubling the size of that city, which is one of the most productive knowledge, economy based areas in the uk. this is a driver of potentially very fast economic growth . economic growth. >> yeah, but when he says in this parliament, is he talking about getting it done before the next election? because next general election? because if and i'm wondering what stopped them before, why is he suddenly coming out with it now? well, he's been they've been there time. there all this time. >> been there all this >> they have been there all this time. previous time. and of course, previous conservative have conservative governments have proposed reform in some proposed planning reform in some sort of way. there was the planning paper in 2020, planning white paper in 2020, which down and which got voted down and withdrawn the chesham and withdrawn after the chesham and

amersham there were amersham by—election. there were also planning also proposals for planning reform forward in 20 1213. reform put forward in 20 1213. the lib dems squashed them and they were withdrawn . sean so they were withdrawn. sean so there have been various attempts at doing more wholesale planning reform before. this is different because they're doing it in a very select way. some might say a more political way. why? because the areas that are going to get the most homes are the labour voting and lib dem voting areas, places like cambridge, places like east london. these are places where conservative mps are less likely to be upset and potentially people who are concerned about development in their local area, they'll be fewer conservative backbench mps who oppose these plans. so it's more targeted and it's more specific. but also, you're right to say that this is a more salient issue. now, the issue of housing was a lower ranking political issue until very recently. renters have, of course, had a tough time of it for some time. but crucially, in the last few months, in the last six months or so, people with mortgages are now feeling the

pinch of the housing crisis . as pinch of the housing crisis. as people who've borrowed a lot of money are now feeling the pinch of those higher interest rates. that's all a function of us not having built enough homes really since the second world war. we've a 4 million home we've got a 4 million home deficit, according to the centre for compared to other for cities compared to other european countries. and so this is a specific proposal to try and change that. one of the really interesting things actually in this idea actually about it in this idea of cambridge, newtown, perhaps the bold proposal this the most bold proposal in this set of different reforms is one of the ways that michael gove is trying to win over perhaps potential critics to this plan is with a completely different approach to architecture. not all not modern architecture and stuff that people don't like. but i think we've got a couple of pictures that we can show people who watch on tv what cambridge and newtown could look like . these are created by the like. these are created by the create streets project, a social enterprise that has worked with government and is pretty in the know about these things. that's the sort of architecture we

might for might be looking at for cambridge future. cambridge in the future. >> you're listening on >> well, if you're listening on radio, gb radio, you can check out the gb news and or download the news website and or download the free app and have look at all free app and have a look at all of but within this of that. but within this parliament the that parliament is the thing that i i'm he's going i'm wondering where he's going with that mean with that because does that mean before general election before the next general election or after that's one. or after it? that's a big one. and then lots of people getting or after it? that's a big one. antouch, lots of people getting or after it? that's a big one. antouch, keepof people getting or after it? that's a big one. antouch, keep themyple getting or after it? that's a big one. antouch, keep them coming. ng in touch, keep them coming. vaiews@gbnews.com or tweet us at that on the way. at gb news. that is on the way. loads to come. not loads more still to come. do not go anywhere. stay we'll go anywhere. stay tuned. we'll bnng go anywhere. stay tuned. we'll bring loads more over the bring you loads more over the next hours. nana akua next two hours. i'm nana akua this news channel. this is britain's news channel. >> a brighter outlook with boxt solar proud sponsors of weather on . gb news. on. gb news. >> hello , i'm alex deakin and >> hello, i'm alex deakin and this is your latest weather update from the met office for gb news. we've seen a few heavy showers across the southeast. they're fading through this evening. many places seeing some bright during of bright spells during the end of the but it's still on the bright spells during the end of the side. ut it's still on the bright spells during the end of the side. that's still on the bright spells during the end of the side. that's because he bright spells during the end of the side. that's because the cool side. that's because the wind from the wind is coming down from the north, low pressure is clearing away to the east. and that cool feel will continue for most of this week. actually, as i said,

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gb news. >> this is gb news with all the peoples channel. i'm nana akua in for patrick christys now roads in hell. of course there's fires in rhodes greek islands. many of the greek islands are on fire at the moment and holidaymakers are making their way the but how good way back to the uk. but how good has government been in has the government been in getting here next up, the getting them here next up, the tories. there could they, if they ditched the green? do you think have a chance of think they have a chance of actually election? ulez was general election? ulez was a good example of what they could potentially achieve , but what do potentially achieve, but what do you think of this? the bibby stockholm. it's been there. it's on its way. it's there in portland, there's no one on portland, but there's no one on it. on board it. there's no one on board the barge apparently there's barge because apparently there's some delay . we'll be some sort of delay. we'll be finding out more why that is and then, boris johnson, then, of course, boris johnson, he's again, unfortunately. why don't they leave boris alone? no, they won't. people like chris bryant and gary lineker have saying a have apparently been saying in a documentaries created by somebody who doesn't like boris at that that he may well at all that that he may well have been making up the fact that dying whilst was that he was dying whilst he was suffering with covid seems like

a wayward conspiracy a really wayward conspiracy theory. we'll be discussing that in . as if you can in the next hour. as if you can get in touch in the usual ways. vaiews@gbnews.com. or tweet me at gb news. but first, let's get your latest news headlines with polly middlehurst . it your latest news headlines with polly middlehurst. it . nana. polly middlehurst. it. nana. >> thank you. but we'll first turn our attentions to people on houdayin turn our attentions to people on holiday in rhodes . tui have had holiday in rhodes. tui have had to cancel all outbound flights to cancel all outbound flights to rhodes up to and including friday the 28th of july. as wildfires continue to spread across the island , tour across the island, tour operators have flown home nearly 1500 holidaymakers at the start of a mass evacuation as the fires burn for a sixth day. jet2 have announced four repatriation flights today , while easyjet flights today, while easyjet have planned to two later and another tomorrow . well, the

another tomorrow. well, the greek prime minister has within the last hour warned of difficult days ahead here. the foreign office is saying between 7 to 10,000 britons are currently on the island. it's set up a rapid deployment force to assist those in need of help . and sarah shepherd, who fled from the island of rhodes, told gb news earlier how she escaped the danger. >> 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 fires . and as we away from the fires. and as we looked back , you just there were looked back, you just there were just the flames and the and the smoke . smoke. >> well, a spokesperson for the foreign office has confirmed a team has now arrived on the

island of rhodes to support travel operators bringing britons home. meanwhile, the government says there are currently no fires in residential areas of corfu , residential areas of corfu, despite evacuation orders being issued there last night. almost 60 people being rescued by boat from near saki beach on the north of the island, which is popular with tourists in the summer evacuation have also taken place on the island of evia. the prime minister here, rishi sunak, says the holidaymakers are being assisted. my paramount priority is the safety of british nationals and that's why the deputy prime minister chaired a cobra meeting yesterday . cobra meeting yesterday. >> he's been monitoring the situation closely . we've been in situation closely. we've been in touch with local authorities on the ground there and the foreign office have sent a rapid deployment on the ground to deployment team on the ground to assist people. i think the most important is people remain important thing is people remain in touch with their tour operators. lots operators. there are lots of flights back and forth to flights going back and forth to be bnng flights going back and forth to be bring people home. be able to bring people home.

and if people are in touch with their operators, they'll their tour operators, they'll get they get the information that they need get the information that they nee rishi speaking earlier >> rishi sunak speaking earlier on gove has on today, well, michael gove has announced plans create more announced plans to create more homes in the uk's inner cities by relaxing planning rules. homes in the uk's inner cities by relaxing planning rules . and by relaxing planning rules. and he says cutting red tape . the he says cutting red tape. the housing secretary says he wants to make it easier to convert empty shops into new flats, extend homes and convert lofts, plan zones will include creating an urban quarter in cambridge. plans dismissed by the local tory mp anthony browne as nonsense . it comes amid nonsense. it comes amid criticism the government has failed to hit its target to build 300,000 new homes annually . shadow levelling up secretary lisa nandy says the government is making empty promises. >> this is just the latest instalment of a government at war with itself . a housing war with itself. a housing secretary promising to build new homes while passing legislation right now that will make it more difficult. mortgages have gone through the roof, housebuilding is falling off a cliff. we don't

need more recycled press releases and broken promises. we need serious action to get britain building. need serious action to get britain building . let's turn our britain building. let's turn our attention now to the middle east, where israel's parliament has passed a controversial law which will limit the powers of the judiciary. >> despite months of nationwide protests in the country. the new legislation removes the power of the supreme court in israel to overrule the government . but overrule the government. but opposition lawmakers shouted shame and left the parliament building in protest. it's part of a series of judicial reforms put forward by the prime minister benjamin netanyahu's far right coalition. demonstrators took to the streets in a last ditch attempt to block the plans and businesses across the country. also closed in protest here. train drivers are threatening fresh disruption at the height of the summer holidays, with a further ban on overtime . members further ban on overtime. members of the aslef union say they won't be working extra hours from monday the 7th to the 12th

of august. the union claiming that none of the train companies employs enough drivers. it's going to be the fifth week long ban since overtime in may. the latest one ended on saturday, with another due to start on the 31st of july. a former adviser to boris johnson has become the youngest peer in the house of lords . charlotte owen, who's lords. charlotte owen, who's only 30 years old, was nominated to the lords in the former prime minister's controversial resignation honours list, released in june. she'll be known as baroness owen of alderley edge and will sit as a conservative peer . britain's conservative peer. britain's first million pound footballer trevor francis, has died at the age of 69. he joined nottingham forest football club in 1979, helping them to win back to back european cups , which hasn't been european cups, which hasn't been repeated by a british team since, including scoring the winning goal against malmo . he winning goal against malmo. he also played 52 times for his

country before taking to management where he guided sheffield wednesday and birmingham to major finals. sheffield wednesday and birmingham to major finals . a birmingham to major finals. a family spokesman says he passed away from a heart attack. gary lineker has led the tributes today, calling him a wonderful footballer and a lovely man . us footballer and a lovely man. us gb news. more news as it happens . back now to nana akua . . back now to nana akua. >> it's fast approaching. eight minutes after 4:00. this is gb news. i'm nana akua. now. i don't know about you, but i'm getting fed up of the immigration industry because that's exactly what it is. an industry of well—paid lawyers , industry of well—paid lawyers, liberal, liberal lefties usually from the elite who don't have to worry about a bibby stockholm home coming to their doorsteps. any charities who any time soon. and charities who somehow have the money to employ expensive lawyers that it mixed with the amazing welcome that we

give to anyone who doesn't actually live here. my mum was actually live here. my mum was actually really good at that. she'd the penguin bars out. she'd get the penguin bars out. remember friends remember those when my friends came but soon as they came over? but as soon as they were gone there'd be nothing but cream all of that, cream crackers. all of that, plus our woeful attempts to deter people from having from leaving the safety of france to a top range barge with wi fi, ipad, a gym, medical facilities , etcetera. make the uk possibly the most enticing destination for any would be economic , for any would be economic, migrant or asylum seeker. the only downside, of course, is that instead of a tent in france, you may have to share a pristine room . i mean, what's pristine room. i mean, what's not to love in the meantime, back in the real world, the one where the hard working people in this country who are bankrolling this country who are bankrolling this and those who have come onto hard times are struggling to feed, clothe and house themselves. treatment of our themselves. the treatment of our war veterans. yes. the people who actually live here, who fought, risking their for fought, risking their lives for this and survive is this country and survive is abhorrent. and if you tried getting a dentist appointment,

it's like pulling teeth, compounding the problem. we've got greedy doctors with their gold pensions striking on gold plated pensions striking on and off, comparing their free at the point use health care system . another enticing factor which places like australia that are privately run, they're expecting the to stump up yet the taxpayers to stump up yet more cash or if you potentially die in the real world, the people of this country are struggling. so you see why it sticks in the craw of those who already live here to see the bibby stockholm with its health facilities and medic. et cetera. et cetera . but it seems all is et cetera. but it seems all is not well for the 50 migrants who are meant to move on board have yet to arrive. why i hear you cry. good question . we'll find cry. good question. we'll find out just a moment. but the out in just a moment. but the opfics out in just a moment. but the optics aren't great under the tory government, although i doubt can do much doubt that labour can do much better . so that's what i think better. so that's what i think i want to hear from you. email me gb views. gbnews.com or tweet me at gb news. now, of course, the

big story of the day and of course it's been raging for a while. the tinder dry conditions and temperatures expected to top 45 c. the greek government have declared a severe fire risk in almost half of its land mass. now evacuations of the british and other holidaymakers are continuing on the island of rhodes as firefighters continue to battle huge wildfires whipped up to battle huge wildfires whipped ”p by to battle huge wildfires whipped up by strong winds . now the up by strong winds. now the fires have also broken out in corfu and evia and mark white has the latest on a rapidly developing situation . developing situation. >> flying law are mountain forests . a turkish firefighting forests. a turkish firefighting plane gives a sobering assessment of the extent of the disaster is now engulfing large parts of this greek island . parts of this greek island. turkey has supplied two planes and a helicopter to help authorities in rhodes battle. the flames, which are being whipped up by strong winds , is whipped up by strong winds, is already a number of local

villagers and tourist hotels have been badly damaged by the fires , leading to the mass fires, leading to the mass evacuation of around 20,000 people over the last couple of days. people over the last couple of days . a ukrainian tourist filmed days. a ukrainian tourist filmed these images on a beach where a number of those evacuated had fled to a high school. sports hall has been turned into a makeshift evacuation centre for those fleeing the worst of the fires . fires. >> we could see smoke and then basically the smoke seemed to be getting worse and we came back from the beach yesterday. we went down in the morning and luckily we came back. when we got back like we were in the pool at about 3:00 in the afternoon, we could see flames coming over the top of the forest in rhodes . forest in rhodes. >> thousands of others have ended up here at the island's main airport , forced to sleep in main airport, forced to sleep in the terminal as they await

evacuation flights. >> we started to hear the helicopter was and then basically you could see the fire eventually on the on the mountain top panic, everyone dashing about fleeing for buses . and, you know, luckily we were able to get a bus. >> a ten man foreign office rapid reaction team is now on the ground helping uk nationals at the airport. a number of the airlines and tour companies, including easyjet and tui, are laying on additional flights and have promised more if required . have promised more if required. >> the situation was very challenging, but we are here with a strong team of more than 300. three represents us. we are facing the situation very well organised and in close cooperation with the greek authorities. >> it's in the evening when the extent of the fires still raging across parts of rhodes can be seen. across parts of rhodes can be seen . the orange glow illuminate

seen. the orange glow illuminate lighting the night sky. the tourist minister on rhodes said reports that up to 50% of the island had been affected by the fires was false , as she put the fires was false, as she put the figure at nearer 15. but with strong winds and the potential for a shift in direction , other for a shift in direction, other areas could still be under threat. on the greek island of corfu , authorities there are corfu, authorities there are also closely monitoring wildfires as their rapid spread led to a partial evacuation of some tourist areas over night. although greek authorities say the fires are not yet directly threatening any of the island's resorts . but across greece, resorts. but across greece, tinder dry conditions and high temperatures have led the national government to declare a severe fire risk to almost half of the nation's landmass . as the

of the nation's landmass. as the thermometer in some areas is expected . to top 45 c in the expected. to top 45 c in the days ahead . mark white gb news. days ahead. mark white gb news. >> so let's take a look at the situation on the ground in the uk. gb news southeast reporter ray addison is at gatwick airport now. reporter jack carson is at east midlands airport. ray, let's hear from you first. >> yeah, good afternoon , nana >> yeah, good afternoon, nana around 220 british tourists arrived 30 minutes ago here at gatwick airport on that rescue flight laid on by easyjet from the island of rhodes back home safe to the united kingdom. now, that flight was delayed by an hour and ten minutes. the second flight the second of two flying today , one hour, 45 minutes today, one hour, 45 minutes late. that's still in the air. it's just entered french airspace. and there's an eta on that of about 5 to 10. this

evening. that plane is carrying around 200 people. so a total from easyjet of around 420 passengers making their way safely home. tui we've heard, is also laying on extra flights . also laying on extra flights. they've cancelled all outbound flights until up to and including this friday. they . including this friday. they. pretty grim situation , jack . pretty grim situation, jack. >> well , pretty grim situation, jack. >> well, yeah, good pretty grim situation, jack. >> well , yeah, good afternoon, >> well, yeah, good afternoon, nana the situation here is that we are expecting the first passengers from the first flight coming back from corfu in the next 5 or 10 minutes. >> it landed about 4:08. so we are expecting the first passengers off that flight. of course, corfu is a very interesting situation in all of this with the wildfires because late last night we heard that from the fire service that from the fire service there that they around 2500 they had evacuated around 2500 people from areas immediately around where the fire was was spreading. but the deputy mayor

of the north of the island very much saying now that this fire is under control and also saying that unofficial reports from the fire service there and in their immediate investigations saying that they might well have believed that it could be arson. of course, that will well be investing stated official investing stated and official outcome, course, outcome, of course, will be determined. the determined. but that's the situation in terms of the island of corfu flights much situation in terms of the island of c(going flights much situation in terms of the island of c(going to flights much situation in terms of the island of c(going to andts much situation in terms of the island of c(going to and from much situation in terms of the island of c(going to and from there.h still going to and from there. traditionally this these these flights that are coming in this afternoon any afternoon aren't aren't any kind of flights . they are of evacuation flights. they are just flights that just normal flights that have been and been scheduled to run to and from corfu , from tui and from from corfu, from tui and from and from jet2 as well . ryanair, and from jet2 as well. ryanair, of course, one of the one of the only airlines this afternoon thatis only airlines this afternoon that is still saying that their services to corfu and to rhodes as well has been completely unaffected . of course, we heard unaffected. of course, we heard in the last hour the situation that have cancelled all that tui have cancelled all flights immediately for the foreseeable future as well. but ryanair, the only airline running from here at east midlands the midlands airport and around the country, and out country, still going in and out of in and out of corfu of rhodes, in and out of corfu

as normal. wow. >> listen , jack, thank you >> well, listen, jack, thank you for that. and also ray addison, thank you very much as well. we'll you updated that we'll keep you updated on that situation. now is situation. but joining me now is claire and nigel nelson claire pearsall and nigel nelson , actually , who have just actually returned holiday . and returned from holiday. and they're on holiday in they're always on holiday in lindos well i mean, lindos in rhodes. well i mean, i'm going to ask you guys good to see you both. did you have a nice time? >> yeah, fantastic time. >> yeah, fantastic time. >> it was beautiful. >> it was beautiful. >> so it seems that you actually was. yeah. did you did you actually did you leave? did you do the full holiday or did you leave early because of the fires ? >> 7- >> no. i ?_ >> no. i mean, ? >> no. i mean, the whole 7 >> no. i mean, the whole point was we were leaving on saturday anyway. but the issue was that that that was the point where evacuees were coming into our hotels. >> we knew things were pretty serious and we only had minutes to get out of the hotel and head to get out of the hotel and head to the airport before all the roads in the area were shut down. >> so we were really lucky to actually get away. >> otherwise we'd still be there. >> now, were you literally just

timed it just right, didn't you? you had the two weeks without the fires and just as you left, then everything sort went then everything sort of went to hell handcart . what was the hell in a handcart. what was the vibe you getting from vibe that you were getting from the people who were there? because obviously lot of because obviously a lot of people would have been there at the start holiday. the start of their holiday. claire the claire yeah, the, the interesting part was that all of the locals who work there and live in the area weren't particularly bothered with all of the smoke clouds that we were seeing. >> they're quite used to having wildfires as they know. >> it happens every summer. >> it happens every summer. >> so weren't panicking . >> so they weren't panicking. the situation really became worse on saturday. lunch time. and as nigel said, some residents from a nearby hotel ended up in ours just in the clothes that they were around the pool in. so people coming in just in swimwear for pair of flip flops, children with rubber fings flip flops, children with rubber rings and armbands. flip flops, children with rubber rings and armbands . and they had rings and armbands. and they had been told to leave their hotel because it was caught on fire. and that's all they had. so there was a sense of panic a little scared by the little bit scared by the children. and it was also still

an adventure at that point for them. but we could see that this wasn't going to get any better and other hotels were closing. so we really were quite pleased when transport managed to get through and we were able through to us and we were able to well, we're just going to to go, well, we're just going to play to go, well, we're just going to play pictures that you you play some pictures that you you sent of what was going on. sent us of what was going on. >> and can you sort of say, say what you see there and just describe it to those who may be listening radio. listening on radio. >> . mean what in >> yes. mean what you see in that picture is one of the greek fire planes . and what they do is fire planes. and what they do is that they come over the sea , that they come over the sea, they collect up water. >> they were doing it outside our hotel for the last three days that we were there, pick up the water and then spray it directly on the fires . directly on the fires. >> and the other the other pictures were big smoke clouds that were coming over a ridge of hills that were just behind the hotel where we were staying in lindos. >> and you could see that it was getting bigger and it was actually starting to cover the mountain . and that's when we mountain. and that's when we knew were getting knew things were getting bad because was behind

because if it was just behind it, there was no shadow. as soon as shadow over the as the shadow came over the mountain, you started to worry. as the shadow came over the mo yeah, , you started to worry. as the shadow came over the mo yeah, because rted to worry. as the shadow came over the mo yeah, because those» worry. as the shadow came over the mo yeah, because those things >> yeah, because those things move pretty fast now , i've had move pretty fast now, i've had a couple of messages from people who are saying that there's been a conflation of why these a lot of conflation of why these fires and people fires have started and people conflating with climate conflating it with climate change when, you know, so the thing the place is just combusting whilst it is hot. and did you get the sense that people were saying that a lot of these or these fires these wildfires or these fires were started by were being caused by started by arsonists accident , but arsonists or by accident, but actually arson ? actually arson? >> no, i mean, not while we were there that these reports have come out since. i mean, certainly there was a lot of talk while we were there about climate change. one of the things that i like doing is going snorkelling . and what going snorkelling. and what i used to go to greece 20 years ago, i'd go down and see loads of octopus the place and of octopus around the place and it great. this time i didn't it was great. this time i didn't see a single one. when i asked the boatman why , he said, the local boatman why, he said, that's because the seas have warmed up and predators are coming in to eat the babies and

that's the reason. so that was an example that he gave me of what he thought was was global warming . and certainly that if warming. and certainly that if you talk to people in the area that although no wildfires are a regular occurrence every summer regular occurrence every summer i regular occurrence every summer , they've not seen anything like this. and climate change is being being blamed for what is going on. >> well , it's always worrying >> well, it's always worrying when the locals who aren't normally worried suddenly get worried. so thank goodness that you're back. and it's lovely to talk to you both. thank you so much. nigel nelson and claire pearsall. all right. well, stay with because coming we with us because coming up, we were the 50 were told that the first 50 asylum housed in asylum seekers to be housed in the specifically fitted out barge dorset were to arrive barge in dorset were to arrive this week. but there'll be no such uncertainty such arrivals with uncertainty over when they'll actually be moved in. so what's going on? i'm nana akua on gb news britain's

online gb news. britain's news. channel >> good afternoon. this is gb news. we are the people's channel. i'm nana akua . i'm in channel. i'm nana akua. i'm in for patrick now. coming up, we're told that the first 50 asylum seekers to be housed in a specifically barge in specifically fitted out barge in dorset were arrive this week, dorset were to arrive this week, but there'll be no such arrivals with uncertainty over when they'll be moved in. so what do you think's going on there? do you think's going on there? do you think's going on there? do you think that perhaps the government or somebody is saying that maybe , it's not that maybe, just maybe, it's not such a great idea ? or does it do such a great idea? or does it do you think that actually it will definitely happen?

vaiews@gbnews.com. tweet me at gb news. as lots of you have been getting in touch. who have i got here? there's one here from. oh we were talking earlier about rishi sunak and the whole ulez and net zero and it says it's darrell here. he says gb news team and i certainly won't be voting for either rishi sunak or starmer . both flip or keir starmer. both flip flop too often. both have multiple u—turns belt. u—turns under their belt. neither trusted. neither neither can be trusted. neither can both fully paid can be believed. both fully paid up of liars he up members of the liars club, he says , oh goodness, well, keep says, oh goodness, well, keep them coming . loving them. loving them coming. loving them. loving them. it's three them. right. it's been three weeks, since orkney weeks, though, since orkney council motion allowing council passed a motion allowing 70 islands archipelago to explore an alternative future outside of scotland and the uk . outside of scotland and the uk. now the notion of the returning island to nordic control has caught the attention of the world media. but orkney council will also look to establish governments on other island communities like jersey, the isle of man and the cayman islands have you ever been to the isle of man? i've been there. i went once . it was there. i went once. it was lovely. actually really lovely. it's actually really nice. very odd. money, odd

nice. but very odd. money, odd money. strange on the money. strange thing on on the on the money. now on the. on the money. now our scotland reporter tony mcguire has the story it wasn't so has has the story it wasn't so long ago that orkney was celebrating 500 years as a scottish territory. >> this archive footage , shot in >> this archive footage, shot in 1968, shows islanders celebrating the amalgamation of their celtic and nordic cultures . today, more than 22,000 orcadians are contemplating a different future, one that could bnng different future, one that could bring an end to its 560 years as a scottish archipel ago, ten miles off the northern coast on the 4th of july, orkney council voted in favour of exploring alternative forms of governance. this satisfy , with support from this satisfy, with support from holyrood and westminster council leader james stocken holyrood and westminster council leaderjames stocken has holyrood and westminster council leader james stocken has grown tired of an ageing ferry fleet and disproportionate funding awarded by the islands growth deal under funded and overburdened, he makes the case that today's primary concern can spell disaster for orkney's future. >> we're in the vanguard . >> we're in the vanguard. >> we're in the vanguard. >> we're in the vanguard. >> we are seeking what's going to happen in the future and the

future looks pretty bleak. it's crazy that we don't get the same funding that the other two islands groups get. shetland get £350 per person, more than us from the scottish government and the western isles gets £700 per person more than we get in orkney to provide the same services . services. >> the ten year island growth deal was signed in january, promising a £50 million investment in orkney shetland and the western isles. scottish secretary alister jack stands by the deal but supports the council in voicing its dissatisfaction with the scottish government. >> well, the uk government is doing. we have islands deal doing. we have the islands deal and we've put money into that and that's split three ways between shetland and the between orkney, shetland and the western have the western isles. and we have the levelling up money going in. but i i've to orkney i mean, i've spoken to orkney council leader and they do have they are upset with the funding package. they are upset with the funding package . they get the local package. they get the local government funding package. they get scottish government get from the scottish government and that the and they are upset that the scottish government aren't helping them to renew their ferries. only became part ferries. orkney only became part of scotland in 1468 after it was

gifted to king james, the third as security in a wedding dowry celebrating his marriage to margaret of denmark. >> one option tabled by orkney council is to return to nordic control , a proposal council is to return to nordic control, a proposal making headunes control, a proposal making headlines around the world. but the council is also exploring independence from scotland within the uk, becoming an overseas territory like gibraltar or even a crown dependency like the isle of man. whatever conclusion orkney council draws from its research , the journey to reach that conclusion will be lengthy following through will require petitions, referenda , adams and petitions, referenda, adams and constitutional approval from holyrood and westminster. of course, it's entirely possible that all this goes away with better communication from both governments and a re—evaluation of orkney's equity from the islands. deal tony mcguire gb news us. >> so that's the future of the orkney islands. well, listen, in a moment , jacob rees—mogg on why a moment, jacob rees—mogg on why it's a moment, jacob rees—mogg on why wsfime a moment, jacob rees—mogg on why it's time for conservatives to go blue rather than green . but

go blue rather than green. but first, let's get your latest news headlines with polly middlehurst. stay tuned. don't go anywhere . nana go anywhere. nana >> thank you. well, let's bring you some breaking news we've received in the last few minutes or so here at gb news. we can tell you the bbc has issued an apology to nigel farage over the reporting of the closure of his coutts bank account. the bbc's business editor simon jack has said the broadcaster's reporting came from a trusted and senior source, but it turned out, he says, to be incomplete . it and says, to be incomplete. it and he admits inaccurate it. mr farage lodged a formal complaint over the broadcaster after it came under fire for suggesting he lacked funds needed to hold open accounts account. we can watch nigel's full reaction to that apology tonight on gb news at 7:00. now let's crack on with

the other headlines and the travel company tui have cancelled all outbound flights to rhodes up to and including friday, the 28th of july. wildfires are continuing to spread across the island. 10,000 britons are estimated to be there and jet2 have announced four repatriation flights for today. easyjet have got two planned for later and another for tomorrow. and there are also evacuation orders in place for the islands of corfu and evia. michael gove has announced plans to create more homes in the uk's main cities by relaxing planning rules and cutting red tape. the housing secretary saying he wants to make it easier to convert empty shops into new flats and extend homes . it comes flats and extend homes. it comes amid criticism the government's previously failed to hit its missed target to build 300,000 new homes annually . those are new homes annually. those are just some of the latest news headlines. more on our website gbnews.com >> a brighter outlook with boxt

solar proud sponsors of weather on . gb news. on. gb news. >> hello, i'm alex deakin and this is your latest weather update from the met office for gb news. we've seen a few heavy showers across the south—east they're fading through this evening. many places seeing some bright during of bright spells during the end of the but still on the the day, but it's still on the cool that's because the cool side. that's because the wind the wind is coming down from the north. pressure is clearing north. low pressure is clearing away the east and that cool away to the east and that cool feel will continue for most of this week, actually, as i said, a few heavy showers across the south—east. they're fading. a few scattered showers elsewhere. many will be largely dry many places will be largely dry overnight with some decent, clear spells. the winds will ease. and with that northerly flow, it's going to be quite a cool night, actually. temperatures into single temperatures down into single figures, many rural figures, certainly many rural spots , towns cities, 10 to spots, towns and cities, 10 to 12 celsius onto tuesday . and 12 celsius onto tuesday. and it's a case of sunny spells and showers, quite a few showers, certainly across the western side scotland . initially, side of scotland. initially, much central and eastern much of central and eastern england will start dry , but we england will start dry, but we are expecting some heavy showers

to develop, particularly over northern and especially northeastern through northeastern england through the afternoon soon for wales, southwest , not too many southwest england, not too many showers, chance a dry showers, decent chance of a dry afternoon with some sunny spells . in the sunshine, . but even in the sunshine, temperatures only temperatures still only high. teens most 20s across teens for most low 20s across the south wednesday, we'll see a few more showers again for northwest england, southwest scotland , generally dry scotland, but generally a dry start . showers will develop in start. showers will develop in the east through the day. but further west, we'll start to see the gathering as further the cloud gathering as further outbreaks in here outbreaks of rain come in here dunng outbreaks of rain come in here during afternoon . again, during the afternoon. again, temperatures or temperatures mostly around or a touch below average for the time of year . of year. >> a brighter outlook with boxt solar. proud sponsors of weather on . on. gb news. >> good afternoon 34 minutes after 4:00. this is gb news. we are the people's channel. now we heard the breaking news that the bbc have finally, finally apologised to nigel. so joining

me to discuss that, olivia utley, political reporter olivia yes. >> so this has been a pretty embarrassing episode for the bbc all round. what happened was the bbc published a story saying that the reason why nigel farage had been refused coutts bank account wasn't as nigel had claimed because he'd been turned down for political reasons. it was simply that he didn't have enough cash to have a coutts account to hold an account with coutts. you have to have either £1 million of investment with the bank or £3 million in savings and simon jack, the bbc's business editor, alleged that nigel farage had fallen below that threshold and therefore had been denied his account. now nigel farage said at the time , well, that's odd at the time, well, that's odd because i've fallen below that threshold before. i know friends who've fallen below that threshold and it doesn't seem to have mattered before. but by then was online. it then the story was online. it was getting a lot traction. was getting a lot of traction. there people of there were people sort of laughing at nigel farage for saying it was political saying that it was political when it seemingly wasn't. when

saying that it was political wiemerged mingly wasn't. when saying that it was political wiemerged that|ly wasn't. when saying that it was political wiemerged that actuallyt. when saying that it was political wiemerged that actually coutts1 it emerged that actually coutts had turned down nigel farage on political reasons . they released political reasons. they released well, nigel farage got hold of a dossier, which was then published in the telegraph, which proved beyond a shadow of a doubt that reason why the a doubt that the reason why the coutts had decided that coutts team had decided that nigel couldn't hold an nigel farage couldn't hold an account is because his views didn't align with their with their brand essentially disingenuous. >> grifter , i think was one of >> grifter, i think was one of the words that they used. >> it emerged really >> then it emerged really shockingly that simon jacques , shockingly that simon jacques, the bbc's business editor, the day before he published this story, sat next to the ceo story, had sat next to the ceo of natwest , dame alison rose, at of natwest, dame alison rose, at a glitzy awards dinner of some kind. and so obviously she people put two and two together and thought, well, simon jacques quoted senior sources close to natwest . it was that senior natwest. it was that senior source, the ceo of natwest, who he was sitting next to the night before, and if so, was the ceo of natwest releasing personal financial information about nigel farage to a journalist over dinner? and was she lying

about the reason that that account was suspended? now, of course , we don't know. we can't course, we don't know. we can't know for sure the answers to those questions , but it puts the those questions, but it puts the bbc in a pretty embarrass ing position. and now they've had to apologise. >> well, they should have done it at the beginning, but i would, whilst simon cannot reveal his source , i think it's reveal his source, i think it's down dame alison rose to deny down to dame alison rose to deny that she is the source. thank you very much, olivia. good to talk we'll be talk to you. olivia. we'll be back . all right, though, back right. all right, though, moving minister is moving on, the prime minister is being members the being urged by members of the conservative party to drop, quote, unpopular , expensive quote, unpopular, expensive green of the next green policies ahead of the next general election. now, it's been said that the tories holding uxbndge said that the tories holding uxbridge and south in uxbridge and south ruislip in the week's by—election the last week's by—election showed is a real showed that there is a real chance that sunak could win the next general election, where labour london mayor labour have blamed london mayor sadiq khan's expansion of the ulez as the reason as to why the tories victorious . let's tories were victorious. let's get reaction from jacob rees—mogg , who joins me now. so rees—mogg, who joins me now. so jacob, so i read things that you were saying that you think that perhaps if we dropped elements

of green agenda that the of this green agenda that the tories could actually make difference. is there some belief in the party that actually they do chance? i do have a chance? because i sense a sort of malaise sense a real sort of malaise that they actually win ? that they could actually win? >> oh, i think there is a real chance. >> i thought uxbridge was a fundamentally important result for the conservatives. it shows that if you are on the side of voters and you're trying to make their lives better rather than worse, behold, people worse, lo and behold, people will you. will vote for you. >> the biggest issue facing >> and the biggest issue facing people the cost people at the moment is the cost of crisis . of living crisis. >> so should we be piling >> so why should we be piling extra costs on people? whether this is in the form of banning petrol vehicles or it's insisting thing on getting rid of gas boilers and installing heat pumps, which don't seem to work very well. all of this is cost , cost work very well. all of this is cost, cost and what we want to do is say to our voters, look, the uk has got a good record in the uk has got a good record in the yale rankings. we are second only behind denmark of 180 nafionsin only behind denmark of 180 nations in achieving our climate goals. let other countries catch up a bit. let us catch our breath and allow people to

afford their lives . afford their lives. >> it feels like a eureka moment, but my question is why didn't the tory party know that before? i mean, to me it was quite obvious. all these we've been talking about this for ages. are and tired ages. people are sick and tired of net zero concept of the whole net zero concept and all things that have and all the things that have been alongside it. we all been coming alongside it. we all know about the cost of living been coming alongside it. we all know we ut the cost of living been coming alongside it. we all know we whya cost of living been coming alongside it. we all know we why hasst of living been coming alongside it. we all know we why has it of living been coming alongside it. we all know we why has it only'ing been coming alongside it. we all know we why has it only taken been coming alongside it. we all know now why has it only taken been coming alongside it. we all know now fory has it only taken been coming alongside it. we all know now fory has it cpartyiken been coming alongside it. we all know now fory has it cparty ton until now for the tory party to actually see that that is a problem ? problem? >> well, from my point of view , >> well, from my point of view, i firsthand how absurd some i saw firsthand how absurd some of this was whilst i was briefly energy secretary , because some energy secretary, because some of the rules that you apply make absolutely no sense. if you take our steel industry , we impose on our steel industry, we impose on british steel some of the highest energy costs anywhere in the world, and then we give them a little bit of subsidy to try and keep them in business and instead end up importing steel from countries because the from other countries because the carbon emissions on the steel produced in other countries arise there rather than here. so we look good, but we damage business. this and fundamentally for the world, we don't change

anything. and so i realised at that point that we had to move away from this ideological view of net zero and work towards improving the environment in a way that goes with the grain of human nature and is affordable . human nature and is affordable. >> now, jacob, i want to get your reaction now to the apology from the bbc to . nigel from the bbc to. nigel >> why is it that the bbc is always a few days late, but the bbc really ought to have given this apology when it first emerged that they'd been sold a pup by a, emerged that they'd been sold a pup by a, quote, source , pup by a, quote, source, unquote, at natwest , and they unquote, at natwest, and they should have corrected it immediately. but this is characteristic of the torpor with which the bbc operates that it does all by halves. it gets there in the end, but slowly and lumberingly because it's a vast bureaucracy . it just seems absurd. >> and with regard to the dame alison rose whilst simon jack can't reveal his source , do you can't reveal his source, do you think that it's now time that she should admit if it is her or

deny that it isn't ? deny that it isn't? >> dame alison must answer that question because this is so this is really, really important. if you cannot trust your bank to keep your secrets, who can you trust ? even public keep your secrets, who can you trust? even public figures should be able to rely on their doctor and their banker to keep confidential the exchanges they have.if confidential the exchanges they have. if dame alison has broken this, she must go and therefore she must answer the question. was she the source for the bbc? has she in fact landed the bbc in the minestrone ? in the minestrone? >> well, listen, jacob, thank you so much for talking to me. it's good to talk to you. and don't forget, you can catch jacob's show this evening here on gb news at i'm nana on gb news at 8:00. i'm nana akua this is news. more to akua this is gb news. more to come after the break. the documentary that got gary lineker and labour mp in a bit of a pickle . this is gb news, of a pickle. this is gb news, britain's news .

8 pm. on. gb news. >> welcome back. if you've just tuned in, where on earth have you been? this is gb news. we are the people's channel. i'm nana akua live on tv, online and on digital radio. mean for patrick christys, who has taken a much needed break. but now cast your mind back to the start of the pandemic and the man in charge of steering us through that was that national crisis was hospitalised by the virus which

threatened us all. but some of bofis threatened us all. but some of boris johnson's critics have since accused him of lying about being near to death during this illness. now, that's the conspiracy theory that's being published by a new documentary. but two high profile contributors , one of which was contributors, one of which was gary lineker , are now reportedly gary lineker, are now reportedly distancing themselves from the film. the other labour mp chris bryant , who was also head of the bryant, who was also head of the privileged committee, until, of course, he stepped back during the whole inquiry. he's also reported as demanding for his contribution to be removed . now contribution to be removed. now this comes after it emerged that the film was crowdfunded and made by arch remainer marcus ball, who once tried to prosecute mrjohnson ball, who once tried to prosecute mr johnson over brexit. so let's speak to sir michael fabricant, the conservative mp of litchfield. hello, michael . well, this is i hello, michael. well, this is i mean, i read about this and i thought it would be some conspiracy to get all the doctors and everybody else to go along with this . but then you along with this. but then you find like gary lineker

find people like gary lineker and chris bryant. mp of course, privileges committee what do you make of this ? make of this? >> well, you know , they're >> well, you know, they're remainers who just can't get over the fact that the british pubuc over the fact that the british public voted to leave in 19 in 2016. >> in my god, it sounds like 1916. by the way, people carry on and they just can't get over it. >> and they're convinced that there was always this grand conspiracy. >> you know, just two days after bofis >> you know, just two days after boris johnson left intensive care, he tweeted, this is mr ball. >> the guy who made this so—called document, pre >> the guy who made this so—called document , pre quote, so—called document, pre quote, the pr timing is just too perfect . i fear that he may be perfect. i fear that he may be he being boris johnson, may be dodging responsibility by becoming a victim . becoming a victim. >> i mean, the guy was in hospital in intensive care , hospital in intensive care, almost knocked out to have a

ventilator fitted that didn't have to happen in the end. >> and that's what, you know, these arch conspiracy artists come up with and morph all chris bryant and gary lineker having anything to do with them. >> well , of course, they both >> well, of course, they both deny that they knew that this was the sort of idea of it was some sort of thing sort of thing against boris. >> but the fact that they got involved in this, do you think this sort of brings back the idea that actually people who work for the bbc in such a high profile manner shouldn't be commenting on politics? and i don't gary don't understand why gary lineker evade and lineker managed to evade and continues to the bbc guideline as well . as well. >> you know, you do have this inbuilt prejudice , don't you, in inbuilt prejudice, don't you, in the bbc. >> we've just seen it with the apology they've had to give to nigel immediately nigel farage. they immediately assume that natwest are completely right and that nigel farage was completely wrong and now the bbc have had to apologise and say, well, actually we got it wrong and nigel farage was right. it's

this predetermined position that many journalists and so—called trendies in central london like to take that the rest of the country got it wrong over brexit and that everybody else is involved in a conspiracy , but involved in a conspiracy, but not them . not them. >> and of course. simon jack , >> and of course. simon jack, who was the business editor who tweeted out as well from the bbc, again , with regard to nigel bbc, again, with regard to nigel farage and his account, and he had a source, but he came out with that after having some sort of swanky meal with dame alison rose. it just it just doesn't look good for the corporation. >> bit of a coincidence. well, i've, i've actually got a huge amount of respect for simon. jack. the poor man was duped and he fell for it. hook line and sinker . so i he fell for it. hook line and sinker. so i think we should say to alison rose and gb news, as were you, the one who said to simon, jack that it was nigel farage's finances and not natwest prejudices because it's

natwest prejudices because it's natwest , don't forget who own natwest, don't forget who own coots and not natwest prejudices that actually got the bank account of nigel farage closed. come on, simon. it might. account of nigel farage closed. come on, simon. it might . i know come on, simon. it might. i know who's a journalist. you're not going to say who it was. alison jones, are you? alison rose are you going to deny it was you ? you going to deny it was you? >> well, it's a breach of gdpr . >> well, it's a breach of gdpr. surely you can't be giving out information about clients and of all things , the people. as jacob all things, the people. as jacob said earlier, the people that you don't want to speak are, of course, your bank. you don't want them to talk about your finances. it's good to finances. it's always good to talk michael. thank you talk to you, michael. thank you very joining that very much forjoining me. that is michael for is michael fabric mp for litchfield. this is gb news. now if you've just me , if you've just joined me, welcome up to welcome on board. coming up to 49 after 4:00 now, 49 minutes after 4:00 now, there's growing uncertainty over when the first asylum seekers are into the barge. are to be moved into the barge. the bibby stockholm, which has been out to been specifically fitted out to accommodate up to 500 people. now, expected receive now, it was expected to receive the first influx week after the first influx this week after being towed falmouth to being towed from falmouth to portland last week. but this is apparently no longer happening.

so have a chat with jill so let's have a chat with jill hart, who part of the hart, who is part of the campaign no the barge . campaign group no to the barge. jill. we have any specific jill. so do we have any specific information as to why this barge and these people have not been put on the barge as of yet ? put on the barge as of yet? >> i'm personally i don't know any anything at all. they just told us it would be sometime this week. >> so i don't know. so what are your thoughts now hearing that thatis your thoughts now hearing that that is there a sense of relief and are you hoping perhaps that they may reconsider this ? they may reconsider this? >> i doubt very much if they'll reconsider it. >> i mean, there may be some hitches somewhere along the line. i don't know . line. i don't know. >> i hope they don't come back. >> i hope they don't come back. >> so your your thoughts then? i mean, you say you hope they don't come, but a lot of people don't come, but a lot of people don't want the migrants to literally be anywhere . in your literally be anywhere. in your view, could they what view, where could they what could government perhaps be could the government perhaps be doing? any views on doing? do you have any views on that ? doing? do you have any views on tha oh, yeah, i've got lots of >> oh, yeah, i've got lots of views on that. most people are saying, don't moor it saying, why don't they moor it outside the house parliament outside the house of parliament

on thames? and then they on the thames? and then they could have access to all the facilities in london because we are only a small community down here and we don't have the facilities to look after them . facilities to look after them. but this, this situation has been sprung upon us by the port and the home office who signed a secret deal . and when it was all secret deal. and when it was all done and money's paid over for it, they told us that we'd got to get on with it. we've had no help from the council. they rolled over as well. and so here we are with this disgusting situation action. situation. action. >> , you know, i quite like >> well, you know, i quite like youridea >> well, you know, i quite like your idea that it should be moored actually outside that outside westminster , outside the outside westminster, outside the houses of parliament so they could get a notion and a whiff of what's going on because it does they to be does feel like they seem to be placing these barges in places that have the that really don't have the infrastructure to support such an influx of people . well, now, an influx of people. well, now, so what are the people going to be doing about this then? are there any plans or campaigns

going on with regard to. not. no. to the barge ? was anything no. to the barge? was anything going on to try and get the government to rethink ? government to rethink? >> you're absolutely right. >> you're absolutely right. >> the government seem to be putting all of this into small communities , people who can't communities, people who can't fight back, basically because we're all described as areas of least resistance. and that seems to be the case here. we will carry on with that campaign . and carry on with that campaign. and just to let people know that we're still here and we're still fighting on their behalf, the first thing that we've got to consider is , is will they extend consider is, is will they extend this 18 month contract ? and we this 18 month contract? and we hope that they won't. but i've got a feeling that they will. and course, it's not going to and of course, it's not going to be just 500 men that come on now. going to be rolling now. it's going to be a rolling stone as people go off and get through their asylum. then they'll fill it up again and it'll just keep going. >> what your thoughts on the >> what are your thoughts on the fact that probably where you are, difficult a are, it's difficult to get a doctor's appointment, a gp appointment, the fact that this barge is kitted out with all the

mod cons, they've got ipads, they've they've got they've got a gym, they've got a games , where do feel games room, where do you feel what about that? what do you feel about that? >> i feel that it's disgusting. we have such social and social problems here and the people on this barge, they're given everything thing. they've got full board, they've got phones, they've got wi—fi free buses, free taxis , days out to free taxis, days out to festivals, cricket matches, football tickets , and the list football tickets, and the list goes on. and private health care and private dental care. you know, the people on this island have to wait a long time for doctor's appointments. and we've got used to that because that's what we have to do. but they get it all for nothing now. and it really, really hurts people's feelings. we have a pub which is only a few doors away from the port gates which houses homeless people and children in there as well , and people and children in there as well, and they have nothing. it must be a real smack in the teeth to them, to see these people having all this given to

them whilst they're struggling with nothing . with nothing. >> it's totally inequality and social injustice . well, it's social injustice. well, it's hardly a deterrent, isn't it, jill? i mean, if i was in a camp or a tent in france, i'd be more than happy to come here. jill hart, thank you very much for talking me. she's from talking to me. she's here from no to barge. thank you so no to the barge. thank you so much. for this much. well, that's it for this houn much. well, that's it for this hour. anywhere , hour. but don't go anywhere, because plenty more to because we've got plenty more to bnng because we've got plenty more to bring the next hour, bring you over the next hour, including reaction to the bbc apology farage. apology to nigel farage. i'm nana . this is gb news nana akua. this is gb news britain's news channel. >> the temperature's rising boxt solar probe sponsors of weather on . gb news. on. gb news. >> hello , i'm alex deakin and >> hello, i'm alex deakin and this is your latest weather update from the met office for gb news. we've seen a few heavy showers across the south—east. they're fading through this evening. seeing evening. many places seeing some bright spells during the end of the but still on the the day, but it's still on the cool that's because cool side. that's because the wind from the wind is coming down from the north. pressure is clearing north. low pressure is clearing away east and that cool away to the east and that cool feel will continue for most of this week. actually, as i said,

a few heavy showers across the south—east. they're fading. a few scattered showers elsewhere. many places will be largely dry overnight with some decent, clear spells. the winds will ease. and with that northerly flow, it's going to be quite a cool night, actually. temperatures into single temperatures down into single figures, rural figures, certainly many rural spots , towns and cities tend to spots, towns and cities tend to 12 onto tuesday. and 12 celsius onto tuesday. and it's a case of sunny spells and showers, quite a few showers certainly across the western side of scotland . initially, side of scotland. initially, much central and eastern much of central and eastern england will start dry , but we england will start dry, but we are expecting some heavy showers to develop, particularly over northern and especially north eastern through the eastern england through the afternoon for wales, afternoon. soon for wales, southwest england , too many southwest england, not too many showers, decent a dry showers, decent chance of a dry afternoon sunny spells afternoon with some sunny spells . but even in the sunshine, temperatures high. temperatures still only high. teens most 20s across teens for most low 20s across the south wednesday, we'll see a few more showers again for northwest southwest northwest england, southwest scotland , but generally dry scotland, but generally a dry start . showers will develop in start. showers will develop in the east through the day. but further we'll start to see further west, we'll start to see the gathering as further the cloud gathering as further outbreaks rain come in here

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gb news. good afternoon. >> this is gb news. we are the people's channel. i'm nana akua in for patrick christos. well, on the menu , the roads to hell, on the menu, the roads to hell, of course, the wildfire are still continuing in greece and lots of british tourists are being brought home to the uk. we'll be speaking to our reporters around the country, finding out what they've been through, then finally find the bbc, have finally apologised to nigel farage. yes, they said sorry . you'll find out more sorry. you'll find out more about what he feels about that at 7:00, but we'll discuss that in the show today. and of course the tory party, should they ditch the green? do you think that if they do a u—turn on all this net zero and all this ulez nonsense, that maybe just maybe, they'll have a hope, a cat's hell, a chance to win the next general election. and of course we'll be looking at michael gove, pledge, the tories gove, their pledge, the tories party's pledge for 1 gove, their pledge, the tories party's pledge for1 million houses really in this parliament. why didn't they've

had how many years to do but had how many years to do it, but only now . only now they're only now. only now they're pledging . well as ever, get in pledging. well as ever, get in touch in the usual way. vaiews@gbnews.uk or tweet me at gb news. but first, let's get your latest news headlines with polly middlehurst . your latest news headlines with polly middlehurst. nana >> thank you, will. the top story this hour is that the bbc has issued an apology to nigel farage over its reporting about the closure of his coutts bank account . the bbc's business account. the bbc's business editor simon jacques has said the broadcaster's information came from a trusted and a senior source , but it turned out to be source, but it turned out to be in complete and inaccurate . mr in complete and inaccurate. mr farage lodged a formal complaint about the bbc after it reported he lacked the funds needed to hold open an account with coutts. well, natwest group ceo

dame alison rose has forced to apologise to nigel farage just last week for the mishandling of his account closure . well you his account closure. well you can watch. nigel farage is full reaction to that apology tonight on his programme right here on gb news at 7:00. now in other news today, the tour operator tui, has cancelled all outbound flights to rhodes in greece up to and including friday, the 28th of july, as wildfires continue to spread rapidly across the island, tourism firms have already flown home about 1500 holidaymakers. there's a mass evacuation taking place as the fires burn for a sixth day. and the holiday company jet2 have also announced their repatriation flights for today for are happening, as far as we know now . and easyjet have to know now. and easyjet have to plan for later. and they're also scheduling another one for tomorrow. the foreign office says between 7 and 10,000

britons are currently on the island. it's set up a rapid deployment force to help those in need . now, deployment force to help those in need. now, a deployment force to help those in need . now, a foreign office in need. now, a foreign office spokesman has confirmed that a team has arrived on the island of rhodes to support travel operators in bringing britain's home. meanwhile, the greek government has said there are currently no fires in residential areas in corfu , residential areas in corfu, despite evacuation orders being issued there last night. almost 60 people were rescued by boat from misaki beach on the north of the island , which is popular of the island, which is popular with tourists . the hear the with tourists. the hear the prime minister, rishi sunak , prime minister, rishi sunak, says holidaymakers are being given support . given support. >> my paramount priority is the safety of british nationals and that's why the deputy prime minister chaired a cobra meeting yesterday. he's been monitoring the situation closely. we've beenin the situation closely. we've been in touch with local authorities on the ground there and the foreign office have sent and the foreign office have sent a rapid deployment team on the ground to assist people. i think the most thing is the most important thing is people remain in touch with their there are

their tour operators. there are lots of flights going back and forth be able bring people forth to be able to bring people home. people in touch home. and if people are in touch with operators, with their tour operators, they'll that they'll get the information that they'll get the information that they . they need. >> michael gove has announced his plans to create more homes in the uk's main cities. he says by relaxing planning rules and cutting red tape, the housing secretary says he wants to make it easier to convert , for it easier to convert, for example, empty shops into new flats and extend existing extend existing homes. flats and extend existing extend existing homes . the flats and extend existing extend existing homes. the plans will include creating an urban quarter in cambridge , large quarter in cambridge, large plans which were immediately dismissed by the local mp anthony browne as nonsense s and it all comes amid criticism that the government's failed to hit its target of building 300,000 new homes every year. shadow levelling up secretary lisa nandy told gb news the government's just making empty promises . promises. >> this is just the latest instalment of a government at war with itself . war with itself. >> a housing secretary promising to build new homes while passing

legislation. >> right now that will make it more difficult. >> mortgages have gone through the roof, house building is falling off a cliff. >> we don't need more recycled press releases and broken promises. we need serious action to get britain building israel's parliament has passed a controversial law which will limit the powers of the judiciary in the country. >> despite eight months of nationwide protests , the new nationwide protests, the new legislation removes the power of the supreme court to overrule the supreme court to overrule the government . opposition the government. opposition lawmakers shouted shame and left the parliament building in protest to the laws passing. it's all part of a series of judicial reforms put forward by the prime minister, benjamin netanyahu's far right coalition government . demonstrators took government. demonstrators took to the streets in a last ditch attempt to block the plans and businesses across the country also closed in protest . out also closed in protest. out here, train drivers are threatening fresh action at the height of the summer holidays with a further ban on overtime

for members of the aslef union won't work. extra hours from monday the 7th to the 12th of august. the union claiming none of the train companies employs enough drivers as it's going to be the fifth week long ban on overtime since may. the latest one ended on saturday, with another due to start from the 31st of july. now, a former adviser to boris johnson has become the youngest peer to enter the house of lords as charlotte owen, who's only 30 years old, was nominated to enter the lords in the form of prime minister's controversial resignation honours list, released in june . she'll be released in june. she'll be known as baroness owen of alderley edge and will sit as a conservative peer . and finally, conservative peer. and finally, britain's first million pound footballer , trevor francis, has footballer, trevor francis, has died at the age of 69. he joined nottingham forest in 1979, helping them to win back to back european cups. that hasn't been repeated by a british team,

including scoring the winning goal against malmo. he played 52 times for his country before taking to management where he guided sheffield wednesday and birmingham to major finals. family spokesman said he passed away from a heart attack. gary lineker has led the tributes today, calling him a wonderful footballer and a lovely man . footballer and a lovely man. trevor francis has died at the age of 69. ulez gb news. more news as it happens. back now to nana. >> thank you, polly. good afternoon. it's fast approaching. eight minutes after 5:00. this is gb news. we are the people's channel. i'm nana akua.so the people's channel. i'm nana akua. so finally, it seems our politicians who were elected by us remember us. the people are finally listening to what we have to say , but the only reason have to say, but the only reason they care now is because it

costs them something . because in costs them something. because in between all of that, they have been pretty much tone deaf with . with an election on the honzon . with an election on the horizon , though, the so—called horizon, though, the so—called surefire winners , the labour surefire winners, the labour party, who have sat back and watched the tories eat themselves from the inside out, haven't to do very much at haven't had to do very much at all. they like us, have been voyeurs as the tories had an 80 seat majority have provided themselves with their very own internal opposition and squandered their lead. the tories didn't need to get the labour party's agreement on any policy. really it would be laughable if it wasn't at our expense. laughable if it wasn't at our expense . so it took sir keir expense. so it took sir keir starmer his party, to lose the seat that was formerly held by ousted prime minister boris johnson, which must have heard for them to prick up their ears and realise that sitting back and realise that sitting back and waiting for the tories to screw up, which is pretty much what the labour party have done thus far, isn't enough of not listening to your electorate will cost you as sadiq khan , who will cost you as sadiq khan, who attempted to bulldoze forward,

discovered did with his ulez extension , which seemed extension, which seemed unstoppable until now . now the unstoppable until now. now the tory party are smelling blood and for once it's not their own former business secretary jacob rees—mogg said the lesson from the north london result is that there are things that we can change that will electorally be successful . and he urged successful. and he urged ministers to stop burden ing the pubuc ministers to stop burden ing the public and businesses with extra green charges . finally they're green charges. finally they're listening. whilst the tories were pretty much annihilated in the other two seats when it comes to issues surrounding net zero, if they put their money where their mouths are and ditch the green by scrapping certain elements and roll back on arbitrary deadlines, you never know. they may have a chance of winning the next general election . in so that's what election. in so that's what i think. but i'd love to hear from you. email me, gbviews@gbnews.com now moving on, because obviously a lot of

people have gone on holiday or planning to go on holiday to parts of greece, but with dry, parched conditions and temperatures expected to drop to top 45 c, the greek government have declared a severe fire risk in almost half of its land mass . up to 10,000 british tourists are stranded on the island of rhodes, where evacuations of holidaymakers are continuing as firefighters continue to battle huge wildfires . fires whipped up huge wildfires. fires whipped up by strong winds, fires have also broken out on corfu and evia . broken out on corfu and evia. mark white has the latest on the rapidly developing situation . rapidly developing situation. flying a of are mountain forests i >> -- >>a lam >> a turkish firefighting plane gives a sobering assessment of the extent of the disaster now engulfing large parts of this greek island . turkey has greek island. turkey has suppued greek island. turkey has supplied two planes and a helicopter to help authorities in rhodes to battle the flames, which are being whipped up by

strong winds. already a number of local villagers and tourist hotels have been badly damaged by the fires. lead owing to the mass evacuation of around 20,000 people over the last couple of days. people over the last couple of days . a ukrainian tourist filmed days. a ukrainian tourist filmed these images on a beach where a number of those evacuated had fled to a high school sports hall has been turned into a makeshift evacuation centre for those fleeing the worst of the fires . fires. >> as we could see, smoke and then basically the smoke seemed to be getting worse and we came back from the beach yesterday. we went down in the morning and luckily we came back. when we got back , we were in the pool at got back, we were in the pool at about 3:00 in the afternoon. we could see flames coming over the top of the forest in rhodes. thousands of others have ended up here at the island's main

airport , forced to sleep in the airport, forced to sleep in the terminal as they await evacuation flights. >> we started to hear the helicopters was and then basically you could see the fire eventually on the on the mountain top panic, everyone dashing about fleeing for buses . and, you know, luckily we were able to get a bus, a ten man foreign office rapid reaction team is now on the ground helping uk nationals at the airport. >> a number of the airlines and tour companies, including easyjet and tui, are laying on additional flights and have promised more if required . promised more if required. >> as the situation was very challenging. but we are here with a strong team of more than 303 representatives. we are facing this situation very well organised and in close cooperation with the greek authorities . authorities. >> it's in the evening when the

extent of the fires still raging across parts of rhodes can be seen. the orange glow illuminating the night sky. the tourist minster on rhodes said reports that up to 50% of the island had been affected by the fires was false. she put the figure at nearer 15, but with strong winds and the potential for a shift in direction , other for a shift in direction, other areas could still be under threat . on the greek island of threat. on the greek island of corfu , authorities there are corfu, authorities there are also closely monitoring wildfires , fires their rapid wildfires, fires their rapid spread led to a partial evacuee nafion spread led to a partial evacuee nation of some tourist areas overnight , although greek overnight, although greek authorities say the fires are not yet directly threatening any of the island's resorts . but of the island's resorts. but across greece, tinder dry conditions and high temperatures have led the national government

to declare a severe fire risk to almost half of the nation's landmass . as the thermometer in landmass. as the thermometer in some areas is expected . to top some areas is expected. to top 45 c in some areas is expected. to top 45 c in the days ahead . mark 45 c in the days ahead. mark white gb news well, if you just joined us, it's just coming up to 15 minutes after 5:00. >> this is, of course, gb news. we're discussing the wildfires in greece. so what is the situation the ground in the situation on the ground in the uk like? because a lot of people are and so on and so are at airports and so on and so forth . gb south—east forth. gb news south—east reporter ray addison is at gatwick airport and reporter gatwick airport and our reporter jack at east midlands jack carson is at east midlands airport. i'm going to start with you, ray. yeah good afternoon, nana well, we're just about to have the second easyjet flight or the second rescue mission landing in about ten minutes. >> been delayed again . and now >> been delayed again. and now that delay is up to two hours with around 200 passengers on board. so that could be landing behind me very, very shortly

about an hour and a half ago, we had the first flight out. another 220 or so british nationals landing here at gatwick airport and very relieved , i'm sure they are . two relieved, i'm sure they are. two british tourists repatriate to the uk today despite being roads as being some kind of hell on earth , saying how there was no earth, saying how there was no food , no water, talking about food, no water, talking about how really it was affecting children and elderly people the most as well. and one man saying that he was very concerned that there could be some fatalities among british nationals. now, of course , it's brought up the course, it's brought up the whole debate about whether people should really be travelling over to roads at this time , considering the time, considering the circumstances that are going on. the foreign office is saying that's very much up to you. you've got to weigh up the risks and the benefits. however it is up to your tour provider, your flight provider to get you back

if the worst does happen , if the worst does happen, they're not going to send in the raf . raf. >> well, we'll keep you updated on that . thank you very much for on that. thank you very much for that, ray. let's have a chat now with carson. he's there in with jack carson. he's there in east midlands airport. jack yeah , well, we've had the first of two flights coming back from corfu this afternoon. >> there's going to be a third this evening as well. these are just normal flights that would usually be scheduled. the first one came through around one that came through around half from people half an hour ago from people clearing baggage was from jet2 . clearing baggage was from jet2. and we heard spoke to a couple of people that were on corfu about the reaction and the response , of course, that was response, of course, that was out on the island the out there on the island to the wildfire. night wildfire. we know last night there 2500 we there around 2500 people. we heard from fire service heard from the fire service there evacuated . i spoke to there were evacuated. i spoke to one person who that that one person who said that that overnight a knock on his overnight he had a knock on his door and was told that he had ten get get as much ten minutes to get get as much stuff and get out of stuff as he could and get out of the hotel there buses the hotel where there were buses waiting them to safety. the hotel where there were buses waiting person, them to safety. the hotel where there were buses waiting person, while 0 safety. the hotel where there were buses waiting person, while he afety. the hotel where there were buses waiting person, while he wasn't another person, while he wasn't evacuated, could feel the heat coming off the hills and saw, of course, the aircraft that were

going into sea then fly, going into the sea to then fly, of course, over where those wildfires, while wildfires were happening. and said when he got to the airport, there were mass queues of people, lots of them, of course, unsure exactly what was happening. and there's very much a mixed response as well from from holiday companies from from the holiday companies and package companies, and the package companies, because person who luckily because the person who luckily didn't to be evacuated said didn't have to be evacuated said that he woke up to emails detailing the situation. what he had to what was happening had to do, what was happening with flight. the person with his flight. but the person who evacuated who had to be evacuated said it wasn't morning that wasn't until this morning that actually had anybody contact actually he had anybody contact him representative the him as a representative from the houday him as a representative from the holiday company as to what his next steps were. but the second flight due here in about 20 minutes time. >> well, thank very much for >> well, thank you very much for that. that's emily and jack. thank your thank you very much for your reports. keep us reports. you will keep us updated. mean, that is , updated. well, i mean, that is, of course, the situation. if you're to leave the island you're able to leave the island and happen to your bag, and you happen to have your bag, that's you can that's available, that you can pack there will pack and just go. but there will be living in be people obviously living in roads dealing with roads who are dealing with the situation as well. so joining me from roads itself is bellos,

from roads itself is ted bellos, who's some images with who's shared some images with us, showing just how huge those flames now ted, you're in flames are. now ted, you're in rhodes. do you live in rhodes or are you holiday maker? what's are you a holiday maker? what's why you there ? why are you there? >> um, hi . >> um, hi. >> um, hi. >> i currently live in the centre of rodos. we are not affected by any fires here, but all the fires are in the centre of the of rodos. so i'm imagining road is looking like a rhomboid . everything will be rhomboid. everything will be right in the centre in the between the mountains . between the mountains. >> okay. okay. and of course some of the pictures you've provided us. if you're listening on radio, please download that app on radio, please download that app have a look or stream us app and have a look or stream us live where you can app and have a look or stream us live that where you can app and have a look or stream us live that gbnews.com. you can app and have a look or stream us live that gbnews.com. gor can app and have a look or stream us live that gbnews.com. go to an app and have a look or stream us live that gbnews.com. go to our see that gbnews.com. go to our website check out the website and check out the pictures now. now ted, what are the people saying? because i've had reports that obviously a lot of people talking this of people are talking about this as all because of as though it's all because of climate change. why are these fires starting ? fires starting? >> these fires are starting by human hand . we found methane and

human hand. we found methane and propane gas tanks in the forest. it's not by climate change. they are an attack on our community. to be honest . um are an attack on our community. to be honest. um a are an attack on our community. to be honest . um a lot of to be honest. um a lot of friends are in the frontlines right now trying to deal with it and we have to work. so we have to be at work the moment we finished 1 am, 2 am. we, we go straight over there. and for some of us, we only been there for 2 or 3 days. the fire has been going on for seven days. why why? people are putting a lot of effort. the whole community has been mobilised . community has been mobilised. all the locals try to provide as much support to the tourists as possible . um they have evacuated possible. um they have evacuated around 20 000 people. move them all around the island inside , all around the island inside, uh, schools high schools, indoor basketball fields as they try to accommodate them as much as they can. we try to do these people.

they they bring business to our island. we try to provide the best possible safety for them, you know, and what they're and food. so it's just tragic . you food. so it's just tragic. you you extinguish one fire and then you extinguish one fire and then you wake up the next morning and the same place , the same place the same place, the same place you try to extinguish it, it's lighted up again and moves on to the next place . the next place. >> so you're helping to tackle this fire. have you got fire training ? are you a firefighter training? are you a firefighter 7 training? are you a firefighter ? i'm not a firefighter. >> i'm just volunteer. ? i'm not a firefighter. >> i'm just volunteer . we go up >> i'm just volunteer. we go up there, we see what the firefighters need. if they say you can stay to help, we try to stay and help. otherwise, we move on or try to help as much as we can in our own way. we only have shovels and pickaxes and fire extinguishers. but those fires, they need big trucks and equipment to. yeah, to now, of course , wildfires.

to now, of course, wildfires. >> we hear that they do happen in greece . yes. and this is not in greece. yes. and this is not unusual , but in greece. yes. and this is not unusual, but is this something that you've never seen before in your lifetime ? your lifetime? >> in my lifetime , not in this >> in my lifetime, not in this scale. um not in rodos. we've seen a lot in other parts of greece, but not in rodos not like that . just to give you like that. just to give you a context, 1—1 fourth of the island is burned at the moment. the whole main forest in the centre of the island all around the island it's all the, the villages is and the tourist spots. but in the centre is just forest. there is no people there , there's just pure forest and it's all burning down. >> it's frightening isn't it. because this fire has a potential if it can destroy a quarter of the island, then it has the potential of really destroying and going on. >> it's . destroying and going on. >> it's. it's only until it reaches the shore that it stops. yeah yeah. otherwise it doesn't

stop . well, it's not. stop. well, it's not. >> we really wish that this whole thing stops and from your mouth yourself. you said that a lot of these fires have been pretty started by mankind. pretty much started by mankind. man man started this fires. ted bellis , thank you so much for bellis, thank you so much for your thoughts. that's ted bellows. he's there in rhodes itself. he's a volunteer . he's itself. he's a volunteer. he's been helping the firefighters try flames. but try to pan out the flames. but what us here at gb what he has told us here at gb news is that a lot of those fires have been started by man human fires. right so on the way, this is gb news on tv, onune way, this is gb news on tv, online and on digital radio. i'm with you till six. a moment, with you till six. in a moment, i'll discussing tory i'll be discussing tory mps calling the minister to calling on the prime minister to ditch net zero commitments in order voters in the next order to win voters in the next election. but is it that simple? this is gb news. we are the

>> gb news the people's. channel >> gb news the people's. channel >> good afternoon. it's fast approaching. 27 minutes after 5:00. this is gb news. i'm nana akua akua. i'm in for patrick christie's. right. so the prime minister is being urged by members of the conservative party to drop, quote, unpopular , expensive green policies ahead of the next general election . of the next general election. now, it's been said that the tories holding uxbridge and south ruislip in last week's by—election showed that there is actually a real chance that sunak could win the next general election, where labour have blamed london mayor sadiq khan's expansion of ulez as the reason for the narrow tory victory. well, let's have a chat with

harry wilkinson. he's the head of policy of net zero. watch harry, good to talk to you. so let's , uh, let's start with let's, uh, let's start with this. do you think because this is the big question that the tories actually have a chance, if they were , they're not able if they were, they're not able to fully ditch net zero, but if they were to change it in a way that more appeasing to the that was more appeasing to the electorate ? electorate? >> well, i think this is a vital opportunity for the conservative party . party. >> and what they need to do is actually show that they have a different approach to climate change than the labour party. people do want to see climate change dealt with , but they change dealt with, but they don't want to see it done in a way that harms them. that doesn't leave them affordable energy, that stops them driving their car , stops them from their car, stops them from having a gas boiler and heating their home affordably . so their home affordably. so i think this backlash that we're seeing from some conservative mps is about looking at the parts of the net zero agenda for which risk doing the most harm and in particular, i'm thinking of the potential a ban on petrol

and diesel cars and the proposed phase out of gas boilers. these don't seem practical, affordable policies. many people in industry have expressed great concern about them. so i think a more sensible approach to net zero by the conservatives would say this is an ambition , but say this is an ambition, but it's not going to be a legally binding target because this leaves us in a quite absurd position where we can pursue policies that are blatantly irrational, where the costs of these policies are greater than any benefits that they might have in terms of reduced emissions . as then governments emissions. as then governments should be able to say , no, we're should be able to say, no, we're not to go down that not going to go down that alleyway . alleyway. >> well, we can thank theresa may for her incredible deal that led us to the 2050 deadline for net zero. but the thing is, though, why do you think? because not only some of the things you mentioned, but other stuff, pylons is that they were talking about building miles,

hundreds of miles of pylons to power to get the electricity power or to get the electricity to power the windmills or take take the electricity from the windmills to power. all the evs and everything they were talking about. that about. why do you think that they didn't to the public they didn't listen to the public at because neither at all? because neither party had been listening. and we, the public, have been saying this forever . forever. >> that's right . well, there's >> that's right. well, there's been huge amounts of lobbying by the renewables industry . and the renewables industry. and we've got this big blob like organisation in terms of the committee on climate change , committee on climate change, which is very in favour of state planning. they think they can predict the future on a spreadsheet . they think they spreadsheet. they think they know already exactly the technologies people will use in the future. but of course they don't know what the government really should focus on is getting energy cheaper. a lot of climate change policies can be facilitated and through electrification and that requires cheap electricity. so if the government focuses on getting the basics right and that's cheap electricity for

everybody, then it will actually have a happy consequence in that it helps reduce emissions. at the same time, what the government shouldn't be doing is saying this technology we should use , that technology we should use, that technology we should use, that technology we should use because actually it's markets, it's competition that can help make those decisions for us. we don't need to predict the future to do that. >> so just briefly, because i've got about 20s, are you in favour of net zero? ultimately, we not in terms of a legally binding target. >> i think when it comes to things like heathrow, we had a big political debate about that. our elected representatives , our elected representatives, after much toing and froing , after much toing and froing, actually said that they believed that should go ahead. but then we saw that it overturned in the courts because they said it wasn't compatible with net zero. i don't think that's how people envisaged net zero working in this inflexella way. so we do need to reform net zero to achieve a more flexible approach. >> harry, thank you very much for your thoughts. that's harry wilkinson. he's the head of policy at net zero. watch now

coming up , the government coming up, the government pledged to build a million. yes, a million new homes whilst protecting the uk countryside. and much, said , in and pretty much, they said, in this parliament. but first, let's get your latest news headunes let's get your latest news headlines polly middlehurst headlines with polly middlehurst . nana. >> thank you . the top story this >> thank you. the top story this houn >> thank you. the top story this hour, the bbc has issued an apology to nigel farage over its reporting about the closure of his coutts bank account . the his coutts bank account. the bbc's business editor simon jacques has admitted the broadcaster's information came from a trusted and senior source, but it turned out to be incomplete and inaccurate . mr incomplete and inaccurate. mr farage lodged a formal complaint about the bbc after it reported he lacked the funds needed to hold open an account with coutts . and you can watch nigel farage s full reaction to that apology tonight on his programme at 7:00. now the tour operator tui has cancelled all outbound flights to rhodes up to and

including friday the 28th of july. as wildfires continue to spread rapidly across the island and tourism firms have flown home, nearly 1500 holidaymakers at the start of a mass evacuation programme as the fires burn for a sixth day and the holiday company jet2 has also announced repatriation flights for today. they've got four planned and easyjet have two. and easyjet are telling us another is planned for tomorrow . full details on all those stories and more. head to our website, gbnews.com . website, gbnews.com. >> direct bullion sponsors the finance report on gb news for gold and silver investment . so gold and silver investment. so looking then at today's markets and the pound buying you $1.2820 and the pound buying you $1.2820 and ,1.1573, the price of gold

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. gb news. >> welcome back. if you've just tuned in, this is gb news. we are the people's channel. i'm nana aquarium in for patrick christie's, and it's just fast approaching . 36 minutes after approaching. 36 minutes after 5:00. well now, lots of you have been getting in touch with your thoughts because we were discussing net zero and whether it if the tories it would be enough if the tories stopped green thing, stopped the whole green thing, would would would it work? would they perhaps win next perhaps potentially win the next general election? john sent this message. said , take than message. he said, take more than reversing useless reversing some of the useless climate change policies win climate change policies to win an election. the list is endless and unfortunately neither he nor starmer have the capabilities to do it. give reform the reins. that's what he's saying. go for somebody else. there's another one here, deborah haggerty says. deborah says, sorry , nana the deborah says, sorry, nana the tories would win outright if they stop the boats. nobody cares about anything else. thank you for that, deborah. alison says this about net zero. she

says this about net zero. she says , to make matters worse, says, to make matters worse, guess who owns 90% of renewable minerals supplies? et cetera. china went well for germany reliant on russian gas. you make a very good point. seriously where literally moving from one to another, aren't we? so it's another similar situation. what else have we got there, frederik? he says this is about net zero. we need more emissions , not less. more co2 , more food , not less. more co2, more food and temperatures are falling, not rising as shown by actual data. that's somebody who's already contesting net zero itself. and finally, this one from oh, we haven't put a message in there. last one and i'll do this one. soul girl. she says climate changes. it's an she says climate change is anyway. i do not want to get to net zero as there's no need . we net zero as there's no need. we are fine as we are. some people are fine as we are. some people are making money from this and thatis are making money from this and that is what this is all about. thank you for that. keep them coming. gb views at gbnews.com

now moving on, michael gove has announced new proposals to tackle the uk's housing crisis , tackle the uk's housing crisis, what? just about a year before the election, he's pledged to meet the conservative manifesto commitment to build a million new homes before 2024. so i'm presuming it's before the election of 2024 because otherwise we are now in july of 2023. so he's got how many months, five months? he where is the housing secretary outlining his principles earlier, long term plan has ten principles. >> the regeneration and renaissance of the hearts of 20 of our most important towns and cities supercharging europe's science capital building beautiful and making architecture great again, building great public services into the heart of every community, communities taking back control of their future , back control of their future, greener homes, greener landscapes and green belt protection in a new deal for tenants and landlords. ensuring

that every home is safe, decent and warm . i'm liberating and warm. i'm liberating leaseholders and extending ownership to a new generation . ownership to a new generation. >> well, that's michael gove earlier, but joining me now is adam hawksby. he's the deputy director and head of levelling up director and head of levelling up at onward , a centre right up at onward, a centre right westminster think tank. up at onward, a centre right westminster think tank . so i'm westminster think tank. so i'm going to go straight in with it because michael gove is saying by 2024. so i'm presuming it's before the election, not before december 2024. these million houses, how feasible will is december 2024. these million houses, how feasible willis his proposition . in proposition. in >> it is feasible, but it's to going require the government accelerating their progress. >> so we saw last year when the government watered down its annual targets of 300,000 after annual targets of 300,000 after a backbench rebellion , that a backbench rebellion, that investment slowed in some of the places you'd need to see it. so the announcements today, big moves in cambridge, in london, in leeds , hopefully get in leeds, hopefully get investment going up again, get some projects unstuck and mean that they can hit their targets

by the time of an election. so probably next spring or next autumn. so how is he going to do that? >> because it sounds implausible to me that you could get a million homes. are they going to be new homes? he said he's going to repurpose some things as well, but that's to going a well, but that's to going take a lot building work. do we lot of building and work. do we even the people that can even have the people that can build these things ? build these things? >> yeah, so the million target is over the course of this parliament and there's been significant progress towards that so it's just doing that already. so it's just doing the of element of the kind of final element of that 1 million homes. the kind of final element of that1 million homes. i think that 1 million homes. i think it's a couple of hundred thousand. and yes, there are the people that can do it. i mean, there bottlenecks there are some bottlenecks in there are some bottlenecks in the industry, but the construction industry, but actually the biggest actually one of the biggest challenges availability actually one of the biggest ch land ges availability actually one of the biggest chlandges has availability actually one of the biggest ch land ges has planning.ity of land that has planning permission and where projects are moving forward. so the hope is that the announcements today on things like changing what they call technically permitted development rights , but to you development rights, but to you and me, that's basically turning shops offices into homes in shops and offices into homes in city centres and the announcements about things like

development corporation zones. so of these big entities so some of these big entities that responsible the that are responsible for the regeneration of canary wharf that might have in the east that they might have in the east end of london, what they're calling 2.0 calling docklands 2.0 in cambridge , a new urban quarter cambridge, a new urban quarter with 250,000 homes. and in leeds , where they want to do a lot of work in the city centre , that's work in the city centre, that's how they're trying to get stuff moving. >> i see. so over the course of this parliament means this parliament simply means the years have since this years that they have since this general since they years that they have since this gene elected since they years that they have since this gene elected laste they years that they have since this gene elected last time.' years that they have since this gene elected last time. so were elected the last time. so they've already what, done about 800,000. so you're saying that they now about 200,000 they have now about 200,000 homes to build before the next general election? is that what they're saying ? they're saying? >> roughly that. >> yeah, it's roughly that. i mean, the plan was in the manifesto to get to a point where there were 300,000 additional homes. where there were 300,000 additional homes . and additional homes. and interestingly, when michael gove additional homes. and inteiasked ly, when michael gove additional homes. and inteiasked whether michael gove additional homes. and inteiasked whether that|ael gove additional homes. and inteiasked whether that was gove additional homes. and inteiasked whether that was still was asked whether that was still the ambition, even if it wasn't a legally binding target , he a legally binding target, he said it was he was still keen to get up to that 300,000 level. so you know, 200,000 left of the 1,300,000 a year. these are similar ish numbers. the point

is the government haven't been meeting them today. so i think what today about was what today was all about was accelerating the scale of delivery so that they can hit those targets. >> i see. and these homes, will they be more like council type homes where people will be housed if they have nowhere to 90, housed if they have nowhere to go, or will they be actual commercial properties that people will have buy because people will have to buy because they made a mess of the they have made a mess of the whole interest rate scenario. people won't be to get people won't even be able to get mortgages and add. a lot of people won't able to raise people won't be able to raise the to get house in the the cash to get a house in the first place. so what will these homes, will homes homes, who will these homes appeal ? appeal to? >> so think the plan is for >> so i think the plan is for there to be a range of different homes available. so on social housing, michael gove's committed to having 30,000 social homes a year. that's a big expansion . on previous big expansion. on previous numbers. he's committed that the £11.5 billion that the government spends on their affordable housing programme. a lot of that go towards lot of that will go towards social homes, but the big play today, the political angle that michael gove was putting forward, was about the

densification of city centres . densification of city centres. the way we can avoid what he said is concreting over the countryside is to get more homes built right in the centre of cities. so those sorts of homes are probably more likely to be flats, they're probably more likely to be rented as opposed to bought. but what that really importantly is release importantly does is release pressure on homes that might be in the suburbs with gardens that might be homes that families move into . i mean that the move into. i mean that the pnces move into. i mean that the prices of those go down. that might not help mortgages might not help with mortgages today but the medium today. okay. but in the medium term, means that of term, that means that some of these will cost far these properties will cost far less. okay >> adam, i was just going to ask you very briefly, and with this wonderful idea of these wonderful idea of all these new homes, he got provision for homes, has he got provision for infrastructure? because obviously we'll need more schools, dentists and all schools, more dentists and all that thing. i didn't that sort of thing. i didn't hear that. hear him mention that. >> so i think the fourth >> yeah. so i think the fourth principle he talked about was this idea of public services and the government reformed the government have reformed what called this what used to be called this thing, an thing, section 106. it's now an infrastructure levy. really infrastructure levy. so really basically that means that every

developer building developer that is building a property or a set of properties will need a portion of that to go towards infrastructure . and go towards infrastructure. and crucially that can be directed both by councils, but in some areas, parish councils, really local organisations that might say, well we want to prioritise is additional capacity in a primary school or a gp surgery or a road. so yes, it will come with infrastructure and then the councils will control to councils will have control as to what that extra, that infrastructure will be. >> thank much. good to >> thank you very much. good to talk adam hawkesby, talk to you. adam hawkesby, he's the of the deputy director and head of levelling onward , a centre levelling up at onward, a centre right westminster think tank. levelling up at onward, a centre right inystminster think tank. levelling up at onward, a centre right in a minster think tank. levelling up at onward, a centre right in a moment'hink tank. levelling up at onward, a centre right in a moment i'llk tank. levelling up at onward, a centre right in a moment i'll beink. well, in a moment i'll be discussing how has discussing how the bbc has climbed down and finally said, sorry to nigel farage over its inaccurate . so basically wrong inaccurate. so basically wrong reporting on the coutts bank controversy . i'm nana akua on gb controversy. i'm nana akua on gb news britain's

online gb news. britain's news . channel >> good afternoon. welcome on board. if you've just tuned in, this is gb news. i'm nana akua. we are the people's channel. it's fast approaching. 48 minutes after 5:00. well as you may or may not have heard in the last hour, finally the bbc have apologised to nigel farage for in—app accurately reporting his bank account at coutts had been closed because of the funds shortage. the ceo of the bbc news, deborah turness, has written to mr farage. apologies and the author of the report , and the author of the report, the bbc's business editor, simon jack has tweeted saying, sorry ,

jack has tweeted saying, sorry, sorry seemed to be the hardest word earlier. jacob rees—mogg said it was too little, too late i >> -- >> but why 5mm imam >> but why is it that the bbc is always a few days late? the bbc really ought to have given this apology when it first emerged that they'd been sold a pup by a, quote, source unquote at natwest and they should have corrected it immediately . but corrected it immediately. but this is characteristic of the torpor with which the bbc operates that it does all by halves. it gets there in the end, but slowly and lumberingly because it's a vast bureaucracy i >> -- >> it just lam >> it just seems absurd . and >> it just seems absurd. and with regard to dame alison rose, whilst simon jack can't reveal his source , do you think that his source, do you think that it's now time that she should admit if it is her or deny that it isn't? >> dame alison must answer that question because this is so this is really, really important. if you cannot trust your bank to keep your secrets, who can you trust? even public figures should be able to rely on their doctor and their banker to keep

confidential the exchanges they have.if confidential the exchanges they have. if dame alison has broken this, she must go and therefore she must answer the question . she must answer the question. was she the source for the bbc? has she in fact landed the bbc in the minestrone ? in the minestrone? >> the minestrone ? well, listen, >> the minestrone? well, listen, jacob rees—mogg will be here on gb news 8:00. and before him, it will be nigel farage. so you'll get the full you'll get everything and we'll be discussing all of but discussing all of that. but actually live now to actually joining me live now to discuss, martin daubney, he's here. the here. he'll be doing the next show for michelle. now show covering for michelle. now this finally the bbc have apologised and but it's a bit it's a bit little too late exactly . i it's a bit little too late exactly. i mean it's a bit little too late exactly . i mean that's just not exactly. i mean that's just not on is it. yeah >> they've done the right thing though. i mean it must be it must been really, really hard for them to say sorry. >> probably they were told they were were mandated. >> probably they were told they were had were mandated. >> probably they were told they were had do 'ere mandated. >> probably they were told they were had do ite mandated. >> probably they were told they were had do it because,ed. >> probably they were told they were had do it because, as >> they had to do it because, as jacob so eloquently it , with >> they had to do it because, as jaccword eloquently it , with >> they had to do it because, as jaccword torpor,1tly it , with >> they had to do it because, as jaccword torpor, which it , with >> they had to do it because, as jaccword torpor, which ist , with >> they had to do it because, as jaccword torpor, which is a with the word torpor, which is a beautiful break beautiful word to break that confidentiality is a heinous crime . but i confidentiality is a heinous crime. but i think it confidentiality is a heinous crime . but i think it exposes crime. but i think it exposes this kind of chumocracy, this

remainer chumocracy we see at the bbc at big business, all joining up this collusion to force people like nigel out of pubuc force people like nigel out of public life by way of cancelling their finances banking. and they had to apologise and it's going to really stick in their crawl. but you know, we know since the beginning of the brexit campaign that the bbc has been biased against brexit. nigel is missed the brexit. so they were trying to serve this revenge a long, long time. come this apology long time. come in. this apology is long overdue. you know, is long overdue. but you know, hats least they've hats off at least they've actually it. actually done it. >> again , there no >> but again, there is no confirmation that there was any collusion with regard to this information. and simon jack has not revealed how he acquired it. and obviously, he's never going to reveal source. we to reveal his source. we journalists do that. journalists don't do that. but as jacob said and as i did ask him , is it now down to dame him, is it now down to dame alison to come forward and deny that she's not the source? >> well, it won't go away . no. i >> well, it won't go away. no. i think she can't just stick her headin think she can't just stick her head in the sand and hope it blows over. and i think one blows over. and i think the one huge from this is they

huge lesson from this is they just the wrong just messed with the wrong person. cannot barrage person. you cannot barrage the farage. shut up. farage. they can't shut him up. they don't to keep him they don't want to keep him down. he stood up just down. and he stood up not just for for every for himself, not just for every other exposed person other politically exposed person . wasn't that they . although it wasn't that they tried that. it tried to pass it off as that. it was simply they was simply because they don't like and what like his opinions and what he stands for. he's also up stands for. he's also stuck up for every other ordinary rank and file person today's and file person in today's telegraph that social media is being spied on. your twitter , being spied on. your twitter, your facebook accounts is being spied by your banks. it's in spied on by your banks. it's in the print of their t's and the small print of their t's and c's. of us, any of us c's. all of us, any of us potentially could lose our bank accounts for having wrong accounts for having the wrong kind farage up kind of opinion. farage stuck up not himself , kind of opinion. farage stuck up not himself, but for not only for himself, but for every and woman the country. >> well, has. and i think >> well, he has. and i think it's request it's a day to access request that you get. and i'm going that you can get. and i'm going to because they have to ask my bank because they have to ask my bank because they have to give it to you. i'm going to make bank, which is natwest. make my bank, which is natwest. give my data access request give me my data access request because to know what because i want to know what they're saying about me. and i think actually would urge think actually i would urge nigel people should nigel did say that people should do this. let's find out what they're about us, because they're saying about us, because i feel it is a little bit unacceptable. and actually in that dossier that nigel

published allowed people to published and allowed people to see what they've been saying about , a disingenuous about him, a disingenuous grifter, that's i mean, grifter, someone that's i mean, this is this is like school bully boy, grammar and tactics. i mean, the behaviour is abhorrent. well, the lexicon of the liberal left has become this, this kind of defamatory , this, this kind of defamatory, slur ridden kind of diatribe. >> and these words like grifter, they mean making money disingenuously and dishonestly. that's the literal meaning of it to call a public figure like nigel, that is abhorrent. it's damaging damage. his reputation , but it's mainly damage. the bbc's reputation because they they took this line hook, line and sinker because they wanted to believe it. no, no . and i bet to believe it. no, no. and i bet you are on the list. i bet you are on the natwest. >> i am. because mean, the >> i am. because i mean, the sort of that you have sort of opinions that you have feisty, forthright, sense feisty, forthright, common sense opinions, they don't go down well big business. but well with big business. but maybe i might get an extra pass because i'm in minority group. because i'm in a minority group. i score highly on i mean, i might score highly on their diversity inclusion score, so leave alone. so they might leave me alone. but to my data but i'm going to get my data access because want access request because i want to know what saying now.

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addicted to climate disaster doom. next after voters rejected ulez in uxbridge, should the tories do a u—turn on green policies to win back the next general election ? and do you general election? and do you trust them now ? next. with trust them now? next. with labour pledging to make it easier for trans people to self—identify , should the self—identify, should the culture wars be at the heart of the next election? also and lastly, councillors in orkney are so fed up of scotland they're plotting to divorce the uk to and become an outpost of norway . and is the uk becoming norway. and is the uk becoming increasingly more fragmented? all that to come with me. martin daubney but first, here's the

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