gb news. >> hello . it's 930 on wednesday, >> hello. it's 930 on wednesday, the 26th of july. this is britain's newsroom on gb news. that's andrew pierce. and i'm karen malone . karen malone. >> she's still here. >> she's still here. >> last day today, guess what.7 >> last day today, guess what.7 >> she's gone . the chief >> she's gone. the chief executive of natwest bank day , executive of natwest bank day, alison rose, has resigned in the early hours after admitting she was the source of the incorrect information about why nigel farage bank account with coutts was closed. a huge victory for nigel and all of his tireless

campaigning. now >> now nigel wants to know why the chairman, howard davies, and the chairman, howard davies, and the boss of coutts bank are still in position . an we'll be still in position. an we'll be discussing the scandal throughout the show and we've got a very good guest in david davis, the tory mp who's a very good guest . davis, the tory mp who's a very good guest. he's got davis, the tory mp who's a very good guest . he's got lots, he's good guest. he's got lots, he's got some things to say. >> has and the >> he certainly has and the government its government has updated its travel roads warning travel advice for roads warning of and of highly dangerous and unpredictable . i will unpredictable wildfires. i will be crossing two roads in just a moment . moment. >> and the conservative mp for rayleigh and wickford mp mark francois will join us on the show to talk about a real bugbear of mine and his traffic cones. bugbear of mine and his traffic cones . his bugbear of mine and his traffic cones. his new bugbear of mine and his traffic cones . his new roadworks bill cones. his new roadworks bill aims to can the cones and kerb the amount we see on roads, often at roadworks sites where there's no one doing any work is so infuriating . so infuriating. >> and it's a big day. malone

because she's gone, the chief executive of natwest bank. but i wonder if more will follow . wonder if more will follow. >> more should follow. >> more should follow. >> i think they should . and >> i think they should. and nigel be on the nigel farage will be on the case. a lot case. and we're talking to a lot of this throughout of people about this throughout the want to know the programme. we want to know what about this. all what you think about this. all our talking today. email what you think about this. all owatilking today. email what you think about this. all owat gbviews@gbnews.com ail what you think about this. all owat gbviews@gbnews.com but us at gbviews@gbnews.com but first, here's your morning news. rory smith . thank you very much. rory smith. thank you very much. >> andrew, the boss of natwest has resigned after admitting to being the source of an inaccurate story about nigel farage's finances. dame alison rose says she made a serious error of judgement when she discussed mr farage's relationship with cuts to a bbc journalist. mr farage presented evidence last week that his account at the bank had been closed , partly due to his closed, partly due to his political views . while speaking political views. while speaking to us here at gb news, nigel farage says dame alison's resignation had to happen.

>> i didn't think she could last beyond the end of the week. we have on friday the half yearly figures coming. there is an investor meeting at 930 that morning, so she's gone . and morning, so she's gone. and that's a start because the board that's a start because the board that sanctioned this culture for a culture that talks about diversity and inclusion and actually is very divisive . and actually is very divisive. and in my case, as you could clearly see, pretty poisonous stuff . i see, pretty poisonous stuff. i think any board member that endorsed that statement last night where they said we breached confidential duty, but she can stay in her post. frankly, i think the whole board needs to go . needs to go. >> wildfires is circling across the mediterranean have claimed the mediterranean have claimed the lives of more than 40 people, three people have died in greece with temperatures there today set to exceed 44 c, 34 people have died in algeria and a number of fatalities have been recorded in italy as well . been recorded in italy as well. fires and a storm hits the country . blazes have also broken country. blazes have also broken out in portugal. syria, gran

canaria , southern france and canaria, southern france and tunisia . scientists say that tunisia. scientists say that human induced climate change is playing an overwhelming role in the summer heatwaves . the the summer heatwaves. the world's longest running comic, the beano , is marking its 85th the beano, is marking its 85th anniversary this week. more than 4100 issues of the beano have been printed since its launch in 1938. a special commemorative issue is now on sale, featuring famous faces including the king, queen and the prince and princess of wales . that's you up princess of wales. that's you up to date, but you can get more on all of those stories by visiting our website. that is gbnews.com com now, though, back to andrew and carole . and carole. >> well, it's a belter , isn't >> well, it's a belter, isn't it? >> well, it's a belter, isn't it.7 who'd of thought went to bed last night thinking how on earth

can dame alison rose stay on as chief executive of natwest bank.7 and in the early hours of the morning she resigned. >> do we think she to bed morning she resigned. >> d(you think she to bed morning she resigned. >> d(you think she was to bed morning she resigned. >> d(you think she was ino bed morning she resigned. >> d(you think she was in abed or do you think she was in a boardroom the bosses .7 >> 7- >> clearly, ? >> clearly, the 7 >> clearly, the treasury lost confidence in her. so did number 10. shareholder , the biggest 10. the shareholder, the biggest shareholder the bank us, shareholder in the bank is us, the taxpayer. >> but how how how can the board stick by a woman who betrayed the very principles of banking? stick by a woman who betrayed the exactly. nciples of banking? stick by a woman who betrayed the exactly. it's les of banking? stick by a woman who betrayed the exactly. it's an of banking? >> exactly. it's an extraordinary thing. but do more people now need to go? nigel farage is suggesting it's not just her who should go because the all, expressed the board, after all, expressed full confidence her. he told full confidence in her. he told gb news nigel farage did. he said there needs to be funded mental reform in the banking sector where you have to respect the privacy of the customer. >> you also have to respect the gdpr regulations. they were both broke very clearly by the boss of natwest at that dinner that took place on the 3rd of july when she sat next to the bbc's business editor, simon jack. when she sat next to the bbc's business editor, simon jack . and business editor, simon jack. and frankly, when she was caught

having breached confidential reality, she tried yesterday , reality, she tried yesterday, supported by her board , to supported by her board, to frankly, lie her way out. and i thought the statement that came out at 6:00 last night that the board retained full confidence in alison rose, rather reminiscent, isn't it, of the premier league football club that's in crisis that says we have every confidence in our manager and i didn't think she could last beyond the end of the week. we have on friday the half yearly figures coming. there is an investor meeting at 930 that morning. so she's gone and that's a start . morning. so she's gone and that's a start. but morning. so she's gone and that's a start . but actually. that's a start. but actually. alison rose it was you that introduced this culture. it was you that decided that natwest group would become not just a bank but a moral arbiter , bank but a moral arbiter, virtually a political organisation. and the funny thing of course, about talking about inclusion in is inclusion is wonderful. only if you agree with the prevailing view. if you don't agree that you are to be excluded . and that was the

excluded. and that was the decision they took about me. i'm not just doing this for me. i'm doing it for thousands. maybe tens of thousands of people. all over this country who've had their bank accounts closed over their bank accounts closed over the course of the last two years. you know, the fear, the horror that is coming through on these emails, people's businesses being destroyed because they've been closed down by a bank and it's taken months and to open a new and months to open a new business account . this scandal business account. this scandal has going on for far too has been going on for far too long, and i'm pleased to be the person that's blown the off person that's blown the lid off it get it. and if we can get fundamental change and reform and a fairer system, then i really would have achieved something . something. >> well, fighting talk from our very own nigel farage. we're joined now by the former adviser to bank england was to the bank of england who was in us only in the studio with us only yesterday, roger g. well, yesterday, dr. roger g. well, rogen yesterday, dr. roger g. well, roger, talk to you only roger, we talk to you only yesterday. and i both were yesterday. you and i both were pretty clear that dame alison rose the source of this pack rose was the source of this pack of lies about nigel farage, which were told to the bbc, which, to be fair to the bbc, they reported in good faith . they reported in good faith. she's been exposed. she's been

caught, she's resigned. but only after the board had initially said they had full confidence in her. said they had full confidence in hen do said they had full confidence in her. do more people have to go ? her. do more people have to go? >> yes. i think nigel is right. and i mean, my goodness, this is so alarming and shocking. one doesn't know what to believe and when he says that it's 1—1 woman, one lady of this great standing that would introduce this crazy nonsense. if in fact that's true, i don't want to doubt, nigel, but you know , it's doubt, nigel, but you know, it's beyond belief that any individual can be given such control . control. >> what? can i just ask you a question ? dame alison is still question? dame alison is still sticking by this ridiculous story that this was an error of judgement on her part . it judgement on her part. it wasn't, was it? this was a wilful decision to humiliate and destroy a customer who's values she didn't support. >> i don't know if it was that malevolent, that evil , but it malevolent, that evil, but it certainly was more than an error of judgement .

of judgement. >> do you actually think that the bank have made a massive mistake in saying they have full confidence? massive. so who do you think has to go? who do you think has to go now ? think has to go now? >> the whole ruddy board who sanctioned this and went along with her so , so. with her so, so. >> so you mean the whole board of natwest? that includes the very august figure of sir howard davies , a former governor who's davies, a former governor who's been a big noise at the bank of england because he expressed confidence her. he has to go confidence in her. he has to go to anybody who sanctioned what she did, doesn't belong there. >> roger. she keeps she keeps telling us as well. she wasn't aware of this report that that was done on nigel farage. now it's hard to believe, but if she didn't know about it, that kind of further signals her incompetence, doesn't it ? incompetence, doesn't it? >> or worse. >> or worse. >> oh, what do you mean, worse ? >> oh, what do you mean, worse? >> oh, what do you mean, worse? >> she's not telling the truth. yeah yeah, because it seems pretty. yeah it's. it's

inexplicable, isn't it, that you wouldn't know that a report like that was being done on such a high profile and noisy customer i >> -- >> it's unbelievable , andrew. >> it's unbelievable, andrew. it's. it's breathtaking . it's it's. it's breathtaking. it's just. it's. i can't believe that in this day and age that we would see something like this this morning at 10:00, the banking minister, andrew griffith , is holding a meeting, griffith, is holding a meeting, a zoom meeting with leading bankers to talk about the very idea that you can lose your account because of your political views . political views. >> dame alison, who of course , >> dame alison, who of course, would have been at that meeting at 10:00 oh to have been a fly on the wall, if she was . yeah, on the wall, if she was. yeah, you probably would have been swatted . can the bank recover swatted. can the bank recover its reputation from this very quickly or not? roger, what do you think ? you think? >> i wouldn't say very quickly, but i mean, i think people should be watching it very carefully. i think the government for once took some swift action here. and i think

they need to keep a steady eye on as i anybody who was on it. as i say, anybody who was involved in this and sanctioned it back. it should go back. >> all right. well, that's dr. roger former adviser to roger guangxi, former adviser to the bank of england. we've got stanley no stanley johnson, who needs no introduction to people of. >> well, i think got >> well, i think i've got a >> well, i think i've got a >> you think, stanley? >> what do you think, stanley? >> what do you think, stanley? >> know? i've got >> do you know? i think i've got to interest. i mean, to declare an interest. i mean, way back in 1957, which is some way back in 1957, which is some way back in 1957, which is some way back now, i opened a bank account at the natwest bank in dulverton , somerset, not far dulverton, somerset, not far from where my farm is, and i've had a natwest account . had a natwest account. dulverton, of course, had been shut down, had gone to minehead now, i've natwest now, but i've had a natwest account 1967. i've account since 1967. i've actually had an atom account and actually had an atom account and a coutts account. so i just want to put that on the table because i'm to going say someone's going to say, oh well he would say that i? have that wouldn't i? well, i have coutts account. that wouldn't i? well, i have coutts ryou jnt. that wouldn't i? well, i have coutts you going keep your >> are you going to keep your coutts account. >> are you going to keep your couttam:count. >> are you going to keep your couttam going to keep my coutts >> i am going to keep my coutts account because i'll tell you why, to why, because i'm not as aware to bank, de banking goes in bank, i mean de banking goes in one sense and it could in one sense and it could go in another well. but you another sense as well. but you see this is why i say that's why

i'm happy to, to declare an interest. i happy with the interest. i am happy with the service. i have had over 60 or 70 years from this great conglomerate which is now natwest. now is that very boring to say that? >> no, but be your >> no, but to be fair, your values would fit in with their values. remainer . yeah. values. you're a remainer. yeah. youn values. you're a remainer. yeah. your. your an environmentalist. an environmentalist ? yes. all of an environmentalist? yes. all of those things. >> well , you see, i those things. >> well, you see, i didn't know until i started following this story . it's difficult not to story. it's difficult not to follow it now that coutts and let's expand this natwest and let's expand this natwest and let's expand this natwest and let's expand that because after all the taxpayer owns quite a lot of natwest like 49. yeah thank you for all. well maybe am i to say that that particular set of values is actually shared by everybody. no i think not. i think it's been slightly accidental , this whole farage accidental, this whole farage business. i cannot actually believe that there is a systematic effort made by coutts and other such banks. >> there was a dossier made on nigel farage all that that nigel lawson's granddaughter was

barred a bank account and she's got down syndrome, 16 years old and it was because of her grandfather either a former chancellor of the exchequer, you know, nigel lawson, the late nigel lawson, who was an arch brexiteer and also seen as a climate change denier, ken clarke told the house of lords he was lost his amex bank account as did michael forsyth, two tories on completely different sides of the aisle. >> jeremy hunt for heaven's sake, the chancellor have denied an online bank account because these banks decide they don't like. i don't they like like. i don't think they like the much. stanley the tories very much. stanley well, mean, i, i hear what well, i mean, i, i hear what you're saying and i'm, i'm struck dumb. >> if i was struck dumb, i should be struck down. >> not today. >> not today. >> i am struck down because it's actually all new to me now. i really i really say to myself the biggest error of judgement these banks have made and this bank has made is actually tackling nigel farage. yeah, that was a mistake , you know, that was a mistake, you know, but the point. >> nigel farage made every

single day is that it's not just about him. it's about everyone in this country who doesn't have a voice, who for one reason or another has been debunked. and it is usually because of their views, be they religious , be views, be they religious, be they views on lgbt, whatever. but they've been to bank . so he but they've been to bank. so he says he's talking out for those people. >> yeah, well , people. >> yeah, well, i hear what you say and i say i'm i'm totally , say and i say i'm i'm totally, totally amazed by this and i would like to know. okay you've cited 3 or 4 people and that's important. these are important people. these are important examples. but when you say all over are over the country, people are being , thousands, being debunked, thousands, i think nigel says thousands. that's what says. i'd love that's what nigel says. i'd love to where he gets it. to know where he gets it. >> are you curious to know if the nigel farage the report which nigel farage extracted, which he's entitled to out of the bank, 40 to by law out of the bank, 40 pages it said he was pages where it said he was a brexiteer 86 times he said he was homophobic, xenophobic , was homophobic, xenophobic, racist, disingenuous grifter . racist, disingenuous grifter. and are you curious to know whether coutts bank has got a report like that on you? and if you are, don't you get it? you are, why don't you get it? yes, with gb news.

yes, share it with gb news. >> well, nigel, apparently exercised something called the subject assets. subject assets. right. i'm very intrigued by that. i'm very intrigued because. yes i have had a career in the european commission and the european parliament and no doubt there are documents which could be got , but doubt there are documents which could be got, but i hadn't doubt there are documents which could be got , but i hadn't known could be got, but i hadn't known that there was a legal tool for getting all this . and now i know getting all this. and now i know there assets. there is subject assets. >> nothing else comes out >> and if nothing else comes out of important of this, that's important for people there who don't have people out there who don't have a profile to know that a public profile to know that they can call their bank to account if they're debunked. can i comment, as you i just make one comment, as you were on the i was going to were on the side, i was going to say side sanity, it's say a side of sanity, but it's not what really mean. say a side of sanity, but it's not i vhat really mean. say a side of sanity, but it's not i vhat leally mean. say a side of sanity, but it's notivhat i mean, ean. say a side of sanity, but it's notivhat i mean, the. say a side of sanity, but it's notivhat i mean, the side of >> i think i mean, the side of just a bit balance just a little bit of balance this there a law in this morning. there is a law in this morning. there is a law in this that everybody has this country that everybody has a right, a legal right to a bank account. and i think a criminal and something else, something or debarred some other reason debarred for some other reason as and is important. as well. and that is important. and in the course and i have heard in the course of ministers stress out of today, ministers stress out the importance of that law and no doubt this morning, minutes , no doubt this morning, minutes, andrew griffiths and so on will

come in and say yes, yes, yes, this is totally exceptional. it shouldn't happen , it won't shouldn't happen, it won't happen again. so maybe some good will come out of it. but certainly , if all of this certainly if, if all of this hadnt certainly if, if all of this hadn't happened this week, this would on and and on. “m on. and the banks would have >> and the banks would have continued to get away with it. >> i say , it makes >> well, as i say, it makes me see makes seem as though this see it makes seem as though this is a kind of society where far more goes on than we know. nothing from the labour party. >> so we had on gb news earlier a frontbench spokesman, a very thoughtful frontbench spokesman who couldn't bring himself to say nigel farage has been treated abominably. instead they said, oh, if the tories had said, oh, if only the tories had been of blah blah been as critical of blah blah blah, why can't the labour party just embrace the fact, whether it's farage or you, it's nigel farage or you, stanley cootes , natwest bank stanley cootes, natwest bank have behaved shamefully. they've treated him like he's a criminal and chucked his bank and then lied about him in public. well thatis lied about him in public. well that is certainly what seems to have been the case. >> i could not agree. i could not agree with you more. i am very sympathetic to nigel farage

in case. very sympathetic to nigel farage in case i very sympathetic to nigel farage in case. i think i'm in this case. i think i'm sympathetic to anybody who finds himself this. and himself trapped in this. and you do should do say to yourself, banks should not actually have this sort of power. >> it seems ironic with coutts, though, because they do have a record for having people in their in their their ranks who in fact are criminals. some of the banking they had general pinochet as a client in the us hosni mubarak from egypt they had the egyptian form of prime ended up in a prison cell and a big mafia boss. they had multi—millions of him and they could stay , but nigel farage. could stay, but nigel farage. >> there . >> so there. >> so there. >> i wonder they put their >> i wonder if they put their values people. general >> i wonder if they put their values can people. general >> i wonder if they put their values can you eople. general >> i wonder if they put their values can you imaginezneral >> i wonder if they put their values can you imagine ?eral pinochet can you imagine? >> we ask you about a story >> can we ask you about a story in the sunday papers at the weekend it was a documentary weekend? it was a documentary that due come which that was due to come out which suggested your son had suggested that your son had exaggerated his covid and he wasn't close to death, which meant the whole of the nhs. in this documentary, in my view , this documentary, in my view, was nhs, smearing was smearing the nhs, smearing king boris carrie, we know, was beside herself for 24 hours when she thought she was going to be a widow. what did you make of

the this documentary? the fact this documentary? >> through it as >> well, i lived through it as far i remember. it was like far as i remember. it was like was april, april 2020? did he was it april, april 2020? did he come out of hospital about may 6th, 2020, something like that . 6th, 2020, something like that. i was down in somerset and there is no question in my mind that was a real, real incident. and i was a real, real incident. and i was as worried, maybe more worried than this other people because, you know your son. father. yes >> you were talking to carrie, presumably . and why was she presumably. and why was she saying i tell you what, i was woken up one morning by actually nick robinson, who was doing the today programme right. >> and i'd gone to bed that previous night as worried as we all were and the sense of relief when the phone rang, i was down on my exmoor farm and it's nick robinson. i want to tell you, stanley , your son has just come stanley, your son has just come out of icu , the intensive care out of icu, the intensive care unit. and i tell you, you know, there was no question in my mind that that and who is this guy? this is a guy called marcus ball

i >> -- >> yes. -_ >> yes. and he he tried to sue bofis >> yes. and he he tried to sue boris back in the high court in 2019. you might remember the case. he tried to bring a prosecution against him, saying that the britain sends £350 million a year to the eu and he had on the side of the bus. so it went to court was it went to court and it was a failed prosecution. the guy hates your son. it's quite clear on he has never on that. and he has never stopped. last week, stopped. and this last week, gary lineker did a trail. do you remember a youtube trail? chris bryant documentary me and but bryant mp documentary me and but to say to say what we all saw for boris when he came out of hospital , he looked for boris when he came out of hospital, he looked terrible. >> he looked terrible before he went in. >> he looked when he >> he looked terrible when he came still looked came out. he still looked terrible i remember at the terrible and i remember at the time how can he come time thinking how can he come back he back to back to work? he came back to work immediate. >> not sure . i'm not sure >> he i not sure. i'm not sure you want to give this fellow our time, this man with this ludicrous . ludicrous. >> but we wanted you to give you the to say knew her well. >> yeah, well, as long can >> yeah, well, as long as i can say is the most arrant twaddle that i've ever heard. >> i didn't know what you were

going to say. >> there is twaddle, toddlers. >> there is twaddle, toddlers. >> all right? it's just a word that with t. i know that began with t. i don't know what going to what you were going to say. >> missing your son. >> and we're missing your son. he's got nose he's presumably got his nose deep memoirs something he's presumably got his nose dstanley, memoirs something he's presumably got his nose dstanley,who?noirs something . stanley, who? >> can tell? who can >> who who can tell? who can tell? mean , you know , he could tell? i mean, you know, he could be busy. i think he'll be busy . be busy. i think he'll be busy. he'll be very busy. he'll be busy . busy. >> he's got a column in his papen >> another sun and a column in the daily mail, rather. >> fine. >> fine. >> i've been reading it. >> i've been reading it. >> good. >> very good. >> very good. >> i have to sneak the daily mail into the house. oh what is mrs. johnson thinking? >> i can't believe it. >> i can't believe it. >> i can't believe it. >> i have to . each woman needs >> i have to. each woman needs her daily mail, if you remember. yes, i think that was bad. you wouldn't have you wouldn't get away that. nowadays wouldn't have you wouldn't get awaycertainlyt. nowadays wouldn't have you wouldn't get awaycertainly wouldn't, (s wouldn't have you wouldn't get awaycertainly wouldn't, stanley >> i certainly wouldn't, stanley . always a joy to talk to . it's always a joy to talk to you. johnson rebutting . it's always a joy to talk to you.notion johnson rebutting . it's always a joy to talk to you.notion joiborisrebutting . it's always a joy to talk to you.notion joiboris had tting . it's always a joy to talk to you.notion joiboris had made any notion that boris had made that up and that whoever put that up and that whoever put that documentary together should be themselves and thank be shame themselves and thank you comments. and. be shame themselves and thank you you'vecomments. and. be shame themselves and thank you you've stillnents. and. be shame themselves and thank you you've still got:s. and. be shame themselves and thank you you've still got onend. coots you've still got one customer, at least that's stanley johnson. >> anywhere. >> he's not going anywhere. >> he's not going anywhere. >> quite >> you're going to lose quite a lot others . good, stanley, >> you're going to lose quite a lot yours . good, stanley,

>> you're going to lose quite a lot you for good, stanley, >> you're going to lose quite a lot you for coming. :anley, >> you're going to lose quite a lot you for coming. nowr, >> you're going to lose quite a lot you for coming. now we thank you for coming. now we have to read this statement from in fact, carol, can read it in fact, carol, you can read it because me laugh. because it makes me laugh. >> makes me this every >> he makes me do this every day. he? >> he makes me do this every daythis he? >> he makes me do this every daythis is he? >> he makes me do this every daythis is from a? is from >> this is from this is from dame alison. okay. >> let me read it. >> let me read it. >> okay. it says she says, i recognise that in my conversation with simon jack of the a serious error the bbc, i made a serious error of in discussing mr of judgement in discussing mr farage with the farage relationship with the bank. like to say i'm sorry bank. i'd like to say i'm sorry to the board and to my colleagues. i my career colleagues. i started my career working the national working for the national westminster it's an westminster bank. it's an institution about institution i care about enormously and i've always been proud be part of. it's been proud to be part of. it's been the privilege of career to the privilege of my career to lead the bank. and i'm grateful i'll come on. pearce audio to the board for entrusting me with this role. >> thank you for that and good riddance. >> day what did alison, what was the word, stanley you just used there with t throttle there began with t throttle throttle. can you say throttle de madison if you're watching twaddle de—man you want to come on and talk to us, we'd be delighted you going delighted even if you are going to complete throttle. to talk complete throttle. >> she's not coming, pierce . >> she's not coming, pierce. >> she's not coming, pierce. >> on. moving on. the >> so moving on. moving on. the government's updated its travel advice telling people advice for rhodes telling people to they the correct

to check they have the correct insurance tourists continue to check they have the correct insfleeice tourists continue to check they have the correct insflee .e tourists continue to flee. >> it comes as firefighters tackle blazes across the whole mediterranean with sicily, turkey, croatia and algeria badly affected between vathi, two villages in the south of the island. >> just to give you an idea of the challenge that firefighters are facing, and they have beaten the flames back that island and we have passed on the drive down here, scorched earth on the way down here. we've seen burnt out buildings , burnt out cars, some buildings, burnt out cars, some buildings, burnt out cars, some buildings left completely alone. it is arbitrary fire. and to give you an idea of the nature of fire, have a few minutes. we came along this road and there was no fire at all and it was just smouldering and it seemed like the firefighters had won the battle. but in the last few minutes , as the fire reignites minutes, as the fire reignites and back thick over the hill, this it smells unbelievably strong. there's ash falling on top of us and the fire fighting down the hill and the police officer just down the hill and the police officerjust in down the hill and the police officer just in the down the hill and the police officerjust in the distance , officer just in the distance, you can see the emergency

services . if we have a look over services. if we have a look over here, i can see one proper fire truck. i can see a couple of volunteer firefighter vehicles as well. and there's three police officers there talking on a motorbike. the officer standing up telling me that in the minutes he might the next few minutes he might have to move on in have to tell us to move on in case this really reignites , case this really reignites, comes down the takes out comes down the hill, takes out the lines as well, which the power lines as well, which we seen taken down by the we have seen taken down by the fire. and in some places, they are still trying to fix those power lines. but it's a thankless task. clearly when the flames continue to reignite . and flames continue to reignite. and this is the kind of challenge that the firefighters are facing and full credit to the volunteer firefighters as well, were firefighters as well, who were supporting the official ones as well. police officers well. so the police officers here moving slowly. do you want us on now? yes, now. us to move on now? yes, now. okay all right. we're being. yep, yep . we're being asked to yep, yep. we're being asked to move on because the is move on now because the fire is getting it's coming move on now because the fire is gettinthe it's coming move on now because the fire is gettinthe valley. it's coming move on now because the fire is gettinthe valley. so t's coming move on now because the fire is gettinthe valley. so t's c0|going down the valley. so we're going to there. that to leave it there. but that gives of the gives you an idea of the challenges firefighters challenges that the firefighters on at the on roads are facing at the moment. a part moment. it's only a small part of island, it's a big of the island, but it's a big challenge. paul

challenge. our reporter paul hawkins reporting from rhodes stanley johnson, you're still with us, stanley. >> a vested interest in >> you have a vested interest in this. you've got in this. you've got a home in greece, which much loved, greece, which is much loved, needs to be fessing up to everything morning. everything this morning. >> sorry . bank account with >> yes, sorry. bank account with whose home. home in greece. >> you're in the thick of it, though. >> you are father of boris. >> you are father of boris. >> mean, i'm in the i'm >> i mean, i'm in the i'm a target tonight when i say tonight, i mean you mean today ? tonight, i mean you mean today? >> yeah. yeah. >> yeah. yeah. >> just . just a slip of the >> just. just a slip of the tongue. but where's your house? >> just. just a slip of the ton in 3. but where's your house? >> just. just a slip of the ton in greece?1ere's your house? >> in greece? >> in greece? >> well , i've got say, it's >> well, i've got to say, it's north evia . and actually, north of evia. and actually, could just say how sad i was could i just say how sad i was to see these two far the pilots are in the plane and. yeah, that's a that's a tragedy because don't forget , it's not because don't forget, it's not just about british holiday makers. it is about the local people as well who are doing their absolute utmost now happily, quote unquote, fingers crossed and so on and so forth. happily the fire has not spread from evia, which where it is across the gap between evia and

my peninsula, which is where gladys has got to let you go. >> there. >> there. >> that's the fabulous stanley johnson talking about roads. and we'll up to date with we'll keep you up to date with that. coming up, is the former brexit secretary, david davis, giving his thoughts on dame alison calling for alison rose, who's calling for it long time ago. it quite a long time ago. that was question. it quite a long time ago. that wasyou question. it quite a long time ago. that wasyou keeption. it quite a long time ago. that wasyou keep doing , i'll do >> you keep doing, i'll do yours. okay. this is britain's newsroom on gb news, the people's channel, the temperatures are rising, boxt solar proud sponsors of weather on . gb news. on. gb news. >> good morning . welcome to your >> good morning. welcome to your gb news weather forecast . well, gb news weather forecast. well, looking ahead to today, it's a bright start for most us, but bright start for most of us, but we will see some rain moving in from as the day goes from the west as the day goes on.and from the west as the day goes on. and the company by some strengthening can strengthening winds. so you can see sunshine around. see lots of sunshine around. first got some first thing, still got some cloud showers, for cloud and showers, though, for southern northern southern scotland and northern england . may linger england. it may well linger there lot of the day. there for a lot of the day. northern seeing thicker northern ireland seeing thicker cloud of rain cloud and outbreaks of rain arriving during the morning and that its into that will spread its way into wales england into wales and southwest england into the afternoon, but elsewhere, especially northern scotland especially for northern scotland

down and the down towards east anglia and the south—east. afternoon south—east. a pleasant afternoon with temperatures around average, feeling very average, but feeling very disappointed the rain disappointed under the rain further west , the rain will then further west, the rain will then sweep its way across the country as we go into the night, some heavy pulses around , especially heavy pulses around, especially across the southern half of the country. i mentioned, some country. as i mentioned, some strengthening winds, so a strengthening winds, too. so a pretty wet and windy night for some but quite a humid some of us, but quite a humid one, compared one, especially compared to recent nights. temperatures for most falling much most of us not falling much lower around 15 or 16 lower than around 15 or 16 degrees. so we do start thursday off on a rather cloudy and damp note. still some heavy rain around, especially across the southern half of the country. scotland also seeing rather cloudy and weather for most cloudy and damp weather for most of the day. but in between, we will brighter will see some brighter spells come , but that come the afternoon, but that may trigger showers , too. and trigger some showers, too. and temperatures most of us temperatures for most of us generally around average. but in the , it probably the sunshine, it probably feeling humid. that rain feeling fairly humid. that rain will then continue into the evening , giving a bit of a damp evening, giving a bit of a damp commute as we end thursday. that's all for me. see you soon. >> the temperature's rising . a

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gb news. >> morning. it's wednesday, the 26th of july. this is britain's newsroom on gb news. with me, andrew pierce and carole malone. the chief executive of natwest, alison rose, resigned. >> this morning she admitted to discussing the closure of nigel

farage coutts account with the bbc. a huge victory for nigel and all of his tireless campaigning . and now nigel wants campaigning. and now nigel wants to know why the chairman, howard davies, and the boss of coutts bank are still in position . bank are still in position. we'll be discussing the scandal throughout the show. the prime minister will be questioned this afternoon on the government's response to the use of infected blood and blood products in the 70s and 80s, which killed around 2400 people. >> and we're getting the very ebullient, noisy tory mp mark francois is coming on the programme. he's got a fantastic campaign. it will resonate with all of you. traffic cones. his new road work bills, aims to can the cones and kerb the amount we see on the roads. but roadworks sites where no work is taking place . place. and it's great. >> we'd love to know what you

think. we want all our stories. >> you're talking. no, we we've got to have david davies coming on. >> he's going to talk about this really important story. nigel farage. >> he's waiting. >> he's waiting. >> is. so email us >> he is. he is. so email us your views at news at gb news.com. >> but first, here's your morning news with rory smith . morning news with rory smith. >> thank you very much. both the boss of natwest has resigned and after admitting to being the source of an inaccurate story about nigel farages finances, de—man alison rose says she made a serious error of judgement when she discussed mr farage's relationship with cuts to a bbc journalist . relationship with cuts to a bbc journalist. mr relationship with cuts to a bbc journalist . mr farage presented journalist. mr farage presented evidence last week that his account at the bank had been closed, partly due to its political views. we'll speaking to us here at gb news. nigel says dame alison's resignation had to happen . had to happen. >> i didn't think she could last beyond the end of the week. we have on friday, say the half

yearly figures coming . there is yearly figures coming. there is an investor meeting at 930 that morning, so she's gone. and that's a start because the board that's a start because the board that sanctioned this culture, a culture that talks about diversity and inclusion and actually is very divisive and in my case, as you could clearly see, pretty poisonous stuff. i think any board member that endorsed that statement last night where they said we breached confidential reality, but she can stay in her post. frankly, i think the whole board needs to go . needs to go. >> wildfires is circling the mediterranean have claimed the lives of more than 40 people, three people have died in greece with temperatures there today set to exceed 44 c, 34 people have died in algeria and a number of fatalities have been recorded in italy, including three dead in sicily as wildfires. and a storm hits the country. blazes have also broken out in portugal, sierra de gran

canaria, southern france and tunisia. scientists say that human induced climate change is playing a part in an overwhelming role in the summer. heatwaves meteorologist jim dale told us the high temperatures are not going down any time sooi'i. 500“. >> soon. >> the world's hotting up and it does include the mediterranean . does include the mediterranean. and this this kind of thing, this kind of thing that you're seeing in the photographs, in the in the video , this is going the in the video, this is going to continue. there is slightly cooler air. i say cooler, less hot air moving through the middle of the mediterranean. so it's lee, sicily, spain, these sort of places a little bit of a relief . but sort of places a little bit of a relief. but but sort of places a little bit of a relief . but but not for turkey, relief. but but not for turkey, for not greece. i think it will continue in the oven . continue in the oven. >> the prime minister will give evidence at the infected blood inquiry today. rishi sunak will be questioned on the government's response to the use of infected blood and blood products after thousands of patients developed hiv and hepatitis c through contaminated products in the 70s and 80s.

protests are expected this afternoon, calling for full compensation payments to those affected. a victim of the scandal, richard warwick , says scandal, richard warwick, says the effects of it are still here today. >> the fact that we lost so many people, especially those that died in the early or late teens, early 20s , it brought it to home early 20s, it brought it to home us of how widespread these infections were, particularly amongst the haemophilia community. it wiped out a whole , whole generation of young lads, young teenagers with haemophilia during the late 80s and early 90s. it's really decimated our our community. >> the owner of tottenham hotspur has been charged over an alleged insider trading scheme . alleged insider trading scheme. 86 year old british billionaire joe louis is accused of abusing his access to corporate boardrooms and providing inside information to others who then

allegedly made millions of dollars in the stock market. at a tottenham club spokesperson says it's a legal matter under connected with the club . the connected with the club. the government is being criticised for a lack of help for renters. a number of charities and tenants groups claim that help for renters stands in stark contrast to its support for mortgage holders. in an open letter, the call on the prime minister to what they say ticks seriously the insecurity that is plaguing private renters in england . the government has england. the government has previously said it is committed to creating a private rented sector that is fit for the 21st century. police forces in england and wales have set out plans to cut back the number of mental health call outs to respond to some forces will only attend 20 to 30% of health and social care incidents within the next two years. that's down from 80. officers will only respond when there is a public safety risk or a crime being committed, but to not welfare checks or to

patients who have missed appointments. and the world's longest running comic , the longest running comic, the beano, is celebrating its 85th anniversary this week . more than anniversary this week. more than 4100 issues off the beano have been printed since its launch in 1938. a special commemorative issue is now on sale . it issue is now on sale. it features famous faces, including the king, the queen and the prince and princess of wales. other well—known figures in the special edition include david attenborough, adele and harry styles . this is gb news. we styles. this is gb news. we will, of course, bring you more as it happens. now, though, back to andrew and carole . to andrew and carole. andrew here with carol. >> well, he's not finished, is he? and nigel farage? of course he? and nigel farage? of course he james alison has he isn't. james alison rose has gone. executive . one gone. the chief executive. one

down. how to go? he says down. how many to go? he says the board has to go. the whole board has to go. >> nigel commons come after miss rose stepped down early this morning following an emergence meeting of the company. board triggered by heavy criticism and pressure from the government. she was supposed to be at a meeting this morning with 10:00. >> imagine scene at 10:00, >> imagine the scene at 10:00, a zoom meeting with andrew griffith, the banking minister, and all chief executives of all the banks to talk about d banking customers for their political views have showed oh , political views have showed oh, her, i would have loved to have been there for that. >> but she couldn't have showed up, of course she couldn't. so >> of course she couldn't. so they've rid her. so nigel they've got rid of her. so nigel farage earlier, farage told gb news earlier, of course own course he's one of our own presenters. to presenters. there has to be fundamental the fundamental reform in the banking . banking sector. >> respect the >> you have to respect the privacy of the customer. you also have to respect the gdpr regulations. they were both broke very clearly by the boss of natwest at that dinner that took place on the 3rd of july when she sat next to the bbc's business editor, simon jack.

when she sat next to the bbc's business editor, simon jack . and business editor, simon jack. and frankly, when she was caught having breached confidential duty, she tried yesterday , duty, she tried yesterday, supported by her board , to supported by her board, to frankly lie her way out. and i thought the statement that came out at 6:00 last night that the board retained full confidence in alison rose, rather reminiscent, isn't it, of the premier league football club that's in crisis that says we have every confidence in our manager and i didn't think she could last beyond the end of the week. we have on friday the half yearly figures coming. there is an investor meeting at 930 that morning. so she's gone and that's a start actually. alison rose it was you that introduced this culture. it was you that decided that natwest group would become not just a bank but a moral arbiter, virtually a political organisation . and the political organisation. and the funny thing, of course, about talking about inclusion is inclusion is wonderful, only if you agree with the prevailing view. if you don't agree, you

are to be excluded. and that was the decision they took about me. i'm not just doing this for me. i'm not just doing this for me. i'm doing it for thousands, maybe tens of thousands of people all over this country who've had their bank accounts closed over the course of the last two years. so, you know, the fear, the horror that is coming through on these emails, people's businesses being destroyed because they've been closed down by a bank and it's taken months to open taken months and months to open a new business this a new business account. this scandal has been going on for far too long, and i'm pleased to be the person that's blown the lid it. and we can get lid off it. and if we can get fundamental reform fundamental change and reform and a fairer system, then i really would have achieved something. >> thank you, nigel. now let's cross live to central london outside natwest headquarters to speak with our political reporter, catherine forster . reporter, catherine forster. >> yes, good morning . huge >> yes, good morning. huge developments overnight right in the building behind me. dame alison rose put out that statement last night, admitting

to a massive error of judgement. but the board and she thought they could. she could cling on. of course that was not to be because it was made very clear by number 10 and by the chancellor of the exchequer last night that they had serious concerns. so another board meeting was arranged. she agreed to go at about quarter to one in the morning and obviously lots of concern. they say there's no such thing as bad publicity. i think in this case that is not the case. natwest shares opened 3% down on the stock market this morning. and of course, this matters not just because of free speech, although obviously that's critical. and this seems to be the tip of the iceberg. but also the fact that natwest coutts being a part of it, is 39% owned by the taxpayer after they were bailed out by us effectively to the tune of £20 billion during the financial crisis . crisis. >> all right, well that's catherine forster our political reporter. but let's get now the

thoughts of the former conservative brexit secretary, david davis, who's a great friend of this program. david, morning to you. you were the first tory mp to raise this at prime minister's questions. name nigel farage. you knew right away how many weeks ago that was. this was there was something a really bad smell about all of this . about all of this. >> yes, that's right . >> yes, that's right. >> yes, that's right. >> in fact, nigel is not the first case of this that has come to my attention. but previous ones i've not been able to publicise because because they're private citizens. they don't want their lives ruined by being told the whole world being told that they can't have a bank account. so this has been going on for some time and nigel has done service really to the to done a service really to the to the, to the whole country in dragging into the public domain because what's happening here is you have these people, these these senior bank managers, they are essentially bureaucrats. they're not really wealth creators. they are people who administer other things, indeed administer other things, indeed administer things on behalf of

the taxpayer . and they are using the taxpayer. and they are using their positions to exercise their positions to exercise their own views, their own prejudices to other people's disadvantage . and that's disadvantage. and that's absolutely wrong. and it used to be it used to be that they they thought, well, you know, you don't have an absolute right to a bank account. well in this day and age, if you take away somebody's account, you're somebody's bank account, you're almost away their ability almost taking away their ability to operate society. you to operate in one society. you can't even order a train ticket or whatever . so there's a real or whatever. so there's a real big problem here. it needs to be resolved . there's actually more resolved. there's actually more than one. i mean, what what nigel has been talking about this morning is the breach of his privacy, the breach of his the confidentiality of his bank account, which you would have thought was absolute. the banks are not allowed to talk about your anybody other your account to anybody other than the tax authorities. and the police and the anti—fraud authorities. they can't talk to anybody else about it. and yet and this lady has done so. that's one part. the other part

is simply this question of disqualifying people from accounts . i disqualifying people from accounts. i mean, disqualifying people from accounts . i mean, that's that's accounts. i mean, that's that's i think this is a huge story. i think it's going to turn out to be of thousands of people be tens of thousands of people have lost their accounts, care of of their banks. >> and that's the point, isn't it? >> i mean, nigel farage, his political views cost him his his bank account. it's like the banks are now operating like political regimes. and he's some form of activist . but, david, form of activist. but, david, isn't it all the more astonishing that it was the chief executive , no less of the chief executive, no less of the bank who's paid £5.5 million a yean bank who's paid £5.5 million a year, apparently a woman who's had a stellar career in banking who thought it was to okay gossip at a dinner to the bbc business editor about the private financial affairs of any citizen, let alone somebody as high profile as nigel farage. >> well, except i agree. >> well, except i agree. >> it is astonishing. i mean, it shocked me when i first heard it. but the i'm afraid there is a class of people in britain who

view people like nigel as second class citizens beyond the pale in, you know, and that's what's going on here, i'm afraid you know. you know, they wouldn't have done the same. i don't know, with greta thunberg or somebody, but but, but, but, you know, nigel oil is another camp . and it was thought to be okay to do it. i mean, disgraceful in my view . and actually really my view. and actually really quite surprising that she that she tried to hang on i mean it as soon as i heard it last night. or was it five, 6:00 last night? i said, this won't last. you know, it won't go because, you know, this is a breach of the most fundamental duty your bank manager owes you. you know, david doesn't own money, does owe you the right to keep your affairs secret . affairs secret. >> oh, my question. >> oh, my question. >> let me just ask you, why then was you've just said this was what you've just said this was what you've just said this was fundamental was a fundamental breach? why was a fundamental breach? why was natwest chairman, sir was the natwest chairman, sir howard saying , you know, howard davies, saying, you know, as early as yesterday afternoon that she had the full support of the board ? the board? >> well, you know, the

difficulty with the british establishment sometimes is they all have a sort of groupthink. >> you know , and there is >> you know, and there is a problem . i mean, when i when problem. i mean, when i when i when i end up defending people very often i end up defending people who are unpopular and very often i end up defending people got completely very often i end up defending people viewstcompletely very often i end up defending people viewst c(me letely very often i end up defending people viewst c(me .3tely very often i end up defending people viewst c(me . but opposite views to me. but generally speaking, when you're people are talking about some ill being done, some crime being done, some offence being done against somebody, they get much more upset when it's somebody like them and much less upset when it's somebody from an opposing camp . i mean . i'm opposing camp. i mean. i'm trying to think let's say let's say it was jeremy corbyn. you might feel a bit less sympathetic than if it was. well, nigel farage. but i take the view that they're all they all have fundamental rights . all have fundamental rights. unfortunately, the british establishment doesn't work that way. that's why we have rules . way. that's why we have rules. that's why we laws. that's that's why we have laws. that's why we have principles and

conventions. but unfortunately, sometimes i think people ignore that when they're when they're making judgements, saying, oh, we don't like that person, we'll put or it's not quite put up with it or it's not quite so because somebody we so bad because it's somebody we don't like. well, it's massive i >> -- >> we've been talking about her 5.5 million salary. is it conceivable now that she's resigned? she she will get a pay off because that would be unthinkable, wouldn't it? a woman whose bank is 39% owned by the public gets an obscene payoff for incompetence . payoff for incompetence. >> well, i would i would ask you to consider what would happen if instead of being the chief executive of natwest, she was a clerk in the local bank in the days when we had local banks anyway. and she had done this. how much of a pay off do you think she would have got then? nothing the answer is nil. nothing and the answer is nil. she'd been she'd have been on. she'd been on you know , on the doorstep, you know, straight door . and on the doorstep, you know, straight door. and i straight out the door. and i think the same should apply here. this this is a frankly, it's a gross misconduct in terms

of the standards of banking that i would expect anyway. and so i wouldn't expect that a pay off at all. you know , i mean, i've at all. you know, i mean, i've got no doubt within a few months you're going to find some other comfortable berth. i don't think, you know , if you lose think, you know, if you lose yourjob because you've made a sizeable error of decision . this sizeable error of decision. this is not this is not this is not dropping a ball. this is a real serious, deliberate mistake. then you shouldn't get payoffs. and i'm afraid i don't i don't approve of the sort of modern pay approve of the sort of modern pay off culture where, you know, your pay in proportion to your pay off is in proportion to your pay off is in proportion to your . no, i'm afraid your your salary. no, i'm afraid your your salary. no, i'm afraid your your absence of pay off should be in proportion to the size of the mistake. and is the mistake. and this is a whopping great you whopping great mistake. you know, , gossiping know, it's gossiping, gossiping about somebody who you don't approve of. well, i'm afraid that's a misuse of your power, david, we've just heard it's just come out on the wires . just come out on the wires. >> that number 10 have announced that dame alison no that dame alison rose is no longer the prime longer a member of the prime minister's business council, which course,

which will hurt, of course, because photographs of because there was photographs of her weeks ago her only a couple of weeks ago in the street rose in the downing street rose garden, looking all pally with rishi was just, of rishi sunak. this was just, of course, the proverbial course, before the proverbial hit fan. yeah of course. hit. the fan. yeah of course. >> and, and. >> and, and. >> and, and. >> and he's right about that. what was interesting i mean, i wasn't aware of number ten's view and indeed the other cabinet members view . and until cabinet members view. and until quite late last night. but i think they did respond quickly and effectively and they did the right thing. i mean, i tried to call number 10, but i couldn't get through. sometimes it's difficult if you've got other things on and but they things going on and but they made the right decision and they should to it they should stick to it and they should stick to it and they should sure i mean, bear in should make sure i mean, bear in mind, senior bankers are mind, look, senior bankers are essentially bureaucrats. you know, not wealth know, they're not wealth creators. remember that. they are administrators . they get are administrators. they get paid an awfully large sum of money. and, you know , simply, we money. and, you know, simply, we haven't we haven't got our money back yet. the reason we got 37% or whatever it is, of the shares is because taxpayer hasn't been paid back for all the funding.

we sank into this industry because of their mistakes back in the gordon brown days back in 22,000 to 2010. so you know, i think that we should be quite tough on them . its entirely tough on them. its entirely right to say she shouldn't be an adviser to the prime minister. the prime minister doesn't need advice from people who take such advice from people who take such a prejudicial view of the world, i'm afraid. >> and just finally, david, very briefly, time briefly, under pressure on time , nigel farage gunning for , nigel farage is gunning for more . should chief executive more. should the chief executive of coutts bank itself , more. should the chief executive of coutts bank itself, mr flavour, go or even the managing director, camilla stoll , who director, camilla stoll, who looked after nigel nigel's bank account and was a remainer and was pretty pretty hostile to him from the beginning . from the beginning. >> whoever was responsible for the original decision, i think their jobs at risk. the original decision, i think theirjobs at risk. i'm not quite with nigel trying to wipe out the entire senior management of coutts and natwest and he's he's an ambitious lad, but you know , i think that's a bit too know, i think that's a bit too far the but whoever far but the but whoever was actually all and

actually responsible all and that's what we need. we need the proof , we somebody to look proof, we need somebody to look and made decision. proof, we need somebody to look amean made decision. proof, we need somebody to look amean that, made decision. proof, we need somebody to look amean that, thate decision. proof, we need somebody to look amean that, that 40 decision. proof, we need somebody to look amean that, that 40 page:ision. i mean that, that 40 page document was a disgrace and there's no other way of putting it. you know, and whoever commissioned that, whoever put up with that, whoever allowed it to happen, whoever initiated it and whoever completed it, to happen, whoever initiated it and whoever completed it , that's and whoever completed it, that's the person whose job should be really at risk. and as frankly, as salutary lesson to the as a salutary lesson to the entire banking industry, who also ought to have to go through their files and see whose bank accounts they've shut down. and at the end of this , i think i at the end of this, i think i suspect next year we're going to be actually giving people, if not the right to a bank account, the right to a proper adjudication. if somebody if a if a bank turns hates them for anything other than a strict economic reason. sure. if i can't pay my bills, then my bank should be able to shut my account down. but if i pay my bills and do everything else within the normal rule of financial requirements , my financial requirements, my opinions shouldn't matter at

all. doesn't matter what they are. and anybody who tries to do that in future should run into something quite difficult in the way of adjudication process. >> david, thank you for telling it is. as ever. that's the it as it is. as ever. that's the former brexit secretary and tory mp who the mp david davis, who led the charge commons at that charge in the commons at that first minister's questions first prime minister's questions because cameron is such a fan of dame alison rose, she can read her ridiculous statements as only i can. >> if only could hate you live >> if only i could hate you live on this is dame on air. anyway, this is dame alison's she says, alison's statement. she says, i recognise that in my conversations simon of conversations with simon jack of the bbc, serious error the bbc, i made a serious error of judgement in discussing mr farage's relationship with the bank. i'd like to say sorry to the board and to my colleagues. i started my career working for the national westminster bank. it's institution that i have it's an institution that i have always been proud to be part of. pierce will you keep that steady? i can't . i don't know steady? i can't. i don't know where i am now. it has been. it has been. it's been a privilege of my career to lead the bank. and i'm grateful the board and i'm grateful to the board for entrusting me this role. >> you got it . almost laugh out >> you got it. almost laugh out loud, haven't you?

>> have got laugh out >> you have got to laugh out loud, know, she said she loud, you know, she said she says been awesome. all oh says she's been awesome. all oh , “0, says she's been awesome. all oh , no, no. , no, no, no, no. >> just mean, you're >> we just say. i mean, you're just what you think. just saying what you think. i mean, she, she's just. mean, she, she, she's just. >> is astonishing she >> it is astonishing that she actually get actually thought she could get away as as away with even as early as yesterday when she said she wasn't going go. wasn't going to go. >> i know. >> em- e to come, we're >> now, still to come, we're going about going to be talking about the prime going prime minister, who's going to be the infected blood scandal be at the infected blood scandal inquiry later today. we're inquiry later today. and we're going to talking a widow. going to be to talking a widow. yes >> who lost her husband in 1971. i think it was . and we're going i think it was. and we're going to be talking to her. >> i'm still waiting for compensation on that warm feeling inside from boxt boilers, proud sponsors of weather on . gb news. weather on. gb news. >> good morning. welcome to your gb news weather forecast. well looking ahead to today, it's a bright start for most of us, but we see some rain moving in we will see some rain moving in from as the day goes on from the west as the day goes on and accompanied by some strengthening winds. you strengthening winds. so you can see sunshine around. see lots of sunshine around. first thing, still some first thing, still got some cloud though, for cloud and showers, though, for southern and northern southern scotland and northern england. it may well linger

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britain's newsroom on gb news with andrew pierce and carole malone. >> just before we move on, we're going to be looking at live pictures the wildfires and pictures of the wildfires and roads . roads. >> we fin- eh.— >> here we go. and if you're listening, it is still thick black smoke. >> if you're listening on the radio. no, i mean, this is how many days into the fires, carole? >> this is about seven now, isn't of course, british >> and of course, british holidaymakers are still flying >> and of course, british holthere's(ers are still flying >> and of course, british holthere's planes still flying >> and of course, british holthere's planes flying lying >> and of course, british holthere's planes flying in,|g in. there's planes flying in, flying over to try and put out the blaze with water. >> and we should some >> and we should get some perspective. we've >> and we should get some perspefrom. we've >> and we should get some perspefrom various we've >> and we should get some perspefrom various expertsve >> and we should get some perspefrom various experts on heard from various experts on here the past days. here over the past few days. they've like they've said there's only like 80% of both islands that are badly the fire. badly affected by the fire. >> affected. >> no, it's not affected. >> no, it's not affected. >> 80% not >> not affected. 80% not affected. completely. entirely. and in fact , the mayor has >> and in fact, the mayor has got today paper i >> -- >> people are having a lovely holiday. office holiday. the foreign office has updated so people to updated its advice so people to check their insurance and also to check with their travel operators . but they've pointedly operators. but they've pointedly not responded to the lib dems who saying the foreign who are saying the foreign office telling people office should be telling people not can't people make not to go. why can't people make their own decisions? they have, you i booked a holiday you know, if i booked a holiday and and was and i had kids and i was

concerned, wouldn't concerned, i just wouldn't go. >> we have to >> but we say we have to remember, there's only something like hotels have like 40 odd hotels that have been affected fires. the been affected by the fires. the rest okay. so you've just rest are okay. so you've just got yourself, guess. got to check yourself, i guess. >> exactly. >> exactly. >> they've also asked >> exactly. they've also asked for cobra to be for the cobra committee to be convened street. the for the cobra committee to be con dems. street. the for the cobra committee to be con dems. are street. the for the cobra committee to be condems. are ridiculousthe for the cobra committee to be condems. are ridiculous .|e lib dems. they are ridiculous. now a major advertising body has got itself into all sorts of hot water by links with some pretty dodgy who than dodgy companies. who better than gb news? very fine investigative reporter charlie peters to tell us more. good morning . us more. good morning. >> good morning. >> good morning. >> this this this network called the conscious advertising network. to break the network. it aims to break the link. it says , between harmful link. it says, between harmful advertising and the economy. it wants to eradicate the economic link between what it describes as harmful content. so it has seven manifestos on its website , which it issues to brands and agencies on everything from hate speech to the environment. >> what's harmful content? >> so what's harmful content? give example. give us an example. >> it would say it say the >> it would say it would say the wrong wrong wrong line, the wrong perspective on the perspective in its view on the environment . what dangerous environment. what is dangerous content on migration content views on migration involved this ? involved in this? >> yes, i was just going to say

so , very, very political so very, very, very political messaging. >> revealed today that >> and we've revealed today that its funding of the its main funding of the conscious network, conscious advertising network, an investment firm called quadriga capital, has significant holdings in a russian e—commerce platform headed up by an oligarch and several south american mining firms linked to an alleged human rights abuses. so this conscious advertising network, its main funders, they have 17,054 shares in ose on holdings that russian e—commerce platform. that's $100,000 worth. and its ceo, alexandra alexandrovich shulgin, he is a major russian oligarch . he is a major russian oligarch. he's so major, in fact, that on february the 24th of last year, he attended the meeting at the kremlin where they decided to invade ukraine. he's on the uk sanctions list. he's got an asset freeze and a travel ban . asset freeze and a travel ban. but not only that, they've also got £3 million in a pan american silver which has faced mass protest in south america over environmental issues and perceived human rights abuses there in particular with slights

on indigenous communities. there in particular with slights on indigenous communities . as on indigenous communities. as the list goes on, they've also got $10 million in newmont corporation in 2016. its peruvian subsidy was accused of human rights abuses. so the big picture here we have this advertising coalition which claims it wants to put ethics at the heart of advertising and as i said, break that economic link as it says, between what it says is harmful content and the advertising taking advertising industry taking quite a lot of money from an investment firm with rather a lot of what you might describe as harmful content. >> so where do where does it where do you go with this? i mean, what's to happen mean, what's going to happen about this? >> well, lord has said about this? >> wethatord has said about this? >> wethatord he has said about this? >> wethatord he has stthat today that that he thinks that brand and advertising brand agencies and advertising firms should should take a real look at their links to the conscious advertising network. it's worth noting that this it's also worth noting that this this was founded by this coalition was founded by activists from the boycott group stop funding hate, which has, of course, led many campaigns against newspapers such as the daily express, the daily mail, the sun, indeed, and indeed the sun, and indeed, and indeed this broadcast . this broadcast. >> so, charlie, you've got one of statements to read.

of these statements to read. >> do have a statement from >> we do have a statement from the conscious advertising networks ridiculous . networks is it is ridiculous. >> one from coots. >> is the one from coots. >> is the one from coots. >> jackson i think we >> marsha jackson i think we have on the screen have it on on the screen actually statement actually. this this statement from project director. she from their project director. she said thank you. she says for bringing this information to us. they they said of they weren't aware, they said of these claim these investments, they claim that relationship with that their relationship was with the climate foundation, not quadrature capital, but of course foundation is course the climate foundation is funded by investment firm . funded by this investment firm. i believe that ms jackson goes on to say that they have never deau on to say that they have never dealt with anyone at the firm and they have not found any evidence that the charity is unked evidence that the charity is linked to fossil fuels or human rights abuses and close is by saying that they are to going be reviewing their links with the firm and their relationship with the foundation is under review. >> now, to say you didn't know is not an excuse, is it? >> well, they do know now. and there was and there was there was coverage last was there was coverage last month, as jackson says month, as as as ms jackson says about this quadrature capita urls links to some fossil fuel

firms and how that's going to be looked at. at the same time, they actually their ceo told an industry magazine called the drum at the end of last month that the conscious advertising network would cease to exist without funds from quadrature. so they're clearly in a very delicate position now. okay charlie, thank you. >> always put people into positions, which is why we like you. clever, isn't you. that's very clever, isn't he? charlie. he? invested, man. charlie. peter's next. we're going to be talking the prime talking about the prime minister, talking about the prime ministto questioning the going to be questioning on the government's to the government's response to the infected government's response to the infeybeen going on since the 19705. 1970s. >> this was the devastating time and killed around 2400 people . and killed around 2400 people. >> good morning. i'm rory smith in the gb newsroom. number ten says the former ceo of natwest is no longer a member of the prime minister's business council . it's after prime minister's business council. it's after dame prime minister's business council . it's after dame alison council. it's after dame alison rose resigned after admitting she discussed nigel farage's relationship with the bank cuts

to a bbc journalist . labour to a bbc journalist. labour leader sir keir starmer says that natwest was in the wrong. speaking to us here at gb news, nigel farage says de—man alison's resignation had to happen. i didn't think she could last beyond the end of the week i >> -- >> we have on friday the half yearly figures coming. there is an investor meeting at 9.30 that morning. so she's gone . and morning. so she's gone. and that's a start because the board that's a start because the board that sanctioned this culture for a culture that talks about diversity and inclusion and actually is very divisive . and actually is very divisive. and in my case, as you could clearly see a pretty poisonous stuff. i think any board member that endorsed that statement last night where they said we breached confidentiality , but breached confidentiality, but she can stay in her post, frankly , i think the whole board frankly, i think the whole board needs to go wild . needs to go wild. >> fires circling the mediterranean have claimed the lives of more than 40 people. three people have died in greece with temperatures there today

set to exceed 44 c, 34 people have died in algeria and a number of fatalities have been recorded in italy, including three dead in sicily as wildfires. and a storm hits the country. blazes have also broken out in portugal, syria , gran out in portugal, syria, gran canaria, southern france and tunisia. meteorologists at jim dale told us that the high temperatures are not expected to decrease any time soon. junior doctors in england are staging a new four day walkout next month in a dispute over pay . the in a dispute over pay. the strikes are taking place from the 11th to the 15th of august in what's being called the next round of monthly strike action from the bma, the union says it is not for the prime minister to decide that negotiations are over before he has even stepped in the room and the dispute will only end at the negotiating table . that's the up to date. table. that's the up to date. but you can get more on all of those stories by visiting our website. that is gbnews.com . i'm

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patrick christys on gb news and gb news radio . gb news radio. >> hello again, it's 1041 gb news radio. >> hello again, it's1041 with >> hello again, it's 1041 with britain's newsroom on gb news with andrew pierce and carole malone. still here now just prime minister will appear before the infected blood inquiry today. it's been running for some time now with families of those affected urging him to get on with the long awaited compensation scheme. >> so freckle is the widow of one of the victims. sue joins us now. so what do you hope to come out of this inquiry today ? out of this inquiry today? >> um , i hope that mr sunak is >> um, i hope that mr sunak is thoroughly grilled by jenny richards , a barrister and by sir richards, a barrister and by sir bnan richards, a barrister and by sir brian langstaff , who is running brian langstaff, who is running the inquiry . the inquiry. >> and i hope that he's

thoroughly, completely put on the spot and that finally we might get some answers. i mean, it depends on how well he's been briefed, because to date, his memory doesn't seem to be very good about the scandal at all. but you have to bear in mind that this is only one of many prime ministers that we've dealt with over the years. i started campaigning in 1985 before my husband died in 1991. um, and we have as a group of campaigners , have as a group of campaigners, we have dealt with every prime minister , every successive minister, every successive government of every colour ever since. so let me let me just say to you, your husband, bob, you just said died in 1991. >> before you tell us how he died and what happened to him, tell me about your thoughts. this inquiry only started in 2017. your husband died in 1991. why has this taken so long? >> um, it's essentially taken so long because every successive government has has done everything they can to sideline

us as campaigners, to ignore what we've said, to say that , what we've said, to say that, for example, everything that could have been done was done , could have been done was done, that no mistakes were made . and, that no mistakes were made. and, you know, all these claims that we now know and we have proved to be wrong and that they knew to be wrong and that they knew to be wrong all the way through. >> so sorry. so listen , tell us >> so sorry. so listen, tell us what tell us what happened to bob. yeah well, he was a severe haemophiliac who, um , a haemophiliac who, um, a haemophiliac who, um, a haemophilia is a genetic disorder, which affects blood clotting. >> they lack a certain protein in their blood , which enables it in their blood, which enables it to clot . um, in their blood, which enables it to clot. um, in the in their blood, which enables it to clot . um, in the late 1970s, to clot. um, in the late 1970s, we started importing kwarteng, a product largely from america. um which was made into, into what they touted as a miracle cure, a successful clotting treatments and so on. um, in america they

don't have the same ultra altruistic system of blood donation that we have in the uk . they actually pay people to donate blood. and of obviously with the best will in the world, the people that are going to sell their blood for money are going to be people who are pretty and have pretty desperate. and we have video footage going back to , i video footage going back to, i think about 1983 showing people queuing up outside a blood donation centre. so sort of homeless prostitutes and so on. >> sorry to interrupt you , but >> sorry to interrupt you, but some of the people clearly not not going to be well. >> and so various viruses got into into the blood donations. they also collected large amounts of it from arkansas prison where the prisoners themselves set up a blood donation scheme . so, you know, donation scheme. so, you know, it was never going to be great and we imported it. and we even continued to import from america products that they wouldn't use on their own citizens . on their own citizens. >> and this is what they gave your husband. >> bob mm yeah.

>> bob mm yeah. >> and because we and, and you know, thousands more haemophiliacs this is wiped out virtually a whole generation of haemophiliacs and for you to watch your husband dying and it was a long and drawn out process. pi'ocess. >> process. >> so sorry to, to delve into that, but it was very difficult i >> -- >> well, yeah . i mean, in those >> well, yeah. i mean, in those days you say there wasn't any treatment for hiv . i mean, bob treatment for hiv. i mean, bob had hiv , hep c, hep b, all had hiv, hep c, hep b, all contracted through his treatment. um there was nothing really they could give him. he contracted it, we think, in round about 1983, the year our son was born, and he finally died in 1991. um you know, becoming more and more ill as he went down the road. and, and he couldn't work. so when he was given azt , which was one of the given azt, which was one of the very first treatments for it, which in those days they gave in huge doses, you know , i've said huge doses, you know, i've said it under witness that it was

enough to kill a horse and i'm certain it's killed a lot of haemophiliacs. um, so yeah, he was one of the very early deaths, but there were a lot of deaths, but there were a lot of deaths at the beginning because there nothing there was just nothing they could do. >> answer to this. >> so very quick answer to this. have received any have you received any compensation ? compensation yet? >> i've received an interim payment along with all those who are infected and registered with the schemes and the widows of those who died, who are registered with the schemes . but registered with the schemes. but the report that came out a few months ago, about three months ago, from the public inquiry which focussed solely on compensation, i mean , in effect compensation, i mean, in effect you can look at it as the ultimate the end report on compensation recommended that the bereaved parents, those who've lost a child and bereaved children who've lost one or more parents, a lot of them have lost both and should also receive a payment . and the government are payment. and the government are completely dragging their heels. and about 20 minutes ago i heard about one of our members . um,

about one of our members. um, she won't mind me mentioning her name. i know janet smith , whose name. i know janet smith, whose seven year old son died in 1990 of aids, and she is worried sick about being able to afford to put flowers on that child's grave. what and that is happening while the government are dragging their heels messing around and saying, oh, we are working at pace. whose pace? certainly not mine. >> so thank you for coming on. and best wishes to you and your family. and let's hope they finally going to get to grips. sue threecoff, thanks coming finally going to get to grips. suewe've coff, thanks coming finally going to get to grips. suewe've got thanks coming finally going to get to grips. suewe've got the nks coming finally going to get to grips. suewe've got the nks with|ing finally going to get to grips. suewe've got the nks with us, on. we've got the panel with us, sam the express and sam lister from the express and stephen pound, a former mp . it's stephen pound, a former mp. it's pretty shame on all governments , actually, steve. and this , actually, steve. and when this was this infected blood was this blood infected blood was this blood infected blood was imported in the 70s, so it went through thatcher's government major's government . government major's government. blair blair brown. government major's government. blair blair brown . cameron we're blair blair brown. cameron we're going through it and it's and finally we get an inquiry starting when theresa may is in power. >> well, this is about the this is about fifth inquiry, is about the fifth inquiry, actually. >> w- w— actually. >> been a whole range >> there have been a whole range of initial of them. i mean, the initial inquiry on earth

inquiry was about why on earth we imported the serum in the first the first first place and the first inquiry, remember very inquiry, which i remember very well very well indeed focussed very much on blood donation well indeed focussed very much on which)lood donation well indeed focussed very much on which is,)d donation well indeed focussed very much on which is, you )nation well indeed focussed very much on which is, you know,| well indeed focussed very much on which is, you know, the scheme, which is, you know, the gift you have in this gift that you have in this country not pay for country where we do not pay for blood the consequence of blood and the consequence of that large that is we don't have large stocks of blood. >> the idea, the idea been >> the idea, the idea you'd been bought prison where bought blood from a prison where aids be rampant in arkansas aids can be rampant in arkansas state prison, they had their own blood within the blood donation bank within the prison also judges were prison and also judges were allowed blood allowed to give blood prostitutes . prostitutes. >> it's horrific you to talk about the political side of this because, you know, these kind of inquiries , they get started and inquiries, they get started and they can take decades . and they can take decades. and people like people like so needed compensation back then when her husband died. >> and think sue made very >> and i think sue made the very good that this fashionable good point that this fashionable phrase, working phrase, isn't it we're working at pace. >> mean what what does that >> i mean what what does that mean? it's meaningless. this has gone mean? it's meaningless. this has gorand so many parents, so many >> and so many parents, so many sues already died before sues have already died before getting the compensation and just imagine what it was like for her husband. aids for her husband. he had aids full aids in the 80s when full blown aids in the 80s when there was no way of really treating in days on an

treating it in those days on an experimental which in experimental treatment which in some she said, it could have killed a horse. >> i have to say >> but then i have to say the thing up thing that brought me up absolutely to a dead halt i absolutely to a dead halt when i first read this thing was a seven old died of aids. seven year old boy died of aids. yeah, and i think that's been mentioned a few times. >> unimaginable horrors , i mean, >> unimaginable horrors, i mean, and then that ripples >> unimaginable horrors, i mean, and the then that ripples >> unimaginable horrors, i mean, and the wholethat ripples >> unimaginable horrors, i mean, and the whole family,3les through the whole family, because anybody through the whole family, bethe;e anybody through the whole family, bethe family anybody through the whole family, bethe family had anybody through the whole family, bethe family had aids? anybody through the whole family, betlfe family had aids? anybody through the whole family, betif you1ily had aids? anybody through the whole family, betif you havead aids? anybody through the whole family, betif you havead aids? anjyouy >> if you have an insurance, you have down. yeah but, have to put that down. yeah but, you these these inquiries you know, these these inquiries are are shocking that it's are are shocking in that it's almost like when they start them, they hope the by the time they're everyone's they're finished, everyone's forgotten they're finished, everyone's forgottei also they're finished, everyone's forgotteialso they're just they >> and also they're just they cost so much money and actually you know the families need the help now they don't need it in ten and we sort ten years time. and we sort steven will know very well we the sunday inquiry. how it the sunday inquiry. how was it that and it went on that £200 million and it went on for well, years, for 12 years. well, 30 years, you things we you know, and these things we need resolutions let's you know, and these things we nee even resolutions let's you know, and these things we nee even go 'esolutions let's you know, and these things we nee even go withrtions let's you know, and these things we nee even go with the|s let's you know, and these things we nee even go with the covidlet's not even go with the covid inquiry because what will that be? started. >> it's started. >> it's started. >> said it was going >> well, they said it was going to be for 27 to 28 know and the swedes it seven months on swedes did it in seven months on time and budget. swedes did it in seven months on tim although budget. swedes did it in seven months on tim although to dget. swedes did it in seven months on tim although to be t. swedes did it in seven months on timalthough to be fair swedes did it in seven months on tim although to be fair , to be >> although to be fair, to be fair to the british government,

we always have a process of putting witnesses in public, whereas don't sweden . whereas they don't in sweden. no. now talk quickly. no. now let's talk quickly. surprisingly fair for you. >> yeah. yeah >> yeah. yeah >> big store in the front pages, guys. >> big store in the front pages, guys . yeah. extraordinary guys. yeah. extraordinary natwest bank. thought they could hang on to woman . hang on to that woman. >> well, the minute the statement came you it statement came out, you knew it was you it was was just. you just. it was a matter time, wasn't it? matter of time, wasn't it? >> i sent message melania >> i sent a message to melania saying don't she'll get saying i don't think she'll get through the day. yeah, she didn't the night. through the day. yeah, she didndidn't? the night. she didn't? >> she was. what time was it? >> she was. what time was it? >> yeah. 140. 139. it >> it was, yeah. 140. 139. it snapped 145. there snapped on par at 145. there were bit slow at were obviously a bit slow at that night but still that time of the night but still awake, working. >> a professional, you >> she's a professional, you know were, know, writing know, we were, you know, writing the and thinking, is this the story and thinking, is this this is this to hold till this is this going to hold till the morning? >> story to hold >> is this story going to hold till because she's till the morning? because she's clinging and clinging on was the story. and actually, it was. it actually, of course it was. it was before was always going to be before the in pm between the market in the pm between them finished her off could you believe backing her. >> i her. »i her. >> i was so naive. >> i mean, it was so naive. >> i mean, it was so naive. >> i mean, it was so naive. >> i mean , it clearly >> i mean, it was clearly naive to that going to to think that she was going to make you know, make it through, you know, through night, let the through the night, let alone the end week, help me end of the week, and help me make it through night. make it through the night. >> that's all the

>> yeah, but that's all the headunes >> yeah, but that's all the headlines this morning, said alison headlines this morning, said alisothought, it's to >> i thought, you know, it's to going rose. alison going be alison rose. alison fell, it's going to happen. >> and stephen, why is the labour reluctant to say labour party so reluctant to say this is appalling behaviour towards nigel it's because it's nigel farage yeah, no . yes it nigel farage yeah, no. yes it is. they can't bring themselves i >> -- >> they have got accounts at coutts. >> all he could say, oh, if only the tories behaved like that. and we're as quick to condemn other they will not. other acts, they will not. i don't the of the don't think the leader of the opposition mentioned the opposition has mentioned the word has this word farage once he has this morning he has. >> he's just told us, just, just get one thing. >> let's thank coots and alison rose. one they've rose. for one thing, they've made farage the most made nigel farage the most popular person united popular person in the united kingdom number of kingdom and the number of columns that i've read that said i've time his i've got no time for his politics. been treated politics. but he's been treated badly probably one badly. yes, that's probably one of wasn't . but of yours. no, it wasn't. but over and over again are people are that and of are saying that so and of course, course, is going course, of course, this is going to gift that keeps on to be the gift that keeps on giving he's to go giving because he's going to go off next. he's going off to the bbc next. he's going to ithink off to the bbc next. he's going to i think he's going to >> i think he's going to go after the of natwest executives. >> they're dead. you know, they're and women they're dead. men and women walking just the side

walking just on the labour side of it. >> if i could just read you out a from bill esterson mp. a tweet from bill esterson mp. he's a labour mp and he retweeted will hutton, who's an economist the economist on the left of the left. it's left. and the tweet says it's obvious the tory leadership keen to appease farage is going to lean natwest alison lean on natwest to sack alison rose over the kooks affair. she's a great job, is she's done a great job, is a superb ceo . besides her decency superb ceo. besides her decency and integrity , farage is a and integrity, farage is a pygmy. a bad day for the uk business. if the mob gets her. and was before she quit and this was before she quit late night. late last night. >> say, stephen, your >> did i not say, stephen, your lot appalling. lot have been appalling. >> judge . >> hang on, don't judge. >> hang on, don't judge. >> don't forget bill esterson. his who his family were the ones who elected marshall elected bob marshall andrews. they who in they were the people who in medway the down medway who were the agents down there. esterson , he's there. look, bill esterson, he's an the wirral . an mp for the wirral. >> elected elected labour >> he's elected elected labour mp. that's a view held by a lot of labour mps, that's his view. >> i have to say bill, know >> i have to say bill, i know bill. i've to his house. bill. i've been to his house. i'm friendly him, i'm perfectly friendly with him, but that is rubbish. i mean to actually actually refer actually say to actually refer to nigel farage, probably one of the influential politicians to nigel farage, probably one of th

>> how can how can say that >> how can how can he say that she's done a great job when she's done a great job when she's trashed the very principles by leaking principles of banking by leaking personal details? >> another labour mps have had to no more, please, no to issue no more, please, no more please on twitter this morning. but actually saying , morning. but actually saying, you we're trying to row you know, we're trying to row back on their criticism of farage because they're farage in this because they're they're make a they're trying to make it a wider they're saying why haven't. downing street intervened in other rows and called other ceos to called for other sears ceos to go because but there but for the grace go all of us for here because we now know banks are monitoring our social media output and they are taking a view on our political views and how dare they say he doesn't share the same values as that bank. >> what a cheek. what are they, a political activist organisation? well we all know what the bank actually aims at. >> it'sjust what the bank actually aims at. >> it's just maximise profit and squeezing as much as you can. the mean, i've actually the idea i mean, i've actually bank and by bank with a co—op and they by and large have ethical and large they do have ethical policies. but but every other bank, far as aware, is bank, as far as i'm aware, is profit else, profit motivation. what else, why they be bank? why else would they be bank? >> that's largely about

>> and that's largely about profit you naive profit too. steve and you naive old thing. >> that is all that's all >> but that is all that's all the bank's job value actually to manage our money. you make a bit of . of that. >> didn't the co—op have a scandal while ago ? scandal a little while ago? >> are we talking about the crystal methodist flowers ? crystal methodist flowers? >> yeah, i think they had to get rid of him, didn't they, stephen? >> well, he was. >> well, he was. >> he i think he was. >> he was. i think he was. >> he was. i think he was. >> at time, think >> i think at that time, i think he was investing in pharmaceutical products . pharmaceutical products. >> yes. >> yes. >> we're going to more >> we're going to have more from the because we're the panel because we've we're talking news next talking into news in the next houn talking into news in the next hour. speaking hour. we're going to be speaking also. story. also. i love this story. so the mp, francois , is about his mp, mark francois, is about his mission to the traffic codes. >> cones. >> so more to come codes. >> 50 dtoi'e lo codte od cones. >> so more to come on that in the houn >> so more to come on that in the hour. where gb news, the next hour. where gb news, britain's news channel, the temperature's rising, but first, solar proud sponsors of weather on . gb news. on. gb news. >> good morning . welcome to your >> good morning. welcome to your gb news weather forecast . well, gb news weather forecast. well, looking ahead to today, it's a bright start for most us, but bright start for most of us, but we see some rain moving in we will see some rain moving in from as the day goes on from the west as the day goes on and accompanied by some strengthening can and accompanied by some

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gb news. >> it's 11 am. on wednesday, the 26th of july. this is britain's newsroom on gb news with andrew pierce carole with andrew pierce and carole malone. the chief executive of the natwest bank. >> alison rose has resigned this morning . she admitted to morning. she admitted to discussing closure of nigel discussing the closure of nigel farage with the farage coutts account with the bbc journalist dame alison rose has been dropped a member of has been dropped as a member of prime minister rishi sunaks business number 10 has business council number 10 has said after her resignation. >> nigel wants to know he's >> now nigel wants to know he's not he's not content with that. he why the he wants to know why the chairman howard chairman of the bank, howard davis, the boss of coutts davis, and the boss of coutts bank are still in position. we'll be talking about the scandal throughout the show, throughout . the throughout the day. the conservative mp for rayleigh and wickford, mark francois. you're going to like this, you know, he's going to to us about a he's going to talk to us about a real bugbear of all of yours roadworks , traffic cones, his roadworks, traffic cones, his new roadwork bill aims to can the cones and kerb the amount we see roads. often roadworks see on roads. often at roadworks sites. what? no

sites. well, guess what? no works taking place . works taking place. >> we'd love to know what you think about all our stories, so email us at gbviews@gbnews.com but first, here's your morning news with rory smith . news with rory smith. >> thank you very much , carol. >> thank you very much, carol. the former ceo of natwest is no longer a member of the prime minister's business council or the net zero council. it's after dame alison rose resigned after admitting she made a serious error of judgement when she discussed nigel farage's relationship with the bank to a bbc journalist , labour leader bbc journalist, labour leader sir keir starmer says that natwest was in the wrong while speaking to us here at gb news. nigel farage says that dame alison's resignation had to happen.

>> one would think she could last beyond the end of the week. we have on friday the half yearly figures coming in. there is an investor meeting at 930 that morning, so she's gone and that's a start. as the board that's a start. as the board that sanctioned this culture for a culture that talks about diversity and inclusion and actually is very divisive . and actually is very divisive. and in my case, as you could clearly see, pretty poisonous stuff . i see, pretty poisonous stuff. i think any board member that endorsed that statement last night where they said we breached confidential duty, but she can stay in her post. frankly, i think the whole board needs to go . needs to go. >> wildfires circling the mediterranean have killed more than 40 people, including in greece, where temperatures are expected to exceed 44 degrees today. blazes have also broken out in portugal, syria, gran canaria, southern france and tunisia. well our national reporter, paul hawkins is in rhodes for us now . paul, what's rhodes for us now. paul, what's the situation out there at the

moment ? so this morning, a moment? so this morning, a couple of hours ago, if you look into the distance where those flames are, where where i should say , the smoke is rising. say, the smoke is rising. >> now, there was a lot less smoke earlier on and they were beating the fires back inland, back behind the mountains. then suddenly out of nowhere, right in front of just where that in front of us, just where that fire the distance, a fire truck is in the distance, a fire truck is in the distance, a fire suddenly sprang into life. we've seen them spontaneously combusting , reigniting by the combusting, reigniting by the side of the road . and so the side of the road. and so the situation here is very tense. people are worried when they feel like they're on top of the fires. all of a sudden they come back. remember, we should stress they're 10% of they're only affecting 10% of they're only affecting 10% of the to north they're only affecting 10% of th -- >> thank 5mm >> thank you very much , paul. >> thank you very much, paul. really appreciate that. well another news this morning, junior doctors in england have

announced a four day walkout next month in a dispute over pay . the strikes are taking place from the 11th to the 15th of august in what's been described as the next round of monthly strike action from the bma. the union says it is not for the prime minister to decide that negotiations are over before he has even stepped in the room and the dispute will only end at the negotiating table . the prime negotiating table. the prime minister will give evidence at the infected blood inquiry today . rishi sunak will be questioned on the government's response to the use of infected blood and blood products after thousands of patients developed hiv and hepatitis c through contaminate products in the 70s and 80s. protests are expected this afternoon, calling for full compensation payments to those affected a victim of the scandal, richard warwick , told scandal, richard warwick, told us that the effects of it are still here today . still here today. >> the fact that we lost so many people, especially those that died in the early , late teens,

died in the early, late teens, early 20s , it brought it home to early 20s, it brought it home to us of how widespread these infections were, particularly amongst the haemophilia community. it wiped out a whole , whole generation of young lads, young teenagers with haemophilia during the late 80s and early 90s. it's really decimated our our community. the owner of tottenham hotspur has been charged over an alleged insider trading scheme. >> 86 year old british billionaire joe louis is accused of abusing his access to corporate boardrooms and providing inside information to others who then allegedly made millions of dollars in the stock market. a tottenham club spokesperson says it is a legal matter, unconnected with the club . a number of charities and club. a number of charities and tenants groups claim the government's help for renters stands in stark contrast to its support for mortgage holders in

an open letter, the call on the prime minister to what they say takes seriously the insecurity thatis takes seriously the insecurity that is plaguing private renters in england. the government has previously said it is committed to creating a private rented sector that is fit for the 21st century. we and the world's longest running comic , beano, is longest running comic, beano, is celebrating its 85th anniversary this week . more than 4100 issues this week. more than 4100 issues off the beano have been printed since its launch in 1938. well a special commemorative issue is now on sale, featuring famous faces including the king, the queen and the prince and princess of wales , other princess of wales, other well—known figures and a special edition include david attenborough , adele and harry attenborough, adele and harry styles . this is gb news. we will styles. this is gb news. we will of course, bring you more as it happens. now though, back to andrew and carole .

andrew and carole. >> well, the dame alison rose's career is unravelling because she's been booted off of the prime minister's business adviser, gleeful about it, booted off of some energy advisory committee and quite right, too. and she's been resigned from the chief executive of natwest group, albeit little late . albeit a little late. >> nigel coleman's come after miss rose stepped down early this morning following an emergency meeting of the company board and it was triggered by heavy criticism and pressure from the government. heavy criticism and pressure frornigelgovernment. heavy criticism and pressure frornigel farage nent. heavy criticism and pressure frornigel farage told. heavy criticism and pressure frornigel farage told gb news >> nigel farage told gb news there needs to be fundamental reform in the banking sector. this said. you have this is what he said. you have to respect the privacy of the customer. >> you also have to respect the gdpr regulations . they were both gdpr regulations. they were both broken very clearly by the boss of natwest at that dinner that took place on the 3rd of july when she sat next to the bbc's business editor, simon jack. when she sat next to the bbc's business editor, simon jack . and business editor, simon jack. and frankly, when she was caught having breached confidential duty, she tried yesterday ,

duty, she tried yesterday, supported by her board , to supported by her board, to frankly lie her way out. and i thought the statement that came out at 6:00 last night that the board retained full confidence in alison rose, rather reminiscent, isn't it, of the premier league football club that's in crisis that says we have every confidence in our manager and i didn't think she could last beyond the end of the week. we have on friday the half yearly figures coming. there is an investor meeting at 9.30 that morning, so she's gone and that's a start actually. alison rose it was you that introduced this culture. it was you that decided that natwest group would become not just a bank but a moral arbiter that actually a political organiser . ocean and political organiser. ocean and the funny thing, of course about talking about inclusion is inclusion is wonderful. only if you agree with the prevailing view. if you don't agree , you view. if you don't agree, you are to be excluded and that was the decision they took about me. i'm not just doing this for me.

i'm not just doing this for me. i'm doing it for thousands , i'm doing it for thousands, maybe tens of thousands of people all over this country who've had their bank accounts closed over the course of the last two years. you know, the fear, the horror that is coming through on these emails, people's businesses being destroyed because they've been closed down by a bank. and it's taken months and months to open a new business account. this scandal has been going on for far too long, and i'm pleased to be person that's blown the be the person that's blown the lid it. if we can get lid off it. and if we can get that fundamental change and reform and fairer system, then reform and a fairer system, then i really would have achieved something that was nigel farage. >> we also spoke to david davis, the tory mp, earlier on, who said the people in charge of the banks are abusing their position. this is what he said. this has going on for some time. >> and has service >> and nigel has done a service really to the to the to the whole country in draghi into the pubuc whole country in draghi into the public domain , because what's public domain, because what's happening here is you have these people, these these senior bank managers, they are essentially

bureaucrats. they're not really wealth creators . they are people wealth creators. they are people who administer things , indeed who administer things, indeed administer things on behalf of the taxpayer. and they are using their positions to exercise their positions to exercise their own views , their own their own views, their own prejudices to other people's disadvantage. and that's absolutely wrong . absolutely wrong. >> okay. that was david davis. and now let's cross live to central london outside natwest headquarters to speak with our political reporter , catherine political reporter, catherine forster . forster. >> catherine, what's it like in there, do you think? what's the atmosphere . atmosphere. >> gloomy. no one going into natwest would speak to me, as you would expect , of course. but you would expect, of course. but even talking to passers by, i haven't found a single person who hasn't said, yes, it was the right thing for dame alison rose to resign. this is turning into a public relations disaster master for natwest, isn't it? they've got 19 million customer orders in the uk and they were

bailed out by the government, by taxpayers, by effectively us to the tune of £20 billion back dunng the tune of £20 billion back during the financial crisis. now dame alison rose has gone. she's also been removed or standing down from the prime minister's business council and the government's energy efficiency taskforce force. the chairman of natwest is ordering an independent review . but will independent review. but will that be enough ? because the that be enough? because the stocks are down 3% for natwest this morning and a lot of criticism and question now being asked across the whole banking sector about the many, many thousands of people who seem to have been refused bank accounts. we had chris philp, the policing minister, on this morning, saying it had been happened to him and that most mps are politically exposed and persons had had trouble getting bank accounts . so i think had had trouble getting bank accounts. so i think this had had trouble getting bank accounts . so i think this story, accounts. so i think this story, if they'd hoped that would put a lid on it ,

if they'd hoped that would put a lid on it, it's going to continue for a long time yet. i think . think. >> catherine, thank you. that's catherine force outside natwest bank where nobody appears to be wanting to stop to talk to. i can't imagine why it's okay. >> okay, so now let's get the thoughts of the huffpost uk's political kevin schofield political editor kevin schofield and member uk and ben and reform member uk and ben habib . hello ben. what are you habib. hello ben. what are you thinking about this? >> well, i mean, i as nigel said this morning, this is just the start , you know, de de malice start, you know, de de malice and rose going is an admission of a number of things. first of all, that they didn't de bank nigel because he had inadequate capital in his bank account that they de banked him because he held views with which they disagreed and they were allowed to do that, by the way, because of the regular tory framework. sancorp and environmental social governance regulations require banks and indeed other regulated entities, listed companies and so on to promote social justice through their policies and the

way that the bank. coutts and natwest in this case decided to promote that was through diversity and inclusion. that meant that they were promoting people actively from different ethnic backgrounds , sexual ethnic backgrounds, sexual preferences, religious religions and so on, and they viewed nigel's views on those topics together with his call for a debate on net zero is antipathy to their regulatory environment . and it was on that basis this that they decided to de bank him and so when alison rose breached gdpr data protection laws and briefed , you know, simon jacques briefed, you know, simon jacques on it, she was actually wrapped herself in what she thought was a cloak of virtue, moral correctitude even though she was breaking the law as she passed that information on. >> but ben, you just said that there was a breach of data protection if simon jacques

reported that, was that to not breach? >> well , i've got a breach? >> well, i've got a big question mark over what simon jacques was up was speaking to up to because he was speaking to the a bank. the ceo of a bank. >> should known the >> he should have known that the information was private proprietarial and was protected by gdpr legislation. and he should therefore , at the very should therefore, at the very least, have questioned her on that subject before releasing it to the world. it kind of makes him complicit in breaking the law. and there's just one other quick thing i'm going to say. we've all focussed alison we've all focussed on. alison rose. rose wasn't a rose. alison rose wasn't a director of coutts. now that may seem like a very small point, but it's a big one from a legal perspective because coutts is an independent body regulated, independent. ali coutts itself is in breach of gdpr by passing information on nigel on to alison rose . how could that have alison rose. how could that have happened ? and that leads you to happened? and that leads you to the inevitable question of where was the financial conduct authority through all of this ? authority through all of this? they seem to be running two banks regulating two banks which are running amok as far as

various regulators are concerned, and wrapping themselves , as i say, in this themselves, as i say, in this cloak of moral rectitude, given to them by the regulatory framework which has to be debunked and debug and ejected . debunked and debug and ejected. >> let's bring kevin in here. kevin schofield from huffpost uk. kevin, i'm really surprised that the labour party finds it almost impossible to splutter the words. nigel farage and this is appalling what's happened to him. all they appear to be doing is saying there's other , more is saying there's other, more important things to do. and why don't tories get stuck into don't the tories get stuck into other where they judge other companies where they judge things to be doing badly ? things to be doing badly? >> yeah, i think labour have been caught out slightly here is they've not wanted to basically support nigel farage. think we can all take an educated guess as to why that might be the case. they probably feel uncomfortable being on the same side as he is, side of the argument as he is, but there's already a shift but there's already been a shift this labour's this morning in labour's position. starmer was on

position. keir starmer was on the radio earlier and saying he felt sorry for nigel farage and it clearly is wrong for someone to have their bank accounts closed on the basis of their political views. that was a shift in message certainly from what labour spokespeople were saying earlier on this morning. so yeah, i think the finally come to the to the right position. i think i think most people would agree that it's wrong that regardless of what your political views are, that the bank that your bank should be using, that as a reason to effectively, you know , make you effectively, you know, make you a non—person by closing your bank account . and i heard nigel bank account. and i heard nigel farage on the on the tv earlier on this morning as well, saying he tried to accounts he tried to open an accounts with several other banks and being refused. so, yeah, i think i think most people, as i say, whether agree with nigel whether they agree with nigel farage's on farage's political stance on other matters not, think other matters or not, i think would be a little bit concerned that that banks have have this much power . much power. >> now let's go back to ben habib, because ben habib, it

could be you next. >> it could be it could be anyone. and actually, the regulations which i was mentioning, esg, mentioning, these esg, environmental social governance regulations are the same regulations, by the way , andrew, regulations, by the way, andrew, that used used, i think by that were used used, i think by gnnd that were used used, i think by grind the coffee maker to withdraw advertising from gb news. they decided that the views espoused by gb news was a hateful and through their esg credentials , they could pull credentials, they could pull their advertising . it's the same their advertising. it's the same virtue signalling agenda that gave lush the soap makers the confidence to say all refugees are welcome no matter how they get here. apparently aiding and abetting, encouraging illegal crossings of the channel this is not just about nigel farage. this is a much , much bigger this is a much, much bigger iceberg which runs through our economy . and we've got to have a economy. and we've got to have a very good, long, hard look at esg regulations . the government esg regulations. the government must get on top of this. it's

not just about giving three months notice. and the reasons why you've debunked someone. we've got to get rid of virtue signalling from the commercial sector of our economy. all right. >> that's ben obe from reform uk and kevin schofield, the political editor of huffpost uk. now there is a statement which we have to read dame dame. we have to read from dame dame. what's her face? here we go. >> go on. alison rose i can't bear to read. so ridiculous . bear to read. so ridiculous. >> she's lovely with us all day. i recognise that in my conversations with simon jack of the made a serious error the bbc, i made a serious error of judgement in discussing mr farage, relationship with farage, his relationship with the . i would appear so if the bank. i would appear so if i'm going to read it, put it up there. i'd like to say sorry to there. i'd like to say sorry to the to my colleagues. the board and to my colleagues. i career working i started my career working for the care the natwest bank. it. i care about it enormously and have always been proud to be part of it. it has been a privilege of my career to lead bank my career to lead the bank and i'm to board for i'm grateful to the board for entrusting this role. entrusting me with this role. interesting were saying interesting we were just saying before, we before, by the way, that we haven't heard from starmer. he's now today he's talking haven't heard from starmer. he's now it today he's talking haven't heard from starmer. he's now it on today he's talking haven't heard from starmer. he's now it on todayone's talking haven't heard from starmer. he's now it on todayone'sshow1g

haven't heard from starmer. he's now it on todayone's show. ig haven't heard from starmer. he's now it on todayone's show. and about it on on a on a show. and he's saying when he was if he's saying when he was asked if he's saying when he was asked if he sympathetic toward sad he felt sympathetic toward sad farage, he kind of half heartedly well, yeah, heartedly said, well, yeah, yeah, he should and yeah, yeah. he should and shouldn't had personal shouldn't have had his personal details he details reveal like that. but he did cast doubt over the wider was saying i'm surprised to hear these stories of banks taking into account political views if they well we know they are they are well we know they are they are well we know they are they just can't bear it . they just can't bear it. >> now the parliamentary foreign affairs select committee has strongly criticised the government for what it says is a dismal lack of understanding of the wagner. that's the international. what are they, terrorist group. >> well , it's terrorist group. >> well, it's a kind of a paid for military force, basically mercenary force, the mercenaries and they've been supporting, of course, putin. >> yes , yes. oh, this is me. of >> yes, yes. oh, this is me. of course, the scathing report by mps the multi—party committee mps on the multi—party committee . he that government . he said that the government had underestimated the growth of the group's involvement in several africa states. >> so we're joined now by alicia kearns, that kearns, who's chairwoman of that select committee alicia kearns morning you. the fact that we morning to you. the fact that we took our eye off the ball while

this wagner group was earning millions of pounds, assisting in military conflicts in africa , we military conflicts in africa, we should we then be surprised that they then pitch up in war, joining war with putin against ukraine, who are an ally ? ukraine, who are an ally? >> absolutely not. >> absolutely not. >> and you said it yourself, this is a terrorist entity . they this is a terrorist entity. they essentially operate like a criminal mafia. essentially operate like a criminal mafia . they go into criminal mafia. they go into countries, they enhance corruption, they plunder natural resources, whether it be diamonds and gold or whether it be wood and critical minerals and they commit atrocities. and the reality is that since 2014, they've been operating not just in africa , but in afghanistan, in africa, but in afghanistan, in africa, but in afghanistan, in the middle east, in europe, and not just in ukraine either. it's just that only this year has the world really become aware of the reality of the wagner group because of the atrocities perpetrated in atrocities they perpetrated in places bucha because, places like bucha and because, of course , the march on moscow. of course, the march on moscow. >> alicia this group has been accused of committing war crimes, torture, rape . and how crimes, torture, rape. and how do we undermine in its operations? do we cut off its

money? and if that's the case, how do we do that? >> so the first thing we do is prescribe them as a terrorist organisation that would act as a deterrent and stop many countries from choosing to get in with them. point in bed with them. i would point out the majority of out that the majority of countries to work countries that choose to work with failing corrupt with them are failing corrupt regimes. the only thing they are good is helping corrupt human good at is helping corrupt human rights, abusing individuals from good at is helping corrupt human rights, iinrsing individuals from good at is helping corrupt human rights, (in power1dividuals from good at is helping corrupt human rights, (in power .iividuals from good at is helping corrupt human rights, (in power. soiuals from good at is helping corrupt human rights, (in power. so that from good at is helping corrupt human rights, (in power. so that would staying in power. so that would be a deterrent. but secondly, it would us to prosecute them would allow us to prosecute them in our courts. perversely, we have the absolute opposite situation at the moment where not are we not prosecuting not only are we not prosecuting them in our courts, but they prigozhin are prosecuting british nationals like eliot higgins in our courts because he had the audacity to claim that prigozhin was head of wagner network. so first we need to proscribe , then we need to proscribe, then we need to sanction them. need sanction them. we need to sanction them. we need to sanction them. we need to sanction the bankers sanction all the bankers and real agents and everyone real estate agents and everyone else that's supporting them. and then we need the government to create cross—government then we need the government to cre.private oss—government then we need the government to cre.private militaryernment for private military corporations , because this a corporations, because this is a growing trend . we are going growing trend. we are going to see more pmcs see more and more pmcs committing atrocities around the

world. >> could there be a danger us >> could there be a danger to us at point? at some point? >> absolutely is . but >> there absolutely is. but we're already the impact we're already seeing the impact of these organisations. so for example, sudan , we've had example, sudan, we've just had a massive accusation . they are massive accusation. they are supporting general who's supporting the general who's been causing a lot of atrocities . mali, drc , ccr, all these . mali, drc, ccr, all these countries, hundreds of thousands of people have had to flee them and of course some of them are turning shores . but turning up on uk shores. but also are being asked to go in also we are being asked to go in and help those countries rebuild . these atrocities are being perpetrated by the wagner group because you just finally, alicia dame alison rose has resigned from the board of natwest bank. >> should other people resign too ? too? >>i too? >> i think we need a very deep investigation as to who thought it was appropriate to shut down someone's bank account on account of their political views . it is absolutely and . it is absolutely heinous and actually , while we're at it, actually, while we're at it, i would like to the case of would like to raise the case of tsb, closed the account of tsb, who closed the account of susan only is a susan smith, who not only is a member the affairs member of the foreign affairs committee, hero who has committee, but is a hero who has given one the highest awards of this late majesty

this country by her late majesty . he his account closed down . he had his account closed down over still over a year ago. tsb is still holding onto all of his money and have given him not a penny back. that is wrong. it is a political witch hunt and it is absolutely wrong . anyone from absolutely wrong. anyone from the far left communist the most far left communist through to people on the far right. i would support their right. i would support their right to have account. right to have a bank account. this to this is wrong and it has to end. all . all right. >> alicia bbb-- >> that's alicia kearns. thanks so joining us. that's so much forjoining us. that's alicia chairman alicia kearns, the chairman of the you're to writing >> you're going to be writing about today. >> you're going to be writing abo roger today. >> you're going to be writing abo roger smith.. >> you're going to be writing aboroger smith. it's >> you're going to be writing abo roger smith. it's been >> you're going to be writing aboroger smith. it's been a long >> roger smith. it's been a long standing mp, and it's standing mp, tory mp, and it's something now. something we'll look into now. still traffic cones. still to come, traffic cones. don't they drive you mad , don't they drive you mad, particularly when you're stuck in jam for ages and in a traffic jam for ages and ages and get to the ages and ages and you get to the traffic point of roadworks, says andrew drive much. >> anyway, there t anyway, there >> but anyway, there are no there's work done . there's no work being done. >> we're going talk to the >> we're going to talk to the tory determined >> we're going to talk to the t( stop determined >> we're going to talk to the t( stop to determined >> we're going to talk to the t(stop to it. determined >> we're going to talk to the t(stop to it. you'rezrmined >> we're going to talk to the t( stop to it. you're with ed a stop to it. you're with britain's newsroom on gb

p.m. till 11 pm. on gb news, britain's news . britain's news. channel >> still to come, can the cones is this is going to have mark francois, who's going to tell us why he hates them? >> i think he's there. is he there, mark? i think he's joining us. >> he's he's probably trying to destroy a cone somewhere in a traffic jam . traffic jam. >> hello? >> hello? >> no, no , i'm i'm. i'm sitting >> no, no, i'm i'm. i'm sitting at home in my study. good morning. very good. >> mark, tell us, what are you doing and why is everybody watching this program and everybody listening going to cheer you to the rafters ? cheer you to the rafters? >> well, that would be nice . so

>> well, that would be nice. so one of the great you know , uh, one of the great you know, uh, frustrations in modern life is, you know, you spend ages stuck at a set of roadworks. you crawl through slowly through a contraflow and kicking out all these emissions while you're doing it. you finally get through and you then get to drive past a big hole in the ground immaculately coned off with absolutely no one in sight doing any work on it at all. so i've got to build the roadworks regulation bill. forgive the plug regulation bill. forgive the plug there. it is due for second reading in november to try and make really tighten up on the condition ones in which people are allowed to dig up the roads . and it does three things. one, it strengthened , it strengthens it strengthened, it strengthens the hands of highways, authorities when they're negotiating the permit that people who dig up the roads have to have in order legally to do it. so it means that they could

they could negotiate much tougher conditions and much tighter timescales under which that work would take place. secondly it increases their duty to coordinate roadworks so that if you've got 2 or 3 different people want to dig up the same road, it would be easier to make them do it at the same time. and thirdly , it would increase the thirdly, it would increase the fines for people whose roadworks overrun. they haven't been increased for a decade and for persistent offenders, the really bad companies, you could then fined them up to 10% of their corporate turnover , which would corporate turnover, which would really get their attention . so really get their attention. so the whole point of the roadworks regulation bill is to tighten the regime around them . yeah. the regime around them. yeah. >> what i was going to say to you, mark steyn show, there's a stretch of the m3 that they've been on for the last been building on for the last two knowledge, two years, to my knowledge, and every i see every time i go down i see exactly describing. exactly what you're describing. you miles you know, miles and miles of cones. you know, miles and miles of cones . and then you get to where cones. and then you get to where they're building . there's no one they're building. there's no one there. who gives them

there. tell me who gives them permission to cone off a whole load of the motorway or are they just doing it off their own bat ? >> well, ?- >> well, it ? >> well, it would be the relevant highways authority. so for a motorway, i imagine that would be national highways or highways. england, whatever they're calling themselves this week. i think it's highways and national highways now , if it's a national highways now, if it's a if it's an, you know, an a road or a b road , it could be your or a b road, it could be your county council who are the highways authority or a london borough. if you live in london. but but the point is , there but but the point is, there never seems to be any sense of urgency about. >> no, exactly. i mean, at a place called sadler's farm in essex , we've had a set of essex, we've had a set of roadworks , mercifully just roadworks, mercifully just finished that took five years to complete it. >> so. so what this bill seeks to do is to speed the whole process up. material that's what i'm trying to achieve . i'm trying to achieve. >> and are you going to get ministers on side, mark? because

unless you get the government, the executive behind you, you're going to struggle . going to struggle. >> i think i'm halfway there, andrew. i mean, you know how the system works. richard holden, who's the roads minister who's a pretty proactive bloke , he's pretty proactive bloke, he's publicly backed what i've christened the can the cones campaign . i raised this with him campaign. i raised this with him at transport questions just before the recess . he told the before the recess. he told the house of commons he is now talking to other government departments, other colleagues , departments, other colleagues, ministers about trying to implement some of the measures in the bill. and he's hoping to make an announcement int in the autumn when the house of commons returns . so i autumn when the house of commons returns. so i think i'm halfway there. but the more support i can get from the public, you know, if people sorry to make your life difficult, but if people who are watching this contact gb news and say, yeah , contact gb news and say, yeah, i'd like to see someone can the cones that can only that can only help. >> i have to tell you there was there was a couple outside my house a months ago and i got

house a few months ago and i got no work was being done. so i just took away there in my just took them away there in my the alley. alley in the side the alley. the alley in the side of house. probably a of the house. that's probably a criminal offence. >> what >> and i say, is that what happens mark? >> and i say, is that what happeople mark? >> and i say, is that what happeople get mark? >> and i say, is that what happeople get so’viark? >> and i say, is that what happeople get so frustrated they >> people get so frustrated they take into their own take the law into their own hands, kick the away hands, they kick the cones away . they then breaking the law ? >> well, 7 >> well, karen, i'm not i'm not going to condone a nick the cones campaign, but but you can but you can sometimes see why people get really frustrated. i mean, there was an example. seriously. now in my constituency some months ago at a place called the lower road in hullbridge , where, you know, one hullbridge, where, you know, one driver got so frustrated and i'm not condoning this for one minute, he got out of his car and he actually assaulted one of the guys. oh no, no. on the roads . now, that bloke was just roads. now, that bloke was just earning his living . and i don't earning his living. and i don't condone that, but it does give an illustration of how frustrating some drivers can get . right? >> it's very well , mark, >> it is. it's very well, mark, thank you joining us and thank you for joining us and best with that campaign. best of luck with that campaign. >> we'll get back when we >> we'll get mark back when we get traffic minister

get the traffic minister and people side, for people get on his side, for goodness sake. >> is a good law. >> this is this is a good law. >> this is this is a good law. >> into gb views >> send the ideas into gb views gbnews.com because that's mark francois's . francois's. >> okay. it's me again . cheers. >> okay. it's me again. cheers. all with britain's newsroom on . all with britain's newsroom on. gb news. >> good morning i'm rory smith in the gb newsroom. the former ceo of natwest is no longer a member of the prime minister's business council, while a government spokesperson also confirms that dame alison rose has resigned from her roles as co—chair of the energy efficient task force and as a member of the net zero council. after being asked to step down by the secretary of state . it it's secretary of state. it it's after ms rose admitted she discussed nigel farage's relationship with the bank cuts to a bbc journalist speaking to us here at gb news. nigel farage says that dame alison's resignation action had to happen

i >>i -- >> i didn't think she could last beyond the end of the week. we have on friday the half yearly figures coming in. there is an investor meeting at 930 that morning, so she's gone and that's a start. was the board that's a start. was the board that sanctioned this culture for a culture that talks about diversity and inclusion and actually is very divisive . and actually is very divisive. and in my case, as you could clearly see, pretty poisonous stuff . i see, pretty poisonous stuff. i think any board member that endorsed that statement last night where they said we breached confidentiality , but breached confidentiality, but she can stay in her post, frankly , she i think the whole frankly, she i think the whole board needs to go wild . board needs to go wild. >> fires circling the mediterranean has claimed the lives of more than 40 people, three people have died in greece with temperatures there today is set to exceed 44 c, 34 people have died in algeria and a number of fatalities have been recorded in italy, including three dead in sicily. recorded in italy, including three dead in sicily . blazes three dead in sicily. blazes have also broken out in portugal. syria, gran canaria

and southern france and tunisia for junior doctors in england are staging a new four day walkout in a dispute over pay. the strikes are taking place from the 11th to the 15th of august. the union says the dispute will only end at the negotiating table . that's the up negotiating table. that's the up to date. but you can get more on all of those stories by visiting our website that is gbnews.com . our website that is gbnews.com. >> direct bullion sponsors, the finance report on gb news for gold and silver investment . gold and silver investment. >> all right, let's take a quick look at today's markets. the pound will buy you $1.2913 and ,1.1657. the price of gold is. at £1,527.03 per ounce, and the ftse 100, that is at 7656

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especially across the southern half of the country. as i mentioned, some strengthening winds, too. a pretty wet and winds, too. so a pretty wet and windy night for some of us. but quite a humid one, especially compared nights. compared to recent nights. temperatures of us temperatures for most of us not falling lower than around falling much lower than around 15 or 16 degrees. so we do start thursday off on a rather cloudy and damp note. still some heavy rain around, especially across the half of the the southern half of the country. scotland also seeing rather cloudy and damp weather for day. but in for most of the day. but in between, we will some between, we will see some brighter the brighter spells come the afternoon trigger afternoon, but that may trigger some showers , too. and some showers, too. and temperatures most of us temperatures for most of us generally around but in generally around average. but in the sunshine, it probably feeling fairly humid that rain will then continue into the evening , giving a bit of a damp evening, giving a bit of a damp commute as we end thursday. that's all for me. see you soon. >> that warm feeling inside from boxt boilers. proud sponsors of weather on .

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ticket offices across train stations in england have been opposed by the rmt union as part of their save our ticket offices campaign . campaign. >> there's fears for job losses and the impact on vulnerable and disabled passengers and rmt members have been encouraging the public to share their views on the measures as part of a three week consultation that ends today , we've had over ends today, we've had over 100,000 signatures across the country with people supporting us on the online campaign. >> we've also got a postcard ing campaign . we've got a national campaign. we've got a national campaign. we've got a national campaign to try and get the word out and try and get people writing mps and what writing to their mps and what we're seeing is a mass return of people saying to us, we don't want to happen, but it's want this to happen, but it's not just about selling tickets. they about assisting they know it's about assisting people help , you people that need the help, you know, vulnerable people, know, the vulnerable people, the disabled want disabled people. we want this railway be accessible and railway to be accessible and affordable for everybody . and affordable for everybody. and without fully staffed station, without a fully staffed station, it's going be in hull. it's not to going be in hull. >> the trades council also support the rmt campaign. >> the closure of the ticket

offices is not just an attack on the union. >> it's an attack on the public as a whole. >> and the of people that >> and the number of people that are going to struggle because of the closures of ticket offices. i think be immense. the closures of ticket offices. i ththe be immense. the closures of ticket offices. i ththe rail be immense. the closures of ticket offices. i ththe rail deliveryense. the closures of ticket offices. i ththe rail delivery group >> the rail delivery group believe the facilities are no longer necessary as only 12% of train tickets are bought from ticket offices. they said most customers opt to purchase their ticket online or at ticket vending machines. we want to bnng vending machines. we want to bring ticket office staff into other parts of the station to give face to face help with a much wider range of support. give face to face help with a much wider range of support . the much wider range of support. the industry will continue to work with accessibility and passenger groups to ensure that no one is left behind . last year, on left behind. last year, on average , a ticket was sold from average, a ticket was sold from hull paragon interchange ticket office every 1.6 minutes. here's what passengers at the station think of plans to close it. disgusting >> well, it's taking people's jobs. >> well, it's taking people's jobs . people like myself that jobs. people like myself that cannot use technology. i wanted

to ask a person to do my railcard and put up my tickets up for september. there's no one there to do it. and i can't use there to do it. and i can't use the machine because i can't do it on card. >> my wife has use >> my wife has to use a wheelchair. huntington's wheelchair. she has huntington's disease and without ticket offices, we can't travel on trains. yeah she can't even see the screens . and then, you know the screens. and then, you know , i think they should stay open i >> -- >> will really bother me because you can do it online anywhere. but it's not that difficult. >> i don't really use the ticket offices. i normally use shot on my phone, but i suppose in the sense of people losing their jobs , that would be a problem. jobs, that would be a problem. i've had to put my glasses on to do it so i'm getting way do it so i'm getting that way and need to be and i think we need to be thinking about inclusivity. >> passenger watchdogs will now review the public consultation , review the public consultation, and the government may ultimately decide on whether or not to press ahead with the proposal. anna riley gb news hull . okay, that was anna riley i >> -- >> thank 5mm >> thank you. okay, we've got

our paper reviewers here. we've got some listening. we've got stephen pound straight into the papers this is the story in the mail about the corrupt lawyers papers this is the story in the mailare)ut the corrupt lawyers papers this is the story in the mailare )ut tiare orrupt lawyers papers this is the story in the mailare)ut tiare arranging yers that are that are arranging asylum for people. sam, you've seen this story. it's they're saying basically that that these lawyers are concocting stories for immigrants to come. and one of the stories in the mail today and they they're arranging marriages they're telling people to arrange marriages get a girl so that they can stay here. i mean, this is this is what we always suspected, isn't it? >> that's exactly it, carol. and i think actually the they've got official figures in here that say since 2015 on, there are 21,638 reports of dodgy marriages . yeah, obviously, marriages. yeah, obviously, that's just going to be the tip of the iceberg. everyone of the iceberg. and everyone suspected happening, suspected this was happening, but got the but now we know we've got the actual this but now we know we've got the actua investigation. this great investigation. >> tape. they're on >> they're on tape. they're on camera. yeah. i haven't heard much the much condemnation from the labour about it. labour party about it. >> hasn't been much. >> there hasn't been much. >> there hasn't been much. >> fair bit >> well, you can get a fair bit from a couple a couple from me. a couple a couple of things this. firstly, things about this. firstly, registrars authorities registrars in local authorities now questions. quite now can ask questions. quite often turn up in

often people would turn up in the registry office and they wouldn't name wouldn't even know the name of the they were the person that they were married. i married. but here's the thing i used about 1000 used to deal with about 1000 cases a year, up to a thousand cases a year, up to a thousand cases immigration cases. cases of immigration cases. years ago, there was a photograph petraeus, years ago, there was a photogra the petraeus, years ago, there was a photogra the american petraeus, years ago, there was a photogra the american commander who was the american commander in afghanistan, with a 2 or 3 interpreters. i must have seen a hundred copies of that photograph with different heads photoshopped onto it. >> so coming into your constituency, coming to us and say, i used to be an interpreter, here's a picture of me general petraeus. me with general petraeus. >> went to >> so what did i do? i went to the and said, look, the home office and said, look, x, y and z, all these people here names. this is here are all the names. this is clearly actually here are all the names. this is cleathere's actually actually here are all the names. this is cleathere's actually aactually here are all the names. this is cleathere's actually a computer tell there's actually a computer program can print it and program now. we can print it and you see whether it's you can see whether it's been photoshopped. and the home office nothing. absolutely office did nothing. absolutely nothing shocking. that is a scandal . scandal. >> that is a problem, isn't it? the home office. it'sjust, the home office. it's just, you know, been this. know, it's always been this. yeah makes it extra hard yeah this makes it extra hard for real asylum seekers because these ones are clogging up the system. >> absolutely. >> absolutely. >> always been the >> and that's always been the problem, hasn't it? actually, we do here who have do take on people here who have fled, horrific scenes fled, you know, horrific scenes

back home. but actually, when you do have people jumping the queue and coming over on small boats and playing the system like this, that stops those genuine asylum seekers from and for those people listening on the radio, we're sharing images on the screen people on the screen of people coming off boat . off a boat. >> they're all young men in their and i would their 30s and i would suggest stephen pound, the majority economic migrants who've not fled torture or all fled persecution, torture or all the rest of it. >> well, i think in many cases you're and you're absolutely right. and i think thing think the worst thing about these you know , from these young men, you know, from tirana and places in tirana and durres and places in albania who are coming over here, absolutely devalue here, they absolutely devalue the genuine cases that do come. and plenty absolutely the genuine cases that do come. and casesity absolutely the genuine cases that do come. and cases .y absolutely the genuine cases that do come. and cases . i absolutely the genuine cases that do come. and cases . i als0isolutely the genuine cases that do come. and cases . i also saw tely the genuine cases that do come. and cases . i also saw soy genuine cases. i also saw so many phoney ones . we just have many phoney ones. we just have this great line. you this great line. are you a christian this week or are you gay because they'd gay this week because they'd come they'd suddenly come in and they'd suddenly you can . would hope that can be both. i would hope that i've managed it. >> i've managed it. >> i've managed it. >> but you've always you've always been a trailblazer, haven't you? but look, come in. and initially there'd be no mention of either thing . and mention of either thing. and then suddenly, after it refused, refuse refuse, refuse. by refuse, refuse, refuse. oh, by the . oh, sorry. back to

the way. oh, sorry. back to square refuse. refuse square one. refuse. refuse refuse. and i mean, the refuse. and it was. i mean, the number of so many cases about gay jamaican women with 6 or 7 children who were. >> how did they manage that immaculate conception in the caribbean. >> but a lot of these lawyers based telling the economic migrants not to say that they're not here to work. because the thing is, if people know that you'll sent home. i mean, you'll get sent home. i mean, that's that's stupidity of that's that's the stupidity of all of this. >> the thing is, working >> the thing is, they're working glove in hand with people deliberately trying to buck the system they're paid system and they're getting paid for it because they're on they're aid. yeah. they're on legal aid. yeah. >> and actually suella taxpayers are funding this indeed fraudulent behaviour. >> yeah. and so suella braverman is written the mail today is written for the mail today about investigation . and is written for the mail today abotsays, investigation . and is written for the mail today abotsays, invtshe,ation . and is written for the mail today abotsays, invtshe, you .and is written for the mail today abotsays, invtshe, you know, she says, look, she, you know, she says, look, she, you know, she a lawyer. she says she is a lawyer. she says obviously it's a lawyer's duty to of best way to to kind of find the best way to help but you help their clients. but you know, this tipping into know, this is tipping into illegality . she says they're illegality. she says they're actually tipping into criminality. >> they're creating this for them. >> they're charging ten grand a time to give us advice. >> it's very least are we paying that? are paying to be

that? are we paying to be certain not certain of that? well, no, not in case. in every case. >> cases, they're >> in some cases, they're borrowing money. and so then that a whole that feeds into a whole other range of criminality where i actually with range of criminality where i acttconsensus with range of criminality where i acttconsensus that's with range of criminality where i acttconsensus that's emerging the consensus that's emerging around this, this sort of table here the moment is that the here at the moment is that the suella braverman of other people have party have said that the labour party is of subset of the world is sort of a subset of the world of lawyers. know , i of bent lawyers. you know, i really i that we in the really i think that we in the labour party are just as disgusted, not so by disgusted, if not more so by this, it's something it's this, that it's something it's not a party political issue. it's a failure of government. >> is a part of it. >> i think it is a part of it. but want to of course, but we want to of course, you issue, talk about issue, we want to talk about someone than you. >> steve oh, yeah. >> steve oh, yeah. >> he's rude to you. >> he's so rude to you. >> methusula nearly . >> methusula no, but nearly. >> methusula no, but nearly. >> we'll talk about mick jagger . can you believe the guy is 80? >> well, i can't. i mean, you know, as he sings himself, time is clearly. i mean, is on his side, clearly. i mean, this man who is. this is a man who is. >> say that again. >> oh, don't say that again. >> oh, don't say that again. >> time on i'm not going >> time is on my i'm not going to it, but, you know, i went to say it, but, you know, i went to say it, but, you know, i went to see got some images of him on screen in this pretty for 80 pretty good. this could be the last time i know and he's got great swivel hips little red

rooster amazing we all saw bruce springsteen recently didn't we. >> and at 74, we thought, my god, he's incredible. jagger was actually just as lively, if not more so. dtoi'e 50. >> more so. >> he does look quite lined close up. well so do you. >> pearce well, i'm not. i'm very to you're very kind. >> that's advice, very to you're very kind. >think that's advice, very to you're very kind. >think i that's advice, very to you're very kind. >think i think that's advice, very to you're very kind. >think i think thishould advice, very to you're very kind. >think i think thishould have e, i think i think you should have a buff off, take your shirts off, doubt if you off, because no doubt if you look at pop dreadful. look at iggy pop looks dreadful. >> always becomes carry >> i've always becomes the carry on up the card with iggy pop. >> you want to say get it on, get it on. but jagger always does. his father p.e. does. his father was a pe. teacher, i recall, does. his father was a pe. teacher, i recall , and does. his father was a pe. teacher, i recall, and he's teacher, as i recall, and he's in shape . could it in great shape. could it possibly be due to the fact he's got 4 or 5 personal physiotherapist nutritionists? i think you're going to say 4 or 5 children he doesn't know about. >> now, listen, we've been underestimate. we've we've got quiz >> we've got we've got a quiz here to here that we want you guys to take in. this is this take part in. okay. this is this is cambridge university is is the cambridge university is it andrew over 40. it andrew pierce over 40. >> it was 1913, five years >> it was from 1913, five years after you were born. >> stephen excuse me. i was talking there was just talking there having a go od. >> on. >> it . sorry. okay, so it's the

>> it. sorry. okay, so it's the cambridge quiz from cambridge entrance quiz from 1913 some 1913 and we've got some questions here. and stephen, we're going with you . we're going to start with you. no, we're going to no, we're not. we're going to start start no, we're not. we're going to start sound. start no, we're not. we're going to start sound. so start no, we're not. we're going to start sound. so you've start no, we're not. we're going to start sound. so you've gottart no, we're not. we're going to start sound. so you've got the with sound. so you've got the question. so here's a question you have to tell me what's wrong with this question . and if you you have to tell me what's wrong with 1get question . and if you you have to tell me what's wrong with 1get itiestion . and if you you have to tell me what's wrong with 1get it right, . and if you you have to tell me what's wrong with 1get it right, you're if you you have to tell me what's wrong with 1get it right, you're not)u don't get it right, you're not getting the getting into cambridge. so the question , hope you are question is, i hope you are determined to seriously improve. yeah that's easy. >> i think it's a split infinitive. >> carol. >> carol. >> oh, you're. oh, i thought for sure you'd get that wrong. >> i looked at that. i hope that you are. >> pm you are. >> go to university? >> did you go to university? >> did you go to university? >> i did one. no. >> i did one. no. >> which was a very working class one. which one was in the north. right. university of central lancashire. >> oh, very good. didn't go to >> oh, very good. i didn't go to none of us, ormskirk . none of us, nor did ormskirk. >> to school. >> i barely went to school. right, all of you. so right, stephen? all of you. so the one is comparing the second one is comparing shakes. that shakes. no, i'm not doing that because pronounce because i can't pronounce it. okay. admit okay. the third one, i admit that willing to have made that i was willing to have made peace with what's wrong that i was willing to have made peac that h what's wrong that i was willing to have made peac that sentence?at's wrong that i was willing to have made peawell, sentence?at's wrong that i was willing to have made peawell, you've ce?at's wrong that i was willing to have made peawell, you've actually/rong >> well, you've actually corrected it subconsciously because admit that because you've said i admit that it's as i admit, i was willing to. so you don't have to put

that in there and willing to have made peace with you. it's changed in two different senses, as admit , changed in two different senses, as admit, it's the present tense. >> so what should it be? not messing about. >> say it should be. >> just say what it should be. >> just say what it should be. >> yeah, i don't know. i'm just bluffing. >> we wi- >> you just. we knew that. >> you just. we knew that. >> it should be. >> so it should be. >> so it should be. >> right. admit it. >> you're right. i admit it. >> you're right. i admit it. >> i am willing to make peace with you. >> it's em- e it's not. it with you. >> it's not. it should >> no, no, it's not. it should be. admit i was willing to be. i admit i was willing to make with you . make peace with you. >> so you fail to get into cambridge. stephen yeah. >> you said the tenses were >> so you said the tenses were wrong, didn't wrong, but then you didn't correct sentence , so you weren't. >> you are at university. >> you are at university. >> i went to the london school of economics. >> i went to the london school of [very mics. >> i went to the london school of [very good. >> very good. >> very good. >> mature student, you're >> as a mature student, you're doing okay. >> so this is the question. it has the largest circulation of any in england. what any paper in england. what should that be? the daily mail? >> yeah . >> yeah. >> yeah. >> he doesn't know it. >> he doesn't know it. >> it's a daily. the daily mail is the largest circulation newspaper in the country. >> question. well >> that was the question. well no, question. no, that wasn't the question. it was i'm answering. was the question i'm answering. it's question answering i >> -- >> okay, have we got any more time? there's a good time? because there's a good story and in mail story here and it's in the mail today white today and it says white lecturers, lecturers at king's

college barred from college have barred barred from tai classes encouraged tai chi classes and encouraged to attend talks on white supremacy instead . supremacy instead. >> well, who wants to go >> well, i mean, who wants to go to tai chi anyway? i think, you know, would take know, thank god i would take that . that back. >> wm w— >> you want to go to one on white supremacy? will you? >> it's a chinese restaurant round my way. >> making tea or it tai chi? >> tai igami ? no, it's all >> tai igami? no, it's all papeh >>i papeh >> ihad papeh >> i had my money in the bank of origami, folded . origami, but it folded. >> no, you had it with a co op, which perfect. which you said is perfect. i just i had the just said maybe i had it in the bank sumo. just said maybe i had it in the barbut sumo. just said maybe i had it in the bar but you 10. just said maybe i had it in the bar but you went up. >> but you went belly up. did you out reverend you check out on reverend flowers? and i absolutely did. >> and never, ever >> and i will never, ever mention ethical co op bank. mention your ethical co op bank. >> resigned. was he. >> he resigned. what was he. sorry >> he resigned. what was he. sor the crystal methodist. yeah, >> the crystal methodist. yeah, he was. he was a methodist minister who had to resign minister who he had to resign because the into because he brought the bank into disrepute. yeah moving on. because he brought the bank into disinotte. yeah moving on. because he brought the bank into disinot asyeah moving on. because he brought the bank into disinot as much.ioving on. >> not as much. >> not as much. >> as much disrepute as >> not as much disrepute as we're going to move on. >> one's actually talked >> no one's actually talked about oh, rose. >> phil? oh, rose. >> phil? oh, rose. >> but alice wokester, we've only got 30s left . only got 30s left. >> a quick prediction. will more people go from the board of natwest bank? >> so i think peter flavell is

looking very precarious . chief looking very precarious. chief executive can i give us our sartorial point here? >> your blouse is gorgeous . why >> your blouse is gorgeous. why does dame alison rose , who earns does dame alison rose, who earns £5.5 million a year, wear such terrible blouses? >> oh, it's a travesty when you've got all that money to have terrible clothes. do not look at anything. >> all those big bags of cash. >> all those big bags of cash. >> i'd buying something entirely. absolutely. >> absolutely. >> absolutely. >> well, dolly parton used to say a fortune to look say it costs a fortune to look this cheap. >> sam lister and >> that's it from sam lister and stephen that's it from stephen pound. that's it from carole malone, she's carole malone, because she's not with had can't it >> i've had i can't do it tomorrow , but been tomorrow, but it's been a fantastic i it. fantastic week. i loved it. i hope do, too. hope you guys do, too. >> you're speaking . >> but you're speaking. >> but you're speaking. >> it me? okay, that's it >> oh, is it me? okay, that's it . britain's today? no . britain's newsroom today? no i'm not coming in next. >> the live desk with the >> it's the live desk with the fabulous mark longhurst and the fabulous mark longhurst and the fabulous pip what's fabulous pip tomson. what's coming up coming up coming up on what's coming up next show ? next on the show? >> stephen. >> stephen. >> thank you. fabulous. >> thank you. fabulous. >> andrew, we have got so much to tell you over the next three hours, are being told to hours, banks are being told to learn their lesson over the closure of nigel farage's coots account. plus, we are celebrating mick jagger's 80th.

yes, 88th birthday. now, though , here's your weather. >> the temperatures rising , boxt >> the temperatures rising, boxt solar proud sponsors of weather on . gb news. on. gb news. >> good morning. welcome to your gb news weather forecast. well, looking ahead to today, it's a bright start for most of us, but we see some rain moving in we will see some rain moving in from as the day goes on from the west as the day goes on and accompanied by some strengthening winds you strengthening winds. so you can see of sunshine see lots of sunshine around first thing, some first thing, still got some cloud for cloud and showers, though, for southern and northern southern scotland and northern england linger there england may well linger there for of the day. northern for a lot of the day. northern ireland seeing thicker cloud and outbreaks of rain arriving dunng outbreaks of rain arriving during and that will during the morning and that will spread its into and spread its way into wales and southwest the southwest england into the afternoon. but elsewhere, especially for northern scotland, down towards east anglia and the south—east, a pleasant afternoon with temperatures average but temperatures around average but feeling disappointed under feeling very disappointed under the rain further west . the rain the rain further west. the rain will then sweep its way across the country as we go into the night, some heavy pulses around , especially across the southern half country . as

half of the country. as i mentioned, strengthening mentioned, some strengthening winds a pretty wet and winds, too. so a pretty wet and windy night for some of us, but quite a humid one, especially compared to recent nights. temperatures us not temperatures for most of us not falling than around falling much lower than around 15 or 16 degrees. so we do start thursday off on a rather cloudy and damp note. still some heavy rain around, especially across the southern half of the country. scotland seeing country. scotland also seeing rather cloudy and damp weather for most of the day. but in between, will some between, we will see some brighter come brighter spells come the afternoon, trigger afternoon, but that may trigger some showers, too . and some showers, too. and temperatures for most of us generally around average. in generally around average. but in the it probably the sunshine, it probably feeling fairly humid . that rain feeling fairly humid. that rain will then continue into the evening, giving a bit of a damp commute as we end thursday . commute as we end thursday. that's all for me. see you soon. >> the temperature's rising . >> the temperature's rising. boxt solar proud sponsors of weather on .

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