gb news with me, tom harwood on gb news with me, tom harwood and ellie costello coming up this morning, natwest and ellie costello coming up this morning , natwest profits this morning, natwest profits have soared . by nearly £1 have soared. by nearly £1 billion, but it's not all good news for the bank. >> the board are continuing to face scrutiny following the downfall of its ceo. earlier this week . this week. >> and energy companies have reported record profits . but reported record profits. but while we face the squeeze , is it while we face the squeeze, is it time they pay up more .7 lawler is britain. >> the co—op teases the idea of no go areas following huge surge in shoplifting in its stores across the nation. we'll be heanng across the nation. we'll be hearing from the co—op campaigns and public affairs director. but that's not all. >> we're also talking about the high streets today as new figures show that britain has lost 6000 shopfronts across the

country over the last five years. it's an extraordinary number. >> yeah, it really, really is. we're asking you today, how has your high street changed and is it for the better? do let us know. vaiews@gbnews.uk com. but first, let's get your news bulletin with rory smith . bulletin with rory smith. >> thank you very much, ellie. not west has announced profits of £3.6 billion for the first half of the year. that's better than predicted. and it's also £1 billion more than last year. it follows the resignation of the group ceo dame alison rose and coutts boss peter flavel in the wake of the row sparked by nigel farage over the closure of his bank account. on a call with reporters this morning, the bank's chairman , sir howard bank's chairman, sir howard davies, refused to confirm whether mr farage is account would be reopened. the share price of natwest has dropped 7.6% in the past week . for

7.6% in the past week. for former us president donald trump and two of his employees are facing new charges in the classified documents case. it's claimed trump ordered employees at his florida resort, mar—a—lago, to delete security videos whilst he was under investigation for retaining classified documents. the former president now faces 40 charges in the case after originally being indicted on 37 counts last month . both the ministry of month. both the ministry of defence has launched an investigation after emails containing classified information were sent to a russian ally because of a typing error. the emails were intended to be sent from british officials to the pentagon with an address ending in tamil. but the i was left out and were instead sent to molly, which endsin instead sent to molly, which ends in dot m lthe mod says they are confident the emails did not contain any information that could compromise operational secured city or

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the cost of living crisis. but we are asking you this morning, how has your high street changed? what have you noticed about your local shops ? do get about your local shops? do get in touch with us today. vaiews@gbnews.com. and i think we also want to know how should we also want to know how should we go about fixing it? >> because it's all very plain to see so many of our towns and cities across the country are losing this sort of vital high street life. but but how do we bnng street life. but but how do we bring it back? >> what's your local high street like? >> well , it's like? >> well, it's changed a lot. >> well, it's changed a lot. >> i think over covid. it's there. you can just see the number of shops that have changed, that have been boarded up. some are being replaced, but it's very slow . it's a process it's very slow. it's a process that clearly has been going on for some time . that clearly has been going on for sometime. i think that clearly has been going on for some time . i think that some for some time. i think that some of this might be fixable all by sort of bringing footfall back, perhaps through greater pedestrianisation of some of these areas. i think that might be a that might be something to

look at. >> that might be a little bit controversial with our viewers. >> see what you think about that. not being able to drive your car? >> well, as long as as long as there's parking nearby then there's parking nearby and then walking streets. it's walking down the streets. it's so pleasant than so much more pleasant than having whiz you all having vehicles whiz by you all the you're more likely to the time. you're more likely to go from one shop to another. perhaps >> it is certainly easier, >> well, it is certainly easier, isn't let us know what you think >> do let us know what you think on story or any of the on that story or any of the stories that we're talking about today. vaiews@gbnews.com but to our morning, our top story this morning, a natwest posted profits natwest bank has posted profits beating forecasts. reported beating forecasts. it reported a pre—tax profit of £3.6 billion for the period, compared to £2.6 billion the prior year. so it has beat its forecast and the bankis has beat its forecast and the bank is exceeding expectations with a pre—tax profit of 3.6 billion as ellie was saying, this comes after the head of coutts bank, peter flavel has resigned as natwest tries to contain a crisis that might have wiped up to £1 billion off its share price. well meanwhile the

future of the group's chairman, sir howard davies, remains uncertain too, as rishi sunak has refused to give davies his backing. there's a lot going on, isn't there? >> there's a huge amount in this story, and it keeps rolling on. of course, over the last two days, we've seen two big resignations. might there be any more or might this new share news? have perhaps steadied things up ? let's talk to the things up? let's talk to the former adviser to the bank of england, roger griswold. now and rogen england, roger griswold. now and roger, this is an interesting story of twists and turns . i story of twists and turns. i suppose what we saw this morning was natwest really trying to reassure for its shareholders by by sort of offering them some of this some of this profit. i'm afraid from where i sit, it's just more gaslighting. >> just like we get from the government and the opposition. if i give you 213 interest rate rises that do nothing to kerb inflation or protect the pound against the dollar or for

whatever crazy reasons i might have for doing that, when we have for doing that, when we have the kind of inflation that cannot be reduced by interest rate rises, of course you're going to make a huge amount of money and that's really nothing to crow about . and the sad thing to crow about. and the sad thing is that, as always, the banks haven't passed it to on savers. you know, people are talking about the mortgage crisis, but there are seven times more savers than there are people with mortgages and they're being penalised . and so i'm sorry, but penalised. and so i'm sorry, but i'm not too excited about this. >> why is it that you say that our inflation can't be reduced with interest rate rises ? there with interest rate rises? there is a school of thought that we'd be in a better situation if the bank had gone earlier and a little harder on interest rate rises. perhaps they wouldn't have had to go high. now have had to go so high. now >> quite. let me try to explain very quickly and simply. andrew bailey, the governor the bailey, the governor of the bank of england, appointed just of england, was appointed just as and i'm sure as covid began, and i'm sure with the best will in the world, he wanted protect the economy

he wanted to protect the economy so he didn't want to harm business. so he left interest rates at their low level . and rates at their low level. and you're absolutely right. if he had started to raise them gradually early, we wouldn't be in this pickle now where it's all dumped on america, started raising them before the totally different situation . america has different situation. america has its own energy source and they have what's called demand pull. inflation can consumer driven inflation spike spending, which is damped down by raising the cost of money? we have what's called cost push inflation. you cannot stop people buying food . cannot stop people buying food. >> you think it's less about the money supply, less about quantitative easing. >> i was moving on to that. you're you're way ahead of me again, it is printing money quantitative easing in staggered amounts at the wrong time and too much of it and no chancellor since george osborne has put

aside any money to pay that back and we are now stuck with £150 billion loss. >> so just paint a picture for us, roger, of where natwest stands now because we've got these profits surged by nearly £1 billion. >> that's those figures released this morning. but then we've seen the value decrease quite significantly this week. really >> well, the figures that i've heard were 850,000 and 1,000,000,002 billion. now all thatis 1,000,000,002 billion. now all that is chicken feed because natwest is market capitalisation is £22 billion. wow i moved to this country from paris 49 years ago to go to work for natwest, and i've been very disappointed over all this time to watch one bad management mismanagement, crisis and mistake after another after another . it used to be the after another. it used to be the largest bank in the world. so i think there's two separate issues here. of course, they made great profits . of course, made great profits. of course, this coutts scandal has knocked

money off their share price and their market capitalisation. i'm pretty sure that will recover. it's a shame it had to happen to investors , but i think it's investors, but i think it's a scandal and i'm glad that the prime minister has moved in and something needs to be done. i suggest that the city minister, mr griffith, launch an investigation not just of natwest, but of every bank and anybody , any director, any anybody, any director, any officer of any of those banks that has been complicit in this exercise of people's having their accounts closed without reason because of their political beliefs, should go. >> hm. >> hm. >> interesting . and just very >> interesting. and just very briefly, in terms of heads rolling on this one, have we stopped with that or do we think that the natwest chairman , sir that the natwest chairman, sir howard davies, will be next? because his position is looking increasingly untenable? well, when sunak doesn't want to when rishi sunak doesn't want to back don't have the facts back him, i don't have the facts about mr davis. >> he's been somewhat controversial over the years, although he's certainly the

epitome of a city grandee, if you will. but all i can say is that if i were he, i would certainly be considering my position . position. >> okay, roger. well, really good to see you this morning. thank you so much for your expertise and your analysis on what is this story that is just not ending. >> so many and turns. >> so many twists and turns. >> so many twists and turns. >> it is remarkable. it seems that almost every day we learn something new or someone someone , something, something someone else resigns , someone else else resigns, someone else resigns. turn now to resigns. but let's turn now to our panel, the conservative peen our panel, the conservative peer, lord moylan and journalist candice holdsworth join us now, shall we start off with this big, big story about the banks, about particularly natwest, lord moylan, where do you think natwest stand now ? have they natwest stand now? have they sort of been able to stem the flow of confidence with their profits this morning? well obviously it helps them that they've they've improved their profits. >> it must be very galling for dame alison that she had to stand down just before she was able to present these results.

but that was her own fault as we know. i think sir howard davis's position is very, very difficult indeed.i position is very, very difficult indeed. i think if you're the chairman of a board and you're expressing confidence in your chief executive at dinner time and then you're calling a midnight board meeting to put out a decision that you've sacked her at or whatever she's left by mutual consent at 129 in the morning. you are not in control of events and you're not showing that you're you've really got on top of this and it's still the case. i think that natwest doesn't really understand almost the difficulties . it's in the fact difficulties. it's in the fact that i hear they're still refusing just the simple things of put things back the way they were . give him back his account were. give him back his account for god's sake, would be would be one way of trying to say we did something wrong. but what they've never done so far is to say we have actually treated him badly. she stood down because of the discussion with the journalist, which which a junior

clerk would have been sacked for immediately as gross misconduct . but she stood down for that reason . an and but they've never reason. an and but they've never actually apologised for what they did in the first place, which essentially was vetting the customers to according their political opinions. i've never heard a of apology for heard a word of apology for that. they're i think, that. so they're still, i think, clinging fingertips clinging on by their fingertips , thinking they're in , thinking that they're in charge this and not. charge of this and they're not. >> extraordinary , isn't it? >> it's extraordinary, isn't it? there's been a number of apologies , no of apologies, but no recourse of action. can this holdsworth i mean, why it is going on in the sort of pr minds of this bank, they've totally failed to grip they've totally failed to grip the moment . the moment. >> and it's so true. events have overtaken them clearly in some way. they still feel righteous in because they've never come in it because they've never come out a mea out and actually issued a mea culpa said we did wrong culpa and said we did wrong here. and don't want to here. and they don't want to because serious. and because it's so serious. and it's they're it's almost like they're in denial mode, hoping , denial mode, you know, hoping, okay, we just put this back okay, we can just put this back in then having to do in the box and then having to do a huge reverse ferret when they realise the tide of public feeling from feeling behind it. and also from what i've noticed across the partisan divide, people are

condemning this, you know, except for maybe few except for maybe a few exceptions, people haven't quite grasped how serious grasped just how serious this is. implications for is. the implications for political pluralism. but most people think it's really appalling. i mean, stephen pollard was writing the daily pollard was writing in the daily mail far know, you mail today as far as i know, you know, he voted remain. he's know, he's he voted remain. he's not a big nigel farage fan. i mean, he's really condemned their and said, you their arrogance and said, you know, like howard their arrogance and said, you know, he's like howard their arrogance and said, you know, he's presidedioward their arrogance and said, you know, he's presided over'd davies, he's presided over presided over numerous scandals and his position is not looking good right now. >> i think this is going to be one to watch. i don't think this is end this story. i do is the end of this story. i do want ask you about your local want to ask you about your local high streets, because this is our our social call out today is what asking you at home, what we're asking you at home, what we're asking you at home, what you of this story. what we're asking you at home, what 3storefrontsf this story. what we're asking you at home, what 3storefronts have story. what we're asking you at home, what 3storefronts have closed in what we're asking you at home, whéuktorefronts have closed in what we're asking you at home, th’uk in'efronts have closed in what we're asking you at home, th’uk in the nts have closed in what we're asking you at home, th’uk in the past ave closed in what we're asking you at home, th’uk in the past ave years. in the uk in the past five years. it's the ever changing high street. what have you noticed about your local area? >> well, i used to be responsible for planning a responsible for planning in a part of london. so how shops are used on the high street. something as i've been shopfronts have been something i've been watching for many years. and this started a long

time ago. the first thing you have to notice is everyone who actually shop has tried actually has a shop has tried over the last 10 or 15 years to turn it into a restaurant. and if you go around parts of london like london, covent like central london, covent garden, did this once , garden, and i did this once, walk through covent garden and i said, these shops said, how many of these shops are things that you can are selling things that you can actually pick up and walk out of the shop with? you can take away physically. answer physically. and the answer is, if clothes, very few. if it's not clothes, very few. i think clothes will carry on because although you can always buy clothes on the buy your clothes on the internet, do to try internet, people do like to try them very few of us them on first. very few of us have got the perfect body shape that fits the clothes off the p99- that fits the clothes off the peg.so that fits the clothes off the peg. so we want to try them on first. but apart from clothes, what is there? everyone has turned into restaurants or they're services like they're selling services like mobile phone services, which essentially service shops rather than i know you can pick up the phone, but essentially you're going into a mobile phone shop for services. so that's been going on for 10 or 15 years. and then you've got covid well . then you've got covid as well. the government does have power

over what are called use class orders. they can stop shops, retail shops being turned into restaurants. if they want, and they do have some restrictions on that . but everyone tries to on that. but everyone tries to move in that direction . move in that direction. >> but can this is it is it is it necessarily bad if a shop thatis it necessarily bad if a shop that is selling something turns into a shop that is selling a service or turns into a restaurant that's still a live high street to me? >> yes. i mean, you have to do what's viable. i mean, my high street when i first moved, there was i mean, there was just was dead. i mean, there was just so abandonment. but because so much abandonment. but because of prices, because of rising house prices, because i the outskirts of i live on the outskirts of london, young families london, all the young families have into the area now, have moved into the area now, which revived it. which has sort of revived it. and constantly being and we're constantly being millennials. with millennials. we're obsessed with how so we're how everything looks. so we're always texting each other about what to make the high what can we do to make the high street pretty? have more street pretty? let's have more trees can we trees or, you know, can we improve shop signs? because improve the shop signs? because it the of the it is the heart of the community. and, you know, you run people on the street, run into people on the street, you know, people from nursery school, and it just you know, people from nursery school,you and it just you know, people from nursery school,you feel and it just you know, people from nursery school,you feel good. it just you know, people from nursery

school,you feel good. il'sisl you know, people from nursery school,you feel good. it's such makes you feel good. it's such a communal atmosphere and so communal atmosphere and it's so important going, keep important to keep it going, keep it i think beauty is a it nice. and i think beauty is a big part of it. people are drawn to beauty. >> i think that's what's >> yeah, i think that's what's changing street. you changing in the high street. you go to meet go somewhere to meet your friends have a coffee and friends and have a coffee and have than going out friends and have a coffee and ha run than going out friends and have a coffee and ha run errands. than going out friends and have a coffee and ha run errands. i than going out friends and have a coffee and ha run errands. i think| going out friends and have a coffee and ha run errands. i think people out to run errands. i think people do less and less of that and people that online. people do that more online. >> i do like this trees >> i really do like this trees idea as well. >> yeah, i thought it would. >> yeah, i thought it would. >> it's perfect because on rainy days you get some cover. on sunny days, you get shade. it livens place i'm a big livens the place up. i'm a big fan. we'll more fan. well, we'll talk more about this minutes time. this in around ten minutes time. so do email in gb views at gbnews.com is the address to email? do love hear email? yes we do love to hear from you. >> now, commuters and holidaymakers uk holidaymakers across the uk are facing more this summer facing more chaos this summer with workers walking with 20,000 rail workers walking out a pay dispute. there out over a pay dispute. there will a rail strike across the will be a rail strike across the united kingdom tomorrow with limited no services running limited to no services running in most parts of the country. >> it's a very familiar story by this point. >> train drivers have also announced overtime ban announced a fresh overtime ban from monday the 31st of july to saturday, the 5th of august. and

joining us now to discuss the union's decision to walk out is firefighter and trade unionist paul embery . really good to see paul embery. really good to see you this morning. paul thank you so much for your company. anthony. so as we said, it's a familiar story now, isn't it? familiar story by now, isn't it? it's going for on over it's been going for on over a year at this point, do we think we are any closer to a resolution on our rails ? resolution on our rails? >> well, it doesn't look like it . and the truth is, unless both the rail operators, the train operators and the government take the initiative, grasp the nettle and realise that there needs to be more money on the table, that the people within the industry , the trade the industry, the trade unionists, the workers who have tabled their claim and have got a valid case, then it looks like it's going to be a war of attrition and that ultimately doesn't benefit anybody . so it's doesn't benefit anybody. so it's really important. i think , that really important. i think, that the train operators and the government make a move on this .

government make a move on this. >> and how do you think public perception is at this point, paul? i mean, people are very, very frustrated with not being able to get a train in this country on multiple times in the past year, are speaking to producer out in the newsroom earlier who is who's going to have to spend tomorrow on a replacement bus service. do you think people are behind think that people are behind these rail workers ? these striking rail workers? >> well, i think it's interesting because, i mean, i've been an active trade unionist for many years . and i unionist for many years. and i think it's fair to say in years gone by when the rmt and other rail unions have taken strike action, it hasn't always been, let's say, universally popular, but i detect a bit of a shift in the public psyche on this. so i think that people are looking at this strike and these series of strikes and thinking , actually strikes and thinking, actually we do have a bit of sympathy with these guys, largely because i think ordinary workers out there are very much in the same boat themselves . you know, they boat themselves. you know, they they are suffering as a result

of the cost of living crisis. they are seeing their wages they are seeing their real wages falling year on year. many of them struggling to make ends them are struggling to make ends meet, to food on meet, struggling to put food on the pay their energy the table, pay their energy bills, mortgage bills and bills, their mortgage bills and so and same time, so on. and at the same time, ellie, these people are ellie, what these people are doing waking and seeing , doing is waking up and seeing, for example, this morning, seeing the fact that natwest, despite of recent despite all of its recent problems, are posting multiple billion pound profits. they woke up yesterday and saw that british gas had posted record profits. so these banks are making , you profits. so these banks are making, you know, mega bucks out of the rise in interest rates. the energy companies are making mega bucks out of the rise in people's energy bills . there's people's energy bills. there's something fundamentally, i think, unfair about the state of the british economy at the moment. when ordinary moment. and when ordinary workers strike action in to workers take strike action in to order try to make it easier for themselves , loves to ride the themselves, loves to ride the cost of living crisis, then i think there's quite a bit of pubuc think there's quite a bit of public sympathy out there. yeah. >> isn't it the case, though, that it's tough for everyone on at the moment? most people

aren't getting inflation busting pay aren't getting inflation busting pay rises. most people are feeling the squeeze of the inflation crisis that's gripping the country. i suppose some people might think, why do these rail workers think that they're in a sort of different boat to the private sector employees who are getting on average below inflation pay rises? well i don't think they do think that on i don't think if you spoke to every rail worker taking strike action and said , do you think action and said, do you think that people in the private sector should be denied decent pay sector should be denied decent pay increases, i don't think a single rail worker would say yes. >> i think they would all say, look, it shouldn't be a race to the bottom here. actually, we're trying to get something we're trying to get something we're trying a decent and trying to get a decent and legitimate for legitimate pay increase for ourselves. same time, ourselves. but at the same time, we recognise that are we also recognise that there are other out who are other workers out there who are struggling at the moment and we would their right to take would defend their right to take industrial action in order to improve their pay. i mean the truth is there's huge parts of the private sector that are simply not unionised at the moment. so isn't that

moment. so there isn't that level activity. industri level of activity. industri really that level of action really that that level of action taking place. but if it were to take place, i don't think you'd find single rmt worker who find a single rmt worker who would who would private would who would condemn private sector workers for that. the truth is we're living in the tightest, grip on tightest, tightest grip on workers wages since napoleonic times in this country, workers are seeing their real wages decay . greece year on year. decay. greece year on year. their living standards crashing, and at the same time , and at the same time, particularly as a result of the pandemic , we're seeing the gap pandemic, we're seeing the gap between rich and poor actually widening. there's widening. and i think there's many out there who are many people out there who are uncomfortable with and uncomfortable with that. and saying, know, we saying, actually, you know, we will will give a fair win to will we will give a fair win to people trying to fight people who are trying to fight back, rail back, including the rail workers. back, including the rail worokay , paul, really good to >> okay, paul, really good to have thoughts on that. have your thoughts on that. thank much. thank you so much. >> let's just squeeze in a >> yeah, let's just squeeze in a word now lord moylan and word now with lord moylan and candice holdsworth, because lord moylan, issue here moylan, i suppose the issue here is demands pay is if everyone demands pay increases that match inflation, we sort of chase inflation and you get what some term a cost push , wage price spiral .

push, wage price spiral. >> yeah. well, this is the problem with inflation, isn't it? and why the people who caused it and who started it and who printed the money that allowed the ones to allowed it are the ones to blame. and you can't blame people for saying they want to maintain standards maintain their standards of living. one of great living. i mean, one of the great failures here, the way, in failures here, by the way, in management i to management terms, and i used to have to used to be deputy have to i used to be deputy chairman is you should chairman of tfl is you should never have a row with aslef and the the same time. and the rmt at the same time. and the rmt at the same time. and the management of the railways seem succeeded in doing seem to have succeeded in doing that, which is a huge management failure their part. failure on their part. >> and it would be very good to see an end to this. this dispute wouldn't see an end to this. this dispute woulcwould. i mean, i feel at >> it would. i mean, i feel at the beginning maybe there was a lot of feeling, a lot of support for the rail workers. now for the rail workers. but now i just resignation. people just sense resignation. people are so used to it now. are just so used to it now. okay. trains aren't running okay. my trains aren't running today, i wonder that today, and i wonder if that huns today, and i wonder if that hurts them than the government. >> and how will affect the >> and how will this affect the train because if train companies? because if people to using other people get used to using other modes transport, they modes of transport, will they return well, return to the rail? well, exactly, exactly. return to the rail? well, exa well, exactly. return to the rail? well, eanell, iactly. return to the rail? well, eanell, i think journeys are >> well, i think journeys are down 3,040% on where they

down around 3,040% on where they were pandemic. of were pre pandemic. these sort of strikes now because strikes bite less now because most can just choose most people can just choose to work from home for a day. >> yeah i you're right. do >> yeah i think you're right. do let what you think at let us know what you think at home. vaiews@gbnews.com. we're going be talking about going to be talking about housing cancer waiting housing and cancer waiting lists and be and we're also going to be talking jeremy hunt giving talking about jeremy hunt giving evidence the infected blood evidence at the infected blood inquiry little bit later on. inquiry a little bit later on. do with us. brighter do stay with us. a brighter outlook boxt solar proud outlook with boxt solar proud sponsors weather on . gb news. sponsors of weather on. gb news. >> hello. very good morning to you. i'm jonathan vautrey here with your latest gb news weather forecast provided by the met office a relatively office has been a relatively muqqy' office has been a relatively muggy, humid start for many of us, but are starting to us, but we are starting to import some slightly fresher air from and that going from the west and that is going to allow the cloud to break up much more readily than we saw yesterday. some sunny spells yesterday. so some sunny spells developing yesterday. so some sunny spells developirtaking the longest probably taking the longest across of southeast across parts of southeast england. the potential for england. so the potential for some to come here some light showers to come here and there, most persistently for parts northern ireland and parts of northern ireland and some longer spells rain for some longer spells of rain for the isles as well. but the northern isles as well. but in those sunnier spells in

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channel good morning. it's 10 am. on friday, the 28th of july. >> this is britain's newsroom with tom howard and me, ellie costello. >> and here's what's coming up this hour . >> and here's what's coming up this hour. natwest is in crisis . this the scandal hit bank this morning reported a 1 billion rise in profits , but that's rise in profits, but that's despite a week of high profile resignations and share price crashes . we'll bring you the crashes. we'll bring you the very latest on all of that. >> it's sunak versus siddique, the two politicians, politicians had a very public twitter spat yesterday , each claiming the yesterday, each claiming the other had failed to tackle the caphaps other had failed to tackle the capital's housing crisis . but capital's housing crisis. but what is the answer to britain's chronic housing shortage ? do chronic housing shortage? do stay with us. >> and the top oncologist , >> and the top oncologist, professor karol sikora, will call out the government on treatment wards for cancer patients sitting empty. that while nhs waiting lists crippling the health service.

why has this been allowed to happen ? happen? >> and the co—op said they may bnngin >> and the co—op said they may bring in no go areas following a surge in crime in their stores across the country. is britain too soft on crime and how has it got to this point? we'll be discussing that later. >> and on top of all of that, there are fresh reports out today that more than 6000 shopfronts across the united kingdom have closed in the last five years. we're asking you, has your high street changed? and what can we do about it? >> yeah, do let us know what you think this morning. gb views gbnews.com. we do love to hear from you. but first, let's get a news bulletin with rory smith . news bulletin with rory smith. >> thank you very much , ellie. >> thank you very much, ellie. natwest has announced profits of

£3.6 billion for the first half of the year, better than had been predicted . that's £1 been predicted. that's £1 billion more than last year. well, it follows the resignation of the group ceo, dame alison rose and coutts boss peter flavel in the wake of the row sparked by nigel farage over the closure of his bank account. the bank's chairman, sir howard davies, refused to confirm whether mr farage account would be reopened . natwest's share be reopened. natwest's share price has dropped 7.6% in the past week . former bank of past week. former bank of england and treasury adviser dr. roger gould told gb news that any bank bosses who have wrongfully closed people's accounts should be fired. i think there should be an investigation . investigation. >> mr griffith, the city minister, should i would suggest , start an investigation immediately, not next year, with a paper that we get in when our grandchildren can read it next week into every bank that did this . and over the last several this. and over the last several years has has has cancelled

people and closed their accounts without reason . and any without reason. and any directors or officers or management involved in that should go . should go. >> former us president donald trump and two of his employees are facing new charges in the classified documents case. it's claimed trump ordered employees at his florida resort, mar—a—lago, to delete security videos whilst he was under investigation for retaining classified documents. the former president now faces 40 charges in the case after originally being indicted on 37 counts last month . trump's team say this is month. trump's team say this is nothing more than a continued, desperate and flailing attempt by the biden crime family and the department of justice to harass president trump and those around him . the ministry of around him. the ministry of defence has launched an investigation after emails containing classified information were sent to a russian ally because of a typing error. the emails were intended to be sent from british

officials to the pentagon with an address ending in dot m. i l. but the i was left out and were instead sent to mali, which ends instead sent to mali, which ends in dot m l. the mod says they are confident the emails did not contain any information that could compromise operational security or technical data for up to 2000 asylum seekers could be housed in tents on disused military sites under the home secretary's plans to avoid hotels. suella braverman has reportedly requested the purchase of marquees in recent days to accommodate the migrants by the end of august. there are warnings that could trigger legal challenges based on the inhumane treatment of asylum seekers . meanwhile, it's seekers. meanwhile, it's understood that a small number of positive results for tuberculosis have been detected at the former raf site at wethersfield in essex , tests are wethersfield in essex, tests are underway to see if the cases are active . holidaymakers affected

active. holidaymakers affected by wildfires in greece . they are by wildfires in greece. they are struggling to get referred funds despite the fires that are ravaging the island of rhodes. some airlines are continuing to operate flights , meaning that operate flights, meaning that travellers are unable to claim their money back. thousands of british tourists have been evacuated from rhodes. the foreign office is advising those travelling to fire affected areas to be cautious. travelling to fire affected areas to be cautious . well, our areas to be cautious. well, our national reporter paul hawkins tells us the country is now looking at future preventative measures as the prime minister talks about it. >> yesterday he had a meeting with the president and he said, look, climate change is a reality, but it's not an excuse . we need to change the way we fight fires. we need to start creating fire zones . we need to creating fire zones. we need to have better plans in place . and have better plans in place. and he going look at he says he's going to look at their fire prevention policies and fighting units. and their fire fighting units. and something that will and that is something that will chime a lot of people here chime with a lot of people here because they're saying there's not enough there not enough resources, there wasn't planning. wasn't enough planning. >> has lost 6000 >> britain has lost 6000 storefronts in five years amid

the pressures of the cost of living and business rates. the british retail consortium says the highest vacancy rates were in the north east and the midlands followed by wales and scotland by aukus chief executive is calling on the government to review what they describe as the broken business rates system. the government has recently announced plans to make it easier to change the use of vacant units . football fans are vacant units. football fans are being warned to watch out for ticket scams after an increase in reported incidents last season. a report by lloyds bank shows the number of people being scammed when buying football tickets more than doubled last season compared with the season before victims lost on average £154. many scams were found through fake posts on social media or online marketplace . media or online marketplace. cases used to advertise phoney tickets using images of real tickets using images of real tickets . this is tickets using images of real tickets. this is gb tickets using images of real tickets . this is gb news. we tickets. this is gb news. we will, of course bring you more as it happens. now, though, back

to tom and . to tom and. ellie >> welcome back. the time is 10:07. you are watching britain's newsroom. and today we want to hear from you about your local high street because new figures have revealed that britain has lost 6000 stores fronts in the past five years. this is in part down to covid, in part down to the cost of living . but we are asking you living. but we are asking you today how has your high street changed? perhaps it's been for the better. like candice, who's about to join us in a little bit. but lots of you getting in touch. >> absolutely. really >> absolutely. it's really interesting, actually, you mentioning covid, mentioning the cost crisis. sue has cost of living crisis. sue has written to mention something written in to mention something else, and that's business rates. she said that the shops doing best on high streets are charity shops. which of course get an 80% discount on business rates . 80% discount on business rates. so perhaps that's a hint that

business rates those taxes that are that physical shops have to pay, are that physical shops have to pay, perhaps they're too high. >> yeah, but that's a really, really good point actually, sue, i've also heard from steve who said he used to own a green shop in teddington, but it got to the point where they could no longer pay point where they could no longer pay the rent. it's now been shut for down good and it's been turned into housing and flats, he said. that was 40 years ago, so i can't even imagine how much it costs to actually rent a shop on the high street. now it must be extortionate. >> yeah, no, absolutely. and chris has written in to say that it's true that the choice of shops on the high streets is very limited loads of fast very limited with loads of fast food, and hairdressers food, charity and hairdressers being it's killing the being opened. it's killing the high go high street because people go onune high street because people go online to look for things that are no longer available on the high street. and i suppose it is a cheaper you're someone a lot cheaper if you're someone who sell physical who wants to sell physical things have warehouse out things to have a warehouse out in the of nowhere and in the middle of nowhere and just send them to people's homes, it perhaps we shouldn't just send them to people's h0|begrudging aps we shouldn't just send them to people's h0|begrudging aps w maybe dn't just send them to people's h0|begrudging aps w maybe it|'t be begrudging that. maybe it makes those items cheaper for us. we do like the

us. i mean, we do like the convenience of ordering things online, and it does online, after all, and it does actually reflect our shopping habhs actually reflect our shopping habits how they habits and how much they are changing too many changing that we buy too many things now and perhaps things online now and perhaps it is clothes really, that people that people for . although that people shop for. although i missed chris chris wrote in missed out chris chris wrote in with the answer which we probably should. so the answer is for every new council to review shops are needed review what shops are needed in their and allow a flux their area and not allow a flux of charity shops to dominate the high streets. i don't i don't like that sort of top down control, though. i think i'm i'm a little bit nervous about and this isn't this isn't a besmirch the reputation of local councillors but sometimes sometimes they can make decisions that aren't all that wise. >> well do you keep your views coming in? we knew we'd get you talking this morning and it has. so thank you so much. gb views at gb news news.com. we do just want to bring you some breaking news that has just come through to here. it's the ulez to us here. it's on the ulez court verdict. that's the ultra low zone in london. low emission zone in london. there's been a hearing about this and whether it should be

expand added at the end of august. well a judge has ruled that the mayor for london, sadiq khan's ultra low emission zone expansion is lawful. it follows months of legal and political wrangle over both the impact and the timing of the scheme. >> that's right. following this morning's approval, the scheme will come into force as planned on the 29th of august. and this, of course, was after outer london council , those that would london council, those that would be most affected by this expansion of that £12.50 charge, daily charge for non—compliant cars. they brought this as a sort of group lawsuit it but the court has determined that this is actually within the mayor's powers to do this . and that powers to do this. and that date, again, the 29th of august, when ulez will expand, it's going to happen very, very quickly. >> now, we've got our panel with us this morning to get live reaction to that breaking news. lloyd moylan , let's start with lloyd moylan, let's start with you. you this would be you. you said this would be significant and it is. >> yeah, well, as i say, i used to be deputy chairman of transport for london. they have a very legal team,

a very, very good legal team, very it doesn't very good. and it doesn't surprise that they've surprise me at all that they've won this because they will have done everything the right done everything in the right order sure this is order to make sure this is lawful. so now it becomes it goes into the goes straight back into the hands of the mayor of london. is he going ahead or not? nobody wants go ahead now, even wants him to go ahead now, even the labour party, even keir starmer , top labour politicians starmer, top labour politicians are basically hinting that he should cancel this and so on. but what has he done? he's written to the government for more all he's more money, which is all he's ever done in the years ever done in the seven years he's been city hall. it's he's been in city hall. it's always somebody else's problem. it's not him to solve. he's it's not for him to solve. he's trying avoid he's trying to avoid it. so he's going to that decision. now going to make that decision. now he's basically a week or so he's got basically a week or so in to do it because you in which to do it because you need to give some notice for all this to happen. and it's really fall on his plate. it's all on his head. it's his watch , his fault. >> and candice , this has >> and candice, this has implications for the mayoral election, which is , of course, election, which is, of course, coming up in in not that long a time, less than a year to go. is this a is this an unwise move for the mayor if might he lose

his position? >> well, if the uxbridge by—election is anything to go by, if you can extrapolate from that, then yes. that's why senior labour leaders are saying rethink this policy . and then rethink this policy. and then you have susan hall, for instance , running as the instance, running as the conservative candidate she says she'll cancel it on day one. so that does put pressure on sadiq khan. that does put pressure on sadiq khan . but back away from it khan. but to back away from it would be a huge personal political defeat. so i wonder if maybe that's why he's saying he's listening but, you know, is reluctant to say, okay, i'm not going to do it anymore. >> so interesting the way that bofis >> so interesting the way that boris johnson won the london mayoralty twice was by listening to outer they it to outer london. they called it a doughnut whilst the a doughnut strategy whilst the labour was really going in labour party was really going in on central uh, on central london. uh, the conservative focussed conservative party focussed on that and i wonder if that outer ring and i wonder if that outer ring and i wonder if thatis that outer ring and i wonder if that is a path to victory perhaps for susan hall oh, it could be. >> you know, he was >> i mean, you know, he was known as the heineken politician as know, he appealed as well. you know, he appealed to everybody. that to everybody. and i think that if susan can do and if if susan hall can do that and if she appeal to those just she can appeal to those just naturally conservative voting

constituencies on in outer london, maybe that could be a way to do it because so far, it just looks like the conservatives have absolutely no hope london. hope in london. >> really interesting to see >> and really interesting to see what next what would happen in the next general election , especially in general election, especially in the capital, we know that the capital, when we know that ulez been ulez has been such a controversial issue. >> yeah. i mean, some >> well, yeah. i mean, some people think that. >> i mean, labour fantastic >> i mean, labour has fantastic leads nationally, leads in the polls nationally, but translating that into a working majority is quite difficult and depends on a number of seats they're taking for granted, and many of them in london. and of course, if those seats are at put in play seats are at risk, put in play by sadiq khan's reckless actions, he's not going to be very popular in the labour party and it is going to worry labour headquarters. so let's see what headquarters. so let's see what he does now. >> it is interesting though that might few seats might affect a few dozen seats in but we look at in london, but if we look at selby ainsty where the selby and ainsty where the labour overturn labour party overturn add a 20,000 tory majority, it looks like in seats where there isn't that threat ulez, the labour that threat of ulez, the labour party is matching its national poll ratings. >> yeah, but there is a threat

of ulez everywhere as even i think one of the labour politicians said it's not just in london that these charges are coming in, they're being proposed, especially by labour run boroughs, towns as all over the country , and it's coming for the country, and it's coming for you as well . you as well. >> so this is not just a local story, this is a national story i >> -- >> yeah, the scheme is very similar all across the country. is that breaking news that's just broken in the past few minutes with sadiq khan, the london mayor, his ulez expansion scheme lawful. a judge has scheme is lawful. a judge has ruled. so we're going to go through the rest of the top stories that you have picked out this morning. >> and candice, you've got a fun one about the title is ale over for beer bars pub. what's this about this ? about this? >> this is a very funny story in the daily star. it's a bar in germany that lasted about one month when they tried to have an alcohol free pub and no one wanted it. no one was buying it. people are so sceptic about

this. i mean, i've heard such mixed things about alcohol free cocktails and mocktails as they're called, but turns out in germany, where they love beer, not viable. going to happen. not viable. not going to happen. don't try it because it's don't even try it because it's so trendy to have sort of alcohol free bars sort of alcohol free bars and sort of it's american thing, i think. >> yes. but this is a real world example of people actually thinking, no, we want our pubs to serve alcohol. >> yes. well, exactly. that's why it's such a much why people go. it's such a much more atmosphere. more convivial atmosphere. i think. otherwise you're just all kind sipping kind of sipping on juice. i mean, it's a juice bar. you mean, it's like a juice bar. you can't really call it a beer pa beer pub? yeah well, that's what coffee shops for, aren't they? >> daniel let's have look at >> daniel let's have a look at a huge story on the front page of the financial times. huge story on the front page of the financial times . of course, the financial times. of course, it's the farage natwest scandal. and of course, the profits that we've seen this morning are £1 billion. >> yeah , and the bit of this, >> yeah, and the bit of this, because we've discussed farage and the natwest scandal a little bit earlier, but the bit of this that really interests me is the missing bit because the missing player in all of this scandal has been the financial conduct

authority, meant to be authority, which is meant to be there regulating banks and there regulating the banks and only the last couple of weeks only in the last couple of weeks they've brought into force their what call their customer what they call their customer duty, on financial duty, a new duty on financial institutions to treat customers fairly and well. >> and of course, where have they been when it came to enforcing that duty? has mr farage actually had his bank account given back to him yet? no. where have they been? the only thing we've heard from them is official briefing. off the is an official briefing. off the record that they thought it was a little bit odd that government pressure should force alison rose out as if it was government pressure that forced her out rather than her own mistakes. >> do you think we'll see the natwest chairman, sir howard davies, go next after rishi sunak refused to publicly back him ? him? >> i don't think it's that. i think it's very difficult position for him. natwest has lost control of events you're holding a midnight board meeting a few hours after you've backed your your chief executive. you're holding a midnight board meeting to get rid of her.

you're not in charge, are you? and you still haven't. you still haven't recognised that you did anything wrong when you put in place a policy of vetting people for their political views and values in deciding as an element , in deciding whether they should be allowed to bank with you. okay daniel, candice, thank you. okay daniel, candice, thank you so much for running us through your top stories there. >> and to get your reaction to that breaking ulez story as well. yes more on those top stories a little bit later. >> but coming up, empty cancer wards. sadiq versus sunak , that wards. sadiq versus sunak, that natwest saga , lawless britain, natwest saga, lawless britain, record energy profits and so much more . gosh, that's a long much more. gosh, that's a long and tangling list, but we'll make sense of it all after this i >> -- >> the temperature's rising . >> the temperature's rising. boxt solar proud sponsors of weather on . gb news. weather on. gb news. >> hello. very good morning to you. i'm jonathan vautrey here with your latest gb news weather forecast provided by the met

office has been a relatively muqqy' office has been a relatively muggy, humid start for many of us, but we are starting to import some slightly fresher air from the west and that is going to the cloud to break up to allow the cloud to break up much more readily than we saw yesterday. spells yesterday. so some sunny spells developing many areas, developing for many areas, probably longest probably taking the longest across southeast across parts of southeast england. potential for england. so the potential for some showers to come here some light showers to come here and there. most persistently for some light showers to come here and tiof'e. most persistently for some light showers to come here and tiof northern ersistently for some light showers to come here and tiof northern ireland tly for some light showers to come here and tiof northern ireland and or parts of northern ireland and some longer spells of rain for the northern isles as well. but in sunniest spells in in those sunniest spells in between, temperatures climbing towards 2024 degrees celsius, we are to going see the breeze strengthening across western locations later on today. and into the overnight period. more widely as this area of low pressure swirling around in the atlantic begins to edge ever closer . it's also going to atlantic begins to edge ever closer. it's also going to fling showers more our way. again, some of those could be heavy at times we into the times as we head into the overnight still holding overnight period. still holding on to some slightly humid air across southeast, across the very far southeast, not lower than 15, 16 c here, but elsewhere . generally a but elsewhere. generally a fresher feeling night compared to nights of recent as we head

into saturday. generally going to start to see the showers developing a bit more widely. some of those could be heavy in places, perhaps some thunderstorms parts of thunderstorms for parts of northern ireland, northwest scotland. those scotland. it's here where those showers slow showers could be quite slow moving some torrential moving cause some torrential downpours . there, downpours elsewhere. there, though, pushing downpours elsewhere. there, though, a pushing downpours elsewhere. there, though, a quick pushing downpours elsewhere. there, though, a quick pace)ushing downpours elsewhere. there, though, a quick pace)ushito through a quick pace due to those blustery conditions . those those blustery conditions. those temperatures holding up around 18 to 23 c as the temperatures rising . rising. >> boxt solar proud sponsors of weather on . gb news. weather on. gb news. >> now then, lee anderson here join me on gb news on my new show, the real world. every friday at 7 pm. where real people get to meet those in power and hold them to account. every week we'll be hearing your views from up and down the country. in the real world. join me at 7:00 on gb news. britain's news

channel >> welcome back and good morning . this is britain's newsroom on gb news. and it's 10:23. . this is britain's newsroom on gb news. and it's10:23. i'm tom harwood and i'm with ellie costello . costello. >> now, britain's housing shortage is becoming more and more of a huge political issue. yes, the labour party has blamed the tories for missing housebuilding targets, while the prime minister yesterday launched out a diatribe against london mayor sadiq khan, blaming him for rocketing prices in the

caphal him for rocketing prices in the capital. rishi sunak has announced his london plan to tackle the seemingly never ending problem and has given mr khan a deadline to make changes to the city's master plan. or he may face an intervention from housing secretary michael gove. well let's discuss the meat of this issue and indeed this political spat out with the head of political economy at the institute of economic affairs , institute of economic affairs, dr. kristian niemietz. >> and christiane, first of all, it's extraordinary that housing is now a bigger political issue. it seems like it was well down the priority list for many, many years and suddenly this is something that the most senior politicians in the land are going at each other over every single week . single week. >> absolutely. and i much prefer the mayor of london to talk about housing supply than to start another re—education campaign about toxic masculinity or whatever the fashionable issue of this week is. it's a good thing in principle that they're having a go at the prime minister and the london mayor

that they're having a go at each other over housing supply. it's just one of those just that it's one of those fights i would both fights where i would like both sides because they're sides to lose because they're both their attacks both right in their attacks on each it's just that they each other. it's just that they are both sitting in glass houses and throwing stones. are both sitting in glass houses anclet'sning stones. are both sitting in glass houses anclet's breaktones. are both sitting in glass houses anclet's break this 5. what >> let's break this down. what is sadiq sadiq khan's attack on the prime minister >> it's that one of the first things he did after taking office was abolishing the national housing targets, or rather not abolishing them, but making them binding, making them voluntary . the housing targets voluntary. the housing targets are a tool to make nimby councils approve more housing than they otherwise would , and than they otherwise would, and in the current system they are unfortunately necessary. now, he's attack . they he's right in that attack. they have done that and that a have done that and that was a capitulation to nimby resistance. capitulation to nimby resibutice. capitulation to nimby resibut on the other hand, what >> but on the other hand, what is rishi sunak attack on sadiq khan? >> it's that there are opportunities in for london development, which sadiq khan isn't making use of, and that attack is also correct. it is, of course true that there are, for example, a lot of low rise

warehouses and industrial uses. i think you've tweeted a picture of this once. this warehouse near clapham junction , which is near clapham junction, which is a single storey flat roof building, takes up a huge amount of space. it's also a total eyesore, a really ugly building . surely this is prime real estate. you could turn this into a medium to high density housing. it's things like that, opportunities like that, that sadiq khan making of. sadiq khan is making use of. >> is exactly what >> but this is exactly what rishi sunak is suggesting in this new plan. he talks exactly about those single storey warehouses and instead building up building flats very close proximity to tube stations , as proximity to tube stations, as is this the fix? is this the right way to go about it? what did you make of those plans? >> it's certainly part of it. the mistake that that sunak and gove are making is that they present densification of urban areas and outward building as alternatives, whereas i'd say we'd need more of both of those. there are commuter stations in outer london in in the green belt which are surrounded by muddy fields. so not green belt

in the sense which most people probably imagine not rolling hills , but just really low grade hills, but just really low grade farmland that can only be used as farmland because it's heavily subsidised. so i would absolutely give permission for development in places . but development in those places. but it is also true that we have those in in inner london those areas in in inner london where i mean , just the whole where i mean, just the whole idea that the government, whether national or or local, should decide what's residential and what's industrial. should decide what's residential and what's industrial . and that and what's industrial. and that seems absurd to me. i would declare those areas mixed use and then let the market decide whether whether that should be industrial or residential. it does very peculiar use of does seem a very peculiar use of land have a warehouse in the land to have a warehouse in the middle city when it could middle of a city when it could be the warehouses on the outskirts and the housing is in the middle. >> the mayor of london, >> but the mayor of london, sadiq been sadiq khan, has been saying something this as something else this week as well. a particular well. there was a particular tweet his that my eye tweet of his that caught my eye where complaining quite where he was complaining quite rightly about the housing crisis in london, where up to 20 people are putting offers on every available flat. a clear mismatch

in the number of flats available to rent and the number of people who want to rent them. but but in the same tweet , he put in the same tweet, he put forward an extraordinary solution, which was renters in london need a rent freeze now as an economist, do you think that an economist, do you think that a rent freeze would make the problem of too many people competing for the same flat better or worse? >> worse? that's an obvious one. it would make it massively w0 i'se. woi'se. >> worse. >> and we see it as everywhere where rent control has been tried. stockholm has rent controls. they've had this for decades and there waiting lists are something like nine, ten years and certainly for the rent controlled parts of, of that housing market. and my former home city of berlin has also tried it a rent freeze a couple of years ago and immediately the supply of new rental properties dropped by half or so. and they got lucky because that was then overturned by the constitutional court. they said the city government doesn't have the

power to do that and therefore it got overturned. normally, the problem is once you have rent controls place , they're controls in place, they're almost to get of almost impossible to get rid of because some won't benefits and they will be vocal. they will be very vocal. >> people >> but the only people who benefited people who benefited the people already who have flats and if there's have those flats and if there's a the of new flats coming a the number of new flats coming on the market are so very little. it's just extraordinary to a senior politician, to me that a senior politician, a senior politician, the a very senior politician, the guy who's the mayor of the largest city in the country, one of the largest cities in the world, would say something that is so obvious that is so obvious wrong, that something an something that would fail an a—level course. a—level economics course. >> the trouble is, he's doing this out of naked populism. he must know this. he must have economists that advise him on these issues. he must know better . it's just that polling better. it's just that polling usually shows that rent controls, even though they don't work, they are popular because it sounds like an obvious solution. at a superficial level, rents are too high. just cap them. problem solved . yeah, cap them. problem solved. yeah, it's it's never worked that it's just it's never worked that way anyway. it's just it's never worked that waybutyway. it's just it's never worked that waybut mortgage rates come into >> but mortgage rates come into this mean, mortgage this as well. i mean, mortgage rates rocketed the past rates have rocketed in the past

year or that is then passed year or so. that is then passed on to renters as through their through i mean, through their landlords. i mean, in can't in london now, you can't get a room below £1,000. oh, easily way, usually way over £1,000. i mean, that's not sustainable is it? if you want to keep talent and especially young talent in this city. oh, absolutely. >> that only be really >> but that can only be really be solved through the supply side . and both the densification side. and both the densification that earlier and that i mentioned earlier and outward expansion. london is still if you look at an aerial map of london, it still has more or less the boundaries that it had in the 1940s, whereas most other cities, certainly cities that experienced that level that have experienced that level of growth economically would have both upwards and have grown both upwards and outwards. and that is the problem. london is just frozen in time. fundamental >> there's no solution to this mismatch of supply demand mismatch of supply and demand that doesn't involve either reducing demand or increasing supply . supply. >> yes. whereas with demand. well of course, people on the conservative side would always point out that that you can cut immigration. and that's true up to a point. it'sjust

immigration. and that's true up to a point. it's just that there's also inward migration. of course, people from other parts of the united kingdom want to live in london. and you can see why this is where most of the jobs are and most highly paid jobs are. and there's also demographic trends when you have rising expectancy more rising life expectancy and more single that you will single households that you will get an increase in demand and most of the increases in real wages also translate into extra housing demand. >> it is it is fascinating . we >> it is it is fascinating. we could talk about this all day, but fundamentally, the issue here is we've got more and more people living the country. people living in the country. more more people living in more and more people living in split families and less and less building going on at a deficit of 4 million homes compared to many european countries. of 4 million homes compared to ma it'szuropean countries. of 4 million homes compared to ma it's a'opean countries. of 4 million homes compared to ma it's a really, countries. of 4 million homes compared to ma it's a really, reallyies. >> it's a really, really complicated issue. kristian complicated issue. dr. kristian niemietz good to see you niemietz really good to see you this morning. you for this morning. thank you for trying sense of it trying to make sense of it for us. now, coming the natwest us. now, coming up, the natwest saga. lawless britain saga. latest lawless britain record energy profits and so much more . so do stay with us. much more. so do stay with us. but first, let's get a news update with rory smith .

update with rory smith. >> thank you very much, ellie. the expansion of london's ultra low emissions zone can go ahead after a high court judge ruled that the mayor's plan is lawful .legal that the mayor's plan is lawful . legal action was brought by five conservative led councils in february over sadiq khan's proposal to extend ulez beyond the north and south circular roads. the expansion will see drivers in outer london pay a 12.50 daily fee if their vehicles do not meet the required emissions standards. the new borders reach buckinghamshire, essex , buckinghamshire, essex, hertfordshire, kent and surrey . hertfordshire, kent and surrey. natwest has announced profits of £3.6 billion for the first half of the year , better than of the year, better than predicted. that's £1 billion more than last year. it follows the resignation of the group ceo dame alison rose and cuts boss peter flavel in the wake of the row sparked by nigel farage of

the closure of his bank account . the share price of natwest has dropped 7.6% in the past week to former us president donald trump and two of his employees are facing new charges in the classified documents case. it's claimed trump ordered employees at his florida resort to delete secured videos whilst he was under investigation for retaining classified documents . retaining classified documents. it's the ministry of defence has launched an investigation after emails containing classified information were sent to a russian ally because of a typing error. the emails were intended to be sent from british officials to the pentagon in with an address ending in dot m i l. but the i was left out and were instead sent to molly, which ends in dot m l. the mod says they are confident the emails did not contain any information that could compromise operational security or technical data . that's the up

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>> welcome back. it's 1038. you're with britain's newsroom on gb news. with me, ellie costello and tom howard . and costello and tom howard. and lots of you getting in touch on your local high street because there's new figures out this morning that reveal that 6000 shopfronts have been shut in the past five years. so we've been asking you this morning, how is your high street changed and is it for the better? >> and stephen has been in touch to say that the loss of our high street has nothing to do with covid or the cost of living. first, it was shopping

first, it was the shopping centres, then final nail in centres, then the final nail in the coffin is amazon and internet shopping in general . internet shopping in general. well, now, though shopping well, now, even though shopping centres are starting suffer, centres are starting to suffer, the high street can be rejuvenated again. but under a different model of residential and small business like cafes and small business like cafes and independent butchers. and stephen, i to say stephen, i have to say i completely de agree with you. yeah. often the answer to yeah. so often the answer to this that people say is, we this that people say is, oh, we just tax amazon. but the just need to tax amazon. but the reason people use amazon it's reason people use amazon is it's cheapen reason people use amazon is it's cheaper. convened point the cheaper. it's convened point the way people into a into way to draw people into a into a high street is number one have housing that people can live there cafes and sort of that there and cafes and sort of that buzz of life and locality if people sort of are drawn into that social sphere that's that's something that like opens up that local economy . yeah. that local economy. yeah. >> susan says she doesn't agree with you. she stopped visiting my local town for a few reasons, but it went pedestrianised tom thinks it's a great idea . susan thinks it's a great idea. susan doesn't agree. she says , i now doesn't agree. she says, i now only go into town for the opticians and there are too many empty shops. if you can't get in in a car for lots of people that

makes it very difficult. >> absolutely. but i think you should be able to get in your car. but then park your car and walk around and if the high street is pedestrianised, but perhaps up perhaps the streets leading up to street, there's to the high street, there's parking, a nice parking, that would be a nice sort of way to do it. >> and should parking be free? >> and should parking be free? >> think a really tough >> i think that's a really tough one because you one because sometimes you get this of demand this problem of induced demand and free parking , and if there's free parking, then people will just leave their there all day, all their cars there all day, all day, and there won't be any parking so i think parking for anyone. so i think there probably does need to be some of minor barrier to some sort of minor barrier to entry to make it's an entry to make sure it's an efficient system. >> yeah, because tony's been in touch first touch saying the first consideration shopping consideration for shopping is parking. think about parking. you should think about your parking because expensive and parking the and difficult parking is the main reason that we don't use the high streets . that's the high streets. that's a that's a really, really important issue. >> park and ride ? >> how about park and ride? >> how about park and ride? >> no, no, no. come on. >> no, no, no, no. come on. >> you don't know. i think. i think that's great. if you're shopping with heavy the shopping with heavy bags, the last thing need to is last thing you need to do is deal with and tickets and deal with a bus and tickets and coins. yeah, no, suppose it coins. yeah, no, i suppose it depends doing your big

coins. yeah, no, i suppose it depe|or; doing your big coins. yeah, no, i suppose it depe|or you're doing your big coins. yeah, no, i suppose it depe|or you're just oing your big coins. yeah, no, i suppose it depe|or you're just doing our big shop or you're just doing a little tinkering shop. i think that's the big distinction, isn't it? >> it has me anyway. it adds >> it has for me anyway. it adds a whole other dimension of stress stressful stress to an already stressful thing . paul says the decline thing. and paul says the decline of high street shopping can be traced back to parking charges when it was free, it was a bustling high street. >> oh, interesting . >> oh, interesting. >> oh, interesting. >> i've got you going this morning. >> it has. >> it has. >> it has. i >> it has. i maybe >> it has. i maybe i'm >> it has. i maybe i'm wrong here, but i just think that if all parking is free, then the car parks will just be completely full of people making potentially frivolous journeys or just leaving their car there for weeks and months . and then for weeks and months. and then there won't be any spaces for there won't be any spaces for the people that really do need to do their shop. don't know , to do their shop. i don't know, maybe there's maybe there's another solution that we haven't found . do email in found yet. do email in gbviews@gbnews.com. if you think you know the answer , yes. you know the answer, yes. >> now health chiefs have been criticised for failing to use cancer centres at a time of record waits which could help thousands of patients as well.

>> rutherford rutherford health sweets that were set up in 2015 were forced to close during the pandemic. yet are now left empty and gathering dust. >> roughly 20,000 patients could benefit from these centres and reduce the huge backlog and wait times that they are currently experiencing . experiencing. >> well, we're delighted to be joined now by the world leading oncologist, professor karol sikora . professor sakura, thank sikora. professor sakura, thank you for joining sikora. professor sakura, thank you forjoining us. why do we you for joining us. why do we have these state of the art sweets that are not being used ? right. >> it's a bizarre story. you know, three centres, newport, redding , northumberland, redding, northumberland, beautiful centres, fully equipped with diagnostic scanners , radiotherapy machines, scanners, radiotherapy machines, chemotherapy , ipp suites and chemotherapy, ipp suites and a very nice setting , chemotherapy, ipp suites and a very nice setting, easy to park your car, you know , i've been an your car, you know, i've been an nhs consultant for 40 years and this is the worst battle i've ever seen and you know, we have to use novel approaches to get

rid of it. it's not going to solve itself. it's not getting better as the months go on. we were sort of fed a bit of information that it may be getting better, but it's not. you the delays to get you look at the delays to get started on cancer treatment . started on cancer treatment. they're over months they're still over three months for patients , which is far for most patients, which is far too long. so somehow we've got too long. so somehow we've got to get these centres open because it would it's not the total solution. there are other things needed, such as principle seven working or at least 18 hours a day working, but we're not going to get rid of the cancer unless we do cancer backlog unless we do something a huge something dramatic. a huge cancer backlog , as you say, over cancer backlog, as you say, over three months current wait time for treatment is absolutely astonishing, that there is state of the art centres for people that are ready to use could be ready within days that are not being utilised. >> how do we get to this point? i think we got to this point because the combination of private and public sector not talking to each other properly. >> and i think what's needed and

that's why i wrote last week to the health secretary, get everybody in the room and lock the door and can they come out with a solution. it is ridiculous . with a solution. it is ridiculous. no one could possibly want to have cancer centres with state of the art equipment standing empty and you know , if we're going to resolve know, if we're going to resolve the backlog, we've got to use the backlog, we've got to use the same will that we use for the same will that we use for the vaccination programme that was just tremendous. what happened ? it got done and it got happened? it got done and it got done quickly and efficiently and everybody that was willing to have a vaccine got it very quickly and very easily. good information technology. we have to use the same. the nhs can do it . it just doesn't do it. it. it just doesn't do it. normally you go round and round in circles with more aethereal delays. it's like heathrow on a bank holiday weekend and we've got to get over that. we've got to streamline it and make it efficient . efficient. >> what is the hold—up here? >> what is the hold—up here? >> you've spoken about using more novel approaches , but isn't

more novel approaches, but isn't it the case that simply there aren't the staff to do this? don't we just need more people working on this problem ? working on this problem? >> we do need more people, but we need to be more imaginative of how we use those people. just like in the vaccination programme, i think we've got to look at how we use systems, how we use , for example, we use, for example, radiotherapy machines, how we give chemotherapy, how we can do it more efficiently and still safely. i mean radiotherapy is a great example where the technology has improved so dramatically in my professional career that it's much, much safer. i mean, it's like trains, railways, safety , it's improved railways, safety, it's improved in the same way, using the same technology, interlocking devices is for signals. so the right patient gets the right treatment. so if we can use modern technology better, we can be more efficient , we can use be more efficient, we can use less staff, although we still need highly skilled staff . and need highly skilled staff. and you're right, that is one of the shortfalls in healthcare . shortfalls in healthcare. workforce planning has always

been nhs is professor carol sacher always really good to have you on the programme . have you on the programme. >> thank you so much for speaking to us this morning and apologies about some of the audio issues we had there. >> we'll work to get that sorted, let's get more on sorted, but let's get more on this let's widen the this now. let's widen the discussion on to our panel. lord moylan, and indeed candice holdsworth are with us still. candice what do you make of this story ? i mean, just it seems, story? i mean, just it seems, esther ordinary, that on the one hand, you can have such demand for care and on the other hand these sweet sitting empty. >> yes, it's i think it's the story of the nhs . i mean, a huge story of the nhs. i mean, a huge amount of gdp goes into the nhs . we spend a lot of money on it, but people say when you actually dig into that, there's not enough investment in machines and in tech. so i mean these provide cutting edge treatments for people cancer, but we for people with cancer, but we can't access them. and it's the same with things like alzheimer's know, alzheimer's cures. you know,

we've great treatments we've got great treatments for it, don't many mri it, but we don't have many mri machines head than other machines per head than other comparable european countries. so you know, we really do have to think about that. >> is this a problem, lord moylan, of politicians getting votes by saying we're going to hire 11,000 more nurses or 10,000 more doctors? and they say this every time. and actually maybe what we don't needis actually maybe what we don't need is thousands and thousands of more nurses, but actually a few hundred more machines. >> yeah , my understanding is >> yeah, my understanding is these rutherford care centres, these rutherford care centres, these were this is a private company that established these cancer and is now in liquidation. >> so the company itself isn't able to operate these health centres in the private sector. but they're sitting empty, but they're sitting there empty, fully equipped. as professor sikora explained. and i think it's partly a failure of nhs imagination because it's the not invented here syndrome. it's not part of, you know, we made a plan five years ago and we're still working through it sort of mentality and this wasn't part of the plan. and they need to be more imaginative about that. the other yes, you're

other thing is, yes, you're right . how much spend on the right. how much we spend on the nhs and how much of that actually goes simply in wages and doesn't get through to patient to patients in terms of the technology and the facilities available to them is something we've got to think really hard about. so it's not just numbers. numbers of staff are important. it's not just pay- are important. it's not just pay. that's also important. but what how much of this is actually giving you better outcomes ? because the whole outcomes? because the whole purpose of the nhs is not to employ people, it's to make your health the health of the nation better. that's the outcome. >> it is extraordinary. the nhs is the largest user of pages in the world. 1990s technology. sometimes these computers are running on operating systems that are decades old and you go to any european health care system and you look at sort of the way that their stuff looks and the tech that they're using. even when the same amount of money is being spent on it than it is in the nhs, it's just a

completely different level. >> well, it does appear to be a national scandal, it, national scandal, doesn't it, with the waiting list and a three month wait least three month wait at least for cancer in cancer treatment in this country, have of the country, to have state of the art suites like that. you can't can't used. it can't currently be used. it doesn't seem right, does it? do you touch on on your you get in touch on on your thoughts that story? gb views thoughts on that story? gb views at gb news made.com lloyd moylan, holdsworth , moylan, candice holdsworth, thank you're thank you very much. you're staying us throughout the morning. >> now, veteran has been >> now, a d—day veteran has been forced move into a hostel forced to move into a hostel after he was served a no fault eviction notice from his landlord. >> yes, 998 year old alfred guenigault was unable to afford the rent for another private property due to price rises. so he now lives in a dorset hostel with other families waiting to be rehomed . our london reporter be rehomed. our london reporter lisa hartle has more. >> we just can't get any help at all. no help whatsoever . we've all. no help whatsoever. we've been putting there and we've got to make the most of it. >> this is alfred guenigault, a

98 year old d—day veteran, currently living in a hostel after being evicted from his rented bungalow . alfred lived rented bungalow. alfred lived for seven years in the property in dorset with his daughter and son in law. they were forced to move after being served a no fault eviction notice by their landlord. >> i can't see a future. i got nothing to look forward to. >> i mean, like how you're feeling at the moment down. >> very down. very down. >> very down. very down. >> alfred, his daughter and son in law can't afford the rising rental prices, so have had to turn to the council for help with housing, but they've been told it will be a 6 to 8 month wait . wait. >> no, no. lower accommodation . >> no, no. lower accommodation. any loudness cemetery . any loudness cemetery. >> alfred was one of the first paratroopers into normandy on

the 6th of june 1944. land at pegasus bridge. he was wounded, protecting french villagers dunng protecting french villagers during the normandy landings. >> you sitting in your glider ? >> you sitting in your glider? 30 of us in one glider waiting to get there. and you still think it's going to be exciting . but when we landed , unsere few . but when we landed, unsere few dead brazier englishmen . was put dead brazier englishmen. was put a different feeling into your head. a different feeling into your head . you just had to think head. you just had to think survival . and that's what it was survival. and that's what it was all about . all about. >> alfred's daughter says they can't see an immediate way out of the hostel. we've been we've had quite a few offers of people saying that they can put us up in a hotel, but if we do that, then the people, the council will just wipe our hands of it. >> you know, they won't house us at all. we've been offered houday at all. we've been offered holiday , as you know, to give my

holiday, as you know, to give my dad a little break. however, i understand from the council we're not allowed to leave the bill. if we go on holiday, then again, we are . we will not be again, we are. we will not be able to come back into here. >> in a statement, dorset council said following eviction by his landlord dorset council have provided him and his family with temporary accommodation in to prevent them from being homeless . as the council will homeless. as the council will work with the family to help find suitable housing. we will continue to offer the family practical help support in practical help and support in the interim taxi charity for military veterans visited alfred, who also used to be a london taxi driver. >> i appreciate these. these things happen to families in life. and, you know, today's market it but it's an awful situation they have found themselves in. and let's hope it can be resolved as quickly as possible. is it lovely? >> yeah . oh despite being in >> yeah. oh despite being in this situation, what's remarkable is alfred's outlook on life. >> well, i'm proud. i'm i'm

still proud of my country . >> well, i'm proud. i'm i'm still proud of my country. king and country . still proud of my country. king and country. i'm all proud of them. and always will be. >> lisa hartle gb news, dorset . >> lisa hartle gb news, dorset. >> lisa hartle gb news, dorset. >> i find that so upsetting . >> i find that so upsetting. >> i find that so upsetting. >> it actually, it actually makes me quite angry the way in which sometimes when we talk about the housing crisis, we talk about young people. but it's not, it's not a young people thing. it's an everyone thing. and a 98 year old d—day veteran, lord moylan, your reaction? >> yeah , it's very upsetting. >> yeah, it's very upsetting. >> yeah, it's very upsetting. >> and if i were running dorset council, this be now my council, this would be now my top would get this top priority would be, get this guy housing and his guy permanent housing and his and his family. but, you know , and his family. but, you know, this guy needs he is a hero and he needs a permanent accommodation . accommodation. >> yeah. let's hope someone sees this. candice it's housing is so vital to wellbeing and we must neven vital to wellbeing and we must never, ever, ever under estimate that it makes you feel happy, safe , and located in the world. safe, and located in the world. >> and we need to make sure that we make that a top priority. even me using natural free

marketeer, i would say put marketeer, i would say we put people's well—being in this regard and regard above rental prices and demand and supply and demand. >> let's hope someone from dorset council actually dorset city council actually sees that and does something to help alfred , just 98 old help alfred, just 98 years old now coming up, london's ultra zone emission, london's ultra low emission zone, is lawful . low emission zone, is lawful. have more on that after this . have more on that after this. >> looks like things are heating up . boxed boilers proud sponsors up. boxed boilers proud sponsors of weather on . gb news. of weather on. gb news. >> hello alex deakin here with your latest weather update from the met office for gb news. many places will have a dry day today . they'll still be a few showers here and there, but most will be bright with a of bright enough with a bit of sunshine times low sunshine at times with low pressure nearby. however, we are expecting plenty showers come expecting plenty of showers come the weekend and as i said, it's not completely dry out there today. of cloud and today. quite a lot of cloud and a few scattered showers over south wales, southwest england and heavy ones possible and some heavy ones possible over scotland, over parts of scotland, particularly and particularly in the east and

then across the highlands. then later across the highlands. any elsewhere say pretty any showers elsewhere say pretty well scattered of well scattered much of the midlands, eastern england, southwest , scotland staying dry southwest, scotland staying dry and a bit sunshine . we'll see and a bit of sunshine. we'll see temperatures getting into the temperatures getting up into the 20s feeling a little fresher on the west coast, perhaps temperatures the teens temperatures in the teens here as breeze starts pick up. as the breeze starts to pick up. and that is a sign of that low pressure we saw earlier approaching will spread approaching that will spread more northern more showers across northern ireland night. ireland through the night. so there'll showers there'll be a few more showers dunng there'll be a few more showers during over england during this evening over england and wales. but again, many places stay dry. then by places will stay dry. then by dawn, we'll see this band of showers wales and showers working into wales and across parts of scotland. reasonably mild night again over central and eastern parts , a central and eastern parts, a little further west and little fresher. further west and then into saturday it will be that mixture of sunshine and showers. so won't rain all day. many places will see some lengthy spells of sunshine , but lengthy spells of sunshine, but it will be fairly breezy and that means the showers will be coming whizzing coming and going, whizzing through fairly brisk wind, through on a fairly brisk wind, particularly parts particularly over parts of scotland northern scotland and northern ireland, where could well be where the showers could well be on the heavy side in the sunny spells. again temperatures

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well . well. >> good morning. it's 11 am. on friday, the 28th of july. this is britain's newsroom with tom howard and me, ellie costello and coming up on today's show ,

and coming up on today's show, well, the ultra low emission zone for london is lawful . zone for london is lawful. >> the high court has said we'll get the latest on this from our political reporter, catherine forster . forster. >> energy profits surged while the cost of living crisis rages on. is it time for more tax on energy companies ? and is britain energy companies? and is britain too soft on crime ? too soft on crime? >> a leading supermarket chain looks at introducing no go area as because of surges of loot in its shops. we'll get the views of a leading political voice and the co—op themselves on lawlessness in britain . lawlessness in britain. and loads of you getting in touch on your high street. >> 6000 shopfronts have closed in the past five years, so we're asking this morning how has your high street changed and has it changed for the better? so do

get in touch. vaiews@gbnews.uk >> com yeah. >> com yeah. >> i wonder if that ties in actually to the looting story. >> could that be could that be a part of that picture? >> well, yes. you know the email to email in on, but we'll get to that after your morning headunes that after your morning headlines with rory smith . headlines with rory smith. >> thank you very much, tom. sadiq khan says the expansion of london's ultra low emission zone will go ahead. that's after a high court judge ruled the mayor's plan is lawful. legal action was brought by five conservative led councils . it conservative led councils. it will see drivers pay a 12.50 dele fee if their vehicles do not meet the required emissions standards. a spokesman for the aa says the ruling is hugely disappointing, but they do aa says the ruling is hugely disappointing , but they do hope disappointing, but they do hope london will follow other cities by adopting measures to reduce the impact on those who cannot afford the extra charges . afford the extra charges. natwest has announced profits of

£3.6 billion for the first half of the year. better than had been predicted. that's £1 billion more than last year. well, it follows the resignation of the group ceo, dame alison rose and coutts boss peter flavel in the wake of the row sparked by nigel farage over the closure of his bank account. natwest's share price has dropped 7.6% in the past week. well former bank of england and treasury adviser dr. roger gould told gb news that any bank boss who has wrongfully closed people's accounts should be fired. >> i think there should be an investigation . mr griffith, the investigation. mr griffith, the city minister for should i would suggest , city minister for should i would suggest, start an investigation immediately, not next year, with a paper that we get in when our grandchildren can read it next week into every bank that did this . and over the last several this. and over the last several years has has has cancelled people and closed their accounts

without reason . and any without reason. and any directors or officers or management involved in that should go . should go. >> former us president donald trump and two of his employees are facing new charges in the classified documents case. it's claimed trump ordered employees at his florida resort to delete security videos whilst he was under investigation for retaining classified documents. the former president now faces for key charges in the case. trump's team said this is nothing more than a continued desperate attempt by the biden crime family to harass donald trump . the ministry of defence trump. the ministry of defence has launched an investigation after emails containing classified information were sent to a russian ally because of a typing error. to a russian ally because of a typing error . the to a russian ally because of a typing error. the emails sent from british officials to the pentagon has an address ending in dot m. i l. but the iwas in dot m. i l. but the i was left out and were instead sent to molly , which ends in dot m l. to molly, which ends in dot m l. the mod says there are confident

the emails did not contain any compromising information . on up compromising information. on up to 2000 asylum seekers. could be housed in tents on disused military sites. the home office has reportedly purchased marquees to accommodate migrants by the end of august. there are warnings that could trigger legal challenges based on inhumane treatment . meanwhile, inhumane treatment. meanwhile, it's understood that a small number of positive results for tuberculosis have been detected at the former raf site in wethersfield in essex. tests are underway to see if the cases are active . holidaymakers affected active. holidaymakers affected by wildfires in greece say they are struggling to get refunds despite the fires that are ravaging the island of rhodes. some airlines are continuing to operate flights , meaning that operate flights, meaning that travellers are unable to claim their money back. thousands of british tourists have already been rescued from rhodes. the

foreign office is advising those travelling to fire affected areas to be cautious. travelling to fire affected areas to be cautious . well, our areas to be cautious. well, our national reporter paul hawkins tells us the country is now looking at future preventative measures as the prime minister talks about. >> yesterday, he had a meeting with the president and he said, look , climate change is a look, climate change is a reality, but it's not an excuse because we need to change the way fight fires. we need to way we fight fires. we need to start creating fire zones. we need to have better plans in place. he says he's going to place. and he says he's going to look their fire prevention look at their fire prevention policies their fire fighting policies and their fire fighting units and that is something that will lot people will chime with a lot of people here they're saying here because they're saying there's not enough resources, there's not enough resources, there planning there wasn't enough planning football fans are being warned to watch out for ticket scams after an increase in reported incidents last season. >> a report by lloyds bank shows the number of people being scammed when buying football tickets more than doubled last season compared with the season before victims lost on average £154. many scams were found

through fake posts on social media or online marketplace . media or online marketplace. sources used to advertise phoney tickets whilst using images of real tickets . this is gb news. real tickets. this is gb news. we will of course bring you more as it happens. now, though, back to tom and . to tom and. ellie welcome back. >> it's 11:06, welcome back. >> it's11:06, and you're watching britain's newsroom here on gb news. my name is tom harwood and i'm with ellie costello. and do you know what? we've been overwhelmed with the number emails coming in about number of emails coming in about our big topic of discussion this morning, which is britain's high streets , 6000 shop fronts across streets, 6000 shop fronts across the country have closed in the last five years. and it seems like everyone's got a story about their own local high street. >> yes, the figures are

suggesting that this is down to covid and cost of living pressures, that we're simply not using the high street anymore . using the high street anymore. >> so we've been asking you, how is your high street changed and what you think it's down to? what do you think it's down to? well, david's been in touch what do you think it's down to? well, [thei's been in touch what do you think it's down to? well, [the mostan in touch what do you think it's down to? well, [the most damage ch what do you think it's down to? well, [the most damage to our saying the most damage to our shops and our social infrastructure is internet infrastructure is the internet people. now buy online. they don't look in a shop. >> and i suppose that is that is true. and if we're looking for the best deal, it's easier to shop around on a couple of tabs on a web browser than it is going shop to shop. going from shop to shop. >> you do it from the >> and you can do it from the comfort your bed, your sofa. >> but but kevin has said had to drag people back to the high street. must focus on street. you must focus on attracting. yes. the stuff, the physical people physical stuff that people can enjoy than just sitting at enjoy more than just sitting at a and suppose a computer. and i suppose i suppose there there are suppose there are. there are what that westminster what was it that westminster council to do? they made council tried to do? they made a mound. the marble arch mound that that lampooned. mound. the marble arch mound that spent at lampooned. mound. the marble arch mound that spent millions mpooned. mound. the marble arch mound that spent millions on ooned. mound. the marble arch mound that spent millions on ayned. mound. the marble arch mound that spent millions on a pile of they spent millions on a pile of dirt. it wasn't the most attractive. >> how much was it to climb to the top of the pile of dirt? it was like £10 or initially it was

it was a lot. >> and then they made it free because no one was doing it. and then it just became a big joke because looked terrible. because it looked terrible. >> well, that's very bad >> well, that's a very bad example. i think kevin's example. but i do think kevin's got think people go got a point. i think people go to the high street now for not necessarily shopping. you go socially, go to meet people, you go and lunch and go to have coffee and lunch and nose the shops. don't nose around the shops. i don't think to run errands in think you go to run errands in the same way. >> but this is i come back to pedestrianisation. i think it makes a nicer to be. makes it a nicer place to be. and there are so many of and there are so many parts of the united but also the united kingdom, but also continent, potentially, continent, europe potentially, where been sort of where there have been sort of pedestrianisation where pedestrianisation drives where like that street like sort of that main street becomes and becomes a nice cobbled area. and it's pleasant, more it's just a pleasant, a more pleasant place to be. >> tom feels very passionately don't you also trees, trees and trees. get touch with trees. so do get in touch with whether you agree with him or not. lars, really good to hear from this morning. lars says from you this morning. lars says i'm a local town councillor in eaton rates need to eaton and business rates need to be for all small be scrapped for all small businesses with the larger businesses, with only the larger chains paying for business rates. this would stimulate growth and prosperity our growth and prosperity in our high residents parking

high street. residents parking should free and it should should be free and it should also be for free short periods to encourage residents to shop in their own towns as good ideas there. >> from lars yeah, no, that's i think i think particularly the business rate stuff , it seems business rate stuff, it seems very punitive because of course if you're if you're if you have an online shop, you don't pay that tax, you don't pay business rates because you have rates because if you have a physical shop, you do pay that tax. >> that's an imbalance. >> that's that's an imbalance. >> that's that's an imbalance. >> says, having watched >> as barry says, having watched the declining the piece on our declining situation high streets, i situation in our high streets, i would to mention for would like to mention what for me i believe a lot of people me and i believe a lot of people is major issue, which is car is the major issue, which is car parking. has parking. our town centre has a large park owned by the large car park owned by the council, which is near to our high street, but it's not convenient to use. parking has to be conveyed i think to be conveyed lenient. i think parking a lot to do with it, parking is a lot to do with it, so keep your coming in. so do keep your views coming in. we company. we to love we love your company. we to love hear what you think on any of the stories we're talking the stories that we're talking about views at gb news. >> and most importantly, let me know wrong. yes, please know if i'm wrong. yes, please do. let's him know. do. but let's let him know. let's our top story now, let's get to our top story now, because in past hour and

because in the past hour and this pretty sensational, a this is pretty sensational, a judge has ruled the mayor judge has ruled that the mayor of london, khan's ultra of london, sadiq khan's ultra low zone that expansion low emission zone that expansion of lawful. yes. of that zone is lawful. yes. >> follows months of legal >> it follows months of legal and political wrangle over both the impact and the timing of the scheme . but following this scheme. but following this morning's approval from the judge, the scheme will come into force on the 29th of august as planned . planned. >> well, let's get more on this now with our political reporter catherine forster, who's been following story. and following this story. and catherine, there are some who say this was inevitable. >> well well, let's face it. sadiq khan, the mayor of london, made the decision to expand the ultra low emission zone from between the north and south circular, where it currently is, which of a very which is, of course, a very urban right to the fringes urban area right to the fringes of greater london, where often there's fields in between and people rely very heavily on their cars in a way that they don't in central london. he made that decision last november and people have been getting used to the idea or not ever since. i

think these five conservative led councils on the outskirts of london took this court case hoping to get it stopped. bexley bexley, bromley, harrow, hill , bexley, bromley, harrow, hill, london. i don't think it was ever that likely to happen, but of course it's going to go live on the 29th of august and it's potentially going to cost a lot of people , particularly those of people, particularly those who can ill afford it, a lot of money because £12.50 a day to either drive if your vehicle is not compliant or get rid of your vehicle and get something that is compliant. now now, sadiq khan, of course, would say this is very important. we need clean air. people are dying because of pollution. and that's true. he's also saying it's only going to affect 1 in 10 people because the diesel cars registered from about two 2016 petrol cars from about two 2016 petrol cars from about 2006 are generally compliant, but i've spent a lot

of time in uxbridge in the last few weeks with the by—election and there was real fury there about this. and of course last week in the by—election we saw the conservatives hang on to it against expectations because people are so angry about it. so this has become a real political hot potato now and led to a massive environmental sort of agonising with all the big parties. >> and with that in mind, it's going to be really interesting to see how this impacts on the london mayoral elections and the general election. following that . well, yes. >> and susan hall, who the conservative candidate for mayor has said if she gets in, she will scrap it because the conservative spy and opportunity, they know there's a lot of unhappiness. think potentially there's a lot of votes. and in the general election, too. but of course, the problem will be if it's implemented and keir starmer labour leader. rachel reeves,

shadow chancellor, have asked sadiq khan to think again because they're very worried about the impact on this. but assuming he brings it in as he says, he's to going and he's commented on this judgement, it will already have been in place for months and months and months, so there'll be tens of thousands of people who will have already felt forced to spend thousands of pounds on a different vehicle or a different van. >> just very briefly, was this always a political stunt from these councils? >> because of course the mayor of london is in charge of transport policy, the mayor of london. i within his powers, he can do this . was this was this can do this. was this was this legal challenge ever going to work? >> i don't know. but, you know, if you don't if you don't try, you don't get there. maybe didn't have high hopes, particularly. but also it's politically be helpful. even if they knew it was only a small chance politically, very helpful to those councils to be seen to push back against this because the opposition to this is the

further you go out of the centre of london, the more people are reliant on the cars and the less popular this becomes. >> okay, catherine, really good to see you. this morning. thank you much . you so much. >> well, up to 2000 asylum seekers could be housed in tents on disused military sites under suella. bravermans plans to avoid hotel use ahead of an expected surge of small boat crossings while the times, which first reported on the tent purchases , has cited government purchases, has cited government sources saying a similar proposal was rejected last year because of warnings it would trigger legal challenges . trigger legal challenges. >> the shadow home secretary, yvette cooper, said the home office was flailing around. >> well, let's get more of this now. joining us from manston in kentis now. joining us from manston in kent is gb news home and security editor mark white. and mark, is there a potential for legal challenges as a result of housing potential asylum seekers in these tents . in these tents. >> i think inevitably we we've

seen with with past efforts to try to get asylum seekers housed in former military bases in the barge , of course, down in barge, of course, down in portland and generally just the system around this sort of treatment and housing of asylum seekers, we've seen multiple all court actions that have taken place over over recent years. so it may well be that this is challenged in the courts. we've got charities like refugee action coming out today and condemning these plans , saying condemning these plans, saying it amounts to concentration camp. so while housing of these asylum seekers , i'm not sure asylum seekers, i'm not sure that that kind of extreme language in comparisons is particularly useful in this debate, especially when you consider that the united nations own high commission for refugees uses similar tents in refugee

resettlement camps. all around the world, and of course, the british government points that out. not just the unhcr , but out. not just the unhcr, but other governments as well in housing, rent, other governments as well in housing, rent , refugees other governments as well in housing, rent, refugees and asylum seekers from time to time will use these makeshift tents . will use these makeshift tents. and that's what they're meant to be. they're meant to be a stopgap. so here at manston, the main processing centre last summer, there was very significant concern because of a huge backlog in processing because of the sheer numbers coming across the channel. and it meant that people were here much longer than they had to be. there were some marquees set up but they were not robust large scale marquees that could could take significant numbers of asylum seekers. that's why they are now looking to get purpose built out marquees in this area

and in other locations to deal with this summer surge that they're expecting in the coming weeks . weeks. >> okay. mark white, really good to see you this morning. thank you so much for bringing us that update . update. >> it's such a big issue, isn't it ? n0 >> it's such a big issue, isn't it ? no doubt people will have it? no doubt people will have views on that. and it does reverberate around because you can see the government flailing here. want to put here. they don't want to put people hotels. so they're people in hotels. so they're getting getting getting barges, they're getting tents they're requisitioning tents, they're requisitioning airfields . they sort of they airfields. they sort of they don't really know what to do because the numbers aren't coming down. because the numbers aren't conwell, own. because the numbers aren't conwell, they know an issue >> well, they know it's an issue that that needs tackling. well, we're joined in the studio by writer commentator candace writer and commentator candace holdsworth, as well as conservative former conservative peer and former adviser boris lord adviser to boris johnson, lord daniel moylan, really good to see you this morning. you've been fabulous all morning, taking of taking us through the stories of the before we delve into the day before we delve into some more of chosen topics, some more of your chosen topics, i just wanted to get your reaction mark story reaction to mark white's story there about these migrant marquees as they're being dubbed.so marquees as they're being dubbed. so suella braverman a new plan to put migrants in

tents. what do you make of that? well, i think it's necessary. >> i mean, fact is, it'd be >> i mean, the fact is, it'd be lovely if could all the lovely if you could put all the people arrived on the people who've arrived on the channel coast in nice houses, but we don't have nice houses for them and we don't have lots of space that we can put them in. so i think a period where there might be living in in tents as they would be if they were in most country is being looked after by the un would be is almost inevitable now . is almost inevitable now. >> i suppose that is a fair point to compare it to sort of other countries. this this does happen. >> i know, although for me i would i want to manage system and i want it to be managed a lot better, but i don't want it to be in any way punitive because these people really have no power. you know, they are told be vulnerable. and told to be vulnerable. and i know that they've entered the country and people country illegally and people don't that. don't want to encourage that. but know, i don't but still, you know, i don't want people kept in want people being kept in inhumane conditions. >> is a peculiar >> it is a it is a peculiar situation where also people who are seeking asylum sometimes for years living this country are

years living in this country are banned jobs. banned from getting jobs. they have the on the have to live on the on the taxpayers pound, which is a peculiar situation in my view. but there are lots more big stories today to get stuck in. and you've you've and candace, you've you've chosen what tony chosen something about what tony blair stuck his foot in it blair has stuck his foot in it on climate change. so i find this fascinating. >> so this is a story in the daily they're reporting >> so this is a story in the daileony they're reporting >> so this is a story in the daileony blairy're reporting >> so this is a story in the daileony blair has reporting >> so this is a story in the daileony blair has saidrting >> so this is a story in the daileony blair has said britain that tony blair has said britain can't stop climate change, which that seems a huge shift for a labour leader. a former labour leader. seeing leader. but we're seeing more and they're and more of this. they're changing positions because changing their positions because i think what they're responding to is voters are seeing these big green policy is labour's big green policy is and labour's been promising to spend a lot on future green policies. they don't want to be as don't want to be seen as spendthrifts. they to be spendthrifts. they want to be able seen competent on able to be seen as competent on the and i think there's the economy. and i think there's a pushback from voters on a lot of pushback from voters on green for instance. you green levies, for instance. you know, living. so now know, the cost of living. so now what he's saying, tony blair, is don't make ordinary voters bear the cost of decarbonisation. let's focus on science and technology . and what we'll do is technology. and what we'll do is we'll encourage developing countries who need to grow for.

them to decarbonise rather than focusing on our own emissions, which seems eminently sensible, doesn't it? >> i mean, the uk is responsible for 1% of or less than 1% for 1% of global or less than 1% now emissions. ian's now of global emissions. ian's surely that we can do surely the thing that we can do is, is invent new ways of generating energy or capturing carbon of but carbon or the rest of it. but the the world can use the rest of the world can use the rest of the world can use the 99% the emissions can be reduced. >> yes. yes, it is. and but this is usually what you hear from people on the right. and i find it that they're it fascinating that they're adopting maybe there adopting this now, maybe there is some sort of consensus for me now, sort of common sense now, some sort of common sense view. it's though. view. i think it's good, though. it so good, though, if the it is so good, though, if the political parties are oriented, orienting towards orienting themselves towards what than what voters want rather than being is being ideological as well, is the my eye the story that caught my eye this morning. >> candace lord moylan, let's go over you, we? this is a over to you, shall we? this is a story in times elon story in the times about elon musk. apparently, he's very lonely. >> well, this somebody i just >> well, this is somebody i just was touched by this was rather touched by this actually . was rather touched by this act|this . somebody who worked >> this is somebody who worked with no longer does with him who says no longer does , who says that he's lonely and repeats his old jokes. i mean, i

repeats his old jokes. i mean, i repeat my old jokes . i'm afraid. repeat my old jokes. i'm afraid. i'm afraid i find. but yeah, but i'm afraid i find. but yeah, but i find i'm afraid i find. but yeah, but ifind i'm i'm afraid i find. but yeah, but i find i'm doing it without realising. that's probably the difference with you . and. but difference with you. and. but but, but i just found it rather touching. now, to be fair, this woman isn't being . she's really woman isn't being. she's really being quite. she's saying a lot of good things about him and she's learnt a lot from him and so on. this is not a hatchet job on him. but just in the middle of this and this is what the headune of this and this is what the headline writer has picked up, i saw a person who seemed quite alone because his time and energy was so purely devoted to his and it's a cautionary his work. and it's a cautionary tale for anyone who succeeds , tale for anyone who succeeds, which is that the higher you climb , the smaller your world climb, the smaller your world becomes. and i just don't know if that needs to be true. i don't know why that has to be the case. but i mean, elon musk seems he's a guy who makes things and he's things happen and he's astonished . rich, result of astonished. rich, as a result of that. astonished. rich, as a result of that . i when i astonished. rich, as a result of that. i when i see him on telly, he seems like , you know, quite he seems like, you know, quite an attractive, ordinary guy. but

apparently he's very lonely and he keeps telling his same jokes. >> i suppose it is anyone who gets super rich or super famous. >> you sort of don't know who your friends are. you can't trust your friends. you don't know why they're talking to you. some may get paranoid. it was always said that reagan always said that ronald reagan never really close never had any really close friends other than nancy. >> quite sweet, think. >> and horses. >> and his horses. >> and his horses. >> but true, though you do >> but it's true, though you do hear that. molly—mae, hear that. i mean, molly—mae, the think she is the influencer. i think she is the influencer. i think she is the the most followed the most the most followed influencer country . she influencer in this country. she always her circle is very always says her circle is very small. 4 or 5 small. she only has 4 or 5 people i just love. >> i just love ronald reagan. molly may that's that's what you get this show. that's get with this show. that's fantastic. spread fantastic. the complete spread of social shows, doesn't it? >> tom it it impacts everybody. >> tom it it impacts everybody. >> oh, goodness me . yeah. well, >> oh, goodness me. yeah. well, still come , our panel will still to come, our panel will delve into some of the biggest news stories of the day. and we have a lot more to get have got a lot more to get through. and lord brittan, yes , through. and lord brittan, yes, the co—op sets up a no go zone due to surges in looting offences . offences. >> we'll hear from them and the police see in just a moment

i >> -- >> the temperatures rising, boxt solar the proud sponsors of weather on . gb news. weather on. gb news. >> hello, alex deakin here with your latest weather update from the met office for gb news, many places will have a dry day today . they'll still be a few showers here and there, most will be here and there, but most will be bright enough a of bright enough with a bit of sunshine at times with low pressure nearby. however, we are expecting plenty of showers come the weekend and as i said, it's not completely out there not completely dry out there today. a lot of cloud and today. quite a lot of cloud and a few scattered over a few scattered showers over south wales, south—west england and heavy ones possible south wales, south—west england and parts heavy ones possible south wales, south—west england and parts of avy ones possible south wales, south—west england and parts of scotland, yossible over parts of scotland, particularly east and particularly in the east and then across the highlands. then later across the highlands. any showers elsewhere pretty any showers elsewhere say pretty well much of the well scattered much of the midlands, eastern england, south—west scotland staying dry and sunshine and we'll and a bit of sunshine and we'll see temperatures getting up into the little fresher the 20s feeling a little fresher on the west coast. perhaps temperatures teens here temperatures in the teens here as breeze starts to pick up. as the breeze starts to pick up. and that is a sign of that low pressure we earlier pressure we saw earlier approaching will approaching that will spread

more showers northern more showers across northern ireland night. so ireland through the night. so there'll few more showers ireland through the night. so there'lithis few more showers ireland through the night. so there'lithis evening)re showers ireland through the night. so there'lithis evening overiowers ireland through the night. so there'lithis evening over england during this evening over england and again, many and wales. but again, many places stay dry. then by places will stay dry. then by dawn, we'll see this band of showers working into wales and across parts of scotland . across parts of scotland. reasonably mild night again over central and eastern parts, a little fresher. further west and then into saturday it will be that mixture of sunshine and showers. it won't rain all showers. so it won't rain all day . many places see some day. many places will see some lengthy spells of sunshine, but it will be fairly breezy. and that means the showers will be coming and going, whizzing through on a fairly brisk wind, particularly of particularly over parts of scotland ireland, scotland and northern ireland, where well where the showers could well be on in the sunny on the heavy side in the sunny spells, again, temperatures getting low 20s , the getting into the low 20s, the temperatures rising, boxt solar proud sponsors of weather on . gb news. >> now then, lee anderson here join me on gb news who's on my new show, the real world, every friday at 7 pm. where real people get to meet those in

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studio by our panel are the writer and commentator candice holdsworth, as well as conservative peer and former bofis conservative peer and former boris johnson adviser. lord moylan, shall we get shall we dive right back into these top stories of the day? because i found it fascinating how some of them were in some degree counterintuitive , and i suppose counterintuitive, and i suppose one that isn't particularly counterintuitive is a story in the ft that you've picked out, lord moylan, about the united kingdom rejecting an offer from the european union of a deeper partnership. was this really a gracious offer or something more sinister? well it's a typical ft headune sinister? well it's a typical ft headline because it it does a lot of damage to the uk's reputation . reputation. >> but when you read the story, it turns out that the european union isn't interested , the union isn't interested, the european commission isn't interested in having a deeper relationship. they think what they've absolutely fine they've got is absolutely fine and surprising and that's hardly surprising since actually governing since they're actually governing part our country directly in part of our country directly in the shape of northern ireland and they've got us just where they they want us. so they where they want us. so i think that this partly is a

story about the ft not being able to report things straight . able to report things straight. it's partly a story about the european union having this imperial attitude to all its surrounding states and not wanting to be to treat us as as an equal. and it's partly , as an equal. and it's partly, as i say, a story about how we've got to do something about the fact that the grip on northern ireland is getting tighter and tighter and it's being cut off from the uk without any democratic consent . democratic consent. >> so it is remarkable. >> so it is remarkable. >> we've gone to sort >> we've gone back to this sort of concert europe spheres of of concert of europe spheres of influence that i thought influence idea that i thought the second world war really put to bed. >> there only one sphere of >> there is only one sphere of influence. they i influence. they see, and i always compare it to the old chinese empire where the chinese empire. empire where the old emperor, the theory old chinese emperor, the theory was that he was actually the ruler the world and all the ruler of the world and all the countries around had to and countries around had to come and pay countries around had to come and pay tribute. if they pay him tribute. and if they didn't, it was a you know, because they didn't realise where belonged. where they properly belonged. there were equals to the there were no equals to the chinese so this is the chinese emperor. so this is the same the european union. same with the european union. for its they it for all the its they find it very hard to make real friends

with other states. and it's not just us, it's the us. and so on. they only think in terms of power and control relationships . and it's very we could have recognise that . recognise that. >> okay, candace, let's have a look at one of your stories, shall we? i know this is a topic that you feel very passionate aboutis that you feel very passionate about is in the times. >> yes. so this is a really sad story. this was a baby who was stillborn whilst her mother was giving birth in prison. her mother left to give birth on mother was left to give birth on her own for 12 hours. she was screaming in pain and was ignored by staff . and this is ignored by staff. and this is apparently huge problem in apparently a huge problem in prison. who are giving prison. women who are giving birth are seven times more likely to stillborn babies. likely to have stillborn babies. it's huge issue . it's a huge issue. >> what is the practise in terms of giving in prison? are of giving birth in prison? are you usually with somebody? do you usually with somebody? do you warden who would come you have a warden who would come in help with you? in and help to label with you? >> i mean, thing >> well, yes. i mean, the thing the thing that seems to have happenedis the thing that seems to have happened is that she was just ignored. mean, a lot of ignored. so, i mean, a lot of female, female, rights female, female, female rights campaigners are saying that actually we to

actually maybe we need to rethink our policy of women at pregnant actually being pregnant women actually being sent that's not where sent to prison. that's not where you should be giving birth. you know, till someone has know, wait till someone has given . then at given birth. and then because at the moment it's a very confused policy where, you know, you need the hospital treatment, but you're in your cell screaming for no listening for help and no one's listening to you. >> it's so hard, though, because of course, don't want to of course, you don't want to punish the baby, but you do want to punish mother . if the to punish the mother. if the mother has done something wrong, if a serial if the mother is a serial killer, if the mother has has you know, some heinous you know, done some heinous crime , um, we can't be giving crime, um, we can't be giving them cushy treatment. >> it's a problem because you've got two competing interests there. right? so the mother has committed but the committed a crime, but the baby's innocent , but yet the baby's innocent, but yet the baby's innocent, but yet the baby could be harmed by the fact that the mum's in prison and women's health care in prison is just so, you know, just not good. so, you know, which one do you put first there? or do you maybe delay one? very complex, one? it's a very, very complex, tncky one? it's a very, very complex, tricky well, you would tricky issue. well, you would think that final you think in that final week, you perhaps moved to hospital or perhaps be moved to hospital or at be aware that you at least be aware that you

should moved hospital. at least be aware that you shoyes. moved hospital. at least be aware that you shoyes.becausei hospital. at least be aware that you shoyes. because was 1ospital. at least be aware that you shoyes. because was that tal. at least be aware that you shoyes. because was that seven >> yes. because was that seven times likely be times more likely to be a stillbirth if you're born into a prison? yes >> yes. >> yes. >> so that's that's not fair on an unborn child, is it, to put it in those sort of. >> well, maybe. i think what also happens is the fact that, you your health isn't you know, your health isn't being the same being attended to in the same way be an ordinary way it would be for an ordinary woman free. so, you woman who was free. so, you know, problems aren't being picked up as well as they would have incarcerate rated. >> it's a really, really emotive issue, that one thorny issue is a issue well. you will a thorny issue as well. you will have a view on that. vaiews@gbnews.com. candice daniel, we're daniel, do stay with us. we're going the news next going to go to the news next with rory smith . with rory smith. >> thank you very much. ellie said . khan says the expansion of said. khan says the expansion of london's ultra low emission zone will go ahead . that's after will go ahead. that's after a high court judge ruled the mayor's plan is lawful . it will mayor's plan is lawful. it will see drivers pay a $12.50 daily fee if their vehicles do not meet the required emissions

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>> very good morning to you. it's just gone 1140 and you're with britain's newsroom here on gb news with ellie costello and me, tom harwood. >> now the co op has warned that some communities could become no go areas for shops due to an increased level of crime . increased level of crime. >> yeah, there have been around 1000 incidents per day since the start of the year, including shoplifting and anti—social behaviour. >> the co op has said that police forces do not prioritise retail crime with on average 71% of serious retail crime. not yet being responded to by police. >> well, let's get the views of the former metropolitan police detective, peter bleksley. and this is extraordinary, the fact that serious incidents are being lodged and not even being dealt with by the police. it's a deep, deep stain on the tattered reputation of much of the

british police. >> these are exactly the kind of crimes that the moderate majority of the country of which there are tens of millions of people, quite frankly, don't get the service that they need. and we can we can use burglary, for example , although, of course, example, although, of course, certain officers, senior officers are making a pledge to attack and burglaries. car crime, for example, or all the crimes that really affect us that we might see that whole swathe of crime that affects the moderate majority and the police are simply failing. moderate majority and the police are simply failing . and the are simply failing. and the reason they're failing their spending too much time reaching out to this minority and that minority and every single minority and every single minority you can think about, we must engage with these communities. whereas at actually the core thing about policing is that you need to engage with two communities because people of different race, colour and creeds fall into these brackets. the first communities you should engage with the victims of crime . um, and the second community.

you should very much engage with the perpetrator of crime. and if you do that effectively prompt professionally and to the best of their ability , then you will of their ability, then you will see trust in the british police slowly start to come back. >> how do we fix this, peter? i mean, we're talking about a thousand incidents per day. i mean, it's astonishing really , mean, it's astonishing really, that this is happening in britain . is that this is happening in britain. is this more that this is happening in britain . is this more bobbies that this is happening in britain. is this more bobbies on the beat? is it being more visual or is this actually down to individual shops needing to just invest in better security ? just invest in better security? so what's the answer? >> both of the above. if there are too many police officers involved in duties which are not on the street, which are not frontline on and they call them busy duties in some police services, what the heck is business duty? you're a police service . can you kindly do service. can you kindly do policing and get those people from behind their desks? and if they're not physically capable of doing it, then perhaps they shouldn't be in the police service. get them out from

behind those desks , get people behind those desks, get people in to fulfil those roles. civilians, perhaps that might be able to do so much of this business. i feel myself almost gambling. as i say it in relation to policing. connect with the public, do what the pubuc with the public, do what the public want, patrol the streets . we very rarely see police officers patrolling. they're too busy whizzing from one 999 call to another . there might be to another. there might be a green shoot of hope here because sir mark rowley , the sir mark rowley, the commissioner of the met, has said that as of september, the met will not attend. people in a mental health crisis unless there is, of course, a danger or a crime being committed. so that might allow police officers to do some proper policing, not mental health work. and if they do that , patrol the streets, do that, patrol the streets, investigate hate crime when it happens properly and lock up bad people, then you will hear people, then you will hear people the length and breadth of the country going, hooray for that. >> going back to what you said initially about the idea that police spend too long trying to

engage with certain communities , cities rather than the clear cut distinction of victims and perpetrators , is it your perpetrators, is it your understanding that the police will turn a blind eye to some sorts of crime, um, just so that they can be seen to be nicer by certain communities? i don't think so. >> and if that were to be the case, that would be utterly scandalous . and the reason i say scandalous. and the reason i say about engaging with those two communities and doing it properly is because all communities are victims of crime, no matter what your race, colour, creed , sexual colour, creed, sexual orientation, whatever minority group you may come from , we all group you may come from, we all sadly suffer either as victims of crime. so if the police, by simply doing their job, instead simply doing theirjob, instead of having this really rather liberal, fluffy and rather woke kind of attitude in engaging with every minority, engage with the victims of crime because they represent every community.

and when you do that properly , and when you do that properly, that's how you gain the confidence of them, because somebody, whatever they're part of or whatever sector of the uk they come from, if they get a great service and the police do their best, you can guarantee they will tell their friends and family how good and professional the police were. >> when we look at this report from the co—op and look at who is doing this shoplifting, a lot of it is actually done by criminal gangs. it's very sophisticated. even using range rovers to actually crash into these stores before making their way in and looting, essentially. i mean, how do police officers even begin to tackle that head on? i mean, you could be overwhelmed, couldn't you, by a criminal gang. >> a lot of this crime is committed by professional career, organised criminal gangs. the police have intelligence databases which are vast and contain an awful lot of information about bad people doing bad things if they can

dedicate the resources to targeting those that they know are persistent, serious offenders and i mean keeping them under surveillance. for example, we had an expression getting them up and putting them to bed, which meant that we kept our eyes on them throughout the entirety. then, of course , you entirety. then, of course, you increase the chances considerably of being able to catch them in the act, and then you've got sufficient evidence to put a case forward to the cps for them to be charged, go to court and suitably sentenced. but on the sentence note, let's also remember that the entire criminal justice system is in need of yes , funding reform need of yes, funding reform improvement because the prisons are almost brim full and judges are almost brim full and judges are getting directives, as are magistrates. so don't jail people unless it is absolutely necessary . i was speaking to necessary. i was speaking to a very senior magistrate the other day who told me exactly that

because there's simply not enough room in the prison estate to house as many bad people who are committing bad crimes. >> so i suppose it's not just the amount of room in prisons , the amount of room in prisons, but also the backlog in the court system. people waiting court system. people are waiting , in some cases many, many years to see justice done. does that sort of put off police or those working in the police to pursue these cases through the courts? justice delayed is justice denied . denied. >> that's an old saying. but it's very, very true . and with it's very, very true. and with these backlogs often because court buildings are crumbling at the seams and the roofs are leaking and all that kind of stuff, there is bad admin orchestration in a lot of the criminal justice system, which could quite simply be improved if efficiencies are there to be made . if only there is the made. if only there is the collective will by everybody and of course some people throughout the system are brilliant and work extremely hard. but that doesn't mean to say we cannot

have some reforms here, we cannot have some improvements , cannot have some improvements, and we can really beef up the system in its entirety from the police all the way through to probation at the other end and improve it. >> i mean, it's very difficult one to fix in that sense, isn't it? i mean, we're talking about prisons being full, but then if there's not a long sentence, then the punishment isn't enough of deterrent . then the punishment isn't enough of deterrent. it's then the punishment isn't enough of deterrent . it's a really of a deterrent. it's a really difficult one, it? yes difficult one, isn't it? yes >> and often short sentences are a waste of time because they don't have any rehabilitation connected to them. so in certain circumstances , if you're going circumstances, if you're going in jail for a fairly short sentence, all you will merely do is attend an academy of crime and come out more accomplished with more criminal contacts in your telephone and better able to commit crime . longer to commit crime. longer sentences when the prison estate can really do things with offenders often is much, much more successful than simply banging somebody up for a few weeks or months. okay. >> well, peter bleksley , thank >> well, peter bleksley, thank you so much for coming in and

talking us through those big issues. policing issues. from the policing perspective, to perspective, i could talk to you all day. incredibly important. yes. but we can now get the perspective of those who own the shops. perspective of those who own the shops . indeed, public shops. indeed, the public affairs director for the co—op, paul gerrard , can join us now. paul gerrard, can join us now. and paul, the co—op has done this research, has found these astonishing statistics . first of astonishing statistics. first of all, let's let's dig in a little more deeply to them who precisely is committing these crimes ? crimes? >> so we've seen a 35% increase in incidents in our store. and what's driving that is to two things. what isn't driving it is people who can't make ends meet and are stealing some bread and milk to feed themselves. that's not what this is about. this is about organised gangs not what this is about. this is abot are �*ganised gangs not what this is about. this is abot are targeting gangs not what this is about. this is abot are targeting our gangs not what this is about. this is abotare targeting our shopsngs who are targeting our shops to steal value on scale steal high value items on scale . and the second thing is, is it's people with substance abuse issues who are stealing to feed a just to you a habit. and just to give you a real flavour for this, i was speaking to one of my store colleagues last week. they've

had three people come come in, i think almost 50 times in the first months of this year to first six months of this year to jump first six months of this year to jump the to get behind jump the kiosk, to get behind the perspex screens onto the tills side of it, to take out all the spirits, alcohol vape cigarettes. and they've done that almost 50 times in the first six months of this year. every one of those has been reported to the police, by the way. and the police have never turned up. >> okay, paul, i do just want to ask about your colleagues there that you mentioned. i mean, when you speak to about people, you speak to them about people, for jumping over to get for example, jumping over to get to the kiosk, to get to those higher value items behind the tills, how are they feeling ? tills, how are they feeling? they must be terrified. going to work each . work each. >> absolutely . they are scared >> absolutely. they are scared when the incidents happen . they when the incidents happen. they are deeply worried when there is just general theft , even if just general theft, even if they're not violent towards the colleagues. but it's worth beanng colleagues. but it's worth bearing in mind that i have ten of my colleagues attacked every day in co—op stores . and that's

day in co—op stores. and that's not unusual. it happens right across a number of across food retail, a number of those attacks every day with a weapon. it could be a knife, a syringe, bottle. had syringe, a bottle. i've had a colleague attacked with a mediaeval so this isn't mediaeval mace. so this isn't this isn't. i'm afraid, an unusual statistic . this this isn't. i'm afraid, an unusual statistic. this is what we are facing . it's what the we are facing. it's what the whole food sector is facing as well. >> i have to say, both of our jaws dropped when you listed those weapons . ones that have those weapons. ones that have been used in shops across the united kingdom . this this is united kingdom. this this is this is organised crime. but but your research shows that in 71% of these incidents, the police have simply failed to turn up. that's extra ordinary . that's extra ordinary. >> it is. and i hate to say it, it's probably worse than that. so in 71 so my colleagues only report serious incidents . report serious incidents. they're not going to report the ham sandwich being nicked or the bottle of being nicked. bottle of pop being nicked. they're all reporting serious robberies assaults . so that's robberies or assaults. so that's 71% is of serious incidents .

71% is of serious incidents. okay. now, but if you dig further into that, we spent £200 million over the last five years on safety, security measures. we spend four times the national sector average to keep our stores safe because was the safety of our colleagues is essential. included in that is undercover guarding. so we have undercover guarding. so we have undercover guards in store. they have detained offenders in the store and then call the police and the police don't turn up even when we've detained them, we've sent them entire evidence packs from the 30, the cctv that we have with witness statements. we've done the work for them. i was in law enforcement for ten years. we've done the work for them. to the police. them. we've sent to the police. no is taken. tom, no action is taken. so, tom, they're not only not attending at even when we do the at times, even when we do the job they're not job for them, they're not attending now what would attending now. now what i would say my frustration is that say, and my frustration is that if at sussex or if you look at sussex police or nottinghamshire police, they take , they work take it seriously, they work with us and they're taking dozens offenders off dozens of prolific offenders off the they've the streets. they've secured custodial . and as your

custodial sentences. and as your previous guest said, they've also orders for those also got rehab orders for those who've substance issues. so who've got substance issues. so this soluble problem . the this is a soluble problem. the police need to show show, show willing sussex have and willing like sussex have and like have paul like nottinghamshire have paul gerrard really good to have you on the programme and to kind of humanise this story for us. >> 1000 incidents a day at retail shops in britain . that retail shops in britain. that was paul gerrard there. the campaigns and public affairs director for the co—op, really who uses a mediaeval mace, a mediaeval mace being wielded against shop workers. >> it's extra ordinary, but we could talk about that all day. but unfortunately we've come to the end of the programme . the end of the programme. absolutely flown by. thank you so much for your company this morning. and next up , it's the morning. and next up, it's the live desk with mark longhurst and tomson and pip tomson >> a brighter outlook with boxt solar proud sponsors of weather on . gb news. on. gb news. >> hello alex deakin here with your latest weather update from

the met office for gb news, many places will have a dry day today. they'll still be a few showers here and there, but most will be bright enough with a bit of sunshine at times with low pressure however, we are pressure nearby. however, we are expecting plenty showers come expecting plenty of showers come the weekend. and as i said, it's not completely out there not completely dry out there today. lot of cloud and today. quite a lot of cloud and a scattered over a few scattered showers over south wales , southwest england south wales, southwest england and ones possible and some heavy ones possible over parts of scotland, particularly and particularly in the east and then across the highlands. then later across the highlands. any elsewhere say pretty any showers elsewhere say pretty well much the well scattered much of the midlands england, midlands, eastern england, southwest staying dry southwest scotland staying dry and a bit of sunshine. we'll see temperatures getting up into the 20s feeling a little fresher on the west coast, perhaps temperatures in teens here temperatures in the teens here as breeze starts to pick up. as the breeze starts to pick up. and that a sign of low and that is a sign of that low pressure we earlier pressure we saw earlier approaching that spread approaching that will spread more across northern more showers across northern ireland through the night. so there'll showers there'll be a few more showers dunng there'll be a few more showers during over england during this evening over england and again, many and wales. but again, many places will dry. then by places will stay dry. then by dawn, we'll see this band of showers working into wales and across scotland . across parts of scotland. reasonably mild night again over

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