we are the welcome to gb news. we are the people's channel. i'm nana akua. i'm in for patrick christys this afternoon. >> i'm with you till 6:00. >> i'm with you till 6:00. >> now, of course, the big story suella braverman which has come up with a novel idea that a lot of other countries actually use marquees, migrants marquees, tents for migrants in disused bases. great idea. disused army bases. great idea. what's not to love.7 then we'll be discussing natwest as the story rumbles on. howard davies the overall head of natwest, the group itself is defiant in the face of the scandal . he group itself is defiant in the face of the scandal. he said he's not going because in fact, he's not going because in fact, he was planning to go next year so he might as well stay on. i don't think so. and then you last well, you less you lose. we made that up. but everyone's stealing but sadiq khan, stealing it. but sadiq khan, he's he's not about to do he's not he's not about to do a u—turn. he has won his legal bid to carry on and push forward this charge that intends to this charge that he intends to expand the rest of london. expand to the rest of london. but the tory constituencies are not going down lightly. they're not going down lightly. they're not going down lightly. they're not going to let him get away with this. and then tony blair, well, he's bobbed up again. he's bobbed to the surface once more

. he turned into an eco . he is turned into an eco warrior ish, but he's got a stance on this. he says that actually we, the public, the people shouldn't have to pay for net zero. and in any case, what what is our contribution? when we look to people like china that's on the way . now, that's on the way. now, remember, you can get in touch in the usual way. you can email me gb views. at gbnews.com or you can tweet me at gb news. but first, let's get your latest news headlines with tatiana sanchez. news headlines with tatiana sanchez . nana sanchez. nana >> thank you very much and good afternoon. this is the latest from the newsroom. plans to move 2000 migrants into scampton in lincolnshire have been delayed until october . officials lincolnshire have been delayed until october. officials had indicated the first group of migrants would begin arriving at the former airbase in august. it comes as the home office is report set to erect marquees to

accommodate 2000 further migrants in manston airfield in kent. by the end of august. there are warnings it could trigger legal challenges based on inhumane treatment . sadiq on inhumane treatment. sadiq khan says the expansion of london's ultra low emission zone will go ahead after a high court judge ruled the mayor's plan is lawful. >> legal action was brought by five conservative led councils . five conservative led councils. it will see drivers pay a £12.50 daily fee if their vehicles do not meet the required emission standards. a spokesman for the aa says the ruling is highly disappointing, but they hope london will follow other cities by adopting measures to reduce the impact on those who cannot afford the extra charges . but afford the extra charges. but the london mayor says there will be support. >> the decision to expand the ultra low emission zone was a difficult one, not one. i took lightly. but it's essential . lightly. but it's essential. next week there'll be a massive expansion of the support we give

to families, to businesses and charities as it is, 96% of cars ininner charities as it is, 96% of cars in inner london are compliant. nine out of ten cars in outer london are compliant. they won't pay a london are compliant. they won't pay a penny more from august 29th, but we'll see the benefits of clean air. but i'll carry on listening to what more support we can give. >> natwest has appointed a law firm to conduct an independent review following the closure of nigel farage's bank account. it comes as the banking group announces profits of £3.6 billion for the first half of the year. better than predicted. that's £1 billion more than last yeah that's £1 billion more than last year. both the group ceo, dame alison rose and coutts boss peter flavel have resigned. the share price of natwest dropped as much as 7.6% in the past week . former bank of england and treasury adviser dr. roger gualbes told gb news any bank bosses who have wrongfully closed people's accounts should be fired. i think there should be fired. i think there should be an investigation . be an investigation. >> mr griffith, the city

minister, should. i would suggest , minister, should. i would suggest, start an investigation immediately , not next year, with 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 years has has has cancelled people and closed their accounts without reason. and any directors or officers or management involved in that should go . should go. >> police have arrested a 14 year old boy after a seven year old girl was killed in a hit and run crash with a motorcycle. west midlands police attended the scene at turnstone road in blakenhall in walsall shortly after 7:00 yesterday evening . after 7:00 yesterday evening. police are still searching for a blue and black road bike. the 14 year old remains in custody . year old remains in custody. 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 40 charges in the case. trump's team say this is nothing more than a continued desperate attempt by the biden family to harass donald trump . holiday harass donald trump. holiday makers affected by wildfires in greece say they're struggling to get refunds despite the fires that are ravaging the island of rhodes. that are ravaging the island of rhodes . some that are ravaging the island of rhodes. some airlines are continuing to operate flights, meaning that travellers are unable to claim their money back. thousands of british tourists have been evacuated from the island. the foreign office is advising those travelling to fire affected areas to be cautious. travelling to fire affected areas to be cautious . kylie areas to be cautious. kylie minogue will begin her first residency in las vegas later this year following ing the viral success of her recent single padam padam. the australian princess of pop is to become the first headliner at the voltaire nightclub, the popular venetian resort. she made history in 2020 when she became the first female artist to have a uk number one album in

five consecutive decades . and five consecutive decades. and finally, in the women's world cup , the lionesses have beaten cup, the lionesses have beaten denmark 1—0. england took the lead in sydney afterjust six lead in sydney after just six minutes when chelsea's lauren james lifted the ball past lenny kristensen into the top right corner of the net. later in the first half, keira walsh had to be taken off on a stretcher with what appeared to be a knee injury. but the win leaves the lionesses top of group d with one game play and all, but one game to play and all, but ensures a place. in the last 16 of the tournament they will face china next year with gb news, we'll bring you more as it happens. now it's back to nana . happens. now it's back to nana. >> good afternoon. it's just coming up to eight minutes after 3:00. this is gb views. we are the people's channel. i'm nana akua. i'm in for patrick. i'm here till six. now, the big

story is migrant marquees. the government hopes that they will be the latest solution for the crisis at our borders. now a gb news as gb news is established, these marquees have been earmarked for manston airfield in kent as part of a controversial new home office policy . the government have policy. the government have acknowledged that it has bought enough marquees to house 2000 migrants on disused military bases. refugees charity has called the plan cruel. oh for goodness sake. whilst labour's shadow home secretary, yvette coopen shadow home secretary, yvette cooper, says that it shows the home office is flailing around . home office is flailing around. but the government says that other european countries, including ireland, have used such structures to accommodate asylum seekers and ukrainian refugees . the news comes as refugees. the news comes as government plans to move 2000 migrants into scampton in lincolnshire have now been delayed . and so for the latest, delayed. and so for the latest, i'm now joined by our home and security editor mark white, who's at manston airfield in kent. mark, welcome. what kent. now mark, welcome. so what can you tell me about this? mark

>> well, if we talk about scampton, first of all, which is the latest news to come out this afternoon , it was being reported afternoon, it was being reported by scampton parish council that they'd been briefed by home office officials that there was a delay in the first asylum seekers to arrive at the former dambusters base there at raf scampton in lincolnshire. we've now had official confirmation from a senior source that that is the case, that the first asylum seekers who were due in there just next month will now not be going into that base until at least october. for not be going into that base until at least october . for now, until at least october. for now, there are, we're told, a number of issues at play here, including detailed survey work which is still underway. of the 14 separate buildings that will be used to house these asylum seekers. there is also still all issues surrounding the drawing

up of contracts for specialist. come in and do to the utilities to reconnect the utilities to these buildings as as well. all of that adding to the delays which is pushing it back and that just has the net effect , of that just has the net effect, of course, of limiting the options for the home office as they look to accommodate it. what they know will be a large surge in migrants coming across the engush migrants coming across the english channel in the coming weeks when we reach these months where for the most part it will be flat calm conditions in the engush be flat calm conditions in the english channel and that's why we're seeing also this development point of dozens of marquees that have been bought that will be erected in the coming days to house up to 2000 additional migrants. coming days to house up to 2000 additional migrants . some of additional migrants. some of those marquees will be here at the manston processing centre because it was here at this point late last year that they

suffered a real crisis , a suffered a real crisis, a bottleneck at this facility when more than a thousand migrants, a day were crossing the channel in in a period of sustained flat calm conditions which meant that they just ground to a halt here. and anyone that comes through this processing centre is only ever meant to be for here a maximum of 48 hours before then. moving to on longer term accommodation while they were being kept for here weeks at a time. so what's behind the thinking behind the purchasing of the marquees is to ensure that this time around there will be at least some interim accommodation for them that will allow the sergeant migrants when they come to be housed here for a good few weeks while they work out where to send them next. >> now, mark, do we have any idea of the sort of calibre of these marquees? because i've

been to some events and some of these marquees can be really nice. are they just going to be standard type marquees or literally, have every literally, will they have every facility a tented facility within a tented facility within a tented facility ? yeah no, i'm told that facility? yeah no, i'm told that they will be robust marquees that will be up to housing. >> multiple people . the type of >> multiple people. the type of marquees that we see used to good effect all around the world. it's interesting that you have of some of these human rights charities saying that they are akin to concentration camp facilities , that they will camp facilities, that they will be expected to endure here. well, the same tents are being used by the unhcr , by these very used by the unhcr, by these very same charities around the world. and yes, of course, in many instances, they're an interim temporary measure to deal with people fleeing a crisis. but when you look at countries like

jordan or turkey, where they have a very significant refugee population who over the years have left countries like iraq and syria and have been housed for quite a number of years in those camps. they are living in these marquees day to day , and these marquees day to day, and no one is really writing and complaining about the inhumane conditions that these people are being housed in. >> so i'm just wondering that, is jordan within the human rights convention, because there are we anticipating a load of lawyers now and legal challenges for these this sort of accommodation . accommodation. >> i think there is no doubt that there may well be some challenges . we've seen it at challenges. we've seen it at every step that the government has taken in trying to deal with this crisis , with the move to this crisis, with the move to hotels , with the move to try to hotels, with the move to try to get out of the use of hotels, which are currently housing

51,000 migrants in hundreds of hotels right across the country, at a cost of £6 million a day. and in trying to move away from that, they are trying to establish larger for purpose built or at least specially adapted send hours that will offer the taxpayer more value for money and at the same time be less luxurious than some of the hotels that these migrants are staying in. more basic in nature to the accommodation. still clean and appropriate, but more basic in nature . and they more basic in nature. and they have been challenged in the courts as well in their attempts to get these is up and running at raf bases. the barge that's now gone into portland harbour in dorset at every step of the way, the human rights lawyers and others will be fighting these proposals in the courts. there are no easy answers to

trying to find any kind of solution to what content used to be a growing and protracted crisis . crisis. >> well, mark, thank you very much. that's mark white. he's there in in kent at an raaf base. he's in manston and he's just discussing what's happening with regard to the marquees that suella braverman suggested will be put up there. but moving on, though. stay tuned. by the way , though. stay tuned. by the way, if you're just tuned in, it's coming to 15 minutes after coming up to 15 minutes after 3:00. and we're discussing nigel farage he's hit out at farage now. he's hit out at banks profits banks for making massive profits whilst public badly whilst treating the public badly . it comes as anti—brexit campaigner gina miller voiced her concern over her party's bank account closure . in bank account closure. in a recent tweet, nigel said that this is just plain wrong at every level i stand with gina miller now it comes as natwest announced a huge surge in profits as bank bosses met with shareholders for the first time since the explosive de—banking rao . our political reporter rao. our political reporter catherine fosterjoins rao. our political reporter catherine foster joins me rao. our political reporter catherine fosterjoins me in the studio. so catherine, give us an

update then. >> well, first of all, it's quite something, isn't it, to have nigel farage tweet showing his support of arch anti brexiteer gina miller. right. so what a strange world we're into. but they've both been debunked, rather different circumstances, of course . but nigel farage of course. but nigel farage today responding to the profits of natwest group over the last six months to the end of june. they are up by £1 billion. they made 3.6 billion in the year to the end of june. so six months to the end of june this year as opposed to 2.6 billion last yeah opposed to 2.6 billion last year. that's more than the forecast they were expecting to make about 3.3. so they've been doing very well indeed, or were until the last few days because, of course, in the last couple of days in july, they've had this pubuc days in july, they've had this public relations catastrophe really over the nigel farage coots de—banking scandal.

really over the nigel farage coots de—banking scandal . and in coots de—banking scandal. and in the last couple of days, £1 billion has been wiped off the value of natwest . now two big value of natwest. now two big bosses have gone or the ceo of natwest and the ceo of coutts, but the chairman of the natwest group is still in position. nigel farage wants him to go. in fact, he wants the whole board to go. prime minister rishi sunak has not said that the chairman has his support either, but he's hanging on and basically told investors this morning that it's important that they have stability because obviously there's been lots of people going out the door. so he says he needs to continue. he's due to finish next year anyway. so let's see. but you know, gina miller and nigel farage united, it's quite something . in gina it's quite something. in gina miller's case, it's a bit different . it's the bank, monzo different. it's the bank, monzo and she had a count for her political party, which they've now said that they're closing . now said that they're closing. and it's they've clarified that

basically she should never have been given this account. they say they don't offer this sort of account, but she's basically saying, well, democracy is under threat. then isn't it? if i can't get out an account for a political party, a new political party, it seems it's a bit of overreach as well, considering they've just posted bumper profits. >> we're not really benefiting from this rise in interest rates . they're not really passing much of that on to their savers. we've also had letters from people who have been debunked by natwest as well. and nigel started this campaign of getting people to speak about this . is people to speak about this. is there any sign that the labour party or the labour party saying anything about this at all? >> they've had slightly mixed messages. i mean, keir starmer the other day did come out and say that dame alison rose , the say that dame alison rose, the head natwest, was right head of natwest, was right to resign said it was resign and said that it was totally unacceptable what she'd done. leaking of information done. the leaking of information and you know, de—banking someone because of their political beliefs , said he felt sorry for beliefs, said he felt sorry for nigel farage. but the shadow

chancellor, rachel reeves , took chancellor, rachel reeves, took a rather different view. she said that she was concerned as what she regarded as the bullying of a woman and of course, dame alison rose. you know, she's a woman who's risen to the top in a very male dominated industry. but of course she still has to be held to the same standards as anybody else. and so we will see. it does seem like to be the tip of the iceberg in terms of nigel's got this campaign going. he's clearly got the bit between his teeth and we're hearing more and more cases now of people who've had their bank accounts taken away. sometimes after ten, 20, 30 years and very often with no explanation. what so ever. >> we'll be going into that more. but it's interesting that the rachel reeves woman who couldn't say what a woman is now sees dame alison rose as a woman. that's interesting. thank you very much, catherine foster. good speak to you. gb good to speak to you. now, gb news campaigning to stop the news is campaigning to stop the uk cashless society. uk becoming a cashless society. the called the campaign is called don't kill and it's proving kill cash and it's proving to be

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channel >> welcome back. it's just coming up to 24 minutes after 3:00. this is gb news. we are the people's channel. i'm nana akua now. still to come, trouble for donald trump as he faces further charges in the mar—a—lago documents inquiry. he and tony blair, the unflushable. tony blair, he's back in the spotlight. but this time he's arguing that the public must be spared the burden of the cost of net zero. but up now victory for

london mayor sadiq khan today , london mayor sadiq khan today, the high court has ruled that khan's expansion of the ulez scheme to outer london is lawful and that's despite motoring organisations warning that it could penalise more than 700,000 motorists. and now the ulez scheme has been given the green light for august the 29th and both the aa and the rac say that it will unfairly target poorer households and the elderly. legal action was brought by five conservative led councils in february over the proposal to extend the ulez beyond the north and south circular roads. so joining me now is howard cox. he's the founder of fairfield, uk, the campaign for and he's also a campaign for a london mayoral campaign candidate. i think we'll do it that way around. i'm in trouble with my teeth. as i've got older. i've noficed teeth. as i've got older. i've noticed food gets stuck in them really easily. it's not good. it's not a good look. so so, howard, about this. howard, talk to me about this. this expansion , it this ulez expansion, is it actually needed? are we actually really needed? are we taking stats and are we taking correct stats and are we getting real, real proper figures about the air quality? is it necessary know we're being

lied ? lied to? >> and i'm unfortunately one of the that is problem the things that is a problem with the conservatives actually brought case into judicial brought this case into judicial review today . review today. >> didn't present the >> they didn't present the argument well and they're argument very well and they're to blame . they've had seven to blame. they've had seven years in opposition to sadiq khan, and they haven't even touched sides. the is touched the sides. the man is running roughshod people running roughshod over people with claims, not facts. with a motive claims, not facts. i mean , even tfl his own body i mean, even tfl his own body transport for london, admitted that the expansion of ulez to the m25, the whole of the greater london, were not demonstrably improve air quality, not one bit. it's a pure cash grabbing scheme. >> well, and isn't it the fact that we were told that we should use diesel so people were encouraged to buy diesel cars because they were looking at what was it, the nitrates or something in the air. they didn't look at carbon dioxide or whatever. they're looking at now. so people were advised to get these things. that's why we had london buses with diesel, everything had london buses with diesel, evewell,g had london buses with diesel, evewell, the basically there's >> well, the basically there's nox and co2 and petrol and

diesel do different things. >> one does one more and one does the other and back in the year 2000, too you're young to remember that far oh i've remember that far back. oh i've got to say, have no say that. >> otherwise you're out of here. >> otherwise you're out of here. >> but these are itself is a fantastic fuel. and the last fantastic fuel. and in the last ten years, even improved ten years, it's even improved even what headline we even more. what headline we don't get here is hgv drivers have now improved emissions by 50. they've come down by 50. and london is the top 25% cleanest cities in the world. that's not mentioned either. those are the sort of facts that's w.h.o. figures to. >> is there a fuel that we have thatis >> is there a fuel that we have that is for combustion engines that is for combustion engines that we could use that is an offshoot of, say, diesel or petrol that gives off literally nothing ? nothing? >> not yet. >> not yet. >> but what about bio diesel, though? what's wrong with that? >> there's wrong >> well, there's nothing wrong with diesel petrol. with buying a diesel petrol. it's not doing anything at all. the point ulez is the whole point of ulez is purely to penalise purely and utterly to penalise people easy way behind people an easy way behind a virtual signalling smokescreen of net zero. and don't forget, we've got the 2030 ban of diesel

petrol coming up in well, in six years time. no, there are . and years time. no, there are. and that's what i would do when i become mayor. i would incentivise clean fuel technology by actually banning diesel and petrol. at the moment they're preventing diesel and petrol research and development . moving on the next stage we . moving on to the next stage we have which is the have euro6 diesels, which is the current standard for in terms of actually meeting good air quality europe. but euro quality in europe. but euro seven and euro eight were on their way, but they've been stopped we've been stopped because we've been forced into electric vehicles. >> the development >> so literally the development of fuel with of potentially cleaner fuel with regard petrol diesel is regard to petrol and diesel is being put on hold. it's being stopped because of this. this particular that we're particular trajectory that we're going what of going into. so what what of this, though , if spreads this, though, if this spreads further out , so this, though, if this spreads further out, so this ulez this, though, if this spreads further out , so this ulez goes further out, so this ulez goes out and 29th of august is the date. surely all that will happen people find happen is people will find routes around it and the emissions pushed routes around it and the emissic back. pushed routes around it and the emissicback. is pushed routes around it and the emissicback. is that pushed routes around it and the emissic back. is that ispushed routes around it and the emissic back. is that is that. 1d further back. is that is that. well what's the point? >> yeah, a quite >> yeah, it's a quite a simplistic look at you're simplistic look at it. you're not off truth. the thing not far off the truth. the thing is it's going to hurt low income families, small businesses, traders, plumbers, electricians who mean,

who who can't afford it. i mean, one the things he's putting one of the things he's putting together is a scrappage scheme. study.com £2,000, the cheapest . study.com £2,000, the cheapest. >> can't get into that. it >> you can't get into that. it doesn't touch sides and all doesn't touch the sides and all those of people. those sorts of people. >> and it's going to hit the lowest income and one lowest income families. and one of that's not really of the things that's not really mentioned enough is that he's forcing actually borrow forcing them to actually borrow money buy for more expensive money to buy for more expensive cars, questionable. cars, which are questionable. and a report out at and we've got a report out at the moment cradle to grave the moment from cradle to grave of electric vehicles, compd paired to diesel and petrol cars . in other words, from when they actually ev actually start producing the ev right the ores in the right from the ores in the ground, from slave labour areas all the way through disposal all the way through to disposal of the batteries. they're not that in fact, they're that green. in fact, they're less than and less greener than diesel and petrol. less greener than diesel and pet well can't do the >> well they can't do the mileage they. mileage can they. >> the mileage that you can get out a diesel and petrol car, out of a diesel and petrol car, take a van nana the driver when he fills his truck full up half of gone. of his charge is gone. >> he can't go . he'll probably >> he can't go. he'll probably charge for miles. you'll charge for 120 miles. you'll only get 50 miles because he's trucks fill up. >> well, i've been in someone's ev where been scared to ev where they've been scared to put they

put on the heating because they didn't they're going to didn't think they're going to make they're going to make it. they're going to switch. switching things make it. they're going to swione switching things make it. they're going to swione at switching things make it. they're going to swione at a switching things make it. they're going to swione at a timevitching things make it. they're going to swione at a time because hings make it. they're going to swione at a time because the|s off one at a time because the infrastructure isn't there for these vehicles. but then these sort of vehicles. but then there argument that many there is the argument that many of cars already are work of these cars already are work can go in the ulez zone. i've got an old citroen c1 it's done 185,000 miles now. it's still going fantastic and it's fine. it goes in ulez and i don't get charged for ulez there are plenty of old cars like that. >> absolutely right. and you've passed it so much, which means it's passed detection test. >> of course it has to. >> well, yeah, the simple >> well, yeah, but the simple thing it's not necessarily thing is it's not necessarily that this and said to you that this and as i said to you though have sadiq khan, though tfl have told sadiq khan, it necessary to put in it is not necessary to put in place because make no place because it will make no difference to the air we breathe in now london, so this in now to london, so this in your is what what is the your view, is what what is the point of ulez in your view? it's purely to get cash. to purely to get cash. easy way to do forget sadiq khan do it. don't forget sadiq khan has presided over the biggest or a management the finances a net management of the finances of city and all he's of our capital city and all he's doing to do is to try and pay off that debt. >> well, listen, howard, it's really good to talk to you.

we'll come and talk to again. we'll come and talk to me again. and you're obviously and your you're obviously a candidate for the candidate for mayor for the reform so good with reform party. so good luck with that. speaking to that. but we'll be speaking to howard again about some other things developments. things that other developments. but the of fair but he's the founder of fair fuel well, there's still fuel uk. well, there's still loads to come. despite loads more to come. despite recording this recording healthy profits this morning, recording healthy profits this mornirno sign of abating. i'll shows no sign of abating. i'll be with one customer be speaking with one customer who, nigel farage, has had who, like nigel farage, has had his battle the bank. his own battle with the bank. but let's get your latest but first, let's get your latest news headlines tatiana news headlines with tatiana sanchez. news headlines with tatiana sanchez . nana. sanchez. nana. >> thank you very much and good afternoon. it's 330. this is the latest from the newsroom. plans to move 2000 migrants into scampton in lincolnshire have been delayed until october . been delayed until october. officials had indicated the first group of migrants would begin arriving at the former airbase in august. it comes as the home office is reportedly set to erect marquees to accommodate 2000 further migrants in manston airfield in kent by the end of august. it

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steadily increase. we could also see some heavier showers breaking out over the midlands and for a time. and eastern england for a time. some in the cloud, some breaks in the cloud, allowing a little allowing it to turn a little cooler than recent nights, but still warm across still quite a warm night across the bulk england and wales. the bulk of england and wales. temperatures up at 14 or temperatures holding up at 14 or 15 degrees. it'll feel quite fresh in the breeze during saturday, continue to saturday, which will continue to strengthen. it's a strengthen. as i said, it's a mixture and showers. one mixture of sun and showers. one minute dry and bright, the minute it's dry and bright, the next be catching a next minute you'll be catching a heavy . perhaps not too heavy downpour. perhaps not too many the south many showers across the south through afternoon. some through the afternoon. so some places have largely places here we'll have a largely dry to the day, but some dry end to the day, but some heavy showers over western scotland. northern may scotland. northern ireland may turn into thunderstorms again, moving through the brisk wind moving through on the brisk wind here through sunday. again, it's a case of sunshine and showers, but i think we'll see more of the showers over central and southern northern southern scotland and northern england before some more persistent comes persistent drizzly rain comes into southwest england into wales and southwest england later good part the later on, a good part of the midlands, eastern england, parts of probably of northern scotland, probably not many showers on not seeing too many showers on sunday. again, temperatures sunday. and again, temperatures high teens or low 20 as it looks like things are heating up .

like things are heating up. >> boxed boilers proud sponsors of weather on . of weather on. gb news. >> if you just joined us, it's just coming up to 35 minutes after 3:00. this is the gb news. i'm nana akua, a d—day veteran, has been forced to move into a hostel after he was served a no fault eviction notice from his landlord. now 98 year old alfred gwenael gilot was unable to afford the rent for another private property due to price rises. now he now lives in dorset in a hostel with other families waiting to be rehomed . families waiting to be rehomed. our 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 in 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

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 . landlord. >> i can't see a future. i've 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, no . accommodation . >> no, no, no. accommodation. any lord dannatt cemetery . any lord dannatt cemetery. >> alfred was one of the first paratroopers into normandy on the 6th of june 1944, landing at pegasus bridge. he was wounded

protecting french villagers dunng protecting french villagers during the normandy landings. >> you sitting in your glider? certainly all of us in one guder certainly all of us in one glider waiting to get there. and you still think it's going to be exciting . but when we landed . exciting. but when we landed. and see a few dead brazier englishmen that was a different feeling in your head . you just feeling in your head. you just have to think survival . and have to think survival. and that's what it was all about. yeah >> 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 people, the council will just wipe our hands of it. you know, they won't house us at all. we've been offered holidays, you know, to give my dad a little break. however i know, to give my dad a little break. howeveri understand know, to give my dad a little break. however i understand from the council we're not allowed to leave the. before we go on

holiday. then again , we are we holiday. then again, we are we will not be able to come back into here. >> in a statement, into here. >> in a statement , dorset >> in a statement, dorset council said following eviction by his landlord, dorset council have provided him and his family with temporary accommodation to prevent them from being homeless. the council will work with the family to help find suitable housing. we will continue to offer the family practical help and support in the interim taxi charity for military veterans visited alfred, who also used to be a london taxi driver . london taxi driver. >> i appreciate these these things happen to families in life. >> and, you know, today's market bit, 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? >> is it lovely? >> yeah. oh despite being in this situation , what's this situation, what's remarkable is alfred's outlook on life. >> well , i'm on life. >> well, i'm proud. >> well, i'm proud. >> i'm still proud of my country. king and country. i'm 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. >> ironically, if he'd come here on a dinghy, he'd probably be treated better. well, in just a moment, tony blair and net zero, the former prime minister is urging the public that they must be the huge cost burden be spared the huge cost burden of net zero. is he on to something ? we'll be debating something? we'll be debating that nana akua on gb that next time. nana akua on gb news britain's news

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pulling their weight. net zero is something the public feel passionately about on both sides, especially with this morning's that ulez morning's ruling that ulez expansion so as the expansion is lawful. so as the people's channel, we like to have experts to talk us through it. joined now by harry it. so i'm joined now by harry wilkinson . he's policy wilkinson. he's head of policy at zero. watch also caspar at net zero. watch also caspar hughes, a co—director of hughes, he's a co—director of the climate media coalition . all the climate media coalition. all right, caspar, i'm going to start you. so presumably start with you. so presumably you're pleased with regard to this ulez expansion . what are this ulez expansion. what are your thoughts? and also on the comments that were made by tony blair? my thoughts on the ulez expansion is that it is a good thing . thing. >> you know, it's as sadiq khan has said, you know, we the reason that he's put it in place is partly to stop children from dying from air pollution . dying from air pollution. >> and obviously, the other 9500 people that whose lives are ended early by air pollution in london will also massively benefit that as well . benefit that as well. >> so with regard to net zero, then, so tony blair has come out and spoken with regard to net

zero and said that it shouldn't be in the public's it shouldn't be in the public's it shouldn't be our remit to have to pay for it. so briefly, he casper, what where do you where do you go feel about that? do you think the public should be paying for net zero? >> well, the public we all need to pay for net zero. >> we all need to change our all need to change our behaviour. and that needs to be led by policy really, first and foremost. but i mean , murdoch is foremost. but i mean, murdoch is still behaving like a sorry murdoch. tony blair is still behaving like a murdoch hack. now, you he was he was put now, you know, he was he was put in power by by murdoch when in power by by by murdoch when and when he came to power. and now 20 years later, he is he is toeing the murdoch line. you know, he was actually in power at an absolutely opportune time for us to decarbonise our economy and our nation without having to suffer the catastrophic impacts of the climate crisis that we're seeing now unfolding . now unfolding. >> well, i think well, murdoch didn't put him in. the people voted for him, even if one paper

was him others , was supporting him and others, people stupid. they make people aren't stupid. they make up minds. up their own minds. harry, what's view on on all of what's your view on on all of this? >> well, i think this is a really welcome intervention by tony blair. what he's reminded us is actually that britain is only a small share of global emissions . and that means unless emissions. and that means unless we can find a way to decarbonise thatis we can find a way to decarbonise that is cheap, is affordable for ordinary people, we're not going to inspire developing countries who let, by the way, deserve to grow. they deserve to become as rich as we are. we've got to inspire them to decarbonise as well. we're not going to do that by pursuing a really expensive approach that punishes people. we have to find better technologies than that. and so this intervention is really welcome. it promotes, you know, a much more balanced conversation about net zero. and hopefully it will push against those policies like ulez , which those policies like ulez, which give too much of a hit on people who maybe can't afford to buy

new cars. they suffer enormously because of this. and i think a political class up to now has maybe not been particularly sensitive about the costs of net zero. this is a wake up call. and actually a welcome reminder that actually less harmful, more more consumer friendly, net zero policies will actually have a bigger impact in the long run because they will inspire other countries to copy us as well . countries to copy us as well. >> i mean, what do you say to that, casper? surely that the fact that tony blair has intervened, he's not saying it's a bad thing, but what he's saying is that actually we are a mere fragment of the whole situation. and actually, if bigger see us flailing bigger countries see us flailing around way are, that's around in the way we are, that's not going to incentivise not really going to incentivise them the bandwagon of them to get on the bandwagon of net zero either. >> so, i mean , what i would say >> so, i mean, what i would say to the fact that, you to that is the fact that, you know, the things that we know, one of the things that we have left in our nation is, is global which which have left in our nation is, is glo should which which have left in our nation is, is glo should be which which have left in our nation is, is glo should be using. hich which have left in our nation is, is glo should be using. absolutely we should be using. absolutely as much as we possibly can. at the to lead the world out the moment to lead the world out of this utter mess and the

of this this utter mess and the catastrophe . are watching catastrophe. so we are watching unfolding, in europe unfolding, you know, in europe as moment, and as we speak at the moment, and that are worsening in in the global south of course, you know, it's it with regards to know, so it's it with regards to the economy, it's well mean for a start, the ditch being decarbonising policies will cost the tories about 1.3 million votes, to according a centre right think tank called onward. and you know, with regard to global gdp , it's likely to be global gdp, it's likely to be 37% less in come the turn of the century than it is now. and without the impacts of the climate and ecological crisis . climate and ecological crisis. >> so you think that the well, as far as i know, a lot of those fires are actually started by man. they're man started fires in a very hot climate which is foolish. i mean, i don't know whether you can blame that all on on climate but but i mean on on the climate but but i mean doesn't matter how they started. >> burn, if they're >> if they burn, if they're burning they're more burning and they're burning more , you if you look how any , you know, if you look how any fire burn. , you know, if you look how any fireany burn. , you know, if you look how any fire any fireyurn. , you know, if you look how any fire any fire would burn, you >> any fire would burn, you start a fire. it burns. if there's oxygen, the fire will

burn right? there's oxygen, the fire will burwell, t? there's oxygen, the fire will burwell, yeah. and obviously, if >> well, yeah. and obviously, if it's drier, burns more, it's drier, then it burns more, which exactly what we're which is exactly what we're seeing. reason it's seeing. and it's the reason it's dner seeing. and it's the reason it's drier is because the climate and ecological that's ecological crisis, i mean that's that's simple. that's just simple. >> the way sort of >> but the way you sort of painted it is though, is as though the fires are complete, partly the climate partly the result of the climate change. and they aren't. i'm trying to that trying to point out that somebody actually started the fires only starts fires and only a fool starts a fire. fires and only a fool starts a fire you the growth in them >> you know, the growth in them as increase in extreme as is the increase in extreme weather. the increase in weather. so the increase in frequency the severity of frequency and the severity of extreme weather is due to the majority which due to the majority of which is due to the manmade ecological crisis . manmade ecological crisis. >> although some people could argue cold kills more argue that cold kills more people the that it's people and the fact that it's getting more people have getting warmer, more people have been cold is another been saved from cold is another example of climate and example of the climate and ecological crisis. example of the climate and ecoyes,:al crisis. example of the climate and ecoyes,:al course. >> yes, of course. >> that's the planet. the >> well, that's the planet. the planet evolving living planet is an evolving living thing will change thing that will change accordingly. balance accordingly. it'll balance itself out the way it needs to. harry so the weather changes ? harry so the weather changes? >> yes, of course the climate changes. but you cannot deny that. changes. but you cannot deny that . the ferocity of what we're that. the ferocity of what we're seeing now currently has been

dnven seeing now currently has been driven by by our economy, by, you know, since industrialisation. that's that's undeniable. >> what the fires have driven by industrialisation . what do you industrialisation. what do you mean? no, no, no , no, no. mean? no, no, no, no, no. >> the increase in the extreme weather , the severity and the weather, the severity and the frequency has been driven. the majority of that increase and frequency has been driven by the climate and ecological crisis, which is man made. >> harry would you respond to that? >> well, what i would say is voters are sophisticated. they realise is that we can tackle climate change while also protecting the economy. and we absolutely have to do that. what some green lobbyists seem to want is actually shovel huge amounts of money towards unproductive industries like the wind and solar industry . that's wind and solar industry. that's what's been in america . joe what's been in america. joe biden's spending huge subsidies to these companies , liz, and to these companies, liz, and many people here are saying we should copy that approach . but should copy that approach. but actually it's not going to be a successful approach. how are poorer countries going to be able to copy that? you know, they have the to be

they don't have the money to be able subsidise these green able to subsidise these green companies nearly as much as companies by nearly as much as as so this isn't an as we do. so this isn't an approach that can be extrapolated around the world. that's tony blair was that's what tony blair was really saying. so we need a more competitive approach . we need competitive approach. we need free reveal which are free markets to reveal which are the best green technologies , and the best green technologies, and they should win on their own merits without people being forced them . forced to choose them. >> makes a good point. >> well, we makes a good point. surely caspar. good surely caspar. that's a good point . point. >> well, the american oil billionaire lobbyist, harry, makes a good point. the free market. >> sorry. go on. no, no. >> sorry. go on. no, no. >> so what? he's basically saying is that the cheapest way that we can produce energy isn't the cheapest way that we can produce energy. you know, there's no way of producing energy cheaper than onshore wind. then there's offshore wind, then there's solar. there's no way the fossil fuels can compete with creating those energy like that. if we want to make the if we want to make people's lives cheaper, we need to insulating homes and to be insulating homes and creating renewable energy so they homes far, they can heat their homes far, far cheaply and transport far more cheaply and transport themselves using

themselves around using electricity and active travel. >> did you want to respond to that? >> well, why then has vattenfall, who are developing one of the largest wind farms off the coast of the uk, just had to cancel their project because they don't think that it can be done economically . you can be done economically. you know, there's this huge cost of renewables just the renewables above just the building costs. you have to reinforce the grid. you have to provide backup power . you know, provide backup power. you know, there are huge costs this and there are huge costs to this and they've been sort of diminished and undermined politicians they've been sort of diminished ancarndermined politicians they've been sort of diminished ancalongmined politicians they've been sort of diminished anca long time! politicians they've been sort of diminished anca long time . politicians they've been sort of diminished anca long time . and oliticians they've been sort of diminished anca long time . and they're s for a long time. and they're starting to come out now compared to compared to what the subsidies for fossil fuels that we've just seen over the last few years. >> £160 billion. the costs are incomparable . yes, you're incomparable. yes, you're absolutely right. we need to we need to restructure our grid. we need to restructure our grid. we need to restructure our grid. we need to reinforce our grid. we need to reinforce our grid. we need expand our grid as well. need to expand our grid as well. but but, you know, ultimate plea, want to protect our plea, if we want to protect our young , have decarbonise. young, we have to decarbonise. it's quite simple. >> well , it's quite simple. >> well, caspar, do you care aboutisit >> well, caspar, do you care about is it just the air that you're concerned about? because i mean, to do all that, you're

going to have to we have to have hundreds miles of pylons. hundreds of miles of pylons. we're to have all we're going to have to have all these are used in order these things are used in order to make these things. so the wind and you need carbon, wind farms and you need carbon, you need actually need you need you actually need fossil create these fossil fuels to create these things. so it's going to be a heavy fossil fuels in heavy draw on fossil fuels in very term, yes. very short term, yes. >> i one the things >> i mean, one of the things that haven't actually that we haven't actually discussed here is how we need to be more efficient with our energy the first place. energy use in the first place. and transport is and you know, transport is exactly area that we can exactly an area that we can massive fully decarbonise by being more efficient in our transport use . transport use. >> harry, last word to you . >> harry, last word to you. >> harry, last word to you. >> well, i think there are a certain type of environmental activists who just want, you know, emissions to go off a cliff tomorrow. actually that will be incredibly harmful. we still rely on fossil fuels for the vast majority of our energy needs and transitioning away from that is not going to be easy. it's not going to take time and it may be expensive if we do it wrong, let's do it better. let's do it more cheaply and affordably inspire other and affordably and inspire other countries suit .

countries to follow suit. >> well, we could . we'll try >> well, we could. we'll try that. well, listen, thank you very much, caspar, and also harry, for thoughts on harry, for your thoughts on that. their views. that. that's their views. what are gb views gbnews.com are yours? gb views gbnews.com or me at gb news. keep all or tweet me at gb news. keep all your emails coming. lots of you have been getting in touch. matthew says hello. gb news blair's blair needs to wind his neck back in. he's just jumping on the bandwagon. everybody who's against climate change gets demonised. it's the folks around the world standing up to the globalist elites. there's a revolution coming. blair would be in favour of loads of other things, but . be in favour of loads of other things, but. but on this occasion he's in favour of this. so stay tuned. keep your thoughts coming. gb views gbnews.com or tweet me at gb news. there's loads of things still to come . we've got we've still to come. we've got we've been we've had the thoughts of a d—day veteran, but also be speaking to somebody who has been de—banking. stay tuned. do not anywhere. all of that is not go anywhere. all of that is coming up next. >> a brighter outlook with boxt solar proud sponsors of weather

on . gb news. after noon, alex on. gb news. after noon, alex deakin here with your latest weather update from the met office for gb news. >> a bit of everything this weekend. yes we'll see a bit of sunshine, but heavy showers will never be far away. blown never be too far away. blown along brisk and along by a brisk wind and created by an area of low pressure. this will dominate our weather throughout weekend, weather throughout the weekend, sending of showery rain sending bands of showery rain spiralling across the country for many friday evening looking dry. but we already do have a sprinkling of showers and we'll see more of them develop during the evening for northern ireland and the and western scotland, where the breeze increase. breeze will steadily increase. we see some heavier we could also see some heavier showers the showers breaking out over the midlands england for midlands and eastern england for a time. some breaks in the cloud, allowing it to a cloud, allowing it to turn a little cooler recent little cooler than recent nights, still quite warm nights, but still quite a warm nights, but still quite a warm night bulk england night across the bulk of england and temperatures holding and wales. temperatures holding up at 15 degrees. it'll up at 14 or 15 degrees. it'll feel quite fresh in the breeze dunng feel quite fresh in the breeze during saturday, which will continue to strengthen. as i said, it's a mixture of sun and showers. minute it's and showers. one minute it's dry and bright, the next minute you'll be downpour. be catching a heavy downpour. perhaps many showers

perhaps not too many showers across south through the across the south through the afternoon. places here afternoon. so some places here we'll have a largely dry to we'll have a largely dry end to the some heavy showers the day, but some heavy showers over western scotland, northern ireland turn into ireland may turn into thunderstorms again, moving ireland may turn into thunderron ms again, moving ireland may turn into thunderron the again, moving ireland may turn into thunderron the brisk moving ireland may turn into thunderron the brisk winding ireland may turn into thunderron the brisk wind here through on the brisk wind here through on the brisk wind here through sunday. again, it's a case of sunshine and showers, but i think we'll see more of the showers over central and southern scotland and northern england before some more persistent rain comes persistent drizzly rain comes into and southwest england into wales and southwest england later on, a part of the later on, a good part of the midlands, eastern england, parts of probably midlands, eastern england, parts of seeing probably midlands, eastern england, parts of seeing showersy midlands, eastern england, parts of seeing showers on not seeing too many showers on sunday. again , temperatures sunday. and again, temperatures high low 20s a brighter high teens or low 20s a brighter outlook with boxt solar >> the proud sponsors of weather on . gb news. on. gb news. >> i'll then lee anderson here join me on gb news on my new show , the real world. every show, the real world. every friday at 7 p.m. 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

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anything in anything wrong with that. in many countries. that's what they do. course suella do. but of course suella braverman come up this braverman has come up with this novel that a lot of novel concept that a lot of other use to put on other countries use to be put on disused bases. and we've got disused raf bases. and we've got a and security editor mark a home and security editor mark white out kent at base. white out in kent at a base. we'll discussing then . we'll be discussing those then. how trouble for donald how about trouble for donald trump? yes well, of course, he's got all these indictments , he's got all these indictments, he's got all these indictments, he's got all these things going on. but do you think he can get through it? could he end up being a president but in jail? we'll be discussing donald trump. the next. trump. that's on the way next. and could a court win for sadiq khan? his ulez expansion? well all he's managed to do it. they're saying they can expand this particular use. let's said it'll be on the 29th of august cover the entire london borough but a lot of people aren't happy about it. we'll be discussing why that is the case and as we move on, tony blair's net zero intervention, he has the unflushable er tony blair has come back up again and this time actually what he's a lot actually what he's saying a lot of will probably agree of people will probably agree with that actually with, he's saying that actually households you and households like you and i shouldn't have deal with the

shouldn't have to deal with the cost net zero and actually it cost of net zero and actually it should be us persuading other big countries who are big big countries who are the big polluters to looking at how polluters to be looking at how they moving forward. they should be moving forward. we'll on this we'll be discussing that on this hour. we'll be discussing that on this hour . as if you can get in hour. as if you can get in touch. all you have to do is email gb views gbnews.com or tweet me at gb news. i'd love to hear your thoughts. but next, let's get your latest news headunes let's get your latest news headlines with tatiana sanchez . nana. >> thank you very much and good afternoon. this is the latest from the newsroom. plans to move 2000 migrants into scampton in lincolnshire have been delayed until october . officials lincolnshire have been delayed until october. officials had indicated the first group of migrants would begin arriving at the former air base in august. it comes as the home office is reportedly set to erect marquees to accommodate 2000 further migrants in manston airfield in kent. by the end of august.

there are warnings it could trigger legal challenges based on inhumane treatment . at sadiq on inhumane treatment. at sadiq .khan on inhumane treatment. at sadiq . khan says the expansion of london's ultra low emission zone will go ahead after a high court judge ruled the mayor's plan is lawful. legal action was brought by five conservative led councils. it will see drivers pay a councils. it will see drivers pay a £12.50 daily fee if their vehicle does not meet the required emission standards. a spokesperson for the aa says the ruling is hugely disappointing, but they hope london will follow other cities by adopting measures to reduce the impact on those who cannot afford the extra charges . but the london extra charges. but the london mayor says there will be support for the decision to expand the ultra low emission zone was a difficult one, not one. >> i took lightly. but it's essential . next week there will essential. next week there will be a massive expansion of the support we give to families, to businesses and charities is as it is . 96% of cars in inner

it is. 96% of cars in inner london are compliant. nine out of ten cars in outer london are compliant. they won't pay a penny more from august 29th, but we'll see the benefits of clean air. but i'll carry on listening to see more support we can to see what more support we can give. to see what more support we can giv> natwest has appointed a law firm to conduct an independent review following closure of review following the closure of nigel farage's bank account. it comes as the banking group announces profits of £3.6 billion for the first half of the year. better than predicted. that's £1 billion more than last year. that's £1 billion more than last year . both the that's £1 billion more than last year. both the group's ceo , dame year. both the group's ceo, dame alison rose and coutts boss peter flavel have resigned . the peter flavel have resigned. the share price of natwest dropped as much as 7.6% in the past week . the former bank of england and treasury adviser dr. roger draghi told gb news any bank bosses who've wrongfully closed people's accounts should be fired . fired. >> and i think there should be an investigate nation, mr griffith. the city minister should , i would suggest, start 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 years has has has has cancelled people and closed their accounts without reason. and any directors or officers or management involved in that should go . should go. >> police have arrested a 14 year old boy after a seven year old girl was killed in a hit and run crash with a motorcycle . run crash with a motorcycle. west midlands police attended the scene at turnstone road in blakenhall in walsall shortly after 7:00 yesterday evening . after 7:00 yesterday evening. police are still searching for a blue and black road bike . the 14 blue and black road bike. the 14 year old remains in custody . year old remains in custody. former us president donald trump and two of his employees are facing new charges in the classified documents case, and it's claimed trump ordered employees at his florida resort to delete security videos whilst he was under investigation for retaining classified material. the former president now faces 40 charges in the case. trump's

team say this is nothing more than a continued desperate attempt by the biden crime family to harass donald trump . family to harass donald trump. holidaymakers affected by wildfires in greece say they're 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 been evacuated from the island. the foreign office is advising those travelling to fire affected areas to be cautious. travelling to fire affected areas to be cautious . and in the areas to be cautious. and in the women's world cup, the lionesses have beaten denmark 1—0. england took the lead in sydney after just six minutes when chelsea's lauren james lifted the ball past lynn christensen into the top right hand corner of the net. later in the first half, keira walsh had to be taken off on a stretcher with what appeared to be a knee injury. but the win leaves the lionesses top of group d with one game to play top of group d with one game to play and all, but ensures a place in the last 16 of the

tournament. they now face china on tuesday. this is gb news. we'll bring you more as it happens. now it's back to nana . happens. now it's back to nana. now whilst sadiq may have won his legal battle to move forward with ulez, i believe it will cost him his position as mayor >> so hands up if you are sick to your back teeth of charges like ulez and of course be under no illusion that this is just a london thing, as londoners are not alone and labour's angela rayner has already hinted that there's one coming to you wherever you are in this country. if they get into power. now, i agree. we need clean air and that people should not die needlessly as a result of air pollutants. but shifting the problem by moving the goalposts is not acceptable either, and the ensuing infra structure put in place to facilitate it in my

view, has more sinister connotations. as yesterday i got a parking ticket. yes, the cameras clocked that. i spent a little bit too long in my bay. yes, of course it was. the cameras had that baby and a traffic warden. i probably would would have gotten away with it. the same thing goes for speeding. accept that with speeding. i accept that with good grace. my fines . but even good grace. my fines. but even at half the price that if i paid it before 28 days, the fine would have been a better but. but if you if you don't, it's extortionate . if by accident, extortionate. if by accident, for example , you go a tad too for example, you go a tad too fast, it doesn't have to be ridiculously fast, but just enough to trigger the cameras which are often strategically placed after the apex a hill placed after the apex of a hill at very best, you'll be at the very best, you'll be fined. it's only a bit where the government can make money off us. no expense is spared to ensure perpetrators ensure the perpetrators are caught. ensure the perpetrators are caught . the congestion charge caught. the congestion charge same thing . state of the art same thing. state of the art surveillance to trap easy prey. the average man or woman motoring ists are under attack. we're being fleeced for small errors and the infrastructure

put in place for all these schemes seems to be heading in a very big brother direction. even the unflushable tony blair's bobbed up again to say his party must spare the public the burden of net zero. and so keir starmer was not best pleased when his party were unable to take boris's old seat. the people of the uxbridge and south ruislip constituency backing the conservative contestant candidate because of course , he candidate because of course, he opposed ulez siddique's legal victory may be a win for now, but his opponents have vowed to battle on. now, governance by coercion is never a good look. and if labour if the labour party don't take heed of this warning shot, then their hard pursuit of everything net zero and indian vision and the indian vision demonstrated come the next general election could become the nicola sturgeon moment. ulez you lose . so that's what i you lose. so that's what i think. i want to hear what you think. i want to hear what you think . so get think. i want to hear what you think. so get in touch. email me

gb views. at gbnews.com and we're telling you in the last houn we're telling you in the last hour, as i was talking, it's been revealed that the government is planning to house up to 2000 migrants in marquees on disused military bases. however boris johnson's government ditched a similar plan this time last year over fears that such a scheme would trigger legal challenges based on treatment of asylum on inhumane treatment of asylum seekers . with some governments seekers. with some governments even comparing it to concentration camps. meanwhile, plans to house asylum seekers at the former dambusters airbase in lincolnshire have been delayed by at least a couple of months. so joining me now is gb news home and security editor mark white, who's at manston airfield in kent. mark, welcome . so, in kent. mark, welcome. so, mark, good afternoon. >> yes, here at manston air base, the authorities are geanng base, the authorities are gearing up for what will be a huge surge in the number of small boats crossing the english channelin small boats crossing the english channel in the weeks ahead because the nor from last year. it's during the flat calm

conditions of the summer months that they get the biggest numbers more than 1000 a day on the very flat out and calm days and that last year led to a crisis here at manston with thousands of people spending not just the 48 hours, which is a maximum em period, they should spend here at manston. but actually be spending sometimes weeks here and just sleeping rough in some of the makeshift marquees that were up at that time. so with that in mind, the government wants to be more prepared and this year they are getting more robust, larger marquees and more of them to erect here in the coming days so that they're ready for that at expected surge . and they say expected surge. and they say that they'll have all the facilities, all the proper sleeping facilities, all the extra amenities, the medical care, the recreational

facilities , all of that in facilities, all of that in place. and they also stress out that these are not long term accommodation facilities . accommodation facilities. they're here effectively to allow the authorities to process the thousands that they'll be deaung the thousands that they'll be dealing with within a few weeks and then get them on to more interim accommodation. nana >> all right, mark, well, thank you very much for that. that's mark white. he's gb news home and security editor. well, to give you his thoughts on this on this is immigration lawyer ivan sampson . ivan, what's wrong sampson. ivan, what's wrong with. what's your thought on this anyway? >> well, we've been here before with manston. we know how the government organised that. there were of poor hygiene, were reports of poor hygiene, people sleeping on mats, overcrowding . there was even overcrowding. there was even talks of diseases breaking out . talks of diseases breaking out. now the government is saying they're going to have more robust tents and have better facilities, time tell. facilities, but time will tell. look, the government have had almost to plan this almost a year to plan this because 50% of those coming

across the channel last year came across in august. the government knew that. so we can expect around 20,000, maybe 25,000 people coming across in august. now, you may get 2000 in this new base , but what about this new base, but what about the rest? and we know already that many of the policies that the government have proposed is, one, being accommodating children in hotels , asylum children in hotels, asylum seekers, children, hotels, was deemed to be unlawful by the high court yesterday, and there will be a number of legal challenges to this new proposal i >> -- >> but you a lot of these immigration lawyers are making this very, very, very difficult for the government to even come up with any solution. in other countries. they use these marquees. so why not in this country , especially if they're country, especially if they're not going to be? the aim is that they're not there for very long. that's what the aim is anyway. well that's all well and good when they put these headlines out. >> but the reality is they are there for longer. it's not an

interim provision. and if you look the children's case, i look at the children's case, i told children were told you about, children were being kept for months these being kept for months in these hotels when the government should have only had them for a couple of days. now, the interesting thing is kent, who refused to take the children in, were at the same time accepting children who were british. so the spaces were there . the spaces were there. >> well, hang on. >> well, hang on. >> so you're saying that some somewhere in kent accepted british children and not asylum seeker children? >> absolutely right. but that's because the obviously the british children would come first, because they live first, surely because they live in british. in the british. >> not society . >> not in my society. >> not in my society. >> children are children and deserve protection no matter what nationality. >> you said they accepted british children before other children. >> well, they're rejecting those children, saying that we don't have space. well, if they didn't have space. well, if they didn't have they have have well, they have to have space for the indigenous children first. >> you can't. what do you mean? children first. >> yowell,'t. what do you mean? children first. >> yowell, because do you mean? children first. >> yowell, because they u mean? children first. >> yowell, because they live aan? children first. >> yowell, because they live in]? why? well, because they live in they from this they actually are from this country. think this is country. that's i think this is the problem that people are having. yes. we try and accommodate, but if accommodate, but surely if somebody they should somebody lives here, they should

actually. i mean, they've probably paying actually. i mean, they've probalif paying actually. i mean, they've probalif not, paying actually. i mean, they've probalif not, then paying actually. i mean, they've probalif not, then their)aying taxes. if not, then their parents or whoever. so surely those people should also be be prioritised. >> that's why is our heart grown cold. these are children. no these are children. so let's be fair. so are the ones. if your child is not british, you have less rights than a british child. well, in this country, yes, obviously. >> because not british. >> because you're not british. well, i don't think that's a that's i don't think that's the will of the british people. >> not trump human rights >> does not trump human rights and high moral standards that we've we drafted that we've uphold. we drafted that convention to protect children and now we're saying that if you're asylum seeker child, you're asylum seeker child, you're asylum seeker child, you're a second class to a british. >> i'm not saying you're a second class, but obviously we have to you have to accommodate the people who are here. and if the people who are here. and if the children are here, they need to accommodated. and then to be accommodated. and then hopefully extra space, hopefully with the extra space, you're but you're can accommodate more, but you're can accommodate more, but you we do with you can't. so what do we do with the children then? sorry. the kent children then? sorry. well, on. well, no, no, hang on. >> the high court disagreed with you. >> well, okay, fine. what do we do with the children in kent, then? what are you saying about

them? >> should this is about money. no, no. no, no, no. >> hang let me ask you a >> hang on. let me ask you a question. yeah, you said that the kent children. yes should move for the british move aside for the british children. said that. >> well, where did they should both be accommodated? >> i said. but >> well, that's what i said. but of course, believe you of course, i believe that you should that the children should ensure that the children in country are accommodated in this country are accommodated first. in. first. that's what i believe in. >> well, agree to disagree >> well, we agree to disagree because. kent do because. but what kent should do is accommodate all children, whether you're asylum seeker. absolutely it's absolutely or not. but it's a question money. question of money. >> course but. >> well, of course it is. but. but when is, that is the but when that is, that is the situation, then to make situation, then you have to make sure the british children sure that the british children are accommodated because then it doesn't even sense. you doesn't even make any sense. you then to find a place for then have to find a place for those asylum children, those asylum seeker children, but cannot move the british, but you cannot move the british, the out the the kent children, out of the way. they're in this country. >> well, the high court disagreed that's disagreed with you, and that's why what it did yesterday. >> well, i think that's that's well, saying they well, i'm not saying they shouldn't accommodated. i'm shouldn't be accommodated. i'm just saying that the people in this treated this country should be treated and i think, and they should be. i think, absolutely prioritised. i think you make room, you you should make room, but you must people. must prioritise the people. otherwise why there's

otherwise this is why there's this is why people this bitter this is why people are getting bitter because we're seeing come in seeing asylum seekers come in and better and get much better accommodation they accommodation than they themselves accommodation than they them don't; it's accommodation than they themdon't; it's an either >> i don't think it's an either or well, it does seem or decision. well, it does seem to it. well, it shouldn't be to be it. well, it shouldn't be because kent's saying because what kent's saying i agree you. it shouldn't. we agree with you. it shouldn't. we need more money. the government has money. yeah, has to provide the money. yeah, the have to the government do have to provide them and. and i'm afraid they to provide they have to now provide the money can't accommodate money and they can't accommodate childrenyou know the government >> and you know the government are us, right? so, you know, the money from the people of money comes from the people of this some this country. so it's not some outside it's actually outside body. it's actually us. so you think that on so if we so you think that on the will be a the fact that this will be a longer situation so longer term situation so we think these marquees think about these marquees that that shouldn't go that is why it shouldn't go forward. that is the forward. and if that is the case, then what is what is the thing that these that the immigration find immigration lawyers would find acceptable? immigration lawyers would find acceptable to immigration lawyers would find acceptableto oppose? immigration lawyers would find acceptable to oppose? well, the they seem to oppose? well, the solution a solution is solution this is a solution is to the asylum to decide the asylum applications quicker because what at the moment, once what we have at the moment, once you've that, where do you've done that, then where do they great. they go? okay, great. >> process through >> you'll process them through the problem we have the system. the problem we have is you have a bottleneck. yes and so bottleneck is and so that bottleneck is growing. we get the

growing. so we can't get the asylum decisions made. they can't work , they can't get can't work, they can't get accommodation . they're stuck. accommodation. they're stuck. and this is the problem. so the solution then is to have a proper, efficient immigration system. the solution to your listeners is to get rid of this home secretary. that's the solution . solution. >> do you know how many we've had? we've had eight. that's the problem. fact that people problem. the fact that people like you and others say, like maybe you and others say, get get of it, like maybe you and others say, get rid get of it, like maybe you and others say, get rid of get of it, like maybe you and others say, get rid of it. get of it, like maybe you and others say, get rid of it. so get of it, like maybe you and others say, get rid of it. so we: of it, like maybe you and others say, get rid of it. so we get of it, like maybe you and others say, get rid of it. so we get another one in and then they start again from beginning. to keep from the beginning. it's to keep somebody in there and to work to try find solution. try and find a solution. otherwise complete it's otherwise it's a complete it's just of otherwise it's a complete it's just that of otherwise it's a complete it's just that then of otherwise it's a complete it's just that then nothing of otherwise it's a complete it's just that then nothing ever ideas that then nothing ever gets my that this >> it's my view that this government will be seen at the wrong side history when we wrong side of history when we look back at this. well, i'm looking now, looking i'm looking at now, people now . people are looking at now. >> you don't >> it's great that you don't know how people will look in history. is just your history. that is just your projection of what you think people might history and people might look in history and say, did they not say, why on earth did they not prioritise own people and prioritise their own people and sort out properly? why on sort this out properly? why on earth did they not stop the boats? people might be saying, why on did they such? why on earth did they have such? >> our legal

>> do you understand our legal obugafions >> do you understand our legal obligations refugee obligations under the refugee convention? i do understand them, to comply them, yes. we've got to comply with them. the british people may fine. with them. the british people may may fine. with them. the british people may may not fine. with them. the british people may may not like fine. with them. the british people may may not like that. ine. with them. the british people may may not like that. we're they may not like that. we're british. we need first. i'm british. we need it first. i'm sorry. have international sorry. we have international treaty obligations, which we have to comply with. and part of thatis have to comply with. and part of that is providing proper accommodation , an asylum accommodation, an asylum application decided within a reasonable time. but what's not proper about a marquee? >> i mean, haven't they come from marquees? i mean, from france in marquees? i mean, a of them have been in tents a lot of them have been in tents and that. that and things like that. is that not right? am i? and france are within the same. not right? am i? and france are witiif| the same. not right? am i? and france are witi if| thelook e. not right? am i? and france are witiif| thelook e. marston, >> if you look at marston, that's benchmark that's the only benchmark we have what happened in have of what happened in manston. overcrowding, manston. yeah overcrowding, unhygienic conditions to the extent the courts closed it extent that the courts closed it down and i'm afraid unless they improve and i hope they do, i really do. i hope they. but the problem is, what do we do with 25,000 people? well, that's a good only good question. there's only 2000 in what the in that place. what about the other 20? >> well, that's a good question. i mean, every single solution the government keeps coming up with, seems any answers the government keeps coming up with whatzems any answers the government keeps coming up with what would any answers the government keeps coming up with what would you any answers the government keeps coming up with what would you say?y answers . so what would you say? what is your then? said your solution then? you said faster processing, but still

faster processing, but you still got where will got people to house. where will they go? >> proper planning. look we need to accept and i'm sure some of your crazy your listeners go crazy when i say this need to accept about say this we need to accept about 100,000 refugees a year. that's our share of year. we need our fair share of year. we need to proper accommodation for to have proper accommodation for them, funding, proper them, proper funding, proper reception and then they reception centres and then they can be decided within a reasonable time and move them on. i'm sure people would all go along that long as the along with that as long as the government after along with that as long as the gov peoplet after along with that as long as the gov peoplet this after along with that as long as the gov peoplet this country. after the people of this country. >> example, that 98 >> like, for example, that 98 year veteran who's been year old veteran who's been turfed own place and turfed out of his own place and has literally not the best accommodation on, accommodation to move on, to listen, fantastic listen, i've it's been fantastic talking you . always talking to you. always a pleasure. sampson, an pleasure. ivan sampson, he's an immigration lawyer. well, coming up, in face of up, defiant in the face of scandal. i'll speaking to scandal. i'll be speaking to a natwest banking customer who said own international said his own international account nana on account closed. i'm nana akua on gb news. britain's news channel. >> then lee anderson here join me on gb news on my new show, the real world. every friday at 7 p.m. where real people get to meet those in power and hold them to account. every week we'll be hearing your views from

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facing donald trump over mar—a—lago and the documents scandal . and in light of the scandal. and in light of the nigel farage banking scandal. my next guest, though , has also next guest, though, has also fallen victim to the banks. martin pullen joined natwest in 1985. he then relocated to malta for work in 2015, and in february of last year, he received a call from natwest international saying that his account had been closed . he was account had been closed. he was told that this was because malta had been grey listed by the international financial authorities . this is true. so he authorities. this is true. so he accepted that this must be the reason . however, his partner reason. however, his partner lived at the same address and with her own natwest international account, which was not and still has not been terminated. former natwest international customer martin pullen joins me now. so martin, talk to me about your story then . so your natwest there just literally out of the blue. you're a good customer, i presume. just wrote to you and close the account .

close the account. >> yep . i first started with >> yep. i first started with natwest when i left school in 1985. in 2009, i relocated to gibraltar for work and i was able to open a natwest international account in gibraltar. >> i thought i'd stayed with natwest. i was very loyal to the to the bank and in 2015 i moved from gibraltar to malta and natwest were were happy to take my account with me. and i banked in malta with natwest on online international until . the 2022 international until. the 2022 when i received a phone call and then a follow up letter to say that they were closing my account. wow >> now, for those watching on tv , we've got the letter scrolling on the screen , which you can on the screen, which you can look at, but it's not very nice , is it? i mean, the letter is quite it's very well , it's sort quite it's very well, it's sort of it's very detached and a little bit abrupt to be honest.

what did you think when you received that? well i mean, i've been a customer with with natwest for a long time. >> i've remained or i remained very loyal to the bank and, you know, some of the some of the language that was used in the letter in terms of the decision was final. there were not going to enter into any discussion about it. and that's final. you know, those were the those were the actual words. and i was given a short period of time to sort my finances, to try and get another bank account out, which i managed to do in one of the e—banking companies. and but i just felt, you know, i actually tookit just felt, you know, i actually took it at face value. i took natwest at face value value in the fact that they said that malta was grey listed and they could no longer offer facilities there, which, as i say , i took there, which, as i say, i took at face value . and but then , you

at face value. and but then, you know, it transcribed that my, you know, my partner's account , you know, my partner's account, she's had the same amount of time as i have the international accounts since we since we were in gibraltar. and that's that that remained open and it's still open to this day . we know still open to this day. we know again, again, we trusted them and put it down to a bank error. but after recent developments, you know that have come to light, i'm not so sure. >> well, have you pursued this now and found out? have you got in touch with them to give you a proper reason ? proper reason? >> well, i mean, it's not like probably not like the natwest uk process where they've online, there's an actual step by step guide to to how how to get an sa. so i contacted natwest international at the start of this week and spoke to a nice but rather confused man, young man, who said that he didn't know the actual process for this, but he would pass my details on and they would they

would be in touch to . now they would be in touch to. now they haven't been in touch , but haven't been in touch, but obviously i want to see what sort of information and data they have on me and in fact, if it was malta that was the issue or , you know, perhaps, you know, or, you know, perhaps, you know, i'm you know, quite active online. i class myself as probably a writer , centre probably a writer, centre libertarian. so perhaps , you libertarian. so perhaps, you know, views that that match some of, you know , the people that of, you know, the people that have been cancelled. so i'd be very interested to find out exactly why my account was closed. >> well, i bet you i'll just read bits of this letter. so it says, you will need to make alternative. this is the letter that was written to martin. this is in the middle of it. it said, you need make you will need to make alternative banking arranged agents at the end of the agents because at the end of the 60 other agreed period 60 days or other agreed period in overdraft in brackets, any overdraft facilities withdrawn , facilities will be withdrawn, any standing and direct any standing orders and direct debit authorities will be cancelled . all cards and books cancelled. all cards and books for your accounts will be stopped online banking and mobile application will be terminated. your accounts will

be closed. we will. we will not be closed. we will. we will not be able to provide references for you if you do not provide us transfer instructions within the nofice transfer instructions within the notice period. any funds in your account will remain yours and we will hold these in the same currencies until such time as currencies until such a time as we hear from you. honestly, there's a bit about no interest being applied to the funds and it says please visit our branch in any any otherjurisdictions in any any other jurisdictions or call our telephone banking team for further details on how to your funds. so to reclaim your funds. so basically , if you left anything basically, if you left anything in, you just call in, then you can just call someone and find out what to do. out of interest, when you went for bank account, was for another bank account, was there difficulty did you there any difficulty? did you struggle loads struggle because nigel had loads of well ? of refusals as well? >> in terms of local bank accounts , that option was taken accounts, that option was taken off the table to me because as as i've said, malta will be grey listed and the local banks were reluctant to open new accounts for non maltese nationals cities. so that's why i went to

i don't know if i could mention them, but you know, major, one of the probably the biggest e—banking facility and i've had to bank with them, you know, since then, which has been okay, there's no physical branches to walk into. but you know i'm relatively happy with them . and relatively happy with them. and i mean, you know, going back to the letter further down, the language is even worse. you know, that the language to me is actually quite rude. if i had sent an email or a letter to one of my customers , you know, i'd of my customers, you know, i'd you know, i'd probably be looking for another job by now. yeah. >> i don't. well, this is martin. it's really good to hear your story because there's many others you. thank you so others like you. thank you so much for to he's much for talking to us. he's there in malta giving us his thoughts well. well, natwest thoughts as well. well, natwest did that did respond. they're saying that natwest unable to natwest group is unable to comment customers comment on individual customers without customer consent. very good. without customer consent. very good . all right. well, there's good. all right. well, there's lots more still to come between good. all right. well, there's lots and; still to come between good. all right. well, there's lots and 5:00. to come between good. all right. well, there's lots and 5:00. one)me between good. all right. well, there's lots and 5:00. one ofe between good. all right. well, there's lots and 5:00. one of the tween good. all right. well, there's lots and 5:00. one of the nhsn now and 5:00. one of the nhs biggest scandals, chancellor and

former secretary jeremy former health secretary jeremy hunt , has former health secretary jeremy hunt, has been questioned today over long delays in paying over the long delays in paying out for victims out compensation for the victims of the contaminated blood scandal . plus, we'll the scandal. plus, we'll have the latest on donald trump's recent legal battles . but first, let's legal battles. but first, let's get your latest news headlines . nana. >> thank you very much and good afternoon. this is the latest from the newsroom. plans to move 2000 migrants into scampton in lancashire have been delayed until october. officials had indicated the first group of migrants would begin arriving at the former air base in august. it comes as the home office is reported set to erect marquees to accommodate 2000 further migrants in manston airfield in kent by the end of august. natwest has appointed a law firm to conduct an independent review following the closure of nigel farage's bank account . it following the closure of nigel farage's bank account. it comes as the banking group announces profits of £3.6 billion for the first half of the year. that's

£1 billion more than last year. both the group ceo, dame alison rose and coutts boss peter flavel have resigned . economists flavel have resigned. economists predict interest rates to rise again next week, but an end to the consecutive hikes may be in sight. experts say recent inflation data has taken some of the pressure off the central bank, suggesting that rates may not climb as high as had been feared . and you can get more on feared. and you can get more on all of those stories by visiting our website, gbnews.com >> a brighter outlook with boxt solar proud sponsors of weather on . gb news afternoon alex on. gb news afternoon alex deakin here with your latest weather update from the met office for gb news a bit of everything this weekend. >> yes, we'll see a bit of sunshine, but heavy showers will never away. blown never be too far away. blown along by a brisk wind and created by an area of low pressure. will dominate pressure. this will dominate weather throughout the weekend, sending bands of showery rain

spiralling across the country for many friday evening, looking dry . but we already do have a dry. but we already do have a sprinkling of showers and we'll see more of them develop during the evening. for northern ireland scotland, the evening. for northern irelanrthe scotland, the evening. for northern irelanrthe willycotland, the evening. for northern irelanrthe will steadily where the breeze will steadily increase, also see some increase, we could also see some heavier breaking heavier showers breaking out over midlands and eastern over the midlands and eastern england for time. some breaks england for a time. some breaks in allowing it to turn in the cloud allowing it to turn a cooler than recent a little cooler than recent nights, still warm nights, but still quite a warm nights, but still quite a warm night across bulk of england nights, but still quite a warm nighwales.s bulk of england nights, but still quite a warm nighwales. temperaturesengland nights, but still quite a warm nighwales. temperatures holding and wales. temperatures holding up at 14 or 15 degrees. it will feel quite fresh in the breeze dunng feel quite fresh in the breeze during saturday, which will continue strengthen. continue to strengthen. as i said, sun and said, it's a mixture of sun and showers. one minute it's dry and bright, the next minute you'll be heavy downpour . be catching a heavy downpour. perhaps too many showers perhaps not too many showers across south the across the south through the afternoon. here afternoon. so some places here we'll largely end to we'll have a largely dry end to the day but some heavy showers the day, but some heavy showers over western scotland. northern ireland turn into ireland may turn into thunderstorms again, moving through on brisk wind here through on the brisk wind here through on the brisk wind here through sunday. again, it's a case of sunshine and showers, but i think we'll see more of the showers over central and southern scotland and northern england some more england before some more persistent and southwest england

into wales and southwest england later on, a good part of the midlands , eastern england, midlands, eastern england, parts of scotland , probably midlands, eastern england, parts of seeing scotland , probably midlands, eastern england, parts of seeing tooytland , probably midlands, eastern england, parts of seeing too many , probably midlands, eastern england, parts of seeing too many showersly midlands, eastern england, parts of seeing too many showers on not seeing too many showers on sunday. and again, temperatures high 20s a brighter high teens or low 20s a brighter outlook with boxt solar. >> proud sponsors of weather on . gb news if you just joined in, welcome on board. >> i'm nana akua. on board. >> i'm nana akua . i'm live here >> i'm nana akua. i'm live here on gp news. we are the people's channel. it'sjust on gp news. we are the people's channel. it's just coming on gp news. we are the people's channel. it'sjust coming up on gp news. we are the people's channel. it's just coming up to 35 minutes after 4:00. now, jeremy hunt has been giving evidence to the infected blood inquiry today as the victims of the scandal continue their wait for compensation . an now the for compensation. an now the chancellor said no chancellor said that no decisions been yet decisions have been made yet over compensation for the victims of what he called the terrible contaminate blood scandal following their decades of suffering. now, thousands of people died in what is widely considered the worst treatment disaster in the history of the nhs. after being given

contaminated blood products in 19. in the 1970s and the 80s. let's hear from mr hunt and what he had to say as a former health secretary >> when i came before the inquiry last time , i spoke very inquiry last time, i spoke very freely about about the difference between my view and running the department of health and the treasury's view and number 10 view. and we discussed lots of documents that show the differences in their views. what i say very clearly is that i can say very clearly is that the government's position, the whole government's position has changed because in december we accepted that the moral case for compensation action. well i'm joined live this afternoon by richard warwick, who has haemophilia and was infected by contaminated blood products at the age of just ten. >> but did not find out that he had consequently contracted hiv until six years later in 1984. well, listen, it's really good to talk to you. i'm so sorry to hear about that. it must be such a terrible thing to find out this has happened. >> yeah . >> yeah. >> yeah. >> yes, it was.

>> it was devastating for both myself and my family. >> yeah. >> yeah. >> so how have you managed to sort of with dealing with sort of cope with dealing with what with the issues that what comes with the issues that you have suffered with regard to this ? this? >> well, initially it was pretty hard because there was no treatment about especially for the hiv . but it's been treatment about especially for the hiv. but it's been a treatment about especially for the hiv . but it's been a long, the hiv. but it's been a long, hard , long struggle. and, you hard, long struggle. and, you know , it's sort of dodged so know, it's sort of dodged so many bullets along the way. it could have gone so much more differently. >> but luckily, i'm still here. >> but luckily, i'm still here. >> i shouldn't say luckily, but i've lost so many school friends as well. >> of course, that didn't make it. >> so yeah, it's been a long fight to get to where we are today and of course what was in the blood that you received then? >> what infections did you end up getting ? we know that you've up getting? we know that you've got hiv , which is which is a got hiv, which is which is a terrible thing to find out, especially in the 80s. at that time . time. >> sure. well, i was born with the hereditary genetic blood disorder, haemophilia, which is where your blood doesn't clot normally. and i was infected

with through the treatment, i was infected with hepatitis b, hepatitis c, and hiv. as a kid . hepatitis c, and hiv. as a kid. >> so, yeah , all three have had >> so, yeah, all three have had pretty, pretty nasty , nasty pretty, pretty nasty, nasty effects on you . effects on you. >> so, yeah, it's been difficult to cope with them. but, you know , i'm, as i said previously , i'm , i'm, as i said previously, i'm still here. it's just a matter of, you know, keeping up with, keeping up with the fight. yeah >> because as you said, you've lost a lot of people on the way, especially those who became infected with this . so. so infected with this. so. so what's it been like trying to get the government to cough up? have they paid anything to you at all? >> well, it's been a 40, 40 year plus fight to try and get some sort of recognition for the deaths and the suffering of people all last year , last people all last year, last august, the government decided to issue an interim payment to people that were infected . for

people that were infected. for £100,000, which was very welcome . and obviously it's not to going bring our health back, but it does give us something to look forward to into the future and perhaps a little bit of security. so that was that was welcome. the issue now is the people that are not going to receive anything or haven't received anything as yet. and that's namely the people that were affected , you know, parents were affected, you know, parents and lost children , children that and lost children, children that lost their parents and were orphaned essentially . and they orphaned essentially. and they haven't yet as yet been recognised. so i think there's still a way to go yet . and from still a way to go yet. and from what we've heard from jeremy hunt today , he's one of the hunt today, he's one of the i have to say, he's one of the most honest and open of politics, if you can imagine that, of the bunch that we've had this week . we had jeremy had this week. we had jeremy quin on on tuesday and of course, the pm on wednesday. and they basically didn't say anything that was, you know , anything that was, you know, substantive. but i think today's

heanng substantive. but i think today's hearing with jeremy hunt is giving us a little bit more optimism , saying that they've optimism, saying that they've had 50 meetings since the second interim report . and i think interim report. and i think that's the first inkling we've had of any progress being made and been admitted to being made . so that's a positive . . so that's a positive. >> and for you, are they going to pay more? i think 100 grand is not enough. they're to going pay is not enough. they're to going pay more. they should do. >> they should do. yeah it worked out at £7.50 a week for the past 40 years. yes so it's not a lot of money really . it not a lot of money really. it sounds like a lot of money. but when you consider that a lot of people have been infected for almost half a century and it's . almost half a century and it's. well, let's be frank. it's a pittance, really, for what's been done to us and the harm that's been done to us. >> well, i don't think it's enough at all, but i understand you want a life. you don't want to be constantly battling this.

they cough up . they need they need to cough up. they need to sort it out quickly and allow people to get on with living their listen really their lives. listen it's really good to talk to you. thank you so joining richard. so much forjoining me, richard. it's sorry to hear it's you know, sorry to hear your story. i'd get you your story. i'd love to get you on we could talk about on my show. we could talk about that more. we'll try and get you on. richard warwick. he on. that's richard warwick. he was of the infected was a victim of the infected blood hopefully, blood scandal and hopefully, hopefully, he'll get more money. but for those but he's also fighting for those who loved ones as who have lost loved ones as a result it. in just result of it. now, in just a moment, for donald moment, more trouble for donald trump faces further trump as he faces further charges in the mar a lago documents inquiry. akua documents inquiry. i'm nana akua on gb news britain's news.

channel so welcome back. this is gb news. we are the people's channel. we're live on tv online and on digital radio. i'm nana akua now. still to come this afternoon , a high court victory afternoon, a high court victory for sadiq khan . afternoon, a high court victory for sadiq khan. but it is motorists who will actually lose out. we'll be looking into that. but and but up next at tony blair, he's intervened with the climate wars, urging the public that we must be spared the heavy costs of net zero. what do you think? but right now, former us president donald trump and two of his employees are facing new charges in the classified documents case. now it's called it's claimed that trump's ordered employees at the florida resort mar a lago, to delete security videos whilst he was under investigation for retaining classified documents .

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 counts last month. trump's team say this is nothing more than a continued desperate and flailing attempt by the biden crime family and their department of justice to harass president trump and those around him. so joining me now, greg swanson, chair of republicans overseas is greg swanson. this feels when i saw trump and he had these, you know, all these things read out the charges, he actually looked quite shattered. he looked disappointed . he looked upset. disappointed. he looked upset. this one, i think this one might stick. >> will this there's a point where they've tried so many ways to go after him starting with the russia collusion hoax. >> but, you know, the first impeachment and then all of these start, you these indictments start, you know, in new york, know, alvin bragg in new york, and most of were real long and most of them were real long shots and really showed a almost a weaponization of the justice system. this one, however , might system. this one, however, might have some legs to it. you know, we all wish he had just cooperated the with the

cooperated with the with the documents, the subpoena documents, with the subpoena back the spring of 22. back in the spring of 22. >> he could have avoided a lot of you think they of this. and do you think they because they don't do that, they do to him. because they don't do that, they do it's to him. because they don't do that, they do it's you1im. because they don't do that, they do it's you would like to think >> it's you would like to think there's no doubt that that he's being treated differently, that they've gone after him constantly. >> so there's a lot of sympathy for president trump because he is a victim in many of these cases. and is it fair? of course not. but there might be some some meat on the bone here, which is which is very new versus the alvin bragg indictment, the russia collusion hoax. all the things i've mentioned. so this one might have some things, even if they don't get a conviction, it shows that he a bit reckless or at that he was a bit reckless or at least irresponsible with some of the things he was doing with the documents and with the way he he ignored the subpoena. now, that's trumpian to ignore that's very trumpian to ignore the subpoena. he likes the fight. he's not afraid fight. and he's he's not afraid to that's what to fight back. and that's what voters so that's voters like about him. so that's why he got the bump from the alvin indictment. alvin bragg indictment. you know, . he got know, a significant bump. he got a from this indictment, not

a bump from this indictment, not quite much. you know , when quite as much. you know, when they originally indicted him a month this new these month or so ago, this new these new indictments, these these additional charges , i'm not sure additional charges, i'm not sure he'll get a huge bump because he's already got such a bump from from the from the indictment. so this time it might be something where people start to look and say, you know, that's really not a good idea to delete footage or whatever. he's done. >> but they must be looking at it on the background of joe biden. that's right. because joe biden. that's right. because joe biden is planning to run again. he can't run . he can't run. he can't run. he can't run. yeah. no, nobody no report. but he can't. >> but that's their story right how. >> now. >> and of course, as republican, ihope >> and of course, as republican, i hope he runs because he'll be much easier to beat than probably anyone else. but you know, the problem is it shows the two tiered justice system and that helps president trump . and that helps president trump. that's why he's gotten he gets the bump from these indictments because they look at how they've they've handled hunter biden, not just hunter, but handled joe

biden joe biden was biden because joe biden was clearly involved in his son's business, as he likes to say. and that's going to get worse before it gets better for president biden. >> well, didn't they find was it in garage they found the in the garage they found the laptop something? laptop or something? >> find i mean, >> where did they find i mean, the laptops were all over the place. one a repair shop, place. one was in a repair shop, but the fbi the but then the fbi had the original laptop in 2019 and sat on it and ignored it. and basically kept it under the radar. and so but now that now that all this information is coming out, forget about hunter biden, but implicating joe biden in a lot of this nefarious activity to be taking bribes essentially from or payments what's called them from russia , what's called them from russia, romania, ukraine and china. you know, and adversaries of our country . while while vice country. while while vice president of the united states . president of the united states. so these things are not and these are these actually proven that he did that he did. well, there's bank records. so there's bank shows they bank records that shows they haven't everything. so haven't proven everything. so there still some speculation

there is still some speculation on. but bank records are the on. but the bank records are the bank records and there are payments cefc and that's payments from cefc and that's just going under the radar as they trump and these they focus on trump and these sort of loose, flimsy charges that they're trying to keep putting out. >> and so eventually he comes down, they pull him down with it. that's right. >> ultimately. and so, again, it's in the it's helping them in the primaries. him primaries. it's giving him a great with republicans . but great bump with republicans. but the is, how it the question is, how does it work he's not work in the general? he's not polling well with independents work in the general? he's not polltheseell with independents work in the general? he's not pollthese issues independents work in the general? he's not pollthese issues are ependents work in the general? he's not pollthese issues are not1dents work in the general? he's not pollthese issues are not polling and these issues are not polling well with independents. so a lot of 56% of independents think he did something wrong. and if people don't even if they don't think he did something illegal, they might think he did they still might think he did something that was foolish . and something that was foolish. and all need is 5% of all you need is 5% of republicans stay home. and he republicans to stay home. and he loses nevada , wisconsin, georgia loses nevada, wisconsin, georgia , north carolina. >> but the democrats don't have a credible candidate. and no, they and joe biden, they don't. and joe biden, didn't he refuse an executive order to pardon his son? so what is that about? i don't understand. well, i suppose he could he have done it? should he

have it? have done it? >> yeah, it's you know, someone's not sure if it's someone's i'm not sure if it's hunter has info on joe or joe has info on hunter and maybe it's a little bit of both. but president biden's in a very vulnerable position because you have four countries that that know that he did some he did some bad things and they probably have information that they're sitting on. surely the chairman of burisma in ukraine has said he's got 17 records. so you know, he's in a very vulnerable position. and hunter knows a lot of the things he did . and he's done a great job of burying it or not admitting it. so there's so much that could go wrong with the biden cartel right now. and i think you're starting to see it. again, starting to see it. and again, that's not wing that's not right wing speculation theory speculation or conspiracy theory . this is bank records. this is fbi information reports from credible sources. so you know, this is not going away for the bidens. >> so if we come back to trump, then, sure. what is there any chance he could get off on all of this or are they to . going

of this or are they to. going there is a chance. i mean, what is the probability that he'll get get off this? >> there's a there is a likelihood or possibility, let's say i don't know how to handicap it. 5050 that they don't they can't convict him on any of these things because they can't point to a specific crime. but there there's a good chance that they will. i mean, there's, you know, 30 plus indictments and a few more after after yesterday. so, you know, one of them is bound to stick . but but the bound to stick. but but the again, the issue is , even if it again, the issue is, even if it wasn't illegal, it was irresponsible. and that's what they can say about this situation as opposed to all the other ones that really didn't have any really lacked credibility in terms of the pnor credibility in terms of the prior indictments. and they could keep throwing more stuff. they'll throw january sixth at them. they'll throw the georgia election at them. i don't think any of that will stick. it'll again, will help him, not only help like a victim, help him look like a victim, but it also dilute the it will also dilute the importance or at least suggest that you know, this one, which does have a little more meat on

the bone, just just yeah the bone, is just it's just yeah , it's just another attempt to ruin president trump. i don't know that it will work, but it surely i don't think it will help him in the general. you don't think so? >> well, i don't know who america will turn to without trump, don't know who trump, and i don't know who they'll instead they'll turn to instead of joe biden . biden. >> i hope it's ron desantis. he's a difficult couple of weeks. >> so is he still in the running? ron desantis he's still in still the number >> he's still clearly the number two. still polling way two. he's he's still polling way ahead of the other candidates. and, he's got some and, you know, he's got some time turn the campaign around time to turn the campaign around and his message and and get his message out. and then debate then you have the debate starting august 23rd. so starting in august 23rd. so things will heat up. >> going be interesting. >> it's going to be interesting. thank much, greg. be good thank you so much, greg. be good to that's greg to talk to you. that's greg swanson. he's chairfor swanson. he's the chair for republicans lots republicans overseas. well, lots of have been getting in of you have been getting in touch your thoughts touch with your thoughts on various discussion . various topics of discussion. lorraine says, i've got 37 windmills on the mountain , two windmills on the mountain, two miles from my house. only three are blowing. what a scar on the landscape. i don't blame you. the poor animals, brian says , the poor animals, brian says, asked climate activists asked these climate activists how of them have heat pumps

how many of them have heat pumps on solar panels on their houses, solar panels on their , and if they own their roofs, and if they own electric vehicles , says brian, i electric vehicles, says brian, i suggest the answer is none of them. susan says , i lived in them. susan says, i lived in portugal for 15 years. every year there were wildfires all over different countries, such as spain. it's only france and portugal . they were all started portugal. they were all started by arsonists or accidentally, but of course it happened before they invented the climate crisis, so not much was made out of it. exactly. and it seems actually, to be honest, we hear that there are activists potentially starting a lot of these fires. and colin says now that expansion ulez that the expansion of the ulez zone seems be going ahead, i zone seems to be going ahead, i was at it might was looking at how it might affect who work affect people who work at schools hospitals. schools and hospitals. this would lead to pupils and patients as well. what patients suffering as well. what a surprise there . welcome to a surprise there. welcome to sadiq khan's london. well, listen, keep your thoughts coming, gb views gbnews.com. coming up in the hour , coming up in the next hour, we'll be continuing looking at the home office's house the home office's plans to house migrants . and migrants in marquees. and as tony blair intervenes the net tony blair intervenes in the net zero starmer takes zero debate, keir starmer takes a back letting blair take

a back seat, letting blair take the wheel. i'm nana akua this is gb news. we are the people's channel. >> the temperature is rising on boxt solar proud sponsors of weather on . gb news afternoon weather on. gb news afternoon alex deakin here with your latest weather update from the met office for gb news. >> a bit of everything this weekend. yes we'll see a bit of sunshine, but heavy showers will never too far blown never be too far away. blown along by a brisk wind and created by area of low created by an area of low pressure. dominate pressure. this will dominate weather the weekend, weather throughout the weekend, sending bands of showery rain spiralling across the country for many friday evening looking dry. but we already do have a sprinkling of showers and we'll see more of them develop during the evening for northern ireland and scotland, where and western scotland, where the breeze increase , breeze will steadily increase, could some heavier could also see some heavier showers out over the showers breaking out over the midlands england for midlands and eastern england for a time. some breaks in the cloud, it to turn cloud, allowing it to turn a little cooler recent little cooler than recent nights, quite a warm nights, but still quite a warm nights, but still quite a warm night across the bulk england night across the bulk of england and temperatures holding and wales. temperatures holding up 14 degrees. it'll

up at 14 or 15 degrees. it'll feel quite fresh in the breeze dunng feel quite fresh in the breeze during saturday, which will continue to strengthen. as i said, mixture of sun and said, it's a mixture of sun and showers. and showers. one minute it's dry and bright, the next minute you'll be heavy downpour . be catching a heavy downpour. perhaps many showers perhaps not too many showers across south the across the south through the afternoon. here afternoon. so some places here we'll have a largely dry end to the day, but some heavy showers over scotland, northern over western scotland, northern ireland may turn into thunderstorms again, moving through the brisk wind here through on the brisk wind here through on the brisk wind here through sunday. again, it's a case of sunshine and showers, but i think we'll see more of the over central the showers over central and southern northern southern scotland and northern england more england before some more persistent drizzly rain comes into southwest england into wales and southwest england later on, a good part of the midlands, eastern england, parts of scotland, probably of northern scotland, probably not too many showers on not seeing too many showers on sunday. temperatures sunday. and again, temperatures high 20s . high teens or low 20s. >> the temperatures rising , boxt >> the temperatures rising, boxt solar proud sponsors of weather on .

gb news. hello good afternoon. >> welcome to gb news. we are the people's channel. i'm nana akua. i'm in for the legendary patrick christys. this one coming up in this next hour. we're talking about the migrants because braverman because suella braverman has come with a novel idea of come up with a novel idea of marquees for migrants, which actually actually actually many countries actually do. we know what's going to do. but we know what's going to happen. a lot of lefty lawyers will suddenly see this as a

problem, find out problem, but we'll find out more. delve that. and problem, but we'll find out moreafter delve that. and problem, but we'll find out moreafter that,/e that. and problem, but we'll find out moreafter that, we'll that. and problem, but we'll find out moreafter that, we'll be|at. and then after that, we'll be discussing natwest, the defiant in the face of scandal . we've in the face of scandal. we've had two people go, we're looking for a third. howard davies, he hasn't gone yet. he says he ain't going because was ain't going because he was planning go 2024, which is planning to go in 2024, which is next year. so he's hanging tight . we'll see for how long and .we'll see for how long and then tony blair oh, no, we're talking sadiq khan as well. now. he has won his court win for the ulez extension, which he's planning to start on the 29th of august. however however, the conservative constituencies who did not back him are not happy and neither are the people of uxbridge, because they voted against their labour candidate and the tories won. there so how will it fare for the labour party? and then blair well, he's back. he's bounced back. he's bob back to the surface again. but this time he's probably saying things that we actually want to hear for once, which is he suggesting that net zero should not be burden should should not be the burden should not us as the tax

not be placed on us as the tax payers and the consumers. we'll find out more about that. as even find out more about that. as ever, you can get in touch in the same way. gb views. gbnews.com. or tweet me at gb news. but first, let's get your latest news headlines with tatiana sanchez . nana. tatiana sanchez. nana. >> thank you and good afternoon . this is the latest from the newsroom . plans to move 2000 newsroom. plans to move 2000 migrants to raf scampton in lincolnshire have been delayed until october. officials had indicated the first group would begin arriving at the former airbase in august. it comes as the home office says report preparing to erect marquees to accommodate 2000 people at the manston airfield in kent. by the end of august. there are warnings it could trigger legal challenges based on inhumane treatment . the ultra—low treatment. the ultra—low emission zone is set to be

expanded in london after a high court ruled the plan is lawful legal action was brought by five conservative led councils . it conservative led councils. it will see drivers pay a £12.50 daily fee if their vehicles do not meet the required emission standards. a spokesperson for the aa says the ruling is hugely disappointing, but it hopes london will follow other cities by adopting measures to reduce the impact on those who cannot afford the extra charges. but the london mayor, sadiq khan, says there will be support. >> the decision to expand the ultra low emission zone was a difficult one, not one i took lightly . but it's essential next lightly. but it's essential next week there will be a massive expansion of the support we give to families to businesses and charities . as it is, 96% of cars charities. as it is, 96% of cars ininner charities. as it is, 96% of cars in inner london are compliant. nine out of ten cars in outer london are compliant. they won't pay a london are compliant. they won't pay a penny more from august 29th, but we'll see the benefits of clean air. but i'll carry on listening to see what more support we can give . support we can give. >> chancellor no

>> the chancellor says no decisions have been made over compensate for the victims of the contaminated blood scandal between 1970 and 1991. thousands of people were infected with hiv and hepatitis after being given contaminated blood products . the contaminated blood products. the prime minister, rishi sunak , was prime minister, rishi sunak, was questioned this week on the government's response to the use of infected blood and blood products on patients appearing before the official infected blood inquiry. today, jeremy hunt says the injustice is being addressed. we totally understand and the urgency of this situation. >> you know, we recognise the fact that , as i think i wrote in fact that, as i think i wrote in a letter before i was chancellor, that one person is dying approximately every four days and there is a need for justice to be as quick as possible for what has been a terrible scandal . terrible scandal. >> natwest has appointed a law firm to conduct an independent

review following the closure of nigel farage bank account. it comes as the banking group announces profits of £3.6 billion for the first half of the year, better than predicted. that's £1 billion more than last yeah that's £1 billion more than last year. both for group ceo dame alison rose and coutts boss peter flavel have resigned. the share price of natwest dropped as much as 7.6% in the past week. former bank of england and treasury adviser dr. roger gavel told gb news 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 grand children can read it next week into every bank that did this. and over the last several years has or has has cancelled people and closed their accounts without reason and any directors or officers or management

involved in that should go . involved in that should go. >> police have arrested a 14 year old boy after a seven year old girl was killed in a hit and run crash with a motorcycle. west midlands police attended the scene at turnstone road in blakenhall in walsall shortly after 7:00 yesterday evening . after 7:00 yesterday evening. police are still searching for a blue and black road bike . the 14 blue and black road bike. the 14 year old remains in custody . year old remains in custody. 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 material . retaining classified material. the former president now faces 40 charges in the case. trump's team say this is nothing more than a continued desperate attempt by the biden crime family to harass donald trump . family to harass donald trump. holidaymakers affected by wildfires in greece say they're struggling to get refunds as 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 the island. the foreign office is advising those travelling to fire affected areas to be cautious. this is gb news. we'll bring you more as it happens. now it's back to nana . happens. now it's back to nana. >> thank you, tatiana . tatiana >> thank you, tatiana. tatiana sorry. tatiana sorry. this is. this is the old thing. sorry. tatiana sorry. this is. this is the old thing . my teeth this is the old thing. my teeth are falling out, i think. well back to our top story now. the government is planning to house up to 2000 migrants in marquis on disused military bases in an attempt to reduce the cost of housing those seeking asylum in the however boris johnson's the uk. however boris johnson's government a similar government ditched a similar plan time last year over plan this time last year over fears that such a scheme would trigger legal challenges based on inhumane treatment of asylum

seekers, with some in the government even comparing it to concentration camps, which i think is a bit much. meanwhile, plans to house asylum seekers at the former dambusters airbase in lincolnshire have been delayed by at least a couple of months. joining me now is gb news home and security editor mark white, who at manston airfield in who is at manston airfield in kent. who is at manston airfield in kent . mark, welcome . kent. mark, welcome. >> good evening, nana . >> good evening, nana. >> good evening, nana. >> so talk to me about the situation there . situation there. >> well, i think here they're really bracing for the likelihood of a very significant migrant surge in the weeks ahead . last year showed them that when we get to the summer months of flat calm conditions in the engush of flat calm conditions in the english channel, then very significant numbers of people cross the channel up to and even exceeding more than 1000 a day, as we saw last year over a

number of days, which then absolutely clogged up this process centre in manston . and process centre in manston. and the net consequence of that was instead of people being processed and sent away from here to more longer term accommodation, within 48 hours, they were actually here for weeks on end, sleeping on the floors of small marquees and some of the buildings and the processing centre which was clearly not at all suitable. so the government is trying to get ahead of that potential scenario this time round by buying a number of larger, more sturdy marquees that will be able to house large numbers of beds. they have bought all the associated equipment in terms of all the beds and other utilities and amenities that would be required to be plugged in to these marquee . these there will

these marquee. these there will be 24 hour medical services . and be 24 hour medical services. and we should stress that the government says that this is not long term accommodation that they're setting up here. this will still be a processing centre, but it just means in these very busy months when it's impossible to process people all within 48 hours because there are so many . and when people are so many. and when people will probably have to stay 2 or 3 or maybe even more weeks, at least the conditions they will be staying in will be a little bit more tolerable . bit more tolerable. >> hm interesting that the government did try this before and it failed. is there any inkung and it failed. is there any inkling that actually this time it might work and they might get this through ? this through? >> well, i don't think they got as far as to actually trying last time they were weighing up whether or to not use these. i have to say they are using marquees. there are marquees in this processing centre that have

been ever since it was set up, including the processing centre including the processing centre in dover harbour as well. but the difference is are these marquees is to actually have people housed in for a period of time. that's not what they're meant for here. they are meant just to give people shelter and facilities to go through the processing process itself. that's only expected to be a day or two in duration . but because or two in duration. but because of the circumstances that they face with very significant numbers in that bottleneck that is manston during that period when there's no way you can get them out of here in time , then them out of here in time, then they're going to be have to be given accommodation that spans a few weeks or more. so that's why they're looking at these marquees more broadly. the government is still trying to push towards a system of coming

away from this overreliance . on away from this overreliance. on hotels . with 51,000 asylum hotels. with 51,000 asylum seekers in hundreds of hotels right across the country at a cost of £6 million a day. instead they're looking to open more of these larger accommodation centres like they're doing at wethersfield and the former raf base in essex and the former raf base in essex and also scampton excuse me, up in lincolnshire. and that barged down in portland. that's the aim. that's what they want to do . but of course that all that doesis . but of course that all that does is deal with the problem they're being faced with at the end of the day, they still need a to those coming a solution to those coming across the channel and as yet that seems to elude them because any time the weather conditions improve, they still come across in very large numbers . the fight in very large numbers. the fight to try to stop them on that side of the channel to dismantle the people smugglers and their business model is , it seems

business model is, it seems a long way from fruition in. >> mark white, thank you very much. he's gb news home and security editor. he's there in manston. stop the boats, for goodness sake. we don't know. lots of you've been getting in touch with that. i'll read some of your emails in just a moment. but to give thoughts on this but to give his thoughts on this as kevin saunders is former as kevin saunders is a former chief immigration and uk chief immigration officer and uk border so border force. kevin right. so they've with this notion they've come up with this notion that that marquee is are the next way, really the next sort of temporary housing, you know, facility . what is your view on facility. what is your view on this ? this? >> good afternoon, nana well, i think i think for once the government have actually got a bit ahead of the curve . we know bit ahead of the curve. we know that if the weather is going to be nice in august, september and october, we could well be swamped with people coming across the channel. >> so the government have got to have something up their sleeves where they can help people. >> why are they process them as

mark pointed out ? mark pointed out? >> so the idea of having these marquees at manston does sort of solve that problem and we shouldn't be totally against marquees. other european countries have used them and have been using them for a long time without all this fuss that seems to be coming from certain elements. so it's not a bad idea i >> -- >> um, -_ >> um, what lawn hum >> um, what i of course would be better is if we could have the, the bases like scampton and weatherfield online, in which of course they're not at the moment or weatherfield is but only a tiny bit. >> then we wouldn't have to worry about marquees at all. >> yeah, but the people and the residents are rightly concerned. they don't want and it's mostly single men in large swathes coming to where they are because a lot of these villages will end up being having more of the

migrants there than than than the people who live in the villages, which is what is concerning a lot of people. so where are the government in terms boats? terms of stopping the boats? because that's what people really lot people really would a lot of people would that was would like to see and that was rishi is rishi sunaks pledge is it realistic ? realistic? >> well , it will be realistic? >> well, it will be one once we've got rwanda out of the courts and is actually happening i >> -- >> and there are there are rumours that that when rwanda does happen , there are at least does happen, there are at least two other african countries is that want want , want that sort that want want, want that sort of deal as well . so we could see of deal as well. so we could see with if we can get rwanda through the courts quickly this could be this could really be the answer because the migrants won't come if they know they're going to be sent off more or less to where they started from. they're not going to come. >> well, we'll hope that we need to get it, you know, across the

line, but hopefully they will. kevin , always kevin saunders, always a pleasure. you very much. pleasure. thank you very much. he's the former chief immigration officer. right. well, nigel farage has hit out at banks massive profits at banks making massive profits whilst treating the public badly and it comes as anti—brexit campaigner gina miller voiced her concern over her party's bank account closure and in a recent tweet, the gb news presenter said this is just plain wrong at every level. i stand with gina miller. now all of this comes as natwest announced a huge surge in profits as bank bosses met with shareholders for the first time since the explosive de—banking row. our political reporter catherine fosterjoins row. our political reporter catherine foster joins me row. our political reporter catherine fosterjoins me in the studio now. so run me through what's been happening . okay. what's been happening. okay. >> so first of all, it's 7:00 this morning. it was announced that natwest have made big profits in the first six months of this year. some 3.6 billion. that's up from 2.6 billion last year. that's up from 2.6 billion last year . and that's more than was year. and that's more than was expected, which was 3.3 billion. so they've been doing really

rather well . but of course, that rather well. but of course, that figures to the end of june. and we know that what's happened in the last two days since dame alison rose, the natwest boss, had to stand down since the nigel farage coutts scandal really took off that natwest have had £1 billion wipe out off the value of their company on the value of their company on the stock market. so it has been going very well for them. but a pubuc going very well for them. but a public relations disaster which has managed to unite nigel farage with the arch anti—brexit campaigner . farage with the arch anti—brexit campaigner. gina miller i mean it's so astonishing because what's happened to her is she's saying today that monzo bank is closing her account. she has political party. it was an account for that party, monzo are now saying, well, actually we should never have given it to in the first place because we don't offer account for parties.

but she is understandably very unhappy. she says she's been turned down by lots of other banks , too. and she's basically banks, too. and she's basically saying, well, democracy is under threat because people ought to be able to have have you know, if they start a party or whatever, have a bank account. and of course, there's many, many mps admitting that they have struggled themselves with politically exposed people. >> there's a lot of them . it's >> there's a lot of them. it's funny how even yesterday i was watching, it was dan wootton show, but it may have been the day before when i watch every night, i love it. 9:00 dan wootton show. you don't want to miss mps and mp he had miss it. and mps and mp he had on was admitting that on there was admitting that she'd account closed she'd had her account closed as well. there's plenty well. so there's plenty of people quiet about people who have kept quiet about this it happened to nigel. this until it happened to nigel. >> like nigel has been >> it seems like nigel has been sort of the in the coal sort of the canary in the coal mine, you like, and he's mine, if you like, and that he's very profile. it has very high profile. so it has come to everybody's attention with this case. but it seems to be happening all over the place. ordinary people having accounts closed after ten, 20, 30 years. and the thing is as well,

closed after ten, 20, 30 years. and the thing is as well , that and the thing is as well, that they're often getting no explanation whatsoever . but explanation whatsoever. but anyway, in the case of natwest, they're now launching an independent invest allegation. they've appointed trevor smith law firm. they're to going look at the circumstances of why nigel farages account was closed. then what was or was not leaked to the bbc and potentially , well, likely breach potentially, well, likely breach of confidentiality by dame alison rose. and then they're going to look at all the other accounts that coutts has closed over the last two years and they will report back by the end of october. >> well, let's hope they look into who put the dossier together as well and who's hand was behind that because if i had written something about somebody like here and put down like that here and put down disingenuous grifter and my bosses had seen it, i'd probably be in trouble. so i don't understand how people can get away with that. but catherine foster, very much. away with that. but catherine foste|to very much. away with that. but catherine foste|to talk very much. away with that. but catherine foste|to talk to very much. away with that. but catherine foste|to talk to you. y much. away with that. but catherine foste|to talk to you. y mu

to con but it's motorists who khan, but it's motorists who will out this ulez will lose out with this ulez expansion . i'm will lose out with this ulez expansion. i'm nana will lose out with this ulez expansion . i'm nana akua this will lose out with this ulez expansion. i'm nana akua this is gb news, britain's news channel. >> hi. then lee anderson here. join me on gb news on my new show, the real world. every friday at 7 p.m. 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 >> if you've just joined us, welcome on board. this is gb news. we are the people's channel. it'sjust news. we are the people's channel. it's just coming news. we are the people's channel. it'sjust coming up news. we are the people's channel. it's just coming up to 24 minutes after 5:00. i'm nana akua. 24 minutes after 5:00. i'm nana akua . now in just a moment, akua. now in just a moment, we'll be looking at the reactions from protesters , reactions from protesters, mayors and councils to today's high court ulez decision. plus, we'll be looking at who's really pulling the strings in the labour party as tony blair resurfaces and intervenes in the net zero debate. right. well a victory for london mayor sadiq khan today. the high court has ruled that khan's expansion of the ulez scheme to outer london is lawful . now that is, of is lawful. now that is, of course, despite motoring organisations warnings that it could penalise more than 700,000 motorists. the ulez scheme has been given the green light for august the 29th and both the aa and rac say that it will unfairly target poorer households and the elderly. legal action was brought by five

conservative led councils in february over the proposal to extend ulez and that is extending it beyond the north and south circular roads. joining me now is the co—founder of the together declaration, alan miller, who is protesting outside court today. alan, this is was it a shocking outcome or were you expecting it ? were you expecting it? >> well , the thing nana about >> well, the thing nana about judicial reviews is that they're based on very narrow technical question of law. >> so whether it was actually legal, not whether it was politically the right thing to do or wrong, not whether it was the moral right thing to do or wrong, not whether it was democratic. >> so it, you know, giving judges a decision on the legal technical issues, that was the choice of the five boroughs and any judicial review . but we've any judicial review. but we've always made the point that it's the democratic question. why did the democratic question. why did the mayor overrule the democratic response ? democratic response? >> it's against the consultation. >> why is he not listening to

the majority of the public in london and outside london as well ? so whilst some people are well? so whilst some people are very disappointed about the judicial review, the question still remains like we've seen in uxbridge, there's so that uxbridge, there's so many that are opposed it's damaging are opposed to it. it's damaging and working people . and harmful to working people. 50% vans are not compliant. 50% of vans are not compliant. outside london, he keeps using a figure of one of ten. and for the scrappage as though it's all just going to happen. firstly we know quite right know that's not quite right because numbers were because the numbers were different saw. different as we saw. >> secondly , it's going >> and secondly, it's going to impact all sorts of people, families, businesses and many more. >> so the fight is going to continue. it's a democratic challenge. and we know that his colleagues and labour are very nervous about it because let's be honest, everything's up for grabs in the election in grabs now in the election in london and across the united kingdom. this is something that's to affect that's going to affect all working and these are the working people and these are the new demarcations of lines. new demarcations of the lines. those want to be able to those that want to be able to have mobility and frankly, if he's that confident about it, let's a referendum on it. he's that confident about it, le he a referendum on it. he's that confident about it, le he really| referendum on it. he's that confident about it, le he really thinksndum on it. he's that confident about it, le he really thinks that] on it. he's that confident about it, le he really thinks that the it. if he really thinks that the pubuc if he really thinks that the public ahead of it, not

public are ahead of it, not a poll that he commissions, he said it wasn't referendum. said it wasn't a referendum. his response consultation said it wasn't a referendum. his respo snottily consultation said it wasn't a referendum. his respo snottily . consultation said it wasn't a referendum. his respo snottily . well,ultation said it wasn't a referendum. his respo snottily . well, he ition said it wasn't a referendum. his respo snottily . well, he hasn't quite snottily. well, he hasn't got a mandate for this and he's going to do enormous damage and let him do it. let him carry ahead with it, because what's going is i think that going to happen is i think that we're going to carry on campaigning. we know that we've got a lot of fury. everyone's going go to mps and let going to go to their mps and let them that their their them know that their their decisions people are decisions to vote for people are going on where going to be based on where they stand this. is going to stand on this. this is going to be a crucial issue in london and the neighbouring areas. we the neighbouring areas. and we encourage viewers to encourage all your viewers to let know straight away. >> well, alan, listen, it's good to talk to you. and of course there'll be one coming to you anywhere if the anywhere in the country if the labour party get their way, which is angela rayner herself has said this will be potentially something that would has said this will be potcountrywide ething that would has said this will be potcountrywide as|ing that would has said this will be potcountrywide as|ing tiso would has said this will be potcountrywide as|ing tiso it's ld be countrywide as well. so it's good talk you. he's good to talk to you. he's the co—founder open all co—founder for open for all together declaration . let's get together declaration. let's get some perspective from one of the councils. me now is councils. so joining me now is leader bromley council, colin leader of bromley council, colin smith. now, colin, your council opposed the ulez . you were one opposed the ulez. you were one of five conservative councils

that opposed the extension. what what have you taken from today? because as alan said, it was a whether it was legal, whether it was lawful , or are there any was lawful, or are there any other grounds to fight on this now? >> oh, well, no , thank you for >> oh, well, no, thank you for having me on to begin with . having me on to begin with. >> and can i start by saying how very strongly i agree with just about every dot and comma that we heard from alan underlyingly. this is a question about democratic process . democratic process. >> s and in my view , the mayor >> s and in my view, the mayor has gotten away with murder here. >> we've argued on the legal technicalities, which is all you can do on a sadly, we've come up short. >> um nana what i find really, really disappointing about this and it isn't the fact that the council's lost and the mayor won, but we've got businessmen locally that are going to go out of business or retire early because they can't afford ten, 20, 30 grand for a new van.

>> they're going to be laying off the odd person here and there or there are going to be other people who are quitting low paid jobs because they can't be a teaching assistant in bromley and travelling from swanley anymore . but worst of swanley anymore. but worst of all, worst of all by far is we're to going see valuable care networks start breaking down because sons and daughters can't travel up from places like seven oaks or in from tatsfield to look after their old mum and dad's living in penge and beckenham . that's that's the beckenham. that's that's the real, real tragedy of this in terms of legality , no, i think terms of legality, no, i think the councils have exhaust our opportunities. we've done everything we can, but we've come up short . and i think the come up short. and i think the answer to this and it links back to what alan said lays in parliament this is fundamental about this is about democracy and this is about whether parliament in my view, are going to let them go, let khan get away with it and we hear labour people now joining in to the

conservative dissent . well, conservative dissent. well, let's have a cross back crossbench party movement. let's have emergency legislation like we did in january when the government stepped in to stop the scottish sex identity business. it can be done if the political will is there and that's what i want to see. certainly speaking as the leader of colin, he would argue, though, that he's doing this to save lives and as he has and he of often cites the added kissi—debrah situation where of course that poor child died and air pollution was on her certificate and he argues that he's saving lives of children. >> and that is and that is where he's coming from with this. surely that is a valid cause. and, you know, obviously i'm playing devil's advocate. i have to look at this from both sides and understand that he does have and understand that he does have an argument . an argument. >> no one, no one in their right mind . and i hope i'm in my right mind. and i hope i'm in my right mind. and i hope i'm in my right

mind. i think be mind. i think am would be against fresh air. why would you bromley has the cleanest air in london bar havering where microscope second we have cleaner air than every single borough in the existing ulez zone and the filthiest air in london by far sits within the mayor's own tube network. so if this was about health and it wasn't about being a money raising scam , which everybody raising scam, which everybody knows it is , and incidentally, knows it is, and incidentally, it is so socially regressive how anybody from the labour party in particular could support that is beyond me. why on earth would you start in outer london, where the air is already the cleanest , but you would surely start in the tube networks and work out if it's about clean air and if it's about health and it isn't. >> somebody should put that to him. and many have said that. listen, colin smith, it's good to talk to you. keep up the fight. he's there. he's the leader bromley council . well,

leader of bromley council. well, there's lots more still to come between now and 6:00. the re—emergence of tony blair once again , unflushable on the front again, unflushable on the front pages today as he wades into the debate over net zero. but first, let's get your latest news headunes let's get your latest news headlines with tatiana sanchez . nana. >> thank you very much. it's just after 530. this is the latest from the newsroom. plans to move 2000 migrants to scampton in lincolnshire have been delayed until october. it comes as the home office is reportedly preparing to erect marquees to accommodate 2000 people at the manston airfield in kent by the end of august. natwest has appointed a law firm to conduct an independent review following the closure of nigel farages bank account. the banking group also announced profits of £3.6 billion for the first half of the year , and the first half of the year, and the chancellor has told the infected

blood inquiry no decisions have been made on compensation for the victims . thousands of people the victims. thousands of people contracted hiv and hepatitis after being given contamina tainted blood products in the 19705 tainted blood products in the 1970s and 80 ends. you can get more on all of those stories by visiting our website gbnews.com . direct bullion sponsors. >> the finance report on gb news for gold and silver investment . for gold and silver investment. and here's a quick snapshot of today's markets . today's markets. >> the pound will buy you 1.28, seven, $7 and ,1.1668. the price of gold is £1,523.64 per ounce, and the ftse 100 closed at 7694 points, a direct bullion sponsors the finance report on gb news investments that matter

a brighter outlook with boxt solar proud sponsors of weather on . gb news after noon. on. gb news after noon. >> alex deakin here with your latest weather update from the met office for gb news. a bit of everything this weekend. yes we'll see a bit of sunshine, but heavy showers will never too heavy showers will never be too far by a brisk far away. blown along by a brisk wind and created by an area of low this will dominate low pressure. this will dominate weather the weekend, weather throughout the weekend, sending bands of showery rain spiralling across the country for many friday evening looking dry. but we already do have a sprinkling of showers and we'll see more of them develop during the evening for northern ireland and scotland, where and western scotland, where the breeze steadily increase . breeze will steadily increase. we see some heavier we could also see some heavier showers over the showers breaking out over the midlands england for showers breaking out over the mtime.1s england for showers breaking out over the mtime. some england for showers breaking out over the mtime. some breaks england for showers breaking out over the mtime. some breaks in ngland for showers breaking out over the mtime. some breaks in the|nd for a time. some breaks in the cloud, allowing it to turn a little cooler than recent nights, quite a warm nights, but still quite a warm nights, but still quite a warm night bulk of england night across the bulk of england and wales. temperatures holding up 15 degrees. it'll up at 14 or 15 degrees. it'll feel quite fresh in the breeze dunng feel quite fresh in the breeze during saturday, which will continue as

continue to strengthen as i said, it's a mixture of sun and showers. dry and showers. one minute it's dry and bright, next minute you'll bright, the next minute you'll be catching a heavy downpour. perhaps showers perhaps not too many showers across through the across the south through the afternoon. so some places here across the south through the afterrhave so some places here across the south through the afterrhave a) some places here across the south through the afterrhave a largelyplaces here across the south through the afterrhave a largely dry:es here across the south through the afterrhave a largely dry end ere across the south through the afterrhave a largely dry end to we'll have a largely dry end to the some heavy showers the day, but some heavy showers over western scotland, northern ireland may turn into thunderstorms again, moving through brisk wind here through on the brisk wind here through on the brisk wind here through sunday. again, it's a case of sunshine and showers, but i think we'll see more of the showers over central and southern scotland northern southern scotland and northern england some more england before some more persistent rain comes persistent drizzly rain comes into southwest england into wales and southwest england later on, a good part of the midlands, england, midlands, eastern england, parts of probably midlands, eastern england, parts of seeing probably midlands, eastern england, parts of seeing too probably midlands, eastern england, parts of seeing too many probably midlands, eastern england, parts of seeing too many showersy midlands, eastern england, parts of seeing too many showers on not seeing too many showers on sunday. and again, temperatures high 20s a brighter high teens or low 20s a brighter outlook with boxt solar. >> proud sponsors of weather on . gb news. >> welcome back . you're watching >> welcome back. you're watching and listening to gb news on tv, onune and listening to gb news on tv, online and on digital radio. i'm

nana akua. i'm in for patrick christys. it's my last day covering for him. he will be back but i have my back next week, but i have my show on the weekend, so make sure join me at three on sure you join me at three on saturday and sunday. but now former prime minister tony blair, he's waded into the climate row stating that the pubuc climate row stating that the public should be spared of the burden of the cost of net zero. now, in light of other major global polluters, not pulling their weight, net zero is something that the public feel passionately about. and that was obviously clear, especially with regard ulez and this morning, regard to ulez and this morning, the ruling was that it is lawful . but i'm joined now by stephen pound, former labour mp for eaung pound, former labour mp for ealing north. stephen pound. hello, stephen. right, so good afternoon . good afternoon. right afternoon. good afternoon. right so. so he won his ruling. it's lawful ulez is lawful. has tony blair got a point because he's put it in context, looked at us as the united kingdom and he's making a statement that i know a lot of people, even if they

don't like it more, probably agree tony blair is making one of the most important statements anybody in the world could possibly make . possibly make. >> the developing >> everybody says the developing world, our world, we're doing our bit. we're, cutting down on we're, you know, cutting down on our emissions. all the we our emissions. all the cars we bought in the last 18 years are ulez compliant. we're doing our bit. eight bit. and yet in the last eight years, china has admitted more carbon than entire history carbon than the entire history of the industrial revolution in this country. so people are saying, quite rightly, why should doing when in should we be doing it when in china other china and various other countries they're pumping the stuff morning, noon stuff out morning, noon and night. asking and night. and what he's asking and what tony blair is doing is almost an international almost from an international perspective, him and perspective, you know, him and bill a bill gates and clinton a few other who've kind other people who've got a kind of international stature for asking and what asking this question. and what he's that if the he's saying is that if the development of carbon heavy industry in the developing world is financial , which obviously it is financial, which obviously it is, the response is is, then the response is financial because people are saying to me on the street, look, you go on banging on about flipping , this, that and flipping ulez, this, that and the other, but what is the point when up? when china are pumping it up? that's blair is that's what tony blair is asking. and i think play to

asking. and i think fair play to him. very, very important him. it's a very, very important question to ask. >> has asked >> well, he has asked the question. made good point question. he's made a good point of it. but his labor party are pushing forward for zero, pushing forward for net zero, as are the conservative party. although it although rishi sunak does, it feels rishi is coming back feels like rishi is coming back off it and obviously with the result of the by—election, sir keir starmer is having a rethink. but but, but what's to become of this ? become of this? >> yeah, he's he's asked sadiq khan to actually have a rethink. but look , you know, don't forget but look, you know, don't forget i mean ulez after all, a conservative policy introduced by a conservative mayor in boris johnson . you know, we all know johnson. you know, we all know that this is a cross party. this is, the tories and is, you know, the tories and labour this and labour both supported this and they will continue to do so. i think inevitably there's no argument that. court argument about that. the court case but case today has shown that. but look, reality is ulez in look, the reality is ulez in london was taken too fast, too far quickly , and the far too quickly, and the scrappage thing wasn't looked into. could into. it properly. so we could perhaps but we can do perhaps reset it, but we can do everything the we can everything in the world. we can have car, you know have every single car, you know , running cucumbers or, you , running on cucumbers or, you know, oil or whatever know, vegetable oil or whatever you want. as long as we you want. but as long as we have the with the

the problems with china and the developing world, is the developing world, what is the point? that's what tony point? and that's what tony blair is saying. well that's right. >> so what's his suggestion then? has he got a suggestion because he's made the point that we're all making we're all saying none the saying it none of the politicians have picked up on it. apart tony blair. it. and apart from tony blair. so are they going to do so what are they going to do about so what are they going to do abowhat saying is that this >> what he's saying is that this is a global problem. we've heard guterres you guterres yesterday saying, you know, boiling know, we're now at boiling point, what do you point, you know, but what do you say? it's global problem, point, you know, but what do you sa has it's global problem, point, you know, but what do you sahas ithave|lobal problem, point, you know, but what do you sahas ithave aybal problem, point, you know, but what do you sahas ithave a globalyblem, it has to have a global solution. on the one hand, solution. now, on the one hand, how can we possibly even approach solution we approach a solution when we got countries ripping off countries ripping shreds off each when military each other, when we got military coups in africa, you know, coups in west africa, you know, we horrors occurring all the we got horrors occurring all the way but people way around the world. but people are to somehow are going to have to somehow realise that it's one planet realise that it's the one planet we've if we don't we've got. and if we don't have this planet, got nothing. we've got. and if we don't have this plibet, got nothing. we've got. and if we don't have this plibe fighting got nothing. we've got. and if we don't have this plibe fighting amongstng. and to be fighting amongst ourselves and arguing about this is absolutely dereliction of duty. he's saying is and duty. so what he's saying is and has pretty much is what gutierrez united nations has pretty much is what glsaying united nations has pretty much is what glsaying , united nations has pretty much is what glsaying , is united nations has pretty much is what glsaying , is that nited nations has pretty much is what glsaying , is that nitechastions has pretty much is what glsaying , is that nitechas to 1s is saying, is that this has to be the proper meaning of the word a united nations response. it is so flippin important. i mean, just look around you now. you're one of the brightest

broadcasts we've got just look you're one of the brightest broadceyou we've got just look you're one of the brightest broadceyou at�*ve got just look you're one of the brightest broadceyou at what'sjust look you're one of the brightest broadceyou at what's happening around you at what's happening in a in the world. is this a coincidence? is this just a once in a lifetime thing, is this in a lifetime thing, or is this really of really an indication of something pretty terrifying that's going on? think that's going on? and i think tony blair the position he tony blair is in the position he could could home and could he could sit at home and put up and, you know, put his feet up and, you know, count you but count his money, you know, but he's actually doing something about must admit, i about it. and i must admit, i was his biggest fan when was not his biggest fan when i was not his biggest fan when i was in parliament. but i'm supporting on this. supporting him now on this. >> bit sceptical >> i'm a bit more sceptical because the people been because the people have been saying long time and saying this for a long time and frankly 26, cop frankly, we've had cop 26, cop 27. what are we on now? 28 they've talking about this they've been talking about this and they've been flying back and forth in their jets forth in their private jets discussing , you know, having discussing, you know, having staying in the nicest hotels and, you know, spewing out the carbon here and there and they've done nothing. >> it was yeah, you're right. i remember you saying this at the time of cop in glasgow. i remember you saying that that almost word for word. you're absolutely right. it doesn't absolutely right. but it doesn't matter living in absolutely right. but it doesn't matteor living in absolutely right. but it doesn't matteor they living in absolutely right. but it doesn't matteor they were living in absolutely right. but it doesn't matteor they were living] in absolutely right. but it doesn't matteor they were living in] tents or they were living in dustbins, you know, it's what is achieved of day. achieved at the end of the day. they across and spend

they can come across and spend the out back the night in a skip out the back of tesco's all i care. you of tesco's for all i care. you know, hotel. i don't it doesn't matter. comes out of know, hotel. i don't it doesn't meand comes out of know, hotel. i don't it doesn't meand what comes out of know, hotel. i don't it doesn't meand what came)mes out of know, hotel. i don't it doesn't meand what came outs out of know, hotel. i don't it doesn't meand what came out of ut of know, hotel. i don't it doesn't meand what came out of it of know, hotel. i don't it doesn't meand what came out of it was, it. and what came out of it was, you know, warm words, you know in a heating and that's in a heating world and that's a real, problem and real, real problem there. and i think tony can actually think if tony blair can actually kick here, then kick start something here, then thank doing it thank heavens he is doing it because somebody's got to do it. somebody to do well. >> somebody has to do the >> somebody has to do it. the people been them, people have been telling them, hopefully they'll start listening. and tony, if you're being genuine, being generous, genuine, then great. how i sort of great. but notice how i sort of mix word disingenuous mix the word with disingenuous as pound, thank as well. stephen pound, thank you lovely to you very much. lovely to talk to you. right coming up next, i'll be speaking to a mother whose son aged just 22, son died in 1994, aged just 22, after contracting hiv . we'll get after contracting hiv. we'll get her response to this week's contaminated blood inquiry. i'm nana akua news britain's nana akua on gb news britain's

channel good afternoon . this is a gb good afternoon. this is a gb news. we're live on tv, online and on digital radio. i'm nana akua just coming up to 45 minutes after 5:00 now. a police force have been criticised for its handling of a mass shooting in keyham in plymouth. that was in keyham in plymouth. that was in august. in 2021, the police watchdog said that jake davidson's shotgun certificate was given was given returned to him before he killed five people, including his own mother and a three year old girl. the lawyer representing the families of victims has said , we are of victims has said, we are disgusted that devon and cornwall police have not implemented all of the coroner

and the independent office for police conduct recommendations. how many more people need to needlessly die before they do things properly ? our south—west things properly? our south—west of england reporter jeff moody has the latest . has the latest. >> well, yes, it's nearly two years since one of the worst mass shootings in british history took place in keyham here in plymouth . jake history took place in keyham here in plymouth .jake davison, here in plymouth. jake davison, who was 22, who killed five people, including his own mother, maxine, a three year old girl, and her father at the inquest, devon and cornwall police were heavily criticised for their response. they were heavily criticised for returning his firearm to him just weeks before the shooting. it had originally been confiscated after he'd had an altercation that threatened to turn violent with a group of children . and with a group of children. and his own mother had said that he is a danger . his own mother had said that he is a danger. so the inquest focussed very heavily on the fact that this firearm was

returned. this this report today is looking at what devon and cornwall police have done in the interim to improve things and it's a mixed bag. they've spent £6 million on boosting and beefing up their firearm licencing department and they now employ 100 staff. but the trouble is, there is still such a backlog that they're sending out temporary firearms certificates to people and that this report says really needs to stop . well, earlier on today, stop. well, earlier on today, i caught up with luke pollard, the mp for plymouth. this is what he had to say to me. >> well, i'm glad that there has been some progress over the past two years because the police catastrophically failed our communities and they need to learn the lessons and implement them in welcoming the progress. i am concerned that they still are not on top of the job. the majority of our gun laws are from the 1967 firearms act. it's a very long time ago. the world has changed considerably and

that's why i think we not only need a root and branch reform of our gun laws , we need them our gun laws, we need them bringing 21st century bringing into the 21st century and this just two weeks and all of this just two weeks before the second anniversary of this terrible shooting here in plymouth , where the whole plymouth, where the whole community is set to come together once more to remember the dead and to support those that are still grieving. >> back to you . >> back to you. >> back to you. >> now, of course, as jeff moody . now, as we were telling you in the last hour, jeremy hunt gave evidence to the infected blood inquiry earlier today as victims of the scandal continue their wait for compensation. the chancellor said no decisions have yet been made over compensation for the victims of what the terrible what he called the terrible contaminated blood scandal . contaminated blood scandal. thousands of people died after being given contaminated blood products in the 1970s and the 80s, in what is widely considered the worst treatment disaster in the history of the nhs . well, here's a small nhs. well, here's a small extract of what mr hunt had to say as a former health secretary. >> when i came before the

inquiry last time , i spoke very inquiry last time, i spoke very freely about the difference between my view and the department of health and the treasury's view and number 10 view and we discussed lots of documents that show the differences in their views. what i can say very clearly is that the government's position , the the government's position, the whole government's position has changed because in december we accepted the moral case for compensation . in compensation. in >> that was jeremy hunt speaking earlier. i'm joined now by angela newcomb. she's live . her angela newcomb. she's live. her son, neil died in 1994, aged just 22 after contracting hiv and dying from aids. just 22 after contracting hiv and dying from aids . angela, and dying from aids. angela, this is absolutely terrible what happened to your son. i'm so sorry to hear that. that must be sorry to hear that. that must be so devastating because as you know, there's nothing can replace a loved one. but listening query. now, what have you made of the inquiry this week ? week? >> some sadness, no real

recognition of justice coming our way. penny morton monday is the only one that's shown that she has some sets. the other three, the minister, the prime minister and the other two are totally following party lines. they will not commit themselves and just showing plenty of sympathy, but nothing else with real foundation towards her parents and the children who lost their parents and i'm in my mind showing disrespect to sir bnan mind showing disrespect to sir brian , our chair, and jenny brian, our chair, and jenny richards, our queen's counsel. lady um , they're just toeing the lady um, they're just toeing the party line, getting us nowhere . party line, getting us nowhere. we're not recognise parent much for our justice. that's exactly what i'm doing here today. for our justice. that's exactly what i'm doing here today . um, what i'm doing here today. um, but obviously, obviously there's others who are concerned and heavily involved with it. >> well, i mean, they're just

taking too long, aren't they? have you received anything from the government at all in terms of compensation ? of compensation? >> no. the parents, parents and the children have seen receive nothing within sir brian's second interim payment recommendations on the 5th of april, we were included within his recommendations. they are just ignoring them and ignoring them. for some reason they will not answer his his recommendations being completely rude to the man. i think. recommendations being completely rude to the man. i think . i rude to the man. i think. i think he's doing his level best for us. but the second interim payment and recommendations has been this is what today this week's been all about. the second interim payment recommendations . and that's why recommendations. and that's why these top ministers have been called back . but as people can called back. but as people can hear all they do is toe the party line , the working hard, party line, the working hard, working at pace, the 15m. you were saying earlier within his witness and statements , 15

witness and statements, 15 meetings, numerous emails circulating whitehall. but the bottom line we parents and everyone else no real foundation that we are being acknowledged for the loss of our children . for the loss of our children. and neil receive contaminated factor eight that was came in from america . yeah. um so we from america. yeah. um so we injected that into him until he was and he was well enough and old enough to inject himself when he was on home therapy . and when he was on home therapy. and we've got to carry that guilt as well with . us well with. us >> really hope they do something and they give you something because it's absolutely disgraceful . i you know, words disgraceful. i you know, words cannot express how awful. i think this must be for you for having to live through this . of having to live through this. of course, with you being in your 70s you've been fighting 70s now, you've been fighting for this years. they must do for this for years. they must do something. we will we will something. and we will we will continue to talk about this. thank angela. thank you very much, angela. really good to talk to now, really good to talk to you. now, angela son, he

angela lost her son, neil. he died in 1994, just he died in 1994, aged just 22. he was a victim of the contracted the blood scandal. he got haemophilia, hiv , and he died haemophilia, hiv, and he died from aids. awful awful. the government need to really step out and do something about that. and they need to do it quickly because people who because a lot of the people who have diseases are dying. because a lot of the people who have lots diseases are dying. because a lot of the people who have lots of. seases are dying. because a lot of the people who have lots of. you've are dying. because a lot of the people who have lots of. you've beenying. well, lots of. you've been getting touch as well with getting in touch as well with your thoughts throughout. i'm going these going to read a couple of these and course, hand over and then, of course, hand over to in a moment. but to jubes in just a moment. but i'm read this one from i'm going to read this one from who's says love. oh, who's this peter says love. oh, this no, no, no. about this is no, no, no. how about this is no, no, no. how about this this one's from this one? oh, this one's from from said, this is from richard. he said, this is a million times better with nana doing i'd doing the show. i thought i'd read joking. read that one. i'm joking. listen on way. listen michelle is on the way. next michelle. >> hello. that was an awful story, that story, wasn't it? i know that lady. feel so sad for her. i know. >> and does make me think as >> and it does make me think as a country, seem to have a country, we do seem to have our priority is because our priority is wrong because money showered money seems to get showered here, everywhere here, there and everywhere for various causes. >> when something this >> but when something like this that is and that could that matters is and that could have really helped that lady with money never with her life. money never bnngs one with her life. money never brings one back. brings a loved one back. >> after 40 years, she's been campaigning something. campaigning to get something. >> it's tragic. >> it's tragic.

>> tragic, isn't it? >> it's tragic, isn't it? >> it's tragic, isn't it? >> my tonight, talk >> on my show tonight, i'll talk about specifically. about politicians specifically. nadine course , nadine dorries of course, everyone will remember that she resigned with immediate effect. >> still there >> apparently she's still there but i think it's but has gone. i think it's appalling . i don't know. i appalling. i don't know. i honestly, i don't know who these people think they are. nana people think that they are. nana it's you say that you want it's like you say that you want to resign. >> fair enough. free world. >> fair enough. free world. >> you then. but they >> off you go then. but they don't. around not don't. they sit around not really that really doing the job that they're be doing. they're supposed to be doing. >> now >> you've got the council now saying for you to go. saying it's time for you to go. >> residents, they're >> the residents, they're saying they're wanted. they're not represent wanted. i just think, who you think you just think, who do you think you are? like it's very are? it's like it's all very odd. immediate, but odd. she went immediate, but immediately . immediately. >> yeah, immediately. >> soon. yeah, immediately. >> soon. yeah, immediately. >> whenever i decide to do it, it's a very strange goings on. so to get into that. and so i want to get into that. and of the bits that of course some of the bits that you've been discussing as well, the climate situation. >> tony blair, what's he up to? >> tony blair, what's he up to? >> he's just a bit more popularity, maybe. yeah >> makes >> you know, his institute makes an lot of money in her, an awful lot of money in her, about £60 million revenue last year.i about £60 million revenue last year. i wonder where is all that coming from ? coming from? >> i wonder. well, >> i wonder. i wonder. well, listen, all of the way listen, all of that on the way with fabulous michelle

with the fabulous michelle dewberry. be guiding dewberry. she will be guiding you off now. i'm you through. i'm off now. i'm back tomorrow, time, same back tomorrow, same time, same place, 3:00. sure you join place, 3:00. make sure you join me. you with michelle me. i'll leave you with michelle and looks like things and dewbs& co looks like things are heating up . are heating up. >> boxed boilers, proud sponsors of weather on . gb news of weather on. gb news afternoon, alex deakin here with your latest weather update from the met office for gb news a bit of everything this weekend. >> yes, we'll see a bit of sunshine, heavy showers will sunshine, but heavy showers will never away. blown never be too far away. blown along a brisk wind along by a brisk wind and created area of low created by an area of low pressure. this will dominate weather throughout the weekend , weather throughout the weekend, sending bands of showery rain spiralling across the country for many friday evening, looking dry . but we already do have dry. but we already do have a sprinkling of showers and we'll see more of them develop during the evening. for northern ireland and western scotland, where steadily where the breeze will steadily increase could see some increase. we could also see some heavier breaking out increase. we could also see some heavthe breaking out increase. we could also see some heavthe midlandseaking out increase. we could also see some heavthe midlands and 1g out increase. we could also see some heavthe midlands and eastern over the midlands and eastern england time. some breaks england for a time. some breaks in the cloud, allowing it to turn a little cooler than recent nights, still a warm nights, but still quite a warm nights, but still quite a warm night bulk england

nights, but still quite a warm nighwales bulk england nights, but still quite a warm nighwales. bulk england nights, but still quite a warm nighwales . temperatures ngland nights, but still quite a warm nighwales . temperatures holding and wales. temperatures holding up at 15 degrees. it'll up at 14 or 15 degrees. it'll feel quite fresh in the breeze dunng feel quite fresh in the breeze during saturday, which will continue to strengthen. as i said mixture of sun and said, it's a mixture of sun and showers. minute it's dry and showers. one minute it's dry and bright. you'll bright. the next minute you'll be catching heavy downpour. be catching a heavy downpour. perhaps many showers perhaps not too many showers across south through the across the south through the afternoon. places afternoon. so some places here we'll dry end to we'll have a largely dry end to the day, but some heavy showers over western scotland. northern ireland turn into ireland may turn into thunderstorms again, moving through on brisk wind here through on the brisk wind here through on the brisk wind here through sunday. again, it's a case of sunshine and showers, but i think we'll see more of the showers over and the showers over central and southern and northern southern scotland and northern england before some more persistent comes persistent drizzly rain comes into wales and southwest england later on, a good part of the midlands, eastern england, parts later on, a good part of the minortherneastern england, parts later on, a good part of the minorthern scotland,;land, parts later on, a good part of the minorthern scotland, probablyrts of northern scotland, probably not too many showers on not seeing too many showers on sunday. again, temperatures not seeing too many showers on sundteens again, temperatures not seeing too many showers on sundteens oragain, temperatures not seeing too many showers on sundteens or low, temperatures not seeing too many showers on sundteens or low 20snperatures not seeing too many showers on sundteens or low 20s lookstures not seeing too many showers on sundteens or low 20s looks like high teens or low 20s looks like things are heating up . things are heating up. >> boxed boilers, proud sponsors of weather on .

about what says you on that . and about what says you on that. and tony blair, brace yourself . he's tony blair, brace yourself. he's been speaking since today. everybody he's saying, how can britain solve the climate crisis ultimately without china? he says they can't. and i say he's right. but what do you make to the whole tony blair situation, though? is he trying to make an edge into getting back into frontline politics in this country? and if he did , would country? and if he did, would you support him and have you heard of the so—called ghost children covid? apparently many children covid? apparently many children didn't return to school after it. what's going on? there's concerns now that we are tiptoeing towards a huge crime wave caused by these children . wave caused by these children. is that true? why are kids not returning to schools ? by the returning to schools? by the way, when you see some of the stuff that's getting taught in schools, i don't blame some parents for taking their children far away from them anyway. over in mid bedfordshire, nadine dorries, do anyway. over in mid bed rememberiadine dorries, do anyway. over in mid bed remember she1e dorries, do anyway. over in mid bed remember she resigned.. do anyway. over in mid bed remember she resigned. she you remember she resigned. she said she going to go said she was going to go immediately well, town