>> good morning. it's 930 on friday, the 4th of august. this is britain's newsroom with martin daubney and me, ellie costello coming up for you today i >> greenpeace has sparked a major security row after they scaled the roof of rishi sunak, nonh scaled the roof of rishi sunak, north yorkshire home in a protest over the expansion of nonh protest over the expansion of north sea oil and gas drilling. we ask how on earth was this allowed to happen .7 allowed to happen? >> the bank of england has heaped further pressure on

mortgage holders as it's hiked interest rates for the 14th consecutive time. well is this the peak and when will they start to come down? we'll find out . out. >> and the gb news exclusive, charlie peters has been investigating the london hospital chaplain who used his annual leave to visit taliban leaders in afghanistan . leaders in afghanistan. so today we're asking you what do you think about greenpeace scaling the roof of the prime minister's house? >> what do you make of it? do let us know. gb views at cbnnews.com . but first, let's cbnnews.com. but first, let's get a news bulletin with rhiannon jones. get a news bulletin with rhiannon jones . thank you, ellie. >> good morning. it's 931. your top stories from the newsroom .

top stories from the newsroom. the private sector is being called on to help clear the nhs backlog and cut record high waiting lists. 13 new community diagnostic centres will be opened across england to carry out hundreds of thousands of scans, checks and tests. eight of the new facilities will be operated by independent companies, but services will be free to patients. five will be run by the nhs. the latest figures show waiting lists almost hit 7.5 million at the end of may. that's the highest since records began. liberal democrat mp for edinburgh west christine jardine says the prime minister should have acted soonen sooner. >> soonen >> why didn't they do something before they were strikes? why didn't they do something to support the tens of thousands of staff in the nhs who've been pushed to breaking point by three years of covid waiting lists? all of that at the resource. was there . it was resource. was there. it was available to the nhs to use. why didn't he use it before? now

thatis didn't he use it before? now that is what annoys me and that, you know, if there is something there that is possible to help people to cut back waiting lists, should have been lists, he should have been looking lists, he should have been loo donald trump , who's been >> donald trump, who's been accused of trying to overturn the 2020 presidential election result, has pleaded not guilty . result, has pleaded not guilty. the former us president appeared in court to answer four charges, which include conspiracy to defraud the us. prosecutors say his actions were an unprecedented effort to undermine the pillars of american democracy. mr trump described it as a witch hunt to derail his white house campaign. he's currently the front runner for the 2024 republican presidential nomination. >> when you look at what's happening , this is a persecution happening, this is a persecution of a political opponent. this was never supposed to happen in america , for this is the america, for this is the persecution of the person that's leading by very, very substantial numbers in the republican primary. and leading

biden by a lot. republican primary. and leading biden by a lot . so if you can't biden by a lot. so if you can't beat him, you persecute him or you prosecute him. we can't let this happen in america . this happen in america. >> five activists involved in a stunt at the prime minister's house in north yorkshire have been released on bail. four of them who scaled the property and draped black fabric over his home where arrested on suspicion of causing criminal damage and pubuc of causing criminal damage and public nuisance . rishi sunak public nuisance. rishi sunak wasn't home. he's currently on houday wasn't home. he's currently on holiday with his family in california. the group was protesting against the prime minister's decision to grant new nonh minister's decision to grant new north sea oil and gas licences . north sea oil and gas licences. us and the mayor of london has announced plans to expand the ulez scrappage scheme. all londoners with a non—compliant car will now be able to apply for a grant of up to £2,000 to replace their vehicle critic say the changes are too little or too late. it comes after labour leader sir keir starmer urged sadiq khan to reflect on the

ulez expansion following the party's byelection loss in uxbndge party's byelection loss in uxbridge last month . and you can uxbridge last month. and you can get more on all of those stories by visiting our website, gbnews.com now, though, it's back to ellen . back to ellen. martin >> welcome back. the time is 935. you are watching britain's newsroom. and today we want to hear from you about your thoughts on greenpeace scaling the roof of the prime minister's yorkshire home. now, nobody was at home at the time as the sunak family are on holiday in the united states. but they did occupy the roof for several hours and greenpeace posted this video on twitter from rishi sunak rooftop . sunak rooftop. >> i'm on the roof of the prime minister's house. we're all here because rishi sunak has opened the door for a new drilling

frenzy in the north sea. this will be a disaster for the climate and it won't . climate and it won't. >> well, the greenpeace activists use ladders to get onto rishi's roof and then unfurled oil black fabric down the side of the £2 million mansion. five people were arrested on suspicion of causing criminal damage and public nuisance. they have since been released on pending further released on bail pending further enquiries . enquiries. >> what do you make of it? >> what do you make of it? >> martin an >> martin i think it's an absolute outrage. i really think wherever your political alliances you can't be alliances lie, you can't be going to people's homes, especially when they have kids. and there's been a huge trend of burglars targeting footballers when they're away . and now we when they're away. and now we know rishi's away. the prime minister he's few quid. minister he's worth a few quid. his worth a few quid. his missus is worth a few quid. ithink his missus is worth a few quid. i think they'll be bad guys out there thinking. let's go round rishi's it. there's rishi's pad and rob it. there's going huge security going to be a huge security implication terms implication for this in terms of national security and his personal security. i think they're bang out of order. >> well, the principle of >> well, it's the principle of it, isn't because i think it, isn't it? because i think many , most people respect it, isn't it? because i think marright , most people respect it, isn't it? because i think marright to , most people respect it, isn't it? because i think marright to peacefulpeople respect it, isn't it? because i think marright to peaceful protest respect it, isn't it? because i think marright to peaceful protest aspect

the right to peaceful protest as long as you're not blocking anybody from getting hospital anybody from getting to hospital or roads, just stop oil or blocking roads, just stop oil or blocking roads, just stop oil or whoever the group may be. greenpeace, they would be allowed to protest outside an office or perhaps even on the street. but it's something different when is a person's different when it is a person's home, and especially a person's home, and especially a person's home where there are children usually. so that's what doesn't sit right with, i think, many, many people. >> and we saw before when protesters targeted jacob rees—mogg at his home and was shouting at his kids and then another mob went to his somerset abode and vandalised it. i think it's a step too far and i think it's a step too far and i think it's a step too far and i think it's a sorry state of the political discourse in this nafion political discourse in this nation that those on the liberal left think the direct homes, the targeting like this is somehow now on the menu. i think it's a step way too far. >> well, do let us know what you think. do you think it is step think. do you think it is a step too do care ? i know too far? do you care? i know that some people that there are some people saying, nobody was in, saying, look, nobody was in, nobody was hurt. doesn't look nobody was hurt. it doesn't look as been any as though there's been any criminal really criminal damage. doesn't really matter. let us know what matter. so do let us know what you vaiews@gbnews.com we

you think. vaiews@gbnews.com we are to be talking about are going to be talking about the element of it and the policing element of it and the policing element of it and the questions the security questions with peter little bit peter bleksley a little bit later a friend of the later on. he's a friend of the program . we're also to be program. we're also going to be talking ben leo, is a gb talking to ben leo, who is a gb news he went to the news reporter. he went to the greenpeace headquarters yesterday and confronted them. so going to be talking to so we're going to be talking to him about how that went down. so we're going to be talking to hinyeah,t how that went down. so we're going to be talking to hinyeah, andn that went down. so we're going to be talking to hinyeah, and it's at went down. so we're going to be talking to hinyeah, and it's fair/ent down. so we're going to be talking to hinyeah, and it's fair tot down. so we're going to be talking to hinyeah, and it's fair to saywn. >> yeah, and it's fair to say they didn't like it up him. >> they certainly didn't. so stay tuned that. >> they certainly didn't. so staj okay. d that. >> they certainly didn't. so stajokay. now that. >> they certainly didn't. so stajokay. now further pressure >> okay. now further pressure has mortgage has been placed on mortgage holders decision holders following the decision by england to hike by the bank of england to hike interest once again . is it interest rates once again. is it yet another bid to get inflation under control? but is the 14th consecutive rise in a row? but in a good sign for the prime minister, the bank said it expects the government to meet its promise to halve inflation by the end of the year. well shadow chancellor rachel reeves has labelled the latest rise in interest rates as a hammer blow for working people, which did not need to happen. >> well , let's talk about the >> well, let's talk about the very real human impact of this interest rate decision. we're

joined now by founder of dad's house charity and foodbank billy mcgranaghan. really good to see you this morning . mcgranaghan. really good to see you this morning. i mcgranaghan. really good to see you this morning . i mean, how you this morning. i mean, how did you respond to that interest rate rise yesterday ? tell us how rate rise yesterday? tell us how that's going to impact the people that you work with. >> well, that's going to impact a dad who is probably a certain dad who is probably gone through family breakdown and is paying a mortgage and is still paying rent. and his new accommodation where we've got one dad who's actually gave up his new accommodation to move into his office because he can't afford to maintain the mortgage in the family home and maintain the rent to the landlord that he just moved in. and he's now using our food bank that the mother doesn't know about, you know, so there's so many different aspects of the interest rate that really, really hurts families all over the uk. and the phone calls that we get is pretty incredible. and we get is pretty incredible. and we got six heartbreaking telephone calls yesterday from from dads who are suicide

because they genuinely have no idea to what do next. you know, i've got one dad who drives to manchester every second saturday and he can't afford petrol. you know , so it's interest rates. know, so it's interest rates. it's the gas, the electric, you know , the food prices we're know, the food prices we're seeing everything. and i've never seen anything like it. you know. so i think we've been in recession for such a long time with the families that we've helped in our food bank. but now it's hitting the middle classes like never before, you know, so it's cascading down where the really, really they find it difficult to reach out and ask for help. and when they come to dad's house, it's a safe it's a safe space for them. but we also help mums as well and families , help mums as well and families, you know, but it's something thatis you know, but it's something that is hitting everyone hard , that is hitting everyone hard, you know? so. billy give us an indication if you can.

>> it's a 14 consecutive interest rate rise . it feels interest rate rise. it feels like an endless cycle of pain since the pandemic. how have you typically seen the demands for your service at dad's house increase in terms of the volume of approaches you've had? >> well, i mean, we've helped over 60,000 families since lockdown covid we were open seven days a week and we've had to cut that back to five days a week. but within the food bank element, there's also a wellbeing element, you know, because food insecurity , many because food insecurity, many people are really shy about asking for help. you know , so we asking for help. you know, so we have yoga , we have guitar have yoga, we have guitar lessons that starts on tuesday, a jamming session for dads and kids . we've got football night. kids. we've got football night. so when dads do come into dad's house to find out, we have a food bank where they might not know that we've had a food bank and that helps the cost financially. when they do get the kids, you know, at the weekends. and it's so important that there's no embarrassment. and we don't believe in a voucher system, you know, and so

they come, they have a coffee, have a little chat, get the guitar out, you know, have a wee sing song , guitar out, you know, have a wee sing song, you guitar out, you know, have a wee sing song , you know, guitar out, you know, have a wee sing song, you know, and some dads as i said, they're in tears, you know, because they don't what to do next, you don't know what to do next, you know, and there's a huge sense of shame, isn't there? >> which wrong, it >> which is wrong, but it exists. there's a barrier to reaching facilitate shows reaching out to facilitate shows like dad's house, how do you break that mould? because i know for men in particular, you know, you and i have worked together before. done a great deal before. we've done a great deal of work around of that male of work around sort of that male pride barrier. you pride as a barrier. how do you help sort of break that down help to sort of break that down and it's okay to be and say, look, it's okay to be to be weak, it's to okay ask for help? >> well, are working charity, >> well, we are working charity, you and we're so different you know, and we're so different where we have breakfast clubs. you know, we have lunch clubs for mums and dads. so when someone walks into to our office, everything is there, you know, yoga mats are on the floor, you know, the guitars are in, in the corner. the blokes react to yoga mats on the floor

and most of them like me doing a downward dog you don't want to see. honestly, i am absolutely useless. and annabel, she loves it. she's a yogi , but it's it. she's a yogi, but it's something that there's a warmth in dad's house, you know, because we have so many different projects, you know, and we've got family law clinics, as i said, football, you know, and that was injured yesterday. so i've done a sir alex moment last night managing and i'm not a good manager. >> i want you to pick you up on the point that you made a little bit earlier about it hurting the middle class for the first time and it being like nothing you've seen before. these are men that are coming you who are are coming to you now who are potentially owners and have potentially home owners and have jobs still they're jobs and still they're struggling to put food on the table. well, we've got dads who are wage of maybe 40 to are on on a wage of maybe 40 to 90,000 a year. >> so the more you earn, the more your expenses are, you know, so no one thinks your marriage is going to break down, you know , so we meet dads who you know, so we meet dads who are absolutely responsive model for the children, for the for

their the kids mum, you know, because it's not all anger or you know, you've got you've got dads who still love their ex you know , and the friends. dads who still love their ex you know , and the friends . but pride know, and the friends. but pride kicks in when financially you can't afford things. so a lot of our dads are actually maxed out. they can't use their credit card or debit cards anymore. they just simply don't have it, you know? so we get parents calling us because they're really concerned about their son, you know, or we'll get the kid's mum calling us because they're concerned about their former partner. that's how that's how different we are. we're a family charity . charity. >> yeah. how can people find you if there are people watching and listening today and they're finding in very finding themselves in very difficult stances? difficult circum stances? >> google dad's house >> just just google dad's house and also twitter, instagram . and and also twitter, instagram. and what's really important is that we're trying to raise £100,000 and we've managed to raise just under £55,000. so so keep donating, keep coming, keep

supporting single dads and families and kids because cause it's really important that that family unit stay together , you family unit stay together, you know, and be a happy family unit i >> -- >> yeah, well, really, really good to see you this morning, billy. thank you so much for coming. shining a light really, on the very human impact all on the very human impact on all of tremendous. of this tremendous. >> it really hits home, ali. >> and it really hits home, ali. you i think in our you know how i think in our minds, oh, minds, most people think, oh, food they're people food banks, they're for people at of the scale . home at the bottom of the scale. home owners, businessmen, fathers , owners, businessmen, fathers, ordinary, trying to keep their families together to do the right thing. you know, these interest rates have very, very real very impact. so, real and very human impact. so, billy, know, hats to billy, you know, hats off to you, friend , for doing you, my friend, for doing excellent work. cheers okay. let's move now to our next let's move on now to our next story. let's go across the pond now president now because former us president donald trump remained defiant yesterday as he pleaded not guilty to the charges against him. yes, he's charged with conspiracy to defraud the us obstruction of an official proceeding and against the rights of citizens, he told reporters that it was merely the

persecution of a political opponent . opponent. >> well, thank you very much. this is a very sad day for america. and it was also very sad driving through washington , sad driving through washington, dc and seeing the filth and the decay when you look at what's happening this is a persecution of a political opponent. this was never supposed to happen in america . this is the persecution america. this is the persecution of the person that's leading by very, very substantial numbers in the republican primary. and leading biden by a lot. in the republican primary. and leading biden by a lot . so if leading biden by a lot. so if you can't beat him, you persecute him or you prosecute him. we can't let this happen in america . thank you very much, america. thank you very much, everybody. you want defiant till the end? >> well, here to unpack it now with us is us political analyst eric hamm, live from washington. hello to you, eric. and i believe you've been staying up all to us on gb news. all night to join us on gb news. so you for your diligence so thank you for your diligence so defiant. a very sad day for america . if they if they can't

america. if they if they can't beat you, they persecute you or they prosecute you. so he's saying the same old thing. can you just give us a frame work of where we're at, how got to where we're at, how we got to this place? and where do you think to go ? think this is going to go? >> well, this has been two years in the making that donald trump was looking at or staring down the possible barrel of an indictment for what took place on january 6th. that day has arrived and what we saw was a streamlined indictment that host donald trump accountable for obstructing an official proceeding as well as conspiring to do so . now, donald trump will to do so. now, donald trump will have to actually go to trial on this issue , too. and we know this issue, too. and we know that there are many people waiting in the wings . and of waiting in the wings. and of course, we saw perhaps some of the most biggest news was donald trump's own former vice president , trump's own former vice president, mike trump's own former vice president , mike pence, saying president, mike pence, saying that he believes not only that donald trump is not fit to hold office again, but that he endangered himself. and it looks as pence himself is as though mike pence himself is preparing to be a possible star

witness in the trial against donald trump. >> how much of that do you think, though? i mean, don't forget pence standing forget that pence is standing as an opponent against trump. the judge assigned to this case was appointed by barack obama and the media seem still seem very stacked against donald trump. this doesn't seem to be impacting his popularity. in fact, it seems to be going up. desantis is going off a cliff and his funding is going up. will this make any will any of this make any difference ? difference? >> not at all. politically what we see is, in fact, donald trump himself said, you know, he he's hoping for at least one more indictment because that will secure him the nomination for the republican presidential party. and so what we're seeing here is donald trump is using these these indictments and these these indictments and these criminal investigate actions as rocket fuel for his candidacy . he he has changed the candidacy. he he has changed the narrative that now he is the victim of a political weaponization, taking place by his opponent, joe biden. and it is working with his base. he is

seen as more favourable now than at any point from when he launched his his candidacy. and he's leading the vaunted money race as well . race as well. >> i mean, we are in the most astonished watching situation, aren't we, eric, where with 2024 is going to see a number of these trials in washington, new york and in florida. and president trump, president trump at the same time running a presidential campaign . i mean, presidential campaign. i mean, we could even see him pardoning himself from prison . himself from prison. >> well , here himself from prison. >> well, here is where this could get interesting . donald could get interesting. donald trump is facing both state crimes as well as federal crimes. and for the federal crimes. and for the federal crimes many believe that if he is elected, he will be able to pardon himself or somehow find a way to get out of those federal crimes. however, if he is found guilty of any of those state crimes, he will have to be held to account for those because there is no federal pardon that will allow him to get away from that. will allow him to get away from that . so he is will allow him to get away from

that. so he is still will allow him to get away from that . so he is still facing will allow him to get away from that. so he is still facing and staring down some very serious legal trouble. and we're told that fani willis, the attorney , that fani willis, the attorney, the district attorney in georgia, is getting closer and closer to a potential indictment . and we have to remember, that's the one investigation where donald trump has attempted at least twice to try to actually remove her from that investigation . and no other investigation. and no other instance has donald trump tried to remove or prosecute her from an investigation into himself. >> it was very interesting , >> it was very interesting, eric, as part of trump's speech , he had a bit of a dig at the state of washington dc. the filth, the decay, the broken buildings, the graffiti . see, buildings, the graffiti. see, this is not the place that i left . it's a very sight . this is not the place that i left. it's a very sight . can left. it's a very sad sight. can you do a quick fact check? because you live there? is that what like ? what it's actually like? >> well , i what it's actually like? >> well, i have to what it's actually like? >> well , i have to say, while dc >> well, i have to say, while dc certainly has its pluses , he was certainly has its pluses, he was not exactly wrong . however, i do not exactly wrong. however, i do believe that where he was travelling through , he may not travelling through, he may not have seen some of the things

that he was actually talking about. >> really interesting in all of this that joe biden is staying very, very quiet . very, very quiet. >> well, that's i think , par for >> well, that's i think, par for the course. joe biden is the president of the united states. we know technically he is he is at the helm of the justice department. and so i think what you're seeing here is joe biden and many democrats trying to lay low and stay out of this and let the prosecutors and let the criminal course, the criminal investigation, take its own course. and this is going to be a matter forjuries in course. and this is going to be a matter for juries in these respective jurisdictions to actually weigh whether or not donald trump is guilty or innocent in these crimes that he's been charged with. >> and eric, one final point, the timing of this, not only is designed he would say, to damage his chances in the primaries, although that doesn't seem to be working. but also, is this a smokescreen run away from the story of hunter biden and his

guilty plea and joe biden's involvement in this? so does this have the feeling of a fantastically well timed smokescreen mean no , no, not at smokescreen mean no, no, not at all. >> in fact , we know that even >> in fact, we know that even before hunter biden became a story , you know, there was story, you know, there was investigations going on into january 6th. and remember , january 6th. and remember, already more than a thousand people have been not only charged, but found guilty of crimes relating to january 6th as well. and we know , of course, as well. and we know, of course, fani willis, the prosecutor in georgia has been investigating this case even before joe biden officially took the helm of the white house. >> okay, eric hammer, thank you very much for joining >> okay, eric hammer, thank you very much forjoining us live from washington. and again, thank you for staying up throughout the night to be with us news. excellent us here on gb news. excellent analysis. us here on gb news. excellent anathank you very much. >> thank you very much. absolutely astonishing situation. is crazy to situation. it's it is crazy to see it from across the pond. i mean, it's going to be one heck of a presidential race no matter who think is right or wrong.

who you think is right or wrong. >> what a pantomime, what a circus going to be for political journalists us, ali. it's journalists like us, ali. it's going be solid. going to be solid. >> gold almost makes our politics look quite normal. yeah, boring. calm in comparison. will have an comparison. you will have an opinion on that . donald trump opinion on that. donald trump pleading not guilty to those charges. do let us know what you think. is it a witch hunt or is this justice? do leszno gbviews@gbnews.com lots of you getting in touch though, on greenpeace and i'm scaling the prime minister's roof yesterday. >> yeah. and the greenpeace is really divided people as you'd expect. balanced view on gb news. there's some, some people here support of greenpeace, here in support of greenpeace, including think what including louis. i think what greenpeace has done is very clever . despite greenpeace has done is very clever. despite being clever. despite it being extreme, getting extreme, they are getting exactly the media attention they want . raising awareness want. it's raising awareness about government , what they want. it's raising awareness abo this government, what they want. it's raising awareness abo this week. zrnment , what they want. it's raising awareness abo this week. and ent , what they want. it's raising awareness abo this week. and as , what they want. it's raising awareness abothis week. and as donald they did this week. and as donald trump is good trump says, any press is good press. yes simon says rishi is inflicting pain on everyone's house. >> he's responsible for everybody's well—being. what's wrong with going to his house? >> yeah , and here's a really >> yeah, and here's a really interesting one, michael, who's a former greenpeace activist

himself, is saying further to yesterday's incident at the pm's home yesterday, can i just say that this action was illegal and therefore result in therefore should result in criminal proceedings really , criminal proceedings really, really interesting. >> keep those views coming in on that. vaiews@gbnews.com but do stay us because a gb news stay with us because a gb news exclusive coming up where an exclusive is coming up where an muslim has been muslim chaplain has been photographed meeting with taliban ministers in afghanistan . this is britain's newsroom on gb news choose a brighter outlook with boxt solar proud sponsors of weather on . gb news sponsors of weather on. gb news morning , alex deakin here with morning, alex deakin here with your latest weather update from the met office for gb news. >> some wet and windy weather again returning tonight and tomorrow. ahead of that, many places today. but places dry and bright today. but not everywhere. we do have a fair bit of cloud around this morning outbreaks morning and some outbreaks of rain parts of rain over northeastern parts of england. and we'll continue to see showers over eastern england through heavy ones through the day. some heavy ones are possible, even the odd are possible, maybe even the odd rumble of thunder. for many,

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channel >> good morning. it's 10:00 channel >> good morning. it's10:00 on friday. the 4th of august. this is britain's newsroom on gb news with martin daubney and me, ellie costello . here's what's ellie costello. here's what's coming up today. >> coming up on today's show, the bank of england has heaped further misery and pressure on mortgage holders as it's hiked interest rates for the 14th consec time . when will consec ecutive time. when will they ever come back down? greenpeace has launched a major security row after they invaded the prime minister's personal home in north yorkshire. >> they say the protest was over the government's decision to grant new oil and gas licences in the north sea. we're asking you. have they crossed the line ? >> and amazon 7 >> and amazon workers are experiencing the biggest day of industrial action in the tech firm's history. that's according

to the gmb union. firm's history. that's according to the gmb union . we'll be to the gmb union. we'll be speaking to jack carson, who's on the picket line . on the picket line. >> so today we're asking for your reaction to greenpeace activis . it's scaling the roof activis. it's scaling the roof of the prime minister's house in yorkshire . do you care? do you yorkshire. do you care? do you think it matters or do you think they've overstepped the mark? do let us know. vaiews@gbnews.uk com. but first let's get a news bulletin with rhiannon jones . bulletin with rhiannon jones. ali thank you. >> good morning. it's 10:01 >> good morning. it's10:01 o'clock. your top stories from the gp newsroom . the private the gp newsroom. the private sector is being called on to help clear the nhs backlog and cut record high waiting lists. 13 new community diagnostic centres will be opened across england to carry out hundreds of thousands of scans, checks and

tests. eight of the new facilities will be operated by independent companies, but services will be free to patients. five will be run by the nhs . the latest figures show the nhs. the latest figures show waiting lists almost hit 7.5 million at the end of may. the highest since records began. liberal democrat mp for edinburgh west christine jardine says the pm should have acted sooner. >> soonen >> why didn't they do something before they were strikes? why didn't they do something to support the tens of thousands of staff in the nhs who've been pushed to breaking point by three years of covid waiting lists? all of that. the resource was there. it was available to the nhs to use. why didn't he use it before now ? that's what use it before now? that's what annoys me . and that, you know, annoys me. and that, you know, if there is something there that's possible to help people to cut back waiting lists. he should have been looking at this sooner. >> soonen >> donald trump, who's been accused of trying to overturn

the 2020 presidential election result , has the 2020 presidential election result, has pleaded the 2020 presidential election result , has pleaded not the 2020 presidential election result, has pleaded not guilty . result, has pleaded not guilty. the former us president appeared in court to answer four charges, which include conspiracy to defraud the us. prosecutors say his actions were an unprecedented effort to undermine the pillars of american democracy. mr trump described it as a witch hunt to derail his white house campaign. he's currently the front runner for the 2024 republican president nomination . president nomination. >> when you look at what's happening, this is a persecution of a political opponent. this was never supposed to happen in america. this is the persecution of the person that's leading by very, very substantial numbers in the republican primary and leading biden by a lot. so if you can't beat him, you persecute him or you prosecute , persecute him or you prosecute, shoot him. we can't let this happenin shoot him. we can't let this happen in america . happen in america. >> well, back here, planned strike action for this weekend by british airways staff has

been cancelled after a significant pay deal was reached. unite union has agreed a pay reached. unite union has agreed a pay increase that sees around 24,000 employees receive a 13.1% rise over 18 months, plus a £1,000 one off payment. the industrial action had been due to start at gatwick airport today and last until august the 8th. people are being charged up to four times more for airport parking if they pay on arrival rather than in advance . consumer rather than in advance. consumer group, which looked at prices at 16 airport car parks , revealing 16 airport car parks, revealing what it calls a serious financial sting. it compared costs for a week stay in mid—august , paid for on the day mid—august, paid for on the day with those booked four months earlier. the largest price gap was at manchester airport, where paying was at manchester airport, where paying on arrival costs over £400. instead of £95 when booked in advance . a mother and in advance. a mother and stepfather are due to be

sentenced for the murder of a ten month old baby . jacob crouch ten month old baby. jacob crouch was found dead in his cot at his derbyshire home in december 2020. he'd suffered 39 rib fractures, visible bruises and several internal injuries. craig crouch was convicted on wednesday of murder and three counts of child cruelty . the counts of child cruelty. the baby's mother, gemma barton , was baby's mother, gemma barton, was also found guilty of child cruelty and causing or allowing the baby's death . five activists the baby's death. five activists involved in a stunt at the prime minister's house in north yorkshire have been released on bail. four of them who scaled the property and draped black fabnc the property and draped black fabric over his home were arrested on suspicion of causing criminal damage and public nuisance . s rishi sunak wasn't nuisance. s rishi sunak wasn't home at the time. he's currently on holiday with his family in california . the group was california. the group was protesting against the prime minister's decision to grant new nonh minister's decision to grant new north sea oil and gas licences and the mayor of london has

announced plans to expand the ulez scrappage scheme. all londoners with a non—compliant car will now be able to apply for a grant of up to £2,000 to replace their vehicle . critics replace their vehicle. critics say the changes are too little, too late and it comes after labour leader sir keir starmer urged sadiq khan to reflect on the ulez expansion following the party's byelection loss in uxbndge party's byelection loss in uxbridge last month . this is gb uxbridge last month. this is gb news across the uk on tv, in your car, on digital radio and on your smart speaker by saying play gb news now it's back to ellie and . ellie and. martin >> welcome back. it's 10:06. >> welcome back. it's10:06. this is britain's newsroom and loads of you getting in touch with your reaction to greenpeace activists scaled the prime

minister's roof at his home in yorkshire. thank you so much to all of you for getting in touch. viv says there are now two young girls who would have seen the images of people creeping around on the roof of their house. bedtime be a time of bedtime could now be a time of fear in case these people come back. this shows yet again that these people think about nothing but themselves and it's time that they were stopped. >> yeah. michael centrepoint and early. he's former greenpeace early. he's a former greenpeace activist. he sent another one in and he's saying this. i suggest that the greenpeace that the women in the greenpeace hq she knew about hq who claim that she knew about it should also charged with it should also be charged with the same offence under the joint entropy prize. laws hit them where it hurts financially. i'm a former greenpeace activist and i to stop the dumping of i helped to stop the dumping of toxic waste the north sea of toxic waste in the north sea of teesside . but this is utter teesside. but this is utter madness and not in the public interest of the people. >> karen says she believes in greenpeace and started donating to their cause in march , but to their cause in march, but she's cancelled her direct debit today. she says what they did yesterday is beyond belief and i

cannot support that kind of action. it is totally unacceptable. so crossed a line for karen. yeah. >> and finally here, clive is saying greenpeace, greenpeace has been upstaged by just stop oil. so they had to go and do something to get the high ground, not the high ground, but to get publicity back. this to get the publicity back. this is egos , jealousy and is about egos, jealousy and donations, not about oil and nor the planet. strong views that keep them, please. coming in. yes, please do. okay. next story now. it's further misery for homeowners as the bank of england raised the base rate of interest for the 14th consecutive time in a row yesterday, bringing it up to 5.25, attempted to get inflation under control. the bank assures us it's one step closer to fulfilling government pledges to halve inflation by the end of the year. >> well, joining us now to discuss this is gb news business and economics editor liam halligan. good morning to you, liam . they didn't listen to your liam. they didn't listen to your advice, did they? they didn't freeze. it by a

freeze. they have upped it by a quarter of a% >> they have the 14th interest rate rise in row, highest rate rise in a row, the highest since april 2008. and if you take yesterday's interest rate rise, you've got £200,000 mortgage on a 25 year term. it means if you're on a variable rate just from yesterday's rate rise, you'll be paying an extra 30 odd quid a month. so 3 to £400 more a year , which is £400 more a year, which is proper money for any family. £400 more a year, which is proper money for any family . and proper money for any family. and that's just yesterday's rise . that's just yesterday's rise. and we've had 14 of them. so that's why a lot of people are feeling this mortgage misery are savers. course. they are savers. of course. they are getting of the rate rises getting some of the rate rises passed on, though and passed on, though mps and ministers had to point the ministers have had to point the finger banks say move it finger at banks to say move it and passing these rate and start passing these rate rises onto savers . rises onto savers. >> now, liam, ordinarily, of course , interest rates are used course, interest rates are used as a blunt weapon to stop spiralling spend . but we're not spiralling spend. but we're not spending through being reckless this time. through this time. it's through necessity on fuel, on food, on mortgages , on everything, and mortgages, on everything, and a second point, i know you've been talking about it for a long time

now. is the bank of england partly to blame for this? after all, they printed £4,895 billion in quantitative easing during the pandemic. they pumped money in kale surprise. in the system. kale surprise. people it. the bank of people spent it. the bank of england started this death spiral. >> well, i think a lot of people are a bit bemused that the bank of england keeps raising interest rates because it takes months, for the months, even years, for the interest impact to fully to interest rate impact to fully to feed through into the domestic economy. so given that they've already raised rates so many times, why don't they just wait and see what happens rather than imposing more and more pain? so in view , yeah, they late in my view, yeah, they were late to raising interest rates. to start raising interest rates. all the major central banks in the were because they were the world were because they were all nonsense , saying all talking nonsense, saying inflation would be transitory when actually it's turned out to be really persistent. so be really, really persistent. so i think they late to i do think they were late to start raising and i think now they're late to finish raising because they're trying to reimpose their themselves and try and repair their shattered credibility. that's what compounding their error. but on

your broader point, i agree with your broader point, i agree with you completely. so look , we had you completely. so look, we had lots of so—called quantitative easing, which is printing money, not actual notes and coins, but increasing the central bank's balances, which they can then give to the commercial banks . give to the commercial banks. and that happened from 2009 after the global financial crisis for about a decade. and it wasn't inherently inflationary because it stayed within the financial system. it just boosted the prices of stocks and bonds and real estate in certain postcodes where lots of bankers live, frankly. and that had ripple effects. but this that we did during the this qe that we did during the pandemic was very, very different that money different because that money that was created went straight into furlough schemes. it went straight into business support loans. it went straight into the bank ordinary people bank accounts of ordinary people , all and ordinary firms. and that's it is proving that's why it is proving inflationary. think the inflationary. so i think the bank of england has been wrong on andi bank of england has been wrong on and i also think on its timing. and i also think the of england did too the bank of england did too much, qe , quantitative much, too qe, quantitative easing long now i've easing for too long now i've been saying this for over a year . i've been criticising qe for a

decade and partly because of my writing and others, there have now been parliamentary inquiries into qe, but it's just gradually seeping into the sort of bull headed establishment's psyche that some of us more seemingly heretical economists may be right. it may be that qe is really inflationary and doing it dunng really inflationary and doing it during lockdown to the extent that we did was a mistake. and it may be that the bank of england was wrong, wrong, wrong to keep saying inflation would be if they to be transitory. if they want to rebuild credibility, be transitory. if they want to rebuil(some credibility, be transitory. if they want to rebuil(some adviceility, be transitory. if they want to rebuil(some advice they have here's some advice they can have for if they want to for free, right? if they want to rebuild their credibility, they need start acknowledging need to start acknowledging their mistakes , not just saying, their mistakes, not just saying, oh, we can always learn lessons, but acknowledge specific mistake x and then financial markets will start taking you seriously i >> -- >> is there some hope here, liam , that we have now reached the peak of the base rate? we know that inflation is coming down, albeit slowly. will this now start to come down as well? >> well, that's the $64 million

question, isn't it, ellie? and it may be that interest rates have peaked. i certainly hope so . fingers and toes crossed a lot now depends on the next inflation number that's in mid—august, august the 16th. that will be coming out. the last inflation number, as you know, was 7.9. that was in june , down from 8.7% in may. so a significant reduction , but significant reduction, but that's still almost four times the bank of england's 2% target, 7.9% inflation in the eurozone is averaging five and a half. in the states, it's three. so we are now an outlier. but if the next inflation number, the july number, which comes out in mid—august , is significantly mid—august, is significantly lower , if it starts with a five lower, if it starts with a five or a six, then it may be that the bank of england, at its next interest rate meeting, will have the guts, the courage and the intellectual kind of grit to say not just fulfil what futures markets are saying, but to say, you know what we think we've gone far enough. we're going to

wait and see. they have wait and see. they should have done or 4 months ago, but done that 3 or 4 months ago, but better than if they better late than never. if they do next month. superb do it next month. superb >> liam halligan, you've >> well, liam halligan, you've certainly weetabix this certainly had your weetabix this morning. thank you for that. that be that was superb. should be listening all along. >> maybe we wouldn't be in this mess. thank you very much. >> much, >> thank you very much, liam. now, has turned now, the government has turned to private sector capacity in a bid waiting lists. us bid to cut nhs waiting lists. us 13 new community diagnostic centres across centres will be opened across england to carry an england to carry out an additional 742,000 scans checks and tests per year. >> eight of the new facilities will be operated by the private sector, although services will be free to patients and five will be run by the nhs. >> yeah. figures released last month revealed nhs waiting lists stood at a whopping 7.47 million at the end of may, the highest number since records began in two thousand and seven. >> well, let's go live now to the department of health to discuss this with gb news political correspondent olivia utley . good morning to you, utley. good morning to you, olivia. really good to see you this morning. so tell us a bit

more about government's more now about the government's plans. it's a really interesting plan. this it's rishi sunak newest attempt to crush these waiting lists as we will remember, one of his five priorities that he's been talking about so much ever since he became leader last summer was to cut nhs waiting lists. >> and he really so far isn't doing too well on that one. as you mentioned, there waiting lists are up to nearly 7.5 million and don't show any signs of going down any time soon. so this new plan to use some of that free capacity in the private sector to treat nhs patients is his latest plot to really get control over this. what i find so interesting about this is the extent to which the sort of general dialogue about the nhs has shifted in recent months and years . once upon a months and years. once upon a time and it really wasn't very long ago the conservatives weren't ever prepared to use the word private in relation to the nhs because labour would come

down really hard on them and say this is classic tories. down really hard on them and say this is classic tories . what this is classic tories. what they want to do is privatise the nhs, our nhs. we love our nhs privatisation will destroy it. well, that conversation has really shifted since keir starmer became leader and since wes streeting became the shadow health secretary. in response to the conservatives proposal today to open these eight new private diagnostic centres wes streeting the shadow health secretary's only reply was, well, labour would have done it sooner if labour had been in power , these labour had been in power, these diagnostic centres would have been open for longer and 330,000 new patients would have been treated . and that to me is treated. and that to me is fascinating because it shows that the public conversation about the nhs has changed. talking about privatisation within the nhs, using private capacity , although of course capacity, although of course these diagnostic centres would still be free at the point of use for nhs patients. the fact that we can even talk about privatisation within the nhs shows that the conversation is

opening up and it makes it low hanging fruit for both labour and the conservatives come the next election . next election. >> okay, olivia utley thank you for that fantastic update . for that fantastic update. >> now amazon workers are experiencing the biggest day of industrial action in the tech firm's history. that's according to the gmb union. yeah and a dispute over pay the next backs over 1000 staff to participate . over 1000 staff to participate. >> this comes as yesterday marked exactly one year since the walkouts at amazon , where the walkouts at amazon, where workers were offered a £0.35 per hour pay rise a pittance. >> well, gb news west midlands reporter jack carson joins us live now from coventry. really good to see you this morning, jack. this is the biggest day of industrial action in amazon's history. tell us more . history. tell us more. >> yeah, it's quite a significant today because, of course, you remember back in january, i covered the first amazon strike that was here at the coventry fulfilment centre , the coventry fulfilment centre, and since then i've been talking

to the gmb union who are the union in dispute with amazon in here about whether actually this is going to gain any momentum, but with the news of course that now rugeley in staffordshire, the fulfilment centre, there is also now striking today. they began their strike yesterday , began their strike yesterday, but today of course coventry and rugeley are now combined. it is quite significant . i was quite significant. i was speaking to the union this morning . they believe morning. they believe that they're gaining momentum they're now gaining momentum with dispute with amazon . with this dispute with amazon. of course they in dispute of course they are in dispute mainly over pay. amazon that mainly over pay. amazon say that they pay their workers they do pay their workers between 10 and £12 an hour. most of them are above the national living wage and have all kinds of benefits . of benefits. >> well, he's gone. >> well, he's gone. >> oh, it looks as though we might have just lost connection with jack carson we will with jack carson there. we will try re—establish that with try and re—establish that with him. jack carson, can you hear us? >> jack's back . >> jack's back. >> jack's back. >> yes, i can hear you. wonderful. just take us away. you were saying speaking to the so speaking to the gmb union, this morning when they were here, rallying today , they very

here, rallying today, they very much the case that although amazon do offer things like private medical insurance, like amazon discounts, they said they won't pay the bills of their union members and actually they prefer to have that pay rise that the gmb union are demanding of £15 an hour. but there are no negotiations between the gmb union and amazon for this dispute. and it was only june that they all voted with the majority and got the numbers to be able to continue this dispute well into december and possibly further into next year as well. so this dispute looking like it could go on for a long time. and of course, with that momentum that the gmb say with of course, getting rugeley and staffordshire also go on staffordshire to also go out on strike well. they believe it strike as well. they believe it could soon that could not it could be soon that we more nationwide side we see more nationwide side workers go out and join the picket lines. but we did ask amazon comment this amazon for a comment on this latest of strike action latest round of strike action and a spokesperson for them said that regularly review pay that we regularly review our pay to offer competitive to ensure we offer competitive wages and benefits. and they say in than year, minimum wages and benefits. and they say in has:han year, minimum wages and benefits. and they say in has risen year, minimum wages and benefits. and they say in has risen byear, minimum wages and benefits. and they say in has risen by 10. minimum

wages and benefits. and they say in has risen by 10. and ninimum wages and benefits. and they say in has risen by 10. and since um pay has risen by 10. and since 2018, 37, they say we work hard to provide great benefits, a positive work environment and excellent career opportunities. and these are just some of the reasons that people want to come and work for amazon. but without those negotiations and the union here and looking judging by the hundreds people marched hundreds of people that marched here on the on the rally this morning, this dispute is not going anywhere time . going anywhere for some time. >> okay. carson, thank you >> okay. jack carson, thank you so bringing that so much for bringing us that update coventry . update from coventry. >> still to come in, a gb news exclusive, charlie peters has been investigating the london hospital chaplain uses hospital chaplain who uses annual leave to visit taliban leaders in afghanistan . leaders in afghanistan. >> the temperature's rising in boxt solar proud sponsors of weather on . gb news. weather on. gb news. >> hi there. it's aidan mcgivern here with the forecast from the met office for gb news is fine for many of us today. met office for gb news is fine for many of us today . largely for many of us today. largely cloudy with some heavy showers in the east, especially east anglia and the south—east that's

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news >> welcome back. it's 1025 now. we have a gb news exclusive for you . an nhs muslim chaplain has you. an nhs muslim chaplain has been photographed meeting with taliban ministers on a charity trip to afghanistan. >> yes, on a delegation of muslim ministers. the chaplain met with the taliban's foreign minister, justice minister and the minister vice and virtue. >> well, joining us now to discuss his exclusive is gb news investigative reporter charlie peters. charlie, an extra ordinary way for somebody from the nhs and a chaplain to spend their summer vacation. why the heck did he do that . heck did he do that. >> yeah, it's not quite cornwall or southern europe, is it ? it's or southern europe, is it? it's more like. well, he says it's a charity trip to kabul. more like. well, he says it's a charity trip to kabul . that's charity trip to kabul. that's the claim made by the charity . the claim made by the charity. he's working with human aid and advocacy. now, when i spoke to this charity before we ran the story last night, they told us

nothing . but after we published, nothing. but after we published, they they reaffirmed that it was a charity trip . and a charity trip. and interestingly, the charity said that they used examples of the recent visit by tobias ellwood, the tory mp, to sort of justify their own outreach program . um, their own outreach program. um, now, mr suleyman ghani, the chaplain on his website, on his fundraiser, he said that he was raising money for a hospital and for a what he called a vocation skills institute for women. of course, women have different rights in afghanistan than they do in the rest of the world. now it wasn't just a charity trip , it wasn't just a charity trip, though, because gb news has seen footage as you've just seen on your screens of members of the delegation meeting with senior taliban ministers in kabul, including the foreign minister, a mr. amir muttaqi , who led the a mr. amir muttaqi, who led the propaganda operation before the invasion in 2001. he was said to have led a huge jihad buddhist publication system routine. so a very controversial figure, you

might say, for an chaplain to be meeting . but it wasn't just him, meeting. but it wasn't just him, as you've heard in the intro. he also met with the taliban's chief justice, sheikh abdul hakim haqqani , who runs the hakim haqqani, who runs the supreme court in kabul. mr haqqani is facing eu sanctions due to his responsibility for rolling back rights for women and girls in afghanistan. we've also seen public floggings, executions and the arbitrary detention of political opponents. but you know, despite all of those details , the most all of those details, the most alarming section that i found in my report was that the supreme court released a statement in the local dialect, pashtun, where they claimed that the british delegation expressed that british muslims are very happy with the rule of the islamic emirates in afghanistan and pray for its survival. and what's more, they claimed that the delegation said that they saw the islamic emirate of afghanistan as a role model for shana afghanistan as a role model for sharia based rule . now, this is

sharia based rule. now, this is obviously very clear, supportive comments . and when i reached out comments. and when i reached out to mr ghani, the charity , and to mr ghani, the charity, and other members of the delegation, they didn't respond. charlie peters, thank you for bringing this story to our attention. >> ellie, it's an astonishing thing to do, to cosy up to the taliban and praise sharia law. they have no women's rights . the they have no women's rights. the fact they have a justice secretary makes a mockery. they don't have a system of justice. they floggings. it's they have floggings. it's a barbed eric regime. the hell barbed eric regime. why the hell he would choose to do that? it just beggars belief for me. yeah. >> and an nhs chaplain, as >> and as an nhs chaplain, as well, you will have an opinion on at do let us know on that at home. do let us know what make that. that what you make of that. is that something really concerns something that really concerns you? particularly you? are you? not particularly fast ? do know. fast? do let us know. vaiews@gbnews.com, but they will certainly be some safeguarding questions, won't there , at that hospital. there, at that hospital. >> it makes you wonder if he shares their beliefs he's shares their beliefs and he's a pubuc shares their beliefs and he's a public he's working for public servant. he's working for a public body. the nhs meant to be apolitical. i think there's going be a lot of questions that will about will be asked about that. >> think you're now,

>> i think you're right. now, the five greenpeace activists who scaling who were arrested after scaling the roof of prime minister rishi sunak's home in north yorkshire yesterday have been released on bail . bail. >> so follow on from this. greenpeace and six gb news ben leo went to the charity's headquarters to confront them over their yesterday. over their actions yesterday. and let's take a look at how they reacted. >> thanks for having us. was that your idea to invade ? that your idea to invade? >> invited. first of all, >> rishi invited. first of all, we weren't invited. >> oh, ironic . you were you >> oh, how ironic. you were you ianed >> oh, how ironic. you were you invited to rishi sunak's house thishe's the prime minister of >> he's the prime minister of the he represents the country and he represents excellent stuff . excellent stuff. >> and we're joined now by the man himself, ben leo. so, ben, what do make of greenpeace's what do you make of greenpeace's reaction tell us reaction to you and tell us about amazingly plush about their amazingly plush office, very swanky offices , office, very swanky offices, islington, north london home of jeremy corbyn. >> lots of money, lots of trust fund dwellers mingling around that neck of the woods. but yeah, be honest, only yeah, to be honest, the only thing we can conclude from my little of their little gatecrashing of their office is what bunch of office is what a bunch of hypocrites . i'm saying i wasn't hypocrites. i'm saying i wasn't ianed hypocrites. i'm saying i wasn't invited having seen what they did that morning. to rishi sunak

, lost on them , the irony wasn't lost on them . i had a bit of fun. i roamed around their office, went up a couple to couple of floors, spoke to staff, myself cup of tea staff, made myself a cup of tea . their credit, the two . and to their credit, the two directors invite me in directors did invite me in for a chat, which you'll see later on in the show. but yeah, it was good fun. but also it's important when they do stunts like this, which are, in my opinion and also a lot of viewers agree with this as well, is pale on over the is beyond the pale on over the mark. it's important that do mark. it's important that we do hold account in this way. >> yeah, and hats off to them really. you're to really. if you're going to pull a like that to actually a stunt like that to actually sit down and talk to you about it point it because there's no point doing unless willing doing it unless you're willing to to account. to actually be held to account. >> yeah, i guess so. mean, to >> yeah, i guess so. i mean, to be honest, would have be honest, it would have been a very if they'd got very bad look if they'd got their got on their their backs up, got on their hind and tried kick me hind legs and tried to kick me out. i they essentially out. so i think they essentially cornered it's important to cornered them. it's important to say invite in. say that they did invite me in. i receptionist opened the i the receptionist opened the door and she said , come and have door and she said, come and have a or available. but i took a seat or available. but i took it upon myself to, yeah, make my own way upstairs and and own way upstairs and try and find own way upstairs and try and fin(and did they make of >> and what did they make of

your questioning to them? your your questioning to them? ben we've viewer ben because we've had a viewer get in touch talking about the two little girls rishi sunak daughters, she's concerned daughters, and she's concerned that they will have seen images of these as intruders essentially the roof of their essentially on the roof of their house and will now terrified house and will now be terrified about going bed at night. about going to bed at night. >> a very good point, and >> it's a very good point, and it's something i was also thinking because when thinking about because when i was i was burgled. was about 16, i was burgled. i had a couple men break into had a couple of men break into our into my and the our house, into my room and the psychology of knowing someone's been your private been in your home, your private family to family home, which is meant to be a sanctuary doesn't be a sanctuary that doesn't leave speak to any leave you and you speak to any crime psychologist crime expert or psychologist and agree now , if agree with that. even now, if i hear outside or the hear a sound outside or the light goes off at night, i'm peenng light goes off at night, i'm peering window god peering out the window so god knows what rishi sunak two young kids think in america kids will think in america watching seeing watching this on tv, seeing people trampling people have been trampling all over their it beggars belief. >> superb bang. we'll continue this conversation well this conversation later on. well done for holding greenpeace this conversation later on. well do account.yr holding greenpeace this conversation later on. well do account. excellent greenpeace this conversation later on. well do account. excellent stuff. peace to account. excellent stuff. loved it. >> thank you very much. yeah. we'll at that full we'll be looking at that full report little report from ben a little bit later. still come , we'll later. but still to come, we'll be talking about how i could be the answer to the nhs

radiologist workforce crisis. that's after your morning news with rhiannon . with rhiannon. >> thank you, ali. it's 1032, your top stories from the newsroom . the private sector is newsroom. the private sector is being called upon to help clear the backlog and cut record high waiting lists. 13 new community diagnostic centres will be opened across england to carry out hundreds of thousands of scans, checks and tests . x eight scans, checks and tests. x eight will be operated by independent companies, but services will be free to patients. five will be run by the nhs. free to patients. five will be run by the nhs . the latest run by the nhs. the latest figures show waiting lists almost hit 7.5 million at the end of may, the highest since records began . plans strike records began. plans strike action for this weekend by british airways staff has been cancelled after a significant pay cancelled after a significant pay deal has been reached. unite union has agreed a pay increase that sees around 24,000

employees receive a 13.1% rise over 18 months, plus a £1,000 one off payment. but the industrial action had been due to start at gatwick airport today and was meant to last until august. the eighth . five until august. the eighth. five activists involved in a stunt at the prime minister's house in nonh the prime minister's house in north yorkshire have been released on bail. four of them who scaled the property and draped black fabric over his home, were arrested on suspicion of causing criminal damage and pubuc of causing criminal damage and public nuisance. rishi sunak wasn't home at the time. he's currently on holiday with his family in california. the group was protesting against the prime minister's decision to grant new nonh minister's decision to grant new north sea oil and gas licences . north sea oil and gas licences. and the mayor of london has announced plans to expand the ulez scrap scheme. all londoners with a non—compliant car will now be able to apply for a grant of up to £2,000 to replace their vehicle . critics say the changes

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coming in now. >> former us president donald trump remained defiant yesterday as pleaded not guilty to the as he pleaded not guilty to the charges against him. >> yes, he's charged with conspiracy defraud us conspiracy to defraud the us obstruction of an official proceeding and against the rights of citizens . he told rights of citizens. he told reporters that it was merely the persecution of a political opponent . opponent. >> well, thank you very much. this is a very sad day for america and it was also very sad driving through washington, dc and seeing the filth and the decay . when you look at what's decay. when you look at what's happening, this is a persecution of a political opponent. this was never supposed to happen in america , for this is the america, for this is the persecution of the person that's leading by very, very substantial numbers in the republican primary. and leading biden by a lot. republican primary. and leading biden by a lot . so if you can't biden by a lot. so if you can't beat him, you persist . shoot him beat him, you persist. shoot him or you prosecute him. we can't let this happen in america. thank you very much .

thank you very much. >> well, defiant as ever. and we're joined now by washington correspondent at the times , correspondent at the times, alistair dawber, live from washington. good morning to you, alison. it must be very early there or maybe it's good night. let's talk about outlines of let's talk about the outlines of the case. defiant as ever. he's saying it's a persecution, not a prosecution. his popularity seems to be going up. will any of this make any difference ? of this make any difference? >> it may well not. donald trump , as you said, has got a huge lead in the polls among republican voters ahead of the primaries next year. >> and then ultimately the us general election . and so he he's general election. and so he he's using this as a as an example of how the deep state is trying to stop him coming back to office, trying to stop his supporters us from from from having their man on the ballot next year. from from from having their man on the ballot next year . and on the ballot next year. and prosecutors on the other hand, say he's he's guilty of some very serious crimes relating to the last election. so over the next sort of 12, 18 months or so, we've got we've got a very

interesting time here in the states. >> how much is there in >> how much truth is there in the claims from trump and his team this is political team that this is political persecution? there's no way he could have a free trial, of course, because the justice system is politicised in the us . they also point to the timing, don't they? saying that it's taken two and a half years to even bring these charges ? even bring these charges? >> well, i mean, he that's his argument. the justice system's argument, the justice department's argument is that he's done some very serious things . he's he's done some very serious things. he's guilty of some very serious offences and it's up to a jury and it will be a jury of ordinary people here in dc that judge him . that gets the crux of judge him. that gets the crux of the argument . and the republican the argument. and the republican donald trump says it's an example of the weaponization of the state and how it's been used against him. and it's taken two and a half years. but investigations do take two and a half years. the argument now moves really to the timing of moves on really to the timing of the he to put the the trial. he wants to put the trial so that it's after trial back. so that it's after the election next year . the

the election next year. the prosecutors want it to happen before . so got, i think, before. so we've got, i think, weeks , perhaps months of weeks, perhaps months of argument over the details of the trial when happens. and trial and when it happens. and how the election next how it affects the election next year how it affects the election next yeaand final proof that >> and alice, a final proof that american politics is the greatest circus on earth. as you say, this may not even come to trial before the presidential election. if he's found election. and even if he's found guilty, he could become president and pardon himself theoretically , that's true. theoretically, that's true. >> we don't know. it's unprecedented . and like you say, unprecedented. and like you say, it's a circus. it's it keeps us all on our toes. but we'll we'll we'll see next year. it's one of five cases he's currently involved in. so we could have him on the campaign trail one minute and then the next minute in a courtroom. and, you know, there's nothing to say that even if were to be sent to prison, if he were to be sent to prison, he couldn't stand and he could be elected from prison. >> of >> extraordinary state of affairs. washington affairs. alex dauber, washington correspondent affairs. alex dauber, washington correspondfor joining affairs. alex dauber, washington correspondforjoining live thank you for joining us live from washington. much appreciated . appreciated. >> extraordinary of >> extraordinary state of affairs is right. i mean, 2024 is going to be a busy year for donald trump and it's certainly

not going to be boring for the rest of us. >> i can't wait. i just circus whatever for whatever you think for journalists, to be fantastic. >> yeah, that's very, very true. it's us busy, it's going to keep us busy, isn't it's going keep isn't it? it's going to keep us on our do your views on our toes. do keep your views coming any of stories coming in on any of the stories that we've talking about that we've been talking about today, trump, today, whether it's trump, whether it's greenpeace, gbviews@gbnews.com. it's gbviews@gbnews.com. but it's time to go through the papers now morning now and joining us this morning is deputy comment the is deputy comment editor at the daily telegraph , annabelle daily telegraph, annabelle denham former labour mp denham and former labour mp stephen pound . really good to stephen pound. really good to see you both this morning . thank see you both this morning. thank you for your company. annabel let's start with you. and we're sticking theme the sticking with the theme of the trump times . yes, trump trial in the times. yes, that's right. >> course, is him being >> of course, this is him being defined as anybody could expect, anything different from the former us president. he's pleaded not guilty to these charges against him. it's an extraordinary display moment this week in a man who has controversy following him wherever he goes. you know, there's generally a rule that all political careers end in failure. you rise and your eyes and your eyes, and then you fall

and your eyes, and then you fall and your eyes, and then you fall and you tend to go away quietly. as many of our former prime ministers but not ministers have done, but not this is not the case with donald trump. how many people could have in 2020 that have believed back in 2020 that he would be front runner for he would be the front runner for the republican nomination in 2024? i mean, everything every twist and turn to me at least, seems wholly unexpected. and i don't think anybody could say where we're going to go from here. >> and that's the whole thing about it. stephen coming to you now , if you can't beat them, now, if you can't beat them, then you persecute them. and if you can't do that, you prosecute them. come on, come on. once again, not. not only rattling his sabre, rattling his collection . collection. >> i'm as someone whose >> i'm sorry. as someone whose political career actually started failure and actually started in failure and actually went , i have a certain went downhill, i have a certain degree empathy but degree of empathy here. but look, talked about the look, you talked about the circus the moves on, circus when the circus moves on, it leaves a pile of it usually leaves a pile of elephant it . and i elephant dung behind it. and i think is pretty foul. what think this is pretty foul. what he's actually he's done is it's actually a cunning so—and—so because by cunning old so—and—so because by insulting single person insulting every single person living washington, dc , you living in washington, dc, you know, by describing the place in the he he's pretty much

the way he did, he's pretty much guaranteed could then guaranteed that he could then challenge jury that ever challenge any jury that ever gets you hear he gets it. did you hear what he said? weirdest thing said? but the weirdest thing about trump business about this whole trump business is the trump's presidential is that the trump's presidential four very four years was actually very good for the economy. america did very well in that. did actually very well in that. four you four years. just makes you wonder whether , you know, what wonder whether, you know, what the president the role of the president actually is. joe biden is actually is. joe biden is actually doing extremely well at the terms of the the present time in terms of the economy, inflation economy, in terms of inflation reduction, not in terms of reduction, maybe not in terms of climbing but the climbing up stairs, but the reality is, if you can honestly if you say it's a circus, it is a circus, a it's a a circus, but it's a it's a circus of horrors, in my opinion, a real circus of horrors. >> and anna, is quite so >> and anna, what is quite so astonishing us here in astonishing to us here in britain is that these indictments , there's three at indictments, there's three at the moment, potentially a fourth coming . well, they coming from georgia. well, they only seem to to only seem to add to his popularity katie. popularity, katie. >> absolutely extraordinary >> it's absolutely extraordinary . i don't think we know for sure on the strength of his voter base, but we believe it to be around 40, 45. now, that is not 50. but nonetheless , it's 50. but nonetheless, it's looking likely that he will indeed secure the nomination. he is 37 points ahead of his

nearest rival , is 37 points ahead of his nearest rival, ron is 37 points ahead of his nearest rival , ron desantis, nearest rival, ron desantis, whose campaign gain seems to be going from bad to worse. i don't think that any of the other can debates and what is a very crowded field at the moment is polling at more than 6. many of them are on less than 1. so it really does look like trump is the front runner, that none of this is really hurting him, that we could find ourselves in the most extraordinary situation where for president from where he runs for president from jail, like eugene debs did over 100 years ago. and nothing really seems to be able to touch him. it'sjust really seems to be able to touch him. it's just it's staggering to us here in britain. >> and i wonder if they even want or expect to get a prosecution . is the process the prosecution. is the process the punishment ? prosecution. is the process the punishment? they just want to try and damage him because he's the frontrunner. that's what he would say . it's not working. would say. it's not working. he's out there by a mile in front. >> i don't think they've got any choice. have i mean, choice. they have to. i mean, the debs precedent , i the eugene debs precedent, i mean, because mayor curley govern boston from dannemora prison in c—wing until truman

pardoned him. but, you know, this this happened before. this this has happened before. but honesty, when you see but in all honesty, when you see people pence suddenly people like mike pence suddenly appear as the soul probity appear as the soul of probity and decency on, they're actually saying, up saying, look, we can't put up with then i think with this anymore, then i think that numbers turn and that the numbers will turn and i think they will change. but don't forget, donald trump famously shoot famously said he could shoot someone avenue and someone dead on fifth avenue and nobody his, know, nobody would mind his, you know, his supporters would say the person committed there person committed suicide. there does be an element of does seem to be an element of that about him. think that about him. but i think there when there's there comes a point when there's a tipping point. and i think people really get it. people really and truly get it. i know. i'm not i mean, i don't know. i'm not american. i'm not there. but to me, it's becoming me, it's just becoming nauseating. sorry. nauseating. i'm sorry. it is. >> well, a lot of >> well, i know a lot of americans going vote americans are going to vote trump let's trump anyway. that's that. let's move on your move on. stephen, on to your story the telegraph front story from the telegraph front page. uk era of cheap food page. the uk era of cheap food is over. did ever stop? is over. did it ever stop? >> well , i'm is over. did it ever stop? >> well, i'm not entirely sure where the cheap food it where the cheap food was. it certainly way, certainly wasn't around my way, but interestingly , most of the but interestingly, most of the supermarkets, if you've got a sort of a two tier or a three tier system when it comes to food retail, you've got the big supermarkets sainsbury's, supermarkets at sainsbury's,

waitrose, then you've got the littles low cost and waitrose, then you've got the littleyou've low cost and waitrose, then you've got the littleyou've got ow cost and waitrose, then you've got the littleyou've got ow cost few then you've got the last few corner shops, big corner shops, the big supermarkets my are supermarkets around my way are actually reducing price actually reducing the price of milk the low cost milk and bread. but the low cost ones, the lidl's and that or needles that they insist on calling can't because their calling it can't because their margins what margins are so tight. what i think is coming to an end and i actually sincerely hope is coming to an end is the insanity of flying into martos. amanda lucero avocados from peru and ecuadon lucero avocados from peru and ecuador, you know , this could ecuador, you know, this could actually be what we need to a certain extent to support british farming, british dairy farming, british vegetable farming, british vegetable farming and actually british arable , because that's farming and actually british arablwe , because that's farming and actually british arablwe need , because that's farming and actually british arablwe need to because that's farming and actually british arablwe need to have.se that's farming and actually british arablwe need to have. thenit's farming and actually british arablwe need to have. then we what we need to have. then we can actually control the prices. but the moment we have this but at the moment we have this ridiculous situation where you're vegetables from you're flying in vegetables from kenya. what in god's kenya. i mean, what in god's name is all that about? >> but again, stephen, >> but then again, stephen, people of the people on your side of the political like to political spectrum would like to fly from abroad fly in people from abroad to pick fruit and pick british fruit and vegetables, them decent vegetables, pay them a decent wage, with decent wage, provide them with decent working people working conditions, and people will . will pick vegetables. >> they'll pluck turnips at dawn if they if the money is right . if they if the money is right. >> have a look at >> well, let's have a look at what is arguably the story of

the day, which is greenpeace scaling the prime minister's roof in yorkshire. and they've now been released on bail. it's just i mean, i find this story unbelievable and i worry that we're moving now towards some kind of two tier legal or criminal system. >> look at the fact that barristers are no longer going with the taxi rank system. in certain cases, they don't want to be prosecuting people like just stop oil or extinction rebellion protesters. and it's starting to feel as though there might be one rule for those who seem to believe that there aren't going to on the right seem to believe that there aren�*of|oing to on the right seem to believe that there aren�*of history. on the right seem to believe that there aren�*of history. those the right seem to believe that there aren�*of history. those who 'ight side of history. those who believe are pursuing believe that they are pursuing noble and that the ends noble causes and that the ends justify the means and everybody else , which to me sets an else, which to me sets an extremely dangerous precedent . extremely dangerous precedent. but i was horrified to see that greenpeace had scaled the prime minister's private residence . minister's private residence. imagine if his children had been there, you know, as it turns out, of course, they're in calif for they had the audacity to film this. that doesn't seem to

be any sense of remorse any sense that perhaps they've they've a line. and as they've crossed a line. and as i say, i think that we are now on very dangerous worrying ground. >> but these greenpeace people are so agonisingly middle class. they tapped on the door and they said, in? you know, said, is anybody in? you know, we any trouble. we don't cause any trouble. but look, didn't he look, you know, why didn't he have housekeeper or have the housekeeper there or somebody there? but the thing when having at when everybody is having a go at the police in north yorkshire, do you think they really want to have officers? you have four police officers? you know, front, one at know, one at the front, one at the back, one at the drive and one know standby, know, one know standby, you know, doing just doing their nothing, just sitting i'm sitting around waiting. i'm sorry. sunak sorry. i think that sunak himself to actually have himself has to actually have some particular some say in this particular matter. for north matter. and as for north yorkshire, have they got so little so crime little crime and so little crime and officers that and so many police officers that they could actually put four police there do nothing? >> but hang stephen. as >> but hang on, stephen. as a former yourself former elected official yourself , how would you feel if a mob turned up your is that turned up at your house? is that a line to follow, you know, protest at 10 downing street. but have they got the right but how have they got the right to on somebody's home? to intrude on somebody's home? >> they absolutely no right >> they have absolutely no right at it happened to me at all. and it happened to me once when, you know,

once or twice when, you know, occasionally as being once or twice when, you know, oc(the»nally as being once or twice when, you know, oc(the wrong as being once or twice when, you know, oc(the wrong of as being once or twice when, you know, oc(the wrong of historying once or twice when, you know, oc(the wrong of history and on the wrong side of history and people up. but, you people would turn up. but, you know, gave thick know, my son gave him a thick ear, but that's here nor ear, but that's neither here nor there. i mean, it happened there. but i mean, it happened with harriet harman. do you remember had the fathers remember when we had the fathers for on the roof forjustice up on the roof dressed as superman? says, dressed up as superman? it says, look, point and i think dressed up as superman? it says, loo news point and i think dressed up as superman? it says, loo news mentioned|d i think dressed up as superman? it says, loo news mentioned it i think dressed up as superman? it says, loo news mentioned it earlier on gb news mentioned it earlier on today about people who'd actually homes broken. actually had their homes broken. you sense of actually you know, that sense of actually invasion and that you feel you know, that sense of actually inva it)n and that you feel you know, that sense of actually invait)n terriblethat you feel you know, that sense of actually invait)n terrible and you feel you know, that sense of actually invait)n terrible and for| feel you know, that sense of actually invait)n terrible and for all feel and it is terrible and for all this sort of, you know, whinging middle class know are we middle class you know are we doing the doing it for the good of the planet? i'm sorry. those two girls are going to come back to that little that house. there's two little girls to say, girls and they're going to say, have been in our and have they been in our house? and it's upset them. it's going to upset them. i absolutely guarantee that. and i think, greenpeace think, you know, greenpeace should actually look at themselves someday themselves in the mirror someday and say, are we actually furthering or we furthering the cause or are we knocking back? furthering the cause or are we knobutg back? furthering the cause or are we kno but also3ack? furthering the cause or are we kno but also you? furthering the cause or are we kno but also you have to ask what >> but also you have to ask what the cause is because they're vehemently oppose to the conservative government maximum vehemently oppose to the conservyoutz government maximum vehemently oppose to the conservyout ourvernment maximum vehemently oppose to the conservyout our oil1ment maximum vehemently oppose to the conservyout our oil and|t maximum vehemently oppose to the conservyout our oil and gas. iximum maxing out our oil and gas. they're issuing new licences. well, to me this seems wholly reasonable. this isn't a watering down of net zero commitments. if anything, you know, i'm in favour of a low

carbon transition, but i don't think we should have arbitrary targets. nonetheless, the conservative is conservative government is absolutely committed to that, but we are in an energy crisis and what we are attempting to do and what we are attempting to do and what we are attempting to do and what the government is attempting to do is increase the supply of in order to supply of energy in order to bnng supply of energy in order to bring down, in order to bring costs down, in order to enhance our energy security . and enhance our energy security. and this are so firmly this is what they are so firmly opposed to. of course , the opposed to. and of course, the alternative that they're trying to present groups like just stop oil is one which would cause misery on an absolutely enormous scale. what we have to do is be a realistic about how we are going to decarbonise in the most effective , cost effective and effective, cost effective and smooth way, and that is not by allowing these people to disrupt such a point that the government goes with their wishes . goes with their wishes. >> do you think they cycled to castle sunak? >> not with all of that equipment . equipment. >> going to say, >> i was just going to say, i bet they drove on a four before, didn't they? >> depended oil. didn't they? >> yeah depended oil. didn't they? >> yeah , depended oil. didn't they? >> yeah , that. epended oil. >> yeah, that. >> yeah, that. >> well. there are going to be

questions running on cheese. >> or is there aren't >> was it or is there aren't going questions today. going to be questions today. >> stephen. but >> exactly that, stephen. but also questions because also security questions because many will to id many people will be able to id the location the prime the location of the prime minister's right. minister's house. right. >> that in the >> we'll talk about that in the next hour. >> w- w— >> we certainly will be so. thank stephen. thank you, thank you, stephen. thank you, annabel will be with in annabel will be with us in the next we're going annabel will be with us in the ne be we're going annabel will be with us in the ne be speaking we're going annabel will be with us in the ne be speaking to we're going annabel will be with us in the ne be speaking to former'e going to be speaking to former scotland yard detective peter bleksley security bleksley about the security risks now facing politician following scaling of following greenpeace scaling of rishi sunak house. this is britain's newsroom >> looks like things are heating up . boxed boilers proud sponsors up. boxed boilers proud sponsors of weather on . gb news. of weather on. gb news. >> hi there . it's aidan mcgivern >> hi there. it's aidan mcgivern here with the forecast from the met office for gb news. fine. for many of us today , largely for many of us today, largely cloudy with some heavy showers in the east, especially east anglia and the southeast. that's where low pressure is pulling away. but a ridge of high pressure arriving in the west to bnng pressure arriving in the west to bring largely dry conditions before saturday's weather moves in. more on that in a moment.

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good morning. >> it's 11 am. on friday, may the 4th of august. this is britain's newsroom with martin daubney and me, ellie costello . daubney and me, ellie costello. here's what's coming up today. >> and greenpeace has sparked a major security row after they scaled the roof of rishi sunak , scaled the roof of rishi sunak, nonh scaled the roof of rishi sunak, north yorkshire north yorkshire home in a protest over the expansion of north sea oil and gas drilling . well, we're going gas drilling. well, we're going to ask how on earth was this allowed to happen ? allowed to happen? >> a pilot study in surrey has found that artificial intelligence in the health service may be crucial in speeding up diagnosis. could this help the nhs overcome a radiologist workforce crisis at and which has revealed that holidaymaker hackers this summer could be paying more for airport

parking charges if they pay on the day? >> have you found you've been pred >> have you found you've been ripped off for airport parking? stay tuned. we'll talk to travel expert, the legend, simon calder i >> -- >> we have been inundated with your emails and your views on greenpeace. this morning. have they gone too far or have they lost the public with this one after scaling the roof of the prime minister's house in yorkshire ? let us know what you yorkshire? let us know what you think. vaiews@gbnews.com. but first, let's get a news bulletin with . rihanna with. rihanna >> thanks, ellie. good morning. it's 11:01. your >> thanks, ellie. good morning. it's11:01. your top >> thanks, ellie. good morning. it's 11:01. your top stories it's11:01. your top stories from the newsroom. the private sector is being called upon to help clear the nhs backlog and cut record high waiting lists. 13 new community diagnostics

centres will be opened across england to carry out hundreds of thousands of scans, checks and tests. eight of the new facilities will be operated by independent companies , but independent companies, but services will be free to patients. five will be run by the nhs . the latest figures show the nhs. the latest figures show waiting lists almost hit 7.5 million at the end of may. that's the highest since records began. liberal democrat mp for admiral west christine jardine says the pm should have acted sooner. >> soonen >> why didn't they do something before they were strikes? why didn't they do something to support tens of thousands of support the tens of thousands of staff in the nhs who've been pushed to breaking point by three years of covid waiting lists? all of that. the resource was there, it was available to the nhs to use. why didn't he use it before now? that's what annoys me. and that if there is something there that's possible to help people to cut back

waiting lists, he should have been looking at this sooner. plans strike action for this weekend by british airways staff has been cancelled after a significant pay deal has been reached. >> unite union has agreed a pay increase that sees around 24,000 employees receive a 13.1% rise over 18 months plus a £1,000 one off payment. the industrial action had been due to start at gatwick airport today and last . gatwick airport today and last. until august the 8th. meanwhile, people are being charged up to four times more for airport parking if they pay on arrival rather than in advance. consumer group, which . looked at prices group, which. looked at prices at 16 airport car parks reveal what it calls a serious financial sting. it compared costs for a week's stay in mid—august, paid for on the day with those booked for months earlier. the largest price gap was at manchester airport, where paying was at manchester airport, where paying on arrival cost over £400

instead of 95 when booked in advance . a mother and a step advance. a mother and a step father are due to be sentenced for the murder of a ten month old baby. jacob crouch was found deadin old baby. jacob crouch was found dead in his cot at his derbyshire home in december 2020. he'd suffered 39 rib fractures, visible bruises and several internal injuries as craig crouch was convicted on wednesday of murder and three counts of child cruelty . the counts of child cruelty. the baby's mother, gemma barton , was baby's mother, gemma barton, was also found guilty of child cruelty and causing or allowing his death . five activists his death. five activists involved in a stunt at the prime minister's house in north yorkshire have been released on bail. four of them who scaled the property and dropped black fabnc the property and dropped black fabric over his home, were arrested on suspicion of causing criminal damage and causing pubuc criminal damage and causing public nuisance. rishi sunak wasn't at home at the time. he's currently on holiday with his family in california. the group was protesting against the prime

minister's decision to grant new nonh minister's decision to grant new north sea oil and gas licences as the mayor of london has announced, plans to expand the ulez scrap sewage scheme, all londoners with a non—compliant car will now be able to apply for a grant of up to £2,000 to replace their vehicle . critics replace their vehicle. critics say the changes are too little too late. it comes after labour leader sir keir starmer urged sadiq khan to reflect on the ulez expansion following the party's byelection loss in uxbndge party's byelection loss in uxbridge last month . donald uxbridge last month. donald trump, who's been accused of trying to overturn the 2020 presidential election result, has pleaded not guilty . the has pleaded not guilty. the former us president appeared in court to answer four charges, which include concealing to defraud the us . prosecutors say defraud the us. prosecutors say his actions were an unprecedented effort to undermine the pillars of american democracy. mr trump described it as a witch hunt to derail his white house campaign

. he's currently the frontrunner for the 2024 republican presidential nomination. >> when you look at what's happening , this is a persecution happening, this is a persecution of a political opponent. this was never supposed to happen in america , for this is the america, for this is the persecution of the person that's leading by very, very substantial numbers in the republican primary. and leading biden by a lot. republican primary. and leading biden by a lot . so if you can't biden by a lot. so if you can't beat him, you persecute him or you prosecute him. we can't let this happen in america. >> this is gb news across the uk, on tv, in your car, on digital radio, and on your smart speaker by simply saying play gb news now it's back to ellie and . martin >> welcome back to britain's newsroom . the time is 11:06. and newsroom. the time is 11:06. and now to our top story, the five

greenpeace activists who were arrested after scaling the roof of prime minister rishi sunaks home in north yorkshire yesterday. have been released on bail. yeah north yorkshire police arrested the group after protesters climbed on the grade two listed manor house in kirkby, sigston and draped oil black fabric over the property, while mr sunak and his family are on holiday in california . are on holiday in california. >> and lots of you have been getting in touch about this thorny topic, haven't they? else yes. >> andrew says it's astounding that the security is so lax at the prime minister's house. then again, it's a reflection of so many failures of our security, including our country's borders. >> yeah, mike adds , that goes to >> yeah, mike adds, that goes to show the dodgy security on his house a definite invitation for the future. where on earth is the future. where on earth is the security rishi sunak could have been set to fire or blown up devices could have been placed to detonate at any time. doomsday scenario. from there, mike but he's got a point. yeah. joe says disgraceful behaviour

by greenpeace. >> it doesn't matter that the family weren't there. the fact that it happened could traumatise those children for the future and make them feel unsafe in their home. >> a final point from gary, who says greenpeace actions are not acceptable. however, it highlights just how useless our woke police forces are. a bit harsh there, gary, but anyway, we can talk about that right how. >> now. >> yeah, we absolutely can, because we're joined by scotland yard detective, former scotland yard detective, former scotland yard peter bleksley yard detective peter bleksley and friend of the programme as well. add, and peter, who well. may i add, and peter, who is to blame for this ? how on is to blame for this? how on earth was this allowed to happen?i earth was this allowed to happen? i echo to a large extent what gary and mike have said. >> it was a major security breach . undoubtedly, those who breach. undoubtedly, those who are charged with protecting the prime minister in every aspect of his life should have had what in the industry we call an arrest, a residential security team at the premises. it wouldn't have needed to be many officers , maybe even as few as officers, maybe even as few as a pair. for example, that patrol

inside and outside regularly, because apart from the explosive devices that your viewers have alluded to , what if it was alluded to, what if it was a foreign nation who wanted to get in there and bug the property , in there and bug the property, for example, to overhear the prime minister's phone calls? i know he doesn't live there very often, but his wife does and his children do. and whilst people might think that the kidnapping of president's children is something for hollywood movies in 1995, the slovakian president's grown up son was kidnapped . these things do kidnapped. these things do happen. it's a major breach and some people are going to be in deep water. >> greenpeace's involvement in this, i mean, what you're talking about there, peter, is extremely serious. it goes beyond the realms of just being a publicity stunt to exposing a fracture , a fissure, a weakness fracture, a fissure, a weakness in the prime minister's personal security as somebody who understands how criminal gangs sense and seize upon fresh

criminal initiatives we see often don't we, about footballers being targeted because their mansions are known to be vacant. could this be the beginning of a worrying new trend where they're targeting sitting prime ministers and politicians as well? >> senior politicians , i'm sure, >> senior politicians, i'm sure, are going to be deeply alarmed by this. of all political persuasions, people who have prominent profile in the public and yes, football players homes have undoubtedly been kept under surveillance by crooks . they do surveillance by crooks. they do this. it's part of their preparatory work before they actually burgle a place, go and do your recce, see what the movements are, if any . they movements are, if any. they discover when people are away on houday discover when people are away on holiday because they follow facebook posts. so because so many people knew the prime minister was going on holiday, i'm sure that is what in part inspired greenpeace. and so there's a message for us all here. you might want to go on holiday, you might want to post pretty pictures, you might want to tell the world via social media that you're getting on an

aeroplane. please don't. >> yeah, really good advice there, peter. we understand that there, peter. we understand that the activists made it up onto the activists made it up onto the roof and about 6 am. yesterday and the police were alerted at about 8:00. now, nonh alerted at about 8:00. now, north yorkshire police have described their action as swift, but the protesters weren't actually brought down from that rooftop until 1:00pm. would you describe that as swift action? >> one man, swift is another man . slack i would say . and . slack i would say. and greenpeace have been very swift to say that they caused no damage. there's a big public interest thing here. i know they were arrested and put in a cell and now they've been bailed pending investigation. they're doesn't appear to be an obvious criminal offence at the moment. there's a raft of laws that may or may not apply. there is, of course, a civil trespass . course, a civil trespass. whether the prime minister would want to pursue that as a civil matter , of course, would be matter, of course, would be something for him and his family to consider . something for him and his family to consider. but if i had had the great misfortune fortune to

have this case arrive on my desk as a detective , i would be as a detective, i would be sending people suitably trained to scour every inch of that property . because if i to scour every inch of that property. because if i found that a member of greenpeace is size ten and had gone through one roof tile and cracked it , size ten and had gone through one roof tile and cracked it, i would be doing my level best to gather enough evidence to charge somebody with criminal damage. >> can i put it to you that we've seen in the past that environmental protesters used to break into airports at stansted and the law was swiftly changed because that was deemed a breach of an area of national strategic importance. is it time to do the same with with the residents locations of prime minister's? should they be under a different part of the law and get special protection or is that way two tiered justice? >> well, the legislators will pore over that, won't they, and come to any decision . come to any decision. >> it is, of course, undoubted that the prime minister's residence is a matter of national importance. >> as you said, the bugging, i

mean, it's clearly a strategic weakness . weakness. >> oh, without a doubt. and whilst of course number 10 and chequers are guarded 24 over seven 365 days of the year, whether the prime minister is there or not, this house has to be looked at very , very be looked at very, very seriously in great depth. and i have to say those charts with the prime minister's security , the prime minister's security, if this is anything to go by, i wouldn't let them look after my goldfish if i had one. >> all right. >> all right. >> peter bleksley, as always, very , very good to see you this very, very good to see you this morning. thank you. thank you so much for your analysis and expertise on that. it's hard to believe , isn't it? up on that believe, isn't it? up on that roof a.m, believe, isn't it? up on that roof am, back down at roof at 6 am, back down at 1 pm. and it's being described by nonh pm. and it's being described by north yorkshire police swift action. >> astonishing, as you said , >> astonishing, as you said, that's about as swift as, i don't know, a slug. yeah. >> really, really is . well, >> really, really is. well, following from greenpeace's following on from greenpeace's anfics following on from greenpeace's antics yesterday, gb news sent our very own ben leo to hold them to account . here's how it them to account. here's how it went down. >> your idea to invade rishi

sunak. >> first of all, we weren't ianed. invited. >> oh, how ironic were you ianed >> oh, how ironic were you invited to rishi sunak's house this morning? >> he's the prime minister of the country. >> i'm just going to make myself a tea, if that's all a cup of tea, if that's all right. who thinks sunaks house invasion was a good idea? anyone? what team do you guys work you press work in? are you press marketing? who is the giga brain that today? that invented that idea today? you're paid 100 grand a year for ideas that. are going ideas like that. are you going to apologise you've to apologise for what you've done today? should i apologise for up at not just the for turning up at not just the prime minister's a prime minister's house, a private man's home where he lives with family, doesn't lives with his family, doesn't matter, does it? >> will answer. you speak? matter, does it? >> yeah. answer. you speak? matter, does it? >> yeah. defend you speak? matter, does it? >> yeah. defend it. u speak? >> yeah. defend it. >> yeah. defend it. >> yeah. defend it. >> yeah. it was a peaceful protest. >> well, we're joined now by ben lioba. ben first of all, i'd like to say in the nicest possible way, i admire your balls , but can we just also say balls, but can we just also say i admire the greenpeace hq? it looked like the lap of luxury. in fact, john, one of our viewers has said the same after seeing greenpeace hq. i'm now seeing greenpeace hq. i'm now seeing where the donations seeing where all the donations go on top of the mega salaries

for all it's charity must people must be mad in donating to them. ben so first of all, excellent work . well done. we love it when work. well done. we love it when power is held to account. how is your reception there and what's your reception there and what's your takeaway? have they come out of this looking bad or do you think they'll treat this as a win? >> i think they had to. it would have been a very bad look of them to turf me out and say, you know, i mean, to be fair to the director, then arema forbid she did laugh when she said, did make me laugh when she said, you invited what you weren't invited today. what are you doing here? and that for me the jackpot. you know, me was the jackpot. you know, having they'd done in the having what they'd done in the morning, that's, gross morning, that's, you know. gross hypocrisy. fair to hypocrisy. but to be fair to them, give them credit. them, i'll give them credit. they after toured the they did after i toured the offices and made myself of offices and made myself a cup of tea spoke their staff, tea and spoke to their staff, they invite me in and sat me they did invite me in and sat me down. we had a quick chat, as you but like i said, you saw there, but like i said, it have an even worse it would have been an even worse look if they'd turfed me out. the would have been the hypocrisy would have been staggering. what i do want to say about greenpeace they say about greenpeace is they should focusing more the should be focusing more on the stuff. they've been good at previously, dealing

previously, which is dealing with mix the with plastic mix in the waterways, dealing with sewage in sea and our rivers. i in the sea and our rivers. i live brighton the live near brighton by the seaside and i can't go swimming in sea anymore because in the sea anymore because they're pumping raw sewage out into every into the water almost every week. guys at week. and these guys at greenpeace, of doing week. and these guys at greerthey're of doing week. and these guys at greerthey're good of doing week. and these guys at greerthey're good at,f doing week. and these guys at greerthey're good at, which; week. and these guys at greerthey're good at, which is what they're good at, which is high brow environmental journalism, they to be journalism, they seem to be going route of just going down the route of just stop oil trying to miff everyone off. i think need to off. and i think they need to get to basics and focus get back to basics and focus on what they're good at. >> our sense the huge >> our sense from the huge number coming in today number of emails coming in today is greenpeace lost the is that greenpeace have lost the pubuc is that greenpeace have lost the public on this one and there is actually great concern for the children rishi sunak two children in this rishi sunak two little girls and how this could potentially traumatise them . potentially traumatise them. >> i mentioned a bit earlier today when was 16 i was today that when i was 16 i was unfortunately burgled . had two unfortunately burgled. i had two men in my bedroom at three in the demanding know the morning demanding to know where my mum's jewellery box was. now. that doesn't was. i'm 34 now. that doesn't leave you that kind of trauma to and psychological damage if at night time now i hear a sound outside or light goes on, i'm outside or a light goes on, i'm peenng outside or a light goes on, i'm peering i'm peering out the window. i'm checking if it's not burglars coming ransack the

coming back to ransack the house. for rishi sunak two house. so for rishi sunak two young girls, i think there may be or 11 on holiday in be 10 or 11 on holiday in america watching their home, their sanctuary being invaded like that, being trampled on. it's astonishing. and by the way, i'm no massive fan of rishi sunak, but this was his first houdayin sunak, but this was his first holiday in four years. wow that's what kind of message does that show to our politicians and the leader of the country that a man can't even have a break for a week away with his family without far left extremists breaking into his house? >> yeah, we saw that before with jacob you know, his jacob rees—mogg, you know, his home was targeted. his children were shouted his somerset were shouted at his his somerset residence was vandalised by by far left protesters. do you think when this starts happening, ben, it's symptom of the rotten state of political discourse. we now have in britain, and particularly people from the conservative end of the spectrum seem to be anything is on the table . it's okay to on the table. it's okay to vandalise their homes, it's okay to visit their homes when they're when they're on holiday.

clearly expose posing a security risk nationally and risk both nationally and personally. is this just sinking too low? >> i think so. think what >> i think so. i think what greenpeace did yesterday is beyond . it goes over beyond the pale. it goes over a line and, you know, if you want decent at quality politicians serving this country and working for their constituents , it's you for their constituents, it's you can't have them going around fearful that they're going to be attacked even murdered. like attacked or even murdered. like the sir david amess was or, attacked or even murdered. like the know, r david amess was or, attacked or even murdered. like the know, manyd amess was or, attacked or even murdered. like the know, many others.s was or, attacked or even murdered. like the know, many others have; or, you know, many others have succumbed to you want to be working in a safe environment where you can focus on doing a good job and not worried that you're going to get extremists breaking into your or breaking into your house or accosting your children like this. >> yeah. and ben, just briefly, lee, sunak lee, do you think rishi sunak will to consider moving will have to consider moving house this? because there will have to consider moving housbe this? because there will have to consider moving housbe peoples? because there will have to consider moving housbe peoples? becausbe here will have to consider moving housbe peoples? becausbe able will be people that will be able to id where he lives now. he won't safe in his won't surely feel safe in his own home? >> i think so. and i think it's a great. you want sunak to be focusing on on stopping the boats and improving the economy focusing on on stopping the boattacklingiproving the economy focusing on on stopping the boattackling inflation,1e economy focusing on on stopping the boattackling inflation, not conomy and tackling inflation, not having up and sell having to shut up shop and sell his because greenpeace having to shut up shop and sell his been3ecause greenpeace having to shut up shop and sell his been trampling eenpeace having to shut up shop and sell his been trampling all peace having to shut up shop and sell his been trampling all peac

roof. and i would if that was my house, i'd have to sell an internet. sleuths are so good these days. if you put a picture up of, say, a random street in ukraine, people within minutes, i don't know how they'd do it, but within minutes they'll identify the town, identify the street, the town, the quite the neighbourhood. so i'm quite sure just by the pictures sure that just by the pictures that were shown on the greenpeace stunt yesterday, people will be able to identify where he lives. again, where he lives. and again, that's another massive headache for the police and much more money. to have to money. are they going to have to spend protecting sunak protecting house, its wider protecting his house, its wider implications shop excessive. >> ben leo great scoop and great advice there. thank you very much for joining advice there. thank you very much forjoining us today advice there. thank you very much for joining us today on gb's newsroom. >> now, do stay with us. we're going to be talking about artificial intelligence, which could to the nhs could be the answer to the nhs radiologist workforce source crisis . crisis. >> the temperature's rising . >> the temperature's rising. boxt solar proud sponsors of weather on . gb news. weather on. gb news. >> hi there. it's aidan mcgivern here with the forecast from the met office for gb news. fine for

many of us today, largely cloudy with some heavy showers in the east, especially east anglia and the south—east that's where low pressure is pulling away. but a ridge of high pressure arriving in the west to bring largely dry conditions before your saturday's weather moves in. more on that in a moment. but really the most active weather for the afternoon is across these eastern parts of england, really from the pennines into the peak district, east anglia and the south—east. some heavy, slow moving showers could cause some impacts in 1 or spots. some impacts in 1 or 2 spots. otherwise as for many places, it's dry. a few showers for scotland, mostly light and temperatures get some temperatures where we get some sunny across wales in the sunny spells across wales in the southwest, 21 celsius. southwest, reaching 21 celsius. then into the evening . it's dry then into the evening. it's dry at first with a few clear spells . the showers in the east tending to ease for a time, but as the next system moves in, bringing a spell of particularly heavy rain for northern ireland, that could cause some issues, especially around some southern counties. and a strengthening wind. now, of course, that will

keep temperatures from falling far , but it does mean far overnight, but it does mean an unsettled start to the weekend. wet and windy. unseasonable conditions across much of england and wales, particularly coasts particularly around coasts of south southwest england, south and southwest england, gusts of 60, 65 miles an hour. so could be some real issues for people with outdoor activities or camping, for example , and or camping, for example, and feeling very cold where that rain and wind continues. >> the temperatures rising, boxt solar the proud sponsors of weather on .

gb news. >> welcome back. it's 11:25. you're with britain's newsroom on gb news. with me, ellie costello and martin daubney. on gb news. with me, ellie costello and martin daubney . and costello and martin daubney. and loads of you have been getting in touch this morning on our top story, which is, of course, the greenpeace protest that we saw yesterday with protesters actually getting onto the roof of the prime minister's home in yorkshire. >> and clive straight to the point personally, rather than talk them off the roof, i would have made sure that they stayed up there for at least seven days. but with zero media coverage, it's a bit like a kind of strangeways prison roof sitting. starve them out. clive direct to the point. >> yeah . wells has been in touch >> yeah. wells has been in touch and says , i would like to know and says, i would like to know why the greenpeace activists and says, i would like to know why “released|peace activists and says, i would like to know why “released onace activists and says, i would like to know why “released on bail ctivists and says, i would like to know why “released on bail .tivists and says, i would like to know why “released on bail . whys and says, i would like to know why “released on bail . why were were released on bail. why were they not charged that day? what further they need ?

further evidence do they need? we were just speaking to peter bleksley, who's a former met police officer , and was police officer, and he was saying at moment, you can saying at the moment, you can perhaps at a civil claim perhaps look at a civil claim for trespass . but if he was in for trespass. but if he was in charge of the force in this instance, he would be looking very, very closely at those roof tiles. he said if a criminal damage, because then, of course , you could actually serve time. yeah, slight bit of damage, yeah, the slight bit of damage, the slightest crack. yeah, the slight bit of damage, the and htest crack. yeah, the slight bit of damage, the and htest they. yeah, the slight bit of damage, the and htest they can then throw >> and then they can then throw the at them pete, this the book at them and pete, this is funny point to not is the funny point to not mention this. i hope that the fabnc mention this. i hope that the fabric used by greenpeace for their cover. their banners took cover. rishi's made pure rishi's house was made of pure cotton and not synthetic, cotton and were not synthetic, such polyester, which are of such as polyester, which are of course on course based on oil. >> i mean, a lot of people >> yeah, i mean, a lot of people are to hypocrisy in are pointing to the hypocrisy in all this. we saw ben leo gb all of this. we saw ben leo gb news, a reporter at the headquarters greenpeace, headquarters for greenpeace, very in north very plush building in north london. many people pointing to that in the middle of a cost of living crisis doesn't sit well with many people. do you keep those views coming in? vaiews@gbnews.com. >> okay. to our next story now. artificial intelligence could

help the overcome help the nhs overcome a radiologist workforce crisis as experts have said, we must build trust in the technology being used in the health care service. >> well, this comes after a pilot study in surrey found that i had the power to categorise normal chest x rays with a 99.7% accuracy. see showing significant potential to speed up cancer diagnosis. >> and we're joined now by senior vice president and commercial head for the uk and eu at cure ai darren stevens. top of the morning to you, darren. so we hear a lot about al sort of being doom and ai sort of being doom and disaster, but this seems like a great application of it, isn't it? >> oh, absolutely . good morning >> oh, absolutely. good morning to both of you. it's great to be on the show and thank you. thank you for having me on. um, it's a very exciting time for artificial intelligence in general medical general within the medical community in uk and the uk community in the uk and the uk is actually leading in this space work that doctor space and the work that doctor kumar colleagues have been kumar and colleagues have been involved frimley here is involved in in frimley here is again and building again assisting and building trust in the application of this

technology right across the nhs to achieve the accuracy levels that have been achieved through this pilot study are an indication of the value that this technology can bring to, you know, a stretched workforce. the royal college of radiologists estimate that by 2027 will have 40% deficit in in in radiologist numbers , which is in radiologist numbers, which is huge.so in radiologist numbers, which is huge. so we in this community, within the industry that i'm in, we want to ensure that we do more with the precious resource that we have. >> yes, absolutely . i mean, the >> yes, absolutely. i mean, the potential is fantastic , potential is fantastic, especially when we're talking about a wait list currently at the nhs of over 7 million people. i mean, this could really speed up the process of getting people diagnosed with cancer. getting people diagnosed with cancer . so so it exactly it. cancer. so so it exactly it. >> and if we can identify high nodules and indications of disease earlier in the patient's pathway , it's better for the pathway, it's better for the patient, it's better for the clinicians that are looking

after those patients . and after those patients. and ultimately it's better for the organisations themselves, the trust manage trust that are trying to manage these work lists. we can't on board radiologists and radiographers at the same pace that we're seeing demand that we're seeing the demand come for imaging. that we're seeing the demand come for imaging . we come through for imaging. we need smarter and that's need to work smarter and that's how solutions that we how the solutions that we provide at cure can really assist the nhs . in terms of our assist the nhs. in terms of our story, we're one of the most deployed solutions globally and we have a lot of experience in this space and i think a lot of people need to get beyond the hype and the myth associated with this technology. our technology is a highly regulated medical device and something thatis medical device and something that is very to the contrary of what's out there in general media, right now in terms media, media right now in terms of some of the stories that we're aware of. so we're we're all aware of. so we're very of work that very proud of the work that we're and the clinicians we're doing and the clinicians that really pioneering that are really pioneering this. >> darren, now i'm >> okay, darren, now i'm assuming that what happens here is that al is just fed thousands and thousands thousands of and thousands and thousands of images, which we know are images, some which we know are positive, some which we know are negative, the negative, and it learns the pattern of which is which. but here's the bigger question will

this radiologists and this make radiologists and doctors redundant? yeah >> no, not at all. we see it as an augmented augmenting their experience . so we're doing more experience. so we're doing more with the precious resource that we have . and really what you we have. and really what you will see is that it will become part of a modern delivery of radiology services right across the nhs and indeed globally . so the nhs and indeed globally. so it's a situation of , you know, it's a situation of, you know, many years ago i worked in pre—analytical robotics and pathology, and when we introduced that a lot of people were up in arms that this is coming to replace us. it's going to take our jobs and quite the contrary, we have an opportunity here to provide new career pathways for clinicians to and give clinicians more time with the with the patients ultimate , the with the patients ultimate, alleviating them to do more of the multidisciplinary work that they really want to, to want to spend more time on. do you see artificial intelligence being at the heart of the nhs in the

future ? it's an integral part future? it's an integral part and will be a key contributor to the success of us achieving the targets that we need to achieve holistically . and we're also holistically. and we're also seeing that we're operating at a disease level. so it's a high medical value as part of precision medicine so we can identify patients quicker, we can get them through to treatment quicker. and that's ultimately our aim, goal, ultimately our aim, our goal, our mission at cure is to touch the lives of a billion people and make healthcare accessible to people can. and to as many people as we can. and this is one such route. >> well , this is one such route. >> well, darren this is one such route. >> well , darren stevens, this is one such route. >> well, darren stevens, thank you us on britain's you for joining us on britain's newsroom. at last, it's newsroom. and at last, it's great story great to hear a positive story about use of ai. thank you about the use of ai. thank you very much for that. >> yeah, great question >> yeah, and great question about doctors and about replacing doctors and radiologists, i think radiologists, because i think careful wish for. yeah, careful what you wish for. yeah, it's what people it's what many people worry about strike about with the hollywood strike at they're worried. at the moment. they're worried. they're going to be replaced by ai. there ai. but darren's saying there this a helpful this is just a really helpful tool that thinks will tool that he thinks will actually central to the nhs actually be central to the nhs in the future. >> true. but many people know that at your most that when you're at your most vulnerable, cannot beat the

vulnerable, you cannot beat the human . human touch. >> very, very true. >> no, that's very, very true. do us what you make of do let us know what you make of that gb views that story. gb views at gbnews.com also, know if gbnews.com also, let us know if you have been ripped by you have been ripped off by airport parking because it happens to a lot of us. and simon calder will tell us about how holidaymakers can save their money. stay tuned . money. stay tuned. >> good morning. it's 1132. money. stay tuned. >> good morning. it's1132. i'm rhiannon jones in the newsroom . rhiannon jones in the newsroom. the private sector is being called on to help clear the nhs backlog and cut record high waiting lists . 13 new community waiting lists. 13 new community diagnostics centres will be opened across england to carry out hundreds of thousands of scans, checks and tests . eight scans, checks and tests. eight will be operated by independent companies, but services will be free to patients. five will be run by the nhs. free to patients. five will be run by the nhs . the latest run by the nhs. the latest figures show waiting lists almost hit 7.5 million at the end of may. that's the highest since records began planned

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>> good morning. it's 1138. >> good morning. it's1138. you're with britain's newsroom on gb news with martin daubney and me, ellie costello. yes yeah. >> as if our summer holidays haven't already faced enough disruption this year, which has revealed that holiday makers could be paying more for their

airport parking if they pay on the day. >> yes. after an analysis of the price of parking at 16 different airports , they found a traveller airports, they found a traveller could expect to pay for a week stay in august on the day versus booking four months in advance . booking four months in advance. >> the most expensive case found was paying as much as a whopping £583 for on the day. we took long bookings, whereas they could save up to £150 on average by booking in advance. >> well, we're joined now by travel journalist simon calder. really good to see you this morning, simon. i mean, this is just common sense, is it not? if you leave it to the last minute, you're to going pay more . you're to going pay more. >> yes. but of course , it has >> yes. but of course, it has been such a disruptive summer, not least in terms of the way that we've seen rail strikes so frequent and so a lot of people will be in the position of thinking, oh, i'll tell you what. yeah, we will just pack everybody into the car and drive to the airport. now, if you do

that, in the case of manchester airport , you will be paying airport, you will be paying through the nose over four times more than if you booked it four months ahead. you'd be paying over £400. as you say , easily . over £400. as you say, easily. heathrow is the most expensive , heathrow is the most expensive, so you might as well buy a new car, frankly, for the sort of money that they are wanting. and also birmingham airport and gatwick airport, very expensive. if you just turn up on the day. lots of ways of saving money, of course, besides simply booking in advance. there's various schemes where you can sign up and become a member of a special subscription club. you can sometimes use points that you've earned from a supermarket to go towards airport parking and ultimately , though, bear in mind ultimately, though, bear in mind that driving your car there might not be the most sensible way to get there. if there is a train available . and yes, we're

train available. and yes, we're in the middle of another aslef overtime ban. and so for instance, the gatwick express is suspended at the moment . but instance, the gatwick express is suspended at the moment. but but if there are trains running, that's a good option. otherwise well, there are so many excellent coach services to airports these days. that's my kind of normal go to you, simon many people are going on holiday with something that motorists are the cow . are just the cash cow. >> i mean, it costs £5 just to drop people off at most airports. if not more , airports. now, if not more, sidique khan about to expand sidique khan is about to expand to ulez, and that will be catching a lot of people going into heathrow outside of into heathrow from outside of greater london, £12.5 into heathrow from outside of greater london, £125 to get him before even park. isn't before they even park. isn't this symptomatic of a this just symptomatic of a broader motorists ? so broader war on motorists? so a cash cows are being milked dry ? cash cows are being milked dry? >> well, that's certainly a very good way of looking at it. and i think a lot of motorists will feel very cheesed off. yes, you in the case of heathrow . in the case of heathrow. exactly. if your vehicle is not compliant with the ulez rules, then you'll be paying to drive

into that zone , even assuming it into that zone, even assuming it goes ahead later this month as planned. you'll also face that £5 drop off fee and highest drop off fee still in the country is £7 at stansty. and please don't do what i saw. one motoring do there early. one morning, which is drive up to the barrier, unload passengers plus luggage and then reverse out for hundreds of metres against the oncoming traffic . it is very oncoming traffic. it is very annoying . there are always, in annoying. there are always, in the case of these drop off locations , places where you are locations, places where you are able to stop and drop people off free of charge , but it will free of charge, but it will often involve a bit of a hike or indeed a bus from a long term parking facility . so yeah, well parking facility. so yeah, well it's we're in this position where airline passengers are still often getting a very good deal , but they're partly getting deal, but they're partly getting that because the airlines aren't paying that because the airlines aren't paying very much to the airports in terms of fees. and the

airports understand obe are wanting to rack that up by taking a slice of everything you pay taking a slice of everything you pay for from parking to a cup of coffee. and of course , those coffee. and of course, those essential duty free purchases. yes. >> i mean , we've always known >> i mean, we've always known that airports are expensive. simon but why have the on the day car parking prices ramped up so much , are these car parking so much, are these car parking companies profiteering on the chaos that we've seen on the trains and people being desperate to park on the day you could certainly see it that way. >> but i would say it's much more of a kind of distress purchase if you are if you know you're going on holiday and you haven't booked in advance and maybe you were hoping the train would work and you've just seen that, for instance, tomorrow there no trains from there are no trains from anywhere in sussex to gatwick airport, which is highly inconvenient . that sorry, there inconvenient. that sorry, there are a couple of couple of routes which are open, but the main ones, places like brighton, east, eastbourne, hastings, no links to the airport. well, that's just bad luck in that

case, you've been the overtime ban has really hit those. but otherwise it's a bit like when people are actually changing money at the airport. yes that's about the most ridiculous thing you can do. you are going to get an absolutely diabolical rate. and indeed, typically, if i went to an airport and said, right, here's £100 change, it's $2 and then change it back £2, i would expect to lose about half my money. so many other ways of organising your holiday finances in advance if you leave it to the airport, well, it looks as though you're seen as fair, fair game. simon calder, thank you for that excellent update. >> and i, of course, will not be reversing hundreds of metres away from a barrier, although that does sound like a good plan, but we shouldn't do that. you're very tempted, aren't you, to save £5 by doing way to save £5 by doing it that way , right. >> time through the >> it's time to go through the papers joining us this papers now and joining us this morning deputy comment editor morning is deputy comment editor at annabel at the daily telegraph. annabel denham, labour denham, and former labour mp stephen . very good morning

stephen pound. very good morning to you both. >> good morning to joining us. >> us. >> and stephen, we touched there on ulez and sadiq khan expanding the ulez zone in london this is a story in the sun. yeah, but what's extraordinary about this is that you know, we tend not to talk about ulez after uxbridge, which you lose was what we which is, you lose was what we were being told with on the doorstep. >> but look, sadiq khan has got this a conservative plan. if this is a conservative plan. if you remember, ulez was you remember, the ulez was originally brought in by the tories, boris tories, implemented by boris johnson. sadiq has done johnson. but what sadiq has done is too fast, too is he's moved too fast, too forward , too quickly. but forward, too quickly. and but what extra ordinary about what is extra ordinary about this is, you know, i knew the man years and, you know, he man for years and, you know, he somehow found £500 million down the back of a sofa to actually beef up, you know, the scrappage scheme. now, for the last year or so, we've been saying no, the scrappage scheme is generous because it's targeted at people on benefits, people on universal credit. now he's suddenly credit. and now he's suddenly managed sadiq , i managed to up it. now sadiq, i have to say, sometimes he was a little bit short tempered when we to have to deal with we used to have to deal with him. and i just wonder what on

earth feeling now earth he must be feeling now when labour party when all the labour party machine coming. because machine are coming. because what is why didn't you is going on here? why didn't you mention this? 500 million before uxbndge? mention this? 500 million before uxbridge? really is uxbridge? because it's really is looking panic reaction. looking like a panic reaction. well, a u—turn on well, because it's a u—turn on ulez, a disaster ulez, because it was a disaster in uxbridge on the doorstep. >> almost cost them. well, it >> it almost cost them. well, it did them the by—election did cost them the by—election and the scrappage you and the scrappage scheme you allude on, allude to actually, come on, it's leaf. it was only it's a fig leaf. it was only available people benefits available to people on benefits who on universal credit, who were on universal credit, can to buy a tesla and can afford to buy a tesla and this scheme talking about this scheme he's talking about now car, seven now £2,000 for a car, seven grand van. most evs are 20 grand for a van. most evs are 20 grand. it was vans are 30 grand. it was most vans are 30 grand. it was most vans are 30 grand. it was he's forced grand. it was he's been forced into a compromise situation, but still the still ain't going to cut the mustard. a tenth the mustard. it's a one tenth the value of a replacement car, which people don't really want. >> no, martin, you're absolutely right. think mean, right. but i think i mean, my son's a sparky. he's an electrician. there's no way he could his gear around. could carry all his gear around. and is specially and his van, which is specially adapted, £40,000. that adapted, costs £40,000. so that isn't scratch isn't going to scratch the surface. even to going surface. i'm not even to going touch on that. touch the sides on that. but i think that the real problem we've got here is a complete failure to communicate. the most important is if you important fact is that if you

drive was drive an ordinary car that was bought after 2005, you're not going have to pay thing going to have to pay the thing anyway. looks like panic. anyway. so it looks like panic. it like there's it looks like there's not a coherent thought going on here. and honest, it looks bad and to be honest, it looks bad news i think your news for everybody. i think your line cash cows being line about cash cows being milked too dry may actually resurface next few weeks. yeah >> good, good. yeah >> good,good.and yeah >> good, good. and annabel over to is a u—turn by sadiq to you this is a u—turn by sadiq on because he's worried, isn't it, the mayoralty coming it, that the mayoralty is coming up there's a weakness up next may there's a weakness in his strategy this ulez overreach. he's panicking. >> that's correct . i mean, i >> that's correct. i mean, i still imagine he feels as though he's in a strong position against the conservative candidate, susan hall, against the conservative candidate, susan hall , that he's candidate, susan hall, that he's got the support of londoners behind him. i don't think we should forget that in some quarters been very popular quarters he's been very popular mayor, despite what he's done with tfl blowing a hole in its finances, which is why why he introduced the ulez scheme , in introduced the ulez scheme, in my view, at least, to begin with. despite this growing malaise around things like crime , despite his failure to build enough houses to such an extent that he's constantly suggesting

that he's constantly suggesting that we impose rent controls despite the fact that anywhere that they've been introduced , that they've been introduced, they've been a disaster. so, no, i you know, i think he he's in a difficult position now. this has obviously created a wedge between sadiq khan and keir starmer, who himself is under a lot of pressure to set out what the labour party policy is on net zero. what what proposals is it going to be introducing? let's not forget, it wasn't long ago that they scrapped their 20 billion, £28 billion prosperity plan, their green prosperity plan. so i think there's a lot of uncertainty out there at a time when we've had energy week, when we've had rishi sunak coming out and saying that he's going to be issuing more oil and gas licences. is the tories saying that they're very much on the side of motorists , which i the side of motorists, which i am slightly sceptical of, but labour pressure is now absolutely on labour, not least on. >> okay, let's move on now. a bit of fun or is it manipulated? truth a story in the guardian . truth a story in the guardian. this is rishi sunak pouring a pint and pranksters made it look

much worse than reality. there it is on the screen. you can see that there. so on left is that there. so on the left is the actual point that rishi that there. so on the left is the a

zelenskyy last year there was a deepfake of him calling on soldiers to lay down their arms. you know, it's interesting the threat that it potentially poses to democracy, the way in which this disrupting politics, not least at a time when the way that political campaigns are being run , has changed being run, has changed enormously over the last decade or so. we have moved on to social media, but we're not entirely sure where the power lies, whether it's being abused. and i think the government is really struggling to keep up with this on the regular side. so we've got the online safety bill that is trying to push through parliament, but that's extremely broad and wide ranging and presents all sorts of threats to free speech. and it's taken so long for it to find its way onto the statute books. so how is it going to regulate ai? and you've got rishi, of course, saying that we're going to be a world leader in it. >> well, i think let's let's speak up for poor rishi. this is a man. this is a man who's never

touched a drop of alcohol in his life. how can he be expected to pour decent pint? but the pour a decent pint? but the other is quite other thing what is quite sinister is erdogan at turkey. in elections, if you in the recent elections, if you remember, actually using remember, he was actually using deepfake there's deepfake films and there's a muharrem think who muharrem ince i think who was one candidates in one of the other candidates in that election. there was a sex tape released which, you know, he look and said, he took one look at and he said, right, i'm resigning. i'm out of here. you know, implying that maybe we maybe it wasn't deepfake we don't there's a woman don't know. but there's a woman called clarke, called yvette clarke, a congresswoman in america, who was saying, was actually saying, i can hardly believe this, that anyone using for deepfake has to using ai for deepfake has to declare the now, declare it at the bottom. now, can you imagine these in can you imagine these people in their bedrooms their darkened bedrooms tapping away middle the night away in the middle of the night saying, dear me, i'm going to saying, oh dear me, i'm going to have to declare that this is a fake think not. fake one? i think not. >> yeah, it is. >> yeah, but it is. >> yeah, but it is. >> i mean, that's an amusing example. think can all example. i think we can all agree on that. but it can be sinister. >> it can be downright sinister. >> it can be downright sinister. >> and it is concerning to see a number of labour mps sharing that on twitter in that that picture on twitter in the few it's almost the past few days. it's almost as they're not even able as if they're not even able to ascertain whether not ascertain whether or not something ascertain whether or not

son karlng ascertain whether or not son karl turner distributed and >> karl turner distributed and i can kind of defend karl for what he did there, but i think isn't there isn't there some sort of an algorithm now where can an algorithm now where you can actually things an algorithm now where you can actlfaked things an algorithm now where you can actlfaked in things an algorithm now where you can actlfaked in that things an algorithm now where you can actlfaked in that way? things an algorithm now where you can actlfaked in that way? is hings are faked in that way? is sometimes is flagged now on twitter should i say most people? >> most people won't >> yeah, but most people won't be of that, though. and be aware of that, though. and there are legislate in all honesty, over honesty, is the technology over the before we the hill and far away before we in way by by the time the in any way by by the time the truth's got its trousers on and lies around world lies halfway around the world and all that, it's been retweeted a thousand times. i don't think we can. stephen, quickly, arms quickly, on the time arms migration a mess migration nation it's a mess halts move former halts migrants move to former raf know i don't raf base do you know i don't know happening but know what's happening to me but i read things like this and i say, what planet am i living on? >> they can't move people >> they they can't move people into base up into wethersfield. this base up into wethersfield. this base up in of two in yorkshire because of two things. is that there's no things. one is that there's no internet connection. there's a really you know, for really low wife, you know, for heaven's we're talking heaven's sake, we're talking about as opposed about people as opposed to being in throes utter in the throes of utter desperation. and going desperation. and they're going to say, oh no, will to come and say, oh no, i will not be seeking asylum in england because no decent because there is no decent internet connection and the water connection . i mean, water supply connection. i mean, this this is where is it going

to the ship? was it the to end the ship? was it the bibby stockholm, which i keep thinking of as the bibby stockholm? stockholm? stockholm? the bibby stockholm? they're it's a fire they're now saying it's a fire risk. you know, when i think somebody said on gb news last week if it caught on fire, just dunk answer. dunk it. that's your answer. >> wasn't a fire risk >> well, it wasn't a fire risk in germany where it was used for the purpose. it wasn't a the same purpose. it wasn't a fire risk in the netherlands, where it was used the same. where it was used for the same. >> we going with this? >> where are we going with this? >> where are we going with this? >> for heaven's sake? i mean, i think tents are perfectly reasonable but what we reasonable option, but what we need the back of all need to do at the back of all this is the that the this is the fact that the sclerotic, idle home sclerotic, hopeless, idle home office determine these office will not determine these cases. sitting cases. so people are sitting around 2 or 3 years, keep your head down and you get your passport. wrong. passport. that's wrong. >> annabel, >> okay, stephen, annabel, you've this you've been fantastic this morning. much for morning. thank you so much for sorry talk over. you know, sorry to talk over. you know, don't was your story don't worry. that was your story on list. it's fine. steve. on the list. it's fine. steve. everyone here on everyone gets their say here on gb but you have been gb views, but you have been brilliant. thank you much. brilliant. thank you very much. but we have sadly come to the end of show. thank you for end of our show. thank you for your company for views your company and for your views this and we are back on

this morning. and we are back on breakfast on monday. we are indeed. >> coming up next, though, is the mark the live desk with mark longhurst pip tomson mark, longhurst and pip tomson mark, what's on menu what's coming up on the menu today? what's coming up on the menu tod well, up on the live >> well, coming up on the live desk, we're asking, it a new desk, we're asking, is it a new cure the nhs backlog? the cure for the nhs backlog? the government's initiative for the more private clinics, even the health though, health providers, though, nuffield trust saying the waiting lists need longer term treatment. up, treatment. also coming up, mortgage the mortgage meltdown. it's the mental crisis growing mental health crisis growing alongside rate alongside the interest rate hikes. nearly one half of hikes. how nearly one half of young mortgage holders say mind are now suffering. and also we'll be looking at what could be a sting operation. why police in wales are hunting for 14 beehives that have been stolen . beehives that have been stolen. is it a job for the flying squad ? latest weather for you now . ? latest weather for you now. >> a brighter outlook with boxt solar proud sponsors of weather on . gb news. on. gb news. >> hi there . it's aidan mcgivern >> hi there. it's aidan mcgivern here with the forecast from the met office for gb news. fine. for many of us today , largely for many of us today, largely cloudy with some heavy showers

in the east, especially east anglia and the south—east. that's where low pressure is pulling away. but a ridge of high pressure arriving in the west to bring largely dry conditions before saturday's weather moves in. more on that in a moment. but really, the most active weather for the afternoon is across these eastern parts of england and really from the pennines into the peak district, east anglia and the south—east some heavy, slow showers could cause slow moving showers could cause some impacts in 1 or 2 spots. otherwise, for many places, it's dry. showers for scotland, dry. a few showers for scotland, mostly light and temperatures where we get some sunny spells across in the southwest, across wales in the southwest, reaching 21 celsius. then into the evening . it's dry at first the evening. it's dry at first with a few clear spells . the with a few clear spells. the showers in the east tending to ease for a time, but as the next system moves in, bringing a spell of particularly heavy rain for northern ireland, that could cause some issues, especially around some southern counties. and a strengthening wind. now, of course, that will keep temperatures from falling far overnight, but it does mean an unsettled start to the weekend.

wet and windy. unseasonable conditions across much of england and wales, particularly around and around coasts of south and southwest england, gusts of 60, 65 miles an hour. so could be some real issues for people with outdoor activities or camping, for example , and feeling very for example, and feeling very cold where that rain and wind continues . continues. >> a brighter outlook with boxt solar proud sponsors of weather on .

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