the british was stabbed close to the british museum. will be at the scene after the first arrivals on the migrant barge in portland. >> the home secretary wages war on corrupt immigration lawyers. a special task force has been set up to root out those who coach migrants to lie in order to remain in the uk. >> and the travel upgrades for nicola sturgeon, which cost the taxpayer thousands . spending taxpayer thousands. spending figures show how public money was used for the former leader of the snp to have vip treatment dunng of the snp to have vip treatment during her time as first minister. cause nothing compares , nothing compares to you . and , nothing compares to you. and nothing compared to her. >> fans lined the streets to pay tribute to the late sinead o'connor. the irish singer's funeral procession has passed through the sea front in the irish town where she lived for 15 years .

15 years. >> all that, plus dangerous breed or dangerous owners. the debate about whether the american bully xl should be bannedin american bully xl should be banned in the uk don't forget to email in with your views to gbviews@gbnews.com with your thoughts. now though, let's get a full round up of the latest headunes a full round up of the latest headlines with . ray headlines with. ray >> good afternoon . it's 12:01. >> good afternoon. it's 12:01. our top story this hour and as we've been hearing, a man has been stabbed in the arm near the british museum in london. this happened just a short time ago. a 27 year old american woman said she was about to enter the queue at the british museum when she was told to leave by police . a man has been arrested on suspicion of causing grievous bodily harm, met police say it

was an isolated incident and there is no outstanding risk to there is no outstanding risk to the public. it's not being treated as terror related, we're hearing. we'll bring you more on this story as we get it. more asylum seekers have been seen boarding the bibby stockholm . boarding the bibby stockholm. now these pictures seen a short time ago show three people joining the 16 men already on board, around 20 asylum seekers did not board the barge as planned yesterday after they're transferred were cancelled due to legal challenges . well, a new to legal challenges. well, a new taskforce to root out so—called dodgy lawyers has been announced by the government . it follows by the government. it follows reports in the daily mail that solicitors helped an undercover journalist posing as an economic migrant to submit a false application in exchange for thousands of pounds. home secretary suella braverman describing rogue firms as con men who must face the full force of the law. now the new unit will bring together regulatory bodies , law enforcement and bodies, law enforcement and other government departments. lord, chancellor alex chalk

telling us no one is above the law . law. >> yes, i'm absolutely comfortable that those who breach their professional duties, who act illegally should be convicted, punished and disgraced . but be convicted, punished and disgraced. but i'm be convicted, punished and disgraced . but i'm entirely disgraced. but i'm entirely comfortable with that. and indeed, there are various agencies , whether it's the agencies, whether it's the office of immigration services commissioner, the national crime agency , the they should all agency, the cps, they should all be doing their playing, their part in rooting out illegal practise. professionals should not have some kind of immunity simply because they're lawyers. and i speak as one myself. if they behave badly, if they behave they deserve behave illegally, they deserve to to account . to be held to account. >> a haulage firm that's part of one of the uk's largest transport groups says it may be forced to shut down its site in northern due to brexit. northern ireland due to brexit. gb news has seen a letter sent by mclernon to staff that by morgan mclernon to staff that blames the consequences of post—brexit arrangements for possible redundancies . the possible redundancies. the company delivers to every major uk supermarket business community in northern ireland is still awaiting details about the

windsor framework that was signed in february . john martin signed in february. john martin from the road haulage association says hundreds of jobs could be affected . jobs could be affected. >> if you're investing tens of millions of pounds in a business, you need clarity and surety and that hasn't been coming from government. i think the concern is if they tell us the concern is if they tell us the detail, everybody will realise that it's not what the prime minister promised. well, in the morgan mclaren group you're talking about hundreds of jobs , but they're not the only jobs, but they're not the only company that's under pressure at the moment. a number of other haulage companies and manufacture are manufacture companies are already at the viability already looking at the viability of their businesses in northern ireland. >> well, people are lining the irish seafront to say their final goodbyes to sinead o'connor and for those of you watching on television, you can see live images now of the coffin as it processes down the street. the crowd there, many hundreds, if not thousands of people showing their appreciation for the singer's

life, career and her work as they applaud the star and signal their appreciation for her. the 56 year old grammy winning artist was found unresponsive when police were called to a home in south—east london last month. the procession will be travelling along the seafront and continuing past her former home in montebello, where she lived for 15 years. a host of tributes, flooding in, of course, upon the news of the singer's death, including from celebrities such as russell crowe, annie lennox and cyndi lauper. crowe, annie lennox and cyndi lauper . well, the number of bus lauper. well, the number of bus services in the uk has halved in the last 12.5 years. labour found that there were nearly 9000in the year to march, compared to nearly 18,000in 2011. the west midlands has been the hardest hit, with two thirds of routes cut, but the government says labour's criticism is misleading as it's invested £35 billion into services since 2020. a new report says ofgems energy price

cap is costing people money and driving inflation down. the centre for policy studies says the limit has gone far beyond its original purpose of protecting customers and the regulator is effectively stunting competition in the department for energy has stressed that it's always working to protect households from sky high bills . students from sky high bills. students across scotland are receiving their exam results today, with pass rates still higher than before the covid pandemic. now more than 140,000 young people are receiving their grades for national fours and fives highers and advanced highers. the results showed a record number of passes in an exam year achieved at national five. education secretary jenny gilruth saying that while the pandemic disproportionately impacted young people from disadvantaged backgrounds , the disadvantaged backgrounds, the exam results show that there is much to celebrate . this is gb much to celebrate. this is gb news across the uk on tv , in news across the uk on tv, in your car, on digital radio and

on your smart speaker by saying play gb news. now let's get back to tom and . pip to tom and. pip >> hello and welcome back to the live desk . let's take you live desk. let's take you straight to ireland where mourners are saying their final goodbyes to sinead o'connor. this is the latest scene there as thousands of people gathering right near her home in bray where she lived for 15 years. and she's getting quite a farewell. tom isn't she.7 >> farewell. tom isn't she? >> she absolutely is. you can see members of the public teaming really the streets there , applauding the coffin as it passes, throwing flowers and bouquets and really showing the appreciation in for the community. the hearse there strewn with flowers being thrown by those who so appreciated sinead o'connor's life . also sinead o'connor's life. also notable that the town of bray,

just south of dublin , is where just south of dublin, is where sinead o'connor's son, shane, 17 year old son, was found dead. only a few months ago. so lots of significance to this place where sinead o'connor is making her final procession before being laid to rest . being laid to rest. >> i don't know whether we can hear the music, but music's been playing through a loud speaker and many people gathering near her home broke into a rendition of compares two let's of nothing compares two u. let's just listen . sinead o'connor was complex. she was complicated , but she was

was complicated, but she was also so , so talented and a lady also so, so talented and a lady who lives right near her home actually says that she had no airs or graces about her. she used to come over, she says, for an ice cream with her youngest son. this lady works in a little kiosk right near sinead's home, and she said she was very lovely, very down to earth, very ordinary. and she liked to have a bit of crack as well. >> well, of course, this is the opportunity for those who perhaps knew perhaps perhaps knew her, perhaps interacted with her in a in a less personal capacity , the less personal capacity, the members of her community coming out to show their appreciation, the details of the family funeral itself are being kept very private , although we do very private, although we do understand that the irish president, michael d higgins , president, michael d higgins, will be in attendance this afternoon . afternoon. >> and sinead o'connor, as we all know, she shot to fame. can you believe it? 33 years ago with that hit , you believe it? 33 years ago with that hit, nothing compares two u. she released ten studio albums. she was found dead just

two weeks ago at the age of 56. so much love for her today as that funeral cortege passes through her town of bray before a private burial. shortly well , a private burial. shortly well, the home office is threatening to withdraw government support for migrants, refusing to board the bibby stockholm barge in dorset. >> 20 asylum seekers did not embark on the vessel after their transfer orders were reversed following legal challenges. >> but justice secretary alex chalk maintains that the barge acts as a deterrent to those wanting to cross the channel illegally . illegally. >> this barge sends a very powerful message that those people who want to come to our country illegally, who want to jump country illegally, who want to jump the queue compared to those who play by the rules and do the right thing, who for whom we will always have open hearts and open homes. but if people don't want to play by the rules, then they shouldn't expect that

they're going to waltz into the four accommodation. but four star accommodation. but they potentially going to go they are potentially going to go to barge. and that sends a to on a barge. and that sends a really powerful, awful message. so are small. so yes, the numbers are small. yes, are legal challenges. yes, there are legal challenges. we will everything address we will do everything to address those challenges and to those legal challenges and to restore fairness, fairness for the british people. well amid the british people. well amid the ongoing row over housing, the ongoing row over housing, the government has launched a task force to tackle crooked lawyers. >> those who help migrants make false claims could face up to life in prison as well. >> let's get the latest with our home and security editor mark white. good afternoon to you, mark. mark is again in portland in dorset , where the bibby in dorset, where the bibby stockholm is. and mark, there's plenty of people saying today that this task force is just distracting from the real subject of the government's inability to tackle illegal migration . in migration. in >> well, certainly there are questions to be asked about the government's ability or otherwise to stop the boats

coming across the channel but that doesn't mean there are not legitimate concerns about the way that some may be bending. if not breaking the law to help these asylum seekers. game the system. and it's something that those in government circles and other supporters of the plan to stop the boats believe is happening. and they want to assess just the scale of this issue and to bring any offenders to justice in terms of the bibby stockholm today it's started raining relatively heavily now the wind is blowing. the mist has come down. a good portland welcome for another group of asylum seekers who have arrived on the bibby stockholm home this morning. we think that about 19 in total now have arrived since yesterday. we were expecting by the close of play yesterday that that number actually would be about 550 in total . but these

about 550 in total. but these letters of intervention that have been sort of undertake by the lawyers and the charities representing a number of the asylum seekers have effectively told the asylum seekers to not get on the buses to come to the barge and 20 or so people did not get on the barges yesterday or get on the buses to come to the barges yesterday. now they have been issued with another letter , a warning letter letter, a warning letter effectively from the home office that went to them yesterday warning that they may be cut off in terms of support from the home office. that letter reads accommodation is offered on a no choice basis where asylum seekers fail to take up an offer of suitable accommodation without a reasonable explanation. there should be no expectation that alternative accommodation will be offered and it goes on to warn here that

if you do not travel tomorrow, that's today, the 8th of august. arrangements for ceasing the support that you are receiving from the home office may well commence. so clear , clearly , a commence. so clear, clearly, a less than veiled threat to those asylum seekers to get on that boat, to get on that barge today or face the action that they will no longer get this support from the home office. >> that home office quote, that without a reasonable explanation on migrants should get on board this barge. i suppose that leaves open wiggle room, wiggle room for lawyers. and we've heard a lot about how lawyers exploit some of these loopholes. we hear that one reasonable explanation in quotes could be a fear of water from a remarkable number of these migrants. could that be more than a coincidence ? >> well, 7- >> well, i ?

>> well, i mean, 7 >> well, i mean, there's been more than a few eyebrows raised at that particular explanation given as to why someone should not go on the barge, given, of course, that those individual asylum seekers have gone out of their way to seek out those is criminal gangs to take them first across the med iranian in small boats and then across the engush small boats and then across the english channel in small boats before arriving here in the uk and eventually finding themselves on a much bigger boat in terms of the barge here in portland. but there are, of course, a number of different explanations or excuses , if you explanations or excuses, if you like, that the lawyers are putting forward for why those asylum seekers cannot go on the barge. and it's not just about the water, but issues of disability in some cases, they say trauma as well about being in confined, confined spaces with large numbers of other

people as well. so the a myriad of potential avenues that the lawyers are seeking to exploit here just to frustrate the process of getting these asylum seekers on the barge. okay mark white, for now, thanks very much for that update . for that update. >> well, moving on, more than £14 million of taxpayers own money was spent on credit card transfer actions by the scottish civil servants in a three year penod civil servants in a three year period , including almost £10,000 period, including almost £10,000 on vip airport upgrades. >> the full breakdown of spending obtained by scottish labour covers all purchases between september 2019 and august 20th, 22. it includes vip travel for former first minister nicola sturgeon and her staff, who used a firm which fast tracks clients through check in and provides a vip lounge. >> the list of transactions also shows public money was spent on

hundreds of books yoga classes, heel stoppers and indeed nail varnish . varnish. >> well, joining us now is our scotland reporter tony maguire . scotland reporter tony maguire. tony, tell us a bit more then this. this is quite a list, isn't it ? isn't it? >> yes , certainly. someone's >> yes, certainly. someone's been really busy in amazon , been really busy in amazon, haven't they? and this list was published by scottish labour. now they stands to reason that this is quite a treasure trove for the opposition . and as you for the opposition. and as you mentioned, this is all over a three year period between september 2019 and august of last year and really contains all of the expenses , a whopping all of the expenses, a whopping 14 million of them. so £14 million worth of them , you know, million worth of them, you know, and some of the items here are actually kind of more than raise an eyebrow or two. certainly a driving theory test for a member of staff. and one must wonder why that member of staff wasn't purchasing their own for more

than £4,000. they at the gleneagles hotel resort up in perthshire for a golfing event and so much more. six copies of women hold up half the sky , women hold up half the sky, which is a book of speeches by nicola sturgeon. so certainly this is quite a lot of egg on the face of the snp today and certainly the nicola sturgeon regime quite a lot is being has been spoken about about why so many of these transaction went through. now there is a more than £25,000 worth of fraudulent transactions and they occurred in cards that were flagged by civil servants and then refunded and but certainly not enough to make a dent in that £14 million worth of spend. so jackie baillie this morning was going to come out and speak to me. we're to going hear from her a little later on, though , and little later on, though, and she's certainly going to be hoping that as a first by—election in scotland looms in the next couple of months , that

the next couple of months, that people are going to be scratching their heads about how the snp government over the last decade or so has been spending pubuc decade or so has been spending public money. now, certainly as you as you mentioned , quite a you as you mentioned, quite a few of these purchases, a yoga class you mentioned and a £200 worth of wellington boots and a single pair, i believe a lot of questions are being asked over why so many of these have been put through and not the civil servants. it's quite unclear, to be honest, though, of an exact number for you about how many civil servants list civil servants this list concludes, but over 36 months, i think we can agree that this is quite list of spending. quite a large list of spending. and the last thing the snp really wants right now is a bigger spotlight on their spending ring. well tony, it does seem like a most extraordinary story following on, of course , from some on, of course, from some questions around the snp's own party finances. >> now this is a distinct story,

but it does feed into a sense that there is some sort of perhaps improper piety with how or at least carelessness with how some senior figures in the scottish government have been deaung scottish government have been dealing with money. yes that's correct. >> i mean, it is a really important to stress here. this is a complete different story. but i think scottish labour, they are going to be trying to point the finger at the snp for how frivolous they spend as a government and also to keep the party running behind the scenes i >> -- >> well, 5mm >> well, tony, thank you so much for bringing us the detail of that story. big, big concern for people in scotland . people in scotland. >> just want to update you on the breaking news this lunchtime. that is about a stabbing that has taken place near the british museum in london, a location where there will be plenty of tourists today. the police have now lifted all cordons in the area and the british museum has reopened to visitors. the museum

tavern , which is right nearby, tavern, which is right nearby, we understand, remain closed. >> yes, a man was arrested earlier this morning after a stabbing nearby just opposite the museum . we are, of course, the museum. we are, of course, unclear here as to any motivation or further details, but the news just breaking in the last few moments is the british museum has now reopened and do stay with us here on the live desk on gb news is the energy price cap keeping bills high? >> well, it wasn't it supposed to help keep our bills down? we will be explaining all with the help of liam halligan very shortly. he will be telling us much more about this. first, it's that all important weather forecast east with alex. >> that warm feeling inside from boxt boilers. proud sponsors of weather on . gb news. weather on. gb news. >> hello alex deegan here with your latest weather update from the met office for gb news. it will warm up over the next

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gb news. >> welcome back to the live desk on gb news with tom harwood and pip tomson. the energy price cap could be keeping bills higher than necessary. that's not what you want to hear. preventing households from shopping around for cheaper deals and of course, ultimately fuel inflation. >> well, that's according to a new report from the centre for policy studies, a think tank in westminster, better known as the cps , first introduced in 2017, cps, first introduced in 2017, ofcom off gems energy price cap was a temporary measure to stop energy companies overcharging customers , especially the vulnerable. >> so is it time to scrap the cap? >> well, joining us now is gb news economics and business editor liam halligan with on the money . so, liam, this story

money. so, liam, this story could sound sort of counterintuitive to most people . surely a cap is meant to keep pnces . surely a cap is meant to keep prices lower. >> a cap is meant to keep prices lower. but the problem is the cap has become a kind of state mandated price controls for almost all deals now are at the level of the cap or just slightly below the level of the cap and switching has collapsed from roughly half a million households switching every month to less than 100,000 households switching every month since this cap was introduced. and the reason we care about what the cps says is that the cps , the cps says is that the cps, the senior people there, have traditionally tended to write the tory manifesto or help to write the tory manifesto. so they're unlikely to say things that are going to get a complete write in government, if you like, that are going to be completely rejected by ministers . so let's have a look at what the cps actually saying and think a little bit more about this energy price cap. as i've

written here, it was introduced in 2017 as a temporary measure , in 2017 as a temporary measure, just like income tax was introduced as a temporary measure during the napoleonic wars , and it sets a maximum wars, and it sets a maximum price for each household per energy unit. so if you use more energy, you still pay more, but it sets the kind of average unit cost that the average bill at a certain unit cost. it puts the cap on the unit cost. it's reviewed every three months and the annual household limit is currently £2,074. so if you use the average amount of energy of an average household , then the an average household, then the unit cost that they've capped it will charge you, it will cost you just over £2,000. that's per yeah you just over £2,000. that's per year. the cap is now under scrutiny. why is that? because most deals are at or just below the cap . so it seems as if the cap. so it seems as if there's no competition. and what there's no competition. and what the cps have said is that in practise the cap has become a kind of state mandated price, like a kind of price control. competition has all but

disappeared, says the cps. and they refer to that lack of switching that i mentioned . and switching that i mentioned. and then they say providers are not offering better value deals as wholesale prices come down. so the cap kind of has like a magnetic force. it keeps bills too high, even when wholesale pnces too high, even when wholesale prices suggest they should be lower than the cap. >> so what does this mean then, in layman's terms for marion lester, who's paying £200 a month for her gas and electricity ? electricity? >> well, as i've just been explaining, the cap probably there's no cap. >> is it going to be cheaper for her? well, it depends where the wholesale prices are. >> the whole point. >> that's the whole point. >> that's the whole point. >> the cap just makes it stickier so that all the prices stickier so that all the prices stick cap rather than stick to the cap rather than moving about. >> the wholesale >> let's say that the wholesale price down sharply the price comes down sharply and the cap there. and the cap cap is still there. and the cap hasn't been isn't being reviewed for another three then for another three months. then providers, of providers, they'll kind of they'll deny this, but they'll collude without actually talking to each other about collusion because that would be illegal. and they'll all stick around the cap, even though wholesale

cap, even though the wholesale price come down. that price may have come down. that suggests bills should suggests that bills should be a lot than the cap. now lot lower than the cap. now we're a new cap is we're going to see a new cap is going to come the middle going to come out in the middle of august the 25th. and of august, august the 25th. and we'll that is. and we'll see where that is. and based current wholesale based on current wholesale prices, mary and lester should be reassured that the cap will probably go down from just over 2000 to around 1700 or £1800 a yeah 2000 to around 1700 or £1800 a year. so a sizeable decrease, but i agree with rob colville , but i agree with rob colville, who runs the centre for policy studies . i've talked to him studies. i've talked to him about this. the cap acts as kind of like a magnet. it keeps pnces of like a magnet. it keeps prices too high when wholesale pnces prices too high when wholesale prices have dropped , and that's prices have dropped, and that's the problem. and we have seen much, much lower wholesale pnces much, much lower wholesale prices in uk for gas. prices here in the uk for gas. we've been getting lng gas from america. we haven't been using russian gas as much as we were though some of it gets in round the edges and yet our energy bills are still much, much higher . i was bills are still much, much higher. i was talking to you guys about this last week. our energy bills in the uk , there's energy bills in the uk, there's a unit called sent a euro per

kilowatt hour right . and ours kilowatt hour right. and ours are at 45. and in germany there are at 45. and in germany there are about 35. and in france they're at about 25. and in spain, they're at about 20. and in america, there are $18. wow. right so we are really paying a lot for our energy. and a lot of people think something i've written about the fact that the cps is highlighting it like this on a quiet news day. this is an important move from probably the most influential think tank in the country when it comes to tory policy and they're tory policy and what they're saying should scrap the saying is we should scrap the cap so households can benefit more from lower wholesale prices. and we'll see if this flies in government. >> thank you. and they'll certainly want to benefit, won't they, as it getting into they, as it starts getting into ultimately he's going to get colder right . the news coming ultimately he's going to get colder right. the news coming up very that, we will very shortly after that, we will be about whether be talking about whether the american xl dog should be american xl bully dog should be banned. is really banned. this is really controversial. we want to hear your thoughts . let's go now get your thoughts. let's go now get the headlines with . ray

the latest headlines with. ray >> 12:33. our top story , a man >> 12:33. our top story, a man was stabbed in the arm near the british museum in london. a short while ago. police arrested a male on suspicion of causing grievous bodily harm. an american visitor described how she was about to enter the queue at the museum when she was told to leave by police as well. the met saying that it was an isolated incident and there is no outstanding risk the no outstanding risk to the public. it's not being treated as terror related. and we understand that the museum has now reopened and more asylum seekers have been seen boarding the bibby stockholm. well, these pictures seen a short time ago show three people joining the 16 men already on board. around 20 asylum seekers did not board the barge as planned yesterday . barge as planned yesterday. today, that's after their transfers were cancelled due to legal challenges . a new task legal challenges. a new task force to root out so—called dodgy lawyers has been announced by the government . it follows by the government. it follows reports in the daily mail that solicitor has helped an

undercover journalist solicitor has helped an undercoverjournalist posing as undercover journalist posing as an migrant to submit an economic migrant to submit a false application in exchange for thousands of pounds. home secretary suella braverman described rogue firms as con men who must face the full force of the law for and people are lining the irish seafront to say their final goodbyes to sinead o'connor . for those of you o'connor. for those of you watching on tv, you can see live footage now . the procession has footage now. the procession has been travelling along the bray seafront and continue past her former home in montebello, where she lived for 15 years. a host of tributes calls flooding in upon news of the singer's death, including from russell crowe , including from russell crowe, annie lennox and cindy lauper. we can get more on all of those stories by visiting our website at gbnews.com . at gbnews.com. >> direct bullion sponsors the financial report on gb news for

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>> hello, welcome back to the live desk on gb news. we wanted to tell you now about a yougov poll which has been seen by gb news suggesting a majority of the british public support a ban on the american xl bully dog. the poll comes after the government said there were no plans to add the american bully xl to the breed of to the list of banned dogs. now this breed is in the spotlight after being responsible for killing 11 people since 2021. and joining us for more on this is gb news investigates, reporter charlie peters. charlie, such a controversial topic. this especially amongst dog owners. but tell us what you have found out. >> well, the polling shows that around 57% of the public support the ban with 17. opposition and yougov poll 2000 people. so it's the gold standard of british

polling . and then when you split polling. and then when you split it by political association, you find that 69% of conservative voters and 67% of brexiteers also backed the ban. so a very popular policy. it also should be noted that actually a majority of voters for all of the major political parties, labour and the lib dems, also support this ban. so it seems to have sort of cross—party voter support it and it comes amid some pretty bad press coverage of this breed. in recent years. we heard just now about those reported killings. we also know about a an online tracker called bully watch, which which tracks incidents involving this breed . incidents involving this breed. it found that it had killed. can we see a picture of this breed? >> i think because not everybody will know what these dogs look like. well let's just let's just take a look at them. there we go. >> listening on the >> so those listening on the radio, a cross breed of radio, that's a cross breed of a pit but because there's pit bull. but because there's quite a lot inbreeding in quite a lot of inbreeding in britain, the stock so britain, because the stock is so small this particular small of this particular breed, it produce a it does produce quite a significant and quite a significant and quite a significant creature. and if you are like

are listening, it's sort of like are listening, it's sort of like a bull, triple the size a pit bull, but triple the size and with big strong shoulders, they are very they are very powerful and they are very powerful dogs and they are very popular amongst people who like to powerful . well, indeed. to look powerful. well, indeed. and we have seen a lot of people buying them and they're very, very expensive well. they very expensive as well. they go for pounds. but for thousands of pounds. but also, has plenty of also, gb news has seen plenty of evidence people selling these evidence of people selling these dogs instagram posts where dogs on instagram posts where they them as family they advertised them as family pets . with right owner, pets. and with the right owner, you have this who will, you can have this pet who will, you can have this pet who will, you right in with your you know, fit right in with your family and of course, unfortunately, we've seen a lot of parents taking on these pets and sending back or often and sending them back or often to kennels issues with to kennels due to issues with their children on ten year old was killed by one of these bully xl's a couple of years ago, leading to a campaign from the daily mirror. >> do say daily mirror. >> do daily mirror. » do >> what do you say then to those who might say that this is more to do with the owner rather than the breed, that perhaps this isn't a dog for families who are busy or not well suited to perhaps dogs with with slightly more playful temperaments? why what would you say to those who

say that actually all this needs is the right owner and in the right hands? this is a lovely dog. >> well, chris philip, the policing minister, said last week that despite being week that despite it being a tiny fraction of the overall number of dogs in this country, they represent almost half of those the police due those taken in by the police due to violent incidents. greater manchester have also manchester police have also released footage a bully xl released footage of a bully xl charging down their offices as and so i think when people look at breeds and look at the temperament, according to breeds, retrievers retrieve terriers, and hunt and terriers, go out and hunt and what does a bully do and a lot of people are i think are sharing quite a lot of concern that these dogs are bred into that these dogs are bred into that kind behaviour. that kind of behaviour. >> but they bred and over >> but they are bred and over bred by the human beings that bred by by the human beings that are charge them . and i are in charge of them. and i know cases of labradors that have bitten of cocker spaniels, that have bitten, you know, every capable of doing every dog is capable of doing damage it's opening damage and it's opening up a such an interesting discussion because it feeds into the whole debate breed specific debate about breed specific legislation and should certain dog breeds like the one we're

talking about be banned and there's not a clear answer to that. but we will talk now to a gentleman, jordan jordan shelley, who is a canine behaviourist and also is the owner of an american xl bully . owner of an american xl bully. jordan, good to see you this afternoon. thanks for talking to us on gb news. we'll also be hopefully be coming to jane williams as well, who's committee member of the association of behaviour association of pet behaviour counsellors. jordan, counsellors. so jordan, hopefully you heard there what charlie was telling us about what he's discovered, what do you have to say to all that, especially with your knowledge of both canine behaviour and this particular breed of dog ? this particular breed of dog? >> so with my knowledge of both canine behaviour, this particular breed of dog and with my job at animal licencing wales, where we licence dog breeders , i think it's very breeders, i think it's very clear to me that there's a real issue around the breeding of these dogs, more so than the breed and the types of people that are breeding them, not

taking into consideration in health welfare behaviour when they're breeding the dogs is the real issue. >> and i believe that if this type of dog is banned , the same type of dog is banned, the same people will simply just breed a different type. they'll move on to a dog of a slightly different shape that doesn't fit the criteria and that's what they'll breed instead. jordan so just tell us to look at restrictions of owners. you know, we're just looking at pictures of you with your of you with your pet dog. >> i think he's with you now. i'd love to see him. there he is. yes. can we can we see any more of him? just tell us about him. what is he like as your as your pet ? your pet? >> he came to me after he was seized by the police at five months old. he was taken from the people that chopped off his ears illegally. and he moved in with me at about ten months. he spent five months in the police kennels. and he came in and he walked into a house with a chihuahua and another cat, and

with training and time and real compassion. he has adapted into being a really lovely, well—rounded dog. he's also training to become a search and rescue dog . i don't know whether rescue dog. i don't know whether we'll make the cut, but we're trying. >> is it clear to you, as someone with huge experience in deaung someone with huge experience in dealing with animals, that some animals simply have a more docile temperament and others require a lot more care , require a lot more care, attention and perhaps speciality to owen is there a particular concern that this breed the american bully xl, does need people who know how to deal with dogs that are perhaps by temperament, more difficult to own this? >> i have no more concern of it than i would say with a rottweiler or any other type of mast of or any large breed of dog. you know, you need to have that experience when handling and training these dogs and making sure that you are putting in the time that they need to

train because they are big dogs. and like if any of and no, i feel like if any of those larger breeds ended up in the hands of the people that are currently breeding the bullies, we'd seeing same problems we'd be seeing the same problems and statistics. and the same statistics. >> you put these these >> so do you put these these these shocking statistics, really attacks really half of all dog attacks in the last two years from this one of one specific breed of dog, of which there are not many in the united accounting for united kingdom accounting for half attacks? that, half of those attacks? is that, in view, to down the in your view, just to down the sort gangs that breeding them? >> there's a huge influence. organised crime gangs involved in the breeding of these dogs. it's like the new drug money, basically, the amount that these dogs are for going is obscene. and it's an easy money for them by comparison to drugs. and i think that's what they've moved into. just move into into. and they'll just move into the after the after the next breed after the after this and after these are banned . so i think we really need to look at restrictions owners look at restrictions of owners and can make sure owners and how we can make sure owners are getting the right education. and there's things in place for early on. and early intervention on. and i really that should be really believe that we should be moving an education moving towards an education based system . based licencing system. >> jordan just just stay there.

we're going to we're just going to speak to jane williams, also with jane williams, who's also with us. member of us. she's committee member of the association of pet behaviour counsellors. jane is banning the american bully. the answer to these attacks ? these attacks? >> in short, i agree with john jordan that it's not the answer . i think the points that have already been raised about the need for much better education of owners, people need to really think about what it means to be a responsible dog owner before they decide to take on any breed of dog. and i'd come at this really from as you would expect with my work as a behaviourist and trainer to say that, um, there's a huge amount of work for us to do in terms of encouraging and educating owners about how important it is to train these dogs, you know, responsibly . and that goes for responsibly. and that goes for all breeds really all pet, pet dog owners need to think about training and behaviour. it's absolutely key . and dogs that

absolutely key. and dogs that are well trained and well cared for by their owners are not the type of dogs that are involved in these kind of incidents. generally >> and jane, just to be very clear on this, of course, the kennel club does list traits that go with certain dogs, any dog owner will know this when they're looking for a dog. some might be more docile, some might be and this be more hyperactive. and this will generally be bred into the dogs. there are these traits and how should people go about choosing a dog for them and their families? should they look at breed specific traits ? at breed specific traits? >> yes, i think that's really, really important point that you raise. it's very you know, people do need to think about that. and unfortunately, because we're human beings, what we think about is what the dog looks like . and, you know, looks like. and, you know, whether or not we think it's pretty or, you know, colourful, the right colour and all that sort of thing. and actually what we should be thinking about is only the temperament and the dog's needs and requirements. so if got a high dog

if we've got a high energy dog that needs a lot of exercise, then we have to be in a position to offer that in the home that we provide for dog. if we've we provide for the dog. if we've got more relaxed , a bit of got a more relaxed, a bit of a calmer dog , then you know, we calmer dog, then you know, we that that might give us a bit more scope for maybe not exercising the dog quite as much. but all those things and how much time you can spend with the dog every day all of that stuff's absolutely essential when decide what breed of when you decide what breed of dog best you. and dog is best for you. and although dogs are bred, as you said earlier, for specific characteristics , it's these bull characteristics, it's these bull breeds , although they were breeds, although they were originally bred to fight other animals, they were never bred to be aggressive towards people even be aggressive towards people ever. and it's one of the traits that they actually don't have. >> okay, jane, thank you very much. just want to bring jordan shelley back in and his dog, bafil. shelley back in and his dog, basil . i'll shelley back in and his dog, basil. i'll just tell me how how heavy is basil? can we actually see him? jordan, if we say his name, might he look at the camera? oh, there he is. >> there you go .

>> there you go. >> there you go. >> how. >> how. >> how. >> how heavy is he ? sorry, >> how heavy is he? sorry, because he is powerful . because he is powerful. >> he's 37 kilos now. and he was about 29 when he came out of the kennels to me. and he's a very gentle dog, like considering his size. he's he's gentle with the chihuahua and with the cat and with other dogs that he meets when he's out on a walk. i think it's all down to training and socialisation. and the more you train, the more likely you are to have a happy, well—rounded dog. i'm here dog. and whilst i'm here chatting to you well, i think chatting to you as well, i think we need to point the we really need to point out the fact his have been chopped fact his ears have been chopped off, like i said earlier, and it's a really abhorrent thing. i ran anti ear cropping ran the anti ear cropping campaign not crop campaign in the uk, not crop that 100 petition that got the 100 petition through and i really want to see movement on that. the fact movement on that. and the fact that government dropped that the government have dropped the bill really disappointing. >> jordan really appreciate your time this afternoon. it is such a well, it's a topic that gets so many people going, understandably, but it's good to see that that basil there is in such responsible hands. and

that's what all dogs should be in. >> absolutely. really really concerning to see the ear cropping going on and the way that people treat these dogs sometimes. but but jordan and jane. thank you so much jane. indeed. thank you so much for joining us. thank and forjoining us. thank you. and indeed, or indeed, to anyone watching or listening this program, gb listening to this program, gb views at cbnnews.com is the email address to write into . if email address to write into. if you have a view on the dangerous dogs act, if you have a view as to whether the dangerous or quote dangerous dog, the quote unquote dangerous dog, the american bully xl, should be banned. >> yeah, i'd love to hear what you think. schneider connor's funeral is taking place today, two weeks after she passed away . aslef nothing compares . the . aslef nothing compares. the nothing compares to you . nothing nothing compares to you. nothing compared to her. people have been lining the streets in bray to say their final goodbyes , to say their final goodbyes, where sinead o'connor used to live for some 15 years. and it's understood bob geldof and u2's

bono were among the mourners at the private funeral. or is it bono ? i always say that wrong. bono? i always say that wrong. >> i think it's i think it is bono. but bono, the family ianed bono. but bono, the family invited fans to pay their respects in person today as the cortege passes along the seafront where they played. nothing compares to you and indeed sung along nothing compares to you. well, joining us now is music producer nick stewart, who can join us just now. and nick, thank you for making the time this afternoon . making the time this afternoon. soon because sinead o'connor touched the lives of so many people , not just through her people, not just through her music and songs, but indeed what she said about other issues like like domestic violence . like domestic violence. >> well, thank you for having me on. good to be back with you again. um i think it's one thing, by the way, it is, bono. i can tell you that. um, also present was michael higgins ,

present was michael higgins, michael d higgins, the president of , of michael d higgins, the president of, of ireland. he said the outpouring of grief and appreciation of the life and work of sinead o'connor demonstrates the profound impact she had on the irish people. so it the, the really sad thing about jenny, if you say to anybody sinead o'connor, they go , 0h, anybody sinead o'connor, they go , oh, yes, nothing compares to you and that's it. some people might say her first single man, dinka , which set her on her way dinka, which set her on her way in in 1987, but she did. she was a wonderful vocalist , a wonderful vocalist, particularly of other people's songs. she did a lot of traditional irish songs. she made a number of albums , um, made a number of albums, um, passed , you know, the ones that passed, you know, the ones that we i've just mentioned and um, she's made an album with david holmes before she died, and that will be released, i'm told, having spoken to her record company earlier today that will

be released at some point. um, the album is called you just get the album is called you just get the note here. the album is called no veteran dies alone , called no veteran dies alone, and she completed eight tracks with david holmes and by 2021 it went into abeyance because tragically , her son committed tragically, her son committed suicide . this is a lady who had suicide. this is a lady who had a lot of pain and agony in her life. i mean, so many people are paying life. i mean, so many people are paying tribute to her today. >> apologies for interrupting. we're running out of time, but we really appreciate your tribute to sinead o'connor today , who died two weeks ago at the age of 56. she was an extra ordinary woman indeed. >> that was music producer nick stewart . now, up next, the stewart. now, up next, the british museum has now reopened after a man was stabbed just outside, forcing an evacuate . an outside, forcing an evacuate. an a man has been arrested on suspicion of grievous bodily harm will be live at the scene. that's just after the weather

with alex. >> the temperatures rising . boxt >> the temperatures rising. boxt solar proud sponsors of weather on . gb news. on. gb news. >> hello alex deegan here with your latest weather update from the met office for gb news. it will warm up over the next couple of days . today, a bit of couple of days. today, a bit of a north south split with dull and damp conditions in the south. something a bit brighter further it's very further north. but it's very windy far thanks to windy in the far north thanks to this area of low pressure this deep area of low pressure named storm hans by the norwegian weather service, bringing some wet and windy conditions the conditions to scandinavia. the low affecting isn't low pressure affecting us isn't as it's just making for as intense, it's just making for as intense, it's just making for a damp day over parts of a fairly damp day over parts of the midlands. south wales and after a measly start it might get little in the get a little brighter in the south—west that light rain and drizzle spreading east anglia drizzle spreading to east anglia and east yorkshire, and the south east yorkshire, lancashire , northern ireland lancashire, northern ireland and a scotland a good chunk of scotland actually having fine day, dry actually having a fine day, dry and but it very windy and bright, but it is very windy in far northeast with gales in the far northeast with gales at across shetland at times across shetland temperature wise. well high teens and low 20s at best. now the cloud and rain and drizzle

could pep up a little bit through this evening, could see some heavier bursts of rain across essex and towards london for a time. but it clears for a time. but it all clears away places become away most places become dry overnight stiff across overnight. a stiff wind across the northeast continues, but the far northeast continues, but elsewhere, the winds fall. light and it does turn

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tom harwood. >> now the british museum has reopened after a man was stabbed close by forcing a museum evacuated an a man has been arrested on suspicion of grievous bodily harm . we'll be grievous bodily harm. we'll be live at the scene after the first arrivals on the asylum seekers barge in portland. >> the home secretary wages war on corrupt immigration lawyers, a special task force has been set up to root out those who coach asylum seekers to lie in to order remain in the uk and the travel upgrades for nicola sturgeon, which cost the taxpayer mayer thousands spending . spending. >> public figures show how pubuc >> public figures show how public money was used for the former snp leader to have vip treatment during her time as first minister because nothing come pairs , nothing compares to come pairs, nothing compares to you , nothing compared to her. you, nothing compared to her. >> fans lined the streets to pay

tribute to the late sinead o'connor, the irish singer's funeral procession has passed through the seafront in the irish town where she lived for 15 years . 15 years. >> now we're also looking today at polling, which shows that the majority of brits support banning a dog known as the american bully xl. it's responsible for around half of dog attacks in the last two years. do you think that this is an issue of the dog or the breeders or the owners? >> and it's such an interesting debate. we've not long been talking to a canine behaviourist who owns an american xl bully breed. and we saw him. he's absolutely gorgeous. we'll be showing you him again a little later on. do get in touch with your thoughts on this gb views at gbnews.com now, though, here's your latest headlines with . ray

with. ray >> good afternoon. 1:02. our top story this hour, police have arrested a man following a stabbing near the british museum in london earlier on today. stabbing near the british museum in london earlier on today . an in london earlier on today. an american visitor describing how she was about to enter the queue at the museum when she was told to leave by police. the building was evacuated and the area cordoned off while police attended the scene. now it's not being treated as terror related and the museum has now reopened . suella braverman says lawyers who assist migrants with bogus asylum claims are con men who must face the full force of the law. the home secretary's comments come after reports in the daily mail that solicitors helped an undercover journalist helped an undercoverjournalist posing as an economic migrant to submit a false application in exchange for thousands of pounds. a new task force announced by the government will bnng announced by the government will bring together regulatory bodies. law enforcement and other government department to

root out these so—called dodgy law firms. lord chancellor alex chalk told us no one is above the law . the law. >> yes, i'm absolutely comfortable that those who breach their professional duties, who act illegally should be convicted, punished and disgraced. i'm entirely comfortable with that. and indeed, there are various agencies, whether it's the office of immigration services commissioner, the national crime agency, the cps, they should all be doing their playing their part in rooting out illegal practise. professionals should not have some kind of immunity. simply because they're lawyers. and i speak as one myself. if they behave badly, if they behave illegally, they deserve to held to account . to be held to account. >> a haulage firm that's part of one of uk's largest one of the uk's largest transport groups says it may be forced to shut down its site in northern ireland due to brexit. gb news has seen a letter sent by morgan mcclean to staff that blames the consequences of post—brexit arrangements for possible redundancies. the company delivers to every major uk supermarket. the business

community in northern ireland is still awaiting details about the windsor framework that was signed in february. john martin from the road haulage association says hundreds of jobs could be affected and if you're investing tens of millions of pounds in a business, you need clarity and surety and that hasn't been coming from government . coming from government. >> i think the concern is if they tell us the detail, everybody will realise that it's not what the prime minister promised. well, in the morgan—mcclure learned group you're talking about hundreds of jobs, the only jobs, but they're not the only company that's under pressure at the a number of other the moment. a number of other haulage companies and manufacturing are manufacturing companies are already looking at the viability of businesses in northern of their businesses in northern ireland, a number of bus services in the uk has halved in the last 12.5 years. >> labour found that there were nearly 9000in the year to march. that's compared to nearly 18,000in 2011. the west midlands has been the hardest hit, they say, with two thirds of routes cut. but the government says labour's criticism is .misleading

as it's invested £35 billion into bus services since 2020. a new report says. ofgems energy price cap is costing people money and driving inflation. the centre for policy studies says the limit has gone far beyond its original purpose of protecting customers and the regulator is now effectively stunting competition. the department for energy has stressed that it's always working to protect households from sky high bills . retail from sky high bills. retail sales slowed last month as wet weather meant consumers had no reason to restock their summer wardrobes . figures from the wardrobes. figures from the british retail consortium found that sales increased by just 1.5. that's down from 2.3% the previous july. 1.5. that's down from 2.3% the previous july . food, drink and previous july. food, drink and homeware were the high street's best sellers. meanwhile total food sales increased by 8.4% as inflation eased slightly from its march high. students across scotland are receiving their exam results today, with pass

rates still higher than before the covid pandemic. more than 140,000 young people are receiving their grades for national four fs and fives highers and advanced highers. the results showed a record number of passes in an exam year achieved at national five. education secretary jenny gilruth saying that while the pandemic disproportionately impacted young people from disadvantage backgrounds, the exam results show that there is much to celebrate . and as we've much to celebrate. and as we've been hearing, people have been lining the irish sea front to say their final goodbyes to sinead o'connor , the 56 year old sinead o'connor, the 56 year old grammy winning artist was found unresponsive lviv when police were called to a home in south—east london last month . south—east london last month. the procession travelled along the braye seafront and passed her former home in montebello , her former home in montebello, where she lived for 15 years as a host of tributes flooded in upon news of the singer's death, including from celebrity djs such as russell crowe, annie lennox and cyndi lauper.

such as russell crowe, annie lennox and cyndi lauper . this is lennox and cyndi lauper. 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 choose. now let's get back to pip and . tom get back to pip and. tom >> now security has been stepped up at the british museum this lunchtime after a man was stabbed just outside . police say stabbed just outside. police say the attack is not being treated as terror related at this stage. >> our national reporter paul hawkins is at the scene. paul, what can you tell us about what has happened here? >> yeah, so we're three hours after the initial incident where after the initial incident where a man stabbed another man just a few feet from where we're standing. in fact, opposite the road, just where you can see that car behind the taxi opposite the museum tavern there. that's where there was a police tent. earlier reports that a man stabbed another man and 1—1 eye witness reporting an

angry man angrily stabbing another man with what looked like a machete. we haven't been able to verify that he was stabbed in the arm. we do know that police say paramedics took the man away to hospital. they attended to him at the scene and he's being treated for he's now being treated for a major injury to his arm. in the meantime , the museum was closed meantime, the museum was closed for a couple of hours. as you can see, it has since reopened. in fact, in the last few minutes this queue has started moving. and as you say, there is heightened security in place. but essentially the road here was for a couple was cordoned off for a couple of hours police hours as well while police investigated that , as you can investigated that, as you can see, now reopened. and see, is now reopened. and really, people going about really, people are going about their they're their business and they're asking enormous asking why. there's an enormous queue here. >> okay, paul , thank you very >> okay, paul, thank you very much. and we can just tell you, the latest is that man has the latest is that a man has been arrested on suspicion of grievous bodily harm. that is coming in from the metropolitan police as well. >> in other news, there's more migrants board the bibby stockholm barge in dorset this

morning . the home office is morning. the home office is threatening to withdraw government support for those who refused to spend their first night on the vessel. 20 refused to spend their first night on the vessel . 20 asylum night on the vessel. 20 asylum seekers did not embark after their transfer orders were reversed. >> justice secretary alex chalk has acknowledged it is frustrating , saying that just 15 frustrating, saying that just 15 migrants have boarded the 500 capacity barge amid a series of legal challenges as well. let's get the latest with our home and security editor mark white. mark good to see you from portland in dorset there, some latest figures, nearly 173,000 asylum seekers in march were awaiting a decision that is the equivalent of 345 bibby stockholm homes. so they need to get the government a lot more people on board these barges . barges. >> yeah, but these people are already in accommodation. remember, they've been in accommodation for a number of years. these are legacy de backlog figures of people who have arrived on the boats since

2018 in the backs of lorries and come through another means , many come through another means, many of them, about 51,000, are in hotels. the rest have gone into either council housing stock or in rented accommodation. so the ones that are looking really to put on the likes of the bibby stockholm or indeed to put into the bases is wethersfield and up at scampton in lincolnshire , at scampton in lincolnshire, there are ones who are currently in hotels at the moment and others who will be coming across the channel when the conditions improve. i'm afraid today the cloud base has dropped right down. it's been raining consistently and the winds have really picked up today . so not really picked up today. so not very pleasant at all. in portland, we think about 20 or so asylum seekers are now on this barge 15 arriving yesterday

and at least so far today , at and at least so far today, at least five have arrived . now, least five have arrived. now, there have been letters that have gone out in effect saying effectively warning letters that have gone out from home, the home office, to those asylum seekers who have refused to get on the buses to take them to the bibby stockholm following legal advice from charities and lawyers. now that that letter warning letter reads part of it at least accommodation is offered on a no choice basis, where asylum seekers fail to take up an offer of suitable accommodation , often without a accommodation, often without a reasonable explanation. there should be no expectation that alternative accommodation will be offered and the letter goes on to say quite clearly if you do not travel on the 8th of august, that's today arrangements for ceasing the support that you're receiving from the home office may

commence so that support that housing support, of course , if housing support, of course, if it was withdrawn, would effectively mean that those asylum seekers would be rendered homeless . the government has homeless. the government has a legal requirement to ensure that no asylum seeker is destitute. but having said that, they have offered accommodation option. they might be able to argue legally that that accommodate opfion legally that that accommodate option was offered and refused . option was offered and refused. >> but it is fascinating, mark, that there were 50 individuals earmarked to go on to this vessel yesterday. but at the time that we are speaking, we can only confirm that around 20 have actually gone on board. are we expecting, therefore , that we expecting, therefore, that potentially 30 migrants by close of play today may see their home office support revoked . office support revoked. >> well, it's certainly possible that that might happen, although i think that what will happen in

the first instance is that there will be some kind of legal representations that would have to be made , and it may well to be made, and it may well become a lengthy and drawn out . become a lengthy and drawn out. we see it just so often throughout this migrant crisis in so many different areas that the home office try to put people into certain hotels , into people into certain hotels, into bases, into the bibby stockholm barge. they're met by protests. they're met by potential legal action. and once again, that's what we're seeing, the government being frustrated by the legal advice of lawyers and charities who are telling the asylum seekers that , yes, they asylum seekers that, yes, they may well have a legitimate reason not to go on the barge because of this or because of that or whatever the particular issue might be. and what it might eventually result in is litigation that just knocks the whole process on and means we

get , you know, a few whole process on and means we get, you know, a few coming on in dribs and drabs , but not the in dribs and drabs, but not the 500 that we were expecting in the coming weeks and months . the coming weeks and months. >> well, mark, thank you so much for bringing us the very latest there from the site, of course, of the bibby , stockholm. but of the bibby, stockholm. but more on what mark was saying there. the government has launched a task force to tackle crooked lawyers who are holding up asylum claim claims those who make false claims for their clients could face up to life in prison. >> joining us now to discuss this is immigration lawyer ivan sampson . john, what do you think sampson. john, what do you think then, ivan, of this task force? is it distract from the real issue ? issue? >> i think it's disproportionate . look, in every any any profession, you're going to get some good ones and bad ones. bad ones. some good ones and bad ones. bad ones . right. some good ones and bad ones. bad ones. right. in police force , in ones. right. in police force, in judges, even, i would argue news presenters, you're going to get some good ones and bad ones, right? that's just life. and we

know that we've caught a few . know that we've caught a few. they've managed to catch a few. but if you look at the number of solicitors per 100,000 solicitors, you've got to put it into context. this and i think it's not accepted that this is a problem in the legal profession of solicitors making false or bogus asylum applications is i think it's another the mail the mail has found a number of firms that seem to be up to their neck in this. >> there are examples of lawyers who are lying. what is the impact ? who are lying. what is the impact? principal who are lying. what is the impact ? principal objection. impact? principal objection. even if it's only a few bad apples to have a task force to find these bad apples and ban them for life . them for life. >> i think they should go for it. but it's just a question of pubuc it. but it's just a question of public funds and it isn't a problem. and i can tell you in my profession and the and the law society, i can speak for themselves. but i don't think it's a it's really for them.

they're the ones, the and the law society's task to regulate lawyers . and they should be lawyers. and they should be doing that . i don't see it as a doing that. i don't see it as a problem . i'm glad these people problem. i'm glad these people have been caught. i'm glad that they've been closed down and they've been closed down and they should be. no doubt eventually, once the process is complete and it's found to be true, if it's found to be true, then they'll be struck off. but it's again, the government show voting and saying, look, we're doing everything we to can stop the boats . this is all about the boats. this is all about stop the boats , everything they stop the boats, everything they do these days is all about stop the boats and they're not going to stop the boats because we're not on the other side of the channel we don't have a bilateral agreement with france. until we do, we won't. secondly, we're not removing anybody. so even if we identify someone who is a bogus asylum seeker, what are we doing with them? nothing. we're just letting them stay. so if it's detracts from the government's deficiency and proper strategy and having

proper strategy and having proper plans to deal with asylum seekers and they don't have it . seekers and they don't have it. >> well, ivan sampson, thank you so much forjoining us to so much for joining us to discuss this thorny issue, immigration lawyer ivan sampson there. thanks for your time. >> now , more than £14 million >> now, more than £14 million worth of taxpayers cash was spent on credit card transactions by scottish civil servants in a three year period, including almost £10,000 on vip airport upgrades as well. >> the full breakdown on spending obtained by scottish labour covers all purchases between september 2019 and august 20th, 22. it includes vip travel for former first minister of scotland nicola sturgeon, and indeed her staff, who used a firm which fast tracks clients through check in and provides a vip lounge . vip lounge. >> the list of transactions also shows that public money was spent on hundreds of books, yoga classes . as i love this hail

classes. as i love this hail stoppers and nail varnish. well, we all need a bit of that, don't we? >> well, it's incredible the taxpayer funding this stuff . but taxpayer funding this stuff. but joining us now is our scotland reporter tony maguire and, tony, first of all, i have to ask, did you ever notice nicola sturgeon's nails looking particularly fancy? and do you think the scottish people will mind it's their money that mind that it's their money that was making them so ? was that was making them so? >> well, i think as a scottish person, i think we all know the answer to that. second point. and certainly , you know, nicola and certainly, you know, nicola sturgeon very much always took care of how she presented herself in public. and, you know, and as i guess as the leader of one of the nations , leader of one of the nations, you know, she thought it upon herself to make sure that that was the case throughout her tenure , however, 14 million over tenure, however, 14 million over three years is an amounting to 58,000 a transactions on these procurement cards seems a little obscene , excessive, shall we say

obscene, excessive, shall we say . and just as a small note , i . and just as a small note, i looked into those heel stoppers after the last hour. apparently, those were for a german event . those were for a german event. and when, you know, she was attending and it had quite a historic floor. so make sure that those heels didn't scratch that those heels didn't scratch that piece of history. just a wee factoid for you there. but yes, certainly there's some list going through it. the things you didn't mention was a home disco from ebay and £272 pair of wellington boots and perhaps one of my favourite is 21 copies of how to run a government. so that citizens benefit and taxpayers don't go crazy. and certainly this is some major egg on the face of the scottish government who are seeing these these expenses going through. and as you mentioned, they were acquired by scottish labour and i had some time with deputy leader jackie baillie not long leaderjackie baillie not long ago and around what she thought of all this . of all this. >> well, i think it was the

scale of the expenditure on the scottish government's credit card at a time where people are really struggling because of the cost of living crisis . here we cost of living crisis. here we had civil servants , ministers, had civil servants, ministers, you know, using a credit card to buy everything from nail varnish through to driving lessons . as through to driving lessons. as you know, the amount spent on vip treatment for the first minister that was then nicola sturgeon , going through sturgeon, going through airports. she couldn't queue like the rest of us. it was just eyewatering and at a time where people genuinely are struggling, this just looked as if they were wasting taxpayers money. but what concerned us the most is that those habits of being careless with other people's money seems to have infected them in government too. so we see the scale of this extraordinary expenditure on a huge range of quite frivolous things that , you know, the things that, you know, the ordinary member of the public just simply will not understand . i understand, for example, that there was money spent on on 30 odd books on how to run

government without annoying the taxpayer . taxpayer. >> no , exactly. i think the >> no, exactly. i think the sentiment there that i got from jackie baillie was very much that the scottish public should be extremely disappointed with how their money was spent because this was taxpayers money. after all, it's the most extraordinary story. >> thank you so much for bringing it to us. no doubt. no doubt. people at home will have a view as well. vaiews@gbnews.com should the scottish taxpayer have been paying scottish taxpayer have been paying for nicola sturgeon's nail paying for nicola sturgeon's naiii'm going to be looking at >> i'm going to be looking at her nails a lot more closely from her nails a lot more closely frorwell , stay with us here on >> well, stay with us here on the live desk on gb news. >> sorry, i'm completely >> sorry, i'm just completely distracted now. i think we distracted by now. i think we all are. >> yeah. >> yeah. >> what colour? i'm to buy >> what colour? i'm going to buy later. have been talking later. we have been talking dunng later. we have been talking during show about the during the show about the american bully asking you american xl bully asking you whether think they should be whether you think they should be banned. we are getting so many views on this topic. >> we'll be coming to those views just after the break.

stick with us. here's the weather. like things are weather. looks like things are heating up. >> bob boilers, proud sponsors of weather on . gb news. of weather on. gb news. >> hello. alex deegan here with your latest weather update from the met office for gb news. it will warm up over the next couple of days. today, a bit of a north south split with dull and damp conditions in the south. something a bit brighter further very further north. but it's very windy far north thanks to windy in the far north thanks to this of low pressure this deep area of low pressure named hans by the named storm hans by the norwegian service, norwegian weather service, bringing some wet and windy conditions scandinavia conditions to scandinavia to the low isn't low pressure affecting us isn't as intense, it's just making for as intense, it's just making for a damp day over parts of a fairly damp day over parts of the midlands south wales and after a measly start it might get little brighter in the get a little brighter in the south—west but light rain south—west but that light rain and spreading east and drizzle spreading to east anglia the east anglia and the south east yorkshire, lancashire, near northern and good northern ireland and a good chunk of scotland actually having fine dry and having a fine day, dry and bright. but it is very windy in having a fine day, dry and brigfar but it is very windy in having a fine day, dry and brigfar north—eastry windy in having a fine day, dry and brigfar north—east with ndy in having a fine day, dry and brigfar north—east with gales at the far north—east with gales at times shetland. times across shetland. temperature wise. well, high teens, low 20s at best. now the

cloud and rain and drizzle could p9p up a cloud and rain and drizzle could pep up a little bit through this evening , could see some heavier evening, could see some heavier bursts of rain across essex and towards london time. but towards london for a time. but it all away. most places it all clears away. most places become overnight. stiff become dry overnight. a stiff wind across far north—east wind across the far north—east continues , but elsewhere, the continues, but elsewhere, the winds fall and it does winds fall light and it does turn chilly, actually. turn quite chilly, actually. rural single rural spots down into single figures. us will figures. but most of us will have a warmer wednesday and for many, it'll be a fine day too, with plenty of sunshine quite cloudy wales and cloudy in west wales and northern ireland where there will some light rain and will be some light rain and drizzle at times quite cloudy also for parts of devon and cornwall clouding in cornwall and clouding over in southwest scotland. but many central and eastern parts staying fine, turning bit staying fine, turning a bit warmer tomorrow . warmer on warmer tomorrow. warmer still on thursday . thursday. >> looks like things are heating up a boxt boilers proud sponsors of weather on .

gb news. >> well welcome back to the live desk here on gb news with me, tom harwood and pip thompson. and you've been emailing in a lot of you have been emailing in about this story about whether or not the american xl bully dog should be banned. yeah >> thanks to all of you for getting in touch. keep them coming in. lynn says we need to look at the deed and not the breed. the bully is supposedly a pit bull cross. then surely this makes it a pit bull type. there are so many bad owners and it's these that should be targeting.

>> whereas lesley says, unfortunately this particular breed of dog to be owned breed of dog appears to be owned for the most those who for the most part by those who are interested perceived are interested in the perceived kudos dogs . are interested in the perceived kudos dogs. until some kudos of the dogs. until some irresponsible human beings are banned from keeping dogs this huge powerful, muscular huge, powerful, muscular breed should not be allowed. >> philip says as very succinctly. ban them . only succinctly. ban them. only a fool or a would want one of these killers. >> whereas martin says, why not just licence these dogs with massive fines or imprisonment for those without licences >> and jay, thank you for getting in touch. you say the solution is simple. every single dog should be muzzled in public. no exceptions, no loopholes and a fine of a considerable minimum sum. perhaps £5,000. i'm not exactly sure how that would work in practise. >> i think that sounds a bit extreme to me, but andy in dorset has emailed in saying any dog can be dangerous, but bully dogs dna is aggressive and prevention is better than the cure . the only people who own cure. the only people who own these dogs are normally

irresponsible . irresponsible. >> well, lots of all your thoughts on that. yeah. and we will be talking about this again a little later. so do stay tuned for that. now haulage company, morgan mclernon is to enter into a consult period around closing its only site in northern ireland due to continued pressure around post—brexit arrangements. yes the chilled and frozen food transport company has told staff it's down to a lack of produce and pressure on costs . pressure on costs. >> pressure on costs. >> yet another concern for businesses in northern ireland that they are still waiting for details around the windsor framework that was negotiated in february . february. >> well, let's get more on this from gb news, northern ireland. reporter dougie beattie this all sounds a little complicated , sounds a little complicated, dougie. just explain it in very simple layman's terms, if you can please . can please. >> well, it is very, very complicated indeed . and we'll complicated indeed. and we'll stay away from the political side of it. let's just look at the business side of this. when brexit happened, the trading

specialists that took care of all that for britain decided cited that it would be easier to draw a red line right around england, scotland and wales , and england, scotland and wales, and that would be treated as a third country and everything outside of that would be in the eu or the eu legal system that included northern ireland, of course, which is indeed part of the uk. it feeds about 6.6 million mouths in the uk every year. million mouths in the uk every year . the million mouths in the uk every year. the problems million mouths in the uk every year . the problems with that, of year. the problems with that, of course , then started as high. course, then started as high. the goods were going to get from the uk into the eu that were no longer deemed to be. they were diverging . they were away from diverging. they were away from the eu regulations. so the protocol was actually taking the place and then out of that came the framework document. but people in northern ireland are still waiting for the details of the framework document and that runs out in the 1st of october. and earlier on i spoke to dougie beattie. no relation, but he is

the head of the ulster unionist party in northern ireland and he would be in the round his constituency in the round where morgan mclaren was and this is what he had to say. >> not good for the region whatsoever. and it's clear that there is long standing issues that have been running for a number of years which haven't been rectified in recent times. brexit was always going to be destabilising. >> we said that as a party, the protocol was never going to work. >> we said that as a party and the windsor framework we have now, which is not the starting place that we wanted to have, is trying to mitigate all the mistakes that were made over the years. >> but here's the problem. >> but here's the problem. >> there's information coming out. >> people just not know what >> people just do not know what is and whether drip is happening and whether drip feeding information to federation businesses federation of small businesses or general, or businesses in general, even larger businesses, it's not enough and it's not in a timely manner prepared. and the manner to be prepared. and the other as is i'm other thing is, as well is i'm not sure that they're not even sure that they're giving the information that's required to businesses who required to gb businesses who are going be operating to

are going to be operating to northern ireland. >> well, you get to hear from dougie beattie. his absolute frustration at that. but really what this boils down to is they will come to down about three big hauliers that will be coming in and of northern ireland. in and out of northern ireland. and of course, with of and of course, with lack of choice, prices will rise. choice, then prices will rise. and that is really what northern ireland is looking at in the next 6 to 8 months is price rises as hauliers find and trade and negotiate . this new and negotiate. this new framework document . framework document. >> oh, dougie, thank you so much for bringing us that story. big concern for people there in northern ireland, of course . northern ireland, of course. >> stay with us here on the live desk on gb news, we'll be talking about great train talking about the great train robbery . talking about the great train robbery. remember talking about the great train robbery . remember that? robbery. remember that? absolutely infamous. well we don't, obviously, but some of you who were with us might do this afternoon. there's still many questions about many unanswered questions about it. discussing that it. we'll be discussing that more very soon. first, here's the news with . ray the news with. ray >> thanks, pip. 1:33. our top

story, police have arrested a man following a stabbing near the british museum in london earlier on today. the british museum in london earlier on today . an american earlier on today. an american visitor described how she was about to enter the queue at the museum when she was told to leave by police as the building was evacuated and the area cordoned off while the force attended the scene . now it's not attended the scene. now it's not being treated as terror related and the museum has now reopen . and the museum has now reopen. ed, the elections watchdog was targeted by a cyber attack which allowed what it calls hostile actors to access people's information . the cyber attackers information. the cyber attackers were able to access copies of the electoral register with the name and address of anyone registered to vote between 2014 and 2022. the electoral commission's chief executive , commission's chief executive, sean mcnally, apologising to people whose information was hacked and saying that significant steps have since been taken to improve their it systems . suella braverman says systems. suella braverman says lawyers who assist migrants with bogus asylum claims are con men

who must face the full force of the law. the home secretary's comments come after reports in the daily mail that solicitors helped an undercover journalist helped an undercoverjournalist posing as an economic migrant to submit a false application in exchange for thousands of pounds . a new taskforce announced by the government will bring together regulatory bodies , law together regulatory bodies, law enforcement and other government departments to root out so—called dodgy law firms . there so—called dodgy law firms. there are half as many bus services across the uk now compared to 12.5 years ago. labour found that there were nearly 9000in the year to march . that's the year to march. that's compared to nearly 18,000 way back in 2011. the west midlands has been the hardest hit, according to that report, with two thirds of routes cut. but the government says labour's criticism is actually misleading , as it's invested £35 billion into bus services since 2020. you can get more on all of those stories by visiting our website,

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>> welcome back. now today marks the 60th anniversary of one of the 60th anniversary of one of the most infamous heists in british history . the most infamous heists in british history. dubbed the great train robbery . more than great train robbery. more than £26 million was stolen from a £2.6 million was stolen from a royal mail train. >> and i think in today's money, it's something like £45 million. well, ray addison, as south—east of england reporter, has more on this story . this story. >> in the early hours of the 8th of august, 1963, 15 men committed the most unique and audacious robbery. britain had ever seen. holding up the glasgow to euston mail train, the gang got away with £2.6

million, equivalent to around £45 million in today's money. the robbery and subsequent investigation captured the imagination of the british pubuc imagination of the british public and interest remains strong decades later . former strong decades later. former scotland yard detective chief inspector steve gaskin is holding a series of talks to mark the anniversary. >> what fascinates me is they were all given what i call political sentences because it was unprecedented . was unprecedented. >> they got 30 years. none of them served anywhere near 30 years. but i think there was political interference . political interference. >> now, the train was stopped at sears crossing between cheddington and leighton buzzard, but they forced the dnven buzzard, but they forced the driver, jack mills , to take the driver, jack mills, to take the front two carriages, which contained all the money and the high value packages . another high value packages. another half mile down the track here to bridego bridge, where under cover of darkness they formed a human chain and unloaded their loot. the gang's leader, bruce reynolds, used inside information to plan the caper ,

information to plan the caper, prompting massive security changes. graham satchwell is a former railway detective who's written about the robbery from the next tpo movie . the next tpo movie. >> it was loaded with uniformed constables and within a very short time, within months, there were arrangements in place right across the country so that police officers, uniformed police officers, uniformed police officers, uniformed police officers , would always police officers, would always escort tpos whether they were coming from weymouth or from bristol or from scotland or wherever . wherever. >> the majority of the gang was eventually caught and sentenced to a combined total of over 300 years imprisonment . but some, years imprisonment. but some, such as bruce reynolds , buster such as bruce reynolds, buster edwards and ronnie biggs , spent edwards and ronnie biggs, spent years on the run helping the robbers to achieve near celebrity status. but experts say questions still remain about the case. >> what happened to the money? >> what happened to the money? >> that is one of the biggest questions who was mr big? >> who was the guy that actually set the robbery up? >> who were the three unknown

robbers? >> was the insider who gave >> who was the insider who gave the information on which the train robbery depended ? train robbery depended? >> meanwhile, the human toll cannot forgotten. both train cannot be forgotten. both train drivers died within the next ten years. their families saying the robberies contributed to their ill health. but despite that, the fascination with the story continues, fuelled by a raft of books exploring new angles of the case. >> this book tells the story of the south coast raiders and their considerable success leading up to and participation in the great train robbery and it's not a glorified tale . it's not a glorified tale. >> this is a story of an individual being dragged into significant, serious crime with new books coming out every few years. >> it seems, anniversaries of this historic crime will be marked for decades to come. ray addison . gb news endlessly addison. gb news endlessly fascinating . fascinating. >> i'm absolutely transfixed by it. really really interesting. even though 60 years ago today . even though 60 years ago today. >> yeah, the sun has unmasked a labour by—election candidate as

a greenpeace eco zealot gaining traction after the group targeted pm rishi sunak's house for protests last week. >> yes, alastair strathern is labour's candidate for the mid—bedfordshire seat. his partner, megan courtney scott , partner, megan courtney scott, who is a double barrelled name, isn't it? works as a political officer for greenpeace . the officer for greenpeace. the couple dressed up as zombies and stood outside the home office at a protest in november last year i >> -- >> and those are the pictures you are looking at there. well, our political reporter, olivia utley is in westminster. olivia what has sir keir starmer had to say about this, if anything ? so say about this, if anything? so far ? far? >> well, it's not great news for keir starmer. he's already been in trouble for his associations with just stop oil in one of labour's donors, dale vince, an entrepreneur, donated £15 million to extinction rebellion and just stop oil so he was

already a little bit on the back foot. and this has just sort of added to the impression that labour gave the impression that the tories are trying to create that labour is sort of in bed with these eco zealots. now at the we've had we've heard the moment we've had we've heard a lot from the conservative cabinet cabinet, both grant shapps and suella braverman have come out swinging, saying that this is appalling and that labour must cut all ties with eco zealots . we've only heard eco zealots. we've only heard from a labour spokesman who said that whoever is in government should be willing to speak to all kinds of groups, even groups that they don't agree with . that they don't agree with. engagement most important engagement is the most important thing. well, that's all very well, but it is quite likely that voters who are reading this will think that this new, strengthened relationship between labour and the eco zealots. so to just recap, alastair strathern , the zombie alastair strathern, the zombie who was promoted sitting in front of the home office as part of greenpeace, he is the labour

candidate, the labour parliamentary candidate for mid bedfordshire . nadine dorries his bedfordshire. nadine dorries his seat now that is a pretty cosy relationship. >> again between greenpeace and laboun >> again between greenpeace and labour, which is really low hanging fruit for the conservatives . but of course the conservatives. but of course the conservatives. but of course the conservatives really need that low hanging fruit because this mid—bedfordshire by—election we still don't know when it's going to it's going to be a real to be. it's going to be a real test for rishi sunak and the government . nadine dorries has government. nadine dorries has a 25,000 strong tory majority, which in normal circumstances would be very safe indeed. but as we saw from the selby by—election last month, majorities are voting over 20,000. don't mean very much any more. and nadine dorries has not made herself popular with her own party members , grass roots own party members, grass roots members in her constituency for having this sort of quite messy resignation where she said she's going to resign but isn't yet resigning, hasn't given a date for her resignation. so tories and mid—bedfordshire are not happy the tories in government are to going have to throw everything they've got at everything that they've got at this is why this by—election, which is why

they're feasting this they're really feasting on this news that alastair strathearn, the labour candidate, is an eco zealot. >> so interesting how these by elections, sometimes local factors can be the absolute deciding point. we saw that of course in uxbridge. but olivia, while we've got you, i do want to ask you about some news that has just been breaking in the last few moments. the electoral commission has reportedly been hacked. what do we know about this ? this? >> well, it's a pretty astonishing story, really. the electoral commission has announced today that the email addresses and names of almost everyone who registered between registered to vote between 2014 and 2022 was accessed by hackers. now, this hacking happened over a year ago in october 2021. and the details of it have only just come to light today. so there are questions for the electoral commission about why this wasn't in investigated sooner, why they didn't know sooner, and what is

being done about it now . the being done about it now. the electoral commission argues and you can see where they're coming from that because the democratic process in the uk is still so paper based . the chances of paper based. the chances of hackers managing to influence an election by this sort of stunt remain very low. but that might be called comfort to the perhaps millions of people whose data has been accessed by hackers. what else will they be able to get hold of ? get hold of? >> absolutely. really, really concerned . earning stuff there, concerned. earning stuff there, i suppose. thank goodness that our elections are still on paper ballots rather than online in. >> oh, olivia , can you hear me? >> oh, olivia, can you hear me? yeah, can you hear us? >> olivia, i think there's a delay on the line. >> oh, okay. yes. yes >> well , >> oh, okay. yes. yes >> well, we'll leave. we'll leave it there. but, olivia, thank you very much for bringing us the very latest there on that news from the electoral commission that names have indeed been hacked from their database . database. >> yeah, information commissioner's office said it is

looking into the incident, but it's pretty concerning. it does sound like quite a serious breach. >> well, moving on. an army >> mhm. well, moving on. an army veteran has his own veteran has launched his own fight back against sadiq khan's ulez plan . khan's? ulez plan. khan's? >> yeah. quite extraordinary , >> yeah. quite extraordinary, this story. it's something you associate with prisoners or supporters of prisoners going on hunger strike. but pradeep singh, an army veteran, will not eat and only drink water for seven days in protest at the mayor of london's clean air tax thatis mayor of london's clean air tax that is due to be implemented from the 29th of august. >> yes, the veteran has set up camp outside uxbridge tube station where he says support for his protest is getting bigger by the day. >> well, it is a i'm battling against a you know, the cost of living crisis. i started my fight last year , you know, with fight last year, you know, with the rising cost of living. and as we are already struggling, you know, and there is another burden on the people with the ulez. so it has a very big

effect on the, you know, the people's life, not only economically, emotionally as well . well. >> well, it is an interesting way to protest against ulez. i don't know, in seven days, hope he'll be okay. >> well, isn't the point of a hunger strike that you're supposed to sort of stay on it? not not say when you're ending seven days, i wouldn't want to do it, but seven days doesn't sound very long. >> mhm. well i do hope he's all right, least it's a way right, but at least it's a way to your point. it is. how to make your point. it is. how strong you feel? strong do you feel? >> certainly talking about >> we're certainly talking about it. indeed the people of it. and indeed the people of uxbndge it. and indeed the people of uxbridge seem uxbridge really did seem passionate in that passionate about it in that by—election whether it is by—election now whether it is actually picking actually supposed to be picking up i'm not sure about up this week, i'm not sure about today, the met office has today, but the met office has recorded the sixth wettest july on record. >> and that is left the nation's farmers desperate for dry weather to harvest crops. >> yes, this time of year is a crucial time for the grain harvest, especially when the rising cost of electricity means

that drying wet crops is even more expensive . more expensive. >> our national reporter theo chikomba has been to meet some farmers, hoping for drier weather much sooner rather than later . after weeks of dry later. after weeks of dry weather and high temperatures, heavy rain has been causing a harvesting headache for farmers at porters farms in suffolk . at porters farms in suffolk. >> they grow wheat for animal feed or for seed production. rapeseed for vegetable oil and more . this year, they've been more. this year, they've been grappling with contrasting conditions , a lack of rainfall conditions, a lack of rainfall last year and here we are surplus of rainfall. >> that is making a big implication to us in that the grain is or the grains are suffering with the amount of water is that it's very soon going to be shooting in the air and starting to grow raining like it is at the moment. it will take two days dry, sunny weather here before we will be

dry enough so that we can harvest it. >> well, according to the met office, the uk saw its wettest july since 2009 and they saw records of around 140.1mm of rain . and this of course has rain. and this of course has caused delays for farmers across the uk when it comes to harvesting , the uk when it comes to harvesting, it's hard to the uk when it comes to harvesting , it's hard to believe harvesting, it's hard to believe that this is august as this time last year the uk was experiencing heatwaves with parts of the country reaching 40 c. the odd weather patterns have attributes of climate change, something we're having to get used to over in norfolk at the euston hall farm. drought and heatwaves last year allowed and heatwaves last year allowed a rapid completion of cereals harvest this year it's been the opposite . extreme weather is opposite. extreme weather is something they say they are having to work around. so last year we had a water bowser following the combine to every field because we were absolutely scared stiff that we were going

to catch fire. >> so we were cutting wheat and barley at 32 degrees and 38 degrees c and obviously everything is tinder dry this yeah everything is tinder dry this year. sometimes we're struggling to get to the field because the tracks are so muddy and that is the extreme in only 12 months of change, intermittent showers and rainstorms have forced combine harvesters to be repeatedly parked up on standby , waiting parked up on standby, waiting for grain in the field to dry. >> many farmers are eagerly anticipating forecasts of dry weather to resume their work. theo chikomba . gb news. theo chikomba. gb news. >> it's easy to forget, isn't it, how farmers struggle through weather like this can tell you, though, and we'll have more very shortly in the forecast. but there is a little bit of warm weather coming up . temperatures, weather coming up. temperatures, yeah, be peaking on yeah, will be peaking on thursday in the low 20s. so we have got a bit of a dry spell. so hopefully if you are a farmer, you will benefit from

that. am i the only one who's pining after the 30 degree days we saw last summer? well, that's the other extreme. that's way too much. >> much prefer it. but lots of you have getting in touch you have been getting in touch about we've been talking about what we've been talking about what we've been talking about particularly this about today, particularly this debate on whether or not the british government should ban on debate on whether or not the b new government should ban on debate on whether or not the b new breed nment should ban on debate on whether or not the b new breed of|ent should ban on debate on whether or not the b new breed of dog should ban on debate on whether or not the b new breed of dog .1ould ban on debate on whether or not the b new breed of dog . thed ban on debate on whether or not the b new breed of dog . the american a new breed of dog. the american bully xl john has written in to say that i don't own a dog, but have a look, but have looked after one for a friend many years ago. they're great to own or look after. but with these bully dogs, i think the owner should be to own one should be licenced to own one and it trained a dog and get it trained by a dog trainer. that turn down its trainer. that can turn down its temperament. as temperament. it's as simple as that. >> yeah. i mean, there is a thought, isn't there? we have to pass to test drive a pass a driving to test drive a car. could not apply to dog car. could that not apply to dog ownership? count of ownership? i've lost count of the times i've read the number of times i've read stories i've just that stories and i've just said that individual should not own a dog. we also hearing from susan, who says the person who emailed saying all dogs should wear muzzles, obviously hates dogs or maybe bitten by a dog.

maybe has been bitten by a dog. their comment was outstanding. out astoundingly, outrageously extreme. >> yeah, i think i think i agree with that one. but also simon has emailed in to saying that the xl bully dogs are a cross breed of dogs that have been specifically designed to get around the banning pit bull around the banning of pit bull terriers . they should be banned terriers. they should be banned as soon possible as they as soon as possible as they are particularly dangerous and unpredictable. >> and says, we have one of >> and caz says, we have one of these dogs our families, the these dogs in our families, the most and gentle dog. most beautiful and gentle dog. lots more still to come here on the live desk. thank you for your far. here's the your input so far. here's the weather forecast now . weather forecast now. >> a brighter outlook with boxt solar proud sponsors of weather on . gb news. hello alex deakin on. gb news. hello alex deakin here with your latest weather update from the met office for gb news. >> it will warm up over the next couple today, a bit of couple of days. today, a bit of a north south with dull a north south split with dull and conditions in the and damp conditions in the south, something a bit brighter. further but very further north, but it's very windy far north. thanks windy in the far north. thanks to this deep area low to this deep area of low pressure named by the

pressure named storm hans by the norwegian service, norwegian weather service, bringing windy bringing some wet and windy conditions scandinavia. conditions to scandinavia. the low us isn't low pressure affecting us isn't as intense . it'sjust low pressure affecting us isn't as intense . it's just making for as intense. it's just making for as intense. it's just making for a fairly damp day over parts of the midlands, south wales and after a start it might after a measly start it might get a little brighter in the south—west but that light rain and spreading east and drizzle spreading to east anglia the east anglia and the south east yorkshire, lancashire, near northern and good northern ireland and a good chunk actually chunk of scotland actually having day , dry and having a fine day, dry and bright, but it is very windy in the north—east with at the far north—east with gales at times shetland. times across shetland. temperature wise. well, high teens and low 20s at best. now the cloud and rain and drizzle could pep up a little bit through this evening, could see some bursts of rain some heavier bursts of rain across essex and towards london for a time. it all clears for a time. but it all clears away places dry away most places become dry overnight a wind across overnight. a stiff wind across the far northeast continues, but elsewhere, fall light elsewhere, the winds fall light and does turn quite chilly, and it does turn quite chilly, actually rural down into actually. rural spots down into single but of single figures, but most of us will have warmer wednesday , will have a warmer wednesday, and it'll be a fine and for many, it'll be a fine day, too, plenty of day, too, with plenty of sunshine quite cloudy in west wales and northern ireland where there will be some light rain

and drizzle at times quite cloudy also for parts of devon and clouding over and cornwall and clouding over in but many in southwest scotland. but many central and eastern parts staying fine, turning bit staying fine, turning a bit warmer tomorrow. warmer on warmer tomorrow. warmer still on thursday . thursday. >> a brighter outlook with boxt solar proud sponsors

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>> now the british museum has reopened after a man was stabbed close by forcing a museum evacuation . a man has been evacuation. a man has been arrested on suspicion of grievous bodily harm. we'll be live at the scene after the first arrivals on the migrant barge in portland. >> the home secretary wages war on corrupt immigration lawyers. a special task force has been set up to root out those who coach asylum seekers to lie in order to remain in the uk. >> and the travel upgrades for nicola sturgeon, which cost the taxpayer thousands . spending taxpayer thousands. spending figures show how much public money was used for the former leader of the snp to have vip treatments during her time as first . first. minister and nothing compared to her. >> fans lined the streets to pay tribute to the late shinade

o'connor. the irish singer's funeral procession has passed through the sea front in the irish town where she lived for 15 years . 15 years. all of that to come and the row about the american bully xl . about the american bully xl. >> should this new breed of dog be banned or is it just badly misunderstood? do email in gb views at gbnews.com is the address to email . address to email. >> let's get all your headlines now, though. here's ray addison . good afternoon . . good afternoon. >> 2:01. here's our top story. a man who was stabbed in the arm near the british museum had been waiting in the queue to enter. police have arrested a second man on suspicion of causing grievous bodily harm. an american visitor described how she was about to enter the queue

at the museum when she was told to leave by police. the building was evacuated and the area cordoned off while police attended the scene . it's not attended the scene. it's not being treated as terror related and the museum has now reopened . hundreds of brits on an overnight ferry have been forced to dock in france after a reported food poisoning emergency on board. a passenger on the pont avion ferry told gb news that dozens of ambulances were waiting on the quay side when the ferry pulled into brest in france this morning . they'd in france this morning. they'd departed santander in spain at 6:00 last night, but passengers told us that they were stunned told us that they were stunned to see the boat urgently diverted . brittany ferries have diverted. brittany ferries have told us they don't yet know when the ship will be able to continue its journey to plymouth . suella braverman says lawyers who assist migrants with bogus asylum claims are con men who must face the full force of the

law. the home secretary's comments come after reports in the daily mail that solicitors helped an undercover journalist helped an undercoverjournalist posing as an economic migrant to submit a false application in exchange for thousands of pounds . a new taskforce announced by the government will bring together regulatory bodies, law enforcement and other government departments to root out so—called dodgy law firms. lord chancellor alex chalk has told us earlier that no one is above the law. >> yes, i'm absolutely comfortable that those who breach their professional duties, who act illegally should be convicted, punished and disgraced. i'm entirely comfortable with that. and indeed, there are various agencies , whether it's the agencies, whether it's the office of immigration services commissioner, the national crime agency, the cps, they should all be doing their playing their part in rooting out this illegal practise. professor finals should not have some kind of immunity simply because they're lawyers. and i speak as one myself. they behave badly , if myself. if they behave badly, if they they they behave illegally, they deserve to be held to account .

deserve to be held to account. >> a haulage firm that's part of one of the uk's largest transport groups says it may be forced to shut its site in forced to shut down its site in northern ireland due to brexit. gb news has seen a letter sent by morgan mclernon to staff that blames the consequences of post brexit arrangements for possible redundancies. the company delivers to every major uk supermarket and the business community in northern ireland is still awaiting details about the windsor framework. that was signed in february. john mauger martin from the road haulage association says hundreds of jobs could be affected . jobs could be affected. >> if you're investing tens of millions of pounds in a business, you need clarity and surety and that hasn't been coming from government. i think the concern is if they tell us the concern is if they tell us the detail , everybody will the detail, everybody will realise that it's not what the prime minister promised . well, prime minister promised. well, in the morgan mclaren group you're talking about hundreds of jobs, but they're not the only company that's under pressure at the moment. a number of other hollies companies and

manufacturing are manufacturing companies are already looking at the viability of businesses in northern ireland. >> the elections watchdog was targeted by a cyber attack which allowed what it calls hostile actors to access people's information. the cyber attackers were able to access copies of the electoral register with the name and address of anyone registered to vote between 2014 and 2022. the incident was first identified last october, but the attackers first access the commission systems in august of 2021. chief executive sean mcnally apologised to people whose information was hacked and says significant steps have since been taken to improve their it systems . the mayor of their it systems. the mayor of their it systems. the mayor of the west midlands has asked the council to ensure that a historic pub destroyed in a fire is rebuilt brick by brick. andy street has written to south staffordshire council over the crooked house pub, which was extensively damaged on saturday evening . the mayor says the 18th

evening. the mayor says the 18th century building in himley holds real cultural and historical significance and the local authority should consider barring any change of use application for the site. the fire is being invested gated by the police . people lined the the police. people lined the irish seafront to say their final goodbyes to shinade o'connor. earlier, the 56 year old grammy winning artist was found unresponsive when police were called to her home in south—east london last month . south—east london last month. the procession travelled along the bray seafront and passed her former home in montebello, where she lived for 15 years. a host of tributes flooded in upon news of tributes flooded in upon news of the singer's death, including from celebrities including russell crowe, annie lennox and cyndi lauper . this is gb news cyndi lauper. this is gb news across the uk on tv , in your across the uk on tv, in your car, on digital radio and on your smart speaker by saying, play gb news now let's get back to tom and . pip

to tom and. pip >> well, good afternoon . welcome >> well, good afternoon. welcome to the news desk here on gb news and security, the live desk, live with news first day. i'm of course, standing in for mark longhurst, who normally presents this programme. goodness me. but security been stepped up at security has been stepped up at the british museum this lunchtime after a man was stabbed nearby. police say the attack is not being treated as terror related. >> our national reporter paul hawkins has the latest from the scene. interestingly, paul , scene. interestingly, paul, george osborne, the former chancellor is chair of the british museum , and he says that british museum, and he says that he's tweeted saying disturbing news of a knife attack near the gates. many thanks to our security team who reacted quickly . quickly. >> yeah, that tweet coming through just a few minutes after the museum reopened. and as you can see, there are still there's still a lot of people queuing

outside the building. and they will do because the museum has tightened its security, heightened security as they call it. so more bag searches, more enhanced bag searches following that incident that unfolded just after 10 am. this morning. police called to reports of a man being stabbed just over there, just across the road from us by another man . reports that us by another man. reports that he was angrily stabbed in the arm. police quickly on the scene. they made one arrest. that man being held on suspicion of grievous bodily harm. the man who was attacked was taken away by the london ambulance service, treated at the scene and then taken away to hospital. and then a couple of hours later, the museum reopened this road . in museum reopened this road. in the meantime, in those two hours, was cordoned off while police carried out their investigation . but the investigation. but the authorities appear to have dealt with fairly speedily. they with it fairly speedily. they say that there no danger to say that there is no danger to the public and it is not thought to be terror related . now paul, to be terror related. now paul, we're just seeing on our screens

a tweet from george osborne, who, of course, now runs the british museum . british museum. >> um, i'll just read it out to you and get your reaction. disturbed news of a knife attack near the gates of the british museum this morning . much thanks museum this morning. much thanks to our security team and other british museum staff who reacted quickly with the police museum has now reopened. everyone's thoughts at the british museum with the victim. we wish him the best recovery . what are your best recovery. what are your thoughts on that, paul ? thoughts on that, paul? >> yeah, so the authorities did swing into action pretty quickly here. and the as george osborne says, the security staff here were liaising with the police. this road was closed for a couple of hours . and there were couple of hours. and there were eyewitness reports that did say that a man had been stabbed in front of them. look, it's it is a serious and traumatic incident, but it's been dealt with very quickly. and, of course, incidents like this course, with incidents like this happen as happen around venues such as this, britain's major this, one of britain's major tourist attractions, then there are thoughts about what's happened, happened, and happened, why it's happened, and but this occasion , it does

but on this occasion, it does seem that it's not thought to be terror related. and the incident now, thankfully , has finished now, thankfully, has finished and people are getting on with enjoying the lovely summer weather . weather. >> hawkins, thank you for that. >> yeah , this this british >> yeah, this this british summer , it's not quite up to summer, it's not quite up to scratch in my book, but hopefully, hopefully weather thursday until thursday. that's the magic day. is it? well moving on. the home office is threatening to withdraw government support for migrants refusing to board the bibby stockholm barge in dorset . 20 stockholm barge in dorset. 20 asylum seekers did not embark the vessel after their transfer orders were reversed following legal challenges. >> but justice secretary alex chalk maintains that the barge acts as a deterrent to those wanting to cross the channel illegally . illegally. >> this barge sends a very powerful message that those people who want to come to our country illegally, who want to jump country illegally, who want to jump the queue compared to those who play by the rules and do the right thing, who for whom we will always have open hearts and

open homes . will always have open hearts and open homes. but if people don't want to play by the rules, then they shouldn't expect that they're waltz into four they're going to waltz into four star accommodation. but they are potentially going go on to potentially going to go on to a barge. and that sends a really powerful message. so, yes, the numbers are small. yes, there are legal challenges. will do are legal challenges. we will do everything address those everything to address those legal restore legal challenges and to restore fairness and fairness for the british people. >> well, amid the ongoing row over housing, the government has launched a task force to tackle crooked lawyers. those who help migrants make false claims could face now up to a life in prison . well, let's get more now in portland and speak to our home and security editor, mark white. mark, let's start on this task force. the government is clearly going in hard after this news was revealed by the daily mail newspaper . newspaper. >> sorry i missed someone. was speaking over you, tom. oh sorry, mark. >> i was just referring to the

government's new task force, which they announced today to go after so—called crooked lawyers. this is the government stepping up its rhetoric and perhaps also its action. >> yeah , i mean, certainly >> yeah, i mean, certainly stepping up the rhetoric on the talk of life in imprisonment potentially for any lawyer involved in this is hyperbowl in the extreme. that's never going to happen again. but there's no doubt, i think there is an issue that has been highlighted with not just lawyers , but also not just lawyers, but also charities, human rights groups , charities, human rights groups, who are certainly advising these asylum seekers on the best possible way to remain in the uk to ensure that they get asylum granted . and now the difficulty granted. and now the difficulty is always is with these cases is the for the home office, the government and its supporters might say that actually this is

wrong and they're being helped to game the system. but it's really trying to determine where that line has been crossed and whether it has been crossed into criminality or whether it is , as criminality or whether it is, as the charities, human rights groups and lawyers would contend , simply them doing their very best, as you would expect, as representatives and supporters of these people in very troubled cities , nations trying to ensure cities, nations trying to ensure that they have the best possible chance of having a good outcome in life . so it is a difficult in life. so it is a difficult one. and there are more straightforward cases as uncovered by the mail about three particular law firms that were on the face of what was uncovered. absolutely schooling the migrants in actually coming up with back stories that were false. so were blatant lies in that sense . that was, of course, that sense. that was, of course, criminal city. so the this task

force will be made up of regulators , body regulators, body representatives, law enforcement and government bodies. they will be looking really to see just how much has been done in in terms or how much is happening in terms of criminality in this field. and if it is , they aim to field. and if it is, they aim to clamp down on it. home security editor mark white, thanks very much for that update . much for that update. >> right now, more than £14 million of taxpayers cash was spent on credit card transaction fees by scottish civil servants in a three year period. that's including thousands spent on vip airport upgrades for nicola sturgeon. >> the full breakdown of spending obtained by scottish labour covers all purchases between september 2019 and august 20th, 22. and there's a few shockers on here. it shows that nearly £10,000 was spent on vip travel for the former first

minister, nicola sturgeon and her staff, which used a firm which fast tracks clients through checking and provides a vip lounge. >> the list of transactions also shows that public money was spent on yoga classes. hundreds of books, heel stoppers and indeed nail varnish . indeed nail varnish. >> wowzers. there was also more than £4,000 spent on hospitality and hotel accommodation at the five star gleneagles hotel in perthshire during a sporting event. well let's get more on this now with our scotland reporter tony maguire, who joins us outside the scottish parliament in holyrood. >> and tony, this is the most extra ordinary set of accounts , extra ordinary set of accounts, set of figures . do you think set of figures. do you think there'll be political consequences for this news? i certainly think that there's going to be quite a lot of judgement before people work out if there is in fact a way to

proceed with consequences . proceed with consequences. >> but for the minute, certainly , tom, the list reads like an incredible shopping list . over incredible shopping list. over the course of the three years. that's less really runs between august 2019, september 2019, sorry, and august 2022, when nicola sturgeon was first minister of the scottish government. and as you mentioned, there are some quite high costing hospitality up at gleneagles for a women in sport event. gleneagles for a women in sport event . it and of course all that event. it and of course all that vip access through airports . now vip access through airports. now i'm sure reading this list humza yousaf is , you know kicking yousaf is, you know kicking himself for going quite so hard on the prime minister for who has also come under fire in recent weeks for his vip travel in and around the country. but certainly just to kind of dig down into into some of the numbers, £14.2 million of taxpayers money over the three years. and around 58,000 transactions on these government

procurement cards . and it ranges procurement cards. and it ranges from the large which we spoke about all the way down to china crockery for the meeting room at £27 home, disco for ebay and even a printout of the scottish government's own independence white paper so these numbers were put out there by jackie baillie, deputy leader of sorry there are put out by scottish labour and i spoke to jackie baillie a little earlier about what this these numbers mean and what this these numbers mean and what she thought of them all. >> well, i think it was the scale of the expenditure on the scottish government's credit card at a time where people are really struggling because of the cost of living crisis here we had civil servants, ministers , had civil servants, ministers, you know, using a credit card to buy everything from nail varnish through to driving lessons , you through to driving lessons, you know, the amount spent on vip treatment for the first minister that was then nicola sturgeon going through airports. she couldn't queue like the rest of

us. it was just eyewatering . and us. it was just eyewatering. and at a time where people genuinely are struggling, this just looked as if they were wasting taxpayers money. >> and there is the message that jackie baillie repeated to me numerous times earlier on was that the scale was so staggering and actually at a time where people were really struggling to put food on the table and fill the tank with petrol, tony, tell me, what are the scottish government saying in response to this news? >> we . >> we. >> we. >> well, i mean, i've actually reached out to the snp. i'm still to hear back from them on their response. but the scottish government maintains that these cards are not for personal use and expenditure and there is a robust authorisation process and auditing arrangements that are in place to monitor their use. however, you know, they are committed to delivering the very best value of money for taxpayers . but certainly people taxpayers. but certainly people around the country and members of the public, they're going to

be scratching their heads as to why they've struggled so hard to fill that tank with petrol. and when the first minister and the civil servants in her service were expanding on things like nail varnish and chennai six absolutely fascinating as to how nail varnish got through this supposedly stringent audit auditing process . auditing process. >> tony mcguire, thank you so much for bringing us the very latest there from the from the scottish parliament. >> joining us now discuss >> joining us now to discuss this further stuart crawford, this further is stuart crawford, former snp member and political commentator later. good afternoon to you , stuart. afternoon to you, stuart. taxpayers here have every right to feel aggrieved , don't they? to feel aggrieved, don't they? because doesn't it look very arrogant and entitled of the government? i mean, this spending is just frivolous, isn't it ? isn't it? >> good afternoon. >> good afternoon. >> yes, i guess at best you could say that it demonstrates a rather cavalier attitude towards spending other people's money% we don't really have a problem with with the first minister

using vip services for travel arrangements when on an official business. >> and i wouldn't really expect her to go economy class in a in a down market carrier on her official duties . but some of the official duties. but some of the frivolity of the other stuff is frankly quite astonishing . frankly quite astonishing. >> and i do wonder whether the scottish civil service has become so politicised over the past few years that it is either unwilling or incapable of putting down the proper set of circumstances and regulations to regulate such spending on on all the frivolous items that you've already spoken about. >> it's interesting, of course, because this news does come on the heels of some problems within the scottish national party itself . party itself. >> what happened to certain party funds and the arrests and subsequent releases of the

former chief executive of the party, the former treasurer of the party, and indeed nicola sturgeon, her self. i suppose in the view of the scottish electorate. these two stories could sort of get get muddled together . together. >> i'm sorry, i've lost sound from you. >> i can't i can't hear what you're. i'm sorry about that. >> we'll we'll move for on now, no doubt. we'll speak to stuart crawford again. some time soon because he has plenty of interesting things to say there i >> -- >> we had plenty of interesting things to ask him as well. do stay with us, though, here on the live desk. we hopefully we'll have continue to have a full sound. we will be talking about the energy cap doing the opposite of what was intended. more about that very shortly. first, it is picking up that all important weather forecast with alex, that warm feeling inside from boxt boilers >> proud sponsors of weather on

gb news >> hello alex degen here with your latest weather update from the met office for gb news. it will warm up over the next couple of days. today, bit of couple of days. today, a bit of a south split with dull a north south split with dull and damp conditions in the south, bit brighter south, something a bit brighter further but it's very further north. but it's very windy in the far north thanks to this area of low pressure this deep area of low pressure named hans the named storm hans by the norwegian service, norwegian weather service, bringing windy bringing some wet and windy conditions scandinavia. the conditions to scandinavia. the low affecting low pressure affecting us isn't as it's just making for as intense, it's just making for as intense, it's just making for a fairly damp day over parts of the midlands south wales and after a measly start it might get a little brighter in the south—west that light and south—west that light rain and drizzle spreading east anglia drizzle spreading to east anglia and east yorkshire, and the south east yorkshire, lancashire , northern ireland lancashire, northern ireland and a scotland a good chunk of scotland actually having fine day, dry actually having a fine day, dry and but is very windy and bright, but it is very windy in far northeast with gales in the far northeast with gales at across shetland. at times across shetland. temperature wise . well, high temperature wise. well, high teens and low 20s at best. now the cloud and rain and drizzle could pep up a little bit through this evening, could see some heavier bursts of rain across and towards london across essex and towards london for time. but all clears

for a time. but it all clears away places become away most places become dry overnight . stiff across overnight. a stiff wind across the far north—east continues, but elsewhere, the winds fall light and does turn quite light and it does turn quite chilly, actually. spots chilly, actually. rural spots down figures. but down into single figures. but most a warmer most of us will have a warmer wednesday , and many, it'll wednesday, and for many, it'll be fine day too, with plenty be a fine day too, with plenty of sunshine quite cloudy in west wales and northern ireland where there will be some light rain and drizzle at times quite cloudy for of devon cloudy also for parts of devon and clouding over and cornwall and clouding over in southwest scotland. but many central and eastern parts staying turning bit staying fine, turning a bit warmer warmer still on warmer tomorrow. warmer still on thursday . thursday. >> that warm feeling inside from the boxt boilers. proud sponsors of weather on .

gb news. >> well welcome back to the live desk here on gb news. this might come as a surprise, but we could have a positive economics story for you as average pay is expected to rise faster than inflation for the first time in over a year, as that's according to some economists . to some economists. >> and with inflation on route to fall below 7% next week, we might just be seeing the beginnings of wait for it. the end of the uk's cost of living crisis . but is gmb gmb end of the uk's cost of living crisis. but is gmb gmb good me by me there is gb news is very own economist liam gallagher about to pop the balloon and

let's ask him with on the money . so do we need to rein in our optimism? liam no, i don't think so. 50. >> so. >> i do think that the end of the cost of living crisis is coming. i do think that inflation, when the number comes out for july next week, will be far better. i think it will start with a 67.9. now but let's just have a look at the data. we're going to see next week. so the question is, are real wages going to go up? that's wages after inflation. now, the latest numbers show that wages rose 6.9% between march and may compared to march to may 2022. so they're almost 7% up. that's across public and private sector wages. and we get that updated wages. and we get that updated wage data next tuesday, the 15th of august. that will be a pretty, pretty big day . we know pretty, pretty big day. we know that the cpi inflation, the consumer price index is 7.9% dunng consumer price index is 7.9% during the year to june. that was down from 8.7. what during

the year to may. so a sizeable reduction. it didn't stop the bank of england raising interest rates. they did it. and the july inflation figure comes out next wednesday, the 16th of august. so we're going to get those two bits of data and i reckon that by when that data comes out, i reckon the wage number will be roughly where it is. so 6.9, nine seven, something like that. but i think crucially the inflation number will have gone down from 7.9. i think it will start with a six and i think it'll be something like 6.4, 6.5. >> and how often how often are you usually right . well well, you usually right. well well, i've been i've been pretty, pretty much on the money in terms of when inflation. >> i mean i was writing there's going to be a massive inflationary surge in march 2020. and i was literally ridiculed at the bank of england's press conference a few months but that's turned months later. but that's turned out be roughly out to be roughly, roughly right. the bank right. and liam, when the bank of said that this of england said that this would be inflation, it

be transient inflation, that it would all go away, very transitory, transitory, transitory. >> you called them that >> you called them out on that big time. and you were right. then you think that then why do you think that inflation will fall by more than a percentage now? a percentage point now? that's more it's fallen for the more than it's fallen for the lastbecause, tom, it's a good >> because, tom, it's a good question because of the energy price cap coming down, because of energy costs in general and because i look very closely , because i look very closely, it's become very trendy to look at core inflation. that's inflation energy and inflation without energy and food. and we've been talking about it a lot. i have much more faith in what's called the producer price index . that's producer price index. that's that's data on the prices experienced by firms when they produce the goods and the services that they then sell to us. and producer price inflation, tom has collapsed . inflation, tom has collapsed. there are measures of consumer price producer price inflation in the uk now that are actually negative . wow. so producer negative. wow. so producer pnces negative. wow. so producer prices are actually coming down compared to a year ago, and that's partly through energy, partly through freight shipping costs have come down, partly

through some raw materials. you know, you talk to people in the building trade, as i do all the time . i'm building trade, as i do all the time. i'm from building trade, as i do all the time . i'm from a long line of time. i'm from a long line of irish builders, right? timber prices, come a lot. prices, they've come down a lot. scrap metal prices, they've come down the baltic dry down a lot. the baltic dry exchange, which is a is a global measure of shipping transportation and insurance costs. that's come down a lot. so i think for all these reasons, we're going to get a cumulative effect. and i think we're going to see inflation starting with a six, not a five, but a six. and then that will be all eyes on the bank of england in september. will it raise interest and i'm interest rates again? and i'm fingers and toes crossed that it won't. >> so what a lot of people would want to know if the cost of living crisis is coming to an end? when are easing, easing, easing. yeah. when are people actually going to feel that in their pocket ? their pocket? >> well, it depends on their individual circumstances , individual circumstances, doesn't and you know, don't doesn't it? and you know, don't get me wrong, pip, if inflation comes down from 7.9 to 6.5, it doesn't mean prices are coming down. it means they're going up

less slowly. but if wages less slowly. right. but if wages on average are going up more , on average are going up more, then people will won't feel as if they're living. standards are slipping anymore . they'll feel slipping anymore. they'll feel that their living standards are starting to stability. but of course, those averages, course, within those averages, you statisticians talk you know, statisticians talk about the tyranny of averages. people don't live the average life. live their life. life. people live their life. and there'll be some people who have a much bigger wage rise have got a much bigger wage rise than 7. there'll be some people without wage at all. without a wage rise at all. there'll some people fearing there'll be some people fearing for their jobs because even though we've low though we've got low unemployment country, unemployment in this country, there of the there are some parts of the country i'm afraid country where i'm afraid unemployment isn't low. so all i can you about is the can tell you about is, is the headune can tell you about is, is the headline averages while being mindful that they don't apply to anybody i think we are anybody. but i do think we are for in some better economic news next week, and it's good to be able to highlight as wages able to highlight that as wages hopefully above inflation for hopefully go above inflation for the first time in about 18 months. okay >> well, that will be something to celebrate. thank you very much. liam. >> crucial crossover >> yeah, crucial crossover points. still to come on points. well, still to come on

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>> welcome back to the live desk. quite an emotive topic. this a yougov poll seen by gb news suggests the majority of the british public support a ban on the american xl bully dog. >> yes, the poll comes after the government said that there were no plans to add the american bully xl breed to the list of banned dogs . banned dogs. >> now this breed is in the spotlight after being responsible for killing 11 people since 2021. and earlier, we spoke to canine behaviourist jordan shelley and an owner of the american bully xl basil, who he's had for around six months. >> i think it's very clear to me that there's a real issue around the breeding of these dogs, more so than the breed and the types of people that are breeding them, not taking into consideration in health welfare behaviour when they're breeding the dogs is the real issue.

>> and i believe that if this type of dog is banned , the same type of dog is banned, the same people will simply just breed a different type. they'll move on to a dog of a slightly different shape that doesn't fit the criteria. and that's what they'll breed. instead, the amount that these dogs are going for is obscene . and it's an easy for is obscene. and it's an easy for is obscene. and it's an easy for money them by comparison to drugs and i think that's what they've moved into . and they'll they've moved into. and they'll just move into the next breed after the after this and after these are banned. so i think we really need to look at restrictions owners and how restrictions of owners and how we make sure owners are we can make sure owners are getting education. and getting the right education. and there's place for there's things in place for early intervention. and i really believe should be moving believe that we should be moving towards educational based towards an educational based licencing . licencing system. >> educating owners, that is >> so educating owners, that is jordan shelley's solution. well, joining us for more is gb news investigates. reporter charlie peters. charlie let's just delve into what you've found with this polling . polling. >> sure. so the polling with yougov , a sample of 2000 people yougov, a sample of 2000 people found a 57% support for adding

this american bully xl to the dangerous dogs act list of bans. only 17% opposed. when we split it by political parties, we found that voters for all major parties also supported the ban . parties also supported the ban. with the conservatives at the top 69% and leave voters at 67. and interestingly , we also found and interestingly, we also found a significant support, 90% support for people finding owners criminally responsible for their dog's behaviour. as we heard from jordan there, you know, putting owners at the emphasis of the issues, clearly the public recognising an ownership issue as well . ownership issue as well. >> it's interesting looking at the data because around half of dog attacks in the last two years have come from this one breed. and it's interesting because it's not a particularly widely held breed. there aren't that many of these dogs in the u.k, but they're accounting for a huge number of the attacks. >> well, they're they're the attacks we know about in the

media are reported in terms of how the dog is handled. >> and it's overrepresentation. we know from policing minister chris philp, said last week chris philp, who said last week that despite being a tiny fraction of the breeds in the country , they do represent about country, they do represent about half the dogs that the police half of the dogs that the police pick not just on media pick up, not just on media reports, ones that reports, but the ones that there's a police intervention. but despite the but despite this, the environment minister, lord benyon, written benyon, said in a written response house of lords response in the house of lords that had no to that they had no plans to intervene at this stage. it comes also as many labour , many comes also as many labour, many labour opposition mps are calling for this breed to be added to that. dangerous dogs act, which was first introduced in 1991. specifically, they're focusing on the pit bull as an issue . but this, this, this issue. but this, this, this breed, the bully xl, it is a pit bull cross and so it has been allowed to be entered into the sort of the dog stock of england due to a bit of a loophole there through its mixed breeding. >> but i mean, putting putting the dogs on the dangerous dogs list, i think there's four on there at the moment. that's all to do with the look of the dog,

how the dog looks . and there are how the dog looks. and there are plenty of dogs look plenty of dogs that look a certain but it doesn't certain way, but it doesn't actually very vicious. actually mean it's very vicious. and up a whole other and that opens up a whole other debate about whether, you know, this breed specific legislation is fair. so there's it's such a complicated topic here, isn't it? >> very, it? >> v ery , very it? >> very, very complex. lots of competing voices here between , competing voices here between, you know, is it in the nature of the breed, is it an ownership issue ? you but as we know, you issue? you but as we know, you know, as discussions know, as those discussions go on, know that lots of dogs on, we do know that lots of dogs and lots of people are being hurt by this breed. we've had 11 confirmed since 2021, confirmed deaths since 2021, three more suspected and the tracking website bully watch online. last week, they reported a different dog being killed by a different dog being killed by a bully in britain every single day for the week. so as the as the debate rages on, there is a consensus, at least, that there is a problem going on with this breed. >> okay, charlie, thank you. well, we can speak now to animal behaviourist hannah molloy, who thinks improving education and

licencing are the most popular measures among experts. what what do you think from what you heard there there from charlie and about this polling that's been done, is there a problem with this breed of dog ? i think with this breed of dog? i think the difficulty we have is that it isn't necessarily just the breed . breed. >> i think we're boiling down a really big issue here. so when we did an event series in parliament called the dog bite reform event series, we got the experts in who've been studying this issue for decades and they said that actually we've been seeing a rise in dog aggression towards human beings for the last 20 years. and it's only really recently that the bully has become a kind of a sort of sexy dog to see in the media. and now, don't get me wrong, i think this dog is a very large dog. it's imposed, meaning it is designed to be to look scary . designed to be to look scary. but i think we really need to ask ourselves a better question rather than should we ban the

dog, which is why do we want dogs who look, this way in the first place? when we did a poll of all of the experts that came to our event series in parliament, we actually found of those who've been studying this issue for last year and the issue for the last year and the experts who've been studying it for it came to for 20 years. when it came to increasing bsl, that was really very low on our poll . the top very low on our poll. the top five solutions that came out of our solutions event were to really look at regulating dog training . again, as jordan was training. again, as jordan was saying, looking at regulating breeding really stopping people from buying dogs on social media. it is crazy how easy it is to get a dog on the internet. so yeah, we really need to take this wonderful opportunity. we have right now as a nation to improve responsible dog ownership and not just look at this one dog. there are so many dogs who are getting attacked by the dogs that aren't just this breed . breed. >> why should people when looking for a dog for themselves or their family see also not just look at sort of how the dog

looks , but what the type of looks, but what the type of dog's traits are, whether they're more docile or a propensity to be more active or even more violent. what sort of information is there out there for people looking for dogs and those breeds traits ? those breeds traits? >> so this is really sticky. so breeds obviously , we understand breeds obviously, we understand that certain breeds have a propensity for a certain behaviour . retrievers retrieve behaviour. retrievers retrieve that's what they do. terriers little dogs. we breed them to dispatch rodents. they just love doing it. if you give a terrier a squeaky toy, then they want to they want to shake it, you know? so there is a certain amount that we can tell from the breed of but within of dog, but actually within a breed is such a huge breed there is such a huge amount of variation, massive amount of variation, massive amount of variation, massive amount of variation. that breed is not a massively good indicator. so i could go to a labrador breeder and say, i want, you know, a guide dog, please, and guide dogs will say, look, we wouldn't have this complicated breeding program if it simple as labrador is it was as simple as labrador is

a really good guide . dogs a really good guide. dogs okay, so within that breed, so even within that breed, there's so much variation . when there's so much variation. when you're going shopping for a dog, you're going shopping for a dog, you really want make sure you really want to make sure that the parents are lovely. meet parents. are they kind meet the parents. are they kind of they shouting at you when of are they shouting at you when you in the door? are you first come in the door? are you first come in the door? are you even allowed to meet them? are in separate are they kept in a separate room? know, are things room? you know, these are things we think about. how has we need to think about. how has that breeder dungy diligence to make those puppies make sure that those puppies have of have seen a whole range of things and are capable of bouncing from stress? do bouncing back from stress? do they around? it they have toys around? does it look they've been taught look like they've been taught how share? there's so much we how to share? there's so much we need do across the nation need to do across the nation right now to improve this situation. and is not just situation. and it is not just about the breeds, really, really thorny issue there. >> just breed, but also >> not just breed, but also blood specifically and blood line specifically and training there. hannah, thank you so much talking us you so much for talking us through that very complex through that that very complex topic and distilling it as you have done today marks the 60th anniversary of one of the most infamous heights in british history, dubbed the great train robbery, more than £26 million

was stolen from a royal mail train. and in today's money, thatis train. and in today's money, that is tens of millions. but ray addison , our south—east of ray addison, our south—east of england, reporter has more on this story . this story. >> in the early hours of the 8th of august, 1963, 51 men committed the most unique and audacious robbery. britain had ever seen holding up the glasgow to euston mail train. the gang got away with £2.6 million, equivalent to around £45 million in today's money, the robbery and subsequent investigation captured the imagination of the british public and interest remains strong decades later. former scotland yard detective chief inspector steve gaskin is holding a series of talks to mark the anniversary. what fascinates me is they were all given what i call political sentences because it was unprecedented. >> they got 30 years. none of them served anywhere near 30 years. but i think there was political interference .

political interference. >> now the train was stopped at sears crossing between cheddington and leighton buzzard, but they forced the dnveh buzzard, but they forced the driver, jack mills , to take the driver, jack mills, to take the front two carriages, which contained all the money and the high value packages . another high value packages. another half mile down the track here to bridego bridge, where under cover of darkness they formed a human chain and unloaded their loot. the gang's leader, bruce reynolds, used inside information to plan the caper , information to plan the caper, prompting massive security changes. graham satchwell is a former railway detective who's written about the robbery from the next move moment. >> it was loaded with uniformed constables and within a very short time, within months, there were arrangements in place right across the country so that police officers, uniformed police officers, uniformed police officers, uniformed police officers , would always police officers, would always escort tpos whether they were coming from weymouth or from bristol or from scotland or wherever the majority of the gang was eventually caught and

sentenced to a combined total of over 300 years imprisonment . over 300 years imprisonment. >> but some, such as bruce reynolds , buster edwards and reynolds, buster edwards and ronnie biggs , spent years on the ronnie biggs, spent years on the run helping the robbers to achieve near celebrity status. but experts say questions still remain about the case. >> what happened to the money thatis >> what happened to the money that is one of the biggest questions. who was mr big? who was the guy that actually set the robbery up? who were the three unknown robbers and who was the insider who gave the information on which the train robbery depended ? robbery depended? >> meanwhile, human toll >> meanwhile, the human toll cannot be forgotten. both train drivers died within the next ten years. their families saying the robberies contributed to their ill health. but despite that, the fascination with the story continues, fuelled by a raft of books exploring new angles of the case. >> this book tells the story of the south coast raiders and their considerable success leading up to and participation in the great train robbery and

it's not a glorified tale . it's not a glorified tale. >> this is a story of an individual being dragged into significant, serious crime with new books coming out every few years. >> it seems, anniversaries of this historic crime will be marked for decades to come. ray addison . gb news. addison. gb news. >> well, joining us now is chris pickard, author of ronnie biggs autobiography . and thank you for autobiography. and thank you for making the time for us this afternoon. it is the most extra ordinary and enticing story. why do you think it is that some of those who carried out this heist, who let's not forget , heist, who let's not forget, beat people and there are deaths that have been at least linked to this robbery? why does society hold these individuals almost in a sort of heroic state? yes, i think because at the time it was one of the last great gentleman's crimes , if you like. >> it was before the time of the use of a lot of guns or weapons. there were no guns or knives of

great train robbery. >> so it just caught the imagination. >> and also, back in the 60s and in 63, a lot of the entertainment for the british pubuc entertainment for the british public was going to the cinema at and watching at the weekend and watching american so idea american westerns. so the idea that our great train that we had our own great train robbery, loved and robbery, the people loved it and it was escapism for them . and it was escapism for them. and also you back 63, you also also you back in 63, you also had an unpopular government. also you back in 63, you also had an unpopular government . and had an unpopular government. and so the public quite liked the idea that the target of the robbery was the railways, the banks and the royal mail and so they ended up siding on the side of the robbers . of the robbers. >> and yet to individuals lost their lives within a decade of these attacks . acas how badly these attacks. acas how badly were the train drivers injured ? were the train drivers injured? >> not as badly as tried to be portrayed at the trial . i mean, portrayed at the trial. i mean, you've got to remember, they will always talk about jack mills, who was hit on the head. and then the most damage he did was his head on the metal was he hit his head on the metal of the actual carriage . he died of the actual carriage. he died ten years later. and the coroner at the time made it very clear that of leukaemia and it that he died of leukaemia and it had do with hit

had nothing to do with being hit on i feel more on the head. i feel more sympathy the fireman, the sympathy for the fireman, the assistant driver, whitney. he he died of a heart attack about five years later, and nobody really cared because he had no obvious injuries. really cared because he had no obvious injuries . um, but again, obvious injuries. um, but again, if we're looking at victims, you have to remember that one man, bill boal, he died in prison, an innocent man, but he was framed for the train robbery and was sentenced rest of the sentenced with the rest of the robbers. they couldn't let robbers. but they couldn't let him out because they'd used the same frame him as same paint to frame him as they'd gordon goody they'd frame gordon goody goodness an endlessly goodness me, it's an endlessly complicated story. >> chris pickard , thank you >> but chris pickard, thank you so much for bringing us the context. i suppose, around this robbery that so captures the british imagination . british imagination. >> yeah, we just have a few audio problems there, but i think we could we could just about hear him. it was it was so interesting. let's back to interesting. let's go back to something else that's been very interesting the last interesting throughout the last three this your three hours. and this is your thoughts the american thoughts on banning the american xl dog has been xl bully. this dog has been responsible for a number of deaths, but there are many people saying blame the owners ,

people saying blame the owners, don't blame the dogs. such as martin, who says that? i've no doubt that most people who want this type of dog aren't even suitable for keeping rabbits and jean has said we should not be afraid of going out because of a breed of dog. >> how many more people and animals they kill or maim animals will they kill or maim before they've before they're banned? they've been fighting and been bred for fighting and aggression. they're not cuddly pets . pets. >> yeah, and it all depends, i suppose, personal suppose, on your personal experience of them. it's a debate which will run and run. thank you for all your thoughts today. thank you for your company. been watching today. thank you for your conlive y. been watching today. thank you for your conlive desk. been watching today. thank you for your conlive desk. the een watching today. thank you for your conlive desk. the weather hing today. thank you for your conlive desk. the weather is 1g the live desk. the weather is the live desk. the weather is the temperature is rising . the temperature is rising. >> boxt solar proud sponsors of weather on . gb news. weather on. gb news. >> hello, alex deegan here with your latest weather update from the met office for gb news. it will warm up over the next couple of days. today, a bit of a north south split with dull and damp conditions in the south, a bit brighter south, something a bit brighter further north. but it's very windy the far north. thanks windy in the far north. thanks to area of low

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