exposed in a cyber attack were exposed in a cyber attack on the electoral register. and we're in henley on thames, where one of six water companies in the uk is being accused of failing to admit how much sewage is going into rivers like this . is going into rivers like this. plus, the campaign to rebuild britain's wonkiest pub brick by brick. the 18th century crooked house pub was a landmark boozer in the west midlands, but this is what it looks like now after it was destroyed in a mystery fire and then demolished. it's left people drunk with grief . left people drunk with grief. all that to come. first, your headunes all that to come. first, your headlines with tatiana de . pip. headlines with tatiana de. pip. >> thank you and good afternoon.

this is the latest from the gb newsroom. nine people have been killed and two are missing after a fire broke out at a holiday home for disabled people in france. local authorities say two people are feared dead , but two people are feared dead, but they're remaining cautious until their bodies have been recovered . the fire broke out in the early hours of this morning before being quickly extinguished by firefighters. president emmanuel macron described the situation as a tragedy . 41 migrants have died tragedy. 41 migrants have died in a shipwreck off the italian island of lampedusa. local media reports say four people who survived the wreckage told rescuers that they were on a boat that had set off from tunisia and sank on its way to italy . it also said the boat italy. it also said the boat that was carrying 45 people included three children. the police service of northern ireland has apologised to its thousands of serving officers and civilian staff after a major data breach. a spreadsheet containing statistical information on the police force and its officers was mistakenly

available online for around three hours before being taken down. an assistant chief constable, chris todd apologised for the breach but said it does not pose an immediate security risk to any staff . a surge in risk to any staff. a surge in illegal people smuggling gangs is to be tackled by a new deal struck between the uk and turkey. it will see the turkish national police speed up the process of returning turkish nationals who come to britain via a legal channels. turkey's often used as a major hub for people smuggling gangs due to its geographical location, and reports suggest many vessels used to cross the channel originate there. immigration minister robert jenrick told gb news that the deal is a win for both countries, but declined to say how much it will cost. this is mainly about the share of intelligence and information between our world leading police and security services and their law enforcement authorities so that if we find out something important that can be acted upon

swiftly and vice versa, and also the sharing of latest technology and people so that at the critical border between turkey and bulgaria , we are and bulgaria, we are strengthening our relationship there as well as in the big towns and cities of turkey as well. >> so it's a win win for both countries, countries that's going to be disruption and delays to flights at gatwick airport as workers announce a fresh wave of strikes. >> it's part of an ongoing dispute over pay. the unite union says around 230 workers, including ground handlers and passenger assistance workers , passenger assistance workers, will walk out for eight days. it says strikes will be for four days from august the 18th and a further four days from august. the 25th. that's including over the bank holiday weekend . the uk the bank holiday weekend. the uk economy will see stuttering growth over the next two years amid pressure from higher interest rates and increased unemployment. the national institute of economic and social research says income inequality will grow along with

unemployment and levels of debt by next year . meanwhile, the by next year. meanwhile, the number of civil servants has risen to the highest level in half a century. but there's been a fall in the number of frontline delivery jobs. figures from the taxpayers alliance found staff numbers are up 24, with growth mainly in london. that's despite several governments pledging to move the civil service away from the caphal civil service away from the capital. 87% of the increase is due to growth in the top three grades of seniority , with annual grades of seniority, with annual salaries between 73,000 and £200,000. online medical company babylon health is at risk of collapsing unless it finds a buyen collapsing unless it finds a buyer. babylon's gp at hand. service is available 24 hours via a smartphone . it's funded by via a smartphone. it's funded by the nhs and became the first gp provider to get a list of more than 100,000 patients. the us listed company has struggled after a business merger fell through. it says the uk part of its business is still successful

and sustainable, but will struggle to continue unless a solution is found . and a trend solution is found. and a trend on tiktok is encouraging people in london to steal from shops on oxford street today . the oxford street today. the metropolitan police says it's aware of online speculation about opportunities to commit crime. its warning there'll be a number of officers in the area over the next 24 hours. the london mayor sadiq khan, described the social media trend as nonsense and warned people against being sucked into the crime . this is gb news across crime. this is gb news across the uk on tv in your car, on digital radio and on your smart speaker by saying play gb news now it's back to tom and . now it's back to tom and. pip >> well, the police service of northern ireland has apologised to officers and civilian staff after it mistakenly published the data of every serving employee in a serious data

breach during a media briefing. >> psni assistant chief constable chris todd apologised for the human error and says it will be fully investigated after names, ranks and other personal details were lost . earlier gb details were lost. earlier gb news spoke to dup mp jim shannon on what this means for the threats facing northern ireland and massive, massive data breach of officers and staff personal circumstances. >> i understand that the figures are clear. there's 10,799 data entries . that's 9276 police entries. that's 9276 police officers and staff also includes intelligence officers , includes intelligence officers, includes those who work at ports and airports, surveillance units, psni staff located at the m15 headquarters and outside hollywood, and also includes the firearms teams raid police, the tsg unit. this is massive. absolutely no doubt about that. about what this means. every person's name from a constable

to the chief constable to every inspector, every sergeant, everyone in between knows who , everyone in between knows who, whose service and admin. the police across the whole of northern ireland. so this breaches is incredible. on the very day that the data breach has been announced . the has been announced. the republican terrorism had a bomb attack in west belfast and indication of clearly that there are people in northern ireland who are intent upon creating mayhem, death and destruction, and who is a main target that they have is against the psni . they have is against the psni. >> joining us live to talk about this more from psni headquarters is dougie beattie, our gb news northern ireland. reporter dougie. such a terrible breach this and we understand that the police federation from northern ireland is saying that officers are shocked, dismayed and basically angry and some might have to leave the force . have to leave the force. >> exactly . it is a massive

>> exactly. it is a massive breach of security . and my over breach of security. and my over 30 years in the media, i have never seen the likes of this. actually, last night when it was when i was looking at it, i was actually texting our one of our producers and i was saying, look, this might be too much. it mightn't be what i think it is. but when i actually seen the data that was coming in, i was quite literally speechless. these figures that are in these these figures that are in these reports, names , service these reports, names, service numbers at first, initial of the first name, you know, were the location of these officers are if you wanted to target an officer it's not complete information because there's no home address or there's no personal telephone number. and we can only be but thankful for that. but there is now quite a storm blowing around the police service of northern ireland, particularly around the chief constable of northern ireland. he's currently on holidays . he's currently on holidays. there are those asking for him to now return from his holiday as he is responsible for the

security of this country and those that work for him. he is now under real pressure and there is a policing board meeting tomorrow morning where he will have to answer to the political side of northern ireland as to how that breach came about. and if you think of this, this was full details as a file that was requested under freedom of information . an under freedom of information. an under how many officers were one place or other and it was posted on well, it was posted on to the server and then it was from there put on a website and it took two and a half to three hours to get it removed from that website . you could only that website. you could only imagine if this was your own employer and your details were put online like that . never mind put online like that. never mind being responsible . all to uphold being responsible. all to uphold the law of northern ireland, particularly when we see some of the threats in northern ireland being that of severe john caldwell, dci, the attempted murder of him back in february ,

murder of him back in february, the police service here it will cost them and it will cost them a lot of money already there is a lot of money already there is a solicitor advertising here in northern ireland to deal with your psni data breach, and that makes sound strange right now. but that is exactly what's going to have to happen. some of these officers are saying they would want to move home. all their social media being removed by their children. so as these connections cannot be made. so in the round in this particular few hours now, there is quite a lot going on. but none of it will move any further until we hear from the chief constable . hear from the chief constable. >> now, dougie, there are calls for an urgent inquiry into exactly what has gone on here, but it does appear that this isn't sort of malicious outside actors. this is , by the looks of actors. this is, by the looks of it, a slip up from someone inside the force sending the wrong file .

wrong file. >> you're absolutely correct , >> you're absolutely correct, tom. it is a slip up. but it is a massive slip up because you would have to wonder who would have access to that type of information , how junior was that information, how junior was that person and how on earth did he or she manage to get that information out through the psni here to post it on a public server that it that is truly the most bizarre part of this. why somebody at a higher level said, no, that's not what they're asking for. they're asking for this, this and this and do not post the rest with it. it doesn't matter if it was malicious or not. the fact of the matter is the horse is bolted. the stable door is now lying wide to the wall. and some of the clues that stable door and get this back on track and the security and most of all, those officers own confidence in their security are back. there's going to have to be a lot of

redeployment because don't forget, in that information was the location of those officers. and to redeploy them means they will be in different stations . will be in different stations. >> dougie beattie thank you very much for telling us all that. and it's interesting that the chief constable only earlier this year said he receives briefings almost every single day about plots to attack and kill his officers and says this ongoing threat from dissident republicans is a real, real worry. i mean, it's just appalling, isn't it.7 the terror threat level in northern ireland is currently severe , so goodness is currently severe, so goodness knows how those officers are feeling today and how unsafe they must be feeling if the one of the one confederation in the united kingdom for this to happen, for it to happen in northern particularly northern ireland is particularly particularly , but on northern ireland is particularly parti

their personal information exposed , used in a cyber attack exposed, used in a cyber attack . the disclosure comes ten months after the commission first detected the breach, which incidentally took them over a year to notice, raising questions about why it went undetected for so long, and also informing the public about it. joining us now from westminster is political correspondent olivia utley. olivia again, a very serious breach here, which would encourage many people to say, look, this this is voting. it's a bad idea. say, look, this this is voting. it's a bad idea . we need to go it's a bad idea. we need to go back to pen and paper. >> well, absolutely. this cyber breach is monument mental in its proportions for 80 million electoral register. proportions for 80 million electoral register . these have electoral register. these have had their data accessed. that's thought to be the biggest single data breach in uk history. now, the electoral commission has said that lots of the information that has been accessed was already in the pubuc accessed was already in the public domain. but mps have said

fine, but the issue is that when that data is all in one place, it could be used in conjunction with other data to look at people's habits , their ways of people's habits, their ways of life, etcetera, which could possibly be used by nefarious actors for all sorts of different reasons. now, it isn't yet clear who is responsible for this cyber attack , but a former this cyber attack, but a former gchq ceo has said that it is quite possible it would be russia. he singled out russia, which of course, is very , very which of course, is very, very concerning indeed for people sitting at home. there are many questions, as you have mentioned there, as to why this data breach went unnoticed for 14 months. it began in august 2021, and it wasn't until october 20th, 22 that gchq were aware of it. then, of course , it's been it. then, of course, it's been well over a year until the pubuc well over a year until the public are hearing about it now . it said that that is because they wanted to keep it under wraps while the security systems were being strengthened to avoid hackers getting in in the future

or being alerted to the government accessing the hack. but it's deeply concerning for everyone involved . and lots of everyone involved. and lots of mps are now suggesting that the government is on the back foot with this. how on earth was such a breach of such epic proportions allowed to take place? >> it is fairly astonishing that the electoral commission has been sitting on this information for the best part of a year. but as you were saying, this is we understand , because they wanted understand, because they wanted to tighten up their processes and their data handling have they carried out any steps in they carried out any steps in the last ten months or so to make sure that something like this can't happen again ? this can't happen again? >> you've got to assume that they have been taking steps, but it isn't quite clear so far. in fact, the electoral commission is being pretty coy about sharing information with us. it's already said that it doesn't know the extent of the amount of data which was downloaded . it knows that up to

downloaded. it knows that up to 40 million files of voters were viewed, but it can't say how much of that information was actually taken offline , actually taken offline, downloaded and could be used elsewhere. so we're still a little bit in the dark about what the commission is planning to do about this. but i think when parliament comes back in september , where we will hear september, where we will hear from plenty of plenty of from plenty of mps, plenty of parliament scrutiny committees, we've already heard from simon fell mp, the chair of the committee for cyber scrutiny, saying that frankly , this is not saying that frankly, this is not good enough and we can't allow something like this to happen again. yes this time it might be the case that a lot of that data is already in the public domain, but what about next time? >> olivia utley , thank you so >> olivia utley, thank you so much for the very latest there from just outside the palace of westminster . westminster. >> six english water companies , >> six english water companies, including thames water and anglian water, are to face legal action, which could cost them a total of £800 million in compensation. in this follows allegations of under—reporting ,

allegations of under—reporting, pollution and indeed overcharging charging customers i >> -- >> well, we're joined now by gb news national reporter theo chikomba who can tell us more , chikomba who can tell us more, theo, £800 million seems like a staggering amount of money. it is indeed. >> huge amount of money. if these cases are successful . but these cases are successful. but as you've just rightly mentioned, that six companies, including thames water, who operate in this area where we are at the moment in south oxfordshire shire, they are one of these companies which are being accused of overcharging and of course allowing pollution to get into rivers like this one. now in the early hours of this morning we spent some time actually testing the water to see the state of it with one of the open water swimmers and regulars in this area. and indeed, it did show that there is some sewage in the water, which they say was seen going into the water on friday. just a few days ago last week. now in

terms of this claim itself, who's bringing it forward? it's professor caroline roberts , professor caroline roberts, who's an environmental and water consultant. she's claiming that these water companies, all six of them, have broken competition laws by mislead the environmental agency and the regulator of what she says this in a statement, the population of the uk has a right to expect that our rivers, lakes and seas will generally be clean except under excess special circumstances. it appears that because of the serial serious under—reporting at the heart of these claims , the water these claims, the water companies have been avoiding being penalised by ofwat. and she says, i believe this has resulted in consumers being unfairly charged for sewage services. now this time of the yean services. now this time of the year, many people will be using waters and rivers like this one for events just a couple of weeks ago here we had the henley regatta and they have five other big events which take place over the summer holidays. and of

course other people in course there are other people in the who this the local community who use this area and this morning we spoke to about some of her to laura about some of her concerns and this is what she had to say. >> it's killing wildlife and it's meaning that people are getting poorly. getting very poorly. >> is high in the river >> e—coli is high in the river all the time. >> it's pumping out what they think is fresh water. but actually it's full of bacteria. it's full of antibiotics, it's full hormones and any kind of full of hormones and any kind of drugs that humans take. so we have hormone , we have antibiotic have hormone, we have antibiotic resistant fish. we've got really poorly wildlife and a river that is unhealthy . is unhealthy. >> well, she is just one of many people who live in this area who have raised their concerns. we've also spoken to a representative from the local district council who we'll hear from later on this afternoon. but in response to this water uk, which represents the water companies in the uk , say this companies in the uk, say this highly speculative claim is entirely without merit. the regulator has confirmed that

over 99% of sewage works comply with their legal requirements. if companies fail to deliver on their commitments, then customers bills are already adjusted accordingly. so that's what the representative of those water companies has to say. but of course, the people here are still concerned about the state of the water. and if these cases are successful, it could be a huge eye—watering amount that some of these people will be getting in compensation . getting in compensation. >> well, a really, really important story. and thank you for following it. so very closely. clearly matters closely. it clearly matters to many , many up and down many, many people up and down the theo chikomba there the country. theo chikomba there from on thames. from henley on thames. >> you're with the live desk on gb news. coming up, >> you're with the live desk on gb news. coming up , the uk and gb news. coming up, the uk and turkey have announced a deal to disrupt the people smuggling gangs. but will it go far enough? that and much more still to come. first, here's your much better weather forecast . better weather forecast. >> that warm feeling inside from boxt boilers. proud sponsors of weather on . gb news.

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from home may have been tasked to do this , in which case the to do this, in which case the lack of . welcome back. lack of. welcome back. >> you're with the live desk here on gb news now, the uk and turkey have struck a new deal to address the surge in illegal

migration, which will focus on coordinated efforts to, quote, disrupt the supply chains and dismantle people smuggling gangs i >> -- >> the agreement will also see a new operation centre set up in turkey by the country's national police , as well as faster police, as well as faster exchange of customs data and other intelligence in immigration minister robert jenrick had this to say on the deal. deal >> well, we are giving some funding to turkey , as you would funding to turkey, as you would expect. that because we're going to be working closely with them. but it's not primarily about money. this is mainly about the share of intelligence and information between our world leading police and security services and their law enforcement authorities so that if we find out something important that can be acted upon swiftly and vice versa, and also the sharing of latest technology and people so that at the critical border between turkey and bulgaria , we are and bulgaria, we are strengthening our relationship there . there. >> immigration minister robert

jenrick. there well, joining us now to break this down is our home and security editor mark white. and, mark, is this a seismic deal size make? >> no, but i think import and yes, there are there is no silver bullet yet that the government has come up with. >> but a number of ways in which they believe they can help disrupt the people smugglers. we have seen actually law enforcement activities , raids enforcement activities, raids that have been carried out in this country and overseas with a view to trying to dismantle all the people smugglers. >> those raids have taken place in recent years. >> these are some images from some law enforcement agency is in europe . in europe. >> last year, actually, as they dismantled a very significant people smuggling operation that was making small boats to order taking those small boats to

germany and then transferring them to the uk . the other images them to the uk. the other images of what they found there now this is just a sample of the many thousands of life jackets , many thousands of life jackets, component parts for the boats . component parts for the boats. it's there's outboard motors as well. these outboard motors are made in china and are transferred to turkey and then turkey, other component parts of the boats are assembled. they're not inflated , obviously. they're not inflated, obviously. they're packed up in in boxes and they're transported by road. the road network up towards germany. so very interestingly, the uk authorities announced that there was going to be a deal and greater cooperation between the uk in and germany just in the last couple of weeks. and now there's this deal with turkey as well , because turkey is there's this deal with turkey as well, because turkey is an important route for those who are coming up towards europe.

others of course go through italy or greece or spain. some of the spanish islands . this of the spanish islands. this young man here came from iraq, herbal iraq went through turkey, and he's made a video diary of his journey to the uk . we'll his journey to the uk. we'll just play one more time. he's got his passport. there is then on a boat from turkey to greece. he's in athens. there then he makes his way up the country through serbia and italy gets himself to the boat, crosses through serbia and italy gets himself to the boat , crosses the himself to the boat, crosses the engush himself to the boat, crosses the english channel. there he goes. lo and behold, he is in westminster. so it's an important route. and it's important, as well, because not just are people going through turkey, but actually there's been a significant increase in the number of turkish nationals coming across as well. at the beginning of the year as the first three months of the year, there were 127 turkish nationals

on these small boats . there were on these small boats. there were about the ninth in ranking in terms of countries represented on the boats. but since april , on the boats. but since april, almost 1400 turkish nationals have been taken off the boat . have been taken off the boat. off the boat. they are now the second most represented country on the boats after afghans . then on the boats after afghans. then it's then turkey and then it's iran. iraq and others. so you can see how important turkey is. both geographically in terms of the boats going through. but also as a centre for where these criminal organised criminal gangs are manufacturing the boats and just to underline again how dangerous these crossings are, 41 migrants have died in a shipwreck off the italian island of lampedusa. >> yeah , i mean, it's becoming >> yeah, i mean, it's becoming an almost daily occurrence and it's is, i think , an indication it's is, i think, an indication of what we're seeing thing we should say that these images are

from the english channel of a boat that crossed just in recent days. >> and it gives you an indication of just how packed out they are. they're well, they're also packed out , of they're also packed out, of course, in the mediterranean when they cross in inflatables and sometimes they're actually bought, hollowed out boats, small fishing boats and the like. and this particular boat that overturned near lampedusa had 45 people on board, only four have survived , all from four have survived, all from africa . they were picked up and africa. they were picked up and said that the boat just about an hour or so after leaving tunisia to head to italy, had been swamped by a big wave . and swamped by a big wave. and everyone washed away, including some children . some children. >> and no doubt they had played paid people smugglers to be in that boat. >> it is it's an industry right from the very start where i mean, let's be honest, these migrants are are also seeking out these criminal gangs to take

them across europe. so it's not just a one way thing. you know, they're not being sort of kidnapped and taken across the border . and the vast majority of border. and the vast majority of cases , they are seeking out cases, they are seeking out criminal gangs. cases, they are seeking out criminal gangs . but it's still criminal gangs. but it's still a tragedy nonetheless. and it's highly lucrative. and this is the big thing that i think the authorities are up against here because it is between 3 and £5000 that are being charged for these journeys just across the engush these journeys just across the english channel. these boats cost about £1,000 to manufacture. they . making manufacture. they. making between 150 and £250,000 for each boat that comes across. >> so it's astonishing amount of money. mark white, thank you so much for the very latest details on that. the really on that. and the really fascinating tiktok videos that some of these migrants are now making they come across to making as they come across to the kingdom as well. the united kingdom as well. coming up, some of britain's biggest lenders are poised to make mortgage rate cuts from tomorrow . is make mortgage rate cuts from tomorrow. is this the make mortgage rate cuts from tomorrow . is this the news home tomorrow. is this the news home owners have been waiting for?

well, all of that to come. but first, is your news headlines. >> tom, thank you and good afternoon. this is the latest from the newsroom. four people have been stabbed and eight arrested after a mass fight in a flat in the old swan area of liverpool. officers attended the scene on haslingden close in the early hours of this morning. the eight arrests are for suspicion of grievous bodily harm with intent and affray. more on this story as we get it. nine people have been killed and two are missing after a fire broke out at a holiday home for disabled people in france. local authorities say two people are feared dead, but they're remaining cautious until their bodies have been recovered. the fire broke out in the early hours of this morning before being quickly extinguished by firefighters . 41 migrants have firefighters. 41 migrants have died in a shipwreck off the italian island of lampedusa.

local media reports say four people who survive the wreckage told rescuers that they were on a boat that had set off from tunisia and sank on its way to italy. it also said the boat that was carrying 45 people, including . three children . the including. three children. the police service of northern ireland has apologised to its thousands of serving officers and civilian staff after a major data breach. a spreadsheet containing statistical information on the police force and its officers was mistakenly available online for around three hours before being taken down. assistant chief constable chris todd apologised for the breach but said it does not pose an immediate security risk to any staff . and there's going to any staff. and there's going to be disruption and delays to flights at gatwick airport as workers announce a fresh wave of strikes as part of an ongoing dispute over pay. the unite union says around 230 workers, including ground handlers and

passenger assistance workers, will walk out for eight days this month, including over the bank holiday weekend . you can bank holiday weekend. you can get more on all of those stories by visiting our website, gbnews.com .

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news. the people's channel. britain's news. channel news. the people's channel. britain's news . channel welcome britain's news. channel welcome back to the live desk on gb news. now some of britain's biggest lenders are poised to make mortgage rate cuts from today. yes you heard me right. mortgage rate cuts with nationwide building society announcing reductions of up to 0.55 percentage points to its fixed mortgages. >> well , let's get more fixed mortgages. >> well, let's get more on this with analysis from gb news, economics and business editor liam halligan with on the money . liam, is this really happening? i mean, inflation is still fairly high. we've just had the bank of england base rate rise yet again and mortgage rates really starting to come down. >> well, you give me a hard time when i give you bad news. i'm here. i bring good news. i bring good news. >> we don't dare believe it. >> we don't dare believe it. >> why is why is this happening? this is happening in general because because even though interest just went up and

interest rates just went up and are likely go up again by the are likely to go up again by the bank of the longer term bank of england, the longer term trajectory interest rates trajectory is the interest rates are peak . and that are nearing their peak. and that means that at some stage relatively they're going to relatively soon they're going to start down. so if you start coming down. so if you take a mortgage for a two or start coming down. so if you téfive a mortgage for a two or start coming down. so if you téfive a period ge for a two or start coming down. so if you téfive a period and)r a two or start coming down. so if you téfive a period and the two or a five year period and the financial markets, the futures markets are predicting that rates will lower . we call the rates will be lower. we call the long end of the of the curve, which means that average rates across those that two, 3 or 5 year period is lower than it currently is, if you see what i mean. let's have a look at some of the facts here. so we know that the bank of england just put interest rates up their base rate from 5 to 5.25, the highest since the spring of 2008. of course . and pretty much course. and pretty much everybody expects another rate rise when the bank of england meets in mid september. again when having said that , a lot of when having said that, a lot of people now believe that the rate won't peak at 6.75. the bank of england's rate will peak much

lower at about 5.75 to 6. that's what the futures markets are saying when people bet on the future and why are they saying that? because inflation in headune that? because inflation in headline inflation came down from 8.7 to 7.9. and when the july number comes out next week, next wednesday , we'll be here. next wednesday, we'll be here. theni next wednesday, we'll be here. then i reckon it's going to start with a six, which is still , you know, hugely higher than the bank of england's 2% target, but a massive drop, a massive drop. so at the moment, but a massive drop, a massive drop. so at the moment , the drop. so at the moment, the average two year mortgage fix right across the whole industry, across all loans to value, across all loans to value, across all loans to value, across all mortgage durations, the average number is 6.84. right but if the interest rate does peak soon and starts coming down towards the end of this year or the middle of next year, then that means across the average of two, 3 or 5 year fix that you're getting at the moment, the rate should be lower than it currently is and that's why nationwide and tsb have announced that from today they

are going to cut their standard variable rate by nought .55% and i would say to anybody who's looking to remortgage now, anybody who's looking out to take a mortgage for the first time, wait as long as you can because i think once this inflation number comes out next wednesday, the whole view of the market is going to change and suddenly mortgage rates across the board will start coming down quite substantially . if i have quite substantially. if i have no magic crystal ball, no magic about this, but just eyeing the numbers, eyeing what financial markets are doing, if this inflation number next wednesday is considerably lower, wait for further mortgage rate cuts, but just as they've come down, could they very quickly go up again in they very quickly go up again in the autumn ? well, that depends . the autumn? well, that depends. if there is a what we call an oil price shock or a gas price shock, if geopolitics really deteriorates again , if something deteriorates again, if something some of the bombing that's going on around the black sea, around those oil terminals and those

grain terminals , this is like grain terminals, this is like one of the pinch points of the world in terms of food. and, you know , correspondents like me know, correspondents like me who've lived in that part of the world, we always knew this suddenly everybody the west suddenly everybody in the west says, yeah, ukraine, says, oh, yeah, ukraine, the black they're pretty black sea, they're pretty important . that's why important. yeah, that's why they've of war they've been a theatre of war for years. of course for a thousand years. of course they're important. the dardanelles are important. you know, the bosphorus canal . it's know, the bosphorus canal. it's all important. despite the all very important. despite the sort of, you know, digitalisation and we live in a cyber world, geography still matters. when black sea matters. and when black sea ports that are funnels for global markets , for oil, for gas global markets, for oil, for gas from kazakhstan , for instance, from kazakhstan, for instance, central asia, for grain from russia and ukraine, then that could start affecting prices . if could start affecting prices. if we start, as i've been arguing a lot in my telegraph column, if we start seeing inflation spiking again or at least not falling in the autumn because of high food and high oil prices is caused by geopolitics , what's caused by geopolitics, what's that got to do with the bank of england? how will raising

interest rates help bring down that inflation? that inflation will not be about high demand. it will not be about a big kind of post lockdown wave of demand. it will be pure and simple about shocks to oil, food , other soft shocks to oil, food, other soft commodity prices and there'd be no reason for the bank of england to raise interest rates because of that kind of inflation. now, whether or not they make that intellectual they can make that intellectual distinction, whether they distinction, whether or not they got courage to say, look, got the courage to say, look, this inflation is not down to us, this is something else . we us, this is something else. we wait and see. but i think for now, the inflation number next wednesday is likely to be relatively good news. i'm putting my neck on the line here. i think it will start with a six coming down from 7.9. and if that if that is indeed the case, interest rate expectations will fall pretty dramatically. and so mortgage rates will start to fall even more than we've just seen today. and this is sorry, tom, you carry on it just seems that these two banks today agree with your analysis. >> it seems that they are

expecting inflation to fall as you are fairly considerably. they are expecting interest rates to not rise as much . why rates to not rise as much. why are only two banks thinking that is there potentially some sort of division in terms of where financial institutions sit on this prediction? >> what you're doing there , tom, >> what you're doing there, tom, and i know why you're doing it. you're bringing of you're bringing sort of political to financial political analysis to financial markets. there is a huge markets. now, there is a huge crossover. you and i talk about it a lot, how the political market place affects the broader marketplace for money and stocks and shares and all rest of and shares and all the rest of it. look, the likes hsbc, of it. look, the likes of hsbc, of tsb and nationwide, they've they have histories as mutuals , as have histories as mutuals, as building societies. they tend to be a little bit softer focus , a be a little bit softer focus, a little bit kinder around the edges than the high street banks that give mortgages . right. so that give mortgages. right. so it's not surprising that they're the first to cut. they also know that, you know, people like me are going go, hey, they've are going to go, hey, they've just they're loads. just cut. they're getting loads. you we're here, you know, we're sitting here, i'm doing my job. as a reporter,

you're questioning me. we you're questioning me. and we keep things about keep saying nice things about tsb and nationwide. right. but the thing is, these guys, they're not really taking a bet. what they're doing is they're looking at financial markets. they're looking at obscure parts of financial markets that people in the city of london look at all the time. but journalists and ordinary people tend not to. and the futures markets are and what the futures markets are showing, what the curves for two yean showing, what the curves for two year, five year gilts that the government sells, they're all showing that as we go out showing is that as we go out into the future, people think rates will be lower. so they're offering lower interest rates when they lend money to the government . so it strikes me government. so it strikes me that there's some good news coming down the track if we hold our nerve. well liam, thank you so much for bringing us some good economic news. >> it does like rarity >> it does seem like a rarity these days . well, moving on, new these days. well, moving on, new analysis of home office statistics by the liberal democrats has revealed a . democrats has revealed a. staggering 213,279 burglaries were closed without a suspect

being identified across england and wales in 2022, 2023, and that financial year that accounts for 76.8% of all cases and works out at an average of 584 unsolved burglary is every single day . single day. >> our yorkshire reporter anna riley has more . riley has more. >> anastasia tempest is one of hundreds of thousands of victims to have been burgled in the uk with the crime remaining unsolved and her leeds home was ransacked by thieves in the night as she lay in bed, her designer handbag was stolen along with commemorative coins and cash. anastasia has cerebral palsy use a wheelchair and lives alone and feels that the burglary was targeted due to her vulnerable cities. >> it's got a rail outside, so it's blatantly obvious that the person who lives at this address

is, um . is, um. >> it has a disability. >> it has a disability. >> you know, a bedroom is supposed to be, you know, even more personal than a living room. you know, i don't want somebody to see me in bed and i don't want to sound dramatic, but i could have been murdered just three weeks after the first break in another burglary attempt was made. >> anastasia fears it could happen again and wants more to be done to solve burglaries. >> i'm really, really shocked and i'm a nervous wreck. it's just given me absolute anxiety . just given me absolute anxiety. i'm in a permanent state of anxiety and it needs to be taken more seriously because i'm fed up of hearing it's low level, it's low level . it's low level. it's low level. it's low level. it isn't low level. and people's lives are being wrecked and ruined , west yorkshire police ruined, west yorkshire police said. >> we attend all home burglaries in line with recently published national guidance . national guidance. >> s our investment in projects to reduce burglary in west

yorkshire have resulted in a 36.8% reduction compared to 2019. >> some burglaries are finalised as unsolved because of a lack of evidence or because a suspect cannot be identified. >> but others can be because the victim does not wish to pursue the matter. the charity victim support believe more investment should be put into policing in order to reduce crime rates. >> it takes certain skills . >> it takes certain skills. >> it takes certain skills. >> it takes a lot of information and things to take. take crimes to a point of being charged, but without having the resources. how can we expect police to improve the statistics around charging and prosecution rates around burglary? what we're seeing moment is only seeing at the moment is only about 4% of reported burglaries seeing a charge , which is the seeing a charge, which is the first step towards justice. for now, victims like anastasia to remain vigilant in their own homes left with the financial and emotional impact of being burgled. >> anna riley . gb news it's such

>> anna riley. gb news it's such a violation , isn't it? a violation, isn't it? >> if you're burgled. awful. awful. the prince and princess of wales are expected to lead tributes to the late queen next month. can you believe it is almost a year since she passed away ? away? >> well, william and kate will make a public appearance on the 8th of september to honour the life of the beloved monarch. they're also expected to use the opportunity to look forward to the future of the monarchy . the future of the monarchy. >> joining us in the studio now is gb news royal correspondent cameron walker . cameron, let's cameron walker. cameron, let's just take a look at that final image of the queen. this was her at balmoral, only a day or so, two days before she died. i think we can just show you that. i mean, she she was always so full of energy. and she did look so very young, except i think in that last image when she looked actually incredibly frail .

actually incredibly frail. >> but it does personify her duty because she was doing her duty because she was doing her duty until the very end, just a few days before her death. >> as you said, she appointed her final prime minister, liz truss. i was outside the gates at balmoral that day, flew back to london. >> and then very quickly had to fly balmoral again . fly back up to balmoral again. it doesn't feel like a year, really. >> next month it feels like a lifetime, but we do have some more details from sources with inside kensington palace as to what the royal family are going to be doing on that day. we know that and catherine, the that william and catherine, the prince princess of wales prince and princess of wales will be making some sort of pubuc public appearance. details are a bit . i think it's bit sketchy. i think it's unlikely that going to get unlikely that we're going to get a public speech from prince william or princess catherine. perhaps they're going to be unveiling may even unveiling something. it may even be princess catherine be just the princess catherine wearing a brooch or a necklace that the late queen had gifted her. don't those her. we don't have those details. do know that the details. we do know that the king and the queen are going to be at balmoral castle on the day itself , quietly reflecting on itself, quietly reflecting on that day privately. that's

something that the late queen did on her accession day. actually, she spent the day at sandringham, which is where her father, george the sixth, father, king george the sixth, passed february 1952. so passed away in february 1952. so traditions for the king and queen. but it looks like the prince and princess of wales are going to be the ones leading the nafion going to be the ones leading the nation paying tribute to that day. >> and that interesting. that >> and that is interesting. that is a deliberate choice is perhaps a deliberate choice by the monarchy, something different, something more forward thinking than before. have we seen the prince and princess of wales be so , so princess of wales be so, so active on a on a day like that? >> well, the mirror is reporting this morning that a source has told them that it's very much looking to the future, that day. and, of course, the prince and princess of wales are the future of monarchy, as are their of the monarchy, as are their three children. george, three children. george george, charlotte for the charlotte and louis. as for the king and queen, it seems like they tradition they are following the tradition of what the late queen used to do spending the day in do and spending the day in private. it must be an incredibly difficult, challenging for the king. challenging day for the king. all those memories flooding back of what happens that day

because, not are because, of course, not only are you suddenly of state, you suddenly the head of state, you've also lost your mother. so it's particular, particularly challenging for him being having the on as the public the crown on as the public figure of king and a private figure of the king and a private individual losing his mother. yeah. >> yeah. and i think maybe on what is the first anniversary you're more likely to remember her as as your mother rather than the queen, aren't you? and all memories that all the incredible memories that you her of her and harry you have on her of her and harry and meghan. they're not taking part in this. i mean, there's a lot of talk that they've not been invited. what do you know about that? >> yeah, it was very interesting. we do know that harry and meghan going to be harry and meghan are going to be in around same time in europe around the same time because invictus games, because it's the invictus games, prince sporting events prince harry's sporting events for veterans kicks for wounded veterans that kicks off germany on off in dusseldorf in germany on the of september. so the 9th of september. so i suppose lots of people were putting two and two together, being like, well, you've flown across atlantic. why aren't across the atlantic. why aren't you relatives you going to see your relatives in uk on the day in europe, in the uk on the day of possibly a little bit more complicated than that? >> know, with all >> as we know, with all families, quite possibly. >> my sources, it seems

>> but from my sources, it seems like there's no private family gathering at all going to be going on on the day so, going on on the day itself. so, no, we'll and no, i doubt we'll see harry and meghan make up. >> they can remember privately as they? exactly. it as well, can't they? exactly. it doesn't where are in doesn't matter where they are in the thanks very the world. well, thanks very much, you. much, cameron. thank you. >> more coming up, >> well, lots more coming up, including for safety including fears for the safety of every police officer in northern ireland. much more on that the that to come. but first, the weather , the temperatures rising weather, the temperatures rising , boxt solar proud sponsors of weather on . gb news. weather on. gb news. >> hi there. it's aidan mcgivern here from the met office. with the gb news forecast, sunny spells for many of us during the rest of the day, feeling warmer than it has for some time . and than it has for some time. and then with the increased humidity, we've got an increased chance of some fog overnight. as we wednesday day, there'll we end wednesday day, there'll be some patchy around for be some patchy cloud around for much scotland, some light much of scotland, some light showers scotland showers for the west of scotland and wind for the far and a brisk wind for the far north. also fairly breezy out towards the south—west. 1 or 2 showers possible for cornwall by the end of the night. areas of

cloud and some fog affecting southern counties of england and south wales. but it's a warm night compared with recent nights, 15 or 16 celsius in places by dawn . we start with places by dawn. we start with the and fog in some the low cloud and fog in some southern and western parts, but otherwise largely sunny otherwise it's largely sunny skies and we keep the bright weather through the rest of the day, especially across central and south—east england, northern scotland seeing some scotland as well. seeing some decent will decent sunny spells there will be cloud through be some cloud building through the chance of a the day and the chance of a shower or two into the far southwest at times. otherwise where we've sunshine , where we've got the sunshine, temperatures reaching the high 20s, much warmer than it has 20s, so much warmer than it has been for some time, but it doesn't last. it's a one day wonder. we've got a cold front moving through overnight and that bring some heavy rain, that will bring some heavy rain, especially and more especially to scotland and more especially to scotland and more especially the of especially for the north of scotland friday. showers scotland during friday. showers arriving elsewhere , some heavy arriving elsewhere, some heavy bursts at times in between, still some sunny spells on friday and still warm in the east. but the weekend will be a mixture of sunny spells and showers. temperatures back to around average .

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channel >> good afternoon and welcome to the live desk with me, pip tomson and me tom harwood . tomson and me tom harwood. >> now to huge data breaches to report this lunchtime . there are

report this lunchtime. there are fears for the safety of every police officer in northern ireland after a major data breach in which their personal details were mistakenly put onune details were mistakenly put online in. >> and the electoral commission has apologised after the details of millions of voters in the uk were exposed in a cyber attack on the electoral register. plus we're in henley on thames, where one of six water companies in the uk is being accused of failing to admit how much sewage is going into rivers like this . is going into rivers like this. >> and the campaign to rebuild britain's wonkiest pub brick by brick, the 18th century crooked house pub was a landmark boozer in the west midlands, but this is what it looks like now after it was destroyed in a mystery

fire and then demolished it and it's left people drunk with grief. all that to come . but grief. all that to come. but first, here are your headlines with tatiana . with tatiana. >> tom thank you. it's 1:01. >> tom thank you. it's1:01. this is the latest from the gb newsroom. nine people have been killed and two are missing after a fire broke out at a holiday for home disabled people in france . local authorities say france. local authorities say two people are feared dead, but there remaining cautious until their bodies have been recovered. the fire broke out in the early hours of this morning before being quickly extinguished by firefighters. president emmanuel macron described the situation as a tragedy . 41 migrants have died tragedy. 41 migrants have died in a shipwreck off the italian island of lampedusa . local media island of lampedusa. local media reports say four people who survived the wreckage told rescuers that they were on a boat that had set off from tunisia and sank on its way to

italy. it also said the boat that was carrying 45 people included three children. the police service of northern ireland has apologised to its thousands of serving officers and civilian staff after a major data breach. a spreadsheet containing statistical information on the police force and its officers was mistakenly available online for around three hours before being taken down. assistant chief constable chris todd apologised for the breach but said it does not pose an immediate security risk to any staff. a surge in illegal people smuggling gangs is to be tackled by a new deal struck between the uk and turkey. it will see the turkish national police speed up the process of returning turkish nationals who come to britain via illegal channels. turkey's often used as a major hub for people smuggling gangs due to its geographical location, and reports suggest many vessels used to cross the channel originate there. immigration minister robert jenrick told gb news that the

dealis jenrick told gb news that the deal is a win for both countries, but declined to say how much it will cost. this is mainly about the share of intelligence and information between our world leading police and security services and their law enforcement authorities so that if we find out something important that can be acted upon swiftly and vice versa, and also the sharing of latest technology and people so that at the critical border between turkey and bulgaria , we are and bulgaria, we are strengthening our relationship there as well as in the big towns and cities of turkey as well . well. >> so it's a win win for both countries as four people have been stabbed and eight arrested after a mass fight in a flat in the old swan area of liverpool. >> officers attended the scene on haslingden close in the early hours of this morning. the eight arrests are for suspicion of grievous bodily harm with intent and affray. more on this as we get it. now it's going to be disruption and delays to flights at gatwick airport workers

at gatwick airport as workers announce a fresh wave of strikes . it's part of an ongoing dispute over pay. the unite union says around 230 workers, including ground handlers and passenger assisted workers, will walk out for eight days. it says strikes will be for four days from august the 18th and a further four days from august the 25th, including over the bank holiday weekend . well, bank holiday weekend. well, there's some good news on the way for those with a mortgage. several of britain's biggest lenders have cut their interest rates today. nationwide is set to cut up to 0.55% off its fixed rate mortgages. tsb will slash around 0.4% from selected five year fixed rate products . and year fixed rate products. and hsbc has cut rates on its residential mortgage range . by residential mortgage range. by 0.2% at the bank of england's base rate remains . at 5.25% on base rate remains. at 5.25% on line. medical company babylon health is at risk of collapse unless it finds a buyer.

babylon's gp at hand service is available 24 hours via a smartphone . it's funded by the smartphone. it's funded by the nhs and became the first gp provider to get a list of more than 100,000 patient s. the us listed company has struggled after a business merger fell through. it says the uk part of its business is still successful and sustainable, but it will struggle to continue unless a solution is found . a trend on solution is found. a trend on tiktok is encouraging people in london to steal from shops on oxford street today. the metropolitan police says it's aware of online speculation about opportunities to commit crime. it's warning there'll be a number of officers in the area over the next 24 hours. the london mayor, sadiq khan, described the social media trend as nonsense and warned people against being sucked into crime . this is gb news across the uk on tv in your car, on digital radio and on your smart speaker by saying play gb news now it's

back to tom and . pip back to tom and. pip >> well, welcome to the live desk here on gb news. police officers in northern ireland are said to be shocked, dismayed and basically angry after a major data breach saw personal and employment data published online. >> the police service of northern ireland has apologised after it emerged that some 10,000 officers and staff were affected. so how did this data breach happen ? breach happen? >> well, it followed a freedom of information, freedom of information request seeking, the number of officers and staff at all ranks and grades across the organisation . the data was organisation. the data was mistakenly put online in and up for around three hours. >> the names and roles of all police and civilian personnel, along with where their based was exposed . so why does this matter exposed. so why does this matter ? well, more than 300 police officers were murdered in

northern ireland during the 30 years of violence known as the troubles. >> the most recent attack on a police officer there was in february when detective chief inspector john caldwell was seriously injured in a shooting in omagh . it shows that officers in omagh. it shows that officers and staff remain under threat from republican paramilitaries . from republican paramilitaries. >> joining us live from psni headquarters is dougie beattie sorry papers just waving around there. we'll just move that dougie beattie. who is our gb news? northern ireland. reporter. good to see you this afternoon, dg. we can't underestimate or , you know, underestimate or, you know, stress how right . we'll get stress how right. we'll get somebody to sort this out because that is not very good. having papers waving around. apologies to you if you've just seen television. seen that on the television. let's try that again. dougie this is such a serious , serious this is such a serious, serious breach going on here. there is some political reaction coming in. the sinn fein vice president , michelle o'neill, saying the data breach is very worrying. we now understand that there's

going to be an emergence . see going to be an emergence. see policing board meeting happening about this tomorrow . about this tomorrow. >> that is totally correct . it >> that is totally correct. it is a massive breach and there will be a policing board meeting tomorrow . and we are just tomorrow. and we are just heanng tomorrow. and we are just hearing that simon byrne, the chief constable , is indeed chief constable, is indeed cutting his holidays short and will be attending that meeting tomorrow morning that i would imagine , will be a very, very imagine, will be a very, very interesting meeting to be at. of course , we only see the public course, we only see the public side of that meeting. there will be a private meeting beforehand . and you do wonder, will we still see the chief con in place tomorrow after that meeting is over ? because right at the top over? because right at the top of the organisation session, somebody has to take responsibility for this. and you mentioned about the three over 300 officers that have been killed here. you've got to go back to the bad old days of northern ireland just in and around the late 90s when i remember going to school with friends fathers friends of mine whose fathers and mothers were in the police

service of northern ireland, and they would told you that they would have told you that their was a painter or their father was a painter or their father was a painter or their was a doctor or a their father was a doctor or a car mechanic. and of course they were told by their parents, don't be telling anyone what we don't be telling anyone what we do for a living. unfortunately, now what we have is social media quite a lot of that. and many of those officers that have been named in this documents will be telling their children last night and tonight, take down your social media. do not be exposing the family to any way that these names could be linked, because don't forget, on these documents, was is the full. sir surname and the first initial of their first name. so it wouldn't too be hard to find out who these people are and where they're living, which puts these families. and don't forget, are families, forget, these are families, policemen policewomen . policemen and policewomen. they're like you and i. they're just like you and i. it's a job and they have to go home to their own house. they'll be checking under their cars every morning. will be every morning. they will be looking when they're closing the door at night. is there a light

across street? all these across the street? all these things coming haunt them things coming back to haunt them from many years gone by from many, many years gone by because of one piece of carelessness where this amazing amount of information was let into the public arena . and the into the public arena. and the questions now really are what are they going to do about it to help these officers rather than the investigation into it? because this this information is already in the public domain. the horse has bolted the stable and having a postmortem about it doesn't really seem to be the way of dealing with it. quickly they must get these officers reading floyd, possibly in different stations and have a look at the security in the round. many of these officers, because there's over 300 of these officers are officers that will be looking undercover. many of these officers are in of many stations, 30 of them, we know are based in with the m15 . these are based in with the m15. these are based in with the m15. these are very, very serious breaches indeed. now absolutely huge.

>> and it's almost 11,000 names that appears on this spreadsheet that appears on this spreadsheet that seems to have been erroneous , published . and yet erroneous, published. and yet you've been speaking about how families may well be changing . families may well be changing. their social media may well be checking under their cars. the former justice minister of northern ireland, naomi long, has said that some police officers may well be considering their position. their position in the force. do you understand that some police officers may well be be thinking about that right now ? right now? >> of course they will. these officers put their lives on the line as they do the whole way across the uk, but in particular in northern ireland, because of the various terrorist threats here. and when they are being lectured and being told that they have to keep digital security at at its absolute maximum time for them to come home, basically into their own stations. and being told, sorry, there was a breach with this information is now in the public

domain of course, many of these officers will leave the service and think to themselves that it's not worth the worry when they look at their children and they look at their children and they look at their children and they look at their wives or husbands sitting there and think themselves, shoot, would is it worth it to be in this force when my own protection and my own personal data is so open to the public and people? i mean, i looked through some of these names last night. there are some people in there that i would know. i would never have known what a police station they were know. i would never have known whatin,3olice station they were know. i would never have known whatin, but:e station they were know. i would never have known whatin, but that ation they were know. i would never have known whatin, but that documentwere know. i would never have known whatin, but that document now ever in, but that document now tells you exactly where they are. and that's how dangerous these documents are, because once start putting together once you start putting together where people travel, how they get back and forward to work, you are heading back to the very bad old days of the troubles in northern ireland. >> dougie beattie gb news northern ireland report . >> dougie beattie gb news northern ireland report. thank you so much for that. it's so, so concerning because the terror threat level is currently severe in northern ireland. and just

what he was saying there about that, i guess jigsaw identification? >> no, just just astonishing the stories of his childhood as well. really, really powerful . well. really, really powerful. but that seemed to have been what may well have been an accidental ul breach of privacy and data leak . let's move on to and data leak. let's move on to one that may well have been less accidental and a little more nefarious. the united kingdom electoral commission has today apologised , quizzed over the apologised, quizzed over the security breach where the information of 40 million uk voters such as names, addresses, email urls and even phone numbers was leaked. >> the disclosure comes over a year after the breach was first detected. which incident also took over a year to notice, raising questions about why it went undetected for so long. and also why it took so long to inform the public. joining us now from westminster is political correspondent olivia utley. good afternoon, olivia . utley. good afternoon, olivia. the finger is firmly being

pointed at russia for this , pointed at russia for this, isn't it ? isn't it? >> well, absolutely . we've heard >> well, absolutely. we've heard from one former boss of gchq saying that he thinks that russia is responsible for this. it was a very sophisticated form of cyber attack as we've heard. it took the electoral commission 14 months to notice that it was even happening. and all of that time , hackers had access to the time, hackers had access to the details of 40 million british voters . that is very, very voters. that is very, very concerning indeed. now, of course, the electoral commission has pointed out that because our electoral system in the uk is very much still paper based, we aren't able to vote online. it is less susceptible to voter fraud than perhaps in other countries. they've also suggested that that the that lots of the information that's out there is was already available in the public domain . available in the public domain. so perhaps it could have been worse. that said , the fact that worse. that said, the fact that all of this information is now

all of this information is now all in one place and in the hands of potentially nefarious hackers is pretty worrying because some of that information could be linked up to other information, which is also in the public domain and used to work out information . about 40 work out information. about 40 million registered voters in the uk. worryingly the electoral commission says that it doesn't know whether or not that data was download loaded. it knows that the hackers had access to it, but it doesn't know whether that information has been taken offline. so we don't yet know the full extent of the damage done. the full extent of the damage done . i think when parliament done. i think when parliament comes back after this summer recess, we're going to hear from some pretty angry mps as no doubt. >> and of course , people will be >> and of course, people will be concerned about how this is opposes the wider security apparatus of the united kingdom. what else might nefarious foreign actors be targeting and how safe are we really as

individuals in the united kingdom . kingdom. >> well, absolutely . it raises >> well, absolutely. it raises all sorts of pretty worrying questions. and we know that the parliamentary group for cyber security is already on the case. the mp, simon fell has said that, frankly, this isn't good enough. i think what lots of people will find most concerning about this is the fact that the electoral commission still doesn't seem to the extent doesn't seem to know the extent of the damage. it was access for 14 months. data and we are 14 months. this data and we are only hearing about it nearly a year after the hacking period ended. that was in october 2022. now, the electoral commission has said, and you can understand where they're coming from, that the reason this has only come to light is that they were light now is that they were attempting to strengthen their security in the time that's elapsed between october 22nd and now. they didn't want to alert the hackers, as it were, to the fact that they were onto the case. still to find that case. but still to find out that your been hacked for your data has been hacked for over a year, nearly a year ago,

is pretty worrying . is pretty worrying. >> and of course , now, you know, >> and of course, now, you know, there's so much so much questioning now of what trust we have, what confidence we have in the whole system and in basic electoral process . well exactly. electoral process. well exactly. >> the good thing is, as i've mentioned, that in the uk, our electoral system is still very much paper based. in other countries it is possible to vote onune countries it is possible to vote online and we know that that has been open to abuse. we know that russian hackers have influenced elections across the world. it is some comfort that that won't be possible here. it is very difficult to impersonate a voter because you have to go to the polling booth yourself and vote on paper. but this sort of very, very sophisticated cyber hack shows just if we didn't know already , shows just what russia already, shows just what russia is capable of. and we've already been warned of the potential of

russia's cyber hacking r energy for example, the chances of a blackout were warned last december and now we're seeing really very real evidence of what russia is capable of when it comes to cyber attack . okay. it comes to cyber attack. okay. >> political correspondent olivia utley, we'll leave it there. before that music gets any louder and drowns, you out. thank you very much for that update. >> i suppose we'll be thankful that voter id has been brought in in the last year or so into these elections. if they are if they are under such risk, incredibly worrying. >> i mean, they're also talking about could be behind it about china could be behind it because they conduct a lot of espionage as well. mhm. >> well coming up, a grim economic forecast for the united kingdom . liam halligan will be kingdom. liam halligan will be back with us in the studio to pour water the rosy news pour some water on the rosy news he gave us in last hour. but he gave us in the last hour. but before here's the weather i >> -- >> looks like things are heating up. boxed boilers are proud sponsors of weather on gb news news. hi there.

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this evening. gb news the people's channel. britain's watching . on watching. on >> well, welcome back to the live desk here on gb news as we might have narrowly avoided a recession so far this year , but recession so far this year, but that could soon change. so says the national institute of economic and social research , economic and social research, which, yeah, it is warning that the return of stagflation could haunt the uk . haunt the uk. >> britain's economy returning . >> britain's economy returning. to the 1970s period of weak growth and high inflation. that's according to the leading economic think tank. they're predicting a 60% risk that the uk will be in a recession by the next general election. >> well, let's get more on this now with gb news economics and business editor liam halligan with on the money . liam

with on the money. liam stagflation. are we really back to that? >> nothing to do with antlers or hunting? tom stagflation . it's hunting? tom stagflation. it's sort of 1970s term. i wrote about it in my economics a—level all those years ago. it's when you get the combination of slow growth, even recession or stagnation. that's the economy contracting and inflation down. now, it's interesting, isn't it, because an hour or so ago we were talking about good economic news with mortgage rates coming down from the tsb and nationwide. and we'll come on to that. here you have one of that. but here you have one of the leading economic think tanks, the national institute. it's since the 50s it's been around since the 50s and completely crossed and 60s, completely crossed party, partly government funded , but ferociously independent. and they're now saying that the uk could go into a recession just when the bank of england said think the uk will avoid said we think the uk will avoid recession. so it just shows you the economy a kind of on a the economy is on a kind of on a on a knife edge. it could go either way. there's a lot of uncertainty swirling. that's why

one saying things are one minute i'm saying things are looking the next minute looking good, the next minute i'm reporting are i'm reporting that people are saying aren't that good. saying things aren't that good. a lot of uncertainty. let's have a at what national a look at what the national institute actually it's institute actually said. it's run distinguished run by a very distinguished economist called dr. jagjit chadha and dr. chadha said in the latest report from the national institute , unless we national institute, unless we until we ignite economic growth, a substantial proportion of households will struggle with high housing and food costs , high housing and food costs, poor transportation, a creaking healthcare service and dwindling savings . it's not a healthcare service and dwindling savings. it's not a promising inheritance for the next government. and there you have it. that's from dr. jagjit chadha. and it's interesting, isn't it ? he's sounding a bit isn't it? he's sounding a bit like liz truss there. oh, we got to go for growth. it just goes to go for growth. it just goes to show you, you know, we do need expansion. we do need economic expansion. we do need economic expansion. we do need economic expansion. we do need economic growth. even the national institute says that . national institute says that. and i'm not saying this is going to completely change the political outlook, but it's interesting that the national institute, they're stressing regional . if you regional inequalities. if you drill down into their report, there's lots of stuff about, as

you'd expect , there's lots of stuff about, as you'd expect, london and the south—east, livingston leaders are up better and in are holding up better and in some of the regions, the midlands in particular the northeast, living standards have been slipping. but chatter is saying that the bank of england, if interest if it keeps raising interest rates, starting to sound if it keeps raising interest rates, like starting to sound if it keeps raising interest rates, like me.;tarting to sound if it keeps raising interest rates, like me. if rting to sound if it keeps raising interest rates, like me. if they to sound if it keeps raising interest rates, like me. if they keep und more like me. if they keep raising interest they are raising interest rates, they are actually bring actually going to bring about a recession without necessarily bringing down inflation. and it was only 24 hours ago that we were saying the cost of living crisis is starting to ease. >> absolutely. that's in contradiction to that . contradiction to that. >> no one knows what's going to happen. obviously, this this is economics, right? it's educated, guesswork . and that's coming guesswork. and that's coming from me. but but it is it's so complicated . look, the uk complicated. look, the uk economy could be whacked at any moment by, you know, surging oil pnces. moment by, you know, surging oil prices . given if moment by, you know, surging oil prices. given if war moment by, you know, surging oil prices . given if war escalates prices. given if war escalates even more in the black sea between russia and ukraine, the saudis and the russians are working together. opec and the russians keeping oil prices high. we don't know what's going to happen. but what we do know

is that not everyone agrees with what the national institute is saying. some people actually feel that there won't be a recession , that interest rates recession, that interest rates are going to start coming down very soon. and that's why by some of the big mortgage providers are now lowering their mortgage rates, believe it or not. let's have a look at those factoids, if we can. so we know that the bank of england last raised interest rates last week to 5.25. but there's now a lot of people think they're not set to peak at six, 6.25, 6.5, 6.75. futures markets now suggest that the interest rate from the bank of england is set to peak at 5.75. so that means just 1 or 2 more rate rises . i personally more rate rises. i personally think there will only be one, and we now know that the average two year mortgage fix is 6.84. but nation wide and tsb, they have a long history as mutuals slightly softer, slightly kinder

lenders. they are now announcing that from today and later this week they are cutting their standard variable mortgage rate by 0.55. even though the bank of england may raise rates at least once or twice more . why are they once or twice more. why are they saying that? because they're lending money for two years, five years, whatever it is , ten five years, whatever it is, ten years. and they think over that period, interest rates on average will be lower than they are now. and that's why they can lower their standard variable mortgage rate. >> so let me just ask you about one of our biggest housebuilders bellway. they are saying they are building fewer homes this year due to slowdown in the year due to the slowdown in the property market and the increases in mortgage rates. so they're severely affected. >> well, i wouldn't say they're severely affected. house builders make money even when the market's tight because people still need to live somewhere . i mean, very somewhere. i mean, i'm very sceptical of the big house builders crying that they're in a hard time. they deliberately restrict supply of housing, right? that's that's what they do . i'm not right? that's that's what they do. i'm not casting

right? that's that's what they do . i'm not casting any do. i'm not casting any aspersions in particular on bellway. they can whatever bellway. they can say whatever they like. a free country. they like. it's a free country. but you know, the house builders, when the market builders, even when the market is booming, they build fewer houses than we need to keep unit pnces prices high. >> is that not a to do with >> is that not a lot to do with the regulation that country the regulation that this country imposes in planning, where, imposes upon in planning, where, unlike in other countries, if you follow certain rules, you can build in this country, we've got a discretionary system where councils could save for no reason at all, no, you can't build it. >> planning , the planning >> the planning, the planning system a problem and it system is a problem and it favours the big businesses, the big house builders who've got massive bureaucracies that can wade their way through the planning system. if you're a small sort of dad and son building company , that's really, building company, that's really, really tough . but i wouldn't say really tough. but i wouldn't say it's all about the planning system. it's also about a deliberate decision by big house builders to of contrive builders to sort of contrive scarcity, to prices high. scarcity, to keep prices high. why do i say that? why tom? because there are over a million planning permissions outstanding that been granted. and then that have been granted. and then not and if you talk to

not used. and if you talk to shelter, around 40% of all planning permissions that are granted in london are never built. >> some people say that some house builders will hold those planning permissions sort of as a pipeline of work because they can't be certain where that future work comes from. yeah but the fact is that the number of permissions they've got on their books not has escalated in books not use, has escalated in the last 4 or 5 years. >> and i've produced the figures huge effort that prove that. so it is partly the planning system , but it also in my view, it's because the house builders are too powerful . the top ten house too powerful. the top ten house builders account for 70% of all new homes that are built, which is far too high, a number that's precisely why the competition and markets authority is investigating our housebuilding sector speak . but as sector as we speak. but as i say, they deny all wrongdoing , say, they deny all wrongdoing, saying and i'm not suggesting for a second that they're doing anything illegal. >> well, halligan, thank >> well, liam halligan, thank you that. mixed you so much for that. mixed economic news there. perhaps rosier on mortgages and maybe less rosy on growth. well,

there's much more to come on the live desk here on gb news. but first, let's get your latest news headlines . news headlines. >> tom, thank you very much. it's 132. this is the latest from the newsroom. nine people have been killed and two are missing after a fire broke out at a holiday home for disabled people in france. local authorities say the two people are feared dead, but they're remaining cautious until their bodies have been recovered . the bodies have been recovered. the fire broke out in the early hours of this morning before being quickly extinguished by firefighters . 41 migrants have firefighters. 41 migrants have died in a shipwreck off the italian island of lampedusa. local media reports say four people who survived the wreckage told rescuers that they were on a boat that had set off from tunisia and sank on its way to italy. it also said the boat that was carrying 45 people, including three children , the

including three children, the police service of northern ireland, has apologised to its thousands of serving officers and civilian staff after a major data breach . a spreadsheet data breach. a spreadsheet containing statistical information on the police force and its officers was mistakenly available online for around three hours before being taken down. assistant chief constable chris todd apologised for the breach but said it does not pose an immediate security risk to any staff . now there's going to any staff. now there's going to be disruption and delays to flights at gatwick airport as workers announce a fresh wave of strikes as part of an ongoing dispute over pay . the unite dispute over pay. the unite union says around 230 workers, including ground handlers and passenger assistants , workers passenger assistants, workers will walk out for eight days this month, including over the bank holiday weekend . and fewer bank holiday weekend. and fewer homes are to be built by a major construction firm due to a sharp slowdown in the property market. bellway told shareholders it expects completions to decrease

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gb news the people's . channel gb news the people's. channel >> well, good afternoon with you on the live desk here on gb news now. a major new study has found that weight loss injections can lower the risk of heart attacks or a stroke in obese people by a fifth. >> yeah, pharmacy company novo nordisk conduct a five year study and has hailed the landmark trial, saying it would change the way obesity is treated . treated. >> the groundbreaking, the

groundbreaking treatment is already popular in the united states and was approved by the nhs in england earlier this yeah >> joining us now is former chair of the british medical association asian gp's committee, dr. laurence buckman. dr. buckman , good to have you dr. buckman, good to have you on. gb news this afternoon. then this is great news, isn't it, for people who suffer from obesity? this weight loss drug, because normally going on a diet , you know, there's always the risk that you're not going to keep the weight off. what happens is this drug stops you absorbing glucose and it also stops your gut moving as fast as it would before. >> so if you are particularly overweight, which means a bmi greater than 30, then which means you're notice obese, then you may well benefit from this drug. the drugs being used up to now as a treatment for diabetes , but in a different formulation . it's used for manage ageing

obese people and quite clearly if you're obese and you lose weight , your if you're obese and you lose weight, your risk of dying from obesity linked illnesses falls . obesity linked illnesses falls. >> this is quite a astonishing leap forward . of course, there leap forward. of course, there have been so many claims , diet have been so many claims, diet pills for many, many decades , pills for many, many decades, all of which seem to not work particularly well. this appears to be the first drug that humanity has discovered that has clear , measurable effects in clear, measurable effects in terms of allowing people to lose weight, but only for as long as they take the drug. >> it's only for as long as they take the drug and as long as they stick to a diet. there are side effects with the drug. it's not completely harmless and therefore has to be used only therefore it has to be used only for people who are particularly overweight . for people who are particularly overweight. but if you try and control your diet as best you can and use this, it is likely that you will lose weight. and if you do, it's also likely that your risk of heart disease and stroke will fall steeply. now, that's been known for a century.

thin people generally don't have heart attacks and strokes. some do, but most don't. and the fatter you are, the worse your risk gets. so if you can have this injection once a week and it will reduce your risk , it it will reduce your risk, it doesn't mean you won't die eventually , but you won't die of eventually, but you won't die of obesity related illness. >> and the makers of this are also considering or at least are developing a pill as well as an injection , which might be more injection, which might be more which people might sort of be more likely to take than having to inject themselves once a week. what kind of money might this actually be saving for the british taxpayer for if all the associated costs to the nhs of obesity are practically wiped out amongst the most obese people in the country? we're talking of an absolute fortune here. >> the amount you would save most people who are in a coronary care unit at any time are obese . the majority of are obese. the majority of people who have strokes nowadays

are fat and we need to help those people. i would like to consider re—educating their diet as well, because that's equally as well, because that's equally as important as giving them an injection once a week. and you're quite right, if it were to be in pill form, that would make it much easier to administer and probably cheaper and it would be many patients who don't fancy the thought of an injection once a week would find this much more tolerable. >> what about the risks that there might be many people who want to take it really for cosmetic purposes , not because cosmetic purposes, not because they actually have a serious health issue . health issue. >> it won't work for them . >> it won't work for them. you've actually got to be quite obese before it does anything. so if you're overweight but not over bmi 30, it's probably not to going do a huge amount for you . and it does have enough you. and it does have enough side effects , nausea, vomiting , side effects, nausea, vomiting, diarrhoea, constipation , nausea diarrhoea, constipation, nausea is the main one. and it does have enough side effects that

people might hold back from taking something if they don't fancy the idea. but to use it as a cosmetic agent would be a dreadful thing to do . this is a dreadful thing to do. this is a foreign substance which you're taking for one purpose and it needs monitoring. you can't just dish it up and hope it'll be all right. we'll end up with very sick people if we do that. taking medication inappropriately is never a good idea. >> a good call to consult your gp or nhs clinic who are now prescribing this drug and to get it from a professional rather than off the internet. dr. laurence buckman , thank you so laurence buckman, thank you so much for talking us through this pretty profound advancement that might well save the british taxpayer quite a lot of money and massively help the nhs. >> yeah . >> yeah. >> yeah. >> yeah, no, really, really, really interesting stuff. but in other news, humza yousaf has ordered a review of scottish government credit card spending after scottish labour revealed how officials spent £14 million

over a three year period. >> the first minister has also admitted that he thinks nicola sturgeon's resignation was unked sturgeon's resignation was linked to the police investigation into the snp's finances . and that's what finances. and that's what everybody thought , he said. everybody thought, he said. after sturgeon's husband , peter after sturgeon's husband, peter murrell, was arrested six weeks after she had quit . after she had quit. >> well, joining us now from rutherglen is our scotland reporter tony maguire . and tony, reporter tony maguire. and tony, just tell us why you're in rutherglen today . rutherglen today. >> good afternoon. well rutherglen, as our viewers will know by now, is that to going be the site of the hotly contested by—election? probably around october after margaret ferrier lost the recall petition in order to replace her as a member of parliament in westminster. now scottish labour and the snp have been hot on the trail around this constituency trying to get into the company of voters to spread their message for when that all important

byelection comes around. now helping out snp candidate katie loudon today is going to be westminster leader of the snp steven flynn. he is up and going to be hitting the beat with katie loudon this afternoon and he'll be speaking to journalists and hopefully be able to shed a little more light on these rather fascinating figures that have come out over credit card spending in the last few days. of course, we ran with this story quite a lot yesterday just to maybe refresh the minds of some of our viewers. and you some of our viewers. and as you said, there are £14 million spent on range items is a spent on a range of items is a lot was because this was over the covid period. a lot of this was spent on home office suppues was spent on home office supplies to facilitate home working. however, there were a few interesting purchases in there, including nail polish and £33,000 worth of awaydays . and £33,000 worth of awaydays. and of course , a £10,000 of vip and of course, a £10,000 of vip and airport services to allow the first minister to pass through unimpeded. now humza yousaf , he

unimpeded. now humza yousaf, he appeared yesterday at an edinburgh fringe show with the comedian with a comedian to dunng comedian with a comedian to during a podcast. the political party podcast recording . and you party podcast recording. and you know he told matt that this was a, you know, a real turning moment and certainly a moment to order this review and so that the party could investigate further. so the period was september 20, 19 to august 20th, 22.and september 20, 19 to august 20th, 22. and as he told matt ford that , you know, he's 22. and as he told matt ford that, you know, he's going to ask the permanent secretary to review if the right spending procedures are in place. really just crossing the t's and dotting the i's to make sure that everything is above board . that everything is above board. but, you know, he did point out that, you know, while we do need to be mindful of every penny and pound spent, you know, we also need to be mindful of the security and safety of the first minister, alluding to that £10,000 of vip airport services

i >> -- >> now perhaps more to be looked into there with the with the nail varnish that was ordered on these government procurement cards . but there was something cards. but there was something else that humza yousaf said in that podcast report , recording that podcast report, recording with the comedian matt ford. this was this was about why nicola sturgeon resigned aid all those months ago . he seemed to those months ago. he seemed to hint that he initially believed it was to do with the investigation into the snp's own finances . finances. >> yeah, that's correct . and in >> yeah, that's correct. and in fact the wording that he used was everyone had that thought in his his living here in scotland over that few, that incredibly week of the police scotland appearing at nicola sturgeon's home residents and erecting that huge blue tent outside . i think huge blue tent outside. i think everybody had that thought looking back a few weeks to nicola sturgeon, certainly, he told the show at the edinburgh

fringe that, you know, he was among them . but he also did among them. but he also did clarify on that same recording that, you know, hearing the former first minister's rant banal weeks later. as for why she left in terms of, you know, i think if we can recall back to february, she was feeling particularly beaten and exhausted and wanted to spend less time with nicola sturgeon as a politician and more time with nicola sturgeon, the person . and so quite an interesting series of revelations. but you know, i think here in scotland, you know, in some level it's quite nice to see that side of our first minister and that he's not always putting out the correct party line answers, you know, but you know, he he also did link those two things himself as those two. just briefly tony occasions really this year in scottish politics seemingly linked or where are they and tony, just very briefly

, i don't know if you can hear me, but it's emerged today that nicola sturgeon . nicola sturgeon. >> oh, it's a problem with your earpiece. just i'll carry on. hopefully you'll be able to hear me. nicola sturgeon. we might hear about another side of her or about another side of or read about another side of her because is going to her because she is going to release a deeply personal memoir i >> -- >> yes, that's correct. pep and those words, deeply personal, i think were splashed across absolutely every single news outlet around the country . and i outlet around the country. and i dare say very many more further afield and deeply personal and revealing were the words that i read. and certainly this is going to be quite a sought after book when it revealed when it released . and now we know that released. and now we know that this was a nine way auction. and i think bidding got quite heated for the rights to this book. and apparently it was the rights were eventually won by a publisher , pan macmillan and

publisher, pan macmillan and they want to be able to really retell the story of nicola for nicola sturgeon to tell the story, should i say, of her personal life from way back when she was a young ayrshire lass. and you know, and quite , quite and you know, and quite, quite the bookworm back in the day. all the way to becoming the first female first minister of scotland. >> okay, tony, thank you very much indeed for telling us all that. sorry to interrupt you, though. i'm not sure you can. you can hear us anyway , but was you can hear us anyway, but was was was very fascinating . was was very fascinating. >> i am. >> i am. >> well, it's happened to us all with your earpiece falling out. it's not a nice moment. i have to say. right. we've still must tell you about this story. really, really interesting. this one investigates. plans have been launched after an 18th century wonky pub in staffordshire was demolished . staffordshire was demolished. >> yes, the crooked house pub near dudley leaned to one side, causing caused by a mining subsidence , which meant one side subsidence, which meant one side of the building was four feet

lower than the other . lower than the other. >> the well known boozer was extensively damaged by a fire on saturday night and was then torn down by a mechanical digger yesterday. so much anger across across the country about this . across the country about this. such an historic pub. our west midlands reporterjack such an historic pub. our west midlands reporter jack carson such an historic pub. our west midlands reporterjack carson is midlands reporter jack carson is at the site of the pub for us. campaigning is underway , isn't campaigning is underway, isn't it, jack, to get this pub rebuilt ? people it, jack, to get this pub rebuilt? people are so it, jack, to get this pub rebuilt ? people are so upset rebuilt? people are so upset about it. they're leaving flowers and tributes at the site i >> -- >> that's exactly right. >> that's exactly right. >> pip. the crooked house essentially was was was a landmark. was one of the most iconic buildings here in the black country. so rightfully a lot of local people here and the community feel absolutely devastated by the demolition of the building. we know that south staffordshire council had given permission for a little bit of the building to be demolished after the fire on saturday because of some structural because of some structural because of some structural because of the structure not being necessarily so safe and it

leaning and possibly going to fall down at its own accord. but there was no permission given for the full demolition portion of the building . so rightfully, of the building. so rightfully, a lot of local people are very unhappy at the rubble that you can probably see around me today. we know that andy street, the mayor, of course, of the west midlands, has said that this place should be rebuilt brick brick because , of brick by brick because, of course, of how iconic this building we that building was. and we know that actually there a submission actually there was a submission on into historic england to on sent into historic england to try and get the crooked house grade listed as well. such as the importance of the building to the area. it was, of course , to the area. it was, of course, built in the 18th century, has been a pub for decades, hundreds of years . the stories that i've of years. the stories that i've been hearing here today of people who have so many stories of their coming here just of their family coming here just shows how much of a personal connection this is. and stuart hall, who joins me now , was part hall, who joins me now, was part of the save our crooked house campaign. stuart how do you feel standing here in the rubble? >> very sad. and gutted.

>> very sad. and gutted. >> it's been here for, what, since the 1700s? it's been here. and the new the new owners have had it, i think two weeks and it's like that after two weeks of the owners taking control of it. it i was here last week. i came last tuesday and the building was absolutely perfect. >> i looked through the windows i >> -- >> there was no damage whatsoever and the building was absolutely perfect out. and then on the saturday day, the news of the fire, about 10:00 on the evening , it was absolutely evening, it was absolutely devastating. and then come on monday to hear that they'd actually knocked it down about 5 pm. people are just starting to p.m. people are just starting to get angry. i mean, me walking around this morning, the anger that's building, you know, it's getting getting a lot worse . getting getting a lot worse. >> i mean, this is the thing, isn't it? this is such a personal connection that this place has it has. >> and as with me, i came here in the late 60s and the early 70s , my parents brought me here 70s, my parents brought me here when i was a child. we used to

live in a pub locally and they used to bring us here, you know , like on a sunday we'd come and have a have a drink and sit outside. and so i've got lot outside. and so i've got a lot of connection to it. >> stuart, thanks so much for joining us this afternoon. and thatis joining us this afternoon. and that is very the feeling that is very much the feeling here the site of the crooked here at the site of the crooked house. yeah i used to be a newspaper reporter in wolverhampton and drove near it nearly time. nearly all the time. >> we'll come to this story >> we'll come back to this story in next hour. stay with us in the next hour. stay with us on gb news. >> a brighter outlook with boxt solar proud sponsors of weather on . gb news. on. gb news. >> hi there. it's aidan mcgivern here from the met office. with the gb news forecast, sunny spells for many of us during the rest of the day, feeling warmer than it has for some time. and then with the increased humidity , we've got an increased chance of overnight end of some fog overnight as we end wednesday, there'll be some patchy cloud around for much of scotland, some light showers for the west of scotland and a brisk wind the north. also wind for the far north. also fairly breezy out towards the

south—west 1 or 2 showers possible for cornwall by the end of the night. areas of cloud and some affecting southern some fog affecting southern counties of england and south wales . but a warm night wales. but it's a warm night compared with recent nights, 15 or celsius in places by dawn. or 16 celsius in places by dawn. we start with the low cloud and fog in some southern and western parts, but otherwise it's largely sunny skies we keep largely sunny skies and we keep the bright weather through the rest day, especially rest of the day, especially across central and south—east england. northern scotland as well, decent, sunny well, seeing some decent, sunny spells. there will be some cloud building through and the building through the day and the chance shower or two into chance of a shower or two into the far southwest at times. otherwise the otherwise where we've got the sunshine temperatures reaching sunshine, temperatures reaching the so much warmer than the high 20s so much warmer than it has been for some time , but it has been for some time, but it has been for some time, but it doesn't last. it's a one day wonder. we've got a cold front moving through overnight and that some rain, that will bring some heavy rain, especially scotland and more especially to scotland and more especially to scotland and more especially of especially for the north of scotland during friday day showers arriving elsewhere , some showers arriving elsewhere, some heavy bursts at times in between, still some sunny spells on friday and still warm in the east. but the weekend will be a

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gb news. >> hello and welcome to the live desk with me, pip tomson and me tom harwood . tom harwood. >> now to data leaks . excuse me. >> now to data leaks. excuse me. in one day, the first affecting

the electoral commission the second, the police service of northern ireland, where there are fears for the safety of every officer after a major data breach in which their personal details were mistakenly put online. and the government claims a major victory against illegal immigration. after striking a deal with turkey as the conservative party deputy chairman says the tories have failed on the issue . and we're failed on the issue. and we're in henley on thames, where one of six water companies in the uk is being accused of failing to admit how much sewage is going into rivers like this . into rivers like this. >> he's got one of the most distinctive voices in the history of music, but that may not be the real johnny cash. you are listening to. find out why

later in the programme, but you are definitely listening to tatiana, who now has the news headunes. headlines. >> pip thank you very much and good afternoon. this is the latest from the newsroom. the uk data watchdog is investigating a major data breach by the police service of northern ireland, a spreadsheet containing statistical information on the police force and thousands of its officers was mistake only available online for around three hours before being taken down. assistant chief constable chris todd apologised for the breach but said it does not pose an immediate security risk to any staff . nine people have been any staff. nine people have been killed and two are missing after a fire broke out at a holiday home for disabled people in france. local authorities say the two missing are also feared dead. but they're remaining cautious until their bodies have been recovered . the fire broke been recovered. the fire broke out in the early hours of this

morning before being quickly extinguished by firefighters. president emmanuel macron described the situation as a tragedy . 41 migrants have died tragedy. 41 migrants have died in a shipwreck off the italian island of lampedusa. local media reports say four people who survive the wreckage told rescuers they were on a boat that set off from tunisia and sank on its way to italy. it also said the boat that was carrying 45 people included three children . a surge in three children. a surge in illegal people smuggling gangs is to be tackled by a new deal struck between the uk and turkey. it will see the turkish national police speed up the process of returning turkish nationals who come to britain via illegal channels. turkey's are often used as a major hub for people smuggling gangs due to its geographical location and reports suggest many vessels used to cross the english channel originate there . the channel originate there. the immigration minister, robert jenrick , told gb news that the jenrick, told gb news that the dealis jenrick, told gb news that the deal is a win for both

countries, but declined to say how much it will cost . how much it will cost. >> this is mainly about the share of intelligence and information between our world leading police and security services and their law enforcement authorities so that if we find out something important that can be acted upon swiftly and vice versa, and also the sharing of latest technology and people so that at the critical border between turkey and bulgaria , we are and bulgaria, we are strengthening our relationship there, as well as in the big towns and cities of turkey as well. so it's a win win for both countries . countries. >> there's going to be disruption and delays to flights at gatwick airport as workers announced a fresh wave of strikes . it's announced a fresh wave of strikes. it's part of an ongoing dispute over pay. the unite union says around 230 workers, including ground handlers and passenger assistance workers, will walk out for eight days. it says strikes will be for four days from august 18th and a further four days from august.

the 25th, including over the bank holiday weekend . fewer bank holiday weekend. fewer homes are to be built by a major construction firm due to a sharp slowdown in the property market. bell way told shareholders it expects completion is to decrease due to weaker order numbers and low reservation rates . but there's some good rates. but there's some good news on the way for those with a mortgage. several of britain's biggest lenders have cut their interest rates today nationwide is set to cut up to nought point five 5% off its fixed rate mortgages . tsb will slash around mortgages. tsb will slash around 0.4% from selected five year fixed rate products , and hsbc fixed rate products, and hsbc has cut rates on its residential mortgage range by 0.2. the bank of england's base rate remains . of england's base rate remains. at 5.25. online medical company babylon health is at risk of collapsing unless it finds a new buyeh collapsing unless it finds a new buyer. babylon's gp at hand service is available 24 hours via a smartphone on its funded

by the nhs and became the first gp provider to get a list of more than 100,000 patients. the us listed company has struggled after a business merger fell through. it says the uk part of its business is still successful and sustainable , but it will and sustainable, but it will struggle to continue unless a solution is found . and finally, solution is found. and finally, a trend on tiktok is encouraging people in london to steal from shops on oxford street today , shops on oxford street today, the metropolitan police says it's aware of online speculation about opportunities to commit crime . it's warning there'll be crime. it's warning there'll be a number of officers in the area over the next 24 hours. london mayor sadiq khan described the social media trend as nonsense and warned people against being sucked into crime . this is gb sucked into crime. this is gb news across the uk on tv, in your car, on digital radio and on your smart speaker by saying play gb news. now it's back to tom and . pip

tom and. pip >> good afternoon. you're with the live desk here on gb news. now police officers in northern ireland are said to be shocked, dismayed and basically angry after a major data breach saw personal and employment data published online by the police service of northern ireland has apologised after it emerged that some 10,000 officers and staff were affected. >> so how did this data breach happen ? happen? >> well, it followed a freedom of information request seeking the number of officers and staff at all ranks and grades across the organisation . however, the the organisation. however, the wrong data was mistakenly put onune wrong data was mistakenly put online for around three hours as the names and roles of all police and civilian personnel, along with where they're based , along with where they're based, was exposed. >> so why does this matter? well, more than 300 police officers were murdered in northern ireland during the 30 years of violence known as the troubles. the most recent troubles. well the most recent attack on a police officer there was in february when detective

chief inspector john caldwell was seriously injured in a shooting in omagh. >> it shows that officers and staff remain under threat from republican paramilitaries . republican paramilitaries. >> is joining republican paramilitaries. >> isjoining us live republican paramilitaries. >> is joining us live from republican paramilitaries. >> isjoining us live from psni >> is joining us live from psni headquarters is dougie beattie , headquarters is dougie beattie, our gb news northern ireland. reporter good afternoon to you, dougie. i'm just hearing that cyber security experts are saying that the security service might be able to find out who accessed the personal and employment details of the thousands of these officers. obviously people will want to find out, but that's not going to be much comfort to the thousands of people who've had their details exposed and exactly pep , this is where we exactly pep, this is where we are at the moment. >> most officers here now don't want to know how it happened. they just know that it happened. and the type of information that is in there for anybody that wants to piece it together through electoral registers, facebook , social media, they facebook, social media, they will do so quite quickly

because, of course, it gives the surname of the officer and civilian . and the first initial civilian. and the first initial of their own name . then it tells of their own name. then it tells you what station they're working in. you can only imagine that most of these officers will work and live in the local community or very close to it. so what is now happening is we're going back almost to the bad old days where you don't tell your children what you do for a living. but unfortunately, most of our children now have social media things that they are are very well putting out there into the public record , should it be the public record, should it be with their schools, football teams back in the 70s and 80s, you were lucky if you got a mention in the local paper. so all this now is leaving the door open. so most officers are saying to me, and i've spoke to quite a few today and they're saying, we don't care. it's done. it's out there . this type done. it's out there. this type of information should never have been available at the level that it was. they want to know what

was the grade of the person that let this out. how did someone and if it was you know, this is extremely sensitive information. this is echr information. and somebody had access to that and managed to upload it on to a server for free. and then it was took from there. so really the horse has bolted. the last time this type of information was out in the public realm was on a much, much smaller scale. it was in 2002. the government here collapsed over an alleged spy ring inside stormont when republicans were allegedly gathering information. personal information on officers at that stage. so you can imagine that this for any of these officers is very, very frightening . they is very, very frightening. they will be starting their cars with the doors open in case there's an explosion underneath it. they will be looking at all their personal things , all their personal things, all their personal things, all their personal issues, their family homes , or they have in motion homes, or they have in motion sensor lights installed . and all

sensor lights installed. and all of this will cost money. and then some of these officers will probably have to be redeployed . probably have to be redeployed. simon byrne, the chief constable will be answerable for this and he we now know that he has cut his holiday short and is on his way back today to face the policing board tomorrow . nato in policing board tomorrow. nato in belfast . belfast. >> really big reverberations from this news. and i wonder, aside from the inevitable inquiry , aside from the sort of inquiry, aside from the sort of top brass questioning , what will top brass questioning, what will those individual officers now be considering doing? will some, as you mentioned , clearly be you mentioned, clearly be wanting to move from one location to another ? will some location to another? will some be thinking about leaving the police force in northern ireland altogether , either most altogether, either most definitely . definitely. >> most definitely. they will. they feel some of the officers i have spoken to feel very disappointed , very let down. disappointed, very let down. this language of anger and dismay as is being passed

around. but most of them feel very let down. that they go out onto the front line every single morning in life and all they ask for is that their details be kept safe and sound and that they do not come under threat . they do not come under threat. they shouldn't have to come undeh they shouldn't have to come under. and they feel very, very let down that those that are meant to be protecting that information have actually given it away . so most of those it away. so most of those officers that can afford to i would say we are now going to start to look and see a lot of those officers deciding either to redeploy or to move out of the service altogether . and that the service altogether. and that is a shame, because when experience leaves police experience leaves a police force, there is much more that goes along with it. just terrible. >> dougie, thank you very much for explaining all that . and as for explaining all that. and as dougie was alluding to there, there will be an emergency policing board meeting tomorrow . so that is happening. hopefully the chief constable will be present to try to work out exactly what went so

seriously wrong. and of course, we will be across that here on gb news. indeed >> but for the moment, from one data breach to another, the uk electoral commission has today apologised over the security breach where the information of 40 million voters such as names , addresses, emails and indeed phone numbers were leaked. >> the disclosure comes over a year after the breach was first detected, which incidentally also took over a year to notice , raising questions about why it went undetected for so long and why it took so long to let the pubuc why it took so long to let the public know. joining us now from westminster is political correspondent olivia utley olivia . again, lots and lots of olivia. again, lots and lots of questions to answer and lots of lots of fingers now being pointed at russia , china being pointed at russia, china being responsible . responsible. >> well, absolutely. just to give you a bit of scale of the enormity of this breach , it's enormity of this breach, it's thought that this is in terms of the number of email of numbers,

email addresses, names , access. email addresses, names, access. it could be the biggest breach in uk history for 80 million names were available to these hackers . now, we've had a number hackers. now, we've had a number of security higher ups, so a former head of gchq for example, saying that he believes that russia could well be responsible . well, it's the kind of the kind of sophisticate cyber attack that has been that has happened here, feels like to most people, it must be some sort of nefarious state. now, worryingly, for all the 40 million people whose access, who's whose data has been accessed, the electoral commission can't say whether or not this data was actually downloaded . they know it was downloaded. they know it was seen, but they don't know whether it's been downloaded and taken offline . taken offline. >> well, olivia, thank you for that update apologies for that update and apologies for the music in the background of your shots. if our our your shots. i wonder if our our old friend, the permanent protester, bray , is out protester, steve bray, is out with big megaphone . perhaps

with his big megaphone. perhaps it's not as bad as that . it's not as bad as that. >> to fair, that music, the >> to be fair, that music, the loud hailer is horrendous. well there we go. >> let's let's move to on our next story because six english water companies , including water companies, including thames water and anglian water, are to face legal action, which could cost them a total of £800 million in compensate. it follows allegations of under—reporting pollution and overcharging customers . overcharging customers. >> we're joined now by gb news national reporter theo chikomba who can tell us more . so a lot who can tell us more. so a lot of customers, theo , a lot of of customers, theo, a lot of water companies involved here. yes indeed. >> well, on days like today in the middle of summer, when lots of people are on holiday bringing their children out and meeting with relatives and so on, already many of them are here. they'll be trying to make the most of the water, either through water, sports or using boats or even swimming as well. but as you mentioned, six

companies, including thames water, which operate in this part of south oxfordshire , could part of south oxfordshire, could be facing a legal challenge when it comes to pollution in in the water and over charging customers. and this has been brought forward by professor carolyn roberts, an environmental and water consultant representing by leigh day solicitors . and this area in day solicitors. and this area in particular has seen its fair share of sewage in the water. we spent this morning looking at the state of the water and indeed we were able to see through the tests that were made by one of the regular swimmers in this area that there is indeed some sewage which has beenin indeed some sewage which has been in there since last week. friday when they believe some of that was discharged into the water. now, we've also learned from the local district council that they are applying to see this area into a water bathing area so that they can also get

regular tests going and that there's more oversight to see how clean this water is. and this is what councillor kelly hinton told us about her concerns and what others have been saying in recent months and weeks are actually really stressed out. >> the river is an important part of the community in henley. it's used constant swimmers, boat users , paddle boarders as boat users, paddle boarders as well as well as the wildlife. >> and people are genuinely concerned from fishermen who are seeing less fish to boat users who are seeing, as you may have seen on social media, raw sewage float past their boats. this is really discouraging and it's outrageous. and people are really against it. >> and we are to going fight against it . against it. >> well, in this community, the river community are putting on a real effort to ensure that they do their part. but they say water companies such as thames water and others across the country should be doing their bit, particularly when it comes to people paying bills which are

going up and we can perhaps show you a graphic from dave wallis, who's a citizen science artist in this area. and this is what they are using to measure what's inside this water. and we were able to see that it's towards the right side of the scale when it comes to what polluting this water. now, it's not just discharge from sewage , which is discharge from sewage, which is affecting areas like this. it's also plastic and other things which are affecting the animals, which are affecting the animals, which are affecting the animals, which are in the water. so a whole host of things here. but it's certainly an issue in this area and across that country which is affecting the waters and those who are using them well. >> theo chikomba, thank you very much for the latest there from henley. now, in response , acas henley. now, in response, acas water uk has said this is this highly speculative claim is entirely without merit. the regulator has confirmed that over 99% of sewage works comply with their legal requirements . with their legal requirements. if companies fail to deliver on their commitments, then customer

bills are already adjusted accordingly . accordingly. >> stay with us here on gb news. much more still to come, including the uk and turkey have announced a deal to disrupt the people smuggling gangs, but will it go far enough? first, here's that all important weather forecast. it's not looking bad, actually. here's aiden . actually. here's aiden. >> that warm feeling inside from boxt boilers is proud sponsors of weather on . gb news. of weather on. gb news. >> hi there. it's aidan mcgivern here from the met office with the gb news forecast. sunny spells for many of us during the rest of the day feeling warmer than for some time. and than it has for some time. and then with increased then with the increased humidity, got an increased humidity, we've got an increased chance some overnight . as chance of some fog overnight. as we wednesday, there'll be we end wednesday, there'll be some patchy cloud around for much of scotland, some light showers the west of scotland showers for the west of scotland and a brisk wind for the far north. also fairly breezy out towards south—west. 1 or 2 towards the south—west. 1 or 2 showers possible cornwall by showers possible for cornwall by the end of the night. areas of

cloud and fog affecting cloud and some fog affecting southern counties of england and south but it's a warm south wales. but it's a warm night compared with recent nights, 15 celsius in nights, 15 or 16 celsius in places by dawn . we start with places by dawn. we start with the low cloud and fog in some southern western parts, but southern and western parts, but otherwise sunny otherwise it's largely sunny skies and we keep the bright weather through the rest of the day, especially across central and england, northern and south—east england, northern scotland well. seeing some scotland as well. seeing some decent there will decent sunny spells there will be building through be some cloud building through the the chance of the day and the chance of a shower or two into the far southwest at times. otherwise, where we've got sunshine , where we've got the sunshine, temperatures reaching high temperatures reaching the high 20s. so much warmer than it has been for some time, but it doesn't last. it's a one day wonder. got a cold front wonder. we've got a cold front moving overnight and moving through overnight and that bring some heavy rain, that will bring some heavy rain, especially more especially to scotland and more especially to scotland and more especially for the north of scotland friday. showers scotland during friday. showers arriving elsewhere , some heavy arriving elsewhere, some heavy bursts at times in between, still some sunny spells on friday and still warm in the east. but the weekend will be a mixture of sunny spells and showers. temperatures back to

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>> gb news the people's. channel >> gb news the people's. channel >> good afternoon. it's 224, and this is the live desk on gb news. now the uk and turkey have struck a new deal to address the surge in illegal migration, which will focus on coordinated

efforts to disrupt the supply chains and dismantle people smuggling gangs. >> the agreement will also see a new operation centre set up in turkey by the country's national police as well as faster exchange of customs data and other intelligence. >> well, this comes as the deputy chairman of the conservatives , lee anderson, conservatives, lee anderson, gave a pretty bleak assessment of his party's record to nigel farage on gb news. >> i'm not going to sit here and make excuses to anyone. >> this is out of control. >> this is out of control. >> we're you know, we're in power at the moment. i'm as you say, the deputy chair of the conservative party. in conservative party. we're in government failed on government and we have failed on this. no doubt about it. this. there's no doubt about it. >> you know, we've said we're going to fix it. it is a failure. >> lee anderson there, who i think is a trending at the top on this lunchtime. on twitter this lunchtime. joining now our home and joining us now is our home and security editor, mark how security editor, mark white. how significant, this turkey significant, then is this turkey agreement? because if i'm not if i'm not wrong, turkey is actually a big hub of where the dinghies are built, manufactured i >> -- >> yeah, i exam ham >> yeah, i think it is

significant. there is not one single silver bullet that the government has come up with this stage anyway. so it's about a multifaceted approach to trying to stop the boats from coming in. one of the avenues is to take the fight to the people smugglers. and we have already seen in recent months and years law enforcement activity raids that have taken place in this country and abroad . there were country and abroad. there were raids that took place in the netherlands and belgium and germany . we these are images germany. we these are images from one big operation that took place at just about a year ago, actually , that dismantled a very actually, that dismantled a very significant people smuggling operation , one that was operation, one that was manufacturing these boats to order in turkey. and then shipping them over to germany and one of the ways houses that the people smugglers used was also raided . and there were

also raided. and there were thousands of life jackets and there was outboard motors , other there was outboard motors, other component parts to build these boats . and what happens often is boats. and what happens often is , for instance, the outboard engines are manufactured and sourced from china, like jackets as well. the component parts are assembled to a degree in turkey , put in boxes and then just transported via the road network through europe into germany , through europe into germany, where they're then transported from germany to north—west and france , where they're assembled france, where they're assembled in the dunes . and then they make in the dunes. and then they make it across and it's interesting talking about turkey , we can talking about turkey, we can show you a tik tok video of one young man and his journey. he flew there's his passport, flew into to turkey, took the boat over to athens, then went up to italy . he serbia, italy , over to athens, then went up to

italy. he serbia, italy , and italy. he serbia, italy, and eventually made his way on the boat here, crossing the english channel boat here, crossing the english channel, ended up in westminster here where he is now in the asylum system here in the uk. and it gives you an indication of not just the fact that these these boats are being assembled by the criminal gangs in turkey, but actually be they are also turkey is also a hub for where these people are coming through on their way to western europe. but also turkey itself is now increasingly supplying for want of a better word, or nationals for these small boats. it's gone from ninth in the league table in terms of countries represented on the small boats at the beginning of the year with just 127 people in the first three months of the year, it's now gone to 1400. and it's the second most populous nation

in terms of those represented on the boats. that tiktok video you showed us just there is astounding . astounding. >> this is an individual who doesn't look particularly destitute, who's travelling with his iphone and passport. how many of those people who come across on boats are simply economic migrants rather than people fleeing persecution? >> yeah, well, this young man, he made a travelogue and looked very happy along the way. there is no doubt that, you know , is no doubt that, you know, there are people that gather around calais and dunkirk who genuinely have fled war zones and oppression and in fear of their life. but from covering this story now , over many years, this story now, over many years, from when it was a big issue with people smuggling into the backs of lorries, they still do that by the way, to the tune of about 9000 people. they pull from the backs of lorries each yeah from the backs of lorries each year. so it's still going on as well. but that was the big predominant issue before they then got on to the boats. but from doing this over the years and going to the camps and

speaking to these people, i got the that vast the impression that the vast majority, single men were majority, young single men were coming because they wanted coming over because they wanted a better yes of course a better life. yes of course they're leaving , you know, a they're leaving, you know, a wretched situation at home with little in the way of prospects. but do they fall into the category of someone fleeing a war zone in fear that their life could be imminently ended and the vast majority of people i saw didn't fit into that category? >> okay. interesting to hear that plenty of people would would take issue with you. but really interesting your analysis. >> i wonder how many of them have been to the camps and spoken to them. >> enough. that is a fair >> fair enough. that is a fair point. mark. thank you very much. lots more still to come here news, including is here on gb news, including is this cash . this johnny cash. >> i'm a barbie girl in a barbie world. >> oh, i love these videos . i'm >> oh, i love these videos. i'm obsessed with these videos on tiktok. they're incredible. but let's catch up with an ai version of johnny cash,

potentially after the news with tatiana saint giles, not the ai version . version. >> tom, thank you very much and good afternoon. this is the latest from the gb newsroom. the uk data watchdog is investigating a major data breach by the police service of northern ireland. a spreadsheet containing statistical information on the police force and thousands of its officers was mistakenly available online for around three hours before being taken down. an assistant chief constable, chris todd, apologised for the breach but said it does not pose an immediate security risk to any staff . nine people have been staff. nine people have been killed and two are missing after a fire broke out at a holiday home for disabled people in france. local authorities say the two missing are also feared dead, but they're remaining cautious until their bodies have been recovered . the fire broke been recovered. the fire broke out in the early hours of this morning before being quickly

extinguished by firefighters . extinguished by firefighters. president emmanuel macron described the situation as a tragedy . 41 migrants have died tragedy. 41 migrants have died in a shipwreck off the italian island of lampedusa . local media island of lampedusa. local media reports say four people who survived the wreckage told rescuers they were on a boat that set off from tunisia and sank on its way to italy. it also said the boat that was carrying 45 people included three children and strikes by staff at gatwick airport will cause disruption during the bank houday cause disruption during the bank holiday weekend as workers announced fresh walkouts . it's announced fresh walkouts. it's part of an ongoing dispute over pay- part of an ongoing dispute over pay. the unite union says around 230 workers, including ground handlers and passenger assistance workers , will walk assistance workers, will walk out for eight days from august 18th. then again from the 25th . 18th. then again from the 25th. and the artist who designed the iconic record covers for the sex pistols has died at the age of 76. jamie rees distinctive style

helped create the punk movement and became an integral part of the legendary band's look and sound. the legendary band's look and sound . you can get more on all sound. you can get more on all of those stories by visiting our website, gbnews.com .

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>> good afternoon. it's 236 and we just wanted to bring you this little bit of news. have you ever loaded your car slightly too heavily, taken too many things with your car on a journey? well, one man from stedham has done just that, ignonng stedham has done just that, ignoring all of the warnings . yeah. >> i mean, we all know there's numpties on the roads. this guy is a particular numpty. he's been banned from driving after ignonng been banned from driving after ignoring warnings not to drive with a sofa and mattress on the soft roof of his convertible . soft roof of his convertible. well, hello. how stupid do you have to be? quite rightly. matthew, drummer , who is we can matthew, drummer, who is we can name him because he's been in court. he's 34 years old. he was seen driving on the eight eight and six in west sussex , and he and six in west sussex, and he has been disqualified from driving for 12 months and will now have to redo his driving test. right. >> quite right. i've gone i've been behind cars that have had sort of things wobbly around on

the top of them or dragging behind them. and it's a terrifying experience . terrifying experience. >> i mean, seriously, it's very , very dangerous. you know , not , very dangerous. you know, not only for yourself, but for other motorists as well. so we just thought we'd bring you that little bit of news, more stories to come. i'm sure of idiots on the roads. >> but moving on to the very opposite of idiots and the model citizens who are the prince and princess of wales who are due to lead tributes to the late queen next month as a nation marks the very first anniversary since her late majesty's passing, william and catherine are expected to make a public appearance on the 8th of september to honour the life of the beloved monarch. >> they're expected to use the opportunity to look forward to the future of the monarchy . the future of the monarchy. >> well, joining us now in the studio is gb news royal correspondent cameron walker . correspondent cameron walker. and cameron, this is a bit of a break with tradition. yeah i mean, it's hard to believe, isn't it? >> but it's almost a year since we lost queen elizabeth ii. and

we lost queen elizabeth ii. and we have had some information via a few sources at kensington palace that the prince and princess of wales will be making a public appearance the a public appearance on the anniversary of the queen's death. exactly death. in terms of exactly what they're details are they're doing, details are a little bit sketchy, but it's understood that there are some plans in the works for some kind of acknowledgement of the year anniversary. but i do doubt that it's going to some of it's going to be some kind of speech that the prince and princess wales going to princess of wales are going to be for the king and be making. as for the king and queen, they are going to be at balmoral, where late queen balmoral, where the late queen passed expected passed away. they are expected to mark the day privately and quietly, themselves. quietly, just by themselves. no cameras anything like that. cameras or anything like that. and very similar, actually, and it's very similar, actually, to late queen did to what the late queen did dunng to what the late queen did during her accession day, which she stay at sandringham, she used to stay at sandringham, which where her father, king which is where her father, king george, sixth, died in george, the sixth, died in february traditions and february 1952. so traditions and something new as well. >> let's look at that >> and let's just look at that final abiding image of her from what many of us cannot believe was a year ago. we don't we don't actually have it. it was just described it to us camera because it was it was hugely

significant that it was so it was in the drawing room of balmoral . was in the drawing room of balltoral . was in the drawing room of balltoral the . was in the drawing room of balltoral the queen stood by >> it was the queen stood by herself with her walking stick. yes. she looked frail, but she was carrying on with her duties until the end . the reason the until the end. the reason the photographer was there was here's photograph now you're here's the photograph now you're seeing your screens was seeing on your screens was because she was she was appointing final prime appointing her final prime minister, liz truss. and that photograph taken just two photograph was taken just two days before the queen passed away. image away. it's the final image pubuc away. it's the final image public image we have of her late majesty . majesty. >> well, that's what her majesty sorry, his majesty. and that's what the king and queen are doing for the anniversary. we've heard what the prince and princess of wales are doing as well. cameron, thank you so much for bringing us that information here on gb news. now, investigations have been launched after an 18th century wonky pub in staffordshire was demolished . demolished. >> the crooked house pub near dudley leaned to one side caused by a mining subsidence, which meant one side of the building was four feet lower than the

other . other. >> the well known boozer was extended severely damaged by a fire on saturday evening and was then torn down by a mechanical digger yesterday. >> oh, very mysterious. this our west midlands reporter jack carson is at the site of the pub for us and there's been many. well what you can only describe as mourners there as well, haven't they, jack? laying, laying flowers, laying tributes, not being able to believe quite what has happened to such a historic pub of . historic pub of. >> yeah, in fact, we've just been moved up further from the access road to the pub because the police and fire service have just started their forensic investigation , so they've asked investigation, so they've asked everyone to leave the site . of everyone to leave the site. of course, there was so many members of the community here, like you said, grieving, really the loss this iconic and the loss of this iconic and historic . we know, of historic landmark. we know, of course, it's caught fire on on saturday. it was it was sold from marston's the pub company, just a few weeks ago to a private developer . it caught private developer. it caught fire on on saturday. and then on

tuesday, of course, we had the news and this community saw their pub demolished in the evening. so many people today coming , evening. so many people today coming, laying those evening. so many people today coming , laying those flowers, as coming, laying those flowers, as you said, and just taking taking a brick as a souvenir. you said, and just taking taking a brick as a souvenir . and just a brick as a souvenir. and just just like you say, grieving and coming together, because not many can actually many people can actually quite believe circumstances of how believe the circumstances of how this how this pub has come to now a pile of rubble. now just be a pile of rubble. the crooked house, of course, was built in the 18th century. paul used set up a petition, didn't you, to try and help the pub and save the pub. i mean , pub and save the pub. i mean, we've seen now these forensic investigations. i mean, what are your thoughts now that actually the police are actively now investigating this incident ? investigating this incident? >> i wish it had happened a little sooner. >> i started the petition to get people to support no change of use for the building . use for the building. >> and of course, we're now in a situation where we're talking about a rebuild because the place is being flattened. so i'm very happy to turn up today and see the forensic vans and see that something's actually going

to didn't to be done because it didn't feel was happening . feel like much was happening. >> i mean, obviously , we're >> i mean, obviously, we're speaking people today. speaking to people today. there's feeling that there's a real feeling that actually there's personal actually there's a personal story this pub story for everyone for this pub and that actually makes the impact it so more impact of losing it so much more devastating. yeah yeah. >> i mean, i first came down here when was about six years here when i was about six years old my parents, drove down old with my parents, drove down this the car and saw this lane in the car and saw this lane in the car and saw this funny place. and i remember laughing at it. >> remember it vividly and >> i remember it vividly and came down a few times. we used to come down our bikes and to come down on our bikes and the had let in and the landlord had let us in and show marble rolling up the show them marble rolling up the ledge the wall. ledge on the wall. >> you know, part of my >> so, you know, it's part of my childhood. and later an childhood. and then later as an adult, bring people if adult, i'd bring people if people came from other parts of the country to visit, let's take them the crooked house them to the crooked house because something because it was something interesting, because it was something intepeople, see. because it was something inteandyle, see. because it was something int

be quite a difficult job, but i think should do much think we should do as much as possible to try and ensure that that as closely as that happens as closely as possible was originally possible to what was originally here. would you here. i mean, what would you like to come from come from this? the this? what would you like the investigation bring? because investigation to bring? because of course, there are so many questions this. questions around around this. and rightfully want answers. >> well, we want cause. we >> well, we want the cause. we want why why the place want to know why why the place is set on fire on saturday night. we want to know why it was demolished against what the council advised should be done. >> we want to know the full story of exactly what's happened and done anything wrong. >> we want them to have to answer for those things. >> much for >> so, paul, thanks so much for joining afternoon on you joining us this afternoon on you can from from paul there can hear from from paul there the sense of the of the feeling here at the site of the crooked house and this community really just answers how just wanting answers as to how this happened . this all happened. >> absolutely. so many >> absolutely. and so many people are now pursuing pursuing those answers. so thank you very much, jack carson, for telling us all that. i used to drive right near there every day when i was a newspaper reporter in wolverhampton. everybody knows

this place love this , this place and i love this, this, somebody said this, this quote. somebody said a lot of people, they obviously went there a lot. said went there a lot. they said a lot of people thought they were drunk walked in drunk when they walked in because all over because everything was all over the that is my sort of the place. that is my sort of pub amazing, amazing. >> well, does it does seem >> well, it does it does seem that are some least that there are some at least very questionable circumstances around fire and the timing around this fire and the timing of it all. let's hope that some of it all. let's hope that some of those answers come out sooner rather later. rather than later. >> now , google is said to be >> now, google is said to be negotiating a deal with universal music group, negotiating a deal with universal music group , the universal music group, the world's largest record label, under which the voices and melodies of artists could be licenced for songs generate by artificial intelligence . the artificial intelligence. the music industry is looking at what the technology will mean after a string of deepfake songs where artist voices were convincing mimicked without their permission. here's one example all . their permission. here's one example all. i'm a barbie girl in a barbie world laughing.

>> well, there's johnny cash's voice singing a song that i don't believe he ever actually sung. i'm a barbie girl in a barbie world and artificial intelligence has been able to take the components of singers voices and apply them to all sorts of other music scenarios. let's get more on this now with music journalist james mcmahon and, james, this is a very new phenomenon tech hasn't been able to do this for that long. and now it seems to be a real and present threat to the industry. see, i think at the moment it's a novelty , but i think that the a novelty, but i think that the implications of it are definitely frightening , definitely frightening, definitely frightening, definitely frightening. >> the musicians that i speak to and figures in the industry, i feel a little bit like the clip you just played, the johnny cash do in the aqua song . i think do in the aqua song. i think it's quite funny and i think

things like that have existed within popular music for a considerable amount of time . considerable amount of time. there was the mash up craze of the of the early noughties and a lot of that was a lot of fun. i think that it's when it comes down to copyright and how to secure the living and the income of musicians where things get a bit more questionable. >> there are ai tools that exist now on the internet where any individual can just say a couple of sentences and then the machine can produce any sorts of words in in the voice of the person who said those sentences. isuppose person who said those sentences. i suppose there are real big questions now in terms of who owns what do musicians own their owns what do musicians own their own voices ? own voices? >> well, unfortunately , if they >> well, unfortunately, if they if they sign some of the deals that musicians sign at the start of their recording careers, they don't own the their own voices or that is the grey area that needs to be worked out. i think that it's interesting . i mean, that it's interesting. i mean, i'll be dead honest with you . i'll be dead honest with you. theidea i'll be dead honest with you. the idea of a an artificial intelligence making , the art

intelligence making, the art that i consume isn't something i'm especially down for in any way whatsoever. but i think this is a shift in the industry that cannot be repelled. i think that behind the scenes, the industry has invested so much money in it. it's a little bit like what we're seeing with hollywood, like the genie isn't going back in the bottle. and i'm kind of more interested now in artists like grimes, who has accepted that this is coming or if it is if it isn't already here and almost like how they're how their creativity can dovetail with their ai rather than running around screaming, going the old world is dying because it is. >> is there not a risk, james, that it could actually very much dilute the industry ? so when you dilute the industry? so when you want to find a song, say, by ed sheeran with ed sheeran's voice ed sheeran's creation, you're going to struggle to find it. >> yeah, i mean, i'm a massive nirvana fan. they were probably

the band that got me into this whole thing in the first place. and i remember being a kid. i mean , nirvana are a great band, mean, nirvana are a great band, but they're also quite an easy band to replicate the songs. very simple and you know, you need a throaty voice and you're kind of halfway there. and i remember buying bootlegs, cds as a and finding a new nirvana a kid and finding a new nirvana song, wasn't really an song, and it wasn't really an nirvana was actually nirvana song. it was actually someone just sounded bit someone who just sounded a bit like cobain. so this is like kurt cobain. so this is this has been around long this has been around for a long time, we are time, but obviously we are finding ourselves this quote finding ourselves in this quote unquote post—truth era where the idea of who has done what, who has said what, or is this really a picture of who this is? i mean, these are questions that are being asked far beyond the music industry. it's a unprecedented times, as we say . unprecedented times, as we say. >> yes. it's going to be quite exciting, suppose will exciting, i suppose people will be to buy new beatles be able to buy new beatles albums of all sorts of new songs with actually the original cast of that band singing those songs i >> -- >> as yeah -_ >> as yeah , well, i think it

>> as yeah, well, i think it almost raises like almost like an ideological question really, which is that how important is personality and authentic city to the art that you enjoy or you consume or you want to invest in? i again , guess trying to, in? i again, guess trying to, you know, see this as a glass half full kind of situation . i half full kind of situation. i feel a little bit like popular music in recent years has become quite faceless . it's become quite faceless. it's become quite faceless. it's become quite it's almost become a tool of the industry . i think that of the industry. i think that when you think about the 80s or the 90s and the superstar pop , the 90s and the superstar pop, the 90s and the superstar pop, the superstar pop stars that we had or superstar rock acts, you know, it was all about personality and feel like that has actually become quite safe and in recent times and homogenised in recent times anyway hope is that with anyway. and my hope is that with al and the idea that your music ai and the idea that your music can be replicated so easily by technology , it kind of makes me technology, it kind of makes me hope that people, music fans, will insist on music that's made by real people , and it will by real people, and it will force artists to have something different about them, something thatis different about them, something

that is harder to replicate, something that you need the investment into a person to , to investment into a person to, to enjoy . enjoy. >> and i guess artists, music labels, they could make quite a lot of money out of all this . lot of money out of all this. >> well, i would probably argue the other way. actually i think that's probably where the where the back foot, the lawyers and the back foot, the lawyers and the i can't remember what you call them, but the people who look into plagiarism and who owns what and who has the rights to what. i think the reason why they're on the back foot is actually because they're thinking, oh, this will probably affect our bottom line, you know, in a considerable way . affect our bottom line, you know, in a considerable way. um, affect our bottom line, you knolisten considerable way . um, affect our bottom line, you knolisten ,:onsiderable way . um, affect our bottom line, you knolisten , i'm iderable way. um, affect our bottom line, you knolisten , i'm aerable way. um, affect our bottom line, you knolisten , i'm a music way . um, but listen, i'm a music journalist. i care about the music. so those kind of things . music. so those kind of things. i just think you're going to have to work it out. you've had you've made big coin for a long time now. well james mcmahon, thank so much talking us thank you so much for talking us through seismic issue, through that seismic issue, which doubt we'll be seeing which no doubt we'll be seeing much of as the months and much more of as the months and indeed years progress .

indeed years progress. >> thank you. and before we go, we just want to tell you about a baby pelican, just 14 weeks old and the public is needed to help find this bird. only a baby gone missing from blackpool zoo after it was scared by a flock of seagulls. now the pelican was taken on a gust of wind when it was trying to avoid the seagulls. it tried to fly onto a roof and the gust of wind took it away. >> yes, the keepers at the zoo lost sight of it at about 4 pm. on friday day. and this comes as back in april. the zoo advertised for quote unquote, seagull deterrents for people to come and dress up as birds to scare away those seagulls. well, the search continues and blackpool zoo are confident they will find the pelican. >> the seagull deterrence . there >> the seagull deterrence. there clearly weren't many of them, were there? >> not enough. or maybe they weren't active enough. >> oh, no, let's let's hope. let's the little pelicans let's hope the little pelicans found. here's patrick. yes found. and here's patrick. yes >> that has be a joke >> i mean, that has to be a joke about some dodgy looking birds

around the blackpool area. but no one one, no one's allowed no one no one, no one's allowed to make that this show, of to make that on this show, of course. how we all? good course. but how are we all? good show. thought. i've rather show. i thought. i've got rather a there's the a lot coming up. there's the turkey when it comes to turkey deal when it comes to immigration. some the immigration. are some of the bibby stockholm residents grateful for grateful enough as well for everything that we're doing? that's conversation we're that's a conversation we're going a monumental going to be having a monumental data monumental data breach, two monumental data breaches. to get stuck breaches. so a lot to get stuck into the civil service, into there. the civil service, the in the receipts the wage bills in the receipts are in. are we getting for are in. are we getting bang for our buck? i'm also going to be talking hospitals talking about nhs hospitals where there where apparently there are sewage chemical leaks as sewage and chemical leaks as well. to play for today. >> well, it sounds like an incredibly show, patrick, incredibly busy show, patrick, but suppose i want ask you, but i suppose i want to ask you, are concerned this are you concerned about this data , about your details data breach, about your details going is this something that going or is this something that we should be more sanguine about? >> no, thing i am deeply >> no, the thing is, i am deeply concerned. but the problem is i think has sailed think the ship has sailed because time google because every time you google something, access something, every time you access anything, can anything, i mean, we can probably be tracked every single time with mobile time we move with our mobile phones this is phones anyway. so whilst this is terrifying and stark open terrifying and stark and open to hackers dangerous, hackers and dangerous, the problem i think, like

problem for me is i think, like i said, the ship has sailed on it. we're done. yeah. >> yeah. well. >> yeah. well. >> well, what's to come? >> well, what's to come? >> think if you're with us >> i think if you're with us still, you need to take a breath before to patrick. before we hand over to patrick. have a little rest by watching the weather forecast. is the weather forecast. he is coming up shortly. thank coming up very shortly. thank you much for company you very much for your company today. for those today. and look out for those pelicans. yes please do. >> temperature's rising . >> the temperature's rising. boxt solar proud sponsors of weather on . gb news. weather on. gb news. >> hi there. it's aidan mcgivern here from the met office. with the gb news forecast, sunny spells for many of us during the rest of the day. feeling warmer than it has for some time. and then with increased then with the increased humidity, got an increased humidity, we've got an increased chance some overnight . as chance of some fog overnight. as we wednesday, there'll be we end wednesday, there'll be some patchy cloud around for much scotland, light much of scotland, some light showers west of scotland showers for the west of scotland and a brisk wind for the far north. also fairly breezy out towards the south—west. 1 or 2 showers possible cornwall by showers possible for cornwall by the end of the night. areas of cloud and some fog affecting southern counties england and

southern counties of england and south . but it's warm south wales. but it's a warm night compared with recent nights, 15 or 16 celsius in places by dawn. we start with the low cloud and in some the low cloud and fog in some southern and western parts, but otherwise it's largely sunny skies we keep the bright skies and we keep the bright weather through the rest of the day, especially across central weather through the rest of the day, south—eastacross central weather through the rest of the day, south—east england.|tral weather through the rest of the day, south—east england. northern and south—east england. northern scotland as well, seeing some decent there decent sunny spells. there will be building through be some cloud building through the the chance of a the day and the chance of a shower or two into the far south—west at times. otherwise where we've got the sunshine, temperatures reaching the high 20s so much warmer than it has been for some time, it been for some time, but it doesn't last . it's a one day doesn't last. it's a one day wonder. we've got a cold front moving overnight and moving through overnight and that bring some heavy rain, that will bring some heavy rain, especially and more especially to scotland and more especially to scotland and more especially for the north of scotland during friday day showers arriving elsewhere , some showers arriving elsewhere, some heavy bursts at times in between, still some sunny spells on friday and still warm in the east. but the weekend will be a mixture of sunny spells and showers. temperatures back to around average . around average. >> the temperatures rising . boxt

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channel >> it's 3 pm. it's patrick christie's. it's gb news and as eveh christie's. it's gb news and as ever, heck of a lot to go out today. we start with this new deal that is supposedly going to be the answer to all of our

illegal immigration problems with turkey. but is it going to be throwing more money at it and with turkey. but is it going to be 1gettingi more money at it and with turkey. but is it going to be 1getting anyre money at it and with turkey. but is it going to be 1getting any resultsey at it and with turkey. but is it going to be 1getting any results like it and with turkey. but is it going to be 1getting any results like weind not getting any results like we had with french? or will had with the french? or will also be asking whether not also be asking whether or not the on the bibby the migrants put on the bibby stockholm barge should more stockholm barge should be more grateful. is your grateful. but how safe is your data as well? too shocking data breaches today, one in northern ireland frankly ireland and one that frankly affects us here when it affects all of us here when it comes the electoral roll and comes to the electoral roll and the electoral register will be analysing all of that. in other news, be talking news, i'm going to be talking about well. been about this as well. we've been pred about this as well. we've been ripped the civil service, ripped off by the civil service, the bill in its the wage bill is in its somewhere in the region of £175 somewhere in the region of £17.5 billion. we've employed more billion. now we've employed more people service in people in the civil service in the few years than we've the last few years than we've got in the entirety of the british army. but is it efficient ? is it just the blob efficient? is it just the blob and finally, harry's a happy chappy again. i wonder why. oh, yeah, he's big in japan, of course, without meghan by his side. and it comes on the day that the royal website is removed. hrh titles. so lots removed. his hrh titles. so lots to go out today. join me patrick christys on . gb news