that's according to a say yes, that's according to a new yougov poll. what do you think 7 think? >> and as the much loved retail , wilko declares administration putting about 12,000 jobs at risk is the end of the high street as we know it. approaching us and it's crunch time for the lionesses as they enter the quarterfinals of the women's world cup against colombia. >> tomorrow, we're to going be catching up with former england goalkeeper pauline cope . goalkeeper pauline cope. next but aside from the big news today , there's a perhaps more today, there's a perhaps more specific question that we're asking as well. >> what is your favourite ice cream? now, the reason we're saying this is because apparently the nation's favourite ice cream is the well, don't give it away just yet. we'll tell you the suspense, the telly magic. we're going to we're to going hold that as a

closely guarded secret. but please do join us after the news headunes please do join us after the news headlines when we'll be telling you exactly what the nation's supposed favourite ice cream is, which i think we're we're . do we which i think we're we're. do we agree with it? we do agree. >> it's a popular favourite. >> it's a popular favourite. >> it's a popular favourite. >> it is. >> it is. >> but first, let's get the news with rhiannon . with rhiannon. >> thank you, ellie. good morning. it's 932. your top stories from the newsroom . the stories from the newsroom. the chancellor says efforts to fight inflation are working after the u.k. economy grew by 0.2% in the second quarter. figures from the office for national statistics also show gdp rose by 0.5% in june alone , buoyed by the june alone, buoyed by the manufacturing sector . jeremy manufacturing sector. jeremy hunt says the government's laying the strong foundations needed to grow the economy. the results mean there's no immediate risk of the uk slipping into recession . in the slipping into recession. in the health secretary says the latest

four day strike by junior doctors , which starts today, doctors, which starts today, serves only to harm patients . serves only to harm patients. it's the fifth time they've staged a walkout this year in an ongoing dispute over pay. according to the nhs, almost 835,000 appointments have been postponed since industrial action began in december. the british medical association says it's been left with no choice. the government announces cuts. the government announces cuts. the 6% uplift gives to junior doctors is fair and reasonable and says it won't take part in any more talks . the uk's busiest any more talks. the uk's busiest airport is getting busier in a sign of an uptick for the air travel industry, 7.7 million people travelled through heathrow airport last month. that's compared with 6.3 million dunng that's compared with 6.3 million during the same month last year. those in search of summer sunshine are partly behind the boost, with sky high numbers of flights to portugal, italy and

turkey . and the king has turkey. and the king has reshuffled military appointments for members of the royal family king charles takes on eight roles from his late mother, while two of the duke of york's previous roles have been given to kate and the duchess of edinburgh, the prince and princess of wales have three extra each, while extra positions each, while queen camilla becomes a patron of the royal army. chaplains department . and you can get more department. and you can get more on all of those stories by visiting our website gbnews.com now those back over to tom and . ellie >> welcome back to britain's newsroom. the time is 934. you're with ellie and tom. and before we get into all of our top stories this morning, we wanted to talk to you about this story that's got us going this morning. it's page 11 of the daily it's all about daily mail, and it's all about our favourite ice creams from our favourite ice creams from our childhood . now, apparently our childhood. now, apparently we as brits, we go mad for the

screwball. >> the screwball is apparently the nation's favourite ice cream and second to that funny feet , and second to that funny feet, followed up by calippo shots. now i'm. no, i'm. i say. i say, i say calippo calippo shot cauppo i say calippo calippo shot calippo calippo. >> yeah . >> yeah. >> yeah. >> calypso. it's i think. i think it is interesting. i love the screwball ice cream . i the screwball ice cream. i absolutely adore it. but i do miss the cone. >> me too. we were quite happy with that, weren't we? we think the nation really did well with that one screwball. it was right. >> f to see no >> i'm surprised to see no cornetto on the list, but do email in gbviews@gbnews.com. what has been missed out of the nation's top ice creams. although i do wish we were saying this on a rather more sunny day. apparently the weather's not this weekend. it's not going to nice as not going to be as nice as yesterday, but we can bring the sunshine homes. sunshine into our homes. >> talking favourite >> talking about our favourite ice would be an ice creams, mine would be an oyster, know, like the huge oyster, you know, like the huge amount ice cream that ice amount of ice cream that ice cream on the and then

cream on the top and then strawberry top. strawberry sauce on the top. what be? what would yours be? >> think . i what would yours be? >> think. i think it what would yours be? >> think . i think it would >> i think. i think it would have be the traditional 99 flavour. >> okay. i think most people would agree with you. yeah most people would agree. >> not on the >> i'm surprised it's not on the list actually. >> i'm surprised it's not on the list actdo.ly. us know. do you >> so do let us know. do you agree with that? a screwball being number one, if not, what would your number do you would be your number one? do you let know? vaiews@gbnews.com let us know? vaiews@gbnews.com and the and also get in touch on the rest today's top stories rest of today's top stories because there are a lot them. because there are a lot of them. there are indeed. >> let's get to some >> let's show let's get to some of those bigger stories now, ice cream aside, because lioness of those bigger stories now, ice cr

britain's newsroom. it must be an incredibly exciting time there in australia . there in australia. >> yeah, it's amazing . it's >> yeah, it's amazing. it's there's fans everywhere i went to the fan zone, me and my husband and though the england game and it's everyone's buzzing, everyone's buzzing . buzzing, everyone's buzzing. >> oh, pauline, i love your shirt this morning. very patriotic . what are you making patriotic. what are you making of how the lionesses are playing at the moment? because i think that they've kind of been getting through by the skin of their teeth at the moment. i know we're only group stages, know we're only at group stages, but shootout against but penalty shootout against nigeria, shouldn't nigeria, i mean, it shouldn't have to that, should it? have come to that, should it? >> um, it shouldn't, no. >> um, it shouldn't, no. >> you we're all >> but, you know, we're all majority of the teams in the world cup have progressed beyond what of people would have what a lot of people would have thought. was thought. so you know, it was a tough game for england. i'll take a 1—0 win. um throughout the whole tournament the end the whole tournament at the end of it's not about of the day, it's not about performances, about winning. of the day, it's not about performa know, |bout winning. of the day, it's not about performa know, we're ninning. of the day, it's not about performa know, we're through to and, you know, we're through to the quarterfinals and fingers crossed we can progress to the semis . semis. >> going to be an exciting game tomorrow. of course , in the tomorrow. of course, in the quarterfinals, england have been

here before and we indeed did see that astonishing win in the euros last year as well. do we have what it takes to make it all the way ? definitely all the way? definitely >> we you know, we won the euros . serena's added to the squad , . serena's added to the squad, um, you know, a few new players, players with experience . i don't players with experience. i don't see any reason why we can't go on and win the world cup this yeah on and win the world cup this year. the fa have invested millions into this squad and to repay the fee. you know, the girls should and hopefully go on and win the world cup. >> and what about what it takes to win a world cup? because, i mean, tom just asked you there about the euros and the success last year. do you think there will psychological will be that psychological pressure women and how pressure on these women and how are best to try and are they best to try and overcome that ? overcome that? >> they've dealt with pressure by winning the euros. they have an unbelievable team around them in psychologists , and they would in psychologists, and they would have been there would have been

no stone left unturned to prepare them for this tournament and no stone left unturned to prepare them for going 1—1 goal down, one goal up , one player down, one goal up, one player down. and there would have been no stones left unturned . and no stones left unturned. and mentally they've been there before. they've won the euros and this is just the you know, the next step up for them. and they're more than equipped to win this tournament. >> how much of a blow is it to the squad that lauren james is now out of the tournament for the next two games? is that going to damage england's chances ? chances? >> i don't think it will. they won the euros without lauren james and they'll win , hopefully james and they'll win, hopefully win these next two games without lauren. james as she is an important part of the team. but they have a very good squad of players that can come on the bench and do a job. they haven't got a player like lauren james that has got the flair, but you know, they won the euros without lauren james so they can win

this tournament without lauren. james well, pauline, thank you so much forjoining us there so much for joining us there live from australia as we all look forward to that big game tomorrow . tomorrow. >> thanks for your time this morning. thank you. >> you're welcome. i love that she's very positive. yeah, i like positive mindset. we like that positive mindset. we do need positive mindset before like that positive mindset. we do ne do positive mindset before like that positive mindset. we do ne do it>sitive mindset before like that positive mindset. we do nedo it again.mindset before we'll do it again. >> well, mean, just i've >> well, i mean, it's just i've seen so many world cups or euros where it just we get that, we get close then it all it get so close and then it all it all falls apart. this won't all falls apart. but this won't happen this time. >> but tom, we were dealing with men, right? >> point and now >> that at that point and now we're with women, we're dealing with women, competent women. >> what it, margaret >> well, what was it, margaret thatcher said? want thatcher once said? if you want something, man. if something, said, ask a man. if you something done, ask you want something done, ask a woman. >> perhaps that will still be the case with the cup at the case with the world cup at least. best of luck to the least. but best of luck to the lionesses tomorrow. >> let's get the very >> well, let's get the very latest these rumours that >> well, let's get the very latetottenham these rumours that >> well, let's get the very latetottenham star, rumours that >> well, let's get the very latetottenham star, harryurs that >> well, let's get the very latetottenham star, harry kane, it the tottenham star, harry kane, could well be going to bayern munich . paul coyte a spurs fan munich. paul coyte a spurs fan yourself a spurs legend. >> well , jelly. >> well, jelly. >> well, jelly. >> yes. >> yes. >> what do you have to tell us?

what's the goss on the ground? >> it looks like for the first time, i'm actually beginning to admit that this actually admit that this may actually happen. i speaking to you, tom, of and of course, yesterday. and saying, know, i still saying, well, you know, i still think rumours that we're think there's rumours that we're coming the coming out of germany and the german who are desperate german press who are desperate for harry kane to to bayern for harry kane to move to bayern munich out munich and they're coming out saying, yes, it's definitely saying, oh, yes, it's definitely happening. definitely happening. it's definitely happening. there's an offer from bayern gets turned bayern munich that gets turned down another one, then down and then another one, then another seems that another one. and it seems that now spurs have agreed to deal now spurs have agreed to a deal for kane, england for harry kane, the england skipper, to germany. and skipper, to go to germany. and there's a that looks like there's a flight that looks like he's be heading over at he's going to be heading over at lunchtime there's lunchtime. um, there's the medical which medical there, which i'm thinking, he's got thinking, i just hope he's got a code and maybe look code and maybe they look through, say no, i'm not so sure. you know, there's a little cold.i sure. you know, there's a little cold. i don't know if it's going to good play with, but to be good to play with, but we'll just. >> well, no one can get an appointment in uk, so it appointment in the uk, so it might well. there we are. might as well. there we are. >> that's satire tom so, >> that's satire there. tom so, so basically it looks tom so basically it looks like. tom looks harry is going looks like that harry is going to and you're about to to be going and you're about to promote play for munich. promote me to play for munich. we actually need you at we may actually need you at spurs to centre forward spurs to play centre forward

because is gap there because there is a gap there now, it a worry for spurs now, but it is a worry for spurs fans. it's disappointing fans. it's very disappointing because two because we are literally two days before their their first game, is against brentford game, which is against brentford on and it's one of these on sunday and it's one of these that right down to the that goes right down to the wire. was harry was wire. if it was harry was wanting go, you kind hope wanting to go, you kind of hope the deal have been done the deal would have been done before but eventually before hand. but eventually i think i honestly do think and something that hasn't been mentioned, think there's mentioned, i think there's a price in bayern munich . i price died in bayern munich. i think very, very big think they're a very, very big club. a lot of people have said , you know, would harry want , you know, why would harry want to go there? which i agree with, because i to a bundesliga, because i to win a bundesliga, to the championship in to win the championship in germany, always win it. germany, they always win it. it's as simple as that. it's very easy. you know, you could actually for munich actually play for bayern munich and could win a bundesliga and you could win a bundesliga title. maybe i'll put you in midfield but harry midfield somewhere, but harry will win is that the will win that. is that the trophy he's looking for? it's really champions and really the champions league and it's and dusted that it's not done and dusted that they'll that way. so they'll win that either way. so it's it looks like it's going to happen. as far as bayern happen. and as far as bayern munich concerned, munich are concerned, when i mentioned it's mentioned this pride, it's almost are very proud club

almost there are very proud club . i know jurgen klinsmann very well who played there and managed there as well and says he's not like any other club that he'd he'd been involved in. and they very much think we are bayern munich we get what we want. demand that harry kane want. we demand that harry kane is daniel is there. and although daniel levy would have said, you know, we want more, want more, they we want more, we want more, they will. they're getting to the point now. well we want him because don't get him, because if we don't get him, there be sauerkraut there will be egg or sauerkraut on our and that'll be the on our face and that'll be the end so it's very end of it. so it's very important that they him. important that they do get him. and looks like he will. and now it looks like he will. and now it looks like he will. and it's very disappointing for spurs because he's one of spurs fans because he's one of the players the greatest players to ever play the greatest players to ever play the club. play for the club. well, exactly. >> and where does that leave spurs and how does that leave the feeling as well? the fans feeling as well? because are absolutely because they are absolutely devastated this morning, aren't they? >> ea- e”.- >> i think it's almost like a death family where people death in the family where people don't how don't really know exactly how they to feel until it they were going to feel until it happened. it really is like that because a player because he's such a great player . is you know, he could use . he is you know, he could use cliche like he's the talisman of the he is he's the the club, but he is he's the record goalscorer know, record goalscorer as we know, scored goals for spurs than

scored more goals for spurs than any other ever. he's not only a great goal scorer, he's a great footballer . and where spurs footballer. and where will spurs be now, you could be without him? now, you could either say that it's a lot of money. that's coming into the club, also so there's more club, but also so there's more chance that spurs would get into the champions league. had harry kane stayed and therefore that money could be made back that way. but it's also this year contract. there's a year left on the contract . so if he did the contract. so if he did decide to stay, then he'd become a free agent at the end and he could go pretty much anywhere he chose. so it's a you know, it's not done and dusted yet. there's still a part of me just thinking i'm going to give until i'm not going to give up until finally harry, don't do finally i say, harry, don't do it come on. but it looks it yet. come on. but it looks very likely that that's what's now going happen. there's now going to happen. but there's basically who plays basically no one else who plays for who can who can reach for spurs who can who can reach that level , who would able to that level, who would be able to take club for good? take the club for good? >> is there is there is. >> or is there is there is. there was he perhaps there was was he perhaps such a dominant figure in the club that maybe some other people didn't have grow in their have the chance to grow in their professional careers? have the chance to grow in their profess interesting 's? have the chance to grow in their profess interesting because >> it's interesting because

people see him as the people would see him as the captain, captain of captain, as the captain of england, wasn't the england, but he wasn't the captain spurs. that's hugo captain of spurs. that's hugo lloris, goalkeeper lloris, the goalkeeper who now looks moving. so harry looks like he's moving. so harry was spurs captain. was never the spurs captain. now you've got players like heung—min who this heung—min son who had this amazing relationship with him . amazing relationship with him. and harry scored more goals between the two of them than any other duo in the premier league history. so sonny , still there? history. so sonny, still there? you've got richarlison , you've got richarlison, brazilian striker who is also going to have to step up now and fill that role. but when you do have a player like harry kane, it's virtually impossible to actually fill that hole with someone as good as he is. >> well, paul coyte is very sad day for you. i really upsets me that you're wearing red today, ellie. >> i'm sorry. >> i'm sorry. >> of bayern munich and. right. you've done that. i'm sorry. >> i'm sorry. but there's blue all the studio all over the studio that. >> that feel. this is >> that make me feel. this is my. this is my shirt make up for it. oh, yeah, of course it does. >> tom toms. >> tom toms. >> i'm clearly playing for >> well, i'm clearly playing for both teams here. >> got a red tie. a little >> i've got a red tie. a little west ham for my liking, but. >> okay, we'll take that.

>> okay, we'll take that. >> thanks, paul coyte. sorry it's such hard it's been such a hard day. >> okay, i'll over it. i'm >> okay, i'll get over it. i'm sure be fine. sure i'll be fine. >> i'll be all right. >> i'll be all right. >> well, stiff drink. think a little later on. little bit later on. >> goodness me. let's talk about cars now, because sales of second electric vehicles second hand electric vehicles rose than 80% in rose by more than 80% in the three indicating three months to june, indicating increasing more increasing demand for more affordable low emission cdl’s. >> cars. >> well, more than 30,000 of the battery vehicles changed battery powered vehicles changed hands second quarter hands in the second quarter of this concerns over this year. but concerns over price vehicle range and the resilience charging resilience of the charging network and power grid do remain i >> -- >> well, emma >> well, let's get more on this now with the motoring journalist danny kelly, live from the midlands . and danny, i suppose midlands. and danny, i suppose this is perhaps self—explanatory, really . self—explanatory, really. electric cars started becoming a bigger thing a few years ago . bigger thing a few years ago. and as that sort of as the market naturally matures, there will be a bigger second hand market. >> well, i think some perspective needs to be shed on this story . and yes, good this story. and yes, good morning. you're right, this story. and yes, good morning. you're right , there is morning. you're right, there is a surge in demand for used electric vehicles, but this

comes at the same time that the society for motor manufacture motoring and traders, they released a story that the ten biggest depreciate in cars in july were all electric cars. now basically electric cars used electric cars primarily. they've reached such a price point that people are prepared to buy them. 35% year on year loss . so if 35% year on year loss. so if you're driving a tesla, you probably lost 30 odd grand. one of the higher range teslas over the last 12 months and even smaller, cheaper electric cars, they're not immune to this loss. the depreciation has been horrific. now petrol and diesel cars are, believe it or not, an appreciating asset. they've grown year on year for the last 40 months, whereas electric cars are a depreciating asset. so people now, if they want to if they want to drive an electric car, then they are now able to do so purely because the price point has come down significantly . but also in your significantly. but also in your opening introduction , to me the opening introduction, to me the range anxiety is still very, very relevant and prevalent

across this market. tom what does need to pick up the pace, doesn't it? >> i mean, if petrol and diesel cars are going new ones at least are going to be banned by 2030. you can understand why people are in electric are investing in electric vehicles, that range isn't vehicles, but that range isn't there. you say, mileage is there. as you say, mileage is still very, very low on electric cars. still very, very low on electric cars . if still very, very low on electric cars. if you're doing a long journey, let's 4 5 hours, journey, let's say 4 or 5 hours, you might spend an additional two hours trying to charge your electric at a charge electric vehicle at a charge point. and that's if you can find because they're very find one, because they're very limited the country. limited up and down the country. so aren't there must be so there aren't there must be some real anxieties for people who in who are actually investing in electric as yeah. electric vehicles as yeah. >> ellie, a pal of mine, has got a 70 zero zero £0 tesla. he took his family up to edinburgh. his range was saying that he had about 60 miles left in the tank and there was about 45 miles to edinburgh. he actually actually had to turn the air conditioning off. believe it or not, if off. now, believe it or not, if that was night time, he'd be that was at night time, he'd be really i it's really worried. i know it's farcical, isn't he if farcical, isn't it? if he if this was at night time, he'd be

really worried about having his headlights the headlights on and that's the gritty it's a gritty reality. it's like a mobile you know, when our mobile phone, you know, when our mobile phone, you know, when our mobile phones run on charge, mobile phones run low on charge, we up having to reduce the we end up having to reduce the screen brightness. we delete or we remove temporarily apps and electric car is exactly the same principle . so it's great for principle. so it's great for short short journeys buzzing around town. but don't forget if you live in a terraced street or if you live in a block of flats or basically if you can't guarantee parking outside your front door, then this is a real dilemma for you. >> it really is. danny kelly, always really good to see you. thank you so much for your time this morning. thank you. >> well, from one technological advancements to another, 2023 has been the year of artificial intelligence . with the maturing intelligence. with the maturing of programs like chatgpt , of programs like chatgpt, capturing the public and media imagination. >> but it's also led to warnings that the technology could lead to the extinction of humanity .

to the extinction of humanity. we know less. a new yougov survey found that 76% of responders believe that al survey found that 76% of responders believe that ai will pose a threat to humanity. >> indeed, a statement by the centre for al safety called for safeguarding to be given as much priority as pandemics and indeed nuclear war. this was endorsed by senior figures working in the ai field. >> well, to talk about all things ai, we have the ceo of conjecture, conor leahy, who operates the largest ai safety firm in the uk. operates the largest ai safety firm in the uk . very good to see firm in the uk. very good to see you this morning. conor thank you this morning. conor thank you for coming in for us so that's the result of the yougov poll . doesn't make for good poll. doesn't make for good reading, does it? does. i actually threaten humanity or is this more public fear? >> no , not yet. not yet. >> no, not yet. not yet. >> no, not yet. not yet. >> not yet. what do you mean ? >> not yet. what do you mean? what do you mean by that? i as it currently exists, i suppose we can think of it in different ways. there's sort of chatgpt the website people can go to. there's ai that's used in

various applications currently by the nhs for example, that that to you is safe. yes and yet there's something that might happen to make it dangerous. what is that? >> so we're on a path towards more and more general, more and more and more general, more and more powerful general intelligence systems . what does intelligence systems. what does make humans dangerous ? why are make humans dangerous? why are humans more dangerous than chimps do build chimps? why do humans build nuclear bombs and chimps don't our intelligence or the size of our intelligence or the size of our brain? a human brain is a primate brain not that different from that of chimp. it's from that of a chimp. it's simply times larger. but simply three times larger. but this to get us to this is enough to get us to develop weapons and develop nuclear weapons and other weapons of mass destruction you know, destruction and, you know, change cause change our environment, cause climate change, all these other problems might be able climate change, all these other pr

goal of these companies is to build autonomous agents, autonomous intelligence systems that run on software. and it's very important to be clear that an ai system is quite different from the traditional software you running your you might have running on your own kind of own computer. the kind of software might have on your software you might have on your own is written by you own computer is written by you have programmer who writes the have a programmer who writes the code it. this is not how code for it. this is not how al's code for it. this is not how ai's work. more like ai's work. ais are more like organically grown . you have data organically grown. you have data and you grow a program to work on. this data. so we do not actually understand how these brains work , how these digital brains work, how these digital minds work , and no one does. minds work, and no one does. none of these companies , no none of these companies, no laboratory, actually understands how these systems work. and now if these are very limited application systems that we use for very limited application, generate, know, funny generate, you know, funny pictures to transcribe some pictures or to transcribe some audio , that's okay. i don't audio, that's okay. i don't expect a problem. but as we're seeing with modern systems as chat, gpt, gpt four, they're becoming more general purpose and more autonomous. >> there are some people who don't believe these can become autonomous , though the moment autonomous, though at the moment it's outputs .

it's inputs, it's outputs. humans to do something. humans ask it to do something. it something. do you it does something. why do you believe that this these could have a mind of their own? >> because this is the explicit goal people building goal of the people building these what these systems. this is what they're trying do. this they're trying to do. this has been goal of the field of been the goal of the field of artificial since been the goal of the field of arti'earliest since been the goal of the field of arti'earliest days. since been the goal of the field of arti'earliest days. thisince been the goal of the field of arti'earliest days. this has the earliest days. this has always goal of always been the goal of artificial intelligence. always been the goal of artifisal intelligence. always been the goal of artifis explicitly ence. always been the goal of artifis explicitly what people this is explicitly what people are to do. system you are trying to do. system you know, the earliest days know, from the earliest days of chess and logic chess computers and logic systems to modern, you know, alphago , you know, self—learning alphago, you know, self—learning systems . we already have many ai systems. we already have many ai systems. we already have many ai systems that can play video games. they can achieve goals in video games. they can learn more information. we have modern versions of chatgpt that can write code and run code . they write code and run code. they can access information from the internet. they can use tools . internet. they can use tools. this is explicitly what these tools are being designed to do . tools are being designed to do. >> and there are benefits to ai , aren't there? i mean, there's a test being being run in the nhs at the moment with al and radiologists something radiologists and it's something like in terms like 99% accuracy. so in terms of the nhs waiting list, for example , you might see that

example, you might see that start to come down. if we start to implement ai into certain departments, there are there are benefits. oh absolutely. but it's, it's that control element, isn't it? that's what people fear. i suppose, is if you can't understand something, how do you control it? and it's the speed of the development, which is terrifying. >> there is a huge mismatch here in our ability to control these and understand these systems versus ability to make them versus the ability to make them stronger. i'm stronger. and really what i'm most is this most concerned about is this 0.1% of these massive of frontier ai experiments that are being run by a very small number of very, very large companies to create systems that are completely unprecedented . for completely unprecedented. for example, radiologist example, the radiologist experiments you talk about, these are very small these are very, very small systems that run on very , very systems that run on very, very small computers and are very limited. they're not general purpose these are small purpose mines. these are small systems for specific purpose. and fantastic. these systems for specific purpose. ancextremely fantastic. these systems for specific purpose. ancextremely usefultic. these systems for specific purpose. anc extremely useful for these are extremely useful for science, medicine, for many science, for medicine, for many other applications. and think other applications. and i think we pushing this we should be pushing on this technology much what technology very much what i think we should be concerned about are rushing about is that we are rushing forward newer, larger, more

forward into newer, larger, more dangerous regimes before we can even control or understand the systems that already exist . systems that already exist. >> i really, really interesting stuff. course is stuff. and of course the uk is hosting the world's first ai safety conference in the autumn. but conor thank you very but conor leahy, thank you very much us here the much forjoining us here in the studio through this studio and talking through this really seismic development in our culture. our technological culture. >> well, do stay >> absolutely. well, do you stay with britain's with us this is britain's newsroom on gb news. let's get the weather for you . the weather for you. >> a brighter outlook with boxt solar proud sponsors of weather on gb news is . on gb news is. >> hello there. i'm greg dewhurst. welcome to your latest gb news weather. the day ahead . gb news weather. the day ahead. plenty of sunny spells, though. we will see a scattering of showers move in and still feeling quite warm in the east and looking at the picture. first thing, a lot of cloud around some mist and some drizzle in places. but this should slowly and break to should slowly lift and break to allow sunny spells most of allow sunny spells for most of us though, then this will allow the scattered showers to develop, particularly across the north some of north and the west. some of these be heavy at times,

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good morning. it's 10 am. on friday, the 11th of august. this is britain's newsroom with tom howard and me, ellie costello coming up for you today. >> well, first, junior doctors are starting another four day walkout of course. and as they do, the chief executive of nhs providers has said these strikes

put the nhs , quote, close to a put the nhs, quote, close to a tipping point. have put the nhs, quote, close to a tipping point . have the unions tipping point. have the unions gone too far ? gone too far? >> as the much loved retailer, wilko declares , administration wilko declares, administration putting about 1200 jobs at risk . is it the end of the high street? as we know it? >> and as the number of migrants crossing the english channel yesterday exceeded, 100,000, will be asking should the uk leave the european convention on human rights ? and if so, would human rights? and if so, would that actually make a difference? west yorkshire police have received a complaint after a woman said her autistic teenage daughter was arrested by seven police officers for saying a female officer looked like her lesbian nana. >> we'll get the latest from our reporter in leeds as. and aside from all the big stories as well , we and aside from all the big stories as well, we are asking you a specific question about

childhood ice creams. >> what is your favourite ice cream from your childhood? it's been found in a survey of brits that the nation's favourite one was the screwball . was the screwball. >> oh yeah, it's a great choice. >> oh yeah, it's a great choice. >> it is a wonderful one. although the lack of cone always gets me, i do like a cone. so do you keep your abuse coming in? >> gbviews@gbnews.com. but first, a news bulletin first, let's get a news bulletin from rhiannon . from rhiannon. >> thank you, ali. good morning . it's coming up to 10:02. your top stories from the newsroom. the chancellor says efforts to fight inflation are working after the u.k. economy grew by nought point 2% in the second quarter. figures from the office for national statistics also show gdp rose by 0.5% in june alone , buoyed by the alone, buoyed by the manufacturing sector. jeremy hunt says the government's laying the strong foundation hons laying the strong foundation lions needed to grow the economy . the results mean there's no

immediate risk of the uk slipping into recession in the. health secretary says the latest four day strike by junior doctors , which starts today, doctors, which starts today, serves only to harm patients . serves only to harm patients. it's the fifth time they've staged a walkout this year in an ongoing dispute over pay. according to the nhs almost 835,000 appointments have been postponed since industrial action began in december. the british medical association says it's been left with no choice. nhs trust chairman roy liley told gb news the strikes could continue up until christmas . continue up until christmas. >> well, if there are no more talks , the junior doctors are talks, the junior doctors are balloting to extend their strike action if their current mandate runs out at the end of this month. if they ballot again and the answer is yes, then we'll see strikes right through the winter up until christmas . and winter up until christmas. and it's just horrendous. it's doing huge damage to the nhs . it's huge damage to the nhs. it's adding to waiting lists and of

course there's a whole load of people that are the sort of in visible collateral damage to this . this. >> well, chief secretary to the treasury john glenn insists the 6% uplift, given to junior doctors is fair and says the government won't take part in any more talks. what we cannot have is an inflationary pay increase . increase. >> before we broke for the recess , as we settled all the recess, as we settled all the pay recess, as we settled all the pay disputes based on the pay review bodies and for example , review bodies and for example, the teachers accepted the pay review body recommendation as the government did, and are not no longer striking. so i regret very much that the doctors have chosen to strike again. i totally recognise that this has a negative impact on patients experience . experience. >> a conservative mp has revealed she failed to declare shares she held in shell while serving as environment secretary. theresa villiers admitted she held a stake in the oil giant worth more than

£70,000, but only declared it last month. a spokesperson for ms villiers told the daily mirror she doesn't personally manage the shares and that she deeply regrets her failure to monitor them. mps are meant to declare all shareholdings worth over £70,000 as a murder investigation has been launched after the body of a ten year old girl was found at a property in sussex. police were called to woking in the early hours of yesterday morning. the girl's body was found inside a house on hammond road. police say they've identified a number of individuals they'd like to speak to as part of their enquiries. they said . they say there's no they said. they say there's no reason to suspect any risk to the public and the case of an autistic girl arrested by police for making an alleged homophobic remark has prompted a complaint . warning some viewers may find the following footage distressing . a video circulated

distressing. a video circulated thing on tiktok shows a 16 year old autistic girl being detained by seven police officers outside her home in leeds. it's understood she told her mother that one of the officers looked like her grandmother, who's a lesbian . the teenager was lesbian. the teenager was arrested on suspicion of a homophobic public order offence. west yorkshire police says the video provides a very limited snapshot of the incident . snapshot of the incident. elsewhere, the death toll from wildfires in hawaii has risen to at least 55, as authorities warn that recovery efforts will take years. governor josh green says years. governorjosh green says the blazes have reduced much of the blazes have reduced much of the resort city of lahaina to smaller , towering ruins. it's smaller, towering ruins. it's one of three major fires still ravaging the island of maui in tyre, neighbourhoods have been burned to the ground as dry conditions and strong winds complicate efforts to bring the fires under control . and the

fires under control. and the king has reshuffled military appointments for working members of the royal family as the anniversary of the late queen's death approaches, king charles takes over eight of his mother's former honorary posts himself. the reshuffle sees prince william take command of harry's old army unit as colonel in chief of the army air corps. the princess of wales has been given three new roles, one of which is commodore in chief of the fleet air arm , a title previously held air arm, a title previously held by prince andrew. this is gb news across the uk on tv, in your car on digital radio, and on your smart speaker by simply saying play gb news now it's back over to tom and . ellie back over to tom and. ellie >> welcome to britain's newsroom with ellie and tom. the time is 10:07 at. >> and before we go into our top news stories this morning, we

want to bring you some updates, of course, on these four days of strikes just announced or just enacted, rather, by junior doctors. the health secretary, steve barclay, has reaffirmed his pay offer that was set out really some months ago. now, as a final offer. and despite this, junior doctors are still pushing for an extraordinary 35% pay rise. we'll be digging into this more later in the programme. >> yeah, do let us know what you think about that story. vaiews@gbnews.com. we know that you will have an opinion on that, but steve barclay has said that, but steve barclay has said that the offer to them is fair and final and the only thing that the strikes is doing now is affecting patients. that's what steve barclay has said . of steve barclay has said. of course the junior doctors disagree. they've just started that four day walkout out today. do let us know your response to that story . we're also talking that story. we're also talking about something totally different this morning, a little lighter, perhaps . lighter, perhaps.

>> little bit more summery. >> it's friday. we're looking >> it's a friday. we're looking towards the weekend. is towards the weekend. this is a story in the daily mail this morning. page 11. it's about our favourite childhood ice cream. and it appears the great british pubuc and it appears the great british public have voted screwball as their number one childhood ice cream. we've asked you to share yours this morning. and my gosh, it's got you going. we knew it would. vicki says this is not even a competition. the nobbly bobbly wins every time. >> knobbly, bubbly, amazing. >> knobbly, bubbly, amazing. >> . i love those. >> bobbly. i love those. >> bobbly. i love those. >> janet has in to say >> janet has written in to say hi, and tom can't go wrong hi, ellie and tom can't go wrong with made. now i don't with orange made. now i don't know made is. know what an orange made is. >> think it's literally orange >> i think it's literally orange juice lolly. juice in an ice lolly. >> oh, brilliant. >> oh, brilliant. >> quite refreshing. >> probably quite refreshing. yeah actually came in yeah and that actually came in at four, course it did. >> yes. so no, in touch with the people of britain there. >> yeah. >> yeah. >> adrian says morning, ellie and you mean in the and tom. now, if you mean in the street, it's a bit like street, it's a 99. a bit like you, but if you at home, you, but if you mean at home, it's tesco's own brand. triple chocolate cream. my mouth chocolate ice cream. my mouth waters thinking about it. waters just thinking about it. >> supermarkets >> other supermarkets are available , but shirley has available, but shirley has written in to say, when i was a

teenageri written in to say, when i was a teenager i worked at an ice cream kiosk during my time there, the best selling ice cream was a chocolate and mint flavoured dahl sex death. ray well, sounds good. do you well, that sounds good. do you know what i actually when i was much younger, spent most weekends with my dad building a life size dalek and i might try and dig out a picture for it later in the program, see if i was very, very proud of that. >> how long did that take you? a yeah >> how long did that take you? a year. i bet it did. yes. >> wow. great project. >> wow. great project. >> what a childhood. >> what a childhood. >> you have to charm. what a nerdy childhood. well, and was nerdy childhood. well, and i was chasing up the road. >> a bit like sally. i just shared this one with you, saying whenever i heard the ice cream van playing that tune, i'd run to my asking for £0.25. to my folks asking for £0.25. that's how much in the that's how much they cost in the 70s. my mum always said 70s. however my mum always said that song means they've actually run ice cream. no, not run out of ice cream. no no, not that the was coming. i love that the van was coming. i love how. no, means they've out. >> i do remember on my >> i do remember everyone on my street just absolutely running to van. it was always to the van. it was always a brilliant. oh, dear, good

childhood. >> memories do keep coming >> memories do keep those coming in to us. views at in to us. gb views at gb news.com. gets you news.com. that gets you all going morning. food going this morning. food generally does. let's move going this morning. food generour does. let's move going this morning. food generour next. let's move going this morning. food generour next story let's move going this morning. food generour next story because yve going this morning. food generour next story because the on to our next story because the home secretary, suella braverman, says she'll leave no stone clamping stone unturned in clamping down on . on illegal immigration. >> of course, comes as >> in this, of course, comes as senior javid, senior police officer bas javid, the brother of the former home secretary, sajid javid , has been secretary, sajid javid, has been appointed director general of appointed as director general of immigration enforcement at the home office in efforts to tackle illegal migration. >> so joining us to debate this debate this this morning is immigration lawyer ivan sampson, who's in favour of us staying in the echr and deputy leader of ukip, rebecca jane , who wants us ukip, rebecca jane, who wants us out . so, rebecca, let's start out. so, rebecca, let's start with you then . do you why do you with you then. do you why do you not think we should stay in the european convention on human rights ? rights? >> i don't think this will come as a surprise to anybody but the echr is absolutely nothing more than a legal tool for lawyers to keep us in the hands of the strasbourg court. we've voted for brexit. we voted to leave .

for brexit. we voted to leave. it's a really simple situation . it's a really simple situation. many people thought that we were to going leave echr when we did vote for brexit and then obviously that hasn't happened and we're still in it right now, in my opinion , it's the biggest in my opinion, it's the biggest issue facing immigration and the reasons why we can't control our own borders. if we want to do that and we want to get tough on immigration, we have to come out of because absolutely of it because it absolutely undermines our undermines the security of our own country . own country. >> rebecca, we were in the >> but rebecca, we were in the echr long before we joined the european union , or it was then european union, or it was then the european economic community. there are lots of non eu countries in the echr. it was part drafted by british pop politicians. it never used to be a problem when it came to migration. is that not a fair point? it didn't used to be a problem, but times move on and it's now outdated and it no longer is fit for purpose. >> so there are 47 member countries that are obviously part of it. you can't tell me that all of those 47 member countries have the exact same

issues they all face the issues and they all face the exact problems. exact same problems. our problems our problems. and problems are our problems. and this legislation stops this piece of legislation stops us in our process. we're a fantastic country. we're called great britain for a reason. we have the absolute ability to create a proper piece of legislation that helps our people, helps control our borders and it doesn't need to be done by a one blanket fits all policy . all policy. >> okay, ivan, i'm going to bnng >> okay, ivan, i'm going to bring you in at this point. do you want to come back to rebecca and her point there that we can just create our own legislation , create our own laws ? , create our own laws? >> wonder if rebecca >> well, i wonder if rebecca actually read the european convention human rights and convention on human rights and she understands the actual articles our articles which protect our rights. the first thing. rights. that's the first thing. it was drafted in the aftermath of the second world war and the holocaust to prevent to protect abuse by the state on its people. that's the purpose of the echr . it's not about the echr. it's not about migration and the fundamental rights are not to what rebecca objects to, but the right to

life, the right not to have inhumane and degrading treatment , the right to get married, the right to have freedom of expression. these are all fundamental human rights that protects tom, ellie and protects rebecca, tom, ellie and me. that's what it's about. it's not about migration . and it not about migration. and it guarantees a fundamental rights of individuals from abuse by the state. now if we don't have the echr , where do we go to the last echr, where do we go to the last resort we have is the european court of human rights to oversee abuse of power by the state. so i don't think that people really understand what the echr is about and without the protection of the human rights act, which bnngs of the human rights act, which brings it into domestic legislation, the government would have the power to do whatever it wants. it could breach our rights, our fundamental rights, and lastly, it's part of the good friday agreement. what does the government say about that? because a good friday agreement would have to be torn up because that's an integral part of that agreement. now, ivan, i think

you make a very good point there in terms of how entangled the echr with so many different echr is with so many different agreements that the united kingdom has many different international treaties , is not international treaties, is not least, of course, the good friday agreement. >> is there not a fair >> but but is there not a fair point that those who criticise the echr make, which is that those these rights were drawn up with the best of intentions they have now to some extent been overinterpreted and by some lawyers and are used instead of protecting the noble rights of life , liberty and perhaps the life, liberty and perhaps the pursuit of happiness. if i'm not going to be too american about it all, but instead are being used, are being abused , used used, are being abused, used perhaps to stop the united kingdom controlling its borders i >> -- >> well, you talk about article eight is what you're talking about. and this is a thorn in the government's side, the right to have family and private life. that's fundamental right ? it that's fundamental right? it doesn't matter whether you're a minor or british national or anybody else. everyone has a right to have enjoy family and

private life without unlawful interference by the state. and that needs to be protected. look, a society is judged by the way that it treats and protects the most vulnerable people in its society. we we and the government go on and on about the will of the british people. the majority of british people. it's simply not true. there is no data . they've put forward a no data. they've put forward a poll which says that people want, you know, for us to come out the european convention, it's simply not true. and this attack on migrants is a distraction. distraction policy so that people don't look at the incompetence of this government incompetence of this government in managing our migration and our borders . that in managing our migration and our borders. that is in managing our migration and our borders . that is the our borders. that is the fundamental problem. tom well, rebecca, i want to bring you in at this point. >> just come back to ivan's point. he says the echr protects our fundamental human rights . our fundamental human rights. and historically, it has protected people from the state.

that's important, isn't it? >> yeah, absolutely it is . and i >> yeah, absolutely it is. and i love the point of, you know, have i actually read it? yes, i did. when i qualified in law. i actually got a first class result in eu law. so i've got i know a couple of bits about it, but not much. but yeah, absolutely. i don't actually know what you think is going to happen. if come out of happen. so if we come out of echr, do you think is now echr, what do you think is now going to stop? we're going to stop. marriages. we stop. same sex marriages. are we going to stop individual rights? are going stop rights are we going to stop the rights of a private life? of people having a private life? no not. that's going no we're not. that's not going to happen because we're well and truly moved forward. we're a great country. our government are utterly are completely and utterly incapable is thing incapable. that is one thing you've said are completely you've said that are completely and utterly agree with. yes, they not they are. but this is not a detraction. this is stopping us from handling immigration . from handling immigration. nobody's about all the nobody's talking about all the other they're other points because they're just right. and that is exactly what will happen if we create our own law here in the uk. it will still have all of those things, but it will still also help the problems that we are facing today, echr does facing today, which echr does not to do. okay ivan,

not afford us to do. okay ivan, rebecca, it's been a spirited debate , but i think there are debate, but i think there are still quite a few issues there with how entangled we are with lots of different other treaties and all the rest of it. >> to both of you, >> but, but to both of you, thank you much for talking thank you very much for talking us those issues this morning. >> pleasure. thank you. and you will opinion on that at will have an opinion on that at home. should leave the echr? will have an opinion on that at hom

the scenes on oxford street earlier this week. what's your response to what you saw? >> in one sense, unfortunately , >> in one sense, unfortunately, i wasn't shocked. >> if you look at the history of london, particularly recently, summer has big flare ups in summer has been big flare ups in crime . i summer has been big flare ups in crime. i think summer has been big flare ups in crime . i think the new piece crime. i think the new piece here was was the suggestion that it organised, used on it was organised, used on twitter, it was organised using tiktok. that's the thing that the police need to worry about. the other thing i did the other thing i think i did see though the police see though was the police take a fairly robust they fairly robust stance. they didn't stand let things didn't stand by and let things happen. they got involved. but we do need to do something about the allegedly the people who have allegedly organised this online. >> at videos , it is >> looking at the videos, it is fairly shocking to hordes , fairly shocking to see hordes, perhaps hundreds people all perhaps hundreds of people all attempting to storm shops to just take stuff off the shelves . how have we got there as a country ? country? >> look, this goes to a deeper conversation about authority. you've had many on the left who've loved assault in the government, ripping down the authority, blaming police government, ripping down the auteverything,|ing police government, ripping down the auteverything, taking police government, ripping down the auteverything, taking away :e government, ripping down the auteverything, taking away the for everything, taking away the police's the next police's authority. but the next natural step that is people natural step for that is people saying, can as saying, okay, i can do as i please. do you remember how many

labour mps gleeful about labour mps were gleeful about when hq was attacked and encouraged those students? >> conservative campaign headquarters? >> sadiq khan called just >> when sadiq khan called just stop allies for all the stop oil, his allies for all the disruption they were causing in london. now, if you're sat at home as a young person, you think, open season. think, well, it's open season. they apparently of they are apparently allies of elected so this is elected politicians. so this is our and all you need is our goal. and all you need is a is a little spark of some of a nefarious planned. and nefarious outcome planned. and this the kind of thing that happens. >> how much of this do you think, sean, is? online think, sean, is? our online culture, our youtube culture, where likes of where you see the likes of missy? do you remember missy, the prankster, for going viral, for people's a for stealing people's dogs in a park or walking into people's homes, hits on youtube, homes, all for hits on youtube, essentially all for views and comments . just to do comments. you just want to do the outlandish things for the most outlandish things for attention. you think that attention. do you think that then into young people then feeds into young people feeding off that sort of thing onune? >> there's three things i say about it. firstly, it shows that people feel like they're untouchable . if you go back only untouchable. if you go back only 510 years, if the idea that you steal someone's dog or go into their house for a joke, the

police would come down on you like a tonne of bricks. that feeling has removed. feeling has been removed. it needs replaced. the second needs to be replaced. the second piece is if run youtube, one piece is if you run youtube, one of the things you see on of the things that you see on youtube channels is a you youtube channels is a beast you need h youtube channels is a beast you need it and it need to keep feeding it and it pushes more and more and more extreme activity. have extreme activity. you have you've daredevils ended you've had daredevils ended up dying had such dying because i had to do such a dangerous forjust dying because i had to do such a dangerous for just those dangerous trick for just those clicks. thirdly, is clicks. and thirdly, what is happening particularly happening with particularly tiktok what's about tiktok? what's stunning about tiktok, look at how tiktok, if you look at how tiktok, if you look at how tiktok looks the western tiktok looks in the western world, it is completely different to what goes on in china where originates china, where where it originates from . in china, it's very from. in china, it's very wholesome over here. it's part of dismantling our young culture and extension , our society. and by extension, our society. over time . over time. >> well, lord shaun bailey , >> well, lord shaun bailey, indeed, i believe you're still a member of the london assembly as well. the year so, well. for the last year or so, many hats on. but thank you so much for talking through this this hugely significant issue, not just for london, but of course, country. course, the wider country. >> of course, we saw it >> yes, but of course, we saw it spill into southend sea, spill out into southend on sea, didn't i that didn't we? yeah, i think that was yesterday. yeah. do let was yesterday. so yeah. do let us know what you of that.

us know what you think of that. who is to blame for this? is it onune who is to blame for this? is it online culture? does it need to come to authorities? come down to the authorities? does to get does policing need to get tougher who's for tougher and who's to blame for the policing? tougher and who's to blame for the is)licing? tougher and who's to blame for the is itcing? tougher and who's to blame for the is it central government? is >> is it central government? is it the of london? there it the mayor of london? there are different elements are lots of different elements to explore here, but do to really explore here, but do get in touch with us. >> gbviews@gbnews.com. still >> gbviews@gbnews.com. but still to come, amid soaring interest rates has rates are much loved. wilkos has declared we're declared administration we're asking end of the asking is this the end of the high we know it don't high street as we know it don't go anywhere . go anywhere. >> the temperature's rising . >> the temperature's rising. boxt solar proud sponsors of weather on . gb news. weather on. gb news. >> hello again it's aidan mcgivern here from the met office with the gb news forecast. scattered showers returned for many today . it will returned for many today. it will feel fresher as well. following the warmth of the last couple of days. but still the potential for sunny spells, particularly across central and southwestern parts of the uk. we've seen a cold front move through overnight that's brought some heavy that rain heavy rain and that heavy rain is now clearing orkney and shetland and it will stick

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but you're with britain's newsroom here on gb news. with me, tom and ellie. >> and tom promises his picture of his childhood with your life size. dalek that's coming. would you call it? >> well, it's a great creation. i made it out of paper mache and fibreglass . yes. it's amazing. fibreglass. yes. it's amazing. it's all because shirley said that her favourite ice cream was a dalek death ray, which i've never had. >> tom wants to share photos of his size dalek so he has his life size dalek so he has promised they are coming? >> yes. we will share them after the headlines, but we've got some news, of course, some more news, of course, because loved retailer because the much loved retailer wilko declared wilko has declared administration this week, putting 12,000 jobs at risk . is putting 12,000 jobs at risk. is this the end of the high street as we know it? >> well, it comes amid warnings from top economists that the bank rises bank of england's rate rises risk tipping britain into recession . recession. >> and so will the economy ever get back on its feet or are things looking up after the gdp figures announced this morning ? figures announced this morning? well, who better to ask than the former adviser to the bank of england and the treasury, roger

griswold ? and, roger, thank you griswold? and, roger, thank you so much joining us this so much for joining us this morning. first of all, your reaction to the gdp figures this morning. they were better than expected . expected. >> yes, they were , sir. but >> yes, they were, sir. but i think we're still suffering from the same mistake talks that have been made raising corporation tax, which has been passed to on us, which should be raised , but us, which should be raised, but not at a time like this for 14 consecutive in my view, as i've been saying since the outset, useless interest rate rises which haven't curbed inflation but have crushed the economy and severely damaged the property. the mortgage, the rental, etcetera. markets. so i don't think it's going to make a huge difference. no >> roger, i want you to get your reaction to wilko, the much loved british brand. it's now gone into administration, 12,000 jobs at risk. i know how you feel about the bank of england.

rate rises. would you say that this has made it particularly challenging for businesses like wilko to stay in business? >> i think it has, but i can't really lay too much of the blame on the bank of england and those interest rate rises. wilko is a it's a very sad case, 12,000 jobs, all those customers like me so disappointed by such a wonderful business started all those years ago in leicester. but to look at things realistically , if you travel the realistically, if you travel the countries as high streets as i do and speak with my fans, whatever they are , i mean whatever they are, i mean between all the high streets i travel to and the call in shows, i do, there's thousands and millions. i don't know how many, but i mean, i talk to them all the time and there's 2—2 big points there. number one is they really feel heard by this

government. and to some extent the media less and less . they the media less and less. they really are not being listened to. and when you speak to them about things like wilko, they all knew this was coming. every this is like woolworth's all over again . people were talking over again. people were talking about wilko going under in the insolvency world many, many, many months ago . they haven't many months ago. they haven't stocked the right things. you ask my people out on the street and they'll say, you know, i love it, but i go in there and they don't have this and this staff doesn't know when they'll have that. they haven't really run the business well. number one. two, are still one. number two, they are still in the high street where other firms like wilko, poundland and such have moved to industrial parks and they're operating in a different way. whereas wilko has still exposed itself to the competition from the internet. they're operating in a different age. they haven't changed with the times. and again , if you

the times. and again, if you talk to my people out in the street all over the uk, i mean, thousands of them say to me, the same thing as i travel around, which is that and they're not being heard because they don't get listened to. the high street is changing. it's evolving. though are some great though there are some great businesses street. businesses in the high street. things change, guys. there are some terrific cafes and shops and new concepts opening up the elephants and dinosaurs are going in. the small leopards and cheetahs are coming in. i'm so sorry for all the staff . really sorry for all the staff. really sorry. there's nothing could have been done for them. but that's how it is. >> it's so interesting that that could be. well, how how wilko managed itself rather than the wider economic conditions. perhaps if they'd taken different business decisions , different business decisions, things could have been different. but roger, always a pleasure to talk to you. thank you so much for discussing what is quite a sad story. >> it is. it is really sad, especially if you're one of those members of staff at those 12,000 members of staff at wilko. is just all wilko. maybe it is just all changing high street. you will

have that. have have an opinion on that. have you to likes you moved to the likes of poundland b&m, was poundland and b&m, which was really ground? oh well, really the ground? oh well, i have to say i used wilko almost every week when i was at university i university and ever since i don't think i've been in the shop years years and shop for years and years and years. this it. has the years. this is it. has the internet taken over? have other brands taken over? let us brands taken over? do let us know you think of that. but know what you think of that. but do stay with us because coming up, begin four up, junior doctors begin a four day the number day strike while nhs the number of people waiting to start routine in routine hospital treatment in england high. england hits a record high. we'll be getting our teeth into that after your morning news with rhiannon . ali with rhiannon. ali >> thank you. good morning. it's 1033. your top stories from the newsroom. the prime minister says the government's plan is working after the uk economy grew by 0.2% in the second quarter. figures from the office for national statistics also show gdp rose by 0.5% in june alone, buoyed by the manufacturing sector , rishi

manufacturing sector, rishi sunak made growing the economy one of his top priorities at the start of the year. and he claims progress is being made. the results mean there's no immediate risk of the uk slipping into recession . the slipping into recession. the health secretary says the latest four day strike by junior doctors, which starts today , doctors, which starts today, serves only to harm patients . serves only to harm patients. it's the fifth time they've staged a walkout this year in an ongoing dispute over pay, according to the nhs , almost according to the nhs, almost 835,000 appointments have been postponed . and since industrial postponed. and since industrial action began in december, the british medical association says it's been left with no choice. the government insists the 6% uplift given to junior doctors is fair and reasonable . while is fair and reasonable. while the death toll from wildfires , the death toll from wildfires, fires in hawaii has risen to at least 55, as authorities warn that recovery efforts will take years. governor josh green says years. governorjosh green says the blazes have reduced much of

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company right through until 7:00 this evening. gb news the people's channel. britain's watching . right? watching. right? >> good morning. it's 1039 watching. right? >> good morning. it's1039 and you're with britain's newsroom here on gb news with me tom harwood and ellie costello. >> yes, lots of you getting in touch this morning. we love your company. so do keep them coming in. we've had them on loads of different i'll just different stories. i'll just share creams share a few on ice creams because talking about the because we are talking about the nation's childhood ice nation's favourite childhood ice cream a poll, cream today in a poll, screwballs came out on top. remember a screwball ? fantastic. remember a screwball? fantastic. >> although i was always irritated by the lack of cone . irritated by the lack of cone. the fact you can't eat the plastic. i'm sure. i'm sure greenpeace would something greenpeace would have something to that as well. to say about that as well. >> probably would >> actually, it probably would be in a cone now, wouldn't it? you probably won't be able to get plastic, paul my get it in plastic, paul says. my favourite the was favourite in the 1950s was a chocolate nugget wafer only

found in scotland, i believe, and susan says when she was younger it was a cider lolly that really popular and it that was really popular and it made her feel very naughty. whereas judith has said that it must locally made so must be locally made brand so delicious with fewer additives. >> i don't know about locally made, you know , when you go to made, you know, when you go to the theatre, tom loves the theatre and you get the lovely locally sourced ice creams in pot. >> yes. >> yes. >> you know that. yes no, it's the pot ones. knows they're the pot ones. he knows they're good. the pot ones. that good. not the pot ones. that means something else. that means something else. of something else. speaking of someone yes. someone said something. yes. susan about the cider. susan wrote in about the cider. lolly. a very good one. lolly. yes a very good one. >> really and a of >> really great. and a few of you getting on wilko, you getting in touch on wilko, of going into of course, going into administration, 12,000 jobs now of course, going into ad risk. ;tration, 12,000 jobs now of course, going into ad risk. richard 12,000 jobs now of course, going into ad risk. richard says,0 jobs now at risk. richard says, personally, i've never even heard wilko , so i'm heard of wilko, so i'm struggling extend my sympathy struggling to extend my sympathy with wilko. richard used to be wilkinson's come on and then it rebranded, think, in 2012 to rebranded, i think, in 2012 to wilkos. >> i never quite i don't know how i would survived how i would have survived university without i university without wilko. i bought my hangers. bought all of my hangers. i bought all of my hangers. i bought all of my hangers. i bought a lot just like bits bought a lot of just like bits and for the house, you and bobs for the house, you know, all i ever bought know, i think all i ever bought from was picnics after

from wilko was picnics after after woolworth's . after woolworth's. >> it was the only way. oh, and rachel says, well, i get my picnics please me it picnics now. please tell me it won't true. won't be true. >> ellie. i do want to >> ellie. ellie, i do want to show something. of course, show you something. of course, because shirley about because shirley wrote in about the death ray ice cream. the dalek death ray ice cream. yes. and thinking back yes. and it got me thinking back to childhood. yes. and i want to my childhood. yes. and i want to my childhood. yes. and i want to show you the pictures of this dalek that made. that's that's dalek that i made. that's that's my garden. this my parents garden. wow. this is it was heavy duty diet. that's it was a heavy duty diet. that's me as child spray painting me as a child spray painting this indeed , that is this thing. and indeed, that is thatis this thing. and indeed, that is that is me. i could get inside it and sort of roll around in it. >> and actually very, very good i >> -- >> it was a great project. it was me and my dad making this thing. it was just about when doctor who was getting back on air as well. do you remember christopher eccleston? i do remember it. >> christopher you >> christopher eccleston, do you know taking the know what? i've been taking the mick all morning, but mick out of you all morning, but i'm to take it back i'm going to take it back because this actually looks very, i have to very, very good time. i have to say, i was quite young. >> i think it was mainly my dad's work rather than me. but i do to think that i built do like to think that i built this dalek was very proud this dalek that was very proud of and your parents.

of you and your parents. >> still have >> do your parents still have the it is in the shed. >> it's in the garden shed. i feel like i should bring it to my to my place now, but i don't know i'd put it in my know where i'd put it in my london flats, you know, you should bring it out at christmas and pop in the dinner table. should bring it out at christmas ancwell, in the dinner table. should bring it out at christmas ancwell, thank|e dinner table. should bring it out at christmas ancwell, thank you,1ner table. should bring it out at christmas ancwell, thank you, shirley, .e. should bring it out at christmas ancwell, thank you, shirley, for no well, thank you, shirley, for reminding that with your reminding me of that with your dalek ray, ice cream. dalek death. ray, ice cream. >> oh, it's given us a smile on this friday morning. do keep this friday morning. so do keep those coming that those views coming in on that story indeed of the story or indeed any of the stories we're talking about stories that we're talking about today. vaiews@gbnews.com >> but something that perhaps isn't a smile this >> but something that perhaps isn't is a smile this >> but something that perhaps isn't is juniornile this >> but something that perhaps isn't is junior doctors; morning is junior doctors bringing their latest four day strike. now, as this is happening, official figures released that released this week suggest that these days industrial these 16 days of industrial action cost action so far have already cost the nhs £1 billion. >> and it also comes as the waiting list for hospital treatment in england has topped 7.5 million people for the first time. that's more than 3 million people higher than it was before the pandemic. >> well, we're now joined by the uk director of the more in common group, luke tryl, who has done so many focus groups around

the country, so much polling in terms of what people are concerned about. and luke , if concerned about. and luke, if i'm not wrong, you believe that the going to overtake the the nhs is going to overtake the cost of living as britain's biggest concern ? biggest concern? >> yeah, it's a sort of a story of two halves. on the one hand, it does start to look like some of those economic storm clouds might just be starting to move away. you've talked about those growth figures earlier. inflation falling. but as it does , these nhs waiting lists does, these nhs waiting lists are only growing bigger and for the past year or so , the nhs has the past year or so, the nhs has been number two. when you ask people their issue of concern and what we've noticed is it's now slowly creeping up just as cost of living starts to come down. and the thing with the nhs and waiting lists is it's so potent because everyone has a story about their struggle with it, whether it's something more minor, like i just can't get a gp appointment on time right through to there was a chap in a

focus group that we spoke to who was so worried that the ambulance wouldn't come out on time when he having a heart time when he was having a heart attack, he drove himself to a&e. so there's a real range of real horror stories from people. and i think for the government's perspective, that's where some of the anger and frustration is going to shift, even as they might be seen to make progress on some of those economic indicators . indicators. >> i mean, as we speak, the junior doctors have begun their latest four day strike. but then we've got steve barclay, who doesn't look to be conceding anytime soon. he says that that pay anytime soon. he says that that pay offer the is fair pay offer on the table is fair and where do we go and final. so where do we go from here? >> well, what's interesting with the junior doctors is right up until the prime minister accepted that pay review deal and that, you know, what you might say is quite a generous settlement, public sympathy was with the junior doctors for the first time last month when we polled more people said that the junior doctors were wrong to

strike than right to strike, which is a really interesting shift given how much respect we know the public has for the nhs , for medical professions , and , for medical professions, and when we've dug into that in focus groups, what people have said to us is, look, you know, we want doctors to be paid fairly, but you know, we thought given everything, this a given everything, this was a generous offer. is time to generous offer. now is time to call it off focus on getting call it off and focus on getting those waiting lists so those waiting lists down. so there may be a of hope for the government that they can shift the blame for those waiting lists. of course , at the end lists. but of course, at the end of the day, when it comes to the ballot box, you know, lots of people think, you know, the government in and government are in charge and actually, know, labour actually, you know, maybe labour are can get the are the ones who can get the junior doctors the strikes. >> now, luke, that is absolutely fascinating that perhaps the balance opinion is balance of public opinion is shifting. if that 35% shifting. i wonder if that 35% pay shifting. i wonder if that 35% pay increase demand has really put some people off. luke chill. thank you so much for talking us through those issues there. always a pleasure to have you on the program. >> well, it's time to go through

the stories of the day, and the news stories of the day, and we're political we're joined by political consultant burnell and consultant emma burnell and former adviser james former government adviser james price. good morning to you both . got a top team this morning and we're just talking about junior doctors there with luke trills. let's stay with that , trills. let's stay with that, shall we? let's have a look at this clip we've got now. i want to get your reaction to this. >> you not accept the kind >> you would not accept the kind of deal that you're scottish members are thinking of accepting? >> no, because the governments are very different. so the scottish government that there's a basis to work forwards and have a relationship and a working relationship to negotiate in the future. the government that we have today are hell bent on using the figged are hell bent on using the rigged independent pay review bodies to suppress rac if i may say so, that was rob lawrenson , say so, that was rob lawrenson, one of the co—chairs of the junior doctors bma union , saying junior doctors bma union, saying that they wouldn't accept the same deal that the scottish

junior doctors have just accepted because the governments are different . are different. >> it sounds fairly extraordinary. james price, what do you make of that? well, it's a quote. >> krusty the clown from the simpsons, that man just said the quiet part out loud and i think really gave the game away. the even more extraordinary in that is about these is talking about these independent review as independent pay review boards as being now i used to work being rigged. now i used to work in the treasury last year we accepted all of those same independent review boards as well. not rigged. well. they're not rigged. they're thorough. they're incredibly thorough. they're incredibly authoritative. that's the authoritative. that's why the government them government accepted all of them this all of them this year, accepted all of them last well, because last year as well, because they're fair. they're reasonable, and they're not asking far much, as asking for far too much, as i think the polling and the focus groups there suggests the groups there suggests that the pubuc groups there suggests that the public realise the doctors are. >> emma, what's your response to that ? that clip? >> it's i mean, i think that what's being said is complicated. i think what they're trying to say, but i think he said very poorly. frankly, as a communicator , as frankly, as a communicator, as someone who does teach this stuff , is that the negotiating stuff, is that the negotiating stances are different. and when

the negotiating stances are different , the negotiations are different, the negotiations are different, the negotiations are different . if what you can do different. if what you can do with the scottish government is say, we will set this deal this year and the groundwork for the next deal and the next deal, year and the groundwork for the next deal and the next deal , the next deal and the next deal, the next deal and the next deal, the next deal, that's one thing. if with the conservative government of the uk they're saying this deal and this deal only and we will not start talking about what the future plans look like, because i think where junior doctors coming over the doctors are coming from over the last years, they've seen last 13 years, they've seen their pay cut by this 35% that they're asking for in real terms. so what they're asking for is to go back to where they were 13, 14 years ago. >> it is interesting, though, looking how looking at actually how junior doctors are paid in scotland versus england. looked at the versus england. i looked at the tables morning, junior tables this morning, junior doctors england already doctors in england are already paid junior in paid more than junior doctors in scotland. well i mean, i think, again, it comes back how much again, it comes back to how much does cost to live does it cost to live in scotland? >> much does it cost to live >> how much does it cost to live in england? and it's not so much the pay packet, the number in your pay packet, but can do with it,

but what you can do with it, right? so i think that's when they're talking about real terms pay- they're talking about real terms pay. that's what mean. so pay. that's what they mean. so there difference in there will be a difference in that. there negotiated that. there is a negotiated opfion that. there is a negotiated option had. and i think option to be had. and i think what they what both sides need to do is be open to that negotiation . so i think where negotiation. so i think where the bma have been right is saying we will get around any table at any time and we will keep talking you. where keep talking to you. where i think government is getting think the government is getting it just this is it wrong is just saying this is the deal, no further harm. >> , well, watch space. >> okay, well, watch this space. i'm this story is i'm afraid this story is probably going to no probably going to roll on, no doubt. >> w move on to another >> but let's move on to another story course, it's story now. of course, it's something that is really quite extraordinary and we've been talking week here on talking about all week here on gb news, one of the nation's favourite pubs , the wonky favourite pubs, the wonky pub, which is where was it in the west midlands somewhere. the crooked house is the name of it which burnt down, but ever since it burnt down we've been learning more about learning more and more about this. the very latest this. james was the very latest in this story. this. james was the very latest in h is story. this. james was the very latest in u think y. this. james was the very latest in u think they've discovered >> i think they've discovered that the people bought this that the people who bought this place had hired to days place had hired a digger to days before the blaze happened . it before the blaze happened. it doesn't exactly strike me as

miss marple level genius, criminal mastermind . wonder why criminal mastermind. wonder why they have bought that in they might have bought that in they might have bought that in the first place. but as people have pointed out, this pub wonky as been, survived as it may have been, survived the blitz. survived hundreds as it may have been, survived the blitzof survived hundreds as it may have been, survived the blitzof horror'ed hundreds as it may have been, survived the blitzof horror shows|dreds as it may have been, survived the blitzof horror shows onlys of years of horror shows only for two geniuses to maybe for these two geniuses to maybe do related , do something arson related, shall we say. >> of course, these are just allegations at this stage, no one is accusing anyone directly of anything but but, emma, this this has really taken on this story. i think really connects to people in this country. story. i think really connects to people in this country . yeah. to people in this country. yeah. >> yeah. and i think that what's interesting is that there is two types of small c conservative ism at battle here. you've got sort of an we just want to make a bunch of money, which is clearly what these people who and the things that we do know that they've done, we have strong suspicions about other things. they may or may not have done. but we also know that they've raised local farmland that had public access . there's that had public access. there's been a completely devastation of the local wildlife on the

surrounding area that they also own on. and then there is the conserving of our history, our, you know , these amazing you know, these amazing buildings. one key as they are, they are part you know, i think brits love something that's a little bit wrong . so a wonky pub little bit wrong. so a wonky pub is just the perfect british icon , warts and all. >> absolutely . well, this >> absolutely. well, this couple, the owners of the crooked house, they have been accused of wilfully dangerous and destructive behaviour at two other sites that they are other rural sites that they are seeking to develop. but we must say this point that arson say at this point that arson hasn't proved the hasn't been proved and the couple could not be reached for comment. it is a story that comment. but it is a story that has in most of the papers this morning, isn't it? let's have a look at another story which is fascinating us this morning. and this autistic this is the story of an autistic girl who arrested in leeds girl who was arrested in leeds for saying the police officer looked like her lesbian grandmother. tell us a bit more. >> i just this so >> i just find this story so astonishing. there i don't astonishing. and there i don't know anyone really of any politics who's watched that video and has come out of it thinking, yes, that's how the

police ought to behave. and the young girl is clearly in a huge amount of distress. there is a gang of police, huge amount of police for this one arrest. and you're thinking, oh, my god, would the crime rates in this country , this is what you're country, this is what you're focusing your time and energy on. even that she is on. and even that she is accused, as i understand it, of referring to this police officer as looking like her lesbian grandmother, now a lesbian is not actually a slur. a word . you not actually a slur. a word. you know, that's not hate speech in and of itself . if you were to be and of itself. if you were to be denigrating women who love women, that's a different matter. but even then , the heavy matter. but even then, the heavy handedness of this, when it comes to this one young individual who is autistic and also has scoliosis and the way that they pinning her down and pulling her up by her arms , pulling her up by her arms, clearly putting her in a great deal of pain and discomfort , i deal of pain and discomfort, i just it's absolutely as someone who is incredibly left wing, you

know , a lifelong supporter of know, a lifelong supporter of lgbt rights, i just find this horrendous behaviour . and anyone horrendous behaviour. and anyone who thinks that that should be done on my side of the argument has i want to have a word . has i want to have a word. >> well, we've got so much more to discuss here. we will have you both back in the next hour of this programme. but i'm afraid we've run out of time this hour. but thank you both to james and emma for coming on and discussing these big, big stories . but some breaking news stories. but some breaking news now. the home office has confirmed . that 755 let me confirmed. that 755 let me repeat that , 755 people were repeat that, 755 people were detected crossing the english channelin detected crossing the english channel in small boats yesterday. the highest daily number so far this year. now that confirms the cumulative total since 2018 has passed 100,000. more on this after the news, after the weather looks like things are heating up. >> boxed boilers proud sponsors of weather on gb news hello

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channel >> good morning. it's 11 am. on friday the 11th of august. this is britain's newsroom with tom harwood and me, ellie costello coming up for you today. well as junior doctors start another four day walkout, the chief executive of the nhs providers has said that these strikes put the clock close to a tipping

point. >> and in the last few moments, a source close to the health secretary have accused the bma of a politically motivated campaign to bring down the government. we'll have the latest . latest. >> west yorkshire police have received a complaint after a woman said her autistic daughter was arrested by seven police officers for saying a female officers for saying a female officer looked like her lesbian nana. we'll get the latest from our reporter in leeds and fly me to the moon or at least the edge of space. >> virgin galactic's first tourist flight landed safely yesterday with british former olympian john goodwin calling the experience the most exciting day of his life . day of his life. >> and we want to hear from you on any of the stories that we're talking about today, whether it's doctor strikes or your favourite childhood ice cream.

apparently the nation's favourite is a screwball , which favourite is a screwball, which actually really did like a lot. >> we agree on that one. but i don't know. there's something about a cone. i really do like a cone. >> it's an oyster for me. but get in touch with your favourite gbviews@gbnews.com. but first let's get a news update with rhiannon . on good morning. rhiannon. on good morning. >> it's coming up to 11:02. your top stories from the newsroom. and we start with some breaking news in the last few minutes. 755 people crossed the english channelin 755 people crossed the english channel in small boats yesterday. the home office has confirmed those figures. it's the highest daily number so far this year. on the day the total number of people to have made the crossing hit 100,000. that's since numbers were recorded in 2018. the prime minister says the government's plan is working after the uk economy grew by

0.2% in the second quarter. figures from the office for national statistics also show gdp rose by 0.5% in june alone, buoyed by the manufacturing sector, rishi sunak made growing the economy one of his top priorities at the start of the yean priorities at the start of the year, and he claims progress is being made. the results mean there's no immediate risk of the uk slipping into recession . the uk slipping into recession. the health secretary says the latest four day strike by junior doctors , which starts today, doctors, which starts today, serves only to harm patients. it's the fifth time they've staged a walkout this year in an ongoing dispute over pay, according to the nhs , almost according to the nhs, almost 835,000 appointments have been postponed . and since industrial postponed. and since industrial action began in december, the british medical association says it's been left with no choice. nhs trust chairman roy liley told gb news the strikes could continue up until christmas .

continue up until christmas. >> well, if there are no more talks , the junior doctors are talks, the junior doctors are balloting to extend their strike action if their current mandate runs out at the end of this month. if they ballot again and the answer is yes, then we'll see strikes right through the winter up until christmas. and it's just horrendous. it's doing huge damage to the nhs. it's adding to waiting lists and of course there's a whole load of people that are the sort of invisible collateral damage to this . this. >> well, chief secretary to the treasury, john glen insists the 6% uplift given to junior doctors is fair and says the government won't take part in any more talks . any more talks. >> what we cannot have is , is an >> what we cannot have is, is an inflationary pay increase . inflationary pay increase. before we broke for the recess , before we broke for the recess, yes, we settled all the pay disputes based on the pay review bodies and for example , the bodies and for example, the teachers accepted the pay review body recommendation as the government did, and are not no longer striking. so i regret very much that the doctors have

chosen to strike again. i totally recognise that this has a negative impact on patients experience . experience. >> a conservative mp has revealed she failed to declare shares she held in shell while serving as environment secretary. theresa villiers admitted she held a stake in the oil giant worth more than £70,000, but only declared it last month . a spokesperson for last month. a spokesperson for ms villiers told the daily mirror she doesn't personal manage the shares and that she deeply regrets her failure to monitor them. mps are meant to declare all shareholdings worth . over £70,000 . the case of an . over £70,000. the case of an autistic girl arrested by police for making an alleged homophobic remark has prompted a complaint. a warning some viewers may find the following footage distressing . a video circulating distressing. a video circulating on tiktok shows a 16 year old autistic girl being detained by seven officers outside her home

in leeds. it's understood she told her mother that one of the police officers looked like her grandmother, who's a lesbian . grandmother, who's a lesbian. the teenager was arrested on suspicion of a homophobic public order offence. west yorkshire police says the video provides a very limited snapshot of the incident . and elsewhere. russia incident. and elsewhere. russia claims it has shot down a ukrainian drone to the west of moscow . russia's defence moscow. russia's defence ministry claims it was flying towards an unspecified target in the capital. two airports have now reopened and following the incident there were no casualties and no damage was caused. ukraine hasn't confirmed whether it was behind the attack and the king has reshuffled military appointments for working members of the royal family as the anniversary of the late queens death nears . king late queens death nears. king charles takes over eight of his mother's former honorary posts himself. the reshuffle sees

prince william take command of harry's old army unit as colonel in chief of the army air corps. the princess of wales has been given three new roles, one of which is commodore in chief of the fleet air arm, a title previously held by prince andrew. 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 over to tom and . ellie >> welcome to britain's newsroom with ellie and tom. the time is 1107. very interested to get your thoughts on those figures that have broken in the last few minutes. at 755 migrants were detected in the channel yesterday . that is a new record yesterday. that is a new record for 2023. and it also brings the number of migrants to across the channel since 2018 to over

100,000 people. >> well, it's extraordinary to think about in 2018, in total, 300 people crossed . and 300 people crossed. and yesterday in total, it was more than twice that. i mean, absolute extraordinary figures. but another big story today is, of course, these junior doctor strikes and a little bit earlier in the program, we played a clip of an interview with the co—chair of the junior doctors union who was saying that in england they would not accept the same deal that junior doctors in scotland have accepted because it was made by accepted because it was made by a different government. now, the most extraordinary revelations off the back of that interview, a source close to steve barclay being reported by the sun newspaper is now saying this is a clear admission from the bma junior doctors leadership that their strikes are part of a politically motivated campaign aimed at bringing down the government . do you agree with

government. do you agree with that? gb views at cbnnews.com do you think it's politically motivated? >> you will certainly have a view on that. so do let us know .loads view on that. so do let us know . loads of you getting in touch on so many of the stories that we've been talking about today. we were talking earlier about i is it a threat to humanity on one those that caught one of those views that caught your eye, hasn't it? absolutely >> wendy has written to say >> wendy has written in to say in my opinion, we need to get rid this is a rid of ai completely. this is a modern oppenheimer it modern day oppenheimer and it needs to stopped before it needs to be stopped before it destroys i think destroys humanity. and i think that's a really perceptive thing to say because like nuclear to say because just like nuclear power and nuclear bombs, ai can be for great, good be used for great, great good and great, great, bad. but i think the other thing about oppenheimer and i the film a oppenheimer and i saw the film a couple of weeks ago, i loved it. is it good? it's so good. it's gripping. it's three hours long, but whole but it's gripping. but the whole point is that it's actually a mainly jewish group of people trying before trying to develop this before hitler trying get an hitler did, trying to get an american the got american bomb before the got a bomb. and i think there are perhaps some parallels to draw should the west develop ai before russia or china or some

more near various or expansionist power does. it's a really interesting road to go down. >> yeah, well, high praise indeed, wendy, because tom liked your comments there. patricia says, i'm terrified by the prospects of ai. having said that, i'm also a raging technophobe. so even the thought of ipad independently of using an ipad independently of using an ipad independently of my husband's assistant scares scares me. thank you, patricia. that's a very good maybe, patricia, you'd prefer ai then you wouldn't have to use the ipad. >> it would do it all for you. oh, and just on just on favourite ice creams, because we have been talking that the have been talking about that the nation's screwball. nation's favourite is screwball. >> favourite >> apparently our favourite childhood simon's childhood ice cream. simon's been sounds nice. been in touch. this sounds nice. my been in touch. this sounds nice. my childhood cream my favourite childhood ice cream was a lord was a lolly called a lord tottingham. have ever a lord? >> i've never had a lord. tottingham okay. >> it's chocolate on the outside. hard chocolate and then ice in the middle with ice cream in the middle with soft toffee running through the centre. that does sound centre. oh, that does sound delicious. now we all need a lord tottingham. i think in the morning. >> no toffee. fantastic but let's get to some of the let's get on to some of the other stories. perhaps other bigger stories. perhaps bigger ice cream. at least bigger than ice cream. at least

let aukus. move to on what let aukus. let's move to on what exactly we're discussing today because and we saw this a little bit in the bulletin a moment ago this . this. we've understood that this teenager told her mother that one of the police officers looked like her grandmother, who is a lesbian. >> the teenager was arrested then on suspicion of a homophobic public order offence i >> -- >> well, -_ >> well, gb news yorkshire reporter anna riley joins us now from leeds and anna, this is the most extreme , ordinary story. most extreme, ordinary story. can you take us through the details . details. >> good morning, tom and ellie. i'm actually here in wakefield at the west yorkshire police headquarters. at the west yorkshire police headquarters . they've been headquarters. they've been facing a lot of flak following that video being published and they've been accused of heavy handedness towards that 16 year old girl who's believed to be

autistic . now, what we know is autistic. now, what we know is that in the early hours of monday morning, there were concerns for the girl's safety. the police were contacted by her family and she was brought back home. she was believed to be intoxicated and it was when she she got home and she was with the officers, her mum was filming. what happened. and she was detained by seven officers after she said a female officer looked like her nana, who is a lesbian. and then she was arrested on suspicion of a homophobic public order offence. and they say that this video that was published online only provides a limited snapshot of the circumstances of this incident , but it's been viewed incident, but it's been viewed thousands of times now. it's been shared across social media platforms and there has been an outrage from the public that they feel that this was a step too far on the part of west

yorkshire police and i believe we do have this footage now from the tiktok video that has been published to share with you now what you clenching your fist. >> go away from my teenage daughter. >> what is up with you? >> what is up with you? >> you summat wrong with you? me she didn't aim it at the police officer . she didn't aim it at the police officer. homophobic remarks at my mum . it's not officer. homophobic remarks at my mum. it's not a officer. homophobic remarks at my mum . it's not a homophobic my mum. it's not a homophobic remarks . she said. i think she's remarks. she said. i think she's a lesbian. like nana. a lesbian. like like nana. >> you want to bully people, >> if you want to bully people, you just you just get one of them badges there. that's what you do. caitlyn is . where does you do. caitlyn is. where does it go? right over there. >> she's autistic. she don't like people touching her. she will have a meltdown . she won't will have a meltdown. she won't come out. she's got autism . and come out. she's got autism. and lisa, quite distressing footage there. >> and we can hear the mother mentioning to the police officers that her daughter has autism and that she was going to go into a meltdown through what was happening now in response to a certain amount of public outcry following this video and what has happened, as can the

assistant chief constable of west yorkshire police, he said that they're aware of the video that's circulating on social media, but it only provides a limited snapshot of the circumstance of the incident . circumstance of the incident. they say that officers have their body worn, video cameras activated , and that provides activated, and that provides additional context to the actions of the officers that we've seen in that video. and then he added that the force had received a complaint that was being assessed by the force's professional standards directorate and asked the public not to draw conclusions from the video alone. and then he goes into to what happened as to what ihave into to what happened as to what i have outlined, what time the event happened and how many officers went to the address in leeds. so yeah , we will provide leeds. so yeah, we will provide more updates on this story as we have them . have them. >> hey, anna riley, thank you so much for bringing us up to date there on a story that has dominated social media and indeed the newspapers this morning. thank you for bringing us anna. no it

us up to speed, anna. no it really is interesting to hear what the police had to say as well. >> perhaps there's more context to that wasn't in that one to this that wasn't in that one video. always there's video. there's always there's always to dig into. but but always more to dig into. but but really scenes. yeah, absolutely. >> now, new figures this morning reveal that 755 people crossed the english channel yesterday in small boats . well, it comes as small boats. well, it comes as the home secretary suella braverman, said she will leave no stone unturned in clamping down on illegal immigration. >> but it does beg the question, is it time for britain to leave the european court of human rights or indeed the convention in a quest to stop the boats? >> well, here to debate this is human rights campaigner and activist peter tatchell, who supports the echr and former brexit party mep ben habib, who wants out. very good morning to you both. fantastic to have your company. ben habib let's start with you. why do you want out? well i would want out of the echr irrespective of what's happening in the channel. >> it's served its purpose. the

european convention of human rights and the court , which is rights and the court, which is attached to it, was established in large part by the united kingdom in, you know, at a time when europe had just come out of a world war and it was done in order to, in effect, to control rogue european countries . you rogue european countries. you know, we've got to call out call out the motive . absolutely. out the motive. absolutely. clearly, the united kingdom was only part of it because it established it in order to bring some kind of human rights, a level playing field to europe, which had been sadly lacking for a you know, for during the war and many years before that . and and many years before that. and it has served its purpose . it's it has served its purpose. it's got 16 principles. the judges who are appointed to the court based are unaccountable. they've made up laws as they go along . made up laws as they go along. and they famously, as you might recall , declined to allow us to recall, declined to allow us to deport abu qatada in 2012. they stripped us of the ability to

prevent prisoners from having the vote, and they've made lots of laws, as it were , on the of laws, as it were, on the hoof. now, judges and courts shouldn't be making laws. they shouldn't be making laws. they should simply be adjudicating on them and the european convention of human rights has allowed this court to be completely out of hand. and of course , the hand. and of course, the crossing of the channel is very topical and very visual. and so we all kind of focus on it right now. but actually there needs to be more joined up and consistent approach to it from the government . and we should simply government. and we should simply leave the european court of human rights, the european convention. in fact, the convention should be abolished. the 46 countries that are members , half of them are members, half of them are already members of the european union. the other half are regarded as perfectly sensible countries . countries. >> well, ben, let me let me bnngin >> well, ben, let me let me bring in peter tatchell here, because as peter, what do you make of ben habib's argument that this was a convention drawn up to stop another germany and

the united kingdom's nowhere close to that ? close to that? >> well, first, let me say that withdrawing from the european convention on human rights will not stop the small boats that will happen regardless. we need to reform immigration and asylum policy. that's the way to go. not pulling out of a very important human rights convention, which was set up not just to ensure that there was no further review of, but to ensure that all citizens across europe have protection against authoritarian governments . you authoritarian governments. you know, this convention in shrines, fundamental human rights to protect you and me against abusive government . but against abusive government. but that goes against the law. now, the european court of human rights has not invented new laws. it's interpreted the law as the law is written and in many cases it has done so to the benefit of citizens. so, for example, it's had rulings

against harassment to protect people , against harassment. it's people, against harassment. it's had rulings against government and police spies going on private innocent citizen laws that protects us from intrusive governments and i think that's a very, very good thing that we should be very, very careful all about pulling out from a convention that enshrines us the rule of law. it's a way of holding governments to account to ensure they do not violate law. it's the last stop measure for people in europe to protect their fundamental rights . and of their fundamental rights. and of course, in cases where the ruling is against the government, that is precisely because the government has acted against the law and we need a check and balance on government. just because the government is elected doesn't give it a carte blanche to do whatever it wants . and we as citizens need that protection against autocrats , protection against autocrats, high handed government. okay >> ben habib, i want to give you a chance to come back to some of

those points that this protects the individuals from the state, that it allows the government to be held account, that we need be held to account, that we need those and balances. what those checks and balances. what do say, say to that? do you have to say, say to that? >> none of the member states of the european convention have dictatorial and totalitarian governments that are abusing human rights. none of them. and one of the best adherence, the establisher of human rights across the globe was effectively the united kingdom. the notion that if we were to leave the convention, somehow the protection of our individual human rights in the united kingdom diluted in some kingdom would be diluted in some way a fundamentally flawed way is a fundamentally flawed one.the way is a fundamentally flawed one. the european court of human rights is yet another supranational body with unelected appointees to it unaccountable appointees. it is fundamentally anti—democratic. it should be the british people, the determine who our parliamentarians are, and they're the ones who should establish the law. and we have a democratic system which allows to us hold them to account. and so we do not need to be in it.

it does make law on the hoof. contrary to what peter tatchell said, it does make law up. it has 16 guiding principles and it simply makes up the law as it sees fit around it. and a lot of the judgements it's issued issue without us even knowing which judge that issued them, judge it was that issued them, it is a completely unnecessary law and the other point i'd just make the virtue signalling european union has declined to join the european convention because it recognises that it wants the court of justice of the european union, in its own view , to be the highest judicial view, to be the highest judicial body and in the case of the united kingdom, it should be the supreme court. we shouldn't be in the european convention. there's need for us to be there's no need for us to be part of it. it's anti—democratic stick, and our supreme court should the supreme judge of should be the supreme judge of all all issues in the united kingdom. well ben and peter, it's been a spirited back and forth. >> i'm afraid we have run out of time there. i would have liked to get another. no doubt this conversation will continue in in future seems to be a future days. it seems to be a long running one, even a debate

within government. but peter tatchell habib, thank within government. but peter tatc so.l habib, thank within government. but peter tatc so much habib, thank within government. but peter tatc so much for habib, thank within government. but peter tatc so much for yourib, thank within government. but peter tatc so much for your timeiank within government. but peter tatc so much for your time this you so much for your time this morning. now stay with us. morning. now do stay with us. >> as of 16 to 34 year olds >> as half of 16 to 34 year olds are after buying are in debt after buying designer items , we're asking why designer items, we're asking why are many people addicted to are so many people addicted to clothing in a cost of living crisis? that and more on our dying high streets with retail guru lizzy ritter . don't go guru lizzy ritter. don't go anywhere . anywhere. >> the temperature's rising . >> the temperature's rising. boxt solar proud sponsors of weather on . gb news. weather on. gb news. >> hello again, it's aidan mcgivern here from the met office with the gb news forecast. scattered showers return for many today . it will return for many today. it will feel fresher as well. following the warmth of the last couple of days. but still the potential for sunny spells , particularly for sunny spells, particularly across central and southwestern parts of the uk. across central and southwestern parts of the uk . we've seen parts of the uk. we've seen a cold front move through overnight. that's some overnight. that's brought some heavy that heavy rain heavy rain and that heavy rain is clearing orkney and is now clearing orkney and shetland. it will stick around for the first of the for the first part of the afternoon behind that, rain showers for many , especially

showers for many, especially scotland, northern ireland and northern england. i think across the rest of england and wales, mostly dry, a lot of cloud in the southeast east, but still quite warm and humid here, 26, 27 celsius where we've got the sunny spells coming through elsewhere . again, temperatures elsewhere. again, temperatures into the low 20s generally . but into the low 20s generally. but as we go into the evening, although skies clear for a time, we're going to see further back of showery rain pushing in after midnight across western scotland and northern ireland some persistent downpours associated with this and 1 or 2 showers elsewhere as well. the clearest skies towards the south—east. it's another warm night, not quite as muggy as the last couple of nights, however. then a bright start for the east and the south—east of england. dry here initially , but showers get here initially, but showers get going. and these bands of showery rain across scotland and northern ireland push into northern and western england as well as wales. so some longer spells weather at times spells of wet weather at times and it will be breezy. so that's going to make it feel cooler with highs of 22 celsius , the

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>> now, this week, britons have reacted with a mixture of sadness and frustration at the news of wilko going into administer nation, as many see it as the collapse of what is a dying high street. >> well, the homeware retailer appointed administrators on thursday after failing to secure a rescue deal . it operates 400 a rescue deal. it operates 400 stores across the uk . so this stores across the uk. so this move puts around 12,000 jobs at risk . risk. >> well, to tell us more about this, it's fashion and retail expert lizzie zita, who joins us now. lizzie very good to see you this morning. hello and what's your reaction to this then, wilko going into administration, i'm and i love wilko. i'm devastated and i love wilko. >> and so many people have been calling saying you know, calling me saying, you know, from know from students that i know saying, where are we going to go? you said it earlier, go? like you said it earlier, that you bought all your stuff from wilko. the go to from wilko. it was the go to place. i think it's a place. and i think it's a tremendous loss for the british high hoping that high street. i'm hoping that somebody save somebody will swoop in and save them. they ? them. but will they? >> because there's been the likes of poundland and and likes of poundland and b&m. and we guest earlier who

we spoke to a guest earlier who said they have moved into these big resale parks. they've got huge they think huge premises and they think that's of the demise of wilko. >> yes, it is part the demise >> yes, it is part of the demise of wilko competition in supply chain difficult 80s, the pandemic 14 increases in interest rates like the government don't want us to spend. we're not spending. and then it creates an issue for you know, it all has a knock on effect. so all of these things have led to i mean, the high street is having a really hard time and it breaks my heart. my parents used to have a small business and when the rents and rates went up, they they lost it. and so it's very close to my heart. i think that the government to lower the government need to lower the threshold of business rates they need to you know, but this is this is the big issue, isn't it? >> if you have an online business and a warehouse in the middle of nowhere and you post things you don't pay the same rates. well this shops do the rates. well this shops do on the high street, is it. high street, this is it. >> and i'm not saying that that shouldn't but shops on shouldn't happen, but shops on the street need the the high street need the

support. we're all the high street need the suppoto we're all the high street need the suppoto become we're all the high street need the suppoto become completely going to become completely corporate. we're going to become a coffee shops. and a country of coffee shops. and that's horrible sweet shops. >> oh, goodness the way that >> oh, goodness me. the way that the way that some our big the way that some of our big cities country have been cities in this country have been infested. cities in this country have been infes mean, there's been all >> i mean, there's been all sorts of allegations what sorts of allegations of what these are actually these sweet shops are actually hiding, whether they're i these sweet shops are actually hiding, whetherthey're i don't hiding, whether they're i don't want suggest anything and want to suggest anything and make they make any accusations, but they could be really could be they could be really rather nefarious than just rather more nefarious than just sweet shops. >> of those of >> well, talking of those of oxford there there oxford street, there are there has plan put into the has been a plan put into the planning office for a huge museum just opposite a marble arch , which i think could be arch, which i think could be amazing and new way to sort of revitalise the high street and the introduction of art. also, i'm biased because my husband's an artist, so i'm very into art. so i think that would be a great thing. but i think really it's the business come the business rates. come on government, it's at government, you know, it's at £12,000. it should be £25,000 for small businesses. £12,000. it should be £25,000 for small businesses . and that for small businesses. and that would be a way at least of stimulating a bit of growth . stimulating a bit of growth. >> and the high street is changing just generally, aren't they? people will know looking

at high street, how at their local high street, how much has changed those shops much it has changed those shops shutting shops shutting down and coffee shops springing up. >> let's have a little >> well, let's have a little look. according to my research, the have shut down or the shops that have shut down or reduced the amount of premises they boots , marks and they have, boots, marks and spencer's paper chase. i mean, paperchase are love paperchase new look. cath kidston in topshop , house of fraser, toys topshop, house of fraser, toys r us, m and c, woolworths , cnr and us, m and c, woolworths, cnr and an old one blockbuster video. i mean, that is a long list of pain in it really, really is. >> but again, you can sort of see why this is happening. >> yes, people are ordering clothes online now. people have accounts like disney+ or netflix or perhaps they're going to gbnews.com rather than going out to blockbuster . to blockbuster. >> so nice plug. >> so nice plug. >> but is this just a sort of natural way that we're evolving as people? >> yes , it is. >> yes, it is. >> i think that eventually people will go shopping for social reasons. they will go to meet their friends, have a cup of coffee, try some makeup. they

want experiences. they don't necessarily need to shop , but necessarily need to shop, but they will go. i know people that love going personally, i love going to selfridges. it's a great experience. go there, have a coffee. you even have to a coffee. you don't even have to spend anything but know, spend anything but you know, people spending there people are spending there getting into debt online in in particular, 16 to 34 year olds who are getting into a massive amount of debt, buying all these designer clothes. >> and what is that about? is that then trying to keep up with with the fashion? >> they trying up >> they are trying to keep up with fashion. listen, i love with the fashion. listen, i love fashion. come a fashion fashion. i come from a fashion background. but if you don't have the to money do it and clear your credit card at the end of the month, step away from the because the click because or because it's easy to do. it's too it's too easy to do. it's too fast. you know, you late at night. maybe you've had drink. night. maybe you've had a drink. i've the research. i've read the research. people have they they have had a drink and they they order this stuff because it will come. it's a dopamine fix. and it causes a tremendous amount of pain. if you can't afford it, don't buy it . pain. if you can't afford it, don't buy it. if you pain. if you can't afford it, don't buy it . if you haven't got

don't buy it. if you haven't got the money in your account, don't put it on a card. >> well, lizzy, zita, thank you so much for taking us through very good advice. those big issues and yeah, absolutely crucial advice for people at home. if you can't it, home. if you can't afford it, don't i would don't buy it. i would have thought that that would be elementary, but perhaps not. perhaps elementary, but perhaps not. peryeah. thank very much. >> yeah. thank you very much. now still to come, fly me to the moon. >> well, i'll do my best, but we'll speak to the trainee astronaut per wimmer about that virgin galactic adventure that yesterday saw. see you there . yesterday saw. see you there. good morning. >> it's 1132. good morning. >> it's1132. i'm rhiannon jones in the gb newsroom. the prime minister says the government's plan is working after the uk economy grew by 0.2% in the second quarter. figures from the office for national statistics also show gdp rose . by 0.5% in also show gdp rose. by 0.5% in june alone, buoyed by the manufacturing sector, the

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and ellie costello. >> now, virgin galactic's first space tourism flight landed safely yesterday after making a short 90 minute trip above the earth. well among the three passengers on board the vss unity were 80 year old british former olympian john goodwin. >> mr goodwin, originally from newcastle under lyme, secured his seat . 18 years ago after his seat. 18 years ago after buying an almost £200,000 ticket for this exhibition expedition. he was also joined by mother and daughter kesha and anastasia myers, who won their places in a prize draw. >> well, trainee astronaut and philanthropist per wimmer joins us now to give his take on this fascinating story. very good to see you this morning. so what do you make of this all? it's absolutely well, it's fascinating, isn't it ? fascinating, isn't it? >> oh, it's so exciting . i mean, >> oh, it's so exciting. i mean, you can imagine waiting for, in john's case, 18 years. and for me personally , i've been waiting

me personally, i've been waiting 23 years ahead of going into space. so this is kind of like a big like a little child and christmas come come true finally. and you get to enjoy this amazing experience. i know it's short in time , but it is it's short in time, but it is hugein it's short in time, but it is huge in significance. and no doubt the john and anna and kesha, they are all over the moon today. no doubt. it's a fantastic achievement and an incredible milestone as well for galactic , having poured so much galactic, having poured so much money into this . and richard money into this. and richard branson standing behind it all the way it really is a significant achievement. and on a personal note, it paved the way for me going into space very sooi'i. 500“. >> soon. >> so when do you expect to make a very similar trip then ? a very similar trip then? >> very soon, to be honest, i would estimate i'm on rocket number 10, so it would probably be spring next year. so i'd better get into shape now and get ready. i've done a lot of my training. i've flown fighter jets in various places around the world. i've done zero—g

training where you go up into 16km and nosedive down in a perfectly good plane, creating weightlessness for 30 40s at a time . and i've also been sitting time. and i've also been sitting in the centrifuge spinning around faster and faster and faster to simulate how it is to have these enormous g—forces coming in on your body. so i'm set and ready and i'm so excited for john that we're not yesterday. he's a fellow astronaut and i can't wait for my turn. >> wow. this is really within touching distance for you now. how are you feeling? as you say, this has been such a long wait for you. 23 years. and the moment is nearly here. >> i know, i know. i can't believe it. it's always been next year, next year. and two years out. finally seeing years out. so finally seeing this and seeing these incredible pictures, you know, beaming down alive and also watching the commentary online where people are saying, wow, amazing, cool . are saying, wow, amazing, cool. how fantastic is that? i mean, it is sort of an intoxicating experience going into space. it is literally less than 600

people have ever been there. so you know, we've got to remind ourselves that this is actually quite an achievement to get up there. and now the door is open for the rest of us to go up soon and hopefully many more thereafter. well you'll be one of the first, first hundreds rather than thousands who go. >> but i imagine with the success of this commercial flight that this is going to become a more and more common thing. we're going to see many more thousands of people go into space rather than just 600 or so who have done in the last gosh, how long have people been going into space? since the 1950s. really? this is going to really take off? >> absolutely . and this is a >> absolutely. and this is a game changer. and it's sort of the democratisation of space. yes. it's still not a low price tag. hopefully eventually it will come down. but pioneers like branson or like astronauts like branson or like astronauts like myself who are flying, we're hoping to break down those barriers, bring down the cost by

having more and more people going through the system. like any other business, it's about scale and getting more people up there. it would also have, apart from having the joyful experience on a personal note, to seeing spacex, it also has quite significant side effects that we shouldn't underestimate . for instance, spacex is an enormous inspiration to young kids . when i go around on kids. when i go around on schools and i talk about my space trip and my values , they space trip and my values, they are so excited about it. so there's enormous inspirational effect . in particular effect. in particular encouraging young kids and children to be interested in in space and science and engineering, and certainly we need those skills here in the uk . absolutely. and more generally, you can also get more cheaper access to space, which would mean then more medical trials in space, more satellite is up there, cheaper telecommunications . so this is telecommunications. so this is sort of the beginning of a new era. it's a game. it's a game changen era. it's a game. it's a game changer. and there's a lot more to come that we can all benefit from , whether you want to go to from, whether you want to go to space or not. >> well, it's an exciting

future, isn't it? purwin, a really good you this really good to see you this morning. thank you so for morning. thank you so much for your and of luck with your time and best of luck with your time and best of luck with your spaceflight next spring. so you're up. >> well, back down here on earth, a balcony in south kensington in london went up for sale at £50,000. yes. >> it's a sign of the state of the housing market. demand outstripping supply and soaring mortgage rates, which are leaving people in desperate situations across the nation. our london reporter lisa hartle has more . has more. >> with a housing shortage in the uk, some people are trying to think outside the box . this to think outside the box. this balcony in london south kensington is up for sale for £50,000. the estate agent next home limited say they were surprised at the inquiries they received there was people climbing over it, but yeah, really strange circumstance with people who are saying can we build conservatories on it or could we live there? >> could i use it as somewhere just to stop over for a couple of nights? could i make an

evening experience point out of it what i could then put on? i don't know, airbnb or something like that. the rental market in the uk is being described by housing charity generation rent as absolutely brutal . as absolutely brutal. >> rent is soaring and the supply of rental properties are falling , leaving tenants falling, leaving tenants struggling to pay the rent. some working in the sector say they've never experienced anything like it. >> there's a double or triple edged sword of a real lack of supply. there's not enough homes for them to go into and also that's leading to sky high rents and really huge amounts of competition in. so what we're seeing across the board is that people are really struggling to pay people are really struggling to pay it's rent as a pay their rent. it's rent as a proportion of their of tenants income is up the highest it's been for over a decade and it's only one direction. only going in one direction. it's squeezing people. it's really squeezing people. it's really squeezing people. it's they can't afford it's meaning they can't afford to do many the other things. to do many of the other things. generation rent ran a survey last year which said that paying the was the number one cost the rent was the number one cost of living concern for tenants. the rent was the number one cost of [research cern for tenants. the rent was the number one cost of [research by1 for tenants. the rent was the number one cost of [research by the' tenants. the rent was the number one cost of [research by the charity s. >> research by the charity shelter reveals that one family

every eight minutes are being handed a section 21 no fault eviction notice by their landlord. this estate agents in east london say over 50% of the properties they're currently selling are from landlords selling are from landlords selling up over the last 1012 months as the interest rates have moved around, we found there's more and more landlords who are deciding rather than remortgaging and getting onto another fixed term at potentially 30% higher rate than or more than what they was at, that they're taking the time now to sell the properties just just before covid, i was considering the rental market was it felt like it was slowing down and you had a lot of people trying to get to on the bottom of the property ladder. >> um, since then it's, it's like it's been turned on its head. if i put a one bed property on in red, well anywhere in east london i can expect 10 to 12 people to want to view that property. now

you've actively got tenants trying to sort of gazump if you like , which i've never seen that like, which i've never seen that in the rental market. >> more people are turning to shared living spaces as prices rise . house share websites, rise. house share websites, spare rooms say a room in a shared house or flat will set renters back on an average £971 a month in london and more people are taking in lodgers . people are taking in lodgers. >> last 12 months, we've seen something like a 2,526% increase in people looking to take in lodgers. and it makes a lot of sense if your mortgage has gone up, a property, up, if you've got a property, you to earn an amount of you know, to earn an amount of extra cash from a second job would hours and hours would take you hours and hours out of your week. but to rent out of your week. but to rent out your spare is a fairly out your spare room is a fairly straightforward way of getting out your spare room is a fairly strsomeorward way of getting out your spare room is a fairly strsome extraj way of getting out your spare room is a fairly strsome extraj waywith etting in some extra cash with a housing shortage and no sign of interest falling any time interest rates falling any time soon, no end in soon, it seems there's no end in sight for struggling tenants. >> hartle gb news, london. >> lisa hartle gb news, london. >> lisa hartle gb news, london. >> well, thank you very much to lisa for that report because soaring rents and mortgage rates have made it very, very difficult for lots of people across the country. it's a

really good way for her to capture that that report, capture that in that report, we're the top news we're talking the top news stories the with our stories of the day with our panel stories of the day with our panel, the political consultant emma burnell and former government price government adviser james price now. and we're going to start exactly where left in the exactly where we left off in the past and it was reacting past hour. and it was reacting to this clip of an autistic girl being arrested for saying that the female police officer looked like her lesbian nana. let's let's take a look. >> you claimed in your face, go away from my teenage daughter. >> what is wrong with you? >> what is wrong with you? >> right? is something wrong with mate? didn't aim with you, mate? she didn't aim it police officer. it at the police officer. homophobic at my mother. homophobic remarks at my mother. it's homophobic remarks , it's not a homophobic remarks, she think she's she said. i think she's a lesbian. like. like nana. i think . think. so many police officers to come and do this in one go shows a really bad allocation of resources as well as it being really cruel. >> and i think there are some wider questions about it's west yorkshire police who are

involved in this. they're the same people help that same people who didn't help that the who tried to teach the teacher who tried to teach his something, some his classmates something, some difficult and the difficult topics. and the teachers, in teachers, i think still in hiding several years in hiding or spent several years in hiding or spent several years in hiding various mobs , hiding from from various mobs, didn't help when there was a child who was again accused of scuffing quran faced again scuffing a quran and faced again death threats and mobs and all of the rest of it. but there's plenty enough people to go over this poor autistic who this poor autistic girl who i think the said suffered think also the mum said suffered from scoliosis. and you can see in footage that her in some of the footage that her arm is being pulled painfully. i just think very lucky just think we're very lucky that we this mobile we have this kind of mobile phone technology to record this and police honest. and keep the police honest. >> yeah, well, it's really important that west important to say that west yorkshire responded yorkshire police have responded and that video only and they say that video only shows very picture of shows a very limited picture of what that event. but what happened in that event. but there investigation taking there is an investigation taking place speak . place as we speak. >> think some people >> yeah, i think some people emailed saying important emailed in saying it's important to the body cam footage to look at the body cam footage as well because will be as well because there will be footage from the police. no doubt get a more complete doubt we'll get a more complete picture. things stand, it picture. but as things stand, it looks astonishing, but looks astonishing, really. but let's some other let's move on to some other stories because emma stories as well, because emma

speaking astonishing, that speaking of astonishing, that doesn't begin to start to doesn't even begin to start to cover this story in the sun. >> oh, my god. this is possibly my favourite story i have ever read. as you go through it, paragraph by paragraph, it just gets better and better . so what gets better and better. so what has happened there was a couple split up and the woman in this couple wanted her husband back, so she decided to throw a reconciliation dinner, inviting his in—laws. his uncle al, a few other people , all and himself . other people, all and himself. he pulled out at the last minute and he wasn't there. and since the dinner , the in—laws have the dinner, the in—laws have died . the uncle's been died. the uncle's been hospitalised and is in a coma. and. and it turns out that what she cooked was a beef wellington with death cap mushrooms in it. it was this deliberate . it was this deliberate. >> well, this is the question when she's claiming that she had noidea when she's claiming that she had no idea what she's doing. >> i mean, she bought something

called death cap mushrooms. it's quite hard not to think it was deliberate. james have you ever tried to poison someone ? tried to poison someone? >> i mean, i thought i had some rough break—ups, but, i mean, this does take the. take this really does take the. take the mushroom out of it. the scary is, this lady has scary thing is, this lady has now also the run and her now also gone on the run and her lawyers her. she was lawyers can't find her. she was interviewed by the police. she's disappeared. they found the dehydrator. get the dehydrator. she used to get the real the death cap real essence of the death cap mushrooms obviously, mushrooms down. obviously, there's yet that there's no insinuation yet that she'd these but she'd murdered these people, but goodness the evidence does. >> mean, i suppose they do say >> i mean, i suppose they do say everything australia is meant everything in australia is meant to poisonous. didn't to be poisonous. i didn't realise food as well. realise it was the food as well. we have time for one more we just have time for one more story now. james, i do want your comment on this space comment on this on this space flight on this virgin flight or on this virgin galactic edge of trip. galactic edge of space trip. what do make of it? think what do you make of it? i think it's one the most wonderful, it's one of the most wonderful, uplifting in uplifting stories i've heard in a tough time at the moment. >> and some people are saying, oh, these billionaires their oh, these billionaires and their silly around in silly toys playing around in space, really space, well, they don't really size technologies size is that the technologies that in these that are being employed in these things percolate down, will things will percolate down, will filter to we are filter through to and we are seeing alongside elon musk filter through to and we are seei some alongside elon musk filter through to and we are seei some othergside elon musk

filter through to and we are seei some other things. lon musk filter through to and we are seei some other things. it'smusk filter through to and we are seei some other things. it's thek and some other things. it's the first few tentative steps of humanity moving out into the stars great new stars and exploring great new worlds . it's wonderful. stars and exploring great new woryeah, t's wonderful. stars and exploring great new woryeah, i s wonderful. stars and exploring great new woryeah, i absolutelyl. stars and exploring great new woryeah, i absolutely agree. i >> yeah, i absolutely agree. i mean, i'm not massive , only mean, i'm not massive, only billionaires in their toys. that's not the bit that interests me. but there is exploration. everyone should be excited by exploration and space exploration is to going be a huge part of the humanity's future. i watch enough sci fi to know that, you know, i'm a blake seven fan, for example . i'd love seven fan, for example. i'd love to see that as the future, but particularly if we could have avon in charge of everything. >> well, let's hope it inspires some more young people to enter physics mathematics physics and applied mathematics and rest of it that we and all the rest of it that we really, in this really, really do need in this country. james emma, country. well james and emma, it's fabulous you it's been fabulous to have you on this morning. >> thank you much for joining >> thank you so much forjoining us on our panel. we're just going leave you some going to leave you with some of our views morning because our views this morning because so you have been in so many of you have been in touch on touch throughout the show on lots different topics. our lots of different topics. on our favourite childhood ice lollies, lots of different topics. on our favotsays:hildhood ice lollies, lots of different topics. on our favotsays the hood ice lollies, lots of different topics. on our favotsays the only ice lollies, lots of different topics. on our favotsays the only good )llies, lots of different topics. on our favotsays the only good thing john says the only good thing about ice lollies now is they don't before you them don't melt before you eat them because of shrinkflation oh

goodness because of shrinkflation oh gooi ness because of shrinkflation oh gooi nes have say that on this >> i do have to say that on this story of wilko closing down, sue has in touch. she's attached has got in touch. she's attached a i don't know a picture as well. i don't know if can but sue has if we can show it, but sue has said wilko has been a super as a local store, very competitively priced, especially popular with local store, very competitively pric owners acially popular with local store, very competitively pricowners who .y popular with local store, very competitively pricowners who haveyular with local store, very competitively pricowners who have been with local store, very competitively pricowners who have been able to pet owners who have been able to take pooches into stores , take their pooches into stores, she says. our labrador always had sit down outside had a sit down strike outside the didn't go in. the store and didn't go in. >> how lovely. well i'm >> oh, how lovely. well i'm afraid we have come to the end of our show today. thank you so much your views and much for all of your views and for company this morning. for your company this morning. and we're back at the same time next week. >> but coming up next, it's the live with tomson and live desk with pip tomson and emily both you, emily carver. both of you, what's up on show is indeed. >> so junior doctor strikes it is there fifth round of strikes now and it's been revealed that they've been costing the nhs £1 billion already. so we'll be getting stuck into that. >> yeah. what is it going to take to stop them striking? we will be quizzing a junior doctor plus sevilla iron brew that could now be in short supply as the company's drivers walk out

and will common to cane. it does look like tottenhams captain is on his way to bayern munich in that £100 million move. now here's your weather . here's your weather. >> a brighter outlook with boxt solar proud sponsors of weather on . gb news. hello again. on. gb news. hello again. >> it's aidan mcgivern here from the met office with the gb news forecast . scattered showers forecast. scattered showers returned for many today. it will feel fresher as well following the warmth of the last couple of days. but still the potential for sunny spells , particularly for sunny spells, particularly across and southwest across central and southwest parts of the uk. we've seen a cold front move through overnight that's brought some heavy and that heavy rain heavy rain and that heavy rain is clearing orkney and is now clearing orkney and shetland. stick around shetland. it will stick around for the first part of the afternoon that, rain afternoon. behind that, rain showers for many, especially scotland , northern ireland, scotland, northern ireland, northern england and i think across the rest of england. and wales, mostly dry . a lot of wales, mostly dry. a lot of cloud in the southeast, but still quite warm and humid here.

26, 27 celsius where we've got the sun spells coming through elsewhere. again, temperatures into the low 20 generally, but as we go into the evening, although skies clear for a time, we're going to see further bands of showery rain pushing in after midnight across western scotland and northern ireland. some persistent downpours associated with this and 1 or 2 showers elsewhere as well. the clearest skies towards the south—east. it's another warm night, not quite as muggy as the last couple of nights, however . then couple of nights, however. then a bright start for the east and the south—east of england. dry here initially, but showers get going. and these bands of showery rain across scotland and northern ireland push into northern and western england as well wales. so some longer well as wales. so some longer spells weather at times spells of wet weather at times and it will be breezy. so that's to going feel cooler to going make it feel cooler with highs of 22 celsius , a with highs of 22 celsius, a brighter outlook with boxt solar proud sponsors of weather on .

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