. where . >> i'm gb news radio. where. hello, welcome to the show as you can see, i am definitely not patrick christys patrick is on his way to gb news hq and we'll be here very, very shortly . be here very, very shortly. >> he's hot, footing it from downing street, where he was one of a posse of gb news stars who have just handed in don't kill cash petition . almost 300,000 of cash petition. almost 300,000 of you have signed it. we are almost there. so thank you so much. we've got the rest of the day's news as well. find out why plans to house 1700 migrants at raf wethersfield by the autumn look doomed to fail. raf wethersfield by the autumn look doomed to fail . more than look doomed to fail. more than 400,000 teenagers are on their way to university after getting their a—level results today. but it is very much a case of foreign students . first, at many foreign students. first, at many unis and tributes have been

pounng unis and tributes have been pouring in for the greatest chat show host of them all, sir michael parkinson , who has died michael parkinson, who has died at the age of 88. we'll also have news on prince harry, who's about to star in another netflix documentary. but first, here's all the news with aaron armstrong . armstrong. >> good afternoon to you. it's a minute past three. aaron armstrong here in the newsroom. gb news don't kill cash petition has been delivered to downing street in the last half an hour or so. the chancellor, jeremy hunt, received more than 296,000 signatures on behalf of viewers and listeners. the letter is calling on the government to protect the status of cash as legal tender and as a widely accepted form of payment until at least 2050. tributes are being paid to the legendary broadcaster, sir michael parkinson, who died at the age of 88. sir michael became one of the country's most famous faces

through long running talk through his long running talk show , interviewing some the show, interviewing some of the world's biggest stars, including muhammad and billy connolly. muhammad ali and billy connolly. his friend and former cricket umpire dickie bird said there'll never be a chat show host like him. comedian fry him. comedian stephen fry described him as an authentic genius and it was impossibly thrilling to be a guest on parkinson, he said. sir david attenborough said sir michael was beyond region or class. he was beyond region or class. he was himself . the education was himself. the education secretary says students shouldn't worry about lower a—level grades this year because employers won't ask about them in a decade. around 73,000 fewer a or a stars have been awarded compared to last year as part of a plan to return grades to pre—pandemic levels results in 2020 and 2021 were based on teacher assessment . the number teacher assessment. the number of students accepted for a place at university is down 2.6% from last year. but gillian keegan is standing by her comments , saying standing by her comments, saying exam results aren't everything . exam results aren't everything. >> a—levels are really important

part of the journey that they're on and the destination that they're going to get to now. so they're going to get to now. so the really important thing for them next them is getting to their next destination whether destination. whether that's going apprenticeship going on to do an apprenticeship going on to do an apprenticeship going work or going into the world of work or going into the world of work or going university . what going to university. what i'm saying true, is saying and it is true, it is just real and it was actually in relation to an employer that had been was saying it been on and he was saying it before look, you before me. he said, look, you know, not what we at know, that's not what we look at later it's important later on. so it's an important step to get to your next destination. but when you're a couple destinations further destination. but when you're a couthere'llestinations further destination. but when you're a couthere'll be nations further destination. but when you're a couthere'll be other1s further destination. but when you're a couthere'll be other thingsier on, there'll be other things that they look at. >> , the shadow education >> however, the shadow education secretary, bridget phillipson, says the government's failed students and gillian keegan's comments aren't helpful. >> i think the comments from the secretary of state are incredibly rude and dismissive. this is a nerve wracking day for young people who've worked incredibly the last thing incredibly hard the last thing that they need is a secretary of state comments state offering comments like that. really does add that. and it really does add insuh that. and it really does add insult coming from a insult to injury coming from a government that completely failed put in place the kind failed to put in place the kind of support our young people of support that our young people needed of the needed coming out of the pandemic of the pandemic after all of the disruption experienced .

disruption they experienced. >> gb news can exclusively reveal 80 migrants are currently being housed at a former raf base in essex. the first group of asylum seekers arrived there more than a month ago. the wethersfield, based near braintree , is eventually braintree, is eventually intended to house up to 1700 people. the site has had reports of disease , though among some of of disease, though among some of the first groups of arrivals and problems with utilities . the problems with utilities. the home office says there will be a gradual increase, but sources suggest the pace will be significantly slower than first envisaged. meanwhile, 550 people have crossed the english channel over the last 24 hours in ten small boats. it brings the number of migrants making the journey this year to more than 17,000. a uk border force say they have been on red alert in an extremely busy time for asylum seekers and a significant surge in crossings is expected. with the better weather conditions this weekend . two conditions this weekend. two thirds of nhs cancer targets

will be scrapped by the autumn under new government plans, it will see the ten targets currently in place reduced to three and the two week wait target will be scrapped in favour of the faster diagnosis standard as it stands, 93% of people referred urgently by their gp with suspected cancer must be seen by a specialist within two weeks, although that target hasn't been achieved since early 2018. a woman from texas has been charged with threatening to kill the federal judge overseeing the criminal case against former president donald trump. a district judge, tanya khan, was the alleged victim of a racist comment made by abigail jo shire of alvin , by abigail jo shire of alvin, according to court records, while abigail is said to have called the federal courthouse in washington dc , leaving a washington dc, leaving a threatening message . threatening message. investigators have traced her phone number and she later admitted to making the call. judge chacon is overseeing the

trial against trump when he's accused of plotting to overturn the 2020 election . thousands of the 2020 election. thousands of people have been evacuated from their homes on the spanish island of tenerife. as the wildfires continue to spread. the fire is now 99 miles wide. it's been destroying dry woodland in a mountainous national park near a volcano that spain's highest peak. and that spain's highest peak. and thatis that spain's highest peak. and that is hampering access to the area. some 250 firefighters have been deployed , backed up by been deployed, backed up by planes and helicopters . this is planes and helicopters. this is gb news across the uk, on tv in europe , car on digital radio and europe, car on digital radio and smart . europe, car on digital radio and smart. speaker europe, car on digital radio and smart . speaker two europe, car on digital radio and smart. speaker two but europe, car on digital radio and smart . speaker two but now it europe, car on digital radio and smart. speaker two but now it is over to patrick, not . pip over to patrick, not. pip >> very sorry, everybody. >> very sorry, everybody. >> better late than never. patrick christie's here now in the last hour. gb news has handed its hugely successful petition at downing street. there's urging the government

don't kill all cat . just under don't kill all cat. just under 300,000 of you have signed that petition since it was launched last month. a fabulous achievement in a world where you can be banked for your political views, where the elderly are becoming increasingly marginal and pushed of society . and pushed out of society. online fraud is at its record levels, isn't it.7 we really, really need to send that message that cash is still king. we are calling on the government to introduce legislation that will protect the status of cash until at least 2058. well, it's been an eventful day already, which is why i was late . yes, i was is why i was late. yes, i was hot putting it down to hand—deliver, along with the likes of nigel farage and liam halligan and bev turner and michelle dewberry. that petition your petition straight to jeremy hunfs your petition straight to jeremy hunt's front door. but the eventful day started with an inflatable pig just across the thames from the houses of parliament, where, of course, we are hoping our campaign will result in legislative changes and hopefully with support from all sides of the political divide as well. it will happen .

divide as well. it will happen. yes, there's the big don't kill cash pig. there's another one just on the left of your shot there as well. and that's us there as well. and that's us there walking down downing street. the fantastic gb news presenting team myself, of course not classing myself was fantastic in all of that. bev turner. liam halligan. michelle dewberry. recognise dewberry. and you may recognise that other as well. they're that other chap as well. they're front centre indeed he front and centre as indeed he always is. nigel farage holding the heading towards the petition heading towards number 11 300,000 signatures. we knocked on the door and it was very, very gratefully received , very, very gratefully received, which you can see that's the moment there that the number 11 door opened and i don't kill cash petition was handed in. nigel they're just telling the chap that jeremy hunt might be expecting us. i'm not quite sure he was, but we go. and he was, but there we go. and important actually, it's important moment, actually, it's just reminder that just a quick reminder that more than 5 million adults still rely on cash in the uk. i know that we all tap in and tap out of everywhere and technology is overtaking everything else these days, used cash days, but it's still used cash in 6 billion transactions every

six single year. and we are , of six single year. and we are, of course posing there outside number 11. that chap, when he woke up this morning, do you think he thought that he'd be mobbed by team of gb news mobbed by a team of gb news presenters? didn't. presenters? i reckon he didn't. and since the and of course, since the presenters they presenters were there, they couldn't resist the opportunity as a little pose as well for a little pose outside the door of number 10. interesting, it? wonder interesting, isn't it? i wonder if will ever call if nigel farage will ever call that home. but there we that place home. but there we go. you notice that only go. you may notice that only four presenters were there. that was because michelle dewberry immediately to the immediately reacted to the handover live on. >> i'll tell you what it feels like. i feel like i'm here. we're here collectively as gb news. we are representing all of those viewers, 300,000 of them and still coming in thick and fast and all of those people perhaps that are watching thinking, oh, no, i wish i'd got my signature in. we representing each and every one of them. they go to work, they get their money, they graft hard, and they want the ability to be able to spend their money wherever and however they choose . some

however they choose. some people, for whatever reason . people, for whatever reason. martin and pip, they're not on board with all of these electronics and you know what? i don't blame them. they just want to able to deal the to be able to deal with the legal this country. we legal tender in this country. we feel very important , legal tender in this country. we feel very important, and feel it's very important, and we're going to keep fighting for those . those people. >> is very important >> well, it is very important andifs >> well, it is very important and it's clearly very important because otherwise we would not have 300,000 in have had 300,000 signatures in such short order. now it's vital for a variety of different reasons . online fraud. yeah. reasons. online fraud. yeah. okay that can't really happen, can it? if you've got your cash to hand. but with the de—banking scandal, what we have seen is thousands of examples , tens of thousands of examples, tens of thousands of examples, tens of thousands of examples of people feeling as though their banks debunked them because of their political views . the amount of political views. the amount of control that anybody in a position of power, whether it's a big corporation, a big bank or the politicians, would have over your life and your lifeblood and your life and your lifeblood and your resources if it was all onune your resources if it was all online is for me asking for tyranny. absolutely but there is

another one that's very close to my heart on all of this, and thatis my heart on all of this, and that is the elderly. okay. i do not want to see elderly people having to stand with their phones out in car parks or at train stations or anywhere public, frankly, and having to mess around with an app on their phone , especially not with crime phone, especially not with crime the way that it is at the moment. i do not want to see that happening. i don't want elderly people sitting their elderly people sitting in their own they're still able own homes if they're still able to i know, course, to drive. as i know, of course, a people still into their a lot of people still into their 80s 90s are and great for 80s and 90s are and great for them. want them to them. i don't want them to think, not going to think, well, i'm not going to go out today because i parked my out today because if i parked my car might to car somewhere, i might have to get a ticket because i can't download i can't mess download this app. i can't mess about with it. don't want download this app. i can't mess abou�*independence 't want download this app. i can't mess abou�*independence to want download this app. i can't mess abou�*independence to bet their independence to be snatched with snatched away from them with this desperate headlong rush towards technology towards introducing technology in every single aspect of our lives. and of course, there is the online fraud thing. i don't know i really know about you. i don't really trust a of our security trust a lot of our security systems. it seems as though everything hacked, everything is being hacked, left, and centre. left, right and centre. and again, everything online, again, if everything is online, then make then you know, that could make it easier, couldn't it? but

it even easier, couldn't it? but it even easier, couldn't it? but it is also just a fundamental matter of principle. and now i think it's what has got most people going in this a fundamental matter of principle , which is that if you earn money and you work hard for it, you should be able to go and spend that in whatever form you want. whenever you want to. and you should be confronted as you should not be confronted as well machines saying, oh you should not be confronted as visorry, machines saying, oh you should not be confronted as visorry, know,1ines saying, oh you should not be confronted as visorry, know, we'veaying, oh , sorry, you know, we've only got £20 or £100 withdrawal got a £20 or £100 withdrawal limit today . got a £20 or £100 withdrawal limit today. no, we don't want to live in that world. we just want to keep the thing that we've already got. and i'm joined robert braddock, joined now by robert braddock, who the managing of who is the managing director of braddock leisure, which is a houday braddock leisure, which is a holiday westward in holiday resort in westward in devon. thank you much for devon. thank you very much for joining to have you on joining us. great to have you on the show. look, what do you make of fact that 300,000 people of the fact that 300,000 people there thereabouts have there or thereabouts have already signed this petition? they desperate to tell the they are desperate to tell the government, cash government, don't kill cash i know . know. >> i hear everything you said. >> i hear everything you said. >> then it was you hit the nail on the head. >> you've got to have a choice . >> you've got to have a choice. and it's got be if i want to and it's got to be if i want to spend cash, what i want spend cash, this is what i want to do going forward. i've earned

it. what i to do it. let me do what i want to do with it. it. let me do what i want to do witiitt. it. let me do what i want to do witi it it's a must. >> it it's a must. >> it's got to carry on and well done going round number done for going round number 10 today. done really today. i think he's done really well there. >> thank much. but >> so thank you very much. but the reason we could do that the only reason we could do that is because people have is because so many people have got campaign and got behind this campaign and it really genuinely, you know, really is genuinely, you know, we say the people's we say we're the people's channel. mean it. channel. we really do mean it. but deal with but you obviously deal with a heck of a lot people on heck of a lot of people on a daily basis. and what you daily basis. and what are you seeing do you seeing there? you know, do you think people might be think that people might be excluded don't excluded if they don't have cash? why are cash? are you why are you concerned it? concerned about it? >> i run a tourism >> well, i run a tourism business in westward north devon. >> we have some and have >> we have some bars and we have restaurants . we have a holiday restaurants. we have a holiday park on the coast with park right on the coast with about 140 units. but also about 140 units. but we also have two amusement arcades which we've had them for 40, 50 years. they were, you know, big in the day , i think. but that slowly day, i think. but that slowly over time, technology is taking oven over time, technology is taking over. they're not quite as busy as they were. >> but the one thing which people love coming to the people do in love coming to the seaside westward people do in love coming to the se they . westward people do in love coming to the sethey to westward people do in love coming to the sethey to love westward people do in love coming to the sethey to love go westward people do in love coming to the sethey to love go in westward people do in love coming to the sethey to love go in the estward is they to love go in the arcades with the kids or their grandkids and give them pack grandkids and give them a pack of they can run along

of two ps and they can run along and little can go and and little johnny can go and play and little johnny can go and play the arcade machines. and little johnny can go and pla but the arcade machines. and little johnny can go and pla but of e arcade machines. and little johnny can go and pla but of courseie machines. and little johnny can go and pla but of course all1achines. and little johnny can go and pla but of course all1achi will >> but of course all that will come to a big of a stop when there's no cash to play. i don't know would then. know what would happen then. it would of a bit of a would be a bit of a bit of a skip required, think, to chuck skip required, i think, to chuck some so i don't some machines away. so i don't like it. the sound of it at all. i don't. >> i it's here w it's here to stay. >> i think it's here to stay. >> i think it's here to stay. >> don't going to >> i don't think it's going to go good. go away. oh, good. >> other point there, >> but the other point there, the other point there, just for me to cut in on that, because i think vital, that there think it's vital, is that there is something will lost is something that will be lost culturally lost culturally if we lost cash. i love amusement arcades. love the amusement arcades. i love the amusement arcades. i love the amusement arcades. i love the of seafront love the kind of seafront aesthetic in this aesthetic that we have in this country is a very, very country that is a very, very british thing, to go the british thing, to go down the seafront somewhere, go to seafront somewhere, to go to seaside those seaside towns, see all those amusement arcades, and i can remember as a child going in there with my grandma and my grandad, going in there with my parents. loads of people grandad, going in there with my pare remember loads of people grandad, going in there with my pare remember thatis of people grandad, going in there with my pare remember that exact)eople grandad, going in there with my pare remember that exact same will remember that exact same thing and we thing going back years and we don't to lose that. there thing going back years and we dcsomething lose that. there thing going back years and we dc something joyous1at. there thing going back years and we dc something joyous actuallye is something joyous actually about going and putting £0.02 in the putting a pound the machine or putting a pound in and having tap in the machine and having to tap in the machine and having to tap in tap out. and then also in and to tap out. and then also heanng in and to tap out. and then also hearing all of the coins drop.

if you lucky enough to win if you are lucky enough to win before, like before, if you're anything like me, inevitably put it all me, you inevitably put it all back the machines again . back in the machines again. there something there would be something cultural i think cultural off there. i think absolutely . absolutely. >> yes, i do go abroad a little bit and i see what's going on in other countries such as america, and i know gone down a and i know they've gone down a route no cash on some of route of no cash on some of their machines . and it's just their machines. and it's just you tap away, you don't really know what you're spending is such, if you've such, whereas i know if you've got a £5 note gave it to got a £5 note and you gave it to your grandchild, your son or your grandchild, when the £5 on, that's it. when the £5 go on, that's it. you've got to go. now, isn't it? but i do worry about these, these card things. it these touching card things. it it a bit concerning, but i'm it is a bit concerning, but i'm all keeping the cash all for keeping the cash going and spend and just let everybody spend what they want to and what what they want to and know what they're spending well . in the they're spending as well. in the bars, , people don't bars, for example, people don't know what they're spending anymore they just tap anymore really. they just tap away of this and away four pints of this and a couple of that tap away. couple shots of that tap away. tap away. but nobody really knows what they're knows quite what they're spending and sit spending unless they go and sit down, their phone down, look in their phone and see and go, jeez , see the receipts and go, jeez, that that was quite that was that was quite expensive, or not? expensive, wasn't it? or not? but cash, you know

but at least with cash, you know how a pint you know how much a pint is. you know what you're spending. >> you've little bit of >> you've got a little bit of a brain on the idea a little brain on on the idea a little bit, yeah. brain on on the idea a little bit,look,. brain on on the idea a little bit,look, robert, i think again , >> look, robert, i think again, another fantastic point there relating actually relating to actually safety, especially when it comes to children . i mean, i know a lot children. i mean, i know a lot of people now whose kids mess around on the xbox or on the playstation whatever they're playstation or whatever they're using and they wake playstation or whatever they're using morning d they wake playstation or whatever they're using morning to they wake playstation or whatever they're using morning to 12 they wake playstation or whatever they're using morning to 12 000 y wake playstation or whatever they're using morning to 12 000 pound up one morning to 12 000 pound bill because their six year old child has done something mental on you think, on the ipad. and you think, well, actually, if they were out and with a bit of cash, and about with a bit of cash, that they wouldn't actually be able into much able to get into as much trouble, possibly. but robert, able to get into as much troubl�*you.ssibly. but robert, able to get into as much troubl�*you. robertbut robert, able to get into as much troubl�*you. robert braddock,, thank you. robert braddock, their director of their managing director of braddock and well, braddock leisure. and as well, just one more cheeky little i will there well. will throw in there as well. homeless. okay the homeless. you know, there , know, people out there, especially in big cities, you know, that actually literally rely on people, giving them a little bit of change. i know that that might necessarily that that might not necessarily be top priority be everybody's top priority in all but i think it is all of this, but i think it is something you know, if you've got a few coins your pocket, got a few coins in your pocket, who these days? who has that these days? hopefully of will now.

hopefully more of you will now. but loads more don't kill but yes, loads more don't kill cash on our website. cash campaign on our website. it's gbnews.com it's the fastest growing national news site in the country. it's got the best analysis opinion, of analysis, big opinion, all of the latest breaking news. and by the latest breaking news. and by the you sign that the way, you can sign that petition very easily, gbnews.com forward slash cash. cash. now gb news is going from strength to strength . thanks to you, our strength. thanks to you, our loyal viewers and listeners . loyal viewers and listeners. it's not on tv and radio it's not just on tv and radio where we are popular. our youtube channel now more youtube channel now has more than 1 million subscribers. so if you're already following us on youtube, thank you for being a big part of gb news. and if you're not, then get involved. come on, simply go to youtube .com forward slash at gb news onune .com forward slash at gb news online you will find all of your favourite gbs content and you can even watch us live when you're out and about as well. so you've got no excuse. okay no excuse. you've been warned anyway , the government wants to anyway, the government wants to house 1700 migrants at raf wethersfield by the autumn, but at gb news can reveal that just

80 asylum seekers are there at the moment. i'm going to be having a look at that. we are also going to be asking how prepared are we for the inevitable wave of people coming overin inevitable wave of people coming over in the coming days and weeks ? it is actually proper weeks? it is actually proper now. channel migrants season as it were. so how prepared are we for that? and of course, sad news, but tributes have been paid to the great chat show host of them all, sir michael parkinson, who has died at the age of 88. patrick christys on gb news. we are britain's news

. six till 930 . . six till 930. >> welcome back. now, in a few minutes , hours, hundreds of minutes, hours, hundreds of thousands of teenagers get their a—level results. and we'll ask why universities are favouring foreign students over brits . i foreign students over brits. i mean, maybe it could just be a way of teaching them early doors that they will not be considered to be first in their own country. go. we country. but there we go. we will on the incredible will look back on the incredible career of sir michael parkinson as who sadly died at as well, who has sadly died at the 88. look back at some the age of 88. look back at some of his best ever moments . i of his best ever moments. i mean, there are a lot, by the way, but news reveal way, but gb news can reveal now that migrants are that just 80 migrants are currently housed at the currently being housed at the former raf base in essex , more former raf base in essex, more than a month after the first asylum seekers there. asylum seekers arrived there. well government wants 1700 well the government wants 1700 migrants living at wethersfield by the autumn, but the site has had a number of issues, including reports of disease amongst of the first group amongst some of the first group of arrivals and problems with

utilities also as well. let's be honest man of non—stop legal claims. it's one of a number of issues that i'm going to talk about with gb news is homeland security editor mark white. mark loads of issues, yes . loads of issues, yes. >> on wethersfield to begin with, i think it's clear that actually the process for getting my agents to wethersfield is a lot slower than was probably initially envisaged and envisaged in plan for. >> yeah, we got that. that's all right. >> because you know, we got obviously five weeks ago now the first group of almost 50 migrants that have been there and now, well more than a month on, we are at just 80. and those problems you mentioned in terms of disease outbreaks with scabies , even tuberculosis, scabies, even tuberculosis, which was being checked for as well for a while, utilities like water that wasn't hooked up to

some of the accommodation blocks. and then we had an issue of 16 of the original cohort of 46 who arrived, transferred back out of there because of issues such as trauma that they may have suffered as being potential victims of human trafficking. >> no, indeed . and you mentioned >> no, indeed. and you mentioned that the people who came out, you mentioned the disease. i think the disease aspect is another big one for any local residents who've got any issues when it comes to migrant hotel, when it comes to migrant hotel, when it comes to migrant hotel, when it comes to the barge, when it comes to these bases, mainly because it's mainly because as well , they're worried about the well, they're worried about the idea that they could then go around, you know , and be around around, you know, and be around the area and that is understandable for people. i think you mentioned about the human trafficking there as well, didn't you? and we have had a bit of an update, i believe, after deaths at after those deaths at the weekend. >> have had four people >> yes, we have had four people who have now been charged in connection with that incident

that unfolded in the channel on saturday. those four people consist of two iraqi kurds. and there are 40. and also two sudanese national finals, 129, the other 17 that have been charged with manslaughter and also with charges connected to conspiracy to be involved in people smuggling activities . people smuggling activities. there have been remanded in custody and there will be a trial at a later date. >> yeah, there will indeed . now, >> yeah, there will indeed. now, look, this is a topic that i'm going to talk about a little bit later on in the show. we had a bit a chat before we came on bit of a chat before we came on air about this, and it was something be something that i've got to be honest, really aware honest, i wasn't really aware that happening with the that this was happening with the regularity is has regularity that it is and has been number been happening now for a number of years, which is people entering illegally entering this country illegally undergo asylum applications being allowed to live with relatives in whatever community

it is that those relatives live in. a few different aspects to this. firstly at first glance, i certainly thought, well, this is ridiculous . certainly thought, well, this is ridiculous. i mean, these certainly thought, well, this is ridiculous . i mean, these people ridiculous. i mean, these people could abscond their relatives probably aren't going to dob them in, are they, etcetera. then thought, okay, okay, but then i thought, okay, okay, but if we are spending 6 million probably by now, £7 million a day on hotels and we've got all these bases and barges where it seems very difficult to put people on, maybe there is a case for putting people in homes with relatives. >> yeah, this has been custom and practise for the home office. really ever since we've had significant numbers of people coming across and claiming asylum that if you come to the country and you have people that you can go and stay with, then the state is going to take you up on that offer because it saves the state having to forgo significant amounts of money to put you in potentially hotel accommodation to begin with. then maybe rented accommodation eventually, of

course , you would probably go course, you would probably go into council house accommodation. so yes, they do that. accommodation. so yes, they do that . i accommodation. so yes, they do that. i don't think it's a big security issue in terms of people absconding because remember , as an asylum seeker , remember, as an asylum seeker, in most cases you are not detained. >> well, that's the thing. the bar is so low, isn't it, already for security issues? >> well, you're free to come and go an absconding is the big issue in terms of albanians. go an absconding is the big issue in terms of albanians . for issue in terms of albanians. for instance, the vast majority up into, i think the 80 percentile of albanians coming across who have been housed in hotels within a few days or a few weeks have absconded , disappeared from have absconded, disappeared from those hotels, never shown up. that's because for them, the vast majority never wanted to get into the asylum system in the first place. they were coming over to get construction jobs or other jobs in the illegal economy or indeed joining up with criminal gangs and working in cannabis farms

are like. but most other people that come across that want to claim asylum. they go to hotels, they stay in the hotels. if they go with relatives, it's the same kind of system they want to be in contact with the authorities because eventually want to settle is the eventual one settlement. >> thank you very, much, >> thank you very, very much, mark are home mark white. there are home security joining security editor. joining me now is of darlington is the leader of darlington council, dalston. council, jonathan dalston. jonathan, i believe that we're going bit a chat going to have a bit of a chat about the general housing situation, when it situation, your area when it comes migrants and comes to channel migrants and the i wanted talk the main reason i wanted to talk to about that is are to you about that is we are about to see almost definitely another surge in what's coming across the channel. that's going to weather related . that's to be weather related. that's also historic time of also just a historic time of year where we do tend to see these surges. they to be these surges. they have to be put somewhere where what's the state housing in your state of housing like in your area ? area? >> yes, i mean, just have to correct you them the leader of the opposition now. >> local elections, >> so since the local elections, i think the point i would make to start with is that, you know, the picture in darlington, we've currently got about 1600 people on waiting list for a whole

on our waiting list for a whole variety of issues to any further pressures in terms of migrants looking for housing is significant for us. >> we plan to build a thousand new homes here, council properties over the next ten years. >> so that's approximately 100 per year . per year. >> but it really is challenging i >> -- >> and actually when i speak to people on the doorstep, they tell me loud and clear that the priority has to for be the councils to focus on getting that 1600 waiting list down, some of which have been for on a number of years . number of years. >> no, absolutely. i mean, there has to be a perception, i would have thought anyway, for the vast majority of brits who are your voters and whatever party is that they go out and vote for to at least feel as though they will prioritised in all of will be prioritised in all of this. think basic this. i think it's a basic matter of fairness, isn't it, really? think also as well, really? i think also as well, the idea of safety in the community. we heard from our homeland security editor there about the idea that some people might abscond , but also as well might abscond, but also as well about disease . and these about about disease. and these

people sometimes have been living desperately awful living in desperately awful situations over there in calais . it's patently obvious that when they come here to britain, they might not necessarily in they might not necessarily be in they might not necessarily be in the for people the best health. and for people to concerned about whether or to be concerned about whether or not are going to not health issues are going to be into their local be introduced into their local community, i think ideas are community, i think the ideas are valid . absolutely. valid concern. absolutely. >> i remember when we were talking to residents during the election, one of the things that we're saying loud and clear was that you know, the care that the sympathetic to some of the sympathetic to sonpeople are circumstances that people are coming from, what they can't get their fact their head round is the fact that got hundreds of that we've got hundreds of people a daily basis coming people on a daily basis coming over channel from countries over the channel from countries in europe that are safe in germany, etcetera. >> and for them, that's the bit the struggle with these people who seeking asylum are in who are seeking asylum are in safe countries. what they can't understand is that that they can put themselves at risk make put themselves at risk to make that additional journey over to the uk and that's the bit that people are struggling in my community. >> i can imagine. jonathan, just just with you, if

just one last one with you, if that's right darlington, that's all right in darlington, then houses specifically then our houses specifically being built for asylum seekers or social housing specifically being given to these people above of brits essentially , what above of brits essentially, what is the state of play there ? well is the state of play there? well we are building 100 houses, council houses every single yeah >> soa yeah >> so a thousand over the next ten years to ensure that we can tackle that way and list. so absolutely some of the houses that will be built in darlington will housing asylum seekers, will be housing asylum seekers, but will not be prioritise but there will not be prioritise the they are looked at in the same way as a residence . same way as a residence. >> interesting look. jonathan, thank you very, very much. great to have you on the show in dalston there. the leader of the opposition for darlington council. views coming opposition for darlington cotgb l. views coming opposition for darlington cotgb views views coming opposition for darlington cotgb views news.com s coming opposition for darlington cotgb views news.com between in. gb views news.com between now 4 pm. i will ask why now and 4 pm. i will ask why foreign students are being given a head start. in fact, massive a head start. in fact, a massive head start actually over brits in the race for university places and prince harry. has he lost the support of the veterans community? but now headlines

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central and southern england during morning, during friday morning, especially for central and southern . could be some southern england. could be some tncky southern england. could be some tricky example , tricky conditions. for example, on the roads as those storms move frequent lightning move through. frequent lightning possibility well. move through. frequent lightning posbut.ity well. move through. frequent lightning posbut they well. move through. frequent lightning pos but they ease.. move through. frequent lightning posbut they ease in move through. frequent lightning pos but they ease in the afternoon. >> many turn drier, a >> many places turn drier, a lots cloud still windy, lots of cloud still windy, especially for parts of west wales. >> gusts of 50 miles an hour here. there then into friday night and saturday, we've got heavy rain sweeping through risk of especially of thunderstorms, especially across eastern england some across eastern england and some strong winds and high humidities i >> -- >> but once that's out of the way , a return to sunny spells way, a return to sunny spells and showers for the weekend. still some warmth in any sunny spells . spells. >> it looks like things are heating up . boxed boilers, proud heating up. boxed boilers, proud sponsors of weather on . sponsors of weather on. gb news. >> well, hundreds of students across england, wales and northern ireland have received their a—level results today. i'm assuming that should say hundreds of thousands. assuming that should say hundreds of thousands . but get hundreds of thousands. but get this education secretary,

this the education secretary, gillian keegan, the gillian keegan, says that the grades may not even matter . gillian keegan, says that the grades may not even matter. i'm finding it hard to know whether or not she's done the right thing in saying this. she's a bit fruity. gillian keegan some of the things she says, the education secretary says that she realistic in how she was being realistic in how modern look at the modern employers look at the results. listen to this. not at all. >> i mean, obviously a—levels are really important part of the journey they're on and journey that they're on and the destination they're going destination that they're going to to now. so the really to get to now. so the really important thing them is important thing for them is getting to their next destination. whether that's going on to do an apprenticeship, going into the world into world of work or go into university. i'm delighted university. and i'm delighted that and of young that lots and lots of young people have got their firm choice or their insurance to go to university, the place that they wanted. so that's 91, which is news. is fantastic news. >> but what i'm saying, and it is true, it is just real and it was actually in relation to an employer that had been on and he was saying it before me. >> he said, you know, >> he said, look, you know, that's look at later that's not what we look at later on. it's an important step to on. so it's an important step to get next destination. get to your next destination. but a couple but when you're a couple of destinations on, destinations further on,

there'll things that there'll be other things that they look at. >> yeah, mean, look, >> yeah, i mean, look, technically she's wrong, is technically she's not wrong, is she mean, i actually she really? i mean, i actually don't the last time anybody don't know the last time anybody asked me for my gcses or a—levels , i really don't. i a—levels, i really don't. i really don't. i imagine that appues really don't. i imagine that applies to the vast majority of people watching this as well. that said, for a child, which is essentially what people do in their a—levels, are it is the be all and end all because it's drummed into them. i feel very sorry for the kids coming out of this particular round of results, to be with results, to be honest with you, because they've got some of the lowest grades very long lowest grades for a very long penod lowest grades for a very long period time . they have their period of time. they have their education and social lives massively disrupted and their mental health and personal wellbeing as result of the wellbeing as a result of the coronavirus crisis. they've had issues, teachers issues, of course, with teachers going on strike left, right and centre. me, biggie centre. but for me, the biggie in this what gillian in all of this is what gillian keegan say. there she keegan didn't say. there she came out tried to put a spin came out and tried to put a spin on on things like the net migration numbers by saying, isn't it great? isn't it great that we have absolutely smashed our targets for foreign students

in higher education? we are years early than we were actually expecting to hit this amount of foreign students when it to university it comes to university education. the problem is education. but the problem is now that british students who have borne the brunt of britain's policies with coronavirus , britain's issue coronavirus, britain's issue with teaching in schools, the general british education system as a whole, and then also ended up in a situation now where their grades are lower. they then miss out on university places a heck of a lot of very, very bright people will now be struggling and scrambling around for clearing as a result of universities opening up some of their courses to foreign students weeks before the brits weeks, durham university, for example. i think i'm right in saying 58 courses there were available early through clearing two foreign students. liverpool university. there were hundreds. it is absolutely astonishing . i it is absolutely astonishing. i think that that is the case. surely surely should be surely surely we should be prioritising our own students in

this country. i know universities have got to make money, but i just don't think that's fair. but two other news tributes are flooding in for sir michael parkinson , who has died michael parkinson, who has died sadly at the age of 88. we'll be taking a look back at some of his most iconic moments . we'll his most iconic moments. we'll be having a look at some of the great interview well. and of great interview as well. and of course, well wishes fond course, the well wishes and fond memories shared by, frankly, generations generations of generations upon generations of people not just here, but all over the world. i'm patrick christys on gb news

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& co weeknights from . six & co weeknights from. six >> yes. well, something for you to prepare for. is that just after 4:00, gb news will have an exclusive on the migrant crisis . are we telling you exactly what that means? well 4:00 so you have to stay tuned. but tributes pouring for the tributes are pouring in for the legendary broadcaster and beloved host sir beloved chat show host sir michael parkinson, who sadly died peacefully at the age of 88 after a brief illness . his after a brief illness. his iconic, sometimes infamous interviews, including muhammad ali, dame helen mirren, meg ryan , david beckham, stephen fry , , david beckham, stephen fry, who said that being interviewed by him was impossibly thrilling . we go, michael parkinson was never known for losing his cool, but this amazing interview with rod hull and his puppet emu was the one that he wished had never happened. >> male or female. he knew this i >> -- >> why 5mm >> why don't you have a look for yourself ? yourself? >> i wouldn't know to what look

back. towards. it looks nice . towards. it looks nice. >> interview last week . >> interview last week. >> interview last week. >> exactly. you're not going to say i actually , you're right, say i actually, you're right, aren't you? >> why is it so aggressive? >> why is it so aggressive? >> it's not aggressive. >> it's not aggressive. >> look, the time lunatic . >> look, the time lunatic. >> look, the time lunatic. >> it's not? no no . come . >> it's not? no no. come. here >> it's not? no no. come. here >> i mean , yeah, he actually did >> i mean, yeah, he actually did say that out of all the interviews that he's done , we interviews that he's done, we remembered for that bird , which remembered for that bird, which is a bit unfair. we'll be having a look at some of his other, more proper journalistic stuff a little on. but i mean, little bit later on. but i mean, gosh, mean, that just gosh, i mean, that is just showing what you could get away

with. say at the bbc with. it doesn't say at the bbc in 70s. joining me now in the 70s. but joining me now is journalist sue cook. is bbc journalist sue cook. thank very much. to thank you very, very much. to great on the show. look great have you on the show. look it's a day, but it is also it's a sad day, but it is also a day for remembering and paying tribute to and celebrating the life of sir michael parkinson . life of sir michael parkinson. what are some of your memories ? what are some of your memories? >> absolutely. what are some of your memories? >> absforgotten how violent >> i'd forgotten how violent that interview was. >> hilarious, it ? >> it's hilarious, isn't it? >> it's hilarious, isn't it? >> aggressive than i >> it's more aggressive than i thought >> it's more aggressive than i tho ight >> it's more aggressive than i thoi met him in the mid 70 s >> i met him in the mid 70 s early to mid 70s on bbc radio four. >> i was a little newcomer and michael parkinson was then presenting a programme called start the week and i was the whole of the bbc on that particular corridor was very much full of respect for michael parkinson . parkinson. >> even then he had great weight . he added great weight to that , that weekly programme and we shared a birth date. >> you know, his birthday was two days before mine, i think so we often sort of wished each other happy birthday and i often was involved on the same show as him. >> but obviously i was i was as

a young rookie interviewer myself , i was a young rookie interviewer myself, i was very impressed really by parkinson. >> you nique style. i don't think any other interviewer has ever been quite the same and had the same style as parky has. parky would do all his homework and he'd know his stuff, but his belief was very much that the interviewee should be centre stage and he was just a conduit. he was just somebody who nudged in the right direction. but the centre stage had to go to the celebrity he was interviewing , celebrity he was interviewing, and so often you'd think, well, he hasn't asked a question for 3 or 4 minutes. he's just sitting there looking wise and use the press fingers together and but he knew what was coming and he knew when to nudge and when not to nudge. and i think that was a unique skill that you just don't see these days. he was very special and of course, interviewed every body. absolutely everybody who was somebody in the whole world, hollywood, pop, the pop world, actors , comedians. if they were

actors, comedians. if they were somebody he interviewed them. i think he said there was something like more than 2000 interviews he'd done in his career a compared with career. i think a compared with anybody else apart from david attenborough. i don't think his his career can be as stellar as anybody else's . perhaps they've anybody else's. perhaps they've done brazil. he rival him. >> i think it's the fact that he was so well respected by all of these people as well. i mean, these people as well. i mean, the muhammad ali in views. the muhammad ali in two views. you he's this guy who you know, he's got this guy who heavyweight the heavyweight champion of the world, doesn't take any messing from , has seen everyone from anybody, has seen everyone come go raised in the come and go raised in the american chat show culture. and you can just see him that kind of giant of a man sitting there next michael parkinson and next to michael parkinson and just thoroughly respecting him, playing with toying with playing with him, toying with him little bit. and it was him a little bit. and it was that fondness twinkle in that fondness and the twinkle in the i think. but what the eye, i think. but what was he behind scenes? was he like behind the scenes? was he like behind the scenes? was he calm? was he relaxed? was he calm? was he unflappable ? unflappable? >> he he pretty much was, actually. was . he was actually. yes, he was. he was always very kind of always very, very kind of levelheaded, very sensible . he

levelheaded, very sensible. he didn't crack a lot of jokes , i didn't crack a lot of jokes, i suppose, but he was he was always somebody he was nice to be around. and you felt you felt comfortable with you know, comfortable with him, you know, a it was a very comfortable person to with. person to be with. >> calming. >> and calming. >> and calming. >> and calming. >> and he was never fazed by anything. i've never seen him fazed. but possibly with the exception of emu there and even then he did quite well, didn't he, considering i don't know how anybody else would have coped with but he was with that situation. but he was always very calm and very much put himself second, always to the situation , apparently, the situation, apparently, although, you know , as i say, he although, you know, as i say, he knew his homework and he knew what he was doing. absolutely no , absolutely. >> he did indeed. did he? have you got a favourite moment? it's hard. you've around hard. you've said around 2000 interviews. the greatest interviews. some of the greatest names ever. and an emu as well. for what it's worth . but have for what it's worth. but have you got a standout moment for you? do you think ? you? do you think? >> um, i don't know. well, i think for everybody it has to be emu, doesn't it? but i loved seeing him interview michael. michael george. michael. rather

he was. and lauren bacall, who ? he was. and lauren bacall, who? and he always wanted to make the person shine, you know, he always wanted them to stand out and look and be perfect. so some people might have said he was a bit sycophantic in his interviews, but he wasn't at all i don't think what he wanted was to bring the best in to bring out the best in everybody. so they were all good, really. >> what was he like in his kind of personal life in a sense? >> because i would imagine if you're there interviewing i mean, must have known he was mean, he must have known he was great. knew was great. obviously knew he was great. obviously knew he was great. i mean, he couldn't have escaped must have escaped that. he must have known he an international he was an international legend. and, had this and, you know, he had this wonderful life. i mean, george and, you know, he had this woncgood life. i mean, george and, you know, he had this woncgood grief. mean, george and, you know, he had this woncgood grief. inean, george and, you know, he had this woncgood grief. inearyou orge best good grief. i tell you what, that was interview, what, that was an interview, wasn't yeah, wasn't it? flipping out. yeah, but , you know, and it must but yeah, you know, and it must be quite difficult thing to be quite a difficult thing to just to normal in just go back to normal life in a quiet life . i know he loved his quiet life. i know he loved his cricket. we can see him with dicky there, but was dicky bird there, but was he able to just completely disassociate the fact that he's just got off stage talking to muhammad ali with going back .

home >> you're pretty uniquely. i think he was. he was a very grounded person. and he was always aware that what he was doing could end tomorrow and what he was doing was just bringing other people to the fore, as i say. and i think he always retained a sense of groundedness as far as i could see. anyway, i never saw him being over grand or or egotistical. he often had in the early days when i was working in the corridors of radio four with him, mary parkinson, his wife, was often was a broadcaster too, and she was often working there. she probably kept him, kept him level headed a bit too. >> absolutely. look, sue, thank you much. absolute you very much. an absolute pleasure talk to you and to pleasure to talk to you and to feel like i can get to know sir mike a little bit better as well as a result. that's sue cook, the former bbc journalist. right. okay. so i'm just going to get a little bit more on a story that i mentioned to you a few some few moments ago. some universities offered almost universities have offered almost double the number of clearing places students places to foreign students than applicants this country.

applicants from this country. and of course, open and they also, of course, open them. earlier. i am now joined by the director of higher education policy institute. it's nick nick thank you nick hillman. nick thank you very, it just seems a very, very much. it just seems a bit unfair this that british students been , on the face students have been, on the face of it, disadvantage not just by this, but after years of being disadvantaged the disadvantaged with the coronavirus potentially with disadvantaged with the corona in us potentially with disadvantaged with the corona in schools, ntially with disadvantaged with the corona in schools, with y with disadvantaged with the corona in schools, with teachers issues in schools, with teachers strikes etcetera. is strikes, etcetera. and this is now cherry on top of now just the cherry on top of that terribly flavoured cake . that terribly flavoured cake. >> good afternoon . >> good afternoon. >> good afternoon. >> well, i think you're right. >> well, i think you're right. >> this is not as happy a results day as many results days in the past. >> you know, this cohort of school leavers getting their a—level results and other results today they got the best gcse results there have ever been. two years ago, in the middle of covid. now they're being punished in a way by being given a worst a—level results for four years and that is challenging and it makes the life for universities very hard as well to know whom to admit, especially as and this is the crucial point they now lose

money teaching home students where they make a lot of money by educating international students. >> so the inset lives on. universities are a little bit warped. i just don't see how that can be. >> just i'm sorry, but i just don't see how that can be when you've got some universities. the university of leeds offering 13 courses available for british students , 181 for international students, 181 for international students, 181 for international students themselves with a lifetime of debt , very often to lifetime of debt, very often to go to university. and i'm sorry , but i don't think the standard of teaching is always particularly that great. i don't think it's value for money. so how the universities can't how come the universities can't find way of making out find a way of making money out of i spend my life on the >> well, i spend my life on the road visiting universities , and road visiting universities, and i would say every university has lots of brilliant courses and pretty much every university has some courses that perhaps aren't good enough yet. >> so i'm not saying the university system is perfect, but when £9,000 tuition fees came in, ten years ago, £9,000 back in 2012 was worth a very

different sum of money to £9,000, 250 in in 2023, because of high inflation. so universities are genuinely having to get by on a whole lot less money than in the past. >> would you suggest honestly that we should hike university fees again in order to make sure that students get value for money in the round ? money in the round? >> well, i do think university fees should track inflation because the costs of running a university are going up. yes, but remember, you get a subsidised loan to pay that. but i'm also very much in favour of some of the messages coming out of the government about making sure that the courses our universities are high quality. it's absolutely right that the young people are not being encouraged to go to courses that might have really low output . might have really low output. >> okay. next. all right. thank you very much, nick hillman there, who is the director of there, who is the director of the higher policy the higher education policy institute. thought institute. and yes, i thought what gillian keegan, our

education was education secretary, said was interesting, little interesting, possibly a little bit interesting bit tone deaf, but interesting that shouldn't really care bit tone deaf, but interesting thatmuch;houldn't really care bit tone deaf, but interesting thatmuch about1't really care bit tone deaf, but interesting thatmuch about yourally care bit tone deaf, but interesting thatmuch about your a—levels , too much about your a—levels, mainly no going to mainly because no one's going to ask them in the future. it ask for them in the future. it will not like that though, will not feel like that though, for who didn't that for people who didn't do that well 400,000 well today. although 400,000 a—level did a—level students did get accepted their choice accepted to their first choice university, so for them. university, so good for them. now government wants 1700 now the government wants 1700 migrants to housed at an migrants to be housed at an raf base by autumn. but gb base in essex by autumn. but gb news can reveal that just 80 people are actually staying there at the moment and do you think it's a good thing that many of them are being sent to live with relatives? patrick christys gb news britain's news a with boxt a brighter outlook with boxt solar proud sponsors of weather on . gb news. on. gb news. >> hi there . it's aidan mcgivern >> hi there. it's aidan mcgivern here from the met office with the gb news forecast . the gb news forecast. >> cold shower for some of us this afternoon, but for most it's fine. some warm, bright spells as well before some wet weather later tomorrow. >> we've got high pressure to the east. >> that's keeping things settled for the time being . low

for the time being. low pressure, though, out to the west . that's going to bring some west. that's going to bring some interesting weather during friday and the weekend for the time being. >> however, most it's a fine >> however, for most it's a fine nights. >> there will be low cloud >> there will be some low cloud creeping into eastern parts. >> a few drizzly showers and some showers, perhaps some some other showers, perhaps some heavy into northern heavy downpours into northern ireland, and ireland, wales, southern and central england . central parts of england. >> of the night, the >> by the end of the night, the cloud picks up, the wind picks up. it's a humid night with some uncomfortable conditions for sleeping . some places sleeping. some places temperatures staying at 18 celsius. and with that humidity and low pressure edging ever closer , we've got the risk of closer, we've got the risk of some thunderstorms across northern into central northern ireland into central and southern england during friday morning, and southern england during friday morning , especially for friday morning, especially for central england . central and southern england. could tricky conditions could be some tricky conditions for example, roads as for example, on the roads as those storms move through. frequent lightning possibility those storms move through. frewell. lightning possibility those storms move through. frewell. but1tning possibility those storms move through. frewell. but they] possibility those storms move through. frewell. but they easesibility those storms move through. frewell. but they easesib the as well. but they ease in the afternoon. many places turn dneh afternoon. many places turn drier, lot of cloud still drier, a lot of cloud still windy, especially for parts of west wales, gusts of 50 miles an hour here. >> there on into friday night and saturday. >> we've got heavy rain sweeping through risk of thunderstorms,

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gb news. >> it's 4 pm. is patrick christys is gb news, and it is indeed a gb news exclusive at the start of this hour, we are, of course, going to be talking about what's been going on at raf wethersfield impact raf wethersfield lows to impact there do you think it's there as well. do you think it's actually controversial actually better controversial view this better to house channel migrants with relatives in communities than to keep paying in communities than to keep paying for their hotel bills ? paying for their hotel bills? another gb news exclusive that's right. the don't kill cash campaign is an idiot there. i wonder. anyway, we were at downing street today. me and a few other of the gb news team to hand—deliver through jeremy hunfs hand—deliver through jeremy hunt's front door. they don't kill cash campaign that just under 300,000 of you have signed . so thank you very much everybody . we know that we want everybody. we know that we want to make your voices heard. we'll also be talking about this, of course, well. two veterans course, as well. two veterans actually still rate harry. this was one of the only communities i think that he really still had left two tours of afghanis. military veteran that is certainly not to be sniffed out. but in the light of his book

spare since , spare and his actions since, have the veterans faith in have the veterans lost faith in him? we look at that in the run up to the invictus games. and finally, of course, tributes paid an absolute legend. paid to an absolute legend. the best really, michael best really, sir michael parkinson the age parkinson passed away at the age of 88. we will be having an interview with geoffrey boycott , the one and only geoffrey. boycott very, very shortly. patrick christys . gb news get patrick christys. gb news get those comments coming in. gb views on gb news.com. i want to hear from you. i think that top one really is probably the most evocative , isn't it? which is, evocative, isn't it? which is, do you think that it is a good thing for channel migrants to be told they can go and live told that they can go and live with relatives? would that save us yes. let us a bit of money? yes. no. let me gb views gb news.com. me know. gb views gb news.com. but is your headlines but right now is your headlines with . patten with polly. patten >> patrick thank you and good afternoon . the top story this afternoon. the top story this hour gb news has delivered the

don't kill cash petition to downing street . the chancellor, downing street. the chancellor, jeremy hunt, took delivery of almost 300,000 signatures from our presenters on behalf of viewers and listeners who've joined the campaign. the letter calls on the government to protect the status of cash as legal tender and a widely accepted form of payment until at least 2050. and tributes are being paid to the legendary broadcaster sir michael parkinson, who's died at the age of 88. sir michael became one of the country's most famous faces through his long running tv talk show , where he interviewed some show, where he interviewed some of the world's biggest stars, including muhammad ali and billy connolly. his friend and former cricket umpire dickie bird said there will never be a chat show host like him again. comedian stephen fry described him as an authentic genius and that it had been impossible , thrilling to be been impossible, thrilling to be a guest on the parkinson show. sir david attenborough said sir michael went beyond region or class. he was just himself. sir michael parkinson died at home,

surrounded by his family after a short illness . now the education short illness. now the education secretary says students shouldn't worry about lower a—level grades this year because employers won't be asking about their results in a decades time . around 73,000 fewer a's or a stars have been awarded compared to last year as part of a plan to last year as part of a plan to return grades to pre—pandemic levels results in 2020 and 2021 were based on teacher assessments and the number of students accepted for a place at university is down 2.6% from last year. well, gillian keegan is standing by her comments that exam grades aren't critical in the long term . the long term. >> a—levels are a really important part of the journey that they're on and the destination that they're going to get to now. so the really important thing for them is getting to their next destination, whether that's going on to do an apprenticeship, going on to do an appre|of:eship, going on to do an appre|of work», going on to do an appre|of work or going into world of work or going into university, saying and university, what i'm saying and it is just real and it is true, it is just real and it is true, it is just real and it was actually in relation to

it is true, it is just real and it \employerly in relation to it is true, it is just real and it \employer that relation to it is true, it is just real and it \employer that hadtion to it is true, it is just real and it \employer that had been) it is true, it is just real and it \employer that had been on and an employer that had been on and he was saying it before me. he said, you know, that's said, look, you know, that's not what later on. so what we look at later on. so it's an important to to it's an important step to get to your destination. when your next destination. but when you're destinations you're a couple of destinations further there'll be other further on, there'll be other things that they look at. >> , shadow education >> however, shadow education secretary bridget phillipson says the government has failed students and gillian keegan's comments are not helpful . comments are not helpful. >> i think the comments from the secretary of state are incredibly rude and dismissive. this is a nerve wracking day for young people who've worked incredibly hard the last thing that they need is a secretary of state offering comments like that. really does add that. and it really does add insuh that. and it really does add insult coming from a insult to injury coming from a government that completely failed in the kind failed to put in place the kind of that our young people of support that our young people needed coming out of the pandemic the pandemic after all of the disruption they experienced . disruption they experienced. >> gb news can exclusively reveal 80 migrants are currently being housed at a former raf base in essex. it's more than a month after the first group of migrants arrived there. the wethersfield, based near

braintree in essex, is eventually meant to house up to 1700 people. the home office said there'll be a gradual increase in numbers, but sources close to the plans suggest the pace will be significantly slower than first envisioned. the site has had reports of disease among the first group of arrivals and problems with utilities and gb news can reveal 550 people across the english channelin 550 people across the english channel in ten small boats over the last 24 hours. that brings the last 24 hours. that brings the total number of migrants who've made the journey this year to 17,500 uk border force say they're on red alert during an extremely busy time for migrants. a significant surge in crossings is expected this weekend as weather conditions improve . the unite union has improve. the unite union has confirmed that around 200 members are striking over health and safety concerns at a petrochemical plant in scotland . the union says workers down tools on tuesday over procedures

not being in full working order at the exxonmobil plant in moss . moran now in the united states, a woman from texas has been charged with threatening the life of a federal judge in one of the cases against the former president donald trump district judge tanya churkin was the alleged victim of the threat and a racist comment, according to court papers . the woman is to court papers. the woman is said to have contacted the federal courthouse in washington , dc by telephone . judge chuck , dc by telephone. judge chuck khanis , dc by telephone. judge chuck khan is overseeing one of the court cases involving trump's alleged attempt to overturn the 2020 us election . thousands of 2020 us election. thousands of people have had to be evacuated from their homes on the spanish island of tenerife . as wildfires island of tenerife. as wildfires continue to spread. the fire is now 19 miles wide, destroying dry woodland in a mountainous national park and on a volcano in spain's near spain's highest peak , which is hampering access peak, which is hampering access to the area . some 250 to the area. some 250 firefighters have been deployed

backed up by fire fighting planes and helicopters and thousands of canadians to have had to be evacuated from parts of the northwest territories include the provincial capital, yellowknife , because of yellowknife, because of wildfires there, too . canada is wildfires there, too. canada is endunng wildfires there, too. canada is enduring its worst wildfire season with more than 1000 active fires burning across the country. 230 of those in the remote northwest territories with gb news across the uk. on your tv in your car, on your digital radio and on your smart speaker by saying play gb news. this is britain's news. channel >> well, we start with the news that gb news can exclusively reveal that just 80 migrants are currently being housed at a former raf base in essex, more than a month after the first asylum seekers arrived there . asylum seekers arrived there. the government wants 1700 migrants to be living at wethersfield by autumn, but the

site has a number of issues. site has had a number of issues. reports of disease amongst some of arrivals. problems of the first arrivals. problems with utilities and as it turns out as well, issues, housing, anybody there who claims to be the of human trafficking anybody there who claims to be th

the wethersfield plans, the scampton plans and even the bp stockholm plants of all run into trouble of one sort or another. up trouble of one sort or another. up in scampton. trouble of one sort or another. up in scampton . that is being up in scampton. that is being delayed by the fact that they couldn't get some of the contracts involved. there's of course , a judicial review that's course, a judicial review that's taking place. so rather than the first asylum seekers going in there as they were supposed to by now, that is being delayed until october. whether it's field we were expecting 1700, of course , in the coming months to course, in the coming months to go in there. but it seems that that timescale has slowed a bit from what was originally planned. and then the bibby stockholm well that's been so well rehearsed, hasn't it? they were planning over the coming weeks to get up to 500. they are taken off now. i've been told that it's going to be probably a few weeks before they are likely to be back on that barge once this lead ginella bacteria in

the system , there has been the system, there has been properly dealt with . properly dealt with. >> yeah. now look, shortly actually i'm going to be talking to somebody who was threatened with a gun by a human traffickers. there are turf wars going on right raging on the other side of the channel. they have escalated to the point where weapons are now apparently regularly brandished and used. but before i go to that, you mentioned there about planning and preparation. we are quite likely to see more swathes of people coming across a very busy penod people coming across a very busy period coming in the next few weeks, a couple of months across the channel. what is going to happen there where are we going to put these people? >> well, yes, you're right. >> well, yes, you're right. >> a number of red d's planned red alerts effectively. that's the internal sort of processing planning that the border force does for yesterday . we only say does for yesterday. we only say only in the last 24 hours have had 550 potentially. there was

going to be more than that . they going to be more than that. they will be processed initially. of course, dover , then to manston course, dover, then to manston and kent . they're only supposed and kent. they're only supposed to be there 48 hours before they then moved on to other accommodation . that could be accommodation. that could be hotels or it could be wethersfield or places like that . but we saw last august because there was such a surge in people coming across that actually thousands were at manston for a penod thousands were at manston for a period of time, weeks that may be replicated again in the coming days or weeks when the weather comes down. so what the government is planning to do is to utilise these marquee keys that they've got that will be an interim measure for 2000 people, caused a lot of uproar from human rights groups , charities human rights groups, charities and others who say it's inhumane. it's only ever meant as a process to ensure that it's not inhumane and it was inhumane last august when they were

sleeping on the floor of the processing centre in manston. this is designed to give them at least some level of comfort if they are there for 2 or 3 weeks, because of a bottleneck. >> okay, look, mark, thank you very, very much. and we'll be unpacking a few of the other bits and bobs that you've mentioned there over the course of the but i am joined now of the show. but i am joined now by annabelle sanderson, who was once threatened with a gun by people smugglers in france . and people smugglers in france. and it has come as news of outbreaks of violence between afghani, kurdish and as we understand it as well, quite possibly turkish human trafficking gangs just on the other side of the channel there it is kicking off. anabel, thank you very much. great to see you. great to have you on the show. i hope you're keeping well. what happened you. well. and what happened to you. >> i was part of a group of >> so i was part of a group of people from the european parliament. >> we were making a documentary. this was pretty gb news and no one was really talking about it one was really talking about it on what was really going on over

in northern france . we went to in northern france. we went to the big camps in grand sense. we then moved to a place called tessa jowell and i approached a young man and i'd started talking to him. he was actually an iraqi. he'd been an interpreter with uk forces. so sadly he had every single right to actually come to the uk because, you know, he'd been because, you know, he'd been because of the deals that were struck and he then said, you know, i'm in this exclusive camp. i've paid £11,000 to be brought to the uk. >> but he said , be careful, >> but he said, be careful, there are bad men in there with big knives and, you know, you know what people can be like in there together. >> i thought, well, you know, i can probably dodge out the way of a knife if that happens. so we moved over to try and see what going on in this what was going on in this in this camp. sort of like this camp. it was sort of like the containers you get on the back of lorries. that was the luxury accommodation . and as we luxury accommodation. and as we walked up there and we had like a member of the european

parliament and we had a film crew, one of my colleagues just went run , he's got a gun. went run, he's got a gun. >> and i turned around and i saw this . this. >> obviously trafficker , >> obviously a trafficker, unashamedly, just pointing a gun at us, waving and telling us to run. and whilst i might be able to dodge a knife, i was less confident that i could outrun a bullet. and so i ran and we all ran and we know that since that happened to you , the situation happened to you, the situation has got worse . has got worse. >> the situation has got much worse at the margins. when it comes to the amounts of money that these people are going to be making. the human traffickers, that is. and how much pressure there is going to be on them to undercut other rival groups with this ongoing demand a busy season coming demand and a busy season coming up in the channel as far as you're aware, these people do not care about brandishing guns even when there's a film crew, even when there's a film crew, even when there's politicians there . there. >> these people are nasty , >> these people are nasty, ruthless criminals. and if i can

explain why they might have pointed the gun at me , the guy i pointed the gun at me, the guy i spoke to was kneecapped . and spoke to was kneecapped. and that lives with me every day because he was kneecapped for speaking to me and my colleagues . and bravely, he actually we went and were interviewed by french police, which was an experience . and he actually experience. and he actually spoke to police as well. and went through the court process. and i believe was given asylum by the french authorities . but by the french authorities. but that guy, they would have had no, i mean, that's sectarian violence. this is the kind of level of people we're dealing with. and, you know, we saw earlier , earlier on one of the earlier, earlier on one of the other shows, you know, a lady was saying that it was only 90 minute checks for people landing on the beach at dungeness before they coaches. no one they were put on coaches. no one patting down. it's really patting them down. it's really not that difficult conceal not that difficult to conceal a dangerous weapon. so you would have concerns based on what you've seen and you've experienced that people could very easily be coming across the

channel with weapons or the other side of this as well is if these are people coming across these are people coming across the channel who could very easily for be it to bring weapons in as well . weapons in as well. >> it's not just the individuals themselves. i mean, given what you've just said there, where a gentleman was kneecapped for being seen talking with you, i mean, it's not beyond the realms of possibility that some people as well could be told you you have to take this whatever it is, across the channel with you so you could get people who actually mean it or actually really mean it or people being used as people who are being used as kind of weapons, mules. >> mean , don't >> absolutely. i mean, don't underestimate people and underestimate these people and these traffickers what they these traffickers and what they will . you know, it's the will do. you know, it's the reason them moved reason that many of them moved to people is because to trafficking people is because it's more profitable than drugs. human lives just them more human lives just make them more money. you know, you have very vulnerable people over there. you never, ever saw that many women. i will say it was predominantly young men who said they didn't want to take part in national you know, they national service. you know, they wanted their

wanted a job. but their passports have been taken off them. traffickers knew them. and the traffickers knew where and them. and the traffickers knew wisome and them. and the traffickers knew wisome cases, and them. and the traffickers knew wisome cases, they and them. and the traffickers knew wisome cases, they had and them. and the traffickers knew wisome cases, they had theiri in some cases, they had their families this families there. you know, this is a vile trade in human lives, and they don't care about the people that they and people that they traffic and they care about the people they don't care about the people over this country . we over here in this country. we are collateral in their bid are just collateral in their bid to money. to make money. >> so when people do say things like, am the victim of modern like, i am the victim of modern slavery or i am the victim of human trafficking , there are human trafficking, there are obviously plenty of cases. i mean, it's one of the main reasons why the government was looking bring illegal looking to bring in the illegal migration bill, because clearly there of people there are quite a lot of people who that as an excuse who will use that as an excuse to try to stay in britain. that's undeniable. but there are, in your view as well, what quite a significant number of people who genuinely the people who who are genuinely the victims human trafficking and victims of human trafficking and smuggling and modern slavery, etcetera, not because my argument sometimes is, well, they've paid for it. they knew what they were doing. but then i suppose if they've got their families hostage back home, how does families hostage back home, how doei mean, it's tricky one. >> i mean, it's a tricky one. >> everyone i ever spoke to in calais or in dunkirk was

voluntarily there. >> and they you know, i spoke to someone who said, i will die if i don't get you know, i will keep trying until i die. and for me, not that's not human trafficking human trafficking me, not that's not human triotherng human trafficking me, not that's not human triother people nan trafficking me, not that's not human triother people thattrafficking me, not that's not human triother people that i'veicking me, not that's not human triother people that i've spoken is other people that i've spoken to, you know, young girls from eastern who've had their eastern europe who've had their passports off them are passports taken off them and are forced into the flesh trade. that to me is modern slavery and human trafficking . this whilst human trafficking. this whilst it's human trafficking , these it's human trafficking, these people pay to do it. they pay a huge money to do it, huge amount of money to do it, or they pay a deposit. and then in country they will work in this country they will work in this country they will work in in illegal industries. now i've never gone over that and not felt in some way sorry for people because the camps over there are vile . and these people there are vile. and these people are fleeing. but the point is that they can't go back. but for me, they made a choice . i think me, they made a choice. i think the government has a bigger role to play in trying to explain pain to people in those countries . the reality of the countries. the reality of the situation, because again, i've spoken to people who had no idea

that part of getting to the uk meant going in the back of a lorry or on a boat. they thought they would break through. so, you as to most things, it you know, as to most things, it comes down to education and communication. yeah it's one area where i think we should be doing a bit more anti—british. >> pr actually to be telling people that it isn't, know people that it isn't, you know what? beautiful, rosy situation that in mind. that you might have in mind. it's reality it's not necessarily the reality of it . and look, as we of it. and look, just as we approach what is going to be a busy window in the channel and with a variety of different gangs operating there from a variety of different nations with own internal dramas with their own internal dramas as well as as the business as well as well as the business drama is going to unfold drama that is going to unfold over there . would expect over there. would you expect that probably going to be that we are probably going to be reporting the reporting quite a bit in the coming weeks and months of serious violence in calais ? serious violence in calais? >> is it is a violent place. it's a desperate place. these people have the choice of what they can't go home because they've been told to throw their documents away as soon as they stray from the path that the traffickers have told them to

deal with, the traffickers say no. right, you're off our hands. do yourself. and they're do it yourself. and they're absolutely desperate to get over here and fights break out. i've absolutely desperate to get over here fightsjhts break out. i've absolutely desperate to get over here fights breaking( out. i've absolutely desperate to get over here fights breaking outt. i've absolutely desperate to get over here fights breaking out allve seen fights breaking out all the time. that was you know, time. and that was you know, i've seen being sprayed by i've seen gas being sprayed by the police. i've i've had friends of mine who drive lorries been threatened , lorries have been threatened, you know, with with crowbars . you know, with with crowbars. this is a dangerous, violent place. and, you know , i don't place. and, you know, i don't know how stop the boats is going to be happening, obviously. >> just just quickly on that on that whilst i've got you got a bit of time but some bit pressed of time but some people and watching people listening and watching this say, well , if you this now might say, well, if you can there see people can go over there and see people walking around guns and see walking around with guns and see the violence and see all of that , can't police stop those , why can't police stop those people? why can't they arrest them? is it just there's too many of them or what is it? yeah there's too many of them. >> i mean, they surround you. it is it's terrifying situation. i once got caught in my little car in the lorry lane , and my car in the lorry lane, and my car was absolutely surrounded by my people. and it was, you know, a

case of just flooring it to get out of there and fear of my life, to be perfectly frank. yet police try to. but you know, they arrest them. they do things police try to. but you know, theytheyst them. they do things police try to. but you know, theythey takeem. they do things police try to. but you know, theythey take onethey do things police try to. but you know, theythey take one shoe to things police try to. but you know, theythey take one shoe off hings police try to. but you know, theythey take one shoe off them like they take one shoe off them so know, they so that they, you know, they have hobble around and they so that they, you know, they havesay hobble around and they so that they, you know, they havesay itybble around and they so that they, you know, they havesay it doesn't)und and they so that they, you know, they havesay it doesn't matter d they so that they, you know, they havesay it doesn't matter . they so that they, you know, they havesay it doesn't matter . asey just say it doesn't matter. as soon we put them back on on soon as we put them back on on the streets, this is what the on the streets, this is what someone at the a guide at the port of calais told me as soon as on the streets, as they're back on the streets, they will try again. >> anabel, look , thank you >> yeah. anabel, look, thank you very, to great have very, very much. to great have you on the show. and thank you for and explaining for coming out and explaining your you're your story. i'm glad you're okay. sanderson that who okay. noel sanderson that who was threatened was suddenly once threatened with gun by people smugglers with a gun by people smugglers in france . right. okay. well gb in france. right. okay. well gb news is going from strength to strength. thanks to you, our loyal viewers and our listeners . it's not just on tv and radio where we're popular as well. our youtube now has more where we're popular as well. our yout|1)e now has more where we're popular as well. our yout|1 million now has more where we're popular as well. our yout|1 million subscribers.more than 1 million subscribers. great stuff. if you're already following us on youtube, thank you being a part of the gb you for being a part of the gb news if you're not, news family. but if you're not, then get involved? then why not get involved? simply to youtube.com forward simply go to youtube.com forward slash at online. you slash at gb news online. you will find all your favourite gb

news content and you can even watch us live when you're out and about as well. but but just two hours ago i was at downing street. yes. handing a petition signed by almost 300,000 of you backing our don't kill cash campaign. and we'll be talking a bit more about that. there we are there on on downing street, delivering it to jeremy hunt's front door. you can see the little qr code on your screen there. go on, sign i think there. go on, sign up. i think we must surely have the we now must surely have the 300,000 mile we were just under before. in other news, before. but in other news, tributes been to the tributes have been paid to the greatest interviewer greatest chat show. interviewer of all, sir michael of them all, sir michael parkinson , who has sadly passed parkinson, who has sadly passed away age of 88. we'll be away at the age of 88. we'll be having a look at some of the tributes paid to including tributes paid to him, including one geoffrey boycott one from sir geoffrey boycott patrick christys gb news. britain's

radio and online gb news. britain's news . radio and online gb news. britain's news. channel in just a few minutes as netflix gets ready to release a documentary on prince harry and the invictus games, i will ask whether his popularity with veterans has dropped after all these controversies. >> and of course, those claims in his book about killing 25 taliban fighters in afghanistan , one that went down quite badly, actually with a lot of veterans. but then he does a huge amount great work, huge amount of great work, doesn't so we'll have that doesn't he? so we'll have that chat. but gb news handed its chat. but gb news has handed its hugely petition at hugely successful petition at downing urging downing street. there's urging the don't cash. the government don't kill cash. so almost 300,000 people have signed the petition since it was launched last month. must launched last month. we must only hundred people off only be a few hundred people off this because when

this by now because we were when i air. but we're calling i came on air. but we're calling on the government introduce on the government to introduce legislation that will protect the status cash until at the status of cash until at least 2050. the eventful day started with a giant inflatable pig- started with a giant inflatable pig. the jokes write themselves just across the thames from the houses of parliament, where, of course, we are hoping our campaign will result in legislative changes and hopefully with support from all sides of the political divide, then later, here we go. look at this motley crew. we in this motley crew. we arrived in downing street. the fantastic gb news presenters . we've got bev news presenters. we've got bev turner halligan , michelle turner liam halligan, michelle dewberry a man a few dewberry and a man that a few people recognise there, people may recognise there, nigel farage, holding the petition towards number petition leading towards number 11. the petition, which is so close about 300,000 more, by close to about 300,000 more, by the way . interesting when you're the way. interesting when you're walking up there and you see all the you never quite the cameras, you never quite know face pull. it's know what face to pull. it's always a bit long. should always a bit long. what should i do? happy? i not do? shall we happy? should i not be and we are be anyway? and we are approaching at the moment approaching now at the moment where door where the number 11 door is knocked don't kill cash knocked on and i don't kill cash a campaign petition handed a campaign petition was handed in important moment. actually in an important moment. actually it's quick reminder for it's just a quick reminder for everybody about how important

this 5 million adults still this is 5 million adults still rely on cash in the uk. it is used in 6 billion transactions every single year. you can be bank looking at him. he knows a thing or two about that. deep banks. if people don't like your political views, about the political views, what about the elderly? around elderly? they're going around messing with downloading messing around with downloading apps phone all of apps on their phone and all of that when actually that that stuff. when actually that could quite dangerous . it is could be quite dangerous. it is vital we don't kill cash vital that we don't kill cash and of course, the and of course, since the presenters were there, they couldn't resist little opportunity to pose outside number most famous door number ten, the most famous door on street, possibly the on that street, possibly in the country, in world, as country, maybe in the world, as the petition hopefully will eventually reach that 300,000 mark. did ask nigel whether or mark. i did ask nigel whether or not he thought that would be his home. day and he said maybe home. one day and he said maybe , but will pretty something , but i will be pretty something old by the time that happens. but there we go. and of course, michelle dewberry wasn't there. no because she was basking in the glory of this campaign , the glory of this campaign, doing a handover to gb news live . i think we've got a clip. >> you what it feels like. >> tell you what it feels like. i like i'm here. we're here

i feel like i'm here. we're here collectively as gb news. we are representing all of those viewers, 300,000 of them. and still coming in thick and fast . still coming in thick and fast. and all of those people, perhaps, that are watching thinking, oh, no, i wish i'd got my signature we representing my signature in. we representing each and every one of them. they go to work , they get their go to work, they get their money, they graft hard, and they want ability to be able to want the ability to be able to spend wherever and spend their money wherever and however they choose . some however they choose. some people, for whatever reason . people, for whatever reason. martin and pip, they're not on board with all of these electronics. and you know what? i don't blame them. they just want to deal with the want to be able to deal with the legal tender country. we legal tender in this country. we feel it's very important, and we're going to keep fighting for those . those people. >> hey. hey. yes. well, i'm joined now by of the joined now by the ceo of the party man group, james sinclair. fabulous name for a group, by the way . it used to be my fabulous name for a group, by the way. it used to be my name. and then, you know, the fun start. but james, do you think it's vitally important that we don't kill cash? and what i can gather you are actually quite pro stuff. are you? no

ho. [10. >> no. >> from a point of view, we take cash at some of our businesses, but some of them we've gone cashless at. so we've got a chain of ice cream shops. one of them's the rossi ice cream parlour. 100 old ice parlour. it's100 year old ice cream shop . we still cash cream shop. we still take cash there, our visitor there, but our visitor attractions, we've gone cashless because it's just become so expensive and difficult to deal in cash as a business. >> so you want to try and put your takings in the bank. you've got to go and find a bank that's open and they're reducing their opening all open and they're reducing their ope time all open and they're reducing their opetime . all the time. >> you want all the change to put your business. you have put into your business. you have to that ten days to order that ten days in advance. you've got to pay advance. then you've got to pay you cash in there's a lag you cash in and there's a lag between you paying your cash in and now hitting your bank account the same day account used to get the same day cash your take up cash into your bank can take up to three that to come cash into your bank can take up to �*now that to come cash into your bank can take up to �*now now, that to come cash into your bank can take up to �*now now, if that to come cash into your bank can take up to �*now now, if you're:o come cash into your bank can take up to �*now now, if you're a come cash into your bank can take up to �*now now, if you're a small in. now now, if you're a small business, to wait for business, you've got to wait for that lag and you've got a cash flow that and that can be flow that lag and that can be really smes. really difficult for smes. >> then top of that, it >> and then on top of that, it costs so much money to pay costs you so much money to pay cash bank cash into a business bank account. it's free to put it into a personal bank account.

account. it's free to put it into aspersonal bank account. account. it's free to put it into as soon nal bank account. account. it's free to put it into as soon as bank account. account. it's free to put it into as soon as you're account. account. it's free to put it into as soon as you're a:ount. account. it's free to put it into as soon as you're a business but as soon as you're a business bank paying bank account, you'll be paying around £7.50. for every £1,000 you so for us, it's you pay in. so for us, it's cheaper to take cod payments, but we're possible . but we're possible. >> we still do take cash, but it takes a long time to manage it. >> you're ensure is way more expensive now . our ice cream expensive now. our ice cream parlour that i spoke about earlier has been earlier that takes cash has been broken into three times in the last 12 months because i believe it's targeted as that it's targeted as a place that takes cash . takes cash. >> there a few of the >> there are a few of the reasons i've fluttered reasons that i've just fluttered through reasons that i've just fluttered thr(n01 reasons that i've just fluttered thr(no , absolutely. and we >> no, absolutely. and we haven't too much time, but haven't got too much time, but i think you've identified several key why it almost the key reasons why it almost the cynic in me would say is cash is almost being phased out. it's becoming it's becoming harder to manage deliberately so. right. for people to actually deal in cash.i for people to actually deal in cash. i just think that's a bit of a shame. >> yeah. >> yeah. >> i mean, it's becoming difficult to manage it. >> that's for a business point of view, not from a personal point of view. and you know, that's where i'm sort of sticking up for businesses that

are saying, yeah, look, we've gone cashless is the gone cashless and this is the reason why gone cashless reason why they've gone cashless and think public and i don't think the public realise how it costs realise just how much it costs for small business to be in. for a small business to be in. sure. to keep cash. >> you keep over £5,000 worth of cash in your business. >> if you're a pub, you're a restaurant that's not unbelievable. >> and if you've got a four day bank holiday weekend , you could bank holiday weekend, you could be your friday's turnover be having your friday's turnover , turnover, your , your saturday's turnover, your sundays your monday's sundays turnover, your monday's turnover. able to get to >> you won't be able to get to a bank or a post office till tuesday bank, which means tuesday to bank, which means you're a you're uninsured and you're a target yeah i know, indeed. >> and that delay. that lag as well. and you identified again, high everywhere. and well. and you identified again, highis everywhere. and well. and you identified again, highis a everywhere. and well. and you identified again, highis a big,averywhere. and well. and you identified again, highis a big, bigywhere. and well. and you identified again, highis a big, big ,nhere. and well. and you identified again, highis a big, big, bigre. and well. and you identified again, highis a big, big, big issued this is a big, big, big issue for which is the you go for people, which is the you go there, how many people's banks have closed on the street , have closed on the high street, how it is becoming how many people it is becoming more, more and more difficult . more, more and more difficult. and it does it does leave some people behind. look, james, thank very great stuff thank you very much. great stuff for that. james sinclair, the ceo the parthenon and ceo of the parthenon group. and now loads more come between now loads more to come between now loads more to come between now will ask whether now and 5:00, i will ask whether army think that army veterans now think that prince harry is actually no

longer their favourite person. their pin up boy. but as netflix get ready to release a documentary about the invictus games, as harry the veteran games, as harry lost the veteran community, now, though, headunes community, now, though, headlines with . public patrick, headlines with. public patrick, thank you. >> the top stories this hour, the gb news don't kill cash petition has been delivered to downing street . the chancellor, downing street. the chancellor, jeremy hunt, has received almost 300,000 signatures on behalf of viewers and listeners who've joined the campaign. the letter called on the government to protect the status of cash as legal tender and a widely accepted form of payment until at least 2050. also in the news today, tributes have been paid today, tributes have been paid to the legendary broadcaster sir michael parkinson, who's died at the age of 88. sir michael became one of the country's most famous faces through his long running tv talk show. the comedian stephen fry described him as an authentic genius and said it was impossibly thrilling to be a guest on the parkinson

show . and the education show. and the education secretary has said students shouldn't worry about lower a—level grades because employers won't be asking about the results in ten years time. around 73,000 fewer a's or stars have been awarded compared with last year, labour, says gillian keegan's comments were rude and dismissive. more on all those stories by heading to our website . gbnews.com . website. gbnews.com. >> a brighter outlook with boxed solar. proud sponsors of weather on . gb news. on. gb news. >> hi there. it's aidan mcgivern here from the met office with the gb news forecast. >> odd shower for some of us this afternoon, but for most it's fine . it's fine. >> some bright spells as >> some warm, bright spells as well before some wet weather later tomorrow . later tomorrow. >> we've got high pressure to the east that's keeping things settled for the time being. low

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especially eastern especially across eastern england some strong winds england and some strong winds and high humidities. england and some strong winds and high humidities . but once and high humidities. but once that's out of the way , a return that's out of the way, a return to sunny spells and showers for the weekend. still some warmth in sunny spells . in any sunny spells. >> a brighter outlook with boxt solar proud sponsors of weather on . on. gb news prince harry's new netflix documentary about the invictus games will be released on august the 30th. >> not long now is it? start now 14 days. i think that is 2—2 weeks. otherwise known as weeks. it's otherwise known as the film titled heart of invictus explores the sporting event foundation in which event and foundation in which the of sussex founded in the duke of sussex founded in 2014. for many people, this is prince harry's crowning glory and for something that he will always , of course, be loved and always, of course, be loved and respect for, and i think rightly so . but following criticism from so. but following criticism from a number of high profile british veterans after claiming he killed 25 taliban soldiers , has

killed 25 taliban soldiers, has prince harry become more of a hindrance than a help to the invictus games? and crucially , invictus games? and crucially, in the popularity stakes, which, let's be honest , that's the pond let's be honest, that's the pond he's fishing in these days , he's fishing in these days, isn't he lost the isn't it? has he lost the veterans as he lost that crown? that was a group of people who i think really did stick with him possibly longer than many possibly a bit longer than many others. now by the others. i'm joined now by the former of former head of counter—terrorism, general counter—terrorism, major general chip also joined chip chapman. i am also joined by royal correspondent michael cole. both of you, thank you very much. michael i will start with you. do you think do you think have the think harry might have lost the veteran's crown a do you veteran's crown a bit? do you think they recognise as veteran's crown a bit? do you tiformery recognise as veteran's crown a bit? do you tiformer comrade:ognise as veteran's crown a bit? do you tiformer comrade and se as veteran's crown a bit? do you tiformer comrade and they as veteran's crown a bit? do you tiformer comrade and they will. a former comrade and they will recognise the tremendous initiative he took nearly ten years ago, setting up the first games, as you've said, in 2014, that was a terrific thing to do i >> -- >> it was in lam >> it was in the years before, before meghan . that's when he before meghan. that's when he was the happy prince joking around on the running track with you, saying bolt always laughing and joking. and it has been

terrific. and the next games will be in dusseldorf beside the river rhine , sponsored by the river rhine, sponsored by the german army and with veterans from around the world, disabled veterans from around the world, they see the value of that. and that's exactly the sort of thing the royal prince should be doing. >> but the soldiers and sailors and airmen who have served this country and the royal marines are a tremendously loyal lot. >> the officers taken an oath of loyalty and receive the monarch's commission and the sergeant and other ranks are tremendously loyal and they won't have liked the constant knocking of members of the royal family, whoever they are, they're loyal to this country. >> all right . well, i will go >> all right. well, i will go over to you now. the former head of counter—terrorism, major general chip chapman. look, you've what you've obviously heard what michael what michael had to say, that what are views about whether or michael had to say, that what are harry'iews about whether or michael had to say, that what are harry has; about whether or michael had to say, that what are harry has lostyut whether or michael had to say, that what are harry has lost the vhether or michael had to say, that what are harry has lost the veteran or not harry has lost the veteran crowd ? crowd? >> well, two things can be true at the same time. >> the first thing that's true is disapprove of how he

is we disapprove of how he dissed the royal family and the things he said in his book, which compromised both operational and operational security and personal security. >> that's the disapproval >> so that's the disapproval thing. i think we can all approve that he did the right thing the invictus games. >> and not only have we got the dusseldorf 1 in 2023, we already know that we've got the 2025 one in vancouver in canada. so you can disapprove on 1—1 segment and you can approve on the other. >> and i suspect in the next couple of weeks, once the games are running and i suspect that he will attend, that his approval rating will go up. i mean, harry is the product and the product sales still in terms of his netflix documentary and will sell in terms of the invictus games, where he has given back in terms of the ability of sport to help people both physically and psychologically , those broken by psychologically, those broken by war, either mentally or physically. >> how much does harry need this, michael? how much does harry the adulation, do you harry need the adulation, do you think, the veteran crowd? i think, of the veteran crowd? i know a lot of people, as chip

was alluding to, were very know a lot of people, as chip was a|with1g to, were very know a lot of people, as chip was a|with him. were very know a lot of people, as chip was a|with him. i were very know a lot of people, as chip was a|with him. i thinkere very know a lot of people, as chip was a|with him. i think rightlyy angry with him. i think rightly so, for perceived disloyalty and disrespect towards the royal family and also for the kind of revelations that came out in spare as well . how much does he spare as well. how much does he need? the invictus games, do you think? yeah, i don't think he needs adulation . needs adulation. >> he needs respect . >> he needs respect. >> he needs respect. >> that's what officers want from their men and they have to earn it . earn it. >> and i think what this does show is what has been lost, because what he did and how he did it was exactly right and was tremendously valuable to this country. and the armed forces and the people who worked with him . and you mustn't forget that him. and you mustn't forget that he is a prince of the royal blood. he knows what he's doing. and it's a great shame that we have lost that input. and he, of course, has lost all his military patronages and his ranks and so on. so it is a great, great shame. but i'm

afraid he did bring it upon himself and boasting about or acknowledge that he'd killed 25 people in afghanistan. i don't know how his ghost—writer allowed him to say that because he effectively painted a target on his own back and that of his family for the rest of his life . because you can't say things like that. and people like general lord dannatt, who went to bat for him to make sure that he was able to do what he wanted to do, serving in vietnam , in to do, serving in vietnam, in afghanistan, which he did on two occasions. people like them were very, very upset when he took this tack that he has taken. and mentioned the fact that he'd been responsive in his mind for killing 25 taliban soldiers. do not do that, as i'm sure the general will confirm . general will confirm. >> yeah, well, chip , i'll throw >> yeah, well, chip, i'll throw it over to you on this one, because i initially i was getting a lot of responses whenever i was talking about harry, when megxit was happening

, he said, look, he served his country. you know, people don't know what that's like. and we will always have a special place for our hearts. then for him in our hearts. and then actually, that actually, i've noticed that phase out a bit, to be honest with you. over time. and do you do think then is the do you think then he is on the way and most of it most way now and is most of it most of because of committing that of it because of committing that faux of revealing a kill faux pas, of revealing a kill count ? count? >> yeah, i think that's partly it . it. >> you know, one of the things about serving in the armed forces are certain forces is there are certain values and standards, and some of those include loyalty, respect integrity , respect for others, integrity, selfless commitment. terms of selfless commitment. in terms of what did to the royal family, what he did to the royal family, all those have been broken. >> and he's really become the sort macbeth, the sort of modern day macbeth, the sort of modern day macbeth, the sort stabbing royal sort of stabbing the royal family back prince family in the back as the prince of montecito . so that awful. of montecito. so that is awful. >> all that sort of stuff. >> all that sort of stuff. >> but we can still commend him for for future of what for the for the future of what he's for the invictus he's doing for the invictus games . games. >> so i think his popularity rating will and flow. rating will ebb and flow. >> of the >> that's the nature of the royal family >> commitment >> but selfless commitment endures . endures. >> and that's why the working royals still place in

royals who still have a place in the of most of the the heart of most of the uk, both of you, thank you very, very much. >> good stuff that was former head of counterterrorism, major general and of general chip chapman, and of course, correspondent course, the royal correspondent michael pontificating course, the royal correspondent michael to pontificating course, the royal correspondent michael to whether)ntificating course, the royal correspondent michael to whether orificating course, the royal correspondent michael to whether or not ting really as to whether or not harry has actually lost the veterans community in light of the games documentary the invictus games documentary dropping august 30th. but dropping on august 30th. but more than 400,000 people have been accepted into universal city today. is that the best way to set yourself up for a successful career? or are apprentice ships a better choice? i'm not sure it's worth it anymore to try and break your backside to get into uni. patrick christys gb news. britain's news

>> gb news at 5:00 will have a gb news. >> it's collusive on the migrant crisis is just 80 asylum seekers stay at the raf base. there's meant to house 1700, but it is of course a—level results day. i remember how that felt . remember how that felt. thankfully for me it was all right. actually just about. but more than 400,000 have more than 400,000 people have gained a place at university or college. are too many people , college. are too many people, though, going to university? should more teenagers become apprentices? joining me now is the founder of pimlico plumbers, a done well for a man who's done very well for himself indeed, is the legend himself indeed, it is the legend thatis himself indeed, it is the legend that is charlie mullins. charlie, great thank charlie, great stuff. thank you very right very much forjoining me. right now, we're hearing about lower university sorry, lower a—level grades than we've seen for a long time . does that worry you? long time. does that worry you? you think they should just go out and get a practical training step? maybe >> mean, course

>> yeah. i mean, of course it worries because all it's worries me because all it's about universities is about for universities is putting bums on seats. a lot of them are waste degrees i >> -- >> they're not going to be guaranteed a job. >> you got sort of teachers , >> you got sort of teachers, politicians , families, they're politicians, families, they're just pushing children into university . there's no guarantee university. there's no guarantee that you're going to get a good job afterwards. and you know, more so today. it's job afterwards. and you know, more so today . it's the wrong more so today. it's the wrong move. i'm living proof that you don't need to run up a debt. you don't need to run up a debt. you don't need to have a degree. you can you can you can be very, very successful, if not more successful that degree at the time has come now that we put a stop on on these, i have to , i stop on on these, i have to, i think, use the right word convergence. i mean , you know, convergence. i mean, you know, if they was out in the street trading, we would put them in prison. they're taking £50,000 debt off of students . they're debt off of students. they're putting them on waste of time courses . they're not they're not courses. they're not they're not guaranteeing them a job. they're

just selling it short. and the people that are telling them all the time are the same old people , you know, people that have been teachers , people that have been teachers, people that have been teachers, people that have been , you know, lecturers , been, you know, lecturers, people that have been working at universities . the time now is to universities. the time now is to solve the skill shortage . solve the skill shortage. there's a massive skill shortage . if you if you do an apprenticeship now , you're apprenticeship now, you're guaranteed you will never be out of work and you're guaranteed you will earn a fortune and if you will earn a fortune and if you want to come and work for me next year, i'll guarantee you you'll be a millionaire because the demand is incredible. i mean, the only value about for mean, the only value about for me to going universities now, it means that you've got a good education to get into mcdonald's or fill the shelves up in tesco's and there ain't nobody can come on this programme . can come on this programme. professionals, let teacher of that lord this lady that there's nobody can come on there and tell me any different than i'm living proof and there's many, many more people that are like

me that have not been conned into it. and they know the value of an apprenticeship . and now of an apprenticeship. and now the time that we need to do something about it and put a stop on the common entrance, can i come and work for you? >> no . you're looking at the >> no. you're looking at the guarantee , the guaranteed guarantee, the guaranteed opportunity of being a millionaire . opportunity of being a millionaire. i opportunity of being a millionaire . i would absolutely millionaire. i would absolutely love you know, would love that. you know, that would be you know, be brilliant. but, you know, look, what are doing look, i think what you are doing there exposing , actually, and there is exposing, actually, and bursting bursting , the bursting the bursting, the bubble bursting, the bubble of the universities, as you say , the universities, as you say, common, common people charging people a heck of a lot of money to go and do mickey mouse degrees or even something where when university when you come out of university city, got to do another city, you've got to do another degree to go and get the job that you actually want. and i think getting a practical trade could be a better thing . could be a better thing. >> it's a practical , it's >> it's a practical, it's a better thing, it is practical , better thing, it is practical, andifs better thing, it is practical, and it's just a matter of people listening to people that understand, as i say, i'm living proof. alan sugars living proof.

peter jones is living proof. there's millions of people out there that didn't do a degree. they they've done a skilled job or something more academic and, you know, not everybody's going to be top of the class. but in the same token, you're guaranteed the job. you guaranteed the job. you guarantee to earn lots and lots of money. you're guaranteed never to be out of work. you're guaranteed not to run up loads of debts and you're guaranteed to get a job. and, you know , to get a job. and, you know, most university, the degree people that come out, they wind up with a job that they don't they don't even want. i mean, you don't even need a degree in media no more. >> this is this is this is the other thing that you make a great point at, which is so many people that have gone to university have a job, university that have got a job, are a very unfulfilled are living a very unfulfilled life. lot of life. i talked to a lot of my mates the they mates all the time. they hate what for a living. they what they do for a living. they hate the fact that they'll be paying hate the fact that they'll be paying that for the rest of paying that off for the rest of their charlie, thank you their lives. charlie, thank you very marbella very much. enjoy marbella as well. deserved. well. well deserved. charlie mullins, pimlico mullins, the founder of pimlico plumbers. care, we're

plumbers. take care, mate. we're going it there. going to have to leave it there. i'm we're of i'm afraid we're out of time right? legendary broadcaster and television has sadly died after parkinson has sadly died after a brief illness. his iconic interviews, including billy connolly, brian clough, david beckham, peter kay, dame helen mirren, the list goes on. and as we showed you, a little earlier on, rod hull and old emu, but arguably his best known interviews with the most with boxer sorry, the best boxer of all time, i should say. muhammad ali, wasn't it? i suppose the question people ask themselves about you and i think it's out of their love for you is that they don't want you to go and getting hurt in the ring never got hurt. >> it's strange. >> it's strange. >> you must have got hurt in the ring. i mean, i saw ring. yeah well, i mean, i saw you fight joe frazier. >> you didn't know you did very good yeah ah . good actor. yeah ah. >> you calling me a liar? no. no. right you're not as if had a low iq. i can enjoy this interview. oh, yeah? yeah. well, you know, you must mean, you

know yourself . i've been here know yourself. i've been here a couple of times, but i've never been knocked out. i haven't been stopped like joe frazier or george foreman . ken on me, on george foreman. ken on me, on spinks, arnie shavers. i mean , spinks, arnie shavers. i mean, guys just knocked on this . i guys just knocked on this. i mean, out for the count of 25, if they counted that long and ten is the limit for some state. now for the count of 100 people, hospital i've never been hurt . hospital i've never been hurt. i've broken jaw once, but otherwise i've never been beaten in the whole. so i was just beat up bad. they stopped the fight because i wasn't looking good and wasn't feeling right. >> i mean, are you serious about wanting to fight ? wanting to fight? >> i shall return. >> i shall return. >> you shall return . >> you shall return. >> you shall return. >> you shall return. >> you heard me. >> you heard me. >> heard indeed i did. >> i heard you. indeed i did. >> i heard you. indeed i did. >> i heard you. indeed i did. >> i mean. >> i mean. >> but first i will prove that whatever . >> but first i will prove that whatever. i'm going to take on a couple of tough contenders and knock real homes. i want knock on john real homes. i want to a couple of top to take a couple of top contenders and show that contenders and show them that i am not hurt. and after am well, i'm not hurt. and after that, i'll go home. just said that, i'll go home. just said that if i that, i'll go home. just said thatifi can that, i'll go home. just said that if i can prove myself

qualified and still can fight it look so bad tonight until it looks like i couldn't even find no more. i couldn't move. i didn't hit him . i've won first didn't hit him. i've won first man dehydrate 11 rounds and 110 degrees heat and no sweat. came round by yes , well, there we go. round by yes, well, there we go. >> of course. saturday sir michael parkinson passed away at the age of 88. more tributes later on in the show, but before that , 1700 migrants, those were that, 1700 migrants, those were supposed to be the amount of people at raf wethersfield . how people at raf wethersfield. how many? they're now 80. and apparently some of those have been away because of been sent away because of diseases patrick christys diseases. patrick christys gb news, news channel. news, britain's news channel. >> temperatures rising , boxt >> the temperatures rising, boxt solar proud sponsors of weather on . gb news. on. gb news. >> hi there. it's aidan mcgivern here from the met office with the gb news forecast. >> odd shower for some of us this afternoon, but for most it's fine. >> warm , bright spells as >> some warm, bright spells as well. before for some wet weather. later tomorrow.

>> we've got high pressure to the east that's keeping things settled for the time being. low pressure , though, out to the pressure, though, out to the west. that's going to bring some interesting weather during friday and the weekend for the time being . however, most time being. however, for most it's fine night. there will be it's a fine night. there will be some low cloud creeping into eastern parts, a few drizzly showers and some other showers , showers and some other showers, perhaps some heavy downpours into wales , into northern ireland, wales, southern and parts of southern and central parts of england by end of the night, england by the end of the night, the cloud up wind the cloud picks up the wind picks up . it's a the cloud picks up the wind picks up. it's a humid night with someone comfortable conditions for sleeping. some places temperatures staying at 18 celsius. and with that humidity and low edging humidity and low pressure edging ever closer, we've got the risk of some thunderstorms across northern ireland into central and southern england during friday morning, especially for central and southern england. could tricky conditions. could be some tricky conditions. for the roads as for example, on the roads as those storms move through. frequent lightning possibility those storms move through. frewell. lightning possibility those storms move through. frewell. but1tning possibility those storms move through. frewell. but they] possibility those storms move through. frewell. but they easesibility those storms move through. frewell. but they ease inility those storms move through. frewell. but they ease in the as well. but they ease in the afternoon. many places turn dner, afternoon. many places turn drier , lots cloud still windy drier, lots of cloud still windy , especially for parts of west wales. gusts of 50 miles an hour here. >> there on into friday night

and saturday. >> we've got heavy rain sweeping through risk of thunderstorms, especially across eastern england and strong winds england and some strong winds and high humidities. but once that's out of the way, a return to sunny spells and showers for the weekend. still some warmth in any sunny spells . in any sunny spells. >> the temperatures rising . boxt >> the temperatures rising. boxt solar proud sponsors of weather on .

gb news. well. it's 5 pm. it's patrick christys. >> it's gb news. we've got an exclusive for you on the channel migrant crisis. the numbers of migrants currently being housed at raf wethersfield way , way, at raf wethersfield way, way, way below capacity will be revealing all of that as well as a conversation as well about the amount of people being threatened by human traffickers in calais. but we've also got this, i think this is going to end up being the future of sport , which is trans only categories in sports likes swimming. it would completely avoid men competing against women , competing against women, frankly, wouldn't it? the only issue would be, of course, that it would have to admit to men and women being different and trans people being somewhere in the middle, which a lot of the woke brigade struggle to do. we're also to going be discussing the discussing this as well, the sound passing michael sound passing of michael parkinson after parkinson passed away after a short at the age 88. short illness at the age of 88. he's the he's interviewed them all the best time, arguably the best of his time, arguably the best of his time, arguably the best time. we will be best of any time. we will be paying

best of any time. we will be paying to parky. and paying tribute to parky. and finally, we were at downing street earlier today. was one street earlier today. i was one of a number of gb news presenters hand—delivered presenters who hand—delivered that that 300,000 of that petition, that 300,000 of you signed tell our you have signed to tell our authorities, don't kill cat. thank you very much , everybody. thank you very much, everybody. qr code on your screen there. get it signed. let's be a force for good . yep, loads on this for good. yep, loads on this houh for good. yep, loads on this hour. i'm also desperate to try to find out as well how many asylum seekers are being housed with their own families whilst they await processing strong views on both sides of this gb views of gbs. do you think it's a good thing? saves us money on hotel doesn't hotel bills? doesn't say potential bad thing. of course potential a bad thing. of course they could just leg it. gb views and gbnews.com. now though, it's your headlines. >> patrick, thank you . good >> patrick, thank you. good evening. well, the top story tonight is that tributes are being paid to the legendary broadcaster. sir michael parkinson, who died at the age

of 88. sir michael became one of the country's most famous faces through his long running tv talk show, interviewing some of the world's biggest stars , including world's biggest stars, including muhammad ali and billy connolly. comedian stephen fry described him as an authentic genius and that it had been impossibly thrilling to be a guest on the parkinson show. sir david attenborough has also said today sir michael won't be on region or class. he was just himself, sir michael died at home, surrounded by his family after a short illness . well, gb news short illness. well, gb news delivered the don't kill cash petition to downing street today . chancellor jeremy hunt took . chancellorjeremy hunt took delivery of almost 300,000 signatures from our presenters on behalf of viewers and listeners who've joined the campaign, the letter calls on the government to protect the status of cash as legal tender and widely accepted form of payment until . at least 2050. payment until. at least 2050. the education secretary says students shouldn't worry about

lower a—level grades this year because employers won't be asking about their results in ten years time. around 73,000 fewer a's or a stars have been awarded compared with last year as part of a plan to return grades to pre—pandemic levels results in 2020 and 2021 were based on teacher assessments and the number of students accepted for a place at universities. also down by 2.6% on last year . also down by 2.6% on last year. gillian keegan, meanwhile, is standing by her comments that exam grades aren't critical in the long term . the long term. >> a—levels are really important part of the journey that they're on and the destination that they're going to get to now. so they're going to get to now. so the really important thing for them getting their next them is getting to their next destination, whether that's going an going on to do an apprenticeship, the apprenticeship, going into the world going into world of work or going into university. i'm and university. what i'm saying and it true, is just real and it is true, it is just real and it is true, it is just real and it actually relation to it was actually in relation to an employer that had been on and he saying it before me. he he was saying it before me. he said, know, that's not he was saying it before me. he said, we know, that's not he was saying it before me. he said, we look know, that's not he was saying it before me. he said, we look at;now, that's not he was saying it before me. he said, we look at laterthat's not he was saying it before me. he said, we look at later on.:'s not he was saying it before me. he said, we look at later on. s01ot what we look at later on. so it's an important step to get to

your destination. but when your next destination. but when you're destinations you're a couple of destinations further on, be other further on, there'll be other things they look at. things that they look at. >> however , the shadow education >> however, the shadow education secretary, bridget phillipson, says the government has failed students and gillian keegan's comments aren't helpful. >> i think the comments from the secretary of state are incredibly rude and dismissive . incredibly rude and dismissive. this is a nerve wracking day for young who have worked young people who have worked incredibly the last thing incredibly hard. the last thing that they need is secretary of that they need is a secretary of state comments like state offering comments like that. really does that. and it really does add insuh that. and it really does add insult injury coming from a insult to injury coming from a government completely government that completely failed place the kind failed to put in place the kind of that our young people of support that our young people needed coming out of the pandemic after the pandemic after all of the disruption had experienced i >> -- >> gb -_ >> gb news can exclusive reveal 80 migrants are currently being housed in a former raf base in essex. housed in a former raf base in essex . that's more than housed in a former raf base in essex. that's more than a housed in a former raf base in essex . that's more than a month essex. that's more than a month after the first group of migrants arrived there . the migrants arrived there. the wethersfield base near braintree in essex is eventually meant to house up to 1700 people. the home office says there will be a gradual increase in numbers, but sources close to plans suggest

the pace will be significantly slower than first envisioned. the site has had reports of disease among some of the first groups of arrivals and there are problems with utility supplies and gb news can reveal 550 people cross the english channel in ten small boats in the last 24 hours. that brings the total number of migrants who've made the journey this year to more than 17,500. uk border force say they're on red alert during an extremely busy time for asylum seekers . a significant surge in seekers. a significant surge in crossings as expected this weekend as well as weather conditions improve , turning our conditions improve, turning our attentions to the united states now and a woman from texas has been charged with threatening to kill a federal judge in one of the cases against the former president donald trump . district president donald trump. district judge tanya oetken was the alleged victim of the threat and alleged victim of the threat and a racist comment. according to court records, the woman is said to have contacted the federal courthouse in washington, dc by

phone. judge chuck khan is overseeing one of the court cases involving trump's alleged attempt to overturn the 2020 us election . now, thousands of election. now, thousands of people have had to be evacuated from their homes on the spanish island of tenerife as wildfires continue to spread, the fires . continue to spread, the fires. 19 miles wide, destroying dry woodland in a mountainous national park near spain's highest peak. and that's hampering access to the area. some 250 firefighters have been deployed, backed up by planes and helicopters and thousands of canadians have also had to be evacuated from their homes in parts of the northwest territories, including the provincial capital, yellowknife , because of wildfires. canada is enduring its worst wildfire season with more than 1000 active fires burning across the country. 230 of those are in the remote northwest territories . remote northwest territories. you with gb news across the uk

on your tv in your car, on your digital radio, and on your smart speaker by saying play gb news. this is britain's news. channel >> hey, welcome aboard , >> hey, welcome aboard, everybody. gb news can reveal that just 80 migrants are currently being housed at a former raf base in essex. more than a month after the first asylum arrived there. asylum seekers arrived there. the government wants 1700 migrants to be living at wethersfield by the autumn, but that seems a little bit ambitious. however given what we're expecting to place we're expecting to take place in the channel next which i the channel next week, which i will shortly, maybe will talk about shortly, maybe they the room, but the they will need the room, but the site has had a number of issues, including reports of disease amongst some of the first group of with of arrivals, problems with utility and also the home utility and also as the home office may deem it as well, problems with some lawyers . i'm problems with some lawyers. i'm joined news is home joined now by gb news is home and editor mark white. and security editor mark white. first first. yes okay. first things first. yes okay. only 80 people so far in this particular venue that might end up being chock a block within a

couple of weeks because of what we're expecting to see in the channelin we're expecting to see in the channel in the next few days. >> yeah, there's no doubt the end goal get people end goal is to get 1700 people in there. end goal is to get 1700 people in tiere. end goal is to get 1700 people in h think the home office >> i think the home office probably wanted to get them in a bit quicker . probably wanted to get them in a bit quicker. the process to be a bit quicker. the process to be a bit quicker. the process to be a bit quicker . bit quicker. the process to be a bit quicker. but as you mentioned, just in the introduction, they're beset by a number of challenges, which has slowed the whole thing down and the yeah, there is clearly an urgency here in terms of what we can expect in the days and weeks ahead. we're told that next week the weather is going to improve considerably . we could have a considerably. we could have a run of good days and it's when you get because at the moment we've just had, you know, the odd day like yesterday, a day that's been reasonably good . that's been reasonably good. when you get a run of good weather over three or 4 or 5 days, that's when you see what you saw last august . patrick you saw last august. patrick which was absolute chaos at manston. the processing centre. there were thousands of people

couldn't be processed in the 1 or 2 days maximum that they're supposed to be there. and we're actually there for weeks at a time in less than ideal conditions in terms of preparedness for that for the inevitable. >> okay . are you and i are going >> okay. are you and i are going to be sitting here in a week's time or in two weeks time talking about the exact same thing that we had last year of overflowing detention centres? >> i'd love to be optimistic and say that no, we won't be. but i think absolutely we probably will be because the system just isn't designed to cope with a massive influx. it does its best. that's why for instance, suella braverman has been talking about the need for these marquees to house up to 2000 people. that's not there as long term accommodation , which of term accommodation, which of course the human rights groups and charities say is going to be inhumane and cruel, even though

they use those marquees in other parts of the world, those charities. >> well, absolutely. >> well, absolutely. >> of course, in the camps around jordan and turkey, elsewhere where they've had them, not for just the short term, but actually for more than a decade in some places, they're living in these camps, in these tents, but they're here. the marquees are meant to be as a short term solution to a bottleneck if it occurs at the likes of manston, they could be hived out to elsewhere just to be in the marquees for a period of time until they can get them sorted and processed. >> and this time as me into what i want to talk to you about next, which is the idea that channel migrants are being told that if have relatives here that if they have relatives here that if they have relatives here that they can live with, they should go and live with them whilst their claims are being processed. i think at first glance that looks ridiculous. you think, well, that's an advert for people who might be thinking, , i might never be thinking, well, i might never be able my mum and or my able to see my mum and dad or my brother or whoever again , i'm brother or whoever again, i'm

obviously going to get in obviously now going to get in a boat, come to britain and know that i boat, come to britain and know thati can boat, come to britain and know that i can go and live with these people. people might think it it easier for them to it makes it easier for them to abscond family's abscond because your family's not you in. but the not going to dob you in. but the complete ferret on that complete reverse ferret on that is say, well, actually it is to say, well, actually it saves money and space in saves us money and space in hotels, , raf hotels, detention centres, raf bases and barges if indeed we ever get anyone on those . ever get anyone on those. >> yeah, i mean it sounds ridiculous , doesn't it, until ridiculous, doesn't it, until you take step back and you take a step back and actually examine what the reality is. so anyone coming over as an asylum seeker is put in a hotel or other accommodation and they're not prisoners in the vast majority of cases, they are free to come and go so they can go off and see the relatives anyway. if they don't want to be in the asylum system, the many of them just abscond from the hotels. so actually allowing them to go and live with family or even friends is positive in the sense that it's far, far cheaper for you and i, for the taxpayer , that's

and i, for the taxpayer, that's not having to shell out even more than the 6 million plus a day by the fact that thousands of asylum seekers are actually living with family and friends. >> i suppose there is a community safety angle to this though, isn't there, yet? know though, isn't there, yet? i know that hotels basically free to that in hotels basically free to come and go. know that even on come and go. i know that even on that for matter of days that barge for a matter of days that barge for a matter of days that we had a few people on there , they would have been free there, they would have been free to gone largely to have come and gone largely anyway you anyway in terms of buses. so you could make case that it could make the case that it makes because if makes no difference, because if they to out and about they want to get out and about and harm to local and do harm to the local community, they will have more and do harm to the local comrenough:hey will have more and do harm to the local comrenough opportunityye more and do harm to the local comrenough opportunity to �*nore and do harm to the local comrenough opportunity to doe than enough opportunity to do that. than enough opportunity to do that . however, you could say that. however, you could say that. however, you could say that it's more ingrained in a local community if they're living in a terraced house somewhere blackburn, as somewhere in blackburn, as opposed living at a holiday opposed to living at a holiday inn somewhere down the i inn somewhere down the road, i might opposite case, might make the opposite case, which is actually when you have a few hundred people together, single meals. on board a few hundred people together, single meals . on board with single meals. on board with nothing to do in large groups and parks that might be more of and parks that might be more of a potential threat to a local

community than people going off and living in and amongst that community with friends and family and actually maybe having a bit more to do with the people that are with rather than these large groups . large groups. >> so, you know, there's pluses and minuses to both sides, but i think over overall, and minuses to both sides, but i think over overall , just taking think over overall, just taking a step back and looking at it, i think this policy is a right policy for the government to be pursuing to ensure that that burden on the taxpayer is just reduced as much as possible. so if they can't be housed, if they can't be looked after and given a bit of family and friends support, then why not? >> mark, thank you very much. mark. there are homeland security editor. i'm joined now for a little bit more on this for a little bit more on this for the political reaction with political commentator, mayor susie i do susie mayor. thank you. and i do think that it's interesting how quiet the home office and the government have really been in terms of highlighting the fact that they are telling people

that they are telling people that they are telling people that they can go and live with relatives . it is there if you relatives. it is there if you really look for it . but they're relatives. it is there if you realsaying for it . but they're relatives. it is there if you realsaying thatt . but they're relatives. it is there if you realsaying that that's they're relatives. it is there if you realsaying that that's something not saying that that's something that should to reduce that they should do to reduce the cost . they instead that they should do to reduce the ramping they instead that they should do to reduce the ramping upiy instead that they should do to reduce the ramping up otheread that they should do to reduce the ramping up other costs they're ramping up other costs to the taxpayer with things like barges detention do barges and detention centres. do you think they're not highlighting it as much as they you think they're not highli because as much as they you think they're not highli because somerch as they you think they're not highli because some people 1ey you think they're not highli because some people would could because some people would find capitulation ? find it a total capitulation? >> it's because no one knows who's in charge. >> no one knows exactly what the main narrative is supposed to be going direction main narrative is supposed to be going you've direction main narrative is supposed to be going you've gotiirection main narrative is supposed to be going you've got the tion main narrative is supposed to be going you've got the permanent because you've got the permanent secretary of the home office and you've got a lot of senior civil servants operating under them who are not really interested in sorting out this problem . sorting out this problem. >> you have you've got some people in the cabinet and the top of the tory government were not really interested in terms of they think it's too nationalist to protect the borders. >> even jeremy hunt, the chancellor economic chancellor wants a more economic migration. when do you get migration. so when do you get the of mentality inside the conflict of mentality inside the conflict of mentality inside the establishment? no one really knows. everything is reactionary . we don't really have anything proactive anymore . so you got proactive anymore. so you got the government's establishment

generally just reacting to events , which is completely events, which is completely toxic. this issue is the failures of decades in terms of and the country itself. it's not really about just guidelines or legislate . we already had in legislate. we already had in place many other countries in the past, throughout history and knew exactly where they stood with economic migration . the with economic migration. the need for it or not really . and need for it or not really. and also asylum seekers here, all these labels are just completely in a grey area right now and the political left are taking advantage of this by just saying, economic migrants, saying, well, economic migrants, let's just call them everybody, a political refugee so that that would sound nicer and the government don't know how to react to this because they're not being proactive. that's the main issue . main issue. >> i think that part of the issue with being proactive or not being proactive for the government were government was that they were too afraid, arguably of people who were never going to vote conservative to begin with. so there two of kind of there were two afraid of kind of lefties and wokeist who they didn't want to say , oh, well, we didn't want to say, oh, well, we don't to something in

don't want to do something in case they think there were being too or we're being too nationalist or we're being too nationalist or we're being too whatever. too racist or whatever. but those saying those people are just saying anyway. currently anyway. i mean, we're currently we have open border we basically have an open border in channel and everyone in the channel and everyone still that still thinks that this government wants government and anyone who wants border is horrible border control is a horrible little game. and we faced racist . been completely . so that's been completely changed, hasn't it ? yes changed, hasn't it? yes >> the fear of the centre right in the west in general america here and other places is the problem because we've allowed a loud minority of pseudo intellectual academics running the narrative for the past few decades on everything really. for example, if you criticise the and if you propose reforms , the and if you propose reforms, they will accuse you of wanting people to die. and if you were to criticise lockdown policies, they accuse you of , you know, they accuse you of, you know, again, people to lose their lives . we have this problem lives. we have this problem saying basically racist , saying you're basically racist, you things, you you cannot question things, you question measures. question net zero measures. they say want air pollution to go say you want air pollution to go up planet to die. so up and the planet to die. so because of that , we've lost as because of that, we've lost as if we the sensible people in if we and the sensible people in these countries like the like these countries like the like the uk, we've completely lost

the uk, we've completely lost the people in the establishment. the how shift the narrative of how to shift it. you've got basically essentially people and the so—called political left or liberals who are saying all refugees are welcome here. well, these , they're saying these people, they're saying that they we should be ashamed of our country. and the history about and heritage. this is a terrible country . but then why terrible country. but then why is it that all these people from nonh is it that all these people from north africa in the middle east and of the world are so and the rest of the world are so desperate come here? if this desperate to come here? if this country is so bad, why do you want to come here? if it's want them to come here? if it's so happened to the so bad? what happened to the women then mothers, the women and then the mothers, the wives, children , the wives, the children, the daughters? are they? daughters? where are they? >> quite absolutely no. 100. a mayor as well as far as i can gather now, the main solution to all of this, europe wide, which i am convinced we will be dragged into, is to pay to make the rest of the world better so that they don't feel the need to come . and the argument for doing come. and the argument for doing thatis come. and the argument for doing that is that , well, we ruin the that is that, well, we ruin the world with colonialism and an empire. we owe it. so that is

very much a visible sign that today modern taxpayers , future today modern taxpayers, future children, people that have not been born yet, will end up paying been born yet, will end up paying for colonialism in the empire to make countries so—called better so that it stops people coming here. it's ridiculous . ridiculous. >> yeah, they're basically promoting a modern version of imperial ism. but the difference is, back then we just actually use our tax money, send our people to go and build or force them to build their countries. now we're just sending the money and trusting and we just trusting the leadership these leadership of these dictatorships. we've sent dictatorships. and we've sent you you build your you money. can you build your country? i'm sure they're country? yeah, i'm sure they're going do going to do it. >> yeah, man. thank very, >> yeah, man. thank you very, very to see you. very much. great to see you. great chat i'll see great to chat to you. i'll see you very naz mahyar tousi you very soon. naz mahyar tousi there, course, political there, of course, political commentator on, we commentator now, earlier on, we spoke annabel who spoke to annabel sanderson, who was with gun was once threatened with a gun by france . by people smugglers in france. she spoke to me live on this show and recalled her harrowing experience . and wanted to experience. and she wanted to highlight what is going on currently on the other side of the channel concerned that it could make it onto this side of

the very soon. the channel very soon. >> and i approached a young man and started talking to him. he was actually an iraqi. he'd been in interpreter with uk forces . in interpreter with uk forces. so sadly he had every single right to actually come to the uk because, you know, he'd been because, you know, he'd been because of the deals that were struck. um, he then said , you struck. um, he then said, you know, i'm in this exclusive camp. i've paid £11,000 to be brought to the uk, but he said, be careful, there are bad men in there with big knives . and, you there with big knives. and, you know , you know what people can know, you know what people can be like in there together. i thought, well, you know, i can probably dodge out the way of a knife that happens. so we knife if that happens. so we moved to try and see what moved over to try and see what was on this in this was going on in this in this camp. was sort of like the camp. it was sort of like the containers you get on the back of lorries that was the luxury accommodation . and as we walked accommodation. and as we walked up there and we had like a member of the european parliament and we had a film crew , one of colleagues just crew, one of my colleagues just went run , he's got a gun. and went run, he's got a gun. and i turned around and saw this .

turned around and i saw this. obviously a trafficker unashamedly just points a gun at us, waving and telling us to run. and whilst i might be able to dodge a knife, i was less confident that i could outrun a bullet. and so i ran. and we all ran. and he a certain type of person. >> he's absolutely confident they can outrun a bullet, aren't they? thank you very, very much for that. annabel loads for that. annabel riley loads more story on our more on this story on our website. news.com, the website. gb news.com, the fastest national news fastest growing national news site all site in the country. all the best analysis, opinion on best analysis, big opinion on the breaking news, but the latest breaking news, but gb news going strength to news is going from strength to strength. that's all thanks strength. and that's all thanks to loyal viewers, our to you. our loyal viewers, our loyal listeners and not loyal listeners and it's not just radio where we are just tv and radio where we are popular, our youtube channel now has than 1 million has more than 1 million subscribers. you're subscribers. so if you're already youtube, already following us on youtube, thank for being a part of gb thank you for being a part of gb news. tell your friends, though, and if you're not following us, then are you then what the heck are you playing at? all right, everyone else. so simply go to youtube.com slash youtube.com forward slash at gb news you find your news online, you will find your favourite content and favourite gb news content and you can even watch us live while you're out and about as well.

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britain's news. channel >> welcome back. in a few minutes, i will discuss a fascinating article that claims a backlash against the woke elite has benefited the right everywhere in the world, except, of course, in the uk, which is where we are so great. and we will look back on the incredible career of sir michael parkinson, who has sadly died at the age of 88. loads of tributes coming in there, would imagine, but there, as one would imagine, but this important. the first this is important. the first open for trans open swimming event for trans gender women will take place in october last year. the sports world governing body voted to stop transgender athletes from competing in women's elite races. i can't believe that ever happened.by races. i can't believe that ever happened. by the way , that will happened. by the way, that will go down. as a weird footnote in history, but thankfully that appears to have stopped. joining history, but thankfully that appears is have stopped. joining history, but thankfully that appears is olympic pped. joining history, but thankfully that appears is olympic medallisting me now is olympic medallist sharon davis. sharon, thank you so, much so i suppose so, so much and so i suppose this is a good thing for women. part of me thinks that this is just a future of olympic sports.

i mean, can remember a few i mean, i can remember a few years saying, we years ago saying, why don't we just have the trans olympics? and maybe that's what's and i think maybe that's what's happening and i think maybe that's what's happenin i mean, this is >> yeah. i mean, this is actually a competition inside of what our world cup is. so we've just had our world championships in japan and now have in japan and now we have a series of cup events that series of world cup events that will going on around the will be going on around the world, in berlin , world, starting off in berlin, which where first one is which is where this first one is happening the beginning happening at the beginning of october, to the 8th october, i think 6th to the 8th of they've an open >> and so they've got an open event for the 50 and 100m on all the four strokes which is for the four strokes which is for the transfer as to swimming. the four strokes which is for the personally to swimming. the four strokes which is for the personally ,:o swimming. the four strokes which is for the personally , i swimming. the four strokes which is for the personally , i think ming. the four strokes which is for the personally , i think iting. the four strokes which is for the personally , i think it would >> personally, i think it would make more sense to have a female category and an open category because otherwise i'm not sure there's going great depth. there's going to be great depth. >> also what you're really >> and also what you're really doing giving another race for doing is giving another race for people are biologically people that are biologically male . male to win. >> will happen is that >> so what will happen is that trans identifying females will still opt to race with the females they stand. still opt to race with the fenthe; they stand. still opt to race with the fenthe best they stand. still opt to race with the fenthe best chance stand. still opt to race with the fenthe best chance ofand. still opt to race with the fenthe best chance of success. >> the best chance of success. >> the best chance of success. >> so it'll only be trans >> and so it'll only be trans women, identified males women, trans identified males that this race that will be in this race because because they're the ones that don't want to race with

other males. >> so it's yeah, but it's still part of a sort of a testing programme, you know, this is well, let's try this and let's see how this works and what, what take up there and what take up there is and whether people interested in whether people are interested in watching can it watching and where we can put it and of it. so it's and all the rest of it. so it's all of a develop idea of all part of a develop idea of how can make sure that sport how we can make sure that sport is everybody . is inclusive for everybody. however want identify . however you want to identify. but at the same time, we're obviously protecting female athletes them athletes and keep giving them the opportunities that those those were created for. >> i don't know about you, but i've got a theory , which is that i've got a theory, which is that for some of the people who were pretending to be women, all they wanted to do was win. and they knew that they couldn't win competing against the men. so actually just giving their actually just giving them their own might enough to own category might be enough to keep them quiet for a bit because they'll probably win that because there aren't that many of them. >> know but have this >> i know. but then we have this situation, don't which situation, don't we? which we do at moment boston at the moment with boston marathon example and in a marathon events around particularly north america where they're offering prizes of like $5,000 for the non binary

category . so you've got males category. so you've got males that are winning the non—binary category with times that are slower than 80 people that are in the men's category and 20 people that are in the women's category . so you're rewarding category. so you're rewarding mediocre , which i also don't mediocre, which i also don't really understand, you know, because at the end of the day, whether you identify as non—binary or no, you're still biologically male female. so biologically male or female. so i just don't quite understand why we're doing this. i just think, you know, the inclusion is to say everyone is welcome to come and compete and come and compete fair platform , but compete on a fair platform, but giving their own category giving them their own category so that they can have their own prize money and their own medals to be not very good . i to actually be not very good. i don't don't really don't know. i don't really understand common and understand the common sense. and leah was that great leah thomas was that great example that came to swimming and everyone aware of what and made everyone aware of what was on, you know, that was going on, you know, that we've trying highlight we've been trying to highlight for time. but here for such a long time. but here is very mediocre foot is this very mediocre six foot four couldn't four male athlete who couldn't even break the top 500 in america, let alone world, america, let alone the world, who know, trans who then you know, trans identifies for a year and beats

three olympic silver medallist, female silver medallist to become two a champion and everybody went, oh, yeah, i can see what you're talking about now, but it was always going to happen, you know. and we're now having someone like leah in every gradually having someone like leah in every single gradually having someone like leah in every single sport gradually having someone like leah in every single sport are gradually having someone like leah in every single sport are graduthe every single sport are doing the right thing. but we shouldn't have patrick have had to have that. patrick it obvious that there's a it was obvious that there's a difference male and difference between male and females. male females. that's why we have male and female categories. know and female categories. we know what biological difference what the biological difference is. just identifying as the opposite sex doesn't make you the. no, it does. >> it doesn't. and it's one of the things that really winds me up about all of this in society, which is that we have to wait for terrible things. the obvious, things to obvious, terrible things to happen act, happen before we actually act, despite the fact that everyone can they're going to can see that they're going to happen and everyone banks can see that they're going to ha|the| and everyone banks can see that they're going to ha|the| ancthat,yone banks can see that they're going to ha|the| ancthat, oh,e banks can see that they're going to ha|the| ancthat, oh, well, banks on the fact that, oh, well, it won't my daughter. it'll won't be my daughter. so it'll be someone it'll be be someone else's, it'll be someone gets into someone else's who gets into difficulty as a result of this. and we'll deal with the and then we'll deal with the problem. think that's problem. i think that's incredibly, incredibly offensive . i understand. . sharon i know. i understand. obviously, this is going go on. yeah, no, interesting that's happened a with the

associations. >> so, you know, a lot of the governing bodies all governing bodies have all gone well. not to and well. we're not going to try and touch we don't want touch it because we don't want touch it because we don't want to want labelled. to we don't want to be labelled. so that somebody so we're hoping that somebody else will sort it out first. yeah. and the disaster will happen we'll happen over there and then we'll have suit. and so have to follow suit. and so they're hoping that everyone they're all hoping that everyone else they else has the disaster that they have with so they do have to deal with so they can do the right and just, the right thing. and it's just, oh, please. just, oh, grab a bone, please. just, you just support your you know, just support your female athletes. whatever sport that it was that they're in. i mean, it was great chess has come out great today. chess has come out and said we're going to protect the classification, and said we're going to protect the itlassification, and said we're going to protect the itlassi'week,1, rowing did it last week, badminton did it last week. so sport sport , you know, we are sport by sport, you know, we are getting it, but it really is like teeth. i mean, it's like pulling teeth. i mean, it's been eight now. it has been eight years now. it has been eight years now. it has been years and you've been eight years and you've been right it. right at the forefront of it. >> so that, as i >> so much so that, as i understand you have, you've been putting that putting pen to paper, is that right ? right? >> yeah, i wrote a book. it's called unfair there we go called unfair play. there we go . and it's basically the challenges of women's sport, you know, throughout the eras. it's not about the trans not just about the trans situation covers east situation. it covers the east german obviously was german era, which obviously was my it talks about my generation. it talks about how pierre de coubertin didn't

want women in the olympics. it talks about how fact we have talks about how the fact we have a thousand women in the uk and they're from sport, but they're living from sport, but 11,000 men so we have 11,000 men do. so we have nowhere near parody. we're moving in the right direction, but we still got a lot of work to do. >> t sharon, i know to do. >> sharon, i know that you >> well, sharon, i know that you will continue to do that work. always to always a pleasure to chat to you. luck with the book. you. good luck with the book. sharon, sharon, sharon, want to say you, for say well done to you, too, for losing weight, because losing all your weight, because that it's one of that was amazing. it's one of the twist of sharon the bizarre twist of sharon davies knows i've lost weight. well, go . no, because well, there you go. no, because you fit, didn't you? you got fit, didn't you? >> that's always a good >> and that's always a good thing, so good thing, getting fit is so good for mental health as as thing, getting fit is so good for physical al health as as thing, getting fit is so good for physical health. h as as thing, getting fit is so good for physical health. and as thing, getting fit is so good for physical health. and that'sis our physical health. and that's really and really important. and you brought that home well. >> thank very much, sharon. >> thank you very much, sharon. lots pleasant , >> thank you very much, sharon. lots pleasant, pleasant lots of pleasant, pleasant addition to the interview. lots of pleasant, pleasant additi0|davies, interview. lots of pleasant, pleasant additi0|davies, olympicv. sharon davies, olympic medallist, things aren't medallist, thinks things aren't physically olympian . physically they go olympian. yeah. anyway. right. i'm yeah. thanks anyway. right. i'm not going that one go. not going to let that one go. right. more still right. loads more still to come between 6:00, got between now and 6:00, we've got tributes of course, to the late great late chat show host. the greatest chatshow host of them all, sir michael parkinson , who all, sir michael parkinson, who has the age of 88. and

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on. gb news. >> wherever you look, people are disillusioned with the way things are going in the uk. disillusioned with the way things are going in the uk . a things are going in the uk. a recent poll found that 70% believe the country is moving in the wrong direction in many nations, right wing populism is gaining ground. italy is being led by what's been dubbed the most right wing government since the second world war. it's interesting take why is that, though? why is that in germany , though? why is that in germany, of course, is seeing increased popularity for parties like the afd in spain. they've had parties like the vox party. they're doing rather well. so why are we seeing parties around europe now with a right wing bent doing better than here in the uk? is it time for some kind of right wing popular uprising in a way direct to the heritage foundation? now gardner joins me foundation? now gardnerjoins me now . no, foundation? now gardnerjoins me now. no, thank you very, very much. and so what do you make of this then? do you think the in many nations, right wing populism appears to be gaining ground? but but but not so much

here. >> patrick, great to be on the show today. and you raised some some very important questions here. >> i think what we are seeing across much of the western world is a rejection of the woke elitist ruling class. >> and you're seeing that from , >> and you're seeing that from, you know, from the united states through to much of europe, even to places like new zealand, for example . and so i think that you example. and so i think that you are seeing increasingly publics across the world rejecting high immigration, rigid acting, left wing cultural policies, the transgender agenda, for example, critical race theory, but also rejecting a high tax as the drive towards net zero, rejecting the overall sort of left wing environmental agenda . left wing environmental agenda. and think across the board , you and think across the board, you are seeing publics in many countries saying enough is enough. and i think italy is actually a very, very good example of that, where giorgia meloni is heading a very

conservative government that is fundamentally changing the long term trajectory of italy. and i think that's a very good thing. in the united states, there is a huge backlash against the far left wing biden presidency , and left wing biden presidency, and i think that there's a very good chance you're going to see a very, very conservative republican administration in place post 2024. americans have had enough of the extreme left wing agenda of the joe biden presidency. unfortunately in the uk it looks as though things are moving in the other direction. where we could well have a left wing labour government in power in in a year or two. and so britain seems to be in a way, you know, bucking the trend in the thing. >> the thing for me, i mean the key thing about the article that this was based off, which should have been in the have really been in the introduction, is introduction, there actually is this a silent majority this idea of a silent majority around the world, even in places like new zealand, which of course previously jacinda

course previously had jacinda ardern, who's very lefty ardern, who was who's very lefty , a silent majority, becoming increasingly fed up small increasingly fed up of a small group of perceived anyway left leaning elites who are actually in charge of everything from actually having their hands physically on the levers of power the through to power all the way through to cultural issues as well. and pondenng cultural issues as well. and pondering as to whether or not we are on the tipping point now of that silent majority actually becoming a vocal majority instead . instead. >> yeah, i think they are becoming a vocal majority. and alistair heath's piece in the telegraph , i think it's one of telegraph, i think it's one of the best articles of the year, actually. alistair wrights, big picture , visionary pieces. he's picture, visionary pieces. he's absolutely right . talking about absolutely right. talking about this this right wing revolution thatis this this right wing revolution that is taking place and it's unfortunate in britain that in the uk , the conservative the uk, the conservative government simply has not done a good enough job and they've squandered, i think, a lot of the tremendous benefits and opportunities introduced by by

the brexit referendum victory. and we have a conservative government that i think has for, you know, for many years shifted to the centre ground rather than moving to the right. this is a huge , huge mistake and britain's huge, huge mistake and britain's future success depends upon, i think, strong , robust think, strong, robust conservative, low tax , high conservative, low tax, high growth policies and also, of course, and all out assault on this horrible woke left wing agenda that the socialists are pushing. so we need to see a conservative government that actually stands up for conservative values and principles and advances another conservative revolution like the brexit revolution. otherwise britain is doomed to years . i britain is doomed to years. i think of socialists, but that's a concern, though. >> that's a concern for a lot of people, which is that sense that it is going to take some kind of political revolution in order for the silent majority to actually be heard. and think actually be heard. and i think it actually will, because time

and people vote for and time again, people vote for what they want. people to express their views very clearly, very adamantly about what they actually want. and then they are lied to. and so it doesn't happen. and then they just for it. and just keep voting for it. and that problem. now that is a real problem. but now we're have to leave we're going to have to leave it there. always appreciate there. i always appreciate having on the show, though. having you on the show, though. now, gardner, who's the director of now, of the heritage foundation. now, tributes are flooding in for sir michael , who died at michael park, who sadly died at the of 88. we're going to be the age of 88. we're going to be taking at some his taking a look at some of his greatest hits, his interview, more than 2000 people. know more than 2000 people. i know that at home will have that everybody at home will have a favourite as well. make a favourite as well. so make sure let know exactly sure you let us know exactly which is. so we'll which one yours is. so we'll be having look highlight having a look at his highlight reel, were. and also some reel, as it were. and also some of the absolutely stellar list of the absolutely stellar list of names paid tribute of names who have paid tribute to them all. to the greatest of them all. patrick christys. gb news, britain's

on gb news. the people's. channel >> legendary broadcaster and television host sir michael parkinson has sadly died after a brief illness . his iconic brief illness. his iconic interviews, including muhammad ali, david beckham, peter kay , ali, david beckham, peter kay, helen mirren, other celebrities , more than 2000 celebs actually. in fact, he's probably closer to three as well. now, michael parkinson was never known for losing his cool, famously so but there's amazing interview with rod hull and his puppet emu was the one that he wished had never happened, male or female. >> he knew this. >> he knew this. >> why don't you have a look for yourself ? yourself? >> i wouldn't know what to look back.

looks nice on the interview last week. >> exactly . you're not going to >> exactly. you're not going to say i actually . say i actually. >> you . >> you. >> you. >> you're right, aren't you? >> you're right, aren't you? >> why is it so aggressive? it's not aggressive. look all the time , lunatic. time, lunatic. >> it's not? no how are you . >> it's not? no how are you. >> it's not? no how are you. >> a different time, wasn't it? i think a different time. but among so michael's greatest friends was another yorkshire night. sirjeffrey friends was another yorkshire night. sir jeffrey boycott the former test cricketer paid tribute on gb news little earlier on. well, he was the best chat show host, but i knew him originally.

>> i arrived at barnsley cricket club. i was 15 years of age and he was a pretty good player. minor county standard. yeah, yeah. he got runs and the great dickie bird was there. get him 50 every week. but michael went on to better things. he went on to writing and he's writing was full of stories about yorkshire, about barnsley football club , about barnsley football club, about barnsley football club, about yorkshire cricket club and many about the people in the area , the mining community area, the mining community moving stuff from geoffrey boycott in there. >> anyway , showbiz journalist >> anyway, showbiz journalist ellie phillips joins me now . ellie phillips joins me now. ellie, look, mike, it's difficult to know where to start. isn't it? so many illustrious names when it came to the amount of people that are interviewed, but also those paying interviewed, but also those paying tribute to him as well and kind of old school chat and that kind of old school chat show, long form interview format? i think it's sorely missed , but he essentially missed, but he essentially invented it to a certain degree. >> it was his decision to take away the desk at and sit with a

guest. it was the first time it was ever done. so it really changed the way that broadcasting work, the way that we understand shows. we understand chat shows. >> look at the >> now, if you look at the formats on formats that you see on television, was he that paved television, it was he that paved the way. >> and also you have to remember that that did that the interviews that he did were groundbreaking were super groundbreaking because the we because back in the day, we didn't have tiktok and instagram. >> was no way to get to >> there was no way to get to know celebrity , whether it know the celebrity, whether it be an actor or singer other than these long form interviews. >> and he was the greatest at it . he showed how you could put somebody at ease. >> you could get out of them something that they'd never said before. >> and he was also just so brilliant of following where someone led him . someone led him. >> he was the ultimate professional. >> he was always very proud of his journalism background because he left school and went straight to become a local journalist and worked his up journalist and worked his way up from paper. from a local paper. >> was only in 1971 that >> and it was only in 1971 that he went into the you know, he landed parkinson his first show. but the kind of the background of journalism , doing his of journalism, doing his research, being very thorough ,

research, being very thorough, is what stood him in good stead. >> that was the hard work . >> that was the hard work. >> that was the hard work. >> plus the talent gave us these incredible interviews and as much as he's gone, he's no longer with us. he lives on in these incredible archives of interviewing , you know, some of interviewing, you know, some of the biggest faces in popular culture over the last 40, 50 years. >> yeah . no, and years. >> yeah. no, and i think as well, the fact that he was quite unflappable and that he let his guests talk and he always had that twinkle in the i identity, muhammad ali, there was always a sense mischief, always sense of mischief, always a sense of mischief, always a sense of mischief, always a twinkle , always the idea and the twinkle, always the idea and the feeling that you could kind of do what you wanted. >> and he would just roll with it, which was so exciting to see as viewers and also not not just inspirational for people watching in terms of the interviews that he did with the people and finding out all about them. >> but also so inspiring for the world of broadcasting . world of broadcasting. >> he is the king of chat shows. >> he is the king of chat shows. >> he is the king of chat shows. >> he is the one that you look to and say, wow, he really knows

how to do it. there's no one like him. it was never about he was there was no ego to think about the people he interviewed. you like mentioned you know, like you mentioned earlier, stars earlier, nearly 3000 huge stars were talking john lennon, you know, names. know, big names. >> he never got an ego . >> he never got an ego. >> he never got an ego. >> and he was the presenter and the host and the broadcaster who was very focussed on it being about the guest. >> it was never about him . he >> it was never about him. he never wanted to trick them up or get a quick soundbite. it was like, let me get deeper, let me let this interview evolve and see where it goes because i know i'll get something special. >> and he knew we'd get it because he put in the work. he did his research he was prepared. >> absolutely. look, thank you very, much , ali. ali very, very much, ali. ali phillips who of phillips there, who is, of course, journalist course, showbiz journalist just reacting to that sad news that michael parkinson has passed away, also an opportunity, away, but also an opportunity, isn't actually celebrate away, but also an opportunity, isn'life actually celebrate away, but also an opportunity, isn'life and ctually celebrate away, but also an opportunity, isn'life and pay lly celebrate away, but also an opportunity, isn'life and pay tribute brate away, but also an opportunity, isn'life and pay tribute bra him. away, but also an opportunity, isn'lit's and pay tribute bra him. away, but also an opportunity, isn'lit's almost tribute brahim. away, but also an opportunity, isn'lit's almost impossible1im. and it's almost impossible to not do so with a smile on your face. interviewed so many of the greats roaring greats 2000 rip roaring celebrity is so many iconic moments from george best and

muhammad ali and all of those things. and obviously , as we've things. and obviously, as we've decided to play you twice there, that with emu, michelle that time with an emu, michelle dewberry joins me now. you will be on air won't you? and be on air next, won't you? and i will see you dance time. i saw you were on downing street. >> i'm still on a hi from our little visit to downing street was wasn't was excellent wasn't it. >> no sorry. i was getting >> yeah. no sorry. i was getting something though, something in my ear though, so i couldn't you couldn't actually hear what you were saying. but news is handed. it's hugely successful petition at hasn't at downing street, hasn't it? that's government. so that's urging the government. so don't were don't kill cat, which we were just discussing. almost 300,000 people the petition people have signed the petition since launched last since it was launched last month. we're calling month. and we're calling on the government introduce government to introduce legislation will protect government to introduce legistatus will protect government to introduce legistatus of will protect government to introduce legistatus of catvill protect government to introduce legistatus of cat until'otect government to introduce legistatus of cat until atect government to introduce legistatus of cat until at least the status of cat until at least 2050. and the eventful day started with a giant inflatable pig- started with a giant inflatable pig. yes, that's right. so many eventful days often do. that was outside the houses of parliament. and yeah, we're just calling for legislative changes really. later in the day, we rocked up to downing street . the rocked up to downing street. the fantastic news presenters, including bev turner liam halligan, michelle dewberry and another person who you may have

heard of, nigel farage. they're walking towards number and we walking towards number 11 and we presented the signatures to jeremy hunt's doorman, essentially . and it was an essentially. and it was an important moment. a quick reminder that more than 5 million adults still rely on cash the uk and it's used in cash in the uk and it's used in 6 billion transactions over the course of every single year. and of since the presenters of course, since the presenters were just couldn't were there, we just couldn't miss, we could have miss, could we? we could have missed opportunity to missed the opportunity to see some cameras and pose. some some more cameras and pose. some of us could picture . yeah, of us could picture. yeah, because were on camera at because you were on camera at the time doing a live and now i've got you again here. fantastic >> anyway, yes, that was very good getting all of the important bits in there else we would just chatted would have just chatted away about wanted about the experience we wanted to see. >> i think we have really >> i think we would have really lost something the of >> i think we would have really lostshowzthing the of >> i think we would have really lostshow hadg the of >> i think we would have really lostshow had we the of >> i think we would have really lostshow had we just; of >> i think we would have really lostshow had we just done of >> i think we would have really lostshow had we just done that. the show had we just done that. but on your show? but anyway, what's on your show? >> what's on my show? oh gosh, yes. also to pick up on yes. i also want to pick up on this cash campaign. this don't kill cash campaign. i want people who want to encourage people who just a more people. want to encourage people who jucouple. a more people. want to encourage people who jucouple. i more people. want to encourage people who jucouple. i think more people. want to encourage people who jucouple. i think mabout ople. a couple. i think it's about 1000 not to push us over that 300,000 we're going to 300,000 mark. so we're going to be the troops get be rallying the troops to get

that number up on my programme. i've got starkey in i've got david starkey in frankfurt i've got david starkey in fretalklrt i've got david starkey in fretalk to them about things to talk to them about things like a—levels and education qualifications . how important qualifications. how important are qualifications in this country for life generally ? country for life generally? >> obviously. >> obviously. >> do you mind me asking how you did? >> how's it a guess it straight a's what an a—level was. look at it. did you see him? he got his legs crossed . his fingers legs crossed. his fingers crossed and his tongue in his cheek. then i don't know . it cheek. then i don't know. it will not surprise you. that's i didn't actually go to college and do a—levels. i did not. i couldn't get out of school fast enough and i don't think the teachers could get out teachers could get me out of there enough well. quite there fast enough as well. quite frankly, not had the frankly, if i'd have not had the parents the school , parents and the and the school, the particular school that i had, absolutely would have had, i absolutely would have like, it like, yeah, because i was it just really option for just wasn't really an option for me have not gone on and done me to have not gone on and done a—levels really. >> it wasn't a thought. well, you mean ever entered my head. >> i wouldn't that parents pushed you in that down. >> pushing, not >> well, not pushing, not pushing all. i think pushing me at all. and i think it was the right thing for me, don't get me wrong. but i absolutely that i hadn't

absolutely know that if i hadn't have had several the have had several nudges in the right i would have had several nudges in the right be i would have had several nudges in the right be deadvould have had several nudges in the right be dead now. probably be dead now. >> oh, well, i had a lot of nudges. unfortunately for me, people me hard people didn't nudge me hard enough very thick enough or i've got a very thick posterior , so when they were posterior, so when they were nudging wasn't feeling the nudging me, i wasn't feeling the effects of said nudge , effects of said nudge, unfortunately. as my mum unfortunately. and as my mum will attest to, i didn't always follow the right path in life. but to talk briefly but also i want to talk briefly tell before you unpaid tell you before you go unpaid carers. oh i wonder whether or not people getting not people should be getting a salary for caring for their loved ones. oh, they should. >> should. fascinating >> they should. fascinating stuff. i see stuff. right? okay. i will see you little later i'll you a little bit later on. i'll be jacob be covering again for jacob rees—mogg. seen a bit. rees—mogg. i've seen a bit. >> looks like things are heating up . boxed boilers, proud up. boxed boilers, proud sponsors of weather on . gb news. sponsors of weather on. gb news. >> hi there. it's aidan mcgivern here from the met office with the gb news forecast. >> odd shower for some of us this afternoon, but for most it's fine. some warm, bright spells as well before some wet weather later tomorrow. we've got high pressure to the east that's keeping things settled

for the time being. low pressure, though, out to the west . that's going to bring some west. that's going to bring some interesting weather during friday and the weekend for the time being. however, for most it's a fine night. there will be some low cloud creeping into eastern parts , a few drizzly eastern parts, a few drizzly showers and some other showers, perhaps some heavy downpours into ireland, wales, into northern ireland, wales, southern central parts southern and central parts of england. of night england. by the end of the night , as cloud up , the , as the cloud picks up, the wind picks up. >> it's a humid night with some uncomfortable conditions for sleeping. >> some places temperatures staying at 18 celsius. and with that humidity and low pressure edging ever closer , we've got edging ever closer, we've got the risk of some thunderstorms across northern ireland into central and southern england dunng central and southern england during friday morning, especially for central and southern england could be some southern england. could be some tncky southern england. could be some tricky conditions. example , tricky conditions. for example, on those storms on the roads as those storms move frequent lightning move through. frequent lightning possibility well. they possibility as well. but they ease afternoon. many ease in the afternoon. many places turn drier, a lots of cloud still windy, especially for parts of west wales. gusts of 50 miles an hour here. there then into friday and then into friday night and saturday, we've got heavy rain

sweeping through risk of thunderstorms, across thunderstorm s, especially across eastern thunderstorms, especially across eastern england and some strong winds and high humidities. eastern england and some strong winds and high humidities . but winds and high humidities. but once that's out of the way , a once that's out of the way, a return to sunny spells and showers for the weekend. still some warmth in any spells i >> -- >> looks like things are heating up . boxed boilers, proud up. boxed boilers, proud sponsors of weather on .

and today, a big day for a—level students. results are in. i have to say that the education secretary says that in ten years time, nobody will even care what your results were. is she right? i'm asking , how results were. is she right? i'm asking, how important are qualifications when it comes to life generally of course, if you're going to be a brain surgeon, i get it. but more generally, in life, useful, necessary or not. and did you know in this country, over 10 million people spend their time caring for loved ones? there's now people saying that these

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