where or or. or. where >> good morning . it or or. or. where >> good morning. it is or or. or. where >> good morning . it is 9:30 or or. or. where >> good morning. it is 9:30 am. on friday, the 18th of august. and this is britain's newsroom here on gb news. my name is tom harwood and i'm with emily carver. >> you are indeed . now, don't >> you are indeed. now, don't kill the news. big campaign took to downing street yesterday. who petition amassed over 300,000 signatures so far. petition amassed over 300,000 signatures so far . and just signatures so far. and just hours after our team hand—delivered the petition, the treasury has announced measures to protect cash baby bust births i >> -- >> rates in england and wales have dropped their lowest levels in 20 years. so why aren't we having babies .7 should we be having babies? should we be having babies? should we be having more of them? >> and what will happen to britain if we don't? >> hm and gp gridlock. the government is moving to tackle the 8 am. scramble to speak to a gp. there are plans to increase access to doctors from march 2024, but will it make a difference with nhs waiting lists being seemingly never ending? we'll hear from a gp on

what to expect and we want to know should unlicensed pubs , know should unlicensed pubs, should pubs that aren't able to open ever so early actually open at 10 am. for the women's cup final ? final? >> should those pubs be opening earlier and should we get drinking early? >> they defy the law, talk . >> they defy the law, talk. we'll find out . we'll find out. yes should pubs defy the law and open at 10 am? let us know what you think. it's tricky because the government has said they want the pubs to open but they can't change the law because all the mps are away. >> a nightmare situation. >> it's a nightmare situation. >> it's a nightmare situation. >> red tape britain for >> this is red tape britain for you. let know what you you. but let us know what you think. people will too think. perhaps people will too be that in the morning. >> i think people perhaps perhaps pubs should just perhaps the should just turn the police should just turn a blind to eye pubs. opening gb views at gb news. should those

pubs get open earlier on sunday, we'll have all of that to discuss, but of course, first it's your morning news with jeff moody . moody. >> good morning. it's 932. i'm jeff moody in the newsroom . cash jeff moody in the newsroom. cash will remain accessible as part of a new plan set out by the treasury. it comes after the gb news don't kill cash petition, which attracted nearly 300,000 signatures, was delivered to downing street yesterday. but new framework would ensure that the vast majority of people will be no further than three miles away from being able to withdraw cash and the financial conduct authority will be given new powers to protect the provision of cash services . sales in the of cash services. sales in the retail sector fell faster than expected last month. the office for national statistics has reported retail sales fell by 1.2% in july. that's worse than

the 0.5% that economists forecast . first, the decline was forecast. first, the decline was attributed to bad weather and shoppers moving to online retailers , which meant 27.4% of retailers, which meant 27.4% of retailers, which meant 27.4% of retail sales took place online. that's the highest since february 2022, while gb news can reveal that almost 25,000 asylum seekers have crossed the english channel since rishi sunak became prime minister, 24,860 migrants in small boats have made the crossing since october last yeah crossing since october last year. that means 1 in 4 crossings since 2017 have happened whilst mr sunak has beenin happened whilst mr sunak has been in number 10, while stopping the boats is one of the government's five priorities, all gp surgeries in england are to move to a digital phone system, potentially ending what the health secretary has called the health secretary has called the 8 am. scramble for appointments. the switch is

backed by a £240 million investment from the government as part of its primary care recovery plan. it's hoped it would allow patients to contact their gp faster and have their request dealt with on the day rather than having to call back while you can get more of all those stories by visiting our website, gb news. now, though, back to tom and . emily back to tom and. emily >> a very good morning to you. welcome to britain's newsroom here on gb news. >> yes, it's friday, the 18th of august. i am emily carver. this is tom harwood and we're with you till midday. >> we are indeed . and we've got >> we are indeed. and we've got so much to get stuck into today. not least, of course , this big not least, of course, this big question want ask you at question we want to ask you at home. pubs open early for home. should pubs open early for the world cup game on sunday, even if they might not be allowed to? >> should they defy why the red tape go against the law and open up early just so people can get

a pint before the game kicks off? >> the kind of buccaneering spirit we need in this country, i think. but do get in touch. vaiews@gbnews.com is the address to get in touch with. but first of all, today gb news took its 300,000 strong. don't kill cash petition to downing street yesterday. >> they did indeed top stars from gb news including liam halligan, nigel farage bev turner michelle dewberry and patrick christys delivered the message to the chancellor's residence , urging the government residence, urging the government to legislate to protect the free use of physical cash as more and more establishments go completely cashless. and in the last hours action has been last few hours action has been taken, has indeed and in a gb news exclusive, we found that 25,000 migrants have crossed the engush 25,000 migrants have crossed the english channel since rishi sunak took office just nine months ago. >> let's get the very latest on these with our new political edhon these with our new political editor, chris hope, live from downing street . downing street. >> chris, let's start off with this migrant story because it is fairly astonishing. rishi sunak only took office nine months

ago. why are the numbers so large ? large? >> well, numbers are large because the government hasn't yet controlled the border . the yet controlled the border. the stop the stop the crossings across the southern border. we had that, didn't we, tom? that pledge back in january, one of the five stop the boats pledges there they there from rishi sunak. they haven't got to 25,000 as haven't quite got to 25,000 as of right now. the official figures are 24,860, 140 short of that figure . but going on the that figure. but going on the past few weeks and months, that figure should be passed either today or this weekend . and that today or this weekend. and that shows that 1 in 4 of all these crossings since 2017, the 100,000 we reported on last week have happened under rishi sunak, the guy behind me in 10 downing street. and that's why i think increasingly so this record is his to be in charge of not just bofis his to be in charge of not just boris johnson, his predecessor in 10 downing street. and that's why they're worried the government, scott, don't government, scott, is i don't i've on good authority i've been told on good authority that the ruling on the rwanda plan, is meant to break

plan, which is meant to break the model for these people smugglers won't come back from the courts until december. that's four more months of nothing, really happening in terms breaking model . and terms of breaking the model. and until relying on until then, we're relying on support from france. we've given them thousands them hundreds of thousands of pounds and stop and pick pounds to try and stop and pick up people on beaches. we're up people on the beaches. we're here the telegraph and here today in the telegraph and in fact, those have in fact, those numbers have fallen the money we're fallen even in the money we're giving is trying prevent giving them is trying to prevent these crossings happening. so it's difficult for sunak to it's difficult for sunak if to try this problem. but try and tackle this problem. but the he's got aren't quite the tools he's got aren't quite working the tools he's got aren't quite worand christopher , of course, >> and christopher, of course, it's hard to understate how big a problem this is for the prime minister last week, i think it was it was stopped the boats week. were numerous week. there were numerous announcements then we had announcements and then we had the terrible of a tragedy the terrible news of a tragedy in the channel migrants in the channel six migrants dying after their boat capsized. we broke the 100,000 mark in terms of migrant crossings since 2018 alone. it's not going well in terms of building public trust . trust. >> no, it's not. and it does

poll very highly whenever we look at polling on this issue, people do wonder why, particularly those who voted for brexit, the majority of the country voted for brexit back in 2016 to get control of our borders, control, migration. that's happening. and they that's not happening. and they wonder can't happen . of wonder why that can't happen. of course, answer is it's course, the answer is it's a very long sea border brexit means that the same deal over returns hasn't been brought into place and they will to find new ways of ensuring that people do leave this country in are sent back to where they came from. so it's but it's almost back to where they came from. so it symptom but it's almost back to where they came from. so it symptom of ut it's almost back to where they came from. so it symptom of migration|ost back to where they came from. so it symptom of migration . st back to where they came from. so it symptom of migration . don't a symptom of migration. don't forget the actual net migration figure well into the figure was was well into the hundreds thousands last year. hundreds of thousands last year. that's migration . we're that's legal migration. we're talking the illegal talking about the illegal number, is still very number, which is still very large . large. >> let's turn now to the don't kill cash campaign . some kill cash campaign. some stunning pictures on the street behind you when it was rather sunnier yesterday. and that petition headed in to number 11 downing street. it seems like they're beginning to respond . they're beginning to respond. >> yeah, i mean, only beginning.

tom i mean, the guarantee from from number 11 downing street overnight , right, from number 11 downing street overnight, right, is that that you have access to getting cash within three miles of anyone living in this country. that is the same guarantee that exists for the post office network. i can't see what will stop banks shutting more branches and saying, go to your local post office. i think our campaign is important. will keep going. important. it will keep going. it's access to cash in it's about access to cash in shops. really important, i think, to keep it going. and it's not. it's the beginning. i think that the government is listening, but by no means the end. listening, but by no means the encwell, fantastic , though, >> well, it's fantastic, though, that is starting a public that this is starting a public national conversation about the importance yeah, for importance of cash. yeah, for many it's having many people it's just having just pragmatic . they need to use just pragmatic. they need to use cash in their daily lives, but for it's about control . for others it's about control. all the government being able to control way you spend your control the way you spend your cash, even there are so many cash, even so, there are so many levels and lots of levels to this and lots of people writing in to people are writing in to us. this morning to that other this morning to say that other broadcasters are talking broadcasters now are talking about that we've about it, something that we've kicked off. well that's right. >> i think gb news by its

nature, being a start up station, we are totally in touch with our viewers. we'll do all we to can help them to get results for when they need to. but there is a big issue here of the people who can't get hold of get hold of a cash card or a credit card. the same issue exists for those who can't get on the internet. so quite surprisingly, for some people, there over a million there are well over a million people aren't on the people who aren't on the internet. those kinds of internet. and those kinds of people government people need access to government services. what happens services. and often what happens in government is they think that everyone and adopting everyone is moving and adopting new the same pace new technology at the same pace as are. that isn't the as they are. that isn't the case. it's very important case. and it's very important that gb can that station like gb news can stand for people who haven't stand up for people who haven't got access. got that same access. >> chns got that same access. >> chris hope, from >> well, chris hope, live from downing street, thank you so much very latest on much for the very latest on those two enormous stories kicking the show today. it kicking off the show today. it is interesting, actually, looking inbox and we're looking at the inbox and we're going get more emails going to get to more emails a little bit later in the program. >> but i find it quite interesting that some people have say, some have written to, in say, some other broadcasters are mentioning that the government has on but

has changed policy on this, but not saying why. >> well, exactly, but we'll keep fighting fight, good fight. >> we don't doesn't it >> we don't it doesn't it doesn't what was it doesn't matter what was it ronald said? it's ronald reagan once said? it's amazing achieve in amazing what you can achieve in this life if you're very sanguine about not claiming any credit . credit. >> well, there you go. >> well, there you go. >> i don't think he used the word sanguine. >> to the top >> it's nice to see the top stars of gb news outside downing street, though, isn't it? >> especially on sunny day. >> especially on that sunny day. but get more reaction on but we'll get more reaction on these revelations from these migration revelations from these migration revelations from the minister and the former cabinet minister and mep, now. and mep, ann widdecombe now. and just first of all, your reaction to this number 25,000 new arrivals illegally during the premiership of the prime minister, who said he'd stop the boats? >> yes. well he claims regularly that he's going to stop the boats. he cannot tell us how the rwanda plan is stuck in the courts . my view rwanda plan is stuck in the courts. my view is the court should be obliged simply to speed it up because it is such an urgent national matter. but nevertheless, that's where it is stuck. he regularly pays large sums of to money france and yet

look at what happened with that tragedy in the last few days in the boat was hardly out of sangat and the french, instead of taking it back to france, which is what they should have donein which is what they should have done in the interests of safety, if nothing else, we're shepherding them towards our waters. french aren't waters. so the french aren't taking this seriously. and it's a nonsense to suggest that they are so , so bluntly. rishi sunak are so, so bluntly. rishi sunak has not come up with anything in all the time he's been prime minister except rhetoric, except saying stop the boats. well, yes , rishi, when how? >> and you say rishi sunak hasn't has been all words and no action. do you not support the rwanda scheme as a deterrent . rwanda scheme as a deterrent. >> i very much support the rwanda scheme as a deterrent. as ihave rwanda scheme as a deterrent. as i have written and said many times. but it ain't happening. it's stuck in the courts. and the idea that this will be the last ever legal challenge i

think is fanciful. so as i said, i think the court should be obuged i think the court should be obliged to hurry this up because it's a matter in the national interest, not just in an individual case being brought, but the fact is rwanda hasn't happened and you could ask me if i support it. of course i support rwanda, i'll support ascension island, i'll support any a reasonable offshore facility. but it doesn't happening. it isn't happening . happening. it isn't happening. >> it is fascinating listening to our new political editor , to our new political editor, chris hope, just just then saying that people within downing street , within downing street, within government have told him they don't expect the rwanda ruling to come until december now, right until the end of the year. and if in the first nine months, 25,000 have come across , i 25,000 have come across, i suppose it only leads us to think that perhaps in in the autumn months, if the weather is potentially more quiet, more calm, if we get this sort of late summer, perhaps these numbers are going to go higher still . still. >> well, the numbers are going to go higher still. what ever

we're going to get many more coming because there is nothing at the moment to stop them. there is no effect deterrent, which is what we could do or we could automatic house all new arrivals and secure reception centres while their cases were considered and we could deal with them quickly and send them backif with them quickly and send them back if they were if they didn't actually have a valid claim for asylum. and i can't see that any of them do. they're in a safe country. they're in france, france is under the rule of law. it's a signatory to all the conventions we've signed. they're safe in france now. if you're a refugee and you're desperate for a place of safety and you found a place of safety, why would you then hurl yourself onto the seas to risk going to another place of safety isn't about safety. it's about economic migration. that is what it is . it is. >> and what do you say to those who would say that all our efforts are essential , futile efforts are essential, futile because we live in a globalised

world, people are more mobile than ever and that this is a global problem and that other european countries, for example, are dealing with it on a far larger scale . larger scale. >> i would say it is inevitable that people are going to try economic migration in the sort of global situation that we're in. yeah that's inevitable. what is not inevitable is the success of that. it is part possible to deter people from coming here. you've got to consider the message that we're sending out at the moment, which is if you actually managed to get into britain by whatever means, you're very unlikely to be removed because we don't practise this detention, we don't have national identity cards . we do have a flourishing cards. we do have a flourishing underground economy and we are just about the easiest country in the west in which to disappear . in the west in which to disappear. no wonder they want to come here. >> is that a call from you, ann widdecombe, to institute id

cards to have similar policies to the french? that seems like a pretty top down, illiberal approach to this issue . approach to this issue. >> well, you call it an illiberal approach. but i think the interesting thing is that most home secretaries who have entered the home office are opposed to national identity cards have actually left the home office believing that, yes, they have a role to play. they would have a role to play in controlling migration. they'd have a role to in have a role to play in identifying bodies. they have a role in in crime, in role to play in in crime, in general. and they could help. i am not saying do that tomorrow morning and we will solve the immigration problem. i'm saying thatis immigration problem. i'm saying that is a part of the attraction to coming here is the ease with which people can disappear. now if you house them all in secure reception centres, they couldn't disappear , so you wouldn't then disappear, so you wouldn't then need the national identity card. so holding that up as so i'm not holding that up as the only option . i'm saying it's the only option. i'm saying it's a contributory factor why people come here.

>> and just very lastly, before we let you go, what do you make what is your view of the situation with accommodation? because we've seen the barge, a few migrants went on it, then they were evacuated immediately . and we're having problems now with bases. essentially, with raf bases. essentially, people refusing to live in the accommodation that has been provided. it seems , is farcical provided. it seems, is farcical at this point, isn't it? really >> yeah. that's why they shouldn't be allowed to refuse. they should be in secure receptions and i'm tired of saying this. i've been saying it for more than 20 years, quite literally more than 20 years. it was a policy that i devised when i was shadow home secretary based upon what i'd actually seen when i was handling immigration in the home office. and that is what we need. and then there wouldn't be any issue about, you know, where they can refuse accommodation, their accommodation would be the secure reception centre . the secure reception centre. the only would come out only people who would come out of that into normal accommodation would be the genuine asylum seekers. and as i say, if you're in france, a

genuine asylum seeker would seek refuge there . refuge there. >> well, ann widdecombe, it's always a pleasure to speak to you.thank always a pleasure to speak to you. thank you so much for your views this morning on that news. of course, 25,000 new migrants crossing the channel illegally since rishi sunak took office. and i have to say, emily, that one was saying that i think a lot of people, when they hear about the bibby stockholm and other things, they think it is a detention centre. i think a lot of brits already think that this is it isn't. it's is detention when it isn't. it's just housing. just it's just housing. >> people are allowed >> no. yes, people are allowed to freely . yeah, in and out to move freely. yeah, in and out . is there difficult one? the . is there a difficult one? the question id cards very question of id cards is very interesting because i imagine a lot who would be lot of people who would be instinctively may instinctively against them may be convinced that they're a good idea because of this migration crisis . crisis. >> oh, you might argue that if you stop the boats, it's not a necessary thing to have at all and we don't need to go down the european model of sort of giving everyone a state everyone a number in a state computer a little bit troubling, perhaps . yes. perhaps. yes. >> let's move on to another big

story now , because yesterday we story now, because yesterday we got the sad news that the iconic broadcasting legend, sir michael parkinson , has died at the age parkinson, has died at the age of 88. yes tributes have poured in from across the uk and the world with cricket legend hello yorkshireman, sir geoffrey boycott telling news that sir michael was the soul of yorkshire . well, we're honoured yorkshire. well, we're honoured now to be joined by a close friend of sir michael and three time formula one world champion , sirjackie time formula one world champion , sir jackie stewart time formula one world champion , sirjackie stewart . sir , sir jackie stewart. sir jackie, thank you so much for joining us here on britain's newsroom. just first of all, your your lasting memories of parky . parky. >> well, it was a remarkable man in so many different ways . his in so many different ways. his television was absolutely spectacular . the best spectacular. the best interviewer you would ever hope to meet and most of the very best people in the world open their selves to michael parkinson because he was just such an incredibly good man on

that job. we actually did a thing with him a few months ago live in a tape such as we're working on now, and he was sharp as a needle. he's hadn't lost a thing. he knew everything we had done together in various different occasions because in my early days of winning formula one races, i did several of his programmes . but you know, the programmes. but you know, the line up of the people he's whole muhammad ali for example, or any of the enormously successful sports people, never mind anything to do with other business, if you like. he just was the ultimately best interviewer you could find . and interviewer you could find. and that's the best thing i could say for yes. >> it's quite incredible and heartwarming how many tributes have come in elton john, theresa may, stephen fry , gloria may, stephen fry, gloria

hunniford so many people have given their tributes. it seems like he was universe really loved . loved. >> yes. and it wasn't just british because he loved cricket, for example . and he cricket, for example. and he went down mostly every winter to sydney and lived there for quite a few months while the cricket was on. he was a very versatile man, but , you was on. he was a very versatile man, but, you know, i got to know him because we all used to go to the same tailor and a great collection of people and amazing collection people. doug. doug was the i won't go into his details was the tailor and he just collected from the rothschilds to the jackie stewart's michael parkinson was one of his best friends and he just was the best man. it was. it was like going in for a cup

of coffee. you went to see them and who would be there? michael parkinson because the two of them got so well together. he was just the perfect integer . was just the perfect integer. you know, a man like muhammad ali, who was travelling all around the world and every city that he went to , he would be that he went to, he would be interviewed . when i saw him in interviewed. when i saw him in las vegas, one of those times went up and had a chat with him because i'd met him and my days of working on american television . and one of the first television. and one of the first things he said to me, well, have you seen michael recently? michael and he just thought michael and he just thought michael parkinson was fantastic . and i think that's applies to almost everybody who ever did anything on any of his shows. he had such charm , but he knew had such charm, but he knew exactly what he was doing really precise, man. >> it's such a unique talent because i'm certain that millions of people, not just in this country , but around the this country, but around the world, will feel like they knew

michael parkinson, even if they never met him, even if they never met him, even if they never were in the same room as him. there was that sort of warmth, conversational friendly style that he had . in your style that he had. in your experience, him behind experience, knowing him behind closed doors as well as sort of his more public exploits, was he the same behind the scenes . the same behind the scenes. >> well, he he was no different. he was a man who you what you saw was what you got . he was saw was what you got. he was never presenting himself in a way that would seem to be better for him. it was his way of doing television very successfully as a professional . and he because a professional. and he because of his skills, attracted more people to his shows . i don't people to his shows. i don't imagine there was anyone who turned down michael parkinson. if there were movie stars coming in from every corner of the world, if there were big ones at the time. michael parkinson would be on them and they would walk away thrilled that they had

been with michael parkinson. i think that's one of the nicest things and as i say , just in a things and as i say, just in a matter of two weeks from now, he was going to come to my home with his wife and his son to have lunch. and of course no longer can that happen, which is a tremendous loss. he was such a wonderful man, a huge, huge loss for the whole country. >> and sir jackie, for the whole country. >> and sirjackie, thank for the whole country. >> and sir jackie, thank you for the whole country. >> and sirjackie, thank you so >> and sir jackie, thank you so much for telling us your very personal experience then and condolences, of course, to you for the loss of your friend . for the loss of your friend. thank you so much for joining us. coming up, we're going us. well coming up, we're going to talking about many big to be talking about so many big stories, energy stories, not least energy security united kingdom. security in the united kingdom. don't anywhere . don't go anywhere. >> outlook with boxt >> a brighter outlook with boxt solar proud sponsors of weather on . gb news. on. gb news. >> hello, very good morning to you. it's aidan mcgivern here from the met office. it's a windy start to the day and you'll notice the humidity out there, even if it's not especially sunny , that humidity especially sunny, that humidity along with some instability

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gb news. where it's 10 am. it is friday, the 18th of august, and this is britain's newsroom. >> with me, emily carver and tom harwood and a gb news victory gb news is ongoing. >> campaign continues to gain momentum after being presented at downing street yesterday. our economics and business editor liam halligan will join us very shortly to get the very latest after the government has announced changes. >> yes , inflation nation two >> yes, inflation nation two inflation mortgages cost of living, the things that really matter to everyone. >> but what does it all mean? the former city editor of the telegraph will join us to delve further into what this means for you me . you and me. >> nimby nightmare is nimbyism . >> nimby nightmare is nimbyism. >> nimby nightmare is nimbyism. >> i'm killing the chances of britain leading the way on energy. should we be concerned about plummeting birth rates as well? two big questions with two experts giving their views .

experts giving their views. >> and should your local pub defy the law and open at 10 am. before the women's world cup final? >> well, this is, of course, the very difficult situation where the government has said it would like to have pubs open at 10 am. but can't change the law because all the mps are on houday because all the mps are on holiday and they can't come back to westminster. >> the liberal democrats have said no, all mps should come said no, all the mps should come back to parliament on back to parliament to vote on dnnk drink for what? >> hours of emailing gb >> two more hours of emailing gb views at gb news is the address. what are your thoughts? should pubs defy the law? should perhaps the law turn a bit of a blind eye? we'll be getting into all that coming up after your all of that coming up after your morning headlines with jeff moody . moody. >> good morning. it's 10:01. moody. >> good morning. it's10:01. i'm jeff moody in the newsroom . cash jeff moody in the newsroom. cash will remain accessible as part

of a new plan set out by the treasury. it comes after the gb news don't kill cash petition, which attracted nearly 300,000 signatures, was delivered to downing street yesterday. a new framework would ensure that the vast majority of people will be no further than three miles away from being able to withdraw cash and the financial conduct authority will be given new powers to protect the provision of cash services . economic of cash services. economic secretary to the treasury andrew griffith , says it's good for griffith, says it's good for vulnerable people. ashes important. >> it's here to stay for the long term. >> many people , the elderly, the >> many people, the elderly, the vulnerable, particularly rural communities, do depend on that access to cash. >> and if we want our shops to continue to take cash over the counter, then of course those businesses have to have some businesses have got to have some way deposit so rules way to deposit it. so the rules that we're announcing also cover the businesses to the ability of businesses to deposit cash in location deposit cash in a location that's convenient to them. sales in the retail sector fell faster

than expected last month, according to the office for national statistics. >> retail sales fell . by 1.2% in >> retail sales fell. by 1.2% in july. that's worse than the 0.5% that economists forecast . but that economists forecast. but the decline was attributed to bad weather and shoppers moving to online retailers , which meant to online retailers, which meant 27.4% of retail sales took place online. that's the highest since february 2022. well gb news can reveal that almost 25,000 asylum seekers have crossed the english channel since rishi sunak became prime minister. 24,860 migrants in small boats have made the crossing since october last yeah crossing since october last year. that means 1 in 4 crossings since 2017 have happened whilst mr sunak has beenin happened whilst mr sunak has been in number ten. stop the boats is one of the government's five priorities. all gp surgeries in england are to move to a digital phone system, potentially ending what the

health secretary has called the 8 am. scramble for appointments. the switch is backed by a £240 million investment from the government as part of its primary care recovery plan. it's hoped it will allow patients to contact their gp faster and have their request dealt with on the day , request dealt with on the day, rather than having to call back . there have been over 100 sewage leaks in government departmental buildings in the last year. government building locations had 138 sewage leaks across the country in a 12 month period, the ministry of defence had the most with 102 sewage leaks, including at raf bases such as cauldrons and loam. liberal democrats christine jardine says the party have been urging the government to fix the sewage leaks along the coast for months. >> water companies are making profits. they are paying vast bonuses and yet families are afraid to go swimming in the

sea. as i said, this summer, the first summer would have been completely free to feel that they could go on holiday. and we've had quite good weather some of the time. and not able to make the most of it. and that's unacceptable now to see that's unacceptable now to see that people are also getting it in their workplace . we're not in their workplace. we're not safe that simply not good enough. and the government needs to get to grips with this . to get to grips with this. >> police in the us state of georgia are investigating threats made against members of the jury who voted to charge donald trump with trying to overturn the 2020 presidential election result. the names and addresses of grand jury members were posted online by mr trump's supporters . the former president supporters. the former president was indicted for a fourth time on monday for a suspected scheme to try to keep him in power. he denies any wrongdoing and remains the frontrunner to win the republican presidential nomination for 2024. michael

gove has written to councils across britain to request that pubs can open early on sunday for the world cup final. pub bosses have warned licencing rules mean some venues will be unable to serve pints or open early for excited fans. on the day. england's women will play spain at 11 am. in their first world cup final after beating hosts australia on wednesday . an hosts australia on wednesday. an average of 4.6 million people tuned in to watch the lioness progress to their first ever world cup final . the most world cup final. the most watched game of the tournament. no surprises there . well, this no surprises there. well, this is good news across the uk on tv in your car , on digital radio, in your car, on digital radio, and of course , on your smart and of course, on your smart speaker by saying play gb news. now, though , it's back to tom now, though, it's back to tom and . emily and. emily >> well , and. emily >> well, welcome and. emily >> well , welcome back. and. emily >> well, welcome back. this is britain's newsroom here on gb news. and i have to say, our inbox has already been deluged.

>> bye bye. >> bye bye. >> all of your thoughts on this big question we've been asking. should pubs potentially defy the law and open a little bit earlier? susan has written in to say if the police can turn a blind eye to shoplifting, they can bloomin well turn a blind eye to the pub opening an hour early . early. >> i'll drink to that. absolutely i'll drink to that. graham says if boris could issue orders in the pandemic, surely rishi can issue an order to enjoy ourselves . yes. we need an enjoy ourselves. yes. we need an emergency. emergency law change. >> we do. but they passed the coronavirus powers act. they had the came in and they had to the mps came in and they had to pass that emergency legislation . is all the mps are . the problem is all the mps are on holiday recess. >> know , they started, you >> you know, they started, you know, well, they can making tweaks here and there about take away one point, you away pints at one point, you know, of a lot of the know, a lot of a lot of the provisions have been have expired. >> but when the afghanistan crisis happened, mps rushed back in this on the levels in august. is this on the levels of crisis? of that crisis? >> don't so. i think >> i don't think so. i think that's a bit a stretch.

that's a bit of a stretch. >> lorraine says no need to serve early, just be serve alcohol early, just be more friendly serve more family friendly and serve coffee, tea and soft drinks. no need to get so sozzled so early. >> you met brits, though ? i >> have you met brits, though? i mean, problem is, yes, we mean, the problem is, yes, we all do drink too much on average, not at least. but i'm not sure. people go to the pub for coffee. >> you can't have coffee and watch the football, but you can't. can't be sitting can't. you can't be sitting there your sort your there with your sort of your coffee cup and saucer and be cheering. just doesn't work. cheering. it just doesn't work. >> don't really like >> you know, i don't really like gender politics, but, you know, if were lads playing, if it were the lads playing, would be saying coffee? if it were the lads playing, would be be saying coffee? if it were the lads playing, would be saying,;aying coffee? if it were the lads playing, would be saying, oh,|g coffee? if it were the lads playing, would be saying, oh, no, )ffee? people be saying, oh, no, coffee's fine. >> peter has written >> well, peter has written in with shot the with parliament shot and the prince wales not going to prince of wales not going to australia. the king not australia. can the king not issue proclamation to allow issue a proclamation to allow pubs to open early? great pr for the monarchy ? it would be great the monarchy? it would be great to give us a big holiday. >> the monarch has given us a bank holiday in the past so this week it would need the consent of parliament. >> but since since the since the what am i trying to say? 1688, we've had we've had the sort of

need for the monarch to sign off with parliament and vice versa. yes. we're getting into i did want to just reference one email that has come in that for some reason our producers haven't printed out for us, but it says, dear idiots, consider some other idiot will take you on, be arrested and taken to court. your intelligence in an interesting and fun. i couldn't believe how irresponsible you could be. emily, what do you say to that? christine says you're irresponsible. >> she makes a good point. you know, we don't want landlords to going for this. but as going jail for this. but as susan pointed the police do susan pointed out, the police do often turn a blind eye to what they call minor offences . so they call minor offences. so perhaps this would be although councils, to be fair, are usually the ones with the clipboards, checking clipboards, although checking things, this things, perhaps to end this conversation. things, perhaps to end this con it rsation. things, perhaps to end this con it rseinteresting things, perhaps to end this conit rseinteresting . in the >> it is interesting. in the last 24 hours, the home office has said they'll be writing to police chiefs, telling to them to work with councils to ensure as many venues can open up as possible . so perhaps this possible. so perhaps this actually does . perhaps the actually does. perhaps the police will be turning a blind

eye. it's an interesting question . no doubt. lots more to question. no doubt. lots more to get to on that. >> well, there you go . >> well, there you go. >> well, there you go. >> let's get to the bigger news now . this is britain's >> let's get to the bigger news now. this is britain's newsroom, after all, with me, tom harwood and emily carver. it is so gb news don't kill cash campaign was delivered right to the heart of government yesterday. >> a strong gb news team >> a five strong gb news team took the 300,000 petition took the 300,000 strong petition took the 300,000 strong petition to the chancellor's downing street residence yesterday . street residence yesterday. >> the government >> and with the government already vowing action on banks who provide free cash who don't provide free cash access within three miles, we're joined by our economics and business editor for the latest on the campaign. liam halligan. thank you for joining on the campaign. liam halligan. thank you forjoining us here in the studio. what exactly has the treasury announced ? treasury announced? >> it's quite vague in terms of specifics, but it's quite strong on rhetoric, much as lots of political press releases are . political press releases are. let's have a look at some of the words that the treasury has used this morning. i've got them here in a graphic. the first thing that the treasury says, which i must say, i take some satisfaction given that the

satisfaction in, given that the regulatory have cast regulatory bodies have cast eyebrows direction when eyebrows in our direction when we launched this campaign, gb news has its spot on access to cash is incredibly important to many. it's a choice that we're going to protect. so the treasury people shouldn't have to hours withdraw to check for hours to withdraw a tenner to put in someone's birthday nor should birthday card. nor should businesses to travel large businesses have to travel large distances deposit cash distances to deposit cash takings. why we're acting takings. that's why we're acting now protect access to cash in now to protect access to cash in law and laying out that this means fee free withdrawals , the means fee free withdrawals, the availability of cash services within a reasonable distance. now that's a press release. what really matters is what makes it into regulations and even legislation . and then even more legislation. and then even more important than that is how that legislation and those regulations are imposed . let me regulations are imposed. let me give you, of course, all that's unknowable at this point, but let me give you an example. one aspect of this campaign isn't just well over a million just that well over a million households haven't got a bank account of households have account. 10% of households have no access to the no regular access to the internet. many elderly and vulnerable people need to use cash. many small businesses rely

on using cash. all that's important. the big tech giants like us using cash, monitoring the way we behave online and so on, so they can then sell those patterns of behaviour to other companies. but an important aspect also that we've highlighted is that small businesses, small retail cabdrivers , lots of people use cabdrivers, lots of people use payment companies to take card payments, right ? the payment payments, right? the payment companies, they're only meant to charge between half and 1% on each transaction, right? many of them are currently charging three for even 5. and that's not that's not right. and yet it's not being enforced. the regulations are not being enforced. and that's with cash there as competition. if the cash wasn't there, what would these payment card companies charge ? that's a very charge? that's a very interesting it's not just me saying that. it's the federation of businesses , which have saying that. it's the federation of backed sinesses , which have saying that. it's the federation of backed oursses , which have saying that. it's the federation of backed our campaign h have saying that. it's the federation of backed our campaign , have saying that. it's the federation of backed our campaign , whoa also backed our campaign, who have this point in have made this point in conjunction with me repeatedly on gb news. >> i must say, he did a very good job with the blow up pig. they're making a massive

statement by the account of pink floyd album cover on really brilliant everyone, very smart and did a fantastic job. but and we've also got with us former city editor of the telegraph neil collins . neil, is this neil collins. neil, is this something that your readers used to be very concerned about ? to be very concerned about? >> i think that cash is really important in society for all sorts of reasons, not least of which is the fact that it is in that it belongs in the hands of the bearer . that it belongs in the hands of the bearer. and this is something that we lose at our peril because if we switch to entirely electronic transactions , then the ability of some benign malign future administration to make our lives administration to make our lives a misery if we don't comply is much increased. i think it's absolutely vital we keep cash, and it seems to me the banks have been so cloth eared about

this , they didn't need to be this, they didn't need to be told by the government and indeed, if i was a real conspiracy theorist, i'd say probably they agreed to do this quietly and said, well, you're the government . perhaps you'd the government. perhaps you'd better take credit for it. but really, it seems so obvious to me that you've got to allow people to have an access to cash in a reasonable way, is it not the case that just sort of there are market imperatives here, it's cheaper for banks to close down, sort of local branches. >> the majority , not all, but >> the majority, not all, but the majority of people will use banking services on line. for many people, they find it more convenient to pay with a tap of the phone or a tap of the watch rather than getting out little coins isn't the reason why we've sort of been sleepwalking away from cash because many people find it more convenient to not use it . use it. >> well, the answer to that obviously is yes. and there are many shops that don't take cash and you can see why , because it

and you can see why, because it makes their administrative lives a lot easier. but the banks have a lot easier. but the banks have a different position in society. they are not just money making machines, although that may be how they look to most people. they do have substantial social responsibilities and if they start walking away from those or trying to minimise them, then they will find themselves in serious difficulty because they are part of the social fabric. >> yeah, indeed . now, liam, >> yeah, indeed. now, liam, there's been a bit of good economic news in the in the past week . economic growth higher week. economic growth higher than expected , inflation down than expected, inflation down more than expected. but we've had some pretty bleak retail figures, haven't we come out today? >> yeah, this is what happens when you raise interest rates 14 times in a row. more mortgage rates go up. a lot of households are really feeling the squeeze. it's incredible to me that retail sales oh , it's not that

retail sales oh, it's not that they're weak, that they've been as relatively strong as as as they have been. but with all respect, that's the by. let's respect, that's by the by. let's just consider what's happened right on the other side right. the guy on the other side of the desk there, we've never worked okay. neil worked together. okay. neil collins a legend the collins is a legend at the telegraph. writing telegraph. i've been writing columns for columns at the telegraph for many never actually many years. we've never actually worked i don't even worked together. i don't even know neil. obviously, i know his work, don't think we've work, but i don't think we've ever he is probably the ever met. he is probably the most financial most respected financial journalist in britain among people particularly people who know, particularly when things like people who know, particularly when and things like people who know, particularly when and the things like people who know, particularly when and the nittygs like people who know, particularly when and the nitty grittye people who know, particularly when and the nitty gritty of banking and the nitty gritty of how the city works. he's a problem with the best on britain's newsroom. it's not. it's not just that . it's not it's not just that. it's not just that. >> liam, would you take a check? it's as long as you make it out. >> this is this is this is an important moment. okay? this channel has been derided right by mainstream broadcasters. this channel looked at channel is still looked at sneakily by the media establishment in this country. we've just got a press release from the treasury begging us up and we've just got neil collins in studio saying, yeah, you in our studio saying, yeah, you guys are really onto something.

i support what you're i completely support what you're doing. deal doing. that's a really big deal . that's really big deal >> let's throw that back to neil collins, who has just been showered with praise right? collins, who has just been showere so with praise right? collins, who has just been showere so .ith praise right? collins, who has just been showereso . ih praise right? collins, who has just been showereso . i suppose'ight? collins, who has just been showereso . i suppose this? collins, who has just been showereso . i suppose this is rightly so. i suppose this is this is a serious , serious set this is a serious, serious set of issues that we're looking at, the economic situation of this country is many people would would point to not in the rosier position. >> i think that nobody would quarrel with that. i mean, to have a government which is simultaneously got the biggest budget deficit and the highest level of taxation and no growth or zero, almost zero growth is quite an impressive trio of bad news. yes we're not in a great place. i and i think that the uk economy is always full of surprises. one way or another . surprises. one way or another. somebody once likened it to the

bumble bee where the bumblebee, if you do the analysis of it, it can't possibly fly because it's just aerodynamically incompetent. but actually it does. incompetent. but actually it does . and there are many aspects does. and there are many aspects of the uk economy where you think this is really bad and likely to get worse. but at the official statistics don't measure everything . there's a measure everything. there's a lot going on under the sort of the surface of these day to day statistics of smaller businesses which are creating new areas of wealth, mostly connected to it and that sort of thing . and and that sort of thing. and there's a lot of small scale entrepreneur ers who are quietly doing rather well. >> so perhaps today's numbers, retail sales . down 1.2, seems on

retail sales. down 1.2, seems on the surface pretty bad news. but sort of beneath those numbers, there are green shoots of growth. >> yeah, i would hate to use that. >> yeah, i would hate to use that . they use your cliches in that. they use your cliches in rotation . rotation. >> i would say light at the end of the tunnel. >> oh, oh. >> oh, oh. >> but it could be a train . >> but it could be a train. >> but it could be a train. >> i, i don't think these figures are particularly meaningful. >> you know, it was filthy over the last month, so people stayed at home. a lot of the things that people buy, they don't have to buy them this week or this month. so they'll till the month. so they'll wait till the sunshine or they're sunshine turns or they're feeling a bit better about life and then spend the money then. so no one month's figures in almost every aspect are capable of being completely misleading. and i would put those in that category . yeah. category. yeah. >> so i don't remember take away that bumblebee analogy . that's that bumblebee analogy. that's a good one. interview thank you very much, neil collins, former city editor at the telegraph.

and of course, our economics and business editor liam halligan with us. thank you for your time. absolutely. >> well, coming up, we're going to into some other to get stuck into some other thorny issues, birth rates in the kingdom have hit the united kingdom have hit their point in years. their lowest point in 20 years. should we be concerned that coming up after these messages , coming up after these messages, the temperatures rising, boxt solar, proud sponsors of weather on . gb news. solar, proud sponsors of weather on. gb news. hi solar, proud sponsors of weather on . gb news. hi there. it's on. gb news. hi there. it's aidan mcgivern here from the met office with the gb news forecast. low pressure is arriving overnight, increasing strong winds ahead of it. heavy rain as well. and the risk of thunderstorms, especially for eastern parts of england during the early hours of saturday. here's the low that's approaching, developing quickly that's going to bring strengthening winds both ahead and during the period in which that low pressure crosses the uk . but before the low arrives , . but before the low arrives, actually, shari rain pushes

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britain's news. channel >> it is 1025 in the morning. yours, britain's newsroom on gb news with tom harwood and meet emily carver now . emily carver now. >> so now let's get into a thorny topic nimby is a term that stands for not in my

backyard. we often think of this as to do with housing, stopping housing development , but it can housing development, but it can mean so much more as well. there are nimby campaigns that stop nuclear power stations. there are nimby campaigns that stop pylons being built. there are nimby campaigns that stop railways being delivered as well. and interconnectors . well. and interconnectors. >> yes. and that leads us on nicely to our story here in portsmouth. a group of nimby campaigners have mobilised their elected representatives, including local mp penny mordaunt, to campaign against the wind interconnector , which the wind interconnector, which some argue would be the most effective way to decarbonise britain. but what is an interconnector and why are some interconnector and why are some in the local community so opposed to having this built? >> well , here with us opposed to having this built? >> well, here with us is the pubuc >> well, here with us is the public relations council to the wind interconnector and anti nimby campaigner johnny stone borough. johnny, thank you so much for joining borough. johnny, thank you so much forjoining us here in the

studio . what is an studio. what is an interconnector ? interconnector? >> an interconnector is just a cable , a thick cable that's cable, a thick cable that's going to come over from france and bring us unbelievable amounts of electricity and this particular interconnector would join portsmouth with with france, with france , anywhere in france, with france, anywhere in particular in france, northern france, northern france, near dieppe . and then it will come in dieppe. and then it will come in at portsmouth when we get it built and to a substation and just behind portsmouth. >> and was it given the go ahead and then nimbys got involved? >> no , the nimby movement. and >> no, the nimby movement. and by the way, i think we're all nimbys up to a point. nobody nobody wants to have their house or whatever it is obstructed. or if they don't want to ditch in front of their house. i understand. and as you get older , oddly enough, you become more nimby ish, of course, but that isn't really the point. the fact isn't really the point. the fact is we have a small group of is that we have a small group of people in portsmouth who are holding something up, which is nationally important, very important. we need more

electricity. we do not have enough electricity . over the enough electricity. over the next seven years. we have to treble the amount of electricity that's coming into this country or being made in this country from renewables. and we need to try everything. we've got to get start and it's being held up. what do you say to those who say that, yes, we need more energy in this country? >> that is very, very clear, but we need to generate it ourselves. we don't want to be imports it from foreign countries . we should be building countries. we should be building the nuclear power stations here rather than using the french ones. >> yes. what if the french turned it off? >> well, that's i mean, this is a point that's made. but the fact is even if we were to fact is that even if we were to cover the land and the sea in propellers the we propellers at the moment, we wouldn't have enough . there are wouldn't have enough. there are also this is really important. there moments in the there are also moments in the course of 24 hours where maybe there is no wind and certainly at night you're not getting any solar. we have to bring what's called baseload into to the

country somehow. now we switched off all the power stations. so where is it going to come from? and interconnectors actually perform that role and every day we're importing around 15% from abroad. >> now , you said we need to >> now, you said we need to treble our electricity. we do in just six years. is that due to the move towards electric vehicles , electrification of vehicles, electrification of rail? absolutely >> if we want to meet our net zero targets, 20, 30, 20, 50, these are two really, really important dates that the whole country is being moved onto a totally different power base. i mean, it's an extraordinary endeavour and so important. yes we've got to get this into connector built because it's ready to go. we're just waiting for the green light from the secretary of state >> but there is a reason why the local mps, both labour and conservative, are campaigning against this. conservative, are campaigning against this . now there is against this. now there is a group of concerned residents in portsmouth who say they don't want a big trench dug through

their lovely seafront . what do their lovely seafront. what do you say to that temporary trench? >> yes, i mean, i absolutely get it. i know some of the these people of colour and power and janet, you know , they're known janet, you know, they're known to me and i absolutely respect their their position . but the their their position. but the fact they're not actually there's a guy called wilhelm as well wilhelm doesn't want us buying continental electric anyway but i mean these people are serious about what they're saying and they're supported by their two local mps. and indeed by the council and the local newspaper. and they've got this campaign going, i believe that they're wrong. and if you give me half an hour, i could tell you in detail, well, i think there are unfortunately, we don't an hour. don't have half an hour. >> this really is a story of >> but this really is a story of our as it is when people our time as it is when people want to construct something that might be useful to this country . people and . there's always people and usually small group of usually quite a small group of people who say, absolutely no way, backyard . no, you

way, not in my backyard. no, you can't have your interconnector that could deliver green electric tricity to our country. >> or i suppose because it's an interconnect, it goes both ways. we sell electricity we could also sell electricity back the french, make back to the french, could make money that . but spinner. money from that. but a spinner. but suppose there are whenever but i suppose there are whenever anyone to build, whether anyone wants to build, whether it's a cable or a power station or even, dare i say it, a shale gas plant or even gas extraction plant or even perhaps, i don't know , a migrant perhaps, i don't know, a migrant detention centre, nothing can be built because it's not in my back yard. >> if you're in portsmouth at home, please do let us know what you think about this interconnector. does bother interconnector. does it bother you think it's for the you or do you think it's for the greater good? >> just moment, we'll >> well, in just a moment, we'll be over some more biggest be going over some more biggest stories of the day with our excellent news panel. so keep sending your views at sending in your views, views at gb now let's get the gb news. but now let's get the latest news headlines . latest news headlines. >> it's 1031. latest news headlines. >> it's1031. i'm latest news headlines. >> it's 1031. i'm jeff moody in the newsroom . cash will remain the newsroom. cash will remain accessible as part of a new plan set out by the treasury. it

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welcome back. >> it's 1038 and welcome back. >> it's1038 and you're welcome back. >> it's 1038 and you're with britain's newsroom here on gb news with me, tom harwood. and emily carver. and again, so many of you have been getting in touch. >> yeah, people are a little bit a little bit annoyed, tom, about the talk of a french interconnector . interconnector. >> yes. i wonder if it's just the fact that there's the word french in it. that's quite, quite possibly. >> we do not need an >> steven says we do not need an interconnector france or interconnector from france or any other foreign country to supply to this supply electricity to this country. without country. we should without doubt, own, doubt, be supplying our own, whether fracking, whether that be oil or fracking, until have nuclear power until we have nuclear power station. stations , your station. your stations, your guest is totally wrong . wrong? guest is totally wrong. wrong? yes, we should be supplying our own electricity. but sometimes you a help in hand. you need a help in hand. >> well, while we build the nuclear power stations, what do we and also, think the we do? and also, i think the other that we perhaps other thing that we perhaps didn't on much in that didn't touch on too much in that conversation, just right didn't touch on too much in that co the sation, just right didn't touch on too much in that co the endyn, just right didn't touch on too much in that co the end was just right didn't touch on too much in that co the end was we|st right didn't touch on too much in that co the end was we can right didn't touch on too much in that co the end was we can use ght didn't touch on too much in that co the end was we can use the at the end was we can use the connector to sell energy back to france. have loads of

france. once we have loads of nuclear power stations or whatever else, we've whatever else, and we've got excess power, it could be a money some people are money making some people are worried french worried that the french authorities off the interconnector. >> a threat of >> wasn't there a threat of something not long something similar? not too long ago, some sort of the ago, there was some sort of the french always remind us at home, if you remember what it the if you remember what it was, the french but say they french did, but did say they were going to cut off our power or perhaps it was or something. perhaps it was jersey has written in, jersey pauline has written in, say, these interconnectors aren't just in the aren't just a trench in the ground , not just a cable. ground, not just a cable. >> they have buildings as well. what pauline describes as massive buildings. she lives near ifa two, which is a monstrous city, in her words. >> so it was our guest, johnny, maybe downplaying the well, i suppose, infrastructure. i suppose, infrastructure. i suppose it depends where the building suppose it depends where the bui if ng have a long, long >> if you have a long, long cable and then there's a building sort of in the middle of is that that an of nowhere, is that is that an issue? that a problem? issue? is that a problem? >> let us know what you think. a lot of people have been turned off word french. i think. off by the word french. i think. >> course, the big >> but of course, the big question we've been asking is about open about pubs. should pubs open early there's a lot early on sunday? there's a lot of difficulty here. my

of legal difficulty here. in my view. should able to open view. pub should be able to open whenever they sadly whenever they want, but sadly that's system we live that's not the system we live undeh that's not the system we live under, says . under, john says. >> the is the law. once it's >> the law is the law. once it's allowed that laws don't apply when it's convenient to ignore them, law becomes them, the law becomes meaningless. take that, tom. >> no, i mean, it's a fair point. jamie has written in to say, i love beer and pubs, but to open at 11 for a match is just ridiculous. 12:00 should be half time . so tea and bacon half time. so tea and bacon sarnies during the first half and beers in the second. >> well i think we were actually saying 10 am. not just 11 am. >> a.m. saying 10 am. not just 11 am. >> am. if i had, if i if >> 10 am. if i had, if i if i had my way, they'd be able to open from whatever they want. >> we will move on in a second. but just have to read this one but i just have to read this one out because paul says, can you imagine their imagine if everyone threw their coffee when we score, coffee in the when we score, there'll be a lot of people needing help for burst. yes a beer being thrown all over you is not as much of a safety risk. >> if we were just tea and >> if we were just doing tea and coffee would willing. the coffee would be willing. the lionesses score until lionesses don't score until the second game. second half of the game. >> you funnier. i really do >> you are funnier. i really do enjoy emails come

through. >> will. >> we will. >> we will. >> we will to more on this a >> we will get to more on this a little bit later with our panel because a little birdie tells me that nigel farage has that one, mr nigel farage has weighed on debate. so weighed in on this debate. so stick around for what he has to say. >> but yes, perhaps he might say. >> but yourperhaps he might say. >> but your minds he might say. >> but your mind. but might say. >> but your mind. but before we change your mind. but before we get we are going to get to that, we are going to cover a that's actually cover on a story that's actually popped cover on a story that's actually popped in a of the papers popped up in a lot of the papers this morning. >> quite a concerning story. and that data published by the that is data published by the office statistics office for national statistics has number of has revealed that the number of babies england and wales babies born in england and wales has dropped to the lowest total babies born in england and wales ha overpped to the lowest total babies born in england and wales ha over 205d to the lowest total babies born in england and wales ha over 20 years. re lowest total babies born in england and wales ha over 20 years. yesywest total babies born in england and wales ha over 20 years. yes the it total babies born in england and wales ha over 20 years. yes the statsl in over 20 years. yes the stats also show that 30.3% of babies were born to non uk mothers, foreign born mothers . foreign born mothers. >> india, pakistan, romania. they're the top nationalities . they're the top nationalities. >> so what should we make of this ? well, we're joined now by this? well, we're joined now by the statistician and former ons analyst jamie jenkins. jamie, thanks for making the time this morning . i suppose this is morning. i suppose this is actually following a long term trend. haven't been at trend. we haven't been at replacement birth rates since around the 1960s. yeah good. >> good morning, guys. so i

think what's the kind of consequences of these numbers ? consequences of these numbers? you're right, they're following a trend than what a longer term trend than what we're seeing. >> and if you look at other statistics see. statistics that we see. >> so house is a good >> so house prices is a good place to start because what you tend be finding now is more tend to be finding now is more children with children are living longer with their because they can't their parents because they can't move the family to home move out of the family to home start family themselves. so start a family themselves. so that kind of delays some of the kind of child that would be born in country. and if you look in the country. and if you look in the country. and if you look in the country. and if you look in the ratio of, say, the in 1997, the ratio of, say, the average house price to earnings was about three and a half. in 1997. and 2022, it's up to 1997. and in 2022, it's up to 8.2. so it's much, much less affordable now for people to get on the housing ladder. what that means is people have to save up longer or working longer or they're working longer. you know, women kind of delaying, those children delaying, having those children until kind of later in life, which means they tend to have fewer children. so you're right to point out, tom, that the replacement fertility rate is 2.1. you need basically 2.1 2.1. so you need basically 2.1 children for every couple to replace the kind of the population . but that's been population. but that's been down. it's running at about 1.6 in country. and it does have

in the country. and it does have long term implications of this, because if you think in 20 years time, if you get in fewer births now, you've got people now, you've got fewer people entering force . and entering the labour force. and it's why we've it's kind of why we've been seeing higher levels of immigration country over immigration in the country over recent years is because the people have often been coming through of her abuse people have often been coming throt successive of her abuse people have often been coming throt successive decadesabuse people have often been coming throt successive decades ,iuse people have often been coming throt successive decades , and we over successive decades, and we need people to come in to do the jobs. >> more babies than the british population when they come here. record proportion of babies whose mothers were born outside the uk. so brits aren't having babies , but those who have moved babies, but those who have moved to this country are having no problem ? problem? >> no. well, you've got to kind of look at the differences in terms of what we've got here. so you're right, 30.3% of people born to mothers who have kind of born to mothers who have kind of born abroad overall and it's coming to, say, india, pakistan , romania are kind of the top ones there. and it may be to do with fact that fewer of with the fact that fewer of these people are in the labour

market. they may have their partners labour market. market. they may have their pa|there labour market. market. they may have their pa|there a labour market. market. they may have their pa|there a numbermarket. market. they may have their pa|there a number of rket. so there are a number of different dynamics at play there. >> yeah, that's very interesting indeed. now saw in the indeed. now i saw in the telegraph something telegraph today something that shocked do hear shocked me, although we do hear it a lot . a certain it quite a lot. a certain professor, her name escapes me at this moment, but she's from oxford university, i believe, has said falling birth rates in the west are a good thing for the west are a good thing for the world because we're high consuming . what do you make of consuming. what do you make of that kind of narrative ? that kind of narrative? >> well, absolutely bonkers . you >> well, absolutely bonkers. you know, it's all bringing everything back to this kind of net zero nonsense that's talked by a lot of people. you know, if we look at the united kingdom, 1% of all the co2 emissions in the united kingdom from our global emissions and ultimately, it's probably not just the kind of the number of births you see. and one of the things you can clearly relate to when you're looking at this data the looking at this data is the richest think the richest people think the individual talking individual there was talking about but it's about rich countries. but it's the people on the the richest people on the planet. all over who kind of preach about, know, we preach about, you know, we need

to down net zero. who are to get down to net zero. who are the biggest polluters. when you look emissions. so, look at carbon emissions. so, you china continuing with you know, china continuing with emissions kind of emissions that their kind of population. you population. i think the you know, bit away from know, a bit further away from the terms of the the mark in terms of the comments there. the mark in terms of the conwell, s there. the mark in terms of the conwell, jamiez. the mark in terms of the conwell, jamie jiang, jamie >> well, jamie jiang, jamie jenkins, former ons statistician, you so much statistician, thank you so much for talking us through that issue there. >> let's just quickly say it was a professor sarah harper cbe who said falling falling birth rates in the west are good for our planet because essentially we're the nasty ones who use too much energy. >> i have i seem to remember that we're the fastest decarbonising g20 economy. but let's let's bring it up, not hit them with the facts. there let's bnngin them with the facts. there let's bring in our panel now for a broader range of views on all of these topics , the journalist and these topics, the journalist and political commentator chloe dobbsis political commentator chloe dobbs is with us alongside the former deputy leader of the green party, sara ali. and cheryl, let's get your thoughts. firstly on what we were just discussing with jamie jenkins

there. the birth rate is falling. should we be concerned about that ? about that? >> well, firstly, i was quite impressed for a former ons employee for him to be quite so politicised, which is of interest. i think my first response was, well, so what? i mean, we've got statistics here which tell us where people originally born. the mothers doesn't tell us even whether they're british or not. so i think we need to avoid that conflation having interesting though, to look at who is having children. it is, yes. in terms of the upside, i do think there is a case to say that because we are very high consuming country, that a reduction in population could help us and it can just help us just in terms of waiting lists at gps, you know, the fact that there's a lot of overcrowding in our cities, it could become a more habitable place, i suppose that would be true if it across the board. true if it was across the board. >> but if there's fewer young people and we've got an ageing population people, it population, more old people, it doesn't sound like waiting lists would come down. >> there's still a lot of procreation taking place, right?

people actually exercising people are actually exercising their procreate . it's their liberty to procreate. it's very difficult for anybody to plan population and as soon as you start doing that, you're going to be accused of being authoritarian. you you authoritarian. you know, you could child policy at a could have a child policy at a certain so that's going certain number. so that's going to and i'm not to be difficult. and i'm not sure replacement rate sure that the replacement rate is a non arbitrary figure for presumably you'd be in favour of having a liberal immigration system, though more liberal than most parties. absolutely. yeah. so insofar as where that circle well you square it in so far is that we've got a very internationalised population right? so two thirds of those mothers who are from outside the uk were born outside the uk , uk were born outside the uk, were giving birth in london. so of course we know london extremely multicultural, diverse population . afghanistan also population. afghanistan also appeared as a high birth nation , partly because of the fact that we were rightly so opening our country to people who are

fleeing from a war torn part of the world. so i do think that, you know, what's of interest here is to see that people from all nationalities in our country feel able to integrate on our welcome here. >> well, let's throw this now to chloe dobbs, the journalist and commentator. chloe, what do you make of that? should we be concerned this decline in concerned about this decline in birth rate? >> don't that we should >> i don't think that we should be overly concerned. i think that we should be concerned in that we should be concerned in that prices are so high that house prices are so high now, we have such a housing shortage that, you for me, shortage that, you know, for me, i think that i would be i don't think that i would be able to afford a house without being on a mega salary. is being on a mega salary. that is enough house not just myself, enough to house not just myself, but kids as well. so that but also kids as well. so that is but i don't think is a concern. but i don't think it's concerning women feel it's concerning if women feel that have the freedom to that they have the freedom to choose focus their career choose to focus on their career rather have a child, i rather than have a child, i personally in personally i'm not interested in having child. having a child. >> on, hang on. we're >> but hang on, hang on. we're not not sure about what is not we're not sure about what is the driving factor here. as you say, it could high house say, it could be high house prices. people can't the prices. people can't have the spare for child. people spare room for the child. people might with a huge might be sharing with a huge number other people and might

number of other people and might not feel comfortable in terms of bringing whatever bringing a date home or whatever they living with their they might be living with their parents. similarly, parents. but but similarly, it might here. might be personal choice here. and suppose we don't know what and i suppose we don't know what the answer is. yeah i think we'll to wait and see if we'll have to wait and see if more information comes about. >> polling that would >> maybe some polling that would suggest why people aren't having as that would as many children. that would shed light on it. shed much more light on it. also, as house prices, also, as well as house prices, it's hard to survive as it's so hard to survive as a family on a single income. and i think i personally i think if i were to become a mother, i would want be able to put the time want to be able to put the time in to stay at home look in to stay at home and look after my children properly rather to ship them rather than having to ship them off whilst slave off to childcare whilst i slave away at work. >> i suppose it's no coincidence that these numbers are coming amidst crisis. amidst a cost of living crisis. >> i just think it's such a shame because i think for a lot of young women they may not want children 20s. may children in their 20s. they may not in their early not want children in their early 30s. then sometimes it gets 30s. and then sometimes it gets too late. >> well, there are more questions to ask more questions to ask and more stories to discuss because i believe have video now of believe we have video now of what nigel said what mr nigel farage has said about big question of the about our big question of the day, is should pubs open?

day, which is should pubs open? can we have a listen to what he's to say ? he's had to say? >> so it's a big women's final on sunday and the pubs are not going to be serving till midday . it's not good enough with an earlier kick off government can't deal with it, but we all pay a can't deal with it, but we all pay a huge amount of council tax to local authorities . so to our local authorities. so guys and girls pull your fingers out, get the pubs open . out, get the pubs open. >> what do you make of that? >> what do you make of that? >> well, i think one neat solution, which i haven't heard suggested yet is we just delay the start of the match on the side of the world. we'll have to check prince william's diary first because although he seems to reluctant to go as to be a bit reluctant to go as well, i mean, can't change well, i mean, we can't change the sort of an arbitrary the law, sort of an arbitrary basis. the law, sort of an arbitrary bafis. a the law, sort of an arbitrary basis. a law, some pub basis. there was a law, some pub owners have actually met the deadline. so to some extent it is possible you know, parliament is possible you know, parliament is in recess. it's going to be very difficult then to achieve. >> the liberal democrats have called for parliament return called for parliament to return to liberalise this one issue. do you agree ? you agree? >> if there's sufficient motivation to do it, you know

that would sure it that that would be i'm sure it would only partial would be only partial attendance, that's what attendance, but that's what it required. there has to be a process and yeah, that would be the way to go. >> it's so funny how they all think is a vote winner. think this is a vote winner. >> yeah, mean, one thing >> yeah, i mean, one thing i would say is this just shows the incompetence local councils. incompetence of local councils. this moment british this is a huge moment in british history at the world cup history to be at the world cup final. in how many years is it a long time. and local councils are just saying, oh, we don't have process the have time to process the paperwork to give you all licences to open earlier. what i say the business is, is put say to the business is, is put the in and if the the application in and if the council doesn't approve just council doesn't approve it, just go you have safety in go for it. you have safety in numbers. if every pub does it, what going to do? what are they going to do? >> well, it is interesting looking at what apparently michael written to. michael gove has written to. >> no, who was it? was it the >> oh no, who was it? was it the home it's michael. home secretary? it's michael. was gove. and and the was michael gove. and and the home office has written to police chiefs asking them to work with councils. now to me that might be, i don't know. is that might be, i don't know. is that a sort of nod and a wink to say that pubs should just open

anyway? >> well, i think what michael gove is saying is parliament can't it's not going to come back together and pass a blanket law to change the rules for the rest of the country. so local councils to get their councils need to get their act together pass individual together to pass individual licencing he's not licencing changes. he's not saying illegally , he's saying act illegally, he's saying act illegally, he's saying local councils, you saying you local councils, you need together need to get your act together and give permissions for and give the permissions for each pub in your area i >> -- >> where will you be watching the game ? the game? >> haven't decided yet. >> haven't decided yet. >> if you will be. >> if you will be. >> no, no, it's well worth doing and i just think it's a fantastic opportunity for everybody. >> and chloe, will you be in a pub?i >> and chloe, will you be in a pub? i think i probably will be. >> i haven't made plans yet, but i'm sure once i hear all the roars coming from the street, i'll have to head down and see me. just say one thing because i feel a bit bad. >> earlier in the week i was on the breakfast show the the breakfast show reviewing the papers was a bit papers and i was a bit miserable. i suggested that maybe aren't that excited maybe people aren't that excited about the football maybe maybe people aren't that excited abcof the football maybe maybe people aren't that excited abcof are football maybe maybe people aren't that excited abcof a have tball maybe maybe people aren't that excited abcof a have you. maybe maybe people aren't that excited abcof a have you changedybe maybe people aren't that excited abcof a have you changed your bit of a have you changed your mind? feel bad about mind? and i just feel bad about myself because i was a bit of a misery. i know some people

commented, it commented that i was being, you know, rude. so i apologise. watching apologise. i will be watching the football. >> have you changed your mind then? >> do you think it is? >> do you think it is? >> have. it's nice. it's nice. >> i have. it's nice. it's nice. >> nice. well, i'm not >> it's nice. well, i'm not a massive football fan, but whenever is a euros final. whenever there is a euros final. or the semi—final last or was it the semi—final last time? whenever there is a world cup, i do get excited. i think there's sort of national there's that sort of national spirit in a way i can get spirit thing in a way i can get excited about england a way excited about england in a way i can't excited about chelsea can't get excited about chelsea and whether it's coffee or and whether it's tea, coffee or and whether it's tea, coffee or a pint beer or a rose. a pint of beer or a rose. >> in my case, please do celebrate it. >> absolutely. well, chloe dobbs and you so much and charlie, thank you so much for we'll see you for seeing us. we'll see you later for more stories and big stories at that. you're watching britain's newsroom here on gb news. and remember, on all of the stories that we're talking about, please do get in touch, because we do love seeing your views and indeed , on that issue views and indeed, on that issue of migrants that opened the show, has written in to say show, rob has written in to say or rod, i apologise . he's or rod, i apologise. he's written in to say border force was supposed to protect our borders from anyone trying to

enter why have they enter illegally. why have they become opposite now become the opposite and are now a well, we're a taxi service? well, we're going to be many people are asking it is a question that a lot of people are asking. >> i think ann widdecombe probably was asking that question forthright. question pretty forthright. i remember rightly, very forthright, wasn't she? good interview, thought. absolutely. >> robert has >> and indeed, robert has written in, say, border force are supposed to protect our borders anyone trying to borders from anyone trying to enter why? and how enter illegally. why? and how have become the opposite ? have they become the opposite? that that is pretty much exactly what rod had said. so rod and robert, you're in agreement. we'll get more on this coming up after these messages . after these messages. >> 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 low pressure is arriving overnight . increasingly arriving overnight. increasingly strong winds ahead of it, heavy rain as well. and the risk of thunderstorms, especially for eastern parts of england during the early hours of saturday.

here's the low that's approaching. develop quickly. that's going to bring strengthening winds both ahead and during the period in which that low pressure crosses the uk . but before the low arrives , . but before the low arrives, actually shari rain pushes north, easing for a time. drier conditions for scotland , conditions for scotland, northeast england and southern parts for a time, some sunshine coming through, but a lot of cloud and with the breeze as well. it's not going to feel particularly hot 23, 24 celsius, albeit with increased humidity. then low pushes in very then the low pushes in very strong winds developing across western parts , gales through western parts, gales through irish coast in particular, irish sea coast in particular, and west wales , the southwest of and west wales, the southwest of england. seeing the strongest winds during the evening, during the hours, we're going to the early hours, we're going to see thunderstorms develop across eastern england . heavy eastern parts of england. heavy rain pushing into scotland and northern sweeping northern ireland, sweeping through . and a very through elsewhere. and a very warm night to come, 17, 18 celsius. so a blustery starts to the weekend. the heavy and persistent rain pushes into scotland , northern ireland and scotland, northern ireland and northwest england . for the rest

northwest england. for the rest of england and wales , it's of england and wales, it's a mixture of sunny spells and showers. most of the showers will be across western england and wales, drier and brighter for england still for south—east england and still warm, particularly where the sun is shining . is shining. >> it looks like things are heating up, boxt boilers, proud sponsors of weather on . gb news. sponsors of weather on. gb news. >> hi then lee anderson here join me on gb news on my

channel. where welcome back to britain's newsroom. >> with me , tom harwood and >> with me, tom harwood and emily carver . >> with me, tom harwood and emily carver. it is just gone 11:00. >> it has indeed now a victory for cash. a gb news victory. the government has officially endorsed gb news don't kill cash campaign . but what do the great campaign. but what do the great british public think of the prospect of a cashless society? we will find out from jack carson. our reporter gp gridlock. >> the government is pledging to end the 8 am. scramble and make it far easier to get a gp appointment . but do gp's really appointment. but do gp's really think it can be done? we'll speak to the renowned doctor lawrence girls to find out . lawrence girls to find out. and should your local pub defy the law and open at 10 am. on the law and open at 10 am. on the day of the world cup final,

can we be more creative and find a way to sort of have the government allow this? but without that vote in parliament thatis without that vote in parliament that is currently in recess, it's a nightmare for gb views at gb news is the address to get in touch with your thoughts. how do we solve the pub conundrum ? but we solve the pub conundrum? but of course we're getting to all of course we're getting to all of that after your morning news with jeff moody . with jeff moody. >> good morning it's 11:01. with jeff moody. >> good morning it's11:01. i'm jeff moody in the newsroom. train drivers will strike on the 1st of september and overtime will be banned the day after in a long running dispute over pay. the strike will force train companies across england to cancel all services while the ban on overtime will seriously disrupt the network. it will be the 12th one day strike by aslef members . the 12th one day strike by aslef members. since the 12th one day strike by aslef members . since the dispute members. since the dispute started over a year ago . police started over a year ago. police in northern ireland have arrested a man in connection to

the psni data breach . a 50 year the psni data breach. a 50 year old man has been detained in county londonderry under the terrorism act and is being questioned. another man was arrested yesterday on suspicion of collecting information likely to be useful to terrorists. last week, the details of 10,000 police officers and staff were published online by mistake , published online by mistake, followed by a second breach relating to stolen documents and a laptop cache will remain accessible as part of a new plan set out by the treasury . it set out by the treasury. it comes after the gb news don't kill cash petition , which kill cash petition, which attracted nearly 300,000 signatures, was delivered to downing street yesterday. a new framework would ensure that the vast majority of people will be no further than three miles away from being able to withdraw cash. well the economic secretary to the treasury, andrew griffiths, says it's good for vulnerable people. >> cash is important . it's here >> cash is important. it's here to stay for the long term. many

people, the elderly , the people, the elderly, the vulnerable, particularly rural communities , do depend on that communities, do depend on that access to cash . and if we want access to cash. and if we want our shops to continue to take cash over the counter , then of cash over the counter, then of course those businesses have got to have somewhere deposit it. to have somewhere to deposit it. so rules that were announced so the rules that were announced also cover ability of also cover the ability of business to cash in a business to deposit cash in a location that's convenient to them . them. >> well, the shadow schools minister, stephen morgan, says he's pleased the government are protecting people . protecting vulnerable people. >> thank you for running the petition it's the petition because i know it's the poorest society that don't poorest in society that don't always get access to cash. and certainly in portsmouth, where i represent, people have really struggled with banks have closed and machines have charged and cash machines have charged people. think a really people. so i think it's a really important campaign and i'm really government really pleased the government have listened. >> retail sector >> sales in the retail sector fell than expected last fell faster than expected last month. that's according to the office for national statistics. retail sales fell by 1.2% in july. that's worse than the 0.5. the economists forecast that decline was attributed to bad

weather and shoppers moving to onune weather and shoppers moving to online retailers, which meant 27.4% of retail sales took place online. that's the highest since february 22nd. gb news can reveal that almost 25,000 asylum seekers have crossed the english channel since rishi sunak became prime minister. 24,971 migrants in small boats have made the crossings since october last yeah crossings since october last year. that means 1 in 4 crossings since 2017 have happened, whilst mr sunak has beenin happened, whilst mr sunak has been in number ten. stopping the boats is one of the government's five priorities. liz all gp surgeries in england are to move to a digital phone system, potentially ending what the health secretary has called the 8 am. scramble for appointments. the switch is backed by a £240 million investment from the government and hopes to connect patients with their gp faster. now police

in the us state of georgia are investigating threats made against members of the jury who voted to charge donald trump with trying to overturn the 2020 presidential election result. the names and addresses of grand jury the names and addresses of grand jury members were posted online by mr trump's supporters. the former president was indicted former president was indicted for a fourth time on monday for a suspected scheme to try to keep him in power. he denies any wrongdoing and remains the frontrunner to win the republican presidential nomination for 2024. now michael gove has written to councils across britain to request that pubs can open early on sunday for the world cup final pub bosses have warned licencing rules mean some venues will be unable to serve pints or open early for excited fans on the day. foreign secretary james cleverly and culture minister , cleverly and culture minister, media and sport secretary lucy frazer will be representing the country at the match against spain on sunday. now the south

of england could see more than a month's worth of rainfall today. the met office has warned it's issued yellow weather warnings for thunderstorms in london and southern and eastern england and across the midlands . storms across the midlands. storms could lead to some travel disruption. power cuts and minor flooding . well, this is gb news flooding. well, this is gb news across the uk on tv in your car, on digital radio and of course on digital radio and of course on your smart speaker by saying play on your smart speaker by saying play gb news now it's time to go back to tom and . emily back to tom and. emily >> well, welcome back to britain's newsroom . my name is britain's newsroom. my name is tom harwood and i'm with emily carver. and i have to say that the inbox is overflowing with your thoughts. there's a flood . your thoughts. there's a flood. there is. i mean, there's so much paper on the desk. but should we get to this big question of the day? >> may i just say, you know, we've been talking about opening the pubs early for the final and

that people should be able to get a pint or a glass of wine or whatever. a lot of you don't agree. i you think agree. and i think you think it's actually a ludicrous suggestion, said. and suggestion, dave said. and i think this is a bit of a joke, a bit tongue in cheek. in 1986, i played in goal for the country hotel in a cup final against the yorkshire traction . we i yorkshire traction. we won. i even saved penalty . the pubs even saved a penalty. the pubs didn't early and let's face didn't open early and let's face it, games don't much bigger it, games don't come much bigger than that. well, there you go. just because the pubs didn't open you doesn't mean open early for you doesn't mean they early they shouldn't open early for they shouldn't open early for the lionesses. do agree. the lionesses. no, i do agree. >> hotel. yeah. no >> the kindred hotel. yeah. no as big as the england team ? as big as the england team? absolutely. no, you're quite right . i withdraw all of my cup. right. i withdraw all of my cup. no i don't. but margaret has written in saying it's only an houh written in saying it's only an hour. they shouldn't open early . but it's a crucial hour. it's the first hour of the game . the first hour of the game. >> i think the problem is, is also that there will be masses , also that there will be masses, massive queues at the bar when at a crucial point in the match. and that's an issue , isn't it? and that's an issue, isn't it? if you can only get your drinks

later on, it's almost as if we shouldn't have these sort of blanket rules that sort of aren't malleable to circumstance. >> it's almost as if we've got sort of too much government in this country , too much this country, too much prescriptive government , and not prescriptive government, and not enough liberty. >> well , there you go. let us >> well, there you go. let us know what you think. but a lot of you do actually think that it is right that pubs stay is right that the pubs stay closed. people closed. authoritarian people shouldn't drinking that early shouldn't be drinking that early in morning . in the morning. >> no, that is true. >> tom yeah, no, that is true. that did have we did that is true. we did have we did have a view i've lost it have a view and i've lost it now. but someone was saying sort of people be someone, of people would be someone, someone people would of people would be someone, sorstumbling people would of people would be someone, sorstumbling around people would of people would be someone, sorstumbling around andyle would of people would be someone, sorstumbling around and outsided be stumbling around and outside it would pubs fault. we'd it would be the pubs fault. we'd have all of these drunkards and it's response to that it's just my response to that would be someone really wants would be if someone really wants to stumbling outside to be stumbling around outside drunk, think go drunk, i don't think they'd go to to do it. they'd get, to a pub to do it. they'd get, they'd bottle of spirits they'd get a bottle of spirits from off licence and drink it elsewhere. well, if i remember rightly from the last time i was at wetherspoons in morning , at wetherspoons in the morning, you can get a pint very early indeed. you can get a pint very early indeed . you can? yeah. yeah. no, indeed. you can? yeah. yeah. no, isupposeitis indeed. you can? yeah. yeah. no, i suppose it is a mixed mix. i

wonder. i wonder actually if this is a small point this is a small business point that the big business is have all the sort of know how get all the sort of know how to get all the sort of know how to get all licences it's the all the licences and it's the small pubs that are small local pubs that are suffering here. >> well, that's enough of that. let's move on. what are we moving on to? don't cash moving on to? don't kill cash campaign news campaign a victory for gb news the government is now taking action. we're going talk action. and we're going to talk to carson, been to jack carson, who's been talking to the great british pubuc talking to the great british public i understand jack public as i understand it, jack , you been , hello. who have you been talking to? >> good afternoon. well, good . >> good afternoon. well, good. yeah. morning to you both. yeah. good morning to you both. i've been here on the on the high streets of birmingham talking this morning, talking to bill this morning, finding what finding out, of course, what they this decision from they make of this decision from they make of this decision from the treasury you know , allow the treasury to, you know, allow the treasury to, you know, allow the powers of the financial conduct authority to, of course, possibly impose fines on bank if they don't, of course, secure that access to cash. the big plans from the government to secure cash going into the future, making sure that no personal business is less than three miles away from a cash point. i've been speaking to people about what they possibly make a cashless make of the idea of a cashless society, and here's what they

told . told me. >> it's a good idea. gm— >> i think it's a good idea. i think there always be a think there will always be a place cash. i mean, for place for cash. i mean, for instance, it's elderly people, people who really have people who don't really have access don't access to the internet, don't really how mobile phones. >> i only use contactless on my phone nowadays. i never take cash out at all because it's so much where it's actually much easier where it's actually phone there's as hall. >> i don't even use cash. i haven't used cash for probably over six months and everything to actually just is just all to actually just to is just all pinged my phone. it's pinged with my phone. it's totally convenient he's to totally convenient. he's just to go along and get go along to a shop and just get your just ping and your phone out and just ping and it's away you go. i don't go to a cashpoint. i don't have to worry about any card theft or anything like that. so just anything like that. so it just kind totally convenience i >> -- >> yeah. at that point of convenience, certainly something that's been emphasised to me today, particularly by younger people, i think that's probably to be expected in a city like birmingham, which is the youngest in the uk, that convenience, the fact that on most now of course most phones now which of course the use it's the younger generation use it's just double the screen just a double tap of the screen and you can get that debit card

up but of course it's that feeling of the fact that you've got to support everyone in society, that older generation, as well, that do use cash more often. the unite union recommend that or estimate rather that since 2015, 6000 branches of banks across the uk have closed, making that access to banking a little bit more harder than usual of course. and while the younger generation, particularly here in birmingham, might well be versed in online be well versed in online banking, not necessarily banking, that's not necessarily the situation for everyone. so the situation for everyone. so the feeling that actually, yes, maybe here don't maybe people here don't necessarily use cash all the time, but the fact that the treasury are protecting that is something that's gone well something that's gone down well here birmingham, gone down here in birmingham, gone down well, tricky weather well, despite the tricky weather that you've been out this morning, i'm amazed that there have people who've stopped have been people who've stopped to you with their to talk to you with their umbrellas and their coats. >> jack, while we have you, >> but, jack, while we have you, we've talking about the we've been talking about the football today and we've been talking about whether people are going watch it in a pub, going to watch it in a pub, what's going go, what are what's going to go, what are your plans sunday? what's going to go, what are youwell,|s sunday? what's going to go, what are youwell, i'm sunday? what's going to go, what are youwell, i'm going ay? what's going to go, what are

youwell, i'm going home this >> well, i'm going home this weekend back to mum and dad, so i'm hoping that we'll get a few few drinks in the fridge maybe, and watch it nice and nice and on the sofa. but of course, if there around and the there is a pub around and the pubs are allowed to open that is attempting offer. >> do remember from >> well jack, i do remember from the weekend what a fantastic football pundit you are . so you football pundit you are. so you know, you might be there doing it for your for your family or doing doing it for us. anyway, that's a nice compliment to you. yeah. >> well, jack, thanks very much for joining us there from birmingham with the latest on the don't kill cash campaign. a bit sport thrown in. it's bit of sport thrown in. it's interesting, the don't kill cash campaign , because i do i do see campaign, because i do i do see the both sides of it. you know, people do find it a lot more convenient to use. i pay for things on my watch all the time, but i suppose that's the reason that the campaign necessary, that the campaign is necessary, right? so right? because it's so convenient for people to convenient for some people to do it. of cash pushed to it. sort of cash gets pushed to the side. >> yes. i'm more convinced by the idea that there is a danger for an authoritarian government in the future to use all our,

you know, take away our freedom , take away social credit and tax us directly from from our bank accounts, take money out if we've been naughty rather than make it happen rather than appeal a appealing a speeding fine will no longer be a thing. >> they'll just the money >> they'll just take the money straight out of your account. >> well, exactly. but let's move on, because the secretary on, because the health secretary steve barclay, has pledged to end 8 am. scramble for gp end the 8 am. scramble for gp appointments. we've heard this before, about before, haven't we heard about three the government? three times from the government? we have, they're going to be we have, but they're going to be providing million providing £240 million in funding surgeries, funding to help surgeries, replace with replace old phone systems with modern patients modern tech and ensure patients are seen faster. >> but labour are saying the struggle in getting an appointment just stems from government cuts. i'm not sure which government they're which government cuts they're talking course talking about because of course the grown. but it the nhs budget has grown. but it was always ring fenced. well, perhaps dive more into the detail with that. that slightly has confused me. the nhs , it's has confused me. the nhs, it's about 40 billion more going into the now than it was in 2010. the nhs now than it was in 2010. >> yes, there actually have never been cuts, no. >> well, in the in wales

>> well, in the way in wales they maybe they're talking they have. maybe they're talking about where course, about wales where of course, who's the of the who's in charge of the of the nhs wales might be the labour party. >> but anyway, let's go, let's get back to the point in hand. >> joining us now is the gp from same doctor lawrence same day doctor dr. lawrence girls lawrence, thank girls and dr. lawrence, thank you much forjoining us this you so much forjoining us this morning. i am i having a bout morning. am i am i having a bout of amnesia right now or has the government announced this government not announced this before ? before? >> well, this has been a problem for a long time. i remember a televised debate during one of tony blair's elections where a woman pointed out that you have to on the phone to your gpa to get on the phone to your gpa at m you get an engaged tone at a m you get an engaged tone for about 45 minutes. and then when eventually through when you eventually get through , all the appointments have gone and the then prime minister, labour prime minister, was totally gobsmacked. i had no idea this was going on. so this problem is 15 or 20 years in the making nothing has been making and nothing has been done. actually it's a done. and actually it's a disgrace that some practises do this well and others don't, and all of them should have put in digital phone systems themselves using their practise expense far

before this. it's a disgrace in a civilised country that people should be asked to get on the phone. what happens is gps have a limited number of same—day appointments available. those go very quickly and then when you do get through, you can't get an appointment on the day and you're not allowed. and this is another issue. you're not allowed to put more than two weeks in advance because that breaks another target . so the breaks another target. so the whole system is ruined by targets, ruined by the system . targets, ruined by the system. and the main problem being that demand has gone up and the number of gps has gone down and that really is the issue that's not going to be solved by a new phone system . phone system. >> now, lawrence, you work for a private gp provider. what are they doing? what do you get ? they doing? what do you get? what are they doing that some nhs practises aren't? because as you say, why aren't these modern phone systems already in place? it is 2023. yeah yeah.

>> i mean , most of our >> i mean, most of our appointments we make by email and the same is partly true on the nhs. what happens on the nhs is you have to put your details in and they'll decide whether it's urgent or not. but we make appointments by email. and the other thing we do is we have staff who work in the evenings and early mornings and weekends deaung and early mornings and weekends dealing with emails. i know many, many gp practises will use email , but many, many gp practises will use email, but they say and this is again bizarre in this modern age, they say the email system only works when we're open. well, that's a bit of a nonsense, isn't it? if you're working person, you come home, you want to send off an email to your gp. you can't do that with many gp email systems. so we use email a lot. we have a phone system with enough people to answer it so you'll get through within 2 or 3 rings, but then of course being in the private practise that practise we've demonstrated that using a relatively modest fees will act as as a queue jumping

system and a disincentive to waste the gp's time. a lot of calls the gp are still wasted, a lot of demand on the gp has gone up inappropriately and that's why they're under so much pressure . pressure. >> pressure. >> it is fascinating because the nhs is becoming i think, a bigger and bigger issue too. in electoral terms. people are thinking this is something that just isn't working in the way perhaps it used to . and yet when perhaps it used to. and yet when we look at the amount of money thatis we look at the amount of money that is being spent on the system, it's more i said in the introduction it was 40 billion a year more than in 2010. i was wrong. it's over 60 billion more for every single year in inflation adjusted terms than we were spending . 13 years ago. were spending. 13 years ago. that's an increase of around 40% in the budget . where's all that in the budget. where's all that money . going money. going >> there's a huge amount of regulation. we're all overregulated. even myself in private practise, we're

regulated by the care quality commission , by nhs england. regulated by the care quality commission , by nhs england . we commission, by nhs england. we have appraisals. we are regulated by the general medical council. if you multiply that by all the professional groups and then every hospital, every gp will have its own internal systems , there's a huge waste in systems, there's a huge waste in administration, in regulation . administration, in regulation. it's a hugely inefficient system. nigel lawson once said that the nhs is a national religion, but it is also unreformed. and that's the problem . it's so, so huge and problem. it's so, so huge and it's so unelected , created. it's it's so unelected, created. it's like a rusty old machine . you like a rusty old machine. you can't do anything with it . and can't do anything with it. and that's really where the money is being wasted. we have also got to say that demand has gone up. nhs general practise survived when the average person consulted their gp three times a yeah consulted their gp three times a year. that number for the average person. tom and emily is now nine times per year. average

so you can imagine there are some people that are going every week to the gp and i spoke to a gp yesterday who says we're still the first port of call for all the social and financial problems that the general public have , especially during the cost have, especially during the cost of living crisis . those were his of living crisis. those were his words, not mine . and i'm afraid i >> -- >> oh, -_ >> oh, sorry. i was just going to say how interested that is . to say how interested that is. >> yeah. yeah. but you don't forget with, you know, with the collapse in sort of religious culture, people not using the church or whatever, you know, the gp is the person now in the community that people can go to and talk about their issues, whether their personal financial , social housing or otherwise . , social housing or otherwise. and they do. and i've had gp say to me, my problem is i look at my list every morning, i know every single patient on that list and i know what they're coming in with. and you see that blocks up the system. the system is just over overused too much demand, a lot of inappropriate demand. and we need to address

that before we can solve any of these problems once. >> girl is there a gp from same day , a doctor . it's quite day, a doctor. it's quite interesting what he said about it. people going for financial advice. >> why would you go to a doctor for financial advice? >> trusted person, isn't it ? >> trusted person, isn't it? >> trusted person, isn't it? >> there are so many trusted people or maybe there aren't. maybe there aren't. >> it. the high >> think about it. the high streets dead . you can't streets dead. you can't get through a normal person. through to a normal person. believe you're empty. can you see your but i mean, if you see your mp? but i mean, if you manage to get an appointment with the gp, that's a that's a tncky with the gp, that's a that's a tricky task. but up to four. >> please don't go see your >> please don't go and see your gp financial. go to gp about financial. go to citizens go to . citizens advice, go to. >> but has a big bearing on >> but it has a big bearing on your health sometimes too, doesn't it? at least mental health. >> e“ m e up there'll be >> well coming up there'll be lots more controversy around rumours the crown prince of rumours that the crown prince of saudi arabia, mohammed mbs , as saudi arabia, mohammed mbs, as he's known well, should he be coming to the united kingdom and should we be engaging with these sorts of countries? lots more to discuss after this . discuss after this. >> the temperatures rising , boxt

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the people's channel, britain's news . channel welcome news. channel welcome back to britain's newsroom. >> now , we teased this just >> now, we teased this just before the break. the big story developing about whether or not the crown prince of saudi arabia should visit britain. our political correspondent catherine foster is with us in the studio for more. >> well, whether he should visit is an interesting question, but it sounds very likely that he will be visiting possibly in october . october. >> now, the prime minister had a telephone conversation with him yesterday talking about increased trade, defence security cooperation and would

like him to visit at the earliest opportunity, likely given he is the crown prince of saudi arabia that he will also meet . meet the king saudi arabia that he will also meet. meet the king and saudi arabia that he will also meet . meet the king and the saudi arabia that he will also meet. meet the king and the red carpet will be rolled out. now, the reason, of course, this is so controversial is he hasn't been here since the murder of jamal khashoggi , the journalist, jamal khashoggi, the journalist, the journalist. if you remember. it was quite horrific , wasn't it was quite horrific, wasn't he? this is a man who was a very vocal critic of the regime in saudi arabia . he had put himself saudi arabia. he had put himself into exile . he'd gone to the into exile. he'd gone to the saudi consulate in istanbul to pick up documents for him to marry his fiance . he never marry his fiance. he never emerged . he there was a 15 man emerged. he there was a 15 man hit squad at later transpired and sent by saudi arabia to bnng and sent by saudi arabia to bring him back. he resisted arrest. he was suffocated. did dismembered, taken out in suitcases, bits of his body. his body has never been recovered. and us intelligence says that they have determined give

evidence that this hit, this assassination was ordered by the crown prince of saudi arabia. but mohammed salman denies this i >> -- >> he says m >> he says this was rogue elements within the embassy and not at all his direct orders. >> well, yes, he does say that, but the us have plenty of evidence which they have disseminated . and even donald disseminated. and even donald trump, who had a very good relationship with him at the time, did have to take a step back said, well, we don't back and said, well, we don't really exactly what's really know exactly what's happened, was happened, but there was a message emerged tell your message which emerged tell your boss the deed is done right. it does sound fair. boss the deed is done right. it does sound fair . so of course does sound fair. so of course the government will get a lot of criticism. now for this visit. but they're very keen to get a trade deal . the gulf cooperation trade deal. the gulf cooperation council, of which saudi arabia is one country, can be badenoch. the trade secretary, would love to get a trade deal. it's apparently worth about potentially £1.6 billion to the uk every year . potentially £1.6 billion to the uk every year. there's that. and the fact that saudi arabia are the fact that saudi arabia are

the biggest buyers of our weapons. so politics is a dirty business, an important ally, very important ally in the region. >> but catherine, thank you so much for talking us through the particulars. there is a really thorny issue. >> very funny. let us know what you think at home and activist who helped to launch an all party parliamentary group on reparations said that african heritage people had special rights were in rights because they were in britain first. >> well, our investigations reporter charlie peters has more . we have a right to be here, not because of british here. >> before you, we were here before that, but we have a right to be here because of everything that britain has stolen from us. >> yes , black britons need to >> yes, black britons need to claim land wherever they are . claim land wherever they are. >> that's according to esther stanford , an activist who helped stanford, an activist who helped launch a parliamentary group on reparations for slavery and colonialism . colonialism. >> so we have to claim land

wherever we are. stanford cos said black britons had special rights because of colonialism and that african heritage people were in britain first. the activists charged comments in this south london square were not a rare outburst. we've also seen her making charged claims in online talks at a panel discussion, she lamented the corporate white stream media. >> these are not the ones that often get promoted and certainly not the ones that the corporate white stream media are amplifying . amplifying. >> stanford has also claimed that parts of the black rights movement have links to the cia and british intelligence agencies . agencies. >> this is obviously a good thing , but if you don't realise thing, but if you don't realise that it's part of an agenda that involves cia and my five mi6 that it's part of an agenda that involves cia and my five m16 and some of us know it very well. okay that's all i can really say on this platform. >> she also made air quotes while saying that jews were the most oppressed people on earth .

most oppressed people on earth. other panellists at the event broadcast earlier this year made extraordinary comments that stanford cox did not challenge . stanford cox did not challenge. one speaker quoted biblical scripture that said that jews belonged to the synagogue of satan . satan. >> the scripture says. they say they are jews, but they are not jews. >> and god says, i will make them of the synagogue of satan. >> warren alexander dean, who campaigns for a special currency for black businesses, made controversial remarks about gay men . men. >> this homosexuality thing is part of the black genocide agenda. >> labour mp bell ribeiro adi, who spoke alongside stanford ceos in brixton and who chairs the parliamentary group, asked the parliamentary group, asked the prime minister to pledge reparations. >> earlier this year. he said no. alka segal cuthbert from the campaign group don't divide us said this was the right move. >> the far more worrying problem is the political

irresponsibility shown by appg . irresponsibility shown by appg. >> when they take these ideas seriously because these are ideas that are frankly re—introduce using racialized thinking into british society. >> it's establishing legitimacy for seeing everything through racialized lens and absolutely no good can come of this at all. it's extreme, divisive . it sets it's extreme, divisive. it sets up not only divisions between black and white citizens, but it also kind of inculcates the hierarchy of oppressions amongst ethnic minorities themselves . ethnic minorities themselves. >> stanford shows is no longer the public inquiry points for the public inquiry points for the appg, but bell ribeiro a—d still spoke alongside her at the event earlier this month in brixton . many will today be brixton. many will today be asking why are mps associating with an activist who makes these claims and has these controversial associations ? controversial associations? charlie peters gb news brixton . charlie peters gb news brixton. >> well, thanks to charlie for

that concerning report. well much more to come, but that's after your news update with jeff moody . moody. >> good morning . it's 1133. moody. >> good morning . it's1133. i'm >> good morning. it's1133. i'm jeff moody in the newsroom. train drivers will strike on the 1st of september and overtime will be banned the day after. in a long running dispute over pay . the industrial action will force train companies across england to cancel all services , england to cancel all services, while the ban on overtime will seriously disrupt the network. it will be the 12th one day strike by aslef members since the dispute started over a year ago . police in northern ireland ago. police in northern ireland have arrested a man in connection to the psni data breach . a 50 year old man has breach. a 50 year old man has been detained in county londonderry under the terrorism act and is being questioned . act and is being questioned. another man was arrested yesterday on suspicion of collecting information likely to be useful to terrorists . last

be useful to terrorists. last week, the details of 10,000 police officers and staff were published online by mistake, followed by a second breach relating to stolen documents and a laptop . all gp surgeries in a laptop. all gp surgeries in england are to move to a digital phone system , potentially ending phone system, potentially ending what the health secretary has called the 8 am. scramble for appointments. the switch is backed by a £240 million investment from the government and hopes to connect patients with their gp faster. cornwall council and devon and cornwall police have said they will turn a blind eye to pubs and clubs who open earlier for the world cup final. this sunday. the decision comes after michael gove wrote to councils across britain requesting earlier opening times to watch the match. foreign secretary james cleverly and culture, media and sport secretary lucy frazer will be representing the country at the match against spain on sunday. now you can get more out

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news, britain's news . channel news, britain's news. channel good morning . it's 1139 news, britain's news. channel good morning . it's1139 and good morning. it's1139 and you're with britain's newsroom here on gb news with me, tom harwood and emily carver. >> yes. now, lots of you have been getting in touch after our conversation with that gp lawrence girl. i believe it was, yes. bernadette has said you wait ages and it runs up wait for ages and it runs up your phone bill. this is the government are trying to make well, difference when it well, make a difference when it comes the 8 am. i'm sure comes to the 8 am. i'm sure they've announced that before. they £240 million of they have £240 million of funding gps , you know, funding to help gps, you know, get to grips with the situation. new etcetera. she

new phone systems, etcetera. she says finally get through no appointments, phone system, not the staffing is the answer. >> good point. and lynn and alan have also got views on this. they say are gp surgery. do have the 8 am. call system and it works? yes. if the calls are clogged up , the surgery always clogged up, the surgery always calls our number back. and to date we've been given a same day appointment long may this continue at our gp surgery . continue at our gp surgery. lynn, alan where do you lynn, lynn and alan where do you live? where do i want to move there? my goodness. that's i mean, that's incredible. i think you might have a fairly atypical experience. >> same doctor. this is some people do and this is the problem. it is a postcode lottery when it comes to the nhs. let us know what your experience of gp practises are, but we've a view on, but we've also had a view on, ah, birth rates, the birth ah, the birth rates, the birth rates . rates. >> so we'll start. i'll get to my favourite one a little bit later. collapsed, the way. later. collapsed, by the way. yes, robert has said that who wants to raise child in this wants to raise a child in this country when people are getting taxed and streets taxed to the hilt and streets are not safe? >> well, yes , miserable outlook

>> well, yes, miserable outlook there, but probably partly to blame. >> no. and simon says people should earn enough money. so only one parent has to work and give families the incentives to have children. i mean, we touched on that. of touched on that. the cost of living crisis sort of may maybe behind collapse in birth behind this collapse in birth rates. angela who had rates. but it was angela who had the best view, in my view, on this, which was an optimistic one. she says fear not. we have bons one. she says fear not. we have boris now. i know we don't know quite how many children boris johnson has, but i'm not sure he's going to single handedly make up for this collapse in birthrates. but perhaps people , birthrates. but perhaps people, you know, were like boris , i'm you know, were like boris, i'm not sure we wouldn't have this particular problem. he has got many, many good qualities. i'm not of the moral not sure sort of the moral arbiter the nation was ever arbiter of the nation was ever his forte. his sort of forte. >> no , but in terms of >> no, but in terms of procreation, something to aspire to, perhaps ? to, perhaps? >> absolutely. i'm looking for maybe his next. i say that maybe his next. can i say that maybe. maybe his column in maybe. maybe his next column in the touch, i think he the mail will touch, i think he has i think he has written on collapsing actually, collapsing birthrates. actually, he does agree that he probably he does agree that they're a bad but of

they're a bad thing. but of course, jacob rees—mogg has course, jacob rees—mogg also has how children. does how many, 5—5 children. he does . yeah, six. i've just been . yeah, six. six. i've just been told in my ear. six. good. and i know this because the sixth is called sixtus. >> oh, well, rather nice, >> oh, well, that's rather nice, isn't it? right. let's move on because have lots of stories because we have lots of stories and joined by journalist and we are joined by journalist and we are joined by journalist and political commentator chloe dobbs and political commentator chloe dobbrdeputy leader shara ali. party deputy leader shara ali. good morning to you both. >> chloe, should we start with you? picked out this you? you've picked out this story welsh story that the welsh conservatives campaigning conservatives are campaigning for the labour government to reverse the 20mph rule in urban areas . what is this rule? areas. what is this rule? >> so there is a new rule that means that in any built up area. so what this means is anywhere where lampposts, less where there are lampposts, less than yards the than 200 yards apart, the automatic speed limit will now be reduced to down 20 rather than 30. so rather than concentrating on high pedestrian areas like right in the middle of town, it's anywhere with these lampposts, it's going to be this speed limit. and this is just yet another attack on motorists. labour as we've seen with sadiq khan's ulez expansion, they are very anti

motorists and drivers. they just feel attacked . they don't feel feel attacked. they don't feel like they're listened to. and so people are fighting back. they're tying red ribbons to their cars, which is in refers to the red flag act as it was known as the first ever speed limit introduced in the world. >> was that when people had to walk in front of the first motor cars a little red flag. cars with a little red flag. >> yes. when there was a four mile per hour speed limit. so i think this is absolutely brilliant people are brilliant that people are standing this. standing up against this. i really it gets really hope that it gets overturned. would overturned. also, what i would say is i like how they are protesting rather than glueing themselves like you themselves to the road like you know who. >> well, what's a good point? what do you make of that? >> well, what's a good point? wh well, you make of that? >> well, what's a good point? wh well, i'm make of that? >> well, what's a good point? wh well, i'm broadly: that? >> well, what's a good point? wh well, i'm broadly in1at? >> well, what's a good point? wh well, i'm broadly in favour >> well, i'm broadly in favour of 20 mile per hour speed zones. i think there's a lot of research done into this in terms of minimising expenditure , if of minimising expenditure, if anything, traffic violations anything, on traffic violations and also on road safety. but i think the main thing is, is that we're not all just motorists. even those of us who drive cars are also pedestrians. we might want to use cycleways. this is

taking everybody into account in a integrated transport a more integrated transport plan. needs to happen here? plan. what needs to happen here? because i do think it's highly justifiable, persuasion needs justifiable, is persuasion needs to happen, more consultation clearly needs to happen. maybe there needs to be some discussion around whether it's just all these roads just wholesale, all these roads with particular types of street furniture, whether can be furniture, whether there can be a accommodation there. a bit of accommodation there. but of the overall but in terms of the overall street scene, i think it's very important that people get used to slower. there is more to driving slower. there is more moving than ever been moving metal in than ever been before and there's more risk of harm and danger to pedestrians. >> on the road, >> depending on the road, though, feel you're though, it does feel like you're going backwards 20mph. it going backwards at 20mph. it really does. >> chloe, what do you say to those say, you know, those who would say, you know, outside school, why outside of school, why would there fast moving traffic? there be fast moving traffic? you there are some areas you know, there are some areas where this would where clearly perhaps this would be an appropriate solution. i absolutely i can i completely agree that in areas where there are lots of children, lots of pedestrians on a busy high street where people are darting, darting in and out of the road, of it should be 20. of course it should be 20. >> dare drive down

>> i wouldn't dare drive down the street in my town, the high street in my town, going more than 20. but on on my way home, i drive down a road where there are just trees either no either side. no houses, no shops, a pedestrian in shops, not a pedestrian in sight. it's all 20 because sight. and it's all 20 because of this one size fits all policy . that i have a problem . that is where i have a problem . and that is why welsh people are standing against this. are standing up against this. quite so. quite rightly so. >> well, let's move on now , >> well, let's move on now, because, sharon, picked because, sharon, you've picked out from denmark. what's out a story from denmark. what's going on here? >> well, this is a story of reported by society for evidence based gender medicine. now, the denmark medical association have just produced a paper which is drawing attention to a phenomenon which we've actually seen in this country as well. and lots of western countries, including finland and sweden, which is an exponential rise over a decade of children presenting with a gender incongruence or perhaps being diagnosed with gender dysphoria. so the key question now and

we've had an increasing debate in this country as well, is how to treat medically such children. so the increase has beenin children. so the increase has been in denmark for children referred to a paediatric gender identity clinic in 2014, rising to 352m 2022. that's a an 8,700% increase. but the point of the story is, is that whilst as recently as 2018, 65% of those children were being referred to a pathway of puberty blockers leading to cross—sex hormones and potentially surgery with potentially life changing irreversible effects . now that irreversible effects. now that number has gone right down to 6. so so this is very important because there's an increasing debate rate around the utility, the health benefits and prospective harms, which are considerable, particularly when you take into account

detransition rates of minors or teenagers . there is a detransition rates of minors or teenagers. there is a big debate now about what is the best way to go. and in this country we've also got something called the cass review. hilary cass has been reviewing the methodology we've got a consultation out in the speak around what the nhs as we speak around what paediatric gender clinics should be doing and we're moving towards and this is part of that trend, a more holistic approach, psychosocial support being given unless resort to what people call gender affirmation, which is this irreversible , viable, i is this irreversible, viable, i would say experimental use of drugs, which potentially life changing harmful effects on children. i think this is very significant development. >> people at home might be >> now, people at home might be a bit surprised to hear >> now, people at home might be a the)it surprised to hear >> now, people at home might be a the formerrised to hear >> now, people at home might be a the former deputy hear >> now, people at home might be a the former deputy leader of that the former deputy leader of the green party is saying sort of slow down on this stuff that's a bit out of step with the of party. the rest of your party. >> well, firstly, i would say that there's lot of policy that there's a lot of policy mission creep happens in political parties and the green party no exception. you party is no exception. when you look policy, we are very look at our policy, we are very hot on proper due diligence,

medical due diligence. our co—leader , even just last co—leader, even just last autumn, finally had the guts to talk about the cass review for the first time. i'd heard him talk about it and evidence based. so we are an evidence based. so we are an evidence based political party. we should not be endorsing gender affirmation route if we're looking at the current evidence. so i would say this is wholly a line with green party policy moving towards holistic care, where we're looking at co—morbid as well. there is insufficient research on why there is this exponential trend. >> girls in particular say this is in line with green party policy. i think there might be some people in the green party who would disagree with you. >> they well, let disagree >> they well, let them disagree , argue, because , but let them argue, because i've been able to i have been able to argue. i mean, this is probably possibly the probably possibly one of the reasons i'm facing court reasons that i'm facing court with the party next week, with the green party next week, because i was on ceremoniously removed as a spokesperson in just over a year ago. >> do you think that's because you hold more gender critical

beliefs? >> well, i would regard it put aside counts as gender aside what counts as gender critical. this is a rational, evidence based piece of research. you're concerned about children going down. >> well, that's the other thing where they are affirmed in their gender dysphoria and end up having , puberty having surgery, puberty blockers that get them from that absolutely get them from having children future . having children in the future. irreparable essentially. irreparable harm, essentially. absolutely. like absolutely. it sounds like you're thoroughly sensible. i worry the worry that parties like the green party jump on progressive band wagons and don't always think things through , and think things through, and they're scared of having rational because rational debate because they don't to as bigoted don't want to be seen as bigoted or the nasty side of or on the nasty side of a particular issue . and i think particular issue. and i think we've got to be more grown up about that 100. >> and it's the no debate stance, which is causing this refusal to look at things in the round empirically, scientifically . and i think scientifically. and i think we've got to get beyond that. it doesn't benefit anybody to institute irrevocable harm potentially on children. and i would say finally that of all

the vulnerable people in society , children, some of whom may not yet have capacity to consent , yet have capacity to consent, they are the ones who deserve to have their welfare and their benefits, health benefits put front and centre of every politician's mind. >> just finally on this topic and we will get to your story next. i know you've been sitting, but but do you think it was your position on on these issues around gender that led to you to lose that deputy leadership role within the green party? >> well, some of this is going to be caused for litigation, of course, but i will simply say this is that i challenge have and i've always challenged the assertion, the allegation that i have breached the speaker's code of conduct and i've been putting just as an ordinary member motions to conference which have been found to be properly in order around these topics, because there hasn't been sufficient development of policy in our party. but are we doing that as a member? and i still am a member and the challenge is

that you broke that code of conduct, but you would say that you not part of the reason, you did not part of the reason, given in insufficient detail and won't go into too much detail for obvious reasons, but part of the reason given for my removal as spokesperson was alleged as a spokesperson was alleged breach speaker's of breach of the speaker's code of conduct, which i challenge i contest and yeah, it's a fascinating case and job. >> thank you for going into detail and welcome claire. i hope you don't mind us just diving into that one a little bit more deeply. but you've picked out this story that is on the front page of the telegraph about stopping fewer about france stopping fewer migrants despite more money. >> so we really sunak agree >> yes. so we really sunak agree to deal with the french. in march give them £480 million march to give them £480 million over three years to stop the boats, which is a lot more than the 54 million that we gave them in 2021. yet the numbers have gone down on the number of boats they are stopping. so it is estimated that the french have stopped between january and now about migrants. but this about 13,000 migrants. but this time last year it was 17,000. now there may be the weather and

some other factors playing into that, clear that we're that, but it's clear that we're probably not getting value for money. there's a little bit money. and there's a little bit of explanation here as to why why we are not seeing much progress. so for example, the french on on the beaches, they're unwilling to do joint patrols with the british. they're only allowing them to stand and watch, which is very strange . they're also refusing strange. they're also refusing to stop boats once they are in the sea. so they've been slashing some boats that haven't left shore yet to deflate them . left shore yet to deflate them. but then what's happening is these migrants aren't actually being detained and arrested , so being detained and arrested, so they just get on the next boat that's going not very that's going it's not very effective . and the taxpayer , on effective. and the taxpayer, on top of the 6 million a day that's being wasted on these hotels, this is just 480 million. it just feels like it's money going down the drain . money going down the drain. >> what do you think it is that the french, the coastguard in france , are perhaps not being as

france, are perhaps not being as effusive as they might be? >> so one thing that this article does mention is that obviously there is a lot of unrest going on in france at the moment. so hence some of their police and forces are being moved away from the border . it's moved away from the border. it's not as much of a priority, but what british are saying are what the british are saying are let joint patrols, tell us let us do joint patrols, tell us when you need us to step in, and we will. but they're not wanting to them, is to cooperate with them, which is really think a lot of really strange. i think a lot of people write in saying that the french are just doing what's in their own interests and just letting migrants pass . letting the migrants pass. >> but, you know, they'd refute that course. that of course. >> absolutely fascinating >> no is absolutely fascinating . and thank you both. chloe dobbs and gerard ali for talking us through those stories. we didn't absolutely didn't get through absolutely everything, but did drill everything, but we did drill down where mattered. thank down where it mattered. thank you your time this you both for your time this morning. that's it for us on britain's newsroom today. but coming up next, it's the live desk. >> hello . >> hello. >> hello. >> lots to come on this friday lunchtime on the live desk on gb news, including where are you going to be watching the england

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of saturday. here's the low that's approaching, developing quickly that's going to bring strengthening winds both ahead and during the period in which that low pressure crosses the uk. but before the low arrives, actually shower rain pushes north—east for a time, drier conditions for scotland, northeast england and southern parts for a time, some sunshine coming through, but a lot of cloud and with the breeze as well. it's not going to feel particularly hot 23, 24 celsius, albeit with increased humidity. then the pushes in, very then the low pushes in, very strong developing across strong winds developing across western parts, gales through irish sea coast in particular, and west wales, the southwest of england seeing the strongest winds during the evening, during the early hours . we're going to the early hours. we're going to see thunderstorms develop across eastern england. heavy eastern parts of england. heavy rain into scotland and rain pushing into scotland and northern ireland, sweeping through elsewhere and a very warm night to come. 17,18 celsius. so a blustery starts to the weekend . the heavy and the weekend. the heavy and persistent rain pushes into scotland, northern ireland and

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