in the lucy letby case. failings in the lucy letby case. >> they're also calling for better protection for medical whistleblower laws to ensure it never happens again . never happens again. >> georgia on his mind. donald trump tells his followers he expects to be arrested on thursday over alleged election interference. the former president expected to be fingerprinted and have his mugshot taken in atlanta cheap as chips, but a lifeline for struggling families . struggling families. >> we'll be trying out the £1 meals being provided for hungry children by a south wales chippy and have the lionesses missed another open goal that leaves scores of fans disappointed as they shoot through a back door after landing at heathrow. >> first, though, latest headunes >> first, though, latest headlines with tamzin .

headlines with tamzin. >> mark. thank you. good afternoon from the gb newsroom. it's 12:01. judge liz will be given new powers to force convicted prisoners to hear their sentencing . gb news can their sentencing. gb news can reveal the government is introducing a multifaceted initiative to stop criminals like lucy letby from refusing to go to court. yesterday, the serial baby killer did not have to listen to impact statements from her victims parents. judges will be able to order convicted criminals into the dock or remove them if they're disruptive. prison officers will also be able to use reasonable force to make them attend, including handcuffing them. the plans will be unveiled in the king's speech in november. there are warnings the uk's migrant crisis is likely to be significantly worse by the next general election think tank. the institute for public policy research says any incoming government faces a perma backlog of thousands of new asylum seekers needing long term

accommodation and support. researchers warn the annual housing costs for the backlog could soar to over £5 billion after five years. top private school eton college is to open three free selective sixth form colleges to help disadvantaged communities . they'll be set up communities. they'll be set up in dudley , middlesbrough and in dudley, middlesbrough and oldham . it's after the oldham. it's after the department for education approved 15 new free schools across the country where results are weakest . education secretary are weakest. education secretary gillian keegan says it will create more opportunity for students to get into the best universities . universities. >> eton actually initiated this and they worked with star academy that have got a lot of experience in the west midlands and the north of really turning schools around and they will provide support , thought provide support, thought curriculum, support some financial support as well. and what it is , is it's 16 to 19. what it is, is it's 16 to 19. and so it's for those children who they want to try and get

into the best universities because we know that still some of our best universities are still dominated by people who go to private schools . to private schools. >> labour claims the economy is stuck in a low growth trap under the conservatives. analysis by the conservatives. analysis by the opposition predicts uk growth will be the slowest of the g7 countries next year. the bank of england has already downgraded its forecasts from 0.75 to 0.5. labour leader sir keir starmer accused the tories of failing to do enough to fix the economy. >> the mismatch now between what the government is saying that everything is fine, it's all working well and the lived experience of people today business people who are absolutely struggling, students who are having to work before they go to university because they go to university because they can't afford it. you know, single parents who told me that they worry every night about whether they make ends meet. whether they can make ends meet. so i don't government so i don't think the government is position to pretend that

is in a position to pretend that they're handling the economy well . well. >> the number of artefacts stolen from the british museum is now thought to be around 2000, believed to be worth millions of pounds. last week, the museum reported that items from its collection were found to be missing, stolen or damaged , and that a member of staff had been sacked. but missing items include gold, jewellery and gems of semi precious stones and glass dating from the 15th century bc to the 19th century. aiden former us president donald trump has said he'll turn himself in over another indictment in georgia. writing on his truth social platform, he said he was going to georgia to be arrested and referred to the charges as a witch hunt. he's charged with trying to overturn his 2020 election loss in the state. donald trump described the indictment as a politically motivated effort to derail his re—election campaign . the former re—election campaign. the former president is the republican frontrunner in the 2024 us

election , using the mri scans to election, using the mri scans to screen for prostate cancer could save lives. a new study has found . scientists from found. scientists from university college london and king's college, london have found that using mris could reduce deaths from the disease significantly. the scans proved far more accurate at diagnosing cancer than the current blood tests , as prostate cancer is the tests, as prostate cancer is the most common cancer found in men .fans most common cancer found in men . fans have missed out on welcoming back the lionesses after their world cup final defeat by spain . people brought defeat by spain. people brought england flags and handmade banners to heathrow airport this morning, with one group having arrived last night . but it's arrived last night. but it's understood the team left by a private exit after touching down just after 630. while these fans spoke of their disappointment at missing the team , it's missing the team, it's absolutely gutted . absolutely gutted. >> you know, we came here to give them the hero's welcome. >> devastated because, like, we

wanted to see, like mary or like millie bright, because wanted to see, like mary or like millie bright , because they've millie bright, because they've done extremely well in the world cup. >> we didn't realise how many fans. but yeah, we just expected them to come through. just cheer for them. just show them like how we are of them. so how proud we are of them. so yeah, it's disappointing. >> is gb news across the uk >> this is gb news across the uk on tv in your car, on digital radio and on your smart speaker by saying, play gb news. now it's back to mark and . pip tomson. >> thanks very much. so the senior doctor who first raised the alarm over lucy letby has now called for nhs managers to be held to account for their handung be held to account for their handling of whistleblowers concerns , as dr. stephen brewery concerns, as dr. stephen brewery has also joined those requesting a statutory inquiry into letby crimes. >> the former neonatal nurse is serving life in prison after being handed a whole life order for murdering seven babies and attempting to kill six more.

>> let's get more now outside manchester crown court and north—west of england. reporter sophie reaper, who of course followed the legal process through the court and the process in terms of getting justice for the families has not stopped, it seems. sophie now, the doctors themselves who gave evidence, of course, in that court case wants no further . action >> absolutely. good afternoon to you both. now, we know that the staff on the neonatal unit at the countess of chester hospital were blowing the whistle against lucy letby as early as 2015. in fact , the first internal inquiry fact, the first internal inquiry into it came afterjust fact, the first internal inquiry into it came after just three fact, the first internal inquiry into it came afterjust three of into it came after just three of those murders with the nursing manager at the time tasked carrying out that review to try and work out exactly why that spike in the number of baby deaths had come . now, you deaths had come. now, you mentioned dr. brazier re there today. he has spoken out about exactly what he should what should happen. but back in 2016,

after the death of lucy letby final victim, we know that he called up the duty executive of urgent care at the time and said he didn't want lucy letby to be returning to the ward the following day. but she told him that that just wouldn't be possible because there wasn't enough evidence. now, as we say, today, he's spoken out and he said doctors and nurses all have the regulatory bodies that we have to answer to. and quite often we see we will see senior managers who have no apparent accountability for what they do in our trusts and then move to other trusts. now there's three key people that have been discussed in this situation. first of all, tony chambers, who was the chief executive at the time, he's been accused of insisting that senior paediatrician who'd blown the whistle on lucy letby actually apologised to her and that if they cross the line again, there

would be, quote, consequences as the second person is ian harvey. the medical director. he's accused of delaying involving the police in what had been happening at the countess of chester hospital. we know that lucy letby was removed from her dufies lucy letby was removed from her duties back in 2016, but it wasn't until 2017 that the police became involved . blvd. police became involved. blvd. and finally, there's alison kelly, who was the nursing and quality director at the time . we quality director at the time. we know she's now been suspended , know she's now been suspended, mended from her current position . but at the time she was told, she was told about the paediatricians concerns and she said that she would deal with it. but clearly that never happened. now, in terms of this statutory inquiry , what that statutory inquiry, what that means, is it would provide legal powers to compel witnesses to give evidence. and by the sounds of it, that is what the families at the heart of all of this. of course, lucy letby is the criminal behind all of these murders. but at the heart of it is those families who either lost babies or had their babies

attacked. now, the solicitors representing those families has said that a statutory inquiry is exactly what those families want. according to them, the nhs is a public body. it's publicly funded and we want transparency and we want this investigated . and we want this investigated. >> there's also calls sophie, by one of the doctors unions for the law to be changed so that whistleblowers are much better protected . protected. >> well, of course we talk there about how the whistleblowers , about how the whistleblowers, they raise the alarm. what they thought was going on on the ward . and instead they were told by someone in a senior position that they actually had to apologise to lucy letby and that there would be those consequences if they crossed the line again. now now that we know exactly what lucy letby is found guilty of , exactly what lucy letby is found guilty of, i'm sure there will be about how can be questions about how we can better people who are better protect people who are ultimately to get to the ultimately trying to get to the bottom of what has now become

britain's worst serial killer of children in modern history. >> now, the other aspect, of course, we were talking to you about it yesterday, sophie, is that the police were indicating that the police were indicating that their inquiries will have that the police were indicating th.continue|quiries will have that the police were indicating th.continue to iries will have that the police were indicating th.continue to ates will have that the police were indicating th.continue to at theill have that the police were indicating th.continue to at the hospital to continue to at the hospital looking at all these cases. do we believe that process is now underway .7 underway? >> i think that is indeed the case. ahead of the verdict we spoke we were able to speak to some of the senior investigating officers within cheshire constabulary, and they told us that that process was now underway. they gave us a really thorough understand ing of exactly how that investigation has been going. operation hummingbird and now how it will continue. we know that there was those 4000 babies who passed through that other hospital whilst lucy letby was working there. now, that doesn't mean to say there's 4000 babies being investigated because that would just be absolutely uncomprehensible . but what it uncomprehensible. but what it does mean is that there are some families out there who could

potentially be about to hear that. lucy letby also attacked their baby . their baby. >> indeed. so and clearly they want answers, or at least some kind of peace of mind over that issue. but thanks very much indeed for updating us once more there on what is a continuing story, of course. thank you very much . much. >> following lucy letby failure to appear in court yesterday , gb to appear in court yesterday, gb news understands that judges will now be given explicit powers to order convicted prisoners to attend and hear their sentencing. >> well, the mother of olivia pratt—korbel joining the calls for criminals to face those victims in court a year on from her daughter's own murder, paul , for the offenders to listen to the pain that they've caused , the pain that they've caused, the pain that they've caused, the pain that is ongoing, go into prison is supposed to be a rehabilitation that first port of call of rehabilitation should

be in that courtroom and standing there listening to the judge and listening to the families impacts statements . families impacts statements. >> let's get all the details on the government's plans with gb news political editor christopher hope, who's in westminster. good afternoon to you.so westminster. good afternoon to you. so the justice secretary, alex chalk , did yesterday say alex chalk, did yesterday say that there would be a law change. how is it going to change, chris? >> yeah, and we have further information today at gb news on what mr chalk is planning to do. it's a three pronged attack in terms of trying to stop this happening again. people like letby shouldn't be able to avoid being sentenced, literally facing music the justice facing the music in the justice system and not allowing a victims to see that she is heanng victims to see that she is hearing their pain as we saw. so movingly yesterday in manchester. this idea now is going to be a measures attached to the crime and justice bill on the king's speech on november

the 7th, judges to get explicit powers to force to require offenders to attend court , to offenders to attend court, to come up from the cells and to hear the sentencing. prison officers will be given will be able to use reasonable force to make this this happen that might see some offenders being brought to the witness box in in manacles in in handcuffs and told to attend if they won't attend . the judges can ask for attend. the judges can ask for expert expert to go and assess them and ask why they can't attend. the third element of this is they won't be allowed, conversely, to use that position to mock or make the suffering of victims worse. if that happens , victims worse. if that happens, they'll be taken down straight away to the cells. so the idea here is to give explicit powers to judges. so happened to the judges. so what happened yesterday would letby cannot happen government is happen again. the government is worried a degree of worried that there's a degree of copycat why it happened. copycat qatar why it happened. we olivia we heard there olivia pratt—korbel family there about thomas cashman when he wouldn't attend the sentencing. and there's some there's a feeling that some criminals are seeing this and wanting to take

wanting to wanting to take advantage happened advantage of what happened there. nip this in there. they want to nip this in there. they want to nip this in the and give clear the bud and give give clear direction. currently, if you do do that, you can be given two years added to your sentence for contempt of court. but the contempt of court. but in the most cases such as we most serious of cases such as we see that will make see with letby, that will make no she's got several no difference. she's got several life terms will life live terms and one will never see skies again never see the skies again outside prison. so that's outside of prison. so that's what they're trying to do. it has been while. labour's been has been a while. labour's been saying so long? they've got saying why so long? they've got a very good point. the justice secretary, alex chalk, did try and attach this measure to another bill going through parliament behind that was parliament behind me that was called the victims and prisoners bill. that wasn't allowed by various run various people who run parliament. the idea is parliament. so the idea now is a new in the king's speech. new idea in the king's speech. if amendments work, if amendments don't work, they'll standalone bill. they'll do a standalone bill. but sounds could be but it sounds like this could be law next year. law by next year. >> i was going to say what do we know the likely timetable know about the likely timetable , i mean, the king's , chris? i mean, the king's speech, is in november speech, i think, is in november the we assume this the seventh. we assume that this would opposed in the would not be opposed in the chamber that. it would be chamber for that. it would be voted through quickly. chamber for that. it would be voteevenough quickly. chamber for that. it would be voteeven given quickly. chamber for that. it would be voteeven given parliamentary but even given the parliamentary process, going to take some

process, it's going to take some time . time. >> it is tied, of course, mark, and we're looking at general election in march , forgive me, election in march, forgive me, in may or june next year or october, november of course, may orjune is october, november of course, may or june is very, very tight. but given the goodwill shown towards the victims of letby from across across parliament, behind me, when it when it returns to work on the 4th of september, i think they will find it'll go through very quickly if required. >> all right. now, the other thing been running in thing that's been running in parallel, this parallel, of course, is this discussion the of discussion about the status of the inquiry all the issues the inquiry into all the issues of the letby case. i think gillian keegan, the education secretary , this morning said secretary, this morning said that the idea of a statutory inquiry was on the table. now do we know what that actually means 7 we know what that actually means ? well the government is being quite clear on this and i have some sympathy. >> they're saying we're not wedded to any type of inquiry, statutory and non—statutory. what to get the what they want is to get the answers the victims want answers that the victims want before this this, the before this. this this, the verdict. and the sentencing. yesterday, it was thought by

government that victims wanted a swift inquiry to get past it, learn lessons , hold people to learn lessons, hold people to account in authority. the concern is that that may not happenif concern is that that may not happen if it's not statutory. conversely problem with the statutory inquiry is it takes a long time, cost lots of money. we're seeing that already with other inquiries into the grenfell tower and the covid inquiry. everyone gets everyone gets lawyered it gets gets lawyered up and it gets bogged down. what they want is speed and give some degree of closure for the victims families and that's the balance. they and that's the balance. but they will anything to give some will do anything to give some some of closure these some form of closure for these families. they the most families. they are the most important thing. >> to be a >> there does seem to be a suggestion, chris, that it will be should be the victims be it should be the victims families that will decide that this inquiry is statutory . this inquiry is statutory. >> yeah, that's right . this inquiry is statutory. >> yeah, that's right. but of course, what the government doesn't want to do is to get bogged down in a 5 or 6 year statutory inquiry. as we saw with previous inquiries, the chilcot inquiry, the sunday inquiry, for on years inquiry, these go for on years and years and years and the

concern then is by the time it reports, it's what happened is ancient fact ancient history and in fact other may have happened. other let may have happened. they to learn lessons now they want to learn lessons now i've by senior i've been told by senior clinicians in nhs should be clinicians in nhs this should be a watershed moment when from now on nurses and doctors on the wards are listened to by managers that seems to be the lesson i think the nhs has seen. level senior level is taken away from happened maybe an from what happened and maybe an inquiry that, but inquiry can support that, but certainly should be certainly that should be changing very quickly. >> hope, >> christopher hope, our political at westminster, political editor at westminster, thank indeed for thank you very much indeed for updating that. now let's updating us on that. now let's bnng updating us on that. now let's bring some breaking news. bring you some breaking news. we're getting from pakistan with some extraordinary pictures about attempt about an ongoing rescue attempt . got six children . they've got six children trapped in this cable car. some 900ft above a ravine in a mountainous area of battagram in pakistan. they've been trying to get from a helicopter , special get from a helicopter, special forces commandos , down to that forces commandos, down to that cable car to rescue them. but it's currently, we're being told, suspended by just one

single rope, a very , very single rope, a very, very delicate operation. >> this the children , we >> this the children, we understand, were going to school when one of the cables snapped out, leaving it 900ft above the ground . parents, we understand , ground. parents, we understand, are begging officials to save their children in for helicopters have so far taken part in the operation. and they are trying to get them down. but we understand that it is complete chaos there because so many people have gathered to watch what's going on and families are urging officials to save their children. these these as lifts, as you would call them. we call them a cable car. but they they're calling them lifts. and they have been used for many years now. they're built locally . but in strong built locally. but in strong winds, it becomes a very, very intricate operation to get them down. and indeed, those conditions are hampering the efforts. >> we're being told at the

moment the children have been trapped there for nine hours. so far. so a fairly desperate situation. but we'll update you, of course, as we get more on that continuing operation there in pakistan . an in pakistan. an >> coming up here on the live desk. donald trump takes to truth social to tell his followers that he'll be arrested on thursday over charges of election interference . the election interference. the details next. >> that warm feeling inside from boxt boilers. proud sponsors of weather on . gb news. weather on. gb news. >> alex deakin here with your latest weather update from the met office for gb news many places seeing a bit of sunshine today. there are quite a few showers around across the northern uk . warmest northern half of the uk. warmest weather the south thanks to weather in the south thanks to this area of high pressure which is holding on here. whereas low pressure is dominating just sitting north of sitting to the north of scotland, bringing in bands sitting to the north of sc showers bringing in bands sitting to the north of sc showers here. nging in bands sitting to the north of sc showers here. we'll in bands sitting to the north of sc showers here. we'll get�*ands of showers here. we'll get brighter across western scotland through the afternoon. see

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he'll turn himself in to the authorities in georgia on thursday over the latest indictments surrounding allegations of trying to overturn that 2020 presidential election result . election result. >> writing on his truth social platform , the former us platform, the former us president says he's going to atlanta to be arrested. but calling the campaign a witch hunt a narrative he has tried to establish to paint himself as a political victim. >> well, let's speak now to scott lucas, professor of us, and international politics. thank you very much indeed for joining us. it is a narrative that seems to be successful looking at least the national polling . trump on 54.4. santos polling. trump on 54.4. santos desantis back . at 19.9. desantis back. at 19.9. >> well, certainly that's trump's tactics for you and the rest of the to media say, oh, this legal process is just making me stronger. i mean , one making me stronger. i mean, one quick fact which is there, which is since the indictments came out in washington and in georgia , trump has slipped in the

polling in the first republican contest , which will be in iowa contest, which will be in iowa next january. he still has a lead. he still has more than 40% of those who have been surveyed. but that is down from about 55. and there's still quite a way to go in these next six months over not just one, but four legal cases with more than 90 felony charges against trump. so, no, i think i prefer to talk about the facts and strip away his all caps rhetoric, including his threats against anybody who, quote, comes against him to look at what he's facing in atlanta. >> third, 18 charges, including racketeering and false statements, the racketeering charge , of course, something charge, of course, something that was introduced by a certain rudy giuliani all those years ago . ago. >> oh, i see what you did there, because, of course, rudy giuliani , who was trump's giuliani, who was trump's lawyers during the attempt to overturn the 2020 election, is one of 18 co—defendants alongside trump . alongside trump. >> another co—defendants, former

white house chief of staff mark meadows. these are very serious charges . they may not get the charges. they may not get the same headlines that the federal charges from last month got, but each of those charges can carry up again, up to 20 years in prison. and the fact is, is that if the trial proceeds and they are hoping to proceed with the trial in march, it will take place during the republican primaries where donald trump will be facing a series of people who want to replace him as the person to face joe biden next november. >> and when he goes to court on thursday, he is likely to have his fingerprints taken, his mug shots taken as well, which i don't think we've seen before. and all this seems to play into the hands of his supporters as well. i'm going to separate again fact from the trumpist rhetoric. >> the facts here are is that, yes, georgia, which is a state case, not a federal case, it's interesting in that they've been

tougher on trump in terms of the arrangements that he may have , arrangements that he may have, his mugshot taken, he may be handcuffed at. we don't know that yet . what we have been told that yet. what we have been told is, is that unlike the federal cases where he received relatively light conditions, georgia is going to set a $200,000 bond for trump to pay. so he then is released on his own recognisance. now of course, trump will find the funds somewhere, whether from his personal funds or whether from his political action committees , to pay that bond. but it's a signal that georgia is taking his activities on social media far more seriously because they've also added the condition that he cannot he cannot interfere with the case or try to interfere with potential jurors with any message from now on. on truth , social and on. on truth, social and i mentioned desantis, but looking at the bigger political picture, the landscape, there's another name now that's coming into play, vivek ramaswami, a 38 year old, another billionaire . old, another billionaire. >> but, you know, a new

generation in a young generation. he's 38 years old and he's certainly got deep pockets to go into the republican race. >> yeah. and i think that's interesting because we started this interview by talking about trump's tactics, which is don't talk about anything else except me. you've noted vivek ramaswami, who's rising in the national polls. you could also talk not only about the former vice president mike pence or the former un ambassador, nikki haley , but interestingly, the haley, but interestingly, the person who is rising in the iowa polls , that first republican polls, that first republican contest is the first black candidate, major black candidate for .the republican nomination, and that's a senator named tim scott out of south carolina . it scott out of south carolina. it will be interesting . and this will be interesting. and this debate which is taking place , debate which is taking place, the first republican debate, which is scheduled for tomorrow night, do the media actually cover all the candidates and all the issues or do they get led by the issues or do they get led by the nose by trump, who won't be at the debate to talk only about him? because i think he's >> yeah, because i think he's he's booked in with with he's booked himself in with with tucker fox

tucker carlson, former fox anchorman, of course to actually have a 1 to 1 interview. so he's playing a bit of a game on that score as well. >> well, absolutely. and the idea is, is that if i have the good fortune to talk to you folks on thursday, that we don't talk about the republican debate , we don't talk about issues like rights, like women's rights, lgbt rights, immigration, education, like women's rights, lgbt righeconomy, ration, education, like women's rights, lgbt righeconomy, foreigneducation, like women's rights, lgbt righeconomy, foreign policyon, like women's rights, lgbt righeconomy, foreign policy .1, like women's rights, lgbt righeconomy, foreign policy . we the economy, foreign policy. we talk trump and tucker , a talk about trump and tucker, a guy, by the way, who was to extreme even for fox and wound up getting fired. so you know, that's just sort of set up this this sort of parallel universe we've had in american for politics several years, which is on the one hand trying to talk about facts, talk about the system, about the issues system, talk about the issues versus the parallel universe where tries to turn where donald trump tries to turn this a spectacle where he this into a spectacle where he and his friend tucker get to be the ringmasters. well scott, thanks for joining us the ringmasters. well scott, thanks forjoining us and taking thanks for joining us and taking on trip through that parallel universe. >> thanks very much indeed for joining us. once more. >> stay with us on the live desk here on gb news. we'll be

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this evening. gb news is the people's channel. britain's watching . hello watching. hello >> welcome back to the live desk . the windsor framework was meant to answer all the problems around post brexit trade, but months on it appears there is still very little clarity. >> yes, no details yet given to

many businesses and the grace penod many businesses and the grace period for goods coming into northern ireland coming to an end on the 1st of october, the clock is ticking. well, dougie beattie breaks down the latest brexit trade row for us. the ports of northern ireland are a lifeline to its economy and the transport industry is under real pressure due to the lack of procedural information around the framework document . the framework document. >> all but a small amount of goods arrive and depart by hgv on the sea , and within the last on the sea, and within the last few weeks , some northern ireland few weeks, some northern ireland containers have been stopped in britain and customs documents are being requested .john martin are being requested. john martin of the road hauliers association is frustrated by the lack of clarity . clarity. >> if this product moving from northern ireland. the government probably wants to see if it's northern irish product or eu product. so it would appear that they want to assess the goods to

see if they're northern irish or eu. we we've been lobbying government from day one, asking them how they're going to manage eu product coming through northern ireland to gb and they've refused to answer the question . question. >> says that the >> lord keen says that the framework document creates unfettered access between northern ireland and britain . northern ireland and britain. >> but i'm very clear that the windsor framework enshrines unfettered access for goods travelling from northern ireland into great britain and indeed the uk internal market act enshrines in law unfettered access from ni to gb. >> jim allister is a unionist politician but also a kc and believes that under the framework, a border between northern ireland and great britain can't be avoided because northern ireland is prohibited from having any checks on goods coming from the republic. >> and that's where article 55 of the protocol expressly says you cannot check quantitatively

a goods coming from the eu into northern ireland. the only place you then can check them if you want to protect the rest of the uk market from being flooded is in gb and thereby if you build not just the irish sea border for goods from gb to northern ireland, but you build it effectively in gb for goods coming from within northern ireland to gb. it is a preposterous situation. >> it now appears that there are problems both ways and peter burke , the republic of ireland's burke, the republic of ireland's minister for european affairs inside , writes there is clear inside, writes there is clear guidance , but it depends on the guidance, but it depends on the type of goods . type of goods. >> there's a very clear chart of different types of goods that need paperwork, and there's goods that obviously are more higher others . but the higher risk than others. but the framework provides the pathway for any issues that come forward in relation to the passage of goods over and back from the eu or the uk . or the uk. >> small retailers will face the largest problems , especially on largest problems, especially on stock levels , as northern

stock levels, as northern ireland's supply chain is known as just in time , the very size as just in time, the very size of the population here means that cold storage for long penods that cold storage for long periods of time is not financially viable . plans are financially viable. plans are now well underway to bypass britain and go directly to the eu to avoid the issues with labelling and green and red lanes and this will push up pnces lanes and this will push up prices and is causing political problems as both the secretary of state and mp sammy wilson seemed to be on totally different pages , the windsor different pages, the windsor framework was agreed and therefore , as night as night therefore, as night as night follows day , the executive follows day, the executive should be up and running . should be up and running. >> but anybody that knows northern ireland politics knew it was going to take time. it was going to take some time. >> does show is that all >> what it does show is that all of the promises made by the prime minister in the house of commons were simply a tissue of lies and in fact, he said this

would do away with any border in the irish sea, the border in the irish sea is reinforced. he said that it would sort out the problems of the protocol and economic life in northern ireland could be restored and we could be part of the uk single market. the barriers are higher and what amazes me is that there is an intolerance in the house of commons to prime minister's telling lies. as we saw with the treatment of boris johnson. these are the biggest set of lies that one could possibly have told to the house of commons. yet there are some lies appear to be acceptable because nobody wants to scrutinise and dig down deep as to the actual effect of the windsor framework >> dougie beattie gb news belfast that let's get the latest now from dougie because he's at belfast docks for us right now. >> dougie, that clock ticking , >> dougie, that clock ticking, as we were saying to towards october the first. i mean, is there a vacuum or are they just

playing some high stakes poker here? well it is very much high stakes because the problems around the political side of this, we know very well the dup not going back into government in northern ireland because they say there's no sense in doing so because they they can't set their own laws. >> they're being done in brussels. setting that aside, and the retail side of this is in real trouble because there's not much clarity coming here now about green lanes and red lanes . in fact, the green lanes and red lanes are being called red lanes are now being called green hurdles and red hurdles. and they are forcing supply chains to go into the republic of ireland. so what we will see is the smaller and mid irish supermarket units doing very well out of this and the bigger supermarkets will hurt quite a lot and of course where you have the lack of competition in, then you have the lack of pricing and pnces you have the lack of pricing and prices will go up. in fact, they are going up now quite substantially inside northern ireland. and if we just go to

our amazon and we look at that , our amazon and we look at that, it says will not deliver to northern ireland, cannot deliver to northern ireland the whole way through these, even if you go to your duty free when you're coming from it says coming back from spain, it says not applicable in northern ireland because we are now part of the eu and the only thing that the framework document has really done is handed over the legislative side of that border in the irish sea to the eu, and that's through sps checks. those are those sanitary checks that come in. so say we had foot and mouth disease or swine flu within, you know, the next year, northern ireland will be caught inside eu regulated nations and gb will be away. so effectively what we have is to uk citizens, we have eu, uk citizens and uk gb citizens . and what is really gb citizens. and what is really happening now is that because of the labelling and it says we must be sold inside , not for must be sold inside, not for sale inside the eu because

there's only 1.8 million people in northern ireland labelling isn't worth that. and now there isn't worth that. and now there is these plans afoot and they are well underway to go directly to france, bring the goods into ireland and then up through into northern ireland. so if you take a town like enniskillen that has a town like enniskillen that has a footprint, the retail footprint three times the size of itself because it sits on the border, that means people are coming into there from the repubuc coming into there from the republic of ireland because goods are cheaper and there's more of them because of their links with britain. that will now stop up because they'll be selling exactly the same into as is sold in the rest of the repubuc is sold in the rest of the republic of ireland. and it also then stops competition because if you have a shop in northern ireland and in the republic of ireland, well, you won't be buying from the same wholesaler because he can't sell to both shops. so therefore the british, british retailers are finding it hard to get their goods in here and actually find out the details of how that happens. the

rhi will go on and i suspect some fudge will be cooking. now to extend that period past the 1st of october. >> dougie at a very empty, seemingly belfast docks behind you. thanks very much for updating us there. thank you . updating us there. thank you. >> want to bring you some pictures from pakistan where rescuers are struggling to . free rescuers are struggling to. free six children and two adults. they are trapped in that cable car, which is dangling above a ravine . some 900ft above ground ravine. some 900ft above ground . a military commando has tried to reach the car twice while hanging from a helicopter , but hanging from a helicopter, but the winds are very strong. the helicopter wrote the helicopter tried to get close . the rotor tried to get close. the rotor blades prevent it from getting nean blades prevent it from getting near. so this rescue operation has been going on for some nine hours now. yeah they did manage to get some medication into the cable car. >> we're told, because certainly the kids aged between 10 and 16,

we understand, have been suffering from motion sickness because obviously they're being pushed by those winds on that single remaining cable. and also 116 year old on board has a heart condition and latest reports suggest that he's been unconscious now for at least two hours. so this underlines is why it's so vital for the rescue to be complete . but given the be complete. but given the conditions, of course, they're having to be very careful. the danger being it detaches from that one remaining cable. >> so there are quite a few onlookers. there are family members watching parents who are just begging the authorities to help save their children . then help save their children. then we will return to this breaking story . but goodness me , story. but goodness me, hopefully those children, those two adults will be brought down safely very, very soon. >> now, pay for top bosses went up 16% last year, according to the high pay centre . a think the high pay centre. a think tank perhaps ought to rename it

the very high pay centre. think tank. it comes as millions, of course, households continue to struggle with high inflation and low wages. >> trade union congress, general secretary paul novak has said. we need an economy that delivers better living standards for all, not just those at the top . not just those at the top. britain has become a land of grotesque extremes . grotesque extremes. >> let's get more now with liam. our economics and business editor with on the money . well, editor with on the money. well, we've been used to sort of going through figures that are pretty eye—watering. and this is now an average or median salary of 3.91 million each, which 530,000, up from last year. that's without all the sort of share options as on for the vast majority of the british public. >> these numbers are simply otherworldly . me and you know, otherworldly. me and you know, i have to agree with the head of the tuc grotesque . certainly in the tuc grotesque. certainly in the tuc grotesque. certainly in the current environment, these

are actually company his that are actually company his that are members of what we call the ftse 100. they're the 100 biggest companies listed on the london stock exchange. the vast majority of these companies, by the way, aren't british companies. they're from all over the they london as the world. they use london as a place to list their companies. let's go through some of the details here. the numbers are really eye—watering so we really quite eye—watering so we know from this think tank survey that ftse 100 bosses, their pay is up 16% during ing 2020 to 2023. that's an increase, an increase of almost half £1 million on average . so the million on average. so the median pay , trust me, it's median pay, trust me, it's a form of average rose from 3.38 million in 20 22 to 3.91 million in the following tax year year median. pay it did drop to 2.64 million during the middle of lockdown for those who had it

hard for a while, how did they possibly manage on £25 million a year? and this really does raise the question of whether or not we are one nation. you know the phrase we are one, we are one nation when there are such amazing extremes. let's have a look at the numbers for average earnings on the latest ons data. they 7.8% across the uk they rose 7.8% across the uk population in in april, may and june. but when you include inflation in those numbers , it inflation in those numbers, it was actually a reduction in real terms on average, even for those people that got that 7.8% average pay rise of nought point 6. so what does that all mean? it means that the average ftse 100 ceo is paid 118 times more than the average worker, and that's up from 108 times in 2021 at a time when they're calling for pay restraint. >> well , at the for pay restraint. >> well, at the time when for pay restraint. >> well , at the time when the >> well, at the time when the bank of england is calling for pay bank of england is calling for pay restraint, the bank of england governor himself on over

half £1 million a year for sitting in meetings. but let's just give the other part of the argument , because this just give the other part of the argument, because this is important. you touched on it. these are international companies that are quoted on the ftse. i mean, obviously, they're looking for the best to actually lead the companies and in the united states, they're saying to actually compete with top bosses there. their median salary on there. their median salary on the on the top companies on the s&p 500 is actually . at a $14.1 s&p 500 is actually. at a $14.1 million a year. about three times the amount these numbers are insane. >> these companies are their listed companies. what does that mean? it means that they're owned by shareholders. but the trouble is, you have a kind of magic circle, a merry go round at the top of finance , where at the top of finance, where different executives of different executives of different big companies will sit on the remuneration committees of companies and give each of other companies and give each other massive pay rises at the expense of shareholders. many of the shareholders of pepper pension funds, insurance

companies and ordinary people, small investors. >> one of the things that paul novak suggested is that workers sit on these companies boards to help with restraint and common sense. >> it's a great argument. and i remember writing about it. why don't we have workers on company boards to restrain executive pay-7 boards to restrain executive pay? when i did my economics a—level in 1987, this is you know, this just goes round and round and round and, you know, i'm a pretty, you know, pro business, free market kind of chap. and i completely agree with the tuc. i think there should be worker representatives on company boards because big business is does itself no favours . pascal soria, the boss favours. pascal soria, the boss of pharmaceutical giant astrazeneca . he earned £15.3 astrazeneca. he earned £15.3 million last year. charles woodburn, the ceo of buy a british company, 10.7 million. bernard of bp, 10 million. the head of shell . 9.7 million. head of shell. 9.7 million. look, don't get me wrong. if somebody creates a company from

nothing and employs loads of people and then sells that company and they make double or triple digit millions shapo to them because they've created a company , they've created wealth. company, they've created wealth. these guys aren't creating companies. they're corporate politicians. they spend their careers climbing the greasy pole of corporate politics. are they really wealth creators? i don't think they are . i don't think think they are. i don't think they should be earning. >> the other aspect, of course, just to look at the bigger picture is they're not feeding into growth the uk economy. into growth in the uk economy. that's not happening. that's still not happening. that's still not happening. that's not that's partly because i mean, this is a much bigger conversation, mark, but the ftse 100 isn't the uk economy 100 isn't really the uk economy far more important and where there more wage there is much more wage restraint is what we call the ftse 250, is mainly uk ftse 250, which is mainly uk companies, mainly still not small companies, but but smaller big companies. >> if you know what i mean. this debate has been going on for years and years. the only way we can this if can restrain this is if shareholders actually exercise their rights to vote at company

agm's and stop these high pay rises. but they never do . rises. but they never do. >> thanks for coming on and winding us all up. coming up in this next hour of the live desk, we'll be back to pakistan with the latest pictures, the efforts still to rescue those still continuing to rescue those children trapped. children and adults trapped. 900ft above a ravine. the very latest for you shortly . the latest for you shortly. the temperatures are rising, boxt solar proud sponsors of weather on . gb news alex deakin here on. gb news alex deakin here with your latest weather update from the met office for gb news, many places seeing a bit of sunshine today. >> there are quite a few showers around across the northern half of warm ist weather in of the uk. warm ist weather in the south thanks to this area of high pressure is holding high pressure which is holding on here, whereas low pressure is dominating. the dominating. just sitting to the north and but north of scotland and but bringing of showers bringing in bands of showers here. we'll brighter across here. we'll get brighter across western scotland through the afternoon. we'll see a sprinkling showers over sprinkling of showers over northern , 1 or for northern england, 1 or 2 for nonh northern england, 1 or 2 for north wales and central and southern as well. the southern scotland as well. the old for northern ireland,

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children, are dangling in a cable car above a valley in pakistan. officials say one of the cables snapped . specialist the cables snapped. specialist commandos are now leading the rescue operation. will have the latest at the top. >> doctors who say it's the nhs managers. you should now be held to account over the failings in the lucy letby case, they're calling to for better protection for whistleblowers to ensure it never happens again . never happens again. >> cheap as chips , but a >> cheap as chips, but a lifeline for struggling families . we'll be trying out the £1 .we'll be trying out the £1 meals being provided for hungry children by a south wales chippy and georgia on his mind. >> donald trump telling his followers he expects to be arrested on thursday over the latest election charges. the former president expected to be fingerprinted and have his mugshot taken in atlanta. first, let's get the latest headlines with tamsen .

with tamsen. >> mark, thanks very much. good afternoon from the newsroom. it's 1:01. judges will be given new powers to force convicted prisoners to hear their sentencing . gb news can reveal sentencing. gb news can reveal the government is introducing a multifaceted initiative to stop criminals like lucy letby from refusing to go to court. yesterday, the serial baby killer did not have to listen to impact statements from her victims parents. judges will be able to order convicted criminals into the dock or remove them if they're disruptive . prison officers will disruptive. prison officers will also be able to use reasonable force to make them attend, including handcuffs them. the plans will be unveiled in the king's speech in november. there are warnings the uk's migrant crisis . this is likely to be crisis. this is likely to be significantly worse by the next general election think tank. the institute for public policy research says any incoming government faces a perma backlog

of thousands of new asylum seekers needing long term accommodation and support. researchers warn the annual housing costs for the backlog could soar to over £5 billion after five years. top private school eton college is to open three free six forms to help disadvantaged communities. they'll be set up in dudley, middlesbrough and oldham . it's middlesbrough and oldham. it's after the department for education approved 15 new free schools across the country where results are weakest . education results are weakest. education secretary gillian keegan says it will create more opportunities for students to get into the best universities . best universities. >> as eton actually initiated this and they worked with star academy that have got a lot of experience in the west midlands and the north of really turning schools around and they will provide support , curriculum, provide support, curriculum, support some financial support as well. and what it is, is it's 16 to 19. and so it's for those children who they want to try

and get into the best universities because we know that still some of our best universities are still dominated by people who go to private schools . schools. >> labour claims the economy is stuck in a low growth trap under the conservatives. analysis by the conservatives. analysis by the opposition predicts uk growth will be the slowest of the g7 countries next year. the bank of england has already downgraded its forecasts from 0.75 to 0.5. labour leader sir keir starmer is accusing the tories of failing to do enough to fix the economy . to fix the economy. >> the mismatch now between what the government is saying that everything is fine, it's all working well and the lift experience of people today. business people who are absolutely struggling stay students who are having to work before they go to university because they can't afford it. you know, single parents who told me that they worry every night about whether they can make ends meet. so i don't think the government is in a position

to that they're handling to pretend that they're handling the economy well . the economy well. >> the number of artefacts stolen from the british museum is now thought to be closer to 2000, with the missing pieces believed to be worth millions of pounds. believed to be worth millions of pounds . last week, the museum pounds. last week, the museum reported that items from its collection had disappeared and confirmed that member of staff confirmed that a member of staff had been sacked. an expert reportedly told the museum a roman object valued at up to £50,000 was being offered on ebay for £40 three years ago. police are investigating, but so far no arrests have been made . far no arrests have been made. in pakistan. a cable car is currently stuck 900ft in the air, seven children and their teacher are trapped in the gondola dangling above a ravine after a line snapped. the group were on their way to school when they got stranded. officials in battagram district say an extremely risky helicopter rescue is taking place but is

being hampered by high winds. rescue is taking place but is being hampered by high winds . a being hampered by high winds. a new study has found deaths from prostate cancer can be significantly reduced by using mri scans . scientists discovered mri scans. scientists discovered that the mris are more accurate when it comes to diagnosing the disease and the current blood tests. it says prostate cancer is the most common cancer found in men but is treatable when caught early . fans have missed caught early. fans have missed out on welcoming back the lionesses after their world cup final defeat by spain. people brought england flags and handmade banners to heathrow airport this morning, with one group having arrived last night. but it's understood the team left via a private exit after touching down just after 630. fans spoke of their disappointment at missing the team . team. >> it's absolutely gutted us. you know, we came to here give them the hero's welcome. >> devastated because, like, wanted she like mary or like millie bright because they've

done extremely well in the world cup. we didn't realise how many fans but yeah, we just expected them to come through. >> just cheer for them. just show proud we are show them like how proud we are of them. so yeah, it's disappointing. >> this is gb news across the uk on tv , in your car, on digital on tv, in your car, on digital radio and on your smart speaker by saying play gb news. now back to mark and . pip to mark and. pip >> thanks , tamsin. and as she >> thanks, tamsin. and as she mentioned there, this developing story in pakistan. we can show you the latest pictures where six children and two adults are still trapped in a cable car dangung still trapped in a cable car dangling 900ft above a ravine . dangling 900ft above a ravine. >> well, officials say that one of the two cables holding the gondola snapped as the children were heading up the valley to school. and they say that the perilous rescue mission being hampered by high winds, the children having been stranded

there for nearly ten hours so far. but clearly, the other aspect is that they can't get the helicopters to near in case that to dislodge urges that gondola from the existing cable. you can see there. >> let's get some more information from senior broadcast journalist ahmad waleed , who can join us from waleed, who can join us from lahore . really good to have your lahore. really good to have your company this afternoon here on gb news. can you explain to us? ahmad, what the latest is in terms of this rescue operation and how difficult it is ? and how difficult it is? >> thank you very much. it's a very complicated situation right there . this battagram area , there. this battagram area, which is located around and 230 miles kilometres from islamabad, the capital. and the these students and the teachers, they are stuck there. it's been over eight hours. they are waiting for any help. one helicopter there , reach there and try to there, reach there and try to rescue the students . but gusty

rescue the students. but gusty winds are hampering the operation and that's the major problem. another our ssg special service group helicopter is being dispatched to the location right away and maybe that can be helpful. but the officials in involved in the operation, they are they are not much . i mean, are they are not much. i mean, they are they are looking forward to success. but it seems that they are looking they are referring some examples like, you know, the gusty winds and the situations in the valley. they are hampering the operation, but they are not hopeful there will be successful before dark . maybe it's around . before dark. maybe it's around. 1.5 hour left for the operations to continue because in the darkness it would be more difficult to rescue these children who are stranded . for children who are stranded. for the last eight hours in that

valley. we understand that. >> and we've seen some pictures of one of those commandos trying to get down a rope to the gondola. but we understand one of the problems is they can't get the helicopter was too near because the downwash from the rotor blades could dislodge the gondola from the existing cable i >> -- >> yeah, that's a major problem. what we can see, first of all, the helicopter has reached there after around 4 or 5 hours. they are stuck there since 8 am. in the morning when they were heading to the school. they use these cables, car cables as to as a transport means because the roads are very dilapidated and in very poor condition and they take long, longer time to travel on these roads. that's why they use these car cables in that area. so this is a situation first time we saw such a

situation there in these hilly areas, which have no facilities of transportation or i mean due to farms or due to other things. but you know, pakistan's army , but you know, pakistan's army, they have all the facilities , they have all the facilities, they have all the facilities, the rescue of rescue departments, they don't have helicopters with them. but the army is helping them with their special helicopters. but they are not hopeful or what we see as we have contacted some people there, they are trying their best to rescue these children before before darkness falls. >> yeah . and you were saying >> yeah. and you were saying these these cable cars, these these these cable cars, these these chairlifts , as some people these chairlifts, as some people are calling them, they are a common sight in these mountain regions. they're built locally. i mean, how safe are they in reality ? reality? >> yeah, they are not safer at all. we have reported several incidents where such car cables,

they have collapsed or some reporting some deaths or injuries to people, difficulties for the people, transportation, you know , this is the major you know, this is the major problem in that hilly areas . so problem in that hilly areas. so this kind of operation, we have never seen. but if we pray that this operation is successful because these six children and two teachers are stuck there for the last eight hours, well , the last eight hours, well, thank you very much for updating us there from pakistan. >> as you say, with darkness, of course, about an hour and a half away. clearly the impetus is to try and get to them as quickly as possible. we'll get back to you as we get more. thanks very much indeed. now, the senior doctor who first raised the alarm over lucy letby has called for nhs managers to be held to account for their handling of whistleblowers concerns . whistleblowers concerns. >> dr. stephen brewery has also joined those requesting a statutory inquiry into letby crimes. the former neonatal

nurse begins the first day of her whole life order today for the murder of seven babies and attempting to kill six more. >> let's get the latest now at manchester crown court and sophie reaper, of course, our reporter who's followed the case from the beginning is still there for us. and sophie, just in terms of the response from the doctors of course, we reflect that they actually gave evidence at the trial itself. some of these doctors . some of these doctors. >> they did indeed. and concerns have now been raised for those whistleblowers, not only in the nhs, but now more specifically, quickly, for those at the countess of chester hospital who raised the alarm as early as 2015. and yet the police were not involved until 20 1718. now there are calls for better protection of whistleblowers, so a spokesperson from the british medical association has previously said someone who raises concerns is automatically labelled a troublemaker. we have

an nhs that operates in a culture of fear and blame that has to stop because we should be welcoming concerns. we should be investigating when things are not right. and that's exactly what we see here because of concerns for reputation whistleblowers at the countess of chester hospital were both overlooked and ignored , even in overlooked and ignored, even in some cases forced to apologise to lucy letby, one of those whistleblowers is dr. stephen brearey, who you mentioned there. he raised the alarm in 2015 and after the final victim of lucy letby was killed in 2016, he called up the duty executive in urgent care and told her he didn't want lucy letby to return to the wall. the following day . she responded by following day. she responded by saying that that wouldn't be possible because there was no evidence. now today dermot o'leary has said doctors and nurses all have the regulatory bodies that we have to answer to

and quite often we'll see senior managers who have no apparent accountable ability for what they do in our trusts. and then move to other trusts. now now, after these revelations from the lucy letby trial associate nafions lucy letby trial associate nations such as the hospital consultants and specialists association have called for a reform of the disciplinary system which would ensure staff who speak out in the future don't face any kind of retribution . retribution. >> on the other side to this, sophie is also . so the calls for sophie is also. so the calls for the a statutory inquiry that would be judge led, that would be where witnesses are compelled to appear . to appear. >> absolutely. and that, i think, is what people want in order to now hold those nhs managers to account to try in this instance , to try and this instance, to try and determine how lucy letby was able to get away with her crimes

for so long. now, of course, at the heart of all of this is the families who have been affected by lucy letby crimes and a solicitor representing them has told has spoken out and said that's exactly what the families want, is a statutory inquiry. they say the nhs is a public body. it's publicly funded and we want transparency and we want this invest mitigated and just to touch on the families themselves, of course, clearly they've been through a traumatic ten months or more in terms of the investigation in court. >> what is their thinking on how the inquiry free now should be brought forward ? brought forward? >> well , we brought forward? >> well, we heard from some of those families on friday, and i think those who have received guilty verdicts do now feel that justice has been served. but, of course , there are those families course, there are those families who were on a hung verdict. i'm

sure that they feel that that inquiry does need to continue into , well, what did happen to into, well, what did happen to their babies then? but, of course, as we said earlier, the investigation continues into the 4000 babies that were admitted dunng 4000 babies that were admitted during lucy letby time in various other hospitals . various other hospitals. >> yeah, of course. as as you say, i think liverpool obviously one of the other hospitals as well as the countess of chester, but we'll see what emerges from that investigation now that police investigation now underway. as ever , underway. sophie, as ever, thanks for updating us once more there manchester crown court i >> -- >> lucy lama >> lucy letby refused to face families in court when she was handed that whole life order and was branded a coward for remaining in her cell. well gb news can reveal that the judges will now be given explicit powers to order convicted prisoners to attend and hear the sentencing thing. >> we can disclose that the justice secretary is drawing up plans to allow judges to demand attendance and allow prison officers to use reasonable force to get the criminals to attend.

and that's expected in the king's speech november the seventh, as the new raft of legislation for the new parliament. >> writer and academic professor andrew tettenborn , he can join andrew tettenborn, he can join us now. good afternoon to you. how much would you welcome this change to the law then? because it just seems defendants have got away with it far too much in recent years . recent years. >> that's right. i think the first part i'm for all lucy letby is clearly a coward and i have every sympathy with the parents giving the judges power to demand that a person show up for sentence . i'm all for they for sentence. i'm all for they already have the power to demand that somebody appear in court up until the verdict act. and if they don't sentence them for contempt of court , it it's contempt of court, it it's doubtful whether they can order them to appear for sentence and that under doubtedly ought to be

made clear. so to that extent, i'm all for these reforms when it comes. now that's one side of it. but there's a difference, isn't there, between telling someone to appear for sentence and punishing them if they don't. and actually dragging them kicking and screaming into them kicking and screaming into the court right now. i would have loved to see lucy letby in the court , but i think you have the court, but i think you have to be careful what you wish for because okay, give prison officers power to forcibly bring someone into court . officers power to forcibly bring someone into court. i'm not quite sure what good that's going to do for two reasons. one, an they can always defeat the whole exercise . if i don't the whole exercise. if i don't want to appear for sentencing, all i do is show up in the dock, scream and shout and wave my

arms . and in the end, the judge arms. and in the end, the judge will have no choice but to say, take him down. >> yeah. >> yeah. >> and we understand that what may be considered will give again the judge specific powers to have that defendant removed from the dock. if that occurs, as you say, which is self—defeating. but i correct me if i'm wrong, i understand that the sort of prison warders and the sort of prison warders and the police already have the ability to use reasonable force to actually carry out a judge's instructions . instructions. >> they do. but the question is what instructions? the judge has the right to give and there's some doubt at present whether a judge can give instructions that a person be brought in for sentencing . some think he can, sentencing. some think he can, but it's not clear. yeah now, that's why i do want to see the law made clear it should be made crystal clear that a judge can give orders for people to show up for sentencing. what i'm

doubtful about is actually whether forcibly bringing someone into court does any does any good ones . the reason i've any good ones. the reason i've just given you that they can always defeat it by essentially partially making life impossible . the other thing is i'm not quite sure whether they're even victims relatives lives should demand this or i think it should be careful what they demand. but if i really wanted to make life uncomfortable for them , i would uncomfortable for them, i would show up in the dock , giggle row show up in the dock, giggle row my eyes and generally make it clear that that i couldn't give a and actually then it's going to be remarkably difficult to convict me of contempt of court because, you know, the judge begins to look very silly if he says one more roll of the eyes, but the other thing, professor, is that you know, that could happen and all hell could break loose in the courtroom because

victims families are so visibly distressed. >> you know, the public gallery would be full. >> yes, quite so. that's that's another reason why i'm a little bit sceptical . well, okay. bit sceptical. well, okay. having someone standing in the dock unwillingly for sentence. yeah. >> last quick thought then. what about the idea that sir robert buckland proposed and that is to use technology either video or sound so that they are still in a holding cell, but they are made to listen to the impact statements to and the witness statements to and the witness statements . statements. >> i'm less unhappy about that . >> i'm less unhappy about that. but but any listeners of yours or any watchers of yours who have children will have long experience of children putting their hands in their ears and shutting their eyes. when you try to tell them something, they don't want to hear. i think i've made my point. >> indeed. on that note, professor andrew tettenborn, we heard you loud and clear, but thank you very much for joining us here gb news. thanks for us here on gb news. thanks for

your time. >> my pleasure. thank you for having me. >> to come, there's some >> still to come, there's some good scotland when it good news in scotland when it comes the fight against comes to the fight against drugs. you drugs. we'll bring you the details very soon. >> looks like things are heating up . boxed boilers proud sponsors up. boxed boilers proud sponsors of weather on . gb news alex of weather on. gb news alex deakin here with your latest weather update from the met office for gb news. >> many places seeing a bit of sunshine today. there are quite a few showers around across the northern the uk. warmest northern half of the uk. warmest weather in the south thanks to this area of high pressure which is here, low is holding on here, whereas low pressure dominating .just pressure is dominating. just sitting the north of scotland sitting to the north of scotland , in bands of , but bringing in bands of showers here. we'll brighter showers here. we'll get brighter across western scotland through the we'll see the afternoon. we'll see a sprinkling of showers over northern england as 1 sprinkling of showers over northern england as1 2 sprinkling of showers over northern england as 1 2 for northern england as 1 or 2 for nonh northern england as 1 or 2 for north and central and north wales and central and southern scotland well. the southern scotland as well. the odd one for northern ireland. but of the midlands, south but much of the midlands, south wales, england, in wales, southern england, dry in the south, of the far south, plenty of sunshine. that's we'll sunshine. that's where we'll see the 25, 26 the top temperatures 25, 26 degrees. further north. it is

cooler. there's a brisk breeze blowing and there's quite a bit more cloud too, and still a few showers to come in through this evening, particularly through central scotland . a central parts of scotland. a scattering northern england scattering over northern england as well. tend to fade as well. they'll tend to fade those and many places those showers and many places will become clear will become dry and clear overnight. stay quite warm across the south, where more cloud will spill into the south—west, turning quite south—west, but turning quite chilly northern scotland. chilly over northern scotland. temperatures lower than temperatures much lower than last well down into last night, well down into single figures. so a fresh but bright start here. many places will stay dry and fine during wednesday. a bit more cloud across wales and some patchy rain just trickling into the midlands for a time through the morning and later on we could see a bit more cloud and rain pushing up towards northern ireland, scattering showers pushing up towards northern irewesternscattering showers pushing up towards northern irewestern scotland. showers pushing up towards northern irewestern scotland. buthowers pushing up towards northern irewestern scotland. buthovlers in western scotland. but as i said, places staying dry said, many places staying dry and bright with temperatures again 20. again low to mid 20. >> looks like things are heating up. boxed boilers, proud sponsors of weather on .

company right through until 7:00 this evening. gb news is the people's channel. britain's watching . watching. >> welcome back to the live desk. we've got some breaking news coming in from greece with reports that at least 18 bodies have been found in a forest in the north—west of the country that's been hit by wildfire as in the past four days or so . in the past four days or so. >> initial reports suggesting that those who died, they might have been migrants, a coroner and investigation team are

heading to the scene and the area is called the evros region . it's in northeastern greece, not far from the turkish border , and it's been severely affected by wildfires at the moment . patients were even moved moment. patients were even moved from a hospital and looked after on a on a makeshift well, a ferry was turned into a makeshift hospital to look after them. are they after they were evacuated ? evacuated? >> i'll have more on that as it comes through. but as we say, the investigators are on their way to that region to find out more about what may have happened. now, the level of drug related in scotland has related deaths in scotland has dropped to indeed lowest dropped to indeed its lowest level now for five years. the latest figures from the national records scotland showing 1051 records of scotland showing 1051 died from drug misuse in 2022. >> this marks a significant drop following several years of record highs with glasgow city and dundee city having the highest rates of drug misuse deaths over the past five years. so is the scottish government

turning a corner? >> well, joining us now, director at cranston, a company which aims to help those with drug and alcohol dependencies . drug and alcohol dependencies. and megan jones is with us now. thank you very much indeed for your time. megan, i know there have been i think, some 300 separate initiatives in scotland, glasgow and dundee , of scotland, glasgow and dundee, of course, particularly badly hit. i mean , has that work been i mean, has that work been paying i mean, has that work been paying dividends for. >> good afternoon. yeah i guess, you know, we are seeing a positive trend here. we are seeing a reduction, but it's certainly not a success because actually scots island is the highest in terms of drug related deaths in europe and remains to be the highest. so we've still got in these results 1051 people who have lost their lives in avoidable and preventable deaths. and that's the key here. these deaths are both avoidable and indeed, and a common theme just looking at the statistics, i mean, i think eight out of ten

of those deaths relating to opioid or heroin in particular. yes and that tends to be a trend across the whole of the uk . and across the whole of the uk. and what we're really concerned about now is that these numbers are important, but about now is that these numbers are important , but they're 18 are important, but they're 18 months old and organisation nafions months old and organisation nations like ourselves are concerned about the emergence of synthetic opioids that we've seen over the past couple of months. we're really concerned because we've seen the impacts of those synthetics in north america where unfortunately for those people under 50 drug related deaths is that is the biggest cause of death. so there is no room here for complacency whatsoever. and there's still a hell of a lot more that we need to do in scotland and across the whole of the uk. and that's about things that are at evidence based and proven to work in many other countries as diamorphine assisted treatment , diamorphine assisted treatment, overdose prevention centres and crucially for scotland in particular, and getting people into treatment and onto as well.

so so supporting people with things like methadone and other substitute treatment because that's a really important protective factor in supporting people and reducing deaths. >> and tell us a little bit, megan, about these calls for a safe consumption facility to be set up that's called for by the scottish government, isn't it? but but westminster doesn't seem quite as keen and this is one of the interventions that we call and we back because it is evidence based. >> they exist in many countries around the world and they're proven to save lives. so my colleague peter krykant from cranston ran the opiate sorry, the overdose prevention centre or drug consumption room van that was in glasgow . and these that was in glasgow. and these should be available across the entirety of the uk. they need to be more available all and particularly with that increase that we're seeing in synthetic opioids as well .

opioids as well. >> megan, thanks very much indeed for your time and of course wish you well with all your initiatives to help people with those problems. thank you very much indeed. coming up here on the live desk, donald trump hands in on hands himself in again on thursday . and something that's thursday. and something that's cheap as chips but is a lifeline for kids in wales. all that coming up. first, the latest news headlines with . tamsin news headlines with. tamsin >> mark, thanks very much. here are the headlines at 132 judges will be given new powers to force convicted prisoners to hear their sentencing. gb news can reveal the government is introducing measures to stop criminals like lucy letby from refusing to go to court yesterday . the serial baby yesterday. the serial baby killer did not have to listen to impact statements from her victim's parents. prison officers will also be able to use reasonable force to make them attend, including handcuffing them. the plans will be unveiled in the king's speech in november . be unveiled in the king's speech in november. there are warnings

the uk's migrant crisis is likely to be significant worse by the next general election . an by the next general election. an think tank, the institute for pubuc think tank, the institute for public policy research says any incoming government faces a perma backlog of thousands of new asylum seekers needing long term accommodation and support. researchers warn the annual housing costs for the backlog could soar to over £5 billion after five years in pakistan , after five years in pakistan, when an operation is underway to rescue seven children and their teacher from a cable car dangung teacher from a cable car dangling above a ravine. 900ft in the air, they were travelling to school in the gondola when a line snapped . rescuers have been line snapped. rescuers have been trying to reach them by helicopter, but strong winds are hampering their efforts to top private school eton is to open three free, selective sixth forms in dudley middlesbrough and oldham. it will aim to recruit young people from disadvantage communities. it's after the department for

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patrick christys on gb news. i'm gb news radio . gb news radio. >> i'm welcome back to the live desk where donald trump says he will turn himself in to the authorities in georgia on thursday in the latest indictments surrounding those allegations of trying to overturn the 2020 presidential election result. writing on his truth social platform , the truth social platform, the former us president says he's going to atlanta to be arrested , but calling the campaign a witch, a witch hunt, a narrative he's tried to establish to paint

himself as a political victim. >> well , let's speak now to the >> well, let's speak now to the vice chairman for republicans overseas, uk, erica mortkowicz , overseas, uk, erica mortkowicz, who says, well, it's given trump perhaps the theatre air that he wants. >> and clearly, it seems to be working in terms of republican party, in terms of his polling numbers . oh, absolutely . numbers. oh, absolutely. >> i mean, not only is it a witch hunt, it might end up being wicked on broadway in the end. we have a situation where where donald trump is facing , i where donald trump is facing, i believe, 700 years in prison with the potential of a death sentence on some of these charges for seeking a legal remedy to find out during a time of mass chaos , mail in balloting of mass chaos, mail in balloting and whatnot, that was going on, just exercising his first amendment right to question and wonder and ask questions. he's being accused by a prosecutor of just like in manhattan, who ran on an entire an entire platform of i'm going to get president trump. not only is a witch hunt, it's a it's an open and clear

violation of targeted prosecution. so donald trump, not only does he have the theatre, well , we've got we've theatre, well, we've got we've got the election staff themselves in georgia making the accusations that he made phone calls to try and get the election result for ossified effectively in georgia . well, i effectively in georgia. well, i think it's important you brought that up because there's the famous quote where he says, you know, let's let's find more votes . but that's where the votes. but that's where the media, the mainstream media ends that. quote, he then continues on to say, because i know i've won this state and i know that we ballots to collect we have more ballots to collect effectively. so it's a very different statement when you actually look at entire actually look at the entire transcript . when you the transcript. when you take the one context, me 11,000 one context, find me 11,000 votes. would be votes. yes, that would be considerably questionable . but considerably questionable. but if you look at the entirety of his statement, he said, you know, the 11,000 votes that know, find the 11,000 votes that i won i've effectively i know that won i've effectively in state. so i don't doubt in this state. so i don't doubt that there are going to be people in the republican party who have on mr trump who have turned on mr trump or never him their never wanted him to be their president. but this is going to

end being, know, a jury end up being, you know, a jury of peers and they're going of his peers and they're going to have convict somebody of a to have to convict somebody of a crime effectively is a free crime that effectively is a free speech it's going to speech crime. and it's going to be difficult, especially be very difficult, especially when of for when you have precedent of for example, ever example, the first ever candidate join the resistance candidate to join the resistance after an election defeat was mrs. clinton . you know, you have mrs. clinton. you know, you have jemmy carter , who was jemmy carter, who famously was on questioning the on stage questioning the validity of 2016 election. and so donald trump's, you know, just questioning how on earth did all these ballots show up at 3 am. or how am i losing? what is supposed to be a republican stronghold, which he ended up losing? you know, i mean, these are questions somebody are valid questions by somebody to had actually asked to ask if he had actually asked them manufacture future them to manufacture future ballots create, know, ballots or create, you know, fake ballots. that's a completely thing. completely different thing. but the in context the statement in full context shows believes there shows that he believes there were to counted were more votes to be counted because votes were because mail—in votes were coming in late and everything. and i think that's the coming in late and everything. and of1ink that's the coming in late and everything. and of his that's the coming in late and everything. and of his defence.iat's the coming in late and everything. and of his defence. there|e core of his defence. there >> the district attorney in georgia, fani willis , she wants georgia, fani willis, she wants the trial to begin in march. how do you think that's going to

play do you think that's going to play out, given ian trump's campaigning as well? >> well , you know, it's not it's >> well, you know, it's not it's not good for the environment. it's going to cause a terrible carbon footprint for mr trump. but, i mean , with that but, i mean, with that withstanding, i think he's going to non—stop media coverage to have non—stop media coverage when there's debates, when there's campaigning, then it's going to immediately be into the trial mode. i think it's definitely going to hurt him with a lot of middle of the road voters who perhaps are seeing with a lot of middle of the road voteas,vho perhaps are seeing with a lot of middle of the road voteas, you 3erhaps are seeing with a lot of middle of the road voteas, you know,s are seeing with a lot of middle of the road voteas, you know, aare seeing with a lot of middle of the road voteas, you know, a bridgeing with a lot of middle of the road vote as, you know, a bridge too this as, you know, a bridge too far. too much going on. far. there's too much going on. on the hand, as we've all on the other hand, as we've all seen it galvanise trump seen it galvanise the trump base. trump base base. but as the trump base going to be able to win the general, it's going to be a very tight, tight window. you tight, tight window. so, you know, is going to be know, mr trump is going to be under a stress. i don't under a lot of stress. i don't think most people would be able to he's somebody who to handle. he's somebody who seems to relish being put, you know, the arena type of know, man in the arena type of attitude. certainly attitude. so it certainly is going the campaign. going to affect the campaign. it's going to give him, you know, points on the know, talking points on the campaign that he's to going be able keep reiterating. look, able to keep reiterating. look, they came after again. i want

they came after me again. i want to to your viewers 700 to repeat to your viewers 700 years prison the years in prison with the possibility of death sentence possibility of a death sentence or these collective or what these collective indictment is. right. no, indictment is. right. carry no, no. believes indictment is. right. carry no, no. that believes indictment is. right. carry no, no. that is believes indictment is. right. carry no, no. that is remotely believes that that is remotely reasonable, hate the reasonable, even if you hate the man. can't imagine that. man. i can't imagine that. >> if he's so keen on being >> so if he's so keen on being man in the arena, why is he ducked the presidential debates man in the arena, why is he du> that's a fair >> that's a that's a fair question. and i would say from his perspective, he leads the field by such a grand margin. he has except expose has nothing to do except expose himself to, let's say, interest in like chris in republicans like chris christie, have no christie, who obviously have no chance but decide to chance of winning, but decide to get there and lob lob get out there and lob lob volleys at him. i think he's going to be watching hope of going to be watching in hope of finding suitable vice finding a suitable vice president. people like vivek president. and people like vivek are people who come out and supported trump. i think he's he's going to be watching because really nobody because there's really nobody who's statistically can beat him in he decides in the primary unless he decides to and step to coordinate them. and step back, which, you know, would be probably choice a probably a wise choice from a statistical game theory perspective. not how perspective. but that's not how mr and we all mr trump operates. and we all know mr trump operates. and we all knookay. the latest >> okay. well, the latest performance or whatever you want to call it, coming up wednesday

night into thursday. errol, thanks very for joining us. thanks very much for joining us. thanks for your time. thank you i >> -- >> now, a lam >> now, a fish and chip shop in wales has been praised by customers for offering a £1 meal deal to help struggling families . customers have been flooding in since they started the offer . customers have been contributing money to the shop so that they can help keep the scheme going. well sarah lewis, the joint owner of mel's chippy , joins us now live from carmel devonshire. >> sarah, thank you much for your time because i know you're going to be very busy at this particular time. lunchtime time. >> we are busy, yeah. >> we are busy, yeah. >> can i can i ask you what's on offer today for a quid? we've got a choice today. >> we've pasta bolognese, or >> we've got pasta bolognese, or we've fish nuggets chips i >> -- >> okay, -_ >> okay, so it's not just the fish and chips, and you know, just to be serious about this, this is for the kids who are perhaps with families struggling over these school holidays . over these school holidays. >> that's right. the six week summer holidays is a really long

time for parents. we live in an area where there's a high percentage of free school meals , so it can be really difficult for families. when did you hit upon this idea then? >> sarah? because i think you did something similar , didn't did something similar, didn't you, last last autumn ? and that you, last last autumn? and that is not involved . i think it was is not involved. i think it was soup, wasn't it? and then was that a huge success that spurred you on to do this ? you on to do this? >> it was great. yeah. we did a free soup last october, half term. we ran it for the whole week. we did different homemade soup every day . we still run soup every day. we still run that now once week we have our that now once a week we have our regular soup customers that come in and it's lovely . in every week and it's lovely. >> and i think you obviously have a of experience have a bit of experience yourself. have got six kids yourself. have you got six kids as to look after? so you as well to look after? so you know how families budgets are being hit ? being hit? >> that's right. yeah i've got six three of them are all grown up now, but i've got three school aged children and. yeah, it's expensive. yeah >> and how does it work then , in >> and how does it work then, in terms of local people helping you to do this? there kindly

you to do this? so there kindly contributing as well. i mean, have you advertise it? how does, how does how has it happened? >> we haven't really advertised and we haven't really asked for donations. it started off with a local group, a running group of five crew, who gave me £90 to do something with , and it was something with, and it was coming up to the school holidays and i decided that i would do something for the kids over the holidays and obviously i've just advertised the meal choices on my facebook page every day. and from a lot of local from that, a lot of local businesses come forward to businesses have come forward to support, give donations , either support, give donations, either cash donations or if they're other food businesses, they've given stock . my suppliers have given stock. my suppliers have helped out with donations and customers have come in and given donations over the counter. they really like what i'm doing that i'm able to work with the community and they're happy to help. so it's been lovely. yeah that's that's great. >> and do you think you'll be continuing after the school holidays or obviously a lot of kids hopefully get their

kids will hopefully get their school they get school lunches once they get back school ? school lunches once they get bacabsolutely ? school lunches once they get bacabsolutely .’ school lunches once they get bacabsolutely . what we're hoping >> absolutely. what we're hoping to do after the school holidays is maybe look for a different group. we might do dinners perhaps for the elderly or vulnerable in the community. i'm looking to do something different. certainly >> okay. and are there other local businesses that are picking up on your ideas? sarah and to do something similar ? >> 7- >>a 7- >> a lot of 7_ >> a lot of local 7 >> a lot of local businesses have contributed to me so that i can run it from here. obviously a fish and chip shop is a central to the community. um so it's quite easy for people to access, but i really hope i would really love to see other businesses in the area following suit and doing the same kind of thing . thing. >> well, sarah and your team there at mel's chippy, thank you very much for taking time out to speak to us and good luck with that. and let's hope that you've got lots support to help got lots more support to help those kids down there in carmarthenshire. you. carmarthenshire. thank you. >> can smell them from here. >> i can smell them from here. i know what i want for dinner tonight. now? well on a similar

topic, because we just talking about the cost of living crisis to the other extreme, because the bosses of britain's biggest companies their pay packets companies saw their pay packets surge . by 16% last year, while surge. by 16% last year, while most workers saw their wages outstripped by inflation. >> yes, this is research on ftse 100 firms. the top firms, of course, average pay rises around half a million pounds. last taxi. that's a rise. not just the salary . well, joining us to the salary. well, joining us to discuss this, executive director of the high pay centre, luke hildyard. luke, thanks for your time . were you surprised by this ? >> 7- >> yes, i 7_ >> yes, i think i esmm 55mm ? >> yes, i think i was. i mean, considering the wider economic context , as you say, i don't context, as you say, i don't think people would consider a half £1 million pay rise for people who were already multi—millionaires to be a massive economic priority at the moment . as you say, that's half moment. as you say, that's half £1 million more than the 3.4 million. they got out last year. so quite a contrast with with

the experience of many people across the wider economy with their food bills . energy costs , their food bills. energy costs, mortgage and rent costs going up . um, you know, it really brings home some of the, the divides and the inequality that exist in this country . this country. >> and of course, the political message from both the government and then the bank of england about pay restraint. and i think you've worked out on you've worked out that on average this is a 618% pay rise i >> -- >> yeah, that's right. >> yeah, that's right. >> i mean, the governor of the bank of england's comments was so controversial , weren't they? so controversial, weren't they? i mean, he said that workers shouldn't be demanding excess of pay shouldn't be demanding excess of pay rises so that we keep inflation under control, even though they're struggling with , though they're struggling with, as i say, the cost of living, food, energy, housing costs. now, obviously, anyone getting a 3.4 million pay package isn't really struggling with those

things. so you think they might be in a position to show some restraint, but they've had increased fees that are that are bigger than anybody think. you know, there have been pay increase rises across the economy, but they've generally been smaller than the increase in increases in costs that we've seen. so it feels like people have got less in their pocket , have got less in their pocket, but that's certainly not the case the ceos who are doing case for the ceos who are doing better than ever . better than ever. >> very much indeed >> luke, thanks very much indeed for us with. well, a forjoining us with. well, a sobering set of statistics. thank you very much . cheers thank you very much. cheers >> a former metropolitan police officer, his name is adam provan. he will be sentenced shortly after being found guilty in june of this year of six counts of rape against one woman and a further two counts of rape against a teenage girl while serving as a police officer . serving as a police officer. >> mark white, our home security edhonis >> mark white, our home security editor, is outside woodgreen court for us. mark, this is been quite a long legal sort of winding road , if you like, since

winding road, if you like, since the early 2000s. >> yeah , absolutely. >> yeah, absolutely. >> yeah, absolutely. >> and another hammer blow for the metropolitan police following on, of course , from following on, of course, from the conviction earlier this year of the serial rapist, the conviction earlier this year of the serial rapist , former of the serial rapist, former police officer david carrick , police officer david carrick, and the conviction of former police officer wayne couzens for the murder, rape and abduction of sarah everard . now this man, of sarah everard. now this man, adam provan , was a police adam provan, was a police officer in the east area command in east london for almost or more than a decade and a half. in 2010, he was in his early 30s at that time, and had gone on a blind date with a 16 year old girl who he had claimed to this girl who he had claimed to this girl that he was 22 at that time. now the prosecution said that he raped this 16 year old girl twice , but it was years girl twice, but it was years really before she could pluck up

the courage to actually pursue a prosecution, to make formal complaints because of his status as a police officer, officer . it as a police officer, officer. it went to trial, though, when she finally came forward in 2016 on that occasion, though, there was a hung jury. they couldn't decide . so it went to a retrial decide. so it went to a retrial and he was convicted in 2018 and sent to nine years in prison . on sent to nine years in prison. on however, he was released last year on appeal and a retrial was ordered . and during the process ordered. and during the process of preparing this trial, another victim, a serving metropolitan police officer, came forward. the prosecution proved that she had been raped six times by. adam provan between 2003 and 2005. he was convicted rid of both those offences as against both those offences as against both those offences as against both those women . in june of

both those women. in june of this year . both those women. in june of this year. and today he will be sentenced . and i think what is, sentenced. and i think what is, again, deeply worrying for the metropolitan police about this case is the fact that there appears to have been multiple complaints and instances. it seems , of inappropriate seems, of inappropriate behaviour . seems, of inappropriate behaviour. in fact, the police officer who came forward and made those rape allegations , made those rape allegations, jones had also claimed that he was harassing her for a time . was harassing her for a time. another police officer had made complaints of nuisance and unwanted text messages from provan. so some real questions . provan. so some real questions. as for the metropolitan police to answer, we're expecting the sentence to get underway in the next half an hour. it could be an hour or so before we finally find out what he's going to be jailed for. >> okay. mark atwood, green crown court, thank you for that . back to you. of course, as that sentencing gets underway. >> stay with us. we will bring

you the latest from pakistan where rescuers are continuing to struggle to try and save six children and two adults that are trapped in a cable car dangling 900ft above the ravine . we'll 900ft above the ravine. we'll bnng 900ft above the ravine. we'll bring you the very latest . bring you the very latest. >> a brighter outlook with boxt solar. proud sponsors of weather on . gb news alex deakin here on. gb news alex deakin here with your latest weather update from the met office for gb news many places seeing a bit of sunshine today. >> there are quite a few showers around across the northern half of the uk. warmest in of the uk. warmest weather in the area of the south thanks to this area of high pressure which is holding on here, whereas pressure is on here, whereas low pressure is dominating, sitting to the dominating, just sitting to the north scotland, bringing north of scotland, but bringing in showers here. we'll in bands of showers here. we'll get brighter across western scotland through afternoon. scotland through the afternoon. we'll a sprinkling of we'll see a sprinkling of showers northern england. showers over northern england. 1 or for north wales and central or 2 for north wales and central and southern scotland as well. the for northern the odd one for northern ireland, much of the

ireland, but much of the midlands, south wales, southern england, dry in the far south, plenty sunshine. where plenty of sunshine. that's where we'll temperatures we'll see the top temperatures 25, north. 25, 26 degrees. further north. it is cooler. there's a brisk breeze blowing and there's quite a bit more cloud too, and still a bit more cloud too, and still a few showers to come in through this evening, particularly through central parts of scotland, scattering over northern as well. northern england as well. they'll tend those they'll tend to fade those showers and many places will become dry and clear overnight. stay warm across the stay quite warm across the south, more cloud will south, where more cloud will spill into south—west, but spill into the south—west, but turning quite chilly over northern scotland. temperatures much than last night, well much lower than last night, well down single figures. so a down into single figures. so a fresh but bright start here. many places will stay dry and fine during wednesday . a bit fine during wednesday. a bit more cloud across wales and some patchy rain just trickling into the midlands for a time through the midlands for a time through the morning and later on we could see a bit more cloud and rain pushing up towards northern ireland. of showers ireland. a scattering of showers in but i in western scotland. but as i said, staying dry said, many places staying dry and temperatures and bright with temperatures again, low to mid 20s, a brighter outlook with boxt solar proud sponsors of weather on .

gb news. >> very good afternoon. it's 2:00. you're watching the live desk here on gb news. and coming up this tuesday afternoon , up this tuesday afternoon, stranded 900ft above ground, eight people, including six children, are dangling in a cable car above a valley in

pakistan. >> un officials say one of the cables snapped by specialist commandos are now leading the rescue operation . rescue operation. >> the top doctors say it's the nhs managers who should now be held to account over their failings. in the lucy letby case, they're calling for better protection for medical whistleblowers to ensure it never happens again . never happens again. >> cheap as chips , but a >> cheap as chips, but a lifeline for struggling families . we'll be trying out the £1 .we'll be trying out the £1 meals being provided for hungry children by a south wales chippy i >> -- >> and -_ >> and why george's on his mind. donald trump telling his followers he expects to be arrested on thursday over election charges. but he's ducking out of the latest presidential election debate . presidential election debate. but let's get the latest headunes but let's get the latest headlines now with tamsen . mark.

headlines now with tamsen. mark. >> thank you. good afternoon from the newsroom. at 2:01, judge will be given new powers to force convicted prisoners to hear their sentencing gb news can reveal the government is introducing new measures to stop criminals like lucy letby from refusing to go to court yesterday . letby did not have to yesterday. letby did not have to listen to impact statements from her victim's parents, but judges will be able to order convicted criminals into the dock or remove them if they're disruptive . prison officers will disruptive. prison officers will also be able to use reasonable force to make them attend, including handcuffing them. the plans will be unveiled in the king's speech in november. there are warnings the uk's migrant crisis is likely to be significantly worse by the next general election think tank. the institute for public policy research says any incoming government faces a perma backlog of thousands of new asylum seekers needing long term accommodation and support. researchers warn the annual housing costs for the backlog

could soar to over £5 billion after five years. 18 bodies have been recovered in greece as wildfires continue to burn in the north of the country . local the north of the country. local media is reporting the victims are thought to be migrants in the evros region is a popular route for crossings from turkey . firefighters have also been battling blazes in spain, italy and portugal as a heatwave hits southern europe . in pakistan , southern europe. in pakistan, iran, an operation is underway to rescue a group of people trapped in a cable car. seven children and their teacher are stuck 900ft in the air, dangling above a ravine. they were travelling to school in the gondola when a line snapped. ahmed walid , a journalist in ahmed walid, a journalist in pakistan, says rescuers have been trying to reach them by helicopter . helicopter. >> on helicopter . they are >> on helicopter. they are reached there and tried to rescue the students. but gusty winds are hampering the

operation and that's the major problem . another special service problem. another special service group , helicopter is being group, helicopter is being dispatched to the location right away and maybe that can be helpful . helpful. >> top private school eton is to open three free sixth form colleges to help disadvantaged communities . they'll be set up communities. they'll be set up in dudley middlesbrough and oldham. it's after the department for education approved 15 new free schools across the country where results are weakest . across the country where results are weakest. eight across the country where results are weakest . eight education are weakest. eight education secretary gillian keegan says it will create more opportunities for students to get into the best universities . best universities. >> as eton actually initiated this and they worked with star academy that have got a lot of experience in the west midlands and the north of really turning schools around and they will provide support , curriculum, provide support, curriculum, support some financial support as well. and what it is, is it's 16 to 19. and so it's for those children who they want to try and get into the best

universities because we know that still some of our best universities are still dominated by people who go to private schools . schools. >> the number of artefacts stolen from the british museum is now thought to be closer to 2000, with the missing pieces believed to be worth millions of pounds. last week, the museum reported that items from its collection had disappeared and confirmed that a member of staff had been sacked. an expert reportedly told the museum a roman object valued at up to £50,000 was being offered on ebay for £40 three years ago. police are investigating, but so far no arrests have been made . a far no arrests have been made. a new study has found deaths from prostate cancer can be significantly reduced by using mri scans . scientists discovered mri scans. scientists discovered that the mris are more accurate when it comes to diagnosing the disease than the current blood tests . it says prostate cancer tests. it says prostate cancer is the most common cancer found in men but is treatable when

caught early . fans hoping to caught early. fans hoping to welcome home the lionesses have been left disappointed. there was a gathering at heathrow airport early this morning with some waiting overnight to greet the players after their world cup performance. armed with their flags and banners, they later learned the team had left via a private exit just after 6:30 am. >> but it's absolutely gutted. you know, we came here to give them the hero's welcome . them the hero's welcome. >> devastated because like , >> devastated because like, wanted she like me , mary, or wanted she like me, mary, or like millie bright because they done extremely well in the world cup . we didn't realise how many cup. we didn't realise how many fans but yeah, we just expected them to come through. >> we just cheer for them, just show them like how proud we are of yeah, it's disappointing. >> this is gb news across the uk on tv in your car, on digital radio and on your smart speaker by saying, play gb news now it's back to mark and . pip tomson.

back to mark and. pip tomson. >> thank you . we'll bring you >> thank you. we'll bring you the latest now on the developing story in pakistan where six children and two adults are trapped in a cable car dangling 900ft above a ravine. >> well, officials say that one of the two cables holding this gondola snapped the rescue mission being hampered by high winds and indeed fading light. they've got about 45 minutes daylight left , but the children daylight left, but the children have been stranded for more than ten hours so far. >> two attempts at a rescue have been aborted, but a military helicopter was due to be launched. and there is talk about an alternative rescue plan, but they are working against the clock, as mark says, against the clock, as mark says, a sunset is fast approaching. high winds, too, which is obviously why they can't get the helicopter to near to the gondola. >> but they may be trying to lay another cable or rope across that ravine to get the children

down safely . well, earlier we down safely. well, earlier we spoke to ahmed waleed, who is a senior broadcast journalist based in lahore in pakistan , based in lahore in pakistan, reported several incidents where such car cables, they have collapsed or some reporting some deaths or injuries to people or difficulties for the people . difficulties for the people. >> transportation, you know , >> transportation, you know, this is the major problem in that hilly areas. so this kind of operation we have never seen. but if we pray that this operation is successful because six children and two teachers are stuck there for the last eight hours, they use these cables , car cables to as cables, car cables to as a transport means because the roads are very dilapidated and in very poor condition. and they take long, longer time to travel on these roads. that's take long, longer time to travel on these roads . that's why they on these roads. that's why they use these car cables in that

area. gusty winds are hampering the operation . and that's the the operation. and that's the major problem . another special major problem. another special service group helicopter is being dispatched to the location right away . and maybe that can right away. and maybe that can be helpful. but there they are, trying their best to rescue these children before darkness falls . yeah, and those children falls. yeah, and those children have now been trapped for nearly 12 hours. >> they have got some medication . a commando actually went down from one of the helicopters on a rope and got i think, anti—nausea or anti—sickness pills because they obviously were suffering as it was going to and fro in the wind. and also one of the children, a 16 year old, has a heart complaint. so they also got some heart medication on board. but clearly, it's a delicate operation because it's still attached by only one cable. and they don't obviously want to dislodge gondola until dislodge that gondola until they've got it safely secured . they've got it safely secured.

>> and these cable cars are are a sight in mountainous a common sight in mountainous regions . they take children to regions. they take children to school in the morning. and we understand that it had already done on the morning done four trips on the morning school run before this accident happened.so school run before this accident happened. so we will bring you the latest on this breaking story. but rescuers franz struggling now to free six children and two adults trapped in that cable car above a ravine in that cable car above a ravine in pakistan . in pakistan. >> let's update you on our other main news today with a senior doctor who first raised the alarm over lucy letby calling for nhs managers to be held to account for their handling of whistleblowers concerns . whistleblowers concerns. >> doctor stephen brewery has also joined the push to upgrade the inquiry to a statutory one. so it could compel witnesses to attend and give evidence. the former neonatal nurse is serving life in prison after being handed a whole life order for murdering seven babies and attempting to kill six more. >> let's get more now with sophie reaper, of course, who's

been following the story for us at manchester crown court. and sophie, even though the sentence has been handed down, clearly the story continues now with the doctors who gave evidence in that hearing really wanting more action to be carried out . action to be carried out. >> absolutely . concerns have >> absolutely. concerns have now, of course , been raised over now, of course, been raised over the protection of whistleblowers in the nhs . that comes as the in the nhs. that comes as the fallout from the lucy letby trial continues . as we now know, trial continues. as we now know, of course, that people at the countess of chester hospital did raise concerns . the alarm about raise concerns. the alarm about lucy letby back in 2015. and yet the police were not involved until 2017. so as the fallout does continue , protection for does continue, protection for whistleblowers is being now being looked at. previously, a spokesperson from the british medical association has has said someone who raises concerns is automatically labelled as a troublemaker. we have an nhs

that operates in a culture of fear and blame that has to stop because we should be welcoming concerns. we should be investing, stating when things are not right now, that's exactly what seems to have happened here. whistleblowers at the countess of chester hospital were both ignored and overlooked , even in some instances forced to apologise to lucy letby, who has now , of course, become the has now, of course, become the most prolific serial killer of children in modern british history . now, just one of those history. now, just one of those whistleblowers you mentioned there is dr. stephen brewery . he there is dr. stephen brewery. he raised the alarm back in 2015. and also after lucy letby had killed her final victim, child p , he contacted the duty executive in urgent care , executive in urgent care, telling her he didn't want lucy letby to be allowed to return to the ward the following day . she, the ward the following day. she, however, told him that due to a lack of evidence that would not be possible. now, today dr.

brewery has spoken out, be possible. now, today dr. brewery has spoken out , saying brewery has spoken out, saying doctors and nurses all have the regulatory bodies that we have to answer to and quite often we'll see managers who have no apparent accountability for what they do in our trusts. now, after all of these revelations and as the dust begins to settle , associations such as the hospital consultants and specialists associate nation are now beginning to call for reform in the disciplinary system, which would mean going forward, whistleblower laws in the nhs would not face any kind of retribution for bringing forward any concerns that they may have i >> -- >> we must also mention the pubuc >> we must also mention the public inquiry more and more calls for it to be made statutory. sophie, just explain to our viewers and listeners what that would mean in practise >> well, more and more people are now coming forward, as you say , urging the government to say, urging the government to

make this a statutory inquiry. and for our viewers at home, what that effectively means is witnesses would legally be compelled to give evidence and to provide any relevant documents. there would be no getting around it. so no. and thatis getting around it. so no. and that is something that the family of those victims are now saying that they want a solicitor who represents the seven families of those who had babies murdered. they've come out and said that that's exactly what the families want. they say the nhs is a public body , it's the nhs is a public body, it's publicly funded and we want transparency and we want this investigated . the question, investigated. the question, however, then becomes how far do we go with this ? the nhs is we go with this? the nhs is obviously a public body. nhs england is at the centre of all of this , but there are other of this, but there are other bodies who are potentially involved. the care quality commission, the general medical council, the college of paediatrics. the list goes on. so although many people are now calling for that statutory

inquiry, the question will become how far do we need to go with this ? with this? >> okay, sophie, thank you for that. and of course, we'll see what emerges as to in the police investigation , which is investigation, which is continuing into all the other admissions to the countess of chester hospital. but thank you for that manchester crown court. let's speak now to the chairman of the law society, stuart nolan, who can join us. and stuart, we had doctor brewery also putting his point that he wanted a statutory inquiry because of the power it has to compel witnesses to attend. which would we guess include those nhs managers . those nhs managers. >> yes, i mean, that's the essential difference between a non—statutory and a statutory inquiry. >> yes. the ability to compel make them to attend and bring documents. so and give evidence in front of the inquiry. if it was a non—statutory one, they had the opportunity not to attend at all. so it's a very important difference. >> yeah, the counterargument is

that, you know, it takes a lot longer. why does it take longer for that sort of more robust process to be put in place ? process to be put in place? >> um, that's a very good question . it would be just the question. it would be just the same sort of time you identify a chairperson , normally a legally chairperson, normally a legally qualified person , and the qualified person, and the parameters of the inquiry, what's required and money's put in place, it's funded and the expenses are paid by the government . it shouldn't take as government. it shouldn't take as much time as it does, but they are historically very time consuming processes. still some going on now and the criticism about that is equally applicable , i think, to non—statutory as well as statutory inquiries. but the truth must be sought out and that's the purpose of this, is to find out what went on, why did it happen, and for the lessons to be learned. >> how much of a say do you think the victims families should have as to whether this is statutory public inquiry ? is a statutory public inquiry? >> it's a government >> well, it's a government decision . it's a ministerial decision. it's a ministerial decision. it's a ministerial decision to statutory decision as to statutory inquiries. but the pressure

listen to their views . well. listen to their views. well. well, they should listen to their views. they're only it's a pubuc their views. they're only it's a public concern. and i think just because the news we've been listening to, the harrowing accounts and the fact that this is of the longest trials, in is one of the longest trials, in fact, it's the longest murder trial english history, the trial in english history, the pubuc trial in english history, the public concerned not public are rightly concerned not only as to what happened, but to make happen make sure that it doesn't happen again as can be done again or as much as can be done to stop it happening again and to stop it happening again and to find out why it happened so if it's a public if you establish it's a public concern, those all concern, all those people, all those the victims those poor people, the victims who babies murdered or who had their babies murdered or their establishing is what the pubuc their establishing is what the public hear. the truth. public want to hear. the truth. and that's why they're making it. listened it. it should be listened to. >> thing been >> the other thing that's been running in parallel, of course, is question about is the whole question about a defendant who's been convicted, having to hear those statements in court from the impact statements of the witnesses and so on. >> so i seem to have lost sound. >> so i seem to have lost sound. >> oh, right . can >> so i seem to have lost sound. >> oh, right. can you hear us now? so stuart nolan, chairman of the law society , we know of the law society, we know i think we've lost the link to stuart. so our apologies for

that. but clearly i was going to ask him about the whole issue where we've got an indication from the government that they will be introducing in the king's speech in november the 7th for a judge to 7th these powers for a judge to require people to attend require the people to attend court sentencing. yes court for the sentencing. yes >> and that's that's what we're just going to tell you a little bit more about, because following lucy letby s failure to appear court gb news to appear in court gb news understand judges will now understand that judges will now be explicit powers to be given explicit powers to order convicted prisoners to hear sentencing in person. hear their sentencing in person. >> well, the mum of olivia pratt—korbel, of course, joining calls for those criminals to face their victims in court now a on, indeed , from her a year on, indeed, from her daughter's murder , important for daughter's murder, important for the offender is to listen to the pain that they've caused , the pain that they've caused, the pain that they've caused, the pain that they've caused, the pain that is ongoing. >> going to prison is supposed to be a rehabilitation . that to be a rehabilitation. that first port of call of rehabilitation should be in that

courtroom. and standing there listening to the judge and listening to the judge and listening to the families impact statements as the mother of olivia pratt—korbel speaking, there will gb news political editor christopher hope has more on the justice secretary's plans to allow judges to demand good attendance in court. >> further information today at gb news on what mr chalk is planning to do. it's a three pronged attack in terms of trying to stop this happening again for people like letby shouldn't be able to avoid being sentenced literally facing the music the justice system and music in the justice system and not allowing victims to see that she is hearing their pain, as we saw so, so movingly yesterday in manchester. this idea now is going to be a measures attached to the crime and justice bill on the king's speech on november the 7th, judges to get explicit powers to force to require offenders to attend court , to offenders to attend court, to come up from the cells and to hear the sentencing from prison

officers will be given, will be able to use reasonable force to make this this happen. that might see some young offenders being to the witness box being brought to the witness box in in in manacles in in handcuffs and told to attend . if handcuffs and told to attend. if they won't attend the judges can ask for expert experts to go and assess them and ask why they can't attend. the third element of this is they won't be allowed , conversely to use that position to mock or make the suffering of victims worse. if that happens, they'll be taken down straight away to the cells . so the idea here is to give explicit the judges. explicit powers to the judges. so happened yesterday would so what happened yesterday would let happen again . the let be cannot happen again. the government's that government's worried that there's of copycat there's a degree of copycat atari. happened. we heard atari. it happened. we heard there pratt—korbel family there olivia pratt—korbel family there olivia pratt—korbel family there about thomas cashman when he wouldn't attend the sentencing and there's a feeling that some criminals are seeing this and wanting to wanting to take advantage of happened take advantage of what happened there. to nip this in there. they want to nip this in there. they want to nip this in the and give clear the bud and give give clear direction. currently, if do direction. currently, if you do do you be given two do that, you can be given two years to your sentence for years added to your sentence for contempt in the

contempt of court. but in the most of cases such as we most serious of cases such as we see with that will make see with letby, that will make no difference. she's several no difference. she's got several life one will life life terms and one will never the skies again never see the skies again outside prison . outside of prison. >> our political editor christopher hope updating us from westminster a little earlier. , brexit still earlier. coming up, brexit still plaguing northern ireland, it seems, has that windsor framework collapsed. discussing that shortly looks like things are heating up. >> boxed boilers proud sponsors of weather on . gb news afternoon i >> -- >> i'm -_ >> i'm alex deakin and this is your latest weather update from the met office for gb news. a bit of a north south split today. a lot of cloud across the north, some bright spells, but also some showers. it's generally warm and sunny across the thanks high the south. thanks to high pressure. further pressure. but this low further north sending in a lot of north is sending in a lot of cloud and some showers, which will continue move into will continue to move into western northern western scotland, northern ireland and particularly through the belt of scotland. the central belt of scotland. dufing the central belt of scotland. during evening, 2 during the evening, 1 or 2 scattered showers over northern england, turning england, but generally turning dner england, but generally turning drier across the north through

the further south, we'll the night. further south, we'll keep some decent, clear spells and staying fairly warm here. and later in the night we'll see more cloud coming into western parts but further parts of wales. but further north, the showers clear as north, once the showers clear as the winds ease, it will turn quite chilly actually, sunny across northern scotland. temperatures into temperatures well down into single figures. a few scattered showers northern isles showers over the northern isles and more into western and we'll see more into western scotland the a scotland during the day. a cloudier day for western parts of bit of light of wales. a little bit of light rain and drizzle is possible here, for a good chunk of here, but for a good chunk of the country, it's actually going to another dry day tomorrow to be another dry day tomorrow with seeing amounts of with very seeing amounts of sunshine where it stays cloudy , sunshine where it stays cloudy, temperatures teens and low temperatures high teens and low 20s. bit sunshine, 20s. but with a bit of sunshine, feeling warm again across feeling quite warm again across the 25, 26 and a the southeast, 25, 26 and a warmer day across the north—east of as well . by thursday, of england as well. by thursday, we're at more showers we're looking at more showers sinking south from scotland into northern england, north wales and potential for some heavy and the potential for some heavy downpours across parts of the south on thursday. some uncertainty extent of uncertainty about the extent of those downpours again, where we see some sunshine, temperatures getting 20s . looks like

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company right through until 7:00 this evening. gb news the people's . channel people's. channel >> welcome back. the windsor framework was meant to answer all the problems around post—brexit trade , but months post—brexit trade, but months on, there's still very little clarity. >> indeed, no detail given to

many businesses with a grace penod many businesses with a grace period for goods coming into northern ireland, coming to an end on the 1st of october. >> dougie beattie breaks down the latest brexit trade row the ports of northern ireland are a lifeline to its economy and the transport industry is under real pressure, due to the lack of procedural information around the framework document . the framework document. >> all but a small amount of goods arrive and depart by hgv on the sea , and within the last on the sea, and within the last few weeks some northern ireland containers have been stopped in britain and customs documents are being requested .john martin are being requested. john martin of the road hauliers association is frustrated by the lack of clarity . clarity. >> if this product moving from northern ireland. the government probably wants to see if it's northern irish product or eu product. so it would appear that they want to assess the goods to see if they're northern irish or

eu. we have been lobbying government from day one, asking them how they're going to manage eu product coming through northern ireland to gb and they've refused to answer the question . question. >> says that the >> lord keen says that the framework document creates unfettered access between northern ireland and britain. >> but i'm very clear here that the windsor framework enshrines unfettered access for goods travelling from north ireland into great britain and indeed the uk internal market act enshrines in law unfettered access from ni to gb. >> jim allister is a unionist politician, but also a kc and believes that under the framework , a border between framework, a border between northern ireland and great britain can't be avoided because northern ireland is a prohibited from having any checks on goods coming from the republic and that's where article 55 of the protocol expressly says you cannot check out of goods coming from the eu into northern

ireland. >> the only place you then can check them if you want to protect the rest of the uk market from being flooded is in gb and thereby why you build not just the irish sea border for goods from gb to northern ireland, but you build it effectively in gb for goods coming from within northern ireland to gb. it is a preposterous situation . preposterous situation. >> an it now appears that there are problems both ways and peter burke, the republic of ireland's minister for european affairs , minister for european affairs, insists there is clear guidance. >> well , it insists there is clear guidance. >> well, it depends on the type of goods. there's a very clear chart of different types of goods that need paperwork and there's goods that obviously are more risk than others. more higher risk than others. but the framework provides the pathway for any issues that come forward in relation to the passage of goods over and back from the eu or the uk . from the eu or the uk. >> small retailers will face the largest problems, especially on stock levels . northern ireland's stock levels. northern ireland's supply chain is known as just in

time and the very size of the population here means that cold storage for long periods of time is not financially viable . plans is not financially viable. plans are now well underway to bypass britain and go directly to the eu to avoid the issues with labelling and green and red lanes. labelling and green and red lanes . and this will push up lanes. and this will push up pnces lanes. and this will push up prices and is causing political problems . prices and is causing political problems. both prices and is causing political problems . both the secretary of problems. both the secretary of state and mp sammy wilson seem to be on totally different pages. the windsor framework was agreed and therefore, as night as night follows day , the as night follows day, the executive should be up and running. >> but anybody that knows northern ireland politics knew that was going to take some time. >> what it does show is that all of the promises made by the prime minister in the house of commons were simply a tissue of lies. and in fact , he said this lies. and in fact, he said this would do away with any border in the irish sea , the border in the

the irish sea, the border in the irish sea is reinforced, he said that it would sort out the problems of the protocol and economic life in northern ireland could be restored and we could be part of the uk single market. the barriers are higher and what amazes me is that there is an intolerance in the house of commons to prime ministers telling lies, as we saw with the treatment of boris johnson . treatment of boris johnson. these are the biggest set of lies that one could possibly have told to the house of commons. yet there are some lies appear to be acceptable , all appear to be acceptable, all because nobody wants to scrutinise and dig down deep as to the actual effect of the windsor framework >> dougie beattie gb news belfast east. >> wendy, let's get more live with dougie hughes at belfast docks for us now. dougie, use that phrase just in time for the trade situation . then i suppose trade situation. then i suppose we could apply it maybe to the politics in terms of this 1st of october deadline. is there going

to be likely some kind of last minute horse trading ? minute horse trading? >> well, this is actually quite refreshing for me because the this is trade bodies coming to me and saying, look, you've read this right so far. this is where we are at. and they don't really care about the politics of it. mark they are really now very frustrated . the hauliers frustrated. the hauliers association being particularly vocal because they're right at the front of this. and you have to understand, they also have coal storage units that they have to book and supply. and of course , we've seen morgan course, we've seen morgan mclernon last week, one of the biggest hauliers in northern ireland, saying that they are pulling out because they can't ireland, saying that they are pullinit out because they can't ireland, saying that they are pullinit work. ecause they can't ireland, saying that they are pullinit work. we se they can't ireland, saying that they are pullinit work. we also iey can't ireland, saying that they are pullinit work. we also have n't make it work. we also have retailers in problems here, retailers in real problems here, retail. and i very much saying that this is disconnected at this moment in time and that really want joined up really they want more joined up talks of what's going on, especially around labelling because in northern because products in northern ireland will have to carry not for resale in eu and that will cause big problems for their members . it cause big problems for their members. it will cause big problems for their members . it will encourage the

members. it will encourage the growth of smaller supermarkets in ireland because of course they are now changing their supply lines. they are now changing their supply lines . those green they are now changing their supply lines. those green and red lanes now being called green and red hurdles and those smaller companies able to change them to the republic of ireland, but that then severs economic ties with great britain, where northern ireland does 70% of its business. but that also means that the larger supermarkets here will suffer to survive . here will suffer to survive. remember, there's only 1.8 million people in northern ireland, so therefore nobody wants to bring massive bulk in and keep it sitting on shelves, paying and keep it sitting on shelves, paying for the cold storage with the price of energy as it is at the price of energy as it is at the moment, and particularly with interest rates becoming higher , having to hold stock for higher, having to hold stock for longer time and then having to get a rebate back once they can prove that those goods didn't go inside the eu . there is real inside the eu. there is real problems ahead here for the secretary of state for and the eu of exactly what they're going to tell these retailers and the

hauliers association because they are fast running out of patience. yeah indeed. >> and the clock still ticking, of course. dougie at belfast docks. thanks for updating us. >> coming up, we will be live in pakistan where a rescue mission is ongoing to save six children stuck in a cable car. 900ft above ground before that. your latest with tamsen . latest with tamsen. >> thanks very much, pip. here the headlines at 233. judges will be given new powers to force convicted prisoners to hear their sentencing gb news can reveal the government is introducing measures to stop criminals like lucy letby from refusing to go to court yesterday. letby did not have to listen to impact statements from her victim's parents. prison officers will be able to use reasonable force to make them attend , including handcuffing attend, including handcuffing them . the plans will be unveiled them. the plans will be unveiled in the king's speech in november

. there are warnings the uk's migrant crisis is likely to be significantly worse by the next general election. think tank. the institute for public policy research says any incoming government faces a perma backlog of thousands of new asylum seekers needing long term accommodation and support. researchers warn the annual housing costs for the backlog could soar to over £5 billion after five years as . 18 bodies after five years as. 18 bodies have been recovered in greece. as wildfires continue to burn in the north of the country, local media is reporting the victims are thought to be migrants. media is reporting the victims are thought to be migrants . the are thought to be migrants. the evros region is a popular route for crossings from turkey . for crossings from turkey. firefighters have also been battling blazes in spain, italy and portugal as a heatwave continues to hit southern europe . in pakistan, an operation is underway to rescue seven children and their teacher from a cable car dangling above a

ravine 900ft in the air. they were travelling to school in the gondola when a line snapped. rescuers have been trying to reach them by helicopter , but reach them by helicopter, but strong winds are hampering their efforts . well, you can get more efforts. well, you can get more on all of those stories by visiting our website, gbnews.com

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gb news radio show. >> welcome back to the live desk. let's update you now on the situation in pakistan with the situation in pakistan with the cable car with what we're now told are seven students, one teacher still precariously dangung teacher still precariously dangling on that one existing cable, some 900ft above a ravine in after the other cable snapped early this morning . early this morning. >> let's get the latest from peshawar in pakistan, where with broadcast journalist tariq ullah. hello to you, tariq . ullah. hello to you, tariq. thanks for talking to us. it's getting to a very difficult time of day now, isn't it? trapped for some 12 hours and it's getting dark . getting dark. >> yeah , it's getting difficult >> yeah, it's getting difficult for the rescue operation . team for the rescue operation. team like to the helicopter team, the rescue team tried to save those children, but they failed. now a third helicopter are coming on their way. are on their way to

come to save them . and they are come to save them. and they are trying their to . best like trying their to. best like they're trying their best to give them safety . and give them safety. and >> sorry. >> sorry. >> yeah , let's just actually >> yeah, let's just actually examine what we know so far in that the helicopters have obviously tried to get us near the cable car. the gondola, if you like, as they can. but the rotor blades, the backwash and the rotor blades, we understand , has been shaking it. and that could obviously dislodge it from the one existing cable . the one existing cable. >> yeah , the most difficult >> yeah, the most difficult thing is that there is a over another cable and it's difficult for the helicopter to move back around and it's making them difficult to get to the chairlift . chairlift. >> so just tell us a little about these cable cars, tariq, because they're commonly used in these mountainous regions,

aren't they, because they take just minutes to transport people from from village to village rather than what would be hours days? >> yeah . >> yeah. >> yeah. >> because and most of the pakistan regions like and kpk and hazara division mostly, there is not a transport basic transportation for the people who live in mountains. >> so they locally made these chairlifts and they use it for transportation , like for going transportation, like for going to school hospitals or attending a wedding or other funeral . and a wedding or other funeral. and they often use these things and mostly they sometimes they get involved in these things like it's a dangerous and they rescue themselves by their self. but now it's i think it's a little bit difficult for them to rescue these children . and they are these children. and they are requesting they were requesting for the rescue teams to protect these children's and now the

operation is still began. and let's see what happened. >> yeah, we understand that there was another idea of getting another cable slung across the valley as well. do we know how far that idea has got, whether they're able to do anything with that? >> i think that cable has, i think, ten metres above the chairlift . so it's making chairlift. so it's making difficulties for the rescue team . like the helicopter can't move easily and it can be dangerous for a helicopter too. so and, and the most thing is the wind pressure. like whenever the helicopter moves toward the chairlift . so it bring the chairlift. so it bring the pressure on the wire and it can be more dangerous for the kids. so they are planning to save them like from the ground and they are trying for them. >> we are getting reports now that at least one child from the

cable car has been rescued . so cable car has been rescued. so if that is true , then that if that is true, then that indicates their latest strategy to get to them is working . to get to them is working. tariq, can you still hear us? i'm not sure whether we've lost contact with tariq, but just to update you, we are here now that at least this isn't confirmed armed. but there is a suggestion that one child remember, there are seven, seven children trapped in this cable car. one of them has been rescued. yeah. >> we're also getting news that the prime minister, the caretaker prime minister, anwar al—awlaki's , basically said that al—awlaki's, basically said that the authorities have been told to conduct safety inspections as on all chairlifts to ensure they're safe to operate and to use such questions, of course, that many are in a pretty perilous state and maybe a bit late in the day. but clearly, reaction from the authorities, the government to what's

happened here in this mountainous region, north of islamabad, and indications are at least that the army commandos who've been using these helicopters may have been able to get to one of the children to get them off that gondola. >> and this is, of course, a crucial time of day because it is sunset now. it's getting dark, which is hampering rescue efforts. and you might just be able to see in those images there crowds of onlookers watching these rescue efforts. people families looking on helplessly , desperate for their helplessly, desperate for their loved ones to be saved. they have been trapped for over 12 hours now, 900ft above the ground . ground. >> we'll bring you all the latest as we get it on that. continuing operation. but at least some good news coming through, it seems. we'll try and get you more as it happens , as get you more as it happens, as the level of drug related deaths in scotland has dropped to its lowest level for five years, figures from the national

records of scotland show 1051 people died of drug misuse in 2022, but that is a significant drop after several years of increasing casualties. glasgow city dundee city centre is having the highest rates of drug misuse deaths over the past five years. so is the situation now more under control? let's speak to data editor at the spectator , michael simmons, who can join us. because, michael, i think the last tally was there were some 300 separate initiatives to try and control the problem, particularly in scotland, something obviously has had some effect . effect. >> yeah. so this is the thing. it's going to be really difficult to say what's actually caused this drop. you know, the government would say that we've had all these initiatives and they're finally having an effect. but on the other hand, and that we know that we're coming out of covid when people were weirdly because of lockdown down and in some cases they ended up being more supported.

so could it be because of that? i think we won't really know if there's been a genuine positive effect in reducing the drugs deaths until next year to see if we see kind of another fall. but what i would say is this fall, even though , you know, the even though, you know, the government's going to laud it a reduction of a fifth, it's still takes the drug deaths to between 4 and 5 times higher than they were, you know, 20 years ago. so it's a fall, it's a fall to, it's a fall, but it's a fall to, you record levels. it's you know, record levels. it's still drug deaths that are three times higher than any other part of europe. you know, twice as high next worst place in high as the next worst place in the uk. so though there's the uk. so even though there's been fall and that good been a fall and that is good news, it's you know, news, it's still, you know, shockingly high numbers deaths. >> w a e a common theme to >> yeah. and a common theme to that, of the ten drug that, eight of the ten drug related deaths are connected to opiates heroin. and, you opiates or heroin. and, you know, quite dangerous. know, really quite dangerous. class a drugs as yeah, absolutely. >> so i mean scotland's, you know famous for the trainspotting films and books and people associate this with, you know , heroin and drug deaths you know, heroin and drug deaths

and a lot of the people you know, the over the last 20 years where the deaths have risen, the average age of these deaths have risen as well. and kind of one theory the government used theory that the government used to as almost a bit of a to use as almost as a bit of a get off, although is some get off, although there is some truth is that this is truth into it, is that this is the trainspotting generation on so that have been so this is people that have been on for, you know ten, 20 on drugs for, you know ten, 20 years and it's ended up years and then it's ended up killing them in the end so that that certainly plays a part. but what's interesting isn't what's interesting is it isn't just heroin . most of the deaths just heroin. most of the deaths are what they call polydrug, where there's more than one drug involved. so there's a lot of these cases where although it's mainly opioids, might also mainly opioids, they might also be mixing benzodiazepines. be mixing with benzodiazepines. and most of those are straight benzos. but it's worth saying that benzos diazepine is, you know, a medicine that can know, a medicine that you can get from for insomnia or get from your gp for insomnia or for well. so it's for anxiety as well. so it's really to pin down. is this really hard to pin down. is this one drug causing everything? >> and michael, one drug causing everything? >> and michael , there is a fair >> and michael, there is a fair amount of criticism towards the uk government for not doing enough to help the scottish government with rehabilitating,

rehabilitate facilities etcetera i >> -- >> well, yeah, the scottish government, you know, they say that and their position now is effectively that they think the solution is to turn drugs into a health problem and not a criminal problem and decriminalise it. but think, you know, the government would say two things in response to that. the first is that the scottish government themselves, although they've it now for the they've reversed it now for the last few years, they had actually cut drug rehabilitation funding . i think there was funding. i think there was a point where there was more people i think it was the people from i think it was the netherlands treatment in netherlands getting treatment in scotland netherlands getting treatment in scotlarfor it than actual, you paying for it than actual, you know, scottish addicts. so know, scottish drug addicts. so the government can't know, scottish drug addicts. so the anyone)vernment can't know, scottish drug addicts. so the anyone for'nment can't know, scottish drug addicts. so the anyone for thoset can't know, scottish drug addicts. so the anyone for those funding blame anyone for those funding cuts. think cuts. and then think on the decriminalisation point , decriminalisation point, although it's right to say that that's a reserved matter to westminster government westminster and the government has no interest in decriminalising drugs, there are steps the scottish government could go further if they want to be really radical they be really radical on it, they could. control over could. they have control over the the prosecution the police and the prosecution service. if the law service. so even if the law doesn't change, they could effectively not effectively decide to not prosecute cases . and that's

prosecute drug cases. and that's something we're starting to see happen. >> very much >> michael, thanks very much indeed for us your indeed for bringing us your reaction that. thank you . reaction to that. thank you. >> pay for top city bosses saw a 16% surge last tax year . that's 16% surge last tax year. that's according to research carried out by the high pay centre think tank. >> when it comes, of course, as most workers in the uk saw their wages outstripped by inflation. and indeed the general secretary of tuc has called britain of the tuc has called britain a land of grotesque extremes . land of grotesque extremes. >> liam halligan gb news, economics and business editor, joins us in the studio to talk about this with on the money. lane. when you've got the average british salary , i think average british salary, i think it's £33,000, it does sound like it's £33,000, it does sound like it's taking the, you know what? >> stand by for your blood to boil. 0h >> stand by for your blood to boil. oh god. he's you know, i'm not known for my closeness to the trade union movement, but i to say the least. but i do think

the tuc are on to something . the tuc are on to something. these really are grotesque extremes . so let's have a look extremes. so let's have a look at some of the figures here with suitable health warnings put forward . and so these numbers forward. and so these numbers relate to the ftse 100. that's the 100 biggest firms listed on the 100 biggest firms listed on the london stock exchange, many of which of course, aren't actually british firms. but the ftse 100 ceos, the bosses, their average pay rose 16% over the last year . is average pay rose 16% over the last year. is that increase itself the increase amounted to almost half £1 million on average, which itself is 15 times the average wage , just the times the average wage, just the increase. so ceos who run ftse 100 companies, their pay went from 3.38 million a year to 3.91 million. those are your 16% increase, though, back in 2020 dunng increase, though, back in 2020 during the covid lockdown , they during the covid lockdown, they did suffer. the poor dears, when they only paid on average 2.64

million. how did they manage it? how did they manage it? and this really does raise the question of are we really one nation? are we really in this together? and that's coming from me, a sort of business journalist. average earnings up 7.8% across the uk population in a lot of that increase. that's the latest ons figure. a lot of that increase was in fact, all of it was wiped away by inflation. average wages actually when you take into actually fell when you take into account inflation over the last yean account inflation over the last year, the average ftse 100 ceo wait for this is now paid 118 times more than the average worker. and that's sharply up from 108 times more back in 2021. huge, extreme . 2021. huge, extreme. >> i've got an even bigger figure for you. i can i can. trump you paid almost as much as you. >> mark yeah, $14.1 million. >> mark yeah, $14.1 million. >> that is for their us counterparts. the top a us company. and this i guess is the problem. these bosses would argue we're in an international marketplace. it's not just about being in the uk. >> i wonder, you know, there are

many, many people who would do these jobs for a lot less. look, ihave these jobs for a lot less. look, i have absolutely no problem if you start a business from nothing, if you employ loads of people from scratch , if you take people from scratch, if you take a huge risk with your own capital and your own life and your career and you strike your own career and you strike gold, fill your boots , 100 gold, fill your boots, 100 million, a billion, whatever it is. i have nothing against entrepreneurs because those entrepreneurs, they are the diamond head, the focus round the clock human progress. they employ so many people and what they do has massively great ripple effects. a lot of these people are on ftse 100 companies. they're not entrepreneurs, they're corporate politicians , and they spend politicians, and they spend their time, you know, thinking about how their company looks to the outside world and sometimes getting hugely by the getting it hugely wrong. by the way, there's lot mutual way, there's a lot of mutual back scratching goes on as back scratching that goes on as well. get ceos , company well. you get big ceos, company bosses. sit on each other's bosses. they sit on each other's remuneration boards and so they stitch up high pay rises for a magic circle of people. >> is that actually a failure of

the shareholders? it's actually a failure of the pay deals. >> it's not just a failure of shareholders, mark. a shareholders, mark. it's a failure capitalism. and failure of capitalism. and i happen be a big happen to be quite a big supporter of capitalism, not least as though it's the least because as though it's the worst possible way organise worst possible way to organise a session . all the other systems session. all the other systems are even worse. but look, the way the way it should work is something called corporate governance. it's not a word you hear daytime television hear on daytime television very often, and rightly so. what is corporate governance ? that's the corporate governance? that's the ability shareholders to hold ability of shareholders to hold company bosses and the board to account. the problem is there aren't that many small shareholders. there are just big institutions that own shares, and they are not particularly active when comes to voting active when it comes to voting down these quite grotesque pay rises. >> thank you . just the latest >> thank you. just the latest from pakistan . we are now from pakistan. we are now heanng from pakistan. we are now hearing that the military has rescued two children. now out of eight people trapped in that cable car dangling 900ft above the ground . the ground. >> yeah, these are from a district official and a rescue

agency spokesperson . it appears agency spokesperson. it appears that the military helicopters are at last being able to do theirjob. it may be that the their job. it may be that the winds have dropped, but to children have been taken from the cable car. five students, one teacher still on board. we'll have the very latest for you. stay with us here on gb news. >> the temperatures rising, boxt solar proud sponsors of weather on . gb news afternoon . on. gb news afternoon. >> i'm alex deakin and this is your latest weather update from the met office for gb news. a bit of a north south split today. a lot of cloud across the north, some bright spells, but also some showers. it's generally and sunny across generally warm and sunny across the thanks to high the south. thanks to high pressure. further pressure. but this low further north sending a of north is sending in a lot of cloud and some showers, which will continue move into will continue to move into western scotland, northern ireland and particularly through the belt scotland. the central belt of scotland. dufing the central belt of scotland. during evening, or 2 during the evening, 1 or 2 scattered showers over northern england, turning england, but generally turning dner england, but generally turning drier across the north through the further south, we'll

the night. further south, we'll keep some decent, clear spells and staying warm here. and staying fairly warm here. and later in the night we'll see more cloud coming into western parts of wales. but further north, once the showers as north, once the showers clear as the it will turn the winds ease, it will turn quite chilly actually. still across scotland. across northern scotland. temperatures well down into single a few scattered single figures. a few scattered showers over the northern isles. and see more into western and we'll see more into western scotland day. scotland during the day. cloudier day western parts cloudier day for western parts of little bit of light of wales. a little bit of light rain possible rain and drizzle is possible here, for a good chunk of here, but for a good chunk of the country, it's actually going to dry day tomorrow to be another dry day tomorrow with varying amounts of sunshine where it stays cloudy, temperatures high, teens, low 20s, but with a bit of sunshine , feeling quite warm again across 25, 26 across the south—east, 25, 26 and day across the and a warmer day across the north—east of england as well . north—east of england as well. by north—east of england as well. by thursday, we're looking at more showers sinking south from scotland england, scotland into northern england, nonh scotland into northern england, north potential north wales and the potential for some heavy downpours across parts of the south on thursday. some about some uncertainty about the extent of those downpours again, where we see some sunshine, temperatures getting into the 20s across the temperatures

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be taking a look at how on