the announces a new cap below the £2,000 mark, but admits that standing charges will be going up. we'll be turning up the heat on the numbers and boom, nasa announces plans for a supersonic plane twice as fast as concorde. >> new york, in an hour and a half. rolls—royce and boeing now in the race to get it off the ground . ground. >> we'll also be looking ahead to what appears to be a bleak bank holiday weekend with widespread showers expected tomorrow. and on sunday. will it dampen the carnival spirit .7 dampen the carnival spirit? before we start, your latest headunes before we start, your latest headlines with tatiana . thank headlines with tatiana. thank you very much and good afternoon. >> this is the latest from the newsroom. the average household will see a slight reduction in energy bills heading into this

winter regulator ofgem is dropping the price cap by £150 from october the 1st. it means the average bill will fall to just under £2,000 a year. experts are warning that's little relief for some vulnerable customers. but the prime minister says the good news is for everyone . news is for everyone. >> we took decisive action after putin's illegal war to help families by imposing a windfall tax on energy companies, using that money to provide about £1,500 of support to a typical household . but i know things are household. but i know things are still tough and that's why we are working night and day to bnng are working night and day to bring down inflation. so that the money in people's pockets can further . can go further. >> while the prime minister has also warned the uk's asylum system is facing unsustainable pressure , his comments come pressure, his comments come after the home office confirmed costs of almost doubled in a year to nearly £4 billion. the prime minister, who's promised to stop the boat, says the figure is unacceptable . more figure is unacceptable. more than 19,000 people have crossed the channel this year. shadow

cabinet office minister jenny chapman says the government needs to take action. >> it's extraordinary the prime minister making statements like that when they've been running the show for 13 years and now they say it's unacceptable. well it is unacceptable and you know how many you talk about the backlog, but do you know how many of the 45,000 people who crossed in a small boat last year? how many of their claims have been processed? it's 1. you know , this system is in absolute know, this system is in absolute crisis . it's know, this system is in absolute crisis. it's and it's been getting worse year on year since 2010. >> financial support for mps who lose their seat at the next general election is being doubled . they received two doubled. they received two months pay after losing their seats at the last general election, but the independent parliamentary standards authority has now ruled it should be increased to four months. the money is used to help mps close their office and manage staff departures. the payments won't be given to members who stand down before an election period . a drink driver

election period. a drink driver who killed a cyclist and then hid his body with the help of his twin brother, has been jailed for 12 years. alexander mckellar admitted causing the death of tony parsons after hitting him with a car near argyll and bute in september 2017. he then buried mr parsons bodyin 2017. he then buried mr parsons body in a remote peat bog and disposed of evidence linking him to the fatal collision . his twin to the fatal collision. his twin brother, robert, helped him cover up the crime he's been sentenced to five years and three months in jail . now the three months in jail. now the ministry of defence says there's still no definitive proof that the wagner group's leader is dead. but it's highly likely yevgeny prigozhin's name was on the passenger list of a private jet that crashed north of moscow on wednesday . well, last night, on wednesday. well, last night, in a mixed tribute , russia's in a mixed tribute, russia's president vladimir putin, offered his condolences to his family in its daily intelligence update . the mod says his death update. the mod says his death will almost certainly have a deeply destabilising effect on the mercenary group . now the

the mercenary group. now the deaths of 88 people are being investigated by the national crime agency . they were among crime agency. they were among more than 200 people in the uk who bought lethal substances and products to assist suicide. from a website . 57 year old canadian a website. 57 year old canadian kenneth law was arrested and charged in ontario, accused of sending more than 1000 items to 40 countries as . and donald 40 countries as. and donald trump has become the first former president in us history to have his fingerprints and mugshot taken. the image was released minutes after he was booked on more than a dozen charges in georgia, accused of conspiring to overturn the 2020 election result . he then posted election result. he then posted the photo on formerly known as twitter , as well as his campaign twitter, as well as his campaign website with an appeal for donations. the republican frontrunner for next year's presidential election claims the charges against him are politically motivated . politically motivated. >> if you challenge an election , you should be able to challenge an election. i thought the election was a rigged

election . a stolen election is election. a stolen election is what has taken place here is a travesty of justice. we did nothing wrong. i did nothing wrong. and everybody knows it . wrong. and everybody knows it. >> 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 . pip back to. pip >> thank you, tatiana al capone did it. frank sinatra did it. now donald trump has become the first ever former us president to have his mugshot taken. he surrendered himself to fulton county jail in atlanta on charges that he attempted to overturn his 2020 election loss in georgia. yeah i did it my way. >> trump now defends . po135809 >> trump now defends. po135809 returned to the social media platform x formerly twitter, of course, to share this new image and appealed for donations. speaking on the tarmac as he

left georgia, trump said his latest arraignment was a travesty of justice and was itself election interfere ance has taken place here is a travesty of justice. >> we did nothing wrong. i did nothing wrong. and everybody knows it. i've never had such support and that goes with the other ones to what they're doing is election interference . is election interference. they're trying to interfere with an election. there's never been anything like it in our country before . there. this is their way before. there. this is their way of campaigning. before. there. this is their way of campaigning . and this is one of campaigning. and this is one instance. but you have three other instances. it's election interference . interference. >> well, let's speak now to pubuc >> well, let's speak now to public relations consultant and veteran of washington's beltway politics, alex dean. alex, thanks for joining us. politics, alex dean. alex, thanks forjoining us. good politics, alex dean. alex, thanks for joining us. good to see you. first with your your pr hat on, is this image good for brand trump ? brand trump? >> yeah. do you know what i think it is? he completely shameless about having things that other people might find rather embarrassing and indeed , rather embarrassing and indeed, the main thing about this is we

are all once again talking about donald trump. and what this means is he comes towards the republican primaries is that at least 50% of the air time is dedicated to him. actually, in the current time, it's more like 90. and the rest of the cast in this drama , the rest of the this drama, the rest of the candidates seeking to get selected are squashed into that remaining 10% is actually i mean, donald trump, as long as you don't mind what kind of news you're getting, he's destroying his rivals in terms of coverage . and, you know, it just means he's more than 50% likely to be the nominee. >> this shot , alex, i >> this this mug shot, alex, i mean, he looks like he's been told on the naughty step. told to go on the naughty step. you like a little you know, like a like a little child . yeah. and it is going to child. yeah. and it is going to become . or tell us how much of become. or tell us how much of a defining image or how much of a symbol is it going to be of his campaign? because there's now, i think , shirts printed think, t shirts being printed with mugshot , bumper bumper with his mugshot, bumper bumper stickers cars . yeah. i mean, stickers for cars. yeah. i mean, it's just crazy . it's just crazy. >> yeah. the circle rolls , the >> yeah. the circle rolls, the circus rolls on. >> i think that this is already

the defining image of the 2024 us presidential election and, you know, you almost couldn't make up a kind of a free pubuchyin make up a kind of a free publicity in the way that you get as long as you, you know, you think that it doesn't besmirch your candidacy or your character to be charged like this. and clearly, donald trump is just shameless. whatever you think charges against think of the charges against him, about them. him, his shameless about them. and is free publicity and and it is free publicity and he's going to have this image everywhere. think he was going everywhere. i think he was going for determined. think he was for determined. i think he was he to look, you know , he wanted to look, you know, resilient and proud . he may not resilient and proud. he may not quite have pulled that off in the look, but it's undeniably a very striking image. and you're going to see it everywhere now with your political hat on. >> of course, you've seen the beltway politics in washington at first hand. tucker carlson asked him a question in that interview . q asked him a question in that interview . 0 about the divisions interview. 0 about the divisions now in america. now, this may well secure his republican base,

but how much could it alienate the floating voters, those so—called soccer moms, out there for the presidential race? >> yeah, it's a fair question. i think it doesn't hurt him at all in the republican environment, as you say. so it gets him halfway there. the answer to your second question, really depends on who he faces. we're all assuming it's joe biden and most likely it will be we'll have two octogenarians squaring off against one another, one who facing now many sentences and the other who can't complete a sentence. and you know, if that's the best america's got to offer, what a shame it is. but, you know, the biggest divisions in america won't be addressed in that election. it'll all come to down personalities. it'll come down personalities. it'll come down to who people like. there is joe biden down to who people like. there isjoe biden in an unusual is joe biden in an unusual moment, actually making it down the falling. you the steps without falling. you know , just in the end, the know, just in the end, the serious issues at which you are hinting in your question will not addressed in the course not get addressed in the course of that campaign. >> you mentioned joe biden there. yesterday we were there. and yesterday we were talking trump's former talking to trump's former national adviser, john

talking to trump's former nationa now, adviser, john talking to trump's former nationa now, he adviser, john talking to trump's former nationa now, he saidiser, john talking to trump's former nationa now, he said something bolton. now, he said something quite interesting, was he quite interesting, which was he doesn't think that biden will make it . make it. >> yeah, that's what i was that's what i was hinting at when i said we assume that it's going to be joe biden. it's a long old way to the next election, i would say. and it's only one man's opinion. i would say that his decline has been quite swift in office. and in my view, again, quite obvious . i view, again, quite obvious. i don't wish him ill. of course, i want any person to be well , and want any person to be well, and i certainly want the president of the united states to be in fighting form. but i think it's clear that this person isn't . clear that this person isn't. and the democrats will face the prospect scramble prospect of having to scramble and alternative candidate if he doesn't it. the other thing doesn't make it. the other thing about clip is in normal about that clip is in any normal political environment, the vice president already have political environment, the vice presi(lined already have political environment, the vice presi(lined up already have political environment, the vice presi(lined up etheiry have political environment, the vice presi(lined up {their party; political environment, the vice presi(lined up {their party to been lined up by their party to take position . but kamala take that position. but kamala harris is so distrusted and so disliked amongst her own ranks, amongst the democrat s who will play amongst the democrat s who will play the role in play the decisive role in deciding leads them into the deciding who leads them into the next election. but that's not to going either.

going happen either. >> you were to mastermind >> and if you were to mastermind the pr operation for the electoral campaign, what do you fight it on? because we remember the economy, stupid. in the clinton years . oh, the economy clinton years. oh, the economy actually is in pretty good shape despite problems. so what despite some problems. so what will the battleground ? will be the battleground? >> and yeah, the biden campaign, should it be biden will definitely run on the economy and say, look how much better we've done than people expected. look how successful the economy's we've pulled economy's done. we've pulled through performed through covid and performed well. they'll also campaign strongly honesty and say it's strongly on honesty and say it's vital to have honest person vital to have an honest person that the world community can respect and believe their word. the trump campaign will will campaign on turning everything over. campaign on turning everything over . the trump campaign on turning everything over. the trump campaign will say, we're to going turn the tables . we're going to change tables. we're going to change everything that you've had so far. going to back to far. it's going to be back to 2016 over again. and i was 2016 all over again. and i was there for his inauguration. i well remember how negatively he spoke about his own country, how much he talked about america. basically in after basically being in ruins after all these years of consensus .

all these years of consensus. you know, he's going to be far more negative this time even than he was last time. >> now, the polls suggest that biden and trump are still neck and almost . would it be and neck, almost. would it be easier for the republicans if trump ended up not running, not that that looks likely at the moment, but yeah, i mean, he's at this point, i just think he's the presumptive nominee. >> but if we entertain the question, would you then have to discuss not just his absence, but what he would do whilst he's not the candidate, he is not someone just goes off someone who just goes off quietly. still be shouting quietly. he'll still be shouting the odds from the sideline against that's against whoever it is that's taken the slot instead. and i must are the must tell you what are the reason that trump is so dominant isn't just the free news he's getting and fact we're all getting and the fact we're all talking all time. talking about him all the time. it's that his rivals have underperformed. so if you're the gop you'd have to gop at the moment, you'd have to look at this and say to yourself, well, if it's not going him, then who else going to be him, then who else can realistically and can we realistically and genuinely back? they can't genuinely back? and they can't rely charges. changing rely on more charges. changing things here. just won't trump

things here. it just won't trump will let these things bounce off him. i remember being in the mark mentioning my time in mark was mentioning my time in the states. remember being in mark was mentioning my time in the ustes. remember being in mark was mentioning my time in the us when remember being in mark was mentioning my time in the us when remeclintoneing in mark was mentioning my time in the us when remeclinton had in mark was mentioning my time in the us when remeclinton had one the us when bill clinton had one of the last allegations against him the newspapers just him and the newspapers just said, go again as said, oh, here we go again as another woman her another woman made her allegations a sitting allegations against a sitting president it just didn't president and it just didn't seem to make any impact. again here, trump will face more charges and it won't make any impact on his ability to secure the nomination. >> alex, as ever, thank you very much for bringing us your assessment it's america assessment. so it's make america great again. again, maybe for the symbol. thank you very much indeed. >> a quick bit of breaking news for you, and that is about the spanish football federation president that you know, that he's in a whole mired in a lot of controversy at the moment. that's luis rubiales. now, he is saying he is not going to step down in the face of pressure from politicians, players, unions and fifa for kissing player jenny hermoso on the lips playerjenny hermoso on the lips following spain's world cup victory on sunday. >> well, and a few other

physical actions as well in front of the queen of spain as we're being told that the news conference that was held with the spanish football federation , he said, i will not resign on five times. and that's all he had to say. and of course, there's been outrage within and without the spain government ministers. indeed adding their voices to players and coaches to demand his resignation . and this demand his resignation. and this emergency assembly today, rubiales saying that the kiss was consensual, cool. and that he's been the victim of something called social assassination, whatever that is. so we'll await to see what the federation actually does next. but certainly he's not going to go but certainly he's not going to 90 by but certainly he's not going to go by his own assessment. energy regulator ofgem has announced that the next price cap for october to december will be £1,923 for the average household. >> now that is a drop from just

over £2,000 in july. so by my calculation , that's maybe calculation, that's maybe a saving of £12.50 a month. >> well, the prime minister, rishi sunak, saying that a typical annual bill could be £150 cheaper this winter . you £150 cheaper this winter. you might like your maths, but the resolution foundation, well, it's challenging that saying that the removal of the government's support package, that £400 and higher standing charges could mean 7 million households are worse off this winter . winter. >> actually, today's really good news for families up and down the country with a reduction in the country with a reduction in the energy price cap that's going to reduce, on average a typical family's energy bill by about £150, easing the burden on the cost of living. and we took decisive action after putin s illegal war to help families by imposing a windfall tax on energy companies, using that money to provide about £1,500 of support to a typical household. but i know things are still tough and that's why we are working night and day to bring down inflation so that the money in people's pockets can go further . further. >> well, joining us now is our

economics and business editor liam halligan. he's been crunching the numbers on this with the money . did i miss with on the money. did i miss here the prime minister there. he said it's really good news for families. is he having laugh? >> it's mixed. it's a complicated situation . ocean, complicated situation. ocean, even though the headlines are the energy price cap down bills to follow, it's not quite like that. and it brings me no pleasure to say that. so let's go through the numbers. the reality of what's really happening here, because i don't know about you, but when i look at my energy bill, i'm confused. and i'm economics editor of and i'm the economics editor of gb news. >> for the of us. >> for the rest of us. >> so let's have a look at this. ofgem that's the energy regulator, independent of government. they did announce this energy this morning this new energy price you say, it's set price cap, as you say, it's set to fall from £2,074 a year to 1923 from october. the first until december. there'll be another new price cap in january . but but but even though

there's that fall until very , there's that fall until very, very recently, all households in the uk, rich or poor , have been the uk, rich or poor, have been getting £400 a year off their bills automatically deducted . bills automatically deducted. and that's a government subsidy to the energy companies because energy prices have been high and now we know that ofgem have confirmed this morning they are also allowing the energy companies to increase those standing charges. you can read those on your bill. these these are the kind of flat rate that everybody pays and they're going up from about 250 to £300 a yeah up from about 250 to £300 a year. and that's kind of regressive because if you're a little old pensioner couple trying to preserve your money and not using much electricity, not using much heating, you pay the same standing charge as if you're a millionaire with you know, huge, huge energy use . so know, huge, huge energy use. so it's unfair. >> and let's take the prime minister's assertion at face value that's already taken £50 off that £150 that he says you're getting as a bonus. and obviously, if oil prices

continue to go up after the autumn, then the per unit price is likely to go up in terms of the cap. so for the whole winter, how can he then actually say you're going to be better off? we've been building up to this for weeks, haven't we? >> in our discussions, the three of us, and with on other shows and so on. i know i sound like a scratch record, but it is now coming true. let's have a look at other graphic which at this other graphic which highlights something that the resolution now , resolution foundation says now, the is the resolution foundation is largely a kind of centre left think tank, but i do have a lot of respect for their work. they've got some very good economists who good on the economists who are good on the detail for them. and the detail working for them. and the resolution foundation have calculated what i just calculated based on what i just said, the increase in standing charges is that 7.2 million households a third of the households a third of the households in england actually face higher bills this winter as things currently stand, we've seen that the average standing charge is going to rise to about £300 a year plus there's the removal of that extra £400 for

everybody. there is still assistance at the lower end of the income scale, but i think the income scale, but i think the prime minister and the chancellor, they're going to have provide more because as chancellor, they're going to hav

natural there gas natural gas. so if there gas suppues natural gas. so if there gas supplies tightened, that would tighten market. look, tighten the whole market. look, i'll saying this. i'll just end on saying this. i don't to be unduly don't wish to be unduly pessimistic . i just want gb news pessimistic. i just want gb news viewers and listeners , many of viewers and listeners, many of whom watched their pennies and pounds closely to understand what's energy what's happening and if energy phces what's happening and if energy prices thus inflation do prices and thus inflation do spike again this autumn because of geopolitics , it's nothing of geopolitics, it's nothing that the bank of england does can possibly help that. that's why i still think it would be a mistake not to stop interest rate rises . rate rises. >> now, what will also be winding up gb news viewers listeners beyond belief is that these energy companies are still pocketing millions upon millions of pounds in profits , and people of pounds in profits, and people are being told that their energy bills will likely go up. >> some of them are. >> some of them are. >> some of them are. >> some of them have gone bust, but they've gone bust because they bet energy prices and they bet on energy prices and they bet on energy prices and the went against they the bet went against them. they bet way. and this is bet the wrong way. and this is what saying why it's what ofgem is saying why it's allowing standing charges to rise because a lot of the energy companies that are still standing, absorbed standing, they've absorbed customers often with deficit gas

from companies that have gone bust paying for their failure. >> then because they went bust and then the taxpayers paying for it as well. >> if indeed they give more, more support, which i think there will be, i, i look, i was looking into the prime minister's eyes as he was. he knows heart what he's knows in his heart what he's saying enough to address saying isn't enough to address the problem that we've got with energy and there will be energy bills and there will be more energy bills and there will be mo there will perhaps an >> there will be perhaps an acknowledgement that at some acknowledgement of that at some time. jonathan brealey, time. now, jonathan brealey, who's executive of who's the chief executive of gem, said something quite interesting. helpful interesting. it would be helpful , he said, ministers , he said, if ministers reintroduce boost subsidies, i.e. this £400 that we had last year , although it's not his year, although it's not his position, obviously, to, you know, to push for that, what is the likelihood i mean, is there any wriggle room, a £400 across the board subsidy for every household, 30 odd million households in the uk is big bananas , big money and at a time bananas, big money and at a time when government borrowing costs are rising, the interest bill on that extra spending would be a

serious amount of cash. >> but you're right, mark. people in the marketplace, regulators , they are really, you regulators, they are really, you know , pressing the alarm , know, pressing the alarm, ringing the alarm bells. now, jonathan brearley went on to say it's welcome news. the price cap continues to fall. he is the chief exec of ofgem, the regulator. but i can't offer any certainty to the population that things will ease this winter. and how about this from gillian cooper. and how about this from gillian cooper . she's head of energy cooper. she's head of energy policy at citizens advice and incredibly well trusted network support group for everybody, a charity much revered, increasing numbers of people we help, says gillian cooper, are in a negative budget on their energy where they simply don't have enough money coming in to cover even just their essential bills . as our data suggests. even just their essential bills . as our data suggests . and they . as our data suggests. and they are at the coalface. it will be as bad, if not worse, than last winter . that's a really strong winter. that's a really strong thing for a charity like citizens advice to say. and that's why i think the government is going to have to do more here. whatever the

fiscal cost. >> okay, liam, we're going to continue this conversation. we are, because very shortly we're going to be at a warm bank, a bakery that's been using its spare industrial heat to provide warmth for people . more on that warmth for people. more on that very soon. very 500“. >> very soon. >> that warm feeling inside from boxt boilers, proud sponsors of weather on . gb news alex deakin weather on. gb news alex deakin here with your latest weather update from the met office. >> four gb news shower dodging for the next couple of days. some big showers likely in places today. there will be some sunshine as well. but even when the sun out, it doesn't feel the sun is out, it doesn't feel particularly warm. pressure particularly warm. high pressure is to the west. low is well to the west. low pressure is sitting over us and that's generating the showers quite breezy across parts of western scotland, but elsewhere in scotland , the are in scotland, the winds are light, which the light, which means when the showers develop, they could be quite slow moving and drop lot quite slow moving and drop a lot of rain a short space of of rain in a short space of time. now, much eastern time. now, much of eastern england seeing showers england not seeing many showers today. here staying england not seeing many showers todasome here staying england not seeing many showers todasome more here staying england not seeing many showers todasome more cloud re staying england not seeing many showers todasome more cloud developing dry. some more cloud developing

through afternoon, but some through the afternoon, but some brighter the brighter spells seeing the temperatures soar to the high teens. 20s, some heavy teens. low 20s, some heavy showers later for parts showers likely later for parts of wales and southwest england. they'll move through on the fairly brisk wind. but those slow moving heavy perhaps thundery showers continuing through parts of scotland overnight. the showers do tend to fade away in many areas, but we'll keep some going in northwest england and northern parts where it'll parts of scotland where it'll stay quite a cool night stay breezy. quite a cool night again. could a bit misty again. could turn a bit misty with the lighter winds over central and southern parts a bit, of fog first thing on bit, a bit of fog first thing on saturday morning, that will clear. have some sunny clear. we'll have some sunny spells, but then the showers will develop yet as we go will develop yet again as we go through the day. nowhere immune from downpours, don't from the downpours, i don't think expect some think tomorrow. so expect some heavy but won't rain heavy showers, but it won't rain all there'll some all day. there'll be some brighter spells between. brighter spells in between. again, windy across again, quite windy across northern it will turn a northern parts. it will turn a bit through the long bit drier through the long weekend. but again, temperatures on side , that warm on the cool side, that warm feeling inside from boxt boilers. >> proud sponsors of weather on

company right through until 7:00 this evening. >> gb news is the people's channel. britain's watching . channel. britain's watching. welcome back to the live desk. >> now a few moments ago, we were talking about how there is a reduction in the energy price cap, but it still means that millions of people could be facing eye—watering bills come the winter. so let's get more on

this from our reporter anna riley. >> now, anna's had a warm bank, a bakery using the spare industrial heat there to provide warmth for people. are you feeling a bit toasty there . feeling a bit toasty there. >> i am. it's a warm day, isn't it ? we're having a bit of summer it? we're having a bit of summer today. it? we're having a bit of summer today . it is august, but yeah, today. it is august, but yeah, it's an ingenious idea. it's a community bakery and they use the heat. so i'm in. i'm in one of the warm rooms now where people can come throughout the day while the bakery is open from morning till around 4:00. they can come and sit down. there's chairs, the sofas , there's chairs, the sofas, there's plenty of books to read. they can come and help themselves to tea and coffee, all free of charge. and it's basically a way of using all that spare heat that's coming up from the bakery to heat these rooms help people out, rooms and help people out, because people really are struggling. i've been here this morning speaking to people and they're saying, you know, it has been a of a cold winter . been a bit of a cold winter. they felt the need to put their heating on, a bit of a cold

summer. sorry. they found the need to put their heating on. and up , and now with winter coming up, there's fears even more. this bank was initially set up in september. this warm bank , warm september. this warm bank, warm room. but the owner , hamilton room. but the owner, hamilton trouet, told me that he thinks that this is going to be needed now more than ever in the run up to winter. and this is what he had to say. >> i don't think it's enough, and i don't think it will make anywhere near enough of a difference to people that are struggling. people already, struggling. people are already, you know, really finding you know, really, really finding it had it tough. we've just had a really wet winter, summer and we've had the kids off and it's so difficult to expense lviv to keep their kids occupied . food keep their kids occupied. food inflation is just still absolutely rampant. people just don't have the money at and you know, to little and not the right directions as far as i can see. >> and anna, is it open to everyone? because, i mean, particularly in the winter, i guess it's the more senior members of the population that really need help to stay well

and stay healthy. you know, is there any kind of barrier to people going there ? people going there? >> no restrictions at all, mark. it's not means tested . and it's not means tested. and anybody can come in and use it. the bakery opens at around nine in the morning. so from then the doors to these rooms are open for anyone to come up as i said, help themselves to tea and coffee and speaking to ed as well , he was coffee and speaking to ed as well, he was saying it is about keeping warm. it is about keeping warm. it is about keeping bills down. but a lot of it, like you mentioned, the older population , it's about older population, it's about socialising as well. you know, getting out , meeting members of getting out, meeting members of the community and not not staying, trying to wrap up warm at home. it's coming out and socialising as well. and that's that's really important at this community warm bank indeed. >> great idea. thanks for updating us and of course we'll probably head back there as winter approaches . not that far winter approaches. not that far away now. thanks very much . away now. thanks very much. >> coming up here on gb news, we're going to be talking about

the collective of 30 families as they lost their loved ones in care homes during the pandemic. they were, of course , one of they were, of course, one of thousands. well, this collective of suing the of families are suing the government. the details on that next. first, your headlines with tatyana . pip. tatyana. pip. >> thank you very much. some breaking news in the last few minutes. nottinghamshire police says an officer is in a serious condition after being hit by a train while trying to save a distressed man who was on the tracks. police attended an area in balderton over concerns for a man safety just before 7:00 last night. the man on the railway lines is also injured, but it's not thought his injuries are life threatening . we'll bring life threatening. we'll bring you more on that breaking story as we get it. now the average household will see a slight reduction in energy bills heading into the winter. regulator ofgem is dropping the price cap by £150 from october 1st. price cap by £150 from october ist. it

price cap by £150 from october 1st. it means the average bill will fall to just under £2,000 a year. will fall to just under £2,000 a year . the will fall to just under £2,000 a year. the kremlin has denied claims the wagner group's leader was killed on its orders, describing the suggestion by the west as an absolute lie. yevgen prigozhin was on the passenger list of a plane that crashed on wednesday . the list of a plane that crashed on wednesday. the uk's ministry of defence says there's still no definitive proof that he's dead, but added it's highly likely dan but added it's highly likely drink driver alexander mckellar has been jailed for 12 years for killing a cyclist , then hiding killing a cyclist, then hiding his body. the 31 year old admitted causing the death of tony parsons after hitting him with his car near argyll and bute in september 2017. his twin brother , robert, who helped bury brother, robert, who helped bury the body in a remote peat bog, was sentenced to five years and three months , and financial three months, and financial support for mps who lose their seat at the next general election is being doubled. they received two months pay after

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gb news radio. >> hello you're back with the live desk on gb news and we can exclude massively reveal that young british women, often apparently drunk and sometimes in state of undress , are being in state of undress, are being featured in adverts by people smuggling gangs. well, gb news has been handed evidence from a cyber contact who discovered multiple accounts that he believes are fronts for criminals and the smuggling gangs. >> sources claiming indeed, the videos are being used to entice young males to use the services of the gangs to travel to europe and on into the uk. >> our home in a security edhon >> our home in a security editor, mark white joins us now with more on this exclusive. tell us more then about about these videos and their content. >> yeah , there's no doubt it's >> yeah, there's no doubt it's a very development . very worrying development. >> know that people >> but we know that people smuggling have using smuggling gangs have been using social media to effectively advertise their services. what we've obtained , ed, are a number we've obtained, ed, are a number of videos and evidence from a cyber security contact . you can cyber security contact. you can see that one of the sites , one

see that one of the sites, one of the accounts on the social media site instagram , and media site instagram, and they're followed by hundreds of thousands of people . but among thousands of people. but among these posts, lots of posts of young women. now, these appear to be young british women who are out partying, enjoying themselves as young women up and down the country do every weekend , scantily clad. weekend, scantily clad. >> and we have to make plain not being party to this operation with no knowledge of what the pictures are being used for. >> i think completely be unwitting. you know, out and about , just enjoying themselves about, just enjoying themselves . and it seems that those videos are now being posted and re posted by by what we're told are criminal gangs who who are using them to try and entice . we're them to try and entice. we're told this is being aimed at young males in north africa. these particular accounts . so

these particular accounts. so it's not the it's not the first time that that this has happened. of course, we've seen it used by the criminal gangs from their point of view to good effect last year when there were multiple adverts effectively on social media that were being posted to entice young albanian males to come across to the uk. now those as social media videos, you can see here show fast cars as the albanian flag on a lot of these cars as well. people don't dancing and enjoying themselves by the london eye are wads of cash. i mean, it helped the government absolutely admits this helped . absolutely admits this helped. enfice absolutely admits this helped. entice up to 13,000 albanians to come across to the uk last year . so it's very alarming that, again, the people smugglers are using this tactic to try. this time. it seems, to entice young

males from north africa to come. >> the likes of tiktok, instagram came across this. have they got powers to crack down on this? surely they must have. >> yes . so this? surely they must have. >> yes. so earlier this month, the home secretary announced that all of the main social media companies were are going to help in a crackdown , to help in a crackdown, cooperating with the national crime agency and other law enforcement agencies in the uk to help clamp down on the use of these adverts. one of the things that these social media companies, including meta, which obviously controls facebook and instagram , instagram, x as well, instagram, instagram, x as well, they they are using the kind of algorithms that were used to good effect to counter the extremists that post their messages out. so they're using the same kind of algorithms to try to identify these sites. but having said that, the people

smugglers are getting a bit wise to it. also, as you'd say on these accounts, as you can see, they're interspersed with all they're interspersed with all the videos of young women. are are videos showing young men making the journey success flee to the uk and to mainland europe from from north africa. lots of videos like that on these sites. >> how to do it, video almost . >> how to do it, video almost. tell us more about the gangs. i mean, have they been able to identify who the gangs are? how many individuals are involved, how sophisticated and organised it is? >> well, the thousands of individuals , you know, from the individuals, you know, from the upper echelon all the way to down those that just help out in the camps of north western france or help them in the journey from , in this instance, journey from, in this instance, nonh journey from, in this instance, north africa to across to europe and right up to north—west and france and occasionally the national crime agency and other law enforcement partners have their successes where they dismantle people smuggling operations. but it's so

lucrative because they can charge . between 3000 and £5000 charge. between 3000 and £5000 per boat and then they're packing upwards of 50 people on these boats. they can make millions of pounds just in a single day. if they pushed a lot of boats out into the channel >> and the nationality of these gangsis >> and the nationality of these gangs is that changed recently? well all the predominantly it is kurdish people smuggling gangs that control the operations around calais and dunkirk. >> recently, we've heard of some attempts by afghan criminal gangs to muscle in on that market, and that's led to some unrest in these camps. but to be honest , you know, the people honest, you know, the people smuggling gangs so jealously guard their turf that they're often involved in in wars between rival kurdish gangs across their anyway, so that that type of criminal behaviour

and violence and even now the use of firearms to enforce the trade is not unusual. >> mark white thank you. >> mark white thank you. >> thank you for bringing us that exclusive . that exclusive. >> now let's bring you some other news with the collective of 30 families who lost their loved ones in care homes during the covid pandemic, now suing the covid pandemic, now suing the government , the covid pandemic, now suing the government, arguing that not enough protect their enough was done to protect their relatives early days of covid. >> their claims main focus is the march 2020 decision to rapidly discharge hospital patients into care homes without testing . and last year the high testing. and last year the high court ruled the policy unlawful and between march and june 2022, nearly 20,000 residents of care homes died . with covid 19. with homes died. with covid 19. with us now is jane connery, director of care campaign for the vulnerable . and it takes us vulnerable. and it takes us straight back. jane to the former health secretary, matt hancock's words, wasn't it in march or april 2020, we are throwing a protective ring

around care homes. >> yes. good morning . thank you >> yes. good morning. thank you for having me on care campaign for having me on care campaign for the vulnerable fully supports these families, moves . supports these families, moves. yeah. the ring of steel an absolute lie . absolute lie. >> um the care sector was left unsupported. the care sector particularly the health and social care secretary at the time, um, matt hancock, didn't adhere to advice from leaders that was saying right from the start, from care home managers . start, from care home managers. >> um, that they needed support along with the nhs, which incidentally was prioritised by the government . i think what's the government. i think what's also extreme important are these families are going to live with this till the rest of their lives. they've lost cherished, loved ones and they were unnecessary deaths . um, i unnecessary deaths. um, i believe that we also have to look at the public inquiry and,

and we've got to look and make sure that lessons are learned. but but it can't just be words. we have to make sure that god forbid, anything like this should happen again. that that there will be a far more robust approach and i believe that families have the right to look for accounts , ability for the for accounts, ability for the loss of their loved ones and in terms of that accountability and going beyond words that the legal action is to pursue claims for damages, for loss of life and distress caused . and distress caused. >> so it's not a criminal charge as such, but it certainly will perhaps result in some sort of penalty against individual st giles' >> absolutely. i mean, you say it's not a criminal charge , you it's not a criminal charge, you know. yes, lawfully , probably it know. yes, lawfully, probably it isn't. but but i think morally , isn't. but but i think morally, um, they need to be held to task

. i also think that that the ring of steel because that did not exist. um, family liz that we supported, we supported an unprecedented amount of families that lost loved ones when they were brought into care homes from hospitals not tested, lack of ppe . we were putting out of ppe. we were putting out trucks from charities to care homes because they were, you know , um, not, not getting ppe . know, um, not, not getting ppe. it was an absolute travesty. and we have to look at the government act and say, yes, it was a situation that everybody was a situation that everybody was thrown into, but what we have to understand that they were leaders and they absolutely left the care sector on its own. and that's no exaggeration. we supported families that they couldn't even say goodbye to their loved ones, that should

never be able to happen again when you look at the numbers of people that died, we had that figure just then , didn't we? figure just then, didn't we? >> 20,000 during the first three months, i think it was of the pandemic in some ways. many people would be surprised that there's only 30 families taking this legal action. i mean, could this legal action. i mean, could this pave the way for even more of successful ? of its successful? >> honest , i speak to >> to be honest, i speak to families daily, even now, many are still in therapy. um and they are so , so emotionally they are so, so emotionally trauma tears and exhausted about what they actually went through. they just want to lay down in a darkened room. they do not want to pursue because they don't have the emotional energy to do so. and i know that because families are telling us that. so these families that are brave, that are , you know, wanting to that are, you know, wanting to pursue some form of accountability, i hope that

other families will see that that and get the strength and to follow their lead . um, it's been follow their lead. um, it's been such an emotional roller coaster. and i don't think unless people actually live through that in care homes and what happened that they will truly understand. um it it, it should never have happened . and, should never have happened. and, and i deal with families every day that are traumatised by that and i mean traumatised . and i mean traumatised. >> and jane thank you very much indeed for your time bringing us your reaction. of course, we'll see what happens when that's brought to court. but we do have a statement from the department of health and social care, which has throughout has said throughout the pandemic, was to protect pandemic, our aim was to protect the threat to the public from the threat to health covid and we health posed by covid and we specifically sought to safeguard care home residents based on the best information at the time . best information at the time. most of the country experienced high temperatures and sunshine this week. >> but people we've seen

sunbathing and enjoying the weather in brighton, london and bournemouth, the weather might feel a little differently this weekend. temperatures did reach 25 degrees, but yes, there is a but because it's a bank holiday weekend , inevitably joining us weekend, inevitably joining us now to give us a full rundown of what we can expect , brace for what we can expect, brace for it. >> john hammonds here to tell us the worst. john >> oh, come on, mark. it's glorious out here in the garden. yeah, it it's not searingly hot . it'sjust yeah, it it's not searingly hot . it's just pleasant. and i think to be honest, we'll probably look back and give this bank holiday weekend around about 6 or 7 out of ten. not a washout, not a weekend of blazing sunshine and blue skies. sorry about the dog barking , sorry about the dog barking, getting excited by being on gb news, no doubt. but yeah, it's going to be a weekend of sunshine and showers. i know that's a bit of a cliche from from weather presenters, but that's basically it. it's a situation with low pressure, low pressure. you get showers

popping up pressure. you get showers popping up here, there and everywhere. very difficult to predict . some will see predict. so some places will see plenty of sunshine and some enjoying here in buckinghamshire, others seeing a downpour the rain downpour. the worst of the rain right across northern right now across northern scotland and no bank holiday weekend is complete without a weather warning. there are weather warning. and there are weather warning. and there are weather force for weather warnings in force for thunderstorms across of thunderstorms across parts of scotland and into scotland through today. and into tomorrow. and i think there'll be other warnings issued over the i don't the next few days. but i don't want to make too much of the rain. i think many of will rain. i think many of us will enjoy lengthy of enjoy some lengthy spells of sunshine. pleasantly sunshine. and yeah, pleasantly warm being warm without it being oppressively heat oppressively hot. the heat across europe , has been, across europe, which has been, well, pretty extreme again over the last days , that getting the last few days, that getting pushed away down towards the balkans, turkey and greece, many other of europe through other parts of europe through this weekend, cooling off a much more pleasant feel . and really more pleasant feel. and really for the next several days, it's a similar sort of picture , but a similar sort of picture, but with showers cropping up top tip from your weatherman, i wouldn't necessarily rely on your weather apps.i necessarily rely on your weather apps . i think necessarily rely on your weather apps. i think if necessarily rely on your weather apps . i think if you've got apps. i think if you've got a phone with a radar app on it, that'll very useful because that'll be very useful because

that'll be very useful because that tells you exactly where the rain occurring right now. and rain is occurring right now. and then can plan then hopefully you can plan around because computer around that because the computer models really do struggle with the that pop up, as i the showers that pop up, as i say, at short notice and almost randomly. mark. so yeah, it's going to be one of those sorts of days where we're dodging the downpours. but yeah, hopefully like here there'll be plenty of sunshine between. john it sunshine in between. john it seems, correct me here, but seems, and correct me here, but it seems that historically every august holiday weekend and august bank holiday weekend and is considerably iffy nonsense. i thought you might ask me that question. so i look back at last bank bank holiday for august and it was it was dry and it was pleasant and there was a lot of sunshine around. so i think it's probably little bit of a probably a little bit of a misconception wash misconception that we get wash outs every holiday weekend. outs every bank holiday weekend. you know, it's random. the weather can play ball sometimes it doesn't. i think this it doesn't. and i think this bank holiday weekend be bank holiday weekend will be a bit both , frankly. some bit of both, frankly. some places see some some heavy places will see some some heavy showers, but many of us will see some some lovely sunshine. it won't be too hot. it won't be too and the winds won't be

too cold. and the winds won't be too cold. and the winds won't be too if you're too strong either. if you're looking an indian summer, if looking for an indian summer, if you're looking for some some prolonged weather, prolonged dry and warm weather, then again, because prolonged dry and warm weather, the|longer again, because prolonged dry and warm weather, the|longer term again, because prolonged dry and warm weather, the|longer term models)ecause prolonged dry and warm weather, the|longer term models actually the longer term models actually look as we head look pretty disturbed as we head into september. and just before look pretty disturbed as we head irgo, september. and just before look pretty disturbed as we head irgo, we'renber. and just before look pretty disturbed as we head irgo, we're keepingd just before look pretty disturbed as we head irgo, we're keeping an|st before look pretty disturbed as we head irgo, we're keeping an eye efore look pretty disturbed as we head irgo, we're keeping an eye on re i go, we're keeping an eye on tropical storm franklin. now, that's in just off the bahamas at the moment. and that could be at the moment. and that could be a key player with our weather as it drifts northwards and gets entrained with the jet stream. so watch this space how so watch this space for how franklin behaves because that could be quite pivotal in terms of how our weather behaves as we head further into september. watch space. watch this space. >> what we got >> yeah. and what we got hurricane season in october to look forward to as well, i guess, as that comes across. >> let's get the bank holiday weekend of the way first and weekend out of the way first and try enjoy that, shall we, try and enjoy that, shall we, limey well, i but yeah, limey well, i agree but yeah, there are a lot tropical there are a lot of tropical storms hurricanes brewing up storms and hurricanes brewing up in and they will be in the tropics and they will be key players, think in our key players, i think in our weather we go further into weather as we go further into the autumn. >> yeah, you're right. >> yeah, you're right. >> thanks much. >> okay, john, thanks very much. your garden's looking good. thank for your thank you very much for your time. coming up, the prime

minister say is likely minister does say it is likely prigogine is dead. moscow says it wasn't us. >> the temperature's rising in boxt solar proud sponsors of weather on . gb news alex deakin weather on. gb news alex deakin here with your latest weather update from the met office for gb news shower dodging for the next couple of days. >> some big showers likely in places today. there will be some sunshine as well. but even when the sun is out, it doesn't feel particularly warm. high pressure is the west . low is well to the west. low pressure is sitting over us and that's generating the showers quite breezy across parts of western scotland . but elsewhere western scotland. but elsewhere in winds light in scotland, the winds are light , when the showers , which means when the showers develop, quite develop, they could be quite slow drop lot of slow moving and drop a lot of rain a short space of time . rain in a short space of time. now, eastern england not now, much of eastern england not seeing showers today. many seeing many showers today. many places here staying dry, some more cloud developing through the but some brighter the afternoon, but some brighter spells temperatures spells seeing the temperatures to the high teens. low 20s , some to the high teens. low 20s, some heavy showers likely later for parts southwest parts of wales and southwest england . they'll move through on

england. they'll move through on the fairly brisk wind, but those slow moving heavy , perhaps slow moving heavy, perhaps thundery showers continuing through parts scotland through parts of scotland overnight . the showers do tend overnight. the showers do tend to fade away in many areas, but we'll keep going in we'll keep some going in northwest northern northwest england and northern parts of scotland where it'll stay breezy . quite a cool night stay breezy. quite a cool night again. could a bit misty again. could turn a bit misty with lighter over with the lighter winds over central and southern parts a bit. a bit of fog first thing on saturday morning. that will clear. we'll have some sunny spells, but then the showers will develop again as we go will develop yet again as we go through day. nowhere immune through the day. nowhere immune from don't from the downpours. i don't think expect some think tomorrow. so expect some heavy , it won't rain heavy showers, but it won't rain all there'll be some all day. there'll be some brighter in between. brighter spells in between. again, windy again, quite windy across northern it will turn northern parts. it will turn a bit drier through the long weekend. but again, temperatures on side , the on the cool side, the temperatures rising, boxt solar, proud sponsors of weather on .

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absolute lie. >> the kremlin denies it was involved in the killing of wagner leader yevgeny prigozhin. but rishi sunak says british intelligence suggests he was on that downed plane and boom . that downed plane and boom. >> nasa announces plans for a super sonic plane almost twice as fast as concorde. it could get to new york in just 90 minutes with rolls royce and boeing now in the race to get it off the ground . off the ground. >> also coming up, how off the ground. >> also coming up , how classic >> also coming up, how classic car dealers are seen , a surge in car dealers are seen, a surge in interest for older vehicles. yes, cars manufactured before 1983 exempt out of the ulez charge. before we start, latest headunes charge. before we start, latest headlines with tatiana . mark headlines with tatiana. mark thank you and good afternoon. >> the latest from the newsroom. a police officer is in a serious

condition after being hit by a train while trying to save a distressed man on the tracks in nottinghamshire. incident nottinghamshire. the incident happenedin nottinghamshire. the incident happened in bolton just before 7:00 last night. the man on the railway lines was also hurt, but his injuries are not thought to be life threatening. the average household bill will see a slight reduction in the energy bills heading into the winter regulator. ofgems dropping the price cap by £150 from october the 1st. it means the average bill will fall to just under £2,000 a year. the prime minister says the news is good for everyone. >> we took decisive action after putin's illegal war to help families by imposing a windfall tax on energy companies , using tax on energy companies, using that money to provide about £1,500 of support to a typical household. but i know things are still tough , and that's why we still tough, and that's why we are working night and day to ang are working night and day to bring down inflation so that the money in people's pockets can go further . further. >> experts are warning the price cut offers little relief for

some vulnerable customers who are still worried about their bills this winter. >> to have arthritis . >> to have arthritis. >> to have arthritis. >> and i've found that i haven't been able to put my heating on in the winter as much, and it's caused a lot of difference to my health in the house. >> you know, you can see your smart metre and it's rising, you know, showers and then boiling the kettle and you really realise how much it costs us per time. >> then a lot of people are going to suffer really, really bad. >> i mean they reckon the energy costs are coming down. >> i don't think they're coming down either much. very much. >> i mean you think they're >> i mean when you think they're making out of the making billions out of the customer out there and i think it's appalling. i think they should give people more help . should give people more help. >> the prime minister has warned the uk's asylum systems facing unsustainable pressure . his unsustainable pressure. his comments come after the home office confirmed costs have almost doubled in a year to nearly £4 billion. the prime minister, who's promised to stop

the boats, says the figures are unacceptable. more than 19,000 people have crossed the channel this year. shadow cabinet office minister jenny chapman says the government needs to take action. >> it's extraordinary that the prime minister making statements like that when they've been running the show for 13 years and now they say it's unacceptable. well it is unacceptable. well it is unacceptable and you know how many you talk about the backlog, but do you know how many of the 45,000 people who crossed in a small boat last year? how many of their claims have been processed? you know, processed? it's 1. you know, this system is in absolute crisis and it's been getting worse year on year since 2010. financial support for mps who lose their seat at the next general election is being doubled . doubled. >> they received two months pay after losing their seats at the last general election, but the independent parliamentary standards authority has now ruled it should be increased to four months. the money is used to help mps close their office and manage staff departures. the

payments won't be given to members who before an members who stand down before an election period . a drink driver election period. a drink driver who killed a cyclist and then hit his body with the help of his twin brother, has been jailed for 12 years. alexander mckellar admitted causing the death of tony parsons after hitting him with a car near argyll and bute in september 2017. he then buried mr parsons bodyin 2017. he then buried mr parsons body in a remote peat bog and disposed of evidence linking him to the collision. his twin brother, robert, helped him cover up the crime. he's been sentenced to five years and three months in jail for. sentenced to five years and three months in jail for . the three months in jail for. the kremlin has denied claims the wagner group's leader was killed on its orders. yevgeny prigozhin was on the passenger list of a plane that crashed on wednesday. moscow described suggestions by the west that it was responsible for his death as an absolute lie. the uk's ministry of defence says there's still no definitive proof that he's dead, but added it's highly likely the deaths of 88 people are being investigated by the national

crime agency . they were among crime agency. they were among more than 200 people in the uk who bought lethal substances and products to assist suicide from a website. 57 year old canadian kenneth law was arrested and charged in ontario , accused of charged in ontario, accused of sending more than 1000 items to 40 countries. donald trump has become the first former president in us history to have his fingerprints and mugshot taken. the image was released minutes after he was booked on more than a dozen charges in georgia, accused of conspiring to overturn the 2020 election result. he then posted the photo on formerly known as twitter, as well as his campaign website with an appeal for donations. the republican frontrunner for next year's presidential election claims the charges against him are politically motivated . this is gb news motivated. this is gb news across the uk on tv , in your 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 mark and. pip >> tiger woods has done it. hugh grant has done it. and now donald trump has become the first ever former us president to have his mug shot taken . he to have his mug shot taken. he handed himself into fulton county jail in atlanta on 13 charges relating to attempts to overturn his 2020 election loss in georgia . in georgia. >> well, he's now become defendant p . 01135809 when he defendant p. 01135809 when he returned to the social media platform, formerly twitter, to share this new image. and yes , share this new image. and yes, appeal for donations, then speaking on the tarmac as he left georgia , trump gave his left georgia, trump gave his verdict on his latest arraignment has taken place here is a travesty of justice. >> we did nothing wrong. i did nothing wrong , and everybody nothing wrong, and everybody knows it. i've never had such support and that goes with the other ones too. what they're doing is election interference. they're to interfere with they're trying to interfere with an election. there's never been

anything like it in our country before. this is their way of campaigning. and this is one instance. but you have three other instances. it's election interference . interference. >> let's get the view now. the chair of republicans overseas uk, greg swenson , who can join uk, greg swenson, who can join us once more. greg, thanks for your time. looking at the post of this mug shot on social media. he's got this declaration never surrender. that's media. he's got this declaration never surrender . that's exactly, never surrender. that's exactly, of course, what he had to do at fulton county jail. do you think he doesn't see the irony ? he doesn't see the irony? >> yeah, it's it is interesting. >> yeah, it's it is interesting. >> and as usual, you bring up a good point . good point. >> mark is his delivery is often clumsy the way he describes things. >> and perhaps he makes some grammatical mistakes. >> but but i think what's important here is that he will take advantage of this. >> you know, the appearance at the jailhouse, much like the indictments that were announced over the last few months , the over the last few months, the four indictments, they all help him in the polls. >> they help him with fundraising. i think the fundraising. and i think the americans , the american voter

americans, the american voter sees this as a weaponization of the justice system and also in the justice system and also in the context of how the justice department and other law enforcement agencies are treating the biden family business versus how they're treating the former president. so i think a lot of a lot of viewers see some real hypocrite in the way that the justice is being applied . is every being applied. is every republican voter in america the suburban woman, for example , is suburban woman, for example, is she going to buy into this massive pr campaign of trump's then ? no, it's a great point . then? no, it's a great point. no, not every republican and surely not this will be really difficult in a general election. and you bring up a good point. he had difficulty with suburban women voters in the last several elections , especially in 2020. elections, especially in 2020. and so i think it's i think it could be a big challenge in the long run. in the near term, it helps him with the base. you know, 55, 60% of republicans are supporting him, according to the

polls before the debates last week, i don't think that this mugshot hurts him. it might it might be a point where there's , might be a point where there's, you know, a little too much drama. i think it was more the debates on on wednesday night in milwaukee without trump gave the other candidates opportunities to get some attention away from former president trump. so i think i think that this will help him with the base. i'm not sure it helps him much more with the general republican voter base because , you know, he's base because, you know, he's already gotten the bump from the indictment. there's just so much you can get from these indictments. they clearly helped him this might him him. this might help him a little bit more. but i think , little bit more. but i think, you know, there is some risk that there's plenty of us republicans that don't support trump or not supporting trump, not because of these indictments by any means, but just for other reasons , whether it's, you know, reasons, whether it's, you know, his conduct or or just the fact that , you know, he's his conduct or or just the fact that, you know, he's he's older and he can only serve one term. he's made some really big

mistakes politically, like in the georgia special elections back in early 21. and so i think there's you're starting to see some movement the day after the debates, you saw some real movement in the polling , you movement in the polling, you know, helping desantis , know, helping desantis, definitely helping vivek. but but also vivek's negatives went up. but i think you're going to see some real opportunity for the other candidates to pick up support away from president trump. >> and what about the risk factor then, greg, on pursuing this political track? i mean, on that tarmac out there in georgia, he said the latest arraignment, a travesty of justice itself, election interference, that's not going to go down well with the da or the judge in that particular hearing, is it ? hearing, is it? >> no. and i think look, i don't think his free speech should be restricted, but i think he's got to use his head here. and as long as he doesn't get personal about it, it's hard to . not but about it, it's hard to. not but but you're right. you know, there's a there's a risk there that the judge , you know, said

that the judge, you know, said a few weeks ago that he's got to you know, he's got some constraints but not completely constrained. and i know the prosecutors wanted a complete 939 prosecutors wanted a complete gag rule on the president, and that would be very difficult for him to keep. but the judge did not agree to that. and i think that's important know. that's important to know. >> you mentioned there >> greg, you mentioned there that debate interested that the tv debate interested that the tv debate interested that almost every candidate out there said they would back him if he was the republican nominee. i think chris christie was the closest maybe who came to actually criticise hutchinson , too. >> yeah, look , it's a very >> yeah, look, it's a very delicate balance that these candidates have to take. you know, he does have a very strong base of course, the candidates want to take voters away from trump, you know, get some of those pro trump voters to come to their side. so they they don't want to risk losing all of them. i think, you know, i see them. i think, you know, i see the picture of vivek on the screen. he is, you know, obviously pro trump and obviously very pro trump and essentially has trump's support in ways. but i think the in many ways. but i think the other candidates have be

other candidates have to be careful. can you can careful. so you can you can believe in things. you can believe in two things. you can believe in two things. you can believe another candidate believe that another candidate is but at the same time is better. but at the same time realise that this is a weaponized version of the justice system . so it's and justice system. so it's and also, you have the pledge that they all had to sign that says and of course trump wouldn't sign it, but the pledge basically is that whoever wins has to get has to get the other candidates support. it was really directed at president trump. so it doesn't really mean much with with the other candidates , frankly. candidates, frankly. >> and in terms of presidential debates , is trump indicating the debates, is trump indicating the only debate he wants to attend is that with biden, what is the republican assessment of the democratic ticket? i mean , there democratic ticket? i mean, there have been those and we had a voice here yesterday suggesting that biden might not even make that biden might not even make that democratic ticket . that democratic ticket. >> i totally agree with that. i do not think that biden will be the candidate. there is there are so many reasons to believe

that he could never make it that even not only make it as a candidate or through a campaign, but also i'm not sure he makes it that far. so and then, of course, the biden family influence pedalling business is now becoming a acknowledged by the mainstream media and the left. and as you know, until recently, until the last few weeks, he was he was protected by both the justice department as well as the corporate media in the us that's starting to crumble a little bit. so i'm just not sure that biden can get through the exposure of his family business. and i don't mean hunter biden. i mean joe biden's family business. so is just the bagman, basically. so i think this this is going to change the dynamic. i don't think this will be trump versus biden. i think the debate that, you know, really started the shift. you saw numbers moving yesterday away from trump into desantis . i yesterday away from trump into desantis. i think it's yesterday away from trump into desantis . i think it's really desantis. i think it's really interesting that this might be the turning point for both parties. and if the democrats were smart, they would get

organised now. so they're not doing this at the last minute or maybe that's their plan. maybe they've got newsom in the in the wings and they're just going to wait to shoot. >> yeah, i was to going ask you quickly, biden, who quickly, terminate biden, who do you most, therefore, coming you fear most, therefore, coming up against you ? up against you? >> none. i would hope it's biden . obviously, you know, most republicans want biden, just like democrats want trump. like most democrats want trump. those the easiest opponents those are the easiest opponents to if it's gavin newsom, to beat. if it's gavin newsom, ang to beat. if it's gavin newsom, bring on. he's a very bring it on. he's a very personable guy and looks good. he's a he's a good looking candidate and he's very articulate. but he's running california into the ground. so i think anybody all you have to do is look at florida and texas and how they're doing and then compare it to illinois, california and new york. it is the it is a really easy victory, i think, for any opponent against a newsom . and then who against a newsom. and then who knows if it's more of a moderate democrat from a state that's not doing so poorly. you know, maybe they have a better chance. but if it's newsom, you know, that's

an easy win for the republicans. >> thought. greg, as >> interesting thought. greg, as even ever, thanks very much for bringing your assessment. bringing us your assessment. thanks for your time. >> you both. thank you. >> thank you both. thank you. thanks mark thanks a lot. mark >> regulator ofgem has >> energy regulator ofgem has announced cap for announced the next price cap for october to december will be £1,923 for the average household , and that is dropping from just over £2,000 in july. >> well, the prime minister , >> well, the prime minister, rishi sunak, asserted that the typical annual bill could be £150 cheaper this winter . but £150 cheaper this winter. but remember, the resolution foundation has been challenging the figures , pointing out the the figures, pointing out the removal of the government's support package for £100 last yeah support package for £100 last year. higher standing charges could mean more than 7 million households will be worse off than last winter . than last winter. >> actually, today's really good for news families up and down the country with a reduction in the country with a reduction in the energy price cap that's going to reduce on average a typical family's energy bill by about £150, easing the burden on the cost of living. and we took decisive action after putins illegal war to help families by imposing a windfall tax on

energy companies, using that money to provide about £1,500 of support to a typical household. but i know things are still tough, and that's why we are working night and day to bring down inflation so that the money in people's pockets can go further . further. >> well, let's get more and some reaction to this energy price cap drop . joining us now is head cap drop. joining us now is head of policy at national energy action, matt copeland . good to action, matt copeland. good to see you, matt, here on gb news as rishi sunak seemed to hail this energy price cap drop as good news. is it ? good news. is it? >> it's undoubtedly good news when prices drop, but we have to look at it in comparison to recent times. >> so last winter when we had probably the worst winter for fuel, poor households, certainly since our charity has existed , since our charity has existed, actually the costs faced by households last winter will be very similar to this winter. and that's because the government support, they're quite generous government support that was available last winter has now

gone and there's no plans currently to replace it. so while it is always good news to see prices drop, actually we cannot get complacent and think that this crisis is over. the cost of living crisis persists, but in particular, there will be an energy crisis this winter for millions of low income households that just won't be able to afford to heat their homes. >> and if that wholesale gas and oil price starts creeping up as the winter months approach is, the winter months approach is, the government going to have to rethink? i mean, jonathan brearley, clearly from ofgem, says that, you know, it would be helpful if ministers had a rethink . rethink. >> we think of the ministers need to have a rethink actually without any more increase in phces without any more increase in prices at this current level . prices at this current level. we've got from our calculations is about 6.3 million households across the uk living in fuel poverty at these prices this winter, that is unacceptable. the government does have options to try and do things. they've gone through all those options. last year when they looked for

support. might be that they don't need to give universal support this winter, support to everyone this winter, but some targeted support to low income households their income households with their energy is needed to avoid energy bills is needed to avoid huge rationing of energy . huge rationing of energy. >> and i was going to ask you how easy or difficult is it to get a social tariff imposed and what sort of criteria would you have to use for that ? have to use for that? >> so a social tariff to get one imposed by this winter looks very challenging. now, the government did say it was going to consult on a social tariff in the summer and it looks like that's not going to happen. unfortunately they had said that one could be in place by the 1st of april next year. we hope there's still time to do that. the criteria would likely be based on financial vulnerability. so whether you have whether you're in receipt of a tested benefit, but of a means tested benefit, but actually your poverty actually if your poverty goes way benefit system . way beyond the benefit system. so have to look at broader so we'd have to look at broader measures income as well measures such as income as well . so but for this winter, it's all about doing stuff a bit more quick and dirty, think making

quick and dirty, i think making sure that we can identify some of very worst affected of the very worst affected households give them some of households and give them some of those some of that support through the mechanisms we used last year. >> what seems be a big >> and what seems to be a big problem the standing charges problem is the standing charges . who who even . so for families who who even do less cooking to try and save energy , they're still going to energy, they're still going to be hit . that's absolutely right. be hit. that's absolutely right. >> standing charges are a really significant problem for low income households, especially those who are really significantly rationing their energy , doing everything they energy, doing everything they can to reduce their bills. there are these standing charges that will always be there. but for prepaid users, it's very, very acute. we know those on acute. we know that those on prepayment metres, when they run out of money on their metre, they disconnect. they lose they self disconnect. they lose their to energy. but their access to energy. but dang their access to energy. but during that period, standing during that period, the standing charge continues to accrue as a debt on the metre that actually needs be cleared before they needs to be cleared before they can energy again. so can access energy again. so higher charges means higher standing charges means for households, those most for those households, those most vulnerable households do go without energy in the winter. they'll going for

they'll be going without for longer periods. >> and this saving that rishi sunak talks about, i think he said, was it £150 a year? i mean that only works about works out at about £12.50 a month. it's not going to touch the sides, is it ? it? >> no, especially when you look at how much more energy bills are compared to just a couple of years ago, before all this started. you know, this is hundreds, six, £700 more than we're used to paying it back in the normal times. guess and in conjunction with food prices being incredibly high as well, not to mention housing costs. so while this is welcome , there's while this is welcome, there's still a long way to go in this energy crisis. >> indeed. thanks very much indeed for joining >> indeed. thanks very much indeed forjoining us with >> indeed. thanks very much indeed for joining us with your reaction, matt. thank you . reaction, matt. thank you. coming up, mps receive a double pay coming up, mps receive a double pay out now. if they lose their seat at the next election, £17,300 will be celebrating that shortly . shortly. >> it looks like things are heating up. boxed boilers are

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scotland as well. but cloud and rain northern scotland and rain over northern scotland and we'll see the showers we'll just see the showers developing again pretty widely by the afternoon. and like today, there'll be heavy thundery in places and for some quite slow moving. so again, the potential they could cause a few issues, certainly a lot of spray and surface water on the roads. if you travel around. it if you travel around. but it won't all day. there'll be won't rain all day. there'll be some sunny spells and temperatures sunshine. temperatures in the sunshine. high so still high teens, low 20s so still feeling on the cool side sunday. still a few showers but turning dry and for many of us, for what is for some a bank holiday doesn't look too bad. on monday .looks doesn't look too bad. on monday . looks like things are heating up. >> but next boilers proud sponsors of weather on .

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months. >> well, let's celebrate this with our political editor, tom harwood joining us in the studio. i can imagine the reaction from people because let's reflect, this is an addition to the redundancy payment. they get, which is effectively twice the amount a normal worker would get . normal worker would get. >> absolutely. compared to people who work in the civil service, get twice that service, mps get twice that amount. and of course, the longer served in longer an mp has served in parliament, the more that amount is it racks up with every year of service . an mp has performed of service. an mp has performed i suppose, but this is separate . this is what's called a loss of office payments, which was continued for two months after an mp was either voted out or chose to stand down at an election . and the recommendation election. and the recommendation from ipsa is that this extends this doubles to four months, therefore representing over £17,000 paid to an mp were they to lose office? >> why does it take four months to close down an office? what are they doing? dismantling all the furniture and taking the

walls down? >> is according to >> well, this is according to ipsa based off the experience of what at the last what happened at the last parliament 2019. and to be fair , that was a snap election. there were many mps who lost their seats. course , it was their seats. of course, it was a landslide victory for boris johnson's conservatives. so there were a lot of mps who perhaps unexpect rapidly lost their . and one of the big their seats. and one of the big complaints of former members has been that some of their staff were left in the lurch. some projects were left sort of hanging on. of course, there were some renting of buildings and local offices that needed to be wound all the rest of it. be wound up all the rest of it. however, there is quite a lot of scepticism that mps really do need four whole months currently there is two months for all that work to be done . perhaps it was work to be done. perhaps it was different in 2019 because of course it was over christmas. things might have taken longer that might have affected the calculations here. >> effective though, they're getting sacked . the voters getting sacked. the voters are saying, we don't we don't want you as our mp anymore. so why the should they get all

the heck should they get all this money? >> well, this is a very legitimate question and it's the question is often raised at question that is often raised at mps independent, the mps by the independent, the independent parliamentary standards was standards authority. ipsa was set up in the wake of the parliament of the expenses scandal, mainly because the mps didn't want to be voting on the things that happened to them . things that happened to them. right? it's mps pay, right? so whether it's mps pay, whether it's loss of office payments, whether is payments, whether it is remuneration in any kind. this is set now by ipsa, which is statutory independent from parliament, but it does raise the question because very often we hear whether it's an mp pay rise, whether it's a loss of office payment for this independent body. does seem to be rather tin eared when it comes to the announcements and the timing of these of these sorts of decisions. >> now it would apply for those deciding to step down or stand down themselves at an election . down themselves at an election. would it also apply to those who announced they're going to step down mid—term a certain . nadine down mid—term a certain. nadine dorries would she get the money if she does actually go yes ,

if she does actually go yes, presumably so, although she wouldn't get this doubled payment of now because this payment as of now because this has been an announcement from ipso has yet been implemented. >> so she's she's hanging on. yeah, well it could be why she's hanging on. it could also be that she wants to strike a by—election at the time of maximum pain the prime maximum pain for the prime minister, course, she minister, who, of course, she is not of, but of not a massive fan of, but of course the lib dems. >> today they are tabling a bill because they want to see her suspended. >> they this is actually >> they do. this is actually something leader of something i asked the leader of the about a couple of the lib dems about a couple of days ago. he was quite tight upped days ago. he was quite tight lipped in of what lipped then in terms of what might the lib dems do when parliament returns ? but now we parliament returns? but now we do know today it has been announced that the deputy leader of the liberal democrats, daisy coopen of the liberal democrats, daisy cooper, will table a motion on the first day that parliament returns challenged , saying other returns challenged, saying other parties to back this motion which will say if. nadine dorries does not turn up for parliament but does not turn up for work by the 14th of september. so that's ten days

after parliament returns . and if after parliament returns. and if she does not turn up , then the she does not turn up, then the motion will say this should trigger a ten day suspension in the house of commons. and the reason why a ten day suspension of the house of commons matters recall is that is the threshold to trigger recall petition. to trigger a recall petition. then her constituents could vote. >> now rishi sunak no friend, of course, to nadine dorries at the moment has indicated he thinks she's her weight. she's not pulling her weight. however liberal however will this liberal democrat move actually, perhaps get the tory back benches together in her support, i.e. becomes a party political issue then? >> well, that is the risk, of course. but on the other hand, will a tory mp be wants to be seen to be voting against something that many voters would perhaps think is a reasonable motion? after all, the motion isn't to expel nadine dorries from the house. it gives her a chance to turn up and represent her constituents for ten days. and if she doesn't do that, then the clauses would kick in. >> she claims she has been working hard at her surgeries . working hard at her surgeries. >> she does. she does . i have to

>> she does. she does. i have to say, when i was in her constituency a couple of days ago, a lot of people saw that i was with a camera and asked, where's nadine? so perhaps perhaps this is unfair. perhaps it is the summer recess. a lot of mps are away at this time, but i suppose we'll have to keep a parliament when a close eye on parliament when it returns in september. >> lisa didn't ask where's the wally up, we're wally anyway? coming up, we're going super supersonic. going to go super supersonic. first, get the . news first, let's get the. news >> good afternoon. it's 133. this is the latest from the newsroom. the average household will see a slight reduction in energy bills heading into this winter. right later, ofgems dropping the price cap by £150 from october the 1st. it means the average bill will fall to just under £2,000 a year. the kremlin has denied claims the wagner group's leader was killed on its orders, describing the suggestion by the west as an absolute lie . yevgeny prigozhin

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keeping you company right through until 7:00 this evening. gb news the people's . channel gb news the people's. channel welcome back to the live desk. >> now, kremlin spokesman says suggestions that the wagner group leader, yevgeny prigozhin was killed on their orders is an absolute lie . absolute lie. >> it comes after president putin has sent his condolences to prigozhin's family after he was believed to have died in a plane crash on wednesday . plane crash on wednesday. >> in that statement, putin said the head of the mercenary group was a talented businessman , one was a talented businessman, one whom he known personally since the added that the 1990s, but added that investigators would look into the causes of the crash. but an inquiry would take time . we inquiry would take time. we speak now to philip shaw, author of putin his life and times.

philip, thanks for joining of putin his life and times. philip, thanks forjoining us. philip, thanks for joining us. they say that revenge is a dish best served cold. it's with some icy resolve, it seems, from putin. >> i don't think there's any question that putin was killed by the kremlin , that is by the by the kremlin, that is by the special service is no . putin special service is no. putin would, of course, deny it. and add his condolences were expected . you know, it's a way expected. you know, it's a way of saying , really, this wasn't us. >> us. >> look somewhere else . >> look somewhere else. >> look somewhere else. >> but absolutely , this is >> but absolutely, this is revenge. it's putin reasserting his authority , making clear that his authority, making clear that if you cross red lines, if you betray there are consequences and they will be fatal. he sent his condolences. >> putin, do you think that he will go as far as attending prigozhin's funeral ? prigozhin's funeral? >> no , i don't. i think that >> no, i don't. i think that would mix that would blur the messages . and i think no,

messages. and i think no, i would pretty much rule that out . what what he's doing is basically saying to the rest of the elite , yes, you can the elite, yes, you can transgress and i will be tolerant, but if you transgress to the point where really you're stabbing us in the back in the middle of a war with ukraine, my tolerance is exhausted so everybody will know , no matter everybody will know, no matter how much the kremlin denies that. actually there is a price to be paid when you do this kind of thing. >> and i don't think it's a surprise. i mean, one of my colleagues said, you know, this is really the least surprising news that has happened this year , that that prigozhin has finally hit a wall. >> yeah, there is still a tiny bit of doubt because the bodies have not been identified . but i have not been identified. but i think that doubt is absolutely minuscule. the fact that putin referred to him in the past tense as if anyone knows what

has happened, it's putin. and the past tense means i just wanted to ask you whether in your analysis, this is strength and putin's position. >> he's achieved his aim there or is his position weaker in terms of any retaliation from the wagner group . the wagner group. >> i think we may have lost the connection there with with philip. we'll see if we can decisive get the line re—established . but clearly, in re—established. but clearly, in terms of british intelligence, according to rishi sunak little earlier saying that it was fairly evident they thought that prigozhin was on board that plane . while the americans, of plane. while the americans, of course, have indicated they believe it is an explosion on board the plane that brought it down on that flight from moscow to saint petersburg. i think we have lost philip, unfortunately, which was rather a shame because, of course , clearly he's because, of course, clearly he's get him back. an interesting

insight in terms we have got him back. >> we're just hearing. yes, he's back. he's back with us. philip i was just trying to ask you there before technology defeated us about whether this has strengthened putin's position or weakened it in the sense of could there be any sort of retaliation from the wagner group or will putin be feeling very happy today ? very happy today? >> i think putin will be feeling pretty happy. i think you've got that right . the wagner group is that right. the wagner group is disassociating . it's on the disassociating. it's on the point of collapse and that is what putin basically has wanted. >> you know, the wagner group did what he wished it to do in ukraine, and that's now finished . it still has operations in africa, but there are lots of people in the defence ministry in other parts of the russian government who would be really happy to take over what wagner did. >> so , you know, i think it's >> so, you know, i think it's gone. >> so, you know, i think it's gone . i don't think putin feels

gone. i don't think putin feels he has any risk of really serious repercussions there. >> his position has been strengthened. >> again , his position is really >> again, his position is really very, very secure. one reads all the time reports that he's desperately sick, that he's, you know, he's up against it. i mean, forget it . know, he's up against it. i mean, forget it. he's in he's sitting pretty quite honestly . sitting pretty quite honestly. and even the war in ukraine, it's not going as he wished. obviously, he's made huge mistakes. but he's he's confident enough in the longer term that it's going to work out not too badly for him. >> yeah, a war of attrition, perhaps, in being indicated. philip, thank you very much for joining us. apologies for the break up in the signal, but we got there. thanks for joining us here on gb news. now if you've ever woken up and wished you could land in new york by lunchtime or it's the dream i have regularly, that dream might just become a reality because

nasa is working on a super sonic aircraft to fly commercial passengers from london to the big apple. >> in just 90 minutes. >> in just 90 minutes. >> yeah, promising speeds of up to 3000mph. that's about twice as fast as concorde could manage the x 59, we're told, going into the x 59, we're told, going into the next phase of research, according to nasa, is scheduled to have perhaps its first test flight later this year. can we book our seats yet? associate professor of aviation and environment, dr. guy gratton joining us now. guy thank you for your time . we've just seen for your time. we've just seen some pictures there of what i think is already a craft. nasa's got. it's pretty small and it doesn't have any windows . doesn't have any windows. >> it's a single seat research aeroplane . it's what nasa call aeroplane. it's what nasa call an x plane . an x plane. >> and it's definitely not going to do what some people are saying it's going to do. >> it will fly at around a thousand miles an hour, not 4000. >> and it is basically there to

test some technology. >> nasa have been developing for more than a decade , which is to more than a decade, which is to try and reduce the sonic boom that was such a problem for concorde . concorde. >> and so you can see just looking at the picture, you've got up on the screen there, it's a very complicated shape. and all of that is about control, the shockwaves. so they're hoping to fly it late this year. and then over the next couple of years to fly it over american cities and actually gauge the response people make to what nasa are calling a sonic thump . nasa are calling a sonic thump. so they're hoping it will be a lot less use than the boom we used to get from concorde. but at the moment, it's just a research experiment and it's not even flown yet. so not not a boom, but a thump. >> and how could they translate that into a full size commercial airliner ? because they tried it airliner? because they tried it at the time of concorde and boeing failed . boeing failed. >> indeed . and it will be a very >> indeed. and it will be a very big job because there's a lot

more problems to solve than just the sonic boom . and particularly the sonic boom. and particularly when concorde first flew in 69, fuel was cheap . nobody had heard fuel was cheap. nobody had heard of global warming and now we're in a position where people are very concerned about the environmental impact of air travel and also the fuel. the single most expensive part of a of a flight is much, much more expensive than it was in the 60s. so yes, it could theoretically be done. yes the work on the x 59 is part of that . but you're looking at years, most possibly decades of work needed here before you turn this into a new hypersonic passenger airliner. and there's then going to be a very real question on can anybody afford to fly on it? >> well, that was what i was going to ask you. there's got to be potential passengers out there. and would those

there. and who would those passengers be? i mean, i guess very, very well paid business men and women . men and women. >> well, it's probably the people who are travelling by business jet now. and the business jet now. and the business jet now. and the business jet market is healthy andifs business jet market is healthy and it's because there are very expensive people whose time is such that they want or need to travel in a very straight line as quickly as possible. and that's what business jets exist to do. and that's what concorde used to do . um, there's a used to do. um, there's a company in america now trying to produce a a supersonic airliner called boom . and that's the called boom. and that's the market they're chasing after. so i think if all these problems are solved , the market is are solved, the market is definitely there . but how big it definitely there. but how big it is and actually how acceptable it is , um, we know how difficult it is, um, we know how difficult the issues of aviation noise and emissions are now. and something like this, which is going to burn a lot more fuel and cost a lot more money, um, if it ever happens. lot more money, um, if it ever

happens . and of course nasa happens. and of course nasa aren't actually developing that. all they're doing is a research project right now. um, it is going to be massively controversial . controversial. >> and what sort of extra trains would pilots have to undergo ? would pilots have to undergo? because it's not like, you know, being at the controls of an easyjet flight, is it? um um, well, we know a lot about that , well, we know a lot about that, of course, because we've been flying supersonic fighters since the 1950s and we've been we've obviously got decades of experience of operating concorde. >> so , so actually, i would not >> so, so actually, i would not expect that the pilot training to be that massively greater than is needed to fly an airliner. now, there will be some new stuff, but actually the airline pilots have to do a lot of new material every time they've learned to fly a new aircraft type anyway . so, yeah, aircraft type anyway. so, yeah, i would say that's relatively small problem . and actually you small problem. and actually you build an aircraft like this and it's actually going to be computers flying it. there will be pilots there there to make important decisions . but when

important decisions. but when they fly an aircraft like this, just like they do when they fly an airbus, now they're controls just like they do when they fly anthe)us, now they're controls just like they do when they fly anthe cockpity they're controls just like they do when they fly anthe cockpit are ay're controls just like they do when they fly anthe cockpit are essential'ols in the cockpit are essential making requests the computers making requests of the computers on board. and then it's the computers that will do the flying . flying. >> really interesting professor of aviation and the environment, dr. guy gratton , thanks for dr. guy gratton, thanks for talking to us about that. would you fancy it? mark >> it depends what the price i did actually fly on concorde with mike bannister, the chief concorde pilot. i'll just actually give a little actually give you a little insight. 50th insight. it was the 50th anniversary of heathrow , and anniversary of heathrow, and they taking school kids they were taking school kids from schools around from all the schools around heathrow . and it was supposed to heathrow. and it was supposed to be a short hop stansted to be a short hop to stansted to join fly—past over london. join the fly—past over london. what hadn't told them was he what he hadn't told them was he was going take them was going to take them supersonic over the north sea and we got supersonic in 12 minutes because that was when we hit danish airspace. there were kids down the back of kids being sick down the back of the aircraft. it was, it was the aircraft. as it was, it was justkids, were all right? >> kids, were you all right? >> kids, were you all right? >> well, we had to film it >> yeah. well, we had to film it all in minutes, so my all in 12 minutes, so my cameraman managed to it, cameraman managed to get it, including counter on the

including the mac counter on the front. but an amazing experience. >> yeah, well, from classic aircraft cars, aircraft to classic cars, because we know ulez being expanded next week in london, as are some londoners. >> finding a way to avoid the charge by. yes, to going dealers of classic cars. >> yeah. i mean, this sounds like a great to me. dealers like a great idea to me. dealers of classic have a of classic cars have seen a surge in interest for older model vehicles as cars manufactured . for 1983 manufactured before. for 1983 are exempt from the £12.50 a day fee. but but there's classic and there's not so classic because modern day classic those after 83 are not going to be exempt from the ulez zone, meaning that if you've got that 1986 capri mark three, well, you'll have to pay up. pay up. >> pay up. >> so what do we choose in terms of a classic? let's bring in david peters, owner of the classic car company. david thanks very much indeed . you've thanks very much indeed. you've got a few examples behind what should we be actually putting our cash on at the moment? we well, we would still advise

people to buy, obviously, the cars that they want most people still use these as hobby cars. >> you know, they're not essential day to day. take the children to school cars. um, but we are definitely seeing a slightly different conversation. some of our younger client base who would traditionally ask us to find late 80s, early 90s cars for them are looking at 6070s cars and some of the old mgs and jags cars and some of the old mgs and jags and things like that are becoming more attractive to a younger base . and we're also younger base. and we're also seeing of the cars that we sort of manage, the collections that we manage and we know over the years how our clients have used them. some of the older cars have been getting less and less use for our central london based clients. we're seeing them having taken a lot more this yean having taken a lot more this year, which is i think really, really, really, really good . really, really, really good. >> flip side of this >> is the flip side of this though, the petrol is though, that the petrol is rather expensive, especially in the current climate . it yes, the the current climate. it yes, the petrol is expensive , but i mean

petrol is expensive, but i mean in general, our client base aren't driving these, these, these cars from london to edinburgh , they're, they're edinburgh, they're, they're pottering around town or around the surrey hills. >> so i don't think they're using a huge amount of fuel and certainly not doing the miles that they would be doing in a more modern car. >> how would they be driving around the streets of london a ulez zone? i think we can see a is it a thunderbird there behind you in the back ground. big american v8 . you'd probably be american v8. you'd probably be lucky to get about 10 to out lucky to get about 10 to 15 out of the gallon on that, would you ? >> 7. >>i ? >> i think 7 >> i think that's ? >> i think that's the 7 >> i think that's the sort of car that if you want to know, the miles per gallon, you probably shouldn't have it like concorde. >> yeah. okay. >> yeah. okay. >> and how do you feel, david, as the owner of the classic car company, how do you feel about the electric car that we are going to be seeing more and more of in the coming years ? of in the coming years? >> look, i'm not i'm not i'm not

a dinosaur. obviously, the world moves on and i completely get the role of the electric car . the role of the electric car. i'm not sure some of the rhetoric around quite how how green they are is quite completely accurate. but i guess that's the different debate. but i guess there's a difference, isn't there? i mean, there's essential driving , taking essential driving, taking children to school, doing the shopping , stuff like that where, shopping, stuff like that where, you know, the way the world is moving there is moving forward, there is definitely role for electric definitely a role for electric cars even driving. cars and even automated driving. but there is what i guess but then there is what i guess i call hobby driving when you're maybe going away for a lovely weekend with your wife, a weekend with your wife, a weekend away and a car shows charity shows , you know, classic charity shows, you know, classic cars are, dare i say , part of cars are, dare i say, part of our culture or certainly one of the hobbies that we enjoy. so i think it's just a case of splitting them out and working where for an electric car would be a more appropriate use to a classic car using the heart as well as the head . well as the head. >> and david, thank you very

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announces a new cap below the £2,000 mark, but admits that standing charges will be going up. we'll be turning up the heat on the numbers . and well, some on the numbers. and well, some parts of the country seeing temperatures of 25 degrees. >> will that continue , too, for >> will that continue, too, for that british bank holiday? we'll be telling you . be telling you. >> plus, an absolute lie. so says the kremlin , who denies it says the kremlin, who denies it was involved in the killing of wagner leader yevgeny prigozhin . while rishi sunak says british intelligence suggests he was on the downed plane. more about that shortly. first, your headunes that shortly. first, your headlines with tatiana . pip headlines with tatiana. pip >> thank you. it's 2:01. this is the latest from the newsroom. the average household will see a

slight reduction in energy bills heading into this winter. the regulator, ofgems, dropping the price cap by £150 from october the 1st. it means the average bill will fall to just under £2,000 a year. the prime minister says the news is good for everyone. we took decisive action after putin s illegal war to help families by imposing a windfall tax on energy companies, using that money to provide about £1,500 of support to a typical household. >> but i know things are still tough, and that's why we are working night and day to bring down inflation so that the money in people's pockets can go further . further. >> experts are warning the price cut offers little relief for some vulnerable customers who are still worried about their bills this winter. >> i have arthritis and i've found that i haven't been able to put my heating on in the winter as much, and it's caused a lot of difference to my health in the house. >> you know, you can see your smart metre and it's rising, you

know, showers and then boiling the kettle and you really realise how much it costs us per time. then a lot of people are going to suffer really, really bad. >> i mean they reckon the energy costs are coming down. >> i don't think they're coming down either much by much. >> i mean when you think they're making out of the making billions out of the customer out there and i think it's appalling. i think they should give people more help . should give people more help. >> young british women often reportedly drunk or in a state of undress, are being featured in adverts by people smugglers. a gb news cyber source discovered multiple accounts he believes are fronts for people smuggling gangs. it's claimed the videos are being used to enfice the videos are being used to entice young males to use the services of criminal gangs to travel to the uk and europe . travel to the uk and europe. financial support for mps who lose their seat at the next general election is being doubled. they receive two months pay doubled. they receive two months pay after losing their seats at the last general election , but the last general election, but the last general election, but the independent parliamentary

standards authority has now ruled it should be increased to four months. the money is used to help mps close their office and manage staff departures . the and manage staff departures. the payments won't be given to members before an members who stand down before an election period . a drink driver election period. a drink driver who killed a cyclist and then hid his body with the help of his twin brother , has been his twin brother, has been jailed for 12 years. alexander mckellar admitted causing the death of tony parsons after hitting him with a car near argyll and bute in september 2017. he then buried mr parsons bodyin 2017. he then buried mr parsons body in a remote peat bog and disposed of evidence linking him to the collision. his twin brother, robert, helped him cover up the crime he's been sentenced to five years and three months in jail . the three months in jail. the kremlin has denied claims the wagner group's leader was killed on its orders. yevgeny prigozhin was on the passenger list of a plane that crashed on wednesday . moscow described suggestions by the west that it was responsible for his death as an absolute lie . the uk's ministry absolute lie. the uk's ministry

of defence says there's still no definitive proof that he's dead, but added it's highly likely the deaths of 88 people are being investigated by the national crime agency . they were among crime agency. they were among more than 200 people in the uk who bought lethal substances and products to assist suicide. from a website. 57 year old canadian kenneth law was arrested and charged in ontario, accused of sending more than 1000 items to 40 countries. donald trump has become the first former president in us history to have his fingerprints and mugshot taken. the image was released minutes after he was booked on more than a dozen charges in georgia, accused of conspiring to overturn the 2020 election result . he then posted the photo result. he then posted the photo on twitter , formerly known as on on twitter, formerly known as on formerly known as twitter, as well as his campaign website with an appeal for donations. the republican frontrunner for next year's presidential election claims the charges against him are politically

motivated . the president of the motivated. the president of the spanish fa says he won't quit over an unsolicited kiss at the women's world cup. luis rubiales came under fire for kissing striker jenni hermoso on the lips after spain's1—0 victory over england . his actions over england. his actions sparked outrage with players, coaches and government ministers calling for his resignation . calling for his resignation. even fifa has opened disciplinary proceedings against the 46 year old. 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 >> welcome back to the live desk. donald trump has become the first ever former us president to have a mug shot taken. he handed himself into fulton county jail in atlanta on 13 charges relating to attempts to overturn his 2020 2020

election loss in georgia and called the arraignment a travesty of justice. >> well, trump , also now known >> well, trump, also now known as defendant p. 01135809, returned to social media onto the platform , formerly twitter, the platform, formerly twitter, of course, to share this new image and yes, appeal for donations. then speaking on the tarmac as he left georgia, trump gave his verdict on this latest legal move has taken place. >> here is a travesty of justice. we did nothing wrong. i did nothing wrong. and everybody knows it. i've never had such support . and that goes with the support. and that goes with the other ones too . what they're other ones too. what they're doing is election interference. they're trying to interfere with an election. there's never been anything like it in our country before . this is their way of before. this is their way of campaigning . and this is one campaigning. and this is one instance. but you have three other instances. it's election interference . interference. >> what are the republicans saying? well, of course, we know the polls are still up in terms of the polling for his presidential attempt , but for

presidential attempt, but for the race for 2024, what about the race for 2024, what about the democrats, though? well, joining us now, campaign adviser for the california democratic party, bob mulholland . bob, party, bob mulholland. bob, thanks for your time. deafening silence, it seems, from the biden team at the moment. >> no, the sound's off. >> no, the sound's off. >> oh, i think. >> oh, i think. >> bob, can you hear us? we'll try again . no, >> bob, can you hear us? we'll try again. no, bob >> bob, can you hear us? we'll try again . no, bob mulholland try again. no, bob mulholland there in the states will try and restart, abolish contact with that. restart, abolish contact with that . but let's restart, abolish contact with that. but let's just restart, abolish contact with that . but let's just reflect, of that. but let's just reflect, of course , that the polls suggest course, that the polls suggest that he's riding high in terms of the republic ticket. but pretty tight in terms of biden only one point in it at the moment in terms of the presidential race. >> and interestingly, we were talking to trump's former national security adviser, john bolton, very show bolton, on this very show yesterday said to us that he yesterday who said to us that he didn't think biden would end up running because because of his age, because he does seem very fragile physically , although fragile physically, although saying that trump is some 78 years old as well. so will it actually pass perhaps to a new

generation and certainly in terms of the republican presidential debate, they were all saying they're going to stick with trump. >> perhaps as running mates. but i think we can try, bob, once more. the california democratic party. bob, can you hear us? >> yes, i can hear you fine. >>— >> yes, i can hear you fine. >> that's great news. i was just saying at the moment there's a deafening silence from the biden camp over all this, and particularly this court particularly this latest court heahng particularly this latest court hearing . hearing. >> of course, we don't need we, the biden campaign or the democrats don't need to get involved. >> this is a judicial decision and we'll leave it to trump. i was happy to see you had a nice suit on, not a prisoner uniform . and are they going to play this along into the presidential race where they're just going to leave enough rope , perhaps for leave enough rope, perhaps for trump to hang himself legally ? trump to hang himself legally? >> well , i trump to hang himself legally? >> well, i think the best answer to that today, the biden campaign has a digital tv ad up talking about a women's reproductive reproductive rights

i >> -- >> and i m >> and i think that's where we're going to win this election, as well as gun safety for children. yes, trump will dominate the news on the republican side. and politically, that's good. it's tragic and embarrassing for america. but that's the way it is . is. >> what do you think of the suggestion that that that biden will not end up running because , quite frankly, he's just too old? oh, no . old? oh, no. >> he'll run. we're ready to go . remember, it's republicans with the old ideas. the democrats with the future , even democrats with the future, even though even democrats themselves have said that his apparent physical infirmity and perhaps his lack of focus could cost you dearly in the presidential race. hey, biden was in the gym yesterday for an hour and a half exercising. no, i think political , with trump exercising. no, i think political, with trump leading the republican party. i think the republican party. i think the probably 52, 53% of the american people were sick with president biden . president biden. >> and in terms of the biden

family , then we have had family, then we have had republican commentators indicating that the problems with his sons, that two could bedevil him when he gets to the ballot box . ballot box. >> well , ballot box. >> well, almost every family in the white house has had some family issues. >> you know, in the case of trump , he's got four indictments trump, he's got four indictments practise in handcuffs and right now he looks like he'll be the leading republican in for the presidency race. and that's all good politically terrible for the country. but that's the way it is. >> do you think then, though, that there will likely be a television showdown on again between biden and trump next year? well you know , the year? well you know, the republicans last year said they don't want to participate in the traditional presidential debates. >> there's been like 2 or 3 and then one for the vice president. so i don't know where that will 90, so i don't know where that will go, but it wouldn't surprise me if trump decides not to debate in the general election. >> okay . and terms of the

>> okay. and in terms of the legal moves cleared early, i guess the democrats hope that the longer this goes on, the more damage could be done . yes more damage could be done. yes >> and trump, like the british nurse who was just convicted, claims he's innocent. but if i was trump and i was innocent, i would demand a speedy trial as as required under american law and get acquitted and then go to the american people. see, i told you it was all a scam. but trump is delay it until after the presidential election so then he can think, hey, i'm in the white house, look at this. you can't arrest me. you can't put me in handcuffs. but the the handcuffs. but the way the justice system works, i think it'll stretch out for all the way to the general election . way to the general election. >> okay, bob, thanks forjoining >> okay, bob, thanks for joining us there in california. and apologies for the dropout in signal, but we got to you in the end. thanks very much indeed. >> energy regulator ofgem has announced the next price cap for october december will be october to december will be £1,923 for the average household

, dropping from just over £2,000 in july to, well, rishi sunak says that the typical annual bill could be £150 cheaper. >> this winter, celebrating that fact. but the resolution foundation will challenging the figures by pointing out the removal of the government's £400 support package. higher standing charges, too, could mean 7 million households will be worse off this coming winter. >> i today's really good news for families up and down the country with a reduction in the energy price cap that's going to reduce on average a typical family's energy bill by about £150, easing the burden on the cost of living. and we took decisive action after putin's illegal war to help families by imposing a windfall tax on energy companies , using that energy companies, using that money to provide about £1,500 of support to a typical household . support to a typical household. but i know things are still tough and that's why we are working night and day to bring down inflation. so that the money in people's pockets can go further . further. >> well, let's analyse this a bit more with our economics and

business editor liam halligan with the money . oh, come on, with on the money. oh, come on, lynn. £150 saving. that's what, £12.50 a month doesn't touch the sides does it. >> i mean this is a really complicated story. i know the newspaper headlines are full of ofgem lowers energy price cap. thatis ofgem lowers energy price cap. that is good news. it's better than them raising the price cap. but we do need to dig down into the detail. there's a lot of complexity here, so just bear with me and we can get at what's really happening. so the ofgem did a new energy did announce a new energy price cap this morning. it sets a fall from £2,074 a year. that's the average bill for the average household using the average amount of energy to 1923. that will be in place from october to december. there'll be a new price cap in the first quarter of the next year. but but but the subsidy of £400 a year that all households have been getting off their energy bills sort of

deducted at source, you don't have to do any admin. it just happens. that's gone. that's gone. happens. that's gone. that's gone . so the price cap comes gone. so the price cap comes down £150 and yet the subsidy of 400, you do the maths . yeah, 400, you do the maths. yeah, right, you do. you don't even have to do the maths. you can see what's happening. plus on top of and this hasn't been top of that and this hasn't been highlighted at all by highlighted almost at all by ofgem, the regulator's done a deal allowing the energy companies, that still companies, those that still exist, raise their standing exist, to raise their standing charges and a standing charge. the thing about it is, pip, it's the same whether you're an elderly pensioner, couple, you know, cooking yourself a tin of baked beans once a day and sitting in front of one bar of the fire to save money. or if you're a millionaire living in a huge house, the standing charge is the and we right to is the same and are we right to say that we've got indication say that we've got no indication there's a cap on the standing charge? >> is that effectively companies can we've got to can say, well, we've got to charge you this because x, y, z. >> the rules that i've seen are vague and you're right to point that out. mark. we know the standing charge is going to go up roughly. there's been an

indication 250 to a indication from 250 to £300 a yeah indication from 250 to £300 a year. so that's another £50 off the the energy the reduction in the energy price so what does all this price cap. so what does all this mean? we can only really talk in averages. i've been having a look numbers. so as the look at the numbers. so as the resolution foundation, is resolution foundation, which is a left think tank, but a centre left think tank, but it's respectable think it's a very respectable think tank with good economists who i think work in good faith. i don't think they're making a party political point here on this occasion. so what they this occasion. so what do they say? foundation say? the resolution foundation say? the resolution foundation say that there will . be 7.2 say that there will. be 7.2 million homes that's getting on for 1 in 3 homes in england who for1 in 3 homes in england who will face higher bills this winter . and given the higher winter. and given the higher standing charge and the reduction in that £400 assistance, there is still assistance, there is still assistance for lower income families. but at least a third of households will face higher bills. the average standing charge is going to rise to £300 plus, as we said on top of that mark, the oil price is up 20% since late june. very volatile. and even more volatile is the

wholesale gas price up by more than 50% since mid—june, july. so my point is this , just on the so my point is this, just on the bafis so my point is this, just on the basis of a lower price cap, because a lot of the other assistance is being withdrawn and the standing charges are going up, a lot of households are going to be worse off. i'm i don't like saying it . and on top don't like saying it. and on top of that , there's all this of that, there's all this geopolitical stuff going on, not least russia, ukraine. so if wholesale gas prices are really volatile and spike up again, if there's another flare up in the war between russia and ukraine. so why are they? we could see a repeat of last winter. >> why withdraw this government support? i mean, something more has because it costs has to be done because it costs huge what huge amounts of money. what about a social tariff? about talk of a social tariff? >> okay, let's be completely clear. the when the clear. when on the when the government bond market went haywire in the aftermath of liz truss, kwasi kwartengs mini—budget take it mini—budget that will take it from me. that was nothing to do with top of tax. that with the top rate of tax. that was nothing to any of was nothing to do with any of liz truss's tax cuts. it was entirely and i talked to bond

dealers , it was entirely because dealers, it was entirely because of the massive fiscal implications of this £400 a month for 32 million households in the uk. huge amounts of money and the government may feel it can't afford to do £400 across the board again . so it is the board again. so it is though, i think going to provide have to provide some more assistance. but then it gets really difficult if people are on universal credit, you can assist them because you know they're needy. if people are on disability benefit, you can assist them because you know they're how about if they're needy. how about if you're a low income household to hard parents, that gets hard working parents, that gets no extra benefits. how can you identify that household without drawing arbitrary lines across average households ? average households? >> because fuel poverty affects more than outside the norm? >> absolutely. it's a very , very >> absolutely. it's a very, very difficult policy conundrum. but cost of living crisis over. i don't think so. >> liam , thank you for that. >> liam, thank you for that. let's speak now to the coordinator of enfield poverty coalition, simon francis . simon,

coalition, simon francis. simon, i don't know if you're hearing what liam was running through there in terms of the figures, but clearly when one works in the fact that the £400 has gone, perhaps standing charges perhaps higher standing charges , there's still going to be quite a shock coming through the letterbox. yeah, absolutely . letterbox. yeah, absolutely. >> all the figures that liam ran through there, absolutely spot on and, you know, really paint a picture of this crisis and this energy bills crisis not being over. >> oveh >> if you go back to before the war in ukraine. so winter 20, 20, 21 before energy bills started spiking. compare like for like costs. >> so this is unit costs so this is how much you're actually using rather than any of these averages that they dream up . averages that they dream up. >> you know, this is a unit cost that those have doubled every unit energy is double what it unit of energy is double what it was in in winter, 2020, 21. was in 20 in winter, 2020, 21. >> and you know, the standing charges, you know, absolutely. you know, again, they have doubled from that period for electricity, for gas . they've electricity, for gas. they've gone 8. gone up by 8. >> less of problem. >> so less of a problem. >> so less of a problem. >> these are the things that >> but these are the things that

are really hurting people. >> and, know, we're seeing >> and, you know, we're seeing people in debt to their people are in debt to their energy firms, 5.5 million families debt to their energy families in debt to their energy firms, borrowing money to firms, people borrowing money to just energy bills . just pay their energy bills. >> you know, this is a really difficult situation we're difficult situation that we're in and is before we get in now and this is before we get into the winter, we get into the winter, before we get into the winter, before we get into fact that people into the fact that people are going need energy and going to need their energy and to warm. to keep warm. >> have you managed to war >> so have you managed to war game, like, what could be game, if you like, what could be done terms of extra help and done in terms of extra help and social tariffs, for instance, that we've been discussing? that we've just been discussing? yeah >> soi yeah >> so i think there's a lot of measures the government can do to that could help people. to that that could help people. >> there's at the >> so there's looking at the warm discounts , there's warm home discounts, there's looking an extreme looking at an extreme weather payment met office payment for when the met office predicts are predicts that temperatures are going cold. going to go really cold. >> but yeah, there's also the idea of a social tariff. now there's lots of different proposals that charities are putting forward. the government could literally take its pick of the likes the most. on the one it likes the most. on one extreme, you could at one extreme, you could look at kind of actually giving everyone a free of electricity a free band of electricity and gas sort of gas to use others sort of suggest a more halfway house. there's a there's even a proposal now that is lot

proposal now that is a lot shorter term that could just be done this winter, which is by looking at who are looking at people who are perhaps the priority services perhaps on the priority services register, people on prepayment metres certain metres and provide and certain types actually types of tariffs and actually giving them a lower tariff and a bit support . giving them a lower tariff and a bit support. not not bit of support. not so it's not quite the same amount as, as you know, the £400 everyone. know, the £400 for everyone. i think everyone agrees that this does need targeted at the does need to be targeted at the right who need the right people who need it the most. but there are ways that the government can this and the government can do this and there's also things that government won't government can do that won't cost penny, such banning cost it a penny, such as banning people from forced onto people from being forced onto prepayment which, you people from being forced onto prepayenergy which, you people from being forced onto prepayenergy firms which, you people from being forced onto prepayenergy firms areiich, you people from being forced onto prepayenergy firms are stillyou know, energy firms are still wanting restart. that wanting to restart. doing that in must find it in october, you must find it increasingly hard now to actually dish out advice to people because there's not a lot you can do at the moment. >> yeah , absolutely. >> yeah, absolutely. >> yeah, absolutely. >> i mean, i think this is a really hard thing that that happened last winter is that, you know, you know, you and other others were asking us, so what advice would you give to households? and unfortunately , households? and unfortunately, you them turn households? and unfortunately, y0ltheir them turn households? and unfortunately, y0ltheir heating them turn households? and unfortunately, y0ltheir heating inam turn households? and unfortunately, y0ltheir heating in the turn households? and unfortunately, y0ltheir heating in the middle off their heating in the middle off their heating in the middle of not eat warm food, of winter and not eat warm food,

because clearly a because clearly that's a horrendous piece advice. but, horrendous piece of advice. but, you people know, you know, people are, you know, are struggling are literally struggling their the choices that people are having because as well the choices that people are haviwinter, because as well the choices that people are haviwinter, what)ecause as well the choices that people are haviwinter, what we're e as well the choices that people are haviwinter, what we're going'ell the choices that people are haviwinter, what we're going to this winter, what we're going to see struggling because see is people struggling because of inflationary of the wider inflationary measures that, you know, even rishi acknowledges and the rishi sunak acknowledges and the fact that the everyday essentials up. so essentials have also gone up. so really what we need to do is actually have more support for households actually improve households to actually improve the energy efficiency of their buildings. would be buildings. so this would be a longer measure . obviously, longer term measure. obviously, you know, it's not going kind you know, it's not going to kind of solve problem this of solve the problem this winter. if the government winter. but if the government really this now and really got on with this now and created a national mission created it a national mission to get homes insulated and to get our homes insulated and to also of also reduce the price of electricity could do electricity, which it could do by changing the rules at which how electricity is sold to us. there's a there's a very complicated system in place called marginal pricing. essentially inflates the price of electricity much higher than it really needs to be. >> simon, thank you very much indeed for that. and we'll see what is ahead for the autumn and the winter. of course, i suspect we'll be speaking to you again. thank you very much for your

time. talk about fuel time. well as we talk about fuel bills and keeping us warm , let's bills and keeping us warm, let's spare a thought for those poor mps losing their seats in the next general election and how they'll be getting . £17,300 of they'll be getting. £17,300 of taxpayers money. poor dears , taxpayers money. poor dears, that warm feeling inside from boxt boilers. >> proud sponsors of weather on . gb news alex deakin here with your latest weather update from the met office for gb news bit of sunshine here and there today, but it doesn't feel particularly warm and we do have some heavy showers in some locations created by this area of low pressure that's dominating our weather at the moment. >> and we'll continue to bring showers through the night. and indeed, for most tomorrow, too. the heaviest showers across parts and parts of northern and southeastern scotland slow moving here as well. so they could cause some disruption with a lot of rain falling . the wet a lot of rain falling. the wet weather will continue across northwestern scotland. plenty of

showers for northwest england and north wales, too, and northern ireland overnight . and north wales, too, and northern ireland overnight. but further around further south, showers around this evening. but they do this evening. yes, but they do tend fade through night. tend to fade through the night. could misty, could turn a bit misty, actually, winds ease off actually, as the winds ease off and dip down to 10 and temperatures dip down to 10 to 12 celsius. on to the weekend. and for some, it'll start sunny over east anglia and southeast england, for example, and parts of central and through parts of central scotland as well. cloud and scotland as well. but cloud and rain northern scotland and rain over northern scotland and we'll just see the showers developing again pretty widely by the afternoon. and like today, there'll be heavy thundery in places and for some quite slow moving. so again, the potential they could cause a few issues. certainly a lot of spray and on the roads. and surface water on the roads. if travelling but if you're travelling around. but it all day. there'll it won't rain all day. there'll be some sunny spells and temperatures in the sunshine high so still high teens, low 20s so still feeling on the cool side. sunday still a few showers but turning dry. and for many of us, as for what is for some, a bank holiday doesn't look too bad. on monday that warm feeling inside from

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you company right through until 7:00 this evening. gb news the people's . channel people's. channel >> welcome back to the live desk on gb news. now, payments for mps who lose their seats or step down at the next general election are to be doubled , election are to be doubled, handing them £17,300 of taxpayers money it's provided to

help close their offices , but help close their offices, but also manage the departure of their staff. >> and let's reflect at the last general election departing mps only paid for two months after losing their seats. but the independent parliamentary standards authority ipso, which sets the rules, has said it's not long enough and the time pehod not long enough and the time period should be increased now to four months. >> gb news is deputy political editor tom harwood is here to discuss this. i mean, i suppose this isn't the mps that have done this. this is ipsis ipso isn't it? but effectively these mps are being sacked and they're getting all this money, which doesn't sound right. >> it doesn't sound right. and in many ways this is why ipso was set up in the first place. in the the expenses in the wake of the expenses scandal, people thought it was wrong mps marked their own wrong that mps marked their own homework, set their own pay, all the of this is the rest of it. so this is independent was set up and independent body was set up and it was meant to take the politics out of these things. it was meant to stop all of these arguments, stop these news

reports about mps all reports about mps getting all these golden handshakes and big expenses rest of it. expenses and all the rest of it. it, course, hasn't stopped it, of course, hasn't stopped those conversations. people it, of course, hasn't stopped those cpointsations. people it, of course, hasn't stopped those (point saticthat’eople it, of course, hasn't stopped those (point saticthat’eoplcould rightly point out that mps could reject decision that ipso reject any decision that ipso makes by simply legislating to reject it, but they never really mentioned that and instead what we have now and again is an announcement from ipsa that they've changed the rules in some of way and this is some sort of way and this is after a review of what happened in 2019. there was a snap election. of course, a lot of mps lost their seats. some former mps complained that the time it took to dismantle their offices help out their former staff wasn't long enough. and so ipso has in the last two months announced that it will be extending that period from two months to four months. but of course that's four months of paid work in effect from former mps staying under that ipso system. so instead of £8,650 as that leaving golden handshake , that leaving golden handshake, it'll now be £7,300. 17,300. >> yeah. and let's not forget ,

>> yeah. and let's not forget, in addition to that, they get redundancy packages calculated at twice the rate of ordinary workers . so if you're workers. so if you're a minister, you also get a separate severance payment, a quarter of your extra salary, which could be, what, about 16 grand in some cases ? grand in some cases? >> that's right. and indeed, we have seen controversy over ministers leaving their roles, particularly in the short lived liz truss administration and quite a few former ministers then got payouts for their few weeks of service. some ministers actually paid that back to ipsa and to the government, but many guilty conscience maybe. >> yeah . >> yeah. >> yeah. >> i mean one thing ipso is saying in defence is that the changes will save money because mps staff will no longer need to be paid in lieu of notice . be paid in lieu of notice. that's part of the thinking behind this . behind this. >> is part of the thinking >> this is part of the thinking and also about keeping the and it's also about keeping the whole under the same whole structure under the same system longer. ipso would system for longer. so ipso would say is cleaner. this say that this is cleaner. this is ipso talking to is no longer ipso talking to third parties. it's talking to

people within the same people who are within the same structure system of being structure and system of being paid before . but of course, paid as before. but of course, some people would raise the question perhaps the very legitimate question, do you legitimate question, why do you need than two months need more than two months to wrap up all of the loose ends in that office? that's that's eight weeks least . weeks at least. >> should we also >> should we should we also reflect on fact that many reflect on the fact that many mps employ their own as mps employ their own family as their staff ? their staff? >> well, this is i'd throw that in. >> well, no, this is this is a key point. >> very often mps would say they find convenient that find it more convenient that unsociable hours and all the rest of assistants do happen rest of it assistants do happen to some members of family of to be some members of family of nadine dorries , one of those nadine dorries, one of those people that employs family . people that employs family. >> you could say that i couldn't possibly comment . it's a house possibly comment. it's a house of cards. >> the website guido fawkes not so long ago ran a ran a story entitled exposed all of the mps sleeping with their secretaries. now, of course, this was actually a list of the mps who employed their wives or indeed their husbands. but no , it was their husbands. but no, it was a it was an amusing way to

highlight perhaps sleeping in a separate room in single beds. >> yeah. okay. thank you very much for that. coming up, much indeed for that. coming up, we've news headlines we've got all the news headlines for stay with us here on gb for you. stay with us here on gb news. as . mark. news. as. mark. >> thank you very much and good afternoon. this is the latest from the gb newsroom, a former primary school teacher has been found not guilty of animal cruelty after a video went viral. a warning we're about to show you the incident which some people may find distressing. sarah moulds was filmed kicking and slapping a horse in november 2021. she was fired from her job after the video was shared on social media. after a three day trial and five hours of deliberations, the jury cleared her of the offence at lincoln crown court . the average crown court. the average household will see a slight reduction in energy bills heading into the winter regulator, ofgem is dropping the price cap by £150 from october 1st. price cap by £150 from october

ist. it price cap by £150 from october 1st. it means the average bill will fall to just under £2,000 a year. will fall to just under £2,000 a year . the will fall to just under £2,000 a year. the kremlin has denied claims the wagner group's leader was killed on his orders, describing the suggestion by the west as an absolute lie. yevgeny prigozhin was on the passenger list of a plane that crashed on wednesday. the uk's ministry of defence says there's still no definitive proof that he's dead, but added it's highly likely dan but added it's highly likely drink driver alexander mckellar has been jailed for 12 years for killing a cyclist , then hiding killing a cyclist, then hiding his body. the 31 year old admitted causing the death of tony parsons after hitting him with his car near argyll and bute in september 2017. his twin brother, robert, who helped him bury the cyclist body in a remote peat bog, was sentenced to five years and three months . to five years and three months. financial support for mps who lose their seat at the next general election is being doubled . they received two doubled. they received two months pay after losing their

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radio. >> hello you're back with the live desk. gb news can exclusively reveal that young british women often apparently drunk and sometimes in states of undress, are being featured in adverts by people smuggling gangs. >> gb news has been handed evidence from a cyber contact who discovered that multiple accounts he believes , were accounts he believes, were fronts for criminal people smuggling gangs, as sources claim that the videos are being used to entice young males to used to entice young males to use the services of the gangs to travel to europe and into the uk . our home security editor, mark white more for us this is white has more for us this is without doubt an extremely worrying development. >> multi apple social media accounts discovered on instagram which cyber experts are convinced are fronts for people smugglers. touting for business. what's most alarming are the many videos on these accounts of young british women often appearing drunk and sometimes scantily clad, apparently unwilling victims of the

criminal gangs as there were told to entice young male migrants to use the smugglers services and travel to the uk . services and travel to the uk. along with the many videos of young women, are others showing migrants using people smuggling routes by land and by sea. gb news was handed the evidence by a cyber contact who works on machine learning algorithms . machine learning algorithms. another source said they believed this to be an advertising campaign aimed predominantly at young north—african men . the social north—african men. the social media ads are similar to those used regular by smuggling gangs last year to entice mainly young male albanians to travel to the uk, advertising the apparent high life young migrants could enjoy. they featured sports , enjoy. they featured sports, cars and wads of cash . those ads cars and wads of cash. those ads helped encourage more than 12,000 albanians to make the illegal channel crossing last

yeah illegal channel crossing last year. earlier this month, home secretary suella braverman condemned what she called heartless people smugglers, exploiting social media posts to promote their criminal enterprise . she announced that enterprise. she announced that all the main social media companies had agreed to work with uk law enforcement to help crack down on the problem. mark white gb news well, mark can update us now in the studio with more on this exclusive live. >> mark, do we know how it effective, if that's the right word? the ads have been, how widespread they've been broadcast or in north africa, particularly ? particularly? >> well, we know that the accounts have hundreds of thousands of followers. and i guess , as you know, only time guess, as you know, only time will tell whether that has an effect . but perhaps they can effect. but perhaps they can deter women further down the road if they see a big surge like we saw with the albanians coming across last year, if they see something similar with young nonh see something similar with young north african men coming across,

then perhaps they can make that particular link . i should say particular link. i should say that we've heard from instagram a spokesperson has said that they are now investigating the evidence that we have passed on to them. they're going to look at these accounts , i suppose, at these accounts, i suppose, this time of year is a great time of year for business. >> they want to get that as much of it as they can now before the cold weather sets in. and the conditions change. >> absolutely right, >> well, absolutely right, pippa. is the flat, calm pippa. this is the flat, calm condition we've had condition as mainly we've had a terrible so far in the terrible year so far in the channel for unpredictable weather year. but it's getting it's certainly getting better. and in fact, since monday , more and in fact, since monday, more than 1500 people have crossed the english channel. so you can see that already that number is picking up quite considerably. >> and in those pictures, they don't look fearful or scared at all, do they, at being in this inflatable boat? no. >> i mean, who's to tell what their mental state is? but certainly for the video, they

seem to be happy to be crossing whatever body of water. i think that's probably the mediterranean in the initial crossing there that we're seeing . but, yes, i mean, they'll clearly be more than 9005 sent of those who crossed the channel in these small boats. go on to lodge asylum claims . and they do lodge asylum claims. and they do claim that they are coming because they fear for their life that you know, they want a better life away from the threats that they face in their home countries . home countries. >> we should make it plain, of course, that the girls and the women featured in these videos had no knowledge they were being filmed or used for this particular purpose. >> it is very, very clear >> it is very, very, very clear they unwitting victims of this very cynical advertising ploy by the criminal gangs. very cynical advertising ploy by the criminal gangs . as i said in the criminal gangs. as i said in the criminal gangs. as i said in the report there, suella braverman and the prime minister have been urging the tech companies, the social media

companies, the social media companies, to get on board, and they have indeed announced that they have indeed announced that they are doing that within the last few weeks . and what they'll last few weeks. and what they'll use is the same kind of algorithms that they use to good effect in taking down a lot of the extremist material that groups like isis were putting up a year or so back. so the tools are there. >> then. >> then. >> they are. but, you know, the people smugglers are always adapting as well. so one of the ways that they're getting around or the algorithms or at least trying is not by putting sort trying to is not by putting sort of words up on the screen by but by putting these emojis up instead. so sophisticated a cat and mouse game online. >> mark, thanks very much indeed for updating us that with another gb news exclusive. thank you . you. >> well, from from a to rather russia now because a kremlin spokesperson says that suggestions that the wagner group leader, yevgeny prigozhin was killed on their orders is an absolute lie from russia without

love. >> it seems it's coming after president putin sent his condolences, would you believe, to his family. condolences, would you believe, to his family . bogosian, of to his family. bogosian, of course, believed to have died in that plane crash on wednesday . that plane crash on wednesday. >> in his statement, putin said the head of the mercenary group was a talented businessman whom he had known personally since the 1990s. he added that investigators would look into the causes of the crash, but that an inquiry would take time i >> -- >> well, emma >> well, let's get the views now of former british army officer hamish de bretton—gordon. and hamish, of course you were involved in intelligence matters as well. one has to say putin's got some chutzpah in doing this . i absolutely i mean, doesn't he look like a mafia boss? >> if anybody had any doubt that the kremlin is a camorra in other words, a mafia parliament, then that should confirm the case. but i think i think putin might be reining back. i've written a piece in the telegraph today really suggesting that

putin has made a huge error here, killing prigozhin and maybe he's now realised that because what he's done is he's really upset the oligarchs who are who are holed up in moscow anyway diving into their shelters as drones come over from ukraine. and then he's really upset. the wagner group these are 5000 mercer, his hired guns that are currently looking for work in in belarus . so, i for work in in belarus. so, i mean, wouldn't it be ironic if they somebody paid them to turn their sights on moscow? so i think i think he's reining back i >> -- >> that's interesting analysis because one expert we had on earlier said quite the opposite, that they thought that putin would would be very happy today. interestingly, we're hearing that the belarus leader , that the belarus leader, alexander lukashenko, he's sticking to putin's script. he's saying he can't imagine that putin would be responsible for this plane crash . well well, absolutely. >> i mean , but but putin and the

>> i mean, but but putin and the russians have got a lot of form here. litvinenko was killed in in london in in 2006 with polonium. i'm to talking you from salisbury where the russian secret service tried to build a double agent, sergei skripal, with nerve agent. this is what the russians and putin do. take people out who oppose them. and after the mutiny, two months ago, putin said that those mutineers would be dealt with. so i don't think there's any doubt at all that putin and the kremlin are responsible for this. but i think they're now realising that actually , you realising that actually, you know, the backlash and the unintended consequences could be another huge setback . like even another huge setback. like even this morning, i was speaking to people in kyiv who apparently on russian telegram channels today they're suggesting the cia took took the plane out, which which sounds ridiculous . and also sounds ridiculous. and also suggesting the ukrainians do it. now, if you're an oligarch sat in moscow and you think ukraine

has the ability to shoot down jets coming out of moscow , quite jets coming out of moscow, quite apart from delivering attack drones, you are going to be concerned. you can't go to your superyacht or your villa in the mediterranean. the only thing you can do is get into your private jet and fly to crimea or somewhere else. but maybe you can't do that now. so i think there is i think putin is feeling not quite so clever today as perhaps he was a couple of weeks ago when he ordered this killing. right >> would that still be the case when actually looks at what we do know that is that there were ten on board. and in addition to bogosian, perhaps we got and chekalov. so this is the upper echelon of the wagner group. so therefore there comes command and control structure may have gone. and control structure may have gone . so does that make wagner gone. so does that make wagner more or less dangerous ? well more or less dangerous? well i think it makes it more dangerous to the kremlin because not only yesterday was prigozhin taken out, but also general armageddon surovikin who is really the most

effective russian commander out there. >> so two of the most effective russian field commanders have been removed. now now, the wagner group, although prigozhin was leading it, he's no soldier. his two see was probably doing a lot of the work. but in order to control a bunch of murderers and rapists in the wagner group you need a lot of very powerful lieutenants to do that. and i think they are the heart and soul of wagner now. they are still around, and these mercenaries , i'm sure, now are mercenaries, i'm sure, now are looking to see. right. well, what do we do next? or where do we get our next sort of stack of gold from now if it's not going to it's obviously not coming from lukashenko. he doesn't want to pay for them. the russians are sort of thinking they might integrate them, but i don't think wagner group are going think the wagner group are going back front line in the back in the front line in the donbas back trenches. so donbas, back in the trenches. so you think these are guns you know, i think these are guns for for the person with the for hire for the person with the most is why i think

most money, which is why i think maybe he putin now trying to maybe he putin is now trying to rein back and put the blame on somebody else for prigozhin's death into shooting. >> point. hamish, as ever, thanks for joining >> point. hamish, as ever, thanks forjoining and thanks forjoining us and bringing assessment. bringing us your assessment. thank you very much . thank you very much. >> now it's the bank holiday weekend. excited? weekend. are we all excited? it's marks. it's mark's wedding anniversary . he's got big anniversary. he's got big romance. >> very, very excited and very excited. most of the country he's excited about the weather. >> i don't know whether you should be because most of the country experienced high temperatures. of course, we did earlier in the week. lots of sunshine. it might not be staying that. was the staying like that. this was the scene the week when scene earlier in the week when the and the parks the beaches and the parks were were filling temperatures were filling up temperatures reaching degrees. reaching a whopping 25 degrees. >> yeah , a touch of summer at >> yeah, a touch of summer at long because we had long last because we had waited for for a while for it for quite a while thinking about that rainfall back in july. so what about the bank weekend? well bank holiday weekend? well nathan can join us now once more , because inevitably when we talk about bank holiday weekends , i'm terrified . , i'm terrified. >> i'm about to rain. >> i'm about to rain. >> on your wedding anniversary.

i mean, really, it's you know what? it's been a really , really what? it's been a really, really unusual august. i have to say, because i've been in here quite a lot. we've been talking about heat waves and then wash outs and then the heat waves and even i was looking at the met office, deep which is youtube deep dive, which is a youtube thing they do. >> it's a really good watch, actually, if anybody's interested at that, interested in looking at that, which the which sort of explains the weather the office weather and even the met office guys two days before the bank houday guys two days before the bank holiday saying just uncertain. >> stream has fragmented >> the jet stream has fragmented over the uk. there's a battle between pressure low between high pressure and low pressure going on. >> unusual high >> we've got unusual high tropical storm activity in the atlantic going on. >> and all this is impacting our weather. and means, mark, weather. and that means, mark, i'm that maybe take i'm sorry to say that maybe take a with you, whatever a brolly with you, whatever you're doing. a brolly with you, whatever you right.ng. a brolly with you, whatever you right. okay. the >> right. okay. and when the brolly know, galoshes as brolly you know, the galoshes as well, we've had well, because we've had these thunderstorms, certainly down thunderstorms, it certainly down the sussex and coast the sussex and on the coast where we've been, it's been pretty torrential. >> mean, it's not >> yeah, well, i mean, it's not looking a complete washout, looking like a complete washout, but looks like but what it really looks like over is the best day over the weekend is the best day is likely to be monday, saturday over the weekend is the best day is liisunday. e monday, saturday over the weekend is the best day is liisunday. andynday, saturday over the weekend is the best day is liisunday. and this], saturday over the weekend is the best day is liisunday. and this], fagainay over the weekend is the best day is liisunday. and this], fagain ,] and sunday. and this is again, according to the met office,

talking about low pressure to according to the met office, talkwest,»out low pressure to according to the met office, talkwest, bringing3ressure to according to the met office, talkwest, bringing3ressurea o the west, bringing sort of a mixture of sunshine and showers, quite bit of showery weather quite a bit of showery weather over saturday mainly over saturday and sunday, mainly in the north northwest. but there a thunderstorm warning there is a thunderstorm warning out today until tomorrow morning. >> that's in south—west of scotland. >> all right. but that's quite unusual. quite from unusual. that's quite away from from out from us. but one to watch out for there. and then monday, it looks like a weather front will come and then high come through and then a high pressure behind come through and then a high pressand behind come through and then a high pressand we behind come through and then a high pressand we might behind come through and then a high pressand we might getahind come through and then a high pressand we might get some that. and we might get some better weather. all right. >> so typically, everybody's coming their bank coming back from their bank holidays enjoy holidays and you can enjoy the sunshine sun sunshine and then the sun appears. tell about the domes appears. tell us about the domes that updating because that you're updating us, because one of the problems that basically stuck jetstream basically stuck the jetstream and this sort of conveyor and we had this sort of conveyor belt weather across. belt of weather coming across. >> still there? yeah. >> are they still there? yeah. >> are they still there? yeah. >> actually, really >> well, actually, a really interesting point because the heatwave talking heatwave that we were talking about weeks the about a few weeks ago, the cerberus europe, it cerberus heatwave in europe, it looks and france are looks like spain and france are back on heatwave alert again because dome because of this heat dome building. and this is the jet stream further north. the stream is further north. the heat, the pressure over heat, the high pressure is over europe they are looking at europe and they are looking at some high temperatures some at some high temperatures and broken some and actually they've broken some records already this records in europe already this summer. is 46.2

summer. and that is 46.2 in sardinia, 44.2 in malaga. and 40.4 in alba, nia, which are the highest temperatures recorded in europe of the europe in those parts of the world. temperatures are world. and the temperatures are rising in europe. so this rising again in europe. so this heat effect is still there. heat dome effect is still there. now it all has a knock on effect on our weather. weather on our weather. our weather mainly next few days mainly over the next few days and actually going towards the end august, it's going to be end of august, it's going to be dominated by an unusually high activity and activity of hurricanes and tropical atlantic tropical storms in the atlantic basin, which is sort of cranked up a earlier we'd expect. >> again, they come across the atlantic, hit us eventually. >> they all sort of interact with us. what they tend to do and there's one called storm emily, actually, which the met office at this office are looking at at this moment it's going to moment to see how it's going to affect our weather going beyond the they do the bank holiday. what they do is move up towards the is they move up towards the towards america they towards america and then they move north and they move north eastwards and they tend them. tend to dissipate them. but influence our weather. they don't come here. don't actually come here. >> okay. nathan stay you >> okay. nathan stay where you are. to show you some. are. i want to show you some. really and all you at home really and all of you at home show you some really cute sea wootsie humboldt wootsie pictures. two humboldt penguin have been penguin chicks who have been named afc's named after wrexham afc's hollywood oh, my

hollywood owners. oh, my goodness. they've goodness. how gorgeous. they've taken swimming taken their first swimming lessons in cheshire. lessons at a zoo in cheshire. yes >> the keepers at chester zoo named the three month old penguins after the owners of one of their favourite local football they said in football teams. they said in order more awareness of order to raise more awareness of the iconic birds, there , they the iconic birds, there, they are swim in not are enjoying that swim in not nice weather for penguins. are enjoying that swim in not nice weather for penguins . there nice weather for penguins. there we go. >> that's what you could do for your wedding anniversary. go and go a few penguins. go and look for a few penguins. >> i'm sure my wife would love that. >> that is it from us this afternoon. thank you for your company. we will, of course , be company. we will, of course, be back next week . back next week. >> patrick is next. have a great weekend . weekend. >> the temperature's rising . >> the temperature's rising. boxt solar proud sponsors of weather on . gb news alex deakin weather on. gb news alex deakin here with your latest weather update from the met office for gb news. >> bit of sunshine here and there today, but it doesn't feel particularly warm and we do have some heavy showers in some locations created by this area

of low pressure that's dominating our weather at the moment. and we'll continue to bnng moment. and we'll continue to bring showers through the night andindeed bring showers through the night and indeed for most tomorrow to the heaviest showers across parts northern and parts of northern and southeastern . slow southeastern scotland. slow moving here as well. so they could cause disruption with could cause some disruption with a of rain falling, the wet a lot of rain falling, the wet weather will continue across northwestern scotland. plenty of showers for northwest england and north wales, too. and northern ireland overnight. but further south, showers around this evening. yes, but they do tend through the night. tend to fade through the night. could bit misty, could turn a bit misty, actually, winds off actually, as the winds ease off and temperatures dip down to 10 to 12 celsius on into the weekend. and for some, it will start sunny over east anglia start out sunny over east anglia and england, for and southeast england, for example, parts example, and through parts of central well . but central scotland as well. but cloud rain over northern cloud and rain over northern scotland and we'll just see the showers developing again pretty widely by the afternoon. and like today, there'll be heavy thundery in places and for some quite slow moving. so again, the potential they could cause a few issues, certainly a lot of spray and surface water on the roads

if travelling around. but if you're travelling around. but it won't rain all day. there'll be some sunny spells and temperatures sunshine temperatures in the sunshine high still high teens, low 20s so still feeling the cool side sunday. feeling on the cool side sunday. still few showers, but turning still a few showers, but turning dry and for many of us for what is for some a bank holiday doesn't look too bad. on monday , the temperatures rising . , the temperatures rising. >> a boxt solar proud sponsors of weather on . gb news. of weather on. gb news. >> what you get for breakfast is something that if we do our jobs right, you will wake up to news that you didn't know the night before. >> it's a conversation. it's not just me and eamonn. >> we want to get to know you and we want you to get to know us from six. it's breakfast with eamonn and isabel. >> monday to thursdays on gb news, britain's news channel. >> all

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have the donald trump mug shot, don't we as well ? there it is. don't we as well? there it is. do you think that will be the face that wins him? the next presidential election? it's a crazy world, isn't it? in other news, i will be talking about this as well. mps are going to be rewarded handsomely for failure. so if they quit failure. okay. so if they quit all they're booted out in the next general election, the amount money they get is amount of money that they get is going in the of a cost going up in the middle of a cost of living crisis. but i also want to know, do you think they've been on holiday for too long? is it since we've long? how long is it since we've actually had a proper government? end of government? we had the end of boris, we had a bit of truss, we had sunak starting over. then they go on holiday. meanwhile, they go on holiday. meanwhile, the is going to hell in the country is going to hell in a we're a handcart. but finally we're going about this going to be talking about this as there is another ulez as well. there is another ulez loop hole. this time it's a biggie. and also, what do you make of london make of the mayor of london saying people who disagree saying that people who disagree with kooky with ulez are just kooky conspiracy patrick conspiracy theorists? patrick christys . gb news are we going christys. gb news are we going in bed with that gb news

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