a massive number. 30,000. it's a massive number. people are awaiting approval in the first stage of their application in june 2023. are we ever going to get a grip of the sheer volume coming here and prince harry is coming home for the anniversary of the queen's funeral , but the anniversary of the queen's funeral, but will meghan be making an appearance and do get in touch? send me your thoughts more important than mine on gbviews@gbnews.com or message me on our socials . we're at gb news on our socials. we're at gb news but first it's the news headunes but first it's the news headlines with lisa hartle . good afternoon. >> it's 12:01. i'm lisa afternoon. >> it's12:01. i'm lisa hartle in the newsroom . i'm more than in the newsroom. i'm more than 80 football players are refusing to play for spain's women's team unless the federation president is removed from his post. luis rubiales scrubbed star player jenni hermosa's head and kissed her on the lips following spain's victory at the women's

world cup, he called the kiss a spontaneous and consensual little peck and said false feminists were trying to kill him. jenni hermoso denies that and says she felt vulnerable and and says she felt vulnerable and a victim of aggression . the a victim of aggression. the spanish government is taking legal action to have rubiales suspended . however, federation suspended. however, federation the federation says it stands by him and they will take legal action. the deputy head of the british museum is stepping aside while a police investigation into stolen artefacts is underway. the museum's head , underway. the museum's head, hartwig fischer, resigned yesterday and an unnamed member of staff has been sacked. it's understood that the items which include gold jewellery and semi—precious stones were taken over a significant period of time. former chancellor george osborne, who is now the museum's chairman , says some of the items chairman, says some of the items have already been recovered. he's promised an independent review to look into how the museum missed warning signs and rail passengers are facing

travel disruption today as members of the rmt union walk out in a dispute over pay jobs and conditions. the out in a dispute over pay jobs and conditions . the strike and conditions. the strike action is now in its second year and the union says progress is being hamstrung by the government , refusing to give government, refusing to give them a mandate to make a revised pay them a mandate to make a revised pay offer. the strike will affect those travelling to events such as notting hill carnival and the reading and leeds festivals . officials in leeds festivals. officials in hawaii have released the names of 388 people who are still missing more than two weeks after deadly wildfires ravaged the resort town of lahaina . the the resort town of lahaina. the fbi says they've received reports that about 100 people have been accounted for , which have been accounted for, which they're working to confirm the death toll from the wildfires stands at 115. but officials warn that figure is likely to rise as investigations continue to. now, the number of public toilets has dropped by 14% over the past five years, according to data seen by the liberal

democrats at a freedom of information request found that a sharp fall in loos across 45 councils a quarter of were partly closed due to costs, while a fifth of councils cited antisocial behaviour. arson threats to staff or vandalism for reasons for removing the facilities. the liberal democrats are calling for the creation of a public toilet fund to safeguard public loos the seaside town of dawlish in devon has been named as the best place in the uk for a summer holiday. gb news south west reporter jeff moody is sunning himself there today. >> yes, it's august bank holiday weekend and according to tripadvisor, 80% of us are heading out on a bit of a staycation and according to visit britain, 4 million people are headed down to the west country. and where are they headed to? well, dawlish , down headed to? well, dawlish, down here on the south coast of devon is proving to be the most popular place in britain for this holiday weekend. and this bank holiday weekend. and they certainly need the trade.

it's been a lousy summer in terms of weather and that has really affected the tourist trade , where people have been trade, where people have been spending lot less while they spending a lot less while they go out. they've not been eating in restaurants. they've not been going on day trips as much as normal. outlook for normal. and the outlook for september and october seems certainly doesn't look particularly healthy . the particularly healthy. the weather looks like it's deteriorating . the met office is deteriorating. the met office is saying there's no sign of a heat wave coming or an indian summer. so really this weekend is the weekend when all of the businesses down here in places like dawlish need to make the most of the weather, need to make the most of the tourists, because it's not looking great moving forwards as monster hunters are descending upon scotland's most famous lake in search of the elusive loch ness monster. >> these pictures are coming to us live from loch ness, where it's looking like a slightly grey and cloudy day . researchers grey and cloudy day. researchers are gathering there to carry out

what's being predicted to be the biggest surface water survey in more than 50 years. they'll be using equipment that's never been tried on the loch before, such as drones with thermal imaging as they try to spot any strange . this is gb strange anomalies. this is gb news across the uk on tv, in your car, on digital radio and on your smart speaker by saying play on your smart speaker by saying play gb news now it's back to gb news . saturday news. saturday >> thank you very much to a very summery lisa there. now let's get stuck into today's topics . get stuck into today's topics. rishi sunak has postponed his eagerly anticipated cabinet reshuffle, but many of his critics are now claiming that this shows weakness to act decisively with the tory party conference just around the corner and the conservative is still polling well below the labour party. so is this the right move for the prime minister? well, joining me to

discuss this is the political commentator , benedict spence. commentator, benedict spence. benedict thank you very much for your time today. first of all, then, that question there, the prime minister's decision not to mount an overhaul of his top team before the return of parliament. does that not signal a missed opportunity ? does it a missed opportunity? does it show weakness, in your opinion on it does of a sort. >> but i think the problem that mr sunak is left with is that there aren't many options out there aren't many options out there for him to reshuffle . that there for him to reshuffle. that would signal to the general pubuc would signal to the general public that things were about to get better. there is a sort of a real dearth of talent currently on the tory front, or indeed back benches , and not been back benches, and it's not been helped fact that quite so helped by the fact that quite so many senior tory mps have already they already signalled that they plan to next general to step down at the next general election. i mean, it's all very well sort looking and well sort of looking around and saying be a good saying who could be a good chancellor? javid chancellor? sajid javid fantastic finance fantastic background in finance are stand down. are he plans to stand down. i can't put in to number 11 can't put him in to number 11 and can't him anywhere and i can't put him anywhere else. a bit of a what else. so this is a bit of a what i would say is it's a little

rich from a lot of tory backbenchers to suggest that this inertia entirely on the this is inertia entirely on the part of prime minister, part of the prime minister, given not given that frankly, they've not given that frankly, they've not given to work with. given that frankly, they've not giv also to work with. given that frankly, they've not giv also argue to work with. given that frankly, they've not giv also argue that,vork with. given that frankly, they've not giv also argue that, you with. given that frankly, they've not giv also argue that, you know, i'd also argue that, you know, the previous acts of, you know, decisive action from the last two incumbent tory pms have not particularly ended well. boris johnson decided to lock the entire country down because he was man action and liz was a man of action and liz truss decided to roll out a large package of measures that would turbocharge the economy and then decided to back everybody's energy bills, which the international monetary community went. right. how are you going to pay for that? so there think , some benefit there is, i think, some benefit to being cautious , especially to being cautious, especially with what's gone before . but if with what's gone before. but if we're sort of sitting here and saying, well, this is the prime minister's of grab minister's chancellor of grab the nettle, so to speak, look at the nettle, so to speak, look at the that need to be the areas that need to be addressed. office, addressed. nhs home office, who is take those who are is going to take those who are on bench actually on the back bench is actually good those and good enough to take those and signal electorate, yes, signal to the electorate, yes, things, in control signal to the electorate, yes, thithings. in control signal to the electorate, yes, thithings. i in control signal to the electorate, yes, thithings. i mean in control signal to the electorate, yes, thithings. i mean i in control signal to the electorate, yes, thithings. i mean i think ntrol signal to the electorate, yes, thithings. i mean i think that of things. i mean i think that that much a part of the that is as much a part of the problem. he doesn't a lot

problem. he doesn't have a lot to work with, frankly. yeah >> that's pretty, isn't it? >> and that's pretty, isn't it? if party with an 80 if conservative party with an 80 seat majority, forget, seat majority, let's not forget, i pretty easy to i mean, it's pretty easy to forget that 2019 boris johnson smashed it home, the biggest conservative majority since mrs. thatcher. >> it's i think again, it goes back to the fact that so many tory voters won't won't, won't forgive boris johnson for having such an array before him and managing to lose it in quite the way that he did . and it was way that he did. and it was salvageable. but i do think, again, the fact that there are quite so many um , senior tories quite so many um, senior tories who i think frankly feel burned by the entire process of the last 3 or 4 years and are saying, actually this isn't for me anymore. i think that it is a very difficult thing for rishi sunak to have to deal with. there are still a few unquestioned. there are still a few well, few who could do very well, who are very capable people like him who like michael who badenoch people like michael gove to offer. gove still has a lot to offer. you there ministers you know, there are ministers out backbenchers who out there and backbenchers who have but they will also, have a lot, but they will also, i think, keeping powder have a lot, but they will also, i th because eeping powder

have a lot, but they will also, i th because eepinlook powder have a lot, but they will also, i th because eepinlook at powder have a lot, but they will also, i th because eepinlook at the der dry because they look at the current situation sunak dry because they look at the cuin�*nt situation sunak dry because they look at the cuin and tuation sunak dry because they look at the cuin and they)n sunak dry because they look at the cuin and they will sunak dry because they look at the cuin and they will be sunak dry because they look at the cuin and they will be thinking: is in and they will be thinking to themselves, do i necessarily want associate myself want to associate myself with this government that looks like it's be in power or it's not going to be in power or doing very well for much longer? so that think to be so that also i think has to be borne the ambitious borne in mind the ambitious tories won't necessarily think that the right moment to that this is the right moment to make yeah. make the move up. yeah. >> that will end up >> do you think that will end up in bizarre scenario in a bizarre scenario though, where go ahead where rishi sunak does go ahead with a reshuffle and then we've got the speech in got the king's speech in november and we're going to see government ministers who've put out an agenda via the king's speech only to then be sacked from their jobs or leave their departments . departments. >> i think i would write i would hope that that wouldn't happen. i would hope that there would be enough sense that they would avoid that scenario. but as with the party all the time, it the tory party all the time, it seems moment you can sort seems at the moment you can sort of see it coming in slow motion and you wonder to yourself, and you do wonder to yourself, will case? because will that be the case? because the to come the reshuffle will have to come at um i don't think at some point. um i don't think anybody's illusion anybody's under any illusion that just stumble that they can't just stumble into election mode with into general election mode with things they currently are.

things as they currently are. but back to what i'm but i go back to what i'm saying. doesn't have of saying. he doesn't have a lot of room and i mean room for manoeuvre and i mean just take the home office, just to take the home office, for example, everybody is well aware office aware that the home office needs to be changed. reform chopped up. knows? now you've up. who knows? right now you've got braverman very got suella braverman acting very doing good job of being a doing a very good job of being a human flak jacket as to a human flak jacket as to being a home secretary, sure, home secretary, i'm not so sure, but good at taking but she's very good at taking a lot that sunak lot of the pain that sunak himself want to absorb. himself doesn't want to absorb. it was a role that priti patel played before suella played very well before suella braverman. best braverman. this is the best opportunity she's going to opportunity she's ever going to get boost her get to sort of boost her credentials on the on the national talking on national stage, talking tough on immigration, even you're immigration, even if you're another tory mp, do you really want to inherit that mess and that identity at this moment in time ? i'd argue, you know, same time? i'd argue, you know, same with the nhs, there just isn't the time for you to sort of stamp your on it. so i stamp your authority on it. so i think, stumble think, you know, will we stumble into situation where you into that situation where you have making those have ministers making those announcements and then finding, oh, job oh, whoops, this isn't my job anymore. possible anymore. it's entirely possible i wouldn't put past this i wouldn't put that past this government. i'll what government. but i'll say what i said at start. i hope we said at the start. i hope we don't get to that stage. >> yeah. what do think then? >> yeah. what do you think then?

over months it over the coming months when it starts become what starts to become clearer, what the arguments may well in the arguments may well be in a general election will look like? because lot debate because there's a lot of debate in the today over in the papers today over building and planning permission with labour saying with the labour party saying they do a lot of it and they do quite a lot of it and speed permission in speed up planning permission in the nuclear reactors. the way of nuclear reactors. green oils and green renewable oils and building in general housebuilding. is there an argument here that suggests perhaps the labour party are going to be a lot more comfortable with building on, say, the green belt or expanding some of capacity to build on some of the capacity to build on that green belt than the conservative gives? and that may well be dividing that well be a dividing line that becomes . becomes clear. >> it's you know, this is very tncky >> it's you know, this is very tricky because what i've said for a very long time is whatever direction the tory party decides it go in, needs to it wants to go in, it needs to be muscular, it needs to be confident, it needs to set out what to be and tell its what it wants to be and tell its voters, frankly, what is going to whether they like to happen, whether they like it or a of the or not. because a lot of the sort of the umming and aahing over like over things like this, like planning, nuclear, planning, like nuclear, like whatever it is, a lot of it comes down to people a local whatever it is, a lot of it come objecting people a local whatever it is, a lot of it come objecting to ople a local whatever it is, a lot of it

come objecting to these a local whatever it is, a lot of it come objecting to these things. il level objecting to these things. and a lot of those people do tend to tory voters, sort tend to be tory voters, the sort of yes, i love of people that say, yes, i love economic and i love economic growth and i love electricity water. i electricity and i love water. i just don't it near me. and just don't want it near me. and what been required, think what has been required, i think of the tory party, you know, we talk about discipline talk a lot about discipline amongst parliamentary amongst mps in the parliamentary party. needs be a lot party. there needs to be a lot more further more discipline, further down the chain saying to people, look, is for own good. look, this is for your own good. i think that rishi sunak i don't think that rishi sunak necessarily the resolve for necessarily has the resolve for that. the gumption , if it a that. the gumption, if it was a real fight, a real dog fight, i don't think keir starmer would have that either . don't think keir starmer would have that either. but i think he feels that he can get away with talking tough without really going specifics going into too many specifics simply that far simply because he's that far ahead tories and it makes ahead of the tories and it makes it look as if he has more of a plan . whereas if you were to plan. whereas if you were to sort of dig down into the detail, as i suspect what you'd find party would find is the labour party would have time getting have a real tough time getting a lot this again, lot of this passed. again, people at level and it people at a local level and it would very unpopular would be very unpopular with many if many members of the country if you were say, we're going to you were to say, we're going to give central government sweeping new just to new powers that is just going to brush local councils . i brush over local councils. i think that actually think that that would actually

be think be very detrimental. so i think the current plays very the current situation plays very well don't have well for labour. they don't have to the details, they to go into the details, they don't be loud about don't have to too be loud about it, say going it, but they can say we're going to z, whereas the to do x, y, z, whereas the tories know if they're going to come out and say, we're going to do z. people are going to do x, y, z. people are going to have more scrutiny of that have a lot more scrutiny of that and hang and they're going to go, hang on. that going to on. well, what's that going to involve? exactly? and that's where begin to lose people where you begin to lose people who you need vote you. >> you touched briefly >> you touched on it briefly there, i if we there, but i wonder if we haven't long left. but haven't got very long left. but i suella braverman i wonder suella braverman question a lot of the membership, for example, are completely but completely behind her. but how much is that rhetoric without action going be a problem action going to be a problem with for her when the grassroots of the conservative party start to think , well, hang on a to think, well, hang on a minute, why haven't we say, left the echr to really take back control of our border sovereignty, for example ? sovereignty, for example? >> well, i mean, what i'd say in suella braverman defence is she doesn't actually have the power to out echr that to take us out of the echr that is the power that lies with the prime minister. that's power that you that lies with parliament. you know, can so far know, a minister can go so far and further what and no further within what the

parameters of the government thatis parameters of the government that is to say, the prime minister and the chancellor actually them. we'll actually set them. so we'll never somebody never find out if somebody like suella would actually suella braverman would actually walk walk unless she becomes walk the walk unless she becomes leader, unless she becomes prime minister. patel, minister. same with priti patel, you poison you know, handed a poison chalice there do very chalice there to do a very difficult job to say the right things. but you're never entirely sure if it's what the pm, man upstairs wants. so pm, the man upstairs wants. so i think she will continue as priti patel did, to maintain a lot of faith from the grassroots . but faith from the grassroots. but until somebody like that ever gets into number 10, it's all academic really, because actually they're never going to have to really sort of back up their with action. well, their words with action. well, absolutely. >> academic. but >> it feels very academic. but i tell you what, a lot of viewers are incredibly frustrated and can in really simple can put it in really simple terms. we are. and it terms. but there we are. and it expense. thank you very much for your thoughts there. political commentator benedict spence. now, according to home office figures, asylum backlog figures have now hit a record high with a total of 175,000 people

awaiting approval in their first stage of their application in june of 2023. figures also revealed a 63% increase of people coming on work visas in the year to june 2023, whilst the year to june 2023, whilst the migrant observatory claimed . only 41% of the total asylum seeker applicants travelled via small boats . well, joining me small boats. well, joining me now is human rights lawyer david haigh and the director of the centre for migration , stephen centre for migration, stephen woolf. david i'll start with you, if i may . are you of the you, if i may. are you of the view that actually the solution here is what labour propose, which is opening up more legal routes for people to apply to come here from elsewhere ? okay, come here from elsewhere? okay, good , good. good, good. >> good afternoon. darren. i don't think that that's, that's the solution. that's one tiny part of how you could look at the asylum and the migration areas in the round. but it's certainly not the solution to the absolute farce and disaster that we have in the asylum system and in the obviously with

with with legal migrants . it's with with legal migrants. it's it really is a disaster. and that's definitely not the only solution . um, yes. solution. um, yes. >> so i'm going to throw a wolf into the hay now. stephen what do you make of that? i mean, the labour party are parroting this line all the time now and, you know, if they do get into power , opening up more legal routes, is going a way in is that going to be a way in which actually process which you can actually process things ? things quicker? >> actually , i think if we're >> actually, i think if we're going to look at the issues, david's pinpointed it pretty accurately . we have a mass accurately. we have a mass number of people coming across in terms of asylum applicants, but also no humanitarian protection in we have a mess in terms of the numbers of people coming over for work visas and we have those coming over for students as dependents and family unions as dependents and the labour party's policy is of just having safe routes. we're only looking at one smaller area of it and it wouldn't stop it. i

said many, many times that if you open humanitarian routes for those people last year, 15,000 who were rejected, did they would simply try and come anyway , irrespective of whether you've got these boats and they're coming on vans , lorries, coming on vans, lorries, ferries, planes , cars, all the ferries, planes, cars, all the routes now are open to them so it won't stop them . it won't stop them. >> right. so, david, then what would you say to viewers who are watching who are intensely frustrated and about this issue , who do want it to stop and who, frankly, you know, we're talking about speeding up asylum applications here. what do you say to the people who actually don't want any more to come, who actually say britain right now is struggling enough as it is ? is struggling enough as it is? >> well, it's not just about the ones that are coming over the channel. obviously there's a lot of a lot of people are coming at the moment, the ones the moment, but it's the ones that got here as we see that we've got here as we see from asylum backlog from these asylum backlog figures, the number of people that why that are here. the reason why the that system is the cost of that system is doubled in the last year to now nearly is because of nearly 4 billion is because of this backlog, because are

this backlog, because things are taking not a few days. they're taking not a few days. they're taking months and in certain cases, years and to cases, years and years to process claim. that's process an asylum claim. that's one of the big areas that we need to attack and we just don't seem to be doing if seem to be doing it. if anything, worse and anything, it's getting worse and worse and less. worse rather than less and less. and the new the new act and with the new the new act that's come through there were mentions asylum mentions that the asylum processes days. processes should be taking days. they still can't get it done in months. yes. >> i mean, stephen, is >> yeah. i mean, stephen, is there a democratic argument here to say that, you know, the british public keep voting for border controls, we keep voting for fewer migrants to actually be to come here. but we be able to come here. but we never get it. people are never seem to get it. people are pulling their hair out. you should see my email inbox, you know, than a know, packed fuller than a greedy boy's lunchbox . yeah, greedy boy's lunchbox. yeah, well , look, there is greedy boy's lunchbox. yeah, well, look, there is a very clear mandate from the british public, whether it's through the referendum for brexit, through the elections of boris johnson to the european elections of 2014, and actually before that, way back to margaret thatcher's penod way back to margaret thatcher's period where you had mps all arguing that we should be very

tight on borders, but i think there is a very clear point for perhaps even a referendum on this issue, not that this country likes to have referendums to try and make it clear, but i just do want to point out 2 or 3 key numbers that have been missed in this latest statistics that have come out . out. >> firstly, this government has granted more offers of protection than any other government in the history of the united kingdom, more than the tony blair years of 103,002 hundred. in the year 2001, with 175,000 people in student visas, the dependence that we've allowed in are up 90% on last yean allowed in are up 90% on last year, which is 154,000 people. and then when you add work visas and you allow their spouses to 60,500, you have a total last year of 390 000 people being allowed to come into the

country. that's the 11th largest city in the country of coventry. it's bigger than that. that's the numbers coming in. wow. and the numbers coming in. wow. and the other big . number the numbers coming in. wow. and the other big. number is the numbers coming in. wow. and the other big . number is 669,000 the other big. number is 669,000 people were given extensions of their temporary stay . that's the their temporary stay. that's the third largest bigger than glasgow. so overall , you third largest bigger than glasgow. so overall, you had a million people. again being allowed to stay or come into the country last year. the country needs to know whether it can afford to do so in infrastructure, finance and costs and education and public services. that's why it's so important. >> yeah, david, i mean , that >> yeah, david, i mean, that issue there of students that was an area where suella braverman wanted to tighten things up, did she not? >> i think there's many areas that she's mentioned. that's one of the areas. and we all you know, she's also had issues with with particularly from indian visas people coming with particularly from indian visasfrom people coming with particularly from indian visasfrom india people coming with particularly from indian visasfrom india and aople coming with particularly from indian visasfrom india and it'se coming with particularly from indian visasfrom india and it's you ming over from india and it's you know, these are not i say it time and time again. these are not new issues. you know, but

even back i was at even back when i was at university, is long, university, which is a long, long you know, long time ago, you know, you would clear scams would see there were clear scams and immigration scams to bring people in, you know, private universities and english courses, people overstaying as students. and that's another area that, again, isn't being tackled. people overstaying, whether it's people overstaying student or student visas, work visas or tourist visas. so a lot of focus has been put on the migrant crossings . and of course, that's crossings. and of course, that's very important. but other areas like asylum backlog like bringing the asylum backlog down, being more efficient process , making them quicker, process, making them quicker, and sure people are and then making sure people are not overstaying and putting in processes to make sure that if people are here, you know, you even have systems. i'm sure many of your viewers, when they leave the country, passports don't get checked , you know, checked often, you know, so you've here that you've got people here that shouldn't there's shouldn't be here and there's just effect . effective just no effect. effective processing of that. and those are where i think are areas where i think you could get some wins. could get some easy wins. >> yeah. stephen, mean, do you >> yeah. stephen, i mean, do you think argument think there's an argument here because has been because this this case has been made few over this made a few times over this conversation, but the nature of

i identification in this country , do we need id cards to actually have people prove that they have a right to be in this country ? country? >> look, i'm pretty libertarian in the view that i've never wanted to see the state involved in monitoring my life, whether it's from what i spend , where i it's from what i spend, where i 90, it's from what i spend, where i go, or indeed having the identification cards, which always to me has that fear of soviet union, russia, or what was happening in germany during periods. and that's for me is a natural rejection of the idea. but i am beginning to come across to the view when i look at what happens in belgium , at what happens in belgium, where they're much more efficient in being able to assess people who come from different countries being allowed to work or claim benefits . and so i'm open to the benefits. and so i'm open to the idea of a system that comes in place. but my natural feeling is i don't want it, but i understand that there's growing calls to actually implement it. >> yeah. >> yeah. >> david, if i ask you to show your papers, are you to , going

your papers, are you to, going your papers, are you to, going you kick up a fuss ? oh, you know, kick up a fuss? oh, we've lost david there. we'll try and him back. stephen, try and get him back. stephen, i'm going to go back to you . i i'm going to go back to you. i mean, you you will have seen the gb news exclusives that we've had this week, stephen, on both the social media being used to actually advertise for british women to migrant who may want to come for here nefarious, potentially nefarious purposes . potentially nefarious purposes. and the issue of asylum claims going through the roof, it just it's can you understand how frustrating it is for many people in this country who just feel that they are utterly powerless? i mean, we voted to take back control . oh, yes. take back control. oh, yes. >> and this is where you get this growing sense of powerlessness and rejection of society, rejection of politics, rejection of government officials, because we don't as a nafion officials, because we don't as a nation feel that our views matter anymore . we can see small matter anymore. we can see small groups of people making decisions about our education,

what goes on the television , what goes on the television, who's allowed to even bank with a particular bank. and that's a very dangerous and really awful thing for people to start having to feel that they no longer feel in a free country and they disengage from that. and immigration is only one of those points. and where they feel ignored . i points. and where they feel ignored. i think we do points. and where they feel ignored . i think we do need to ignored. i think we do need to tackle it. i think we do need to look at listening more. but the why you get politicians feeling out of kilter with the public is they just don't feel that they can have a conversation with them. they feel scared about doing it. or maybe they reject it themselves because the groupthink in parliament at the civil service and those around them is much more let's have a liberal open world, okay? they don't have to live with the consequences. oh, no worries. >> thank you very much for your time today, lads. we're at the end of that segment there. david hey, thank you very much. and stephen wolf now you're stephen wolf there. now you're watching and listening to gb

news saturday with me, darren grimes. we've got loads more coming up on today's show. but first, let's take a look at the weather with jonathan . weather with jonathan. >> the temperatures rising , boxt >> the temperatures rising, boxt solar, proud sponsors of weather on . gb news. on. gb news. >> hello there. i'm jonathan vautrey here with your gb news weather forecast provided by the met office is a bit of a mixed picture for this weekend and even out there at the moment there are some heavy showers around, sunny spells around, still some sunny spells to try and but some slow to try and enjoy. but some slow moving thunderstorms also possible until the early part of this gradually this evening. but gradually fading into the fading their way out into the night, turning largely dry for the of central areas of the bulk of central areas of england and but we'll england and wales. but we'll start to some showers start to see some showers persisting across western parts and areas and even across northern areas of scotland. generally relatively tonight, relatively cool tonight, dropping down to around 10 or 11 c in those towns and cities. but rural areas may drop a bit lower single figures lower into single figures as well. be some well. so there will be some sunshine start off sunday, sunshine as we start off sunday, particularly further east particularly the further east

you but those showers that you are. but those showers that have will have started in the west will gradually push way gradually push their way eastwards as well as we head throughout generally throughout the day. generally a reduced seeing reduced chance of seeing thunderstorms, those thunderstorms, but some of those showers still quite showers will still be quite heavy head into the heavy as we head into the afternoon. it's then for western scotland, parts of northern ireland, of light ireland, this band of light and patchy and drizzle patchy rain and drizzle will provide damp and provide a fairly damp and drizzly day, holding temperatures back a touch here. but 22 c possible further south—east as we head into monday. high pressure from the atlantic going to gradually atlantic is going to gradually build its and that will build its way in and that will help things down ever so help settle things down ever so slightly. of rain that slightly. that band of rain that we across northern ireland we saw across northern ireland is its is to going gradually shift its way eastwards for parts of way eastwards. so for parts of northern central , southern northern central, southern england, will this england, there will be this slice remains rather slice where it remains rather cloudy the day. some cloudy throughout the day. some patchy possible , patchy light rain is possible, but some but elsewhere we'll see some sunny spells and we'll continue to see those spells to see those sunny spells throughout the remainder the throughout the remainder of the week well scattering of week as well with scattering of showers by the showers as well by the temperatures rising . temperatures rising. >> boxt solar, proud sponsors of weather on . gb news. she shares weather on. gb news. she shares very much, jonathan loads more

coming up on today's show, including , coming up on today's show, including, yes, more rail strikes . strikes. >> when's it going to end? a 24 hour strike by 25,000 staff across 14 train operating companies in a dispute over working conditions , pay and job working conditions, pay and job security . we'll update you on security. we'll update you on the misery this is causing for many across the country. all of that and much , much more to that and much, much more to come. i'm darren grimes. and you're watching and listening to gb news britain's

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gb news radio. >> it's 1231. gb news radio. >> it's1231. i'm lisa hartle in the newsroom. more than 80 football players are refusing to play football players are refusing to play for spain's women's team unless the federation president is removed from his post. luis rubiales grabbed star player jenni hermosa's head and kissed her on the lips following spain's victory at the women's world cup, the spanish government is taking legal action to have him suspended . action to have him suspended. however, the federation says it will stand by him and they will also take legal action on rail. passengers are facing travel disruption today as members of the rmt union walk out in a dispute over pay jobs and conditions . the strike action is conditions. the strike action is now in its second year and the union says progress is being hamstrung by the government, refusing to give them a mandate to make a revised pay offer. assistant general secretary of the rmt eddie dempsey says the

government's modernisation plans are harming passenger interests i >> -- >> what we're seeing now is the centrepiece of the government's modernisation plans, which we've been warning about for a long time, is the closure of every ticket office in the country and the de—staffing of the railway , the de—staffing of the railway, dehumanisation railway dehumanisation of the railway and their plans around this are not to improve things for the passengers are not because we've all suddenly become networked and and don't need to and modern and don't need to interact with other humans. this is purely about ensuring profits for private that for the private companies that have stake in our railways for the private companies that havecontinue ake in our railways for the private companies that havecontinue toe in our railways for the private companies that havecontinue to flow ur railways for the private companies that havecontinue to flow through ys for the private companies that havecontinue to flow through and now continue to flow through and we think this is just one part of what we regard as the managed decline of britain . decline of britain. >> the deputy head of the british museum is stepping aside while a police investigation into stolen artefacts is underway . the into stolen artefacts is underway. the museum's head, hartwig fisher, resigned yesterday and an unnamed member of staff has been sacked . former of staff has been sacked. former chancellor george osborne , who's chancellor george osborne, who's now the museum's chairman, says some of the items have already been recovered. he's promised an

independent review to look into how the museum missed warning signs . and you can get more on signs. and you can get more on all of those stories by visiting our website, news.com . now back our website, news.com. now back to . darren to. darren >> welcome back to gb news saturday. with me , darren grimes saturday. with me, darren grimes on your telly on line and on digital radio. now rail workers across england have walked out again today as part of the long running dispute over pay. more strikes have been planned for next friday and saturday as well , while thousands travel into events and festivals today are going to be affected as only around half the usual train services will actually run and they will finish much earlier than usual. well, joining us now from birmingham is our west midlands reporterjack from birmingham is our west midlands reporter jack carson. jack hiya. good to see you , jack hiya. good to see you, jack.i jack hiya. good to see you, jack. i mean, we heard there from the rmt that, you know ,

from the rmt that, you know, this is all about private enterprise greed when actually, you know, i come down on lner, which is state owned, and they're on strike. they're not owned by private enterprise that's taxpayer owned. so is this just is this just an anti—tory ruse? what's going on, jack ? well the rmt, jack? well the rmt, interestingly, mick lynch says that these these strikes , he that these these strikes, he doesn't want they don't plan to cause disruption to their passengers . passengers. >> but by striking on days like this, the saturday when they know the rail network is busy, they know these disruptions are going to cause the attention of governments. and those train operating companies of course, they are in this long running dispute. today is the 24th day of strike action or the 24th time the rmt have gone on strike action. as you said, 20,000 of their members are out on strike today. and back in march, in the spring, the rmt agreed a deal. they put their deal from the

rail delivery group for network rail members . to them. they rail members. to them. they voted overwhelmingly in favour to accept that deal that was a 5% backdated pay rise to 2022 and a 4% pay rise for 2023 for the train operating companies. it's a very, very similar deal on pay, at least 8% over two years, minimum more for all those lower earning lowering earning members. but of course, it's the working conditions where much of the deals can come unstuck because for each of the train, different operating companies, there are different specific parts of the negotiation, different rules on overtime and staffing levels to name a few. so that's where deals get a little bit tricky . deals get a little bit tricky. but of course, today the strike action is really having an impact across the country. you've got big things in london like the notting hill carnival in london. you've also got the reading leeds festival as reading and leeds festival as well west midlands , here well here at west midlands, here in west midlands here at in the west midlands here at birmingham, new street. most trains running trains here only, only running one an hour. i've seen today already i've been standing already one i've been standing outside quite a few outside the station. quite a few people to catch their

people running in to catch their train know train because they know it's going much longer wait going to be a much longer wait to the next it is to get the next one. so it is going to have an impact. the rail strikes today. but of course, we're course, where this ends, we're not quite sure. we know the rmt's position, of course, on things like trying to remove guards more guards off trains, more recently, course, the recently, of course, on the ticket offices as well on the pubuc ticket offices as well on the public consultation , on on public consultation, on on removing ticket offices for 160,000 people have already put their thoughts forward, their decisions said to be made or that consultation ends , rather, that consultation ends, rather, on the 1st of september, of course, when more strikes are going to be happening next weekend when the aslef union go on so whether the rmt on strike. so whether the rmt are necessarily anti anti anti this conservative government , this conservative government, they are, of course, have their reasons for wanting a better pay deal reasons for wanting a better pay deal, particularly with their drivers working across the pandemic. but of course with the government as the rmt say , not government as the rmt say, not giving the rail delivery group the mandate to come back to the table, negotiate the rmt , table, negotiate the rmt, refusing to put that rail delivery group their delivery group offer to their members. these strikes might not be ending for some time.

>> all right, well, our >> all right, jack. well, our guess, if the polls predict it right and labour get into government next year, we'll see if unions want to negotiate if the unions want to negotiate with the labour party. i'm sure it will tell a very different story. jack thank story. but jack carson, thank you for your update. you very much for your update. there now, folks, lots of you have been getting in touch about the migration backlog. helen says get the navy to patrol the beaches and turn back the boats, stop the hotels , has put stop the hotels, has put economic migrants in open field camps, stop given to lawyers and legal aid and stop giving tax payers to money charities. graeme asks why would immigrants want a legal way into britain when they can jump in a dinghy and get expected without problems coming by? a legal route could take months or even years and carries a risk being rejected . and yet that was the rejected. and yet that was the remark that stephen woolf made as well. neil says, what we need to do is have reception centres on the french coast. then fully

process them there. they should include photos, fingerprints and also get them on camera. i recognising they should also confirm their country of origin. if they are refused entry, but then try by the boats they are immediately be recognised . look, immediately be recognised. look, i think it is time to if it annoys president macron , who annoys president macron, who cares? you know it's time to get serious on this and do what australia did in my view. but keep your views coming in much more important than my own is are watching and listening to gb news saturday with me. darren grimes, lords. more coming up on today's show. holiday makers are being urged to make sure that they know what to do if they have an accident while abroad . have an accident while abroad. ahead of the last big getaway of the summer. are you going away ? the summer. are you going away? we'll be speaking a travel we'll be speaking to a travel lawyer for her advice . and don't lawyer for her advice. and don't worry, we'll even have the time for the gb news favourite prince harry. as he's not expected to visit prince william or king charles when he visits the uk

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>> only on gb news, britain's news . channel welcome back to news. channel welcome back to gb news saturday with me, darren grimes on your telly, online and digital radio. now prince harry, he's going to return to the uk next month, but he's not expected to see his brother or

father during the stay. the duke of sussex is set to make an appearance at an event for the wellchild charity on september the 7th. that's one day before the 7th. that's one day before the first anniversary of the death of our late and great queen. joining me now is former royal correspondent, the sun's charles rea. now charles, thank you very much for your time. what's the latest here? do you reckon that actually the palace would quite like harry to make amends or, you know, is it an arm's length? we've had enough trouble from you that she has very much . very much. >> well, it's definitely an arm's length doubt. and i mean, this this expose shows just how deep the chasm in the royal family has widened at this point in time . you know, the first in time. you know, the first anniversary of the queen's death and harry's coming in to london, as you said, on september the seventh. the royal family are in balmoral, where they will be spending the anniversary day,

the 8th of september, in quiet reflection, there won't be any pubuc reflection, there won't be any public events or we won't be seeing any members of the royal family and then harry's off to dusseldorf on the ninth for the start of the invictus games, and he's going to be joined by meghan in a few days time. she's going to be flying in from california to dusseldorf straight away . i mean, it's straight away. i mean, it's quite incredible , really, that quite incredible, really, that there is just no sign at all of any reconciliation . i think any reconciliation. i think harry's done too much damage for anything to be papered over to make it civil again. anything to be papered over to make it civil again . i doubt it make it civil again. i doubt it very much. yes >> i mean, charles, do you reckon that there's any appetite for never mind the royal family, but for the british public at large to actually have them come back ? back? >> well, everything i've seen donein >> well, everything i've seen done in the uk when you look at social media and i know that's that can be quite caustic as well. everything i've seen , well. everything i've seen, there's not many people in the

uk are expressing much love for harry and meghan at all. given yeah . what they have done, you yeah. what they have done, you know with spear attacking the royal family and the oprah winfrey interview and the netflix interviews and most some of that was attacking the british and the british people . british and the british people. and you know, we took meghan to our hearts , you know, and all our hearts, you know, and all this stuff that they've come up with is very, very wrong . no, i with is very, very wrong. no, i don't think the british public would welcome either of them back again into the royal fold. but are we going to get stuck in this quagmire? >> because charles, there's going to be a demand for or rather, they're going to seek a demand because the problem is for meghan and harry, that the american audience have started. if poland's correct, they've started to go off the pay and they've actually banked on america to keep their bank balance high, haven't they ? balance high, haven't they? >> yeah, you're absolutely right . they they've put all their

chickens in the one in the one roost, so to speak . and you roost, so to speak. and you know, all they've got at the moment is netflix, which is still paying them an awful lot of money. love spotify of money. the love spotify they're they've just they're trying to they've just bought the rights for a book that they're going to turn into turn into a film. so they're going to be on the other side of the camera. if that goes ahead. but course, this but of course, i bought this book. hollywood at book. hollywood is on strike at the moment, nothing's going the moment, so nothing's going to with that. not to happen with that. they're not they're be making they're not going to be making anything so they anything at the moment. so they they've they've put their stake, their careers in america . and their careers in america. and yeah, you're right. america is starting to turn against and they're not getting invited to they're not getting invited to the sort of places by the a—list celebs anymore. so they're very much on their own at the moment i >> -- >> and just finally then, charles, i mean, the duchess or meghan markle will reportedly skip a trip to britain , as we've skip a trip to britain, as we've just said, but she will actually be at the 2023 invictus games in dusseldorf . do you reckon that dusseldorf. do you reckon that actually will ever see her back

in britain ? in britain? >> i will be very surprised if we actually see it . i can't we actually see it. i can't think of any events unless she's accompanying harry to an event. what surprises me is she's not come to britain with harry because she was at the wellchild awards last year. but of course, she's got the children . she's she's got the children. she's looking after the children. and she's going to join harry at the invictus games. but darren, i think the occasions that we'll be seeing meghan markle setting foot on british soil are going to be very few and far between. there'll be like hen's teeth . there'll be like hen's teeth. >> absolutely. well, on that moment of drama, we'll leave it there . former royal there. former royal correspondent of the sun , correspondent of the sun, charles rea. cheers very much, charles. now, holidaymakers are being urged to make sure they know what to do should the run in a difficulties or have an accident while abroad. ahead of the last big getaway of the summer. are you going away ? summer. are you going away? there are so many of us seeking the thrill of adventure when we

go away. some will inevitably return to nurse in some sort of injury after suffering an accident on our travels , a third accident on our travels, a third of us are actually worried about getting injured while participating in an activity on houday. participating in an activity on holiday . so what can we do about holiday. so what can we do about it? what precautions are there to take? well, joining me now is travel lawyer at slater and gordon hannah crosby. hannah, cheers. very much for your time. hannah, what would your key piece of advice be for our viewers on steps to take to actually ensure they're not struck aboard with a broken leg or something like that ? or something like that? >> absolutely. so my primary advice, i'm a big advocate for taking out travel insurance. so try and get that sorted before you go away. it's very important. it can you in a important. it can help you in a lot of situations . if the lot of situations. if the unfortunate does happen to you , unfortunate does happen to you, then my advice would be to contact a solicitor who specialises in travel disputes and who can advise you accordingly . try and take as accordingly. try and take as much evidence as you can do as

well. if you've got photographs, if you've got any documentation, things like that. but primarily try speak to a lawyer as try and speak to a lawyer as soon possible because they'll soon as possible because they'll be to assist and advise soon as possible because they'll be on to assist and advise soon as possible because they'll be on the assist and advise soon as possible because they'll be on the bestt and advise soon as possible because they'll be on the bestt a|of advise you on the best course of action. yeah >> hannah, this globe health insurance card , can you just insurance card, can you just explain a bit about that? what is it and what has it replaced faced so the global health insurance card is slightly out of my remit, but but my understanding of the global health insurance card is that it is replaced the european health card so it can gain you access to medical cover whilst abroad. >> and it doesn't . travel >> and it doesn't. travel insurance. so you still need to be taking out travel insurance even if you've got the health card . but like even if you've got the health card. but like i even if you've got the health card . but like i say, it even if you've got the health card. but like i say, it is slightly out of my remit. so like i say, travel insurance is still very much my advocacy here. i would still say get it even though that this card is available. yeah. >> so, hannah, a lot of people might not have known that. you see, that's why i asked that question. lot of people be question. a lot of people may be of view that actually, look,

of the view that actually, look, i've you i've got this card, you know, i can go get health care should i need whilst i'm out there need to whilst i'm out there abroad . but actually, i mean, do abroad. but actually, i mean, do you think there needs to be some wider acknowledgement of that, of the fact that actually you still need insurance despite having a health insurance card? absolutely >> so travel insurance is not just limited to helping you with hospital bills or anything like that. travel insurance can help you in terms of legal expenses. if you do look to bring a claim, if the worst does happen to you whilst on holiday , it can help whilst on holiday, it can help you with things like repatriation costs. if you need to get to the uk, it can to get back to the uk, it can help you terms of any help you in terms of any out—of—pocket expenses that you might have incurred well . so might have incurred as well. so you do need travel insurance. it can protect you much further than the health insurance card can, but make sure that you are reading your terms and conditions so you can see exactly what is covered within your policy and how can people ensure that they don't get pred ensure that they don't get ripped off on a policy?

>> what's the best way to shop around bit and the right around a bit and get the right policy your needs ? policy for you and your needs? >> so i would definitely advertise looking at the terms and conditions. so within the terms and conditions, there's usually a section that says what's included and what's excluded. this is where i find most people trip up because if they're going abroad and they look to go on excursion means things like boat quad things like boat trips, quad biking. lot of the time there biking. a lot of the time there are policies that exclude activities like that. do activities like that. so you do need make you're getting need to make sure you're getting the policy for you. so the correct policy for you. so make reading make sure you are reading through booklet and through the policy booklet and shop around if you're not getting the policy that meets your needs. >> yeah, i mean, have you been busy then? hannah, if is busy then? hannah, if this is your expertise, i mean, your area of expertise, i mean, a of us worried about a third of us worried about getting injured . there getting injured. is there a reason for are there many reason for that? are there many brits perhaps brits abroad who perhaps are having one too many and thinking, it's going to be thinking, oh, it's going to be a canny idea if i jump off this pier something that pier or something like that and end themselves end up causing themselves a mischief. does that happen quite often ? often? >> absolutely, yes. we get loads of new inquiries through every

week accidents that have week about accidents that have happened we see happened abroad and we see slater gordon actually slater and gordon actually conducted a recently and conducted a survey recently and 22% of people had accidents on quad bikes. you know, 16% of people at waterparks and 18% of people at waterparks and 18% of people had accidents on sorry, 16% of people had accidents on planes and 18% of people had accidents in water parks . so, accidents in water parks. so, you know, these are really common and things to happen. we get inquiries about it all the time. these accidents can start whether you're at the beginning of whether the of your holiday, whether on the plane , whether you're on a plane, whether you're on a cruise ship. accidents can happen just within happen there or even just within the grounds as well. so, the hotel grounds as well. so, you know , it's really common you know, it's really common and, you know, seek advice, seek advice from specialist lawyer who can you . who can help you. >> and what about access to health care general? because health care in general? because if somewhere country if you're out somewhere country that never been before that you've never been to before and perhaps you know the resort that you're on looks lovely. but what about actual access to health care? >> so i would recommend speaking to your tour operator if you've

gone on a package holiday or to the hotel pool. you know, if you do need access to medical care whilst you're abroad, they will always direct you in right always direct you in the right way. travel insurance way. and your travel insurance is also a good person contact is also a good person to contact because they can help you as well. whether you need to get to a hospital , they can obviously well. whether you need to get to a hosjyou. , they can obviously well. whether you need to get to a hosjyou. ithey can obviously well. whether you need to get to a hosjyou. it isy can obviously well. whether you need to get to a hosjyou. it is scaryobviously well. whether you need to get to a hosjyou. it is scary .bviously well. whether you need to get to a hosjyou. it is scary . you'rey guide you. it is scary. you're in a foreign country. you don't know land and know the lay of the land and that's important to that's why it's important to have contacts available have these contacts available to you case the worst does you in case the worst does happen. okey dokey. >> lawyer hannah crosbie >> travel lawyer hannah crosbie there expert . there with her expert expert. she's there on giving us all the protection we need. you're watching and listening to gb news saturday with me. darren grimes. loads more coming up today. first, let's take a today. but first, let's take a look the weather with jonathan. >> looks like things are heating up . boxed boilers, proud up. boxed boilers, proud sponsors of weather on . gb news. sponsors of weather on. gb news. >> hello there. i'm jonathan vautrey here with your gb news weather forecast provided by the met office. here's a bit of a mixed picture for this weekend

and even out there at the moment. there are some heavy showers sunny showers around, still some sunny spells try and enjoy, but spells to try and enjoy, but some slow moving thunderstorms also possible the early also possible until the early part of this evening, but gradually fading their way out into night, largely into the night, turning largely dry for bulk of central dry for the bulk of central areas of england. and wales. but we'll showers we'll start to see some showers persisting western persisting across western parts and across northern areas and even across northern areas of scotland. generally, relatively tonight, relatively cool tonight, dropping down to around 10 or 11 c those towns cities. 11 c in those towns and cities. but areas drop a bit but rural areas may drop a bit lower single figures as lower into single figures as well. so there will some well. so there will be some sunshine as start off sunday, sunshine as we start off sunday, particularly the further east you those that you are. but those showers that have west will have started in the west will gradually way gradually push their way eastwards we head eastwards as well as we head throughout the day. generally a reduced chance seeing reduced chance of seeing thunderstorms but those thunderstorms, but some of those showers will quite showers will still be quite heavy the heavy as we head into the afternoon. it's then for western scotland, parts of northern ireland. of light ireland. this band of light and patchy drizzle patchy rain and drizzle will provide fairly and provide a fairly damp and drizzly day, holding temperatures back a touch here. but possible. but 22 c possible. further southeast as we head into monday. high pressure from the atlantic is going to gradually build its way in and that will help settle things down ever so

slightly band rain that slightly. that band of rain that we across northern ireland we saw across northern ireland is gradually its is going to gradually shift its way parts of way eastwards. so for parts of northern, central, southern england, be this england, there will be this slice rather slice where it remains rather cloudy the some cloudy throughout the day. some patchy is possible, patchy light rain is possible, but see some but elsewhere we'll see some sunny spells and we'll continue to see those sunny spells throughout the remainder of the week scattering week as well with a scattering of showers well by looks like of showers as well by looks like things are heating up. >> boxed boilers proud sponsors of weather on gb news as. she has jonathan, for that update . has jonathan, for that update. >> now there's loads more coming up on today's show. the prime minister has set a delays anticipated reshuffle this september . anticipated reshuffle this september. but anticipated reshuffle this september . but why anticipated reshuffle this september. but why is rishi doing this ? does he lack the doing this? does he lack the nerve? has he not got the bottle to upset backbench mps? we'll be discussing this, all of that and

channel hello and welcome to gb news saturday. i'm darren grimes . and saturday. i'm darren grimes. and for the next two hours, i'll be keeping you company on telly , keeping you company on telly, onune keeping you company on telly, online and on digital radio. coming up this hour, as the conservative party heads into conference season , is rishi's conference season, is rishi's decision to postpone a cabinet reshuffle a shot in the foot? the energy regulator ofgem, has announced the next price cap for october to december. it'll be

£1,923 for the average household . and. but is this really the big win the government claims it is . and donald trump has become is. and donald trump has become the first former president in us history to have his fingerprints and mugshot taken. but will this boost , boost or and mugshot taken. but will this boost, boost or dampen his efforts to make it back into the white house and do get in touch 7 white house and do get in touch ? send me your thoughts. much more important than my mouth on gbviews@gbnews.com or message me on our socials. we're at gb news. but first it's the news headunes news. but first it's the news headlines with our summary lisa hartle . hartle. >> good afternoon. it's 1:01. i'm lisa hartle in the newsroom. rail passengers are facing travel disruption today as members of the rmt union walk out in a dispute over pay and modernisation plans. the strike action, which is now in its second year, comes as many

people head off on summer holidays or even travel to events such as notting hill, carnival the reading and carnival or the reading and leeds festivals. assistant general secretary of the rmt union , eddie dempsey, says the union, eddie dempsey, says the government's modernisation plans are the interests of passengers. >> what we're seeing now is the centrepiece of the government's modernisation plans , which we've modernisation plans, which we've been warning about for a long time , is the closure of every time, is the closure of every ticket office in the country and the de—staffing railway, the de—staffing of the railway, dehumanisation railway dehumanisation of the railway and their plans around this are not to improve things for the passengers . are because passengers. they are not because we've suddenly become we've all suddenly become networked modern and don't networked and modern and don't need to interact with other humans. about humans. this is purely about ensuring profits for the private companies that have got a stake in railways. now continue to in our railways. now continue to flow think this is just flow and we think this is just one part of what we regard as the managed decline of britain . the managed decline of britain. >> more than 80 football players are refusing to play for spain's women's team unless the federation president is removed from his post. louis rubiales grabbed star player jenni hermosa's head and kissed her on

the lips following spain's victory at the women's world cup . he called the kiss a spontaneous and consensual little peck and said false feminists were trying to kill him. jenni hermoso denies that and says she felt vulnerable and and says she felt vulnerable and a victim of aggression. the spanish government is taking legal action to have rubiales suspended. however the federation says it stands by him and they will take legal action. the deputy head of the british museum is stepping aside while a police investigation into stolen artefacts is underway . the artefacts is underway. the museum's head, hartwig fisher, resigned yesterday and an unnamed member of staff has been sacked. it's understood that the items which include gold jewellery and semi precious stones, were taken over a significant period of time . significant period of time. former chancellor george osborne, who's now the museum's chairman, says some of the items have already been recovered. he's promised an independent review to look into how the museum missed warning signs. the number of public toilets has dropped by 14% over the past

five years, to according data seen by the liberal democrats . a seen by the liberal democrats. a freedom of information request found a sharp fall in loos across 45 councils. a quarter were closed, partly due to costs, while a fifth of councils cited anti—social behaviour. arson threats to staff or vandalism as reasons for removing the facilities . the removing the facilities. the liberal democrats are calling for the creation of a public toilet fund to safeguard public loos . the seaside town of loos. the seaside town of dawlish in devon has been named as the best place in the uk for as the best place in the uk for a summer holiday. gb news south west reporter jeff moody is sunning himself there today. >> yes, it's august bank holiday weekend and according to tripadvisor, 80% of us are heading out on a bit of a staycation and according to visit britain, 4 million people are headed down to the west country. and where are they headed to? well, dawlish , down headed to? well, dawlish, down here on the south coast of devon is proving to be the most

popular place britain for popular place in britain for this bank holiday weekend . and this bank holiday weekend. and they certainly need the trade. it's been a summer in it's been a lousy summer in terms of weather, and that has really affected the tourist trade where people have been spending a lot less while they go out. they've not been eating in restaurants. they've not been going on day trips as much as normal . and the outlook normal. and the outlook for september and october certainly doesn't look particularly healthy. the weather looks like it's deteriorating . the met it's deteriorating. the met office is saying there's no sign of a heatwave coming or an indian summer. so really this weekend is the weekend when all of the businesses down here in places like dawlish need to make the most of the weather, need to make the most of the tourist base, because it's not looking great moving forwards , monster great moving forwards, monster hunters are descending upon scotland's most famous lake in search of the elusive loch ness monster . monster. >> these pictures are coming to us live from loch ness, where it's looking like a slightly

grey and cloudy day. researchers are gathering there to carry out what's predicted to be the biggest surface water survey in more than 50 years. they'll be using equipment that's never been tried loch before, been tried on the loch before, such thermal such as drones with thermal imaging to spot any imaging as they try to spot any strange anomalies . imaging as they try to spot any strange anomalies. this is gb news across the uk on tv in your car, on digital radio and on your smart speaker by saying play your smart speaker by saying play gb news now it's back to gb news . saturday thank . news. saturday thank. >> thank you as ever to lisa. now let's get stuck in to today's topic. now let's get stuck in to today's topic . rishi sunak has today's topic. rishi sunak has postponed his eagerly anticipated cabinet reshuffle, but many of his critics are now claiming that this shows sunak's weakness to act decisively with the tory party conference just around the corner and the conservative is still polling well below the labour party. is this the right move for the prime minister ? well, joining me

prime minister? well, joining me to discuss this is political commentator benedict spence . commentator benedict spence. benedict if the prime minister had the gumption and the bravery of, say, margaret thatcher, he would be doing this in a heartbeat, would he not? >> i think if he had the resources perhaps of margaret thatcher, he certainly would. i think, you know , it is i know think, you know, it is i know that we often like to look back at the past and think, oh, things were better in the good old but you do really, old days. but you do really, i think lot of tory mps think look at a lot of tory mps and this just and you know, this isn't just being the sake of it. being mean for the sake of it. there plenty of very good there are plenty of very good constituents, and a number constituents, mps and a number of but of very good ministers. but broadly talent broadly speaking, the talent isn't what and this isn't quite what it was and this has been exacerbated by the fact that the best ones that a lot of the best ones really recognise they're really recognise that they're probably going to be in opposition few years opposition for a good few years and that they want and decided that they don't want to mps and i've to be mps anymore. and so i've already announced that they're going down at the next going to stand down at the next election. going to election. so you're not going to put those people into put those people probably into a cabinet be put those people probably into a cabin

months of your best and then on your way, that would be bold. but unlikely those but it's unlikely that those people want those people are going to want those kind kind pressure. kind of that kind of pressure. so really, he an even more so really, he has an even more limited of resources than limited pool of resources than he was appointing he had when he was appointing his which his initial cabinet, which wasn't because still wasn't great because we still had the fallout from people leaving johnson's leaving boris johnson's government. of course, with government. and of course, with what liz truss, what happened with liz truss, that's really. the that's the thing, really. the opfions that's the thing, really. the options just aren't i options just aren't there. i think quite as bold as think to be quite as bold as a lot of would like rishi lot of people would like rishi sunak be. yes there is also sunak to be. yes there is also the thing, which is there the thing, which is that there just isn't quite the time for a lot of people to make the kind of is needed. of impact that is needed. certainly being of impact that is needed. certecautious, being of impact that is needed. certecautious, but being of impact that is needed. certecautious, but broadly,] of impact that is needed. certecautious, but broadly, i very cautious, but broadly, i think he's been dealt a very bad hand. >> yeah. so do you think then the party conference around the corner for the conservatives, is it going to be very funereal ? it going to be very funereal? >> i mean, that seems to be the atmosphere that i get from people around the party. obviously, one hopes that it isn't going to be like that because then you're effectively sort of like a dog sort of lying down, showing your belly and showing weakness, you know, sort of it's that's

of giving up. it's that's the attitude that it would be if there isn't something some sort of plan. now, you know , of bold plan. now, you know, rishi done great on rishi sunak hasn't done great on any of his five pledges. technically he's met the one about what? about stopping the boats. it was never stopping the boats. it was never stopping the boats. it was passing legislation stop boats legislation to stop the boats and get the numbers down to what they going say. they were going to say. >> he has stopped the boats. >> he has not stopped the boats. my >> he has not stopped the boats. my be right in benedict. >> mean, the problem is that that wasn't the pledge. it was the slogan. and it was a good slogan, but it wasn't the pledge. so he's been too clever by and it's come back to by half and it's come back to bite other bite him. but on the other things, waiting aren't things, waiting times aren't down compare them to things, waiting times aren't dov1 height compare them to things, waiting times aren't dov1 height of compare them to things, waiting times aren't dov1 height of the compare them to things, waiting times aren't dov1 height of the pandemic,iem to the height of the pandemic, which most people are kind of sad. they're well, that's sad. they're going, well, that's not you know, not exactly a win. you know, the economy isn't doing brilliantly. and ultimately economy isn't doing brilliantly. and governments mately economy isn't doing brilliantly. and governments ,1ately economy isn't doing brilliantly. and governments , i|tely economy isn't doing brilliantly. and governments , i think are tory governments, i think are judged whether or not judged on is whether or not people feel poorer at the of people feel poorer at the end of a parliament. so really a parliament. so it really you're there you're sort of sat there thinking, what is going to thinking, well, what is going to improve think improve the situation? i think they're the they're still banking on the economic improving economic outlook, improving quite how they're banking on that. but that. i'm not quite sure. but that. i'm not quite sure. but that be thing for that seems to be the thing for me feel that

me that they feel that everything fall into place everything will fall into place as long as inflation is tapered off little bit of off and there's a little bit of economic party economic growth come party conference . is it going conference season. is it going to i don't so. to happen? i don't think so. well that's million well indeed, that's the million dollar speaking million >> now, speaking of million dollar should dollar questions, or should i say dollar questions? hi say billion dollar questions? hi street banks benedict, are leaving savers billions of pounds out of pocket. this is an article in the times today. more than 9 billion has remained paid in bank coffers when it could have been paid out to customers in the way of interest rates and better savings and all the rest of it. do you think actually in the wake of the whole day banking scandal and things like that , this is not going to do that, this is not going to do anything for public support and trust of banking sector, is trust of the banking sector, is it? and we bailed them out. benedict but it isn't . benedict but yeah, it isn't. >> but what can you do about that ? i've always very that? i've always been very sceptical well, everybody sceptical about well, everybody is sceptical about banks in is very sceptical about banks in the system. by the banking system. by definition have be. and definition you have to be. and so often at pains remind so i'm often at pains to remind people banks are not your slaves, they your slaves, nor are they your friends . they exist friends. they exist to make money themselves. if

money for themselves. and if there is an opportunity for them to money whilst you're to make money whilst you're not looking, not looking, as long as they're not doing anything wrong, technically do technically they're going to do that. the key thing here actually is it comes down, i think, to customer inactive duty. the best rates you can find out there are at around 5. and the bank of england's base rate interest is 5.25. rate of interest is 5.25. correct me if i'm wrong, but 40% of all savings in the uk in easy access accounts, 40% are in accounts that have a rate of 1% or lower. well, that's not necessarily the fault of the banks. that's the fault of the customer for not shopping around. and this is what i think about. and this is why it is interesting we get the interesting when we get into the topic de—banking topic of de—banking people, i think have become very complacent when comes complacent when it comes to banking. that they are banking. i think that they are not inclined to shop around not as inclined to shop around as they have as perhaps once they would have been. because i think been. this is because i think everything and very everything is automated and very faceless there's of faceless and there's a sort of a sense that. it's the sense of that. it's all the same. isn't case for same. this isn't the case for everybody, of course, but i think lot more are like think a lot more people are like that. you stop that. and i think as you stop having personal relationship having a personal relationship with you don't know with your bank, you don't know your bank manager. isn't a

your bank manager. there isn't a branch street. branch in your high street. everything remote everything becomes more remote and you do and online. i think you do become detached from become slightly detached from the and more reliant on the process and more reliant on just things carrying on as normal. a lot of people, i think, don't notice necessarily that their interest rates aren't as they could because as good as they could be because they look at the they sort of just look at the broader outlook broader economic outlook and they living they go, oh, cost of living isn't it? my money doesn't go as far. i it the onus is far. i mean, it is the onus is on to go out and find the on you to go out and find the deals. are out there on deals. they are out there on that point then benedict i mean, one, i would love to one, firstly, i would love to speak being. one, firstly, i would love to speyou being. one, firstly, i would love to speyou know, being. one, firstly, i would love to speyou know, it's being. one, firstly, i would love to speyou know, it's very|g. one, firstly, i would love to speyou know, it's very difficult >> you know, it's very difficult to of anyone to actually get hold of anyone other robot . and then other than a robot. and then secondly, would say is secondly, what i would say is that, know, i switched my that, you know, i switched my bank whole bank account after the whole natwest , and it was a very natwest thing, and it was a very easy process , actually. so i'm easy process, actually. so i'm all for it. you know, i think more people should be doing it to actually give these banks a bit of a well, i was going to say run for their money. but actually, you know, being competitive, switched competitive, you get switched incentives that incentives and things like that . more should be doing it . more people should be doing it to their to to actually hold their feet to the and them actually the fire and make them actually have for living . have to work for a living. >> darren, terrify

>> darren, you're terrify bankers if you use the expression, give them a run for their yes. i'm not i'm their money. yes. i'm not i'm not a run on the not proposing a run on the banks. yet. >> just yet. >> just yet. >> i think what i would say is i've always thought this. there is a lot of business to be gained in the bank that decides to bring back the personal touch. right, touch. because you're right, they make easier for you they do make it easier for you to accounts because to switch accounts because they're interested they're very interested in acquiring business. you acquiring your business. you know, very happy about know, they're very happy about that. they assume that. but it's that they assume that. but it's that they assume that just stick with them that you'll just stick with them once that you're there and that inactivity will mean that you won't look which won't look around, which these figures but i've figures do bear out. but i've often thought the bank that decides put more people in decides to put more people in actual branches on high streets and people , all those and people, all those people start personal start developing personal relationship tips their relationship tips with their customers same way customers much in the same way as personal relationships with police to improve police officers tends to improve crime levels. you'll get a much better relationship and i think much trust and more much better trust and more people will come and bank with you to take that you if you decide to take that initial financial hit of employing people having employing more people and having more order to entice more premises in order to entice people physically into your into your institution, i'm sure that

there will be some clever person sitting in the system going, well, actually we can make more money things are, money doing it as things are, which i'm sure i'd say in the short i'm sure that short term. yeah, i'm sure that is case. but term, if is the case. but long term, if you that behave like you have banks that behave like natwest you that natwest or coutts, you know that take decisions that actively harm their reputations and harm their their reputations and the trust amongst their customers for reasons that are not good business reasons . well, not good business reasons. well, you might want to think about long term having an insurance policy having policy and maybe having a banking sector and system that people feel like talk to people feel like i can talk to my bank manager rather than i could just lose my bank account tomorrow i'll no tomorrow and i'll get no explanation, even even explanation, even not even a letter. think the former is letter. i think the former is probably system probably a better system long term. probably a better system long terrabsolutely. there's going >> absolutely. and there's going to against this to be real pushback against this because an because it does smack of an establishment banking sector thatis establishment banking sector that is just opposed to freedom of expression. and even freedom of expression. and even freedom of association. it's actually quite terrifying, if you ask me. but political commentator benedict spence , thank you for benedict spence, thank you for your opinion on those stories. now, folks , energy regulator now, folks, energy regulator ofgem has announced the next

price cap for october to december . price cap for october to december. for price cap for october to december . for now, that's price cap for october to december. for now, that's going to be £1,923 for the average household and dropping from just over £2,000 in july. prime minister rishi sunak says a typical annual bill could be £150 cheaper for this winter . £150 cheaper for this winter. but the resolution foundation , a but the resolution foundation, a think tank, has challenged that , pointing out that the removal of the government's support package and higher standard charges more than 7 million households could actually be worse off than last winter . worse off than last winter. here's what the pm had to say on it yesterday. >> today is really good news for families up and down the country with a reduction in the energy price cap that's going to reduce on a typical family's 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 to money provide about £1,500 of support to a typical house hold.

>> 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 money in people's pockets can go fur1well, joining me now is chief >> well, joining me now is chief economic adviser at the centre for economic and business research, vicky price , and the research, vicky price, and the independent economist julie anne jessop. now vicky, can i start with you? i mean, rishi sunak there saying, you know, £150 saving and all the rest of it. but actually the resolution foundation are suggesting people will feel worse off potentially than last winter. where do you stand on that argument? >> well, the interesting thing is that the resolution foundation is saying that on average people are going to be about better off compared about £200 better off compared to where what was the case before. but the reality is that there are many households which are falling into the group that they're worried about, which is those on very low incomes, those who try to save energy because they just cannot afford it. and for them, particularly given the

standing charges, are actually going up. so when you look at the bill, it isn't just what the unit price is gas and unit price is for gas and electricity is, but it's also the charge that one has the standing charge that one has to pay, whether one uses energy or not. that's going up as well. it means for a number it means that for a number of them, actually going to be them, it's actually going to be worse rather than better . worse rather than better. >> julian, i mean, i don't know about you, but you know, in my part of the world, for example, people are looking at their energy right now and not energy bills right now and not recognising the fact that the pnces recognising the fact that the prices have been going down. a lot of people, julian, are saying, hang on a minute. why do we seem to be making ourselves colder and poorer, especially the least well off? >> well, i start with one piece of additional good news is that this big fall in the energy price cap does mean that headune price cap does mean that headline inflation is going to drop again in october makes drop again in october and makes it likely that rishi sunak it more likely that rishi sunak will hit target of halving will hit his target of halving inflation by the end of the yeah >> and that might also ease some of pressure the bank of of the pressure on the bank of england interest rates england to keep interest rates rising so think there is some

rising. so i think there is some good here, but i with good news here, but i agree with the overall of what is the overall tone of what is being here. i mean, being said here. i mean, for a start, the fact that the energy price cap is coming down isn't really any success the really any success of the government the regulator government or even the regulator . it's reflecting the . it's simply reflecting the fact the wholesale price in fact that the wholesale price in particular of gas much lower particular of gas is much lower than was , is arguably if we than it was, is arguably if we didn't have the cap in place, then prices might already have fallen as they have done in in many countries. in rest of many countries. in the rest of europe and in the in the us. so that's and the other that's one caveat. and the other is that even if the headline numbers are falling for some people, the reality is that energy bills are still very high and for some people they might rise higher , as others were rise higher, as others were saying, because of the withdrawal of some of the financial so yeah, it's financial support. so yeah, it's good news, but only a small piece of good news. and arguably it's simply reflecting things we're seeing in the market. so it's actually at all. it's not actually news at all. >> then that >> vicki then on that point, a lot of people were very supportive price cap supportive of the price cap because actually they wanted protection of consumers and not protection of consumers and not protection what they see as,

protection of what they see as, you know, big energy giants and all of but all the rest of it. but actually, could it be having a detrimental impact on competition the market? competition within the market? and we know that competition can can actually lead to prices being lowered. is that the issue here? is the price cap actually be perversely, i guess, making things more expensive ? things more expensive? >> as we know, there is a look now at how the price cap works and whether it's going to continue in its current form. so there is a consultation going on. see it changes on. so we see whether it changes the interesting thing nevertheless, is that we nevertheless, is that when we didn't carriage an lot of didn't carriage an awful lot of competition in the energy supply side, we quite lot of side, we saw quite a lot of problems many companies problems because many companies did not insulate themselves from any possible increases. so they didn't hedge and then they fell into serious difficulties when wholesale prices went up and many of them went out of business. and one of the reasons why the standing charge that i mentioned is still so mentioned earlier is still so high and is going up is also because we've all had to support all those customers who were left out possibly or would have

been left in the cold if those if one can use that expression , if one can use that expression, if one can use that expression, if those energy supply firms had gone out of business. so we've had to absorb them into other firms and we've had to pay the price for it. so too much competition in that area, i don't think made a huge amount of sense. and in fact, the whole policy has been discredited and it'll be interesting to see what happens next, but agree that the general principle more general principle of more competition news if you competition is good news if you can switch and so on. um, it makes, you know, quite a lot of sense. but in this particular market, it just didn't work. >> yeah. so julian, is that, is that the reason then? is it that just. no incentive to actually switch the energy supplier? because actually they're all the same now ? same price now? >> well, i think it's a good example of how more government intervention can actually make things worse. think the energy things worse. i think the energy price cap itself has has backfired . but there other backfired. but there are other things you point to. things that you can point to. i mean, series of government mean, a series of government failures least the last failures over at least the last ten, 15 years. so, for example ,

ten, 15 years. so, for example, underinvestment in nuclear lack of support for companies that wanted to increase storage capacity. that's partly a question about failures in the in the planning system. and also too much emphasis on transition too much emphasis on transition to green energy when green energy at the moment is often very expensive and less secure. so i think there have been a number of examples where the government intervention has actually made the problem worse . but at the end of the day, we do to allow markets to work do need to allow markets to work and of that and i'm afraid one part of that might that prices do might well be that prices do have remain higher longer have to remain higher for longer in order encourage those in order to encourage those people who can afford to economise on on energy to do so. i think government's role i think the government's role should to protecting should be limited to protecting the most vulnerable in the very most vulnerable in society with with things like perhaps generous warm perhaps a more generous warm homes discount over this winter. but but in general, i think it's better if market is left to better if the market is left to its own devices and the government steps away. >> vicki, how worried are you about winter? because we've about this winter? because we've restricted supply . restricted energy supply. britain doesn't feel especially

energy secure right now today, as julian just said there, we haven't done anywhere near enough on things like nuclear, for example. and should people at home and i don't wish to scare anybody, but should people at home be worried that actually this winter could be worse than last, in your opinion ? last, in your opinion? >> well, it could get worse, but i think reason why it i think the main reason why it might is there a might get worse is if there is a once again an increase in wholesale gas prices , if perhaps wholesale gas prices, if perhaps the war in ukraine intensifies, or if the winter is really, really cold, and therefore there is huge demand for it. and we've seen also on the oil side, there's been, of course, this decision by opec, plus the oil producing countries to restrict production . and that had pushed production. and that had pushed for a while oil prices up. i've been coming down a little bit again recently , but overall, again recently, but overall, there are all sorts of concerns that the markets themselves might tighten over the next yeah might tighten over the next year. and the forecasts are indeed that during the winter penod indeed that during the winter period we're unlikely to be paying period we're unlikely to be paying a lot less than we did

last winter. and in fact, if anything, we might end up paying anything, we might end up paying a little more. a little bit more. >> julian, just briefly, if you would, you know, i've just received from one received an email here from one of viewers talking about of our viewers talking about actually the price petrol as actually the price of petrol as well. of people are just well. a lot of people are just feeling really, really hard pressed minute , very much pressed at the minute, very much struggling and they're wondering just what the the just what the hell the government are doing about it. i mean, you share that mean, do you share that frustration? >> well, in the short term, i'm a bit worried about the outlook for inflation over the next month or two. i mentioned the prospect of a big fall in october, the numbers for october, but the numbers for august september might still august and september might still be and rising be pretty high. and rising petrol prices is part of that. another thing, by the way, is the government's decision to another thing, by the way, is the galcoholent's decision to another thing, by the way, is the galcohol dutiesacision to another thing, by the way, is the galcohol duties as;ion to another thing, by the way, is the galcohol duties as well.» another thing, by the way, is the galcohol duties as well. so raise alcohol duties as well. so there are a number of things that might mean that inflation is a bit higher for longer over the next couple of months. and i would be worried that it might prompt of prompt some at the bank of england think they need to england to think they need to continue interest rates continue raising interest rates as to as we're already starting to see in of business surveys. in some of the business surveys. the impact of all those the big impact of all those previous interest rate increases starting through and

starting to come through and raising a recession. raising the risk of a recession. so i think the key to this is going to be reassurance for the bank of england. it doesn't need to raising interest rates to keep raising interest rates and, you know, lower inflation, lower mortgage rates, i think will allow us to avoid a recession. the next couple recession. but the next couple of still to be of months are still going to be pretty of months are still going to be pre'yeah, i mean, honestly, just >> yeah, i mean, honestly, just watching the emails come in here, it actually i do find it thoroughly tragic that in britain we're talking about these issues and actually talking about people going cold dunng talking about people going cold during winter in a country like ours . but there we are. we'll ours. but there we are. we'll have to leave it there. that was vicky price from the centre for economic and business research and economist and the independent economist juuan and the independent economist julian jessop. now for is a watching and listening to gb news saturday with me, darren grimes. thank you very much for doing so. we've got loads more coming today's show. but coming up on today's show. but first, let's take a look at the weather with jonathan . it looks weather with jonathan. it looks like things are heating up . like things are heating up. >> boxed boilers, proud sponsors of weather on . gb news.

of weather on. gb news. >> hello there . i'm jonathan >> hello there. i'm jonathan vautrey here with your gb news weather forecast provided by the met office is a bit of a mixed picture for this weekend and even out there at the moment. there are some heavy showers around, some sunny spells around, still some sunny spells to and enjoy, but some slow to try and enjoy, but some slow moving thunderstorms also possible early part of possible until the early part of this evening. but gradually fading their way out into the night, turning largely for night, turning largely dry for the areas of the bulk of central areas of england but we'll england and wales. but we'll start see some showers start to see some showers persisting western parts persisting across western parts and northern areas and even across northern areas of . generally of scotland. generally relatively tonight, relatively cool tonight, dropping down to around 10 or 11 c in those towns and cities. but rural areas may drop a bit lower figures as but rural areas may drop a bit lowerso figures as but rural areas may drop a bit lowerso there figures as but rural areas may drop a bit lowerso there will gures as but rural areas may drop a bit lowerso there will be 'es as but rural areas may drop a bit lowerso there will be some well. so there will be some sunshine start off sunday, sunshine as we start off sunday, particularly further east particularly the further east you but those showers that you are. but those showers that have will have started in the west will gradually their gradually push their way eastwards we head eastwards as well as we head throughout the day. generally a reduced chance of seeing thunderstorms but of those thunderstorms, but some of those showers quite showers will still be quite heavy head into the heavy as we head into the afternoon western afternoon as then for western scotland, parts of northern ireland, band light and ireland, this band of light and patchy and drizzle will patchy rain and drizzle will provide damp and

provide a fairly damp and drizzly day, holding temperatures here, temperatures back a touch here, but 22 c possible further south—east we head into south—east as we head into monday. high pressure from the atlantic is going to gradually build its way that will build its way in and that will help things down ever so help settle things down ever so slightly. band rain that slightly. the band of rain that we across northern ireland we saw across northern ireland is gradually is going to gradually shift its way eastwards. parts of way eastwards. so for parts of northern, central, southern england, be this england, there will be this slice remains rather slice where it remains rather cloudy the day, some cloudy throughout the day, some patchy possible, patchy light rain is possible, but elsewhere we'll see some sunny we'll continue sunny spells and we'll continue to those spells to see those sunny spells throughout the remainder of the week with a scattering week as well. with a scattering of well by looks like of showers as well by looks like things are heating up, boxt boilers, proud sponsors of weather on . gb news nor summer weather on. gb news nor summer on the horizon there by jonathan but we have fortunately got a lot more coming up on today's show . show. >> a devon seaside town called dawlish has been named as the best place for a staycation in the uk. we will be heading there to find out why. all of that and more to come. i'm darren grimes.

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related activities. more than 80 football players had refused to play football players had refused to play for spain's women's team unless he was removed from his post. he's accused of grabbing star player jenni post. he's accused of grabbing star playerjenni hermosa's head star player jenni hermosa's head and kissing her on the lips following spain's victory at the women's world cup . we'll bring women's world cup. we'll bring you more on this story as we get it . train strikes are causing it. train strikes are causing difficulties for travellers on the day many people head away for summer holidays. members of the rmt union walked. i've walked out in a dispute over pay and the government's modernisation plans. and the government's modernisation plans . the strike modernisation plans. the strike action is now in its second year and the union says progress is being hamstrung by the government refusing to give them a mandate to make a revised pay offer. assistant general secretary of the rmt eddie dempsey says the government's modernisation plans are harming passenger interests . passenger interests. >> what we're seeing now is the centrepiece of the government's modernisation plans, which we've been warning about for a long time now, is the closure of every ticket office in the country and the de—staffing of the railway dehumanisation of the railway dehumanisation of

the and their plans the railway and their plans around this are not to improve things for the passengers are not we've suddenly not because we've all suddenly become network and modern and don't to interact with don't need to interact with other this is purely other humans. this is purely about ensuring profits for the private companies that have got a stake in our railways. now continue to flow . and we think continue to flow. and we think this just one part of what we this is just one part of what we regard as the managed decline of britain . britain. >> the deputy head of the british museum is stepping aside while a police investigation into stolen artefacts is underway . the into stolen artefacts is underway. the museum's head, hartwig fischer , resigned hartwig fischer, resigned yesterday and an unnamed member of staff has been sacked . former of staff has been sacked. former chancellor george osborne, who's now the museum's chairman, says some of the items have already been recovered. he's promised an independent review to look into how the museum missed warning signs . and you can get more on signs. and you can get more on all of those stories by visiting our website, gbnews.com. now it's back to . darren

it's back to. darren >> welcome back to gb news. saturday with me, darren grimes on your telly online and on digital radio. now with devon seaside town called dawlish has been named as the best place for a staycation in the uk with its own town beach . the dawlish own town beach. the dawlish warren nature reserve and the south west coast path . there's south west coast path. there's something for everyone in this niche . a lovely little town. now niche. a lovely little town. now joining us live from dawlish , joining us live from dawlish, our south—west of england. reporter jeff moody. geoff, thank you very much. good to see you now. geoff, tell us about dawlish . why is it such an dawlish. why is it such an attraction in. >> well, it's quite simply beautiful. i mean, there's the beach just on one side. i mean, you've got the river running through it. you've got black swans, which people come for miles around to see the black swans swimming and sunbathing down the river here. there's shops galore and a lot of regency and victor gao architecture. it is beautiful . architecture. it is beautiful. and the weather's pretty

beautiful too . well being bank beautiful too. well being bank houday beautiful too. well being bank holiday week end. according to tripadvisor 80% of us are going away for a weekend away. 80% and 4 million of those have come to the west country, which is more than is usual for this bank houday than is usual for this bank holiday weekend. it really is a bumper bank holiday weekend and the business is down here, in fact, across the country , fact, right across the country, businesses that rely on tourism really do need that break because it's been a pretty miserable summer. visitbritain has that many people this has said that many people this summer instead of booking a week away or a fortnight away, they've waited. they've waited to see what the weather is doing. they've waited to see what the strikes are doing, what the trains are doing . and, of the trains are doing. and, of course, the verdict is they've been hardly any trains this summer. and there's been hardly any sun. lot of these any sun. so a lot of these tourist destinations in devon and cornwall in particular, but also the cotswolds, in the also in the cotswolds, in the lake cetera. et lake district. et cetera. et cetera . they really cetera. they have really suffered this year coming off the back of two pretty bad years

before , and of course, lockdown before, and of course, lockdown in 2020. we all eyes now are resting on september and october. they're known in the tourist trade as the shoulder months. they're the months where you really you can guarantee, pretty much guarantee a good income in the summer. but you have to get a good income in the autumn time. otherwise you won't see yourself through the lean months. the january's and the february's and the march's . and february's and the march's. and so they're hoping that there is going to be good weather for september and october. i've spoken to the met office . spoken to the met office. apparently the chances of a heatwave are now pretty minimal. the chances of too much more sunshine on are pretty minimal. we're sliding ingloriously into autumn as we speak. this looks like it could be the last of the good weather for bank holiday monday and throughout this weekend . so wherever you are, weekend. so wherever you are, enjoy it , wherever you can. weekend. so wherever you are, enjoy it, wherever you can. and if you are in dawlish , do come if you are in dawlish, do come along. it is beautiful. and of course you've got torbay up the road and torquay too. so there's

plenty places to explore down plenty of places to explore down here devon. here in south devon. >> absolutely . it looks >> absolutely. it looks absolutely there. jeff absolutely gorgeous there. jeff thank you much for that thank you very much for that update . lovely see as update. lovely to see you as eveh update. lovely to see you as ever. now folks, you have been getting on one of our getting in touch on one of our big topics of the day, migration. bob says, discourage the illegals by freezing the asylum applications of those already in the uk and use all facilities to process new arrivals as soon as possible . arrivals as soon as possible. those denied asylum can be deported within weeks. it would deter other potential illegal channel crossers . i'm sure you channel crossers. i'm sure you know , i would just say no, right know, i would just say no, right . that's it's plain and simple. if you come here legally, just say no. refuse the application . say no. refuse the application. and then i'd go out to a long lunch. but anyway, says, lunch. but anyway, kerry says, we desperately need a referendum to propose the option of closing our borders for a certain period of time. enough is enough . yet of time. enough is enough. yet that's what stephen woolf said there as well. mick says the tories have let us down with legal migration numbers, let alone illegal. and i don't think the country will forgive them

unless of course they sort out both by middle of next year. well, that's a tall order, isn't it? and rishi sunak is quite short, but there we are. keep your views coming in. subscribe to our youtube channel and follow us on our socials. we're at gb news. you're watching and listening to gb news saturday with me, darren grimes, thanks for doing so. loads more coming up on today's show, including the extraordinary scenes we saw in russia this week as a plane which was carrying the wagner leader , yevgeny prigov asian, if leader, yevgeny prigov asian, if i can say that correctly, the kremlin thoroughly deny that it was downed on their orders. brandon, the talk of this as an absolute lie, all of that and more to come. you're watching and listening to gb news britain's

this evening. gb news the people's . channel people's. channel >> welcome back to gb news saturday with me, darren grimes on your telly online and on digital radio. now russia's president vladimir putin has sent his condolences to the family of the wagner group leader who was reportedly killed in a plane crash north of moscow yesterday. yevgeny prigozhin was one of ten people named on the jet's passenger list. mr putin described the mercenary boss as a talented businessman . that's a talented businessman. that's one way of putting it. now

prigozhin i knew prigozhin for a very long time, since the early 1990s, he was a man with a complex destiny and he made serious mistakes in life. >> he achieved the results. he needed both for himself and when i asked him for the common cause , as in these last months, he was a talented person, a talented businessman. he worked not only in our country and worked with results, but also abroad in africa in particular. >> joining me now is former senior military intelligence officer philip ingram. philip thank you very much for your time. is putin stronger than ever then without the threat, i guess, of the wagner group >> well, no, i think putin is still in a very weakened position. >> you know, it's taken him some time to respond to the attempted coup by yevgeny prigozhin . and coup by yevgeny prigozhin. and he didn't respond to a lot of the criticism that prigozhin was is levelling at the defence minister shoygu and the overall

commander in ukraine, gerasimov general gerasimov, for many, many months beforehand. and therefore, you putin will be seen amongst his inner circle as being in a weaker position . this being in a weaker position. this is him, if prigozhin has actually been killed . and actually been killed. and there's we've we still wait for final confirmation of that on the balance of probabilities, i think he has. but this is putin trying to wrestle that initiative back again and send a message anyone else who message out to anyone else who could oppose him in the run up to the presidential elections next year. >> yeah, i mean, how do you think this is all going to play out then? because is there any sign of fatigue in russia now? i mean, we'll you know, oligarchs dunng mean, we'll you know, oligarchs during this summer be missing their villas in the mediterranean , for example. how mediterranean, for example. how do think actual morale is do you think actual morale is going to be? and will others be a bit worried that actually they may be next? >> well, i think the oligarchs will be missing their villas and their yachts and everything else

. the russian people have been largely isolated from what's going on in ukraine because the russian state controls everything that out across everything that goes out across state television and into the press. everything else. the press. and everything else. the ukrainian successes on the battlefield, but also ukrainians on these drone attacks into moscow and other things exploding around russia are starting to bring greater awareness of what's going on inside ukraine to the russian people. that will be concerning vladimir putin enormously. and this assassination of prigozhin , if it's finally confirmed that that's what what has happened, we'll send a clear message to the other oligarchs who anyone that has dissented slightly beforehand has, you planned a heart attack the following saturday or fallen out of a ninth floor window or fallen down the stairs? so there's a history of people who dissent disappearing. this is the most pubuc disappearing. this is the most public and the largest way of

getting rid of someone with prigozhin going. and it's putin sending a very, very strong message , i think. message, i think. >> when do you think if ever, we will actually receive confirmation about what's taking place here, do you reckon ? place here, do you reckon? >> well, the russians are playing the investigation game properly. and of course , it has properly. and of course, it has been an air accident. it has to been an air accident. it has to be investigated. the bodies have to be identified through their dna and all the rest of it. and we'll get an official statement released. however, the one thing you can guarantee is that official statement will not be the you, russia, the whole truth. you, russia, very gives out everything very rarely gives out everything in detail. and it's got a history of what's called maskirovka or masking or throwing out a story that could be true . and some people will be true. and some people will believe it . and it's enough believe it. and it's enough that's out there that will will create that that level of confusion and hopefully stop people digging into it in more detail . we have to see what they detail. we have to see what they say and then we have to see what

the statements are that come out of the likes of the united states elsewhere. states, the uk and elsewhere. were agencies were the intelligence agencies will be looking very closely just make sure that prigozhin just to make sure that prigozhin was aircraft , that and was on that aircraft, that and that has actually been dead that he has actually been dead balance probabilities. balance of probabilities. i think . but stranger think he has. but stranger things have happened. >> well, absolutely. yes in the next hour, you never know. i might have precaution in the studio here with me now, our joke, of course, but what do you actually think, though, is there not here of the russian not form here of the russian state when it comes to even commercial airlines, for example , will the downing of one of those? i think of in those? i can think of in particular there form here of particular is there form here of the russian state just never allowing the true facts to come to light ? to light? >> oh, definitely, definitely . >> oh, definitely, definitely. form and bringing aircraft down with senior individuals on board is a russian tactic, not a common russian tactic, but not an unusual russian tactic. the more spectacular the way of deaung more spectacular the way of dealing with someone, the stronger the message , you know, stronger the message, you know,

the attempted assassination of sergey skripal using novichok nerve agent on the streets of salisbury was as much about sending a message as trying to assassinate a traitor. the same with the assassination of alexander litvinenko in london with polonium 210, using a highly radioactive substance was is sending a message as much as it was killing litvinenko. putin loves to do that. it goes back to his old kgb days. yeah >> i mean, philip, i'm going to ask you to be my military mystic, meg, right now . so no mystic, meg, right now. so no pressure. you know, god rest mystic meg, she's gone now. but i wonder, how do you see this playing out? as in, how do you see a conclusion being brought to this war? because you've got members of the who are fighting for the republican nomination, for the republican nomination, for example , in america, the for example, in america, the united states of america , united states of america, obviously a large backer of currently a large backer under president biden of the ukrainian war effort. but could that

change? and then what would that mean for the war in general? well, so some of the hard line republicans don't support it. >> the giving of military aid and financial aid to ukraine, but they're not polling very well in the republican nomination polls. the interesting thing is, president trump, you know, he blows hot and cold sometimes . he and cold sometimes. he criticises the level of us support, sometimes he doesn't. but he's playing primarily to his domestic audience. and everything that's going on. i think us foreign policy won't change dramatically even if there is a change of president. but it's a factor and it's a factor that will be playing in the minds of president zelenskyy and other other world leaders . and other other world leaders. the rest of the world will continue to provide ukraine as much support as it needs and the united states has promised to do that. united states has promised to do that . so a new president would that. so a new president would have to rein back on what the united states has already promised the war is promised to do. the war is likely to go on for quite some

time. we're going to be talking about it this time year. about it this time next year. easily, i think. >> well we'll leave it >> yes. well we'll leave it there. former military intelligence officer philip ingram, thank you very much for your time. now, you've been getting in touch. and our big topic of the day, migration. getting in touch. and our big topic osays, day, migration. getting in touch. and our big topic osays, why migration. getting in touch. and our big topic osays, why hasration. getting in touch. and our big topic osays, why has the n. getting in touch. and our big topic osays, why has the uk shane says, why has the uk adopted an outcome that only results in higher corporate profits and a lower standard of living for its people? we should have the opposite. workers should be getting a higher proportion of corporate profits through but with through wages, but with foreigners keeping domestic wages down, the entire thing is a scam . to attack the welfare of a scam. to attack the welfare of the citizen in and pass the wealth onto corporate nations. it is one thing that we never are allowed to talk about. is it the impact on the least well off in this country? david says the united arab emirates has a brilliant system of id, which covers work and visa student visas. et cetera. it also covers road fines for non uae nationals, all computerised and are checked on exit and return.

i've done uk visa issuing and some of the scams are mind blowing, yet we definitely need to be tightened up. i mean even in the wake of windrush that whole scandal there. but equally in the light of this terrible invasion that's going on right now, martin says perhaps you can establish when appropriate , if establish when appropriate, if it could be confirmed or denied by government ministers, that as the costs of processing and housing illegal migrants is rising, it all coming out of rising, is it all coming out of the foreign aid budget ? and if the foreign aid budget? and if not, why not? well, there we are. keep views coming are. keep your views coming in. subscribe youtube channel subscribe to our youtube channel and follow us on our socials. we're donald we're at gb news now. donald trump has become the first former president in us history to have his fingerprints and mugshot in the county mugshot taken in the county mugshot. so it was. the image was released minutes after he was released minutes after he was booked on more than a dozen charges in georgia , accused of charges in georgia, accused of conspiring to overturn the 2020 election result . he then posted election result. he then posted the photo on x, formerly known as twitter , as well as his as twitter, as well as his campaign website with an appeal

for donations. campaign website with an appeal for donations . the republican for donations. the republican frontrunner for next year's presidential election claims the charges against him are politically motivated. joining me now is the chair of republicans overseas uk, greg swenson. greg thank you very much for your time. now greg, i hear that you were actually over in the states. are you over in the states now? >> yes, i'm in chicago and i was in milwaukee on wednesday for the debate. >> so speaking of wednesday then, before get on to two, then, before we get on to two, former president trump, how was that first republican debate, do former president trump, how was thatthinkrepublican debate, do former president trump, how was thatthink ?epublican debate, do former president trump, how was thatthink ? whoican debate, do former president trump, how was thatthink ? who dor debate, do former president trump, how was thatthink ? who do yomate, do former president trump, how was thatthink ? who do you thinkio former president trump, how was thatthink ? who do you think came you think? who do you think came out on who the losers? out on top? who were the losers? what learn ? what did we learn? >> , there was a few >> clearly, there was a few people on top. i mean, vivek ramaswamy depher definitely got the most attention and you saw most most of the chatter the next day or two in the press here in in america was about vivek because many people didn't know him . governor desantis came know him. governor desantis came out looking really good . i think out looking really good. i think it helped him a lot and then nikki haley, i think so the three of them, i think, were the

real the real the candidates that got the best outcomes, whether whether they're performing in the debate was good or not. it's really what are the outcomes? what are the polls saying? so that was and i think it was a real turning point for the campaign in general . for the first time, the general. for the first time, the focus wasn't on president trump, of course, 24 hours later was of course, 24 hours later it was again when he when he did the mug shots. but at least for a day or so , the focus was on the day or so, the focus was on the other candidates . i think it was other candidates. i think it was a great opportunity for them. and governor picked up and governor desantis picked up significantly in the in the polling that's occurred since then. vivek, did pick up some some some support. but i think the real winner here is ron desantis . desantis. >> right, because greg, i see that the tucker carlson interview with former president trump has over 250 million views on twitter or x now that suggests that there's real interest in the man, does it not? >> well, i think a lot of it

just indicates the change in the model. you know, this is people don't watch television like they used to and they get their they get their news or their communications in different ways. because what's interesting is, , it was over 100 million is, yes, it was over 100 million views president trump , and views for president trump, and yet his numbers went down the next day or two in the polls after the debate. so i'm not sure it really correlates. yes, it was , i think, a huge success. it was, i think, a huge success. i think it was great news for tucker carlson especially. but but i think it was interesting in terms of the voters that are considering candidates, which is really important right now. this early in the process , it doesn't early in the process, it doesn't really matter who's ahead or who's got the most supporters or who's got the most supporters or who ranks the highest . it's how who ranks the highest. it's how are they, how are they being considered? are they being considered? are they being considered by voters? and then you get them you get those persuadable , persuadable votes. persuadable, persuadable votes. yeah later. and right now , the yeah later. and right now, the biggest number of considerations is for ron desantis. he went

from 61% to 67. and yet donald trump went from 65 to down to 60. so it was interesting that that trump's numbers went down and he wasn't even at the debate. and i think that's that kind of points to the fact that voters just want to show this . voters just want to show this. >> i just want to show you this. this the this little headline from the atlantic, a liberal magazine or newspaper . and if we can get it newspaper. and if we can get it up on screen , it does it. we do up on screen, it does it. we do . we have it. we've got it. we're struggling for it. but. well it reads. i can read it out on here. actually but it reads that basically president trump was supposed to have his moment of, you know , his mugshot going of, you know, his mugshot going out to the world and he looks embarrassed and all the rest of it. but it's actually done him wonders. and i you know, wonders. and i just you know, i leave yeah. chair of leave it there. yeah. chair of republicans overseas or greg swenson. going to swenson. we're going to have to leave there. watching leave it there. you're watching and news and listening to gb news saturday me , darren grimes. and listening to gb news satu more me , darren grimes. and listening to gb news satu more coming, darren grimes. and listening to gb news satu more coming uparren grimes. and listening to gb news satu more coming up on n grimes. and listening to gb news satu more coming up on today's�*s. lots more coming up on today's show. but first, let's take a look at the weather with

jonathan. looks like things are heating up . heating up. >> boxed boilers proud sponsors of weather on . gb news. of weather on. gb news. >> hello there . i'm jonathan >> hello there. i'm jonathan vautrey here with your gb news weather forecast provided by the met office is a bit of a mixed picture for this weekend and even out there at the moment. there are some heavy showers around still some sunny spells to try and enjoy, but some slow moving thunderstorms also possible until the early part of this evening, but gradually fading their out the fading their way out into the night, turning largely dry for the of central of the bulk of central areas of england wales. but we'll england and wales. but we'll start showers start to see some showers persisting western parts persisting across western parts and even across northern areas of . generally of scotland. generally relatively cool tonight, dropping down to around 10 or 11 c in those towns and cities. but rural areas may drop a bit lower single as lower into single figures as well. there will some well. so there will be some sunshine as we start off sunday, particularly the further east you are. but those showers that have in the west will have started in the west will gradually push their way eastwards as well as we head throughout the day. generally a reduced seeing reduced chance of seeing thunderstorms some of those

thunderstorms, but some of those showers still quite showers will still be quite heavy head the heavy as we head into the afternoon it's western afternoon. it's then for western scotland, parts of northern ireland, of and ireland, this band of light and patchy will patchy rain and drizzle will provide damp and provide a fairly damp and drizzly holding drizzly day, holding temperatures touch here, temperatures back a touch here, but 22 c possible further south—east as we head into monday. high pressure from the atlantic going gradually atlantic is going to gradually build its in that will build its way in and that will help things down so help settle things down ever so slightly that band of rain that we saw across northern ireland is going gradually shift its is going to gradually shift its way eastwards . for parts way eastwards. so for parts of northern, southern northern, central, southern england, there will be this slice remains rather slice where it remains rather cloudy throughout the day, some patchy possible, patchy light rain is possible, but some but elsewhere we'll see some sunny we'll continue sunny spells and we'll continue to sunny spells to see those sunny spells throughout remainder the throughout the remainder of the week a scattering week as well with a scattering of as well by looks like of showers as well by looks like things are heating up, boxt boilers, proud sponsors of weather on

gb news. >> hello and welcome to gb news saturday. >> i'm darren grimes. and for the next hour i'll be keeping you company on tv, online and on digital radio. coming up this hour, digital radio. coming up this hour , as the conservative party hour, as the conservative party heads into conference season, is rishi sunak's decision to postpone a cabinet reshuffle a shot in the foot? then, asylum backlog figures have now hit a record high, with a total of 175,000 people waiting . for

175,000 people waiting. for approval in their first stage of their application in june 2023. will, wherever for get a grip and the ulez expansion comes into effect this tuesday. but many aren't happy with the scheme as they see it as a shameless cash grab by mayor sadiq khan . we'll discuss at the sadiq khan. we'll discuss at the end of the hour. sadiq khan. we'll discuss at the end of the hour . and do get in end of the hour. and do get in touch. send me your thoughts. much more important than mine on gbviews@gbnews.com or message me on our socials. we're at gb news. but first it's the news headunes news. but first it's the news headlines with lisa hartle . good afternoon. >> it's 2:01. i'm lisa hartle in the gb newsroom . first to some the gb newsroom. first to some breaking news. fifa has provisionally suspended spanish fa president luis rubiales from all football related activities as more than 80 players had refused to play for spain's women's team unless he was removed from his post. he is accused of grabbing star player

jenni hermoso's head and kissing her on the lips following spain's victory at the women's world cup, he called the kiss a spontaneous and consensual little peck and said false feminists were trying to kill him . jenni feminists were trying to kill him .jenni hermoso denies that him. jenni hermoso denies that and says she felt vulnerable and and says she felt vulnerable and a victim of aggression . rail a victim of aggression. rail passengers are facing travel disruption today as members of the rmt union walk out in a dispute over pay and modernised action plans. the strike action , which is now in its second yeah , which is now in its second year, comes as many people head off on their summer holidays or travel to events such as notting hill, carnival or the reading and leeds festivals. assistant general secretary of the rmt union eddie dempsey, says the government's modernisation plans are not in the interests of passengers. >> what we're seeing now is the centrepiece of the government modernisation plans which we've been warning about for a long time, is the closure of every ticket office in the country and the de—staffing of the railway dehumanisation of the railway and their plans around this are

not to improve things for the passengers because we've passengers are not because we've all suddenly become networked and modern and don't need to interact with other humans. this is about ensuring profits is purely about ensuring profits for private companies that for the private companies that have got a stake in our railways. continue flow railways. now continue to flow and we think this is just one part of what we regard as the managed decline of britain . managed decline of britain. >> the deputy head of the british museum is stepping aside while a police investigation looks into stolen artefacts is underway. museums head hartwig fischer resigned yesterday and an unnamed member of staff has been sacked. it's understood that the items which include gold jewellery and semi—precious stones were taken over a significant period of time. former chancellor george osborne, who's now the museum's chairman, says some of the items have already been recovered. he's promised an independent review to look into how the museum missed warning signs and the number of public toilets has dropped by 14% over the past five years, according to data seen by the liberal democrats . a

seen by the liberal democrats. a freedom of information request found a sharp fall in loos across 45 councils. a quarter were closed partly due to costs, while a fifth of councils cited antisocial behaviour. arson threats to staff or vandalism as reasons for removing the facilities . the liberal facilities. the liberal democrats are calling for the creation of a public toilet fund to safeguard public loos and the seaside town of dawlish in devon has been named as the best place in the uk for a summer holiday. gb news south west reporter jeff moody is sunning himself there today. >> well, yes, it's august bank houday >> well, yes, it's august bank holiday weekend and according to tripadvisor, 80% of us are heading out on a bit of a staycation and according to visit britain, 4 million people are headed down to the west country. and where are they headed to? well, dawlish , down headed to? well, dawlish, down here on the south coast of devon is proving to be the most popular place britain for popular place in britain for this bank holiday weekend. and

they certainly need the trade. it's been a lousy summer in terms of weather, and that has really affected the tourist trade where people have been spending a lot less while they go out. they've not been eating in restaurants. they've not been going on trips as much as going on day trips as much as normal . and outlook for normal. and the outlook for september and october surge doesn't look particularly healthy. the weather looks like it's deteriorating . and the met it's deteriorating. and the met office is saying there's no sign of a heat wave coming or an indian summer. so really this weekend is the weekend when all of the businesses down here in places like dawlish need to make the most of the weather, need to make the most of the tourists, because it's not looking great moving forwards this month , two moving forwards this month, two hunters are descending upon scotland's most famous lake in search of the elusive loch ness monster . monster. >> these pictures are coming to us live from loch ness, where it's looking like a slightly greying, cloudy day. really searchers are gathering there to carry out what's predicted to be

the biggest surface water survey in more 50 years. they'll in more than 50 years. they'll be using equipment that's never been on the loch before, been tried on the loch before, such with thermal such as drones with thermal imaging they try to spot any imaging as they try to spot any strange anomalies . imaging as they try to spot any strange anomalies. this is gb news across the uk on tv in your car, on digital radio and on your smart speaker by saying play your smart speaker by saying play gb news now it's back to . darren >> thanks very much, lisa. let's get stuck into today's topics . get stuck into today's topics. rishi sunak has postponed his eagerly anticipated cabinet reshuffle , but many of his reshuffle, but many of his critics are now claiming that this shows sunaks weakness to act decisively with the tory party conference just around the corner and the conservatives still polling well below labour . is this the right move for the prime minister? well, joining me to discuss this is chief political commentator at the independent, john rentoul . john, independent, john rentoul. john, thank you very much for your time. i mean , this does suggest,

time. i mean, this does suggest, doesit time. i mean, this does suggest, does it not, that rishi sunak isn't exactly awash with talent in the conservative party otherwise it would do this in a heartbeat, would he not? >> no. >> no. >> mean reshuffles are something that should be used sparingly , that should be used sparingly, andifs that should be used sparingly, and it's very difficult for a prime minister to comment on them. >> but if he could say something, i think he would say , you know, if he if he did reshuffle his team, he'd get criticised for not leaving ministers in post for long enough for them get grip, get enough for them to get grip, get to with the problems he to grips with the problems so he loses either way , i think it's loses either way, i think it's perfectly sensible to do the reshuffle later. he may need to replace ben wallace, the defence secretary, who said that he's going to be standing down at the next election and therefore is a is a sort of lame duck minister and needs to be or needs to be replaced and maybe replaced next week. but apart from that, i don't think there's any hurry. >> so john, who are you hearing then for replacing the defence

secretary? >> well, let's john glenn, the chief secretary to the treasury is , is the is the favourite for that. >> but i mean this is just this is just westminster speculation . i mean, i don't i don't know that anybody really knows what's going on in the prime minister's mind . but going on in the prime minister's mind. but i going on in the prime minister's mind . but i mean, going on in the prime minister's mind. but i mean, john glenn is a good friend of prime a good, good friend of the prime minister, supporter, minister, a strong supporter, and expect to see i expect to and i expect to see i expect to see junior ministers who have been strong supporters of rishi rishi sunak being promoted and others such as possibly therese coffey, the environment secretary, not being promoted . secretary, not being promoted. >> and yes, yeah, well, she was very close, of course, to former prime minister liz truss. now john, i wonder then where do you think this takes us going into party conference season? because we could end up, could we not, in a bizarre scenario where actually reshuffle comes actually this reshuffle comes after the king's speech? so you've got people not in position anymore who have given a set out an agenda via the king's speech. could we not?

>> yes, absolutely we could have people who've given stirring speeches to the tory party conference in manchester setting out what they plan to do over the next year and find that they've they're only in there for a few weeks. >> but, i mean, that's politics. politics moves on. and i don't think i don't think that's a serious problem for the government considering considering serious considering what serious problems it is against on the problems it is up against on the nhs and asylum and the rest of it. i think i think rishi sunak can live with with, with a minister giving a speech and then having to having to give up then having to having to give up the job. >> absolutely , yes. as you say, >> absolutely, yes. as you say, there are real problems in the on the horizon already here. now this story, john, about that the times are reporting today about uk banks pocketing billions by failing to pass on interest rate rises. now it's a real problem. and the regulator, the fca financial conduct authority, they have said that actually nine of the biggest savings

banks, which it didn't actually name by the way john have passed on only 28% of the bank rate rise to easy access accounts. now for savers, people that should be encouraged surely to put a bit away and be rewarded for squirrelling away and being, you know, good with their finances. perhaps not like me. john shouldn't shouldn't actually the government do something about this ? something about this? >> you no. the cost of government should not be intervening in in a free market intervening in in a free market in in savings in this country. darren i'm surprised at you. i know suggested suggesting such a thing . i mean we get we get this thing. i mean we get we get this every time the price of oil goes up and down and in the international markets , we hear international markets, we hear people saying, oh, they they were very quick to put the pnces were very quick to put the prices up at the pump. they're not so quick putting them down, are they? which is it? it's just nonsense. they're are free markets in all these things . markets in all these things. companies that not offer companies that that do not offer competitive prices will not get the . and it's the same the trade. and it's the same with banks and it's the same

with banks and it's the same with with with any other of with with with any other part of the and the government the economy. and the government should stick its nose out . should stick its nose out. >> yes, but do you think there's a problem, with the a problem, though, with the trust actually these trust in actually these institutions? not institutions? because let's not forget, my institutions? because let's not forget,like my institutions? because let's not forget,like a my institutions? because let's not forget,like a massive my institutions? because let's not forget,like a massive socialist ny sound like a massive socialist right john, which right now, john, which which will surprise to many of will be a surprise to many of you is. but we bailed out the banks, right? we did them a favour. and actually we've seen in the de—banking do them favour. >> darren. no, we, we, we, we tried to save jobs and, and the economy . we, we were not doing economy. we, we were not doing the banks a favour , you know, the banks a favour, you know, and they don't owe us anything in return. these are these are, these are, these are competitive business bodies who have to make a profit in the market. >> well, i would argue that actually they made massive if actually they made a massive if i this, they made i can say this, they made a massive balls up, and we massive balls up, john, and we were the ones that had to suffer the consequences. >> not no. the >> no, it's not true. no. in the financial crisis that was caused by the by the american mortgage market going and there was you know, that wasn't necessarily i mean, maybe some some british

banks took their eye off the ball, but i mean, basically it was a it was a problem in another country that was that spread around the world through contagion. >> well, hey, remember northern rock very well. and that was a scary time for many people. you know, people still do blame scary time for many people. you kno banks, people still do blame scary time for many people. you kno banks, though; still do blame scary time for many people. you kno banks, though . still do blame the banks, though. >> yeah, but i mean, those those those people have gone i mean, the people who ran the banks then. and to suggest that somehow, you know, the banks owe us, owe us something and should and should give up, making a profit is just not how the economy works. i'm afraid there are. >> all right. yeah, john, we'll leave it there. we'll let viewers decide whose side they're on because i'm getting a lot of emails, john, as you can well imagine, about the banks , a well imagine, about the banks, a lot of them on mr farage side and bashing the banks . but john and bashing the banks. but john rentoul of the independent, thank you very much for your time. i apologise by the way, if anyone was offended by my colourful language, there to describe the banks potentially making a bit of a mess of

things. but according to home office figures , asylum backlog office figures, asylum backlog figures have now hit a record high, with a total of over 175,000 people awaiting approval in the first stage of their application in june of 2023. figures also revealed a 63% increase of people coming on work visas in the year to june 2023, whilst the migrant observatory claimed only 41% of the total asylum seeker application , boats travelled via application, boats travelled via those small boats. well, joining me to discuss this is the former brexit party mep ben habib and the co—founder of novara media, aaron bastani . thank you to you aaron bastani. thank you to you both . aaron, i'll start with both. aaron, i'll start with you. i mean , are you of the view you. i mean, are you of the view that actually the labour party are the ones with the right response here? and what we should be doing is opening up new legal routes so we don't get people over small people coming over on small boats maybe, actually maybe boats maybe, or actually maybe that'll be a way to speed up the application process . i think

application process. i think particularly in regard to afghan nationals, you probably need to create some kind of bespoke means of trying to get here legally. >> yes, partly because we are a great many people over there, something of an obligation. you know, they were translators. >> working on behalf >> they were working on behalf of various occupying forces of the various occupying forces there. they've sort of been left behind. >> but other than afghans, you know, i think that's an open question on on the on the big takeaway on these numbers, question on on the on the big takeavare on these numbers, question on on the on the big takeavare astronomical, numbers, question on on the on the big takeavare astronomical, darren, s, which are astronomical, darren, they're extraordinary. which are astronomical, darren, they're ex'nevernary. which are astronomical, darren, they're ex'never had before. >> we've never had this before. what want to put to you and what i want to put to you and your viewers today i your viewers today is i think a lot of this is on purpose. i think it suits the conservative party to have an utterly dysfunctional immigration system, particularly on asylum , system, particularly on asylum, because it allows the issue to stay very high up the policy agenda, the political agenda, quite right to and particularly on the small boats, it lets them off the hook when it comes to extraordinary levels of, quote, illegal migration. >> ian so with regards to people seeking asylum in this country,

it's broadly the same as is it's broadly the same as it is in france. >> you think in france. » you >> now. you might think it's too high, there's there's high, but there's a there's a comparison there elsewhere in comparison in there elsewhere in europe of a similar sized country legal migration. country on legal migration. we're far, higher. we're far, far higher. >> so i think what we're seeing now, darren, is actually by design , by the conservative design, by the conservative party. it's coming unstuck because of course, rishi famously said, judge me on the small boats, judge me by overcoming this challenge and he's failed . he's failed. >> ben habib then come on, i want to hear from you because what do i'm looking at my emails here flooding up. what do people who actually have been voting time and again for probably as long as i've been on this planet . ben, what do they do ? who do . ben, what do they do? who do they vote for? who do they back if they actually want to reduce immigration to this country? because it seems that our democratic demand, we've voted, after all, to take back control are being ignored time and again i >> -- >> well, i m >> well, i know precisely who they should vote for if they want to take back control of our borders. >> and it's reform uk . you know, >> and it's reform uk. you know, we're the only party. we're the

only party that would actually do the right thing, which is exercise border control , stop exercise border control, stop the boats in the channel and send them back to france, which is our absolute international legal, entitled under the un convention of the law of the sea, article 33. >> it's an entitled right which our government is completely ignored and if you want to cut back the asylum seeker applications, you want to get control of that particular domestic problem. >> the easiest way to do it is to stop people illegally entering the country in the first place. so absolutely , first place. so absolutely, we've got to develop the political will and courage to stop the boats before they enter our territorial waters or as they enter our territorial waters, send them back to france . but i thought it was really interesting point aaron made that this could be some kind of wilful move from the conservative party to mask their complete lack of control over legal migration, which as we

know, has gone through the roof. having said that , we would having said that, we would introduce a point based skill system and only take into the country those people that we needed the specialist skills that could actually benefit the economy. what the conservatives have done, as aaron rightly pointed out, is throw the doors open completely . what the open completely. what the conservative government has done in effect , is turn its back conservative government has done in effect, is turn its back on british. the british worker ignonng british. the british worker ignoring the fact that 6.2 million people now that's twice as many as before lockdown and six times as many as in 2018 are now on some form of universal credit. they've just turned their back on the broken labour market and thought, well, how are we going to fill the jobs? will just open the floodgates and, you know, you cease to be fundamentally, darren, you cease to be a country if your borders aren't exercised, both in a legal fashion as well as those who are trying to enter the country illegally. and, i mean, it's an interesting thesis from aaron. i suspect one of the

reasons, by the way, that rishi sunakis reasons, by the way, that rishi sunak is delaying reshuffle sunak is delaying the reshuffle , which rentoul didn't , which john rentoul didn't mention, was he's waiting, i think, for the optimum moment when he can blame suella braverman for all of this . and braverman for all of this. and that moment may not yet have, you know, got arisen. >> well , aaron, you know, got arisen. >> well, aaron, i assume you'll be dashing out to back reform uk after all of that. i'm sure there's not a word that you disagreed with . disagreed with. >> well, you know, i would i would not vote conservative or reform uk, but i have to i have to admit somebody like ben habib is infinitely more eloquent and intelligent. and i'm not just, you buttering you up, ben, you know, buttering you up, ben, because you're here. the because you're here. then the rank the rank and file of the conservative in the house conservative party in the house of commons, we have a very low talent, low effort political class in this country , and i class in this country, and i think that's an outgrowth of the two party system. that's why i'd like electoral like to change our electoral system electoral reform system and have electoral reform on on the point about legal migration to this is really important . important. >> britain has had a bust

economic model since 2008. we have not had the kind of growth that we've been accustomed to or that we've been accustomed to or that frankly , we need to have that frankly, we need to have now. >> one way of overcoming that, of course, is to have massive numbers entering the numbers of people entering the country. so what that means is you've got stagnant productivity. amount of productivity. the amount of output staying output per person is staying the same , which broadly same, which is broadly what's happened. course , because happened. but of course, because you people the you have more people in the country , can to the country, you can point to the gdp stats say, our gdp stats and say, look, our economy's growing well, of course it's growing. >> got 600,000 net >> when you've got 600,000 net immigration a single year, immigration in a single year, that's inevitable. so i think a big part again, ben talked about , you know, trying to fill shortages in the labour market with migration. with legal migration. >> part it. >> that's part of it. >> that's part of it. >> i also think, the >> i also think, frankly, the conservative here and conservative mindset here and also the treasury, which goes , also the treasury, which goes, you know, it's also an issue with regards to civil with regards to the civil service. >> mindset here is, well, service. >> we nindset here is, well, service. >> we can'tat here is, well, service. >> we can't have'e is, well, service. >> we can't have multiple , look, we can't have multiple years economic recession years of economic recession or zero it's a massage zero growth. so it's a massage that somewhat need to really, that somewhat we need to really, you know, have a much more generous immigration policy with regards to legal migration. so i think it's pr, i think it's

marketing and i think it's the consequence really of 15 years of the political class having no idea about how to grow the economy in a sustainable, meaningful way. >> well, know what i find >> well, you know what i find myself agreeing aaron myself agreeing with aaron bastani and more, and bastani more and more, and that's quite troubling. but ben habib, i. habib, so do i. >> so do i. so do i. >> one of our viewers, ben, has has written in in yvonne. she's called yvonne and she says it's a always voted a disaster. i've always voted tory. i'm sick to death of incompetent tories . what incompetent tories. now, what would do , ben, if you were would you do, ben, if you were prime minister tomorrow , for prime minister tomorrow, for example? the prime example? you know, the prime minister, rishi sunak, has a year to sort this out before he goes to the polls. is there anything could be to anything that could be done to bnng anything that could be done to bring this end within 12 months? >> i think there's a huge amount that can be done. first of all, you've got to make fundamentally make it paid work. >> you've got to lower the >> so you've got to lower the tax burden on those who are earning the least in the country. and reform. we talked about reform uk. one of our policies is to get rid of any tax up to £20,000 per year. >> so that it genuinely does pay

to work. >> that's the first step. the second step is to take the burden of costs off the consumer. you know, the drive, this relentless drive to net zero. i don't want to get into a debate over the climate whether, you know, the world's about to burn up or not. but the method by which we're going about deliver the net zero agenda is a deeply economically damaging agenda , and it's putting a huge agenda, and it's putting a huge cost burden on the populace . and cost burden on the populace. and we've got to remove that. we've got to have joined up energy policy . so lower taxes on the policy. so lower taxes on the working on the working class. a proper energy policy. did regulate across the across the board . we're a highly regulated board. we're a highly regulated country and we need people to be able to go out unfettered small businesses to go out and grow. we need disruptive businesses. we need disruptive businesses. we don't want to fill the large corporates with cheap sources of labouh corporates with cheap sources of labour. we want innovation in the economy. so we want to champion small and medium sized enterprises at the moment, all the government policies is aimed

towards, you know, aim to supporting the large corporates. so a hell of a lot, so there's a hell of a lot, darren, that could and should be done to get the united done in order to get the united kingdom moving again. kingdom moving forward again. and i and i suspect aaron and i agree on a lot that too. yeah. >> so aaron then i mean migration nation is the strap that we've got at the bottom and a lot of people are feeling that there's real with there's a real problem with democracy there's broken democracy. there's a broken ballot aren't being ballot box. people aren't being listened i mean, how worried listened to. i mean, how worried are you about actual participation and voter apathy ? participation and voter apathy? >> incredibly worried. i think it's a very dangerous thing. >> and i think it's dangerous because it creates a vacuum. >> and if you can't debate things in a meaningful way and people think that actually if there's a vote on something and a majority select a certain outcome, if that's not actually and on people get disenchanted . and on people get disenchanted. >> and look, this process is very slow just because, you know , turnout in elections doesn't collapse overnight . a process of collapse overnight. a process of democratic disenchantment can take years or decades. i frankly

think we're decades into it. i think we're decades into it. i think really after 2000, things fell off a cliff . that's pretty fell off a cliff. that's pretty obvious. if you look at, for instance, electoral turnout by income, it was broadly flat , income, it was broadly flat, actually really until the early, mid, early to mid 1990s. and then it really changed. you know, poorer people are less likely to vote. we think that's normal. it's not. and i think we're in the middle of a big transformation here. and as i said a few moments ago, if you have two political parties, people call them the uni party with little meaningful difference between them who don't action the kinds of outcomes that the electorate ask for, then i think people start turning to frankly, more dangerous , less political agents dangerous, less political agents and more dangerous political solutions. so i think it's a very concerning thing. and i'll just finish with this. you know, people like john rentoul , who people like john rentoul, who just came on, he was kind enough to come on your show. so i'm not going to attack him personally when he can't himself. when he can't defend himself. but people like john rentoul will political centre. for them, the political >> and for them, the political centre pfi outsourcing

thing. >> you know, your high street looks like crap. we'll favour the big corporates like you know, ben habib said the cbi, they're not looking out for medium, small small businesses in this country. they would say, well, that's not really our job. they the big they talk to the big supermarkets other big supermarkets and a few other big corporates think that's corporates and they think that's business. so these business. it's not. so for these people. is listening people. the centre is listening to supermarket , pfi to the supermarket, pfi outsourcing and wearing a nice suit and having a £400 haircut. the real centre is very left wing on the economy and maybe ben might not like that and it's more right on socially conservative issues and i think frankly we need to have a discussion about how on both sides of that debate, social majorities in this country are locked out from political representation . representation. >> yeah. ben habib we haven't got very long, i'm afraid. but you know, briefly yesterday we saw the exclusive by gb news showing that british women were being shown on social media accounts, actually advertise for migrants to come here were you worried, dismayed by that ?

right. >> well, i'm obviously dismayed and worried by it. >> but the real message, the real revelation of that is that this isn't genuine. >> this is not about refugees coming to uk to escape war torn countries . this is about people countries. this is about people who are being marketed to come to the uk for whatever nefarious reason it is they wish to come here. in this case, obviously people who got designs on our beautiful young ladies and it's we've got to see it for what it is. >> just one stat. >> just one stat. >> i think we've really got to focus on when it comes to illegal migration. we spend £50,000 a year per head for those who enter the country illegally . the french spent illegally. the french spent £5,000 per head. of course , they £5,000 per head. of course, they weren't going to want to come to the uk and one more stat, sorry, darren in total we spent nearly 4 billion last year that came out of the international aid development budget, 4 billion on housing and looking after these illegal migrants. we talk about our obligation to afghanistan .

our obligation to afghanistan. that could be much, much more effectively deployed in pakistan, which has something like nearly 4 million afghan refugees . these living in utter refugees. these living in utter poverty because of the war in afghanistan . if we can solve afghanistan. if we can solve those people coming to the country, if we can stop that, that 4 billion could be used. so much more effectively to hit the problem, to address the problem that aaron identified, which is this moral obligation we have to the war torn country that is afghanistan . afghanistan. >> okay. we'll have to leave it there. unfortunate that conversation could have definitely gone on. but ben habib there and the co—founder of novara media, aaron bastani, thank you very much for your time. now, i apologise for the use of the adjective there on your high streets. if you were offended by that. but you are watching and listening to gb news saturday with me. darren grimes. there's more coming grimes. there's lots more coming up on show. but first, up on today's show. but first, let's get a quick check on that weather with jonathan . weather with jonathan. >> the temperatures rising, boxt

solar, proud sponsors of weather on . gb news. on. gb news. >> hello there . i'm jonathan >> hello there. i'm jonathan vautrey here with your gb news weather forecast provided by the met office. here's a bit of a mixed picture for this weekend and even out there at the moment. there are some heavy showers around, still some sunny spells and enjoy, but spells to try and enjoy, but some slow moving thunderstorms also the early also possible until the early part of this evening. but gradually fading their out gradually fading their way out into night , turning largely into the night, turning largely dry of central dry for the bulk of central areas but areas of england and wales. but we'll start to see some showers persisting across western parts and even northern areas and even across northern areas of scotland. generally, relatively cool tonight, dropping down to around 10 or 11 c in those towns and cities. but rural areas may drop a bit lower single figures as lower into single figures as well. so there will be some sunshine off sunday, sunshine as we start off sunday, particularly east particularly the further east you those showers that particularly the further east you started those showers that particularly the further east you started in)se showers that particularly the further east you started in)se swesters that particularly the further east you started in)se swest will1at have started in the west will gradually their gradually push their way eastwards head eastwards as well as we head throughout the day. generally a reduced seeing reduced chance of seeing thunderstorms, some of those reduced chance of seeing thunderswillls, some of those reduced chance of seeing thunderswill still some of those reduced chance of seeing thunderswill still be ome of those reduced chance of seeing thunderswill still be quite f those showers will still be quite heavy into the heavy as we head into the afternoon. so then western afternoon. so then for western

scotland, of northern scotland, parts of northern ireland, this band of light and patchy drizzle will patchy rain and drizzle will provide a fairly damp and drizzly holding drizzly day, holding temperatures here. temperatures back a touch here. but 22 c possible. further southeast as we head into monday. high pressure from the atlantic to gradually atlantic is going to gradually build its way and that will build its way in and that will help things down ever so help settle things down ever so slightly. of rain that slightly. that band of rain that we across northern ireland we saw across northern ireland is gradually its is going to gradually shift its way for parts of way eastwards. so for parts of northern, central, southern england , there this england, there will be this slice where remains rather slice where it remains rather cloudy throughout day, some cloudy throughout the day, some patchy possible, cloudy throughout the day, some pat(elsewhere possible, cloudy throughout the day, some pat(elsewhere we'lloossible, cloudy throughout the day, some pat(elsewhere we'll seeible, cloudy throughout the day, some pat(elsewhere we'll see some but elsewhere we'll see some sunny spells and we'll continue to see those sunny spells throughout the remainder of the week with scattering week as well. with a scattering of as by by the of showers as well by by the temperatures rising , boxt solar temperatures rising, boxt solar proud sponsors of weather on . gb news. >> cheers, jonathan . lots more >> cheers, jonathan. lots more coming up on today's show. low amateur monster hunters are teaming up with scientific explorers on the banks of loch ness as the biggest search since 1972 gets underway this weekend

, we'll be finding out about the operation . all of that and more operation. all of that and more to come. i'm darren grimes and you're watching and listening to gb news, britain's news .

>> join the live desk on gb news. the people's channel. britain's news . news. the people's channel. britain's news. channel >> it's 232. i'm lisa hartle in the newsroom. fifa has suspended spanish president luis rubiales

from all football related activities . more than 80 players activities. more than 80 players had refused to play for spain's women's team unless he was removed from his post. he's accused of grabbing star player jenni hermosa's head and kissing her on the lips following spain's victory at the women's world cup. we'll bring you more on this story as we get it. train strikes are causing difficulties for travellers on the day many people head away for summer holidays. members of the rmt union walk out in a dispute over pay and the government's modernisation plans. the strike action is now in its second year and the union says progress is being hamstrung by the government refusing to give them a mandate to make a revised pay offer for young people were killed in a road crash in clonmel, ireland last night as they were on their way to celebrate their exam results. they've been named as zoe coffey. nicole murphy and grace mcsweeney , all aged 18 and luke mcsweeney, all aged 18 and luke mcsweeney, all aged 18 and luke

mcsweeney , aged 24. local mcsweeney, aged 24. local sporting events. the clonmel pride parade and other activities have all been cancelled as the community mourns . the deputy head of the mourns. the deputy head of the british museum is stepping aside while a police investigation into stolen artefacts is underway. the museum's head, hartwig fischer, resigned yesterday and an unnamed member of staff has been sacked. former chancellor george osborne, who's now the museum's chairman, says some of the items have already been recovered . he's promised an been recovered. he's promised an independent review to look into how the museum missed warning signs and you can get more on all of those stories by visiting our website, gbnews.com. now back to . darren back to. darren >> welcome back to gb news saturday with me, darren grimes on your telly online and on digital radio. now amateur monster hunters are teaming up with scientific explorers on the banks of loch ness as the

biggest search for nessie since 1972. gets underway this very weekend . her legendary status weekend. her legendary status can be traced back to the sixth century. and today, the mythical creature is worth more than £40 million to the scottish economy . scotland reporter tony mcguire . he's visited the loch ness centre in drumnadrochit drumnadrochit , if i can say that drumnadrochit, if i can say that correctly, to try and catch a glimpse of this camera shy celebrity this weekend . nessie celebrity this weekend. nessie enthusiast from far and wide , enthusiast from far and wide, descend on the scottish highlands in the largest search for the loch ness monster undertaken in 50 years. >> nessie is the global superstar of scots mythology, a 1500 year old legend given new life in 1933 after a fateful sighting by andy mckay, former manageress of the drumnadrochit hotel. 90 years later, that hotel is now home to the loch ness centre , a base camp to this ness centre, a base camp to this weekend's quest and a time

capsule preserving a century of loch ness exploration marketing executive amy todd talks up this exciting new chapter in the hunt for nessie . for nessie. >> the quest weekend is a massive , big deal because we've massive, big deal because we've got the quest that's happening, which is the biggest surface water loch in over 50 water of the loch in over 50 years. then nessie hunter cruises that going out with cruises that are going out with ali alan and a member from ali and alan and a member from the original loch ness investigation bureau . we're investigation bureau. we're going to like sort of uncover the secrets s of loch ness . the secrets s of loch ness. >> the centre is supporting the quest weekend, organised by loch ness exploration lead. alan mckenna hydro phones will be lowered into the murky depths to sense acoustic signals from nessie, and drones will capture thermal imagery and infrared cameras from the air monster hunters from around the world can join to in monitoring the loch from a series of cameras on the visit. inverness or loch ness website . but the best ness website. but the best search experience will be on the water and down at the dock,

skipper ali matheson is at the ready to welcome aboard nessie hunters prepared to take their curiosity and sense of adventure back out onto the loch . back out onto the loch. >> i guess my job entails monster hunting full time, so . monster hunting full time, so. so we're out here all day, every day through summer. >> so i suppose in a passive kind of way, we could say we're monster hunting. >> we don't i haven't really actively been out hunting monsters in the past, so this will be something quite new for me. >> after 90 years of search and exploration , we're still no exploration, we're still no closer to finding that vital piece of evidence that proves the existence of the loch ness monster. in fact, many would tell you that the lack of evidence disproves nessie existence altogether. but her global fame shows we're willing to propagate her legend from these very shores because the will to believe or at least play along is greater than the need to prove the unknown . tony to prove the unknown. tony maguire . gb news tony maguire maguire. gb news tony maguire there with that report .

there with that report. >> in a very beautiful scotland . now, these are live pictures from loch ness. we haven't seen anything as of yet. there have been four sightings so far this year on target. a similar annual numbers of between 6 to 7. but they have been acclaimed 1149 sightings in total. they have been acclaimed 1149 sightings in total . so if you sightings in total. so if you have any information that can lead us to nessie, please do email in now , lots of you have email in now, lots of you have been getting in touch on the topics we've been discussing today. thank you for doing so . today. thank you for doing so. on precautions, death. phil says precaution was not on the aircraft. he has gone underground and to avoid going to trial after the war, you are on rail strikes, carol says . i on rail strikes, carol says. i frequently use railways for long journeys, a rail strike to certainly inconvenience me, but the closure of ticket offices inconveniences me much more. the ticket office has in the past remained in a place which is easy to find. the idea of offering this service round the

situation in the station rather is unreal . mystic. imagine is unreal. mystic. imagine arriving at the station and expecting to find a human being there to serve and accept cash . there to serve and accept cash. i totally support the railway unions in their fight to save these jobs . now unions in their fight to save these jobs. now on unions in their fight to save these jobs . now on the tories these jobs. now on the tories yvonne has says it's a disaster. i've always voted tory, but i'm considering voting reform. sick to death of the incompetent tories and we have a pm. we did not ask for. he is no leader on the economy and migration. wendy says gdp might grow with high levels of immigration, but quality of life does not. food shortages, inability to manage our waste, a general lack of infrastructure , including infrastructure, including housing, is a reflection of this. indeed keep your views coming in, please. this. indeed keep your views coming in, please . much more coming in, please. much more important than my own folks is watching and listening to gb news saturday with me, darren grimes , thank you for doing so. grimes, thank you for doing so. we've got loads more coming up on today's show . are the snp on today's show. are the snp toast as labour are almost neck

and neck with the snp. if you go to the bottom of loch ness, maybe you'll find nicola sturgeon's career. according to a recent survation survey suggested that both parties would win 24 seats north of the border in a general election, and sadiq khan's ulez expansion will take effect on tuesday. but many aren't happy with the mayor's plans. many aren't happy with the mayor's plans . all of that and mayor's plans. all of that and more to come . you're watching more to come. you're watching and listening to gb news britain's news

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britons watching. on >> welcome back to gb news saturday with me, darren grimes on your tv, online and on digital radio. now labour are almost neck and neck with the scottish national party. the survation survey suggested that both parties would win 24 seats north of the border , and there north of the border, and there are also reports that the snp deficit has risen to £800,000 as membership numbers continue to fall. well, joining me now is the political editor of the scottish daily mail, michael blakeley . michael, thank you blakeley. michael, thank you very much for your time now. what do you think explains the fall in snp membership numbers ? fall in snp membership numbers? is this people getting a little bit restless that independence hasn't yet been delivered ? hasn't yet been delivered? >> yes. i mean, i think for quite a number of months now, we've been seeing fall in support for the snp and indeed a falling membership numbers as

well. >> and there's absolutely no question that it's pretty worrying for humza yousaf of he's he's had another really bad week this week where he's had these gloomy financial figures out. >> he's had poll ratings that suggest that they could be on course to lose 24 of their their mps. >> so i think there is a growing dissatisfaction with the snp among voters and it's perhaps no surprise given crisis after crisis, that humza yousaf has been battling that that is now having an impact in the in the polls and in the snp's membership numbers. >> so you know, michael, some might well say, you know , things might well say, you know, things like well, humza yousaf is not doing so well. but let's not forget though you know, labour party would have to do very well in to order actually topple the scottish national party . they're scottish national party. they're still the biggest party. >> yes, that is still the case. but i think the poll this week showed a real difference, both in terms of the westminster

voting intentions and the holyrood voting intentions. the snp, according to the holyrood results of that poll, the snp would be way short of a majority , even if they had the support of the greens or coalition with the greens. so that's really the first time that we've seen the scottish parliament voting intention suggest that the snp might actually there might be a realistic chance that they might fall from power. i mean we've had so much snp dominance of scottish politics for quite some time now, for 16 years and there is absolutely no question that what we're seeing now is potential only the beginning of the end of that of course there's nothing as a given. it could very much change. the snp could very much change. the snp could bounce back in time for the general election , scottish the general election, scottish parliament election. they certainly have the potential vote there because people that support independence are always likely to vote snp, but that is

really difficult times and there is every chance that this could be a real test for the snp ahead. >> michael i'm assuming that one story that will have caught your readers attention will be the fact that scotland and humza yousaf have started a discussion around scotland paying paying rather climate reparations. i mean, has there been much fallout on that issue ? fallout on that issue? >> well, i think there's one of the big issues that humza yousaf is keen to push at the moment is, is any sort of climate change issues. i was at a speech that he delivered in edinburgh alongside john kerry, the climate envoy, earlier this week, and he is really keen to talk up and environmental action. he wants to be showing that he is doing more than the uk government and he's completely committed to this coalition that they have with the greens, even though there's a bit of dissatisfaction within

his party about that. so humza yousuf wants to very much talk up climate climate change. he wants to perhaps win votes on on that as well . perhaps he he that as well. perhaps he he thinks that he can show that he is doing more than the uk government and therefore he he thinks that that will be popular with some some voters as well. >> it's an interesting theory, michael , >> it's an interesting theory, michael, because i tell you what, i imagine at least some of the 5 million people in scotland will be very surprised to learn that they're responsible for everything with everything that's going on with the the world. but there the rest of the world. but there we michael to we are. michael will have to leave it there. fascinating stuff ever. political stuff as ever. the political editor scottish daily editor of the scottish daily mail, blackley, there . mail, michael blackley, there. now ulez expansion that now the ulez expansion that comes into effect at this very tuesday , if your vehicle doesn't tuesday, if your vehicle doesn't meet the ulez emission standards and it isn't exempt, you need to pay a and it isn't exempt, you need to pay a £12.50 daily charge to drive within the zone. but many aren't happy with the scheme as they see it as a shameless cash grab by mayor khan. joining me

now is motoring journalist quintin wilson. quintin, thank you very much for your time . i'm you very much for your time. i'm now quinton. there have been some changes made to this ulez scheme . what's changed and why ? scheme. what's changed and why? and are people across the piece happy with it ? happy with it? >> well, obviously it's been expanded to the outer boroughs of london, so it's about three times the size . and as you quite times the size. and as you quite rightly said, it's £12.50 per day. >> it runs all year apart from christmas day . and if you stay christmas day. and if you stay in london overnight, it's another charge. so £25, as my daughter found out last last week . look, daughter found out last last week. look, i'm a i absolutely believe in improving urban air quality in our cities . and it's quality in our cities. and it's really, really important . i've really, really important. i've got a house in london and my curtains are no longer black because of the diesel particulate, because of the improvements that we've seen. but this this is this is completely wrong. and i, i drive electric cars. so, you know, i'm very pro this sort of thing. but if i'm worried, i think it's

quite significant. and i'm amazed that have completely lost control of this. and it discredits the whole air quality argument and if we're to bring people with us, we can't do it like this. and the leaders of both political parties have said, look, hold pause and reflect. yet we're we're carrying on like like a steamroller. i mean, cambridge were were going to put this congestion charge for cambridge council and they listened to what their residents were saying and they've modified it and they've changed it. they've made it less onerous, less difficult . and that's exactly what tfl should do. and when you go on the website, as i did for , for, the website, as i did for, for, for both my electric cars and my, my daughter, it's just like wading through a mattress full of treacle. it's so difficult. it's so counter—intuitive . it's it's so counter—intuitive. it's so kind of lumpen . and that so kind of lumpen. and that needs to be simple , simplified. needs to be simple, simplified. and for your viewers , there's a and for your viewers, there's a great website called ulez , great website called ulez, .co.uk that is really much

simpler and much more transparent. >> it's happening in newcastle as well. i think it's important to remind viewers that it's not just limited to london, but you know, quinton, we had leaked emails this week that the telegraph got hold of showing that sadiq khan's deputy mayor shirley rodriguez, tried to actually have scientists train change the language to make it a little bit more in favour of ulez or at least to sound like it. i mean, doesn't this just all show that it's a the whole thing is a bit of a fiddle? >> it's completely wrong . you're >> it's completely wrong. you're absolutely right. and when we've got tfl trying to get scientists to create the outcomes that they want rather than what science tells them , that's that's tells them, that's that's really, really serious . so really, really serious. so i think we really must sort of say at a government level, just hold on this. let's completely re—examine it, let's look at it. let's not throw london and all these people into this absolute chaos, which is what's going to happen. chaos, which is what's going to happen . it's a disaster. and

happen. it's a disaster. and it's been so, so, so badly handled . and the brand is handled. and the brand is damaged and the mayor's brand is damaged and the mayor's brand is damaged . and more critically, damaged. and more critically, this whole argument about giving cleaner air to our children and their children has been damaged, too. and that's the greatest tragedy. >> yeah. i mean, quinton is very interesting because i have had i've interviewed i've chatted with you before about electric cars , for example. and you are cars, for example. and you are someone that's very on board with all of that. so to hear you actually say, look, this isn't the right move. and actually, it's win people it's not going to win people around to the argument. actually, going actually, it's going to do complete the reverse . but we'll complete the reverse. but we'll have to leave it there . quinton. have to leave it there. quinton. sorry, i. okay. yeah i'm sorry to cut you off there, but yes , i to cut you off there, but yes, i think you've been bang on and we'll chat soon, i've no doubt. motoring journalist quinton wilson there with his take on ulez. now that's it from me today. but stay tune because dawn neesom is up next. dawn, what's coming up? >> like it's a threat. yes, am.

>> i'm here. okay. right. okay. and i'm sorry, but the exclusive is mine. >> we're travelling around the world today. >> we are going to nashville for a trump exclusive. >> we are to going spain for a football exclusive . yorkshire football exclusive. yorkshire for a language lesson as you do. and hastings for a ghost story. >> gosh, you really are going around. >> we are around gb news all over the place and not forgetting nessie popping up to chat to us. >> she didn't want to talk to you, couldn't? >> she didn't. yeah, >> no, but she didn't. yeah, she's pop with you. she's going to pop up with you. she's going to pop up until i'm saying find nicola saying you'll find nicola sturgeon's down there. >> $- t— there. >> find nadine dorries >> we might find nadine dorries there who knows? >> we might find nadine dorries the dawn who knows? >> we might find nadine dorries the dawn neesomy knows? >> we might find nadine dorries the dawn neesom there. s? up. >> dawn neesom there. coming up. you've you've been you've got to watch. you've been watching me though, for now and listening gb news saturday. listening to gb news saturday. thank for joining. thank you so much for joining. don't go anywhere though. as i say, first of say, dawn, up next, first of all, though , let's have a look all, though, let's have a look at weather jonathan at the weather with jonathan that warm feeling inside from boxt boilers proud sponsors of weather on gb news >> hello there . i'm jonathan

>> hello there. i'm jonathan vautrey here with your gb news weather forecast provided by the met office is a bit of a mixed picture for this weekend and even out there at the moment there are some heavy showers around, still some sunny spells to enjoy, but some slow to try and enjoy, but some slow moving also moving thunderstorms also possible until the early part of this , but gradually possible until the early part of this their , but gradually possible until the early part of this their wayit gradually possible until the early part of this their way outadually possible until the early part of this their way out into lly possible until the early part of this their way out into the fading their way out into the night, turning largely dry for the central of the bulk of central areas of england wales. but we'll england and wales. but we'll start to see some showers persisting western parts persisting across western parts and northern areas persisting across western parts anscotland. northern areas persisting across western parts anscotland. generallyern areas of scotland. generally relatively tonight, relatively cool tonight, dropping down to around 10 or 11 c in those towns and cities. but rural areas may drop a bit lower into single figures as well. there be some well. so there will be some sunshine start off sunday, sunshine as we start off sunday, particularly further particularly the further east you those that you are. but those showers that have will have started in the west will gradually way gradually push their way eastwards we head eastwards as well as we head throughout day. generally throughout the day. generally a reduced of seeing reduced chance of seeing thunderstorms, those thunderstorms, but some of those showers quite showers will still be quite heavy as head into the heavy as we head into the afternoon. it's then western afternoon. it's then for western scotland, of northern scotland, parts of northern ireland, of light and ireland, this band of light and patchy will patchy rain and drizzle will provide damp and provide a fairly damp and drizzly day, holding temperatures touch

temperatures back a touch here, but possible. further but 22 c possible. further southeast as we head into monday. high pressure from the atlantic is going gradually atlantic is going to gradually build in and that will build its way in and that will help down ever so help settle things down ever so slightly . that band of rain that slightly. that band of rain that we across northern ireland we saw across northern ireland is gradually is going to gradually shift its way so parts of way eastwards. so for parts of northern central , southern northern central, southern england, this england, there will be this slice it remains rather slice where it remains rather cloudy throughout the day. some patchy light rain is possible, but elsewhere see some but elsewhere we'll see some sunny we'll continue sunny spells and we'll continue to sunny spells to see those sunny spells throughout the remainder of the week with scattering of week as well with scattering of showers by by that warm showers as well by by that warm feeling inside from boxt boilers >> proud sponsors of weather on news. the live desk with me, mark longhurst and me, pip tomson it's here monday to friday on gb news. >> from midday, we'll bring you the news as it breaks. >> whenever it's happening and wherever it's happening from across the uk and around the world. >> refreshing , feisty, but with >> refreshing, feisty, but with a bit of fun too. >> if it matters to you , we'll

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no one will be cancelled. now, joining me in the next hour is broadcast and columnist lizzie cundy and former labour party adviser matthew laser. and in just a few moments, though, i'll be mucking the week with the brilliant and very gorgeous diane spencer sitting next to diana is really hard, i can tell you. she's so lovely right now. before we get started, let's get the latest news headlines . owns the latest news headlines. owns i >> -- >> good afternoon . it's 3:00. >> good afternoon. it's 3:00. i'm lisa hartle in the newsroom. fifa has provisionally suspended spanish fa president luis rubiales from all football related activities as more than 80 players had refused to play for spain's women's team unless he was removed from his post. he is accused of grabbing star player jenni hermosa's head and playerjenni hermosa's head and kissing her on the lips following spain's victory at the women's world cup, he called the kiss a spontaneous and consensual little peck and said false feminists were trying to

kill him. jenni