gb news. >> good afternoon . it is 12 pm. >> good afternoon. it is 12 pm. and you're watching the live desk here on gb news. coming up, this bank holiday monday, no crime , too small. crime, too small. >> the home secretary says every offence should be investigated, but with 1 in 8 posts for sex offence specialists still unfilled, we where will the officers come from .7 officers come from.7 >> it's party time on the streets of london. we'll have the latest live from the notting hill carnival. police say they are keeping the peace with 85 arrests so far and the world cup kissing rule going into extra time. >> spain's football federation to hold an extraordinary urgent meeting this lunchtime to consider suspending rubiales .

consider suspending rubiales. >> plus, how is this for an believable, a whopping . £9 pint believable, a whopping. £9 pint has been found in the west end of london as it's revealed the average cost of a beer has doubled in the last 15 years. it's not all bad news, though. a pint in hyde in greater manchester will only set you back £1.85. before we start , back £1.85. before we start, here's your headlines with theo i >> -- >> good afternoon. it's 12:01. i'm theo walcott kumba in the newsroom . ministers are being newsroom. ministers are being accused of disregarding safety concerns on the bibby stockholm the fire brigades union has sent a pre—action protocol letter to the home secretary raising the possibility of legal action. the union has previously described the barge as a potential death trap . suella braverman, who

trap. suella braverman, who insists the vessel is safe, has until thursday to reply to the legal letter. meanwhile the home office is reportedly considering the use of electronic tags to monitor asylum seekers who arrive in the country illegally . the times says officials have been asked to find ways to prevent the thousands of people who arrive on small boats from absconding . the home secretary absconding. the home secretary insists police have the resources to meet a government pledge to crack down on crime forces in england and wales are being told to follow all reasonable lines of enquiry when it comes to investigating burglary or theft. the new commitment is part of a crime . commitment is part of a crime. week of policy announcement announced tonight. labour criticised it as a staggering admission of 13 years of tory failure for shadow employment rights minister justin madders says it's taking too long to implement it. >> what's been happening for the last 13 years of a conservative government if crimes have not

been investigated but it is, i'm afraid, a reflection of what i hear from constituents and my own experience that some times the police just don't have the resources to investigate the crimes. in fact, 90% of crimes go unsolved and i think that it's a sad state of affairs that this is something that's been presented as a new, exciting policy when it's something we should have been doing all along i >> -- >> two men are >> two men are due >> two men are due to appear in court charged with murdering, murdering , following a suspected murdering, following a suspected ammonia attack in gateshead. 26 year old andy foster was sprayed with the substance and later died in hospital after opening the door at his home on 28th of august. kenneth fawcett and john wanless were arrested on suspicion of murder. wanless were arrested on suspicion of murder . a number of suspicion of murder. a number of people have been injured after a cruise ship broke free from its moorings during a storm in spain . passengers on board the p&o cruisers britannia were treated

by medical staff after it collided with a petrol tanker in palma in mallorca. p&o says the ship will stay in the port to be checked for technical issues , checked for technical issues, but there was no structural damage to the vessel . today damage to the vessel. today marks two years since britain's withdrawal from afghanistan . withdrawal from afghanistan. dozens of nato nations evacuated their forces from the country after the taliban retook the caphal after the taliban retook the capital, kabul. a veterans campaigner, trevor colt, who fought in afghanistan, says the uk's departure and did all its good work in the country. >> we were making a difference when we were there. when we were there, we provided security. we provided assistance . we helped provided assistance. we helped build schools. we helped build hundreds of wells. we brought over products , pencils, pens, over products, pencils, pens, calculators. we helped these these young girls find an education, get an education. and the minute president biden pulled out the taliban took over and all these things that women and all these things that women and young girls were aspiring to

be got cancelled . be got cancelled. >> spain's football federation will hold urgent talks this afternoon following fifa's suspension of president luis rubiales . suspension of president luis rubiales. he's refusing to resign after kissing heny hermoso at the world women's world cup finals, saying it was consensual, which she denies . as consensual, which she denies. as the royal spanish football federation has called an extraordinary and urgent meeting to evaluate the situation, football's governing body announced last week rubiales will be suspended for three months. ultra processed foods constitute 5,057% of the diet in uk and increase the risk of cardiovasc diseases. a study from the european society of cardiology in amsterdam found that ultra processed food like fizzy drinks and fast food increase raises the risk of high blood pressure , heart attacks blood pressure, heart attacks and strokes . the team also and strokes. the team also discovered those who consume less than 15% of ultra processed

food are the least at risk of suffering from heart related problems . suffering from heart related problems. ryanair jet2 , com and problems. ryanairjet2, com and tui are among the worst uk airlines for website accessibility . that's according accessibility. that's according to a report by the civil aviation authority , which looked aviation authority, which looked at 11 of the largest carriers. british airways have received the highest score , making their the highest score, making their website navigation and interaction very easy for people with very different impairments. ryanair, tui and jet2 received a score of two out of ten and pledged to improve their websites . this is gb news across websites. this is gb news across the uk on tv in your car on digital radio and on your smart speaker by saying play gb news. now back to mark and . pip now back to mark and. pip >> theo, thank you very much indeed and welcome back to the

live desk. so the home secretary, suella braverman , secretary, suella braverman, calling on police to investigate every crime claim . they have the every crime claim. they have the resources to place as much emphasis on shoplifting or phone thefts as they do on more serious offences . she says all serious offences. she says all forces need to follow reasonable lines of enquiry for every offence, but it has raised concerns that it could see efforts diverted from more serious investigation actions and place more pressures on manpower. >> it's reported that 1 in 8 posts for specialist officers in rape and sexual enquiries are currently unfilled . and our currently unfilled. and our political editor christopher hope can join us now from our westminster studio. good afternoon to you. christopher suella braverman has hailed this announcement as a landmark. is it really .7 it really? >> well, she certainly hopes so. the current rates of prosecuting or getting investigating into these low , low level crimes or these low, low level crimes or 2% of vehicle and bike thefts , 2% of vehicle and bike thefts, 4% of burglaries and 6.5% of

muggings, it's not great. and they're trying to copy an example set by greater manchester police where they cracked down heavily on low level crime and increased being charged by 44. they're trying to improve the way that many of us experience serious crime. many of us have friends and family who have had low level crime happened to them, and they're often shocked by the lack of investigation or even interest by police. and idea is by the police. and the idea is it increase confidence in it will increase confidence in the forces that they will investigate and try and find criminals . criminals. >> e asserts, criminals. >> asserts, police have >> now, she asserts, police have record numbers officers on record numbers of officers on the front line. but at the same time, the guardian has got a report today suggesting that 1 in 8 specialist posts for rape and sexual offences, those specialist officers are remaining unfilled . remaining unfilled. >> that's right. what the government has done is they've added around 20,000 frontline officers , which brings them back officers, which brings them back to just above pre austerity levels. but there are problems amongst specialist level amongst the specialist level investigations. the guardian has done a freedom of information act request of all 43 forces,

fewer than half came back with usable answers. but those answers are quite shocking. they find that 1 in 8 posts for police are looking at looking at rapes, being filled. the rapes, are not being filled. the record of prosecuting marcus, you on rapes is dreadful. you say, on rapes is dreadful. 70,000 plus rapes recorded in the year to september 2022, just 459 convictions. that is appallingly low. it's recognised by the government and by the national police chiefs council as being not good enough and they will be looking at measures to try and increase rape prosecutions rape prosecutions and rape investigations as from april next year . investigations as from april next year. but yes, that's investigations as from april next year . but yes, that's the next year. but yes, that's the point i suppose labour might be making is to deal with this this issue of low level crime. after 13 years like this is an admission of failure and certainly the prosecution of rape very, very low. rape is very, very low. >> yeah, wonder for the >> yeah, i just wonder for the police themselves, the police forces themselves, the question prioritisation, when question of prioritisation, when they've with they've got those problems with they've got those problems with the crimes, have they the specialist crimes, have they got capacity to then got the spare capacity to then chase everything else . chase everything else. >> and that will be the big issue going forward. they have

got these other say, 20,000 more officers for the forces, but that works out at a few hundred per force. and is that enough? it will be down to whether to what is being prioritised by police chiefs . but certainly police chiefs. but certainly these rape these complicated rape investigations are quite challenging and also time resource heavy . and the fear is resource heavy. and the fear is those big, serious investigations could suffer as they try lift up confidence they try and lift up confidence in low level crimes. >> there might be 20 more >> and there might be 20 more thousand police officers , thousand police officers, although that's kind of not exactly correct, is it? this is long argument that we've had about officers by that number before. anyway but surely many of those officers will be undergoing they undergoing training, so they won't qualified to do won't be fully qualified to do the job. >> that's right. they the net figures are around 3000 more than pre austerity times over a decade ago. exactly. they will only be to be trained up. and the concern is they won't be able to get them on the front line fast enough. certainly going into an election period, the government wants some

the government wants to see some some result on this. so they'll be they'll be trying to make sure that idea that's done sure that this idea that's done so in greater manchester so well in greater manchester will will out across will will ripple out across other criminal and >> and talking of criminal and offences it appears that the home office might be considering these tags on electronic tags for asylum seekers or migrants . for asylum seekers or migrants. i mean, some people have actually looked at the figures saying perhaps there aren't enough tags to go around if that's to going applied . that's to going be applied. >> yeah, they might buy more tags. this is an attempt to try and stop illegal migrants here absconding. of course, the issue this goes back to the where do you house these migrants when they come here while they're being at the bibby being processed at the bibby barge on the south coast is not yet filled with migrants. we're still waiting for that to happen. there. there going through water. sources through all the water. sources check they're of check they're free of legionnaires that legionnaires and can that happen? idea is happen? i mean, the idea is, is more to be happen? i mean, the idea is, is more to to be happen? i mean, the idea is, is more to next to be happen? i mean, the idea is, is more to next year. to be happen? i mean, the idea is, is more to next year. what be happen? i mean, the idea is, is more to next year. what would going to next year. what would labour do? would they try and get rid of the barges and increase working out how to go through all the big backlog?

it's not clear yet. but yeah, i mean, tags is one idea to try and keep track of migrants. >> christopher and the fluffy clouds there above the houses of parliament. thanks very much indeed for joining parliament. thanks very much indeed forjoining us in our westminster thanks indeed forjoining us in our wezformerzr thanks indeed forjoining us in our wezformer met thanks indeed forjoining us in our wezformer met police1anks indeed forjoining us in our wezformer met police detective >> former met police detective peter bleksley can join us to talk about suella braverman announcement. i mean , is it what announcement. i mean, is it what she's claiming it to be? she's heralding it as something incredible , when surely it is to incredible, when surely it is to do with all the tories mistakes over the last few years and their austerity policies or the reinvention of the policing wheel. >> but it's not only suella braverman that's been making this pledge today. andy marsh, who is the ceo of the college of policing . so he sits right at policing. so he sits right at the very top of policy, has made a statement today reinforcing everything that the home secretary has said. we're going to investigate all crimes, follow all reasonable lines of inquiry. well, of course , inquiry. well, of course, reasonable can be interpreted in many, many different ways .

many, many different ways. that's probably their get out clause , unfortunately. and lo clause, unfortunately. and lo and behold , they're actually and behold, they're actually going to try and arrest offenders. well, i never . offenders. well, i never. sherlock, they you'd have thought that the police are actually going to investigate and arrest people. bravo let's wait and see. >> no, i'm going to drag you kicking and scream ing back to your desk, put you back in the met to try and cope with this. what is reasonable line of inquiry? who does decide that? is it a political decision or is it the investigating officer? >> it's going to be the officer on the ground who's actually investigating it. and in 2023, reasonable lines are going to be construed as cctv v, for example , doorbell cameras as well . , doorbell cameras as well. >> that's all technology. >> that's all technology. >> yep. absolute key. are there forensic opportunities, for example , a broken window and example, a broken window and something like that. a glove left in a garden, for example. but remember, a cop's got to go out there in the garden and have a look for it. what are they going to how good are these

investigations going to be? they've to publish these they've had to publish these guide lines today, these investigation guidelines the investigation guidelines for the officers, so many of officers, because so many of them are raw recruits. they're inexperienced , and they're going inexperienced, and they're going out on the streets with other inexperienced officers 60% of the met's frontline cops have got less than three years service . service. >> so just saying, well, we've got 20,000 new officers that are going to be on the streets to do this. that's not going to that's not solution. they can't do not a solution. if they can't do the job very well, it most certainly is not. >> and any experienced cop will tell there's a lot tell you there's a lot about policing that can't learned policing that can't be learned from learn it out on from books. you learn it out on the streets. >> so is it that i think it >> so what is it that i think it was? greater manchester police are doing that heralded are doing that is heralded as being so spot on? >> well, they said and they were right at the forefront of this in months. they said, in recent months. they said, we're investigate every we're going to investigate every domestic burglary, every home that gets burgled will visit it, we'll investigate it, and lo and behold, there was nearly a 40% increase in solved burglary

cases. increase in solved burglary cases . well, well, well. you see cases. well, well, well. you see what can be achieved when you actually get out there and investigate a crime. >> i'm just looking at something else at the home secretary said as well, freeing up police time from needless bureaucracy . from needless bureaucracy. again, reinventing the wheel. we've heard this time and time again. isn't it fact again. but isn't it the fact that the home have that the home office have actually instigated of that actually instigated much of that bureaucracy ? for instance, the bureaucracy? for instance, the league between various league tables between various police well, the trouble police forces? well, the trouble with police it is that generally speaking, it's rubbish. >> so officers spend a lot of time on a system that manifestly is not effective. so it takes forever to input crime details onto the computer system that they've got. and then when they build a case and actually charge someone the method by which they communicate with the cps falls well short of what you'd expect . some of this bureaucracy can be stripped out by new legislation in a lot of it could be overcome by having effective it. but we know what the public

services are like in commissioning it. they just, quite frankly and years ago get bluffed. and quite frankly , bluffed. and quite frankly, metaphorically have their trousers taken down and get sold. systems that are really, quite frankly, not fit for purpose. >> how much will it help that police officers are being moved away from dealing with mental health cases ? is and the sort of health cases? is and the sort of the ambulance that's going to fall on the nhs, which is another problem. but will it help the fact that police will be moved away from from that? >> as a former detective , i >> as a former detective, i cheer this from the rooftops . cheer this from the rooftops. the police are not a social service. this the police should deal with crime and criminals. but in recent years all these senior police bosses that trotted off to university to get letters after their names because they think that sits very nicely with the knighthood or the damehood or whatever they get as they climb that greasy pole of promotion came back from university with their heads full of mumbo jumbo , pseudo

of mumbo jumbo, pseudo intellectual claptrap , which intellectual claptrap, which they applied to policing and they applied to policing and they moved away from the core fundamental task of policing , fundamental task of policing, investigating thefts of phones, bikes , burglaries, cars, all of bikes, burglaries, cars, all of that , and bikes, burglaries, cars, all of that, and became a social service which they never should have been . now they're paring have been. now they're paring back on that . that's good. mark back on that. that's good. mark rowley said the met will start as of this week, 1st of september. that will free up an enormous amount of time for officers to actually deal with crime results as ever. >> the mark okay, peter, as even >> the mark okay, peter, as ever, thanks for coming in and updating us with that response. but let's bring you breaking news coming through from the press association, which is reporting that uk airspace hit by what's called a network wide failure for the air traffic control system, bearing in mind, of course, bank holiday monday with a lot of people either coming back into the country trying to fly but this is trying to fly out. but this is coming from british airline, coming from a british airline, loganair warning its customers on media on ex known as on social media on ex known as twitter, of course, for many

flights may be subject to delays to the outage. a network wide failure, says the glasgow based airline of the computer system. this morning. >> yeah, people are being urged if they are flying today to check the website for the latest information about the flight before setting off. >> yeah, acknowledge it now a bit more coming through from the national air traffic controllers nats based down at swanwick near southampton in hampshire that the system has failed and an indication that of course there will have to keep a lot of planes on the ground instead of flying off and get down those aircraft in the skies as near to the airfields as possible. so we'll update you on that major breaking story there . breaking story there. >> stay with us here on gb news. the fire brigades union says it is now planning to bring legal action against the government over the bibby stockholm barge. the home secretary, though, says she's confident the controversial barge is safe. more on that shortly . more on that shortly. >> that warm feeling inside from

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heavier bursts on it . across the country, 1 or 2 heavier bursts on it. behind it, brighter northern ireland brighter skies, northern ireland and scotland, but some blustery showers , particularly across the showers, particularly across the highlands islands here, some showers, particularly across the higthemis islands here, some showers, particularly across the higthem on islands here, some showers, particularly across the higthem on the slands here, some showers, particularly across the higthem on the heavy here, some showers, particularly across the higthem on the heavy side,, some showers, particularly across the higthem on the heavy side, too.ne of them on the heavy side, too. and then temperature wise , and then temperature wise, similar to monday, reaching the low around about 22 celsius low 20s around about 22 celsius towards south—east. most towards the south—east. most places high teens and then into wednesday, a bright start. some scattered showers from the word go. and then the day ahead is a day of sunshine and showers as we move through the morning into the afternoon, clouds the afternoon, the clouds will bubble of the showers bubble up. some of the showers could be on the heavy side and it remains fairly unsettled on thursday. and friday, particularly south, particularly in the south, with some of rain . some heavy bursts of rain. >> that warm feeling inside from boxt boilers, proud sponsors of weather on

news. the people's channel, britain's news . britain's news. channel >> it's a breaking news coming through that britain's air traffic control system has gone down effectively absolute chaos. is the description being used at nats. the air traffic control channel system based at swanwick in hampshire, has acknowledged that their system has failed . that their system has failed. indications first from loganair, one of the airline's involved warning its passengers on social media that all flights were being suspended . being suspended. >> the in a statement tonight,

it's been said that there is a technical issue and traffic flow restrictions have been applied to maintain safety. engineers are working to find and fix the fault. presenter gabby logan is one of the people stuck. she's been covering the world championships in budapest . she championships in budapest. she can't she can't get off the ground. >> yeah, the indication is that this may take 12 hours or more, beanng this may take 12 hours or more, bearing in mind this is bank houday bearing in mind this is bank holiday monday with a major influx of flights. of course . influx of flights. of course. and also those trying to leave the country. the information we've got is that most of the departures will not be taking place, that the planes will be stuck on the ground while those in the air are about to leave, will have to go to either irish or continental airport. it's not covered by system. down at covered by the system. down at swanwick, southampton. covered by the system. down at swaan k, southampton. covered by the system. down at swaan think southampton. covered by the system. down at swaan think , southampton. covered by the system. down at swaan think , isyuthampton. covered by the system. down at swaan think , is the ampton. covered by the system. down at swaan think , is the absolute chaos, i think, is the absolute mess. we'll update you as we get more and an indication that this may be some time to come as well i >> -- >> the bibby stockholm barge

currently moored in portland harbour has been labelled a potential death threat by the fire brigades union. it says it is now planning to bring legal action against the government over the accommodation ban for migrants and asylum seekers . migrants and asylum seekers. >> with those asylum seekers first boarded bibby stockholm earlier this month. you remember we've been reporting on that. but removed just days later but then removed just days later after an outbreak of legionnaires disease on board. and the fbu says that the fire checks also reveal concerns , checks also reveal concerns, learns about various learns about the various evacuation routes on board. >> the home secretary said earlier that the government is considering a range of options after reports of plans to electronically tag illegal immigrants emerge . well, our immigrants emerge. well, our deputy political editor tom harwood is live for us in the studio. she also said that well , she said they want to get them back on the barge as quickly as possible. she cannot give a time frame to that. the fbu, what are they hoping to achieve here legally? just talk us through what they are trying to do.

well, the fbu have said that they've been speaking to the home office behind the scenes for weeks. >> we'll remember the sort of checks that were done in the days before migrants finally went on to that barge, only to be taken off several days because government didn't because the government didn't wait s so. so wait for the results. s so. so it seems as although the reason that the migrants were taken off was of the legionnaires was because of the legionnaires bacteria rather than fire safety issues . but now the fbu have got issues. but now the fbu have got their lawyers to write to the home secretary demanding a response by thursday with regard to all of their various safety concerns for the vessel , they concerns for the vessel, they say it's unsafe to have people doubled up in single occupancy rooms . the barge, when it has rooms. the barge, when it has been used before by the netherlands, by germany, by a company in scotland as well, has, of course , had hundreds of has, of course, had hundreds of people on this barge. but without that same doubling up. so total capacity closer to 305 hundred. and also so the fbu say that one of the fire exits on

board can't be used because the gangway towards it is marginally too steep to be approved and therefore it's unsafe because therefore it's unsafe because there are fewer fire exits. it does seem perhaps a crew tick would note that the fbu seemed to be finding lots of faults that when this barge has been used previously, these faults have not been. >> however, the indication, according to the fbu, is that obviously certification has to bearin obviously certification has to bear in mind the numbers. obviously certification has to bear in mind the numbers . there bear in mind the numbers. there were only 200 on board originally when it was actually put into service. and clearly what it's saying is you have to reassess. i mean , one of the reassess. i mean, one of the doors, for instance, they found open the wrong way in terms of escape routes, and they are responsible for the certification. so know certification. so do we know what action will be? what the legal action will be? is this going to be some kind of injunction or how far will it go? know the precise terms of the legal action? >> of course, what the fbu want is for the government to respond by thursday before we hear more about what the steps they take. exactly >> yeah. and is it the case that

while this is going on, then that people can't be returned to the barge anyway? >> well, this is precisely what the government doesn't to the government doesn't want to do. the do. get people back on the barge. only for them to be taken off on this sort of duke of york type, and forwards type, backwards and forwards situation course, the situation. not, of course, the current duke york, the situation. not, of course, the curr> what make of the >> so what do we make of the latest initiative where it's suggested home office is suggested the home office is looking electronic tags ? it's looking at electronic tags? it's not been officially acknowledged by say by the government. they say they're all options. they're looking at all options. is mean, there enough tags is i mean, are there enough tags to around for 175,000 to go around for 175,000

currently on the waiting list for asylum ? for asylum? >> there are around 25,000 tags in the country and over 100,000 migrants on waiting lists. in the country and over 100,000 migrants on waiting lists . the migrants on waiting lists. the simple maths there is that even if every single tag was taken off, criminals in the united kingdom to be put on a migrant on a waiting list, there would only be one quarter of them covered. there is clearly a covered. so there is clearly a logistical issue here. if it were to be the case that all migrants were to be tagged, although there has been some suggestion home office suggestion from the home office that have that some asylum seekers have already this is already been tagged this is something oh, really? that does occurin something oh, really? that does occur in small already . and occur in small ways already. and the home office say that nothing would be taken out off the table in the future. but of course this is a sort of a back up option. it's being reported that if suitable accommodation cannot be found while people are undergoing the extra ordinarily long time it takes to process them, electronic tagging is what you do to people who've just been released from prison . been released from prison. >> you know, it does feel like you're treating these people like and out criminals. yes. like out and out criminals. yes. and course, they have

and of course, they could have fled situations as some fled horrific situations as some of them could have done. >> of course, the government would say these are illegal migrants under the terms the migrants under the terms of the illegal which is illegal migration act, which is just arrives by small just coming, arrives by small boat would considered an boat, would be considered an illegal migrant. so this is sort of planning for that. and of course, there are some circumstances where after processing those most vulnerable would then not be treated in that way . but the home office is that way. but the home office is concerned about the number who do from what not do abscond from what is not detained an accommodation. the hotels that people are placed in, people are to free come and go and the home office is clearly concerned would include children in tagging children. well, this is something that has not the papers and not appeared in the papers and i would very surprised if the would be very surprised if the home office were to go for this. again, this isn't a plan that has been published or press released. these this is speculation that the home office has responded to saying that nothing is off the table. so these of details have these sorts of details have not been . been got into. >> okay, tom, for now, thank you. >> coming up, we'll update you

on breaking news. we've got on that breaking news. we've got the whole of britain's air traffic system down traffic control system down because of a technical issue and the traffic services unit the air traffic services unit down at swanwick in hampshire says we apologise for any inconvenience this may cause. slight. they do. yeah. more coming up . news headlines now coming up. news headlines now with theo . good afternoon. with theo. good afternoon. >> it's 12:32 on theo with theo. good afternoon. >> it's12:32 on theo chikomba in the newsroom . as we've been in the newsroom. as we've been hearing, the uk air space has been hit by a network wide failure for air traffic control systems. national air traffic services say traffic flow restrictions have been applied to maintain safety . it's also to maintain safety. it's also confirmed engineers are working to find and fix the fault . to find and fix the fault. ministers are being accused of disregarding safety concerns on the bibby stockholm the fire brigades union has sent a pre—action protocol letter to the home secretary raising the

possibility of legal action. the union has previously described the barge as a potential death trap. suella braverman, who insists the vessel is safe, has until thursday to reply to the legal letter. meanwhile, until thursday to reply to the legal letter . meanwhile, the legal letter. meanwhile, the home office is reportedly considering the use of electronic tags to monitor asylum seekers who arrive in the country illegally. the times says officials have been asked to find ways to prevent the thousands of people who arrive on small boats from absconding . on small boats from absconding. the home secretary insists police have the resources to meet a government pledge to crack down on crime forces in england and wales are being told to follow all reasonable lines of inquiry when it comes to investigating burglary or theft .labour investigating burglary or theft . labour criticised it as staggering admission of 13 years of tory failure . a number of of tory failure. a number of people have been injured after a cruise ship broke free from its moorings during a storm. in

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>> welcome back to the live desk bank holiday monday. and it seems the uk is shut at least airspace is shut. now, just to give you an indication of what difficulty that is with the air traffic control system having gone down, those are the aircraft in the air at the moment with our flight tracker picture. there you can see the concentration, particularly in the home counties in london. we're being told that they are trying to handle all the aircraft manually . so they got aircraft manually. so they got what they call traffic flow restrictions. but clearly it's going to cause huge problems. and what is one of the busiest days for air travel of the year, many uk flights likely to be many uk flights are likely to be delayed, cancelled this issue will have knock on effects around europe as well . around europe as well. >> tv presenter gabby logan . >> tv presenter gabby logan. she's one of the people affected by the shutdown. she's stuck on the runway at budapest airport and we've also getting reports

of other people who are stuck as well. the problem is, is that there's not a lot of slack in there's not a lot of slack in the system. so planes are going to be held on the ground in places like amsterdam for example, or if you're on a longer flight , then those longer flight, then those flights will be diverted, most likely to a continental airport or an irish airport. there aren't to going be any safety issues with this because the system, we understand, is designed to cope with such a shutdown. and aircrafts do have contingency fuel. but it it is bank holiday monday , one of the bank holiday monday, one of the busiest days of the year. so it is absolutely miserable if you are if you are travelling by plane. >> yeah. the whistle was blown by loganair the scottish airline based in glasgow. it's warned its customers about an hour ago on social media on ex known as twitter, that flights were going to be delayed ad and it acknowledged that this was a network wide failure of the air traffic control computer system and basically saying that people would need to just check on

flight information before even setting off for the airport. indications from simon calder, of course, the independent's travel expert, who's i think stuck in estonia or something like that, that basically this could be 12 hours or more before they actually solve the problems in terms of national air traffic services down at swanwick in hampshire, in southampton, they say their engineers are working to the fault and to find and fix the fault and they apologise for any inconvenience that this may cause. >> do you get in touch with us if someone in your family is stuck? you know, we'd like to hear experience you're hear what what experience you're going gather going through as we gather more information this . but yeah, information on this. but yeah, absolutely miserable today. this technical issue that is restricting uk flight traffic. we will bring you the latest , of we will bring you the latest, of course, here on gb news nana . course, here on gb news nana. >> well, let's update you on royal matters with the king reportedly planning, well, some royal redundancies, maybe a major shake—up royal major shake—up in royal household cutting household staff cutting 20, perhaps of so—called middle middle managers to increase efficiency and save money for the taxpayer .

the taxpayer. >> according to the mail on sunday newspaper, the king and queen camilla believed that too many similar jobs , with many staff do similar jobs, with assistants having their own assistants. and it is all costing the taxpayer too much . costing the taxpayer too much. >> well, let's now speak to former royal correspondent at the sun, charles rea, who can join us. charles, thanks for your this bank holiday your time. this bank holiday monday, perhaps monday, a familiar theme perhaps for charles that he's been warning of a slimmed down monarchy and cutting back. but this this may perhaps worry a lot of staff at the royal households . households. >> well, i'm sure it will. i mean , it be like any mean, it be like any organisation , if you're told organisation, if you're told that the boss wants to cut staff but it is an unworldly beast anyway , the staff at the at the anyway, the staff at the at the royal palaces and it's absolutely right. there are assistants for assisting the child and camilla are also questioning as to why why there is a chef for the royal family and a chef for the staff . why and a chef for the staff. why can't the kitchens do do the job for everyone, which is which is. yeah, absolutely right . i mean, yeah, absolutely right. i mean,

we've got the actual working royals now cut down. you can't cut that down any more . and so cut that down any more. and so it's good that charles, who has always been a bit thrifty looking at the numbers of people who are employed in all the palaces now, 20% is quite a hefty sum , but it just shows you hefty sum, but it just shows you how many of the middle managers that are at the palace and it's been reported that camilla, she's going to have a big role in overseeing all these big changes. >> yes. >> yes. >> yes, absolutely . i mean, >> yes, absolutely. i mean, she's one of the ones who is has instigated this. i mean, both charles and camilla have looked at at at at who's employed there and, you know, it's not a big surprise that they're looking at the middle managers because there are so many of them. it's an army. in fact . an army. in fact. >> and i think that the first of indications were in terms of that the household staff at clarence house and then

buckingham palace, where obviously they are still not moving back into buckingham palace full time . and there was palace full time. and there was sort of a doubling up of a lot of those admin staff. >> if you're absolutely right, mark, you know, buckingham palace is under a refurb payment program , which is going to last program, which is going to last till , you know, a couple of more till, you know, a couple of more years yet . and so they're not years yet. and so they're not using all the facilities at the palace, but the staff are still employed there. and it's very much the same as the various other houses. when the royals are not there, the staff are still there. you don't need them to be there. and i'm afraid there are people who are going to have to be moved on or retrained for other work . retrained for other work. >> of those people will >> but some of those people will have worked there a long, long time, won't they? i mean, it is going to be very difficult and a bitter blow for them having so shown such loyalty to the royal family. it is. >> but the royal family have got a track record for, you know, getting rid of staff when they

need to get rid of staff. the i mean, the staff are loyal to the royal family. i'm not so sure that the royal family are as loyal to the staff as they were . but you we would be complaining if they continued to have this amount of people working there , you know, who are working there, you know, who are doubung working there, you know, who are doubling up on jobs because we want see a slimmed down royal want to see a slimmed down royal family. it's costing us £85 million a year at the moment, £30 million a year of that is the refurbishment at buckingham palace. so we want our value. we want value for money. >> and very quickly, charles, do we know what happens to them? do they get redundancy under civil service terms or how are they treated ? service terms or how are they treewell, will get >> well, they will get redundancy the of redundancy under the terms of their employment contracts, just like other people. like just like other people. yes, will get paid off. yes, they will get paid off. >> okay. thanks as ever, charles, for updating us with your reaction. we'll speak to your reaction. we'll speak to you soon. thank you very much . you soon. thank you very much. >> a new survey has found the average cost of a beer has doubled, doubled over the last 15 years with pints in the uk

ranging no raging as well. but but the price of these pints range from £1.85 in greater manchester to wait for it £9 in the west end of london. >> well what are the findings mean for both punters and those who run the pubs? of course. let's speak once more to the owner of the dog at wingham down in kent, mark bridgen, who can update with his reaction update us with his reaction because mark, you're our sort of bellwether for the pub industry . how does that £9 price sound to you in terms of what you're charging down there in kent? it's a it's a pub in the west end of london, you know, in the greatest city in the world. >> it's got to cost a few quid to serve a beer there. so i don't think it represents the rest of the hospitality industry . um, but yeah, beer has gone up a lot just in the seven years that we've been at the dog, we've seen significant increases and, and now, you know, we're ranging from sort of £5 to £6.50

for a pint of pint of beer. >> okay. and how much profit are you making then on, on each pint or you're just having to put the pnces or you're just having to put the prices up to cover your costs? yes. yeah >> i mean, that's that's the challenge. it's everything's going up. you know, we in pre pre ukraine we used to get an annual price base list for our booze our wet products since since the ukraine war started and the hyperinflation we're seeing across all sectors and we now get monthly increases one month our main beer , our main month our main beer, our main lagen month our main beer, our main lager, estrella damm, it went up 7.5% in one month. so we don't change our prices on a monthly basis. so i can't even answer the question of how much profit do we make because it just keeps shrinking and shrinking and shrinking. and it's, um, you know, you've heard from me more than once that the combination of everything we of inflation on everything we buy, staff costs. buy, utilities, staff costs. yeah, it is making everything

that we sell more expensive and we're not benefiting from it. the hospitality industry isn't . the hospitality industry isn't. >> do you find that people are very happy to pay the current price for pint, though, or do you get people moaning and groaning in the pub ? groaning in the pub? >> we do . and you know, there's >> we do. and you know, there's a couple of things that we do around that we have a locals discount. so our regulars, our villagers is they get 10% off monday to friday off their off their food and drink on thursdays. you know, some pretty old fashioned things . but, you old fashioned things. but, you know, we do buy one, get one free on a thursday. and even if we just change which pints they are, some people get very upset. so there are always people groaning about the cost of a pint. um but they, they still enjoy it and yeah. and have a wonderful time with us. and so i don't see it ever coming down. >> are you scratching your head as how do they charge? i think £1.85 up at manchester for i'm

just just wondering how they can get it down to that sort of level. >> yeah. i mean , we we'll be >> yeah. i mean, we we'll be paying >> yeah. i mean, we we'll be paying close to that and the thing is even within the industry, um, there's a there's a group that i'm part of and there was a survey done amongst us the other day and we saw for the cost of a barrel of a specific lager between us, we were paying a 20% difference. wow. so between different publicans and different parts of the country, what we're buying at can range hugely. the country, what we're buying at can range hugely . and at can range hugely. and therefore, what we're having to build on, you know, will range drastically. i think we're all agreed that we would like it to be as best value as possible. and i think, you know, decent operators are doing that. you know, the £9 a pint in a in a west london bar isn't a representation of the british. >> would you pay that mark when you go out would you pay £9 for a pint . a pint. >> um, you know what? if i'm having a wonderful time in an amazing bar in london, you know, i'm lucky to squiffy to know

what you're paying. >> then you do it. >> then you do it. >> if . >> if. >> if. >> if. >> if it's an incredible property , i would. property, i would. try and put more onus on on difference to, you know , it was just it was to, you know, it was just it was a total red herring by the exchequer. >> you know, we haven't seen any savings there. um, and i think, you know, the real hit there with the duty was people that are buying to drink at home, buying wine or spirits. they're paying buying wine or spirits. they're paying considerably more. yeah, yeah. >> mark, as ever, thanks for updating us there from the coalface or the public bar at least. thanks very much indeed . least. thanks very much indeed. >> just to update you on on this breaking news and chaos in the skies because uk airspace has

been hit by a technical fault, according to the provider of air traffic control passengers boarding flights back to the uk have been told of the fault, but they could be stuck for hours and hours . they could be stuck for hours and hours. engineers are working to find and fix the fault, but we showed a picture earlier of what's the flight rate? >> this is the flight tracker. yeah showing the number of planes in the sky, which indicates the problems they've got computer system got now, the computer system has gone down based at swanwick down in hampshire, in southampton, which normally handles these which normally handles all these planes lot of them in the sky planes a lot of them in the sky as we speak. so they're having to man , really. to get them down, man, really. so is saying that they're so nats is saying that they're trying to sort out the computer fault, but effective early uk airspace is shut. that's the warning. certain only an indication that they're trying to get planes down safely . but to get planes down safely. but if you are on the ground waiting to take a flight, it's going to be a long way. i think we'll try and update you as we get more details.

>> turning to a bit of sport and it is still this this raging controversy over spanish fa president luis rubiales, who still refuses to resign. and thatis still refuses to resign. and that is after kissing spanish forward jenni hermoso on the lips after their victory over england completely overshadowed their victory. to be honest, that was in the final of the women's world cup. >> yeah, a bit of an own goal, perhaps. well, the royal spanish football federation, less, is football federation, no less, is holding and holding an urgent and extraordinary meeting this lunchtime, about an hour's time, we're to discuss his we're told, to discuss his suspension. now, the government does not have the power to fire him, but it's already strongly denounced actions in denounced his actions in hermosa, saying that the kiss was not consensual . well, let's was not consensual. well, let's speak now to aidan, who's joining us in the studio. and what is what much of a politics story now as much as sport, isn't it? >> yeah, it's jumped out of the sporting arena, but there is a context to it as well. what a lot of people don't realise is that this this argument probably began.the that this this argument probably began. the genesis of it was probably a ago when

probably about a year ago when they knocked out the they were knocked out of the quarterfinal euros quarterfinal in the euros here in england england. so 15 in england by england. so 15 i think 16 if you include injured players, refused to play for the coach. builder. now he's coach. jorge builder. now he's the only one who coach. jorge builder. now he's the resigned. only one who coach. jorge builder. now he's the resigned. youly one who coach. jorge builder. now he's the resigned. you know, who coach. jorge builder. now he's the resigned. you know, heo hasn't resigned. you know, he said he said that he found the president's behaviour reprehensible. still hasn't reprehensible. but still hasn't managed all the managed to walk even all the rest the players said rest of the players have said won't again. and the won't play again. and the coaching have all walked coaching staff have all walked as people don't as well. so what people don't realise is that spain won that trophy incredibly, realise is that spain won that trophy seven incredibly, realise is that spain won that trophy seven first incredibly, realise is that spain won that trophy seven first incre players without seven first team players because said wouldn't because 16 said they wouldn't play because 16 said they wouldn't play i think it was play seven or i think it was 8 or 9 managed to be talked back. seven in remained out of the fold and so they won it without those a rift with the those players in a rift with the authorities. yeah, it's been going long, long time. going on for a long, long time. so so this is this is another example of the mistrust of the spanish fa and it's also it's a example of the mistrust of the spelike fa and it's also it's a example of the mistrust of the spelike the and it's also it's a example of the mistrust of the spelike the premier also it's a example of the mistrust of the spelike the premier league; a bit like the premier league here. we're frightened of a regulator for the regulator coming in for the premier the spanish fa premier league. the spanish fa have shown again have been shown time and again that cannot manage their that they cannot manage their own that's why own affairs and that's why the government are having to get involved now. they don't have the sack him, you the power to sack him, as you just mentioned, they're just mentioned, but they're trying on trying to force pressure on him

as our fifa and as are the as as our fifa and as are the government themselves. but uefa hasn't a stand yet. hasn't taken a stand yet. well, you one for you it's a difficult one for uefa they don't run the uefa because they don't run the it's a world governing body issue, is fifa. uefa issue, really is fifa. but uefa will into the spanish will fall into line. the spanish club nephew works for fc club my nephew works for fc sevilla, for example. he started there last monday. they made a statement all the club's got together. it one together. they don't like it one bit. he's going to to go. bit. he's going to have to go. it's as simple as that. he's clinging for life, but clinging on for dear life, but he's himself look very, he's making himself look very, very fifa have banned very bad and fifa have banned him 90 days, i think him for up to 90 days, i think is the chance they've got. that's right. i think that's classic behaviour. that's classic fifa behaviour. that's that's kick the can down the road. hope dissipate road. hope it will dissipate a little bit within three months. and no one no one will be talking about it. that's classic fifa behaviour. unfortunately. i'm emotion i'm just looking at the emotion involved though, because we're getting reports. involved though, because we're get the reports. involved though, because we're get the daily reports. involved though, because we're get the daily mail's;. involved though, because we're get the daily mail's reporting >> the daily mail's reporting that his mum now locked that his mum has now locked herself a church gone that his mum has now locked he|hunger a church gone that his mum has now locked he|hunger strike. hurch gone that his mum has now locked he|hunger strike. hurciis gone on hunger strike. this is angela's bucha demanding an end to inhumane witch hunt to the inhumane witch hunt that's imposed so that's been imposed on him. so you know, feelings rising you know, feelings are rising pretty you know, feelings are rising prett'watched happen live. >> i watched it happen live. i was watching it. i covering was watching it. i was covering it here for gb news. and i was

really uncomfortable seeing it, if with you, i've if i'm honest with you, i've never seen that. mean, it's never seen that. i mean, it's not often i mean, it's soon not often i mean, it's as soon as happened, immediately as it happened, you immediately thought was very, thought i thought it was very, very. did. he picked very. i did. i mean, he picked her kissed her and her up, kissed her and everything. i mean, look, i always look at intent. i wonder whether i wonder whether he actually meant to cause her embarrassment. i don't think that's do think that's the case. but i do think he was a bit overexuberant showing support the handball. >> was arm right >> was the arm in the right place or not? no >> for him, it's clearly normal, normal behaviour. >> for him, it's clearly normal, norm don't1aviour. >> for him, it's clearly normal, norm don't1aviourl >> for him, it's clearly normal, normdon't1aviourl think it was >> i don't know. i think it was i he was he knew the i think he was he knew the cameras were on him. he wanted to wanted show. look to show. he wanted to show. look how am to the how committed i am to the women's have how committed i am to the wonproblems have how committed i am to the wonproblems in have how committed i am to the wonproblems in the have how committed i am to the wonproblems in the last have how committed i am to the wonproblems in the last ior'e had problems in the last year or so. they wanted to show unified front i said, right front because as i said, right at here segment, at the top here of this segment, this problem going on this problem has been going on and since last summer. >> summer. >> right. powers >> right. and the powers they got very they meet got very quickly as they meet fairly but fairly shortly, suspension, but they fairly shortly, suspension, but the they fire no. but >> they can't fire him. no. but i that what they're i think that what they're rounding on him now, so the clubs together, the clubs are getting together, the organisation, they're going to try him their aiden. >> p much f— >> thanks very much indeed. coming latest with coming up, the very latest with uk because a uk airspace closed because of a computer traffic computer fault with air traffic control. you control. we'll update you with the us.

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gb news. >> good afternoon . it is 1:00 >> good afternoon. it is 1:00 and you're watching the live desk here on gb news. coming up this bank holiday monday. well travel chaos with the uk's airspace closed by a computer breakdown. >> engineers desperately trying to fix the fault with the uk's air but air traffic control system. but airlines up airlines already warning up to 12 delays and 12 hours of delays and cancellations on the busiest day of year . all also cancellations on the busiest day of year. all also coming up, of the year. all also coming up, no crime , too small. no crime, too small. >> the home secretary says every offence should be investigated . offence should be investigated. but with 1 in 8 posts for sex offence, specialists still unfilled, where will the officers come from ? officers come from? >> the world cup kissing rule

goes into extra time. spain's football federation to hold an extraordinary and urgent meeting this hour to consider suspending luis rubiales . luis rubiales. >> and we'll be bringing you more on the story that a pint costing £9 has been found in the west end of london. i mean, not not literally . just literally not literally. just literally because no one else would buy him. revealed that the average cost of a beer has doubled in the last 15 years. all that plenty more to talk to you about before we start your headlines with theo . with theo. >> good afternoon. it's 1:01 theo chikomba in the newsroom. uk airspace has been hit by a technical fault. national air traffic services has confirmed a network wide failure of its air

traffic control services as planes are landing and departing waiting. but traffic flow restrictions are in place to maintain safety . the company maintain safety. the company says engineers are working to find and fix the fault . find and fix the fault. ministers are being accused of disregarding safety concern on the bibby stockholm . the fire the bibby stockholm. the fire brigades union has sent a pre—action protocol letter to the home secretary, raising the possibility city of legal action. the union has previously described the barge as a potential death trap. suella braverman, who insists the vesselis braverman, who insists the vessel is safe, has until thursday to reply to the legal letter . meanwhile the home letter. meanwhile the home office is reportedly considering the use of electronic tags to monitor asylum seekers who arrive in the country illegally. the times says officials have been asked to find ways to prevent the thousands of people who arrive on small boats from absconding . the home secretary

absconding. the home secretary insists police have resources to meet a government pledge to crack down on crime forces in england and wales are being told to follow all reasonable lines of when it comes to of enquiry when it comes to investigating burglary or theft. the new commitment is part of a crime week of policy announcements. labour criticised it as a staggering admission of 13 years of tory failure . shadow 13 years of tory failure. shadow employment rights minister justin madders says it's taken too long to implement what's been happening for the last 13 years of a conservative government. >> if crimes have not been investigated. but it is, i'm afraid, a reflection of what i hear from constituents and my own experience that some times the police just don't have the resources to investigate the crimes. in fact, 90% of crimes go unsolved . and i think that go unsolved. and i think that it's a sad state of affairs that this is something that's been presented as a new, exciting policy when it's something we should have been doing all along

i >> de—man are due to appear in court charged with murder following a suspected ammonia attack in gateshead . 26 year old attack in gateshead. 26 year old andy foster was sprayed with a substance and later died in hospital after opening the door at his home on 20th august. kenneth fawcett and john wanless were arrested on suspicion of murder . a were arrested on suspicion of murder. a number of people have been injured after a cruise ship broke free from its moorings dunng broke free from its moorings during a storm in spain , during a storm in spain, passengers on board the p&o cruisers britannia were treated by medical staff after it collided with a petrol tanker in palma in mallorca . p&o says that palma in mallorca. p&o says that the ship will stay in the port to be checked for technical issues, but there was no structural damage to the vessel .today structural damage to the vessel . today marks two years since the britain's since britain's withdrawal from afghanistan. dozens of nato nations evacuated their forces from the country after the taliban retook the caphal after the taliban retook the capital, kabul. after the taliban retook the capital, kabul . veterans capital, kabul. veterans campaigner trevor colt , who

campaigner trevor colt, who fought in afghanistan, says the uk's departure and did all its good work in the country. we were making a difference when we were making a difference when we were there . were there. >> when we were there, we provided security. we provided assistance. helped build assistance. we helped build schools. we helped build hundreds of wells. schools. we helped build hundreds of wells . we brought hundreds of wells. we brought over products, pencils , pans, over products, pencils, pans, cookers. we helped these these young girls find an education, get an education. and the minute president biden pulled out, get an education. and the minute president biden pulled out , the president biden pulled out, the taliban took over and said all these things that women and young girls were aspiring to be got cancelled . got cancelled. >> spain's football federation will hold urgent talks this afternoon following fifa's suspension of president luis rubiales . suspension of president luis rubiales. he's refusing to resign after kissing henry hermoso at the women's world cup finals, saying it was consensual, which she denies . consensual, which she denies. the royal spanish football federation has called an extraordinary and urgent meeting to evaluate the situation. football's governing body announced last week. rubiales

will be suspended for three months this is gb news across the uk on tv, in your car and on digital radio and on your smart speaker by saying play gb news now back to mark and . pip theo, now back to mark and. pip theo, thanks very much indeed and welcome back to the live desk. >> with the uk's airspace effectively closed after that network wide failure of the air traffic control computer system , the airlines are already reporting what will be up to 12 hours of delays and cancellations , they believe with cancellations, they believe with plane movements being handled manually to try to get them . manually to try to get them. down safely. >> nats now that is the air traffic control system based at swanwick, swanwick in hampshire says engineers are says that its engineers are trying the problem and trying to fix the problem and has the has apologised for the inconvenience on one of the busiest travel days of the year. >> speak now sally >> let's speak now to sally gethin, who's a travel and aviation expert. talk aviation expert. well, talk about the wrong thing at the

wrong time here. yeah it's absolutely the perfect storm. >> and when i heard about this, i couldn't believe it at all really, because as in in my career, which spanned is a number of decades in aviation , i number of decades in aviation, i have not heard of this happening. and especially now we are at this digitally advanced stage . i mean, this are at this digitally advanced stage. i mean, this is an air traffic control centre at swanwick , which handles the swanwick, which handles the upper airspace and also the major uk gateways and handles . major uk gateways and handles. 2.5 million flights a year, 250 million passenger hours a year. so where is the redundancy in the system? i think apart from all the huge disruption and this will be for families coming back, this is a big inbound traffic day for the kids coming back to school . don't forget, back to school. don't forget, soon. and you know, this is actually unprecedented and it's

actually unprecedented and it's a very bad look, actually for uk air traffic services . air traffic services. >> yeah, i remember when it opened and there was a great fanfare about this being state of art. the best in the of the art. the best in the world and that this sort of thing could never happen . thing could never happen. >> yeah. i mean i remember when it was opened as well. i mean , it was opened as well. i mean, you know, a lot of money was pumped a tech pumped into it and a lot of tech andifs pumped into it and a lot of tech and it's literally like that movie , you know, where i think movie, you know, where i think it's the aeroplane when you pull the plug out of the wall and only kidding and puts back in only kidding and puts it back in again. how could the again. i mean, how could the uk's premier air traffic service control centre fail in such a catastrophic way on the worst day of the year? arguably and just to underline on how serious this is , sally, is it the this is, sally, is it the equivalent then of every road in the country being shut ? the country being shut? >> you yeah, i mean, that's a good analogy. >> it's kind of like shutting all the motorways suddenly, right? can you imagine the backlog and the disruption and

the anger? actually, you know, we get road rage, don't we? you also get air rage . i mean, also get air rage. i mean, imagine all those families and not just families, just anybody. also business people, too, will be affected . and, you know, be affected. and, you know, being a holder up in, you know, not being able to return to the uk at all and i can actually , uk at all and i can actually, unfortunately, add another disruptive aspect to this is that as a passenger , you're that as a passenger, you're consumer rights will be badly affected because airlines are not responsible for this. they can only give you compensation if it's if it's within their control . and this is way beyond control. and this is way beyond their control . and of course, their control. and of course, normally, yeah , i was going to normally, yeah, i was going to say, i'm just looking what the airports are saying, gatwick, heathrow , dublin. heathrow, dublin. >> and it says contact your airline. and it's of course , airline. and it's of course, they are not the ones responsible for the problem . so responsible for the problem. so the the the passengers and all the families will be going round and round families will be going round and rou yeah, we know that >> yeah, i mean, we know that some airlines not all have a very poor track record in providing good customer service

anyway. you know , a few days anyway. you know, a few days ago, easyjet and british airways were cancelling flights and leaving some passengers. you know , badly affected and know, badly affected and stranded. so you know, in this scenario, it's like what worst case scenario in terms of air travel today being badly affected by something like this? and can i say also , aviation is and can i say also, aviation is an international global industry, and i've been covering it for most of my career . and so it for most of my career. and so it's a global village. and this is a very bad look for the uk in terms of aviation in that in that global sector. and we need more than ever to show that we provide reliability, resilience and robustness in our tech systems and globally in air travel. and so this this looks absolutely ridiculous for the uk because we don't know the reason for it yet. but the fact that there isn't enough redundancy to compensate for it pretty much immediately is not a good look for the uk . for the uk. >> yeah, national air traffic

service is, is sort of trying to clarify that uk airspace is not closed, but they have had to apply closed, but they have had to apply air traffic flow restrictions to maintain safety . but is it as good as as it being closed, the problems that it's causing ? i think the it's causing? i think the problem is everything is so digitised now and it's so seamless . seamless. >> and in fact, that is working on next generation air traffic where, you know, the actual distance between planes would come even closer based on the new digital era and the new system for managing air traffic, which is due to come in in the future. so to have to take a step back and slow it down, maybe not halt it altogether, but just to reduce it to this level, it's taking it back to more of an analogue era, you know, where where it was more like done in a in a handover way . it's like going back to say

the way atc was done 20 or 30 years ago. yeah. and they move these sort of wooden blocks from from left to right for the independent sort of controllers strips of paper more. yeah. i know what you mean. not quite churchillian, but yes. >> so, so given that i mean i think looking at the airlines loganair was the first to, to blow the whistle. i mean, they're effectively saying that, yes, is closed yes, the airspace is closed despite not saying no, it's not closed because they literally can't the flights through . can't get the flights through. >> that's the problem , >> i mean, that's the problem, isn't it? it's the ambiguity of it . like, you know, a different it. like, you know, a different sources coming. you know, you could suddenly say to me right now or we've had some new information just come in while we've been on air. it's that kind of confusion and ambiguity . and i think this does leave airlines in in in the middle in airlines in in in the middle in a way. in, you airlines in in in the middle in a way . in, you know, court, a way. in, you know, court, they're stuck between having to handle the chaos that it's causing and not really being

privy to all the information and all that, you know, the knowledge about it because air traffic services is quite a niche , a narrow sector actually niche, a narrow sector actually . was the editor of a magazine called air traffic management back in the day when it started to become more privatised. the industry with more tech coming industry with more tech coming in and we launched this magazine at the company was at purely for that sector because it is like a walled garden. it's very niche. it has a different role. it's layered on top of airports, but it's separate to the airport. it's separate to the airlines , it's separate to the airlines, as you know. so airlines having to handle all this, this chaos. they're passengers. they don't have that direct contact or recall with air traffic except through their pilots who are having to handle the situation in in real time in the air as it happens. so it would be the pilots who are the frontline for the airlines. but in terms of. >> yeah, sally, i just wanted to ask you because we were just

looking at that flight radar picture see how picture and you can see how busy it if you are already in the it is if you are already in the air, then what are the pilots doing in the at the moment? are they stacking, doing i mean, just to us what's just explain to us what's happening there . happening up there. >> yeah, well, obviously , i'm >> yeah, well, obviously, i'm not up there with them, so , you not up there with them, so, you know, i've got an idea . it's know, i've got an idea. it's quite a new situation . but what quite a new situation. but what they will be doing is yeah, absolutely, it will be the swanwick and which will be managing those flows and the pilots will simply have to literally go with the flow in this situation . they'll have to this situation. they'll have to obey those instructions . and obey those instructions. and yes, there is a stacking system called holly, which is outside london for example, for all traffic coming into heathrow. and it's like four chimneys up in the air. i know that sounds strange, but that's how it visually looks. and they kind of spiral around in these these distinct sort of like columns ,

distinct sort of like columns, if you like, in the air. and they have to wait their turn. now suspect what is probably happening is that they will be trying to reduce that stacking and divert them away from the uk and divert them away from the uk and probably get them down on the ground where they can. but then, you know, you've got to think that that's got to be liaised with those other airports in the rest of europe or, you outside uk where or, you know, outside uk where those planes need to be landed. and that causes a knock on effect for all of european atc. and you know, i can add also that this summer has been a bad one for european air traffic control anyway. there's been industrial issues with air traffic controllers in france. that's a whole civil unrest issue to do with polish six and everything over there. but you know, so there and there was bad, bad weather, as you recall , all over europe causing these disruptions with some of the airlines at the start of the weekend . so they're not exactly weekend. so they're not exactly sitting pretty either , those sitting pretty either, those other airports and they're going to have to handle the fallout in

traffic well. don't traffic as well. and then don't forget. it's all backed forget. right. it's all backed up then everybody into this up and then everybody into this new week we're in now is going to have to slowly make their way back into the uk and, you know, all those like i said at the start of this conversation, all those people coming back into the uk on leisure airlines in particular, charter airlines , particular, charter airlines, you know, to egypt, to all of those, those planes will be fully booked anyway coming in at the end of the bank holiday weekend into the uk. so yeah , it weekend into the uk. so yeah, it really is the worst timing , really is the worst timing, absolute mayhem. >> sally gethin , travel and >> sally gethin, travel and aviation expert , really aviation expert, really appreciate your input there and explaining so much to us. thank you. yeah. >> just to update you of course, remind you that nats down at swanwick say their engineers are trying through a fix for trying to work through a fix for the computer system. apologies for any inconvenience, but clearly they're having to go through manual now in terms of getting the aircraft down. but many other flights won't be

leaving, staying on the ground. we'll update you as we can with more details as the home secretary suella braverman, has called on police to investigate every crime, claiming they have the resources to place as much emphasis on shoplifting or phone thefts as they do on more serious offences . serious offences. >> as she says, all forces need to follow all reasonable lines of inquiry for every offence, but that's raised concerns . but that's raised concerns. >> it could see efforts diverted from more serious investigations, placing more pressure on manpower, for instance , it's reported now 1 in instance, it's reported now 1 in 8 posts for special officers for rape or sexual offence . rape or sexual offence. inquiries currently staying unfilled. let's get more with our political editor, christopher hope, joining us from westminster. and two issues it seems, christopher. one, her assertion that there are enough frontline police to deal with this. and secondly, this sort of test of what is a sort of reasonable all evidence in terms of pursuing an inquiry.

>> that's right, mark. i mean , >> that's right, mark. i mean, the message from the home secretary today is no crime, too trivial. the concern is that not enough people are seeing the police investigate basic crimes, acquisitive crimes . they're acquisitive crimes. they're looking at 2% of vehicle and bike thefts are being charged, 4% of burglaries, 6.5% of muggings as . well. muggings as. well. >> we seem to have lost christopher. he's there . christopher. he's there. >> yeah. sorry, chris. can you hear me now? a glitch on the line. we've got you back. yeah, you were saying? obviously it's the assertion about enough police being available to do all these jobs . these jobs. >> that's right . and there's a >> that's right. and there's a concern, of course, that will they be able to find the manpower to do that? of course, the government says they've added 20,000 frontline police in recent years, taking them back to pre austerity levels . so the to pre austerity levels. so the idea is that's enough police there to do this basic investigation of these of so—called to crimes. of course, if it happens to you, it's not trivial in any sense at all.

they look at greater manchester, where there's been a 44% increase in charges by the chief constable there saying, right, we will do anything to try and find people who take watches or phones or burglaries. and we won't say, here's a crime number, call the insurance. so the idea is to try and boost confidence in the police after a few difficult few years for police forces and trying to show ordinary people that you may pay the bills for the police, that they're out there for them, too. the bills for the police, that the so�* out there for them, too. the bills for the police, that the so doesthere for them, too. the bills for the police, that the so does that for them, too. the bills for the police, that the so does that mean em, too. the bills for the police, that the so does that mean then 00. the bills for the police, that the so does that mean then that >> so does that mean then that people are going to see more police on the streets? there's going to be that visible presence, which will be quite reassuring for people ? reassuring for people? >> well , the hope so is, of >> well, the hope so is, of course, but 20,000 police, over 43 forces doesn't work out as that many per force. if you take in shift patterns. so it's not it's less being being . when you it's less being being. when you do say you've been a victim of crime . crime. >> okay. christopher hope a couple of technical glitches

there. but but we did we did get all you said. you all what you said. thank you very this story. >> not quite as bad as the uk's national air traffic control system because we're being told huge problems for uk airspace. the airlines are indicating it's effectively closed, although nats, the system down at swanwick in hampshire saying, no, that's not the case. we've just got a computer problem. however, we've got major, major disruption on one of the busiest days of the year. let's speak now to travel correspondent of the times, ben clatworthy is joining us. ben, gnats are saying got their saying they've got their engineers trying work on it. engineers trying to work on it. but, when but, you know, we were told when this opened, it was state this centre opened, it was state of and was thing of the art and this was thing would never happen . would never happen. >> yes, indeed . >> yes, indeed. >> yes, indeed. >> the latest that i've hearing just a few moments ago, speaking to a very senior source at an airline, is that what is happening? is that everything that nats would normally process automatically is having to be done manually. but more crucially, that some of the

times that they're getting through their systems, which come from nats who allocate with the airport slots , is that some, the airport slots, is that some, for example , one flight, a for example, one flight, a british airways departure from belfast scheduled for 3:30 pm. this afternoon, currently showing up on the system as 12 am. midnight tonight. showing up on the system as 12 am. midnight tonight . what this a.m. midnight tonight. what this means ultimately is that actually the disruption , actually the disruption, irrespective of how quickly nats are able to sort this issue, is to going be huge. one of the reasons being is that these knock on effects across the day will be very debilitating for airlines, particularly when crew will be going out of hours and what we will probably see later on today is that people will be expecting to get onto planes heavily delayed and then told we're really sorry, but legally we're really sorry, but legally we are unable to fly this with the crew. we have so almost certainly huge knock ons later today, if not into tomorrow.

>> so the likelihood is , is that >> so the likelihood is, is that passengers will end up in a hotel tonight . and who will pay hotel tonight. and who will pay for that ? for that? >> i think let's hold slightly carefully, because everything could resolve earlier . but those could resolve earlier. but those flights who people who are delayed overnight. yes, they will end up in hotels that will fall to the airlines responsibility. have a duty responsibility. they have a duty of care . after two hours of of care. after two hours of delay to their passengers , it delay to their passengers, it starts with food and drink . but starts with food and drink. but obviously, if it extends overnight , it does obviously, if it extends overnight, it does mean accommodation as well . accommodation as well. passengers who are affected, they won't be able to compensation from the airlines because outside of their because it is outside of their control . al. however, the bill control. al. however, the bill for airlines will be racking up by tens of thousands of pounds by tens of thousands of pounds by the minute . by the minute. >> the other thing, ben, as we've speaking to you, we've been speaking to you, we've been speaking to you, we've had the flight radar picture of picture up showing the number of aircraft mean, aircraft in the air. i mean, aircraft in the air. i mean, aircraft do have spare fuel for these circumstances, but clearly there's a safety issue here. if they're having to deal with all they're having to deal with all the flights manually to be putting the blocks through for

the controllers, the air traffic controllers, you know, getting everyone down safely place , i safely in the right place, i think certainly number one priority in aviation is safety. >> if there were any concerns , >> if there were any concerns, what you would see is that flights , if there was flights, if there was a situation where nats were saying we are unable to process fast enough what you would see as flights able to divert into europe, that as far as i'm aware at the moment isn't happening. it would be an option. so i think disaster limitation , it's think disaster limitation, it's probably hopefully not going to get to that stage, but that would be the next on the venn diagram, as it were, or the flowchart, the next port of call. if there was any concerns over that . over that. >> ben clatworthy, travel correspondent at the times, thank you. what rams it home for me is this thought that it is like all the roads in the country being shut at the same time. mayhem yeah . time. mayhem yeah. >> yeah. yeah. time. mayhem yeah. >> awful. ’eah. time. mayhem yeah. >> awful. yeah the network failure we were told, would never happen when sonic was opened with all its digital

gadgetry. >> but it's gone wrong in a big way . way. >> well, we are talking about road traffic next. not air traffic , because the capital traffic, because the capital will tomorrow become the world's largest pollution, charging area when ulez expands to outer london. more on that shortly . london. more on that shortly. >> looks like things are heating up . boxed boilers proud sponsors up. boxed boilers proud sponsors of weather on . gb news. of weather on. gb news. >> hello there. i'm greg dewhurst and welcome to your latest gb news weather forecast. well over the next few days we've got scattered showers , so we've got scattered showers, so there will be some brighter interludes at times and it will turn increasingly breezy, particularly across the north—west thanks to north—west and that's thanks to areas pressure trying to areas of low pressure trying to move the atlantic . move in from the atlantic. though high pressure though ridging of high pressure at it a little at times will keep it a little bit settled towards the bit more settled towards the south—west of uk into this south—west of the uk into this evening time. already a band of rain pushing into the far north—west of scotland. elsewhere generally quite cloudy to end monday and into the early hours of tuesday. we could see a few western areas

few showers across western areas . this band continues to . this band of rain continues to sink south across sink south eastwards across scotland northern ireland. scotland and northern ireland. temperatures as result of temperatures as a result of cloud and rain around holding up in double figures the in double figures across the board . so a fairly cloudy start board. so a fairly cloudy start for most on tuesday morning with this showery band of rain slowly pushing its way south eastwards across , 1 or across the country, 1 or 2 heavier bursts on it behind it, brighter skies. northern ireland and scotland. but some blustery showers, particularly across the highlands islands here. some highlands and islands here. some of heavy side , too. of them on the heavy side, too. and temperature wise, and then temperature wise, similar to monday, reaching the low 20s around about 22 celsius towards the south—east. most places high teens and then into wednesday , a bright start. some wednesday, a bright start. some scattered showers from the word go and then the day ahead is a day of sunshine and showers as it moves through the morning into clouds into the afternoon, the clouds will some will bubble up. some of the showers could be the heavy showers could be on the heavy side and it remains fairly unsettled. thursday and unsettled. on thursday and friday, particularly in the south some bursts of south with some heavy bursts of rain . looks like things are rain. looks like things are heating up . heating up. >> boxed boilers, proud sponsors

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this evening. gb news is the people's channel. britain's watching . watching. >> welcome back to the live desk on gb news. now the capital will tomorrow become the world's largest pollution charging area when ulez expands to outer london. >> this morning, though, still noisy protest in south london against the expansion and a labour frontbencher, justin

madders , saying the mayor must madders, saying the mayor must reflect act if it's the right time to be going ahead that with households being hit with an expense too many, he said. >> keith price prince, i apologise, is the conservative member of the london assembly for havering and redbridge and joins us in the studio. keith, just hours away now from this starting , how are you feeling? starting, how are you feeling? how are your residents feeling? because it's going to happen. well they're very upset. >> been the doorstep >> i've been on the doorstep yesterday morning. yesterday, say this morning. they're upset . this is they're really upset. this is just people who can't just selling people who can't afford a new car down the river. it's okay if you've got money, you're allowed to pollute. but if haven't money, if you haven't got money, you're not. wrong is that? and not. how how wrong is that? and one of my charities in romford , one of my charities in romford, we've got a van. we can't or we don't actually apply for or don't actually apply for or don't qualify for the scrappage scheme. we've got to find £7,000. this is a homeless charity. we're struggling as it is. that means people , homeless is. that means people, homeless people in havering, will suffer , as i thought. >> there were allowances,

though, for charities . though, for charities. >> there are, but only if they've had the van for a certain i our certain period. i see our old van down. managed to van broke down. i managed to twist a local removal twist the arm of a local removal company, ipsis, to actually lend or give them a van, which they did about 3 or 4 months ago. so now that van doesn't fallen foul of the system. >> yeah. yeah. >> yeah. yeah. >> okay . >> okay. >> okay. >> horrendous. know from >> horrendous. do we know from from the people been from the people you've been spoken have spoken to, how many have actually sort of gone for the scrappage whether scrappage scheme and whether they've of the money? quite a few people but >> quite a few people have. but where it's really wrong is that those who have advance, those who have in advance, because they're preparing for it, would have now it, they would have now qualified. but of course because they did it in advance , they they did it in advance, they will not be getting a retrospective payment. so those people have done the right thing and changed their vehicle . now and changed their vehicle. now they're being punished as well because they didn't get qualify for this scrappage scheme. >> so they spent their money, but they won't be getting the £2,000 and they won't get any money back. >> yeah, well, what do you make of khan's argument, of sadiq khan's argument, though, that this is about benefiting people's health?

>> well, it just research shows that who are dying that people who are dying prematurely , deaths linked to prematurely, deaths linked to pollution , they live in the pollution, they live in the outer areas of london. >> the evidence doesn't stack up at all. well, that came from the imperial college. well, and that's been challenged now that all that research has been challenged and we know that they were leant on to come up with certain answers. so that doesn't stack it's all stack up. it's all a matriculation. there's no real facts behind this. but what we do know is where they've put in the lower traffic neighbourhoods in lewisham , more people are now in lewisham, more people are now reporting to lewisham hospital with breathing problems with asthma than ever before. so it just doesn't work well because the cars are actually stationary, because they're not actually travelling through . actually travelling through. exactly. instead of using the runs as people used to. and there's a run that i would have donein there's a run that i would have done in the old days, say five, ten minutes, it's now a 40 minute journey going round the.

>> a205 very quickly, what do you make of the argument that the failure has been to provide enough transport enough public transport alternatives for people so that particularly these outer boroughs, you know, they're badly served by rail and bus? well he promised us that we would have more transport facilities now to london. >> it isn't easy to get around in outer london. i live in outer london. i live in havering . we london. i live in havering. we have seen nothing . it's just a have seen nothing. it's just a complete misinformation and i'm afraid he really has let londoners down. and even his own party is telling him he should reflect on this. there's no argument for it. it's all about him putting money into tfl. it's about an additional tax for londoners and there's no evidence even his own report, the jacobs report, showed that the jacobs report, showed that the effect this would have on pollution is negligible . pollution is negligible. >> okay, this is going to be debated for days, years to come. i'm sure . thank you very much, i'm sure. thank you very much, keith prince will stay with us. we have the latest on the

spanish row after spain's government says we've seen the worst of society through rubiales actions. more on that after your headlines with theo . after your headlines with theo. it's 1:34. >> i'm theo theo chikomba in the newsroom . the uk airspace has newsroom. the uk airspace has been hit by a technical fault . been hit by a technical fault. national air traffic services has confirmed a network wide failure of its air traffic control services. planes are landing and departing, but traffic flow restrictions are in place to maintain safety. the company says engineers are working to find and fix the fault . working to find and fix the fault. ministers are being accused of disregarding safety concerns on the bbc stockholm the fire brigades union has sent a pre—action protocol letter to the home secretary raising the possibility of legal action. the union has previously described

the barge as a potential death trap. suella braverman, who insists the vessel is safe, has until thursday to reply to the legal letter. until thursday to reply to the legal letter . the until thursday to reply to the legal letter. the home until thursday to reply to the legal letter . the home secretary legal letter. the home secretary insists police have the resources to meet a government pledge to crack down on crime forces in england and wales are being told to follow all reasonable lines of inquiry when it comes to investigate burglary or theft . the new commitment is or theft. the new commitment is part of a crime week of policy announcements . labour criticised announcements. labour criticised it as a staggering admission of 13 years of tory failure . 13 years of tory failure. a number of people have been injured after a cruise ship broke free from its moorings dunng broke free from its moorings during a storm in spain. passengers on board the p&o cruises britannia were treated by a medical staff after it collided with a petrol tanker in palma in majorca . p&o says the palma in majorca. p&o says the ship will stay in the port to be checked for technical issues, but there was no structural damage to the vessel . you can

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this evening. gb news is the people's . channel people's. channel >> well, welcome back to the live desk. now, we haven't spoken about the bibby stockholm for few so let's update for a few days, so let's update you with. yes, the latest, of

course, the marge bar still moored in portland harbour. well, it's been labelled a potential death trap now by the fire brigades and it's fire brigades union. and it's saying it's planning bring saying it's planning to bring more legal action against the government over the accommodation for accommodation on board for migrants seekers . migrants and asylum seekers. >> people first boarded the vessel this month vessel earlier this month but had removed days later due had to be removed days later due to an outbreak of legionnaires disease. the fbu says fire checks also revealed concerns about evacuation routes. well our deputy political editor tom harwood is with us here in the studio . despite all this , suella studio. despite all this, suella braverman is still insisting that the barge is safe . that the barge is safe. >> well, yes, the home office's position throughout all of this has been that barges like the bibby stockholm have been used by other countries. indeed, the bibby stockholm been bibby stockholm itself had been used companies in the united used by companies in the united kingdom, had been by the kingdom, had been used by the netherlands, housing individuals . of course, the capacity, of course, concern of groups course, the concern of groups like fire brigades union is like the fire brigades union is that the home office is trying to put in more people than have

lived on this barge before for indeed almost twice as many than had lived on there before. however, the home office says that this is fairly standard for moored accommodate option for these types of barges and they are standing by their guns. >> we understand from the fbu the concerns about evacuation routes, for instance, stairwells , doors and so on. and they are the body responsible for certification with the local authority. so they do have some legal standing on this, if you like. >> they are indeed that body responsible. what the government and those around government would point to is that there are also a political union with with political idea and quite a vocal character in matt wrack, for instance. absolutely seems to be very much one of those union leaders who is of the old left rather than some of the more moderate union leaders. so perhaps that is influencing some of legal action, potential of this legal action, potential legal action, i should say, but also the immigration minister, robert jenrick, has said that

this barge past its fire assessment before they started putting people on a few weeks ago, if you remember those initial people going on to that barge were delayed by a couple of weeks because of those fire safety checks. those checks were then done, carried out and the home office had the clear to then put people on. the reason people then came off was due to this legionella bacteria being found and now it seems that the fire brigades union are trying to do a further set of legal delaying tactics, writing this letter to the home office demanding a response by 4 pm. on thursday, all with the threat of a judicial review behind it. >> so while they are going through this process, does that mean, therefore that no people will be moved back onto the barge while this is going on? >> it's unlikely anyone will be moved onto the barge by thursday. however, we simply do not know what happen after not know what will happen after that point. the government, of course, disagree with the fbu. they that a safe

they say that this is a safe accommodation, has accommodation, that this has been tried and before and been tried and tested before and that the numbers that they're looking to get on barge looking to get on this barge and indeed barges like it indeed further barges like it are in line with safety regulations for moored vehicles. >> reports suggest the home office is also looking seriously at this idea of electronic tags , the so—called deep dive , , the so—called deep dive, rather unfortunate phrase, perhaps if we look at the bibby stockholm in terms of trying to come up with answers . now, stockholm in terms of trying to come up with answers. now, is this a serious proposition or is it bravman? again, just trying to sort of, you we are to sort of, you know, we are going stop the boats? to sort of, you know, we are goiiwell, stop the boats? to sort of, you know, we are goiiwell, it)p the boats? to sort of, you know, we are goiiwell, it does; boats? to sort of, you know, we are goiiwell, it does appear�* be >> well, it does appear to be people around braverman who have been that nothing is off been saying that nothing is off the because of this new the table because of this new legal duty that is placed on the home office, on the home secretary individual for secretary as an individual for those arriving by small to those arriving by small boats to be detain and upon arrival. now the problem is we don't really have anywhere to detain these people despite that legal duty to enacted yet , can to act can't be enacted yet, can it? so it creates a problem . and it? so it creates a problem. and so the potential solutions being thought up by the home office are getting creative. whether or

not that is, for example , using not that is, for example, using using existing accommodation like hotels as being contingent on on, for example, receiving payments to try and get people to stay in those hotels , not as to stay in those hotels, not as a detention centre, but using incentives to quote unquote detain people or to use these tags on the legs of individuals who arrive. however, both of those options do face potential legal challenge with regard to the legal rights of asylum seekers in the united kingdom . seekers in the united kingdom. so nothing here is plain sailing andindeed so nothing here is plain sailing and indeed there are the logistical challenges, particularly when it comes to these electronic tags . we've got these electronic tags. we've got more than 100,000 individual cells waiting to be assessed in the united kingdom, seeking asylum and only 25,000 tags. >> okay, that's a little bit of a problem. tom, thank you very much for that and counting . much for that and counting. >> yeah, thank you. now let's update you with the latest on the spy spanish kiss row . it's

the spy spanish kiss row. it's going into extra time. it seems its president, luis rubiales, has been heavily criticised by the spanish government, saying his actions after that world cup final dipped , adorable, no less. final dipped, adorable, no less. >> the spanish footballer association is meeting today to decide on rubiales future after the spanish secretary of sport says he wants this to be spanish. football's metoo movement . sports presenter gary movement. sports presenter gary newbon joins us now. gary, good afternoon to you. we're getting lines all the time from what's happening at this meeting and spain's labour minister is now saying that rubiales acted with what they describe sexual aggression. is that how you read it ? it? >> well, it was wrong. i mean, what planet is he living on? the world has changed and he's only 46 as well. he's thinking, you can't be doing that if you're the president or anybody else. really. it'sjust the president or anybody else. really. it's just a lack of respect. so he has to go. and with the movement against him at the moment , with the movement against him at the moment, um, he's got no

chance of surviving. i don't know why they're taking so long or why he hasn't gone. i mean, the, the world cup's meant to be about incidents in the football matches, not this incident. i mean, it's just taken over everything, hasn't it? it's made international news. um, i don't know what what planet. as i say, i don't know what planet he's on. but the world has changed and you've got to show respect and you've got to show respect and he just plain stupid and disrespectful. >> yeah . is there a sort of >> yeah. is there a sort of structural problem there as well in the governance of the spanish game? and we were told, for instance , that the spanish instance, that the spanish government technically can't sack him, although they can suspend him. fifa's already suspended him and yet he's still in post within spain. well the football people, the people who run the federation with him, i mean, if it was in this country , have been gone a , the guy would have been gone a long time ago. >> know that the leaders >> but i know that the leaders in this country would show more respect never respect and would never put themselves position . the themselves in that position. the quy's themselves in that position. the guy's arrogant. he's guy's clearly arrogant. he's stupid, and completely disrespectful .

disrespectful. >> is there more to his behaviour then, beyond this , behaviour then, beyond this, this one kiss on the lips ? is this one kiss on the lips? is there a background to his behaviour going back quite a long time ? long time? >> i don't know. actually, i can't answer that. but you've just hit the key really on the lips. i mean , if you kiss lips. i mean, if you kiss somebody on the lips, it's a really personal thing, isn't it? it's family thing or a it's a family thing or a girlfriend thing or whatever. i mean, you don't kiss people you don't know very well on the lips and think that's what's caused the trouble. i'd have been interested the interested to see what the reaction been had he reaction would have been had he kissed the cheek if she kissed her on the cheek if she didn't want to be kissed on the cheek. that's another story. but it that has it is the lips thing that has really caused the problem. it is the lips thing that has reaiwhathed the problem. it is the lips thing that has reaiwhat ifed the problem. it is the lips thing that has reaiwhat if it the problem. it is the lips thing that has reaiwhat if it had problem. it is the lips thing that has reaiwhat if it had been?m. it is the lips thing that has reaiwhat if it had been? what if >> what if it had been? what if he'd been a woman and it was a woman kissing the player on the lips ? lips? >> i actually don't. well, on the lips, i don't actually think guys would have reacted . i think guys would have reacted. i think it's more of this movement now by the women . i mean, you you by the women. i mean, you you know, for many years women have had have not had enough respect

generally in life. and now at least there is a ground for people having to show respect and not getting cancelled. so i don't think a guy would have reacted so badly , to be honest. reacted so badly, to be honest. that's just my opinion . that's just my opinion. >> the other thing, gary, is looking at what the president of the spanish women's football union football says. amanda gutierrez is basically, gutierrez, is that basically, you , this is overshadowed you know, this is overshadowed the fact that they won the the whole fact that they won the world and such a tremendous world cup and such a tremendous achievement for the women on the pitch . well, exactly. pitch. well, exactly. >> i mean, that's the that's the point that i was making that normally an international tournament, it's all about what happens on the pitch or on this penalty or a penalty shootout or whatever , people being sent whatever, people being sent off. but it's because really of the lips thing, i'm sure. but also all the women players are refused to play. so yeah, once you can't just say this is a media storm, this is a fact of a story really unravelling . story really unravelling. >> yeah. gary, i want to just ask you about something else. a

team from from your neck of the woods , aston villa, they're woods, aston villa, they're getting attacked at the weekend . and after the match at burnley . i mean, where are we at if that's the sort of thing that's now going to start happening? >> well, there's no law. and order at the moment. there's a definite shortage of police. i mean, crime all over the mean, there's crime all over the place. i live in west place. i live in the west midlands, cars being stolen all the while , half of them, the while, half of them, not most them not retrieved. and most of them not retrieved. and there is no deterrent at the moment when people do go to jail, they seem to get out pretty subject pretty quickly. it's a subject you can really get going on you can really get me going on really mean , you know, the really mean, you know, the difference when i was difference between when i was growing up and now is unbelievable. and in this west midlands we have huge knife crime. and i'm told it's one of the big areas for guns and everything else. so i think it's just the way society is going at the moment. and if they did catch people, they should catch the people, they should put jail a long put them in jail for a long periods, but they let them out so are we so quickly. i mean, why are we so quickly. i mean, why are we so surprised these things are happening? was really bad

happening? this was really bad and somebody could have been maimed, injured, their eye maimed, injured, lost their eye or anything else. villa were lucky to get away with that, but they never, lucky to get away with that, but they never , ever they should never, ever have been position. been in that position. >> . smashed the windscreen, >> yes. smashed the windscreen, i well, gary, i think, didn't it? well, gary, thanks indeed, thanks very much indeed, bringing us your thoughts on that. we'll, keep that. and we'll, of course, keep an this extraordinary that. and we'll, of course, keep an underway aordinary that. and we'll, of course, keep an underway a0|spain at the meeting underway in spain at the moment . moment. >> temperatures are set to >> well, temperatures are set to soar this week. i didn't think i'd be saying that today as britain gets a taste of proper summer weather before the arrival of what experts are warning is an atlantic hurricane season . yeah. season. yeah. >> and you won't be wanting to travel abroad at the moment given what's happening with air traffic control system anyway, these of, well, these are pictures of, well, perhaps experience perhaps what some experience over the bank holiday weekend. others as did a little bit better, of course , a bit better, of course, a bit of everything. think past everything. i think this past weekend what we expect weekend. and what can we expect in the coming week? i think we may have a last hurrah next weekend. nathan is with us to tell us the good or in different news. >> good afternoon . i don't know >> good afternoon. i don't know if i'd actually call it a hurrah . i think that might be a little

bit , but we're sort of bit optimist, but we're sort of in picture . it's in an unsettled picture. it's not been bad today, which we in an unsettled picture. it's not btalking bad today, which we in an unsettled picture. it's not btalking about)day, which we in an unsettled picture. it's not btalking about)dayother h we in an unsettled picture. it's not btalking about)dayother thee were talking about the other the other about monday being other day, about monday being the best the weekend. and the best day of the weekend. and it have off it it seems to have come off as it was. that's going was. so that's good going forward. again, it's really forward. it's again, it's really uncertain. there is some sunshine on the way and sunshine. >> temperatures soaring . it >> temperatures are soaring. it makes we're going to makes me think we're going to have, 85 soaring might have, yeah, 85 soaring might i would week temperatures would say the week temperatures in the 20s i think is in the low 20s i think is probably going to be the best that see week. that we see this week. >> and going be in the >> and that's going to be in the south—east south the south—east or the south of the country. the country. and that's sort of the picture through the picture as we go through the last of the last four days of the meteorological summer , which meteorological summer, which ends thursday . and then, if ends on thursday. and then, if you believe already, if you you can believe already, if you can the can believe we're into the meteorological autumn and meteorological autumn. and i must this the must point out, this is the meteorological really just naming people naming because some people follow, you know, is there a change in the season that goes with that? >> are going indicate, you >> are we going to indicate, you know, cooler in the know, slightly cooler in the evenings, in the mornings, the nights as well. nights are drawing in as well. >> are drawing in. >> the nights are drawing in. slightly the evenings >> the nights are drawing in. slthely the evenings >> the nights are drawing in. slthe interesting the evenings >> the nights are drawing in. slthe interesting the evand gs >> the nights are drawing in. sltimentionedrg the evand gs >> the nights are drawing in. sltimentioned hurricanes, d gs you mentioned hurricanes, actually, this is going you mentioned hurricanes, ac'playy, this is going you mentioned hurricanes, ac'play into this is going you mentioned hurricanes, ac'play into our this is going you mentioned hurricanes, ac'play into our weather going you mentioned hurricanes, ac'play into our weather andg to play into our weather and we're talking the low we're not talking about the low

pressure that get pressure systems that we get in the part of the normal the uk as part of the normal autumn storm season. but what we're a very we're talking about is a very unusual genesis of hurricane activity in the atlantic basin . activity in the atlantic basin. now, in the last week, the national the american hurricane association has named four, which i think is a record that's tropical storms. emily gert and harold hurricane franklin harold and hurricane franklin and and yesterday, and franklin and yesterday, another one, idalia . now these another one, idalia. now these idaua another one, idalia. now these idalia , i think, is that because idalia, i think, is that because they're running out of names, i think so. i don't know if i've actually pronounced that properly. i am sorry to anyone offended. sorry >> spell that? >> how do you spell that? >> how do you spell that? >> l i a okay. >> i'd a l i a okay. >> nice idalia or >> and is this a nice idalia or a nasty idalia? >> well, we don't know. now what these is they tend to these things do is they tend to form the atlantic and they form in the atlantic and they dissipate to dissipate before they come to us. northwest across us. they sweep northwest across the then usually the atlantic and then usually bnng the atlantic and then usually bring hurricane to bring some hurricane activity to america northeast . but america and the northeast. but the all going america and the northeast. but the keeping all going america and the northeast. but the keeping their all going america and the northeast. but the keeping their eyes going america and the northeast. but the keeping their eyes on ing america and the northeast. but the keeping their eyes on this to be keeping their eyes on this because the remnants of these storms, contain of storms, which contain a lot of energy, interact our energy, can interact with our jet our low pressure jet stream and our low pressure systems our weather up systems and shake our weather up a the remnants of a little bit. the remnants of storm emily is what the meteorologists are looking at

this weekend, which bringing this weekend, which is bringing the better weather, they think. >> mean when it >> and does this mean when it comes heavy rain comes strong winds or heavy rain or both? >> it can mean actually a mixture of strong winds and heavy or better weather, heavy rain or better weather, depending on whether the remnants these hurricanes remnants of these hurricanes track can track northwards. that can encourage high pressure to build over the uk or if they interact with our jet and track with our jet stream and track a little they tend little bit southwards, they tend to. keep to. so you've got to keep a radar on on exactly where radar eye on on exactly where that exactly and it makes it really, really uncertain and you'll often people like you'll often see people like alex know aiden alex and you know, and aiden on the office you know, the met office saying, you know, we're about we're really uncertain about what going to what the weather is going to do. and eye on the and we're keeping an eye on the remnants and we're keeping an eye on the remna because they tend to storm because they tend to interact weather interact with the weather in ways very difficult ways that is very difficult to predict too early in basic terms. >> just don't leave your home without >> just don't leave your home witienjoy sunshine when you >> enjoy the sunshine when you see but a brolly see it, but take a brolly just in there right. in case. there you go. right. >> leave home to go >> and don't leave home to go abroad reasons. >> and don't leave home to go abroaiabout reasons. >> and don't leave home to go abroaiabout to reasons. >> and don't leave home to go abroaiabout to update sons. >> and don't leave home to go abroaiabout to update you. but we're about to update you. but nathan much nathan, thank you very much indeed yeah indeed for that. pleasure. yeah >> on our top story, >> yeah. more on our top story, that air traffic control failure , which is causing absolute mayhem . let's just quickly show mayhem. let's just quickly show you this live flight tracker

for, well, flights are stuck at the moment . passengers could be the moment. passengers could be waiting for hours to get home there. well might not get home tonight. >> well, airlines saying it could be 12 hours or more of disruption and delays . and disruption and delays. and you'll that there's lots of you'll see that there's lots of stacking, over stacking, as it's called, over london and the home counties as they try and get into heathrow and gatwick. many planes not leaving , being stuck on the leaving, being stuck on the tarmac. that's both abroad here and in britain because the computer system has failed. engineers are trying to fix it, but they're having to deal with planes manually at the moment. >> yeah, national air traffic services are saying it's a technical issue . you experience technical issue. you experience are working . engineers, rather are working. engineers, rather are working. engineers, rather are working. engineers, rather are working to find and fix the fault. they are apologising for any inconvenience this may cause has been having a look at some of your pictures. it's causing a lot of inconvenience. yeah. >> and latest from ireland >> and the latest from ireland there flights affected to latest coming status coming up with you status a brighter outlook with boxt solar proud sponsors of weather on . gb

news. >> hello there i'm greg dewhurst and welcome to your latest gb news weather forecast . well, news weather forecast. well, over the next few days we've got scattered showers. there will be some interludes at some brighter interludes at times and it will turn increasingly breezy, particularly across the north—west and that's to north—west and that's thanks to areas pressure trying to areas of low pressure trying to move in from the atlantic, though of pressure though ridging of high pressure at it a little at times will keep it a little bit more settled towards the southwest uk into this southwest of the uk into this evening time. already a band of rain pushing the far rain pushing into the far north—west of scotland. elsewhere generally quite cloudy to end monday and into the early hours of tuesday. we could see a few showers across western areas . this band of rain continues to sink eastwards across sink south eastwards across scotland and northern ireland and temperatures result and temperatures as a result of cloud and rain around holding up in double figures the in double figures across the board. a fairly cloudy start board. so a fairly cloudy start for most on tuesday morning with this showery band rain slowly this showery band of rain slowly pushing way south eastwards pushing its way south eastwards across country , 1 or across the country, 1 or 2 heavier bursts on it, behind it, brighter , northern ireland brighter skies, northern ireland and scotland. but blustery

and scotland. but some blustery showers, particularly across the highlands and islands here, some of them on the heavy too. of them on the heavy side, too. and temperature wise, and then temperature wise, similar to monday, reaching the low 20s around about 22 celsius towards southeast . most towards the southeast. most places, high teens and then into wednesday, a bright start. some scattered showers from the word go. and then the day ahead is a day sunshine showers as day of sunshine and showers as we move through the morning into the the will the afternoon, the clouds will bubble showers bubble up. some of the showers could be on the heavy side and it fairly unsettled on it remains fairly unsettled on thursday and friday, particularly in the south, with some bursts rain , a some heavy bursts of rain, a brighter outlook with boxt solar >> proud sponsors of weather on

gb news. >> good afternoon. it is 2:00 and you're watching the live desk here on gb news. coming up this bank holiday monday, bank houday this bank holiday monday, bank holiday travel chaos. >> the uk's airspace effectively closed by an air traffic computer breakdown. the engineers desperately trying to fix the fault, but now the prime minister urged to convene an urgent meeting. one of the urgent cobra meeting. one of the busiest travel days of the year i >> -- >> no crime, too small. the home secretary says every offence should be investigated . but with should be investigated. but with 1 in 8 posts for sex offence, specialists still unfilled where will the officers come from ? will the officers come from? >> the world cup kissing rule goes into extra time. the spanish government heavily condemns luis rubiales, labour

minister in spain, saying he acted with sexual aggression . acted with sexual aggression. >> plus, we'll bring you more on the royal rumours that dozens of king charles's staff are set to lose their jobs as he looks to cut costs and slim down the firm . all of that still to come. first, here's your headlines with theo . with theo. >> good afternoon. it's 2:01 theo chikomba in the newsroom . theo chikomba in the newsroom. i'm air passengers are being warned of significant disruption after a technical fault hit uk airspace. national air traffic services has confirmed a network wide failure of its air traffic control services . planes are control services. planes are landing and departing, but traffic flow restrictions are in place to maintain safety . the

place to maintain safety. the company says engineers are working to find and fix the fault . transport correspondent fault. transport correspondent at the times, ben clatworthy, says the delays are going to be huge. >> these knock on effects across the day . they will be very the day. they will be very digital militating for airlines, particularly when crew will be going out of hours. and what we will probably see later on today is that people will be expecting to get onto planes heavily delayed and then told we're really sorry , but legally we are really sorry, but legally we are unable to fly this with the crew. we have . so almost crew. we have. so almost certainly huge knock ons later today , if not into tomorrow . today, if not into tomorrow. ministers are being accused of disregarding safety concerns on the bibby stockholm . the bibby stockholm. >> the fire brigades union has sent a pre—action protocol letter to the home secretary raising the possibility of legal action. the union has previously described the barge as a potential death trap . suella potential death trap. suella braverman, who insists the

vesselis braverman, who insists the vessel is safe, has until thursday to reply to the legal letter or meanwhile, the home office is reportedly considering the use of electronic tags to monitor asylum seekers who arrive in the country illegally. the times says officials have been asked to find ways to prevent the thousands of people who arrive on small boats from absconding . the home secretary absconding. the home secretary insist it's police have the resources to meet a government pledge to crack down on crime forces in england and wales are being told to follow all reasonable lines of inquiry when it comes to investigating burglary or theft. the new commitment is part of a crime week of policy announcements. labour criticised it as a staggering admission of 13 years of tory failure . shadow of tory failure. shadow employment rights minister justin madders says it's taking too long to implement it. >> what's been happening for the last 13 years of a conservative government if crimes have not been investigated but it is, i'm

afraid, a reflection of what i hear from constituents and my own experience that sometimes the police just don't have the resources to investigate the crimes. in fact, 90% of crimes go unsolved and i think that it's a sad state of affairs that this is something that's been presented as a new, exciting policy when it's something we should have been doing all along i >> -- >>a m >> a number of people have been injured after a cruise ship broke free from its moorings dunng broke free from its moorings during a storm in spain . during a storm in spain. passengers on board the p&o cruisers britannia were treated by medical staff after it collided with a petrol tanker in palma in mallorca. p&o says the ship will stay in the port to be checked for technical issues, but there was no structural damage to the vessel . but there was no structural damage to the vessel. spain's football federation will hold urgent talks this afternoon following fifa's suspension of president luis rubiales . he is president luis rubiales. he is refusing to resign after kissing

henney hermosa at the women's world cup final, saying it was consensual, which she denies. the royal spanish football federation has called an extraordinary and urgent meeting to evaluate the situation. football's governing body announced last week rubiales will be suspended for three months. the nhs is facing what's been described as a tidal wave of harm. if eating habits aren't changed. the warning comes after two studies were published highlighting the dangers of ultra processed foods which make up more than 55% of people's diets . researchers from the diets. researchers from the european society of cardiology in amsterdam found products such as cereals fast food and fizzy dnnks as cereals fast food and fizzy drinks increase the risk of high blood pressure, heart disease and strokes. this is gb news across the uk on tv in your car. on. on digital radio and on your smart speaker by saying play gb news now back to mark and . pip

news now back to mark and. pip >> let's bring you the latest now on this massive network failure that has hit uk air control . thousands upon control. thousands upon thousands of passengers affected and the disruption could last for days. we're being told, because of this technical fault. traffic flow restrictions are currently in place to maintain safety as planes are handled manually and engineers work to try to fix the computer. >> government being urged now to hold a cobra meeting . given the hold a cobra meeting. given the scale of the disruption, let's speak now to the travel editor at the independent, simon calder, who can join us from the estonian capital, tallinn , and estonian capital, tallinn, and who be there for some time who may be there for some time to come. simon if we're looking at situation, understand at the situation, we understand it's the computer system at swanwick that's gone down in hampshire state of the art. and we were told, of course, all those years ago, you know, all these problems would never happen they're back happen again. and they're back to the old manual system having

to the old manual system having to planes through by these to get planes through by these little of blocks for little sort of wooden blocks for their traffic controllers . their traffic controllers. >> extraordinary times. >> it's extraordinary times. mark, as you say , there are, of mark, as you say, there are, of course, back up systems upon back up systems to stop exactly this happening . the fact is that this happening. the fact is that the unfortunately, the nats still doesn't know what the problem is. i've had an update in the past few minutes from a very senior uk aviation source saying they've no idea what is happening or to how fix it. meanwhile, the system is unravelling . yes, there are unravelling. yes, there are still some aircraft taking off. there are some aircraft landing. but let me run you through some of the cancellations we're seeing now at heathrow, if i may . we've got aer lingus from dublin. air france . from paris. dublin. air france. from paris. lufthansa and its subsidiary, eurowings , not coming in from eurowings, not coming in from frankfurt , from cologne, from frankfurt, from cologne, from hamburg, from stuttgart. klm from amsterdam. that's also off.

but british airways is the one to watch because, of course, they've got more than half the flights going in and out of the uk's busiest airport. i'm seeing extraordinary things. yes there's a dozen or so cancelled in places like paris, milan, copenhagen , but also something copenhagen, but also something i've never seen before. many flights which are scheduled for the early hours of tomorrow morning, um, taking off between 1 am. and 4 morning, um, taking off between 1a.m. and 4 am. i really can't see that happening because pilots cabin crew would be out of hours and i'm afraid every every minute this goes on, it means more people who tomorrow morning will be waking up where they don't want to be. and this is all happening on one of the busiest days of the year for aviation . aviation. >> so how likely is it then that this disruption could not just run into hours , it could run run into hours, it could run into days? simon >> well, if it stopped right now, if they got it fixed and let's hope that they can, you

will still have the situation that aircraft that are simply out of position now , let me out of position now, let me stress that there's no danger to anybody because the air traffic control kind of default manual arrangements, you were just talking about, they they are designed to keep everybody safe. but by strict severely restricting the flow rate at a couple of airports, heathrow and gatwick , which don't have any gatwick, which don't have any slack in the system , it just slack in the system, it just means that planes won't be going, people will not be able to travel particularly back families coming back from mediterranean holidays , wanting mediterranean holidays, wanting to be back in time for work tomorrow , school in a few days tomorrow, school in a few days time . and i'm not sure how and time. and i'm not sure how and when they are going to go back if this is continuing. when they are going to go back if this is continuing . the if this is continuing. the airlines. meanwhile are legally required to look after everybody to make sure that they don't have , um, they've got somewhere have, um, they've got somewhere to stay. if delays overnight

happen. and that's going to be absolutely certain that that is going to happen. provide meals and so on, find alternative ways back. it is going to cost the airlines tens of millions of pounds, of course. and this is not their fault. it's something which has happened at national air traffic service on 6000 flights. >> i think were tallied up just for today alone. i gather british airways staff have had a whatsapp message from the operations centre asking them to identify suitable diversion. airfields are required because of course the flights coming in only have sufficient spare fuel and they then have to really look to get down safely somewhere . somewhere. >> oh, sure. look, every pilot is going to be will always have an alternate airport in which to land. but that and they will i'm sure you will see quite a number of flights perhaps touching down in places like paris and amsterdam . yeah. um, and that

amsterdam. yeah. um, and that obviously everybody will be safe. it'sjust obviously everybody will be safe. it's just it's going to be darn inconvenient because those aircraft , those pilots will not aircraft, those pilots will not be around to operate the flights. they are due to operate later. so divert options are pretty inevitable . and i'm pretty inevitable. and i'm expecting that we will see the big airlines. so british airways , easyjet, um , ryanair putting , easyjet, um, ryanair putting in mass cancellations pretty soon because , well, ultimately soon because, well, ultimately they will not be able to operate anything like their full programme of flights on one of the busiest days of the year. >> so even if you're booked. simon to go on holiday on wednesday , for example, you may wednesday, for example, you may well not be able to go . well not be able to go. >> well, i think you're probably and good question. i think you'd probably be all right for the outbound departure . the problem outbound departure. the problem is going to be the hundreds of thousands of people who were booked in the next few days to come back from the mediterranean and beyond , who will not be able

and beyond, who will not be able to get their flights today, possibly not tomorrow. and you then got a serious problem and i'm not surprised that there's talk of the cobra set up being involved because you're going to have an awful lot of people stranded effectively abroad. so it's going to be very, very messy. we need to find out why this has happened and what they're going to do to stop it happening again . and the happening again. and the statement, i'm afraid that nats have put out saying we apologise for any inconvenience is, i think, a masterpiece of understatement. this is going to be a really serious disruptive issue which is going to affect hundreds of thousands of people and call , of hundreds of thousands of people and call, of course, absolute misery at a time when people just need to get home. >> yeah, they say their engineers are still working on it. now. perhaps you remember like i when swanwick opened in hampshire, two greats of hurrah state of the art. you know, these problems will never happen

again because we got redundancies in the and redundancies in the systems and so forth . it's failed, so on and so forth. it's failed, you know, a really key part of our national infrastructure . yeah. >> oh, sure. look and it's really, really high security because, of course, it's not just civilian aircraft. we're talking about lots of military aircraft as well. and they use exactly the same skies across the uk and that is why and you will have been into swanwick and you will have seen just how high security it is and whatever has happened here, whether it is very simple, simply an it failure of the kind that we've seen an awful lot of in aviation, but generally it tends to happen. i'm sorry to say, to british airways. um their it system. but this is a really serious issue , not just for the serious issue, not just for the short term inconvenience, which it will cause. so many people, but also for the, the overall resilience of the nations infrastructure. we you simply

cannot not have further incidents like this because, well, it ruins everybody's day, possibly their week . um, and possibly their week. um, and it's to going cost tens of millions of pounds to just make good to get people where they need to be. so it's a horrible situation. >> simon have you ever known anything like this where it's a technical fault that clearly isn't lasting just a couple of hours? it's going to go on a heck of a lot longer . heck of a lot longer. >> yeah. but i'm i've got to take you back a decade or so to when we previously had this sort of failure . and what what is of failure. and what what is really concerning is the information that i'm getting. and i have in the data message in the past few minutes saying that they just don't know what is what has caused this and therefore they can't fix it. obviously and meanwhile, well, things things actually not too bad in scotland and northern england, i understand, because the prestwick control centre is

actually doing some some pretty good stuff to get aircraft where they need to be and it might be that we see quite a lot of scottish airports looking quite busy with diverted flights. if they are able to get in there at which point guess everybody gets on trains and buses. >> yeah, part two of the story. inevitably it will be those people complaining that they didn't help they needed didn't get the help they needed at at the at the various airports. at the moment . but it seems to be that moment. but it seems to be that all the airports are saying contact your airline. the airlines are saying we don't effectively really know what's happening at the moment. so we're round and round in we're going round and round in the circle yet again. >> yeah and look , the >> oh, sure. yeah and look, the rights of the passenger are absolutely clear . she or he is absolutely clear. she or he is entitled if there's an overnight delay and i'm afraid there will be many of those to be put up in a hotel by the airline to be given their meals to be flown back as soon as possible on any airline . now, it's easy to state airline. now, it's easy to state

those obligations. they are not, i'm afraid, going to be delivered . and i hate to think delivered. and i hate to think how many people will end up sleeping on the floors of various airports dotted around continental europe tonight, including tallinn, maybe simon on that note, thanks very much for updating us. >> i suspect we might be speaking to you again in the day next thanks very next day or two. thanks very much . much. >> the home secretary suella braverman, has called on police to investigate every crime, claiming that the police do have the resources to focus on shoplifting or phone thefts as much as they do on more serious offences. well she says all forces need to follow reasonable lines of enquiry for each and every crime, but that's raised concerns as it could see efforts diverted from more serious investigations, placing more pressure on manpower, for instance, being reported 1 in 8 posts for specialist officers for rape and sexual offence. >> inquiries could be left unfilled . unfilled. >> gb news is political editor christopher hope joins us now from westminster. so

christopher hope joins us now from westminster . so force christopher hope joins us now from westminster. so force is being told to follow all reasonable lines of inquiry. but what are reasonable lines of inquiry? christopher, can you enlighten us on that ? enlighten us on that? >> well, quite right. i mean, a reasonable line might be doorbell footage from your doorbell footage from your doorbell or cctv footage from a car. these are things which many people might assume the police are keen to grab hold of and to try and find criminals. but that appears to be not the case half the time or a lot of the time. and that's the concern. i think that home secretary has got that the home secretary has got here. aware the here. she's she's aware of the need restore trust in need to restore trust in policing a series of policing after a series of recent missteps by our forces. so that she said in terms today that no crime is too trivial for the for the police to look at. and that is surely to be welcomed. anyone who's been had any kind of trivial crime or, say, a trivial crime, a serious crime, a burglary, a mugging , crime, a burglary, a mugging, anything would want to see the police investigate. but when they don't do enough, it can be quite she quite dispiriting. she understands and that's understands that, and that's why she's today and she's trying to do today and

looking at the sort of flip side i >> -- >> for instance, those officers looking at serious offences . looking at serious offences. we've got this report in the guardian saying 1 in 8 posts for serious sexual offence and rape inquiries left unfilled . one inquiries left unfilled. one wonders what the assessment is of the various police forces is, how they can cope with this promise . yeah for this freedom promise. yeah for this freedom of information request by the guardian is very telling and the timing is quite difficult for the home secretary. >> they found that 1 in 8 posts in england and wales across around 16 forces out of 43, which replied to a freedom of information request, have not filled and places one eight posts are not filled. i should say, for rape investigations . say, for rape investigations. this is the most challenging investigation for the police do of course, 70,000 rapes are reported to the police . just 459 reported to the police. just 459 convictions in the most recent figures for one year. that shows how hard it is to convict and the challenge it can be for police forces. so of course, it's all about resources, all of politics is resources and how

you apply that. and one would hope and it must be very must, must be stressed. i'm sure that you can't just give up on on these very serious crimes just to the numbers up on the to get the numbers up on the more basic crimes. yeah. >> and talking of resources, i just wonder what the feedback is you're getting this you're getting on this suggestion looking suggestion that they're looking at electronic tags asylum at electronic tags for asylum seekers or migrants, given the numbers waiting for their asylum applications to be processed and the number of tags that might be available . yeah available. yeah >> this report today in the times newspaper has not been denied by the home secretary . denied by the home secretary. she says they need to exercise a level of control and remove remove people who come here illegally from the uk. the numbers are large. there's 175,000 and backlog forjust space to hold 2500 people. so what you have to do is trying to find a way to keep track of people when they get here while they're processed. one they're being processed. one idea be, again , not idea appears to be, again, not denied by by the home secretary tagging prisoners. tagging them like prisoners. >> christopher, in our new

westminster studio with the skies still blue behind you , skies still blue behind you, thanks very much indeed . thanks very much indeed. >> stay with us. here on gb news. coming up, well, a bit more on what we were just talking about because the bibby stockholm barge. yes, we're still talking about it, currently moored in portland harbour , has been labelled a harbour, has been labelled a potential death trap by the fire bngades potential death trap by the fire brigades union. more on that shortly . and all the problems in shortly. and all the problems in the skies at the moment . the skies at the moment. >> it looks like things are heating up, boxt boilers, proud sponsors of weather on . gb news. sponsors of weather on. gb news. >> hello there, i'm greg dewhurst and welcome to your latest gb news weather forecast. well, over the next few days we've got scattered showers. there will be some brighter interludes at times and it will turn increasingly breezy , turn increasingly breezy, particularly the particularly across the north—west. to north—west. and that's thanks to areas pressure trying to areas of low pressure trying to move in from atlantic, move in from the atlantic, though of high pressure though ridging of high pressure at it a little at times will keep it a little bit more settled towards the southwest the uk into this

southwest of the uk into this evening time. already a band of rain pushing into the far north—west of scotland. elsewhere generally quite cloudy to end monday and into the early hours of tuesday, we could see a few across western few showers across western areas. of rain areas. this band of rain continues to sink south eastwards scotland and eastwards across scotland and northern ireland and temperatures as result temperatures as a result of cloud and rain around holding up in double figures the in double figures across the board. a fairly cloudy start board. so a fairly cloudy start for most on tuesday morning with this band of rain slowly this showery band of rain slowly pushing way south eastwards pushing its way south eastwards across the country , 1 or across the country, 1 or 2 heavier bursts on it, behind it, brighter skies , northern ireland brighter skies, northern ireland and but blustery and scotland. but some blustery showers, particularly across the highlands and islands some highlands and islands here, some of them on the heavy side, too. and temperatures rise and then temperatures rise similar monday, reaching the similar to monday, reaching the low 20s around about 22 celsius towards the southeast . most towards the southeast. most places high teens and then into wednesday, a bright start. some scattered showers from the word go. and then the day ahead is a day sunshine showers as day of sunshine and showers as it moves through the morning into afternoon, the clouds it moves through the morning into bubblezrnoon, the clouds it moves through the morning into bubble upon, the clouds it moves through the morning into bubble up. some clouds it moves through the morning into bubble up. some of.ouds will bubble up. some of the showers be on the heavy

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tomorrow become the world's largest pollution charging area when ulez expands to outer london. >> and this morning, more noisy protests in south london against the expansion. labour frontbencher saying that sadiq khan must reflect if it is the right time to be going ahead, warning it could hit households with one expense too many. >> motoring journalist john malcolm joins us now. john, what what are your immediate thoughts then as the clock ticks down as to as to how fair this is ? to as to how fair this is? >> it's a fascinating debate, isn't it? >> it's one that's been going on now for a good few years since we saw the first part of ulez happening in central london. and then, of course, the expansion going out. and i think it's a difficult one. as a motoring journalist, i have kind of journalist, i have to kind of sit a little bit . i sit on the fence a little bit. i am a londoner. i was born and brought up south—west london brought up in south—west london and of life there and spent most of my life there and spent most of my life there and also as a child had chronic asthma . so me, asthma. so for me, the importance clean air in our importance of clean air in our city is a very big one. however

i think the approach and perhaps the timing of ulez and its expansion hasn't fully been thought out. and i think , as you thought out. and i think, as you quite rightly said, there there are a very large number of people in the capital now who have got just another unnecessary expense added to them, and that's not to mention then the added stress on small businesses on the high streets that are already having a really tough time. and i just think whilst the sentiment is good, the timing of it is not very good. >> and when you say large number, are we aware yet of the figures of those who, for instance, have have gone for the scrappage and have got scrappage scheme and have got the or indeed have cars the money or indeed have cars that maybe compliant ? that maybe are compliant? >> well , that maybe are compliant? >> well, again, this is where things get really , really things get really, really interesting because there are variable stats with regards to who's going to be facing charges, who's not. >> there are some people saying certain models of car are compliant and others aren't. there are other arguments, including fact believe it or including the fact believe it or not, if you've got a newer

not, that if you've got a newer car the car that is compliant in the ulez if you then put a ulez zones, if you then put a personalised registration plate on can personalised registration plate on car, the anpr , the on your car, then the anpr, the automatic number plate recognition cameras may not be able to decipher if that number plate is registered to a car that's compliant. are that's compliant. so there are lots things that people need lots of things that people need to but the scrappage to check, but the scrappage scheme mentioned there, scheme that you mentioned there, that's interesting one that's a really interesting one as because it's been as well because it's been offered that as well because it's been offe receiving that as well because it's been offe receiving benefits that as well because it's been offe receiving benefits from that as well because it's been offe receiving benefits from thet are receiving benefits from the state. but ultimately the figure that's offered, which is that's being offered, which is something around £2,000, just doesn't even come close to covering the costs of buying a new car . for a covering the costs of buying a new car. for a lot of people. they've got cars that work perfectly they're perfectly well. they're perfectly well. they're perfectly economical. they've perfectly well. they're perfthemaconomical. they've perfectly well. they're perfthem foriomical. they've perfectly well. they're perfthem for many, l. they've perfectly well. they're perfthem for many, manyy've perfectly well. they're perfthem for many, many years. had them for many, many years. they've maintained them, they've serviced them, they've kept them they've maintained them, they've serthe d them, they've kept them they've maintained them, they've serthe road. 11, they've kept them they've maintained them, they've serthe road. theyzy've kept them they've maintained them, they've serthe road. they kept kept them they've maintained them, they've serthe road. they kept them:hem on the road. they kept them roadworthy. and then all of a sudden they're not sudden overnight, they're not going roadworthy unless , going to be roadworthy unless, of course, pay the fee of of course, you pay the fee of £12.50. and this is again where things get really, really confusing. so if you've got one of these cars, spent an of these cars, you've spent an absolute it in absolute fortune on buying it in the and keeping it the first place and keeping it roadworthy then roadworthy, you've then got an incentive of £2,000 to get rid

of that car . incentive of £2,000 to get rid of that car. now incentive of £2,000 to get rid of that car . now £2,000 is not of that car. now £2,000 is not going to even come close to covering the costs of going out and buying a replacement vehicle i >> -- >> so -_ >> so yeah, we've got the bizarre situation. if you then buy a classic car pre 1983, that could be spewing all sorts of stuff out with no sort of catalytic converters, whatever , catalytic converters, whatever, then you don't pay the ulez charge. it's barmy. it seems . charge. it's barmy. it seems. >> it's very, very odd. >> it's very, very odd. >> it's very, very odd. >> i mean, the logic in the classic car argument is that, of course by driving a classic car, you're keeping a car on the road that's been on the road for many years. the carbon dioxide expenditure that's gone into making car happened way making that car happened way back decades ago and therefore only running that car in an ideal scenario, once or twice a month, it might be your weekend car, it might be something you save for a special occasion. the bigger picture of that car is ultimately be better the ultimately be better for the environment. not, environment. believe it or not, than the cars that are going out onto in the onto the road being built in the

last five years have spent vastly more the terms of vastly more in the in terms of carbon dioxide in being created than classic cars have been. so that one is a bit of an interesting one. it is certainly one triggering a few one that's triggering a few conversations and debates , but conversations and debates, but often as well. the thing that i've noticed is there's a very particular age gap of cars where perhaps we're being told that car, if it's over 16 years old, is not ulez compliant. therefore, you will have to pay. but you are able a lot of motorists have been finding by doing little bit of extra research, they've been discovering that actually their cars are compliant and a lot of motor manufacturers are able to issue a bit of paperwork that will say actually our cars do fall within the category that are compliant with the requirements and therefore it's actually exempt. so it's worth everybody just double checking, double checking, do your research, have a look online, have a look. if there are forums or perhaps social media groups that might have shed the light

on your particular type of vehicle . and if in doubt, do the vehicle. and if in doubt, do the research and it is worth doing that because a of people that because a lot of people will paying unnecessarily. that because a lot of people wiliit paying unnecessarily. that because a lot of people will it soundsg unnecessarily. that because a lot of people will it sounds an nnecessarily. that because a lot of people will it sounds an absolute'ily. >> it sounds an absolute minefield, john, and very briefly, people who are briefly, for people who are resigned to having to change their cars or more importantly, can actually afford to do so, is there quite a good choice of cars on the market at at a budget cost for them? >> there are plenty of cars on the market and there is a very wide choice. the cost, though, that's where it's going to become difficult. there are going to be a large number of people out that will be people out there that will be able just able to go out and just buy themselves problem themselves a new car. problem solved. going to solved. but there are going to be that simply can't. be far more that simply can't. and those are the people that this going hurt most. this is going to hurt the most. >> much >> john, thanks very much indeed. reaction that indeed. more reaction to that coming course, also coming up. of course, we'll also update situation with update you on the situation with air traffic control chaos . air traffic control chaos. plenty more with the latest headunes plenty more with the latest headlines now with theo . headlines now with theo. >> it's 2:31. i'm theo theo

chikomba in the newsroom . chikomba in the newsroom. ryanair and aer lingus have cancelled a number of flights in and out of dublin after a technical fault hit uk airspace . national air traffic services has confirmed a network wide failure of its air traffic control services. planes are landing and departing, but traffic flow restrictions are in place to maintain safety. the company says engineers are working to find and fix the fault . working to find and fix the fault. ministers are being accused of disregarding safety concerns on the bibi's stockholm the fire brigades union has sent a pre—action protocol letter to the home secretary raising the possibility of legal action. the union has previously described the baj as a potential death trap. suella braverman , who trap. suella braverman, who insists the vessel is safe , has insists the vessel is safe, has until thursday to reply to the legal letter. until thursday to reply to the legal letter . the until thursday to reply to the legal letter. the home until thursday to reply to the legal letter . the home secretary legal letter. the home secretary insists police have the resources to meet a government

pledge to crack down on crime forces in england and wales are being told to follow all reasonable lines of enquiry when it comes to investigating burglary or theft. the new commitment is part of a crime week of policy announcements. labour criticised it as a staggering admission of 13 years of tory failure . a number of of tory failure. a number of people have been injured after a cruise ship broke free from its moorings during a storm in spain. passengers on board the p&o cruises britannia were treated by medical staff after it collided with a petrol tanker in palmer in mallorca, p&o says the ship will stay in the port to be checked for technical issues, but there was no structural damage to the vessel . you can get more on all of those stories by visiting our website, gbnews.com .

gb news radio. >> welcome back to the live desk, bringing you the very latest but huge problems for thousands of passengers with a technical issue hitting uk air traffic control systems . it traffic control systems. it means that passengers are facing hours of delays and disruption. traffic flow restriction zones are in place to maintain safety as planes are handled manually

and engineers work to try to fix the computer. yeah that's based on at swanwick in hampshire controlling all of uk's airspace for civil aircraft and military aircraft as well. >> the airlines basically warning of 12 hours of delays or more . now, as, of course, the more. now, as, of course, the backlog starts to build up. let's speak now to freddie evans, expert in luxury and business travel, who can join us. and i guess there'll be lots of people stuck at foreign airports without much information with the food and the drink running out, the usual scenario . scenario. >> yeah, unfortunate . we're a >> yeah, unfortunate. we're a lot busier this afternoon than we anticipated to be. it's been all hands on deck. there's thousands of people impacted by this and it's not just going to be the initial impact of the air traffic going down. it's going to be into tomorrow, potentially the day after. there's thousands and thousands passengers that and thousands of passengers that are the wrong location means are in the wrong location means they're likely to be diversions into northern europe and ireland . and you're going to have aircrew planes in the wrong aircrew and planes in the wrong

place well. this isn't just, place as well. this isn't just, you know, for as long as this fault you know, for as long as this fau yeah. i the knock on >> yeah. i mean, the knock on effect freddie, can you effect is huge. freddie, can you talk us through people's rights then , if they are cancelled or then, if they are cancelled or delayed like this ? delayed like this? >> it's a tricky situation. a lot of the rights that we've rolled over , um, where the rolled over, um, where the airlines are responsible in situations like this, you've got to hope that people have travel insurance in place. they will need to speak to their travel insurers before they go spending any additional money to make sure that they're not to going be airlines be out of pocket. airlines liability is to get you to your destination or offer you a refund. so people that are in the travelling now their the uk travelling now on their first will be entitled to first sector will be entitled to a refund. um or rebooking to their destination . beyond that, their destination. beyond that, their destination. beyond that, the airlines aren't really responsible for much more passengers that are in destination. they're more a duty of care, responsibility of the airlines . of care, responsibility of the airlines. but again, their responsibilities in situations that are beyond their control all are limited people on

package holidays need to get in touch with their travel agents as they'll hopefully be looked after or accommodated and told what to do. but the situation as we see it is that we don't know the end game. we don't know when this is going to be remedied. so it's just a wait and see. >> yeah. and again, it seems to be a problem with communication. i'm what i'm just looking at what the airline is. the airports, rather, saying and they're rather, are saying and they're all saying to passengers, get in touch the touch with your airline and the airlines saying, well, we airlines are saying, well, we don't know what the don't quite know what the situation is with the air traffic . we just traffic control. we just know that disruption delay that this disruption and delay at moment. yeah it's easier at the moment. yeah it's easier said than done. >> get in touch with your airline. there's going to be thousands peoples their thousands of peoples in their their limited. their phone lines are limited. certain airlines you're going to be point in time certain airlines you're going to be be point in time certain airlines you're going to be be told, point in time certain airlines you're going to be be told, sorry, )oint in time certain airlines you're going to be be told, sorry, we'ren time certain airlines you're going to be be told, sorry, we're too ne and be told, sorry, we're too busy to your right busy to take your call right now. please try again later, which frustrating which is incredibly frustrating thing. contact. thing. we've been in contact. i mean, i've got five passengers that were due to fly today. personally, we've been in contact all them. some contact with all of them. some are heathrow as speak. are sat at heathrow as we speak. they take off about

they were due to take off about an hour ago. they've been delayed until at least 10:00 tonight. again, it's an tonight. but again, it's an evolving situation at any point, the airline could cancel that flight and then we'll we'll be looking after them to put them into hotels. but it is just a case of keep trying and just be mindful that when you are booking when you know booking travel, when you know everyone can book click on everyone can book and click on an website or a third an airline's website or a third party but when things go party site. but when things go wrong, it's when you need a valid travel agent to look after you. >> and for people that are >> yeah, and for people that are stuck at the airport, i mean, we've seen pictures shelves we've seen pictures of shelves cleared of food and drink because just many because there's just so many people there supplies are people there and supplies are now running out . now running out. >> yeah, i mean that'll be the case everywhere, not just at your small regional airports. i mean, you think of heathrow terminal five, for example. how many thousands of passengers will due have out? will be due to have gone out? they're to be, i don't they're going to be, i don't know, since ten, 11:00 this morning, it started to happen . morning, it started to happen. there's a limited supply that the in the terminals are the shops in the terminals are going a terrible going to have. it's a terrible situation. really , really situation. and i really, really do feel for the people that are

stuck . stuck. >> we're getting news now that even being affected. even ireland is being affected. ryanair and aer lingus saying flights of returning to flights out of and returning to dubun flights out of and returning to dublin airport being hit now clear plea. this is a major part of our national infrastructure here. and we were told when sonic opened up the air traffic control centre that this sort of thing would never happen because they had redundancies in the system . i mean, should we be system. i mean, should we be really looking again at how robust transport systems are ? >> 7. >>i ? >> i think any 7 >> i think any system ? >> i think any system has 7 >> i think any system has its limitations , doesn't it, as limitations, doesn't it, as robust as you make it and you can have several backups, you never really know when it's going to come down to the core components. it might be something that's to critical all seven redundant pieces. that's failed stage. and we failed at this stage. and we really what gone really don't know what has gone wrong. yeah , i'm just wrong. so yeah, i'm just thinking, unfair , you know, thinking, be unfair, you know, of being placed in 1 of everything being placed in 1 in 1 place in hampshire , in 1 place in hampshire, controlling everything with no backup systems elsewhere in the uk , for instance , it does seem uk, for instance, it does seem shortsighted. all your eggs in

one basket, in my opinion, is never a good place to start from. however that level of infrastructure air traffic control is such a complex operation . often i just don't operation. often i just don't know realistically , how many know how realistically, how many points the uk you could points around the uk you could have. but i agree it's not a great position to find ourselves in and how busy are you today, freddie , fielding people's freddie, fielding people's inquiries and you must be deaung inquiries and you must be dealing with some very , very dealing with some very, very stressed people today. >> yeah , i mean, it is stressful >> yeah, i mean, it is stressful for people. >> you know, it's stressful time as any to go on holiday. find yourself going through an airport things like this go airport when things like this go wrong lot busier as wrong. um, it's a lot busier as say , today than expected it say, today than we expected it to we're not just to be. and we're not just deaung to be. and we're not just dealing passengers. dealing with our passengers. we're filled dealing with our passengers. we' general filled dealing with our passengers. we' general public. filled dealing with our passengers. we' general public. we've.ed dealing with our passengers. we' general public. we've got the general public. we've got a lot of people ringing our general number saying, look, i know didn't book with you, know we didn't book with you, but little of but it need a little bit of help. can't get through to our airline. you got any advice airline. have you got any advice or recommendations? we airline. have you got any advice or doingnendations? we airline. have you got any advice or doing ?andations? we airline. have you got any advice or doing ? andtions? we airline. have you got any advice or doing ? and you've we airline. have you got any advice or doing ? and you've got we airline. have you got any advice or doing ? and you've got people; be doing? and you've got people that you know, they've booked flights hotels separately. flights and hotels separately. they're going to be in they're now going to be in a really sticky position if they can't out of country unless

can't get out of country unless , face it, if they try to rebook onto tomorrow the planes onto tomorrow, the planes tomorrow are going to be absolutely full. there's going tomorrow are going to be ab be utely full. there's going tomorrow are going to be ab be real full. there's going tomorrow are going to be ab be real limited|ere's going tomorrow are going to be ab be real limited spacejoing tomorrow are going to be ab be real limited space tong tomorrow are going to be ab be real limited space to get to be real limited space to get people the next people out over the next 72 hours. a lot of worry hours. there's a lot of worry people out there and there's a lot of that we're trying lot of things that we're trying to rebook and, you to reorganise, rebook and, you know, it's hard. know, coordinate. so it's hard. >> well, thanks for speaking to us. we'll let you get back on those those those phones and sort those people and see if you can people out and see if you can get them in the right place at the thanks much i >> k can now to someone >> we can talk now to someone who is who stuck at helsinki who is who is stuck at helsinki airport in finland and that is katie fryer. katie good afternoon to you. thanks for joining us on gb news. tell us what has happened to you and how long you think you might be stuck for . not that you long you think you might be stuck for. not that you might know yet . know yet. >> no. well, that's that's the problem, isn't it? we're i we got through check in. we got through security and then turned up for the flight. and just here that it may be another three hours before we hear what we're actually supposed to do from

here. so i'm just here waiting . here. so i'm just here waiting. >> so what is the advice that you've been given? are you being kept up to date with the latest information ? information? >> i've been given a ,8 voucher , but that's about it, really. so far, it's just we're getting we will get more information on at 6:10 in helsinki time . and at 6:10 in helsinki time. and that's it, really. so we'll just see what happens from here and what can ,8 get you bearing in mind, i guess there's a lot of other people that want food and dnnk other people that want food and drink being delayed well in drink being delayed as well in helsinki airport . yes, i've put helsinki airport. yes, i've put it towards a beer and i still had to pay ,2.40. but it's getting me through . getting me through. >> i'm very pleased to see that you're still smiling, katie, because plenty of people aren't. what airport are you supposed to be flying back into ? be flying back into? >> i'm just flying back to the uk, so guess there's a lot more people in worse condition to

manchester airport . but to be manchester airport. but to be honest , you know, i manchester airport. but to be honest, you know, i see things like this happen. i make sure i always have another day after my holidays and whatnot so that i can get home. and i appreciate a lot of other people are in worse positions, you know, things to go to. it must be very go to. so it must be very stressful and but yeah, i'm just going with the flow really. >> i was going to say ,2.40 actually. it's cheap for actually. it's quite cheap for a been actually. it's quite cheap for a beer, so maybe you're in the right however, more right place. however, more seriously , is one of the seriously, is one of the problems that you're not getting communication and this is what passengers complain about. all the they know where the time. they don't know where they stand. >> yeah, but you've you've got to understand as well, no one knows what's happening. >> so what are the communications that they are going us? you know , no going to say to us? you know, no one in finland knows what's happening and it's difficult to know. yeah. so i guess we just have to wait and see, really. and just appreciate that everyone is trying the hardest. so appreciate that. >> how busy is it, katie, at helsinki airport. so there are

lots and lots of people waiting around . around. >> it is quite busy. >> it is quite busy. >> there's been a big triathlon event. the ironman event in helsinki recently . so there's helsinki recently. so there's been a lot of people coming home from that. so they must be exhaust and they must be really tired trying to get ipso, trying to get back to the uk offline via the uk. it is really busy. yeah, really, really busy . yeah, really, really busy. >> and in terms of those who are there around you , you know, there around you, you know, spirits still high or are the frustrations beginning to creep in now ? in now? >> i think so. everyone seems quite happy from what i've seen anyway, but i can i can appreciate the frustrations of people who have many places and whatnot. and you know, it can be stressful . stressful. >> well, great. great to hear you're keeping a sort of positive attitude and everyone is sharing that . we might try is sharing that. we might try and come back to you in a few hours time and see if you're still in that frame of mind once. >> she won't because she'll have

run out of euros. >> yeah. okay i think working out with you , you've got out with you, you've got a couple of beers left in your your kitty, maybe just to keep your kitty, maybe just to keep you going for the rest of the afternoon, so. >> well, thanks for your >> okay. well, thanks for your time and good luck. >> good. good luck. yeah. so there we go. helsinki two years 40. that's quite good . 40. that's quite good. >> well, it is. >> well, it is. >> when you're here, you're spending £9 for a beer in london. blimey. >> anyway, sport. or is it politics? because the spanish are the football association meeting as we speak to discuss the future of its president , the future of its president, luis rubiales, still refusing to resign after that kiss on the lips of the spanish fort henry hermoso after spain's victory over england in the final of the women's world cup, the spanish government has taken the fa chief to a tribunal over the action. >> but the sports council cannot suspend rubiales unless the court rules that the kiss is in violation of the professional sports code. with us now to break all this down is chris skudder sports broadcaster . it

skudder sports broadcaster. it sounds like it's been dealt with very differently, chris, compared to how it would be deau compared to how it would be dealt with here. yeah it's happening as we speak pretty much . much. >> see one of your papers there, the of death for spanish the kiss of death for spanish machismo, which is the bigger, bigger . bigger picture. >> hearing actually in the >> just hearing actually in the last spanish last few minutes, the spanish prosecutors. so it's gone way beyond sport. i mean, it's not sports . it's politics now, isn't sports. it's politics now, isn't it? i've opened a preliminary sex abuse investigation . i came sex abuse investigation. i came home on saturday night and i saw i turned the television on. or was it the iplayer, actually. and i saw the killers playing their famous song, mr brightside . it started with a kiss . how . it started with a kiss. how did it end up like this? it was only a kiss. it was only a kiss. and a lot of people thought when it happened, you know, it was is a of love. and this is a moment of love. and this is his defence, isn't it? a moment of exuberance, which in the moment was. yeah but was it just the kiss? because there was a certain physical action as well in front of the queen of spain in front of the queen of spain in of the celebrations, in terms of the celebrations, which, you know , a lot of people

which, you know, a lot of people commented on as well, and the background that the sort of political disconnect between the authorities in spain and the players , the women players, players, the women players, indeed , sexual violence protocol indeed, sexual violence protocol has been broken . that's what has been broken. that's what they're saying. that's what they're saying. that's what they're discussing this afternoon is a meeting. >> so but a sex abuse investigation that sounds massive and seems to indicate the original incident. >> yes. i mean, it's so loaded. this isn't it. i think what you've got to look at it within the wider context and that kind of festering sore , which is of festering sore, which is underneath spanish football . underneath spanish football. >> you go back before the world cup and the 15 players who refused to play, say in the world cup because of it was conditions . conditions. >> we don't really know what that was, but it wasn't the first team out there. >> but this is not rubiales. this was was the first team this was this was the first team coach. and locking coach. yeah and the locking of the doors and issues like the hotel doors and issues like this is got a toxic character, isn't he? but jorge vilda came out yesterday and having been on

the side of the federation before, has now gone against rubiales. >> so you've got dominoes are falling now very quickly. >> as soon as the government got involved, you know, this is a much, much wider issue. the other aspect, the players themselves say they won't be playing again while the situation endures and it's over shadowed the whole you know, victor of getting the world cup of women's football being put on the world stage again and the whole thing has turned sour within a matter of days. it's extraordinary, isn't it? it is , extraordinary, isn't it? it is, yeah. and fifa have got involved as they've as well. i don't think they've covered themselves in glory either infantino . you either. gianni infantino. you know, women should pick their pick the right battles, which you said before. and even though they suspended effectively from fifa have 90 days once the ball starts when when starts when the when the dominoes they all dominoes start falling, they all change their a little bit. change their tune a little bit. they've behind they've all piled in behind him. i can't see any way i think. i can't see any way that rubiales will will survive it. really. i think he'll he'll have resign and people are

have to resign and people are getting so worked up about this issue understandably but includes his own mother, who we understand is now on hunger strike. >> a hunger strike? >> a hunger strike? >> yeah. locked in a church? yeah inhuman treatment. she's described beth mead a kind of a witch hunt, but as i say, i mean, that pope is probably right. >> i mean, spanish machismo is at the heart of this. really? and if you look at the way the story was handled in the immediate aftermath, you had the kiss and then you had that shot of rubiales stands there at a different moment in the game, grabbing his crotch as if to say. and when you put the two together, you know that that whole sexual thing becomes , as whole sexual thing becomes, as you know, the two are put together. maybe that's not the best juxtaposition, but it's cojones, right? that's what that is. >> i think we've just got some live pictures coming in from madrid, actually, chris, as we speak. well, there we go. we've got little a crowd got a little bit of a crowd there for this meeting due to get underway now at 3:00 in a few minutes time . um, i'm just few minutes time. um, i'm just

wondering , what is the situation wondering, what is the situation as regards sacking him or taking any sanction? we told the government doesn't have the power. >> i think what they have to do is speak or deal with the is speak to or deal with the legislative arm who deal with sport . it's all very sport. it's all very bureaucratic . bureaucratic. >> bureaucratic? yeah. they can't just say you're you're off. they've got to deal with the court to deal with the arm of sport. so but from what we're heanng of sport. so but from what we're hearing in the last few minutes that might been pushed that might have been pushed through now, i think. but but is this going to end up in the courts? i don't know. >> i mean i mean, could he be prosecuted for this, i guess is a big question . i mean, the way a big question. i mean, the way this is going. >> yeah. i mean, it could turn into it could turn into a criminal investigation. and the other sexual i mean, we're heanng other sexual i mean, we're hearing the word sexual assault i >> -- >> yeah. which ham >> yeah. which is a criminal . >> yeah. which is a criminal. >> yeah. which is a criminal. >> yeah. which is a criminal. >> yeah. i mean, it's very it's moving so quickly . now, the moving so quickly. now, the other knock on is you've spoken about fifa, the suggestions with uefa about what may happen to

some of the spanish clubs in terms of real madrid , barcelona terms of real madrid, barcelona and their positions in the champions league and so on. i mean, could this reverberate into the rest of the game away from women's football? i guess it could, but the men's game is so entrenched and so strong . so entrenched and so strong. exactly. maybe that's part of the problem. yeah. >> then then maybe we'll get an unravelling of the situation very quickly here. >> but i think yeah , i mean the, >> but i think yeah, i mean the, the machismo, the men's game in spain, not just in spain, everywhere, it's massive . everywhere, it's massive. massively strong. yeah and yeah , i think rubiales will be a fall guy . fall guy. >> he has to be, i think. chris, thank you very much indeed. coming in with that assessment and we'll you, of course, and we'll update you, of course, those live from madrid. those pictures live from madrid. keep you up in the air. maybe not. airspace is closed effectively . we'll update you effectively. we'll update you throughout the afternoon here on gb news. with us. gb news. stay with us. >> looks like things are heating up. boxed boilers, proud sponsors of weather are on . gb

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and scotland, but some blustery showers, particularly across the highlands here, some highlands and islands here, some of them on the heavy side , too. of them on the heavy side, too. and temperature wise, and then temperature wise, similar to monday, reaching the low around about 22 celsius low 20s around about 22 celsius towards southeast . most towards the southeast. most places high teens and then into wednesday , a bright start. some wednesday, a bright start. some scattered showers from the word go and then the day ahead is a day sunshine and showers . as day of sunshine and showers. as we move through the morning into the afternoon, the clouds will bubble showers bubble up. some of the showers could be on the heavy side and it unsettled on it remains fairly unsettled on thursday and friday, particularly in the south, with some heavy of rain . some heavy bursts of rain. >> looks like things are heating up . boxed boilers proud sponsors up. boxed boilers proud sponsors of weather

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