a few miles. just a few miles. >> does anyone ever say , you >> does anyone ever say, you know what, you've done a good job because everyone else has sat on there and done nothing? no, no signs of er no secretary of state? >> no. you just say you've done a good job because you're blooming well, haven't sticking plaster approach. that's what the spending watchdog has called the spending watchdog has called the to the the government's response to the concrete crisis. we're going to bnng concrete crisis. we're going to bring all latest . simon bring you all the latest. simon byrne resigns. >> the police federation of northern ireland wants a full investigation into the actions of the former chief constable. we'll let you know all the details of that . details of that. >> and time to ban vapes. that's the way france is heading as they plan to outlaw disposable vapes. should we follow their lead same . lead and do the same. i think the vapes are really interesting story. i do the french minister bringing this

in, she says vapes are a gateway for young people into smoking. we know they're there to try and woo people off smoking. go to a vape shop. i like the flavours, you should. >> they should be prescription only if it's meant only in my opinion if it's meant to you off cigarettes, then to get you off cigarettes, then let's do they targeted let's do that. they are targeted to children is working . to children and it is working. let thoughts this let us know your thoughts this morning . gb at gb views morning. gb views at gb views .com is the email as always, particularly if your kids are going be affected you're going to be affected and you're to going affected maybe your to going be affected maybe your grandchildren these grandchildren by these school closures touch this closures do get in touch this morning. of all, though, morning. first of all, though, here's in the here's tatiana sanchez in the newsroom . newsroom. >> bev, thank you very much and good morning. this is the latest from the newsroom . rishi sunak from the newsroom. rishi sunak and gillian keegan are under growing pressure over the crumbling concrete crisis, which has fully or partially closed schools across the uk. it's after the education secretary was forced to apologise for using expletive language while expressing her frustration , expressing her frustration, often at the way in which the

situation has been dealt with . situation has been dealt with. well she'll face the rest of her cabinet later this morning as the prime minister assembles his team for their first meeting since returning from the commons summons recess. it also comes as yesterday saw some big changes within office with several figures given new roles . among figures given new roles. among the big changes, angela rayner is the new shadow deputy prime minister and shadow levelling up secretary and pat mcfadden is national campaign coordinator as well as shadow chancellor of the duchy of lancaster retail sales rose in august as customers splurged on self care. total retail sales in the uk were up 4.1% on last august, above the three month average of 3.6. that's to according the british retail consortium health, beauty and food and drink were the strongest performing categories as . and the hottest temperatures as. and the hottest temperatures of the year could be seen. this week. the met office is predicting maximum temperatures

of 32 degrees tomorrow and thursday, potentially matching the year's record during the heatwave in june . it says the uk heatwave in june. it says the uk health security agency issued a yellow alert across the whole of england. apart from the north—east from yesterday afternoon until sunday night . afternoon until sunday night. you can get more on all of those stories by visiting our website, gbnews.com. now it's back to andrew and . bev andrew and. bev >> good morning. thank you for joining us. so gillian keegan is fighting to keep her cabinet position this morning after she apologised for claiming that she was doing a bleeping good job whilst unaware that she was being recorded . being recorded. >> and why didn't she not know she was being recorded? because the camera was right in front of her. the microphone still her. the microphone was still on. if you could just on. they said if you could just stay there sector state while we take a more idiot take a few more shots. idiot i mean, the reason i'm mean, look, the reason i'm smiling is because there but for

the grace of god. >> do you know mean? >> do you know what i mean? we have occasionally caught have occasionally been caught out on this channel, but we are not secretary of state for education. >> time when schools are >> at a time when schools are being again, being closed again, put thrusting families thrusting children and families back lockdown scenario. back into a lockdown scenario. and we discover where and last week we discover where was the sexist education? she was the sexist education? she was holiday at one was the sexist education? she wa her holiday at one was the sexist education? she wa her two iday at one was the sexist education? she wa her two houses at one was the sexist education? she waher two houses in at one was the sexist education? she waher two houses in spain.)ne was the sexist education? she waher two houses in spain. i'm of her two houses in spain. i'm very thrilled. she's got two houses spain, but was houses in spain, but she was working from oh, that's working from spain. oh, that's all my newspaper all right. my newspaper yesterday the front page yesterday on the front page raging fact civil raging about the fact civil servants to work servants are allowed to work from secretary of from the beach. secretary of state education working state for education working from spain during a crisis. >> come though, >> she come home, though, because of this from one of her two houses that sound two houses that you sound delighted yeah, delighted that she has. yeah, she's gone, she? she's gone, didn't she? >> eventually. well >> she did eventually. well anyway, you see, we're still anyway, now you see, we're still talking this. anyway, now you see, we're still taliwe this. anyway, now you see, we're still taliwe want this. anyway, now you see, we're still taliwe want thito get involved >> we want you to get involved with as well this morning. with this as well this morning. but now national audit but now the national audit office accused the office has accused the government what they're government of using what they're calling sticking plaster calling a sticking plaster approach maintenance approach to school maintenance with thousands of children currently to lessons. >> the shadow paymaster general, that's the that's his new title in the labour shadow cabinet labour party shadow cabinet reshuffle. jonathan ashworth, he spoke to news earlier this spoke to gb news earlier this morning. to were we

morning. had this to say were we had a programme for rebuilding schools and as i say, after 13, i3 schools and as i say, after 13, 13 years ago when the conservatives got 13 conservatives first got in 13 years ago, they cut that programme. >> and i think today , look, when >> and i think today, look, when you've sort of rooves at you've got sort of rooves at risk collapse in various risk of collapse in various various schools across the country, pupils really worried. you've got the education secretary expecting to be thanked and congratulated by parents and then of course when you step back, it's not just the schools, you know, air traffic control was in a shambles last week. there are rivers are full of sewage . our hospitals can't of sewage. our hospitals can't cope backlog for cope with the backlog for treatment. nothing works in this country. after years. it country. after 13 years. it really is time for change. >> so let's speak to civil engineer and director of blue light management, malcolm hankey now. good morning, malcolm . hi, now. good morning, malcolm. hi, great, great to see you. right. we want to understand and this from a structural point of view, we've never been so interested in concrete as we are. this week. but tell us how would first of all, how would a head

know if this their schools? >> well , the head per se >> well, the head per se wouldn't necessarily know unless they'd had an expert come in and undertake a survey . undertake a survey. predominantly the first port of call would be for a structural engineer to come in and do a visual survey of the building. i think that's what the government have done is they've issued questionnaires to schools. i don't know if the schools are actually having to employ people to come in to do the surveys themselves before structural themselves before a structural engineer to identify engineer comes in to identify whether got in whether they've got rock. in the first instance. it first instance. but then it would be, i said initially , would be, as i said initially, it would be a visual inspection by a by a professional who would ascertain whether there's been any structural damage. any obvious structural damage. and that could be cracking or it could of the concrete. >> so what's changed then, malcolm , because we've known malcolm, because we've known about this situation with rac in pubuc about this situation with rac in public buildings since 1994, 1999. there was a major report in two thousand and seven suggesting it could could be should be removed from public buildings . should be removed from public buildings. 2018 again, the government was told there was a

pandemic then which ensued. the next couple of years when they could have gone into schools and fixed some of these situations. but this education secretary, she it changed the advice, she says it changed the advice, changed. and this summer. so what changed? and why would it suddenly have become such a crisis ? crisis? >> i'll try to put it into into sort of relatively simple to understand terms because it's quite a technical issue. but this type of material, this this rock, the aerated concrete, if you liken it to an aero chocolate bar, it's got very much the same properties as regular concrete, but it's not as dense and it's not as durable. the issue with these concrete panels is the fabricated off site and then brought to site. so it's a very quick and very cheap way of constructing certainly roofs in the first instance. now it became very popular post war. so certainly late 50s, 60s, 70s and into the into the 80s as well. well, as i said, is a very quick, quick and efficient way of constructing public buildings. so obviously that will be schools and colleges in

the first instance. but could could be as widespread as court buildings. it could include hospitals as well. we don't as it stands yet. we don't yet know the impact. obviously, the full impact. but obviously, if focusing on the if we're focusing on the building the issue with building stock, the issue with this product this particular product is it was to perform as was thought to be to perform as well as as your traditional concrete material used in a roof you would normally construct, construct the roof structure , construct the roof structure, and then you would overlay that with a waterproof membrane to provide the water tightness. obviously, over time you would get issues where that waterproof membrane may deteriorate or it may become damaged and water will in. so then this will get in. so then this particular form of concrete is quite porous. so where you would normally concrete normally have have a concrete structure that would literally retain the water on the surface, this allows water to penetrate through through concrete through the through the concrete material itself. and then the other thing with this is you've got reinforced, concrete, got a reinforced, concrete, reinforced within the reinforced steel within the concrete as well to give it its strength water gets inside strength once water gets inside the , that then starts the concrete, that then starts to corrode steel. that's to corrode the steel. that's inside, which then cause

structural damage and structural failure of each these failure of each of these individual panels. so that's when a visual inspection takes place. you would see obvious signs of deterioration or damage where you would see obvious cracking within the within the surface of the of the concrete panel surface of the of the concrete panel. as you look up at the roof as an example of the problem with this particular material is it isn't always evident that that structural damage under normal damage is there under normal circumstances. concrete, circumstances. with concrete, you would see obvious crack you would see an obvious crack with this with this type of it isn't necessarily always visually obvious that the structural deterioration. so that's why they're in a position now where we've had issues where schools have been inspected . i schools have been inspected. i can only assume that the obvious visual evidence wasn't there. but then we've had significant failure where these panels have collapsed inside the school . and collapsed inside the school. and this this , this, this moisture this this, this, this moisture is this is this heavy rain is making these roofs worse . making these roofs worse. malcolm it could be. yeah, yeah, yeah , it could be. so as i said,

yeah, it could be. so as i said, predominantly they're used in roof structures. so you're going to obviously get rainfall on top of, on top of the roof and you would normally have a weatherproof membrane that prevents rain and moisture prevents that rain and moisture from the from entering into the structure. time, structure. but over time, because these are 30, because these buildings are 30, 40, 50 years old, you're obviously going to get damage. 40, 50 years old, you're obviiof;ly going to get damage. 40, 50 years old, you're obviiof the ioing to get damage. 40, 50 years old, you're obviiof the other:o get damage. 40, 50 years old, you're obviiof the other issuesiamage. 40, 50 years old, you're obviiof the other issues that ge. one of the other issues that i think they're finding is you do get lot of interventions get a lot of interventions happening. schools may come happening. so schools may come in decide that want in and decide that they want a skylight putting into the roof or may putting air or they may be putting air handung or they may be putting air handling to deal with the handling units to deal with the ventilation on top the ventilation system on top of the roof and additional roof and adding additional weight structure as well, weight to the structure as well, which cause issues. which again can cause issues. you see failure you then tend to see failure where they've where they've constructed through it constructed holes through it predominantly how easy is predominantly and how easy is it, malcolm, you said these, these concrete comes in panels. >> how how easy is it to fix an area that might be crumbling? do you just take off a panel and put some bricks in place or do you have to take down whole walls, whole roofs? how massive is maintenance job? the is the maintenance job? the initial intervention? >> i think predominantly is to is to depends on the size of the

room. obviously, the height of the ceiling. but the initial intervention is to construct something internal support underneath the roof , which are underneath the roof, which are predominantly be a timber structure. so you'd put some additional beams in and then put if actively you underlay timber underneath the roof panels to prevent them from falling . prevent them from falling. obviously depends how serious obviously it depends how serious it is for the more severe cases . you'd obviously then look to replace panels, but obviously that mean, you know, that would mean, you know, removing its removing the roof in its entirety you've really got entirety. so you've really got to what's going to happen to think what's going to happen is going have to take is you're going to have to take each individual school each each individual school or each individual by individual room on a case by case to see how severe the case basis to see how severe the issue then obviously, issue is. and then obviously, the that's needed the remediation that's needed will then follow, dependent upon, said , how extreme the upon, as i said, how extreme the damage is or how extreme the structural failure is. >> have known when >> would they have known when these that it these bricks were put in that it had limited lifespan ? had a very limited lifespan? >> they knew that . they knew >> they knew that. they knew that at the time when it was, i think it was a swedish product originally, that when it came over to the uk and i think the

has done some investigations in terms of its lifespan and i think they determined it had normally a 30 year life span, but what i would say is that pretty much every construction material even material that you use, even nowadays has got a lifespan associated with it. so you do have to build in a contingency and a contingency fund for replacement of certain elements of building structure. so if you take if you take cladding, cladding example, cladding cladding as an example, cladding has got lifespan. if you take has got a lifespan. if you take if you take other other issues in terms of flooring, you know, we've pfi we've got all these pfi contracts that are going ahead with with, with schools and hospitals everything at the hospitals and everything at the moment where you've got certain maintenance in place for maintenance regimes in place for certain elements that have to be replaced over time. that's just how construction works. it just seems that think a lot, a lot seems that i think a lot, a lot of funding obviously is levelled at maintenance , but that that at maintenance, but that that funding is finite. so it can only go a certain no, it can only go a certain no, it can only stretch a certain way very, very briefly. and from my perspective , malcolm, very, very perspective, malcolm, very, very briefly , is it a fair criticism

briefly, is it a fair criticism to say that the government or local education authorities were asleep at the wheel here? i wouldn't say so, because there has been, as i do know, that the local authorities have been undertaking a series of inspections on these schools to assess the risk. so obviously, what they've doing what they've been doing is categorising from, let's say, a scale to 5. and for those scale of 1 to 5. and for those that are severe, they're the schools obviously have been schools that obviously have been shut weeks the shut in recent weeks on the bafis shut in recent weeks on the basis issues that have basis of the issues that have happened with the failure that we've seen . we've seen. >> malcolm hankey, the >> okay, malcolm hankey, the world's most interesting man when it comes to concrete who knew that it could such knew that it could be such a fascinating topic. i genuinely could have just had you for could have just had you on for the whole 2.5 hours. felt the whole 2.5 hours. i felt like i learnt a lot. thank you. thank you much. you so much. >> for coming on now. >> thanks for coming on now. simon byrne has resigned as chief constable of the police service northern with service of northern ireland with immediate the resignation >> that's right. the resignation was after of was accepted after a series of controversies, data controversies, including data leaks of and leaks of members of staff and across live two hour gb news northern ireland. >> beattie >> reporter dougie beattie dougie. moment lose dougie. big, big moment to lose the constable .

the chief constable. >> well, it is. and last thursday, he attended the policing board in the centre of belfast and said i will not be resign evening. and he was, he was very , very adamant that that was very, very adamant that that was very, very adamant that that was not going to happen. then comes the weekend. he's had a chance to read the room. he's had a chance to. we're not confident take in stuff in and around the police federation an and he's basically decided to say well it's time to go and that's exactly what he's done in and it is a hard line it's a hard job for anybody is the police service of northern ireland probably the most difficult policing job in europe because you have political masters, which is in the policing board. then you have your chief constable with his own management board and then below that you have the police federation. that's your rank and file members. and of course , file members. and of course, under the good friday agreement, the policing board was there to make sure that there was no political interference and everything was as neutral as possible. well, of course , that

possible. well, of course, that line has seemed to be breached underjudicial line has seemed to be breached under judicial review and line has seemed to be breached underjudicial review and worse under judicial review and worse than that, the police federation had to take that judicial review themselves. so now they don't have exactly the biggest amount of faith inside the policing board either. so it is a problem for policing, but it's also a very serious problem politically for what lies ahead in northern ireland. and today he was due to brief the northern ireland select affairs committee, and of course he will be doing that now. that is underway as we speak. liam kelly, the head of the federation, is first up to be questioned . and it is strange be questioned. and it is strange actually, just watching it a sdlp representative , claire sdlp representative, claire hanna, has asked that the policing board be brought to face the northern ireland select affairs committee in public very, very shortly . so it really very, very shortly. so it really is quite strange how this is all going and where it will go next, especially if there's no government inside northern

ireland at this moment in time. the assistant chief constable , the assistant chief constable, christopher todd will be up this afternoon, we believe, and that will probably be the most interesting listening . interesting listening. >> okay. thank you so much, dougie dougie beattie there in northern ireland. we want to hear from you this morning. vaiews@gbnews.com, especially if closures . right. move on schools closures. right. move on britain's energy bill is going to enter the commons later today andifs to enter the commons later today and it's fuelled divisions within the tory party. >> some mps claiming the amendments could hinder the government's net zero targets. so we're joined by so we're joined now by conservative mp for south thanet craig mckinley. >> good morning, craig. will this will this hinder the government's net zero targets and how firmly set are those targets ? targets? >> well, i take a rather different view, of course, to the energy bill. i think it's a horrendous bill. it's 379 pages. there's 144 horrendous bill. it's 379 pages. there's144 pages of amendments have been laid, many of them in my name. it's really a bill of

yesteryear , as this was sort of yesteryear, as this was sort of founded on on boris. and he'd certainly drank the kool aid on many of these environmental issues and not helped, of course, by the statutory instrument laid by theresa may instrument laid by theresa may in her term of office, which created this 100% commitment to net zero by 2050. but this is a truly horrific bill. it allows all sorts of intrusive powers, whitehall, to tell you exactly what you must and mustn't do. i mean, i would rather it was scrapped and we start again. there's, you know, there's bits in there about regulators in there about new regulators for capture and storage. for carbon capture and storage. well, that's all well . why well, that's all very well. why not? just have a very not? let's just have a very simple bill discussing carbon capture storage , which this capture and storage, which this has become what i call a christmas tree bill with all sorts of baubles all over it. but now this one andrew and bev. this will make your hair curl. i'm particularly concerned about clause 248. it's helpfully called sanctions, so you know what's in it. let me just read out what i find completely offensive under section two, there are . civil penalties up to

there are. civil penalties up to £15,000 for not doing the right thing on net zero, but this is even worse in clause and subsection three energy performance regulator actions not yet written. these will be statutory instruments in the future by ministers of the future by ministers of the future and we know that statutory instruments don't always get the, you know, the proper attention. not like being on the floor the house of on the floor of the house of commons, energy performance commons, but energy performance regulations may provide for criminal offences with imprisonment for up to 12 months. what? so just i'm appealing to the speaker to allow my amendment to actually take this out of the bill. and let me give you an example. i don't know about you, but i rather like shawshank redemption, a great film that's in my top ten list. just imagine the old lags of the future and they're discussing around the dinner table. well, what are you for ? in oh. oh, well, i know i for? in oh. oh, well, i know i did a benefit. fraud of 50 grand. eight months. oh, grand. got eight months. oh, well, you? well, what about you? oh, dangerous caused serious

dangerous driving caused serious injury. six months. oh, injury. i got six months. oh, and what about you? oh, well, i lost my business. homes gone, families disappeared . i had to families disappeared. i had to put 20 people out of work, all because i didn't have the energy performance certificate required . and i got 12 months. i mean, i'm a conservative for freedom not to put people in prison for not to put people in prison for not adhering to this new net zero religion. this is an horrific bill. it should be scrapped. it should be parked in the lords if it gets there. and never see the light of day again. >> craig, you you work with these just like it very much. >> well, i'll work that out. >> well, i'll work that out. >> yeah, i love it. i love what you're saying here, but. so you work with these people, you work with these mps who who, as you say, have drunk the kool—aid. i would say they've been, as would say they've just been, as you of the religion. you say, part of the religion. it feels like the green agenda can feel like a cult, but it is a global cult. and they are not alone. there politicians and alone. there are politicians and prime and presidents prime ministers and presidents all the world who believe all across the world who believe in how do you in this. how do you how do you rationalise their when rationalise their mindset when what they're talking is so

what they're talking about is so punitive to british people , but punitive to british people, but also just so dystopian in in its theory when you see it written on a piece of paper, if you haven't got the right boiler, you might go to prison. can you explain the mentality of the mps who support that? >> , i wish i could. >> well, i wish i could. i unfortunately, i think a lot of this came from mps and politicians who are no longer with i, boris, i mean, boris with us. i, boris, i mean, boris had strengths, but on, on, had great strengths, but on, on, on the whole environmental issues, he went completely overboard. know, the cop26 overboard. you know, the cop26 saddle, he rode it rather enthusiastically . but, you know, enthusiastically. but, you know, i always keep my discussions with ministers fairly private. i'm always one for discretion, but i do get the feeling that they've been given this menu to they've been given this menu to they don't know quite where it's come from. and from what come from. um, and from what i get, they really much like get, they don't really much like it. we've got a new secretary it. so we've got a new secretary of state in clare coutinho. i don't know the kind of cloth of issues, but she's laid lot of issues, but she's laid a lot of amendments today. it's got go amendments today. it's got to go to lords yet where, you to the lords yet where, you know, hopefully just like the you know well sadly in some respects the kept animals bill

the retained eu law bill got completely changed in the house of lords at its final offing. and certainly this bill and i certainly hope this bill will go same but you will go the same way. but you know, we can have a discussion about banning cars. i'm opposed to that . banning oil boilers in to that. banning oil boilers in two years or two and a bit years time. i'm opposed to that. we can have all these discussions about, know, fear about, you know, the fear factors, climate change, the factors, the climate change, the fires in road, whatever you like . but we represent 1% of global c02 . . but we represent 1% of global co2 . you've got developing co2. you've got developing nafions co2. you've got developing nations around the world are going hell for leather, for cheap energy to get industrial growth and to bring their populations out of poverty. but we are going the opposite way. and this energy bill, you know, with new heat areas which would allow the regulators to come into your home for any purpose, there is some very serious, nasty language in this bill. and i want it stripped out and hopefully this bill pass. and we can think about this again rather more rationally in terms of costs and outcomes,

practicality , what it means to practicality, what it means to the uk economy , because sadly, the uk economy, because sadly, this energy bill does not do it. >> we've got we'd love to talk to you a lot more about this, craig, because there's many things. just very briefly, tell me what you think about the idea it's going to be much easier now to build a wind turbine on on onshore. got to onshore. but also we've got to ask about these devastating ask you about these devastating headunes headlines on just about every front concrete crisis on front page, concrete crisis on the of the telegraph, the front of the telegraph, tories plaster on risky tories sticking plaster on risky concrete. the times , my own concrete. the times, my own papen concrete. the times, my own paper, the daily mail, one of the more loyal papers, says it's all about, well, it's just calling a shambles. it's a shambles. this government is in complete chaos, isn't it? well i think it's been very unlucky with the, you know, the wreck issue . issue. >> this could have landed on anyone's lap either the previous government, this government or the next government. but they have some quite few warnings. >> craig well, we have. >> craig well, we have. >> i mean, what i cannot understand earth any understand is how on earth any building rig, any any assessor when these buildings were put up 30, 40, 50 years ago, could have

thought that this this compound with a with a known short longevity of 30, 40, 50 years could ever have been used. now, i understand, andrew, and this is quite interesting, i'd like to know where this debate is going in germany, because their post—war this post—war rebuild is full of this stuff even more than we've got. but what? one thing i'm but you know what? one thing i'm a little bit , you know, a but you know what? one thing i'm a little bit, you know, a sorry really, for the secretary of state where she's landed in chair is that the local authorities, the local education authorities, the local education authorities , the academy trusts authorities, the academy trusts they should know their buildings rather more than central government and whitehall knows best. i don't understand why they haven't been alerted to this themselves yet. we've got a problem here. we know it's a 40 year life stuff. we've got problems. we'll put the grant application department application in to the department for education rebuild. for education for a rebuild. that bit the puzzle doesn't that bit of the puzzle doesn't seem to be done, but you're quite this quite right, andrew. this country yields up liabilities every week . every day of the week. >> we're against the clock. we could talk you long. my could talk to you for long. my new favourite mp, craig mckinley, mp for

mckinley, conservative mp for thanet. mckinley, conservative mp for thanet . lots to come thanet. and lots more to come this morning. thanet. and lots more to come this morning . crumbling school this morning. crumbling school crisis. is britain's crisis. this is britain's newsroom. people's channel. newsroom. the people's channel. >> temperature's rising . >> the temperature's rising. boxt solar proud sponsors of weather on . gb news. weather on. gb news. >> hello. very good morning to you. there is a little bit of mist and fog to watch out for first thing this morning. but once that clears, there'll be plenty of hot sunshine around, although watch out for some strong in the south—west. strong winds in the south—west. taking the details. taking a look at the details. and once any mist and fog and yes, once any mist and fog clears away, there'll plenty clears away, there'll be plenty of bulk of of sunshine across the bulk of the uk. the exception perhaps being far north scotland, being the far north of scotland, where a front lingering where there is a front lingering here, bringing a bit of cloud and perhaps a few spots of drizzly rain well. otherwise, drizzly rain as well. otherwise, lots sunshine. out lots of sunshine. watch out for some strong, winds in some strong, blustery winds in the they will the south—west and they will take the off the take the edge off the temperatures a little bit. but for going to be for many, it's going to be a little bit hotter than it was yesterday. around 31 yesterday. highs around 31 celsius towards the south—east later today, we are going to later on today, we are going to see low cloud drifting in see some low cloud drifting in from the sea. so some from the north sea. so some higher, sea threat

higher, some sea threat affecting parts of eastern scotland eastern north scotland and eastern north eastern england. low clouds, some murky conditions here further south and west, clearer skies. but i am expecting some mist and fog patches to develop and temperatures, again, not dropping a huge amount. so it's likely to be another relatively warm most of us as we warm night for most of us as we go through wednesday itself. a slow , murky start then for some slow, murky start then for some eastern northeast eastern parts. but that low cloud should gradually back towards the gradually burn back towards the coast most the exception, coast for most the exception, perhaps eastern parts of perhaps around eastern parts of scotland. i am expecting the low cloud here to linger. well into the otherwise yes, it the afternoon. otherwise yes, it may be a touch cloudier than some days, but plenty of some recent days, but plenty of sunshine had and sunshine to be had and temperatures could even temperatures could be even higher still with highs around 32 celsius. >> the temperatures rising, boxt solar proud sponsors of weather on . gb news that environment bill. >> we're going to return to that. but still to come, should we follow france's lead and ban

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few keir mather sarah ferguson does anyone ever say, you know what, you've done a good job because everyone else has sat on there and done nothing? >> no. no signs of that, no . >> no. no signs of that, no. >> no. no signs of that, no. >> no. no signs of that, no. >> no signs of that sticking plaster approach. that's what the spending watchdog has called the spending watchdog has called the government's .response to the concrete crisis affecting our schools. you the schools. we'll bring you the very it and it's getting very latest it and it's getting hot in here. >> our southwest reporter geoff moody's in devon to tell us about the heatwave which is sweeping the nation . sweeping the nation. >> yes, who said summer was over 7 >> yes, who said summer was over ? i'm here on instow beach in nonh ? i'm here on instow beach in north devon where temperatures today are expected to be hotter than ibiza . than ibiza. >> good. marvellous news. more good news. is it time to ban vapes? that's the way france is heading as they plan to outlaw disposable vapes. should we do the same .

the same. >> and we've sort of got vapes, didn't we? because they were supposed to woo people off smoking. but what they've turned into, especially in france, gateway for young people to smoke, teenagers , brilliant way smoke, teenagers, brilliant way for becoming for them to start becoming addicted to nicotine. >> what you think? >> what do you think? vaiews@gbnews.com is email vaiews@gbnews.com is the email address . first though vaiews@gbnews.com is the email address. first though his tatiana sanchez in newsroom tatiana sanchez in the newsroom . beth thank you very much and good morning. >> this is the latest from the gb newsroom. we start with some breaking news. discount retailer b&m has agreed to buy up to 51 wilko stores from administrators for £13 million. it comes nearly a month after wilko collapsed , a month after wilko collapsed, putting thousands of jobs at risk across its 400 stores. we'll bring you more on this breaking story as we get it. the education minister says the government has been very proactive in dealing with the concrete crisis in schools. nick gibbs comments come after the education secretary apologised for using strong language while

expressing her frustration at the way in which the situation has been dealt with. both rishi sunak and gillian keegan are under growing pressure as schools across the uk have fully or partially closed . nick gibb or partially closed. nick gibb told us gillian keegan's comments were off the cuff . comments were off the cuff. >> she was frustrated by the fact that the department for education and civil servants have been working very hard in terms of dealing with rake issue. we've been very proactive in dealing with rac since 2018. we've issued very detailed guidance to respond bodies and these are the bodies that are legally responsible for school buildings, which are the local authorities , the academy trusts authorities, the academy trusts diocese us, but we provide them with the best advice based on the technical advice that we get about how to identify and monitor racks . monitor racks. >> shadow paymaster general jonathan ashworth says the conservatives aren't working hard enough to solve the issue . hard enough to solve the issue. >> i think today look, when you've got sort of rooves at risk of collapse in various

various schools across the country, pupils really worried . country, pupils really worried. you've got the education secretary expecting to be thanked and congratulated and parents across the country , parents across the country, teachers who work in schools and pupils because some of these pupils because some of these pupils are old enough to understand what is going on. want you to fix this and don't want any more of your saying, oh, nothing to do with me, guv. thatis oh, nothing to do with me, guv. that is frank hinckley an abdication of your responsibilities . responsibilities. >> the prime minister is chairing his first cabinet meeting today since before the summer recess . meanwhile, the summer recess. meanwhile, the labour leader, sir keir starmer , is also currently chairing his cabinet meeting. yesterday saw some big changes within the labour office with several figures given new roles. angela rayneris figures given new roles. angela rayner is the new shadow deputy prime minister and levelling up secretary and pat mcfadden is national campaign co—ordinator, as well as shadow chancellor of the duchy of lancaster . to read the duchy of lancaster. to read . retail sales rose in august as customers spending big on self—care products . total retail

self—care products. total retail sales in the uk were up 4.1% on last august , above the three last august, above the three month average of 3.6. that's according to the british retail consortium. health, beauty, food and drink were the strongest performing categories as now kim jong un could travel to russia to meet president vladimir putin. the north korean leader could make the trip as early as this month near to the border between the two countries. believed to be a possible meeting point . it comes as the meeting point. it comes as the us claims the kremlin is attempting to acquire military equipment for its war in ukraine. offenders are using virtual reality to groom and sexually abuse children, as well as share illegal images of abuse, according to new research from the nspcc. it warned offenders are being desensitised to their own behaviour because of the anonymity . 80 such spaces of the anonymity. 80 such spaces provide through their use of digital avatars to represent each person present. the nspcc has called on tech firms to do

more to ensure virtual reality platforms are safe by introducing better child safety features and reporting systems . features and reporting systems. and finally, the hottest temperatures of the year could be seen this week. the met office is predicting maximum temperatures of 32 degrees tomorrow and thursday, potentially matching the year's record during the heatwave in june. this is the uk health security agency issued a yellow alert across the whole of england apart from the north east, from yesterday afternoon until sunday. this is gb news across the uk on tv in your car, on digital radio and on your smart speaker by saying play gb news now it's back to andrew and . bev >> we're just discussing the fact that gillian keegan is on the front page of every single newspaper. this morning. she's fighting to keep her cabinet position . none pictures position. none of the pictures are terribly flattering and it

depends photograph use depends which photograph you use because her dress because she changed her dress quite a few times. >> does think that matters then? >> well, she always has a very nice dry. i've always nice blow dry. i've always thought about gillian thought that about gillian keegan. not that that matters. we're under a lot of pressure, women a certain in women to look a certain way in the public i get that. but the public eye. i get that. but i got, i think i saw a side of it yesterday that i didn't particularly like at all when that might have that mic was on. you might have seen she was doing an seen it. she was doing an interview. the interview stopped and she that doing interview. the interview stopped a|bleeping that doing interview. the interview stopped a|bleeping goodt doing interview. the interview stopped a|bleeping good job doing interview. the interview stopped a|bleeping good job on doing interview. the interview stopped a|bleeping good job on aware ng a bleeping good job on aware that was being recorded and that she was being recorded and nobody was giving a sufficient gratitude. >> how many schools have >> fancy how many schools have shut? 104 partially closed or closed? completely another 2000. we don't know yet. may be closed. thought closed. and she thought she should on should be praised. she was on houday should be praised. she was on holiday last week in spain. how lovely. said she working lovely. she said she was working from home. nice >> well, now national audit >> well, now the national audit office accused the office has accused the government a sticking government of using a sticking plaster school plaster approach to school maintenance thousands maintenance with thousands of children unable to to children unable to return to lessons . lessons. >> shadow paymaster general. of course was party course there was a labour party reshuffle yesterday. it was rather anas sarwar rather dull. john anas sarwar that's his new job. he spoke to gb news early this morning. this

is say. is what he had to say. >> he were. we had a programme for rebuilding and as for rebuilding schools and as i say, 13, 13 years ago when say, after 13, 13 years ago when the conservatives got in the conservatives first got in 13 they cut that 13 years ago, they cut that programme. i think today , programme. and i think today, look, when you've got sort of roofs collapse in roofs at risk of collapse in various various schools across the country, pupils really worried. you've got the education secretary expecting to be thanked and congratulated by parents. and then, of course, when you step back, it's not just the schools, you know, air traffic control was in a shambles last week. our rivers are full of sewage. our hospitals the hospitals can't cope with the backlog for treatment. nothing works in this country. after 13 years. it really is time for change. >> what is the paymaster general ? >> just 7— >> just look. ? >> just look. they actually write the checks on behalf of government departments. they sign them. so it's a symbolic , sign them. so it's a symbolic, important role. but actually , important role. but actually, he's gone. he's well, it's an job like a secretary. >> yeah. >> yeah. >> he's gone from being a key member of the shadow to cabinet a ghost figure. he's minister without portfolio. really. so

he'll pop up doing interviews. he'll meddle in interview and he'll be sacked next time if he. >> i speak as one who likes jonathan ashworth . jonathan ashworth. >> jonathan ashworth woke up this morning feeling really proud job. andrew proud of his new job. andrew pierce has just demolished. >> it's not a job. it's not a real job. you could without real job. you could do without it. three members it. there are now three members in cabinet office job in labour's cabinet office job bit crowded, some would say. >> we don't do proper jobs >> we don't do properjobs anyway anyway , let's anyway either. but anyway, let's cross gb news. south cross live to gb news. south east reporter ellie costello does really proper job. she's does a really properjob. she's outside buckhurst hill community primary school in essex. ellie is this a school that has been affected by the concrete chaos ? affected by the concrete chaos? >> yes, it's one of the 104 schools in the country that is partially or fully closed due to this rack concrete crisis. you can see behind me , the car park can see behind me, the car park is actually packed full of cars. and that's because the teachers are still very much coming to work . they're working around the work. they're working around the clock to try and find alternative teaching arrangements for the pupils . arrangements for the pupils. they the students are on an

extended summer break. the start of term has been delayed until next monday, whilst the teachers behind me desperately try and find other places in which those pupils can be taught. because this building behind me has been deemed unsafe. we have just had a statement through from the school. we did ask to interview them this morning . that has been them this morning. that has been denied. but i have got this statement saying that eight of the 14 classrooms behind me have been deemed unsafe , including as been deemed unsafe, including as well, the staff room, the dining hall and the children toilets. so it looks as though what's going to happen is starting from next monday, half of the classes are going to be taught in the classrooms that are safe and the rest of those classes are going to be moved to a different school within the trust, which doesn't have this rack concrete . and those pupils are going to be taught elsewhere in a different school. and those arrangements will start from next monday. so that just gives you idea of scramble that you an idea of the scramble that the teachers, the schools and

the teachers, the schools and the parents have had to go through since they found out that the building was unsafe . that the building was unsafe. since thursday, they really since last thursday, they really haven't had very long. meanwhile, criticism from gillian keegan, the education minister, those comments yesterday saying she wasn't getting enough praise for the hard that she's done. also hard work that she's done. also criticism that she was on houday criticism that she was on holiday when this crisis started to unfold . so criticism for her to unfold. so criticism for her there is that pressure mounting on her in that cabinet position and questions remain as to how many schools this affects , how many schools this affects, how long this is going to take to fix. big million dollar fix. and the big million dollar question at moment, how much question at the moment, how much is all going cost? okay is this all going to cost? okay >> thank you, ellie. ellie costello there outside one of the many schools that is affected. going to be affected. we're going to be talking a teacher just talking to a teacher in just a moment, but your emails have been in. and just want been coming in. and i just want to read you this one from kay. my to read you this one from kay. my daughter phoned in my daughter phoned me in a distressed state on thursday. she that she had an email stating that hatfield be hatfield junior school will be closed due to dangerous concrete. seven year old concrete. my seven year old granddaughter to into granddaughter was due to go into juniors today. she started school before the

school a few months before the pandemic and due to the lockdown she's with crippling she's been left with crippling anxiety and health. anxiety over germs and health. we've the six weeks of the we've spent the six weeks of the houday we've spent the six weeks of the holiday pre preparing her for going school and we've going back to school and we've now to explain that there's now got to explain that there's another danger preventing her from going. listening to my beautiful seven year old granddaughter. she's scared she's going to die from the anxiety in chest, anxiety pains in her chest, literally quite heartbreaking . literally quite heartbreaking. one politicians country's one of the politicians country's going to stop self—congratulating going to stop self—co ouritulating going to stop self—co our children first. putting our children first. thank you so much. that is a brilliant email and it's exactly what we've done. >> and there was a report on another channel done by the reporter who interviewed gillian keegan , who then lost her rag keegan, who then lost her rag when she was still on mic back in march, warning that there were literally hundreds of schools impacted by this crumbling concrete. now to be fair to this government, the it was first discovered in 20 1994, john major was prime minister, 1999. blair was prime minister. two thousand and seven, blair was prime minister. 2018.

theresa may, prime minister. they knew it was a big problem. they knew it was a big problem. they didn't do anything about it. rishi sunak we was it. rishi sunak we know, was told in 2021. didn't give told in 2021. he didn't give enough this year, enough money and then this year, finally they've realised they've had months to get to grips with it. i know. why does it take till three days before we go back to school? >> well, jail was watching, is watching morning joe, said , watching morning joe, she said, andrew, stop having a go at gillian. actually doing. gillian. she's actually doing. she jill, presumably she says jill, presumably it's not having a she's not gillian she's having a she's actually something where actually doing something where no other secretary has just another opportunity to have a go at the tories. labour have done nothing haven't raised it at nothing and haven't raised it at all. just let her do her job. that's gillian. i that's about gillian. well, i think have think from jill labour have raised labour did raised it, but labour did nothing about it when they were in government, at all. in government, nothing at all. >> course when the school >> and of course when the school building was cancelled building programme was cancelled or repair programme was cancelled the tories, cancelled in 2010 by the tories, that coalition, wasn't it? >> it was cameron and nick clegg. the government had run out of money. >> the cabinet? the >> remember the cabinet? the chief secretary treasury chief secretary of the treasury left saying, sorry, left the note saying, sorry, i've the money, the i've spent all the money, the coffers empty. coffers are empty. >> let's get the

>> yeah. now let's get the thoughts maths and thoughts of maths teacher and broadcaster bobby seagull morning, bobby. good morning. thank us this thank you for joining us this morning. know that you were morning. i know that you were quite busy on the media during lockdowns when kids lockdowns when all the kids were home teachers home school going and teachers have resilient, have had to be resilient, haven't they, and find to haven't they, and find ways to make work. but what do they make this work. but what do they do now? it's the last thing the kids the schools need. kids in the schools need. >> be honest, have sort of >> to be honest, i have sort of deepest for schools deepest sympathies for schools and parents and teachers and parents and children this. children involved in this. fortunately, school, we fortunately, my own school, we were sort of on new were sort of on the new build built 2014, we're fine. built post 2014, so we're fine. but i know of friends who are teachers, head teachers, who've but i know of friends who are teacto rs, head teachers, who've but i know of friends who are teacto rs, heathe achers, who've but i know of friends who are teacto rs, heathe really, who've but i know of friends who are teacto rs, heathe really difficult had to make the really difficult decision early this week of having close their having to close down their schools, about online schools, thinking about online learning. and we know that teachers best teachers did their best to deliver online lessons in lockdown. reality is lockdown. but the reality is students don't learn best in that so students students don't learn best in thatthere so students students don't learn best in thatthere learning so students students don't learn best in thatthere learning at students students don't learn best in thatthere learning at home.|ts students don't learn best in thatthere learning at home. it's out there learning at home. it's again, we've had covid, we've had, again, teacher strikes and now adding this to that, this generation of young people, they're education is really, really, really challenging . really, really challenging. >> and the colleagues you've talked to, bobby, ted , are

talked to, bobby, ted, are teachers, teachers in schools which are affected by this. had they been worried for some time that they may be impacted by this concrete ? this concrete? >> so it's an issue that, again, i think in 2018, the government advised schools with the rac to put in contingency measures, but it's only 2022 that they then send out a questionnaire to say to schools, can you really assess the level of risk? and i think for schools it's the late response from the government. so again, i think last again, i think it's last thursday. andrew, you mentioned there's school there's three days before school starts when are then starts when schools are then issued. guidance actually , issued. the guidance actually, if this serious level if you've got this serious level of must down. and of rac, you must close down. and i think the question is, of course, we can't just blame one government. again, government. it's been, again, 50s we've this sort 50s and 60s. we've had this sort of concrete and you know, the 90s noughties people 90s and the noughties people have issue. it's why 90s and the noughties people have they issue. it's why 90s and the noughties people have they left issue. it's why 90s and the noughties people have they left itissue. it's why 90s and the noughties people have they left it to ue. it's why 90s and the noughties people have they left it to the it's why have they left it to the thursday before school starts? they've the whole summer to they've had the whole summer to raise alarm bells. and raise the alarm bells. and again, it had been in the again, if it had been in the first couple of weeks of the summer term, then schools have the respond and the time to react, respond and prepare. lateness prepare. it's that lateness which incompetence . which suggests incompetence. >> may not like this

>> bobby, you may not like this question, during the question, but during the pandemic we saw some very kind of some not all, but some lazy leftie lib dem labour teachers shouting on the lockdowns because they want id to cause more sort of political mayhem and say, look what this government is doing. are we seeing the same thing now ? seeing the same thing now? >> so in terms of like of course back then, like we've had issues about strikes and teacher pay and that's about thinking about making sure we have the best workforce, retain and attracted to the profession . now, i think to the profession. now, i think a lot of teachers are upset because why do people become teachers? because we think we want to pass on our skills and knowledge to the next generation. but this issue is, i think, a really serious one, because when we think about, again going refer to the again, i'm going to refer to the grenfell , this cladding grenfell tragedy, this cladding issue was partially issue was sort of partially known, one tragedy known, but it takes one tragedy and everyone there's and then everyone there's accountability. who are the ministers in charge? i think ministers in charge? and i think with i'm glad least with schools i'm glad at least now thinking actually now people are thinking actually we can't continue like we can't just continue like this. it's one of those

this. but it's one of those issues that could out of issues that could get out of hand. be some teachers, hand. there'll be some teachers, though, bobby, who will be oh , though, bobby, who will be oh, going, brilliant. >> i didn't want go back. >> i didn't want to go back. i've weeks off. the sun i've had six weeks off. the sun is coming out this week. i'm going to sit the garden and going to sit in the garden and suddenly , rather than having suddenly, rather than having a can do attitude and going, right, we've got to fix this. we need portacabins, we need surveys, we need builders , heads surveys, we need builders, heads like be like that. there will be some heads who as just heads who see this as just another nice, lovely extension of first lockdown in march of that first lockdown in march 2020. weren't they? >> no. think that's an >> oh, no. i think that's an unfair caricature ization because again, teachers, we've had , you know, five, six weeks had, you know, five, six weeks of summer. they most teachers, pretty much all teachers are looking forward to seeing their students for the new students again for the new school year. and again, i think it's a question from it's a question of from the government, the timing of the communication. had been week communication. had it been week one, two head teachers one, week two head teachers who are responsible for their local communities time communities could have had time to again to respond and prepare again as an individual, maths an individual, i'm a maths teacher. isn't to worry teacher. my job isn't to worry about the maintenance and the repair of school. my job is repair of the school. my job is to make i've my lesson to make sure i've got my lesson plans ready. but the head

teachers, the ones who teachers, they're the ones who are but are responsible for this. but again, communication this again, communication of this should earlier for should have been earlier for this bobby, they are >> well, bobby, if they are looking to seeing the looking forward to seeing the kids again, does that mean teachers not going to go on teachers are not going to go on strike anymore? >> well, now the >> well, hopefully now the government pay government has resolved the pay issue. in a few issue. and again, maybe in a few years may need to think about years we may need to think about it again. but for now, the pay issue resolved. issue has been resolved. thankfully, very relieved to hear it. >> f- e you so much. hear it. >> you so much. maths >> thank you so much. maths teacher and broadcaster bobby seagull you for seagull there. thank you for your your emails coming your time and your emails coming in. interestingly, in. david said. interestingly, the the person the fault is always the person currently in the post, yet the truth that other people have truth is that other people have left alone. labour complain truth is that other people have left this e. labour complain truth is that other people have left this wonderful:omplain truth is that other people have left this wonderful building they had this wonderful building and programme, yet when and repair programme, yet when they good luck, they left office with good luck, there's money left. you there's no money left. what you were saying andrew things had to be and cost savings be looked at and cost savings made. pandemic when made. follow up a pandemic when so used to money so many got used to having money for to cover the period for nothing to cover the period of not having to to their of not having to go to their job. well that's to job. well that's going to be a problem for the government is if some is leaked, which some report is leaked, which shows warned shows that they were warned potentially these schools were posing a danger to the children and warnings weren't heeded. >> don't heeded. >> if that

heeded. >> exists, n't if that heeded. >> exists, but if that heeded. >> exists, but theref that heeded. >> exists, but there was|t report exists, but there was a civil servant who was the bbc didn't mention the fact he was fired from his job because he screwed covid a—levels, screwed up covid and a—levels, but the bbc yesterday but he was on the bbc yesterday blaming sunak ignoring blaming rishi sunak for ignoring those but those sort of warnings, but didn't produce any evidence to underpin thought underpin it. and you thought the bbc might have mentioned that he had to because he had an axe to grind because he was yeah, but they was fired? yeah, but they didn't. of course they wouldn't. funny didn't. of course they wouldn't. funstill come though, this >> still to come though, this morning, vapes morning, could banning vapes increase the uptake of smoking cigarettes? my inbox has been very you getting in very busy with you getting in touch about this already. we're going to be looking at that in just this is britain's just a moment. this is britain's news channel, gb news. >> that feeling from >> that warm feeling inside from boxt sponsors of boxt boilers, proud sponsors of weather on gb news. >> hello, very good morning to you. there is a little bit of mist and fog to watch out for first thing this morning, but once that clears there'll be plenty of hot sunshine around, although watch out for some strong the south—west. strong winds in the south—west. taking look the details. taking a look at the details. and yes, once any mist and fog clears away , there'll be plenty clears away, there'll be plenty of bulk of of sunshine across the bulk of the exception perhaps the uk. the exception perhaps being of scotland, being the far north of scotland, where a front lingering

where there is a front lingering here, bringing bit of cloud here, bringing a bit of cloud and perhaps a few spots of drizzly rain as well . otherwise, drizzly rain as well. otherwise, lots sunshine. for lots of sunshine. watch out for some blustery in some strong, blustery winds in the they will the south—west. now they will take the edge the take the edge off the temperatures a little bit, but for it's going to for many, it's going to be a little bit hotter than it was yesterday. highs around 31 celsius towards south—east celsius towards the south—east later today, we going to later on today, we are going to see low cloud drifting in see some low cloud drifting in from the sea. so some from the north sea. so some higher, sea threat higher, some sea threat affecting eastern affecting parts of eastern scotland and eastern north eastern england. low clouds, some murky conditions here further south and west, clearer skies. but i am expecting some mist and fog patches to develop and temperatures, again, not dropping a huge amount. so it's likely to be another relatively warm most of us as we warm night for most of us as we go through wednesday itself. a slow , murky start then for some slow, murky start then for some eastern north eastern parts. but that low cloud should gradually burn back towards the coast for most the exception, perhaps around eastern parts of scotland. i expecting the low scotland. i am expecting the low cloud to linger. well into cloud here to linger. well into the otherwise yes, it the afternoon. otherwise yes, it may be a touch cloudier than

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pearson, bev turner and lots of emails and texts coming in. engineer brian says this concrete should have been tested along with all other products by the british building research station was station in watford. what was their contracts were awarded? >> good point . as i said, who >> good point. as i said, who knew concrete could be this fascinating? and colin from sunderland hi, she sunderland has said hi, she should resign telling should not resign for telling the of course the truth. this is of course gillian who is on the gillian keegan, who is on the front page of every single newspaper this morning. shows newspaper this morning. it shows how is angry. good how human she is and angry. good for just ignored for her. how many just ignored the ? also, why would the problem? also, why would anyone something with anyone build something with a 30 year life but they did. year shelf life but they did. >> they did. it cheap and >> they did. it was cheap and a lot of a lot of this stuff was built after the war, of course. and we're going to be talking about vapes. but already people are talking, sending messages are talking, sending in messages about from aldershot about vapes. alan from aldershot says says, my brother says no. kathy says, my brother lives in holland. no, alan lives in holland. no, sorry alan from aldershot says apart from the issues, what about the health issues, what about the health issues, what about the disposable vapes the fact these disposable vapes get all over town get dumped all over our town centre he's alan. centre streets? he's alan. you're absolutely right. they're everywhere. >> yeah, says. is how >> yeah, he says. this is how this habit has taken this awful habit has taken a grip. it has taken a grip that

everybody , i think, is everybody, i think, is underestimating and in fact, we're talking about this because france is banning the disposable vapes. and what alan's vapes. and that's what alan's talking about. yes, he is. they smoke them, the kids, some adults and slinging them, they just think it's like, don't know, lollipop stick or something. >> well, let's not forget those images from the reading festival last where they abandoned last week where they abandoned their and abandoned their their tents and abandoned their rubbish, left it all there. that is . just stop . is generation. just stop. >> oil generation, wasteful , it >> oil generation, wasteful, it seems, lecturing us. >> i never chuck caused litter. no no i stop people on the street. >> if i drop litter i do. i am. i am that person who says, excuse me, you've dropped something. i do politely, but make a point and just hope they don't punch you so far. so it's a factor. the factor. well, look, a surprise heat wave. yay has hit the uk with temperatures set to soar 32 degrees. set to soar to 32 degrees. >> it means we're going be >> it means we're going to be hotter ibiza. get that? our hotter than ibiza. get that? our southwest reporter jeff moody is at enslow beach in devon for us. in his bathers, sadly . not sadly

not. >> i did think about wearing shorts because of course you wouldn't see it. but no, i've chickened out in the end, so i'm fully clothed beneath. but what a beautiful day. thank you for this gig. a whole day on instow beach in north devon. well, we've praying hoping. we've been praying and hoping. haven't summer haven't we, for an indian summer here temperatures getting here it is. temperatures getting up degrees in places today up to 32 degrees in places today , so it's officially hotter than ibiza. that's good news. of course, there's a weather warning in place. a yellow weather warning, which means that if you're elderly or you're vulnerable or you're susceptible to the to the heat, then do take extra care. but interestingly, there's also a we're also going to have some tropical nights on wednesday and thursday . they're wednesday and thursday. they're saying that the temperature won't get below the 20 c. so it's going to be a balmy tropical night on wednesday and thursday . great for this tropical night on wednesday and thursday. great for this time of year. thursday. great for this time of year . they're also saying at the year. they're also saying at the met office that the sunsets are

going to be particularly spectacular over the next few days. that's to do with saharan dust , dust days. that's to do with saharan dust, dust from the sahara desert that's heading this way. and apparently, i don't know the full scientific meteorological explanation as to why, but it's going to make the sunsets particularly bright, not particularly bright, not particularly vibrant. this week. so fantastic news, of course , so fantastic news, of course, for the tourist industry that had such a bad summer, didn't it? i mean, july was a total washout. august was interchangeable . all tourist interchangeable. all tourist numbers were down up to 20. here in devon. so a lot of tourist businesses , cafes, shops and businesses, cafes, shops and restaurants and amusement arcades have been really relying on what they call the shoulder period, which is now september and early october. they need that period to be good in order to sustain their business through the winter months. so hopefully it will continue to be good. there's mixed forecast as

to how long this is going to last.if to how long this is going to last. if you look at one forecast, it says that we've got this weather for the rest of september . that would be nice, september. that would be nice, won't it? but that particular forecast a bit of a lone forecast is a bit of a lone voice. most people are saying that it's going to be this sort of level until 9 pm. on sunday. and then the temperatures are going to dip considerably and then hover around the average. who wants average ? who wants average? >> hey, jeff, i want to know if you've got your sunblock on and if so, what factor? because it's very hot there . very hot there. >> i haven't got any sunblock on yet. i need to go get some. don't i know you have no sun block at all. >> you're getting a good dose of vitamin d instead. jeff that's all so good for you in small doses. don't burn yourself. i am jeff moody there at instow beach in north devon. you know, my son, glorious, gorgeous. that's not a million miles away from croyde beach. my son is called croyde beach. my son is called croyde after freud beach down in devon. >> did he thank you for being naming him after a beach.

>> it's all right about it. there is one other. oh, there is another croyde in the country. he's not the one. it's a he's not the only one. it's a glorious part of country. glorious part of the country. it's amazing. beautiful it's amazing. it's so beautiful down you have been very down there. you have been very busy getting in touch with us this to this morning. we're going to be talking vaping in just a talking about vaping in just a moment. it and cathy has said, my brother lives holland. all my brother lives in holland. all the bottles have the plastic bottles have a deposit the bottles are deposit charge. the bottles are then returned store then returned to the store through machine it reads through a machine where it reads the make sure the barcode to make sure it's purchased store. you get purchased in the store. you get a with the deposit. a voucher with the deposit. when i a child, we collected our i was a child, we collected our bottles to take back to the shops to get spending money. why bottles to take back to the shopswe get spending money. why bottles to take back to the shopswe do: spending money. why bottles to take back to the shopswe do this?iding money. why bottles to take back to the shopswe do this? and money. why bottles to take back to the shopswe do this? and she'sey. why can't we do this? and she's talking about that. you're thinking, why is she talking talking about that. you're thinki|bottles is she talking talking about that. you're thinki|bottles when�* talking talking about that. you're thinki|bottles when youzing talking about that. you're thinki|bottles when you talk about bottles when you talk about bottles when you talk about but this is because about vapes? but this is because the disposable going the disposable ones are going to be for the sake be banned in france for the sake of planet. and i'm on board of the planet. and i'm on board with this. >> why aren't they in >> why aren't they put in recycling vapes? recycling plants? the vapes? >> they may not be >> i wonder if they may not be disposable because they will have a chemical element to them. it's like plastic it's not just like your plastic bottle that salad, bottle that your salad, your plastic, has bottle that your salad, your plasti�*in. has bottle that your salad, your plasti�*in. i has bottle that your salad, your plasti�*in. i think has bottle that your salad, your plasti�*in. i think we has bottle that your salad, your plasti�*in. i think we should be come in. i think we should be reducing plastics as much as possible. plastics in the sea is

the environmental that the environmental issue that does keep me awake. >> it is. it is. »- >> it is. it is. >> is. right so we are going >> it is. right so we are going to be talking about that. have you ever tried to vote? no. have you? >> no. i used to smoke. i stopped when i was 40 and i'm very concerned about vapes. but we're going to have that conversation with somebody from the of the vape industry who, of course, concerns are all course, say our concerns are all misplaced. are they? course, say our concerns are all miswell,d. are they? course, say our concerns are all miswell, first are they? course, say our concerns are all miswell, first of are they? course, say our concerns are all miswell, first of all, they? course, say our concerns are all miswell, first of all, though, >> well, first of all, though, here is very latest news here is your very latest news with tatiana sanchez . with tatiana sanchez. >> thank you very much. it's 1030. this is the latest from the newsroom. the education minister says the government has been very proactive in dealing with the concrete crisis in schools . speaking to gb news schools. speaking to gb news nick gibbs , comments come after nick gibbs, comments come after the education secretary apologised for using strong language whilst expressing her frustration at the way in which the situation has been dealt with. both rishi sunak and gillian keegan are under growing pressure as schools across the uk have fully or partially closed . well, rishi sunak's closed. well, rishi sunak's chairing his first cabinet meeting today since before the

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from three on . gb news to 1036 from three on. gb news to 1036 with britain's newsroom on gb news with andrew pierce and bev turner. >> so the french prime minister, elisabeth borne has announced plans to ban disposable vapes in a bid to kerb smoking amongst youngsters. smoking kills around 75,000 people each year. in france . but some fear france. but some people fear that ban on single use that a ban on single use e—cigarettes will turn people to tobacco . tobacco. >> so should britain follow suit? or could this backfire and increase smoking rates? let's talk now to director—general talk now to the director—general of vaping association, of the uk vaping association, john dunn. good morning, john. good to see you again. i'm in

awe the fact that you keep awe of the fact that you keep coming on show, giving what coming on this show, giving what a beating up. i give you every time talk to you for the time i talk to you for the terrible damage that your industry our industry is doing to our teenagers. yourself. it's teenagers. defend yourself. it's impossible first of impossible to. well first of all, young people shouldn't be vaping. >> as we continue to tell you. and one of the things that we're trying to do is to kerb that through penalise retailers that sell minors as well. the fact sell to minors as well. the fact of the matter is that vaping is the most popular way that adults give up smoking in the uk and we have 220 people still dying every day from smoking related diseases . so the idea of banning diseases. so the idea of banning a product that saves lives is absolutely ridiculous. john can i interrupt you right there? >> when you say young people shouldn't be smoking vapes, so why do you have flavours called bubble gum? marshmallow and candy? they're not aimed at 42 year olds. they're aimed at teenagers or younger. >> well, i beg i beg to differ. adults like flavours . no, sorry. adults like flavours. no, sorry. >> john, john, john. i don't buy

that. i think that we got i've got three parents here. they will not i don't think they'll agree with you right. >> well, i'm 58 years of age and i enjoy gin and i have a bottle , two bottles of gin downstairs, one called bubblegum and one called strawberry candy floss. so i'm sorry, but adults like flavours, including people like myself, does anybody is there any adults believe this? >> we don't have candy floss flavoured gin. john we might have grapefruit or rhubarb flavoured gin. they're not marketed it at children. you don't routinely buy gin . that's. don't routinely buy gin. that's. that's knickerbocker glory flavoured like these vapes are lost the argument, mate let's look specifically at this. >> absolutely. you should look you should look online. >> they are all over the place. >> they are all over the place. >> you've not convinced us. but the thing is, don't have to the thing is, you don't have to look online for the vapes because they're on the high street sweet shop. >> john. they are marketed to children. are next to these children. they are next to these american shops. so come american candy shops. so come on, buy your candy on, kids, you can buy your candy or can have your nicotine in

or you can have your nicotine in a device which give a device which might give you mouth in years. we mouth cancer in 20 years. we just know yet. just don't know yet. >> well, first of all, you raise a good point about where a very good point about where these products are sold and one of the things that we've called for is licencing vape shops, for is licencing of vape shops, because right, they because you're right, they shouldn't be in candy shops. they in barber they shouldn't be in barber shops shops like i see shops and pizza shops like i see every . and this is why we're every day. and this is why we're calling for the licencing of vape and that has to vape stores and that has to include robust age verification processes. and we're also calling for fines of up to £10,000 per instance for any vape store or any vape retailer caught selling to minors . and caught selling to minors. and right now the fines are absolutely ridiculous. we have one store, for instance, about four weeks ago that was fined £28 by a court for selling to a 14 year old. now that's not right. listen burglaries don't get fixed, don't get solved. >> and the police aren't fixing crimes such as, you know, rapes and assaults. they are not going to waste their time going to knock on the door of a newsagent

who's sold a vape for a few quid to a 12 year old. so you might as well just forget that. just forget it. stop that as an forget it. stop using that as an excuse. if you go and look at any festival, if you go and look at any festival this summer and see all the teenagers walking around do around vaping, what does it do to does it do to your to you? what does it do to your industry when you see that? because the horse has bolted and no, disagree. because the horse has bolted and no, and disagree. because the horse has bolted and no, and ofiisagree. because the horse has bolted and no, and of all,]ree. because the horse has bolted and no, and of all, it's. because the horse has bolted and no, and of all, it's not >> and first of all, it's not the police's job go and the police's job to go and enforce this. it's trading standards. and one of the things that i when i talk to trading standards is they are woefully underfunded. they don't have the resources to do this. and this is why we're calling for this licencing , for this fine. licencing fee, for this fine. who penalises those retailers who are breaking law that who are breaking the law that penalises them and provides much needed funds for trading standards to do more enforcement? that's the solution to this problem, not banning a product and creating a huge black market, which will be even worse . woi'se. >> worse. >> okay, john, do you know what long term damage the chemicals involved in vapes do to people's

health? >> i'm not a scientist, but could you answer that question? >> could you answer the question? yes, we know we know. >> we know that vaping is at least 95% less harmful than smoking . smoking. >> what about the long term damage caused by the chemicals users? >> john, go back to my question, if you don't mind. do you know >> john, go back to my question, if yilong n't mind. do you know >> john, go back to my question, if y long term ind. do you know >> john, go back to my question, if yilong term damagerou know >> john, go back to my question, if y long term damage and;now >> john, go back to my question, if y long term damage and tow the long term damage and to answer it. >> go on then you actually give me a second to answer it. >> i will go on. what we do know is have well over 20 years of is we have well over 20 years of data and all of the leading scientists the uk that deal scientists in the uk that deal with tobacco harm control are all the opinion that all of the same opinion that compared smoking, vaping is compared to smoking, vaping is far you. do far less harmful for you. do absolutely . absolutely. >> but. but it isn't. these >> but but. but it isn't. these >> but but. but it isn't. these >> but but. but it isn't. these >> but i know you haven't answered the question, but they aren't. >> this isn't about >> but this isn't about comparing it to smoking. you might of might say it's the lesser of two evils, vaping has evils, but what vaping has allowed a whole generation of allowed is a whole generation of children that were never going to cigarettes because that to smoke cigarettes because that was the public was one of the biggest public health seen was one of the biggest public hethis seen was one of the biggest public hethis country seen was one of the biggest public hethis country across seen was one of the biggest public hethis country across the seen in this country across the world. blair lot

world. tony blair did a lot wrong, but banning smoking in pubuc wrong, but banning smoking in public was the one thing public places was the one thing that it was gone. that he did right. it was gone. there a generation that there was a generation that didn't nicotine . didn't weren't into nicotine. and thanks to vaping, you've now got new profitable got a whole new profitable generation coming through. who will never, may never smoke a cigarette , but they'll always cigarette, but they'll always smoke we're not smoke vapes if we're not careful. as parents, i think you really need to go and look at actor for smoking, the health publication that they just brought mythbusting brought out, the mythbusting around the misconceptions about vaping of the vaping and some of the interesting things. >> they point out that it you know that vaping is neither more harmful nor addictive than smoking. and it's not a proven gateway to smoking. i advise your listeners , i agree with your listeners, i agree with you, it isn't a gateway to smoking. >> but what it is, it's a gateway to a lifetime addiction to nicotine and vaping and spending money on something that these kids can't afford and don't need. >> well , the majority of vapers >> well, the majority of vapers in country are ex—smokers in this country are ex—smokers in this country are ex—smokers in fact, the median age for disposable . hang on a second. disposable. hang on a second. the median age for a disposable user in this country is 36 years

of age. and that's based on 5 million transactions. >> as john, just remind us, who owns most of the vape production, what companies own independent vape , independent independent vape, independent vape, how many companies like british american tobacco , how british american tobacco, how many vaping products do they own ? >> 7- >> there's 7 >> there's only about two tobacco companies that actually produce vaping products. the majority of vaping products are sold and marketed by independent companies, not tobacco companies i >> right, john, i'll tell you , i >> right, john, i'll tell you, i admire the fact that you come on here and put up a defence. i really do. and you know, i think it's pretty clear where we both stand on this. but thank you so much for your time. thank you. and john, unable to say whether there are long term damage caused to our health by the chemicals used in vape, which nigel nelson . nigel nelson. nigel nelson. nigel nelson. >> tonya. tonya >> tonya. tonya >> tonya. tonya >> tonya wanted to shout at the was shouting. >> i thought you two were getting trying really hard time on that one. >> he deserves it. >> he deserves it. >> well, i'll hang on a sec.

>> well, i'll hang on a sec. >> vaping you don't know what damage the chemicals doing damage the chemicals are doing to no, but also smoke. and you >> no, but i also smoke. and you do know what do know that that do know what i do know that that can some the whole can do some damage. the whole point about vaping is no, it's not for children children not for children and children should and there should not be vaping and there should not be vaping and there should that shops should be should be that shops should be prevent from selling them. prevent from from selling them. i but a quit i completely but but as a quit smoking tool it probably is the best thing that's been on the market. >> so smoking as well then well because i'm not very good at actually giving up the. >> so you're giving up the cigarettes. yeah i'd rather overdoing it at the moment, but i've and so i i've got teenagers and so i completely nigel. completely agree with nigel. >> adult. do what you >> you're an adult. do what you like. know, that's fine. like. you know, that's fine. thank you. but these vapes my flesh these vapes are flesh out, these vapes are encouraging . encouraging encouraging. encouraging children you said. children exactly as you said. young. i see them from. from 12. from years old. vaping. they from 12 years old. vaping. they put it down their tops. they, you know, they kind of it looks cool. everywhere they go. they would never have smoked. so it's exactly what you don't know that i know. i do know that it's

smoking's anti—social and it stinks and don't want. sorry, stinks and we don't want. sorry, nigel, to be mean. >> and parents. no no smoking. >> and parents. no no smoking. >> parents don't. the point about vapes is you're absolutely right about. don't know. know right about. we don't know. know what kind of long term damage there did know the nhs there is. if we did know the nhs was poised to actually put vapes on prescription, they should be as a as a quit smoking aid that i'm on board with. they haven't done that because they don't know the long term, the long term effects themselves. >> stick with >> so best to stick with nicorette, tobacco substitute nicorette, a tobacco substitute which work. don't which doesn't work. they don't work well, i don't think it works. >> no, i've tried. you're an addict. >> well, i absolutely i've tried. i've tried the gum, the patches, the whole bit . so. and patches, the whole bit. so. and i've given up smoking. i don't know, about a dozen times and gone to it. i'm an expert gone back to it. i'm an expert giver upper. >> if so, your children, >> well, if so, your children, teenagers . how would you if they teenagers. how would you if they were vaping, what would be it ? were vaping, what would be it? >> just i'm not that parent. i don't tolerate anything like that. don't tolerate anything like that . you know, that that just that. you know, that that just wouldn't be tolerated. and actually, what i've also done is

when i've kids have been in my house, they've friends house, they've had friends around they're around and they're in the garden, see vape, i go up, i garden, i see a vape, i go up, i snap it and i put it in the bin. i do it on my property. i do. i am that parent. i will not tolerate. i'm great parent. tolerate. i'm a great parent. i'm on many ways, but i'm liberal on many ways, but certain things like putting toxic chemicals your body toxic chemicals in your body after you and after i've reared you and everything for you, everything i've done for you, it's a go me in the back it's a no go with me in the back of his idea that he doesn't know that bloke. he knows nothing because he's clearly with because he's clearly not with young not saying, young people. he's not saying, i see i see kids. see them. i see these kids. i see them. i see these kids. i see these girls. and they would never especially very much see these girls. and they would n> marketing the young >> they are marketing the young with flavours and i really with these flavours and i really believe they should be totally banned and the only flavour that there vape is there should be of a vape is nicotine flavour . nicotine flavour. >> that's it. right? let's move on another story then. this

on to another story then. this is a big labour reshuffle yesterday . was it the kind of yesterday. was it the kind of stuff that really got you floated your boat? nigel nelson was it an exciting day for you? a labour reshuffle? >> it was a bit curious sort of sort of good in parts that i'm really pleased that the, the top people kept their jobs wes streeting at health yvette cooper at home and so on. a bit disappointed to see jonathan ashworth be demoted media round this morning wasn't but exactly the one thing is a great media performer of course isn't it because he's now paymaster—general yeah, it doesn't mean anything. if you look gov.uk look on the on the gov.uk website , right when it says website, right when it says responsibilities , there's a responsibilities, there's a blank space. >> what he before there. >> what was he before there. >> what was he before there. >> before he was a dwp. right. >> okay . so that's a big job. >> okay. so that's a big job. >> okay. so that's a big job. >> and before that he was health. so he had a he had a he was very down, down, down and out. >> well, not really. >> well, not really. >> i think that jonathan being jonathan, he will do what he does best, back on the media does best, go back on the media round, promoting labour round, keep promoting the labour party, for party, trying to fight for a labour so he won't labour government. so he won't

be distracted this . rosena be distracted by this. rosena allin—khan. i think was an unfortunate she was she had the mental health brief. >> she's a she's, she's a doctor who in her spare time does shifts. >> that's right. she she worked all the way through covid working as a hospital doctor, but he sacked her. well no, he didn't sack her. what in fact, happened there was that he was going to demote her from cabinet level. right. and in her resignation letter, what she said was, i'm really disappointed that you don't feel mental health should be a cabinet position in. and i think she's right that that mental health is so important. it should be a cabinet position. >> he wanted her out. >> he wanted her out. >> well, i mean, that that she would have stayed it would would have stayed but it would have been outside shadow cabinet, know. cabinet, as you know. >> streeting, the shadow >> and wes streeting, the shadow health secretary >> inevitably, there were >> well, inevitably, there were there were in the same kind of area. that she was area. and i think that she was very good. i'm really sorry to see that she disappeared. i'm sure she'll be back when labour get into government to lisa nandy was running for the leadership years

leadership a couple of years ago. think this where ago. well, i think this is where we the of the blairite we get the sort of the blairite bit from the reshuffle that it was a very sort of blair type reshuffle . the soft left were reshuffle. the soft left were pushed nandy is soft pushed out. lisa nandy is soft left out. she ends up with a demotion international demotion to international development, which of course, sheisnt development, which of course, she isn't even shadowing a department that exist, department that doesn't exist, doesn't exist anymore. so again, what she's obviously decided is i'll get on with the job. politics changes. so quickly. i could well be back in cabinet again. very short career. >> she wants her red box career, career. >> she's all about careers and her ministerial car. >> what this reshuffle does for someone who's i'm not political. ikeep someone who's i'm not political. i keep telling people that getting called right wing, which astounds is that that's such astounds me, is that that's such astounds me, is that that's such a much of a muchness . and last a much of a muchness. and last night think nigel with night i think nigel was with rees—mogg they basically rees—mogg and they basically said difference said there's no difference between keir starmer and jeremy hunt. they're same thing . we hunt. they're the same thing. we don't a party to choose don't have a party to choose from anymore with any real electoral choices. it's the same mush and all of them do nothing apart from promote their own

careers . careers. >> that's silly, isn't it? >> that's silly, isn't it? >> is that fair? >> is that fair? >> well, no. i mean, at the moment we've we've had 13 years of disaster , not 13. moment we've we've had 13 years of (oh, ;ter , not 13. moment we've we've had 13 years of (oh, god. not 13. >> oh, god. >> oh, god. >> and before then, well, an awful lot of it's been disaster. >> i'm trying to try to think of sort of some of the achievements of the last 13 years. >> i've spent all the money that was part of the problem. well. >> not sure that they >> well, i'm not sure that they did. i mean, because the chief secretary, the treasury left a note so he's called liam note saying so he's called liam byrne, and that a joke. and byrne, and that was a joke. and liam got in the neck for liam byrne got in the neck for actually a for his actually leaving a joke for his successor, never successor, which should never have been public. and it have been made public. and it was joke. however under labour was a joke. however under labour and you were and a new labour you were talking reducing the talking about a reducing the debt to 40. now we have a debt of 100. debt to 40. now we have a debt of 1well, did have a pandemic, >> well, we did have a pandemic, yes , we have a pandemic, but yes, we did have a pandemic, but i debt was going up i mean, the debt was going up before pandemic started. before the pandemic started. >> point basically is, >> the point basically is, who do think most competent do you think is most competent to the country at the to run the country at the present there's an present time? there's also an electoral cycle thing. maggie thatcher lasted 13 years as new labour lasted 13 years. this lot have come to the end of the road.

>> you think it's end of days? >> you think it's end of days? >> yeah. it feels like it. >> yeah. it feels like it. >> yeah. >> yeah. i >> yeah. i think >> yeah. i think they >> yeah. i think they just >> yeah. i think they just run out of steam. i do. >> but i'm so sad that we don't have a choice of anybody else. that's what breaks my heart. like you know, 13 like you said, you know, 13 years for this one. 13 years with that one. what we need years for this one. 13 years wisomething�*. what we need years for this one. 13 years wi something new what we need years for this one. 13 years wi something new andit we need years for this one. 13 years wi something new and something is something new and something true. non—career true. we need non—career politicians that actually feel for want to do for the country and want to do something for people something for the people of britain. >> would you increase >> would you would you increase mps in order to attract mps wages in order to attract better mps wages in order to attract bet i er mps wages in order to attract beti think i think i think mps >> i think i think i think mps wages be increased. wages should be increased. i think you should have lived think you also should have lived and in the real world and worked in the real world before you can become an mp. you know, you you're if you're know, if you if you're if you're going the health minister, going to be the health minister, then you've got to work within then you've got to work within the system. the health system. >> why? not the way our >> why? that's not the way our system mean, it should system works. i mean, it should because our system is broken. >> nigel whole thing, they broken. >> ithey whole thing, they broken. >> ithey provide ole thing, they broken. >> ithey provide political, they leadership. >> it's not about about expertise . mean, you go to expertise. i mean, if you go to a gp, why do you think that gp would be better at his job had he been a postman or a miner? and in which case, why should a cabinet minister be a be a

better defence secretary if they've been a doctor ? they've been a doctor? >> week we saw introduced >> this week we saw introduced in commons new labour mp in the commons the new labour mp for . he won a by—election. for selby. he won a by—election. he's 25. i don't a 25 year he's 25. i don't want a 25 year old mp representing me because he or she knows nothing. >> absolutely but i mean >> absolutely no. but i mean that can can represent that mp can can represent younger i the whole younger people. i mean the whole point mps they should point about mps is they should represent spectrum . represent the entire spectrum. >> don't know at 25. >> well, i still think that the well, what age do you become an mp? 40. >> well, why not 35, 35, 45? >> well, why not 35, 35, 45? >> you you need to have lived a life and have an understanding of what people are going through. >> you know, if you've gone straight from your mum and dad's bedroom to become an mp, how do you know political adviser or something? >> there's real job. >> there's no real job. >> there's no real job. >> yeah, just want to bring >> yeah, we just want to bring you little bit of breaking you a little bit of breaking news lord gb news news here on lord gb news this morning. city council morning. birmingham city council has declared has effectively declared bankruptcy by declaring that it needs to stop all but essential spending. we will be looking at that in a little more detail. >> another headache for the

labour party? well, i've got to say that yet another council, i mean we're talking about loads of councils. >> i presume there will be a section 104, which is where they have actually freeze spending have to actually freeze spending because they've out of because they've run out of money. but you can get people to come in and work then maybe then they to earn their money. >> britain's second how >> britain's second city. how embarrassing is that? >> well, it's >> well, of course it's embarrassing. i mean mean, embarrassing. i mean i mean, we don't details about don't know the details about what but we've what went wrong here, but we've seen happened at woking seen what happened at woking council. thought council. they thought they could build a kind of singapore economy in woking, spent loads of property by only of money on property by only bringing in £11 million on an on council tax and they are servicing debts with of 62 million. >> well, well , i million. >> well, well, i remind you, dunng >> well, well, i remind you, during the pandemic we spent half £1 trillion of public money to keep people off work when they probably could have gone. but anyway, that's just my opinion. still to come, there's been a huge victory for people in east to with low in the north east to do with low traffic neighbourhoods and newcastle's. talk about traffic neighbourhoods and new in;tle's. talk about traffic neighbourhoods and new in;tle'sa talk about traffic neighbourhoods and newin;tle'sa moment. about traffic neighbourhoods and newin;tle'sa moment. don't go anywhere. >> the temperature's rising .

>> the temperature's rising. boxt solar proud sponsors of weather on . gb news. weather on. gb news. >> hello. very good morning to you. there is a little bit of mist and fog to watch out for first thing this morning. but once that clears, there'll be plenty of hot sunshine around, although watch out for some strong the south—west strong winds in the south—west taking the details and taking a look at the details and yes, any mist fog yes, once any mist and fog clears there'll be plenty clears away, there'll be plenty of across the bulk of of sunshine across the bulk of the uk. exception perhaps the uk. the exception perhaps being north of scotland being the far north of scotland where a front lingering where there is a front lingering here, bringing cloud here, bringing a bit of cloud and perhaps few spots of and perhaps a few spots of drizzly rain as well. otherwise lots of sunshine. watch out for some blustery in some strong, blustery winds in the now they will the south—west. now they will take the edge off the temperatures a little bit, but for going to be for many, it's going to be a little bit hotter it was little bit hotter than it was yesterday. around 31 yesterday. highs around 31 celsius south—east celsius towards the south—east later on today, we are going to see cloud drifting in see some low cloud drifting in from the north sea. so some higher, some sea threat affecting of eastern affecting parts of eastern scotland eastern north scotland and eastern north eastern england. low clouds, some murky conditions here further south and west clear

skies. but i am expecting some mist and fog patches to develop and temperatures, again, not dropping a huge amount. so it's likely another relatively likely to be another relatively warm most of us as we warm night for most of us as we go through wednesday itself. a slow, murky start then for some eastern north eastern parts. but that low cloud should gradually burn back towards the coast. for most, the exception, perhaps around eastern parts of scotland. i am expecting the low cloud to linger. well into cloud here to linger. well into the afternoon. otherwise yes, it may be a touch cloudier than some recent days, but plenty of sunshine to be had and temperatures could even temperatures could be even higher still with highs around 32 celsius . 32 celsius. >> the temperatures rising on boxt solar proud sponsors of weather on .

gb news. well. and good morning. >> it's 11 am. on tuesday, the 5th of september. this is britain's newsroom on gb news with andrew pierce and bev turner birmingham goes bust. >> birmingham city council has just declared itself effectively bankrupt. the local authority has issued a section 114 notice preventing all but essential spending to protect core services facing low traffic neighbourhoods scrapped. >> a councillor newcastle has abandoned a scheme designed to reduce traffic and encourage people to take up cycling and walking deeming it unsuccessful

potty mouth. >> keegan , the education >> keegan, the education secretary, gillian keegan , is secretary, gillian keegan, is fighting to keep her position this morning after swearing after an interview had stopped filming . she was claiming that filming. she was claiming that she'd done a bleeping good job, good news for the high street. >> wilko saved some much needed good news. rival b&m have snapped up a string of wilko stores, saving hundreds of jobs. we'll have the very latest . we'll have the very latest. next >> i'm so pleased that story in birmingham. >> but it's wilko great news. >> but it's wilko great news. >> they're not pleased about birmingham . birmingham. >> to be clear. we're going to be to talking liam halligan in just to work out what just a moment to work out what that what does it mean that means. what does it mean when goes what when a council goes bust? what might for you you might it mean for you if you live birmingham? i'm very live in birmingham? but i'm very happy that wilkos has been saved. >> they're a great little store pick and mix live fight pick and mix live to fight another marvellous news. >> gbviews@gbnews.com is the email address. as always, get in

touch with us first though. tatiana sanchez the newsroom i >> -- >> bev, good morning. thank you very much. this is the latest from the newsroom. breaking news within the last few minutes, birmingham city council has declared bankruptcy . in declared bankruptcy. in a statement, the council said it's issued a section 114 notice as part of plans to meet its financial liabilities. relate to equal pay claims. it also said it's got a financial gap within its budget, which currently stands in the region of £87 million. it says it needs to stop all but essential spending . more on this breaking story as we get it. the education minister says the government has been very proactive in dealing with the concrete crisis in schools. speaking to gb news nick gibbs, comments come after the education secretary apologised for using strong language whilst expressing her frustration at the way in which the situation has been dealt with. both rishi sunak and gillian keegan are under growing pressure at schools across the uk have fully or partially

closed. nick told us gillian keegan's comments were off the cuff . cuff. >> she was frustrated by the fact that the department for education , the civil servants, education, the civil servants, have been working very hard in terms of dealing with rake issue. we've been very proactive in dealing with rack since 2018. we've issued very detailed guidance to respond bodies. these are the bodies that are legally responsible for school buildings , which are the local buildings, which are the local authorities, the academy trusts diocese us, but we provide them with the best advice based on the technical advice that we get about how to identify and monitor racks, shut paymaster—general jonathan ashworth says the conservatives aren't working hard enough to solve the issue . solve the issue. >> i think today look, when you've got sort of rooves at risk of collapse in various various schools across the country, pupils really worried . country, pupils really worried. you've got the education secretary expected to be thanked and congratulated and parents across the country , teachers who

across the country, teachers who work in schools and pupils because some of these pupils are old enough to understand what is going on. want you to fix this and don't want any more of your saying, oh, nothing to do with me, guv. that is frank. an abdication of your responsibilities . responsibilities. >> rishi sunak has chaired his first cabinet meeting today since before the summer recess. meanwhile labour leader sir keir starmer has also been chairing his cabinet meeting this morning. yesterday saw some big changes within office, with several figures given new roles . angela rayner is the new shadow deputy prime minister and levelling up secretary and pat mcfadden is national campaign coordinator as well as shadow chancellor of the duchy of lancaster . discount retailer b lancaster. discount retailer b and m has agreed to buy up to 51 wilko stores from administrators for £13 million. it comes nearly a month after wilko collapsed, putting thousands of jobs at risk across its 400 stores .

risk across its 400 stores. retail sales rose in august as customers spending big on self care products. total retail sales in the uk were up 4.1% on last august, above the three month average of 3.6. that's according to the british retail consortium. health, beauty, food and drink were the strongest performing categories . as kim performing categories. as kim jong un could travel to russia to meet president vladimir putin. the north korean leader could make the trip as early as this month near to the border between the countries, between the two countries, believed to a possible believed to be a possible meeting point. it comes as the us claims kremlin is us claims the kremlin is attempting to acquire military equipment for its war in ukraine, an offence . heirs are ukraine, an offence. heirs are using virtual reality to groom and sexually abuse children as well as share illegal images of abuse, according to new research from the nspcc. it warned offenders are being desensitised to their own behaviour because of the anonym city. such spaces provide through their use of digital avatars to represent

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discount retailer and european value retailer has agreed to buy around 50 wilko stores from administrators for £13 million. that could save thousands of high street jobs and keep a lot of the branches open. here to tell us more is our very fine economics and business editor liam halligan with on the money . it's good news. great news. >> it's good news. >> it's good news. >> but let's just hold our horses, because this is an administration in negotiation. what does that what does that mean? it means there's lots of assets up for grabs. the administrators pwc for wilko , administrators pwc for wilko, their legal obligation is to extract as much money for the creditors of the company as they can. and of course, you've got loads of buyers with deep pockets who are trying to get the best assets, the best stores and not buy the stores that they don't it's a negotiation don't want. it's a negotiation and news is leaking out. claim and news is leaking out. claim and counter—claim. there's no real headlines here, but it real hard headlines here, but it does seem to be moving in the right direction to save at least some jobs. let's have a look at

some jobs. let's have a look at some of the details. yeah, we know wilko uk know that wilko has got 400 uk stores . you know, a lot of stores. you know, a lot of people in the london and south—east. and what's wilko, you know, say that to somebody in the midlands or the north east or manchester, east or, or manchester, mainstay of family. of my family. >> absolutely. >> absolutely. >> it. a very popular >> they love it. a very popular discounting store. it's got 12,500 employees. these of 12,500 employees. these lots of part mums and dads part time jobs, mums and dads trying to make ends meet, kids, students doing work, lots of very important jobs there. it's established by the wilkinson family back in 1931, but it was put into administration on the 10th of august. what's happening now and are jobs being saved ? we now and are jobs being saved? we know that the big discount chain b&m i'd say they're set to buy around 50 stores because this is not yet signed and done and dusted. but they're saying they intend to buy 5051 stores, 350 would still close, which is well, let's see. let's see. it's a negotiation. but that is really good news that the company is saying it is set to

do this right. so it's not saying they it's definitely happening a lot. a lot of things could happen in the hmv. owner doug putman, very high profile investor . doug putman, very high profile investor. he's also been edging towards a 200 store deal. but there's claim and counter claim there, oh, he's not going to buy any. yes, he's going to boil them because there will be a negotiation going on there. and then also a pepco, which then we know also a pepco, which is owner of poundland, and is the owner of poundland, and they've put in a claim for up to 100 stores. it is said that the other another discount retailer , the range, they want the onune , the range, they want the online operation and want online operation and they want the brand. online operation and they want the hand. online operation and they want the if alli. online operation and they want the if all these companies are >> if all these companies are piling in saying they want a bit here and a bit there, this company has obviously got a viable can't wilko viable future. why can't wilko make just to say the >> well, just to say the administrator has already announced the first redundancies, week and they redundancies, last week and they were nervous were for the central nervous system company , the system of the company, the central or central distribution company or system, all the sort of lawyers that wilko has. so it seemed from last week that nobody was going to sort of swallow the whole thing and buy the thing

whole thing and buy the thing whole because. andrew some stores will be really attractive and be really high turnover and the real estate will be really valuable. but i'm afraid there's no easy way to say this. some stores no one thinks they'll stores is no one thinks they'll be commercially viable, so no one wants to buy them. so wilko own those properties. >> then a lot of leasing them, a lot of those companies, they will own. >> that's why it's valuable and so it may be old school, isn't it, that is old school. this it, that is old school. but this is why that's why mentioned is why that's why i mentioned specifically the graphic, specifically in the graphic, they've around since 1931. they've been around since 1931. yeah, because from yeah, because this is from the wilkinson the wilkinson family. you know, the wilkinson family. you know, the wilkinson rest wilkinson sword and all the rest of of the britain's of it. and one of the britain's first at first discount motors. so am really glad that so look, i am really glad that there are signs at least there are signs that at least some of the stores are going to be saved. in fact, there's very firm signals now that some of the stores going to be the stores are going to be saved. are other deep saved. there are other deep pocketed investors knocking about. in mix. about. they're still in the mix. there's lots of spin and counter spin going on because everybody involved the involved is trying to get the best possible deal from their point view. point of view. >> do know what the company >> do we know what the company is valued with all of that

property? >> we don't what it's >> we don't know what it's valued at, but we do know the 50 >> we don't know what it's valu stores,3ut we do know the 50 >> we don't know what it's valu stores, the ne do know the 50 >> we don't know what it's valu stores, the number|ow the 50 >> we don't know what it's valustores, the number that's; 50 odd stores, the number that's been knocking those 50 been knocking about for those 50 odd about 13 million. odd stores is about 13 million. so you've got if you've got so if you've got if you've got 400 stores, if you times that by eight, but course, you which eight, but of course, you which is, you know , 104 million, is, you know, 104 million, i know you're good at maths and so, so , so, so i you will hear so, so, so, so i you will hear a lot of journalists saying it's all saved. it's all saved because you know so much tv journalism is about, oh, nothing's going to happen. it's completely dead. and i'm they're saying, no, it's not completely dead. saying, no, it's not completely dead . you're talking about dead. you're talking about something may happen, but now everybody saved. everybody says, oh, it's saved. no, saved, no, it's not completely saved, but of it saved. but a bit of it saved. >> a lot of it saved. >> this is complex stuff. >> this is complex stuff. >> there are shades of grey and this nerve wracking for this is nerve wracking for people work at wilko. and people who work at wilko. and above all, my heart goes out to them well. them as well. >> course. luckily, you're to >> of course. luckily, you're to here put some ones we >> of course. luckily, you're to herequitesome ones we >> of course. luckily, you're to herequite excited ones we >> of course. luckily, you're to herequite excited abouts we >> of course. luckily, you're to herequite excited about things we get quite excited about things do, but we're not very excited about city. about birmingham city. >> to be talking >> we're going to be talking more this is just this is more about this is just this is just so look, just breaking. so look,

birmingham, obviously britain's second though. third, second city, though. third, if you're manchester, it's you're from manchester, it's quite what do people in manchester say? we're not sure which which city is britain's second city, but it's probably london. >> yes. very good to be to be serious. >> birmingham is britain's second city. it's the largest local authority in europe. it covers a huge area, a huge amount of money. and what's happenedis amount of money. and what's happened is that just in the last hour or so , birmingham has last hour or so, birmingham has issued what's called a section 114 notice. and what that means is, is that the only payments they're to going be make is essential spending to protect core services is. so this is really worrying if you're a contractor to birmingham city council because you may not get paid. right. and this is a this is and this is a problem and just a little bit more detail coming through these pressures have been linked to a £760 million bill to settle equal pay claims . and we've also had such claims. and we've also had such things like dinnerladies going back. >> indeed.

>> indeed. and >> indeed. and we've >> indeed. and we've also >> indeed. and we've also had such notices issued in the past by the likes of croydon and thurrock down in london. and the south—east, much and much smaller councils who are within sort of croydon, at least within the greater london authority. >> are there issues with it? because often an because there's often an it issue some of these issue with some of these councils that go on, didn't they, didn't they waste a load councils that go on, didn't th> i think pretty much every council is de rigueur for councils the uk to waste councils in the uk to waste money but what i would money on it. but what i would say is just as you were say here is just as you were standing the video over standing by the video wall over there came to talk to there before you came to talk to me, had a look at the gilts me, i had a look at the gilts market. what's that? that's where government yeah, where the government buys. yeah, where the government buys. yeah, where government where people buy government bonds, government bonds, where the government sells this news sells its debts. on this news that birmingham city council has issued a sort issued an issued a11 for a sort of effective bankruptcy. it's of an effective bankruptcy. it's a we've got money. a warning. we've got no money. we've the we've got no money. the assumption is, well, the british government is going to have to bail them out, aren't they? which taxpayer, which is which is the taxpayer, which is the it's all the taxpayer. it's all everything's taxpayer. everything's a taxpayer. yeah. there other apart there is no other money apart from unless you from the taxpayer unless you print that's not going

print it. and that's not going very well, is it? so it's really interesting that the yield interesting that the gilt yield has international has spiked, so international investors are going, crikey, this is bad. the british government may have to bail them out unless they can get their house in order. so it's just become a lot more expensive on this news for the british government to borrow money to pay benefits tax, to pay for everything across the country as a whole and to pay their debt bill. so this is not just a birmingham thing. it's all interlinked. also does it interlinked. what also does it say internationally about britain our second city, britain that our second city, the local authority in the biggest local authority in europe, go under? europe, is about to go under? >> you'll remember andrew, >> well, you'll remember andrew, when we were kids in the 80s, of course, wasn't born and orange county in california went bust and there was this huge row about whether or not the washington was going to bail them out. >> new york city's gone bust in the past. yeah. so some politicians at the centre think that councils deliberately go bust themselves onto bust to throw themselves onto national government for political reasons because

they're spending too much, or just print the money. just find the money. >> just tax the government or bail us out. >> it often becomes a very ideological thing with the markets looking on, biting their fingernails. funnily enough, that in to our story. that ties in to our next story. >> liam, thank you so much. liam halligan there, course. now halligan there, of course. now a council has scrapped council newcastle has scrapped a low traffic neighbourhood having deemed unsuccessful. low traffic neighbourhood having dee it ed unsuccessful. low traffic neighbourhood having deeited an unsuccessful. low traffic neighbourhood having deeited an month|successful. low traffic neighbourhood having deeited an month trialassful. low traffic neighbourhood having deeited an month trial and|l. >> it was an 18 month trial and it's traffic displaced it's all traffic displaced into other fail to other streets and fail to encourage members of the to pubuc encourage members of the to public start walking or take up cycling. >> good opponents of the plans have council of have accused the council of going a square one. going back to a square one. let's talk now alan miller let's talk now to alan miller face. you'll familiar with face. you'll be familiar with co—founder of the together association joins us now. alan, i don't know whether you were listening conversation listening to that conversation with was making me with liam, but it was making me think councils are think about councils who are using traffic using these these traffic schemes in order to generate income, particularly if you are sent a ticket , income, particularly if you are sent a ticket, your penalty because you're caught in one of these zones, you don't know you're to going be there. so just your thoughts on that. first of all, with birmingham city council going bust, you've probably a perspective. go

city council going bust, you've pro absolutely. perspective. go city council going bust, you've pro absolutely. pmean tive. go city council going bust, you've pro absolutely. pmean ,ve. go city council going bust, you've pro absolutely. pmean , one so city council going bust, you've pro absolutely. pmean , one of >> absolutely. i mean, one of the things is that tens of thousands of people in birmingham, where birmingham city birmingham, where birmingham chy has birmingham, where birmingham city has implemented city council has implemented a clean zone that people did clean air zone that people did not say they wanted didn't and literally tens of thousands of people not paid . they people have not paid. they appealed the appeals appealed them. and the appeals have upheld, which meant have been upheld, which meant that attempt to do that the councils attempt to do a grab and to generate a cash grab and to just generate it way , where the majority it this way, where the majority of people in birmingham did not want this have backfired and so this is another example of, you know, using thing like impositions and restrictions and attempts to tax further in a way thatis attempts to tax further in a way that is unfair for that has not worked. and actually people with ulez and other local low emission zones should take note. >> and indeed, these low traffic as we're coming just about with newcastle and in glasgow. >> alan, they've just worked out that there they're ultra low emission zone has actually seen an air pollution rise by 10. so

it's not, it's just the science just isn't working is it. >> that's right andrew i mean that's over two months. it's a recognition that in spite of these claims , in spite of the these claims, in spite of the attempt for a, you know, the mayor's office in london and shirley rodriguez, his deputy, to try and doctor the actual evidence and get the scientific reports changed, the actual data from air particles does not correspond to these zones at all. they should be dispensed with. we should have an open, proper discussion about logistics and transport and clean air, all of those things, and how we want to move forward in a way that can harness our productivity and improve lives for everyone through better housing, better services and development . and that is how development. and that is how i've always been improved. >> what happened in newcastle and alan, they trialled one of these low traffic neighbourhoods schemes and then they've ditched it indeed. >> so an 18 month trial and basically it was, it became very

apparent it to the council that contrary to the idea that this is going to reduce traffic and or it's going to encourage suddenly this blossoming of everyone's cycling everywhere and walking. and i should just say i'm an avid cyclist. i cycle lots of places. i love it. i walk lots of places . but my mum, walk lots of places. but my mum, who has a condition, can't if you're a delivery van driver, you're a delivery van driver, you can't just bike or get on the bus. as david lammy said, there are a whole we have a whole diverse society. what happened these cars happened was that these cars were being into outer were being pushed into outer areas and other residential areas, other zones, and doing what always happens with road closures , which is pushing it closures, which is pushing it out to another area , making the out to another area, making the traffic flow increasing the actual fumes, people in traffic for longer and around the country, fair credit to newcastle city council. they did not just double down which campaign has want them to do. they said look, we've had a trial. this has not worked. this is impacted residential areas. some people are saying, well actually the way to counter that

is just to get of extra is just to get rid of extra cars. you won't have them spilling right? that's the spilling out, right? that's the logic cars and logic is a war on cars and ending of it. and i think we need have a national need to have a national conversation honest about conversation that's honest about freedom, mobility , about freedom, about mobility, about transport, , about transport, logistics, about pubuc transport, logistics, about public transport, about, you know, how we do things and what, you know, the choices we want to make. there's all sorts of technology as well we could be exploring, like tunnelling drones cars , a whole range drones with cars, a whole range all around. but this constant attempt to suffocate and stop mobility and then charge and tax and tax and survey, i think it's and tax and survey, i think it's a brilliant moment about what's happenedin a brilliant moment about what's happened in newcastle and people should take note across the country , hackney has 75% of country, hackney has 75% of roads. they want to have with roads. they want to have with road closures. it's untenable. it's unacceptable. >> it's a labour council in newcastle . i wouldn't have newcastle. i wouldn't have thought they're judgement would be greeted with much elation by mayor sadiq khan down here. he might see it as a betrayal of the labour policy. well funnily enough, i think many people in

the labour party might think the sadiq khan's ulez is a betrayal of labour. >> i mean, for anyone who can still spell labour, the idea is for labouring people who work and deliver and the decent working people of london and our surrounding neighbourhoods and around and whether around the country, and whether anyone's or labour, anyone's conservative or labour, the people, the public, the demos are an essential ingredient our great ingredient of our great experiment of the last 300 years and the modern period. it's the public, it's ordinary people that have shaped things. we need to vocal to and to be much more vocal to and impact locally. elected people don't listen as much, but this is a good moment and we need to see more challenges and we need to see this whole issue to be addressed in a much more rational we need to get rid rational way. we need to get rid of the road closures, get rid of the low zones and have a proper transport approach . transport approach. >> just tell you, you >> well, i'll just tell you, you don't reply, but david don't need to reply, but david lammy, shadow foreign lammy, the shadow foreign secretary, pressed lammy, the shadow foreign secretthe pressed lammy, the shadow foreign secretthe issue pressed lammy, the shadow foreign secretthe issue of pressed lammy, the shadow foreign secretthe issue of working ssed lammy, the shadow foreign secretthe issue of working men about the issue of working men and in the ultra low and women in the ultra low emission he was asked, emission zone, he was asked, what plumbers? about what about plumbers? what about window said they window cleaners? he said they

can where's can travel on the tube. where's the cleaner to put the window cleaner going to put his on a london his ladder on a london underground carriage ? honestly, underground carriage? honestly, i make suggestion. underground carriage? honestly, i great> great to see you and thank you for all your hard on you for all your hard work on this issue. think you're doing this issue. i think you're doing a great job standing for a great job standing up for british people response, british people now. in response, councillorjane byrne has said phenom was the first area of the city pilot a neighbourhood city to pilot a neighbourhood low trial. and we low traffic zone trial. and we haven't seen enough evidence to keep in place , particularly keep it in place, particularly with the displacement traffic with the displacement of traffic onto quiet onto what should be quiet residential streets. rather than rerouting onto the main roads. as we have said many times, these schemes are trial, which are important as they are really important as they allow us try the changes in allow us to try the changes in local areas and see what works for people living in the zone. >> but how dare they reroute traffic from busy roads onto quiet residential streets where kids playing? quiet residential streets where kid�*how playing? quiet residential streets where kid�*how playithey? what happens ? >> how dare they? what happens? >> how dare they? what happens? >> unfortunately, it's just >> unfortunately, and it's just not so just just mess up everywhere. >> yeah , right. still to come >> yeah, right. still to come this morning, the chief constable police service constable of the police service of ireland, simon of northern ireland, simon byrne, resigned after byrne, has resigned after the data scandal . if you're data breach scandal. if you're with britain's newsroom

alexa play gb news. we're also on tune in and the radio player apps from the school run to rush hour get . and it's 1124. hour get. and it's 1124. >> you're with britain's news and gb news with andrew pierce and gb news with andrew pierce and bev turner so it's bev turner it's at my australian version of good i believe. >> right. it's been one week since the expansion of london's ultra low emission zone and some businesses are already feeling the pinch . the pinch. >> certainly are. our >> they certainly are. our reporter hartle spoke to reporter lisa hartle spoke to the of a which is

the owner of a hotel which is just 100m inside the area's area and she says it's having a huge impact on that business. >> west lodge park hotel sits in 35 acres of countryside in north london. it's been a family run business for 250 years. it's also just 100m inside the ulez boundanes also just 100m inside the ulez boundaries , which the owner says boundaries, which the owner says is having a huge impact. >> we've got customers already phoning us and cancelling bookings for both bedrooms and for restaurants and even for conference and banqueting as well. the bedroom customers , if well. the bedroom customers, if they have a non ulez compliant car, will need to pay an extra £12.50 on check in and an extra £12.50 on check in and an extra £12.50 on check out the next morning so you can do the maths. it doesn't make any sense for them to stay here if they choose a hotel outside of london. and then when it comes to future bookings, we don't know what the overall impact will be. but i suspect strongly it will be in the hundreds of thousands of

pounds.i the hundreds of thousands of pounds . i think it's worth pounds. i think it's worth saying that everybody is in favour of clean air. so what should have happened was that this would have been brought in with what's called grandfathering in other words, keep your car, but when you change it, then it should be a better a cleaner car and that would be perfectly reasonable . would be perfectly reasonable. what's happened instead is there's been this cut off date of the 29th of august, and suddenly everybody is scrambling around like mad. both car drivers and van drivers trying to find second hand cars that are compliant. >> but many of the staff members don't live in london and don't have cars that comply with the ultra low emission zone. so they either have to change their cars or pay £12.50 a day. that adds up to at least £250 a month. and as they don't live in london, they're not eligible for compensation through tfl scrappage scheme. >> some people have actually thought about changing their job job because if they're on minimum wage, then an it's just

a too high an expense for the average person. and some of those other people don't live in london either. so it's just literally a cost to come to work. >> there is also concern that the ulez signs don't make it clear that people may have to pay clear that people may have to pay £12.50 and end up with a £180 fine. >> i mean, there's very little signage at all just outside of the hotel. there's one small sign. and so i definitely think people will even come into the hotel that won't even be aware that gone into the ulez that they've gone into the ulez zone all. i think it's zone at all. so i think it's incumbent on us hotel to incumbent on us as a hotel to really warn people that they need to check whether they're compliant or not, because some people be aware that people will not be aware that they've into the zone. they've gone into the zone. >> the mayor london expanded >> the mayor of london expanded ulez august to tackle ulez in august to tackle air pollution . with many pollution. but with so many costs businesses costs rising, many businesses like are asking why like this one are asking why wasn't more notice or help given to those who need it? lisa hartel gb news, london. >> it's not awful. it's hot , >> it's not awful. it's hot, it's barnet, it's sort of north london near hertfordshire. >> but what's your initial

reaction when you see that that is leafy, leafy hertfordshire? it's not london, it's nowhere near smoke. there's very near the smoke. there's very little air pollution out there and effectively mayor and effectively the mayor is screwing that business. >> need an away there. >> we need an away day there. don't you gb views away. sadiq khan, of course, has been strongly these strongly defending these measures. that measures. this week, saying that they children's they protect child children's health. oh, i thought we had a statement. we don't have a statement. we don't have a statement. so here he is. >> here. >> here. >> i'm always sorry for anybody who's, you know, suffering adverse because who's, you know, suffering adv policies. because our policies. >> but same time, i've >> but at the same time, i've got be honest with people and got to be honest with people and say been meeting bereaved say i've been meeting bereaved mums children mums who's lost their children because pollution. i've because of air pollution. i've been meeting a paediatrician today with mums today who works with mums pregnant, suffering the consequences of air consequences because of air pollution and babies who are born suffering consequences. born suffering the consequences. i've a doctor who runs i've met today a doctor who runs an asthma clinic, but also i visited great ormond street. the inpatient ward at the children's evelina hospital . inpatient ward at the children's evelina hospital. i met scientists, health practitioners and others. that's why i'm angry that the government is letting down london and the south east and this is give me strength.

>> this is just the beginning of his business. i wrote about this in the mail yesterday. he's the chairman of called c 40 chairman of a group called c 40 cities on its agenda is to limit flights one in short haul flight per person in every three years. how that fit in, mr mayor, how does that fit in, mr mayor, when last you went with when last year you went with your officials to buenos aires in argentina, mile round in argentina, 16,000 mile round trip. was on the agenda? trip. what was on the agenda? bev climate change. that went well. couldn't you have done that or on a phone call? that on zoom or on a phone call? it's one rule for them and one rule for the rest of us. >> it isn't. it and that's the way it's going. and he won. he's no longer london mayor. he will be on this global committee and he will you say, flying he will be, as you say, flying around world with him and around the world with him and his family. won't be we his family. you won't be we won't that's why this won't be. that's why this stuff matters. really to matters. it's really easy to say, well, it's just about driving car and your driving your car and your neighbourhood. out, bev. neighbourhood. chill out, bev. get a bike. not about that. get on a bike. not about that. >> thing, every >> another thing, every time i've at of these i've looked at one of these signs the ultra low emission signs for the ultra low emission zone, you have to zone, it doesn't say you have to pay zone, it doesn't say you have to pay here's who you ring, pay £12.50. here's who you ring, here's register with.

here's who you register with. it's a mystery tour. so? so many drivers are not going to realise and going to get whacked and they're going to get whacked with you don't with a fine. and if you don't pay with a fine. and if you don't pay straight away because you pay it straight away because you might you've been might not know you've been fined, £180. fined, it's £180. >> was already that >> well, there was already that scaffolder who scaffolder wasn't there, who claimed £11,000 claimed back his £11,000 worth of tickets very reason. of tickets for that very reason. >> he won in court. so they're batting very sticky wicket. batting on a very sticky wicket. these particular councils. right. to be talking right. we're going to be talking about again in about crumbling schools again in just labour have been just a moment. labour have been given a kicking given gillian keegan a kicking in just the last few moments, will tell you why after the news headunes will tell you why after the news headlines with tatiana sanchez . headlines with tatiana sanchez. >> bev, thank you very much and good morning. this is the latest from the gp newsroom. birmingham city council has effectively declared bankruptcy . in declared bankruptcy. in a statement, the council said it's issued a section 104 notice which prevents all but essential spending . it says it's part of spending. it says it's part of plans to meet its financial liabilities relating to equal pay liabilities relating to equal pay claims. the council also says it's facing a financial gap within its budget . currently

within its budget. currently standing in the region of £87 million. finances related to protecting vulnerable people and statutory services remain in place. however, all other new spending will cease with immediate effect . the education immediate effect. the education minister says the government has been very proactive in dealing with the concrete crisis in schools . speaking to gb news schools. speaking to gb news nick gibbs comments come after the education secretary apologised for using strong language whilst expressing her frustration at the situation. both rishi sunak and gillian keegan are under growing pressure as schools across the uk have fully or partially closed . rishi sunak has chaired closed. rishi sunak has chaired his first cabinet meeting today since before the summer recess. the labour leader, sir keir starmer, has also been chairing his cabinet meeting yesterday, saw some big changes within office with several figures given new roles. angela rayner is the new shadow deputy prime minister and levelling up

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nelson, nigel nelson doesn't wear sunblock either , but he wear sunblock either, but he does so he doesn't care does smoke, so he doesn't care about that. >> how many have you had since we you hour ago? we saw you an hour ago? >> i smell it. >> two. i can smell it. >> did you have a vape as well? no, i left my vape at home. i'm afraid you've got two cigarettes in an hour. >> you're an adult. i don't mind. you can do what you want in your own. in your own time, can't you? so. right. we've been talking keegan talking about gillian keegan all morning. front morning. she's on the front pages of all the papers as the education secretary. because of the fiasco. the crumbling schools fiasco. right. tweeting. right. so she's been tweeting. tanya, kicked off, tanya, it's all kicked off, hasn't yes this morning hasn't it? yes this morning between labour and gillian keegan. >> what's happened ? >> what's happened? >> what's happened? >> so she put a tweet out saying most schools unaffected by rank. >> she's right that we know of that know of. that we know of. >> yes. most schools are unaffected, then labour have unaffected, but then labour have really, you know, taken the mickey by saying most beachgoers not eaten by big sharks. now, look, it's funny and i and i get the wit in it and i think whoever's running labour's twitter is really funny and it's

great, but there's something in me that childish thinking , me that childish thinking, feeling that we're just this gutter kind of snippy politics because she was on holiday in spain last week. >> she's a house there, but >> she's got a house there, but she maintained she was working round the clock from spain. she maintained she was working rou buthe clock from spain. she maintained she was working rou but the lock from spain. she maintained she was working rou but the point rom spain. she maintained she was working rou but the point rom sthere >> but the point is, is there used to be honour in politics, didn't there? and this kind of sniping , i didn't there? and this kind of sniping, i mean, yes, it's funny, when i first wrote, oh, it's great, but then you think about it and you think these are our politicians, are the our politicians, these are the people to be in trust. they're going to be in >> they're going to be in government few time. government in a few months time. >> exactly. >> exactly. >> and this is they do. it >> and this is what they do. it sort of started with trump in a way, didn't it, using twitter politically politics politically and taking politics down that very personal, that clickbait. i think that what >> yes. and i think that what labour have doing is labour have been doing is they've been trying to make the whole thing funny there's no whole thing funny and there's no reason politics reason why why politics shouldn't actually have of shouldn't actually have a bit of fun funny, you're a parent >> funny, if you're a parent that can't go to work though. >> no, but i mean what they're doing is they're having a go doing is they're not having a go at they're having go at parents. they're having a go at parents. they're having a go at keegan for messing up at gillian keegan for messing up the issue schools going the whole issue of schools going

back basically. on back to school, basically. so on on front, think they're on that front, i think they're right. they have got some right. they they have got some of you remember, of them wrong. if you remember, they go at rishi sunak they had a go at rishi sunak with a with a series of twitter posts that actually backfired. that didn't work. >> yeah. wasn't it? >> yeah. wasn't it? >> yeah, that's right. >> yeah, that's right. >> yeah. saying he endorsed didn't that's want to lock them up. >> that's right they wouldn't. yes. and so they got that that wrong. what they've been doing with gillian keegan ever since a rather unfortunate episode with the hot mic yesterday . they've the hot mic yesterday. they've been putting out stuff which basically is taking the p out of her. and i think given what happened, that's perfectly fair. i feel for anybody who might say something down a mic that , as we something down a mic that, as we all , there's a bit indiscreet all do, there's a bit indiscreet . but even so that she is a cabinet minister. she was saying something that sounded like she was criticising her fellow cabinet ministers for not doing anything . anything. >> or do you think she was doing that, though? yes yes, i do. you because i don't know. i slightly read that slightly differently. >> i thought she was talking

about perhaps one the about perhaps one of the previous nine education secretaries since secretaries who we've had since this into power. she's this lot got into power. she's the 10th cabinet education secretary since 2010, which in itself a disgrace because you itself is a disgrace because you should be in the job for a lot longer . see, i took should be in the job for a lot longer. see, i took and i think she criticising her reshuffle. >> there were too many reshuffles. >> far too many. yeah. >> far too many. yeah. >> you see, i thought she was. and she said afterwards didn't she. talking the she. i was talking about the reporter. she was just reporter. she maybe she was just covering backside covering her own backside at that and nick gives that point and then nick gives us something else they've been trying to make excuses for it either way, that it was critical. >> as i say, i don't think it's the worst offence ever, but she was just saying what she felt. but frustrated. but don't but frustrated. yes, but i don't think that can actually think that she can actually claim have done a good job. claim to have done a good job. i mean, something that mean, this is something that should been with. should have been dealt with. well a long time ago, but more recently 1921, 2021 recently in 1921, sorry, 2021 and real warnings and 2022, when the real warnings came that schools were about came out that schools were about to collapse. came out that schools were about to (and pse. came out that schools were about to (and there is a perception >> and there is a perception that abroad on that you shouldn't be abroad on houday that you shouldn't be abroad on holiday there is a crisis holiday when there is a crisis on your watch. because we saw that with the fall of kabul. dominic raab dominic yeah,

dominic raab dominic raab yeah, did off his holiday did not break off his holiday soon . there have soon enough. there have been many examples. many other examples. >> only thing >> yeah. i mean, the only thing i would say that politicians i would say that is politicians do to take a do have a right to take a houday do have a right to take a holiday they can't always holiday and they can't always actually the actually work out when the houday actually work out when the holiday will within holiday will fall within a crisis. i have a certain crisis. so i have a certain sympathy with that. and in fairness to her, she did try and get back couldn't get get back and then couldn't get back immediately because of the air traffic problems. >> just demonstrate, >> does it just demonstrate, tanya, though, tanya, do you think, though, that aren't a priority that children aren't a priority sadly, in this country and haven't been for decades , haven't been for decades, really? politicians kicked it into the long grass every subsequent cohort of mps has thought this is someone else's problem. >> our children have been thrown under the bus again and again, whether it be with a school, buildings, with their education, which we know lockdowns, we know what lockdowns did to our children . nobody seems to care children. nobody seems to care about our children. thank goodness for people like molly us, them who are kind of us, for them who are kind of putting the putting children in the forefront again because our children are you know, we've got a tsunami of mental health going on and it's our kids are going

through it. and these are going to be the adults of the future. and we're not doing anything to support them. >> feel like that >> it does feel like that doesn't it? one school that is doing something support kids. doing something to support kids. i story. tanya is i love this story. tanya this is about school in london, about the school in london, which introduced in hackney which has introduced in hackney boxing some boxing onto the curriculum. some people will hate this. it goes against idea that against the idea that everything's to be safe. everything's got to be safe. we've got to keep them safe. what are doing? what are they doing? >> they're doing >> well, what they're doing here, which is really good, is there's lot children that there's a lot of children that are kind of being excluded from mainstream schools, and they all get label adhd. get this label of adhd. you know, was called know, in my day it was called hyperactivity. we, you know, both were both my brothers were hyperactive, allegedly, you know, didn't get know, they didn't need to get excluded school. what excluded from school. and what they're they're they're doing is they're introducing minutes boxing introducing 40 minutes of boxing a teaches children discipline. >> is this in the physical education >> is this in the physical edlitition >> is this in the physical edlit must be the physical >> it must be in the physical education. they're doing education. but they're doing everything they're doing everything else. they're doing all other subjects, gcse, everything else. they're doing all science, bjects, gcse, everything else. they're doing all science, all:ts, gcse, everything else. they're doing all science, all of gcse, everything else. they're doing all science, all of that. , everything else. they're doing all science, all of that. no, maths, science, all of that. no, actually a different actually pe is a different subject. extracurricular. actually pe is a different subject. i extracurricular. actually pe is a different subject. ifoundtracurricular. actually pe is a different subject. i found was rricular. actually pe is a different subject. i found was really r. but what i found was really interesting that, you know, interesting is that, you know, the there, anna the head teacher there, anna kane, basically said it's to use boxing. the discipline , the

boxing. the discipline, the focus, the self—reliance that you have to teach young people who angry and have had who are often angry and have had terrible experiences that are vulnerable, kind of use vulnerable, how to kind of use their and i thought their emotions. and i thought this quote from an ex—pupil really said it all. it said , if really said it all. it said, if you go into the boxing ring angry, you'll get knocked out. if you go into society angry, you'll knocked out. you'll get knocked out. thoughtful words are the ammunition you need. so it makes children have to discipline their emotions and their feelings when they're in the ring. feelings when they're in the fing.and feelings when they're in the ring. and it also makes it translate into actual life. >> and it's also when i was growing up, it was it was a traditional route for kids from poorer backgrounds, bands to channel their frustrations, their energies in the boxing ring and they they became an ring and they if they became an accomplished boxer, helping them escape from the poverty they were living in, not necessarily from poverty, but my last from poverty, but my son last year at 17 years old was british national boxing champion for his age. >> good on him. so and we put him boxing because he was him into boxing because he was quite shy and timid and we put him into boxing about eight,

nine years old, because was nine years old, because i was worried about what he'd be like when he went to secondary school. i to fear that school. so i had to fear that he'd be bullied. and what he'd be bullied. yeah. and what boxing it gave him boxing did is it gave him this inner confidence. he's not inner confidence. he's. he's not he's not a troublemaker. he's like, said, he shy and like, i said, he was shy and timid, but gave air timid, but it gave him this air of security, really of security, which has really helped him throughout all his life. comes from a life. and he comes from a secure, stable background. yeah. so i'm saying children that don't come from background, so i'm saying children that dccan come from background, so i'm saying children that dccan come them background, so i'm saying children that dccancomethem well.> is he still boxing? >> is he still boxing? >> oh, he's gone into mma now. don't gone into a different >> he's gone into a different type fight. mixed martial type of fight. mixed martial arts. oh terrible. type of fight. mixed martial artsoh,| terrible. type of fight. mixed martial artsoh,| terthis. type of fight. mixed martial artsoh,| terthis for me, this >> oh, but this for me, this story, i think nigel about story, i think nigel is about having a great head. it comes down to the heads of making decisions, which are brave and might be a little bit counter. >> yes. >> yes. >> all those things. >> all those things. >> yeah. all those things that actually sort of. sort of thinking about how actually sort of. sort of thin deal about how actually sort of. sort of thin deal with about how actually sort of. sort of thin deal with problems.t how actually sort of. sort of thin deal with problems. i how actually sort of. sort of thin deal with problems. i mean, you deal with problems. i mean, i went somewhere similar with i went to somewhere similar with david constituency david lammy in his constituency where a youth club, which where he had a youth club, which does, of course in tottenham and does, of course in tottenham and does exactly the same thing that kids taught to box. and kids were taught to box. and these were off the these kids were taken off the streets they'd been

streets where they'd been violent the violence was violent and the violence was then channelled into boxing so they could all the things they could learn all the things that we're talking about here, discipline, to actually deal discipline, how to actually deal with to hold with yourself, how to hold yourself and so on. and i yourself and so on. and so i think that i hate boxing, but i do think this works. >> i agree. i think it's a terrific idea. >> you know, the unofficial school motto a quote from school motto is a quote from mike tyson, which is everyone has until they get has a plan until they get punched in the face, which is brilliant . brilliant. >> pretty true. but the little scallies that will be there that are probably so full of potential, i think that is just and wonderful story often for our black children in some of our black children in some of ourinner our black children in some of our inner cities. >> boxing, again, is a is a great route for them. and you look at some of our olympians and yeah , it's where you can go and yeah, it's where you can go with it. >> mean, it may well be >> i mean, it may well be they'll take up as a sport. they'll take it up as a sport. anyone who's any good at it. yeah, absolutely. i think it's greatwould have been hopeless at >> i would have been hopeless at boxing, i can we boxing, i must say. i can we talk about prince andrew and the fact that this freedom of fact that this this freedom of information act, courtesy of a

particular author who's writing about and royal family about him and the royal family have you can't have this have said, you can't have this information . information. >> nigel, for how many years? well i mean, until 2065 when andrew would be 105. >> by that time , i don't think >> by that time, i don't think he'd be with us then. probably not. >> tone it down to tony blair. he excluded the royal family from the provisions of the freedom of information act. yes he did. >> and also the these these these particular documents are locked up. andrew lownie, the author who's trying to get his hands on them. he's been trying to trying to write a biography of lord man—bat and especially the affair lord, the affair lady mountbatten had in india. yeah, india . and all those things are india. and all those things are locked up. he's had trouble getting hold of those. who's an expert when it comes to comes to this . i expert when it comes to comes to this. i mean, all i would say here is what we don't know is of course, they've been locked course, why they've been locked up. we don't know . it course, why they've been locked up. we don't know. it is quite understandable that you have secrets kept for a long time. so, for instance , in northern

so, for instance, in northern ireland, if you've been a british agent and your file is closed forever because that was the condition that you would work for the british. yeah. otherwise your family in the future would be. that's right. it protects your future family. so in this particular case, it won't be anything like that . won't be anything like that. >> they were asking for knowledge about the trips that andrew made in the ten years as a taxpayer funded trade envoy . a taxpayer funded trade envoy. this is request the foreign office. tonya so why would the royal family not give information about the trips that he made? where might he have been going that they don't want us to know about? well, it's also you know, it's got to do with his association with jeffrey epstein. >> i do feel that it is in >> and i do feel that it is in the public interest for us to know what he was up to. i mean, you know, you can't have the royal family that have this kind of culture secrecy about them of culture of secrecy about them anymore. know , because anymore. you know, because they're well, they're not the queen. well, let's they're the let's just say they're not the queen. the queen was someone

that, you know, you feel if you ask anything her, everything ask anything of her, everything would board. would have been above board. unfortunately, with the royal family that's the case. family now, that's not the case. >> what's happening, >> i suspect what's happening, i don't because written don't know because i've written about many about this family for many years. i suspect it's a precedent don't want set precedent they don't want to set if agree. thought that. if they agree. i thought that. and then who's next? yes >> the floodgates is it >> is the floodgates open? is it camilla, the queen consort, the current queen? >> ironically, >> but and ironically, i remember will tell you one remember blair will tell you one of greatest achievements as of his greatest achievements as prime bringing in prime minister was bringing in same partnerships, same sex civil partnerships, which a beneficiary. and he which i'm a beneficiary. and he says one of his biggest regrets was the freedom information. >> realised the astonishing >> he realised the astonishing thing a labour prime thing for a labour prime minister to regret doing yes, but actually realised but i mean he actually realised that whole thing turned into that the whole thing turned into a complete disaster. >> because the problem >> yeah, because the problem works both ways. you have a problem if you don't release stuff now we're saying, stuff because now we're saying, well on, we're meant well hang on, we we're meant to have there's material have it. then there's material being released which actually shouldn't be released genuinely because for national security reasons it actually gets out and it's very difficult getting the balance. but you're right, tony blair always said it was his

greatest regret as prime minister. >> it is extraordinary, isn't it? >> there must be a caveat when it's it's the security of it's when it's the security of the country. yeah, there obviously is a caveat, obviously there is a caveat, like said, northern like you said, in northern ireland. but when it comes to the and goings, you've the comings and goings, you've got harry got someone like prince harry basically funded trips, taxpayer funded. yeah, basically, he's revealing all financial revealing all for financial gain. can't find out the gain. and we can't find out the truth because it's and i went on one of those trips with prince andrew when i was on the telegraph to write about his role as trade ambassador. >> he stayed in the best hotels in singapore. i was at the back of blooming plane, singapore of the blooming plane, singapore for was at the front for his nibs, was at the front of course. do know what? not of course. do you know what? not only he take equity and only did he take his equity and all he took his battered all this, he took his battered ironing board him, went ironing board with him, went everywhere with him. >> oh, don't be ridiculous. >> oh, don't be ridiculous. >> it did. no, no. >> it did. no, no. >> said no. do you use it >> and i said no. do you use it then? no. then? no, no. >> he's equity has to use that ironing board. it goes everywhere with everywhere around the world with him. be interesting. the >> well it would. why why what is it about your ironing board and make a seat. and make it a seat. >> like what does he do with his ironing board?

>> like what does he do with his irorlig board? >> like what does he do with his irori haveard? >> like what does he do with his irori have to ? >> like what does he do with his irori have to go in that overhead >> i have to go in that overhead locker that has go in the locker that has to go in the whole security blanket, the hotels. >> the hotel was pretty smart. and me you, there were and let me tell you, there were staff the ironing. not in staff to do the ironing. not in my room. >> was in a suite. >> he was in a suite. >> do you think he still takes his? >> i'm sure he does, except he doesn't travel anywhere now. >> but i suspect when he goes to balmoral, is the balmoral, which is about the only he's allowed go to, only part he's allowed to go to, i he's ironing boards in i suspect he's ironing boards in the back seat. >> ironing board will be >> the ironing board will be there. >> the ironing board will be the if see part of an ironing >> if you see part of an ironing board you'll board sticking out, you'll know why. if it has a name >> i wonder if it has a name now. yes. >> yes. the most. >> you know what i've heard >> do you know what i've heard you extraordinaire you say? some extraordinaire things sat next things while i've been sat next to pierce. but to you. andrew pierce. but i think you've just been. >> i saw. >> i saw. >> i saw the iron. i said, what's hideous thing in what's that hideous old thing in the silence the the corner? the silence in the room. that sir's room. they said that sir's ironing goes ironing board. it goes everywhere him. ironing board. it goes evewell, re him. ironing board. it goes evewell, re sorry m. ironing board. it goes evewell, re sorry if. ironing board. it goes evewell, re sorry if you're so >> well, i'm sorry if you're so indulged that nobody around you can listen, andrew, can say to you, listen, andrew, leave board at leave your ironing board at home. probably find one home. we can probably find one in the hotel. if you're that indulged, wonder get indulged, then no wonder you get yourself into. >> he's ever used it? >> never. >> never. >> never, never, never. >> never, never, never, never. >> never, never, never, never.

>> speechless, >> well, i'm speechless, frankly. there we are. you made me to go home and do the me want to go home and do the ironing. right. i think ironing. yeah, right. i think we are pretty done for the are pretty much done for the day. gentlemen, day. ladies and gentlemen, thank you always pleasure day. ladies and gentlemen, thank y0lcoming always pleasure day. ladies and gentlemen, thank y0lcomingin.always pleasure day. ladies and gentlemen, thank y0lcoming in.alwaybuxton, sure day. ladies and gentlemen, thank y0lcoming in.alwaybuxton, you for coming in. tony buxton, you look after your greek look fabulous. after your greek holiday. you. just holiday. tonya. thank you. just apologies viewers who apologies to those viewers who might in and might have tuned in earlier and thought naked thought tonia buxton was naked because the strap was covering up dress. up your pink dress. >> yours. thank you very >> nigel yours. thank you very much. another cigarette much. and have another cigarette now. i have, of course, you are. i am right. >> will tomorrow. >> we will be back tomorrow. that britain's that is it for britain's newsroom up next, it's newsroom today. up next, it's the with the live desk with mark longhurst pip tomson. mark longhurst and pip tomson. mark is tell what's coming is here to tell us what's coming up mark? up today mark? >> more cracks >> well, are more cracks appearing in the government's facade ? facade? >> schools minister nick gibb now confirmed , claiming that now confirmed, claiming that rishi chancellor had rishi sunak as chancellor had refused to build 200 crumbling schools . and it's despite, of schools. and it's despite, of course, sunak saying it was completely utterly wrong to completely and utterly wrong to blame him. >> is birmingham bust the city council asking for urgent help with the debts? >> now heading towards £1 billion. but will a labour government or labour authority be bailed out by the government ? >> and 7_ >> and we're ? >> and we're the beach 7 >> and we're the beach in >> and we're on the beach in devon as we're set to outstrip

abitha athens and los angeles. but we are asking is it too hot to handle for some? all that coming up in a moment. >> the temperature's rising in boxt solar proud sponsors of weather on . gb news. weather on. gb news. >> hello. very good morning to you. there is a little bit of mist and fog to watch out for first thing this morning. but once clears, there'll be once that clears, there'll be plenty hot sunshine around, plenty of hot sunshine around, although for some although watch out for some strong south—west strong winds in the south—west taking a look at the details and yes, once any mist and fog clears there'll be plenty clears away, there'll be plenty of the bulk of of sunshine across the bulk of the . the exception perhaps the uk. the exception perhaps being north of scotland being the far north of scotland where a front lingering where there is a front lingering here, bit of cloud here, bringing a bit of cloud and perhaps a few spots of drizzly as well. otherwise drizzly rain as well. otherwise lots of sunshine . watch out for lots of sunshine. watch out for some strong, winds in some strong, blustery winds in the south—west. now they will take the edge off the temperatures bit, but take the edge off the tenmany,ires bit, but take the edge off the tenmany, it's bit, but take the edge off the tenmany, it's going bit, but take the edge off the tenmany, it's going to it, but take the edge off the tenmany, it's going to be out for many, it's going to be a little bit hotter than it was yesterday. around 31 yesterday. highs around 31 celsius south—east celsius towards the south—east later on today, we are going to

see some low cloud drifting in from the north sea. so some higher, some sea threat affecting parts of eastern scotland and eastern north eastern england. low clouds, some murky conditions here further south and west, clearer skies. but i am expecting some mist and fog patches to develop and temperatures, again, not dropping a huge amount. so it's likely to be another relatively warm for most of us as we warm night for most of us as we go through wednesday itself. a slow, start then for some slow, murky start then for some eastern north eastern parts . but eastern north eastern parts. but that low cloud should gradually burn the coast for burn back towards the coast for most the exception, perhaps around eastern parts of scotland. i am expecting the low cloud to linger. well into cloud here to linger. well into the afternoon. otherwise yes, it may be a touch cloudier than some recent days, but plenty of sunshine had and sunshine to be had and temperatures be even temperatures could be even higher highs around higher still with highs around 32 celsius . 32 celsius. >> the temperatures rising, boxt solar proud sponsors of weather on .

gb news. >> good afternoon. it is 12:00 and you're with the live desk here on gb news. coming up this tuesday lunchtime, more cracks appearin tuesday lunchtime, more cracks appear in the government's facade as schools minister nick gibb confirms that when he was chancellor, rishi sunak had refused to rebuild 200 crumbling schools, despite sunak saying it was completely and utterly wrong to blame him . is birmingham bust

i >> -- >> the city kw >> the city council asks for urgent financial aid as its debts head towards £1 billion. >> but will the government bail out a labour authority ? see and out a labour authority? see and we're on the beach as we head for a september heat record outstripping a bitter athens and los angeles . los angeles. >> but is it all too hot to handle for . handle for. some plus, we'll be putting you in the picture on how this psychological characterisation is a revelation and also parody , basically an enigma. >> that's what the artist thinks of this portrait of theresa may. >> anyway, we may have some other views. >> first, here's all your headunes >> first, here's all your headlines with tatiana . pip. headlines with tatiana. pip. >> thank you very much and good afternoon. this is the latest

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