meaning another seat, meaning another by—election headache for rishi sunak meat free universities. >> more than 650 academics have signed an open letter to banish meat from campuses and to go vegan instead. not even vegetarian . nuclear threat. vegetarian. nuclear threat. >> russia warns of escalation of america returns its nukes to british bases for the first time in 50 years. we're going to bnng in 50 years. we're going to bring you the latest on that . bring you the latest on that. >> are we one step closer to the eu? the uk government has announced that it will rejoin the eu's scientific research scheme , horizon . scheme, horizon. that vegan story really annoys me . the tyranny of the minority. me. the tyranny of the minority. i know. let me eat my steak . i know. let me eat my steak. >> i know. i know. it's not to going happen, is it? >> well, i don't know. it's

already happened at some councils in oxford. oxford council. i have vegetable council. i only have vegetable food. me keep my burger food. just let me keep my burger . right, though, first of . all right, though, first of all, want to all, this morning, i want to hear you, hear from you, gbviews@gbnews.com email gbviews@gbnews.com is the email address. as always. first, though, morning's with though, your morning's news with rihanna and jones. >> bev, thank you. good morning. it's 932. your top stories from the newsroom . the manhunt for a the newsroom. the manhunt for a terror suspect who escaped from a wandsworth prison continues as concerns are raised about security at the jail. former british army soldier daniel abed kalief was awaiting trial, accused of leaving fake bombs at accused of leaving fake bombs at a military base. it's believed he escaped from the prison kitchen by hiding under a food delivery van. security checks are being tightened at ports to prevent him from leaving the country . former met police country. former met police detective peter bleksley told gb news it'll be much easier to find him if he acted alone , if find him if he acted alone, if he was an opportunist

opportunist and he clamped in his van on the spur of the moment and he's on his own with no pre—plan ing, no resources and living on his wits, then i would suggest it will be far easier to find because he would, for example, quite possibly be scavenging in bins for food. >> if, however , this is >> if, however, this is pre—planned and he is supported by a network of fellow minded criminals , then of course he criminals, then of course he could have cash, shelter, change of clothing, false passport, any number of things. and he may already have left the country . already have left the country. >> the prime minister is facing another by—election following the resignation of his former deputy chief whip, chris pincher. the decision comes after the mp for tamworth lost an appeal against an eight week suspension over groping allegations as he was accused of drunkenly assaulting two men at a private member's club last summer in a statement, mr pincher said he didn't want

uncertainty for his constituents. science secretary michelle donelan told gb news the situation has been a huge distraction from other important political issues . political issues. >> we, of course want to ensure that every constituent across the country gets the very best service from their members of parliament. this has been a big distraction in terms of british politics. this story throughout the whole period, hasn't it? i'm sure we can all agree on that. and the things that took place in regards to this individual were certainly not acceptable by any member of parliament. and i don't condone them whatsoever . don't condone them whatsoever. >> the uk's rejoined the european union's £85 billion science research programme horizon. the move follows months of negotiations with a bespoke agreement signed off with the eu researchers in the uk will be able to apply for grants to take part in horizon projects until the programme ends in 2027. the uk had been excluded from the

scheme because of a disagreement over the northern ireland protocol. network rail is due in court over a train crash that killed three people. the company's accused of failing to warn the driver that the track was unsafe . the fatal incident was unsafe. the fatal incident happened near stonehaven in august 2020. the train driver, conductor and a passenger were killed in the derailed isn't, which happened after the train hit a landslide and the vet industry is under review following concern as pet owners are being overcharged . charged are being overcharged. charged figures suggest the cost of care and medicines has surged, rising faster than inflation. the consumer and markets authority is worried. pet owners aren't getting value for money. it also fears they aren't given access. easy access to information about pricing and treatment options when deciding which vet to use. the regulator wants both the pubuc the regulator wants both the public and practitioners to contribute to the review . and

contribute to the review. and you can get more on all of those stories by visiting our website, gbnews.com. now, though, it's back over to andrew and . bev back over to andrew and. bev >> good morning . >> good morning. >> good morning. >> good morning to you. well, the nationwide manhunt continues for a former soldier suspected of terrorist offences who escaped from prison yesterday in broad daylight . broad daylight. >> that's right. daniel abbad kalief broke out of her majesty's wandsworth prison in south—west london by clinging onto food delivery van whilst onto a food delivery van whilst wearing unit form. wearing a chef's unit form. >> why should we be by about this? home security editor mark white joins us live from the scene of the escape. mark how on earth could he have done it? apparent flee so easily . apparent flee so easily. >> well, this is the big question , of course, that the question, of course, that the prison service is now investigating and trying to answer as a matter of urgency, because clearly, if this young man was able to do that , it man was able to do that, it means there is a potential

avenue of escape for others . avenue of escape for others. we've been seeing trucks come and go, actually from the prison all morning, including one truck actually off a type that was the vehicle type. we are told that this young man managed to cling to the underside of yesterday morning that went in. it was outside part for a bit. and we saw looking at that vehicle that there was definitely room underneath the vehicle for someone to crawl under . and it someone to crawl under. and it seems also points on the underside of that vehicle that you could probably cling to. so that will be investigated. and why on earth it seems there was no kind of checks looking under the vehicle, as you often see, you know, these mirrors on the long ends of poles or indeed on wheels that are put underneath these vehicles , checking for these vehicles, checking for explosive devices, of course, but also checking them in case

there are people under there trying to get out of the prison. ironically although the prison vans have been coming and going all morning, there's a local garden centre just down the road there, very popular in the local area. this road's been partially closed off by the gas board. they haven't been able to get any of their trucks in for quite any of their trucks in for quite a while. they're quite irate about that, saying to me that , about that, saying to me that, you know, it's ironic that the prison service can get their trucks in and out with prisoners clinging to the bottom of it and they can't get their trucks out for their everyday business down the street. for their everyday business down the don't:. for their everyday business down the don't get about this. he >> don't get about this. he suspected of being a spy for iran. shouldn't he have been in a security prison in. a high security prison in. >> well, he was was initially at belmarsh prison. that is the category , a high security prison category, a high security prison where for many terror suspects and terror convicted prison owners are housed. now he was there initially and then at some

point, a decision was made to move him to a category b prison that category b prison being wandsworth prison. they're still there, supposed to be tight security around any category b prison . and they do still hold prison. and they do still hold some dangerous criminals. but that. some dangerous criminals. but that . will have to be factored that. will have to be factored in going forward in the investigation about that sort of process that was undertaken to determine whether this man facing serious terror charges , facing serious terror charges, he was still facing the prospect of a trial which was scheduled for november of this year and facing three charges, planting hoax devices at a military base in stafford. also also charged with trying to elicit information that would be useful to terrorists and obtaining information under the official secrets act, which would be used rifle to hostile state actors so

not insignia charges that he was to going eventually face trial for . but that decision was to going eventually face trial for. but that decision was made to send him here rather than keep him at belmarsh. >> do we know how the prison authorities are sure that he left underneath the van? is it just an assumption or do they have cctv footage ? have cctv footage? >> yeah, i mean, i think it will be a pretty good assumption in terms of the fact that they have a lot of cctv around this prison and they've either filmed him actually going under it, reviewed the tapes and seen that that was the way he went under or or they have come to the conclusion fairly rapidly that thatis conclusion fairly rapidly that that is the only possible way . that is the only possible way. remember, this young man was working in the kitchen. he was a remand prisoner owner. but you can still carry out work within the prison. you can volunteer for that. you're not made to work as a remand prisoner , but work as a remand prisoner, but lots of remand prisoners do just

because they're bored and they can earn a little bit of extra pocket money. so working in the kitchen would not be unusual, although, again, maybe this will be up for review. is it appropriate that a terror suspect should be working in a kitchen with potentially access to knives and things like that? but what access to that kitchen did give him was the opportunity to be close to a vehicle that was at that kitchen unloading suppues was at that kitchen unloading supplies and then, of course, leaving, coming through the main gate. it's really , i think, the gate. it's really, i think, the checksin gate. it's really, i think, the checks in and exiting the prison that don't appear to have been adhered to because it's my understanding that they do on vehicles leaving prison to check the underside of them with these mirrors on the long ends of sticks. and i like to make sure that there's no one clinging to the underside , because clearly the underside, because clearly thatis the underside, because clearly that is a potential risk. it has been used before as a means of

escape. so they do that as a matter of course. why it didn't happen here yesterday or at least happened to any satisfactory manner , i will satisfactory manner, i will again form part of this ongoing investigation . investigation. >> okay. thank you, mark. mark white there at hmp in wandsworth. richard tice is with us, leader of reform uk. listening to that, richard, does it seem like something that should probably not have been allowed to happen ? allowed to happen? >> literally couldn't make this stuff right? this is nothing short gross gross negligence short of gross gross negligence to the point where i wonder actually , is it just a one man actually, is it just a one man job? it's so negligent. i wonder whether other people are involved. well, this is really, really serious . and it's i mean, really serious. and it's i mean, you look at pictures of someone clinging under a van. it's pretty basic. they've clearly got cctv evidence. i wonder whether this is a one man job. >> as mark white was saying that about as bev asked the question, how do they know? was there cctv? and i thought he must have

been helped. somebody must have turned people must turned up. they must people must have he couldn't have been obscured. he couldn't have been obscured. he couldn't have on his own. just have done that on his own. just walked the kitchen, get himself. >> otherwise everything that is negligently farcical about broken britain at the moment, wherever you look, the whole place is just crumbling under eyes. people can't even be bothered in a prison, a serious prison for someone who's spying a terrorist suspect. we believe well—placed sources are saying he's spying for iran. if we know that out here, they certainly must have known that within the security forces , within the security forces, within the prisoners, what were they doing , allowing this man anywhere near exit ? near the exit? >> did he why was he not >> why did he why was he not meant to why did he have to meant to why did he not have to stay the high stay in belmarsh, the high security prison? >> absolutely. and this these are multiple questions and it just you only the just you only draw the conclusion are serially , conclusion they are serially, utterly, negligently incompetent i >> -- >> but let's see what else has been happening this week, richard. and get your take on it. obviously, the big story of the week has been about the concrete and the crumbling schools. we had the list of

schools. we had the list of schools yesterday just schools released yesterday just before fact. do you before pmqs, in fact. do you feel that satisfactory now that at parents know if there's at least parents know if there's nothing satisfactory about any part process? part of this process? >> has going on for >> this has been going on for decades as both main parties have this and it's have known about this and it's always been just push it down the road, kick the can down the road. this will run and run. it's an absolute shocker for the real victims, of course, are the children who are being putting through this anxiety. and again, it's just utterly woeful. they've known about this for years and years. and years. 1994, it was first identified, 1994. >> the prime minister said yesterday , didn't he? and pmqs, yesterday, didn't he? and pmqs, he said to keir starmer, well, you haven't mentioned this to me before. if you've known as well as we've all known, this is a problem, why are you suddenly making political capital out of it? some extent i feel it? now to some extent i feel like there's response ability through governments in like there's response ability thro area, governments in like there's response ability thro area, though governments in like there's response ability thro area, though without ments in question. >> and actually the prime minister is right. i mean, starmer has never mentioned it before, but this is because, for example, we've had, i believe,

six education secretaries in in since the since 2019, you know, in less than four years. so you've just got a sort of a running a group of different people coming in and out. and this stuff just gets pushed down the road. utterly hopeless. >> so what about we think it's going to be announced today that the government is rejoining or britain rejoining the horizon britain is rejoining the horizon nightmare right. britain is rejoining the horizon nightmare right . why is this? nightmare right. why is this? >> because we want horizon is first. yeah. so horizon is this. it's this massive funding programme, £95 billion between 21 and 2027 that funds , amongst 21 and 2027 that funds, amongst many other things , scientific many other things, scientific research programme , including research programme, including the eu defence fund. and this is what most people don't know. and the whole of this horizon programme is about funding the political aims and ambitions of the eu with its failing low growth, high tax, high regulation model which should be nowhere near michelle donelan this morning has admitted that we will be putting a lot more

money in billions more in than we get out. why are we doing this? we left the eu not to fund this? we left the eu not to fund this stuff. >> i remember when we did leave brexit. one of the arguments on the remain side was we are going to be left behind in the area of science and research and development because it was quite good team as good to be part of that team as be of that collaboration. be part of that collaboration. surely this is us taking the best bits brexit and not bad best bits of brexit and not bad stuff. >> completely the opposite. >> it's completely the opposite. we're we're we're funding more than we're getting secretary getting out. the secretary of state admitted it this state has admitted it this morning. in about morning. we're putting in about 2 billion a year. we'd be lucky if we out billion year. if we get out a billion a year. they alternate lviv they had an alternate lviv called pioneer programme, called the pioneer programme, right? which would been right? which would have been equally funded. so the scientists have more scientists would have got more in we could have had in that and we could have had more collaborations globally. we're stage. we're on the global stage. we've got thinking small, got to stop thinking small, insular by bungling bureaucratic brussels . we don't need them. we brussels. we don't need them. we need to think global and think about the aukus programme. this is the sort of positive dynamic stuff we should be focusing on, not failing low growth is being the deal we did with australia.

this was the big submarine deal with with australia and the us. these are these are the great global opportunities , the big global opportunities, the big trade in asia. that's trade deal in asia. that's another opportunity. that's what trade deal in asia. that's ano scientists tunity. that's what trade deal in asia. that's ano scientists andty. that's what trade deal in asia. that's ano scientists and the hat's what the scientists and the researchers should be focusing on. >> let's bring in arlene foster, who's with us this morning. morning, arlene. thank you. thank you for joining morning, arlene. thank you. thank you forjoining us. great thank you for joining us. great to the studio rather to see you in the studio rather than the line. yes. now, than down the line. yes. now, the reason that we were excluded from scheme for past from this scheme for the past three is because of the three years is because of the disagreement the northern disagreement over the northern ireland your ireland protocol. so what's your take it a positive or. take on it? is it a positive or. well, i think that is the real story, actually, this story, actually, because this was principle a long was agreed in principle a long time as probably knows. >> but they held it over the uk as a bargaining chip in terms of northern so the fact northern ireland. so the fact that they have now agreed to it, i in terms of i mean, i think in terms of collaboration, that's collaboration, i think that's why the scientists want back into it again. and think why the scientists want back into itisgain. and think why the scientists want back into itis actuallyi think why the scientists want back into itis actually partink why the scientists want back into itis actually part of israel is actually part of horizon it's quite horizon 2020. so it's quite strange. they're not actually part the european union, but part of the european union, but they're of horizon 2020. so they're part of horizon 2020. so i it from a i can understand it from a collaboration of view. but collaboration point of view. but but things like this but the eu uses things like this to bang the over the head and

to bang the uk over the head and say, not allowing say, oh no, we're not allowing you into horizon 2020 until you give we in give us what we want. in relation the trade deal in relation to the trade deal in northern ireland. >> richard roundabout the horrific richard right horrific and is richard right about think he's about the money we think he's giving too much. >> i think putting more >> i think we are putting more money. certainly have been money. we certainly have been in the putting money in the past putting more money in than we get out the argument against that then is, oh, that we get far more in relation to collaboration and working together it's together and that's why it's a good but i think that's good program. but i think that's probably jury's out on that. probably the jury's out on that. as could have done as to whether we could have done it the pioneer it ourselves with the pioneer program, would have been program, which would have been more but the reason why more global. but the reason why scientists want is for the collaboration. >> but let's remember, of >> but let's remember, most of these scientists all these scientists were all remainer many of them remainer remainers. many of them want so don't be want back in. so don't be surprised wanted be surprised. they wanted to be part this bureaucratic part of this huge bureaucratic brain to go and brain where you have to go and beg for funding. we shouldn't be doing that. and the thing doing that. and the whole thing about this horizon europe program , is to pursue the eu program is, is to pursue the eu objectives . we left the eu objectives. we left the eu because we don't want to pursue the eu objectives . we should be the eu objectives. we should be nowhere near it and it is a competitive program. >> richard's right about that. i

mean, you have compete, mean, you have to compete, whereas have. whereas we could have. >> it isn't quite the >> so it isn't quite the collaboration that we that it might being might be that it's being portrayed we're able to portrayed as that we're able to do the pick and mix the eu do the pick and mix of the eu that like to be part of. that we'd like to be part of. >> but not be well, that's what the government will say. >> the government say this >> the government will say this is at its best. we're is brexit at its best. we're choosing we to do. choosing what we want to do. yeah all right. >> we to. >> we need to. >> we need to. >> i want to well, i want to talk about. go on. andrew. >> i want to well, i want to talii about. go on. andrew. >> i want to well, i want to talii wasit. go on. andrew. >> i want to well, i want to talii was going)n. andrew. >> i want to well, i want to talii was going to andrew. >> i want to well, i want to talii was going to sayirew. >> i want to well, i want to talii was going to say we r. >> i want to well, i want to talii was going to say we need >> i was going to say we need to. there's going to be a by—election. are you going to are you not going to fight it? >> stand. tamworth >> of course we stand. tamworth and will be. we will battling and we will be. we will battling away hard tamworth whenever away hard in tamworth whenever that as are in the that is called as we are in the other beds. and it other one. mid beds. and on it goes.i other one. mid beds. and on it goes. i mean everyone's just sort of bailing out it seems, of this, this failing government, this, this failing government, this the telegraph this piece in the telegraph today by alastair heath, today written by alastair heath, which is basically saying the political up on political elite have given up on britain he's done a superb britain and he's done a superb analysis the parties. analysis of the two parties. >> and basically saying you can't labour can't distinguish between labour and conservative anymore. they have into one have just melded into one amorphous mass in political amorphous mass in the political middle. with this middle. do you agree with this piece? i do. >> brilliant piece.

>> it's a brilliant piece. anybody? everybody read this piece, copy. afraid it piece, get a copy. i'm afraid it will depress you because what it basically is that basically says is that westminster presiding over westminster is presiding over national decline. it's like it was in the late 70s, sort of managed decline. and that's what happens if you have high taxes , happens if you have high taxes, nanny state, high regulation , nanny state, high regulation, then you end up with low growth . and we fail compared to our competitors. the likes of the united states , for example. united states, for example. >> can you can you arlene, can you draw a distinction between labour and the conservatives in terms of policy anymore .7 terms of policy anymore? >> it's very difficult, i have to say. and of course, it's just a year since liz truss came in as our prime minister. yes day yesterday. and we remember all of . but i mean, the one of that. but i mean, the one thing that i felt very passionately about was the fact that she was to cut that she was going to cut corporation tax. and when i look south in republic of ireland south in the republic of ireland and the success they've and i see the success they've made tax, and made of corporation tax, and despite all the pressure from despite all of the pressure from all countries to all of the other countries to raise the raise corporation tax in the repubuc raise corporation tax in the republic they've republic of ireland, they've always on to it 12. always held on to it 12.

>> they're 25% in britain now. any wonder that astrazeneca didn't their factory in? didn't open their factory in? they're it. they're they're not doing it. they're taking to ireland, correct? taking it to ireland, correct? >> a very when >> i mean, it's a very when you're out in america or wherever selling in place as wherever selling in the place as somewhere in, it somewhere to invest it in, it opens door immediately. if opens the door immediately. if you our corporation tax you can say our corporation tax is 12.5, because down at 12.5, you don't need to go to offshore tax havens. >> that's essentially you say i might well that. it's not might as well pay that. it's not worth the cost and hassle of worth all the cost and hassle of trying to evade and avoid tax elsewhere. it was was the elsewhere. and it was it was the one good thing george osborne did our corporation tax down did get our corporation tax down to 17. and this to 19, targeting 17. and this this prime minister he was response for raising this. it's a catastrophe . a catastrophe. >> and do you remember the chancellor, jeremy hunt, was going to cut corporation tax in his leadership campaign to his tory leadership campaign to i9% his tory leadership campaign to 19% and even to 15. and he's raised it to 25. >> never trust a tory, can you? andrew think and i've andrew well, i think and i've thought it for a long time about jeremy hunt is a lib dem want to talk arlene foster about the talk to arlene foster about the northern legacy northern ireland troubles legacy bill what it is bill it's tell us what it is it's going through. >> going through. it would

>> it's going through. it would be law by next week. what's this about? >> so to understand this, you have back to the belfast have to go back to the belfast agreement and then the belfast agreement. were agreement. terrorists were released from prison. and if anyone released from prison. and if anyor1998, they served just a after 1998, they served just a maximum of two years in jail. what this legacy bill does and anybody that was on the run after 1998, nobody bothered about them, didn't investigate, didn't they get didn't they get . yes. they got comfort letters that they tony blair that they wouldn't be looked into. so that all happened in 1998. this legacy bill, the genesis behind it , are veterans it, are veterans being prosecuted for historic issues in northern ireland. and so the tory party said that they would deal with that . i think a lot of deal with that. i think a lot of parties and victims groups in northern ireland are very distressed about it because it takes away that hope a takes away that last hope from a lot of victims that they will get justice for what happened to their loved but their loved ones. but essentially is it essentially what it does is it takes away that two year jail term. so going to face term. so nobody's going to face any more prosecutions and formalise this. the fact that there's no investigations, but

it is every single party in northern ireland is against it. and the irish government say that they're going to take the united kingdom government to the european court of human rights. hypocrisy. beyond hypocrisy. hypocrisy beyond hypocrisy, because the i mean, i feel very strongly about this because i have personal experience. i mean, the irish government allowed terrorists to harbour in the republic of ireland during all of those years of the terrorists refer used to extradite them to the uk to face justice. and now they refuse to hold an inquiry into the omagh bomb, which killed 28 people. the fact that people. despite the fact that the omagh bomb was constructed in of ireland and in the republic of ireland and then transported to so then transported up to omagh. so then transported up to omagh. so the uk government is holding a pubuc the uk government is holding a public inquiry , but the irish public inquiry, but the irish government and always government and it always doesn't, it was doesn't, it seem that it was always that side came out better from blair's deal to try and solve the troubles it is. i mean, people voted for the belfast agreement. i didn't i didn't vote for it because mainly of the fact that terrorists were being released and it didn't deal with victims issues the legacy of issues and the legacy of the past . and we've dealing

past. and we've been dealing with past 25 with that for this past 25 years. it's hugely painful years. and it's hugely painful for it's going to cause for people. it's going to cause the irish government, but for the irish government, but for the to out the irish government to come out and challenge uk government and challenge the uk government is just unbelievable . is just unbelievable. >> eileen, can we just get we've only got 45 seconds, but what's the situation with the concrete in the schools in northern ireland? >> yeah, well, so they're being checked. the schools in checked. all the schools in northern ireland, but it's not thought it applies in thought that it applies in northern it's hoped thought that it applies in nortthey it's hoped thought that it applies in nortthey won't it's hoped thought that it applies in nortthey won't it's any ed thought that it applies in nortthey won't it's any issues. that they won't have any issues. >> fantastic. very good. >> great. fantastic. very good. can we just get a few few words off you, richard, about this? this yesterday about the benefits and the fact benefits claimants and the fact that the tories say you're going to get people off benefits but not until after 2025. >> it's utterly after the general election. the telegraph yesterday, it's just yesterday, i mean, it's just woeful . they're worried woeful. they're worried about it. banging on about it. i've been banging on about this year. 8 of the this for a year. 1 in 8 of the working papers vote winner now are benefits . we've are out of work benefits. we've got make work pay and get got to make work pay and get people back into it. >> it's a vote winner and they should do it. >> people back into work. >> get people back into work. we're going to go back to

wandsworth prison as well to see what there with what the latest is there with mark in minute, mark whiteley. in a minute, that warm inside from boxt warm feeling inside from boxt boilers sponsors of boilers proud sponsors of weather on gb news. >> hello , very good morning to you. >> it's aidan mcgivern here from the met office with the gb news forecast. after a warm night, it's hot and sunny. one once again for most of us, some clouds in the sky. however as we start things off, especially these north sea coast once again, now that cloud will burn back to the beaches through the morning. but there's also some cloud with thundery cloud associated with thundery showers north across showers moving up north across western parts of the uk. these will be hit and miss through the day. chance of frequent lightning where these occur and big drops rainfall. away big drops of rainfall. but away from any showers, although there'll some medium high from any showers, although there'cloudsome medium high from any showers, although there'cloud forie medium high from any showers, although there'cloud for manyiium high from any showers, although there'cloud for many il'si high level cloud for many it's another warm or hot one today with temperatures of 32 celsius in london, 28 celsius for northern scotland . but across northern scotland. but across scotland and northern ireland, the chance into the evening of further thundery showers before they clear away and that low

cloud returns to north sea beaches overnight and edges inland as the night goes on. but clear spells for many and it's another warm one. 1920 celsius in places mid to high 20 lines across northern parts of the uk, 20 or 21 celsius in the south. as we begin friday, some patchy cloud around, some low cloud around some of these southwestern shores as well as the north sea coast. but otherwise, for many it's sunny skies and we'll see a chance of temperatures ending up even higher. 32. and as we go into saturday, 33 celsius possible . saturday, 33 celsius possible. that warm feeling inside from boxt boilers. >> proud sponsors of weather on

gb news 10 am. on thursday, the 7th of september. >> this is britain's newsroom on gb news with bev turner and andrew pesce . andrew pesce. >> the hunt is on terror suspect and former british army soldier daniel califf, who escaped from wandsworth prison yesterday . wandsworth prison yesterday. he's on the run pincher quits. >> another headache for rishi sunak this morning. the disgraced mp chris pincher has announced that he is quitting his seat, meaning another by—election for the conservatives and to make

universities more than 650 academics have signed an open letter to banish me. >> you heard it right. banish me from campuses which they want to go vegan instead . go vegan instead. >> nuclear threats. russia warns of escalation if america returns its nukes to british bases for the first time in 15 years. we'll bring you the very latest on that missing meghan . on that missing meghan. >> all good. prince harry is back in the uk to present an award for a charities patron of later today, but no sign of his wife . wife. >> so why would meghan markle not want to be here, do you think? >> i suspect she fears she might be booed if she's in britain and i think she'd be right. not that i'm not that i'd be organising it. there'd be plenty of others. would she will be the would she will be at the invictus next week, which invictus games next week, which of harry's big

of course, is harry's big charity for some servicemen and women. that she's not women. but talk that she's not going any speaking going to have any speaking role at all. >> wow. let us know your >> oh, wow. let us know your thoughts this morning, gbviews@gbnews.com is the email address. is address. first though, here is rhiannon in newsroom . rhiannon jones in the newsroom. >> good morning. it's 10:02. >> good morning. it's10:02. your top stories from the newsroom . the manhunt for a newsroom. the manhunt for a terror suspect who escaped from a wandsworth prison continues as concerns are raised about secured city. at the jail, former british army soldier daniel kalief was awaiting trial accused of leaving fake bombs at accused of leaving fake bombs at a military base. it's believed he escaped from the prison kitchen by hiding under a food delivery van. security checks are being tightened at ports to prevent him from leaving the country . former met police country. former met police detective peter bleksley told gb news it'll be much easier to find him if he acted alone , if find him if he acted alone, if he was an opportunist,

opportunist and he clamped on his fan on the spur of the moment and he's on his own with no pre—planned ing, no resources and living on his wits, then i would suggest he'll be far easier to find because he would, for example, quite possibly be scavenging in bins for food. >> if, however , this is >> if, however, this is pre—planned and he is supported by a network of fellow minded criminals , then of course he criminals, then of course he could have cash, shelter, change of clothing, false passport, any number of things. and he may already have left the country. the prime minister is facing another by—election following the resignation of his former deputy chief whip, chris pincher, the mp for tamworth made the decision after losing an appeal against an eight week suspension over groping allegations , ones he was accused allegations, ones he was accused of drunken assaulting two men at a private member's club last summer. >> summer. >> in a statement, mr summer. >> in a statement , mr pincher >> in a statement, mr pincher said he didn't want uncertainty for his constituents as science

secretary. michelle donelan told gb news the situation had been a huge distraction from other important political issues . important political issues. >> we, of course, want to ensure that that every constituent across the country gets the very best service from their members of parliament. this has been a big distraction in terms of british politics. this story throughout the whole period hasn't it? i'm sure we can all agree on that. and the things that took place in regards to this individual jewel were certainly not acceptable by any member of parliament. and i don't condone them whatsoever . don't condone them whatsoever. >> the uk's rejoin joining the european union's £85 billion science research program , science research program, horizon. the move follows months of negotiations with a bespoke agreement signed off with the eu researchers in the uk will be able to apply for grant to take part in horizon projects until the program ends in 2027. the uk had been excluded from the scheme because of a disagreement over the northern ireland

protocol. network rail is due in court over a train crash that killed three people. the company's accused of failing to warn the driver that a track was unsafe . the scotrail train unsafe. the scotrail train derailed after hitting a landslide near stonehaven in august 2020. it then hit the side of a bridge, causing carriages to fall down an embankment . but the train embankment. but the train dnven embankment. but the train driver, conductor and a passenger died . the vet industry passenger died. the vet industry is under review following concerns pet owners are being overcharged and figures suggest the cost of care and medicines has surged, rising faster than inflation. the consumer and markets authority is worried. pet owners aren't getting value for money. it also fears they're not being given easy access to information about pricing and treatment options when deciding which vet to use . the regulator which vet to use. the regulator wants both the public and practitioners to contribute to the review , and japan has joined

the review, and japan has joined the review, and japan has joined the moon race with a successful rocket launch in the summer, but which has been activated. >> this is the imaginary gungnyeo all systems. >> japan's bidding to become only the fifth country to land only the fifth country to land on the moon after the us, russia , china and india. it's the fourth attempt this year. all previous attempts were marred by bad weather. two weeks ago, india made history when it successfully landed a spacecraft near the south pole of the moon. 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 back to andrew and. bev >> good morning. so the nationwide manhunt continues for a former soldier suspected of terror offences who escaped from prison in wandsworth yesterday. >> how that happened? well, mark

white is our home security editor who joins us live from the scene of the escape. mark, what we know about daniel vera baird khalil khalifa is that he's accused of spying for iran. what else do we know about him? he was in the british army, i think . think. >> yeah , he was in the army >> yeah, he was in the army until may of this year when he was arrested and charged with these offences . and then he was these offences. and then he was discharged from the army at that point. and the offences are three fold. there was offences of planting hoax bomb devices at a base in stafford area. also trying to elicit information on likely to be of use to terrorists and an offence under the official secrets act of trying to obtain or obtaining information like to be of use to a hostile state. actor there's lots of questions though. i

think , surrounding this case think, surrounding this case that we still need answers to and i'm surprised we haven't heard anything in the way. any indications yet that there's going to be any kind of a statement out, urgent question or otherwise wise from the justice secretary, alex chalk. now, there are key questions about, you know, how did this young man escape ? was this just young man escape? was this just an opportune moment that he took the chance to get under that vehicle ? well, perhaps , but it's vehicle? well, perhaps, but it's also possible all that he was helped in some way, either within the prison or indeed people from outside the prison. those are questions that we need, urgent answers to, questions to about why this man facing serious terror charges was being held in a lower security category b prison when he was initially held at belmarsh category three, a high security prison where most terror prisons and terror

suspects are taken to. so that decision making process will have to be gone over again and people will want to know answers to why that happened, to ensure that that doesn't happen again . that that doesn't happen again. and also the questions about the security checks around the prison. now, it's my understanding that vehicles arriving and particularly leaving prisons are subject to checks as they come out through the main gates , including the the main gates, including the likes of mirrors on the end of long poles, or indeed mirrors on these sort of bogie carts that go underneath the vehicles. just specifically to check to see that there is nothing underneath a vehicle as it leaves. that there is nothing underneath a vehicle as it leaves . now, why a vehicle as it leaves. now, why it seems , was that check or it seems, was that check or checks not carried out properly. so as i say, a lot of questions that still have to be answered.

and as yet, now more than 24 hours after the escape of this key terror suspect , no word from key terror suspect, no word from the justice secretary. >> okay. can i just ask you, mark, do you think there's a possibility we were talking about it here with richard tice and bev that he did it this he did this on his own. could is it possible that people helped him internally ? internally? >> listen, it's certainly possible . we saw the type of possible. we saw the type of food truck that was involved in this incident as it arrived here this incident as it arrived here this morning. it was parked up outside for a bit. we had a look at it and it's kind of it's there's quite a lot of room. it's quite high off the ground in terms of the chassis. so there's room to crawl under it. there's also these as impact side impact bars that come . down side impact bars that come. down to protect vehicles that might be in an accident with this lorry. so there's areas in places that someone could

perhaps cling onto. it's possible that it was just an opportunist moment, but it's also possible and perhaps more likely that there was some kind of planning involved and that planning may have involved some other people, even just down to the extent of having someone arranged on the outside so that when he got out, they could pick him up and whisk him away out of the area. >> fascinating. >> fascinating. >> thank you so much, mark. it is fascinating . i have so many is fascinating. i have so many questions about this and why he why he allowed why he was no why he was allowed why he was no longer in belmarsh, the maximum security longer in belmarsh, the maximum sec i �*ity longer in belmarsh, the maximum seci just get it. >> i just don't get it. >> i just don't get it. >> i just don't get it. >> i guess he hasn't actually committed a terror, a terror offence. you know, it sounds like been collaborator like he's been collaborator saying, he's he's innocent saying, well, he's he's innocent till he's till proven guilty, but he's accused a spy. accused of being a spy. >> i'd have thought a spy would be in a high security 21 years old. >> they probably thought, oh, he's all right. he's not he's not a major threat. somebody clearly taken their eye off the ball, haven't they? >> of course, they're ball, haven't they? >> that)urse, they're ball, haven't they? >> that he's, they're ball, haven't they? >> that he's heading abroad already. >> unless he's just >> yeah. and unless he's just unless has been

unless he has been opportunistic, he's opportunistic, unless he's literally working the literally been working in the kitchen. hold on to kitchen. how do you hold on to the bottom of a van, though? it's something like something out though, isn't out of scooby doo, though, isn't it? it have had it? you must. it must have had a bit kit in order to be able bit of kit in order to be able to cling to on the bottom of the van. us know your thoughts van. let us know your thoughts this morning. vaiews@gbnews.com is email here is is the email address. here is what have say what labour have had to say on this let's this particular story. let's listen shadow listen to what the shadow secretary of state for justice, shabana. mahmood, told shabana. shabana mahmood, told reporters shabana. shabana mahmood, told reporthink the government has >> i think the government has very serious questions to answer . we know that the criminal justice system after 13 years of tory government is in a state of disrepair. we know that there are huge problems with prisons and prison places in particular, and prison places in particular, and as we've seen, there is now and as we've seen, there is now a terror suspect on the loose, having escaped from wandsworth prison so big questions for the government to answer, frankly , government to answer, frankly, rishi sunak needs to get a grip. >> i mean, rishi sunak wasn't actually at the prison. >> i mean , i know they want to >> i mean, i know they want to make political points and i know they are the official opposition, but blimey, silly

that i think now the that i think so. now the department of education finally has published the list of 147 schools in england identified as having collapsed because of the dodgy concrete. we know that the potential to collapse. exactly. and we know that tests are going on in wales , northern ireland on in wales, northern ireland and scotland . and scotland. >> only four schools have had to switch completely to remote learning the students learning for all the students because the extent of its use because of the extent of its use in facilities across the grounds. the use of these aerated bricks. so let's talk now to gb news presenter and conservative mp esther mcvey . conservative mp esther mcvey. good morning, esther . good good morning, esther. good morning. and you ? morning. you morning. and you? morning. you were at pmqs, obviously yesterday, first day back after the summer recess. what was the atmosphere like for you? obviously, this was big obviously, this was a big talking point . talking point. >> oh, it's always feisty in pmqs and you should expect nothing less . and if there's nothing less. and if there's a story like that, you'll know that those will be the attack points that the prime minister >> is there a thing, a view growing perhaps amongst your colleagues that perhaps the

education secretary overreacted? why is it now it is the tory government that's responsible for all these faults that were in buildings that were built long before probably gillian keegan was even born? we know this problem was identified in 94, 99, two thousand and seven. a lot of that time labour were in power and yet suddenly it's all about the tory government. it's all the tory government's fault. what about the schools and the education authorities? don't they have a role in this? well if ever there was an instance of a politician can't be right, i think it was here. >> people were clambering for gillian keegan, the secretary of state, to do more. at the start of the week. and by the end of the week they were saying she'd been too hasty and done too much as change their views as people change their views throughout course of the throughout the course of the week. but i think you pick on a couple of important points there , andrew, and i think one is the growing demand that the state has to do everything and is that

reasonably possible ? well, yeah. reasonably possible? well, yeah. what they can do, what they can afford and what they should be expected to do. i think that's a key and i think there needs to be a big debate on that. of course, they should keep building, but the clamour for them to pay for school lunches, pay them to pay for school lunches, pay for things, really, pay for other things, really, what and what what can you afford? and what should be doing? and should the state be doing? and then the other point, the chain of command, who else should have been taking responsibility there ? lots of those schools belong to local authorities . what were to local authorities. what were they doing? why didn't they know they doing? why didn't they know the state of repair of the buildings? how could you expect a secretary of state in london, in a building in london to know about those buildings ? so about those buildings? so i think that needs to be looked at as well. >> talking of local authority as esther, i'd love to hear your take on what happened with birmingham city council this week and bankruptcy week and the bankruptcy effectively the that's been filed there for and what do you see that what do you see that

situation as? because, of course, they had the bail of 670 million to pay for equal pay to the women. i have no problem with that. but surely knowing that that bill was having to be paid back, they continued to clearly just spend in profligate ways that they couldn't afford to do on events like the commonwealth games. where do you sit on that ? sit on that? >> look, it's a complete shambles, isn't it? you had rachel reeves at the start of the week saying you can trust labour with money. we won't do wealth taxes , we won't squeeze wealth taxes, we won't squeeze you till the pip squeak. we'll be fiscally responsible. and there look at birmingham city, as you say , paying on things as you say, paying on things that they couldn't afford . and that they couldn't afford. and 17 million on taxi bills for school kids, as you say, going for a commonwealth games which they were told not to pay for. they'd already squeezed in the pubuc they'd already squeezed in the public for more money with their clean air zones as well. and there the council leader was on a jolly in new york, not even

taking responsibility so that was a shambles. >> esther is still there in new york. what do you make of that? he's still there in new york. he hasn't bothered to come back, even though europe's largest local authority, britain's second city, bust on second city, has gone bust on his watch . his watch. >> well, he should be there . he >> well, he should be there. he would have known this was happening. he would have known this was on the way. he would have known he was going to get told about this bankruptcy and told about this bankruptcy and to say i'm on holiday pay. i get that it's his 50th birthday, but now was not the time . i think it now was not the time. i think it shows a disregard to all the citizens of birmingham chris pinchers resignation. >> esther, of course, opens the way for another by—election. how was this greeted by your conservative colleagues as well? >> it was always an inevitability. this whether it was going to be a recall to parliament or whether he now has decided to resign. so of course,

nobody is going to relish another byelection. no seriously, people who are in government do badly in by—election ones. but it's always sad to see somebody lose their career as he has. but but i'm not going to defend his actions and yes, it's another byelection , ian. byelection, ian. >> all right. thanks >> all right. thanks >> of course, you can see more of esther on saturday. great show with phil has heard from philip. esther, lovely to see you. and we'll see you on saturday morning, of course, here on gb news. >> right. still to come, over 650 academics have called on british universities to go not just vegetarian, but 100% vegan on how dare they? the tyranny of the minority. let us keep our steak and chips. we are gb news britain's news . steak and chips. we are gb news britain's news. channel >> the temperature's rising . >> the temperature's rising. boxt solar proud sponsors of

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sunday mornings from 930 on gb news choose . news choose. >> it's 1023 with britain's newsroom on gb news with andrew pierce and bev turner right now more than 650 academics have called on british universities to commit to 100% plant based , to commit to 100% plant based, catering to, you guessed it, fight climate change. they've sent a letter. have these academics to uk university chancellors. it was organised by i didn't know this organisation existed. the plant based universe cities student led campaign . campaign. >> not very snappy that is it? >> not very snappy that is it? >> not very snappy that is it? >> no plant based universities . >> no plant based universities. >> no plant based universities. >> and it's not just another academics. other signatories include chris packham . funny include chris packham. funny that and green party mp caroline

lucas. so should uk universities go vegan to save the planet ? go vegan to save the planet? well, to thrash this out, we are joined by former tory mp and chair of the environment, food and rural affairs neil parish. morning neil and senior environment campaign for viva vegan campaign training charity jasmine clark, jasmine , let me jasmine clark, jasmine, let me come to you first. make the case, please, as to why the universities should not be feeding burgers to students who need protein for their brains . need protein for their brains. >> well , to start off, i'll just >> well, to start off, i'll just say that demand for meat, dairy, fish and eggs is a leading cause of the climate crisis and is the driver of global wildlife extinction. so adopting a vegan diet has been proven to the single biggest thing we can all do to reduce our impact on the planet. and if we're thinking about how we're going to build sustainable future, where we can all survive the climate crisis is threatening rival. we need to look at how . we toward a more

look at how. we toward a more plant based just by switching to a vegan diet produced our individual food carbon footprint by% everyone switching to a vegan diet and 86% is are numbers and it shows by looking at jasmine . at jasmine. >> jasmine we really want to heari >> jasmine we really want to hear i really want to hear what you've got to say. but we've got some technical sound issues with you. we're going to try and fix your audio. don't worry. don't go anywhere. we're going to fix your audio while we to your audio while we talk to neil. so if i've neil. neil so i think if i've missed i've understood missed if i've understood jasmine correctly, thinks jasmine correctly, she thinks that are building that whilst china are building one fired station one coal fired power station a week, should be living a week, we should all be living a vegan diet to save the planet. it's nuts. yeah >> so think it'd be better if >> so i think it'd be better if china didn't the power china didn't have the power station coal because station burning coal because i think just been down to see think i've just been down to see my cattle running a nice my cattle running on a nice permanent plenty of flowers , permanent plenty of flowers, plenty of biodiversity . and so

plenty of biodiversity. and so if you've got grass fed beef and lamb and dairy , it is actually lamb and dairy, it is actually good for the environment , not good for the environment, not only producing good proteins , only producing good proteins, but also good for biodiversity . but also good for biodiversity. and so i think what i would say to the universities is surely this is a debate and aren't universities about a debate . and universities about a debate. and i think we should allow students to have meat if they wish to . to have meat if they wish to. and i think it should be debated in the universities as to what the students want to eat. and i think many will want protein. i also think with many vegan diets , it's very difficult always to get the exact amount of protein you need. so some meat in your diet, some dairy in your diet is really good for you, and especially for those expectant mothers. so i think we're we have we're being very blunt with this message. and i think it's wrong. and i think universities are there to debate the issue. i believe that good grass fed meat, dairy is really good for both biodiverse society. also, you see, we want to maintain a

lot of grassland and the grassland holds like permanent pasture holds about as much carbon as it would be planting trees up to 20 years old. so let's take the whole thing in the round . the debate is to the round. the debate is to simplify cattle give off methane gas , so we must get rid of gas, so we must get rid of cattle. no because it's a cycle and it is very much a good for our biodiversity and keeping carbon in the soil because we those areas which are now down to permanent pasture . to permanent pasture. >> neil, i think for me hit the nail on the head. this is about a debate and discussion, whereas these academics just want to impose their view of the world. you will eat vegan food like it or lump it and we already know these universities are hardly hotbeds when we've had hotbeds of debate when we've had so much so many people closed down because they don't have the right views. instance, on right views. for instance, on the trans debate, for instance. go on, jasmine. >> so just about the >> so is it just about the tyranny of the minority , a new tyranny of the minority, a new lot to force us to change

lot trying to force us to change our behaviour? >> think if you look at the >> i think if you look at the signatures that you've got on the letter, you've got over 600 academics, got health care professionals, all experts in their fields saying , saying that their fields saying, saying that a plant based diet is the best diet for our planet. numerous of studies have shown this , but why studies have shown this, but why should you reduce food related jasmine? >> why should you impose this? why are you imposing it? where is the debate? where's the discussion? >> the climate crisis ? the >> the climate crisis? the climate crisis is impacting us all. it's all of our future that we are impacting here. we have the choice to work together to build a you're not giving choice. >> you're not giving a choice. you're taking choice away. you're taking choice away. you're ordering people to have vegan food . vegan food. >> we're choosing people to choose a kind of life for farmed animals. we're choosing people to choose a more sustainable

life for their own future and their children . their children. >> you know, it's survival. >> you know, it's survival. >> it's the i do not i would never try jasmine and tell you what you should eat. >> i would never try and tell anybody what they should eat. i think that is entirely personal choice. and when it's done under the guise of kind ness, we see that all the time. it's very emotional . that all the time. it's very emotional. neil shouldn't it just be about facts and where jasmine might prioritise the health of what she sees as the planet being ruined by meat? i see the health of the individual and human beings and students with growing brains. their health matters and the well—being of those people matter as much as the well—being of the planet. surely neil yes, it is . it is. >> and i think, you know, you've hit the nail on the head again. it is . there are proteins in it is. there are proteins in meat and dairy which are very difficult to get in a in a vegan diet, especially if it's not a very expensive vegan diet. and of course, that's the other issue is, you know, things like

almond milk and what have you, they are really bad for the environment. let's not be environment. so let's not be simplistic about this. and of course, as for organised 600 signatures, well i can organise a thousand signatures for you if you want to, but that doesn't change the fact that we should have a debate about this. and again, i refer to university of space and let's actually sit down and let people decide when they eat their meal. do they want a vegan diet or do they want a vegan diet or do they want to eat some meat or some dairy? and surely that's about choice . and isn't that what choice. and isn't that what universities are about? and i'm sorry to say it, the left always believe that they are right. and if you argue against them, you are wrong. now, i don't believe i am always right, but i will argue my point. the universities , this is what we do. argue my point. the universities , this is what we do . most of , this is what we do. most of these students, if they don't want a vegan diet, will go outside and probably get food. that would probably be better if they'd had it in the university and a better quality of food. so

you know, let's let's get some good grass fed meat in there. let's get a proper dairy. >> you go to let you go and farmer neil parish and a very healthy looking jasmine clark from vegan campaigning charity viva do come back on and talk to us again because like you say, this is all about the debate. we've got to go because we've got some breaking news. >> but we thought it was breaking . breaking. >> we like to give you some dramatic pauses, frankly, just sit with your own thoughts . sit with your own thoughts. >> the justice sector is going to address the comments at 1130 on the escaped prisoner, daniel. caleb will, of course, bring you that as happens. that's that live as it happens. that's 1130 the commons. daniel 1130 in the commons. daniel cardiff, who suspected cardiff, who is a suspected iranian selected from iranian spy who's selected from a london. a prison in london. >> right. a prison in london. >> alsot. a prison in london. >> also this morning, to >> also this morning, still to come, britain's financial regulators of regulators have been accused of moving too slowly when investigating hundreds of thousands cases of thousands of cases of de—banking. do they really care about citizen? plus about the average citizen? plus they've replaced alison rose at natwest . and we're going to be natwest. and we're going to be talking about that and who that

is. first, though, here's rhiannon the . news rhiannon jones with the. news >> thank you, bev. good morning. it's 1032. your top stories from the newsroom. the manhunt for a terror suspect who escaped from a wandsworth prison continues as concerns are raised about security at the jail. former british army soldier daniel abbott. kalief was awaiting trial accused of leaving fake bombs at a military base. it's believed he escaped from the prison kitchen by hiding under a food delivery van. security checks are being tightened at ports to prevent him from leaving the country . and some leaving the country. and some breaking news to bring you network rail has pleaded guilty to health and safety failings over a train crash that killed three people near stonehaven in august 2020. the scotrail train derailed after hitting a landslide. it then crashed into the side of a bridge, causing

carriages to fall down an embankment . the train driver, embankment. the train driver, conductor and a passenger died . conductor and a passenger died. the prime minister is facing another by—election following the resignation of his former deputy chief whip , chris deputy chief whip, chris pincher, the mp for tamworth made the decision after losing an appeal against an eight week suspension over groping allegations in a statement, mr pincher said he didn't want uncertainty for his constituents . and the uk is rejoining the european union's £85 billion science research programme horizon. the move follows months of negotiations with a bespoke agreement signed off with the eu. researchers in the uk will be able to apply for grants to take part in horizon projects until the programme ends in 2027. and you can get more on all of those stories by visiting our website gbnews.com .

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there, ladies. they're both a bit hot. we're going to talk about how hot it is as well. the uk's financial regulator has been focusing been accused of focusing on de—banking politician actions whilst more slowly whilst moving more slowly on helping 340,000 other helping around 340,000 other people accounts people whose bank accounts have closed the year. closed in the past year. >> so dr. roger welby is a former adviser to the bank of england and no stranger this england and no stranger to this program joins us now. roger program and joins us now. roger can just explain people can you just explain to people listening watching listening and watching this program why people are de—banking in the first place? >> i think it's come to the point where it's a process of dumbing down through artificial intel science. actually, banks , intel science. actually, banks, andrew, need to be very careful, of course, about financial fraud and money laundering, ing and all kinds of scams . and many of all kinds of scams. and many of them have adopted and a software and databases , the using ai and databases, the using ai artifice intelligence , which artifice intelligence, which gives them names of people likely to be engaged in

activities that they wouldn't like . but it turns out that like. but it turns out that there are a lot of names on those databases that that probably really shouldn't be there . and the bank employees there. and the bank employees seem to be just taking the database information at face value and not checking the individual facts on each customer. and over a million people have been banked in recent years. 343,000 last year alone . and the financial conduct alone. and the financial conduct authority is now telling them they need to do something about this. and does that kind of clunky and inflexible system, rogen clunky and inflexible system, roger, mean that it's then also difficult for those names to get a bank account in another establishment . sure. yeah. establishment. sure. yeah. because they're they're on the naughty list . they're on the naughty list. they're on the list of politically exposed persons or whatever. they come

up on one of these databases which are not perfect , of which are not perfect, of course, even though it's artificial intelligence, it's not perfect. and at one point, a thousand people a day were being banked and they have no recourse because every bank is going to look probably at similar databases . databases. >> imagine how i would cope with modern life, roger, without a bank account. i mean, you almost feel a bank account is a human right now . right now. >> it is a human right. and you cannot cope without one as, as nigel farage made very clear to us. >> us. >> and roger, tell us about the person who has replaced dame alison rose at the natwest is former master card chairman richard haythorne. why right. what is he? haythorne thwaites sorry, what is he like? why might he have been chosen for that job? do you know much about his history ? his history? >> well , he his history? >> well, he has a good track

record and should he ? he should record and should he? he should do that well in that job. i mean, he's inheriting an infrastructure that pretty much works. it was it was taken off course by by miss rose , you course by by miss rose, you know, in posing her her own political views or whatever . so political views or whatever. so it seems it's not a difficult job, frankly. he's not dealing with opposing forces. so hopefully he'll be able to settle things down. >> yeah, let's hope so. >> yeah, let's hope so. >> thank you so much, dr. roger griswold there regular on our show. thank you so much for joining us and explaining all that, making all that noise in the corner, of course, karen malone. >> it's my husband ringing me. >> it's my husband ringing me. >> well, not know you're >> well, does he not know you're on television ? does he not know on television? does he not know how works? clearly. and sam how it works? clearly. and sam lister, malone, sam lister, carole malone, sam lister, carole malone, sam lister, can just about lister, can we just talk about the weather, ladies? lister, can we just talk about the yes,ther, ladies? lister, can we just talk about the yes, because es? both came in >> yes, because you both came in here little hot and here a little bit hot and bothered, it's wonderful, bothered, but it's wonderful, isn't bothered, but it's wonderful, isn'well, it's wonderful for >> well, it's not wonderful for the has gone all the here. mine has gone all frizzy hot, but it wonderful.

frizzy hot, but it is wonderful. and you know. but, you know, do you this feeling every time you get this feeling every time i a hot day? we're meant to i have a hot day? we're meant to believe the beginning of believe it's the beginning of armageddon. allowed armageddon. yes. allowed to enjoy like enjoy global warming. it's like it's humanity it's an indictment on humanity to temperature above 27 to have a temperature above 27 degrees. yeah. and i'm really sick you know, i'm really sick of it. you know, i'm really sick of it. you know, i'm really sick of it. you know, i'm really sick of the mob making you, sick of the mob and making you, you know, and they're blaming it all elitist, the rich all on the elitist, the rich elitist their their gas elitist driving their their gas guzzling that's reason guzzling cars. that's the reason you're sweating on bus. you're sweating on the bus. apparently it's all our fault. >> september >> and the hottest september temperature, the hottest september history september temperature in history was in 1906. >> anybody about was in 1906. >> changey about was in 1906. >> change and about was in 1906. >> change and globalout climate change and global warming? no, probably were. were. >> were. >> but we can't doubt that climate is happening. but climate change is happening. but the thing is, just because you get hot day doesn't mean it's get a hot day doesn't mean it's going a part half minute. >> you had a fairly apocalyptic day, didn't you, at westminster. what's it like when you're working the house of commons? >> well, i don't expect any of your viewers to feel any sympathy. it's very much sympathy. for me, it's very much tiny but in tiny violin time. but in parliament, it's crumbling old parliament, it's a crumbling old building. no air building. there is no air conditioning right? there's seven in very tiny seven of us in a very tiny office, a of body heat in office, a lot of body heat in weather like this. and to make

it worse, we have this man, steve i know if you steve bray. i don't know if you know him. he's an anti—brexit campaigner. know him. he's an anti—brexit campaigknow him? he was >> do i know him? he was bellyaching at me yesterday with his a tory boyd pearce is here. >> charming stands outside, doesn't does. he blares doesn't he? he does. he blares music so we have to have all the windows open. blares all music so we have to have all the win(horribleyn. blares all music so we have to have all the win(horrible music blares all music so we have to have all the win(horrible music in blares all music so we have to have all the win(horrible music in allares all music so we have to have all the win(horrible music in all day,all this horrible music in all day, every day. and it just feels quite apocalyptic when you're in there. for there. yeah. so i'm praying for there. yeah. so i'm praying for the cold and we can keep the cold weather and we can keep the cold weather and we can keep the and i heard the windows. and sam, i heard strong rumours that of all the pubuc strong rumours that of all the public buildings that may be affected concrete, affected by dodgy concrete, parliament because parliament may be closed because it's a building site on it's already a building site on parliament. of parliament. actually, bits of parliament. actually, bits of parliament fallen parliament have already fallen off people. so off and nearly hurt people. so we've bits of we've had to have bits of parliament off the parliament cordoned off in the past because of the past anyway because of the concrete, because just because it's old building, it's a very old building, so old, old and they're old, it's so old and they're taking out asbestos fire risk. i mean, know, is all mean, you know, there is all these about day mean, you know, there is all thwill about day mean, you know, there is all thwill be about day mean, you know, there is all thwill be like about day mean, you know, there is all thwill be like the about day mean, you know, there is all thwill be like the next: day mean, you know, there is all thwill be like the next notreiay it will be like the next notre dame. you know, it's a bit of a i mean, there is a debate as to whether mps are supposed to move out the entire building for out of the entire building for a £4 billion refurbishing programme, which will be double that.

>> but does the taxpayer really want pay billion want to pay £4 billion to refurbish offices? want to pay £4 billion to reflof sh offices? want to pay £4 billion to reflof course offices? want to pay £4 billion to reflof course offi> of course not. this is the argument. also, once you argument. and also, once you move you never go move out, you never, never go back, know. back, you know. >> that's right. of >> that's right. talking of crumbling buildings, though, carol, been huge carol, this story has been huge this and ministers in the this week. and ministers in the mail saying that they were mail are saying that they were blindsided gillian keegan and blindsided by gillian keegan and the you know what? we >> well, do you know what? we need this crisis, i think, has been blown out been blown totally out of control. it's really control. yes. it's really inconvenient a lot of inconvenient for a lot of parents and a of kids, but parents and a lot of kids, but get it in perspective. we have 22,000 of 22,000 schools in england. of those schools, there are 147 that got falling that have got this falling concrete is than 1. concrete that is less than 1. and this is this is a problem that has existed now since the 90s. every subsequent government has made it so buildings have been built with this contract by both labour and tory governments since well, since the 50s and 60s actually. but the 90s they knew a problem . so but knew there was a problem. so but i'm watching labour here and i was watching starmer yesterday. i was going to burst i thought it was going to burst a blood vessel yesterday. i mean you'd way it you'd think the way he was, it was hysterical, the way he behaved completely over the top. and it he called? he

and was it that he called? he called tories a load called the tories a load of cowboy builders. hello. labour built buildings with this. >> build these buildings. >> i mean, government had >> i mean, this government had nothing with them. no, no. nothing to do with them. no, no. >> and i don't think people know that. isn't the government that. it isn't the government that's for schools. that. it isn't the government that local for schools. that. it isn't the government thatlocal authorities. schools. it's local authorities. and these they called? these what are they called? academy something? these what are they called? acad buy your mate andrew pierce was it you? >> no, me . no, it wasn't me. >> no, not me. no, it wasn't me. >> wrong? no no. >> wrong? no no. >> what i said was she should have come back. what i said was she have come back. she should have come back. >> she did back. >> she did come back. >> she did come back. >> was, she was on >> but the thing was, she was on houday >> but the thing was, she was on holiday when it happened. you

know, entitled to know, they're entitled to a holiday. it was august, but there's people saying there's a lot of people saying at westminster, sam, that actually did overreact. actually she did overreact. >> actually she's >> and actually by she's now owned and this a tory owned this and made this a tory problem. but as kara's pointed out, education authorities out, local education authorities and these and academy trusts run these building and they've building schools and they've known concrete known about this concrete problem decades. why didn't problem for decades. why didn't they deal it? why is it now they deal with it? why is it now a tory government problem in number which is what it's number 10, which is what it's now become? number 10, which is what it's now becorbeen messy. i mean, >> it has been messy. i mean, let's be honest it . and i let's be honest about it. and i think you look at wales and think if you look at wales and you at scotland, yeah, they you look at scotland, yeah, they are the same are not reacting in the same way. they're not, which tells you something. gillian you something. i think gillian keegan is very acutely aware that piece of concrete in a that if a piece of concrete in a school falls a young child school falls on a young child that is, you know, it's game over because government get over because the government get the the education the blame, not the education authority. was authority. yeah. and so she was accused, closing too accused, sam, of closing too many schools. >> but she hadn't done that >> but if she hadn't done that exactly you said, if a piece exactly as you said, if a piece of gone, should of concrete had gone, should have should have been have been should have been accused if she closed it. accused if she hadn't closed it. yeah she's kind of if she does, if doesn't. if she doesn't. >> and actually gillian keegan, you one of the more you know, she's one of the more interesting in interesting characters in

cabinet. she's cabinet. she, you know, she's a woman she came from woman who she came from liverpool, worked her up. >> she's left school at 16. >> she's left school at 16. >> people seem to kind of >> yeah. people seem to kind of resent fact that this is resent the fact that this is a woman who has some money woman who has made some money and actually spend and actually likes to spend it. and know, i don't think and i you know, i don't think there's anything wrong with that personally. >> she's got. so do you >> she's she's got. so do you think to me? >> she's she's got. so do you thiryeah. to me? >> she's she's got. so do you thiryeah. i to me? >> she's she's got. so do you thiryeah. i think to me? >> she's she's got. so do you thiryeah. i think there to me? >> she's she's got. so do you thiryeah. i think there iso me? >> she's she's got. so do you thiryeah. i think there is ame? >> yeah. i think there is a little bit of a you know you know what the way that she was on the front pages all the on the front pages of all the papers and it occurred papers yesterday and it occurred to carol, what were to me, carol, what you were saying, i was thinking, is this a little sexist of a little bit sexist is a bit of misogyny way she's misogyny with the way she's being depicted? >> it's then i remembered >> it's a lot. then i remembered gordon brown that bigoted >> it's a lot. then i remembered gordon and/n that bigoted >> it's a lot. then i remembered gordon and he that bigoted >> it's a lot. then i remembered gordon and he gotthat bigoted >> it's a lot. then i remembered gordon and he got caught.)ted woman and he got caught. >> duffy did. >> gillian duffy yes, he did. >> gillian duffy yes, he did. >> having a go with >> but he was having a go with someone personally. mean, someone personally. i mean, i think that bigoted think he called her that bigoted woman. did. i think, think woman. he did. i think, i think he did a terrible thing that was supposed record supposed to be an off the record comment and she was upset because she thought the interviewer, well, he was treating he treating her like a criminal. he was her it was was talking to her like it was all and it she's all her fault. and it was she's been job months. but been in the job ten months. but i do think i do think she says outrageous and outrageous things sometimes. and but says in but a lot of what she says in the in the

the outrageousness in the controversial a lot of it's true. >> e- true. >> but she shouldn't >> yeah but she shouldn't have said grace said for instance grace don't matter and do matter they flip it and do matter. hard. >> g- @ they don't matter in >> she said they don't matter in ten years time. and she's kind of because on path. >> they're talking of kids. i really to get this story really want to get to this story about street about great ormond street and the language becoming quite woke. this about, woke. what's this about, sam yeah, it's about stuff being told phrase girls told to not use the phrase girls and in a child. and boys to assume in a child. >> a children's hospital >> it's a children's hospital and ultimately it's outrageous . and ultimately it's outrageous. >> biology beyond beyond for young children. >> you know, this this actually matters. it affects how you are treated medically in some circumstances . so to kind of circumstances. so to kind of tell doctors to you know, it's is a bit kind of and what is the logic in case you offend people, you know, and this is the problem, isn't it, with the whole trans row, it's about not wanting to offend people. but in doing so, you can actually cause people bigger harm who at the hospital has come up with this mad scheme ? mad scheme? >> is it doctors? is it the union? >> there's often a diversity officer. >> it's a it's like a committee within that hospital. but you

can guarantee that that committee will be being advised by stonewall because there's an agenda and you know, sam agenda here. and you know, sam saying, who is this going to serve? you're going to serve , serve? you're going to serve, you know, a tiny percentage of the kids in great ormond street and you're going rest and you're going to put the rest of of harm? of them at risk of harm? >> well, they'll be they'll be baffled >> well, they'll be they'll be baf well, and you know, kids >> well, yes. and you know, kids have got be taught about have got to be taught about about biology , erg, you know, about biology, erg, you know, about biology, erg, you know, about what they are at birth, what their body , how their what their body, how their bodies different. bodies are different. >> world's famous >> it's the world's most famous children's and this children's hospital and this madness is now it's happening everywhere. >> and all i know it's happening. >> and in a way, i think what part of my issue with it is, is that debate is about that the trans debate is about not because understand not solely because i understand it's about character and individuality , but it's about individuality, but it's about sexuality . sam it's about who do sexuality. sam it's about who do you fancy effectively. and so the idea that you're putting this notion of sexuality into a children's hospital, into the language i find utterly repellent, well, i think really, you know , young girls and boys

you know, young girls and boys should just be to free be young girls and boys. >> and we shouldn't be putting all kind of adult ideas all these kind of adult ideas about onto them and about identity onto them and making it a thing. about identity onto them and making it a thing . just let them making it a thing. just let them be who they are. yeah you know, we to create this we don't have to create this confusion around them and kind of about of tell them about these concepts are are things concepts that are are things that are not part of their lives. >> we want we want to know. we want to talk about meghan. >> thought doing >> we thought we were doing that in the next world, but we're doing next one. doing that in the next one. >> oh, we? >> oh, are we? >> oh, are we? >> i think we should do >> i think i think we should do it both times. i think it's i think quite ready us think it's quite ready for us in the gallery. think it's quite ready for us in the gallwe. think it's quite ready for us in the gallwe then on this same >> can we then on this same topic the topic actually then sam, in the express this is one express gender swap this is one of right? of your stories, right? >> so before >> yes, it is. so before parliament into recess for parliament went into recess for some. this outrageous. some. oh, this is outrageous. yeah, be yeah, we were supposed to be getting guidance. getting some guidance. headteachers were supposed to be issued with guidance about how to in to deal with this issue in schools has become to deal with this issue in s(growing has become to deal with this issue in s(growing issue. has become to deal with this issue in s(growing issue. kidshas become to deal with this issue in s(growing issue. kidshas lgo>me a growing issue. kids who go into and actually, i into school and say, actually, i want to change my want to i want to change my pronouns. girl pronouns. so, you know, a girl wants be referred to as a wants to now be referred to as a boy, change their boy, wants to change their name, change they dress, etcetera. change how they dress, etcetera. and kind and it's become this kind of growing teachers growing problem. and teachers are just with it are having to just deal with it on own kind initiative. on their own kind of initiative. really. guidance

really. they've got no guidance from yeah, we're from government. yeah, so we're supposed rules supposed to get these rules before the summer holiday? that didn't happen . we found out last didn't happen. we found out last night in a kind of very convoluted way. nobody would really us in very really talk to us in a very straightforward about straightforward fashion about this. it turns out there's a this. but it turns out there's a bit of this guidance which relates to social transition in the bit where you say, actually i known as they . i want to be known as they. yeah, they and what, what the government wanted to do was change the law to make it so teachers weren't obliged to abide by that . but actually abide by that. but actually rishi sunak has thought this is going to be a whole massive battle within the tory party. >> what's wrong that ? >> what's wrong with that? >> what's wrong with that? >> agree . >> well, i agree. >> well, i agree. >> i think what's wrong with that? >> it's called leadership. >> it's called leadership. >> what's wrong? called >> what's wrong? it's called leadership on that. >> what's wrong? it's called lea it rship on that. >> what's wrong? it's called lea it seemsn that. >> what's wrong? it's called lea it seems that t. >> what's wrong? it's called lea it seems that it's certainly >> it seems that it's certainly not the king's not going to be in the king's speech. ducked it, which is speech. he's ducked it, which is pretty to this. >> he's ducked. you know why >> he's ducked. but you know why he's of he's doing it at the expense of the children. >> he's doing it because in the lead election, he lead up to the election, he doesn't infighting. and lead up to the election, he doe tories infighting. and lead up to the election, he doe tories very1fighting. and lead up to the election, he doe tories very much ng. and lead up to the election, he doe tories very much split, d the tories are very much split, but lead by but he should lead on this by saying, is i'm a father and saying, this is i'm a father and we've got young children and we

should think of the votes he would get with him. >> there are many tories >> and there are not many tories who to this and who are opposed to this and they're minority, but they're in a minority, but they're in a minority, but they're well, the they're noisy vocal. well, the trans people are. >> bunch of shrill >> it's a bunch of shrill activists that he's caved in to. >> this is a great >> again, this is a great opportunity for the prime minister issue minister to grab an issue because they've got very few issues popular retail issues with popular retail appeal should be taking this. >> and instead he's ducked it again. >> can we badenoch is actually you know, she's the equalities minister. she's actually she wants him to be tough. she's actually i know, oddly enough, keegan is against and kemi badenoch poll showed this week is the most popular tory minister because he wants to get stuck in she what ladies stuck in she knows what ladies we chat all day but we we could chat all day but we have and are to talk have and we are going to talk aboutin have and we are going to talk about in a little while. >> to be talking very about in a little while. >> to to be talking very about in a little while. >> to our to be talking very about in a little while. >> to our politicalalking very about in a little while. >> to our political editor, very soon to our political editor, our editor, our brand new political editor, chris chris chris hope, about chris pincher's nye bevan. pincher's resignation nye bevan. >> we are gb news britain's news . channel >> the temperature's rising boxt

solar proud sponsors of weather on . gb news. on. gb news. >> hello, very good morning to you. it's aidan magee here from the met office with the gb news forecast. after a warm night. it's a hot and sunny one once again, most of us, some again, for most of us, some clouds in the sky. however, as we start things off, especially these north sea coast, once again, now that cloud will burn back to the beaches through the morning. there's also morning. but there's also some cloud with thundery cloud associated with thundery showers north across showers moving up north across western parts of the uk . these western parts of the uk. these will be hit and miss through the day . a chance of frequent day. a chance of frequent lightning these occur and lightning where these occur and big rainfall. but away big drops of rainfall. but away from showers, although from any showers, although there'll be some and high there'll be some medium and high level for many, it's level cloud for many, it's another or hot one today another warm or hot one today with temperatures of 32 celsius in london, 28 celsius for northern scotland . but across northern scotland. but across scotland and northern ireland, the chance into the evening of further thundery showers before they clear away and that low cloud returns to north sea beaches overnight and edges

inland as the night goes on. but a clear spells for many and it's another warm one, 1920 celsius in places mid to high teens across northern parts of the uk, 20 or 21 celsius in the south. as we begin friday, some patchy cloud around, some low cloud around some of these southwest shores as well the north sea shores as well as the north sea coast. but otherwise, for many it's sunny skies and we'll see a chance of temperatures ending up even higher , 32. and as we go even higher, 32. and as we go into saturday, 33 three celsius possible . the temperatures possible. the temperatures rising , boxt possible. the temperatures rising, boxt solar possible. the temperatures rising , boxt solar power rising, boxt solar power sponsors of weather on .

well . good morning . well. good morning. >> it's 11 am. on thursday, september the seventh. this is gb news on britain . this is gb news on britain. this is britain's newsroom on gb news with andrew pierce and bev turner. >> do you know where we are by now? i hope you do. right. the huntis now? i hope you do. right. the hunt is on this morning. terror suspect and former british army soldier cunliffe, who soldier daniel cunliffe, who escaped from wandsworth prison yesterday, not been yesterday, still has not been found. we'll bring you an emergency statement to the commons at 1130. pincher commons live at 1130. pincher quits another headache for rishi sunak. >> this morning. the disgraced mp chris pincher has announced he's quitting his seat. his seat . it's another by—election for the conservatives. we'll be talking to political editor, talking to our political editor, chris who broke the story

chris hope, who broke the story . nuclear threat. . a nuclear threat. >> russia warns of escalation if america returns its nuclear or its nukes to british bases for the first time in 15 years. we'll bring you the details of that missing meghan. >> no, i'm not, actually. but prince harry's back in the uk to present an award for a charity's patron of later today, but no sign of his wife. >> i think she's deliberately staying in the background, staying in the background, staying out of the public high, sharpening her axe, sharpening our pencils with a back to school analogy, ready for her relaunch. >> that's what i think she's doing and i think she's going to come back and do more business stuff, more politics even you'd love that, wouldn't you, chris? let us know what you think this morning. email us gbviews@gbnews.com. i'm going to start calling that meghan

start calling that the meghan groan. andrew. first, groan. yes, from andrew. first, though, here's your latest news with rhiannon jones . with rhiannon jones. >> beth thank you. good morning . it's coming up to 11:02. your top stories from the newsroom. the manhunt for a terror suspect who escaped from a wandsworth prison continues as concerns are raised about security at the jail . a former british army jail. a former british army soldier , daniel abbott, kalief soldier, daniel abbott, kalief was awaiting trial accused of leaving fake bombs at a military base. it's believed he escaped from the prison kitchen by hiding under a food delivery van. security checks are being tightened at ports to prevent him from leaving the country . him from leaving the country. former met police detective peter bleksley told gb news it'll be much easier to find him if he acted alone. if he was an opportunist, opportunist and he planted his fan on the spur of the moment and he's on his own with no pre—planning, no

resources , and living on his resources, and living on his wits , then i would suggest he'll wits, then i would suggest he'll be far easier to find because he would, for example, quite possibly be scavenging in bins for food. >> if, however , this is >> if, however, this is pre—planned and he is supported by a network of fellow minded criminals , then of course he criminals, then of course he could have cash, shelter, change of clothing, false passport, any number of things. and he may already have left the country . already have left the country. >> network rail has pleaded guilty to health and safety failings over a train crash that killed three people. the company didn't warn the driver. the track near stonehaven was unsafe in august 2020. the scotrail train derailed after hitting a landslide, then crashed into the side of a bridge, causing carriages to fall down an embankment . the train driver, embankment. the train driver, conductor and a passenger died . conductor and a passenger died. the prime minister is facing another by—election following the resignation of his former

deputy chief whip, chris pincher . the mp for tamworth made the decision after losing an appeal against an eight week suspension over groping allegations. he was accused of drunkenly assaulting two men at a private member's club last summer. in a statement , mr pincher said he didn't want uncertainty for his constituents science secretary michelle donelan told gb news the situation has been a huge distraction from other important political issues. >> we, of course want to ensure that every constituent across the country gets the very best service from their members of parliament. this has been a big distraction in terms of british politics. this story throughout the whole period hasn't it? i'm sure we can all agree on that. and the things that took place in regards to this individual were certainly not acceptable by any member of parliament, and i don't condone them whatsoever. >> the uk is rejoining the european union's . £85 billion european union's. £85 billion science research programme horizon. the move follows months

of negotiations with a bespoke agreement signed off with the eu. researchers in the uk will be able to apply for grants to take part in horizon projects until the programme ends in 2027. the uk had been excluded from the scheme because of a disagreement over the northern ireland protocol. the chancellor will open the larger list electric vehicle charging site in the uk today. electric vehicle charging site in the uk today . the charging in the uk today. the charging hub at the nec in birmingham is being funded by private investment and can cater for 150 180 cars simultaneously . it 180 cars simultaneously. it includes 30 fast charging stations that can fully charge vehicles in under 30 minutes. jeremy hunt says the groundbreaking site will be a major transport hub for the future . the us is sending future. the us is sending controversial armour piercing munitions to ukraine is part of a £1 billion package of military and humanitarian aid announced

as the secretary of state visited kyiv . as ukraine visited kyiv. as ukraine continues its fight against russia. anthony blinken told president zelenskyy the new assistance will help it build momentum. the two day trip is his fourth to the country since the war began last year. his fourth to the country since the war began last year . the vet the war began last year. the vet industry is under review following concerns. pet owners are being overcharged. figures suggest the cost of care and medicine has surged, rising faster than inflation. the consumer and markets authorities worried pet owners aren't getting value for money. it also fears they're not being given easy access to information about pricing and treatment options when deciding which vet to use. the regulator wants both the pubuc the regulator wants both the public and practitioners to contribute to the review to pay pnzed contribute to the review to pay prized items which belong to freddie mercury. have started going up for auction . a final going up for auction. a final warning at 1,400,000 sold to you. >> thank you very, very much indeed. 1,000,004.

>> the baby grand piano used to compose bohemian rhapsody is among over a thousand possessions sold by sotheby's , possessions sold by sotheby's, including fees. it went for £1.7 million. but that's well below the 2.3 million expected. 2000 people from 61 countries registered to bid for the 59 lots yesterday. all of which sold. the auction was the first of a six day sale of his personal belongings . and japan personal belongings. and japan has joined the moon race with a successful rocket launch this summer, but which has been activated. >> this is dan wootton lee kuan yew. all systems. >> japan's bidding to become only the fifth country to land only the fifth country to land on the moon after the us, russia, china and india. it's the fourth attempt this year. all previous attempts were marred by bad weather. two weeks ago, india made history when it successfully landed a spacecraft near the south pole of the moon.

this is gb news across the uk on tv, in your car, on digital radio and on your smart speaker. by radio and on your smart speaker. by saying play gb news now it's back over to andrew and . back over to andrew and. bev >> so the police have closed a stretch of the m20 in kent amid an ongoing effort to track down escaped terrorists . suspect escaped terrorists. suspect daniel khalif. >> our home security editor mark white joins us live from the scene of the escape, that prison in london. mark what do we know about this? why the police have closed road ? closed the road? >> yeah, well, the first thing to point out, it is not because of a specific incident as such on the m20, but it is part and parcel of what we're seeing in ports and airports, which are enhanced checks that are leading to significant queues. so what kent police have done in conjunction with our other

partners is to close a stretch of the m20 between junction eight coastwise coastbound leads castle to junction nine for ashford , and that will allow ashford, and that will allow them to carry out the kind of stacking that they do with freight vehicles at times when the port is extremely busy, it's an emergency measure. according to kent police . it will they to kent police. it will they hope, get back to normal as soon as he can do that. but because of these enhanced security checks that are taking place at the port of dover, it is just having this knock on effect . and having this knock on effect. and this is being replicated at other ports and at airports right across the country, because we're now at the situation where more than a day has elapsed since danny oakleaf disappeared and hid under beneath that lorry as it left at

wandsworth prison . no trace of wandsworth prison. no trace of him as yet . and of course, the him as yet. and of course, the longer he goes without being captured and the more potential there is for him to work his way potentially to a port or airport to try to get out of the country somehow . somehow. >> okay. thank you, mark. >> okay. thank you, mark. >> fascinating. and of course, just to remind you, there is a statement in the house of commons this morning with the justice secretary, alex chalk, about this about the escape of this prisoner who apparently he just in gean prisoner who apparently he just in gear, simply in his kitchen gear, simply sailed the front door of the sailed out the front door of the prison attached himself to prison and attached himself to the underneath of a van and off he like that on his own , he went like that on his own, like out of scooby doo like something out of scooby doo or. amazing, isn't it? yeah. so that's so. so chalk will be talking about that and we will of course go to the comments when that happens. >> you might remember this >> so you might remember this story. of was on our story. it it sort of was on our radar week we've radar last week and we've interviewed a few people about it. this is but it's it. and this is about but it's escalated because escalated basically because russia has warned that it will view any return of american nuclear weapons to british

bases. remember it now is an explicit escalation of conflict. >> now, this comes after reports the us air force has secured a £39 million in funding for a project that could place american weapons on american planes on british soil at an at an american airbase in suffolk . an american airbase in suffolk. that would be the first time since two thousand and seven and 2008. >> so let's find out more from political commentator danny armed strong, who comes to us, as you can see live from moscow. good morning, danny. great to see you . so would this suggest see you. so would this suggest that we're doing the right thing in this country by accepting american missiles on our soil? well, we discussed it last week and andrew and i both had concerns that this would be seen as an act of provocation for russia. that's what putin russia. and that's what putin has now come out said . and has now come out and said. and yeah, it's good to see you, bev, as well. >> and also andrew, as i'm here in front of red square and there's no real threat and no real feeling that any kind of political tensions are going on.

really. i mean, this word escalation, it kind of gets bandied about. there's a lot of political posturing. and then it really does it doesn't really come to anything. i mean, as regards the f—35, a fighter jets that are capable of carrying tactical nuclear warheads, being stationed at raf lakenheath. now, this was made possible by nato sanctioning or listing rather, the uk as a nato nuclear base. this is exactly what russia was hoping to prevent in ukraine, possibly joining nato . ukraine, possibly joining nato. it's the reason or a big reason if you listen to certainly the russian federation, vladimir putin and the ministry of foreign affairs , what they foreign affairs, what they wanted to prevent and why there has been such a why there has been a conflict in ukraine, maria zakharova said this is an escalation and they won't . the escalation and they won't. the russian side are not going to accept anything other than those weapons being returned. now if you remember back in the summer, russia deployed tactical nuclear weapons to belarus . there was a weapons to belarus. there was a huge media brouhaha around that.

but this word escalation, i wouldn't read too much into it. it does get bandied about quite often. the ministry of foreign affairs actually two days ago when systems, the british company , a british arms company company, a british arms company , said it was opening factories for tanks in ukraine. it called it opportunism and the chance to make a couple of a couple of quick quid, as it were. so i wouldn't read too much into this escalation. but yeah, that's that's what's coming from the ministry of foreign affairs, their escalation. >> danny fascinated. you're there in moscow square. there in moscow on red square. what the view? what is the what is the view? what is the reaction of ordinary russians? are they talking about what's happening ukraine? what do happening in ukraine? what do they about it? is social they know about it? is social media still pretty much blocked by kremlin . in by the kremlin. in >> well, yeah, everybody has to download a vpn. and if those from an older generation don't know what vpn are, then all they have is state media channels to get information from those get their information from those of a younger generation .

of a younger generation. coincidentally, those who show an opinion that's not exactly for the war because they know what the consequences of that. they know the sanctions that will come with it. they know that going to restrict that it's going to restrict travel. they can sort of get around it and get to on things like instagram and twitter and read what some opponents are saying and some things that have been purposefully the been blocked purposefully by the kremlin . exactly. for that fact, kremlin. exactly. for that fact, for the fact that people would form an opinion against the war in ukraine. however on the streets in moscow, it's rather a sunny summer day. if we can call it summer. it's getting towards autumn now. people don't seem to be bothered by it. the news of the war doesn't seem to be bothered by a lot of people that ispeak bothered by a lot of people that i speak to. people are just getting on with daily life and i think that's that's that's quite, um , that's quite, it's quite, um, that's quite, it's quite, um, that's quite, it's quite reflection of sort of quite a reflection of sort of a russian mentality get on with russian mentality to get on with things no matter how bad it gets. >> hey, thanks, danny. great to gets. >> you. thanks, danny. great to gets. >> you. join ks, danny. great to gets. >> you. join us danny. great to gets. >> you. join us againy. great to gets. >> you. join us again soon, t to see you. join us again soon, won't you? from moscow . i think won't you? from moscow. i think

it's interesting to see it's really interesting to see that. perspective from there. it's %- there. it's goes on. ukraine's >> it's life goes on. ukraine's a long way from moscow. he's a boy salford. a long way from moscow. he's a boyyou salford. a long way from moscow. he's a boyyou know,)rd. a long way from moscow. he's a boyyou know, he is >> you know, he is in manchester, fluent in russian. just want to just want to bring in your this in some of your views this morning. i've been asking for them. said and them. we haven't said them and we about vegans and we were talking about vegans and being into a vegan menu being forced into a vegan menu on university campuses. and davis freedom is davis says freedom of choice is what john has said the what we need. john has said the question is, should university students go vegan? it's not the role the university to role of the university to dictate diet . as tina said, dictate my diet. as tina said, i haven't eaten meat for 50 years. that's my choice. >> well, and that's >> yeah, well, and that's the point. it's choice. also, point. it's about choice. also, a of you getting in touch a lot of you getting in touch about the prisoner the run. about the prisoner on the run. steve he's a soldier. steve says he's a soldier. they're in and they're trained in escape and evasion. elaine why evasion. and elaine says, why don't x—ray scanners don't they have x—ray scanners for to go over like a for vehicles to go over like a similar to airport security scanner scanners? it's not rocket and ken says rocket science. and ken says question be how question shouldn't be how he escaped, allowed escaped, but how was he allowed into in the first place? >> well, lots of questions . and >> well, lots of questions. and as say, we will bring you any as we say, we will bring you any breaking news on the retrieval of but he's not a of that escaped. but he's not a criminal. he's on he's on he's basically alleged he's an

alleged spy. thank you. that's the phrase i was looking for right now. moving on, former tory pincher tory whip chris pincher has announced resignation after announced his resignation after losing his appeal against an eight suspension commons. >> was thrust into the >> he was thrust into the national he national spotlight because he apparently groped two young men in carlton club , which is in the carlton club, which is the bastion of the tory party the that followed the events then that followed led directly to boris johnson's resignation. resign today means another by—election for the conservatives in the once safe seat of tamworth. our political editor chris hope broke the story and he joins us from essex. chris i don't think there's any such thing as a safe tory seat or labour seat in a by—election. there's a 20,000 majority here. i'll lay money. i don't think you take it. labour will win the by—election maybe. >> andrew but i think the person replacing pincher has been decided already because of course chris pincher has been an independent mp since last year when he resigned as the whip and of course led to collapse of of course led to the collapse of bofis of course led to the collapse of boris johnson's administration . boris johnson's administration. ian the mp for

ian eddie hughes, the mp for walsall north, is very well regarded, very good mp, former regarded, a very good mp, former minister in the levelling up department. he's been moved into that already. think that seat already. so i think unusually you're going to have an there , a candidate me an mp there, a candidate for me fighting by—election who fighting this by—election who has a real chance. i think has got a real chance. i think he's well regarded certainly here. i don't know how well he's regarded in tamworth will soon, soon out next month. andrew soon find out next month. andrew and is going to be yet and bev is going to be yet another big in another big, big month in politics. got this politics. we've got this by—election. rutherglen and hamilton we, 5th hamilton haven't we, on the 5th of october. that's one that labour to win show they labour have to win to show they can back seats from the snp. can win back seats from the snp. the october, the 19th of october, mid—bedfordshire that's the nadine dorries seat. i put my money on tamworth being on the same day as that. so a double by—election in two really safe tory seats, as you say, 19,000 majority there for chris pincher . he increased that from 6000 in 2010. so a big a big month coming going forward into october on the by—election. >> can i just clarify with you, did you say eddie hughes will be the candidate candidate in

tamworth who's the mp for walsall? north yeah. does that mean he's standing down as mp for walsall north? >> that's right. well what's happened, you know there's, there's been this big shake—up of, of constituency of where they are walsall north is being dissolved in these changes. so what happens is within the parliamentary party they try and find other seats for mps and they are ahead of all the other candidates and they're given a good seat if they can find one locally. and eddie hughes is getting getting tamworth. so we knew that that was announced previously . what didn't previously. but what we didn't know that the test for him know was that the test for him is to happen next month is going to happen next month rather the the rather than in the in the election next year. >> andrew okay. and chris, it's a day there in essex, but a lovely day there in essex, but why are you in essex? >> are you having a day off? what day is it? it's not a friday is it? no, it's a thursday. okay. you just enjoying the sunshine. >> i don't a day >> i don't, i don't get a day off. quite right to off. beverley quite right to beverley. weren't gb news gb beverley. you weren't gb news gb news beverley. you weren't gb news gb ne\what are doing in essex? thanks

>> thanks for that. no okay. i'm here for priti patel. the local mp is visiting. she's very upset because four of her primary schools in her seat have been affected by a so—called rack. the school behind me , honeywood the school behind me, honeywood has been partially closed because of the issue with concrete . and later today, concrete. and later today, gillian keegan , who is the gillian keegan, who is the education secretary, she'll be meeting essex county councillors. it appears to affect essex more than others . a affect essex more than others. a lot the schools here were lot of the schools here were built very quickly after the war, weren't they, in order to deal the booming population deal with the booming population in means that deal with the booming population in concrete means that deal with the booming population in concrete isn't means that deal with the booming population in concrete isn't the sans that deal with the booming population in concrete isn't the best that the concrete isn't the best stuff and that's they've got stuff and that's why they've got to with it quickly. so she to deal with it quickly. so she is concerned and later on we'll talk to on gb news to priti patel, hopefully later on patel, and hopefully later on we'll seeing julie king we'll be seeing what julie king has say. so the whole has got to say. so the whole rack story has moved to essex today. >> great. well, where the story goes, we follow news. goes, we follow at gb news. chris very capable chris hope in your very capable hands. we look forward to hands. and so we look forward to seeing interview little seeing that interview a little bit later on. gb news right. >> still to come, we've got good news for the british economy . news for the british economy. we're live at ellesmere port by

our economics going to our economics editor is going to tell us about a very good news story .

patrick christys on gb news and gb news radio . 1123 gb news radio. 1123 with britain's newsroom on gb news with andrew pierce and bev turner. >> so stellantis has announced the opening of its ellesmere port manufacturing facility, which will become the first plant dedicated to electric vehicle production. >> home security editor liam

halligan joins us from the site . morning, liam. good morning. i should say, and is very should say, and this is very good for news the economy, isn't it? for the local area, of it? and for the local area, of course it is indeed, andrew. >> so i'm here at ellesmere port just across from the river mersey. i'm in cheshire. they've been making cars here since the early 60s under the vauxhall brand. we know that now almost 2/5 of all cars produced in the uk are evs or electric vehicles and that is going to go up as the ban on new sales of petrol and diesel cars looms. in 2030. stellantis is a conglomerate. it's a french italian american conglomerate . it's owned conglomerate. it's owned vauxhall since 2021. there's a vauxhall since 2021. there's a vauxhall plant in luton, of course, and there's a vauxhall plant here and ellesmere port and i'd say the security of this plant is now very, very clear.

stellantis has invested a huge amount of money in the building behind me. we can't get in there to broadcast live. we're having problems with the signal because of the steel roof of the building. but behind me , i've building. but behind me, i've seen can see some of the seen it. you can see some of the pictures we took some pictures here. we took some pictures here. we took some pictures they pictures earlier. they have repurposed production plant repurposed the production plant . it's the of three . it's the size of three football pitches. and they're going producing here 75 going to be producing here 75 odd thousand new ev vans under the vauxhall combo. marque per yeah the vauxhall combo. marque per year. securing bev and andrew. and this is fantastic news over a thousand jobs, well paid skilled jobs for this area producing electric vehicles for years to come. >> and liam i can remember , as >> and liam i can remember, as you will remember, during the great referendum debate, how the whole car industry in this country would collapse. there'd be no car production, be no more car production, nothing would happen here because brexit would scare away investors. this is palpably untrue because this is the this this developed right here shows they're still confidence in

britain . britain. >> this is a major vote of confidence in the uk and indeed in the north—west. there's a tremendous tradition of car making on this site, on this whole industrial estate and stellantis, the third biggest car maker in the world. these guys manufacture it in over 30, 40 countries. there are huge business and they've chosen the uk. bev and andrew to site their first ever in the world. ev dedicated electric vehicle, dedicated electric vehicle, dedicated production facility. that's what they'll be doing here. it's vauxhall combo vans for now. they'll be launching the production of ev passenger vehicles on this site early next yeah vehicles on this site early next year. and yet, you're right, it wasn't brexit that really hammered the uk car production industry . it hammered the uk car production industry. it was hammered the uk car production industry . it was lockdown before industry. it was lockdown before lockdown , we were producing over lockdown, we were producing over a million cars a year in this country. the figures that came out last week suggest that we're

approaching that we're still some way short, but it's production facilities like this here in ellesmere port. that will mean the british car making industry, which still employs directly and indirectly around a million people, often in parts of the country that need those jobs. they're well paid, highly skilled jobs in manufacturing are paying a lot more than the average wage. i think this investment by stellantis means that the future of car making here in ellesmere port is secure. lots of issues with evs, of course, that we can debate, but for now, this is really good news. >> and of course when you're building electric vehicles, liam, you're not just building the car there will also need to be charging stations. there will need to be replaced and batteries made there is a whole knock on effect , isn't there, of knock on effect, isn't there, of other jobs which will be created in the longer term ? in the longer term? >> bev no one knows really what the future of low emission motoring is. it may be all

electric vehicles, it may be hydrogen, but we know evs are going to be a significant part of it. and that's why stellantis have taken a very hard nosed decision. they still own the vauxhall car plant in luton. they've taken a hard nosed decision to double up, double down, if you like, on the uk by investing heavily into the repurposing of this production facility behind me dedicated to evs . it is a facility behind me dedicated to evs. it is a major boost for the economy, the future of electric vehicles does mean an awful lot of building and an awful lot of construction and there will now be pressure because as the likes of stellantis have made this very high profile investment, the first electric vehicle rolling off the production facility , we this morning of the facility, we this morning of the first ev dedicated factory in the uk and a first for stellantis. there will now be pressure on the british government, on local authorities to get on with those charging points. there is still a lot of range anxiety out there among motorists that they won't be able to charge their car quickly

when they're mid journey. so there's a lot of work here to do, but there really is nothing else to say than to sell state the fact that the future of car making is secured on this historic site in ellesmere port in cheshire. >> okay, our business and economics editor liam halligan there . thank you, liam. it's there. thank you, liam. it's nice to do a good news story , nice to do a good news story, isn't it? jobs being created . isn't it? jobs being created. you've all been in touch this morning. this was about universities going vegan and the pressure to make them do so. phyllis said. the peter campaigner on earlier claimed that local lamb had higher that local lamb had a higher carbon footprint asian carbon footprint than asian grown . how does she expect grown tofu. how does she expect the reach the uk? i'm the tofu to reach the uk? as i'm sure it doesn't have legs , sure it doesn't have legs, you're right. >> phil yes , ted says. another >> phil yes, ted says. another nail in the coffin of freedom. if students want vegan diets, let them. but wouldn't it be against individual rights to ban meat in student canteens? yes we agree with you. like our vegan lady said, it's about being kind. >> when anyone tells you to be kind , your heckles should go up.

kind, your heckles should go up. you should be alert to the fact that you might be being made to do something you don't want to do. good, you do. kindness is good, but you know, come on, tyranny of the minority anyway, right. still to come, justice secretary come, the justice secretary will give statement the give a statement regarding the terror the run. we're terror suspect on the run. we're going live the house of going to be live to the house of commons statement. commons for that statement. first, rhiannon first, though, here's rhiannon jones your . news jones with your. news >> thank you. good morning. it's coming up to 1130. your top stories from the newsroom now. police have closed a stretch of the m20 in kent as the manhunt for a terror suspect who escaped from a wandsworth prison continues. former british army soldier daniel abbott. continues. former british army soldier daniel abbott . kalief soldier daniel abbott. kalief was awaiting trial, accused of leaving fake bombs at a military base. it's believed he escaped from the prison kitchen by hiding under a food delivery van. security checks are being tightened at ports to prevent him from leaving the country .

him from leaving the country. network rail has pleaded guilty to health and safety failings over a train crash that killed three people in stonehaven in august 2020. the scotrail train derailed after hitting a landslide. it then crashed into the side of a bridge, causing carriages to fall down an embankment . the train driver, embankment. the train driver, conductor and a passenger died . conductor and a passenger died. the prime minister is facing another by—election following the resignation of his former deputy chief whip, chris pincher, the mp for tamworth made the decision after losing an appeal against an eight week suspension over groping allegations in a statement, mr pincher said he didn't want uncertainty for his constituents and the uk's rejoining the european union's £85 billion science research programme horizon. the move follows months of negotiations with a bespoke agreement signed off with the eu

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were they followed? a second? i have ordered an investigation into the categorising action decision by mps where all relevant matters taken into consideration in determining where in the custodial estate. daniel kelly should be held . in daniel kelly should be held. in both cases, i have asked for the preliminary findings to be with me by the end of this week and an assessment will be made then about what can properly be put into the public domain. i have also decided there will need to be an additional independent investigation into this incident and that will take place in due course. i want to turn, madam deputy speaker, to the wider prisoner cohort held by mps in light of . the placement and light of. the placement and categorisation of everyone held in hmp wandsworth and second into the location of all those into the location of all those in the custodial estate charged with terrorism offences . let me with terrorism offences. let me turn now to the issue of prison security , as the house will no security, as the house will no doubt be aware , the escapes from doubt be aware, the escapes from prison are extremely rare and

the numbers have declined substantially in the last 10 to 15 years. this has been due in considerable part to sustained investment in improved physical and intelligence security that includes investment of £100 million in the period since 2019 on measures such as enhanced gate security with x ray body scanners , which has driven up scanners, which has driven up the fines of drugs , weapons and the fines of drugs, weapons and other contraband , including other contraband, including tools that could be used to aid an escape from prison . hmpps has an escape from prison. hmpps has also enhanced intelligence and anti—corruption operations in prison, working more closely than ever with partners , than ever with partners, including the intelligence agencies . including the intelligence agencies. this has involved productive initiatives such as setting up the joint counter—terror prisons and probation hub. madam deputy speaker . i probation hub. madam deputy speaker. i commend this statement to the house. >> shadow secretary of state siobhan mahmood. >> thank you . thank you very >> thank you. thank you very much, madam deputy speaker. and ithank much, madam deputy speaker. and i thank the secretary of state

for advance sight of his statement. and i would like to reiterate that our support for the police and all of those who are involved in the search to recapture daniel aslef and i very much hope that that search will be brought to a swift and successful conclusion so that the rest of the legal process may take place. madam deputy speaken may take place. madam deputy speaker, this is an extremely serious matter and it has highlighted catastrophic nick and multiple failures , not just and multiple failures, not just in respect of this case, but of our wider criminal justice system. it simply beggars belief . a prison, a prison by clinging to the bottom of a food delivery van.the to the bottom of a food delivery van. the simplest question for the justice secretary today is how on earth was this allowed to happen? how is such an escape even possible? and nothing that he has said to the house today so far gets us remotely close to

a full answer to this central question . now, i know he will question. now, i know he will say when he responds to me that it is early days that he has ordered the relevant investigations and they they must have some time to conclude . but with respect, madam deputy speaker , it gives me no speaker, it gives me no confidence that the secretary of state has today arrived with a list of very basic questions that, frankly, he should already know some of the answers to and be able to share with the house today. i note with complete agreement both what he says and your direction. madam deputy speaken your direction. madam deputy speaker, that nothing must be said either in the chamber or indeed anywhere else, that may prejudice any future trial or indeed the live operation that is currently underway . but the is currently underway. but the circumstances and the facts of the escape itself are a separate matter , and that is that it is matter, and that is that it is of legitimate and urgent concern to this house and also to the wider public. and that is

separate from the nature of any and all charges that will form the basis of future trials or other investigations. and really , the justice secretary does need to give much fuller answers to the house today rather than a list of his own questions. and so on. the circumstances of the escape itself, can he at least tell the house when he responds ? how many staff were on duty at wandsworth prison yesterday? is he confident and can he tell us that all of the relevant searches were done? and where there are failures, perhaps the number of protocols that he is concerned and may have been breached? will his investigate nafions breached? will his investigate nations assess the quality of the training and the experience of prison staff at hmp wandsworth? and will he be bringing in any additional expertise to assist with those matters whilst he is getting on top of the facts himself in

respect of the categorisation version of this particular prisoner? madam deputy speaker , prisoner? madam deputy speaker, why was a suspected terror offender held at a category b jail whilst on remand despite many other suspected and indeed convicted terrorists being held in the high security estate ? why in the high security estate? why was daniel khalifa moved from belmarsh to wandsworth? and can he at least tell us whether a risk assessment before any such move took place was undertaken? that is, at least a yes or a no answer. can you tell us how many similar suspects are in category b or indeed hmp, wandsworth and what is the timescale for such an assessment in relation to the two urgent reviews ? and may i two urgent reviews? and may i say to him with respect, it should be a relatively short exercise to get across the detail and indeed the total number of the current prison population at wandsworth and the fact that the justice secretary

hasn't come to the house with even small amount of detail even that small amount of detail . think i do have to say, . i think i do have to say, madam speaker, is madam deputy speaker, is unacceptable . on the issue of unacceptable. on the issue of the location of all of those charged offences , charged with terror offences, can you us the total number can you tell us the total number of the individuals that are being considered in this category as of today across the whole of the prison estate, when will that urgent review of those numbers? and i hope he can share the total number. when will that urgent review take place? and i accept he cannot share any details, but does he know the number of individuals that might be of concern and who may need to be moved to a different be of concern and who may need location given the events of be of concern and who may need yesterday on the broader investigation, madam deputy yesterday on the broader to me in relation to the terms of reference for such an investigation? what does he envisage for the timescale for that longer fuller investigation ? on and on the matter of independence , can he give us independence, can he give us some reassurance as to whether he will make sure that it will

not be a case of him and others who are responsible ultimately for this failure, marking their own homework? what consideration is given to the independence and the identity of who might be carrying out that investigation for him? madam deputy speaker , for him? madam deputy speaker, the developments of the last 24 hours have shown us yet another example of the conservative mismanagement, which has meant that they are unable to run vast swathes the public realm, swathes of the public realm, whether it be schools threatening our children's education their learning , or education and their learning, or now a terror suspect on the now with a terror suspect on the loose. ultimately, one of the main functions of government is to keep citizens safe and on to keep its citizens safe and on his watch, madam deputy speaker, courts are in probation courts are in crisis. probation is in crisis. the cps is in crisis and prisons are in crisis . and so finally, when will the secretary of state get a grip estate? well thank you, madam deputy speaker. >> and can i begin by welcoming the right honourable lady to her place? so i will try and address the points that she raises. first of all, it is important to

note i was pleased to hear her remarks about not wanting to prejudice a future trial . escape prejudice a future trial. escape is a criminal offence, so we do need to keep that in mind. and she asks about whether there will be an inquiries into staff on duty. the quality of training? absolutely that's precisely what i have asked to take place. she asks about whether there's additional expertise yes yes. expertise in place. yes yes. that's already in place in wandsworth at the moment, assisting with the investigation . but as i indicated in my opening remarks , i want to know opening remarks, i want to know who was on duty in the kitchens, who was on duty in the kitchens, who was on duty in the kitchens, who was on duty at the gate, what protocol that was what was the protocol that was in place? was it applied? and if it wasn't applied , why wasn't it it wasn't applied, why wasn't it appued? it wasn't applied, why wasn't it applied? these are the applied? these are all the questions that asked. and questions that i've asked. and she assured that they she can be assured that they will be answered on timing. i've already indicated that i want to have the preliminary answers on already indicated that i want to hav desk preliminary answers on already indicated that i want to havdesk byeliminary answers on already indicated that i want to hav desk by the inary answers on already indicated that i want to hav desk by the end' answers on already indicated that i want to havdesk by the end of1swers on already indicated that i want to hav desk by the end of this rs on already indicated that i want to hav desk by the end of this week, my desk by the end of this week, and will then be able to make and i will then be able to make and i will then be able to make a considering all the a decision considering all the relevant information what relevant information about what can be put into the public domain . but we can be put into the public domain. but we have to can be put into the public domain . but we have to proceed domain. but we have to proceed carefully and on the basis of

the evidence. and i say that because she raised a question which was factually incorrect asked. she said, why was he moved from belmarsh ? he was moved from belmarsh? he was neverin moved from belmarsh? he was never in belmarsh . and with never in belmarsh. and with respect, it is important. it is important that we don't proceed i >> -- >> we've emma; >> we've lost the statement from the house of commons live . alex the house of commons live. alex chalk, who was talking about the fleeing from the prison of the former soldier. but we've got a few minutes left. let's talk about it. a story i'm very interested in. what's happened to meghan, where is she? >> well, wouldn't we like he's going to be at this big charity event tonight. >> no sign the mail is suggesting that she may not even pitch up at the invictus games, which start on saturday. >> would bad thing >> that would be a bad thing that be huge. that would be huge. >> that would be huge, because that harry's isn't it? that is harry's baby, isn't it? it's his big of it's been his big kind of mission life. be fair. mission in life. let's be fair. he has been brilliant. and he's you know, he's worked so hard on it. you know, there's a lot

it. and, you know, there's a lot you criticise harry for, but you can criticise harry for, but thatis you can criticise harry for, but that is not absolutely. >> i do. >> and i often do. >> and i often do. >> but but that has been a great success and i think it would be a for him personally a great shame for him personally if his there. if she isn't by his side there. i think the stories around today, the king isn't going to find diary to see find time in his diary to see harry this. think it's harry during this. i think it's a great shame that i can't find time in your diary to see your son. he's offered loads son. he's he's offered up loads of the past, and harry of time in the past, and harry is just snubbed publicly. is just snubbed him publicly. >> i think i think >> you know, i think i think it's and having just slagged them all off again weeks ago , i them all off again weeks ago, i think it's quite right. you should take a stand now. well, i mean, as well, but it's mean, i have as well, but it's not related to me. no. so i mean, i think, you know, it's up to harry now. if he wants to make reparations, has to make reparations, he has to actually make the effort himself. and he's going to be kicking london because kicking around london because once wellchild once he's done these wellchild awards, family awards, all of the family are either or they're either in balmoral or they're travelling about. so who is he going he's going be going to see? he's going to be in on his own. this has in a hotel on his own. this has to be over. surely this marriage, it? marriage, doesn't it? >> she doesn't go to if >> well, if she doesn't go to if she doesn't go to the invictus

games, you think sign? games, you think that's a sign? well, yes. games, you think that's a sign? weiandes. games, you think that's a sign? weiand also, she due to make >> and also, she was due to make some kind of she was due to have a lack of presenting role in this she was going to be this game. she was going to be on last year. if you remember, she introduced them and said, you meet my fantastic you know, meet my fantastic husband and all that. and she's not be doing that. not going to be doing that. she's she might not even be there. suggestion. but there. that's a suggestion. but certainly she's not the presenting being presenting role is now being withdrawn. think, withdrawn. but i just think, you know, things that know, these are all things that are his heart. and if are close to his heart. and if you're not there to support your husband it's not husband on them, it's not looking the marriage, looking good for the marriage, is it? >> e hard know what >> it's really hard to know what to it. sam in to read into it. sam and in a way, i'm with you in that. i think it's just really sad on a personal just a personal level. it's just a family individuals. it's so personal level. it's just a fam that individuals. it's so personal level. it's just a fam that he ndividuals. it's so personal level. it's just a fam that he doesn'tals. it's so personal level. it's just a fam that he doesn'tals. ihisso sad that he doesn't see his father when comes to london. father when he comes to london. and just felt, you know, and i just felt, you know, actually quite lonely i actually it's quite a lonely i do do feel sorry for do feel i do feel sorry for harry, can't believe harry, you know, i can't believe you know we have you know, i know we have compassion our hearts. compassion in our hearts. >> one millions of >> which one of the millions of pounds the bank pounds he's got in the bank account? do you feel sorry for him? >> culpable. >> culpable. >> i think he's culpable. >> i think he's culpable. >> i think he's culpable. >> i agree. i mean, you >> yes, i agree. i mean, you know, has brought it all on know, he has brought it all on himself, feel

himself, but i still just feel i do feel bit sorry for him do feel a bit sorry for him because i just he's going because i just think he's going to lonely figure. he's to be a very lonely figure. he's got know, he's got no family. you know, he's obviously the obviously problems in the marriage. family, sam and marriage. got a family, sam and he he of manure he chose to he buckets of manure on the from a great height just he chose to he buckets of manure on the fsure a great height just he chose to he buckets of manure on the fsure loadst height just he chose to he buckets of manure on the fsure loads of eight just he chose to he buckets of manure on the fsure loads of money. st he chose to he buckets of manure on the fsure loads of money. do making sure loads of money. do you what fell in love you know what he fell in love and people do things when and people do stupid things when they you know they fall in love do you know fall in love in haste, repent at leisure. >> he did it all again week >> he did it all again last week in series of in this new series of documentaries he's doing for netflix. go them netflix. he had a go at them again. you know, hasn't even again. you know, he hasn't even reflected might have reflected on what might have been bit harsh. there he's been a bit harsh. there he's gone again. he will gone at them again. so he will attack money. why gone at them again. so he will attack his money. why gone at them again. so he will attack his family money. why gone at them again. so he will attack his family make ney. why gone at them again. so he will attack his family make timenhy gone at them again. so he will attack his family make time for' should his family make time for them? i know. should his family make time for the ii? i know. should his family make time for thei know. ow. should his family make time for thei know. iv. should his family make time for thei know. i know. all that >> i know. i know. all that makes sense. and i agree. and i think he has brought it all himself. just feel bit himself. but i just feel a bit sorry a sorry for him. yeah on a personal level, do readers. personal level, i do readers. they are not with me on this. they are not with me on this. they are not with me on this. they are very, much with they are very, very much with you they're angry they are very, very much with yo how they're angry they are very, very much with yo how we they're angry they are very, very much with yo how we actuallye angry they are very, very much with yo how we actually because gry they are very, very much with yo how we actually because iy they are very, very much with yo how we actually because i do at how we actually because i do get because he has mean, get that because he has i mean, he's caused of he's really caused a lot of problems the institute. problems for the institute. >> say you feel sorry problems for the institute. >> him, say you feel sorry problems for the institute. >> him, sam, say you feel sorry problems for the institute. >> him, sam, tomorroweel sorry problems for the institute. >> him, sam, tomorrow is sorry problems for the institute. >> him, sam, tomorrow is they for him, sam, tomorrow is the first anniversary of the death of queen elizabeth. of the great queen elizabeth. yes. would made of yes. what would she have made of it the last year? it in the last year?

>> know, did >> yeah, and you know, she did obviously, found that very obviously, she found that very difficult. and the whole recollections may vary about the way treated way meghan had been treated. and, rationally , i and, you know, so rationally, i am completely with you, but i just just a bit of me just there's just a bit of me that just actually just feels so for him. >> believe you're hard >> i can't believe you're a hard nosed >> i can't believe you're a hard noswell, with you, but this >> well, also with you, but this is the other story we're going to actually, is the to talk about actually, is the queen and the fact that tomorrow will anniversary of queen and the fact that tomorrow willpassing anniversary of queen and the fact that tomorrow willpassing , anniversary of queen and the fact that tomorrow willpassing , carol,1iversary of queen and the fact that tomorrow willpassing , carol, ofersary of queen and the fact that tomorrow willpassing , carol, of hery of queen and the fact that tomorrow willpassing , carol, of her death her passing, carol, of her death . um, what do you think we've learned about the royal family in the last year? what do we lack now that she's no longer here, do you think? >> you know , when she was still >> you know, when she was still ability. she made me personally, i think she made the nation feel safe . yes, stable. if she was at safe. yes, stable. if she was at a function, you knew this country was going to be well represented. i just i think charles is probably doing a very good job, but he's not that visible . he's not he's not visible. he's he's not he's not personality . plus, he doesn't personality. plus, he doesn't have that smile . he doesn't have have that smile. he doesn't have the smile and he he just the smile and he just he just the smile and he just he just the colour has gone from the monarchy and there's a part of

me kind of wishes i know charles had go, but there's had to have his go, but there's a me wishes it a part of me wishes that it skipped him gone straight to skipped him and gone straight to wills are wills and kate because they are colourful. the colourful. they do make the monarchy and monarchy look modern and. and you know , so it's just dull. you know, so it's just dull. >> how about you, sam? i think readers particularly at the express. >> yeah, i mean, clearly we, you know, our readers are great great love for the queen. and do miss her. but i think with the king, think actually what's king, i think actually what's happened last happened over the last year, there's kind of there's been a very kind of gentle transition because i think the king was acutely conscious, acutely aware of the fact that because the queen had reigned for so long that his, you know , taking over would be you know, taking over would be a big moment . you know, taking over would be a big moment. but and actually, it was quite a dangerous moment for the monarchy. it was. and so you needed gentle needed a very smooth, gentle transition . you need a transition. you didn't need a kind hurrah. you wanted kind of big hurrah. you wanted it to just kind of smoothly seamlessly pass from one to the other, is what's happened seamlessly pass from one to the other, i is what's happened seamlessly pass from one to the other,i thinkis what's happened seamlessly pass from one to the other,i think possibly happened . and i think possibly in the future you might a bit more future you might see a bit more colour from the king. yeah, because that danger period has passed now we've only got 20s.

>> carole malone. sam lister always lovely to see you both. enjoy the sunshine . enjoy the sunshine. >> suella oh no, enjoy the sunshine. >> i know we have come to the end of our week for me and andrew at britain's newsroom. of course, we'll be here tomorrow with tom and ellie. up next today, though, the live with tom and ellie. up next todaywith ugh, the live with tom and ellie. up next todaywith you the live with tom and ellie. up next todaywith you already live with tom and ellie. up next todaywith you already off.e with tom and ellie. up next todaywith you already off. he's desk with you already off. he's got laptop under arm. got his laptop under his arm. he's somewhere be. he's got somewhere to be. >> i'm here. >> i'm here. >> have the latest coming >> we'll have the latest coming up on the show. >> he's gone. it's the >> he's already gone. it's the latest on the great escape with the manhunt continuing in kent as police there close the channel crossing motorway in the search for missing prisoner daniel kalief . daniel kalief. >> another by—election >> yet another by—election battle on the way for rishi sunak as chris pincher resigns after his appeal, the after losing his appeal, the prime minister admits yes , it's prime minister admits yes, it's all getting difficult and fun in the sun. well, it is for those near the coast, not so much so for those in the city centre as london launches an emergency health protocol , the homeless health protocol, the homeless to be issued with free sunscreen and water, we'll be splashing that all over. more coming up in a moment. stay with us.

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gb news. >> good afternoon. it is midday and you're with the live desk here on gb news coming up this thursday lunchtime , the great thursday lunchtime, the great escape, a huge manhunt continues as kent police now close a channel crossing motorway in the search for missing prisoner daniel abed. >> caliph. yet another by—election battle for rishi sunak as chris pincher resigns after losing his appeal against an eight week suspension following groping allegations , following groping allegations, the prime minister admits it's all getting difficult fun in the

sun for those in the park or near the coast. but more serious for the city centres as london launches an emergency health protocol to protect the homeless in soaring temperatures. >> plus , hey big spender dame >> plus, hey big spender dame shirley bassey is the latest star booking on our ever more expensive stamps as she marks her 70 year career in song . her 70 year career in song. first, let's get your news headunes first, let's get your news headlines with rhiannon . pip. headlines with rhiannon. pip. >> thank you. good afternoon. it's 12:01. your top stories it's12:01. your top stories from the gb newsroom . the from the gb newsroom. the justice secretary says there will be an independent investigation into how a terror suspect escaped from a wandsworth prison . alex chalk wandsworth prison. alex chalk gave a statement in the commons a short while ago following

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