and you're with the live desk here on gb news. coming up this tuesday lunchtime . tuesday lunchtime. >> surgeons as sexual predators. the extraordinary survey finding that i the extraordinary survey finding that 1 in 3 the extraordinary survey finding that i in 3 nhs the extraordinary survey finding that 1 in 3 nhs female staff say they've been abused by senior colleagues in the operating theatre . theatre. >> kim jong un arrives in russia ahead of an historic meeting with vladimir putin. >> what arms will the north koreans give them in exchange for food and fuel wages outstrip inflation? >> for the first time in nearly two years? it means a higher state pension, too. >> but also more expensive rail fares down the line . fares down the line. and it is football's oldest international fixture, england face scotland , 150 years since face scotland, 150 years since their first meeting in 1872. >> we'll be looking back at one

of the fiercest in the game live from glasgow. first, here's ray to kick us off with the news headunes. headlines. >> thank you both . good >> thank you both. good afternoon. 12:01. our top stories . the chancellor is stories. the chancellor is defending the british job market despite rising unemployment figures released today across the uk, unemployment rose by 0.1, reaching 4.3% in july. meanwhile job vacancies fell to below a million. jeremy hunt says that remains, quote, below many of our international peers. meanwhile the average growth in pay meanwhile the average growth in pay remained at a record high of 7.8. shadow business employment and levelling up secretary justin madders says more needs to be done. >> there are strong economic headwinds that have been troubling the economy for some time, but i think one of the things we're very clear about is the only way we are going to get

out of this this mess we've been in really for 13 years now. we've with stagnant growth is to actually turbo charge that and get us to be the highest economic growth in the g7. and thatis economic growth in the g7. and that is going to be a huge task. but that is the only way we're going to get more money in people's pockets, better job security, with the security, staying with the latest figures and food inflation has fallen to its lowest level in more than a yeah >> kantar group says that grocery price inflation is down for the sixth month in a row, reaching 12.2. that's compared to 17.5% back in march . despite to 17.5% back in march. despite that, 95% of consumers say they're still concerned about rising supermarket bills . rising supermarket bills. labour's deputy leader says pay and housing will be among the top priorities if the party wins the next general election. dufing the next general election. during the tuc congress in liverpool. angela rayner showed support for employment policies , including banning zero hours

contracts and giving employment rights. from the first day that you go to start a new job. ms rayner also told the unions she would not let them down if she becomes deputy pm and will make sure labour stabilises the economy . economy. >> me the mask has slipped and the public have seen the truth with warm words and political dnven with warm words and political driven handouts will not touch the sides and empty slogans will not pay decent wages and false promises will not build secure homes and a sound bite will not empower local people and local communities to take control of their futures . their futures. >> almost 1 in 3 female nhs surgeons say they've been sexually assaulted by senior colleagues at work in the last five years. that's according to a survey by the british journal of surgery. 11 instances of rape were reported by those who took part in that study. meanwhile 29% of women say they've experienced unwanted physical advances in the workplace and

more than 40% received uninvited comments about their body . wilko comments about their body. wilko has closed 24 of its stores across the uk, with hundreds of workers set for redundancy. the retailer is going into administration with all 400 of the discount chain's shops set to close by october . over 12,000 to close by october. over 12,000 staff are likely to lose their jobs. jeff moody, commercial director of the british independent retailers association, says it's a sad day for the high street . for the high street. >> some of these people may fail on jobs in retail, which would be great, but this is now a time where the government really needs to question how it's going to the high street and to support the high street and how it's going to change it. >> think money should >> we don't think money should be what think is be poured in what we think is proper relief for business rates, to plan rates, allowing business to plan and and business rates, and invest and business rates, relief ends in april next year. so we don't know what the new policy will be. so if they tell us what it is now, businesses can make that decision . can make that decision. >> regulators may have breached

environmental law by allowing water companies to discharge sewage outside of exceptional circumstances. that's according to the government watchdog . and to the government watchdog. and normally it's only allowed following unusually heavy rain to prevent flooding people's homes. however, the office for environmental protection says defra, the environment agency and ofwat may have misinterpreted the law. a defra spokesperson said we do not agree with the ep's initial interpretations . the e and ofwat interpretations. the e and ofwat are carrying out their own investigations . two thirds of investigations. two thirds of the british public are dissatisfied with the government's approach to immigration. in the research by the immigration attitudes tracker says it's the highest level of dissatisfied action since before the brexit vote . since before the brexit vote. 56% of tory voters say the government is not doing enough to stop channel migrant crossings and only over a fifth of them say they're satisfied with the government's handling of the issue . this is gb news

of the issue. this is gb news across the uk on tv , in your across the uk on tv, in your car, on digital radio and on your smart speaker by saying play your smart speaker by saying play gb news. now let's get back to mark and . pip to mark and. pip >> ray, thank you very much indeed. >> welcome back to the live desk. >> more now on this astonishing new report revealing that almost 1 in 3 female surgeons in the nhs have been sexually assaulted in the past five years. some of them being abused actually in them being abused actually in the operate theatre. >> 11 nhs staff reporting being raped by their colleagues . raped by their colleagues. >> the british journal of surgery survey also found 40% of women had received uninvited comments about their body whilst 29% had experienced unwanted physical advances at work. >> we can speak now to roy liley, a former chairman at an nhs trust . nhs trust. >> sir roy, it is quite staggering the detail that's coming through from this and there is a theme to the reports that these women have given to

the researchers . the researchers. >> it's the trainee and the consultant . effectively the consultant. effectively the abuse of position and seniority i >> -- >> mark, good morning. >> mark, good morning. >> you're right, yes. >> you're right, yes. >> i mean, i'll just give you a few numbers just to kind of position this. >> the ratio of men to female surgeons at the moment is about 8 to 1. so the females are in the minority. they've gone from about 3% in 1990 to about 14, nearly 15% last year. so there is a growing number of them working in surgery. >> but and this is the important point, 77% of everyone working in the whole nhs is female. >> so it's really a female dominated profession now. 45% of all doctors are female . it's all doctors are female. it's just in the surgery environment where it is male dominated . where it is male dominated. >> and i don't want to kind of

stereotype type people, but i mean, if you're a surgeon , mean, if you're a surgeon, you're probably likely to be an alpha male because it takes a huge amount of confidence to take a scalpel and stick it in someone and fiddle about with their bits and pieces. >> so it does. >> so it does. >> so it does. >> so that requires a kind of confidence which often overspills into an arrogance and sort of a right of passage. >> and clearly the, the relationship between the consultants and fundamentally , consultants and fundamentally, these will be trainee surgeons that so the power dynamic is wrong and the gender dynamic is wrong and the gender dynamic is wrong and the gender dynamic is wrong and that that it seems to be within that very pressured environment of the operating theatre. >> i mean , these are horrendous >> i mean, these are horrendous numbers and you know, it makes me think if you look at misogyny everywhere, we've had the police force that's riddled with misogyny . we've got this fiasco misogyny. we've got this fiasco in spain over the football,

which is centred in misogyny. >> i mean, it just if the nhs is anything, i suppose it's a salami slice of life and the nhs is no better or worse, but certainly in the in the surgery environment, this is a very, very worrying set of numbers. >> what also appears to be incredibly wrong, roy, is that these women not feeling that they're going to be listened to, not feeling that they will be protected by the gmc, by nhs trusts . trusts. >> exactly. >> exactly. >> you're right. and it's the power dynamic because as the consultants have huge sway over the advancement and the education of what we call junior doctors , you know, we've heard doctors, you know, we've heard a lot about junior doctors being on strike. and we think of them as being young doctors. you know , first year out of medical school, actually, these you can be junior doctor and be be a junior doctor and be a senior registrar. not quite a consultant . consultant. >> and it's the consultants that hold sway. >> the consultants can can ruin

a career, really . a career, really. >> if they give a bad report, they can certainly help advance a career if they want to. >> and , you know, as i say, >> and, you know, as i say, i don't want to get into the stereotype apical thing because, you know, there are some brilliant surgeons do brilliant male surgeons who do encourage women and their careers clearly careers. but this clearly there's something very seriously wrong in what is happening in in in surgery. and it's very seriously wrong that the power dynamic is such that it's not just the male female dynamic . just the male female dynamic. it's the tutor student dynamic as well. and the exploitation of all that , which is a toxic all that, which is a toxic cocktail, which has been revealed. i just give you one more statistic, if i may , on more statistic, if i may, on a slightly more optimistic note. there's a very big published survey published this morning in canada, but it's a huge survey, hundreds of thousands of people. and we see the outcomes by female surgeons are better than men. the 90 the 30 day and 90 day outcomes are better. what

that tells us, i don't know. but this is horrendous news here this is horrendous news here this morning. last thought , roy, this morning. last thought, roy, we've got doctor binta sultan, who's chair the nhs england network of sexual assault and abuse services . they've actually abuse services. they've actually got role in place already got that role in place already saying, look, clear evidence action is needed. what should the action be? because we've already got the whole issue of whistleblowers addressed . whistleblowers being addressed. i mean, the way to do it i mean, is that the way to do it 7 i mean, is that the way to do it ? mean, it's layer ? well, no, i mean, it's layer upon layer of regulation. every time something goes wrong, we get new regulation . and if we get new regulation. and if we haven't that regulation haven't learned that regulation doesn't by now, we'll never doesn't work by now, we'll never learn. i look at the letby learn. i mean, look at the letby situation. the all of the people, all the key protagonists there were in regulated professions. so it doesn't work . i mean, if i was still running a hospital, i'd get all the surgeons together. i'd sit them down in the room and say, up with this, i will not put if it's here, i want to it's happening here, i want to know my phone know. here's my home phone number. know. here's my home phone nurring me. >> ring me. >> ring me. >> i mean, this is about leadership and it's being leadership and it's about being leadership and it's about being leaders are visible, have a vision, share it often. so it's

about saying to people , going to about saying to people, going to people and saying, i will not put up with this. this is not acceptable on my watch . and acceptable on my watch. and here's how you get hold of me. if a problem, i will if there's a problem, i will sort . sort it. >> did any reports ever reach you on your roy ? you on your watch, roy? >> no, actually, i honestly, they never did. and on my board, i actually had a predominance of women on my board. and, you know, there were thorough going professionals. i neveri never professionals. i never i never had to deal once with an issue of this. of this type. and, you know, 1—1 is the extent to which it's it was always there and i missed it and didn't know or whether it's something that's just got worse and maybe it's just got worse and maybe it's just that people are more willing now to come forward and speak about it. you know, if we'd have had this survey survey in my day, would we have had the same answers? you know, god, i hope not. but i honestly don't know. i just think perhaps now we're on the cusp where we've had, you know, all of the problems with that, that women

were experiencing in the entertainment industry, in the film industry, and maybe it's just we're on the cusp where just now we're on the cusp where people do feel freer and more confident to come forward. but certainly the whistleblowing arrangements in the nhs, i've never them . they're far never liked them. they're far too complicated and people still get appallingly badly get treated appallingly badly because the nhs is terrified of reputation damage, not only because , as the politicians are because, as the politicians are answerable in parliament. so the department of health, which sits on nhs england, nhs england , on nhs england, nhs england, sits on all the trusts and the trust boards and says do not bnng trust boards and says do not bring us bad news. so you never find out what the bad news is. its reputation that that absolutely trumps everything. and as soon as there's a problem, people circle the wagons and you never get to the truth . ray roy as ever , thank truth. ray roy as ever, thank you for updating us on that with your reaction. of course, we'll see what the various nhs trusts say, but let's bring you some breaking news coming through from the unite union, which says it's informed by barclays it's been informed by barclays bank that some 400 staff are

being laid off. the unions saying that its members have been informed within the past few minutes. no indication as yet whether job losses few minutes. no indication as yet whetherjob losses may few minutes. no indication as yet whether job losses may be. but let's bring in liam cross, our business and economics editor is here with on the money . liam. breaking news this is from unite. we haven't had anything from barclays yet since nificant number though, 450. >> it is in one of our major high street clearing banks. this is what happens when you close down lots of branches. you don't need as warm to meet need as many warm bodies to meet and to handle cash . we're and greet to handle cash. we're going to see a real hollowing out of the banking sector as it becomes more more digital. a becomes more and more digital. a major employer over the years, of course, numbers of people employed by banks have been going down since things like cheques have the cheques have fallen by the wayside. when you last write

cheques have fallen by the wcheck. when you last write cheques have fallen by the wcheck ?alhen you last write cheques have fallen by the wcheck ? soen you last write cheques have fallen by the wcheck ? so this you last write cheques have fallen by the wcheck ? so this lslou last write cheques have fallen by the wcheck ? so this is very ast write cheques have fallen by the wcheck ? so this is very sad vrite a check? so this is very sad news and i'm sure barclays won't be the only ones. >> other banks are likely to follow you in the next few months. >> yeah, and coming of course, when we got the latest unemployment figures, i mean crept up bit. crept up a bit. >> still headline >> unemployment still headline unemployment. it's still pretty low in this country crept up from 4.2 to 4.3. i would say there's a lot of disguised unemployment in this country because, of course, we've got the thick end of 3.5 million people who are are not working economically inactive, is working, but of working age while claiming benefits. so and that number, of course, has ballooned since the covid pandemic and ballooned . and, you pandemic and ballooned. and, you know , in the uk to a bigger know, in the uk to a bigger extent than most other european countries, this is a major problem . the fact that a lot of problem. the fact that a lot of the workforce hasn't got back from covid and that kind of beues from covid and that kind of belies the notion that unemployment is as low as that 4.3% number would suggest . 4.3% number would suggest. >> can we talk pensioners?

because we can like they're going to be in line for quite a bit more cash, actually. >> well, let's see. >> well, let's see. >> after these new >> triple lock after these new figures. yeah. >> reason we're talking >> the reason we're talking about pensions today, pip, is because numbers have because the wage numbers have come wage numbers come out and the wage numbers are part of this triple lock, which i'll explain . let's have which i'll explain. let's have a look at some of the detail. so we can see here that between may and july, regular pay across the uk 7.8% higher, higher than uk was 7.8% higher, higher than may to july the previous year. that's public and private sector. but the inflation in july was 6.8. so hey presto, pay growth is bigger than price growth is bigger than price growth . so real wages are up and growth. so real wages are up and that's the first time that's happenedin that's the first time that's happened in a long time. it's not the end of the cost of living crisis. yes, but at least we're starting to get some real wage triple lock wage growth now. the triple lock pip wage growth now. the triple lock pip uses either another pay pip that uses either another pay number, which is pay numbers with bonuses, it's 8.5% or the inflation number in september or 2.5. the basic rates pension,

state pension goes up next april by one of those three, whichever is higher. and with earnings up 8.5% with bonuses. so that suggests that next april , the suggests that next april, the bafic suggests that next april, the basic state pension will go up by £692 a year. to basic state pension will go up by £692 a year . to £8,814. so by £692 a year. to £8,814. so thatis by £692 a year. to £8,814. so that is good news for pensioners. but it will put pressure on politicians because there are a lot of young people who think pensioners frankly get. i mean that's a low number. that pension number by international standards, but a lot voters who lot of younger voters who parties attract think parties need to attract think the generation, the older generation, they've got houses , they've got got all the houses, they've got these young people are these pensions. young people are paying these pensions. young people are paying for them. so i won't be surprised going forward if the tories start to talk about withdrawing from the triple lock and interesting that angela rayner has declined to actually give assurances in the speech. >> speaking to the tuc about that, protecting that triple lock. but there's another sting in of course, we in the tail, of course, when we look because look at these figures, because let's that the rail let's reflect that the rail fares are going based on

fares are going to be based on these figures. so we're probably facing potential rise in facing a potential 8% rise in our rail fares in the spring. >> a lot of fares. i mean, i've cited there the 6.8 number for inflation in july. we've got another inflation number coming out the 20th september. we've got the bank of england deciding on interest rates next on the 21st of september. but this inflation number, this is what we call the cpi, a lot of government bills , council tax government bills, council tax and on. all of your phone and so on. all of your phone payments, they're linked to something called retail something called rpi, the retail price index, which is almost always higher . yeah, but look, always higher. yeah, but look, the general point here is that inflation is now low enough that wage growth is outpace forcing price growth , at least for now . price growth, at least for now. and that's good news because that hasn't been the case for well over a year, pip. so hopefully people's wages will stop being eroded by inflation to the extent that they have been. and on the inflation number, the july inflation number, the july inflation number was 6.8. as i said , and number was 6.8. as i said, and that's it come down month on,

month on month for since since last summer. basically but i'm concerned i'll just give you a heads up now. i'm concerned that later this month when the august inflation number comes up, inflation number comes up, inflation may actually go up. and reason i say that is and the reason i say that is because those petrol and diesel pnces because those petrol and diesel prices that rises that we saw in august linked to a spike in the oil price that everybody seems to be ignoring . another £0.02 at to be ignoring. another £0.02 at my forecourt this morning we had a7p roughly and an £0.08 roughly rise in petrol and diesel respectively during august . they respectively during august. they were the biggest monthly rise is in real terms in petrol and diesel prices in this country. in 23 years and almost no one commented. yeah well they've got too many other things to worry about at the moment, haven't they? >> that's probably why i mean, train fares 8, 8% liam that's a few hundred if you're a season ticket holder. yeah, sure. that could be several hundred extra pounds. >> pm >> no, it can be. >> can be. when i say no one >> it can be. when i say no one commented, a of commented, i mean a lot of people commented at me in the pub going to talk pub when are you going to talk about. actually the media about. but actually the media

didn't on the didn't really cotton on to the fact the thing i say fact. and the other thing i say about yeah, trains are about trains. yeah, trains are it's a big increase, it's obviously a big increase, but that tends to be a kind of middle class thing. you know, the, whole country drives the, the whole country drives cars a certain sector of cars only a certain sector of the country tends to get on a train every day to go to work. right >> talking of which certain kim jong un, he's got his train and he's arrived in russia train wasn't even delayed for his first foreign trip since covid 19. what's on the agenda ? we'll 19. what's on the agenda? we'll have the latest from maybe vladivostok or even the cosmodrome , rome nearby or the cosmodrome, rome nearby or the latest shortly that warm feeling inside from boxt boilers proud sponsors of weather on gb news. >> good afternoon. >> good afternoon. >> well, the thunderstorm risk will continue across south eastern areas through this evening . evening. >> elsewhere, though, it will turn dry and chilly as well. so we've got a front that's been sat across the middle of the country that is pushing eastwards overnight, taking with it a lot of the rain and behind

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channel? britain's news. channel well, welcome back to the live desk. and after weeks of speculation , it seems rocket man speculation, it seems rocket man has landed in russia. yes, kim jong un's armoured train currently thought to be heading towards the russian space centre of vostochny, where he may meet president putin tomorrow . president putin tomorrow. >> he is in russia for talks which could result in north korea, supplying moscow with weapons. in return for food and fuel. but the white house is also closely monitoring whether it will lead to closer future cooperation between the two states. >> let's get more analysis now from robert fox. defence editor at the evening standard , who can at the evening standard, who can join us. robert, thank you very much for your time . and much for your time. and interesting that the train seems to have swerved around vladivostok stock and is said to be heading for the vostochny cosmodrome , which just by chance cosmodrome, which just by chance fires a lot of their satellites into the air. >> yeah, but i think neither leader is too keen on testing their credibility with an adonng their credibility with an adoring public at the moment. so

i think they want to meet in private . are we allowed to call private. are we allowed to call it a bit of a huddle? it's a very, very strange meeting. this and both sides will want something out of each other. and that's what us and uk are trying to plumb at the moment, because it's not just ammunition and food for the starving north korean population . korean population. >> yeah, just looking at the bigger picture, the sort of diplomatic hinterland , it's diplomatic hinterland, it's interesting. the white house has obviously brought japan and south korea together in terms of rebalance in the region. i mean, is that really what's brought russia and north korea together as well? they they see the sort of diplomatic plates shifting . i of diplomatic plates shifting. i know it's a four letter word for you and me. >> ammo . first of all, putin >> ammo. first of all, putin desperately needs ammo for his artillery, primarily one 5—5 millimetre shells, which the world is very, very short of .

world is very, very short of. i'm at the big defence expo in docklands at the moment and that's the hidden message here. how are we going to arm enough in ukraine to keep the ukraine going? and it's happening on the other side, but the consequences of a new deal between pyongyang and moscow are really quite, quite vast and very, very difficult because it means putin is getting into bed with two very dodgy allies in iran and nonh very dodgy allies in iran and north korea. and what do they have written all over them? the big letter nuclear are we to read into this, robert, that for russia , for putin, he's really russia, for putin, he's really worried that the war in ukraine, his invasion of ukraine is not going well otherwise he wouldn't be asking north korea for weapons as it's very , very weapons as it's very, very gruelling for both sides , we gruelling for both sides, we have to say. and it is the first digital war. it is very super high tech at one level, but at the bottom level it is infantry

on the ground, but above all, artillery. and this is where people are really running out of munitions just don't mean shells. which was there one above all. but they're also going to need artillery barrel barrels for guns. and that's what he will desperately want to get from north korea . yeah, this get from north korea. yeah, this is mr putin. and they're not too reliable. we believe these kind of munitions . of munitions. >> yeah. i was going to ask you because a lot of it sort of soviet era weaponry, a huge stockpile, but dating back many years . and one wonders just how years. and one wonders just how stable some of that ammo is . stable some of that ammo is. >> yeah, but must worry about the quality control and that may well be an opportunity. but i do think we also have to look at what mr kim wants out of this and he'll want, i think, help for, for a for feeding the population in and he will want help with his missile program

which is very dangerous for ukraine, but also for the development of the nuclear arms business. and this is the awful thing now that you've got a p5 member member of the permanent five in the un, namely russia , five in the un, namely russia, they are betting possibly on a nuclear arms race promoted by two rogues, north korea and iran i >> -- >> all lyman >> all right. this wm >> all right. this is interesting because russia, of course , had actually backed the course, had actually backed the un security council sanctions against north korea because it saw maybe a danger in a nuclear armed north korea. you know, are they changing their assessment ? they changing their assessment? i think they will do anything. >> the thing that is very consistent with putin and i'm not just being facetious and it sounds like cold war stuff, he is famous for not sticking to any agreement. and i think that that's why what you have just mentioned , we have to put that mentioned, we have to put that to one side. but there is one really hidden factor in this.

and we don't know how it's going to work at the moment. i would say the net winner from all this is china and china. i think must be directing things in in the background. they find both both nonh background. they find both both north korea and russia as very , north korea and russia as very, very awkward allies. so they will only want this relationship that we're now seeing developing further between kim and putin to go a certain extent. they won't want it to be a recipe for an endless war in the middle of europe. and just by chance, putin met the chinese vice premier this morning, we're told. >> so there's a thing . >> so there's a thing. >> so there's a thing. >> yeah, i think it would have been getting some writing instructions from beijing. there >> robert, it's obviously it is so significant because kim jong un, he hasn't travelled out of nonh un, he hasn't travelled out of north korea since well, since the covid 19 pandemic. so what's

that about 2017? >> yeah. yeah no, he's known to that. >> yeah. yeah no, he's known to that . and actually you've got that. and actually you've got a point there. i don't want to be too pointy headed about this, but they're both regimes built on paranoia and that is also what is worrying because they both actually excel. they're world beaters in paranoid, crazy propaganda . yeah. and one propaganda. yeah. and one wonders what they're going to make of this. the fact that this has been put there, uh, pre advertised pre—cooled almost, and being told there's been no concealing of this meeting. i wonder what's going to come next. >> robert we quite like you being pointy headed. thank you very much for joining being pointy headed. thank you very much forjoining us here on the desk. speak to you the live desk. speak to you again. thanks. coming up, wilco shutting shop. the first shutting up shop. the first stores closing will outside stores closing will be outside one of them today and getting reaction. their headlines reaction. their first headlines with . ray thanks both. with. ray thanks both. >> good afternoon. 12:32. our top stories . and as you've been top stories. and as you've been hearing, some breaking news in

the last few minutes, barclays bankis the last few minutes, barclays bank is cutting over 450 staff. that's according to the unite union, which has been informed by the bank, comes just over a year after unite one. its members working at barclays, a £1,200 pay rise. we're going to bnng £1,200 pay rise. we're going to bring you more on that story as we get it . well, the chancellor we get it. well, the chancellor is defending the british job market despite rising unemployment figures released today across the uk , today across the uk, unemployment rose by 0.1, reaching 4.3% in july. that's while job vacancies fell to below a million. jeremy hunt says that remains below many of our international peers . food our international peers. food inflation has fallen to its lowest level in more than a year , according to the latest stats. kantar group says grocery price inflation is down for the sixth month in a row, reaching 12.2. that's compared to 17.5% back in march. despite that 95% of consumers say they're still

concerned about rising supermarket bills as regulators may have breached environmental law by allowing water companies to discharge sewage outside of exceptional circumstances . exceptional circumstances. that's according to the government watchdog . normally, government watchdog. normally, it's only allowed following unusually heavy rain to prevent flooding people's homes. however, the office for environmental protection says defra, the environment agency, and ofwat may have misinterpreted the law . lib dem misinterpreted the law. lib dem deputy leader daisy cooper says the government has lost control. this report is completely and confirms what we have suspected for quite some time, which is that the conservative government have for a very long time let water companies off the hook and allowed them to continue to pump filthy sewage into our rivers , filthy sewage into our rivers, our chalk streams and onto our beaches. our chalk streams and onto our beaches . there's on all of beaches. there's more on all of those stories on our website, gbnews.com .

three on. gb news. >> welcome back to the live desk with the first wilko shops closing today after that dramatic collapse of the long running high street chain retailers shutting the first 24 of nearly 400 stores up to 12,500 staff fear to be losing their jobs. 12,500 staff fear to be losing theirjobs. eventually, 12,500 staff fear to be losing their jobs. eventually, the family owned firm hired administrators early last month

after it hit problems with outstanding debt and continued weak consumer spending . weak consumer spending. >> well, brendan clarke—smith conservative mp for bassetlaw , conservative mp for bassetlaw, which is where wilkos distribution centre is based, can join us now a very sad day. brendan. i think it's been described as as far as your constituency is concerned, similar to a pit closure . similar to a pit closure. >> i wouldn't quite go so far as pit closure. i think the difference with this is this has been on the cards for quite a long time. it's not something that happened overnight. right. and has effectively and wilkos has been effectively mismanaged for quite a considerable number of years and parallels have been more parallels have been drawn more to woolworths situation. i to the woolworths situation. i think, which probably think, which is probably a better but think better comparison. but i think we remember that we also need to remember that people in, they looked at people came in, they looked at that business, we were hoping that business, we were hoping that to save it. that they were going to save it. they've decided it's viable. they've decided it's not viable. so to happen so what's more likely to happen is to have some is you're going to have some smaller packages there. hopefully their hopefully some of their competitors be competitors are going to be buying stores up and hopefully we many jobs as we can save as many jobs as possible. yeah, i think you're

planning to ask question at planning to ask a question at pmqs tomorrow commons . pmqs tomorrow in the commons. they're behind you. do you share the view of the gmb , the union the view of the gmb, the union representing many of the workers that the wilkinson family themselves have failed them to a certain degree ? i think there's certain degree? i think there's a fair point there. i think if you look at the amount of money and dividends that's been taken out, i think in the last ten years, around £77 million. there was also the sale the hq for was also the sale of the hq for around 48 million, which was then leased back. so there has been money company and been money in this company and many that it's been many feel that it's been stripped down very much the stripped down very much to the bare it makes it bare bones where it makes it very, to sell it very, very difficult to sell it as a really viable, ongoing business. so certainly, yes, there are some serious questions that need to asked there, and that need to be asked there, and that's i expect i'll be that's what i expect i'll be asking tomorrow. >> many people in your >> and how many people in your constituency are affected, brendan, and what are their chances of getting another job in the local area . in the local area. >> well, nationally we're talking about 12,500 or so. and with the stores now locally,

it's anywhere from 1500 upwards. of course, there's a distribution centre, there's a hq there and we really, really hope that there's going to be some use for that and we are fortunate that at the moment there are a lot of jobs recruiters and other businesses, they really are struggling to actually on staff . so there actually take on staff. so there are the opportunities there . are the opportunities there. i've at a jobs fair the dwp, the council , the citizens advice, council, the citizens advice, all working together at the moment to try and support people as best we can. so i'd say don't lose hope. there is a lot still going on and hopefully those people taking over the stores, they'll see what great staff there wilkos and they'll there are at wilkos and they'll be take those be able to take some of those on. but there a wider on. but is there a wider question about britain's high streets? because, course, streets? because, of course, we've lewis going we've had john lewis going pubuc we've had john lewis going public saying, you know, things we've had john lewis going pubtough'ing, you know, things we've had john lewis going pubtough'ing, you've ow, things we've had john lewis going pubtough'ing, you've gotthings we've had john lewis going pubtough'ing, you've got issues are tough and you've got issues such as very high business rates . and clearly people are still being how they're being careful how they're spending money. should the government be a bit more government be doing a bit more for retail sector , for. for our retail sector, for. well, there's absolutely a question about high streets, because while there was a lot of

support provided during covid, i think a lot of us in towns, we see a proliferation of vape shops and charity shops and barbers all popping up and so on.and barbers all popping up and so on. and really we're losing some of our old retail sector. now part is the way the part of that is the way the world has changed because we've got many moving more got to adapt to many moving more towards and so on. but towards leisure. and so on. but i think it's a bit of a cop out sometimes just blame online sometimes just to blame online purchases like amazon purchases and people like amazon and especially and so on, because especially with could look with wilkos, you could look at h&m home bargains sorry, b&m poundstretcher companies like that, they've actually done very well. so i think it also shows that the competition is very tough on the high streets. and if you don't change, if you don't adapt, then you're going to sadly to be in trouble. sadly okay, brendan, that . and brendan, thank you for that. and of course, we wait see what of course, we wait to see what you in pmqs tomorrow. maybe you get in pmqs tomorrow. maybe talk and see talk to you after that. and see if you're satisfied what you've been told. thanks very much indeed for your time. >> well, we can go to gb news west midlands reporter jack carson now. now, jack is in stafford road outside a wilko store which is due to close

today. store which is due to close today . jack, what have customers today. jack, what have customers been saying to you? jack yeah, good afternoon to you both. >> it's still very much here with the people going into shop for the last time at this wilko store, a sense of shock and of course, great sadness that such a big store here in stafford , a big store here in stafford, something which many people went to regularly, whether it was on lunch breaks, whether it was for shopping, there's still a lot of shock and sadness that this place is closing. but of course, there's consumer habits have changed and other big retailers , for example, b&m went to more out of town retail parks . wilko out of town retail parks. wilko didn't necessarily follow such a same pattern. staying strong on the high street. but it's that decision is, of course, with the accumulation of many other factors that has meant that this this store here in stafford is one of the 24 that's closing here today as people have been coming out for last time. coming out for the last time. i've speaking them to i've been speaking to them to find how they're feeling. find out how they're feeling. >> it's such a shame .

>> it's such a shame. >> it's such a shame. >> it's such a shame. >> it really is. shops here for years. can't believe we'll coast finishing . there's only finishing. there's only sainsbury's and that there's such a few shops now. it's a shame. yeah >> very sad day. >> very sad day. >> everything in stafford seems to be closing all the, you know, all the important shops and that it's just very sad. it's been very important because i get a lot of missed stuff. well, i used to get a lot of my stuff from there, so. so it's a very sad day . sad day. >> i'm sad because i've been shopping here since it opened andifs shopping here since it opened and it's a really nice, friendly shop and everything and it's just such a shame, you know, because all these shops are disappeared going. >> i mean, an absolute >> i mean, it's an absolute tragedy, been tragedy, really. it's been a staple high street store for a number of, well, a number of years really way back. i remember coming back here in the 90 as the years went on 90 is but as the years went on it did lose its way. there was a lot of stores which did become cheap. lot of stores which did become cheap . i mean, it's right here. cheap. i mean, it's right here. it's up against sainsbury's and

home bargains. and both were cheaperin home bargains. and both were cheaper in a lot of stuff . even cheaper in a lot of stuff. even with the closing down prices are still stuff which are cheaper elsewhere . i mean, for example, elsewhere. i mean, for example, cat like that. cat food and stuff like that. you got that cheaper you could have got that cheaper pretty anywhere really . pretty much anywhere really. yeah >> it is that competition with lots of other retailers that of course has and that mismanagement that has meant that this is this store here is closing today a further 28 are going to be closing on thursday around the country next week over 150 stores are closing in that week. and by the start of october 400 of them will all be closing their doors for the final time. jack carson in stafford, thank you . stafford, thank you. >> labour's deputy leader angela rayner has set out a new deal, as she called it, for workers addressing the trade unions. congress this morning pledging that labour would strengthen unions if they won the next general election in a bid to get them side, she said. them on side, she said. >> have to come together, >> we have to come together, stand and campaign stand together and campaign side by . and our deputy by side. and our deputy political editor tom harwood was

at the speech in liverpool . so, at the speech in liverpool. so, tom, you were there . how did her tom, you were there. how did her speech go . down speech go. down >> well, i have to say, pip, it went down a storm. >> there was a standing ovation at the end for angela rayner and it really did seem that this was a labour politician , one of the a labour politician, one of the union movement, a labour politician, one of the union movement , talking to the union movement, talking to the union movement, talking to the union movement, talking to the union movement . union movement. >> there was a moment in her speech where she said she may have born in stockport, but speech where she said she may hav

rayner became last week, he has someone who can connect back into that union movement . and i into that union movement. and i have to say that there have been elements of the trade union movement that have been raising question marks about the labour party, about the direction of the labour party , about the the labour party, about the trustworthiness of the labour party in the last 2 or 3 years. this was a moment where it seemed that the two sides really the labor party and the trainee trade union movement, perhaps reconnected, but it came at a price for the labour party and potentially a price that may worry some of the more corporate backers of the labour party . in backers of the labour party. in her speech, angela rayner announced a litany, a shopping list of demands that the trade union movement had been making, that she said a labour government would deliver first and foremost the repeal of two landmark pieces of legislation. david cameron's trade union act and the proposed minimum safety legislation that rishi sunak is

bringing in around strike laws. what do those two pieces of legislation mean? well, it means that currently the proposed minimum safety legislation would mean a minimum level of service in elements like the nhs if they went on strike. but if you go way back to david cameron's premiership premiership, the trade union act, that meant that there was a minimum threshold for strikes. 50% turn out needed to deliver strikes if that's repealed, strikes could become much more common. those were two big retail offers from angela raynerin big retail offers from angela rayner in her speech, but there was much more besides a ban on zero hours contracts that going even further than ed miliband did . and indeed the rights for did. and indeed the rights for trade union representatives to enter any workplace. there was a shopping list of changes that angela rayner said she would bnnginin angela rayner said she would bring in in a new a new deal for workers rights that she'd bring in in the first 100 days of a labour party government. it

seemed that there was a quid pro quo there. angela rayner offering a shopping list of policy for the trade union movement in return for their support. yeah. >> and indication however, that in the wider economic picture we won't be raising tax as which was a rather interesting assertion in terms of how to pay for everything and also declining to commit to the pensions triple lock on the state pension. and of course the day we've had these figures on the wages , yes, we've had the wages, yes, we've had a confused message from the labour party today . party today. >> earlier this morning when angela rayner was out talking to various broadcasters, she was asked this question about the triple lock and seemed to not commit to it, say that she wouldn't know the state of the economy, that this would be for the labour party manifesto . and the labour party manifesto. and i say that there has i have to say that there has subsequently clearly some subsequently clearly been some panic party press panic in the labour party press office, clarity office, them issuing clarity statements which perhaps haven't

cleared so much up. but yes , cleared so much up. but yes, there does seem to be some equivocation. there on the triple lock. tom thank you for bringing us some clarity. >> there from the tuc more, of course, as that continues . now course, as that continues. now let's actually get a bit more with christopher hope, our political editor , who can join political editor, who can join us at westminster to update us on, well, sino—british relations or not, because clearly the chinese spying scandal drags on. we still don't know too many details, though, chris. >> no , mark, it does dominate >> no, mark, it does dominate chatin >> no, mark, it does dominate chat in the building behind me in parliament where i've been wandering around today all eyes now on what the government might do about intelligence and security report. this security committee report. this is parliamentary watchdog is the parliamentary watchdog that oversees security that oversees the security services . they put out a report services. they put out a report earlier year on china. earlier this year on china. we're now expecting that government this week government response this week that will become much more relevant, won't post relevant, won't it, post the reports sunday times about

reports in sunday times about this researcher allegedly linked to the chinese state? i happen to the chinese state? i happen to know that some of the china hawks have been receiving emails from people who are a bit questionable. they're saying, in the wake of the row. so it's a constant bubbling under current about what might happen. 19,000 people, i'm one of them have have access to the building behind you. behind me. have access to the building behind you. behind me . forgive behind you. behind me. forgive me but there's no plans by the by the parliament to check those passes. and also, the issue was not raised in cabinet today. so despite the concerns from iain duncan smith , he's the lead duncan smith, he's the lead china hawk that there could be, in language, a westminster in his language, a westminster based chinese intelligence cell operating around this building. there appears to be little that the government or even parliament wants to do about it, and that's quite puzzling for the technology secretary, michelle donelan . michelle donelan. >> she suggested that the government is aware that there are lessons that need to be learned from this . learned from this. >> yeah, they say that, don't

they? but of course china is very, very important to the uk economy and what's happened in the past decade . ten years ago the past decade. ten years ago we had david cameron flying a jet of ceos to china to do trade deals . i was jet of ceos to china to do trade deals. i was on the flight. i remember it flying off to shanghai then that was when they were trying to get onside with china . then under boris johnson china. then under boris johnson and latterly liz truss, they became a threat or seem to be a threat to the uk. and now rishi sunakis threat to the uk. and now rishi sunak is trying to be more pragmatic and work a middle pragmatic and work out a middle ground talk and trade ground where we talk and trade with china, but we're wide open to threat might pose to the threat they might pose economically, even a economically, maybe even on a security grounds. they think very senior people in number ten have told me the uk is an have told me that the uk is an outlier not talking to china. so we and talk to them. we must try and talk to them. but we there's a but equally we there's a constant battle espionage constant battle over espionage and let's just reflect that we've got iain duncan smith vs kemi badenoch over this. >> is that fair to put them in the two corners ? the two corners? >> yeah, i'd be unfair to put i mean kemi badenoch is simply

parroting the government line. i mean i think she did say today, maybe unwisely about net zero and china helping us to reach net zero, which is slightly ironic given china is doing a lot all it can to not hit net zero and building coal power stations and the like. i mean, she may have said arguably a better argument might be that china making batteries better argument might be that chi these naking batteries better argument might be that chithese new1g batteries better argument might be that chithese new minis batteries better argument might be that chithese new minis .)atteries better argument might be that chithese new minis. the ries for these new minis. the government announced i think it was £75 million towards a bmw investment of £600 million in that cowley plant. so this economic value mark, which they have towards this. but i think in terms of net zero, i'm not sure that would go down too well with gb news viewers. >> iain duncan smith's language , christopher was was interesting with some of the interviews he's done he interviews he's done because he suggested that there was something spy ring something of a spy ring operating at westminster that's right. >> yeah, that's right. pepper his language. is china an an intelligence cell? i mean, he's been prescribed by the chinese state as have other senior tory mps , for being critical. so he

mps, for being critical. so he feels it very acutely the pressure from the chinese government over his activities. and he wants to see that reflected in government policy. the problem is that the government has to do something with china . i mean, number 10 government has to do something with china. i mean, number 10 is slightly dismissive the china slightly dismissive of the china hawks. about 20 or so hawks. they see about 20 or so tory mps, very noisy can can, tory mps, a very noisy can can, can, can use the use the media to get their message across. but they think on a kind of national bafis they think on a kind of national basis we must talk to china. and that's the idea that kemi badenoch was trying to get across. badenoch was trying to get acr> okay. chris and pmqs tomorrow, of course. so there may be day three of this to come. thank you very much indeed. coming this next come. thank you very much indeelet'sming this next come. thank you very much indee let's notg this next come. thank you very much indee let's not forget this next come. thank you very much indee let's not forget that next hour, let's not forget that it is england versus scotland tonight in place called tonight in a place called glasgow . so we'll have a bit of glasgow. so we'll have a bit of reaction live from glasgow and here in the studio. stay with us. >> us. >> the temperature's rising . >> the temperature's rising. boxt solar proud sponsors of weather on gb news good afternoon. >> well, the thunderstorm risk will continue across southeastern areas through this

evening. elsewhere though, it will turn dry and chilly as well. so we've got a front that's been sat across the middle of the country that is pushing eastwards overnight out taking with it a lot of the rain and behind that, it will turn fresher . but for the afternoon, fresher. but for the afternoon, though, we've still got some persistent rain over the likes of yorkshire, lincolnshire and in the south—east where there's a force for a warning in force for thunderstorms as that rain clears overnight, there will be quite a lot of cloud around in its quite a lot of cloud around in rs and quite a lot of cloud around in its and that cloud will its wake and that cloud will cling to the hills and coasts across kent and sussex . across kent and sussex. elsewhere, though, a dry and clear night and a chilly one, particularly for any scottish glens. there's a risk of glens. but there's a risk of frost to start on wednesday morning. so a crisp, more autumnal feel to the start of wednesday for the bulk of the uk , but it will feel that much cloudier and milder across the south—east the odd shower could break out through the morning as well here. otherwise though, a dry day for much of wednesday. cloud will thicken through the day though, and will arrive day though, and rain will arrive across northern ireland and

northwestern scots . and by northwestern scots. and by wednesday afternoon that rain will push into parts of wales and northern england throughout thursday morning as well, bringing these areas a much cloudier and damp day on thursday the south and east, thursday to the south and east, though staying milder and that theme continues the rest theme continues through the rest of and into the weekend of the week and into the weekend with an increasing risk of thunderstorms across south eastern areas. but cooler further north, the temperatures rising

gb news. >> good afternoon . it is 1:00 >> good afternoon. it is 1:00 and you're with the live desk here on gb news. coming up this tuesday lunchtime . tuesday lunchtime. >> surgeons are sexual predators. the extraordinary survey finding that 1 in 3 nhs female staff say they've been abused by senior colleagues even in the operating theatre . in the operating theatre. >> north korea's leader arrives in russia ahead of an historic meeting with vladimir putin. what arms will the north koreans give them in exchange for food and fuel ? and fuel? >> good and bad news on the economy. wages outstrip inflation for the first time in nearly two years. but unemployment up, as barclays say they'll expect 450 job cuts . they'll expect 450 job cuts. >> plus, there's a little game

of football going on tonight . i of football going on tonight. i say little. it's quite big. it's football's oldest international fixture, england facing scotland . and 150 years since their first meeting in 1872. we'll be looking back at one of the fiercest rivalries in the game. live from glasgow . first, here's live from glasgow. first, here's rte to kick us off with the headunes. headlines. >> thanks, pip. good afternoon. 1:01 hour. top stories. and as we've been hearing, barclays bankis we've been hearing, barclays bank is cutting over 450 staff. that's according to the unite union, whose members have been informed by the bank. unite has branded the decision unnecessary and unjustified and saying it will leave staff gravely concerned about their job security and livelihoods. in july , barclays announced a 02 july, barclays announced a 02 net profit of £1.3 billion. that's a 24% increase from the same period last year. that's a 24% increase from the same period last year . well, gb

same period last year. well, gb news can reveal that more than 3000 migrants have crossed the engush 3000 migrants have crossed the english channel over the last 11 days. it coincides with the longest run of good weather. so far this year. home office figures show that 144 channel migrants crossed on monday in three boats today . so far, just three boats today. so far, just two boats have crossed , carrying two boats have crossed, carrying around 100 people. the total figure is 17% down when compared to the same period last year. the chancellor is defending the british job market despite rising unemployment figures released today across the uk . released today across the uk. unemployment rose by 0.1, reaching 4.3% in july, while job vacancies fell to below a million. jeremy hunt says that remains below many of our international peers. meanwhile all the average growth in pay remained at a record high of 7.8. shadow business, employment and levelling up secretary justin madders says more needs to be done. there are strong

economic headwinds that have been troubling the economy for some time, but i think one of the things we're very clear aboutis the things we're very clear about is the only way we are going to get out of this mess we've been in really for 13 years now. years how. >> years now. >> we've with stagnant growth is to actually turbocharge that and get us to be the highest economic growth in the g7. and thatis economic growth in the g7. and that is going to be a huge task. but that is the only way we're going to get more money in people's pockets, better job security . security. >> well, staying with the latest economic data and food inflation has to its lowest level has fallen to its lowest level in more than a year. kantar group says grocery price inflation is down for the sixth month in a row, reaching 12.2. that's compared to 17.5% way back in march . despite that, 95% back in march. despite that, 95% of consumers say they're still concerned about rising supermarket bills , as labour supermarket bills, as labour deputy leader says, pay and

housing will be among the top priorities if the party wins the next general election . during next general election. during the tuc congress in liverpool, angela rayner showed support for employment policies, including banning zero hours contracts and giving employment rights from the first day in a job. ms rayner also told the unions she would not let them down if she becomes deputy pm and will make sure that labour stabilises the economy. >> the massacre slipped and the pubuc >> the massacre slipped and the public have seen the truth. warm words and politically driven handouts will not touch the sides and empty slogans will not pay sides and empty slogans will not pay decent wages. false promises will not build secure homes and a sound bite will not empower local people and local communities to take control of their futures . their futures. >> wilko is closing 24 of its stores across the uk today with hundreds of workers set for redundancy. the retailer is going into administration with

all 400 of the discount chains shops set to close by october . shops set to close by october. over 12,000 staff are likely to lose their jobs. jeff moody is commercial director of the british independent retailers association . he says it's a sad association. he says it's a sad day for the high street. some of these people may fail in jobs in retail , these people may fail in jobs in retail, which would be great, but this is now a time where the government really needs to question how it's going to support the high and how support the high street and how it's to it. it's going to change it. >> don't think money should >> we don't think money should be in. be poured in. >> what we think proper >> what we think is proper relief for business rates, allowing business plan and allowing to business plan and invest and business rates relief endsin invest and business rates relief ends in april next year. so we don't know what the new policy will be. >> so if they tell us what it is now, businesses can make that decision then. >> and finally, regulators may have environmental law have breached environmental law by allowing water companies to discharge sewage outside of exceptional circumstances. that's to according the government watchdog. now, normally it's only allowed following unusually heavy rain. that's to prevent flooding . that's to prevent flooding. people's homes. however, the

office for environmental protection says defra , the protection says defra, the environment agency, and ofwat may have misinterpreted the law . steve reed is shadow justice secretary. he says the breach is shocking to find out that the government itself may have broken the law by their failure to intervene with these water companies who are themselves illegally dumping raw sewage in our waterways just goes to show that it our waterways just goes to show thatitis our waterways just goes to show that it is the government that is at fault for what we're seeing in our rivers in our lakes, and lapping up onto our beaches at the moment. >> raw sewage, stinking, toxic sewage that will disgust people up and down this country, that this conservative government has allowed this to happen . allowed this to happen. >> this is gb news across the uk on tv in your car , on digital on tv in your car, on digital radio, and on your smart speaker by saying play gb news. now let's get straight back to mark and . pip ray. and. pip ray. >> thanks very much. welcome back to the live desk with this

news that barclays bank is to cut around 450 jobs across the business as the unite trade union says it's now trying to meet the chief executive to push for a guarantee of no compulsory redundancies . redundancies. >> the union has said it is going to meet with the chief executive of the company. that's happening in the next few moments. joining us now in the studio is our economics and business editor liam halligan with on the money . liam, if with on the money. liam, if barclays was struggling this might be understandable or more understandable. but they make billions of pounds in profits and yet they're still axing staff. >> they do, but and they would say that because more and more people are using digital payments, they don't need the staff at bank branches. we know lots of bank branch closures have happened. barclays is closing another 180 branches this year and next. this is a

terrible number, 450 staff going. it's worth saying, though, that across the whole barclays group, including investment banking in the uk, they employ 42,000 people. it's a pretty big operation. but this is the sign of the times. banks are withdrawing from the high street. that's why we had our gb news don't kill cash campaign, isn't it? because so many people can't access cash. they want to access cash. if you're not handung access cash. if you're not handling cash, if you're not processing cheques, if you don't have behind glass have people behind glass windows, taking in payments. and so on, you don't need those staff. so barclays, as well as lots of other high street clearing banks, are shedding lots and lots of staff. yeah, and unite saying, you know, these are not highly paid rich city bankers . city bankers. >> they are people earning modelling modest salaries and therefore that's why they're trying to fight for no compulsory job losses. you know, they're not the big bucks people. >> exactly . you know, a lot of >> exactly. you know, a lot of our our our banks, they do tend to focus on investment banking

activities in the city of london and elsewhere. and it's clear they're common. and garden function of just providing banking services that should be universal services, though they're often not to a broad range of both firms and households. the amount of people who've emailed me over recent weeks saying i just can't get a bank account and i'm talking about, you know, regular people, no political exposure or or charities or or local sporting clubs. they want a bank account to make payments. and banks just won't give them one because they don't see that there's any profit in it for them. that's why i stress again, there should be a universal banking obligation. if you're giving a banking licence by the government literally government that is literally a licence to print money. >> this this is interesting, beanng >> this this is interesting, bearing in what barclays >> this this is interesting, beajust in what barclays >> this this is interesting, beajust in vyspokeswoman are just saying. a spokeswoman has statement. has put this statement. it is in bank speak . we continue to bank speak. we continue to review and adapt our operations based ways customers are based on the ways customers are choosing to interact with us. these changes will enable greater collaboration across our teams, allowing us to continue to improve service for customers

and clients. i picked up that quote as well. >> customers are choosing to interact with us. that is. i mean, look, there's no there's no way to describe that. i would describe that objectively as deeply disingenuous, the way customers are choosing to transact with us. >> we don't have an option if you're somebody that wants to use cash because you want to pay a make a payment to a builder or something, you want to use cash because you haven't got a smartphone, find it smartphone, you find it difficult . difficult. >> choosing to >> you're not choosing to interact with the bank digitally. you're being forced to interact with the bank digitally because they're closing and you've got closing branches and you've got no way to get to . no way to get to. >> and it's so hard, isn't it, for elderly people who go for elderly people who would go into branches, into the branches, have a conversation that might be conversation and that might be the conversation they would the only conversation they would have day. have with somebody all day. >> that's right. pip >> i think that's right. pip banks traditionally banks have traditionally played a of community role on a real kind of community role on the high street. the the high street. you know, the idea a small business, idea of a small business, a family business approaching their local bank manager who knows them as good , upstanding knows them as good, upstanding people with a business idea . all people with a business idea. all we to do this. will you

we want to do this. will you back us? the of captain back us? the sort of captain mannering figure in dad's army. he was manager, wasn't he was a bank manager, wasn't he? walmington on he? those local walmington on sea branch. >> i seem to remember those local managers just don't exist. >> you get endless texts from people trying to flog you stuff on the side from your bank , but on the side from your bank, but try and actually speak to a human being to discuss a loan. no chance anyway, a possible 450 more jobs going 12,500 in total perhaps. >> now , wilko, the latest >> now, wilko, the latest figures today , unemployment up, figures today, unemployment up, still only 4.3. but it's creeping up again. is this something we're going to see as you know, all the fallout from the economy comes through the system. >> unemployment's been remarkably low and 4.2 to 4.3% is still pretty low. unemployment you know, back up at 10% or more. when we were young reporters and growing up in the 80s and so on. so unemployment is still low. there's lots of disguise unemployment because there's an awful millions awful lot of people, millions actually, working age actually, who are of working age but working even though but aren't working even though they're receiving benefits that

suggest they should be working lots of them, since covid. but there's something i wanted there's something else i wanted to highlight as well, because there bit shortage of there is a bit of a shortage of labour rather too labour actually, rather than too much is what much labour, which is what causes unemployment. let's have a real wages. we had a look at real wages. we had those figures this morning. i think we've graphic here think we've got a graphic here between and july, regular between may and july, regular pay between may and july, regular pay bonuses was up 7.8% pay without bonuses was up 7.8% compared period may to compared to the period may to july 2022. and because inflation in march was up 6.8% in july, that means that inflation is less than the growth of real of wages . so real wages, real wages. so real wages, real purchasing power from your wages is now finally, after months and months and months of falling real wages, now going up. some people are saying that these wage figures out this morning mean that the triple lock suggests there'll be an 8.5% rise in the basic state pension . that's the wage growth with bonuses. the earlier figure was without bonuses. and that's sometimes used to benchmark the extent to which the basic state pension goes up next april.

that's all to play for the triple lock might not even exist. but if that does happen, then people on the basic state pension will get 692 extra pounds a year. that's £8,814. bafic pounds a year. that's £8,814. basic state pension. look, this triple lock , it is going to triple lock, it is going to become a real political hot potato. it's going to cost £9 billion if you raise the basic state pension by that, that's getting on for two pe on the bafis getting on for two pe on the basis of. >> angela rayner the tuc basically indicates that she's not going to tie herself. >> labour aren't tying themselves tories, aren't themselves to tories, aren't tying themselves to it. it's definitely in flux because of its massive, massive cost. it may be that this is the last year where the triple lock actually holds and it does actually holds and if it does hold, then these earnings numbers will feed into it and there could be, as i've said, an 8% rise in the basic state pension next april with real wages. >> does it potentially mean that interest could go up? interest rates could go up? >> that's a really good question, pip. all eyes now are on the bank of england on the 21st of september. will the

monetary policy committee raise interest rates again? the day before that we get the inflation number, which will help to drive that decision on this wage number. it it isn't that much. it's not a reason why the bank of england would raise interest rates. now, it's not as bad as it as it could have been . i it as it could have been. i think the real issue that we've got when it comes to the bank of england and inflation is the oil price . as i've said price. as i've said before, we've big rises in petrol we've seen big rises in petrol and diesel costs over august and going into september. and that's why believe it or not, we may actually see a rise in inflation in september, the day before the monetary policy makes its decision. and if inflation is going up, it's hard for them not to raise rates. >> and downing street has >> and yet downing street has said today that prime said today that the prime minister is still confident inflation the inflation can be halved by the end year. end of the year. >> i think they're saying >> and i think they're saying that pre—emptively on a day that now pre—emptively on a day when an inflation when there isn't an inflation number that number because they know that when comes when the inflation number comes out, it could be up after months and of falls . but i and months of falls. but i really think it will be a blip

if inflation goes up because you've had a spike in the oil price, it's up price, which we have. it's up 30% july . nothing 30% since july. nothing that the bank do can bank of england can do can possibly so i think possibly tackle that. so i think the bank of england should look through that, keep rates on hold. been saying it for hold. i've been saying it for months should that months that they should do that . maybe they'll start to . maybe now they'll start to listen and you'll at the bank listen and you'll be at the bank next banging on the door next week banging on the door again, saying, absolutely, absolutely. >> liam, moment, thank absolutely. >> iforn, moment, thank absolutely. >> ifor that. moment, thank absolutely. >> ifor that. let'snoment, thank absolutely. >> ifor that. let's update, thank absolutely. >> ifor that. let's update you nk you for that. let's update you now on this astonishing report revealing 1 in 3 female revealing almost 1 in 3 female surgeons in the nhs sexually assaulted in the last five years. some of them even being abused in the operating theatre by their own colleagues. indeed 11 nhs staff reporting being raped by their colleagues. the british journal of surgery survey also found that 40% of women had received uninvited comments about their body , comments about their body, whilst 29% had experienced unwanted physical advances at work . work. >> earlier we spoke to roy lillie , former chairman of an lillie, former chairman of an nhs trust. this is what he had to say. >> ratio of men to female

surgeons at the moment is about 8 to 1, so the females are in the minority . they've gone from the minority. they've gone from about 3% in 1990 to about 14, nearly 15% last year. so there is a growing number of them working in surgery. but and this is the important point, 77% of everyone working in the whole nhs is female. so it's really a female dominated profession. now 45% of all doctors are female . 45% of all doctors are female. it's just in the surgery environment where it is male dominated . and i don't want to dominated. and i don't want to kind of stereotype people , but i kind of stereotype people, but i mean, if you're a surgeon , mean, if you're a surgeon, you're probably likely to be an alpha male because it takes a huge amount of confidence to take a scalpel and stick it in someone and fiddle about with their bits and pieces. so it does. so that requires a kind of confidence which often over spills into an arrogance and sort of a right of passage and

clearly the relationship ukip between the consultants and funding mentally these will be trainee surgeons that so the power dynamic is wrong and the gender dynamic is wrong and that that and it seems to be within that and it seems to be within that very pressured environment of the operating theatre. i mean, these are horrendous numbers . numbers. >> what also appears to be incredible wrong, roy, is that these women not feeling that they're going to be listened to, not feeling that they will be protected by the gmc , by nhs protected by the gmc, by nhs trusts . trusts. >> exactly . you're right. and >> exactly. you're right. and it's the power dynamic because the consultants have huge sway over the advancement and the education of what we call junior doctors . you know, we've heard a doctors. you know, we've heard a lot about junior doctors being on strike. and we think of them as being young doctors, you

know, first year out of medical school, actually , these can school, actually, these you can be doctor and be a be a junior doctor and be a senior registrar, not quite a consultant. and it's the consultants that hold sway . the consultants that hold sway. the consultants that hold sway. the consultants can can can ruin a career, really, if they give a bad report, they can certainly help advance a career if they want to. and you know, as i say, i don't want to get into the stereotypes thing because, you know, there are some brilliant male surgeons who encourage male surgeons who do encourage women but women and their careers. but this clearly there's something very seriously wrong in what is happening in in surgeon three. and it's very seriously wrong that the power dynamic is such that the power dynamic is such that it's not just the male female dynamic, it's the tutor student dynamic as well. and the exploitation of all that, which is a toxic cocktail which has been revealed. what should the action be? because we've already got the whole issue of whistleblowers being addressed. i mean, is that the way to do it 7 i mean, is that the way to do it ? mean, it's layer ? well, no. i mean, it's layer upon layer of regulation . every upon layer of regulation. every

time something goes wrong, we get new regulation in. and if we haven't that regulation haven't learned that regulation doesn't now, we'll never doesn't work by now, we'll never learn. i look at the levy learn. i mean, look at the levy system situation. all of the people, all the key protagonists there were in regulated professions . so it doesn't work. professions. so it doesn't work. i mean, if i was still running a hospital, i'd get all the surgeons together. i'd sit them down in the room and say, up with this, i will not put out if it's here. i want to it's happening here. i want to know. here's my home phone number. mean, this is number. ring me. i mean, this is about it's about about leadership and it's about being. these leaders are visible , have a vision, share it often . so it's about saying to people , going to people and saying, i will not put up with this. this is not acceptable my watch . is not acceptable on my watch. and here's how you get hold of me. if there's a problem, i will sort it . roy lily me. if there's a problem, i will sort it. roy lily updating us a little earlier. coming up , the little earlier. coming up, the rocket man arrives in russia on a train. but kim jong un already heading towards a space centre to meet up with vladimir putin. we'll have the latest for you coming up . coming up. >> looks like things are heating

up. boxed boilers, proud sponsors of weather on . gb news. sponsors of weather on. gb news. >> good afternoon. well the thunderstorm risk will continue across southeastern areas through this evening. elsewhere, though, it will turn dry and chilly as well . so we've got chilly as well. so we've got a front that's been sat across the middle of the country that is pushing eastwards overnight, taking with it a lot of the rain and behind that, it will turn fresher . but for the afternoon, fresher. but for the afternoon, though, we've still got some persistent over the likes persistent rain over the likes of lincolnshire of yorkshire, lincolnshire and in the south—east where there's a warning force for a warning in force for thunderstorms as that rain clears overnight, will be clears overnight, there will be quite a lot of cloud around in its wake and that cloud will cling to the hills and coasts across kent and sussex . across kent and sussex. elsewhere, though, a dry and clear night and a chilly one, particularly for any scottish glens there's a risk of glens where there's a risk of frost to start on wednesday morning. so a crisper more autumnal feel to the start of wednesday for the bulk of the uk , but it will feel that much

cloudier and milder across the south—east the odd shower could break out through the morning as well. here otherwise though, a dry day for much of wednesday. cloud will thicken through the day and rain will arrive day though, and rain will arrive across northern ireland and northwestern scotland by wednesday afternoon. that rain will push into parts of wales and northern england throughout thursday morning as well, bringing these areas a much cloudier and damp day on thursday. to the south and east, though staying milder. that though staying milder. and that theme continues through the rest of the week into the weekend of the week and into the weekend with increasing of with an increasing risk of thunderstorms across south eastern cooler eastern areas. but cooler further north. >> looks like things are heating up. boxed boilers, proud sponsors of weather on .

three on. gb news and welcome back to the live desk. >> now it looks as if it might be full steam ahead for closer ties between russia and north korea. kim jong un's armoured train is chugging towards the russian space centre of vostochny, we're told, where the nonh vostochny, we're told, where the north korean leader expected to meet president putin tomorrow . meet president putin tomorrow. >> the russian president is reportedly keen to buy north korean weapons in return for food and fuel , but it remains to food and fuel, but it remains to be seen whether this meeting will lead to more permanent close ties between the two countries. >> let's get the view now from

ukraine on this. we can speak once more to ukrainian member of parliament, kira ruddick. kira thank you for time. once thank you for your time. once more bring us reaction more to bring us the reaction there from kyiv and the analysts are saying this could indicate that putin is preparing for a long war of attrition. he wants more ammunition. he wants more shells to keep the war . more ammunition. he wants more shells to keep the war. going >> hello. thank you so much for having me. >> well, indeed , we understand >> well, indeed, we understand that this is a part of putin's plan to get more weapons in to improve the production of weapons in russia, to have the war for long time to look at the opportunity that the western unity will not last long. >> and with the hopes that the political changes that may happen anywhere in the world would be in his favour. >> of course , as we think that >> of course, as we think that any thing that is possible

should be done so that russia would not be able to overpass sanctions and continue production of the weapons and suppues production of the weapons and supplies and not be able to make alliances with other countries to get more weapons and supplies to get more weapons and supplies to kill us. >> however , the fact that north >> however, the fact that north korea is open to that and let's be honest, it's not only north korea that is open to working with russia. >> this means that that the punchbag that russia received from all our allies was not enough. >> this means that they still feel comfortable in their position and they are able to overpass sanctions and they are able to continue their economic growth. the reality that we are seeing right now is that russia continues trading with so many countries outside of european

union, outside of the united kingdom, united states, and they are doing very well. >> so we need to strengthen the allies alliance to work better in terms of strengthening the sanctions and closing the loopholes that are being used by them . and of course, to punch them. and of course, to punch back stronger and one of the ways of punching back would be using russian state assets that are right now being frozen in the countries like united kingdom, united states , canada kingdom, united states, canada and europe . of course, to use and europe. of course, to use them to help ukraine. if russia will lose in this battle for their frozen assets, it could be a very good sign for countries like china for countries like india, for countries like brazil, not to deal with them and for any other authoritarian regime in the world.

>> and is there concern there, given the lack of a clear message from the g20 in support of . ukraine of. ukraine >> yeah. well, i personally think that there is nothing that 620 think that there is nothing that g20 can be proud of in terms of their statement regarding ukraine. it was about some countries should be respecting other countries borders and the world should be a peaceful place, etcetera . and it was not place, etcetera. and it was not the message that would accumulate the force to end the war and to help ukraine win. and of course, it is a concern , of course, it is a concern, especially the g20 countries are highly reliant on ukraine in terms of the food security, in terms of the food security, in terms of the grain supplies and i think all the developed countries are very much interested in stability and not

the opposite . so right now, when the opposite. so right now, when we are, we approaching very complicated winter for our country, it is absolutely necessary , you know, to bring necessary, you know, to bring everybody in except and not to have really weak statements . and have really weak statements. and that would tell russia that there is a chance that they would get away with what they are doing . are doing. >> kyrees ukraine's counteroffensive. it's now into its fourth month, i think, and vladimir putin is saying and indeed other analysts are saying that that breakthrough from ukraine hasn't come. when do you think it could come being as as you say, you are approaching winter now . winter now. >> well, it's very hard to predict anything given the fact that there is nothing to compare it to. right we understand that we really need the fighter jets that are to arrive only next yeah

that are to arrive only next year. and we also understand that we would really need the comes missile systems wide range missile systems that would allow our forces . to destroy russian our forces. to destroy russian artillery further and be able to march forward with more efficient way. we all need to understand and that the goal that ukrainian army has is not to get back our territories by all means and all costs. to get back our territories by all means and all costs . we also all means and all costs. we also need to be preserving our people and as of right now, almost every ukrainian family has somebody fighting at the front. so for us, it is very personal that our military commanders are being very wise and being very careful with human life. we cannot act like russia using people as battlefield beth mead we understand that our goal is to win and to liberate our

territories , but we are also not territories, but we are also not going to throw people on on the minefields . and we just need to minefields. and we just need to move further. the way it is the most efficient . we really trust most efficient. we really trust our military commanders and we know that they are doing the their job the know that they are doing the theirjob the right know that they are doing the their job the right way. so whatever they achieving, we are truly supporting kira. >> as ever, thank you for updating us there in ukraine and giving us the very latest . and giving us the very latest. and of course, we'll speak to you again soon. apologies for a bit of break up on the sound and sound problems there, for sound problems there, but for obvious kyiv. but obvious reasons from kyiv. but more to come on that. more to come wilco shutting up come on. wilco shutting up shop from is the wilkinson from today is the wilkinson family to blame ? we'll be family to blame? we'll be speaking to people at one store in stafford, which is shutting first news headlines with . ray

first news headlines with. ray >> good afternoon . 1:32. our top >> good afternoon. 1:32. our top stories . the barclays bank is stories. the barclays bank is cutting over 450 staff unite the union, which represents staff at the bank , said its members were the bank, said its members were informed earlier on today. they've branded the decision unnecessary and unjustified , unnecessary and unjustified, saying it will leave people gravely concerned about their job security and livelihoods. they're also criticising barclays for cutting jobs at a time when it's making big, big profits . gb news can reveal that profits. gb news can reveal that more than 3000 migrants have crossed the english channel over the last 11 days. it coincides with the longest run of good weather. so far this year. home office figures show that 144 channel migrants crossed on monday in three boats today. so far , just two boats have far, just two boats have crossed, carrying around 100 people. the chancellor is defending the british job market despite rising unemployment figures released today across the uk, unemployment rose by 0.1, reaching 4.3% in july.

that's while job vacancies fell to below a million. jeremy hunt says that remains below many of our international peers . our international peers. regulators may have breached environmental law by allowing water companies to discharge sewage outside of exceptional circumstances . that's according circumstances. that's according to the government watchdog north. it's only allowed following unusually heavy rain to prevent flooding people's homes. however, the office for environmental protection says defra , the environment agency defra, the environment agency and off.what may have misinterpreted the law. lib dem deputy leader daisy cooper says the government has lost control i >> -- >> this report is completely and confirms what we have suspected for quite some time, which is that the conservative government have for a very long time let water companies off the hook and allowed them to continue to pump filthy sewage into our rivers, our chalk streams and onto our beaches and you can get more on all of those stories by visiting

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people's. channel >> it is the end of an era today as the family run firm wilko begins to shut its doors after collapsing and failing to find a buyeh collapsing and failing to find a buyer. 24 shops across the uk, there could be one near you are to close today, with hundreds of staff losing their jobs. well, in total, 12,500 perhaps will be made redundant. >> 400 shops closing after the family owned firm hired those administrators early last month, coming under pressure from both weak consumer spending and debts at the firm was holding. let's get more now with our westminster reporter jack carson at stafford outside one of those stores which is due to closing today. jack, have you managed to

speak to staff yet and gauge speak to the staff yet and gauge their on. their reaction on. >> yeah, well , their reaction on. >> yeah, well, in terms of the staff's perspective , it's a very staff's perspective, it's a very sad day for them. there's been quite a few tears , as you can quite a few tears, as you can see, from from some people all through the through the store and actually quite a few tears from customers as as well. one lady came up to me and said that she'd had she'd suffered from a from a brain tumour and such as the community feeling within this store that a few of the staff members actually went and visited her in hospital. so for her, it's not just losing a store today, it's losing friends and losing what she feels like a part of the community because of course, store in stafford course, this store in stafford is of 24 that's closing is one of 24 that's closing today, 28 will close on thursday and more than 100 next week. all 400 by october will be closed and as you mentioned there, 12,500 people up for redundancy , losing their jobs. it's been , losing theirjobs. it's been a concern that the gmb union, who of course, represent many people working for wilko, are concerned

about as well. but as customers come here for the last time i've been speaking to them and finding out how they're feeling i >> -- >> it's such a shame. >> it's such a shame. >> it's such a shame. >> it really is . >> it really is. >> it really is. >> shopped here for years . >> shopped here for years. >> shopped here for years. >> can't believe we'll coast finishing. there's only signs le parisien that there's such a few shops now . it's a shame . shops now. it's a shame. >> yeah. very sad day . >> yeah. very sad day. >> yeah. very sad day. >> everything in stafford seems to be closing and all the, you know , all the important shops know, all the important shops and that it's just very sad . and that it's just very sad. it's been very important because it's been very important because i get a lot of missed stuff. well i used to get a lot of my stuff from there, so it's a very sad day. >> i'm sad because i've been shopping here since it opened andifs shopping here since it opened and it's a really nice friendly shop and everything and it's just such a shame, you know, because all these are because all these shops are disappearing . disappearing. >> i mean, it's an absolute tragedy it's been a tragedy really. it's been a staple high street store for a number of well, a number of years, back . i years, really way back. i remember coming back here in the 90s as years went on,

90s. but as the years went on, it did lose its way . there was it did lose its way. there was a lot of stores which did become cheap. i mean, it's right here. it's up against sainsbury's and home bargains and both were cheaperin home bargains and both were cheaper in a lot of stuff. even with the closing down, prices are still stuff which are cheaper elsewhere. i mean, for example, cat food stuff like example, cat food and stuff like that. have got cheaper that. you could have got cheaper pretty much anywhere really. >> jackie, interesting point >> and jackie, interesting point made by one of those people you spoke to, one of the shoppers there. the rest of the high there. but the rest of the high street, what's the picture you've there stafford? you've got there of stafford? because, know, because, of course, you know, key it wilko key question, was it wilko themselves and the family and themselves and the family and the they the firm? or is the way they run the firm? or is this indicative of more problems on streets ? well on britain's high streets? well actually, funnily enough, one lady spoke to me today. >> she said that when she moved here, she complained to her husband because all get up husband because all you'd get up the was shoe shops the high street was shoe shops here in stafford. but she says now not single shoe now there's not a single shoe shop maybe that's shop left. so maybe that's indicative high streets shop left. so maybe that's indicibut high streets shop left. so maybe that's indicibut of high streets shop left. so maybe that's indicibut of coursegh streets shop left. so maybe that's indicibut of course wilko ets here. but of course wilko themselves struggling with not having of an online having so much of an online presence other retailers presence and as other retailers , big competitors like b&m moved

to maybe more out of town, retail parks where consumer trends started to go towards more people shopping there rather than have to come rather than have to say, come into town and pay for increased parking. didn't parking. wilko didn't necessarily follow suit. they stayed strong on the high street. but now that's something which of course meant that which of course has meant that as high streets as the high streets and the footfall high street footfall on the high street particular has decreased, it's meant there customers have also decreased as well, and they're ending amongst, of course, decreased as well, and they're endingother mongst , of course, decreased as well, and they're endingother factors , of course, decreased as well, and they're endingother factors in )f course, decreased as well, and they're endingother factors in this urse, many other factors in this situation today . situation today. >> jack stafford, thanks very much for updating us there on a gloomy day in stafford and elsewhere of course. thank you . elsewhere of course. thank you. >> turning to israel because a historic showdown is unfolding as all 15 supreme court judges convened for the first time to address petitions against a controversial legal amendment that curtails the court's own powers. thousands of israelis gathered in support of the judges, fearing that this move would weaken judicial independence and democracy.

could this lead to a constitutional crisis ? constitutional crisis? >> well, we can cross now live to tel aviv and speak once more to tel aviv and speak once more to yotam confino, foreign editor at jewish news. yotam, thank you for your time. and this is significant this time, of course, isn't it? it's the whole bench of the judges is. and i guess this supreme court will hear the arguments against in the most detail so far. >> absolutely. the court has heard from the government represented the attorney for the first couple of hours of the day. >> now it's hearing from the attorney who is representing the organised nation that petitioned against this reasonableness law as it's called. and as you said , it's super, super contentious. it's a showdown. it's a constitutional crisis that israel finds itself in. and it does so because for a couple of reasons. but first of all, let's just look at why the government would like to remove this this

law or to change the basic law that up until now has allowed the supreme court to strike down decisions made by the government if it deemed them unreasonable. the latest example of when the supreme court used this reasonableness clause that israel had up until recently was in january, when they told prime minister netanyahu that the person that he had appointed to be health and interior minister was is a decision that was unreasonable in the extreme because he had three convictions behind him. he had been in jail, convicted of tax fraud. he promised the supreme court that he would leave public life, political life in a plea deal last year. that's an example of how the supreme court can make use of this reasonableness clause. and it does so. and it has done so in other cases throughout its history. but the government sees this as a direct hindrance. it sees it as a way of basically keeping down the

government . yeah. the government. yeah. the government's decision and not allowing it to do what it wants and the risk is, isn't it, that that if the supreme court does strike down the law , the strike down the law, the government may netanyahu's government may netanyahu's government could just ignore their decision anyway . so this their decision anyway. so this is where the constitutional crisis really unfolds , because crisis really unfolds, because we have heard today from several coalition members of netanyahu's coalition members of netanyahu's coalition saying in so many words , we will not obey the words, we will not obey the supreme court if it strikes down this law. now, what does that mean? that means basically that the government is not complying with the supreme court and it means that institutions in israel will have to make a decision . who do we listen to? decision. who do we listen to? do we listen to the democratically elected government or do we listen to the supreme court ? it can't get the supreme court? it can't get more serious than this. it

really can't. and that's why it's called the biggest crises in israel's history. because because it is simply tearing the nafion because it is simply tearing the nation apart. and it is throwing institutions into this absurd situation where they need to make a decision about who they should listen to. the supreme court or the government. >> yeah. and even though we've got the hearing today, i gather the ruling may not expected the ruling may not be expected for another of weeks or for another number of weeks or even months . clearly, what we've even months. clearly, what we've seen streets will seen on the streets will continue split in continue and that split in israeli society . have we got any israeli society. have we got any indication what the united states and other outside partners are likely to do ? partners are likely to do? >> well, we know for a fact that the united states has pressured netanyahu to reach a consensus. they've done so from the beginning of the year when his government% did all these judicial reforms. the biden administration really pressured netanyahu into finding some sort of a compromise with the

opposition . and that's one of opposition. and that's one of the reasons why netanyahu is also not been invited to the white house yet. but what happens if the supreme court strikes this law and the strikes down this law and the government says we won't comply with that order? that remains to be seen. i don't know if the biden administration will know what to do, really, because it keeps saying israel is our closest ally based on shared democratic values . now, it's not democratic values. now, it's not a shared value . you if you have a shared value. you if you have a shared value. you if you have a democracy where you don't really know who is in charge and you don't listen to the supreme court . so it's a huge issue for court. so it's a huge issue for netanyahu's government because he has his base that he needs to appease. he has his base that he needs to appease . and he has his powerful appease. and he has his powerful friend in the white house that he needs to show that, you know, israel is not a mad country where there is no law and order. so he is really, really caught between a rock and a hard place right now. netanyahu a key, crucial day. >> yotam zeba, thank you for updating us there in tel aviv. thanks for your time.

>> reality tv stars and a former lioness are among those expected to meet the technology secretary, michelle donelan, to discuss online abuse today. >> well, this comes ahead of the online safety bill, returning to the commons for its stages the commons for its final stages . let's get more from downing street and our political reporter olivia utley is there. and it's a pretty sensitive subject. olivia . subject. olivia. >> it is a pretty sensitive subject. i've been watching the reality tv stars and england footballers walk into number 10 behind me for this meeting with michelle donelan essentially , michelle donelan essentially, the science and technology secretary desperate to get secretary is desperate to get some good press around the online safety bill. this is a bill which was first conceived back in 2019 when theresa may was prime minister and it has gone through a lot of different iterations and amendments since then. >> there have been four different secretaries of state in charge of this bill since it was first conceived. >> and of course what the bill intends to do is to is to make

it easier for children to be safe online, make it easier for everyone to be safe online. >> the prime minister wants britain to be the safest place in the world to be online in, but in its haste, it seems to get some of these measures through. the government might have overlooked some potential pitfalls. for example, the pitfalls. so for example, the government wants to make it easier for big tech companies to intervene in messages where the government believes or big tech companies believe that for example, inappropriate images of children are being sent from one whatsapp user to another. but whatsapp user to another. but whatsapp argues that it's encrypted technology is designed to be extra , extra secure so to be extra, extra secure so users can send messages to each other without fear of interception from, say , hostile states. >> so there are sort of two different issues in contention here. the government says it is possible to have a secure messaging service and to have children be safer online, but lots of liberty . these lots of liberty. these campaigners argue that that tension is very, very difficult to get right, which is why the

online safety bill has been so controversial. it is now 302 pages of legislation in, and it's going to be really, really difficult for big tech companies to get their head around it when it finally comes into effect later this year. >> sarah in downing street . and >> sarah in downing street. and of course, we'll see what emerges from those talks. thank you very much. today is the 150th anniversary of the oldest international fixture in football history as scotland take on england tonight at hampden park. take on england tonight at hampden park . yes, that first hampden park. yes, that first ever meeting, november the 30th, 1872, just 4000 fans. it might be a few more. tonight looked very different to the game that we know and love both sides in strong form at the moment for respective euro 2024 qualifying campaigns . respective euro 2024 qualifying campaigns. so all eyes on glasgow, which is why we're going to join our man, tony mcguire outside hampden park where the battle will commence tonight. 745 i think kick off tony yeah .

tony yeah. >> yes, that's correct. and certainly, you know will this is without a doubt an international friendly . there's nothing friendly. there's nothing friendly. there's nothing friendly about this rivalry. both steve clarke and gareth southgate coming out and saying that, you know, this was either , in steve clarke's words, going to be a battle for bragging rights . and gareth southgate rights. and gareth southgate taking a more reserved form and looking towards us, you know, assessing other teams as the euro 2024 draws ever closer . but euro 2024 draws ever closer. but yes, tonight's match celebrates that amazing game , the first that amazing game, the first ever international of football you'll ever anywhere between scotland and england. and that match ended in a nil nil draw. but certainly fans here at hampden tonight are going to be expecting at least something on the score sheets. and if i may just let me take you back to kind of what that match was like. two posts. there like. there was two posts. there was crossbar. however, was no crossbar. however, there was no crossbar. however, there was line tape . the was just a line of tape. the crossbar the net were added crossbar and the net were added later fans could later so that fans could actually know that when those goals were going in and

goals were were going in and certain the referee as we have today, there was two umpires, one for each side and a timekeeper on the far edge measuring the match as it went on to break those deadlocks . men on to break those deadlocks. men get in for a shilling and women got in for free. but certainly not everything has changed. england still wearing white and scotland , still wearing blue. scotland, still wearing blue. and of course , i'm sorry , tony, and of course, i'm sorry, tony, i was just wanting to ask you about this fascinating fact that people might be interested in that scotland and england have only met seven times since the turn of the century. >> it's not many, is it? yeah no, that's right. >> and certainly the last few times i think the latest one was in 2021. and for another european competition. and that endedin european competition. and that ended in nil nil. and the one before that was 2—2. so all in though these , these teams have though these, these teams have met 116 times, this will be their 116th meeting. and

certainly what will go on to say is that, you know, the tartan army always refers to england as the auld enemy. and but maybe tonight they'll be old friends by teaching the ref the referee. some colourful language. some new colourful language. yeah indeed. >> say, the not so >> as you say, the not so friendly , friendly. thank friendly, friendly. tony, thank you for that for the moment. but let's reflect that if norway and georgia draw in oslo, that means scotland will automatically get through to those euro qualifiers and join the championship in germany. so it's not just hampden tonight. we'll be keeping an eye on that. more coming up. stay with us here on the desk , a brighter the live desk, a brighter outlook with boxt solar >> proud sponsors of weather on . gb news. good afternoon. >> well, the thunderstorm risk will continue across southeastern areas through this evening . elsewhere, though, evening. elsewhere, though, it'll turn dry and chilly as well. so we've got a front that's been sat across the middle of the country that is pushing eastwards overnight,

taking with it a lot of the rain and behind that, it will turn fresher. but for the afternoon, though, we've still got some persistent rain over the likes of yorkshire , lincolnshire and of yorkshire, lincolnshire and in the south—east where there's a warning in force for thunderstorms as that rain clears overnight, there will be quite lot of cloud around in quite a lot of cloud around in its wake and that cloud will cling to the hills and coasts across kent and sussex. elsewhere, though , a dry and elsewhere, though, a dry and clear night and a chilly one, particularly any scottish particularly for any scottish glens where there's a risk of frost to start on wednesday morning. so a crisper, more autumnal feel to the start of wednesday for the bulk of the uk. but it will feel that much cloudier milder across the cloudier and milder across the south—east. the odd shower could break out through the morning as well here. otherwise though, a dry day for much of wednesday . dry day for much of wednesday. cloud will thicken through the day though , and rain will arrive day though, and rain will arrive across northern ireland and northwestern scotland by wednesday afternoon . that rain wednesday afternoon. that rain will push into parts of wales and northern england throughout thursday morning as well,

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gb news. >> good afternoon. it is 2:00 and you're with the live desk here on gb news. coming up this tuesday lunchtime . tuesday lunchtime. >> good and bad news on the economy. wages outstrip inflation for the first time in nearly two years, but unemployment up and barclays now saying it expects to slash 450 jobs. >> kim jong un arrives in russia ahead of an historic meeting with vladimir putin. what arms will the north koreans give them , though, in exchange for food and fuel ? and fuel? >> and the warning from senior tory mps that westminster could be infiltrated by a chinese spying ring. we'll have the latest on the scandal playing out in the heart of . out in the heart of. parliament plus , it's football's oldest

plus, it's football's oldest international fixture where england face scotland tonight , england face scotland tonight, 150 years since their first meeting in 1872. >> we'll be talking to some of the fans heading to the game later . first, here's ray to kick later. first, here's ray to kick us off with the news headlines . us off with the news headlines. >> thanks, pip. good afternoon . >> thanks, pip. good afternoon. just after 2:00, our top stories, barclays bank is cutting over 450 staff. unite the union, which represents employees at the bank, says its members were informed earlier on today. members were informed earlier on today . they've branded the today. they've branded the decision unnecessary and unjustified. and will leave people gravely concerned about their job people gravely concerned about theirjob security and their job security and livelihoods . they've also livelihoods. they've also criticising barclays for cutting jobs at a time when it's making big profits . well, gb news can big profits. well, gb news can reveal that more than 3000 migrants have crossed the engush migrants have crossed the english channel over the last 11 days. it coincides with the longest run of good weather so far this year. home office

figures show that 144 channel migrants crossed on monday in three boats today. so far, just two boats have crossed , carrying two boats have crossed, carrying around 100 people, while the total figure is 17% down when compared to the same period last year. compared to the same period last year . the chancellor is year. the chancellor is defending the british job market despite rising unemployment figures released earlier on today. across the uk, unemployment rose by 0.1, reaching . 4.3% in july. that's reaching. 4.3% in july. that's while job vacancies fell to below a million. as jeremy hunt says, that remains below many of our international peers. meanwhile the average growth in pay meanwhile the average growth in pay remained at a record high of 7.8. shadow business, employment and levelling up secretary justin madders says more needs to be done. >> there are strong economic headwinds that have been troubling the economy for some time , but i think one of the time, but i think one of the things we're very clear about is the only way we are going to get

out of this mess we've been in really for 13 years now. we've we've stagnant growth is to actually turbo charge that and get us to be the highest economic growth in the g7. and thatis economic growth in the g7. and that is going to be a huge task. but that is the only way we're going to get more money in people's pockets, better job security people's pockets, better job sec let's with the latest >> let's stay with the latest economic figures. and food inflation fallen to its inflation has fallen to its lowest level in more than a yeah lowest level in more than a year. kantar group saying that grocery price inflation is down for the sixth month in a row, reaching 12.2. that's compared to 17.5% back in march . now, to 17.5% back in march. now, despite that, 95% of consumers say they're still concerned about rising supermarket bills . about rising supermarket bills. labour's deputy leader says pay and housing will be among the top priorities if her party wins the next general election. dufing the next general election. during the tuc congress in liverpool , angela rayner said liverpool, angela rayner said that labour would ban zero hours

contracts and give employees job rights from their first day. ms rayner also told the unions she would not let them down if she becomes deputy pm and will make sure that labour stabilises the economy. >> the massacre slipped and the pubuc >> the massacre slipped and the public have seen the truth warm words and politically driven handouts will not touch the sides and empty slogans will not pay sides and empty slogans will not pay decent wages and false promises will not build secure homes and a sound bite will not empower our local people and local communities to take control of their futures . control of their futures. >> in international news, more than 10,000 people are feared missing in libya due to floods caused by storm. daniel dams have burst and buildings swept away as water wiped out large parts of the coastal city of derna. more than 1000 bodies have already been recovered there alone. libya's minister for civil aviation has described the conditions as disastrous .

the conditions as disastrous. well, back here, wilko is closing 24 of its stores across the uk today with hundreds of workers set for redundancy. the retailer is going into administration with all 400 of the discount chain's shops set to close by october. over 12,000 staff are likely to lose their jobs. jeff moody, commercial director of the british independent retailers association, says it's a sad day for the high street . for the high street. >> some of these people may fail in jobs in retail, which would be great, but this is now a time where the government really needs to question how it's going to support the high street and how going to change it. how it's going to change it. >> think money should >> we don't think money should be in what is be poured in what we think is proper relief business proper relief for business rates, to plan rates, allowing business to plan and invest and business rates, relief ends in april next year. >> so we don't know what the new policy will be. >> so if they tell us what it is now, businesses can make that decision now, businesses can make that decand regulators may >> and finally, regulators may have breached environmental law by allowing water companies to

discharge sewerage outside of exceptional circumstances. that's according to the government watchdog . now, government watchdog. now, normally it's only allowed following unusually heavy rain to prevent flooding people's homes. however the office for environmental protection says defra, the environment agency and off.what may have misinterpreted the law. steve reid is shadow environment secretary. he says the breach is shocking to find out that the government itself khalife may have broken the law by their failure to intervene in with these water companies who are themselves illegally dumping raw sewage in our waterways just goes to show that it is the government that is at fault for what we're seeing in our rivers , in our lakes, and lapping up onto our beaches at the moment. >> raw sewage . >> raw sewage. >> raw sewage. >> ej stinking, toxic sewage that will disgust people up and down this country that this conservative government has allowed this happen . allowed this to happen. >> this is news across the uk on tv, in your car, on digital

radio and on your smart speaker by saying play gb news. >> now let's get straight back to mark and . pip to mark and. pip >> thanks, ray. senior tory politicians are warning that there could be a chinese intelligence ring at the heart of government . the parliamentary of government. the parliamentary researcher at the heart of the chinese westminster spying scandal continues to deny all charges. >> the intelligence services have also been quoted as saying they are concerned about a network of chinese informants. two people have so far been arrested under the official secrets act. and, of course , the secrets act. and, of course, the prime minister under increasing pressure . the business pressure. the business secretary, badenoch, saying secretary, kemi badenoch, saying that should be that china should not be described as a foe. let's get more now with our political edhoh more now with our political editor, christopher hope. and, christopher, the voices are getting louder, it seems, from within parliament. yeah and there's frustration, too, mark, growing about a lack of a willingness to do much about it in parliament. >> there's 19,000 people can

access the building you see behind me. i'm one of them. and what are what are these? the china hawks they call themselves want to see is a more proactive approach from authorities to see who has got access to parliament. obviously, there are lots of lots of secrets doing the rounds there, but there are meetings with ministers, there's letters that can go out on letterhead and paper from mps that kind of thing. and you look at america where there's been as many 100 different many as 100 different prosecutions over chinese infiltration democracy. infiltration of democracy. there's been, i think, zero here. have been warnings here. there have been warnings from about course , from m15 about it. of course, this arrest happened of these individuals who deny all wrongdoing, which is, say quite clearly back in march. but mps are there. first they are frustrated there. first they heard was reading the heard about it was reading the sunday the weekend. so sunday times at the weekend. so there's feeling there's there's a feeling that there's an so forgive in an evening. so forgive me in cabinet wasn't raised cabinet today it wasn't raised that it's not just enough to try and do arrest here and and do the odd arrest here and there , but do be more there, but do more be more proactive on the front foot dealing. what could a threat proactive on the front foot dethe g. what could a threat proactive on the front foot dethe chinese could a threat proactive on the front foot dethe chinese state, a threat proactive on the front foot dethe chinese state, to a threat proactive on the front foot dethe chinese state, to our|reat to the chinese state, to our democracy. >> one of the people, though, who is very fearful is former

tory leader iain duncan smith , tory leader iain duncan smith, who has suggested that there is a spy ring operating at westminster. so not just a lone wolf, a ring . it just sounds wolf, a ring. it just sounds something out of a john le carre book, doesn't it? >> but yes, indeed. and that's the worry that there's more people again , the people people again, the people involved with this deny all wrongdoing but could wrongdoing. but there could be there number of there could be any number of people doing this and undetected because you are given passes to the house of commons lasting 2 or 3 years. if you don't if you don't flag up any problems, they won't be checked. that's the worry, i think. and it does seem that there's a feeling that there's a there's a feeling that there's a there's a feeling that that must take its that that justice must take its course with these individuals, mps are being gagged, told they can't even talk about the name of person, even though that of the person, even though that person has been named in a national monday. national newspaper on monday. why can't living why can't they why can't living more in the open indeed more out in the open and indeed , a view that if the , there's a view that if the government more open about government was more open about the threat to our democracy, that way of that it might be a good way of that it might be a good way of that help deal

that others can help deal with it and them it? yeah it and help them fight it? yeah and looking to sir and looking back to what sir lindsay that lindsay hoyle said in that address to two mps, i mean, he was them not to try was warning them not just to try and avoid mention any names, but basically trying to give the reader assurance that the security knew all about this. >> you know, is that going to cut it at pmqs tomorrow ? cut it at pmqs tomorrow? >> i'm not sure it will. i think it's odd, isn't it, that lindsay hoyle said yesterday that there are a few mps were told about it, but that was it. and the problem is other people were talking and have been talking to these people and the concern is, well, you were you talking well, you know, were you talking to was linked to somebody who was linked to the state or not? again, the chinese state or not? again, they wrongdoing they deny all wrongdoing, but they deny all wrongdoing, but the taken place the arrests have taken place under secrets act. under the official secrets act. and need, think , to and there's a need, i think, to have have more sunlight into have to have more sunlight into this people this area to ensure that people are are not alarmed and not worried about it. >> okay. christopher for the moment, thank you for that. we'll see what emerges, of course, parliamenttomorrow we'll see what emerges, of course, parliament tomorrow . course, in parliament tomorrow. but let's now on the but let's reflect now on the breaking news we brought to you of barclays telling staff

of barclays bank, telling staff it's planning to cut 450 jobs across the business as the union says it plans to meet with the chief executive of the company to push for a guarantee of no compulsory losses . compulsory job losses. >> joining us now in the studio is our economics business is our economics and business editor halligan with on the editor liam halligan with on the money . liam barclays makes money. liam barclays makes billions. so why does it need to axe hundreds of jobs ? axe hundreds of jobs? >> because it's got shareholders , it's got a chief executive and it's there legal obligation to you maximise profits for those shareholders and barclays executives would say that they're closing down lots of branches, they're closing down hundreds of branches this year and next year we can see the withdrawal of banks from the high street. when you close down branches, you don't need people to cash cheques to hand out money to meet and greet customers because it's digital, though, i must say, i think barclays have been a little bit disingenuous . they say we

disingenuous. they say we continue to review and adapt our operations based on the ways companies, customers are choosing to interact with us. a lot of customers would say certainly a lot of gb news viewers, don't want viewers, they don't want to interact with bank digitally. interact with a bank digitally. they want to call call they don't want to call a call centre on another continent. they want to go to down their high they want walk high streets. they want to walk into a barclays bank paying their talk to their cash and perhaps talk to somebody who they about somebody who they trust about their financial affairs. >> interesting, however , i >> it's interesting, however, i mean, we were acknowledging what the union was saying, unite . you the union was saying, unite. you know, it may well be those earning moderate salaries within the bank, but but press association is saying it understands it's mid to senior level staff at its head office. you know, the engine room, if you like. >> that wouldn't surprise me either . i >> that wouldn't surprise me either. i mean, >> that wouldn't surprise me either . i mean, maybe there's >> that wouldn't surprise me either. i mean, maybe there's a little bit of spin there from barclays. just, barclays. we're not just, you know, on the on the know, dumping on the on the little people. yeah obviously, when you need managers for the whole cash operation and as as the cash operation withdraws into history, though, the government says off the back of

our don't kill cash campaign on it wants to take measures still waiting to see those. the waiting to see those. by the way, minister, if you're watching there are there will watching so there are there will be middle manager and upper middle managers, too. i mean, look, barclays has 42,000 employees across the uk, but a lot a lot of those are in investment banking market in the city and other financial centres. >> and they're the ones that make the money. >> well, they do make the money, but every and then, you but every now and then, you know, these guys cause a massive crash craters economy. crash that craters the economy. so do they really so how much money do they really make? me old fashioned make? call me old fashioned casino is some called it. >> i would h. emm- filmin— >> i would like to see if you have universe, you have a have a universe, if you have a banking licence, is banking licence, which is a licence to print money, literally, we've got all these challenger banks that are coming in that can't get full banking licences. >> that's just that's just it seems to me pure lobby power. if the incumbents who don't want competition, of course, these challenger banks should get licences and challenge these incumbent banks. the low interest rates, maybe as we've talked before, bring new products into the market,

particularly on mortgages and so on and so forth. the banking industry is more concentrated now . there are fewer big banks now. there are fewer big banks than fewer banks and bigger banks than it was before the global crisis in 2008. global financial crisis in 2008. look, this is bad news for a lot of people , and i think we're of people, and i think we're going to see a lot more this going to see a lot more of this as banking completely changes. >> looking at the numbers, >> and looking at the numbers, it's we've got 12,500 with it's 453. we've got 12,500 with wilko going in the high streets alsthom the train company that makes trains saying, you know, there may be 2000 jobs there going by the end of the year if they can't get new trains and inflation, unemployment ticking up 4.3. still historically low, but it's starting to sort of feed through a bit, isn't it? yeah, i don't i don't buy the idea. >> i mean, look, for people that are losing their jobs at wilko, obviously, that's that's bad news for them and their families. they're often those little aren't little part time jobs, aren't they, help families they, that help families to buy youngsters out and youngsters starting out and life's pleasures. and so on. i don't think all those jobs

don't think all those wilko jobs will go. think, you know, will go. i think, you know, we've got other discounters who are showing a lot of are still showing a lot of interest. you've got aldi saying that want to launch another that they want to launch another 500 believe or not, 500 stores, believe it or not, incredible growth there . they'll incredible growth there. they'll take some up. some of those employees. but of course, there's worrying time if there's a worrying time if you're facing unemployment . in you're facing unemployment. in general, though, unemployment plays stays low . and plays stays pretty low. and we've actually got a shortage of labouh we've actually got a shortage of labour, not least because so many people, millions of people haven't yet gone back to work post that the covid lockdown . post that the covid lockdown. that's one reason why, by the way , real wages are going up. we way, real wages are going up. we had some real wage numbers out this morning, which i think are quite useful and quite interesting . they show that interesting. they show that wages are less acas are going up more than the rate of inflation at the moment between may and july , regular pay without july, regular pay without bonuses up by compared bonuses went up by 7.8% compared to period in the to the same period in the previous year. july inflation was 6.8. wage growth was just 6.8. so wage growth higher than inflation. some people think these wage numbers means via the triple lock. we're going to get an 8.5% rise in the

bafic going to get an 8.5% rise in the basic state pension next april. what does that mean? it means that the treasury often benchmarks of wage growth in this time of year for next year's pension rise. and if we do see a pension rise like that, it will amount to just under £700, taking the basic state pension to just over £8,800 a yeah pension to just over £8,800 a year, there is a suggestion today that rail fares could go up today that rail fares could go ”p by today that rail fares could go up by 8, which on a season ticket is a few hundred pounds. that's because in the past network rail have used earnings growth from this period in order to put justify increases in ticket prices next year, be it in january or this is the problem for people, isn't it? >> they see real wage growth and they think, yippee. and then there's another story saying, sorry, rail fares will go up by eight that's right. eight next year. that's right. >> and remember that >> it's tough. and remember that these wage rises. these are average wage rises. a lot people, by definition, lot of people, by definition, almost half of people are below the average . so their wage the average. so their wage growth will stay below inflation

for now. so they'll have real terms losses . look, this shows terms losses. look, this shows what inflation does. it grinds down purchasing power. it grinds down purchasing power. it grinds down consumer confidence grinds down, investment . but it may be down, investment. but it may be actually this is i hope this doesn't happen, but we've obviously seen lots of reductions in inflation over recent months. it may be when the august number comes out on the august number comes out on the 20th of september, it may actually be up a little bit because of petrol and because of those petrol and diesel well, i was diesel price rises. well, i was going to say, we've got the bank of england meeting next week. >> sunak >> we've got rishi sunak saying he inflation >> we've got rishi sunak saying he halved inflation >> we've got rishi sunak saying he halved by inflation >> we've got rishi sunak saying he halved by the inflation >> we've got rishi sunak saying he halved by the enthion >> we've got rishi sunak saying he halved by the end of n >> we've got rishi sunak saying he halved by the end of the can be halved by the end of the yeah can be halved by the end of the year. however, you've got year. however, when you've got diesel prices going year. however, when you've got dieselthe prices going year. however, when you've got dieselthe rate prices going year. however, when you've got dieselthe rate that rices going year. however, when you've got dieselthe rate that feedsjoing year. however, when you've got dieselthe rate that feeds back up at the rate that feeds back into makes into the economy, it makes transport and deliveries more expensive and the whole thing feeds on itself. yeah that's right. >> we had an average petrol per litre price rise of £0.08 in august and with diesel it was almost £0.09 there rac numbers there. the sharpest monthly rises in 23 years and that's happening because the oil price

is spiking . happening because the oil price is spiking. it's up 30% since july because the opec exporters cartel have restricting supplies. this will feed into inflation. that's why we may have a shock on the 20th september when that inflation number comes out. the day before the bank of england decides interest rates, when inflation actually up, i would push actually goes up, i would push back , i would say to the bank of back, i would say to the bank of england, look, there's nothing you do interest rates you can do with interest rates that's got anything with you can do with interest rates thatpricet anything with you can do with interest rates thatprice of nything with you can do with interest rates thatprice ofnytibecause with the price of oil because an exporting cartel trying exporting cartel is trying to fill its boots , metaphorically fill its boots, metaphorically speaking. stick with this. speaking. so stick with this. don't raise interest rates any more because you've already had 14 interest rate rises . and we 14 interest rate rises. and we need to give that monetary tightening time to feed through. >> let's see if they listen to you. liam keep posted right. you. liam keep us posted right. speak to you shortly. >> you'll there at the bank >> you'll be there at the bank of england. yeah loud clear. of england. yeah loud and clear. coming up, kim jong un arrives in russia where is his train heading to and what's on the agenda with vladimir putin? first, the latest on first, let's get the latest on the warm feeling the weather that warm feeling inside from boxt boilers.

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but never got the chance to ask. >> so join us every saturday, 10 am. till noon on gb news, a.m. till noon on gb news, britain's news . a.m. till noon on gb news, britain's news. channel >> welcome back to the live desk. so is it full steam ahead for closer ties between russia and north korea? and is that going to leave the west up the junction? well, kim jong un's armoured train has arrived in russia. we're expecting some pictures shortly . the north pictures shortly. the north korean leader is expected to meet president putin tomorrow. we think that the train is currently heading towards the vostok cosmodrome, where he may well meet president putin. >> the russian president is reportedly keen to buy north korean weapons in return for food and fuel , but it remains to

food and fuel, but it remains to be seen whether this meeting will lead to permanent close ties between the two countries. well, let's get the views now of professor of international politics at the university of birmingham , professor david dunn birmingham, professor david dunn . and i think it's been reported . david, good to see you this afternoon. that putin's very keen on surround himself with what were described as oddball allies . allies. >> yes , it does certainly seem >> yes, it does certainly seem to be more the axis of pariah rather than the axis of evil . rather than the axis of evil. >> you know, putin's friends now include iran, belarus and north korea. hardly the a list. but but this is all is open to him. it's really interesting that at the recent 20 summit, for the second year in a row, there was no group photograph at the end because people didn't want to be photographed even with lavrov, the russian foreign minister, let alone putin himself . so no let alone putin himself. so no one wants to be friends of the russians in public and that is a

problem for the russians, which is partly what partly why they're keen to roll out the red carpet for kim and his train full of wine. apparently that's heading up to vladivostok and to the cosmodrome. >> yeah, we're hoping to get pictures of that very shortly with indeed, as you say, a red carpet and the russian resources minister, alexander kozlov, apparently was there to meet the train being pulled by a russian diesel locomotive . and these diesel locomotive. and these pictures being relayed by russian television. so clearly they want those images to get out to the rest of the world. >> yeah, absolutely. it's an you can try and isolate us completely , but we still have completely, but we still have friends . they say they may not friends. they say they may not be the friends we had, but we still have friends. and that is part of this. it's about that that sort of thumbing his nose at the west. but you don't want me to have relations with another pariah . but you know another pariah. but you know what we can do what we like. we're a sovereign country. we can make friends with people who

you like either and you don't like either and complicate things with relations with north korea as well as complicate things of course, with russia in terms of the i think we can just as you're talking, we can show viewers the pictures of kim jong un arriving in russia. >> russian officials greeting the north korean leader as he gets off the train at kazan station . and that's in primorsky station. and that's in primorsky territory. and he's getting quite the welcome there. they really are putting on a quite a show for him, including a white tubeh >> dont tubeh >> don't see that too often anyway. the red carpet is there, as david says, the train having been pulled by this russian locomotive. once it had gone over the border. kazan, the first stop. but interestingly, david, and we then told the train didn't head for vladivostok, it sort of went around another junction heading around anotherjunction heading towards this cosmodrome, as it's called , vostochny, which is called, vostochny, which is where they launched their satellites. now, do you think we ought to read something into that? because clearly the other

thing north korea wants from russia more on its missile russia is more on its missile technology and that's a really technology, and that's a really good point, because if it's the case that kim is being offered in exchange for the ammunition, food and oil and hard currency , food and oil and hard currency, that's one thing. >> if it's being offered and satellite technology and access to space and indeed, the other thing that's been suggested is help with these ballistic missile firing submarines and that's an entirely different order because that upsets the whole region balance. and the chinese may not be too happy about that because that affects them, too. china has launched a major nuclear rebuilding program, massive expansion of nuclear weapons and that's because america has put up missile defences against north korea. and of course, those missile defences affect china's ability to actually have a second strike capability against america, too. so they all have knock on effects and the most worrying aspect of this as far as north korea is concerned is

if is if they're isolated , is if is if they're isolated, is broken by russia and they give them these key technologies , them these key technologies, then that has problematic consequences for the threat to america by north korea and the whole nuclear balance in the region . region. >> yeah, and i'm talking about balance. i mean, is it significant that they've sort of talked about what's happened with japan and south korea moving closer together? which of course, some would have said would have happened after would never have happened after the world war, bearing in the second world war, bearing in mind what happened with the korean prisoners on. korean prisoners and so on. >> it's hugely important in terms of the way in which biden , the biden administration has been very successful of binding the asian allies closer to america and closer together relationships that were unimaginable before are now being forged as a consequence of the perceived threat from china i >> -- >> how do you read it, david, that although we're seeing the pictures of kim jong un's arrival and how very grand it all is, there's no confirmed nafion all is, there's no confirmed nation or any word from the

russian news agencies that there will be a news conference held by the two leaders. >> absolutely interest in. and in fact, the fact that the putin isn't there to meet him at the station, where is putin playing the hierarchy of protocol here? you would imagine actually , that you would imagine actually, that a head of state would meet a head of state. but actually, what we're seeing here is something quite different to that. so although there's an element of flattery going on to kim because he can't go anywhere else, he hasn't been given the same status as he would have expected to have as a head of state visiting another head of state. >> and what are the russians going to get from him? i mean, suggests means that the stockpile of munitions that the nonh stockpile of munitions that the north koreans have got is fairly old and, you know, soviet era stuff, which obviously will fit russian armaments, but it may be not state of the art. it may not be that stable . be that stable. >> and there are real

consequences of that . it shows consequences of that. it shows an element of desperation . here an element of desperation. here we have russia for years as bragged about its its fantastic weapons and how they're much better than anything else. the west has. well, actually, we've seen those weapons not work. we've russia go cap in hand we've seen russia go cap in hand to iran to buy fairly rudimentary drones that they couldn't produce themselves and are now trying to make in conjunction with iran. and here we are to going the most impoverished, authoritarian , impoverished, authoritarian, corrupt regime in the to world buy stocks of weapons that are probably made decades ago. and again , are of dubious quality. again, are of dubious quality. but clearly there's a need or perceived for those buying perceived need for those buying russia because they're going through their stocks at a rapid rate and clunky industrial rate and their clunky industrial state can't produce them in enough pace to make it make them confident that they can continue fighting this war for the long term . term. >> professor david dunn at the university of birmingham , thank university of birmingham, thank you for us you very much for updating us with all those with your reaction to all those extraordinary pictures coming in. >> do stay with us here on the

live desk on gb plenty live desk on gb news. plenty more talk about, including more to talk about, including that collapse of wilko stores shutting their doors today . shutting their doors today. first, here's your news headunes first, here's your news headlines with . ray headlines with. ray >> thank you both. good afternoon. it's 232. our top stories, barclays bank is cutting over 450 staff. unite the union, which represents employees at the bank , has employees at the bank, has branded the decision as unnecessary and unjustified. they say it will leave people gravely concerned about their job security and livelihoods . job security and livelihoods. they've criticised barclays for cutting jobs at a time when it's making big profits . gb news can making big profits. gb news can reveal that more than 3000 migrants have crossed the engush migrants have crossed the english channel over the last 11 days. it coincides with the longest run of good weather so far this year. home office figures show that 144 channel migrants crossed on monday in three boats today. so far, just two boats have crossed, carrying

around 100 people. regulators may have breached environmental law by allowing water companies to discharge sewerage outside of exceptional circumstances. that's according to the government watchdog . normally, government watchdog. normally, it's only allowed following unusual heavy rain to prevent flooding in people's homes. however, the office for environmental protection says defra, the environment agency and ofwat may have misinterpreted the law. lib dem deputy leader daisy cooper says the government has lost control i >> -- >> while this report is completely and confirms what we have suspected for quite some time , which is that the time, which is that the conservative government have for a very long time. let water companies off the hook and allowed them to continue to pump filthy sewage into our rivers, our streams and onto our our chalk streams and onto our beaches. >> and as we've been hearing, nonh >> and as we've been hearing, north korea's leader kim jong un, is in russia ahead of a meeting with president putin. it's only the seventh time that kim has left his country , kim has left his country, although his last russia trip was in 2019, they're expected to

discuss providing humanitarian aid to north korea in exchange for supplying russia with weapons for the war in ukraine comes amid warnings from washington that they should not agree on an arms deal. washington that they should not agree on an arms deal . you can agree on an arms deal. you can get more on all of those stories on our website, gbnews.com .

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>> i'm gb news radio. >> welcome back to the live desk. so after all, this will they, won't they? the first wilko shops are closing today following the dramatic collapse of the long running high street chain. the retailer to shut 24 of nearly 400 shops across the uk . thousands, of course, set to uk. thousands, of course, set to lose their jobs. >> yeah, it just reminds you of woolworths all over again, doesn't it? in total, 12,500 staff are to be made redundant and 400 jobs are to close after the family owned firm hired admin traitors early last month after it came under pressure from weak consumer spending and incurred debts . will hollis has incurred debts. will hollis has been speaking to conservative councillor emma griffin from bassetlaw district council on the impact of the closure on her community. >> absolutely massive for bassetlaw in general . you know, bassetlaw in general. you know, they employ, i believe , in the they employ, i believe, in the region of 1800 people at this particular site and it's

absolutely going to devastate the local area employment wise. i think sadness, i think it takes you back to woolworths , takes you back to woolworths, doesn't it? >> you know, wilko's has always been part of our high street. there aren't many high streets where there isn't a wilkinson store, so i think there's a great deal sadness . great deal of sadness. >> okay. well, we can talk to our reporter, as will hollis and jack carson with the latest. let's go to you puchala pick . let's go to you puchala pick. it's a veritable feast. well i'm going to go for will first. >> yeah, let's go for will first. >> you will are on worksop high street . what have customers been street. what have customers been saying to you? have you had a chance to see any staff coming in and out as well? all >> well, funnily enough , a >> well, funnily enough, a gentleman just as you're about to come to me, said wilko, i'm going there . i think he meant going there. i think he meant that he was going there as a customer, but he could have meant that he was going there as a staff member. this is one of the wilkos that hasn't closed today. it's one that's still

working. but can probably working. but you can probably see in the background a big yellow sale . i yellow sign that says sale. i think says 60. it might even think it says 60. it might even be as much as 70, but the reason that we're in worksop today is because around 2000 people, local really are employed by wilkos. that's because they work at the large distribution centre, which is about ten minutes away from the high street. now there's around 12,500 jobs that are going to be gone across the country, but there's around 1800 to 2000 people that work at that particular distribution centre . particular distribution centre. so all of the wilkos stores on this high street or across the country where stores are closed , they are going to be fed from this distribution centre and that closes on friday. so as you can imagine and as you heard there from the council here on bassetlaw district council, it's going to be devastating for local people and it's going to be a real tough time. the

council has said that particularly with things like the cost of living, it's going to be really detrimental to people's finances. now it is a high street brand that has been known for a very long time. it goes back 90 years since the first wilko store was opened. but this is one another store thatis but this is one another store that is going to be closing , that is going to be closing, another chain that's going to be gone from our high street, very reminiscent of woolworths. very similar people have been saying to me that it feels like woolworths all over again . of woolworths all over again. of course, wilkos ate up that massive share that woolworths left when they evaporated in 2008, but now it's going to be b&m as well as other high street stores like pound saver, they're going that are going to be taking the space of wilkos 51 stores are expected to be bought by b&m hmv boss doug putman , the by b&m hmv boss doug putman, the american billionaire. he was trying to buy up a load of these wilko stores, but that's failed. so by the end of this month and

as we go into october, 400 wilko stores are going to be gone from british high streets . british high streets. >> well, let's get more with jack , of course, elsewhere . and jack, of course, elsewhere. and jack, of course, elsewhere. and jack, certainly in terms of the brendan clarke—smith, the conservative mp for bassetlaw . conservative mp for bassetlaw. well, where will is? he's criticised the family, the wilkinson family for maybe not helping out and that's echoing what the gmb has said. but you've been speaking to people there in stafford have sort of said, well, the rest of the high street is not doing too well ehheh street is not doing too well either. it's not just an issue about wilko yeah, i think very much the situation with wilko kind of encapsulates a general trend, maybe is what i've got the feeling, certainly from residents here with the high street. >> one woman earlier said that when she worked , when she moved when she worked, when she moved here with her husband, she here first with her husband, she always complain him here first with her husband, she alwa all complain him here first with her husband, she alwaall all complain him here first with her husband, she alwaall all shecomplain him here first with her husband, she alwaall all she couldain him here first with her husband, she alwaall all she couldain onjim that all all she could see on the high street was shoe shops. she now says there are no shoe shops here stafford, shops left here in stafford, and people coming people here have been coming since the store opened. back in

the 90s. many of the staff here also have been working here for more 20 years. so they feel more than 20 years. so they feel a bit let down with the a little bit let down with the situation that, course the situation that, of course the store they've for store that they've worked for so long, the community they've long, the community that they've worked now closing worked within, is now closing down general down as well. but general consumer trends we know have changed. so much over the last 20 ish or so years . of course, 20 ish or so years. of course, with out—of—town shopping centres becoming a big part of our lives and how we shop. wilko weren't one of those big retail companies that necessarily invested so much into those out of town shopping centres like the likes of b&m poundland maybe. did they consolidated their position on the high street and therefore or of course it's led them very much into the situation where they are today. but with the people coming out this for the coming out of this store for the final time , here's they've final time, here's how they've been . been feeling. >> it's such a shame . >> it's such a shame. >> it's such a shame. >> it's such a shame. >> it really is. shop hq for years. can't believe wilko's finishing . there's only finishing. there's only sainsbury's in that . sainsbury's in that. >> there's such few shops now . >> there's such few shops now.

>> there's such few shops now. >> it's a shame . >> it's a shame. >> it's a shame. >> yeah, very sad day. >> yeah, very sad day. >> everything in stafford seems to be closing all the, you know, all the important shops and that it's just very sad. it's been very important because i get a lot of missed stuff as well. i used to get a lot of missed stuff from there, so it's a very sad day . sad day. >> i'm sad because i've been shopping here since it opened andifs shopping here since it opened and it's a really nice friendly shop and everything and it's just such a shame, you know, because all these shops are disappearing. >> i mean, it's an absolute tragedy , really. it's been a tragedy, really. it's been a staple high street store for a number of, well, a number of years, really way back. i remember coming back here in the 90s. but as the years went on, it did lose its way . there was it did lose its way. there was a lot of stores which did become cheap. i mean, it's right here. it's up against sainsbury's and home bargains. and both were cheaperin home bargains. and both were cheaper in a lot of stuff. even with the closing down, prices are still stuff which are cheaper elsewhere. mean, cheaper elsewhere. i mean, for example , cat and stuff like example, cat food and stuff like that. have cheaper

that. you could have got cheaper pretty really . pretty much anywhere really. >> yeah. that feeling of sadness at losing this store very much reflected in the weather here as well as this store in stafford becomes one of the 24 today to close its doors for the final time . time. >> indeed, a gloomy outlook, but will and jack, thanks very much for updating us there on the end of an era . angela rayner set out of an era. angela rayner set out a new deal for workers as she addressed the trade unions congress earlier today , pledging congress earlier today, pledging that her party would strengthen unions if they win the next general election. let's try to get them on side the deputy leader or the shadow now deputy prime minister as she might like to think as come together, stand together and campaign side by side. let's get more from liverpool with our deputy political editor tom harwood. and tom, to add to the mix . then and tom, to add to the mix. then she added, oh, and by the way, won't be raising taxes . won't be raising taxes. >> yes, it's interesting that wasn't in her speech to this

trade union conference, but that was to some media comments earlier in the day. it's almost like there are two different labour parties, two different messages to two different audiences , to the general public audiences, to the general public at large , perhaps to the more at large, perhaps to the more business community and the rest. you've got keir starmers labour party message echoed again in the media and this morning by angela rayner saying we're not going to raise your taxes is don't worry, you can trust us. but then later in the day we saw angela rayner to a wildly applauding crowd here in liverpool at the trade union congress where she was saying she'd implement this rather out of trade union demands. really everything from repealing david cameron's trade union act, which of course meant that no strike could go forward without a 50% at least turnout . repealing that at least turnout. repealing that act would mean strikes would become more likely by any dispassionate analysis . dispassionate analysis. similarly, she'd say, she said she'd repeal all rishi sunak proposed minimum service level

guarantee that almost copied and pasted law from other countries, meaning a minimum level of service must be provided during strikes. but she went further than that. she said that she would agree with the demands of the trade union congress on things like the flexible zero hour contracts banning those also on a new piece of legislation to enable any union representing lviv to walk into any workplace and almost sell their services to the people within that workplace , try and within that workplace, try and recruit new members a legal right to do that. all sorts of new things in this so—called new deal that angela rayner has said would be part of the first 100 days of a new labour government. but it is very interesting to see the trade union movement perhaps has drifted a little bit from the labour party in the last couple of years with sir keir starmer saying things like you mentioned about no new taxes, things, trying to

taxes, saying things, trying to warm to the business community. the trade union movement had been questioning the labour party, but with angela raina's speech today, it did seem like these 2—2 distinct bodies, the trade union congress and the labour party, may well be coming back together again . back together again. >> okay. political editor tom harwood, thanks very much . harwood, thanks very much. >> deputy political editor. >> deputy political editor. >> oh, sorry. yeah. >> oh, sorry. yeah. >> no, your place, mate demoted you. >> tom. apologies >> tom. apologies >> it's no wonder you're smiling how. >> now. >> today marks the 150th anniversary of the oldest international fixture in football history as scotland take on england tonight at hampden park. >> let's reflect the first ever meeting november the 30th, 1872, in front of just 4000 fans and perhaps a very different game that the one we know and love now. but of course it's all promising to be rather exciting in glasgow this evening. let's get very latest with tony get the very latest with tony maguire, who is outside the hampden park for us. and tony, you actually updating you were actually updating us

that an ancient form that there was an ancient form of var even back those days . of var even back in those days. >> yes, that's correct . and as >> yes, that's correct. and as you mentioned there, you know, the match being played tonight. there's very, very different to that , which there's very, very different to that, which was played 150 years ago. and not only did they not have a referee , by the way, we have a referee, by the way, we know them today, they actually essentially had three. now we have two linesmen. but back in those days, they had one man on on the sidelines. he was a timekeeper and he served as a deadlock breaker , if you like, deadlock breaker, if you like, between the two umpires, one for each side that were on the pitch. and now there was also an adaptation of what was then called the sheffield rules, where if the ball went over the crossbar or not the crossbar , if crossbar or not the crossbar, if you like, then it was a goal kick to the defending team. but if the ball went to either side of the goalpost posts, well that was then a corner for the attacking team . and my attacking team. and my favourite, my favourite thing that happened back 150 years ago

was the throw ins went to whoever got to the ball first. so you certainly wouldn't see that and you know, a match these days, they might try it tonight i >> -- >> who 5mm >> who knows? however, we're sort of taking the time capsule forward a bit to the 1930. now with some splendid looking shorts . yes. i mean, i'm just shorts. yes. i mean, i'm just looking at the stats . they've looking at the stats. they've played each other 159 times so far . and england have edged 48 far. and england have edged 48 to win scotland 41 and 26 draws no less as yeah, that's correct. >> so essentially england have seven ties and a world cup ahead of us. but up here in scotland, especially in hampden, you know, we talked about the 4000 odd fans and that was the maximum kind of estimate of the fans 150 years ago. in 1872, here in hampden seats around 52,000. and of course , the famous hampden of course, the famous hampden roar will hopefully steve clarke

will be seeing that as a sign to add another one to the tally book. and as you also mentioned a little earlier in the program, of course, it's not all about what's happening here in glasgow. about 600 miles away in oslo , there's a really important oslo, there's a really important euros tie between norway and georgia . now, if that ends in a georgia. now, if that ends in a tie, then scotland, apart from the host nation, germany, they become the first team to officially qualify for the euros next year. so quite an exciting night for football . and night for football. and certainly when the blue strips and the white strips come out tonight, we'll see whether old enemies can become old friends for this not so friendly, friendly . friendly. >> okay, tony, thank you for that. talking of old friends, let's turn to someone who used to produce this very program . so to produce this very program. so it's now time for us to get our own back with ryan joining us there in glasgow . he's got the there in glasgow. he's got the kit on already . have you got kit on already. have you got your boots ready as well, in case you need to come off the

bench. >> got the coat on, got the boots on, everything you could ever want. that's it . ever want. that's it. >> and we're looking at the stats . as i was saying, overall stats. as i was saying, overall , england shading at 48 to 41. what's your prediction for tonight ? tonight? >> um, i'm eternally pessimistic, so i don't think scotland will won, but i hope they do. and but i predict a draw tonight. i think it'll be a very close game. scotland are in good form, so you know england aren't playing great at the moment, you know . moment, so you never know. >> not just about >> but it's not just about football, is it? that's the whole problem . whole problem. >> well, thing is like as >> well, the thing is like as the scotland fans, usually you're sort of like days out are ruined by the football. so they get in the way of the fun . um, get in the way of the fun. um, but moment it's looking but at the moment it's looking quite good. so, you know , quite good. so, you know, everyone's having a laugh, having a few beers. so are we good fun? >> ryan it's been billed at competitive friendly. i don't know if you can have one of those, but that's what i think. gareth southgate called it. what do call it?

do you call it? >> um, well, i the it, well, the facial name is the old enemy, so there's always a bit of edge to it, you know. but um, at the end of the day, it's all good fun and i'm sure there'll be a great atmosphere in hampden tonight. >> we're just looking at >> yeah, we're just looking at some more pictures. think when some more pictures. i think when gazza the dentist chair, gazza did the dentist chair, which was one of those famous faces show me that effectuate amazing feel great. but let's reflect that despite what happens on the pitch tonight, if georgia and norway draw or in oslo, scotland will get through to the european champions. chips yeah , it's a pretty surreal situation. >> we find yourself and, you know, only scotland could mess it up from here. that's all i'll say. and so it'll be it'll be if we qualify tonight, it'll be a party. whatever happens, even if we get beat tonight. but if we get there , you know, germany get there, you know, germany next summer, weeks next summer, two weeks in germany. the army . it'll germany. the tartan army. it'll be brilliant. >> but scotland have such

>> but scotland have made such progress, they , in progress, haven't they, in recent ? recent years? >> yeah, there have been. i mean , like years ago. i remember being in tbilisi in 2014 and watching them against georgia, getting beat by a very poor georgia team . and now we're very georgia team. and now we're very confident of beating teams like that, which is important, right? so it's, um, it's a surreal situation . as i said, we usually situation. as i said, we usually get beat by, um, teams that are much worse than us. so ryan , much worse than us. so ryan, we're going to have to leave it there because as a producer, you know that we're running out of time. >> um, yeah. causing problems yet i'll yet again. as a welshman, i'll wish good luck and thank you wish you good luck and thank you to you and tony. course, we to you and tony. of course, we reflect on that tomorrow with all aftermath of glasgow. all the aftermath of glasgow. >> you tomorrow on the live >> see you tomorrow on the live desk here on gb news. bye bye . desk here on gb news. bye bye. >> that warm feeling inside from boxt boilers proud sponsors of weather on gb news. good afternoon. >> well, the thunderstorm risk will continue across southeastern areas through this

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