the this could this plan could the this could this plan put the end to the flow of filth being pumped into our rivers.7 >> indeed . meanwhile, time to >> indeed. meanwhile, time to teach labour a lesson . teach labour a lesson. campaigners make a last ditch attempt to scrap the vat raid on private schools, arriving on downing street, armed with over 200,000 signatures calling for a reversal of the tax. we're joined by an angry headteacher. >> looking forward to that one and not for pretty patel, and she's knocked out of the tory leadership race. robert jenrick takes pole position with kemi in second. we'll have the latest on the runners and riders throughout the show. >> absolutely. plus heir to the throne. have you ever wondered what the best airport in the uk is.7 do what the best airport in the uk is? do we have any good airports at all? we'll bring you the definitive list and discuss just what makes a good airport. it's plain and simple .

plain and simple. >> that is dreadful. that is really dreadful. the puns involved in that, that is dreadful. >> well , dreadful. >> well, indeed. top congratulations to our producer tom. now we want to hear from you throughout the show. no, i'm not that good. no, that's someone else doing the gags now . someone else doing the gags now. heads to gbnews.com/yoursay. lots to get through a big three hours. first, the headlines and sam francis . sam francis. >> very good afternoon to you. it's just coming up to 12:02. and the top story this lunchtime . and the top story this lunchtime. water bosses could face up to two years in jail under new laws aimed at cracking down on pollution in england's rivers, seas and lakes. the government claims the new water bill gives regulators more power to fine executives or face time behind bars if they fail to protect water quality . meanwhile, the water quality. meanwhile, the government has admitted not all

buildings with the same dangerous cladding as grenfell tower have been identified. following the damning findings published yesterday, the prime minister has pledged to review all 58 recommendations from the grenfell inquiry , with a full grenfell inquiry, with a full response due within six months. the report's heavily criticised firms, with families and survivors now calling for swift punishment for those found at fault. meanwhile, the metropolitan police are continuing to investigate potential criminal charges, which they say could take between 12 and 18 months. detectives investigating the murder of a top chef attacked near notting hill carnival have released images of 16 potential witnesses . museum nato, from witnesses. museum nato, from dubal witnesses. museum nato, from dubai, was found unconscious with a head injury in queensway in london and sadly died four days later. one man has been charged but detectives are still piecing together the 41 year old's movements from earlier in the day. the met's specialist crime command is urging anyone who recognises the people in the images to come forward, with

detectives saying they do believe the individuals may have vital information . a 14 year old vital information. a 14 year old boy has been appearing in court this morning charged with murdering an 80 year old grandfather in leicestershire. bhim kohli, who died from a neck injury while walking his dog, was just seconds away from home at the time of that attack. the boy, who can't be named, has been remanded in custody and will be appearing at leicestershire crown court this afternoon . an urgent appeal has afternoon. an urgent appeal has been launched to find a ten month old girl who has gone missing with her father. merseyside police are asking the pubuc merseyside police are asking the public to help find layla rose wheeler, who was last seen in the area of wallasey village in wirral. the spokesman from the police force said there is concern for both of their welfare and added that the girl has short blonde hair and blue eyes. tv host jeremy kyle has arrived at winchester coroner's court to give evidence at an inquest into the death of steve dymond , who died after appearing

dymond, who died after appearing on the jeremy kyle show in 2019. the 63 year old from portsmouth reportedly took his own life just a week after failing a lie detector test on the programme, which accused him of cheating on his partner. the inquest has so far revealed that dymond had a history of mental health issues , history of mental health issues, including multiple attempts to take his own life, and had been rejected initially by the show due to depression. despite those findings, though, he was later allowed to appear on the programme after providing a gp's letter . news from the us and letter. news from the us and students, families and teachers have gathered to remember the victims of a mass school shooting there just weeks after classes began, a 14 year old boy, described by police as pure evil, killed two students and two teachers at his high school in georgia last night. two teachers at his high school in georgia last night . colt grey in georgia last night. colt grey also injured nine others with a semi—automatic rifle before surrendering , surrendering to surrendering, surrendering to police. authorities have now confirmed. the boy had previously been questioned last

year over online threats, but acted alone in the attack. he will be charged and tried as an aduu will be charged and tried as an adult here. universities could slide into decline unless urgent action is taken to address funding pressures, according to various education leaders, including the president of universities uk. she's warning institutions face uncertain futures because of frozen tuition fees and a drop in overseas students. it comes as new research shows higher education contributes around £265 billion a year to the uk economy. meanwhile, the government says it is considering all options to safeguard higher education. 7 in 10 children aged 9 to 13 have encountered harmful online content, according to new research. 20% of children in that age group have also been contacted online by strangers, while 17% have viewed dangerous onune while 17% have viewed dangerous online challenges. despite spending an average of 23 hours

onune spending an average of 23 hours online a week, parents are being warned about underestimating their children's screen time. the government insists it is committed to creating a safer onune committed to creating a safer online world, and royal mail could ditch saturday deliveries for second class letters as part of an overhaul by the uk's postal service, now under review by the regulator ofcom. the plan would see second class posts delivered on alternate weekdays, while first class would remain six days a week. ofcom, which has been consulting on those changes since january this year, is hoping to finalise its decision by the summer of 2025. the royal mail argues the current setup is no longer workable, and that they say, is why it's pushing for reform. those are the latest headlines from the gb newsroom. for now i'm sam francis. more in half an hour for the very latest gb news direct to your smartphone, sign up to news alerts by scanning the qr code, or go to gbnews.com forward slash alerts .

forward slash alerts. >> thank you very much, sam and welcome to good afternoon britain. now i'm going to start by reading one of your comments, because my favourite bit of the show is reading your comments. of course it is. this is from nanny. good afternoon nanny. how long before mark gives an innuendo? never change, mr d. >> there you go. well thank you for that vote of confidence. let me tell you, it's a big three hours. let's talk about our polluted rivers and seas. >> yes. now, waterfront bosses could face up to two years behind bars for covering up sewage dumping. the new laws proposed by the government will give more powers to regulators to tackle pollution and make it easier for companies to be fined. >> water company executives had previously only faced the threat of fines for obstructing investigations about sewage spills, but is being sent to prison really the answer to protecting the environment? i'm

delighted now to be joined by gb news political correspondent katherine forster. catherine, could the jailing of water company executives make a difference ? difference? >> good afternoon, mark and dawn . >> good afternoon, mark and dawn. well, the expectation, i think, is not actually that they are going to lock up water bosses who behave badly, but the threat of doing so will be sufficient to bring them into line. now, steve reed, the environment secretary, was just giving a speech in the last hour or so at a rowing club, just to my right next to the river thames. of course , we remember the boat course, we remember the boat race earlier in the year. there were warnings that people should not enter the water because of bacteria from the levels of sewage. so quite an appropriate place for this speech. let's have a look at some of what he had to say just a little bit earlier. >> instead of protecting our

waterways, water companies were allowed to pay out multi—million pound bonuses and billions in dividends , and the conservative dividends, and the conservative government was too weak to stop them. the result this year's annual annual boat race here in putney was overshadowed by health warnings, telling rowers not to enter the water due to high levels of sewage. we've inherited a broken water system that affects us all from the health and happiness of communities to the quality and resilience of our food system and the natural environment. these are systemic issues that require a proper reset with a reformed water sector . reformed water sector. >> so they say they're going to toughen up ofwat the regulator. they're going to give the environment agency more powers. they're going to increase fines for water companies. they're going to increase fines for water companies . they're for water companies. they're automatic. fine is just £300 for

water pollution. absolutely nothing to some of these big companies that they're going to block bonuses for water polluting chief executives. a whole raft of measures . and also whole raft of measures. and also talking more broadly about investment, they say they're going to unlock £88 billion of private investment. that's going to lead to things like nine new reservoirs. and they said it's going to bring, you know, thousands and hundreds of thousands and hundreds of thousands of new jobs to britain. also talking about the fact that we are using too much water, frankly, they want us to reduce how much water we use by 20%, and also that by the late 20305, 20%, and also that by the late 2030s, we simply won't have enough water for all the people in the uk. so water shortages and lots of action needed to be

taken. so a lot of words about how bad things are, a lot of promises of change, but of course easier to say these things than to actually do them. >> katherine forster, thank you very much for bringing us up to date, though, on the new laws are governing what what is being pumped into our rivers and waterways . professor christian waterways. professor christian dunnis waterways. professor christian dunn is an environmental scientist at bangor university, and he joins us now to explain what difference this will make, if any. professor, thank you very much for joining if any. professor, thank you very much forjoining us if any. professor, thank you very much for joining us this morning. what do you make of these new laws that are coming in? is it too much or is it too little, too late? >> oh, it's most certainly not too much . and i would always too much. and i would always support any government of any colour that made this a serious issue and try to do something about it. and by toughening up the laws and the regulations, which appears to be what has happened now, that can only be a good thing. so i am, as an eternal optimist . i'm hopeful it eternal optimist. i'm hopeful it will make a change, but this is

not a silver bullet. this is not going to solve the problem, without a doubt. >> professor dunn, do you think that privatisation gets a bad rap in terms of water quality and cleanliness in the uk? because the water infrastructure was privatised in 1989, famously under margaret thatcher at that time, as you'll be well aware, water quality was poor. rivers were polluted and our beaches were polluted and our beaches were affected by sewage at the time. since then, £160 billion has been invested. so what's your verdict on privatisation ? your verdict on privatisation? >> i think as a society we need a nuanced, sensible discussion about this. we need to accept that we need to pay for our water, and we probably need to accept that we need to pay more for our water if we want it to be potable, clean when it comes out of the tap, but also as well, especially the environmental side of things at

the present time, the water industry is not fit for purpose. it's not what society wants, and it's most certainly not what the environment needs. whether that's done privately or whether that's done privately or whether that's done privately or whether that's done publicly , needs to that's done publicly, needs to be a national debate. bearing in mind the pros and the cons of both, for example , if we have both, for example, if we have pubuc both, for example, if we have public ownership of the water, then the water industry, as it will then be, will be vying for funds from health, from defence, from other areas. that may be something that we want to accept as a society. or do we accept that we have to pay and we have to pay? arguably, we have to pay more for our water. but a private company makes money from that. private company makes money from that . it's private company makes money from that. it's more of a it's a discussion that we need to have, but as a society and we need to then move forward with that because as i say, what we've got now is not sustainable. but crucially as well, what we must do as a nation is understand that as i said, tougher, tougher

sanctions, tougher laws is not going to solve this problem because this problem goes beyond the water companies and the water companies are like these bogeymen at the present time. and i'm obviously not here to defend them. what they've done in certain areas is not correct. but this problem of polluted rivers and coasts is more than that. it is how we have managed our land and how we've built developments, how we've been as a society. that's what's led to some of these problems. we have, for example, got rid of over the past 200 years, around 75% of our wetlands. those river buffer strips , for example, which can strips, for example, which can clean our water and which can store water as well. your reporter then was talking about water shortages . well, wetlands water shortages. well, wetlands act as giant sponges in the landscape. they soak water up when there's lots of it and then release it slowly. we've got rid of these nature based solutions, which can help us when we have new development . now, when we new development. now, when we build new buildings, they are not built in a way to manage water. you know , surface water.

water. you know, surface water. rainwater flows into the same system as a sewage. >> briefly. professor dunn, would you take our water infrastructure back into public hands as an environmental scientist , i can hands as an environmental scientist, i can i hands as an environmental scientist , i can i should say scientist, i can i should say i don't have an official opinion of that, >> what i would say is , as >> what i would say is, as a nation, we need to discuss it, but we need to accept that the water companies are not just the bogeyman, they are part of a much wider societal failure. >> professor dunn, just quickly, because we are running out of time on this, you mentioned that it is all our responsibility. it's not just the fault of the water companies, which i find very interesting. now, labour government have pledged to build on greenbelt, build loads of new houses. how concerned about you? how concerned are you about balancing the two things up? getting clean fresh for water everybody, but also carrying out that building programme. >> the building programme is essential and what we have to be doing, as i said, is look at how we are building our new buildings. we it's no good in how we're building them now with all this concrete everywhere.

what we need to be doing is they're called sustainable drainage systems. all it is, is a fancy way of saying that we need more soil, more grass wherever we can to allow rainwater to soak into the ground naturally, rather than ending up in our sewage system. if you go to france now, they are literally tearing up car park after car park. all that tarmac tarmac and putting down a permeable paving system so cars can still park on it. but when it rains, it soaks into the ground and doesn't end up in the sewage system. that's what we need to be looking at. this is a societal failure across many sectors, and we need a holistic, wide reaching approach to solving. go for it, go for it. >> one final word. sorry, i keep saying that, but how long would it take to get things back to be right? so we have clean water. >> well, that's a really good question , because again, it's a question, because again, it's a societal problem. yes water companies, we need to be harder on them. yeah. and i'm supporting the kind of putting people in jail if they don't do right. so that's one thing. but then we need to be incorporating these infrastructure changes, these infrastructure changes, these landscape changes to our

society. but if we did it right, you are you are talking. this is not an immediate problem. that's going to be solved overnight, but you are talking within a sensible time period. you know, a generation of seeing massive , a generation of seeing massive, huge, significant differences to the quality of our rivers. >> it's money. it's money, isn't it? prof. by the way , before you it? prof. by the way, before you 90, it? prof. by the way, before you go, do you swim in the sea or in rivers? >> i do, yes, indeed , yes. >> i do, yes, indeed, yes. >> all right. and do you worry that you're going to swallow the water and get e.coli or something? >> yeah. of course i do. and there's, there's simple precautions. you have to make sure that you take, you know, keep an eye on surfers against sewage, have a great app which kind of show you where there's been kind of outflows, but also never swim after heavy rainfall because even the clean always going to be bad. so be careful where you do it and be careful of when you do it. >> brilliant stuff. >> brilliant stuff. >> thank you very much. that is professor christian done there. joining to us explain the state of our waters. >> interesting man. i'm picturing him in his speedos by the way. top professor. >> that's just very, very wrong.

there you go, by the way. but there isn't a single river in this country that has actually passed . passed. >> not a single river. i go to my local ponds and it's absolutely filthy. but the bottom line is don't swallow the water. don't put your head under the water and you'll probably be all right filthy before you get in or after you've made it worse. i can't lie, you use it as a bath. >> this is good afternoon, britain on gb news. and there's lots more coming up on today's show. campaigners look to teach labour a lesson in tax affairs as they arrive on downing street , as they arrive on downing street, with over 200,000 signatures calling for a reversal on that vat rate. we are speaking to a headteacher very soon indeed. >> she's not

happy. welcome back now. campaigners have made a last ditch attempt to halt labour's vat raid on private schools the next. sorry, the education not taxation group are set to deliver a petition to

downing street today with over 200,000 signatures calling for reversal. >> education secretary bridget phillipson has claimed the money raised from the levy will fund 6500 new teachers, but parents are worried they have to pull their children out of schools. >> okay, well let's now speak to a headteacher at lichfield cathedral school , sue hannam. i cathedral school, sue hannam. i should call you mrs. hannam. lovely to have you on the programme. all labour wants to do is get these private businesses to contribute vat so that they can invest in the state sector. what's to not like? >> well, it sounds terribly simple , doesn't it? until you simple, doesn't it? until you factor in that we're talking about real children. real parents and education and the level of disruption to all children as a result of this is, frankly, really alarming. >> it seems to be. what impact are you seeing at your school

for example? >> well, i would say i am a member of various headteacher groups and collectively we're all seeing great hesitancy in terms of take up of school places and genuine concern from parents who are worried about their ability to fund school places, and unfortunately for a lot of those parents, the vast majority of those parents who are often really stretching themselves to pay for education, they really don't know how they're going to make the extra reach with vat and sue. >> well, let's be clear here. i mean, everyone thinks private schools. we're not talking about eton. we're not talking about the very rich because they can afford to swallow any vat. vat costs for inputs. we're talking about people that work hard to send their kids. many, many parents of our send children, they rely on private schools to give their children the one on one care. they need . many, many one care. they need. many, many ordinary families and children are going to suffer. and the one

thing we never hear from the government is where these children are going to go. if their parents can no longer afford to send them to private school. >> absolutely. and i think your point about send children is particularly well made. there are a large number of children with special educational needs and learning challenges who are, you know, in our schools. they are there, sadly, because they have to be. and sometimes those parents are really struggling to put them in a setting where they know their needs will be met. at the moment, they can't see where those children will go if they have to leave the schools they're in. there's a big issue here around implementation and timing, schools obviously run on an academic year. the implementation of this in the middle of a school year is extraordinarily disruptive, and i would say unnecessarily disruptive , and we would very disruptive, and we would very much really like the government to consider the delay in the implementation of this, because whilst yes, this has been talked

aboutin whilst yes, this has been talked about in the run up to the election to suddenly put this mid—school year could not be more upsetting for children and families. >> well, indeed, i think the human impact is colossal and it's really not fair on those children to be taken out of a school. they're going to lose access to the teachers with whom they have a bond. and of course, their friends as well a social network. i think it's cruel. sue. and i think it's egregious to tax any academic institution. however, some would argue that private schools divide our society and create a sort of two tier britain. what's your view on that, >> they provide actually £1 billion worth of free assistance, and there's a huge amount of partnership and collaborative work that's done . collaborative work that's done. so i can speak here, i suppose, for lichfield we require schools. so this is something else to perhaps think about that there are specialist schools and faith schools, that are going to be particularly affected here, but actually the partnership

work we've done as outreach to 30,000 pupils in the maintained sector, we work absolutely hand in glove with music and singing outreach, and a lot of these projects, i think, will also be put in jeopardy, and that's tragic. and going back to what you were saying before about, you were saying before about, you know, not all schools being like eton, it's probably worth beanng like eton, it's probably worth bearing in mind that half of the independent schools in the country have less than 300 pupils, and a quarter of them have less than 155 pupils. we're talking about small community schools, real children, real families. it's very, very concerning indeed. >> the other fact that astonishes me is, bridget phillipson is claiming the money raised will fund 6500 new teachers for state schools. if you actually drill down into those figures that works out at one new teacher for every two state court schools in the country, that's not really going to make a huge amount of difference, especially to children, maybe at your school

or having to find a place in a state school. >> yes, and we would absolutely. all of us, i think in education, you know , that everybody who you know, that everybody who works in education, it kind of doesn't matter what school you're in, wants the same for children. they want the best possible education provision for children, the fact remains that the targets for teacher recruitment have not been met for a number of years, and they've fallen short by thousands every year. so, frankly , even if you've got frankly, even if you've got money in the pocket, which is , money in the pocket, which is, let me say, very debateable because even the ifs report, which is most favourable to the government, is you know, making it clear that the evidence is thin and the impact is uncertain, even if you've got the money to buy the teachers, where are the teachers? they haven't been there for years. why do you think they're suddenly going to be there now? i think there's a huge and risky assumption in that to sue hannan, and that's headteacher at lichfield cathedral school. >> thank you very much for joining us this morning, talking about, you know, what annoys me about, you know, what annoys me

about this story, mark, is that everyone goes the knee jerk reaction, oh , private schools, reaction, oh, private schools, you can afford it. but there's so many i mean, my one of my friends got a child with special needs. she has to be in a very small class to get an education. she's thriving. yeah. my friend can't afford to send her to the private school. once the vat figures come, it's these children that are going to suffer. >> well, indeed. and there's an aspect that the economy should be taken into account because investment into the uk is higher than that into germany , italy than that into germany, italy and france combined. now, why is that? well, because we have a brilliant country in which you want to live. fabulous weather, great cities, but also excellent schooling as well . and a lot of schooling as well. and a lot of wealthy, well—heeled people come to the uk and invest here because the schools are so good, but not if you clobber them. >> no, globally we are ranked number two for education after the usa. there you go . the usa. there you go. >> i'll take that. well, you're a good, good evidence. >> what? you think you're right. okay, let's think what you think on this one. gb news gbnews.com/yoursay i'll get that right. you must be the

education. exactly. no gold star for me, but we'll move on now. millions of people across the country are at breaking point as shockingly low incomes leave them without the basics and fear and debt collectors. >> and that is according to the debt advice charity christians against poverty, who have released a report. and this report shows that 11.8 million people in the uk simply do not have enough money to live on. anna riley has the story . anna riley has the story. >> christians against poverty, debt advisers like helen bolton provide free financial support in churches across the nation. the charity's latest report warns that chronically low incomes are devastating. the lives of millions in the uk. this is due to a deficit budget where people's earnings aren't enough to cover the essentials. >> we're really surprised to find out that 22% of the population are in this situation, and that equates in the uk to 14.4 million people that are inevitably living in poverty because they've not got

enough money coming in to pay their essential bills. the overall headline inflation is coming down, but inflation on the basics of life is not coming down or is coming down very, very slowly. meanwhile, incomes, whether that's salaries, wages or benefits, have not gone up anywhere near in line with inflation. and so inevitably things are squeezed. >> michelle neill was helped by the charity after falling into £30,000 of debt. her home was repossessed and she relied on food banks as her carer's wage didn't cover her bills. >> there weren't any food in the house. it was just one nightmare after another. and where to start? well, basically what we had to do is we had to go back and live with mum for a while. and bearing in mind mum had dementia, which weren't good. but fortunately council came through because we were classed as homeless. council came through and we got it. weren't greatest of properties but it were a roof over his head. not

easy when you're on your own paying , easy when you're on your own paying, paying bills and things like that. especially if it's going to go up with the energy price increase next month. >> christians against poverty want the government to take action now. >> we will have people who are cold, who are sitting in the dark, who have the mental health is going down the pan. one of the things that we're campaigning for is for the government to look at like a minimum income standard , whether minimum income standard, whether thatis minimum income standard, whether that is through benefits or whether that is through legislation about minimum wages or minimum hours that people are contracted for. i guess just to accept that there's not a lot more can be done about expenditure. and so we've got to look at giving the minimum level of income to all families. >> christians against poverty are calling for the public to support their campaign and they hope the labour party will listen. anna riley gb news. >> a very important report . >> a very important report. thank you to anna for that. by the way, the emails are coming

in thick and fast. wendy is not happy about our dirty water. the rivers, drinking water, you name it. sewage must be sorted. top priority. forget the net zero. white elephant says wendy. >> meanwhile, bag lady are not happy about what labour are doing to both children and pensioners. she says you're attacking. they are attacking education and pensions from the cradle to grave. >> okay, well it's a bit gloomy. the picture at the moment, isn't it? i've got to say. but listen, is there hope in the form of the next leader of the conservative party, priti patel, out of the race. robert jenrick takes pole position with kemi badenoch just behind. we'll be joined by a top tory mp who's going to give his verdict on who he would like to lead the party next. lots to get through. but first, the news headunes through. but first, the news headlines and sam francis . headlines and sam francis. >> very good afternoon to you from the newsroom. 1233 exactly. and we'll start with some breaking news from the crown prosecution service who have said that they are dropping two

indecent assault charges against harvey weinstein. it was alleged the disgraced hollywood producer had assaulted a woman now aged in her 50s, in 1996, in london, however, the special crime division, which continually reassesses cases, says it found no realistic chance of conviction and in a statement the crown prosecution service have reiterated their commitment to prosecuting sexual assault cases and encourage any potential victims to come forward and to report to police . forward and to report to police. detectives investigating the murder of a top chef attacked near notting hill carnival have released images of 16 potential witnesses. museum nato, from dubal witnesses. museum nato, from dubai, was found unconscious with a head injury in queensway in the capital, but sadly died four days later. one man has been charged but detectives are still piecing together the 41 year old's movements from earlier that day. the met's specialist crime command is now urging anyone who recognises those in the images to come

forward, and they believe the individuals may have vital information to aid their investigation . water bosses investigation. water bosses could face up to two years in jail under new laws aimed at cracking down on pollution in england's rivers, seas and lakes. the government claims the new water bill gives regulators more power to fine executives or face time behind bars if they fail to protect water quality . fail to protect water quality. the government has admitted that not all buildings with the same dangerous cladding as grenfell tower have been identified. after a damning report published yesterday. the prime minister has pledged to review all 58 recommendations from the grenfell inquiry, with a full response due within six months. that report heavily criticised firms like arconic and kingspan, with families and survivors calling for swift punishment for those found at fault. meanwhile, the met police are continuing to investigate potential criminal charges, which they say could take up to 18 months. a 14 year

old boy has appeared in court charged with murdering an 80 year old man in leicestershire. the grandfather, bhim kohli, who who died from a neck injury while walking his dog, was just seconds away from home. the boy, who can't be named, has been remanded in custody and is appearing at leicester crown court later today . and finally, court later today. and finally, just a breaking line to bring you from france this afternoon. the eu's former brexit negotiator michel barnier has been appointed as french prime minister. president emmanuel macron has made that announcement, aiming to resolve the political gridlock in the country, following, of course, that snap election in july. barnier, who will now be tasked with pushing reforms , and the with pushing reforms, and the 2025 french budget, of course , 2025 french budget, of course, faces the challenge of working with a hung parliament in france. so that news just coming into us from the reuters news agency, the eu's former brexit negotiator michel barnier appointed as french prime minister. those are the latest

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>> hello and welcome back. now i just wanted to read this very quick email out message from the school discussion and the vat on private schools. we're having now. jenny. thank you very much for getting in touch. jenny says dawn re special educational needs children and issues will be impacted by tax changes to private schools. my son is not attending school now due to my council's incompetence over his semh provision. he needs a smaller setting like your friend's child. the impact of the tax changes is only going to make this much worse for special educational needs. children who

are already fouled too much. so many people like that. so many children are being actually made to suffer because of how much, how much money will this policy actually raise by the time they've got to hire teachers to accommodate the new pupils that have left private school? >> and paul says mark and dawn vat on private education beggars belief this will snare dance classes, night school classes and any event where fees are collected. private education encompasses many societies that operate on subscriptions. >> children are suffering. children are suffering. right? okay, let's move on. shall we? priti patel has become the first tory mp to be voted out of the party's leadership contest, with former immigration minister jenrick being the front runner. >> indeed , jenrick topped the >> indeed, jenrick topped the poll of mps with 28 votes, with the other remaining contenders kemi badenoch, james cleverly, tom tugendhat and mel stride following behind. >> we're now joined by conservative mp for central suffolk and north ipswich, patrick spencer. patrick, thank you very much for joining us today. so well , what do you make

today. so well, what do you make then? what do you make of the race. so far? >> i think it's been a really good race, >> as you said in my introduction, i'm a new mp, so i have not much to compare it to. i wasn't here during the last couple of leadership elections and i didn't see what happened behind the scenes back then , but behind the scenes back then, but i can say that it's been a good hearted , thoughtful, really hearted, thoughtful, really insightful. it's been collegiate. it's been helpful for us backbench mps, a good opportunity to get to know our colleagues, but get to know the people who are vying to be leader of the party. and it's been overwhelmingly positive. so, so far, so good. obviously the result last night was really interesting. i think it was great as a member of team tom that he got through to the next round that was what we were aiming to do. it was always going to be super competitive. and with the, you know , reduced and with the, you know, reduced size of the parliamentary party, as we all know , it takes, you as we all know, it takes, you know, there are fewer votes between each of the, each of the candidates. so the distance

between rob and tom is only ten votes. so still lots to play for. still lots to fight for. still lots of discussions to be had. i know you know not there's not a single mp who's, you know , not a single mp who's, you know, resolutely decided on the future , resolutely decided on the future, direction of the party and how we're going to get back , so we're going to get back, so there's still a lot to discuss and a lot to chew over. >> what does tom tugendhat have, patrick? that kemi badenoch and robert jenrick do not? >> well, for me, and this is the most important thing. on a day when we know next week we're going to be voting on the winter fuel allowance. when we're seeing the labour government, nationalise or aim to nationalise or aim to nationalise railways, there's going to be a vote on gb energy. we need a leader who's going to make sure the conservatives are elected back into government in four years time, and tom has the highest net favorability rating across the general public of any of the leadership candidates. and most importantly, he he

polls higher than the labour leader himself. i think it's the most important thing, the purpose of the conservative party, what's made the conservative party so great over history is that we win elections and we get things done in government. we need a leader who will appeal across the country north, south—east, west, old, young , rich north, south—east, west, old, young, rich and poor. and north, south—east, west, old, young , rich and poor. and we, young, rich and poor. and we, young, rich and poor. and we, you know, i think tom is the person to do it. >> tom does. tom tugendhat set your pulse racing? >> i'm afraid he doesn't . but >> i'm afraid he doesn't. but none of you do, to be honest with you. patrick, how does it feel, as you say, a backbencher mp to have the vast majority of the country giving a bit of a shrug about who leads the conservatives now? >> well, i'm not entirely sure that's true. >> i can understand having just had a general election, having just spent the last couple of months knocking on doors across my constituency, people rightly and fairly at this point, are a little bit tired of politics, certainly tired of conservative politicians. i understand that,

but actually, when i speak to my members, when i speak to my friends, many of them didn't vote conservative by the way, when i speak to people, they are interested to know who's going to lead the conservative party. no one. many many, many people who have voted conservative in the past but didn't this time round want to see a conservative party that's competitive against laboun party that's competitive against labour. we are all united in the sense that labour are not doing a very good job, so it's understandable that people probably want to take a little bit of a break from politics. that's why we're having quite a long process for this leadership campaign. but i don't i don't buy the notion that people are just turning off completely. >> four and a half years is a long time in politics. patrick, as you know, is it conceivable that whoever wins this race will be leading the party into the next general election? or do you think it's an interim post? >> well, i will talk for myself here. i think it is mad , bad and here. i think it is mad, bad and dangerous for anyone to think or suggest that who we elect later

this year to be the leader will only be there for a couple of years, and we can change them in the near term. if there's one thing we learnt, there's a lot we learned from the last couple of years is chopping and changing our leaders goes down like a, it goes down very badly with the wider public. >> don't you think, though, that some of the candidates, tom tugendhat, obviously a very decent guy, military history, all the rest of it . but does he all the rest of it. but does he have the x factor? don't you need someone like kemi badenoch that goes viral every ten minutes? having fights with ultra woke actors like david tennant ? tennant? >> kemi is a phenomenal communicator. she's a great brain. she's courageous, she's brave, she's right about a whole ton of stuff, i have no doubt she could win a general election. i'm just saying, looking at the evidence, speaking to people, speaking to people in my own association, members and voters in my patch,

that tom does have that x factor. he polls really well with different voter groups. and he you know, as the data suggests, is best placed not just to win, but to trounce keir starmer at the next election . starmer at the next election. >> patrick, just very quickly , >> patrick, just very quickly, how confident are you that the tories will ever get back into power, given the number of votes that reform have taken away from you? >> well, look, my two things. first off, i know a lot of people who voted reform didn't vote for reform. they voted against the conservative party and as many people voted for reform as didn't vote at all. so they don't have, as much as i respect many of the things that that party may say about problems with the immigration system, they're very good at diagnosing problems. they haven't got a clue about solutions. no one voted for reform because they genuinely thought reform was going to form a government. they wanted to give the conservatives a good kicking. they did that. we hear it. we've got to react. we've

got to be better. we've got to do better, and we will. >> patrick spencer, what a treat to have you on the show. >> we'll catch up soon. my thanks to the conservative mp for central suffolk and north ipswich, patrick spencer. i thought it was an interesting guy on that . guy on that. >> very interesting. it must be very frustrating being on those backbenches and knowing you've got such a small minority and seeing some of the things you know , this is it the government know, this is it the government are doing. >> i think given labour's current record in office, i think it's all to play for, for the conservatives and potentially reform uk at the next election. but that's a long time away. >> it is a long time away and that's the problem here. but how long can labour carry on going? it's all their fault. it's all their fault. it's all their fault. it's all theirfault. nothing it's all their fault. it's all their fault. nothing to do with us. it's all their fault. yeah >> you have to ask, don't you? >> you have to ask, don't you? >> listen, folks, what is the best airport in the uk? what makes for a good airport? we'll put that to travel guru simon calder

next. we are joined by a conservative mp, patrick spencer. and our viewers and listeners are not happy, kay says patrick spencer, you arrogant man. i voted reform not to give the tories the kick up.the not to give the tories the kick up. the backside, but because i believe reform are the only way forward, i did not want more of the same. we've had hundreds of messages of that, lots of people saying that right now. >> but we move on because the uk's 29 best and worst airports for 2024 have been named by which simon calder, travel guru supreme, is going to explain how this works. why, why, why, which one's top? which one's bottom? simon. hello. good to see you . simon. hello. good to see you. >> very nice to talk to you. yes, i'm just escaping from the sun here to the shade in a bar in echr in france. and very nice. it is too . but i've been nice. it is too. but i've been studying with great interest. this survey by which they have asked their readers, who i think are quite particular group of people, what airports they like , people, what airports they like, what airports they don't like.

and guess what they really love liverpool john lennon airport , liverpool john lennon airport, they love london city airport and they love norwich and other places such as exeter and inverness and the places they really don't like are manchester, particularly the old unreconstructed terminal three and terminal one at manchester they came at the bottom and they're not particularly fond of heathrow, gatwick or stansted or luton either, but i'll tell you what, dawn, when it comes to airports, it's , as the great airports, it's, as the great french philosopherjean—paul sartre said, unfair. les ort hell is other people and bluntly, none of the top ten airports in the which survey are in the top ten airports in terms of number of passengers being handled. so, it's, yeah, we much prefer places where you haven't got many other people, understandably, but i'm afraid

aviation doesn't tend to work like that. >> so small is beautiful, basically. >> london city, my favourite airport is our number two in the list. so what is. airport is our number two in the list. so what is . what's the one list. so what is. what's the one thing that makes a really good airport? simon >> well, a really good question. so i would say, security queues and that's a key issue. and i'll tell you what, what's surprising is that heathrow got really quite badly rated for security issues, except that heathrow says no, we get 99% of people through in under ten minutes. it's fine, birmingham did get a one star rating. they've had a pretty tough time this summer for security queues, but you want. that's the great imponderable, they also interestingly in this survey said, well, what about check in times, the time you're waiting at a check in and they use that to rate the airport, even though it is entirely the airline's decision. >> the legendary travel correspondent of the independent newspaper in the sun, of course,

is always on holiday. newspaper in the sun, of course, is always on holiday . next newspaper in the sun, of course, is always on holiday. next up, jeremy kyle's in trouble. but first, the weather. >> a brighter outlook with boxt solar, sponsors of weather on gb news . news. >> hi there and welcome to the latest forecast for gb news from the met office. cloudy for many of us today. very wet in the south and southwest. increasingly so very warm . increasingly so very warm. meanwhile in the northwest we've got low pressure over the near continent and easterly airflow and weather fronts moving up and stalling across southern parts of the uk. so this blossoming area of rain across southern counties of england into south wales, increasingly heavy and persistent as we head into the afternoon for parts of hampshire, dorset, devon and cornwall. and that could cause some issues. so a rain warning in force. meanwhile, a lot of cloud across central and eastern parts, some drizzle and mist and low cloud for northeast england, eastern scotland but western

scotland, northern ireland seeing plenty of sunshine and over the next couple of days here it's going to turn increasingly warm , almost like increasingly warm, almost like summer has arrived at last. it's not the case for the southwest into the evening, with some very heavy rainfall for the evening rush , and that could cause some rush, and that could cause some transport disruption for a time. as you can see, a lot of low cloud and some mist and drizzle for north—east england, eastern scotland , western scotland, scotland, western scotland, meanwhile, as well as northern ireland, a beautiful end to the day. plenty of blue skies before the sun goes down and we're going to keep the clear skies in the northwest overnight. northwest england and north wales also seeing clear spells. but wherever you are, it's going to be a mild night because relatively humid air is arriving from the east that's originating over central europe. so temperatures of 15 to 18 celsius as we start off friday, a fairly muqqy as we start off friday, a fairly muggy night, wherever you are. and another wet start to the day across the south and southwest. some increasingly heavy rain

once again potentially causing issues on the roads. first thing that does ease a little into the afternoon, but there'll still be some damp weather around. meanwhile, sunnier skies further north, temperatures peaking in the mid to high 20s in the north—west >> that warm feeling inside from boxt boilers, sponsors of weather on

gb news. away. >> good afternoon britain. it's 1:00 on thursday the 5th of september. here's mark dolan. i'm dawn neesom now. >> the chief inspector of prisons warns that risky criminals will be among nearly 2000 offenders released early next week, saying authorities are simply not prepared. we'll be getting the thoughts of a former prison minister and

jeremy karl has arrived at court to give evidence at an inquest into the death of a man who died after appearing on his tv show where? >> outside the court, with all the details for you and a proposed crackdown on water company bosses who could face years in prison for not controlling the sewage flowing into our waterways , could the into our waterways, could the plans put an end to the flow of filth being pumped into our rivers ? rivers? >> yes, indeed. and we want to hear from you throughout the show. gbnews.com forward slash yoursay lots to get through . but yoursay lots to get through. but first news headlines and sam francis . francis. >> very good afternoon to you. it is exactly 1:01. and the top story this lunchtime the crown

prosecution service says it has dropped two indecent assault charges against harvey weinstein. it was alleged the disgraced hollywood producer had assaulted a woman now aged in her 50s, in 1996, in london, however, the special crime division, which continually reassesses cases, has said today it found no realistic chance of conviction. in a statement, the crown prosecution service have reiterated their commitment to prosecuting sexual assault cases and encourage any potential victims to come forward and to report to police . water bosses report to police. water bosses could face up to two years in jail under new laws aimed at cracking down on pollution in england's rivers, seas and lakes, the government claims. the new water bill gives regulators more powers to fine executives or face time behind bars if they fail to protect water quality . meanwhile, the water quality. meanwhile, the government has admitted that not all buildings with the same dangerous cladding as grenfell tower have been identified. that

follows the damning report published yesterday. the prime minister has pledged to review all 58 recommendations from the grenfell inquiry, with a full response expected within six months. the report heavily criticised various firms and families, and survivors are now calling for swift punishment for those found at fault . meanwhile, those found at fault. meanwhile, the met police are continuing to investigate potential criminal charges which could take between 12 and 18 months. detectives investigating the murder of a top chef attacked near notting hill carnival have released these images of 16 potential witnesses. museum nato from dubal witnesses. museum nato from dubai, was found unconscious with a head injury in queensway and sadly died four days later. one man has been charged but detectives are still piecing together the 41 year old's movements from earlier that day and the met's specialist crime command is now urging anyone who may recognise the people in the images to come forward, saying they believe the individuals may have vital information . a 14

have vital information. a 14 year old boy has appeared in court charged with murdering an 80 year old grandfather in leicestershire , bhim kohli, who leicestershire, bhim kohli, who died from a neck injury while walking his dog, was just seconds away from home at the time. the boy, who can't be named, has been remanded in custody and is appearing at leicester crown court this afternoon . an urgent appeal has afternoon. an urgent appeal has been launched to find a ten month old girl who has gone missing with her father. merseyside police are asking the pubuc merseyside police are asking the public to help find laila rose wheeler, who was last seen in the area of wallasey village in wirral, a spokesman from the force said there is concern for both of their welfare and described laila as a girl with short blonde hair and blue eyes. tv host jeremy kyle has arrived at winchester coroner's court to give evidence at an inquest into the death of steve dymond , who the death of steve dymond, who died after appearing on the jeremy kyle show in 2019. the 63 year old from portsmouth

reportedly took his own life just a week after failing a lie detector test on the programme, which accused him of cheating on his partner, the inquest has revealed. so far that dymond had a history of mental health issues, including multiple attempts to take his own life, and had been rejected initially by the show due to depression . by the show due to depression. well, despite the findings, he was later allowed to appear on the programme, providing a gp's letter. royal mail could ditch saturday deliveries for second class post as part of an overhaul of the uk's postal service. that's now under review by the regulator ofcom. the plan would see second class posts delivered on alternate weekdays , delivered on alternate weekdays, but first class posts would remain for six days. a week. ofcom, which has been consulting on those changes since january of this year, is hoping to finalise its decision by the summer of 2025. royal mail argues the current setup is no longer workable, and it says it's pushing for urgent reform.

well, let's turn to some international news now . and in international news now. and in france, the former eu brexit negotiator michel barnier has been appointed as prime minister. president emmanuel macron made the announcement in a bid to resolve the political gridlock after the summer's snap election in france. the 73. barnier will be the oldest prime minister in france's modern political history and takes over from gabriel attal, who was the youngest , to the us, where youngest, to the us, where students , families and teachers students, families and teachers have gathered to remember the victims of a mass school shooting just weeks after classes began. a 14 year old boy described by police there as pure evil, killed two students and two teachers at his high school in georgia . colt grey school in georgia. colt grey also injured nine others with a semi—automatic rifle before he surrendered to police. authorities have now confirmed that he had been questioned last year over online threats , but year over online threats, but acted alone in this attack. he will be charged and tried as an aduu will be charged and tried as an adult . and finally, some sad adult. and finally, some sad news from the world of sport.

the olympic marathon runner rebecca cheptegei has died after being set on fire by her boyfriend. that's according to the head of uganda's olympic committee. the 33 year old, who competed just weeks ago in paris , competed just weeks ago in paris, sadly suffered burns to over 75% of her body in that attack. she's the third female athlete killed in the country since 2021. the ugandan president has called it cowardly and senseless and has condemned violence against women . those are the against women. those are the latest headlines for now. your next update from me in half an hour for the very latest gb news direct to your smartphone, sign up to news alerts by scanning the qr code or go to gbnews.com forward slash alerts . forward slash alerts. >> thank you very much, sam . now

>> thank you very much, sam. now lots of you. lots of you really lots of you. lots of you really lots of you are getting in touch. and it's very simple to do right? gbnews.com/yoursay we love hearing from you. it's my personal favourite part of the show is talking to you out there, but lots of you are getting very angry about what our our conservative mp patrick spencer had to say about people actually voting against the tories. not actually voting for reform. lots of people very angry about this, dubbing needle. interesting name says conservatives like patrick spencer are in denial about the reality of the reform movement. sweeping assumptions don't make him a right. indeed. >> janet, who's a gb news member , >> janet, who's a gb news member, says mark and dawn, i'm now a reform voter as they have more drive and determination and are not scared to say how it is now. dawn, we're hearing endlessly from tory mps that it's the oldest political party in europe, the most successful, the natural party of government . natural party of government. well, as they demonstrated in july, they are now the natural party of opposition. and this tory leadership debate has ignored the elephant in the

room, which is nigel farage and reform uk ignore reform at their peril. i don't think the conservatives can win another election without a deal with reform uk. it would be very interesting. >> i think they need to take it seriously and i think they still have the arrogance that many of our mainstream political parties have. well, i heard a tory insider yesterday saying that the conservatives shouldn't chase the reform vote. >> well, wait a minute. that's 4.1 million votes. they cannot get back into power without those votes. >> the interesting thing i think now will priti patel actually jump now will priti patel actually jump ship and go to reform? >> well, and should she? >> well, and should she? >> you mean suella suella braverman . braverman. >> sorry. >> sorry. >> and should she and priti. >> and should she and priti. >> yeah. an priti and david davis, any of them and all of them. >> and rishi yes. they'd be wise not to, but no. >> priti i mean priti now is out of the election leadership race. >> yeah , it's all possible, >> yeah, it's all possible, isn't it? but anyway, viewers and listeners furious about the idea that those who've voted for reform uk were simply punishing

the tories. >> so now we move on. tv host jeremy kyle arrived at winchester coroner's court earlier to give evidence at an inquest into the death of steve dymond, who died after appearing on the jeremy kyle show in 2019. >> the 63 year old from portsmouth reportedly took his own life just a week after failing a lie detector test on the show, which accused him of cheating on his partner. >> joining us now for the latest on this is our national reporter, charlie peters. charlie thank you very much for joining us today. so we've seen jeremy kyle actually arrive at the inquiry today. what what's happening now? what? bring us up to date on what's happening. >> well, jeremy, we expect will be giving evidence later this afternoon, probably from about 2:00 pm. but afternoon, probably from about 2:00pm. but this is the third day now of the full inquest expected to end early next week. and this morning we've heard more evidence in the witness box from chris whiston, who was the former head of content compliance at itv, and he's been going through the process for the lie detector test on the

jeremy kyle show. now, previously, when i was at the court on tuesday, we heard that steve dymond , the 63 year old steve dymond, the 63 year old who is suspected to have taken his life, was desperate to take that lie detector test in order to prove to his then partner he'd rekindled his relationship with jane callaghan that he had not cheated on her. the inquest heard that he'd called up maybe 40 to 50 times to demonstrate how keen he was to take that test, but this morning, chris wilson, the head of compliance at itv at the time, he had told the hearing yesterday that his first application, mr dymond's application, was rejected because he had a history of anti—depressants. he produced a note from his gp to say that he was no longer taking those. this morning the inquest was shown clips of mr dymond being advised about how the lie detector test was working. a contractor who manages that test was speaking to him, and mr diamond asked whether the test was 99.9% accurate and he was told it's

about 95% accurate. but if you get one answer wrong, you fail the lot that was the quote that the lot that was the quote that the inquest heard today. now, mr wilson said that a researcher had phoned mr diamond the day after he appeared on the programme that was never aired that episode to tell him that counselling was being arranged for him. but he added sadly, because of mr diamond's death , because of mr diamond's death, that didn't go ahead. the inquest also heard that one member of the show sent another message to a colleague about mr diamond during the filming day, saying could be emotion in his part. he has tears in his eyes lol. well, neil sheldon, the kc who's representing jeremy kyle, put some questions to mr wilson in the in the witness box. he asked him if he'd seen any evidence that the presenter had adjusted his approach when deaung adjusted his approach when dealing with mr diamond, his approach or presenting style. he said no, but he also agreed with

mr sheldon that mr kyle was responsive to adapting his approach. if he felt it necessary. so potentially interesting that he didn't choose to do so on this occasion. with the information available to jeremy kyle, we expect he'll give evidence from 2 pm. today. >> do we do we have any idea of what he's going to say, how he's going to play this? >> no, there's not been any kind of, pre expectation or release from him on this situation. but ihave from him on this situation. but i have to say, when i was at the inquest on tuesday, we heard from mr dymond's estranged son and that former partner jane callaghan, and there are some legal big beasts in the room questioning those who come to the inquest box. this is not a standard coroner's court experience, so jeremy kyle will be under questions not only from his own lawyer but also from itv and others. >> most definitely. and you have to say that these shows are very exploitative. you don't need an inquiry like this into the tragic death of this to man understand that you put vulnerable people on tv with complicated private lives, and you make millions off the back of it. so do you think itv have a case to answer here, or at

least the production company? >> well, they have their own representatives in the court to defend their position. they've pointed to the fact that mr dymond had potentially some experience of mental health problems before the programme was aired, so linking the suspected taking of his own life, not necessarily to the programme itself, but fundamentally the show hasn't been aired since this tragedy in 2019. >> i mean, dawn, do you think those shows were unethical because we watched them with great amusement back in the day, didn't we? >> and it was a great student. tv mid—morning. you're just waking up. you've got a hangover put on. jeremy kyle, i must admit, i wasn't a fan. >> i don't i always felt for the people that were on there. i didn't like the way they were treated, so i'd be very interested to hear what jeremy kyle has to say this afternoon. >> yeah, and what about the implications for kyle's career, do you think? >> well, he's previously said that he was cancelled before he took his most recent job on a rival station that's no longer broadcasting on linear television. but we'll see what

evidence he might give later this afternoon. >> okay. brilliant. charlie, thank you so much. there you go . thank you so much. there you go. our national reporter, charlie peters. now, the prisons watchdog has warned that risky criminals will be released from jail next week under the government's early release scheme. >> the chief inspector of prisons says the authorities lack the right levels of preparation to deal with the scheme, as many prisoners will be released without a home to go to. now. >> i think this is a very bad start for our new government. i've got to say. i mean, they're pursuing net zero with sort of some kind of messianic zeal. they are taking pensioners winter fuel payments away from them. they're going to shiver this winter. and now the streets are not going to be safe. i mean, how do you feel if you're, you know, just sort of waking up next week to the news that 2000 dangerous criminals effectively released early? yeah. >> and this is, this is not just us having concerns here. i mean, charlie taylor, the chief inspector of prisons , has said inspector of prisons, has said that, you know, that we're not for prepared this to happen. yeah. and he said an estimated

1700 prisoners were released on tuesday, almost twice the number released in a week. and there will literally be standing on a station outside the prison, a train station and going, what do i do now? where do i go? and many of these will be released into homelessness. and because of that, there'll be significantly more likely to breach their licence conditions , breach their licence conditions, break curfews, restrictions and they're more likely to return to drug and alcohol addictions. this just doesn't sound safe, does it? for anyone. for the released prisoners for and the public? >> most definitely. and of course, this is a long term systemic issue. you can't lay this at the door of keir starmer, who has just got into number 10. but there is amazing competition for our resources. now, you know, the country's running a deficit, which means that more is going out than comes in every month. we've got a national debt every department wants cash. but actually, what is the biggest priority? well, i think it's our borders and it's safety on the streets. you know, when it comes to policing and prisons, i don't think these are departments that should be cut

back.i departments that should be cut back. i think it's money, no object. dawn. >> many, many people who are watching and listening now when we have this conversation say, why don't we simply deport the foreign prisoners who are taking up our jail cells at the moment and there are around, i believe, 10,000 of them. so it would certainly solve a problem with freeing up prison spaces. but we are where we are at the moment. that's not going to happen. so what the other issue is being raised is labour's plans to press ahead with the previous government's prison building scheme, which is fine, but the prisons are union and probation service, once again warning that there isn't the staff to man these prisons. >> no. well that's it. >> no. well that's it. >> that's why i say that the country has got to make some tough choices. you know, we need sound borders. we need prisons that have capacity, and we need more cops, and we need safe streets. that is actually a civil right that we have in this country. we pay our taxes. and what are we getting for that? we're getting terrible local services. we're getting unsafe streets and cops that the ones who are on duty don't seem

confident in the law to be able to actually police the law itself . itself. >> you'll never guess what a spokesperson for the ministry of justice said. when we put this question to them that it was dangerous. so many prisoners are going to be released on tuesday with no homes to go to. they said, can you guess? they said the new government inherited a justice system in crisis with prisons on the point of collapse. in other words, it's not our fault , guv. it's all theirs. >> well, it is their problem now, and they've got to tackle it, because being safe in this country is absolutely critical. otherwise, why do we pay our taxes? >> good question. and a lot of them as well, which are going to go them as well, which are going to 9° up them as well, which are going to go up probably come the budget most definitely. >> now a tourist who was spotted climbing to the summit of germany's highest mountain in sandals has been branded stupid. well, i'd agree with that, which is a fairly fair comment. >> footage shows the man without any proper equipment and use a ladder to climb up there. you can see footage there and you can see footage there and you can see footage there and you can see indeed that is really not suitable footwear for anywhere apart from a beach. >> yeah, those are those expensive birkenstock sandals,

aren't they? yeah, i think so. >> now experts were furious, saying it is just stupid . these saying it is just stupid. these people are not real mountaineers. now, as luck would have it, dawn, you're a bit of an outdoorsy. >> i used to. »- >> i used to. >> yeah, i still am an outdoors type, but i used to actually go proper mountaineering and i can ice climb and i have some horrific experiences of people literally wandering up snow covered mountains. right? i've got full gear on mountain boots, ice axe, crampons in flip flops, and i'm not even making this up. and i've got friends at work in the mountain rescue up in scotland, and they are constantly telling me of people that wander up into the hills woefully ill equipped with, and they don't even check the weather mark. yeah, indeed. just dangerous . dangerous. >> and then the problem is, it's up to the authorities to rescue these numpties at enormous expense. well, i think when they need to be rescued, it's they that should foot the bill. whether it's a helicopter or some kind of airlift situation. honestly, people have got no common sense these days. can i?

i'm a stickler for footwear . i'm a stickler for footwear. there's an absolute blight on our society. a scourge at the moment. and it's something called a slider. do you know what a slider is? >> it's like, yeah, it's like a flip flop without the thing behind between the toes. >> that's right. i mean, it's the kind of thing that you would expect someone to wear at a spa or a swimming pool. i saw some school kids the other day, and they're in their uniform with sliders. how that's allowed at the school, i don't know. and the school, i don't know. and the other day i was offered a lift by somebody who was wearing sliders, and i said, i'm not getting in that car. if you're wearing those things, they are dangerous. >> you know, the amount of people that have accidents trying to drive cars in flip flops, come on, folks, let's go back to having can we have more cops on the streets? >> can we police our borders? and can we have proper shoes ' 7 m. again? >> ban sliders and flip flops. >> ban sliders and flip flops. >> what do you reckon? >> what do you reckon? >> yeah, i think hiking boots all year round should be a national law. if only i was in charge. >> yeah, i'm just looking at your shoes now. but i'm not going to make you show people because i don't hate you enough out there. by the way, it's not pretty. no, it's not pretty. okay, well, this is good afternoon, britain. and it's gb news. and there's loads more

coming up on today's show. the shocking story of the family of an aspiring marine murdered by an aspiring marine murdered by an asylum seeker accused authorities of sweeping his death under the carpet after the coroner scraps his inquest. >> an absolute disgrace, isn't it? >> we'll tackle that next. you will be so angry

>> hello. welcome back. the home office has scrapped an inquest into how an asylum seeker post child to enter the uk before murdering an aspiring marine. >> the then 19 year old afghan national had previously shot two migrants in serbia before lying about his age to enter the country. >> he then murdered 21 year old tom roberts, whose family have now accused the home office of systemic failures that allowed

the criminal into the country so easily . easily. >> we're now joined by immigration lawyer ivan sampson. ivan, thank you so much for joining us. how was this able to happen ? happen? >> well, the home office has a policy for assessing age. well, first of all, he claimed asylum. that's why he was able to get into the country . but that's why he was able to get into the country. but in that's why he was able to get into the country . but in respect into the country. but in respect to his age, the policy is that they make a visual assessment of a person's age and also his mannerisms. and if he if that shows him to be significantly more than 18. and that's all we know. what that means is several years above 18, then he's assessed, as an adult. otherwise he isn't. now, you'd think that would favour asylum seekers. that's not the case because the helen bamber foundation 2022 did a survey on age assessments by the home office and what they found was that 97% of the case, it actually went the other way

where the home office assessed the person to be an adult, when in fact he was or she was a minor, and there's a duty under the borders act, for the home office to safeguard the welfare and well—being of children. and that's a statutory duty which they have to abide by. so i'm afraid the system isn't working. i think technology can come into this. there are ways you can assess age, looking at someone's teeth . so, and that's done in teeth. so, and that's done in criminal matters for example. so, so, you know, i think there's got to be relook at the way the home office is mish, but in this case, it wouldn't have made any difference because we don't have a returns policy with afghanistan anyway. so even if he'd been assessed as an adult and even if he'd been a failed asylum seeker, we couldn't have returned him to afghanistan. it's as simple as that. >> but he had travelled through other european countries to get here and indeed, he'd previously

shot two migrants with a kalashnikov rifle in serbia whilst trying to make his way across europe to get to the uk. this is just proof that our asylum system is utterly broken, isn't it? >> well, we have undocumented people coming into our country. we have no idea about their previous background , whether previous background, whether they are of suitable character or not. and a recent report by professor tom brooks of durham university, what he said was this there's definitely a connection between brexit and the number of asylum seekers crossing the channel. before brexit, this wasn't a problem. so what the gangs, when they realised that there isn't a returns agreement post—brexit soon realised that even if you're a failed asylum seeker , you're a failed asylum seeker, there's nothing that a government can do unless they have a returns agreement with that country. now the five countries which make up 90% of

our asylum claims we don't have returns agreement with them. so what professor brooks found was, is that there was a failure on the part of the government at the part of the government at the time, the conservatives, for not having a returns agreement similar to the dublin convention that was in place at the time of brexit. so really we need to have returns agreement with the eu again and that needs to be enforced. eu treaty with the french being forced to abide by it or face heavy fines and court action if they don't . action if they don't. >> ivan, are you implying. forgive me if i'm wrong here, that if we hadn't have had brexit, this wouldn't be happening . happening. >> no, no i'm not. i'm not implying anything. i'm telling you what the research done by professor brooks of durham university, he said that, there was a clear connection. you see, before brexit, we weren't having these conversations about boat asylum and people coming across the channel. this wasn't a problem. there was still a problem. there was still a

problem across with the trucks and lorries, but technology sorted that out . but as soon as sorted that out. but as soon as the traffickers realised that we couldn't return people, there was a business model to be had and they had it and they're making a lot of money from it. >> how much of this ivan, is a question of resource ? question of resource? >> well, i think it's look, i deal with the home office on a day to day basis, in court on monday , on tuesday, rather, the monday, on tuesday, rather, the quality of the my opponent is really poor. the training is poon really poor. the training is poor, the systems don't help the home office. the way they assess asylum claims don't help them, we need a better system. we need properly trained immigration officers and specialists to look at these asylum claims. who familiar with country information, and a lot of them. it's all on credibility and plausibility. and really, they're not properly trained, and there's a massive leakage of

staff in the home office because as they're training them, more people are leaving and they're having to recruit more. so we've got to either pay people more, get a better calibre of person assessing these claims and perhaps use professionals doing that. i think that would be a goodidea that. i think that would be a good idea if a violent asylum seeker like this individual that committed this appalling murder can't be deported and can only be deported with a returns agreement, doesn't that tell us that the law is an ass? well, you say he can't be deported. well he can. the law is very strong on deportation. so if anyone commits an offence which carries more than 12 months imprisonment, the home office has a statutory duty to issue a deportation notice. now, even if we get that the appeal process is exhausted and that person goes through that system, we're still left with that person in this country because there's no returns agreement. >> so , ivan, i'm a bit confused >> so, ivan, i'm a bit confused here because originally you said

we couldn't we couldn't send him back. >> we couldn't deport him because he was from afghanistan. understandably, that country is an absolute hellhole, but you're saying now that we could deport him? >> no, no, i didn't say that . >> no, no, i didn't say that. what i said was the law allows to us deport him. it's an automatic deportation . and the automatic deportation. and the longer the sentence, if it's more than four years, the balance tips in favour of the state. the lower the sentence, the balance tips in favour of the balance tips in favour of the individual. depending on their particular human rights, whether they've got a child, a partner and so forth, so those human rights elements, the rights that individuals have, they diminish the longer the sentence. it's very hard. i mean, i'll be honest with you, the home office are good at deportation. i mean, you may not believe it, but we deport the vast majority of people, about 70% of criminals are deported. >> but we couldn't deport him back to afghanistan. so where would we send him back to? >> well , you would we send him back to? >> well, you can't, because you. there's no way. there's no way

to do it. i think it was done back in 1800s when we sent people to australia. so, you know , unless we do something know, unless we do something like that, i mean, you know, there's no we're stuck with these people. well, how about a returns agreement to a third safe country? >> wouldn't that be a nice idea like rwanda? >> well, you should stop it in the first place. so as soon as he came here and claimed asylum, we should have sent him straight back to france , which we could back to france, which we could have done prior to brexit. >> yeah, well, i'm not so sure, but our thanks to immigration lawyer ivan sampson. thank you . lawyer ivan sampson. thank you. ian. well, we'll catch up again in the near future. >> i'm sorry . i in the near future. >> i'm sorry. i have more questions than i started out with. this is good afternoon, britain on gb news. and there's lots more coming up on the show today. priti patel out of the tory leadership race. robert jenrick takes pole position with kemi badenoch just behind the latest on the runners and riders after the latest news headlines with sam francis . with sam francis. >> very good afternoon to you from the newsroom. 132 and the

top stories this lunchtime. the crown prosecution service says it has dropped two indecent assault charges against harvey weinstein. it was alleged the disgraced hollywood producer had assaulted a woman, now in her 50s, in 1996. however, the special crime division, which continually reassesses cases, says it's found no realistic chance of conviction. in a statement , the crown prosecution statement, the crown prosecution service have also reiterated their commitment to prosecuting sexual assault cases and encouraging any potential victims to come forward and report to police water bosses could face up to two years in jail under new laws aimed at cracking down on pollution in england's rivers and seas and lakes. the government claims its new water bill would give regulators more power to fine executives or face time behind bars if they fail to protect water quality. meanwhile, the government has admitted that not all buildings with the same dangerous cladding as grenfell tower have been identified. that

follows the damning findings published this week. the prime minister has pledged to review all 58 recommendations from the grenfell inquiry, with a full response due within six months. the report heavily criticised various building firms and construction companies . various building firms and construction companies. families and survivors are now calling for swift punishment for those found at fault. meanwhile, the met police are continuing their investigation into potential criminal charges, which could take up to 18 months. tv host jeremy kyle has been at winchester coroner's court today, giving evidence at an inquest into the death of steve dymond, who died after appearing on the jeremy kyle show in 2019. the 63 year old from portsmouth reportedly took his own life just a week after failing a lie detector test on that programme. the inquest has revealed that dymond had a history of mental health issues, including multiple suicide attempts, and had been rejected initially by the show. despite those findings, though, he was later allowed to appear on the

programme after providing a gp letter in france. the eu's former brexit negotiator michel barnier has been appointed as prime minister this afternoon. president emmanuel macron made the announcement in a bid to resolve the political gridlock in the country after his summer snap election. at 73, barnier will be the oldest prime minister in france's modern political history , taking over political history, taking over from gabriel attal, who was the youngest . and finally, just some youngest. and finally, just some breaking developments from munich in germany. the suspect in the shooting this morning, we now know, has been identified as an 18 year old austrian national living in austria. that suspect, who died at the scene this morning, was shot while exchanging fire with police. in the last few minutes, the german state interior minister has confirmed the attack was initially planned on the israeli consulate in munich , though they consulate in munich, though they say the motive is still to be established . those are the

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>> hello mark and dawn with you on gb news. good afternoon britain. now priti patel has become the first tory mp to be voted out of the party's leadership contest, with former immigration minister robert jenrick emerging as the front runner. >> former immigration minister robert jenrick topped the poll of mps with 28 votes, with the other remaining contenders, kemi badenoch james cleverly , tom badenoch james cleverly, tom tugendhat and mel stride following behind. >> well, let's get reaction from forgive me there. >> do you know something? it's a we're expecting on tuesday in a sort of me there. .. . . forgive me there. >> do you know something? it's a well—oiled machine. this isn't it, live telly folks. we're well—oiled machine. this isn't it, live telly folks. we're joined by gb news political joined by gb news political correspondent olivia utley. olivia, are we surprised by the correspondent olivia utley. olivia, are we surprised by the dispatching of priti patel at dispatching of priti patel at this stage in the contest ? this stage in the contest ? this stage in the contest? >> i don't think we are this stage in the contest? >> i don't think we are particularly surprised . it particularly surprised . it particularly surprised. it hasn't looked for a while, as particularly surprised. it hasn't looked for a while, as though she's had the momentum to though she's had the momentum to see her through. she's she's see her through. she's she's been she's been seen as a as a been she's been seen as a as a bit of a has been, if you like, bit of a has been, if you like,

for quite a long time now. what for quite a long time now. what perhaps is surprising is that perhaps is surprising is that none of the other five none of the other five candidates managed to achieve candidates managed to achieve even 25% of the vote. the even 25% of the vote. the contest really is still wide, contest really is still wide, wide open . kemi badenoch came in wide open . kemi badenoch came in wide open. kemi badenoch came in wide open. kemi badenoch came in second place with 22 votes. second place with 22 votes. we're talking about such small we're talking about such small numbers here because the numbers here because the conservative parliamentary party conservative parliamentary party is just so small now, and that is just so small now, and that was only 5 or 6 votes ahead of was only 5 or 6 votes ahead of mel stride, who came in fifth mel stride, who came in fifth place. so, as i say, there is a place. so, as i say, there is a lot to play for. still robert lot to play for. still robert jenrick does seem to be emerging jenrick does seem to be emerging as the favourite among mps, but as the favourite among mps, but kemi badenoch for the moment is kemi badenoch for the moment is very much the favourite among very much the favourite among conservative party members who will get to decide when it gets conservative party members who will get to decide when it gets to the final two. she has about to the final two. she has about twice the support of robert twice the support of robert jenrick. the thing is, she's not jenrick. the thing is, she's not that popular among mps. that popular among mps. conservative mps in westminster conservative mps in westminster andifs conservative mps in westminster and it's just possible that andifs conservative mps in westminster and it's just possible that those priti patel voters vote as those priti patel voters vote as a bloc in the next round, which a bloc in the next round, which we're expecting on tuesday in a we're expecting on tuesday in a

sort of me . . . sort of anyone but kemi manoeuvre. so it could be that kemi badenoch is wiped out before it goes to the members. >> olivia. >> olivia. >> conservative mps decide that they don't want her to be their leader. >> what is it about kemi badenoch that some tory backbenchers don't like ? backbenchers don't like? >> well, the when i speak to conservative mps it doesn't seem to be a problem with her politics or the way she presents herself

politics or the way she presents herswhat mean. so my instinct see what i mean. so my instinct is they will probably move towards robert jenrick , or they towards robert jenrick, or they might split their vote and try and eliminate kemi from this. from these rounds altogether, because there are people who don't want her in the final two. what we can be pretty certain of is if she is in the final two, she will probably win. >> olivia just quickly, our viewers are getting very, very annoyed about the tory politician we were interviewing earlier on. >> patrick spencer. >> patrick spencer. >> patrick spencer. >> patrick spencer, who said that a vote for our, you know, people were voting against the conservatives, not for reform lots and lots of people are very angry about that. do you think the conservatives are even vaguely aware that they have an issue with the reform party, and that people were voting for reform, not just against the conservatives >> well, i think that's a really interesting question. i think conservative mps see this very, very differently depending mostly on where their

constituencies are and what happenedin constituencies are and what happened in their own constituencies in the sort of south—east and south—west of england. lots of conservative seats either went over to the lib dems, the lib dems won all but one of the constituencies that they targeted in this election. they won 72 seats. a really, really strong performance and they came very close. second in lots of conservative constituencies in the south east and south—west. >> olivia, i think those can me interrupt you less worried. >> let me interrupt you in favour of our next king. that is, of course, the prince of wales. prince william, who is pictured live in southwest london and promoting a cause close to his heart, which is homelessness , he's visiting the homelessness, he's visiting the saatchi gallery, which is an art gallery in central london, to view a show called homelessness reframed, a groundbreaking exhibition which brings to life the breadth and complexities of homelessness. in this country. >> and we can see him. no, it's

oh, we've already seen him. right. okay, so he's not doing let's see him any more. >> and obviously it's a worthy cause. >> it is a very worthy cause. and lots of people were hoping and speculating early on today that catherine might be joining him. yeah, because it's a cause very close to her heart. as well, but well, of course, sadly not the case. >> prior to her cancer diagnosis, we were told that we wouldn't see her until after easter, and it's now september, and we do, of course, wish her well. olivia, can we come back to you over in our westminster studio and a development in paris , france has a new prime paris, france has a new prime minister and a familiar name to our viewers and listeners . our viewers and listeners. >> yes. the new prime minister is michel barnier. that famous villain, if you like , of the villain, if you like, of the brexit debates. he was the negotiator on behalf of the eu and drove a very, very hard bargain with theresa may, having him as the french prime minister is bound to ruffle quite a lot

of pro—brexit feathers over here because because this government, the british government, will now have to be negotiating on a day to day basis with michel barnier. that could be a really uncomfortable relationship. that said , french politics is pretty said, french politics is pretty chaotic at the moment. that snap election a few weeks ago led to a three way split in the main parties in the elysee, and it now looks possible that michel barnier might not get through. the very first hurdle, might not get over the very first hurdle in the next couple of weeks. he could be voted out in a vote of no confidence. so brexiteers shouldn't get too upset. yet we don't yet know how this is going to play out. but yes, it could be a very tricky position for britain. >> he might get thrown out, but he'll just ask for a second vote, won't he? or maybe best of three, olivia, thank you so much. great to catch up. we'll speak soon. gb news political correspondent olivia utley. now, listen, we've been talking about, you know, does anyone

care about the tory leadership? okay? and i understand that it is the dullest. i mean, director tom said he's bored to tears about this. >> it's dull, but i think it's only dull because we've got four and a half years to go. indeed. and if they can do anything right. >> but if labour keep going at this rate, then whoever becomes the new leader of the conservative party is likely to be our next prime minister. and that's why i think it matters. >> i don't think you're right. i actually think whoever becomes how dare you disagree with me? i think whoever becomes leader now will not be leading the conservative party into the next election. >> so do you see the next appointment as some kind of interim steadying the ship? >> all right. steadying the ship. and then i think in the run up to the next election, they get a firebrand populist in. >> and what do you make of these politicians that go on a journey? i mean, liz truss, was anyone going on a journey, to be honest with you too? right? liz truss was a was an anti—monarchist lib dem robert jenrick was basically a kind of david cameron acolyte on the left of the party. okay a woke tory, now he's mr immigration . tory, now he's mr immigration. are you buying that? >> no, i'm not buying anything.

>> no, i'm not buying anything. >> any of them say, to be honest with you, mark, i think like a lot of you out there and please do let me know. gb roe v wade gbnews.com/yoursay i don't buy what any of them are saying now. ihave what any of them are saying now. i have been i had high hopes for the labour government getting in. i've been disappointed by everything they've done. it's the same bunch of people with a just a different colour rosette . just a different colour rosette. >> yeah, well look, director tom is happy. he got a shout out. >> he misses. >> he misses. >> his missus will be proud. get that clipped up. you're watching. good afternoon. britain on gb news mark dolan. and the one and only the queen of all media herself. dawn neesom. lots more to come. donald trump going to jail? we discuss that

next. well, lots to come in the next houn well, lots to come in the next hour, but let's talk about this story from the royal mail who are set to axe saturday delivery of letters for second class letters. now, i know that the

second class post is not the biggest priority. >> this one? >> this one? >> well, i'm furious about it because actually a lot of important letters do come through the post still. for example, details of nhs appointments. if you've got a parking ticket and you didn't pay parking ticket and you didn't pay it, they will write to you. >> they won't. >> they won't. >> you've got a thing about the parking tickets as well. the nhs thing i think is interesting because the nhs and this is where they waste an awful lot of money as well. they will send you an email, they will send you a text message and then three weeks after you've had the appointment, they will send you appointment, they will send you a letter in the post. correct. so it's a waste of money and were you really notice well this thing is so i think there are lots of people who enjoy an itemised phone bill, for example, an itemised credit card statement. >> you know, a lot of stuff still comes through the post. >> get that online. >> get that online. >> well, you can, but people prefer the hard copy. i've got relatives, older relatives who like to receive , you know, their like to receive, you know, their bills. they can go through it page bills. they can go through it page by page bills. they can go through it page by page and go, oh my goodness. i spent £10 in marks and spencers last month. what was that on? you know. and i just think it empowers people. what i'm worried about i know it's only second class post, but

i think it's the thin end of the wedge and i think ultimately you'll have mail deliveries once or twice a week if we carry on this rate. >> well, i mean, to be honest with you, it's pretty much feeling like that in any case, isn't it? >> well, you don't i mean, all you get is big, fat cheques through the post, isn't it? >> yeah. of course. now, actually, the one thing you columns, the one thing you don't want to get through the post is that those brown envelopes from inland revenue are. >> yeah. you don't want to do that. >> it's never it's never. hello. we owe you loads of money, is it. it's always the opposite. >> it's never it's never good news. let me tell you. dawn neesom is pretty much bankrolling the nhs as we speak. so we better thank her for that. but listen, what do you think? >> would you be willing to lose saturday deliveries? >> gbnews.com/yoursay i just think it's sort of part of the general mood in this country , general mood in this country, which is we're chipping away at the edges. we don't have bank branches in the street. we're losing post offices. and now we don't get posts at the weekend. i just think it's a race to the bottom dawn. i'm not happy. >> i think that's true. i do think that. >> and also, what about my fan mail? >> i get so much of that you can barely open the door at the weekend. >> just send him an email. just

keep him happy. meanwhile i'm going to go to the weather just to stop you talking about yourself. you're my biggest weather forecast . weather forecast. >> a brighter outlook with boxt solar sponsors of weather on . gb news. >> hi there and welcome to the latest forecast for gb news from the met office. cloudy for many of us today. very wet in the south and southwest. increasingly so very warm. meanwhile, in the northwest we've got low pressure over the near continent and easterly airflow and weather fronts moving up and stalling across southern parts of the uk. so this blossoming area of rain across southern counties of england into south wales, increasingly heavy and persistent as we head into the afternoon for parts of hampshire, dorset, devon and cornwall. and that could cause some issues. so a rain warning in force. meanwhile, a lot of cloud across central and eastern parts, some drizzle and mist and low cloud for north—east england, eastern scotland but western scotland, northern ireland, seeing plenty of

sunshine. and over the next couple of days here it's going to turn increasingly warm, almost like summer has arrived at last. but it's not the case for the southwest into the evening, with some very heavy rainfall for the evening rush. and that could cause some transport disruption for a time. as you can see, a lot of low cloud and some mist and drizzle for north—east england, eastern scotland, western scotland , scotland, western scotland, meanwhile, as well as northern ireland, a beautiful end to the day. plenty of blue skies before the sun goes down and we're going to keep the clear skies in the northwest overnight. northwest england and north wales also seeing clear spells. but wherever you are, it's going to be a mild night because relatively humid air is arriving from the east that's originating over central europe. so temperatures of 15 to 18 celsius as we start off friday, a fairly muqqy as we start off friday, a fairly muggy night, wherever you are. and another wet start to the day across the south and southwest. some increasingly heavy rain

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gb news. >> a very good afternoon, britain. it's 2:00 on thursday, the 5th of september. i'm mark dolan and she is dawn neesom. >> i am indeed the chief inspector of prison, warns risky criminals will be among nearly 2000 offenders released early next week, saying authorities are simply not prepared. we'll be getting the thoughts of a former prisoner on that one. >> also, prince william is back

to work visiting an exhibition on homelessness in london. it comes as he came to face face with his own brother, prince harry, at their uncle's funeral in norfolk last week. can the two royal brothers bury the hatchet? no. >> probably not. and a proposed crackdown on water company bosses who could face two years in prison for not controlling sewage flowing into our waterways . waterways. this show is all about you and your views. it's not about us. very, very simple. gbnews.com/yoursay. and tell us what you're thinking about. anything you want to chat about, even about mark dolan's outfit. what is that tie? i mean, you look like a schoolboy. sorry. there, i said it. >> i feel very embarrassed. listen. >> primark's finest. don't knock it till you've tried it. machine washable. just like the suit, folks. i'm also excited. we're going to talk about the sewage

in the water. okay? we know that it's dangerous to swim in large parts of the country. but what about drinking water? is the water in your tap affected? we'll be asking a water sommelier. that's right. so all of that to come. lots to get through first. the news headunes through first. the news headlines and sam francis . headlines and sam francis. >> very good afternoon to you from the newsroom at the time is 2:02. and the top story this houn 2:02. and the top story this hour, the crown prosecution service says it has dropped two indecent assault charges against harvey weinstein. it was alleged the disgraced hollywood producer had assaulted a woman now in her 50s, in 1996. however, the special crime division, which continually reassesses cases, says it found no realistic chance of conviction and in a statement, the cps have reiterated their commitment to prosecuting sexual assault cases and encourage any potential victims to come forward and report to police. well, as we

were hearing from mark and dawn, water bosses could face up to two years in jail under new laws aimed at cracking down on pollution in the rivers, seas and lakes across the country. the government claims the new water bill gives regulators more powers to fine executives or face time behind bars if they fail to protect water quality. meanwhile, the government has admitted that not all buildings with the same dangerous cladding as grenfell tower have been identified. that's following the damning findings published yesterday. the prime minister has pledged to review all 58 recommendations from the grenfell inquiry, with a full response due within six months. the report has heavily criticised some building firms, with families and survivors calling for swift punishment for those found at fault. meanwhile, the met police are continuing to investigate potential criminal charges , which they say could charges, which they say could take up to 18 months. detectives investigating the murder of a

top chef who was attacked at the notting hill carnival have released these images of 16 potential witnesses. museum nato, from dubai, was found unconscious with a head injury in queensway in the capital, but sadly died four days later. one man has been charged but detectives are still piecing together the 41 year old's movements. the met's specialist crime command is now urging anyone who may recognise the people in the images to come forward, saying they believe the individuals may have vital information . a 14 year old boy information. a 14 year old boy has appeared in court charged with murdering an 80 year old grandfather in leicestershire. bhim kohli, who died from a neck injury while walking his dog, was just seconds away from home. the boy, who can't be named, has been remanded in custody and is now appearing at leicester crown court . in france , the now appearing at leicester crown court. in france , the eu's court. in france, the eu's former brexit negotiator michel barnier has been appointed as prime minister. president emmanuel macron made the

announcement this afternoon in a bid to resolve the political gridlock in the country, after a snap summer election. at 73, barnier will be the oldest prime minister in france's modern political history, taking over from gabriel attal, who was the youngest . a gunman shot dead by youngest. a gunman shot dead by police in central munich has been identified as an 18 year old austrian national believed to have been living in austria. that's according to police in germany. authorities say they are still investigating the motive behind the shooting, but germany's state interior minister has confirmed the attack was planned on the israeli consulate in munich. details on that still emerging. we will keep across them for you and bring you any more updates throughout this afternoon. well, students , families and teachers students, families and teachers have gathered to remember the victims of a mass school shooting in georgia just weeks after classes began. a 14 year old boy, described by us police as pure evil killed two students and two teachers at his high school. colt grey also injured

nine others with a semi—automatic rifle before surrendering to police. authorities have now confirmed that he had been questioned last year over online threats, but acted alone in his attack. he'll be charged and tried as an adult. olympic marathon runner rebecca cheptegei has died after being set on fire by her boyfriend, according to the head of uganda's olympic committee. the 33 year old, who competed just weeks ago in paris, suffered to burns over 75% of her body. she's the third female athlete killed in the country since 2021, while the ugandan president has called that attack cowardly and senseless . back cowardly and senseless. back here, 7 in 10 children aged 9 to 13 have encountered harmful onune 13 have encountered harmful online content , according to new online content, according to new research. 20% of children in that age group have also been contacted online by strangers, while 17% have viewed dangerous onune while 17% have viewed dangerous online challenges . despite

online challenges. despite spending an average of 23 hours onune spending an average of 23 hours online a week, parents are being warned about underestimating their children's screen time. the government, though, insists it is committed to creating a safer online world, with ministers saying it's vital for the health of society. and finally, some royal news for you.the finally, some royal news for you. the prince of wales has arrived at the saatchi gallery in london in just the last few minutes to tour what's been described as a groundbreaking exhibition showcasing art created by former rough sleepers. that exhibition, called homelessness reframed, aims to raise awareness about the realities of rough sleeping. some of the featured works include a structure by the artist david tovey, who once lived in a car, and other pieces by some emerging creatives, while the prince will be meeting artists and young contributors dunng artists and young contributors during that visit. those are the latest gb news headlines for now. more in half an hour for the very latest gb news direct to your smartphone , sign up to to your smartphone, sign up to news alerts by scanning the qr

code, or go to gbnews.com forward slash alerts . forward slash alerts. >> thank you very much, sam, and welcome back. now i've got to read this one out mark. go for it. some people are mentioning your tie and saying that it would be very flattering. >> i'm sure a slightly overgrown schoolboy, >> but i'm going to read this one out, mark gerrard is dolan's barnet machine washable? like his tie ? his tie? >> all of it is. >> all of it is. >> it all goes in the machine. bit of aerial, 30 degrees, let me tell you. the only reason i'm dressed smartly is not because i'm on television or working with dawn neesom. it's because i've got a court appearance later. so wish me luck. oh, i jest, of course i jest. of course. look let's get to a more serious matter. and it's our dirty waterways. >> yes, indeed. >> yes, indeed. >> yeah, well, yeah. i mean, i just cannot understand. right. okay. you're allowed to put a little bit of sewage into the waterway if it rains heavily. i mean, how is that even a thing for a start? >> yeah, yeah, it's years and

years of underinvestment, isn't it? well, water firm bosses could face up to two years behind bars for covering up sewage dumping. the new laws proposed by the government will give more powers to regulators to tackle pollution and make it easier for companies to be fined. >> water company executives have previously only faced a threat of fines for obstructing investigations about sewage spills, but is being sent to prison. really the answer to protecting the environment? gb news political correspondent katherine forsterjoins us now katherine forster joins us now to explain exactly what this potential new legislation means . potential new legislation means. >> yes. good afternoon. from a very windy putney, where the environment secretary , steve environment secretary, steve reid, was giving a speech at a rowing club just along to my right a little bit earlier. let's start by taking a look at what he had to say. >> instead of protecting our waterways, water companies were allowed to pay out multi—million pound bonuses and billions in

dividends. and the conservative government was too weak to stop them. the result? this year's annual annual boat race here in putney was overshadowed by health warnings telling rowers not to enter the water due to high levels of sewage. we've inherited a broken water system that affects us all from the health and happiness of communities to the quality and resilience of our food system and the natural environment . and the natural environment. these are systemic issues that require a proper reset with a reformed water sector , in that reformed water sector, in that in that speech, he also described the water sector as being associated with decline and cover ups. >> and there's a huge amount of pubuc >> and there's a huge amount of public anger, isn't there? it helped the liberal democrats get to, what, 70 odd seats in parliament. so this government is promising to get tough with

water companies and water bosses. potential prison sentences of up to two years for water bosses, and bans on bonusesif water bosses, and bans on bonuses if they've been polluting , and also looking polluting, and also looking ahead saying there's going to be water shortages now they're saying they're going to force private companies to give huge amounts in investment to build new reservoirs, etc. one thing that i thought was interesting was steve reid did mention the possibility of nationalisation, and he said about that it would cost billions and take years. i am more interested in a model that works in a lobby briefing with journalists afterwards, we asked him specifically if he would rule out renationalisation, and he said yes. so they're saying they're going to get tough. how quickly things will change? well, time will tell. >> katherine forster brilliant stuff. our gb news political

correspondent there. i think you've got some viewer feedback, dawn. >> yeah. straight away. gb news. com forward slash your site if you want to get in touch as well. this is mark. lots of people echoing your thoughts. mark says no one will be jailed from the water companies. they pay from the water companies. they pay political parties too much. plus there is no space in jail. we're letting everyone out on tuesday, though, aren't we, it's starmer talking rubbish. that's not the word you use. but i'm paraphrasing. >> there you go. >> there you go. >> family show, isn't it? now darryn binder is a water sommelier and founder of crag water . he sommelier and founder of crag water. he joins us now. darren, welcome to the show . first of welcome to the show. first of all, is britain's tap water safe ? all, is britain's tap water safe? >> that's an interesting debate. and there seems to be mixed messaging about it. and confusion. and there's nothing worse that could really be happening to a utility or something as important as water. only the most important liquid on planet earth. so the fact that we're debating is it safe or not to me, is enough to make

people nervous about drinking it. and certainly i wouldn't be drinking it at the moment. >> no, but what's in tap water? that might be a concern. doran i suppose the issue is, if we're talking about what we know. >> so we know that there was the outbreak of cryptosporidium last month in devon, and we know that there are, that medication is urinated and recirculated through the water system, there are issues and concerns with that, that in my opinion, people need to be aware of, because we are 70, 80% made of water, the quality of the water that we put in the human body that's made of water has an impact. >> darren. i mean, that doesn't sound safe to drink from the tap, but also, there's a report today saying it's not safe to dnnk today saying it's not safe to drink from plastic bottles, given that, you know, the cancer causing chemicals that can get from the plastic into the water, what are we meant to be drinking ? what are we meant to be drinking? >> i know it's brilliant. it's almost as if there's a targeted

media campaign around scaring people from drinking water. we only hear about microplastics in bottles of water. we don't hear about it in plastic bottles of milk or in other plastic containers of fizzy drinks. imagine what's going on in a pot noodle when you pour boiling water into that plastic container. but we only hear about bottled water, and i wonder why is there a targeted campaign to put people off drinking water? >> you do wonder. now you have your own water business. it is called crag water . you were called crag water. you were successful at the 2023 taste awards . why should we be paying awards. why should we be paying for water? doran >> it all comes down to quality and awareness. so something that's happened in the english speaking world where we've just seemed to have been dumbed down in the world of water. if we go to continental europe, italy, spain, france, you go to eastern europe. there is an absolute awareness and, and, and people know it's in their culture. they understand the differences

between different grades of water. but something happened to us in this country. only fools and horses, water privatisation. it's only water in it. beardy it's only water in it. beardy it's only water in it. beardy it's only the most important liquid on the planet. it's only the most important liquid on the planet . and we liquid on the planet. and we have been dumbed down. so when we look at the differences in water, if we compare tap water to the world of natural mineral and spring water, which is the premium of the category , so premium of the category, so forget about brands. and as the as the founder of crag spring water, the category of the water. if you're buying bottled water, only buy natural mineral spnng water, only buy natural mineral spring because if it doesn't say natural mineral spring, it could be anything. it could be filtered tap water in a bottle. so people need to be aware and understand what it is they're buying. if they're buying bottled water, what about what about tap not tap. >> what about tap water that's filtered ? what do you think of filtered? what do you think of those filter jugs? or indeed the filters that you can put into the filter? yeah, the tap built in. what do you think about that? >> i think as long as people are aware, they're fantastic. but

the issue is , is that when the issue is, is that when you're adding a filter to your tap water at home, you are adding another filtration or another process to that water. and that water has been through multiple processes already. so as long as you're aware that when you filter tap water, it will never compare to the best category being natural, mineral and spring. it's basically organic versus processed tap water being processed water, laboratory man filtered man. blended natural mineral spring water has been done by mother nature, untouched by man. and that's why they're all different , that's why they're all different, by the way. and i spent my life doing water tastings. >> doran i know how to tell whether i'm drinking a nice glass of wine or not, but how do i tell whether i've got a nice glass of water in front of me? >> it's the mouthfeel and the taste. so when you come into a water tasting, when we introduce water, we do about between 10 and 15 different waters. and when waters are lined up in front of you one by one with an explanation as to what's going on and what you're going to taste. and when you tune your brain into water, that's when the world of water opens up. but

when there's no awareness, there is no conversation. so i've never heard anybody talking about water in my life before i fell into this. and then, as i discovered what's going on in the world of water, i just thought, this is incredible. everybody needs to know now. >> you fell into water. there you go. that's a lie. let me tell our viewers and listeners that your website is crag spring water .co.uk . more power to you. water .co.uk. more power to you. doran, thank you so much for joining us. let me tell you that other water brands are available evian, perrier, of course , evian, perrier, of course, people might not know this, but dawn, you've got a very good way of making tap water safe, haven't you? you you put gin in it ? it? >> yeah, i actually just skip the water completely. but darren's brand has got his face on it, and none of it is in plastic bottles. it's glass bottles. >> and when he said we need to dnnk >> and when he said we need to drink more water, you positively recoiled. i've got to say, i have to. >> yeah , yeah, i sort of like. >> yeah, yeah, i sort of like. yeah, yeah, but is there no water in wine? >> just a bit, you can definitely you can definitely read the bible and think that was the case you're watching good afternoon britain. where we're performing miracles until

3:00. by the way, shall i just put a plug in for you and tomorrow? >> yes. >> yes. >> please do. yeah because we are very lucky. it's not a bath plug are very lucky. it's not a bath plug either. >> right. she'll be on the gin tonight because we are doing breakfast tomorrow. yes, we are looking forward to that. stephen and anne taking a well—deserved break. so we're doing that. don't forget mark dolan tonight back at the weekend. we don't stop. do we? >> know? non—stop. >> know? non—stop. >> but lots more to come. prince william, what's he up to? he is launching a royal fight against homelessness, attending a groundbreaking, groundbreaking exhibition at the saatchi gallery . gallery. >> but he's yet to call a truce with his brother. more on that very shortly. >> there you go. >> there you go. >> there you go. >> the royal brothers at war. that's

next. >> hello and welcome back. right. brace yourself. i'm going to mention the o right. brace yourself. i'm going to mention the 0 word. we've already done the b word today. as in brexit. now we'll do the oafis as in brexit. now we'll do the oasis word because the competition and markets authority has today launched an

investigation into ticketmaster regarding the sale of those oasis tickets for the band's upcoming reunion tour, including how so ? so—called dynamic how so? so—called dynamic pricing may have been used. now we've been talking about this story an awful lot, haven't we? and it's people were getting very annoyed. i know. it's like it just doesn't apply to oasis by the way, other concerts and even football matches, certainly in europe. this applies to now as well. indeed. so basically companies like ticketmaster are using dynamic pricing. the more demand there is, the higher the price goes to stop the touts selling tickets at a profit by acting kind of like touts. >> so is that it is that the idea? it's a mechanism to. yes touting. >> it's in theory. >> it's in theory. >> yeah, absolutely. and the more demand there is it's not just tickets by the way. i mean uber do it as well. yeah. >> the airlines do it notoriously. i mean you can't you've got to be careful when you've got to be careful when you check the price of a flight because ten minutes later it's doubled. yes. >> yeah. and it depends on when you're buying it. and. et cetera. et cetera. so i

understand why it's happening . understand why it's happening. but you have people for the oasis tickets in particular. i think taylor swift and bruce springsteen all the same applied. you were sitting queuing for hours on end for £150 tickets, standing on the floor or whatever venue it happened to be on. you got to the bit where you press the button, buy your ticket and it was £365. >> you lost me at the idea of queuing for taylor swift . i queuing for taylor swift. i mean, can you name one of her hits? >> no. >> no. >> oh, look what you made me do. look what you made me do. >> yeah, but what about her hits? 0h, >> yeah, but what about her hits? oh, i see, okay, i see where you're going with that one. >> also, can i ask you another question? why is it a matter for the government? why is the prime minister stepping in? because i think the message from keir starmer is he doesn't like capitalism. he's basically saying a company is making money. we're going to put a stop to that. >> i think he just wants to well, let's face it, the oasis fanbase are older , aren't they? fanbase are older, aren't they? they're going to be people in their 50s. i just think keir starmer just their 50s. i just think keir starmerjust doesn't like anyone starmer just doesn't like anyone that's getting old. >> well, no, he doesn't from the start what it is, he doesn't want us to have any fun. >> he doesn't want you to have a cigarette in the beer garden. he doesn't want you older viewers and listeners to this show to be warm and comfortable in their

houses this winter, and he doesn't want us bopping at wembley stadium or heaton park to oasis. >> don't you think they've got slightly more important things to worry about? i mean, immigration, yeah, just saying nhs there you go. >> possibly you can but hope and now the prince of wales has arrived at the saatchi gallery in london for an exhibition showcasing the art of former rough sleepers. >> william will meet the artists and contributors during his visit. it follows his to face face meeting with prince harry at their uncle's funeral last week . but can the at their uncle's funeral last week. but can the feuding royal brothers bury their hatchet? it's a very good question. >> well, listen, he's currently onune >> well, listen, he's currently online trying to get tickets for oasis, but let's interrupt him because royal correspondent and writer michael cole joins us now. michael good to see you. and homelessness a cause close to the heart of the prince of wales . wales. >> good afternoon mark. >> good afternoon mark. >> good afternoon dawn, you're absolutely right. he was only 11 years old 31 years ago, when princess diana took him and his brother to visit homeless people

in london. she wanted to get them out of the privileged bubble they were living in, to make sure they knew what was going on in the outside world. but it became a lifelong cause for prince william. and last year he and his wife, the princess of wales , through their princess of wales, through their royal foundation, set up homewards, which is a five year program in six cities around the united kingdom to try and bring people together, ngos and local authorities and like minded charitable people to try and prevent this happening so that if homelessness happens, it's very rare and it's very brief . very rare and it's very brief. he's very sincerely committed to this, and i think he's having some success and he's reaching out abroad to other people who are confronting this problem. and i think, hats off to him because it needs to be done , and because it needs to be done, and it is something which can be prevented if enough goodwill and

resources and human intellect are brought to bear on the problem . problem. >> michael, am i right in thinking that it wasn't that long ago that william declared that he wanted to end homelessness completely? i mean , homelessness completely? i mean, how's that going for him? >> well, that that is entirely it. this is this homewards element of the royal foundation, which was set up in june last year with the princess of wales. he believes, and i think it's you can't really be contradicted if there's enough good to will solve this problem. of course, 1 or 2 people prefer to have that sort of life. they prefer to, to, to be vagrants . and they may to, to be vagrants. and they may they may be very many problems that cause them to be in that mind . but for that cause them to be in that mind. but for people that cause them to be in that mind . but for people who are mind. but for people who are homelessness, homeless , without homelessness, homeless, without cause, without reason, for themselves, it is possible to solve it . and that's what he solve it. and that's what he believes. and these six centres around the country, he's trying to bring people together sincerely, in order to solve

this. it is a scourge. it's terrible to see. we see it around the streets. one wish. one wishes one could help. but he's trying to do something. of course, when you're a member of the royal family, you're not supposed to indulge in politics. but every question, of course, is political at the end until it becomes , until it becomes becomes, until it becomes something to do with god . you something to do with god. you know, it's a problem that he wants to get on top of. and i think , congratulations to him. think, congratulations to him. >> michael, what's the latest on the prince of wales's relationship with his brother, the duke of sussex? >> is there any long term hope that the boys can bury the royal hatchet ? hatchet? >> long term? very, very long term and ice cap has formed over their relationship, and i can't see it melting for a very long time indeed. last week they were together for the first time in the same building for more than a year since the coronation at snettisham in north norfolk, for

a memorial service for their uncle, lord robert fellowes . but uncle, lord robert fellowes. but they, prince william, certainly didn't look at his brother. he didn't look at his brother. he didn't speak to his brother. they arrived separately, discreetly, and they left separately without a word. and prince harry, instead of going to anmer hall, where the waleses live, about ten miles away, he went to stay with his uncle, charles spencer, the earl spencer at althorp. and then, of course, while he was there, the anniversary of his mother's death in 1997 came around and he paid tribute at her grave. it was an extraordinary visit because nobody knew he was coming, and suddenly he was there , having swapped teeming there, having swapped teeming los angeles for sleepy north norfolk. and i'm quite sure that norfolk. and i'm quite sure that norfolk in high summer is really beautiful, and i'm sure he has many friends and connections around there. i'm sure he must have been nostalgic for the life that he's left behind and the people he's left behind. but with regarding reconciliation ,

with regarding reconciliation, there are two chances of that slim and none. >> michael, just very quickly, the more virtuous projects like the more virtuous projects like the ending homelessness that william seems to get in, the more more harry feels like he has to do something to distract. like coming up with, well, i'm owed an apology from my brother and my father . owed an apology from my brother and my father. is that is that the right understanding of what's happening here? >> family feuds are awful by definition. one in the royal family is even worse. the thing is, dawn, that if you're a member of the royal family, you simply are . you don't have to do simply are. you don't have to do anything. you are. if you are a semi—detached member of the royal family living on a hilltop in california, you have to be. you have to be doing something. you have to be doing something. you have to be doing something. you have to be going somewhere. you have to be going somewhere. you have to be. joey justify justification of existence. trips to nigeria, trips to colombia forever on the back foot, trying to demonstrate that you're relevant, which is not

apply you're relevant, which is not apply to members of the royal family. they know what their job is. i must just say though, you know, when prince harry was here, he was the happy prince. we remember him joking on the running track, the same boat. he was always smiling. well, you don't really see him smiling very much these days. no, which is a great. >> absolutely. michael cole, i gave up trying to justify my existence, joe, many years ago asked mrs. dolan, ask dawn. michael. great to see you again. we'll catch up soon. former top royal correspondent at the bbc, michael cole coming up. >> thank you. >> thank you. >> now we have some breaking news. a member of the royal navy has died following a training incident last night. we'll have more on this with our national reporter. after your headlines with sam francis . with sam francis. >> very good afternoon to you. it's exactly 2:30. and the top

story this hour. the crown prosecution service says it has dropped two indecent assault charges against harvey weinstein. it was alleged the disgraced hollywood producer had assaulted a woman now aged in her 50s, in london in 1996. however, the special crime division, which continually reassesses cases, said it found no realistic chance of conviction. in a statement, the crown prosecution service have reiterated their commitment to prosecuting sexual assault cases and encourage any potential victims to come forward to and report to police . water bosses report to police. water bosses could face up to two years in jail under new laws aimed at cracking down on pollution in england's rivers, seas and lakes . england's rivers, seas and lakes. the government claims its new water bill would give regulators more power to fine executives or face time beyond behind bars if they fail to protect water quality. an urgent appeal has been launched to find a ten month old girl who has gone

missing with her father. merseyside police are asking the to public help find layla rose wheeler, who was last seen in the area of wallasey village in wirral. a spokesman from the force said there's concern for both of their welfare and described layla as a girl with short blonde hair and blue eyes. presenter jeremy kyle short blonde hair and blue eyes. presenterjeremy kyle has presenter jeremy kyle has defended his former tv programme at an inquest into the death of steve dymond, who died after appearing on the jeremy kyle show in 2019. the 63 year old, from portsmouth reportedly took his own life just a week after failing a lie detector test on that programme, which accused him of cheating on his partner. the inquest has also revealed that dymond had a history of mental health issues, including multiple attempts to take his own life, and had initially been rejected by the show because of depression. despite those findings, though, he was later allowed to appear after providing a gp's letter. a gunman shot dead by police in central munich has been identified as an 18 year old

austrian national, believed to have been living in austria. that's according to german police authorities . there are police authorities. there are still investigating the suspect's motive , but the state suspect's motive, but the state interior ministry has confirmed the attack was planned on the israeli consulate in munich. details on that are still coming through to us. we'll bring you any updates throughout this afternoon . and just a recap of afternoon. and just a recap of that breaking news at this stage. limited details, plenty more coming up from charlie peters, our national reporter, in just a few minutes. but the royal navy have announced that a member of the royal navy has died after a merlin helicopter ditched in the english channel near dorset during a night flying exercise. that incident occurred during operations on the coast. no other fatalities at this stage reported or any other serious injuries. the ministry of defence, though confirming that the family of the victim have been informed. as i say, plenty more on that as we get to it with charlie peters. that, though, is the latest from the for now. sophia wenzler will have

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>> after this. hello. welcome back. now, some breaking news. a member of the royal navy has died following a training incident last night. joining us for the latest is our national reporter, charlie peters. charlie, thank you for coming in and bringing us up to date on this story. it sounds horrific. >> yeah. >> yeah. >> sad news that a merlin helicopter was dumped into the channel last night during night flying exercises. and we have a statement from the royal navy. a spokesperson said it's with great sadness that we must report. a member of the royal navy has died following a training incident last night. our thoughts are with the family who have been informed and all those affected at this sad time. a full investigation will take place and we've got some more information on the incident. now the helicopter ditched into the channel while conducting night

flying exercises with hms queen elizabeth, one of our two aircraft carriers. that's what a spokesperson has earlier said. and it involved a merlin mk four helicopter. there are two variants of this helicopter introduced into the service in 1999. the mk four helicopter is for the commando helicopter force, so it supports the royal marines. the mk two is for primarily anti—submarine patrols at sea. now it's understood that there were three crew members aboard this particular helicopter at the time of the incident. two of those were rescued and were taken to hospital. it's understood they didn't suffer serious injuries. but the third crew member, whose body was recovered did die at the scene. but their name has not been released. there was another merlin helicopter of a similar variant in the air at the time, taking part in the same night flying exercise. we've also been told that the coastguard assisted in the rescue operation. no further

injuries or fatalities and some really sad news from the channel. >> these incidents are incredibly rare, aren't they? which is why we're talking about it as live breaking news, because it very rarely happens. >> yeah, and there are people who are living in somerset, particularly near yeovil, will see these merlin helicopters flying constantly in the area. there are almost 30 of them of that variant, another 30 further down in cornwall , constantly down in cornwall, constantly flying in that area. the royal navy air station in yeovil is extremely busy supporting as you just heard, the queen elizabeth in the channel but this helicopter force supports the royal marines and other assets of the royal navy around the globe. it's an extremely high tempo and highly deployable organisation. >> how much of a culture of health and safety is there around military training? >> well, intense, especially for something as dangerous as helicopter flying is, incidents are rare. as dawn has said, but anyone involved in flying helicopters or just being involved in being part of a crew or potentially taking them on will go through a full set of training and including being ditched in the sea, which

appears to have happened last night in the channel. >> indeed. and of course, the time of day would potentially be a factor in terms of the risks at play here, given given the lack of visibility at night, and to have one other helicopter in the night—time exercise at the time almost certainly would have assisted in the rescue operation supported by the coastguard. >> but a tragic incident. one person killed in that incident, tragic indeed. >> charlie, thank you for that. well, in the last few minutes, defence secretary john healey has described the news of the death of a royal navy member of personnel as dreadful. >> oh, it is incredibly sad and thoughts are with the family and friends of all involved. this is good afternoon, britain on gb news. there's lots more coming up on today's show, including a mysterious bright flash that was captured above the earth by an astronaut aboard the international space station. spooky

now, a mysterious bright flash was captured above earth by an astronaut aboard the international space station. matthew dominick relieved the released these three images showing a bright flash in the atmosphere. don't blink or you miss it, though . miss it, though. >> okay, well, let's speak to an expert who can tell us more. astronomer and broadcaster a very old friend of mine, mark thompson. mark, good to see you again. what on earth have we just seen ? just seen? >> it's wonderful, isn't it? it's beautiful . so we think it's it's beautiful. so we think it's probably related to meteor activity. chunks of rock falling to earth . but activity. chunks of rock falling to earth. but of activity. chunks of rock falling to earth . but of course, we to earth. but of course, we normally only see that from down here. we don't often get to see it from above looking down, which makes it all the more special indeed. >> why is an understatement an understanding of space so important for my viewers and listeners? mark >> well, you know, one of the reasons is that we yes , we live

reasons is that we yes, we live on planet earth here on the ground and space is up there, but we interact with space in so many different ways, >> you know, you've got your mobile phone, which uses satellite technology to , allow satellite technology to, allow communications. navigation on your phone system in your car , your phone system in your car, and all that relies upon satellites up in space. and all these pieces of rock. and i actually got an example of what that thing was. it's one of these, a chunk of space rock that would have plummeted through the atmosphere, causing the gas to heat up and glow as it fell. and those pieces of rock that fly through space can hit the satellites, which are up in orbit, ultimately, they could cause harm. and damage to astronauts and space travellers in the future, but it it has a very real impact on on satellite technology. and that has an impact on, on our day to day lives down here as well . lives down here as well. >> mark, i'm going to have to talk to you about the front page of the daily star today because it'd be rude of me not to. the front page of the daily star says that donald trump has vowed to share ufo close encounter videos from america's real life

x—files if he's elected president again . what do you president again. what do you make of that one? >> does my face say it all, you know what? i've. i've looked at the sky for quite a few years now. too many than i care to remember. i have seen nothing at all that makes me believe there's anything in this , you there's anything in this, you know, flying around in space that's alien in any way, shape or form. what i would add is that the universe is a big place, the nearest star system to our own is four light years. that means travelling at the speed of light, which is 300,000km every single second. it would take four years for light to reach us. now that technology is way, way, way, way, way beyond our capability and the universe probably isn't even old enough for a civilisation to even develop that kind of technology . so that kind of technology. so little green men, aliens, i if it's if i was a betting man, i'd probably put it put it down to be some sort of, voting scheme to try and get people to vote for it up.

>> mark, is global warming having any impact on space or our understanding of it? >> no. global warming doesn't really have any impact on space because the earth is, i want to say, a closed system, but it's not a closed system in that we interact, our planet interacts with the space environment around it . with the space environment around it. but what i would say is that our space environment has an impact on global warming. and, you know, there's radiation from the sun that has an impact on our atmosphere. but the bigger issue is our own impact on the atmosphere and what that means for our interaction. if we lose some of the protective layers around the earth, then that starts to impact us because we start to have more radiation from space getting through to us here on the planet earth, and that can have an impact on health and technology, but, you know, i'm hopeful that if we if we start being sensible and cautious about what we do with our day to day lives, then actually, you know, we can make actually, you know, we can make a difference. and hopefully we can turn it all around. >> and is it true that there's a load of rubbish in space which

we're covering everything, aren't we? >> yes, there is , satellite >> yes, there is, satellite technology has been around for a few decades now, and so we've got these lumps of , space got these lumps of, space technology floating around us in orbit. there are occasions where there's , satellites will impact there's, satellites will impact each other. old satellites will will crash into other satellites. flecks of paint. there's even an old toolbox that's floating around in space as well. that was dropped by an astronaut on an international space station mission. so, yeah, there's bits, flecks of paint travelling at ballistic speeds. there's bolts, screws that have fallen off spacecraft where they've had impacts, and if that builds up to excessive amounts, actually, we could ultimately be cut off from space. hopefully we can find some ways to clean up space before we spread our wings a little bit further into the solar system. >> mark, talking about covering all bases on this interview with you, which we are, and floating aboutin you, which we are, and floating about in space, the two astronauts that are up there now that are pretty much stranded up there, how that that to me just

sounds terrifying. >> yeah. it does. i mean, they're, they're they're stranded in a place where it's designed to sustain human life. so they're in the international space station. i think their mission was only supposed to be about eight days or something, it ended up being quite a bit longer than that, the, the spacecraft is going to bring them back. we've had quite a number of issues with the methane propulsion system, methane propulsion system, methane driven propulsion system . methane driven propulsion system. they've had leaks. there was even reports of hearing a strange sound over the radio system, that's not unusual for space travellers in, in, in even back to the apollo missions, they heard strange noises, not aliens, i would hasten to add. probably just some sort of interference from either space radiation or interference from the technology itself, so, yes, it sounds like they're going to be stuck there for a little while yet, but there are plans to get them back with another spacecraft that's scheduled to get up there in the next few weeks. hopefully >> mark, lovely to see you again. thank you for that . again. thank you for that. glossary of expertise about all matters astronomy and broadcasting. >> there's no little green men,

he said. >> there was no little green. >> there was no little green. >> well, i think i think there are. i think the aliens are there. and frankly, they can come and run the country for all i care. >> they could. they already are. yeah, to be honest, probably true. >> now millions of people across the country are at breaking point as shockingly low incomes leave them without the basics and fearing debt collectors. >> that's according to debt advice charity christians against poverty , who have against poverty, who have released a report today showing 11.8 million people in the uk don't have enough money to live on. >> and o'reilly has the story for us. >> christians against poverty, debt advisers like helen bolton provide free financial support in churches across the nation. the charity's latest report warns that chronically low incomes are devastating the lives of millions in the uk. this is due to a deficit budget where people's earnings aren't enough to cover the essentials. >> we're really surprised to find out that 22% of the population are in this situation, and that equates in the uk to 14.4 million people that are inevitably living in

poverty because they've not got enough money coming in to pay their essential bills. the overall headline inflation is coming down, but inflation on the basics of life is not coming down or is coming down very, very slowly. meanwhile, incomes, whether that's salaries, wages or benefits, have not gone up anywhere near in line with inflation. and so inevitably things are squeezed. >> michelle o'neill was helped by the charity after falling into £30,000 of debt. her home was repossessed and she relied on food banks as her carer's wage didn't cover her bills. >> there weren't any food in the house, it was just one nightmare after another and we had to start. well, basically what we had to do is we had to go back and live with mum for a while and live with mum for a while and bearing in mind mum had dementia, which weren't good, but fortunately council came through because we were classed as homeless. council came through and we got it. as homeless. council came through and we got it . weren't through and we got it. weren't greatest of properties but it were a roof over his head. not

easy when you're on your own , easy when you're on your own, paying, easy when you're on your own, paying, paying bills and things like that. especially if it's going to go up with the energy price increase next month. >> christians against poverty want the government to take action now. we will have people who are cold, who are sitting in the dark, who have the mental health is going down the pan. >> one of the things that we're campaigning for is for the government to look at like a minimum income standard, whether thatis minimum income standard, whether that is through benefits or whether that is through legislation about minimum wages or minimum hours that people are contracted for. i guess just to accept that there's not a lot more can be done about expenditure. and so we've got to look at giving the minimum level of income to all families. >> christians against poverty are calling for the public to support their campaign , and they support their campaign, and they hope the labour party will listen. anna riley gb news. >> okay. >> okay. brilliant >> okay. brilliant and >> okay. brilliant and an

important story. and thank you for that coverage . for that coverage. >> now i actually can we talk about aliens. >> go for it. »- >> go for it. >> you've never seen you have never seen. he has never seen any alien film. >> i have never seen an alien. i've seen mrs. dolan without makeup. but i don't think that's the same thing. is it? >> no, that's definitely not the same thing. and i don't think you can say that. mrs. dolan. thoughts and prayers with you. but, i mean, i we've just done that brilliant interview with our with a brilliant our, what's his name? >> mark thompson. thompson. >> mark thompson. thompson. >> mark thompson. thompson. >> mark thompson. >> mark thompson. >> someone's concentrating. >> someone's concentrating. >> yeah, exactly. who says that auens >> yeah, exactly. who says that aliens don't exist? and. max. hi, max says that's very ignorant of him to believe that we only life in the universe, are there aliens visiting us? who knows? maybe they started life here and come back from time to time for observation. the bigger question is , does the bigger question is, does anyone care? i care lots of people care about little green. >> well, have you ever seen an auen >> well, have you ever seen an alien or indeed a ghost? >> no, but but but but but. >> no, but but but but but. >> well, then where does all this belief come from in aliens? you've got no evidence. >> let me know. this is gb news. this is the home of real news, not fake news. lots of people

believe in aliens. >> yeah, well, you used to work for the stars, so there's a lot of stuff you believe in. it shouldn't really go there. >> no. but go. do you believe in ghosts? i do. have you? oh, really? have you? what >> i've had a mysterious, a cup of sugar turned upside down. came down for breakfast one morning. absolute miracle. how did that happen? there you go. we didn't eat. >> i. i spent lots of nights in haunted houses and never had an experience. >> well, this studio is haunted by some of the best broadcasters in the country, many of whom are up next. for example, ben leo in place of martin daubney. and don't forget that tomorrow from 6 am. that's right. 6 am. dawn. and i've got an early start. so are you just going to tap me on the shoulder at 5 am. or what? i'll just. yeah. >> give you a nudge. roll over. >> give you a nudge. roll over. >> mate, were you going to bring me a cup of tea? >> well, after with the spooky turned over sugar. >> i tell you what, mr, mr dawn neesom is going to kill me, listen, we look forward to seeing you tomorrow for breakfast. ben, leo is next in for martin daubney. keep it gb news a really busy afternoon of

current affairs to come. >> we'll see you for breakfast tomorrow. but here's your weather. >> a brighter outlook with boxt solar, sponsors of weather on gb news . news. >> hi there. welcome to the latest update from the met office for gb news. big contrast today developing across the uk. very wet in the south, drier elsewhere and increasingly warm in the north—west. that's where the best of the sunshine will be over the next few days, with easterly winds around the northern flank of this area of low pressure over the continent. and that's the low that is causing a lot of wet weather for south wales. the south and southwest of england. the rain increasingly heavy as we end the day . very miserable conditions day. very miserable conditions there for the south and southwest . but it does tend to southwest. but it does tend to ease a little overnight. we keep the cloud and certainly a lot of low cloud in the south and the east, but in the northwest, as well as for northern ireland, northwest england, well, it's going to be clear as we begin friday, but it is a warm start

to the day . wherever you are. to the day. wherever you are. we've got humid air arriving from the continent, but around the top of that low pressure system via the north sea, all that humidity and closest to the low, the instability causing a lot of showers first thing in the south and southwest. once again, but drier elsewhere. some low clouds mist haaland fret into eastern scotland as well as northeast england, but western scotland , northern ireland scotland, northern ireland faring best for long spells of sunshine, likewise for cumbria, lancashire and north wales. beautiful weather here, having mostly missed out on a summer in the northwest of the uk. well, the northwest of the uk. well, the next few days look absolutely glorious. the same can't be said for the south and especially the southwest, where the rain will be on and off through friday. but it will be heavy at times and that rain accumulating 5100 and in some spots more than 100mm. so rain warning for the risk of localised flooding. but where we do have the sunshine in the northwest, temperatures reaching the mid 20s for parts of western

scotland could be the warmest day of the year so far. on friday it's going to feel humid wherever you are and that humidity continuing as we begin the weekend . actually plenty of the weekend. actually plenty of fine weather at first on saturday. further rain to come in the south on sunday. >> that warm feeling inside from boxt boilers. sponsors of weather on gb

>> well . >> well. >> well. >> very good afternoon to you . >> very good afternoon to you. hope you're well. it's 3 pm. welcome to the martin daubney show on gb news. i'm ben leo of course broadcasting live from the heart of westminster in london and all across the uk. coming up, water company executives have been threatened with jail time if they do not meet the government's environmental targets. is this regulation gone mad , or perhaps regulation gone mad, or perhaps the only way our rivers and seas can be saved? elsewhere inside donald trump faces another court heanng donald trump faces another court hearing today for misconduct

following the results of the 2020 election. trump has already pled not guilty to the charges against him. but what impact could this have on his re—election bid ? and of course, re—election bid? and of course, we're down to five in the conservative leadership election. but with another round of voting to come next week, what political games will be played in order to survive? we'll have the latest very shortly. and the french president, emmanuel macron, has appointed former brexit negotiator michel barnier as his new prime minister. could this spell disaster, perhaps for french uk relations? that's all coming in your next hour. french uk relations? that's all coming in your next hour . and coming in your next hour. and breaking in the last few minutes that royal navy helicopter crash in the english channel. unfortunately, one person has died. we will have the latest on that coming up very shortly. but first, your news headlines with sophia wenzler.

>> ben. thank you. good afternoon