is hunted down here at sentence is hunted down here at westminster magistrates court. it is possible he could face a jail term, but according to many legal experts , unlikely donald legal experts, unlikely donald trump targeted again. >> the former president is safe and well after a second assassination attempt on him was foiled at his golf resort in florida. we'll have the latest and wardrobe gates. >> the pm is under fire as he fails to declare some of his wife's high end clothes were bought for her by a labour donon bought for her by a labour donor. however, foreign secretary david lammy says that he's done nothing wrong. >> everything here is above board and it is precisely because the prime minister is determined to be within the rules . rules. >> buy your own clothes, sir keir starmer is meeting the italian prime minister today to discuss how italy has achieved a 60% drop in illegal migration. they've recently signed a deal with neighbouring albania .

with neighbouring albania. huw edwards is extraordinary. i mean, he's not just a newsreader, he is the voice of the bbc, the embodiment of the bbc, the man entrusted by the corporation to tell the world the queen had died. it's an extraordinary moment. and of course, we shouldn't forget some of those images, he was looking at were children as boys, as young as 7 or 4. >> we'll be fascinating, though, to see, won't it.7 whether he gets a custodial sentence, particularly given the custodial sentences we've seen, given out in the last couple of months for things that might be deemed a little less serious than having pictures of child on your phone. but call me old fashioned . but call me old fashioned. gbnews.com/yoursay to get in touch this morning . first, touch this morning. first, though, the very latest news with sam francis . with sam francis. >> very good morning to you from

the newsroom. a look at the headunes the newsroom. a look at the headlines at just after 930. we start in the us, where the secret service have foiled what the fbi are calling an apparent assassination attempt on donald trump , this time on his trump, this time on his international golf course in west palm beach. reports suggest a secret service agent saw the barrel of a rifle sticking out from the bushes on the perimeter of that golf course. agents shot at the suspect as he brandished, brandished an ak 47 style gun before he fled the scene . the 58 before he fled the scene. the 58 year old was soon arrested after an urgent alert was put out. the us media say that he is a pro ukraine activist and had attempted to recruit foreign fighters for the war against russia. well trump, who is unharmed after that incident, has posted on social media saying it was certainly an interesting day . the prime interesting day. the prime minister is in rome today aiming to learn from italy's success in reducing illegal migration. sir keir starmer will meet with the italian prime minister, giorgia meloni, whose country has seen a

60% drop in mediterranean crossings and recently signed a controversial deal with albania to manage asylum claims. speaking ahead of today's visit, the prime minister has vowed to tackle smuggling gangs, insisting there would be no more gimmicks in border control. however, he suggested suggested it's too soon to decide if a similar deal like italy's agreement with albania would be adopted here in the uk. meanwhile, the prime minister's also facing challenges regarding the winter fuel payments. it comes as the government's announced its new leader of the border security command, former npcc chair martin hewitt, who has travelled with sir keir starmer to italy today . and starmer to italy today. and we'll move on to that news that we'll move on to that news that we were hearing regarding huw edwards, the former bbc presenter. he is set to be sentenced today for possessing indecent images of children, including some as young as seven. edwards admitted to receiving 41 illegal images via

whatsapp in july, and remains on conditional bail ahead of that sentencing. he has just in the last few minutes arrived at westminster magistrates court. the most serious charges involve seven category a images which price for a home jumped by 0.8% to just over £37a 000, price for a home jumped by 0.8% to just over £37a images show the highest level of abuse . seven category a images which show the highest level of abuse . show the highest level of abuse. the hearing into manchester show the highest level of abuse. the hearing into manchester city's 115 charges for alleged city's 115 charges for alleged breaches of the premier league's breaches of the premier league's financial rules begins today. financial rules begins today. the clubs, facing accusations of the clubs, facing accusations of the financial rule, breaches the financial rule, breaches spanning 14 seasons, including spanning 14 seasons, including failing to cooperate with the failing to cooperate with the league's investigation. city, league's investigation. city, though, denies all allegations, though, denies all allegations, insisting they have irrefutable insisting they have irrefutable evidence and welcome the chance evidence and welcome the chance to clear their name. a guilty to clear their name. a guilty verdict, though, could lead to verdict, though, could lead to severe penalties, including severe penalties, including points deductions or expulsion points deductions or expulsion from the league . and finally, from the league . and finally, from the league. and finally, home prices in britain have from the league. and finally, home prices in britain have surged by nearly £3,000 in the surged by nearly £3,000 in the last month, reaching new highs last month, reaching new highs in august. the average asking in august. the average asking price for a home jumped by 0.8% price for a home jumped by 0.8% to just over £370,000, to just over £370,000, according

voice. he was the new david nude voice. he was the new david dimbleby paid an enormous amount of money for doing that job. >> well, he's arriving. he's arrived in fact, for sentencing at westminster magistrates court this morning after he pleaded guilty, of course, to having those indecent images of children. mark white is outside the court and i think has to get inside. let's go straight to mark. mark >> yes. good morning. it was i think, quite a different huw edwards that arrived here at westminster magistrates court than the former bbc presenter who arrived here in july when he was first charged, then he was very defiant as one colleague told me, he looked like an emperor strutting around with his sunglasses on, determined to walk from round a corner so that everybody could get their shots of him as he went in to westminster magistrates court. this time it was just a very quick affair. a taxi that pulled this time it was just a very quick affair. a taxi that pulled up at the front of westminster up at the front of westminster

magistrates court and huw magistrates court and huw edwards straight out of the taxi , edwards straight out of the taxi , edwards straight out of the taxi, edwards straight out of the taxi, not wearing those sunglasses not wearing those sunglasses this time and straight in to this time and straight in to court and he will hear , in about court and he will hear , in about court and he will hear, in about an hour's time or so. the court and he will hear, in about an hour's time or so. the heanng heanng an hour's time or so. the hearing is due to start in less an hour's time or so. the hearing is due to start in less than half an hour. now what that than half an hour. now what that sentence will be, he faces very sentence will be, he faces very significant and serious charges. significant and serious charges. 400 sexually explicit images 400 sexually explicit images were sent to huw edwards by a were sent to huw edwards by a now convicted on the messaging now convicted on the messaging service whatsapp, and 41 of service whatsapp, and 41 of those images related to those images related to children. seven of the most children. seven of the most serious category, category a, serious category, category a, which is the most serious in the which is the most serious in the way of offending against these way of offending against these children, including two images children, including two images which , according to authorities, which , according to authorities, which, according to authorities, showed a child between the ages which, according to authorities, showed a child between the ages of seven and nine. they're of seven and nine. they're estimating because they don't estimating because they don't know who this child was that was know who this child was that was being abused on these images. being abused on these images.

but clearly, you know, very but clearly, you know, very worrying and sickening images that were sent to the presenter who made no effort to delete any of the images before he was then arrested in november of last yeah arrested in november of last year. now, in terms of his possible sentence, he could be jailed. magistrates can jail for up to six months but given the fact that he's a first time offender of previous good character and he pleaded guilty at the earliest possible opportunity, his first appearance here at westminster magistrates court in july. that will all be taken into account. and of course, also that the convicted, as he now is, who sent huw edwards these images, was given a suspended sentence, gives a probable indication of the likely sentence that's going to be handed down to huw edwards. but quite aside from his tremendous fall from grace, the fact that he will of course,

now in in july, perhaps

that walked in in july, perhaps he's going to tough it out and he's going to tough it out and he won't willingly give that money back. and then, as you say, andrew quite rightly, will the bbc be then feel compounded really to or compelled, i should say , to take this to a legal say, to take this to a legal fight 7 i think they might, fight7 i think they might, because there is a great deal of criticism. the fact that bbc senior executives were told of the arrest. this, of course, remember, followed the allegations last year in the sun newspaper that were widely denied for a while. then there was an investigation into allegations that huw edwards had paid a teenage boy for a sexually explicit images. it was found at the end of the day that there was no criminal offences, that took place, but still young man that huw edwards was paying to send lbut still clearly a very serious, that took place, but still clearly a very serious, potentially, internal potentially, internal disciplinary, offences that took disciplinary, offences that took place within the bbc. we've place within the bbc. we've

never been told, incidentally, never been told, incidentally, what the bbc's own internal what the bbc's own internal inquiry into those original inquiry into those original allegations were. and it might allegations were. and it might be that we never find out what be that we never find out what that internal disciplinary that internal disciplinary process has to say about those process has to say about those original charges. but the fact original charges. but the fact is, he was then subsequently is, he was then subsequently charged with unrelated but very charged with unrelated but very serious offences in november, serious offences in november, which these senior executives at which these senior executives at the bbc were told about. but the bbc were told about. but they said nothing to anybody. they said nothing to anybody. they said , because they were they said , because they were they said, because they were they said, because they were told by the police not to do told by the police not to do that , but that , but told by the police not to do that, but continued to pay this told by the police not to do that, but continued to pay this man for five months and pay him man for five months and pay him very highly because he was one very highly because he was one of the bbc's highest paid of the bbc's highest paid presenters . presenters . presenters. >> thank you mark. a mark white presenters. >> thank you mark. a mark white there at the sentencing of huw there at the sentencing of huw edwards. we'll bring you that as edwards. we'll bring you that as soon as we know it. i think, as soon as we know it. i think, as you said, the telling thing is you said, the telling thing is that the guy that sent him the that the guy that sent him the images didn't get a custodial images didn't get a custodial sentence. so how do you give huw sentence. so how do you give huw edwards a custodial sentence7 edwards a custodial sentence7 >> at best, he'll probably get a >> at best, he'll probably get a suspended sentence. what's suspended sentence. what's interesting, mark alluded to the interesting, mark alluded to the young man that huw edwards was young man that huw edwards was

paying young man that huw edwards was paying young man that huw edwards was paying to send lewd paying to send lewd photographs. he gave him £34,000. it wasn't illegal because the boy was over the age of consent . but the the age of consent. but the mother has written an open letter in the sun today saying , letter in the sun today saying, he had he was having problems with drink and drugs. he knew that, but kept pestering him for pictures. you sent him more money knowing he was likely to spend it on his addiction. you sent him tens of thousands of pounds, sent him text messages calling him princess to control him and to keep him on side. and when they tried to stop the toxic relationship, he set his lawyers on us. appalling conduct for a man in that position. a man of 60 odd bombarding this lad who was, i think he was 17 at the time. >> and do you know what was interesting this morning7 because before we come on this show, of course, we're often flicking through all the news outlets and media channels. some people are on them, and actually nobody else was really talking about. no, no. were they7 because. no other outlet is talking about this. >> he's one of us. one of them. he's not one of us, i can tell you that. and we will bring you

as as we hear the sentence. yeah. >> and if you think about it, if he doesn't get a custodial sentence, okay, he's on the sex offenders register forever. so what7 he's not the kind of guy that's going to go and want to get a normal job where they might do a check on him. are they7 it's huw edwards. right. so it doesn't really matter whether he's on a sex offenders register or not. he'll be forever known as as the guy that had the indecent images of children, he'll have a huge house that's been paid off probably by now because he's been on a 400 gold plated pension for years. he's got a massive pension. just what what's the penalty for that7 what is the penalty for having been keeping this trade in images of child sexual public shame , humiliation. shame, humiliation. >> but he lives his life. he's still got plenty of money. and we have to think about the children whose images he was looking at. seven, eight, nine years old. how terrible for them . years old. how terrible for them. >> it will be outrageous. yeah, if he just walks, a seven year old effectively walks away, right. we will bring you that sentencing. we might be wrong. he did have a suitcase with him. >> he did. which i presume was

not legal papers . his lawyers not legal papers. his lawyers have got those in case he is banged up . yeah. banged up. yeah. >> okay. still to come this morning. wardrobe gate has been called. find out why the prime minister's wives clothes and also sir keir's clothes have got them into all

right. it's 947. it's a heck of a news day today. you don't want to go anywhere. there's so many big stories this morning. >> so. and currently the prime minister is facing calls for an investigation. did he breach parliamentary rules because he failed to declare some of his wife's expensive clothes were bought for her7 by guess who7 that labour donor, lord waheed alli, who also had a pass around number 10 downing street, highly unusual for a donor to ever get a pass to downing street. we've got in the studio with us the former labour adviser matthew

talbot. matthew, you were the labour party until a few weeks ago. >> yes. that's right. >> yes. that's right. >> yeah, yeah. this is an unnecessary own goal by the prime minister. why didn't he just declare immediately that his wife had received about £5,000 worth of free clothes from waheed alli 7 from waheed alli7 >> i think it's more of an administrative error. i'd say, having dealt with mps expenses before for different mps, someone in the office has clearly forgot or they've got swept up in the idea of it being a general election and let it slip. i do think there's something very different about the waheed alli stuff compared to an ordinary donor, because waheed alli, of course, is a labour politician and has been for about 25 years, and i also think it's more of an own goal because for me, anyway, i think this is a little bit of a westminster bubble story. i don't think it's necessarily a story, but the labour party have made it one with the bizarre line yesterday that she's mrs. starmer needs the clothes to look her for best the, the country today. well you know, i'm here addressing the public today on gb news and i've bought my own suit and tried to look the best as i can. i think

that's a bizarre line that will only irk people. further. >> they've got a combined income of over £200,000. yeah, yeah, they live in a grace and favour house. they have to pay some tax on that, of course. why can't they afford to buy their own clothes7 >> i don't know, it's a question for them really, i think, i think there's nothing wrong with taking some advice. i won't name names, but i've got fashion experts in before to help. mps have worked for who i think needed some work but might not have listened to me. no, i will absolutely not be. >> naming this angela dress is, you know , perfectly fine for herself, >> but no , i think there's >> but no, i think there's nothing wrong with getting advice and maybe if they wanted to buy him some specs or whatever. i just think the excuse isn't going to go down well with the ordinary public. >> matthew, when we've had the pensioners , poor, pensioners, pensioners, poor, pensioners, pensioners, poor, pensioners, pensioners who barely are going to well, we've had research coming out from, from within the government today that 800,000 old pensioners are going to , old pensioners are going to, will be hard hit by this winter fuel being withdrawn. who won't qualify for the for the pensioners credit .

pensioners credit. >> yeah. and that isn't a westminster story. i've said before i, you know, follow england all over and i follow my football club all over the country. and anywhere you go , if country. and anywhere you go, if people ask you what they what you do when you're in taxis , you do when you're in taxis, everybody says, oh, they're freezing the pensioners, they're free. it's really cut through everywhere. so and i've always said, you know , rachel reeves said, you know, rachel reeves should could easily get the money elsewhere for the amount of money it is and it shouldn't be happening. >> when i heard this story breaking about the clothes thing over the weekend, i just thought, oh, it's irrelevant. i don't really care. it's only buying some clothes. like you say, it's a westminster bubble story. and then when you stop to think about it, what it boils down to is the fact that there can be somebody unelected, but wielding influence over the most powerful couple in the country by what might appear to be quite benign, buying them some clothes or sending them out with a personal shopper, but it just makes them appear vulnerable to manipulation. i think that's what it is like. if somebody came along and said to me and

andrew, because we do buy our own clothes on gb news, if somebody came along, andrew, and said to us, you know what we're going to, it was about £75,000 in total, maybe not just for the clothes, but for everything else . clothes, but for everything else. yeah, he's 70. >> he's had more freebies than just about any other mp. >> and if they came in and just said, we're going to buy you these clothes, andrew, and then we would automatically be going, what are you going to want in return7 there's no such thing as a free lunch. as my mother would say, there's no such thing as a free suit or a frock. why is he doing it7 >> well, he. dudley. yeah. i can't really knock him. he's a very savvy politician who thinks he might be, i assume. anyway, he might be, i assume. anyway, he can can maybe get what he wants out of out of care. i think also, i'm not exactly. >> there you go. >> there you go. >> but i'm not got an all access pass to number 10. unheard of for a donor, i agree. >> but again. but at the same time, to be fair, he is a politician of the last 25 years and was a big part of the blair era. so i don't blame keir for necessarily wanting petition. yeah, but a bit like stand as an mp. i agree but got made a law,

i agree. >> remember that no one elected this guy if he wants to be an mp and will wield influence under the democratic process and stand as an mp, don't buy your way in. >> but at the same time, same same could be said of morgan mcsweeney , sue gray. there his mcsweeney, sue gray. there his government is filled with people who are unelected as advisers behind the scenes. dominic cummings obviously we all know these names. yeah. so in a way they're potentially, if you want to use the term open to manipulation by them as well, because they're there to guide them either for the good of the country or for their own ambitions. >> but then, doesn't that mean that the elected mps and politicians in that environment should be aware of how that looks of the risks to that system7 >> i'd say you'd be surprised that many that don't think like that. what i would say is you want to surround yourself with people that will tell you how this may look. and i think, listen, i'm interested in the sort of class element of this as well, because where i come from, if you were to accept, which is where stockport. i'm from stockport, greater manchester, and i if i was to accept freebies. right. this is the odd thing. i'll go to a football

game wherever i get wahaca does that. if it was clothes, jewellery, whatever it might be, i'd feel a bit of a scruff. i'd feel a bit of a do i need hand—me—downs sort of thing7 it's funny, the higher up you 90, it's funny, the higher up you go, well, this is it, the higher up you go. and i'm not knocking them. listen, you get some free frocks and suits out of it. more power to you. but it's the way that you're happy to i don't know. the higher up you go, the class system. you seem to get more freebies actually, as well. >> it's a good point. but also the other thing, matthew, this is a prime minister's wife who doesn't do much of this. being in public with with him, we hardly see her. so why did she need £5,000 worth of clothes7 when i think we saw a once dunng when i think we saw a once during the election campaign, i don't know. >> again, these are these are questions for her. maybe she'll be attending things in said dresses or whatever. i don't know if she's still within the full time role of the nhs, which you know, is a great thing. whatever, i think, you know, ultimately, if she wants to accept free clothes, that's awful. and that's why i think it's almost not a story. a bit like what7 >> you know, because i think you hit the nail on the head, matthew, i was struggling to find out why it's problematic. it has no dignity. >> well, maybe it lacks class, it lacks dignity.

>> and you're the highest office in the country. you should be dignified above all else , come dignified above all else, come and see us again on this program. >> of course. talking to you. happy to. you used to work for the labour party until the election. right. next. the latest on donald trump. another attempt to shoot him. it failed. you'll be pleased to know. >> a brighter outlook with boxt solar, sponsors of weather on gb news >> hello. good morning and welcome to your gb news weather update brought to you by the met office. well, we've got high pressure building this week and that means plenty of fine and dry weather and plenty of that warm autumnal sunshine too. it will be quite a foggy start though, particularly in northwestern parts of england and wales . so northwestern parts of england and wales. so do take care for the monday morning commute, but that fog will eventually lift and break through the course of the morning, and as high pressure builds, that leaves plenty of dry and fine weather around and feeling quite warm. where you do catch the sunshine, there will be a build of higher cloud into the north—west, north into the north—west through the

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gb news. >> it's 10 am. on monday the 16th of september, live across the united kingdom. this is britain's newsroom with me, bev turner and andrew pierce. >> donald trump targeted again. the former president said he is safe and well after a second assassination attempt on him. this time it was at his golf resort in florida . resort in florida. >> former bbc star huw edwards

is being sentenced this morning for having sexual images of children on his telephone. some children on his telephone. some children as young as seven. >> wardrobe gate. the prime minister under fire again. he failed to declare some of his wife's high end clothes were bought by a labour donor, who was given access to number 10. foreign secretary david lammy says he's done nothing wrong. >> everything here is above board and it is precisely because the prime minister is determined to be within the rules . rules. >> and over the weekend the royal family wished prince harry a happy birthday for the first time under the king's reign. it was a little perfunctory, though, wasn't it7 it was very . british. >> it's not quite an olive branch. it's more of an olive leaf, isn't it7 >> it's just so english. it's so english.

>> we don't talk to you. we hate you. we send you a little card saying happy birthday. regards. yeah >> and make it very public. and normally catherine and william put love and see that was that was conspicuous by its absence. yeah. so it was perfunctory. >> we're waiting on this huw edwards sentencing, of course, this morning. don't go anywhere. mark white is there in court for us. we'll have that as soon as we can. but first, the very latest news with sam . latest news with sam. >> very good morning to you from the gb newsroom. it's just after 10:00. the top story this morning. the secret service in the us. have foiled what the fbi are calling an apparent assassination attempt on donald trump. this time on his international golf course in west palm beach. reports suggest a secret service agent saw the barrel of a rifle sticking out from the bushes. agents shot at that suspect as he brandished an ak 47 style gun before he fled the scene. the 58 year old was soon arrested after an urgent alert was put out. us. media

say he is a pro—ukraine activist and had attempted to recruit foreign fighters for the war against russia. well trump, who is unharmed after the attack, has posted on social media saying it was certainly an interesting day . the prime interesting day. the prime minister is in rome today, aiming to learn from italy's success in reducing illegal migration. sir keir starmer is meeting with the italian prime minister, giorgia meloni , whose minister, giorgia meloni, whose country has seen a 60% drop in mediterranean crossings and recently signed a controversial deal with albania to manage asylum claims. it comes as the government announced its new leader of the border security command , former npcc chair command, former npcc chair martin hewitt, who has travelled with sir keir starmer to italy. speaking ahead of the visit today, the prime minister has vowed to tackle smuggling gangs , vowed to tackle smuggling gangs, insisting there would be no more gimmicks in border control. however, he has suggested it's too to soon decide if a similar deal too to soon decide if a similar deal, like italy's agreement with albania would be adopted in

the uk . well, in the last few the uk. well, in the last few minutes or so, we've heard that the energy supplier ovo has unveiled a new £50 million support scheme to help customers who are being hit by the government's cut to winter fuel payments. the package from ovo, which eligible customers can apply for, includes direct financial aid, temporary reductions in direct debits and home upgrades like insulation and new boilers. it comes as sir keir starmer is facing fresh criticism as the government prepares to make that cut to energy support affecting millions of pensioners. conservative leadership hopeful james cleverly and liberal democrat spokeswoman wendy chamberlain have condemned the government's decision, calling it a historic mistake and unbelievably foolish . the former unbelievably foolish. the former bbc presenter huw edwards has arrived at court ahead of his sentencing hearing for possessing indecent images of children , including some as children, including some as young as seven. edwards admitted to receiving 41 illegal images

via whatsapp in july, and he's remained on conditional bail ahead of today's sentencing. the most serious charges involve seven category a images, which show the highest level of abuse. the hearing into manchester city's 115 charges for alleged breaches of the premier league's financial rules begins today. the clubs, facing accusations of financial rule breaches spanning 14 seasons, including failing to cooperate with the league's investigation. city, though, denies all allegations , denies all allegations, insisting they have irrefutable evidence and welcome the chance to clear their name. a guilty verdict could lead to severe penalties, including points deduction or possible expulsion from the league. that hearing is expected to last for ten weeks, with a verdict early next year. an 18 year old is set to appear in court today, charged with the murder of a woman and two teenagers in luton. the bodies of giuliana prosper, 48, and her children giselle, a 13 year old, and karl, who's 16, children giselle, a 13 year old,

and karl, who's16, were discovered at a flat in lea bank.though discovered at a flat in lea bank. though formal identification is still pending. nicolas prosper, who is facing multiple charges including firearms offences, will appear in luton magistrates court later. floral tributes and messages of grief have been left at the scene as schools express their shock and offer support to students . home prices their shock and offer support to students. home prices in britain surged by nearly 3% last month, reaching new highs in august. the average asking price for a home jumped by 0.8% to just over £370,000, to according rightmove. experts say that increase double the long term average is down to a rebound in the market and easing mortgage rates. despite the boost, though , rates. despite the boost, though, there is still uncertainty about potential bank of england rate changes. and of course, the upcoming budget announcements . upcoming budget announcements. and finally , tito jackson, an and finally, tito jackson, an original member of the legendary jackson five, has sadly died at the age of 70. the cause of

death is still unknown, but his sons have confirmed that news today in a post on instagram. tito was in munich preparing for an upcoming performance before his sudden passing. a key part of the jackson five success, tito helped drive hits like abc and i want you back , and i want you back, contributing to over 150 million records sold worldwide. will fans and family say his legacy will live on as it will forever be7 tito time. those are the latest headlines for now, i'll be back with you for another roundup in about 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. >> good morning. welcome back to britain's newsroom live across the uk on gb news with andrew pierce and bev turner. let's

have a look. what you've been saying at home. huw edwards is going to be sentenced this morning. we're just waiting for that and jacqueline says those images of huw edwards, he looks so arrogant making eye contact. he's got no shame. and june has said he makes me feel physically sick to look at him. the people who put these images of children also need to be tracked. they are all sick. can't argue with any of that. and tom says it's good that huw edwards is being sentenced. well, yeah , we'll sentenced. well, yeah, we'll just wait and see the sentence, though, because we're pretty convinced it will not be a custodial sentence because the horrible creep who supplied the images to huw edwards did not get a custodial sentence. >> it was a suspended jail sentence. so he is still at liberty. so the chances are huw edwards it would be the same. >> adrian says the bbc needs to do their checking of employees when serious safeguarding like this are coming in front of the nation, and it's such a good point that adrian, because, you know, it sounds ridiculous, but you sort of presume you would know a if you met one, right7 you think i realise these people

walk amongst us, but i still find it shocking to look at huw edwards, to think he was the man announcing the passing of the queen and all of these big state occasions, and we had no idea what he was doing in his private time. i find that really chilling on this issue, and we have no idea how long it was going on for, and they got him. >> it was random. it was an investigation into somebody else, and they found huw edwards phone details , and that's why phone details, and that's why they got onto him, because the business where he was sending paying business where he was sending paying the young man for images, sexual images we gave them, was it 34, 35, £36,000? well, that was appalling judgement by huw edwards. it wasn't illegal because the young man was 18 or 19. that's right. but his mother has written an open letter to the sun today saying it virtually destroyed her son's life. >> james has got in touch on gbnews.com/yoursay morning. james. if edwards doesn't get jailed, it will show just how

bad our legal system is. >> and remember, after the south stockport, the southport riots, a particular case sentence of 55 year old carer with no previous bad record of bad behaviour, she was sent to prison. was it a two year sentence7 >> she got 15 months, 15 months for sending an appalling and offensive facebook post. it was which which shouldn't she shouldn't have done. >> but did she really need to go to prison for 15 months when huw edwards may not be going to prison7 >> she knew she did. she did a stupid thing. she deleted it a little while later and it still got banged up for 15 months. i would much rather that woman was out on the streets. >> and of course, that was partly on the say so of the government, because the government, because the government wanted the judiciary to get tough. and i still think it should be the job of the judiciary, not the government, to tell the judiciary what to do. >> absolutely. keep your messages coming, won't you7 gbnews.com/yoursay now a man has been arrested and an assault rifle recovered after an apparent assassination attempt on donald trump. >> so trump was playing golf on his course at mar a lago in

florida when gunshots were fired. the secret service apparently opened fire on the armed suspect. >> the gunman left an ak 47 style assault rifle and other items at the scene, and he fled in a vehicle, but was later arrested. >> well, joining us now is the former presidential adviser , former presidential adviser, steve gill. steve, morning to you . good morning. so the secret you. good morning. so the secret service got their man should are they at fault again 7 should he they at fault again7 should he really have been able to get within three, four, maybe even 500 yards of donald trump7 a very high profile person. there's a presidential election underway in just a few weeks ago. he survived an assassination attempt. >> he absolutely should not have been able to get this close. and even law enforcement has acknowledged that they are not treating him like a presidential, a president or a vice president. they're only covering a smaller perimeter than they would had he been president. but he's had threats. he has an actual assassination attempt. he ought to be treated as if he's president biden or vice president biden or vice president kamala harris at this

point, with the full security detail that they apply to, to a president and a vice president at this point , do president and a vice president at this point, do you president and a vice president at this point , do you think it at this point, do you think it will make him change his behaviour7 >> steve, you know fairly well. will he start to keep a low profile, stay off the golf courses, maybe just stay out of pubuc courses, maybe just stay out of public as much as he can7 >> i think you'd have to chop off his arms and legs to keep him off golf courses. even after this took place on the fifth hole of the course he was playing, and it was about 2 or 300 yards from from where the shooter was set up with a sniper nest. he said, i wish i could have continued. i was about to take a birdie putt and i was playing even par. >> hahahahaha, you see. >> hahahahaha, you see. >> but you see that sort of resilience and that fearlessness is what endears him to the american public. will it do him any harm in the polls when these incidents happen 7 incidents happen7 >> i think it actually helps him. you know, they've tried to prosecute him out of the presidency. they've tried to keep him off ballots, to keep him from being elected president again . they and i say they in again. they and i say they in the in the general sense have tried to assassinate him.

they've tried to smear him. they've tried to smear him. they've lied about him even in the debate that they just had the debate that they just had the moderators were piling on and lying about his statements that have now been proven to have been true. what he said and not what they said. so i think they've thrown not just everything, but the kitchen sink at him. they've thrown the whole kitchen at him and he is still surviving and thriving. >> what does this fbi, or whoever's in charge of security have to do, steve, to make him better protected7 because, as you say, they shouldn't have been able to get this close to him, especially bearing in mind what happened. just a few weeks ago when the bullet actually caught his ear. >> you know, we know a lot already about this shooter. he was travelling to ukraine to try and recruit foreign legionnaires and recruit foreign legionnaires and mercenaries to fight in that conflict. we know he was getting funding. we know he was making donations over the last five years, exclusively small donations. but exclusively to democrats. his son said that he hated donald trump like any reasonable person would . so. so

reasonable person would. so. so we're learning a lot, but we don't know where the gun came from. when did he get it? when did he get the information that trump was going to be playing golf on this particular occasion, it was very close to the to the vest . this was not the to the vest. this was not a pubuc the to the vest. this was not a public scheduled thing. how did he know7 is there a leak within the homeland security folks , the the homeland security folks, the fbi or others7 how did this guy know that trump was going to be playing golf yesterday 7 playing golf yesterday7 >> things that really struck me in the aftermath of this attempt last night, steve, is that kamala harris was, of course, criticising donald trump in the election for saying that he was the biggest threat to democracy, etc. and if donald trump had been saying something similar about her and she had then been the victim of a potential assassination attempt, the blame would have been on donald trump for saying these things, which could be inflammatory . has there could be inflammatory. has there been any suggestion in the mainstream media that kamala harris somehow incited this guy to take action7 >> well, it's not just her. it

is the media itself. it is numerous other democrats that are saying he needs to be, quote , are saying he needs to be, quote, eliminated, that he's a threat to democracy . they are comparing to democracy. they are comparing him to hitler and some reasonable or irrational person might say, well, if he's hitler, ineed might say, well, if he's hitler, i need to do a duty to my country in the world and take him out. and then you have kind of after this, this shooting, which some in the media are downplaying as a quote, incident. you have some on the left who are saying, well, you know, all ears are safe. go back to what you're doing sunday. i mean, it is it is literally despicable what is being said. and i think that it's going to create even more backlash than than what we've seen before. >> okay. all right. thank you so much, steve gill. there former presidential adviser. do you know what i mean about that7 if it had been trump, if it had been kamala harris, who'd been the victim of a potential assassination attempt, and trump had been saying the kind of things about her everybody would have been lining up to say, this is because of donald trump. he stokes hate. >> and yeah, that's right,

they'd be there'd be a big pile in there would be. i think there are different rules, isn't it? >> it feels like it. it really does. >> now keir starmer, our prime minister, is in rome today meeting his italian counterpart. giorgia meloni. do you like my italian accent7 >> sounds very good to discuss tackling legal migration. you spoke italian7 >> yeah. the prime minister has just been talking to reporters. so let's take a listen . so let's take a listen. >> i was very worried by the news about this attempt. looks like an assassination attempt. very, very worried about it. obviously, there's now an investigation going on, so i won't say much more about the details, but i think it is really important that we're all very, very clear that violence has no part to play at all in any political process. so deeply troubled. let the investigation take its place. but absolute clarity, violence , no place in clarity, violence, no place in political discussion at all. anywhere. >> you're here in italy, talking about irregular migration and italy's new albania deal . how

italy's new albania deal. how could you potentially replicate that ? that7 >> i'm that? >> i'm here to have discussions here at this coordination centre and with the prime minister about how we deal with unlawful migration. and here there's been some quite dramatic reductions. so i want to understand how that came about. it looks as though that's down to the upstream work that's down to the upstream work that's being done in some of the countries where people are coming from. i've long believed, by the way, that prevention and stopping people travelling in the first place is one of the best ways to deal with this particular issue. so i'm very interested to know how that upstream work went. looking of course, at other schemes. looking forward to my bilateral with the prime minister this afternoon. but we've already got afternoon. but we've already got a shared intent to work together on this trade, this vile trade of pushing people across borders and finally , you were elected and finally, you were elected promising change. >> and in opposition. you were very critical of tory donors paying very critical of tory donors paying for things for previous prime ministers. yet you've

taken money for clothes for your wife. you were late with a declaration. what do you say to people who think you should be paying people who think you should be paying for your own clothes, and that you're bringing just more of the same7 >> well , let of the same7 >> well, let me shed a of the same7 >> well , let me shed a little >> well, let me shed a little light on this. it's very important to me that the rules are followed. i've always said that i've said that before the election. i've reinforced it after the election . and that's after the election. and that's why shortly after the election, my team reached out for advice on what declarations should be made. so it's in accordance with the rules. they then sought out for further advice more recently, as a result of which they've made the relevant declarations. but for me, it's really important that the rules are followed. that's why i was very pleased my team reached out proactively, not once, but twice, because it is very important that we have transparency, very important that you and others can see that the rules are being followed. >> well, you didn't answer the question, did he? why don't you pay question, did he? why don't you pay for your own clothes7 prime minister and why don't you pay for mrs. starmer's clothes7 lady starmer's clothes7 bearing in

mind i sort of. there's often been a debate about should a prime minister's consort , prime minister's consort, particularly if it's female, the female get support for their wardrobe because they're on parade often, but we don't see her. she's taken a decision to really be seen. i think we saw her once during the campaign, and of course, when they walked into number 10 together. so why does she need £5,000 worth £5,000? does she need £5,000 worth £5,0007 wardrobe provided by donon >> it just lacks dignity. >> it just lacks dignity. >> yeah, it is , it's classless >> yeah, it is, it's classless is what it is. >> it just lacks dignity to take the money of somebody who is not an elected politician , even if an elected politician, even if they are part of your party for something as sort of trite as clothes, i know, and also you have to remember, he, as leader of the opposition, was earning £156,000 a year, driver and car thrown in. >> she's on 50 odd thousand as an an occupational therapist in nhs notes. if they're short of a bob or two, is it you don't need. >> the thing is you don't need to go out in designer dresses even if you're the first lady and she's not first lady,

because we don't have that system here. i sit here in my marks and spencer's blouse. you know, you just don't need to spend that kind of money on clothes. even if you're in the pubuc clothes. even if you're in the public eye. i don't think it's. well, mind you, you might say your papers would be lining up to judge her if she looked rubbish. >> yeah, but still, you can. you can dress smartly, you can go to gap, you can go to, next can't you. >> gap. >> gap. >> gap. >> gap is still around. >> gap is still around. >> she can't go for dressing gap andrew. well she's not going to turn up in a jogging suit outside . outside. >> she could. >> she could. >> now when i meet zara she could go to zara because zara david brand zara david cameron's wife always looked very elegant and she often went to zara, david cameron's wife. >> she's got her own designer dress. >> she has now. >> she has now. >> she has now. >> yeah, she well, she, she always wore, she cefinn . it's always wore, she cefinn. it's called. how do you know that. >> go out to write about it once. >> oh, because i was told that she had a like a store within one of the big department stores, harvey nicks or selfridges. >> she had a flipping, just rail a rail. >> i think it's pronounced cefinn. >> is it cefinn7 it's the initials of her children. the

initials of her children. the initials of her children. >> is that what it is? yeah >> is that what it is? yeah >> well, anyway, we've given them all enough publicity, but we don't want you free clothes because we're not viable, are we, andrew7 well, no. >> i buy my own suits, thank you very much. >> can't be bought right. up next, you will not believe how many pensioners are entitled to a £300 winter fuel payment. sorry, that's not funny. i'm just laughing at andrew suggesting the first lady dresses in gap. this is britain's newsroom on

gb news. very good morning. 1023 this is britain's newsroom and it's an incredible news day today. there's a huge amount going on. and here to talk about it. matthew laza and emma woolf, shall we start with another trump assassination attempt7 matt. >> absolutely. so excuse me. so donald trump has survived, well, he hasn't survived it because luckily it was thwarted before the shooter was able to get at him. but he's been the target of

another assassination attempt, this one in very bizarre circumstances, because it's just emerged in the last sort of hour that the guy voted for trump in 2016. but it seems he was motivated about ukraine. obviously, trump is more sceptical about sending help to ukraine. it looks like the alleged shooter had, you know, was in favour of sending troops to ukraine. he tried to be helping in recruiting foreign fighters , foreign mercenaries to fighters, foreign mercenaries to go and fight alongside the ukrainian troops. so it's going to be hard for trump supporters to be hard for trump supporters to claim that this is, you know, this is the other side of the aisle, as it were, targeting him him. but it just reminds you of i think he's a democrat now. >> i think he's signed up. member of the democrats. right. yeah. but he's clearly but he had an ak 47. doesn't that tell you everything you need to know about america7 >> into the bushes. so trump was at his west palm beach. he was having a golf. he was golfing on his resort. >> and how did the assassin would the assassin know he was going to be there on that day7 >> you know, something is getting out, isn't it? yeah, i love trump said. i'm safe and well. i will never surrender. i will always love you for supporting me. but i agree with

what bev was saying. i mean, if this had been an assassination, okay, this makes the front pages. let's be honest. but it's not kind of as big a deal. imagine if this had been an assassination, an assassination attempt on on kamala. >> yeah. >> yeah. >> because quoting and given that and if what he'd said because this this shooter has been quoted as saying that he doesn't think that trump represents democracy and some of his social media posts, which is exactly what kamala harris accused trump of in the debate. >> trump is expected to take all this. you know, this is another okay, the guy didn't actually get near him. secret service agents took the guy out, chucked the ak 47 into the bushes, made away, and the man apparently made away in a car and was then stopped by some sort of traffic police and was. but i mean , police and was. but i mean, absolutely, this is a really, really frightening for donald trump. and it's getting closer and closer, but in a funny way, but a funny way. >> his poll rating will go up. >> his poll rating will go up. >> yeah, i think it will have less impact than the than the attempt, the dramatic attempt . attempt, the dramatic attempt. that's the iconic picture of him, you know, with the blood, etc. but people are going to be saying, why is the secret

service not protecting him better7 absolutely. and in fact, there was i think there was an interim report, the report that's looking into the first assassination attempt actually said that it was already concluded that there were serious communication failings. i think, you know, on friday, that was that was it. there's been another one. i mean, you'd think that they you know, they've done it twice by the look of it. >> how did it. because look, a golf course is very public. but how would the man know that he was going to be playing on that day7 exactly. >> that's the that's the key that he was, particularly because it's not like, you know, when he was before the campaign, when he was before the campaign, when he'd been playing golf all the time. obviously most of the time he's off doing campaign stops and doing rallies. so you know, it's you know, one wonders if he had inside information about when president trump would be on the course. >> is your, prime minister a bit of a cheapskate in terms of his expecting other people to buy his wife's clothes7 >> yeah. well, i mean, look , i >> yeah. well, i mean, look, i think it's not thinking it needed to be declared. >> he's a lawyer, isn't he? >> he's a lawyer, isn't he? >> isn't he a clever7 he is a lawyer. they should have declared it. i don't know how they can defend their mistake. i mean, david lammy was rather

embarrassing yesterday. he often is trying to defend the trying to defend the mistake. i mean, it is very difficult for, for prime ministers spouse. they're in the, they're in the, the pubuc in the, they're in the, the public because they're in the pubuc public because they're in the public eye because, because all the papers are on pages and pages of what are they wearing today7 as though they were a member of the royal family. and they're not they're just an ordinary citizen. >> what's difficult7 how much7 how many millions have they got in the bank7 what's difficult7 >> i don't know, not millions for your own personal. >> yeah, i completely agree with you. she's a high profile woman. she didn't actually appear that much. she's not that high profile. >> that people wouldn't know her if she walked into state banquets, which you have to have eveningwear for every time she appears, she needs to look immaculate, blah, blah, blah. >> every time she will be scrutinised on her wardrobe choices. it's unfair. women are men. i mean, starmer seems to have gone to washington by the way. that picture of him with biden, he's wearing one jacket and a mismatched pair of trousers. i mean, lord alli , trousers. i mean, lord alli, whatever he did pay for £20,000 wasn't a good investment, was it? >> it really i mean, he needs to sort out that wardrobe as well as david lammy's trainers. >> but can i just say what is difficult about this7 pay for your own personal shopper, pay for the alterations to the clothes and pay for the clothes

aren't millionaires. why7 >> why did you even at the height of akshata murty and sunak being a billionaire and all of that, and that, you know, all of that, and that, you know, all of that, had they paid their tax, there was no sense that they were taking money that they didn't need. >> they were at least just billionaires who were out of touch.i billionaires who were out of touch. i think there's real angerin touch. i think there's real anger in the country right now. >> i don't think they're taking the money. >> winter fuel and now this wardrobe gate, i don't look, i think the timing obviously of the winter fuel, you know, of expensive clothes, you know, is not a good look. >> no pun intended. but in terms of taking the money from waheed ali, waheed ali is a member of the house of lords. he's a labour peer, but it should have been declared and it wasn't declared money. well, i mean, i mean they, you know, i mean, i suspect that waheed , offered it suspect that waheed, offered it to them and they say, thank you. >> we don't need it, >> we don't need it, >> well, you know, i mean, it is, you know, both of them, but, like. >> but why is he offering it to them7 >> well, because waheed is a former television executive. he's very acutely aware of how good people need to look on screen. he knows the scrutiny. and he got a pass.

>> he got an all access pass to number 10 downing street. after handing over the money. >> number two, it's so weird. they are wealthy people. they are wealthy people. they don't need freebies. they don't need handouts. they don't need someone financing. i think it was about £5,000. it's not, you know, it's not millions. but imagine if this had been carried. >> i think it was. i mean, it was imagine if this had been carried. >> i personally i'm not i'm not working for the for keir starmer for the prime minister. >> but if i was i would, i would be saying, you know, i wouldn't, i wouldn't be taking it. i saw his response when he was did the interview in italy and when asked about why aren't you buying your own clothes7 >> he didn't answer the question and he said, my staff reached out to find out if we needed to declare it. how does a man used to be the director of public prosecutions, who's been an mp since 2015, not realise if you take money from a serious labour donor to dress your wife , that donor to dress your wife, that has to be declared immediately. >> well, there's also there's also the issue of it. presumably they'll both have to pay tax on on their various donations as well. so i hope that it's been declared to the tax authorities

because it's a gift . it's, you because it's a gift. it's, you know, and it's over the i think that certainly there may well i mean i'm not a tax accountant, but there certainly there would be tax issues. it seems to me slightly peculiar that answer to give, i would say , look why he's give, i would say, look why he's a labour supporter. he offered this. we should have registered it. i apologise, let's move on. >> i don't know why they need to take it. >> perhaps not taking more in the future. >> in a high street bank who was tweeting look, we work in banking. we cannot take anything from our customers. >> i can confirm why he did not provide my suit today. >> we can tell that. >> we can tell that. >> yeah, this is a british a british label. thank you very much. >> sent me clothes either it's not from gap is it? no, no, no. do we even know if gap still exists anymore7 >> i've been online. she could. >> i've been online. she could. >> she could go to the prime minister's wife, could go to gap and find a very nice outfit. she could get a nice dress for £50 to shop at me and m or whatever it's called. >> i can remember yourself. >> i can remember yourself. >> you've got millions, but i can remember samantha cameron very elegant, married to a very, very elegant, married to a very, very rich man. >> she's part of a very rich family. she used to often used to buy her clothes at zara. >> and she looked great. and she looked great and she looked

great. my trousers are zara today. >> there we are. i think it's i mean, i think it's one thing to provide a stylist because the stylist may say to you, well, actually i happen to know there's great things in zara at there's great things in zara at the moment, as long as you pay for it yourself. i think you know, thinking that everything has to be designer is, is, is unfortunate. it is unfortunate. >> right. that was marvellous. >> right. that was marvellous. >> this is from the prime minister who kept saying, did i tell you my dad was a, was a, was a toolmaker, something very working class boy. >> our prime minister. >> our prime minister. >> yeah, but he's a working class boy. >> done good. he's been found out. that's what's going on. he's a working class boy. being found out right every week. >> so much. he'll be back in the next hour. sam francis is waiting very patiently with the news headlines. >> very good morning to you. it's just after 10:30. a roundup of the top stories this morning. the secret service have foiled what the fbi are calling an apparent assassination attempt on donald trump, this time on his international golf course in west palm beach. reports suggest a secret service agent saw the barrel of a rifle sticking out from the bushes. an agent shot at the suspect as he brandished that gun before he fled the

scene. the 58 year old was soon arrested after an urgent alert was put out. us media say the suspect is a pro—ukraine activist and had attempted to recruit foreign fighters for the war against russia . trump, who war against russia. trump, who is unharmed, has posted on social media saying it was certainly an interesting day . certainly an interesting day. the prime minister is in rome today, aiming to learn from italy's success in reducing illegal migration. sir keir starmers meeting with the italian prime minister, giorgia meloni, whose country has seen a 60% drop in mediterranean crossings. italy's also recently signed a controversial deal with albania to manage asylum claims. speaking ahead of today's visit, the prime minister vowed to tackle smuggling gangs, insisting there would be no more gimmicks in border control. energy supplier ovo has unveiled a new £50 million support scheme to help customers hit by the government's cut to winter fuel payments. it comes as the conservative leadership hopeful, james cleverly, has condemned

sir keir starmer's decision, calling it a historic mistake and unbelievably foolish. approximately 71% of disabled pensioners and 83% of those aged 80 or over are set to miss out. former bbc presenter huw edwards is being sentenced today for accessing indecent images of children. the 62 year old arrived at westminster magistrates court earlier this morning, flanked by his legal team. it's after he admitted to being sent 41 illegal images by alex williams over whatsapp. seven of those images were described as being the most serious category a of child abuse pictures and videos and home prices in britain surged by nearly £3,000 last month, reaching new highs in august. the average asking price for a home jumped by 0.8% to just over £370,000, according to rightmove . £370,000, according to rightmove. experts say that increase double the long term average is down to

a rebound in the market and easing mortgage rates. those are the latest headlines for now. i'll be back with you for a full roundup at 11:00 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 . slash alerts. >> up next, find out how labour are planning to back away from a total ban on the sale of new petrol powered cars by 2030. don't know about you. i think this is a good news at last. >> the first one out this government, actually. >> this is britain's newsroom

welcome back. 1038. this is britain's newsroom. >> so we've got a u—turn from the government, actually, one that bev and i might support

because ministers are planning to back away from a total ban on the sale of new petrol powered cars by allowing hybrid cars to remain on the market until 2035. >> it might not go far enough, of course, but in labour's manifesto, labour planned to scrap the sale of petrol cars by 2030, in an effort to reach net zero targets. so we're joined now by net zero watch director andrew montford. good morning andrew. so your reaction to this. obviously the agenda 2030, which all of these countries had signed up to, was a collaborative effort to scrap the sale of petrol and diesel cars by 2030. now looking very unrealistic and that is surely good news. >> it's good news, but it's a very small amount of good news. going back from forjust very small amount of good news. going back from for just five years isn't really going to make a great deal of difference, yeah . a great deal of difference, yeah. car companies, car manufacturers are in pretty dire straits across europe. we've seen fiat in trouble. we've seen

volkswagen in trouble. almost every, motor manufacturer is in trouble because they've gone down the ev route and it hasn't worked. now saying they can hold on for another five years, keep selling petrol and diesel cars for five more years isn't going to solve the problem in the uk. we still have this thing of the zero emission mandate. where car. car companies are going to be fined for selling too many petrol and diesel cars, and with the money going to, to the ev manufacturers , this is we are manufacturers, this is we are looking at a disaster for motor manufacturing coming so soon after the disasters for for, the for the steel industry and the closure of the grangemouth oil refinery. we've already lost most of our aluminium smelters. you know, the story goes on and on and on. and, you know, i don't think labour have grasped just how bad things are going to

get. >> if we had one of our friends of the show here from, let's say, just stop oil, they would be saying to us, andrew, do you not understand , you lunatics, not understand, you lunatics, that we are in a climate emergency, that we can't give it another five years7 we don't have this time to delay. what would you say to that7 >> i would say that is complete nonsense. if you look at the official science about the climate from the intergovernmental panel on climate change, they say they haven't yet detected any changes in most weather and climate phenomena. there's almost nothing that we should be frightened of at the moment. there are scary predictions, but there is nothing at the moment. so the other thing to say, though, is that the nobody has really done a proper cost benefit analysis of all these net zero policies. certainly the government has only only some really very dodgy figures from the climate change committee. it does look as if the costs of net zero far outweigh the benefits. so we're actually making things

worse than if we did nothing and just let climate change take its coui'se. >> course. >> why do you think they have announced this7 >> actually because it came from nowhere and we know david miliband, ed miliband. i should say that climate change secretary, he's almost an eco fanatic. he's rushing ahead with plans for more onshore wind turbines, cancelling all those nonh turbines, cancelling all those north sea oil licences. so why do you think they have done this7 >> yeah. when i saw the story, the first thing that struck me was that this is only rumours. i this to me reads like a story that has been put out there to distract from ed miliband's many other problems. so, you know, we have things like the grangemouth oil refinery closing. we have the obviously the winter fuel cancellation has been a political disaster for the labour party , this seems to me labour party, this seems to me as if it is an attempt to distract attention. i would .

distract attention. i would. actually not be surprised at all if this didn't actually come to pass once, you know, once, once the winter fuel allowance story has faded into into memory. i think it may disappear. >> that's a very cynical point of view. >> i'm a cynical person . >> i'm a cynical person. >> i'm a cynical person. >> it's shocking, but it'd be pretty shocking if they fly this kite to just to distract from their other problems, and particularly to hear ed miliband bemoaning the closure of the grangemouth oil refinery when it's his decision to shut down all those licences in the north sea, which means investment is going to drain away from that industry. >> absolutely. i mean , i mean, >> absolutely. i mean, i mean, we can point the finger at ed miliband, but of course, you know, the conservatives have been going down this same road for many years. and, you know, they bicker about about the timescale, whether it's 2030 or 2035. but at the end of the day, you know, they both are heading down the road to net zero regardless of the costs. and that that is why we're in the mess we're in. >> okay . all right. great to see >> okay. all right. great to see you. andrew montford, their director of net zero. watch what

no one can ever explain to me is if we get rid of petrol and diesel cars, we have to power them by electricity. >> well, the grid and the grid and the grid can't cope. it will probably go down anyway. there's no infrastructure to power the cdl’s. >> cars. >> there's none around the 2030 is round the corner before you know it. >> okay. up next, prince harry turned 40 yesterday. his family took to social media to wish him a happy birthday. it wasn't exactly the loving messages, though. don't miss this. it's britain's newsroom live across the uk

>> so all eyes are on westminster magistrates court as the huw edwards sentencing is underway. let's go to in fact, there's people emerging now from court . mark white is there for court. mark white is there for us because huw edwards is up for sentencing. as you know, he has

been convicted of what exactly is his chart7 the charge possessing images, possessing indecent images, isn't it, of children, some as young as of boys7 actually, some as young as seven years old. nine years old. >> seven of the 41 images he admitted to receiving were category a, that's the most serious classification . and if serious classification. and if you remember, this all started, didn't it 7 originally because of didn't it? originally because of the young man to whom edward had paid tens of thousands of pounds and adult, admittedly , but a and adult, admittedly, but a vulnerable young adult whose mother had got in touch with the bbc and said, i need you to do something about your key presenter who is manipulating and abusing my son, who is a vulnerable adult, and the bbc effectively. as far as we know, they did nothing. there is an investigation into that, but as far as we know, they didn't do enough and eventually she went to the sun, she went to the sun newspaper and the sun newspaper started the trail of events, which effectively has led to this . this. >> so he, he he he arrived at court at nine, 930, not wearing

those ridiculous sunglasses that he wore when he was, appeared before court and pleaded guilty. and of course, remember when he was arrested in november on very, very serious charges7 he knew he was guilty, and yet he continued to take £200,000 from the bbc. that's you and i. the licence payer and the bbc say they're going to try and get the money back. well, what have they done to try and get it back7 >> well, let's find out. we're going to be going back to the court as soon as we have this sentencing. as we say, mark white is there for us. but yesterday was prince harry's 40th birthday. >> i didn't send him a card. >> i didn't send him a card. >> i didn't say, did you raise a glass to him7 i didn't, prince and princess of wales offered the duke of sussex their best wishes in a message on social media, complete with a picture of a smiling duke and an emoji of a smiling duke and an emoji of a smiling duke and an emoji of a birthday cake. >> they said wishing a happy 40th birthday to the duke of sussex. exclamation mark. >> is that so? >> is that so? >> quite a way to phrase it. when it's his brother referring to him as the duke of sussex. do you think they might say happy

birthday, harry7 >> it's so english, isn't it? and just say what you really think. >> and so formal. and normally william and kate , if it's a william and kate, if it's a personal message, they sign it w and c. >> yeah, that's their trademark. >> yeah, that's their trademark. >> and a kiss. none of that because of course they've william has done this because his father has asked him to. >> in my view it looks like tokenist the passive aggressive tone of that message, but only just let's do it. let's speak to royal commentator rafe heydel—mankoo rafe. do you agree with us that one sentence contains so much insincerity and passive aggressive7 happy birthday wishes to the duke of sussex . sussex. >> yes, if there was a gritted teeth emoji, could have been perhaps added to that message. we mustn't read too much though , we mustn't read too much though, into the significance of why. he they have posted these messages because actually this is entirely in keeping with the established convention laid down in the late queen's reign, which essentially says that if you are

a working royal, then you get annual birthday greetings as desired on social media. but if you're a non—working royal like prince harry, then only the major milestone birthdays are acknowledged and actually , acknowledged and actually, meghan herself got a 40th birthday greeting in 2021 after they had split. and after that infamous and horrendous oprah winfrey interview. so it's you know, it is in keeping and obviously taking the higher ground always, you know, reflects well on the royal family for not stooping down and being seen to to , be too being seen to to, be too involved in all the shenanigans. noteworthy though , that the noteworthy though, that the photograph that they chose to post had been carefully cropped to excise meghan from the image, which i'm sure is something many people are hoping will happen in real life too . real life too. >> yeah, absolutely. >> yeah, absolutely. >> i mean, there's so there's method in their madness here. rafe isn't there 7 rafe isn't there7 >> yeah, absolutely. well, look, we also know that, you know, the king himself. you know, he's a deeply loving father. he's also

a very christian king as well. and, you know, i think he is desperately hoping to have that prodigal son moment when his, you know, son in exile comes back, hopefully apologises or whatever. and there is some sort of reconciliation. of course, the idea that, his once beloved brother will go down that path, i think, is for the birds. i'm sure harry is reflecting on, you know what7 what did dinah washington, the jazz singer, said, to paraphrase her7 what a difference a decade makes. you know, ten years ago, william and kate were actually organising harry's 30th birthday bash at clarence house, where he was surrounded by all his family. his lifelong school friends, even his ex—girlfriend was there ten years later, a very different birthday at home with his family, and then going off on some sort of male bonding kumbaya in the wilderness with a bunch of new friends that he's met recently. so i think, you know, when you get into your 40s and middle age, normally you mature a bit and the passions and tantrums and the arguments

of your 30s begin to seem a bit less important. so one hopes, perhaps, that harry will be reflecting a bit on what, what prospects he has for the future for him and his kids. >> this is the risk now for harry, because it's all very well. we felt obviously, we all felt desperately sorry for him as a teenager with what he'd been through with his mother. he moves into his 20s. you forgive him a little bit because he's still young, in his 30s. you're starting to. patience is running a bit thin by then. once he's in his 40s rafe, he can no longer spend so much time navel gazing and therapizing and he has to grow up, frankly , this is grow up, frankly, this is precisely it. >> there's nothing more embarrassing and cringeworthy than a 40 year old grieving and moaning about grudges held from 20 or, you know, 10 or 15 years or so ago . i 20 or, you know, 10 or 15 years or so ago. i think, you 20 or, you know, 10 or 15 years or so ago . i think, you know, he or so ago. i think, you know, he does need to reflect also on the on the fact that he's got two, two children who, you know, who need to be seen with their grandfather, need to have an establishment with, you know, all of his family in the uk as

well. i think it's time for a lot of growing up. and also, of course, i think he understands that his entire life in california is actually meghan's life. it's her friends , you life. it's her friends, you know, from serena williams to tyler perry to abigail spencer, his social circle is not really his social circle is not really his social circle doesn't have anything in common with them all. he knows how to do is to actually be a prince and play polo, there's not many opportunities for him to do that . opportunities for him to do that. he doesn't really have any sort of business acumen or role in america as meghan, and has with her lifestyle brand, and i think her lifestyle brand, and i think he really understands that the things that make him happiest are located over here. >> yeah, well, he made his choice, didn't he? >> rafe. >> rafe. >> yeah , he did make his choice. >> yeah, he did make his choice. but i think it's a choice, which perhaps he's he's somewhat regretting now. you know, obviously everything was done essentially to please meghan. she's got entirely what she wanted out of this relationship. she's now hobnobbing with a—list celebrities and so forth. but i think harry is must surely miss, especially those dear friends who've been with him for so long. >> yeah, we've been beaten by the clock. rafe as usual. talk

to you all morning . but still to to you all morning. but still to come. we're going to go to westminster magistrates court as the bbc star huw edwards is being sentenced as we speak. don't go anywhere. here's the weather with aidan. >> a brighter outlook with boxt solar, sponsors of weather on gb news >> hi there and welcome to the latest forecast from the met office for gb news it's a fine day for most of us with sunny spells and feeling warmer compared with the end of last week and much of the weekend. high pressure is moving in and it's here to stay for some time. once this front clears through, other areas of low pressure will head to the north of the uk and mostly stay away, although there will be some lingering cloud across the far northwest of scotland and some spots of rain possible later, courtesy of that low pressure . low pressure. >> meanwhile, in the south and southwest, it will take some time for the cloud to move away,

but eventually it will. sunny spells then widely 22 to 23 celsius in the south, mid to high teens further north and feeling pleasant with light winds and plenty of fine and bright weather. certainly very little cloud. by the time we get to the late evening across much of central and southern parts of england , wales as well some high england, wales as well some high cloud drifting into southern scotland, northwest england. but for northern ireland, much of scotland, it's a dry end to the day. however, thickening of the low cloud will appear across western scotland , especially for western scotland, especially for lewis and harris, where there will be a few spots of rain dunng will be a few spots of rain during the night and that rain will eventually head into shetland as well . that's the shetland as well. that's the exception for most. it's a dry night , a exception for most. it's a dry night, a clear night as well, and under those clear skies ,1 and under those clear skies, 1 or 2 mist and fog patches will form particularly, say the vale of york, trent valley, welsh marches . it's of york, trent valley, welsh marches. it's going to be cool in the south as we begin tuesday. some spots 2 to 4

celsius, but much milder, where we've got the thick cloud across the north and northwest of scotland, and it's a damp and gloomy start to the day for the outer hebrides, the northern isles as well. things will brighten up here through the day and as the winds change direction slightly. actually we'll see plenty of sunshine developing eventually across northern scotland, where it's going to be much warmer than monday and another warm and sunny day for the south. >> that warm feeling inside from boxt boilers, sponsors of weather on

gb news. away. >> good morning . >> good morning. >> good morning. >> just discover my past is hanging out of my pocket . hanging out of my pocket. >> past to what7 to here7 >> past to what7 to here7 >> past to get in the building. he's legit. it's 11 am. on monday the 16th of september. live across the uk. britain's newsroom with andrew pierce and bev turner. >> so you put yourself away any minute now. former bbc star huw

edwards is going to be sentenced for having sexual images of children on his phone. some of those children were as young as seven years old. you don't want to miss this. >> appalling isn't it? donald trump targeted again the former president, safe and well after a second assassination attempt. it was foiled at his golf resort in florida . florida. >> and the prime minister is under fire as he fails to declare some of his wife's expensive designer clothes were bought for her by a labour donon bought for her by a labour donor. however, foreign secretary david lammy has insisted that they've done nothing wrong. >> everything here is above board and it is precisely because the prime minister is determined to be within the rules . rules. >> did that convince you7 sir keir starmer is meeting the italian prime minister to discuss how italy has achieved a 60% drop in illegal migration. they've done a deal recently with neighbouring albania .

with neighbouring albania. >> i would love to be a fly on the wall between starmer and meloni. they're not sort of naturally politically aligned, are they7 >> she's i mean, her party has been accused of being neo fascist. yeah. and the child of mussolini . and if you look at mussolini. and if you look at the front page of the guardian today, they're horrified that he's even talking to her. >> well, good for him . i mean, >> well, good for him. i mean, he should be talking to her. >> he should. >> he should. >> he should because they're getting to grips with their illegal migration in the way this government isn't so far. and the last government was hopeless. >> yeah, but you know, all credit to the prime minister for going to talk to her and say, look, how have you done this7 what difference has it made having that processing in albania effectively7 what we're suggesting here is that we could do the same. so they'll be processed there rather than rwanda. >> but why didn't they give rwanda a try7 we'd spent all that money, £700 million down the drain. they could have at least tried it. but they wouldn't risk it working. >> they'd criticised it for two years. >> they wouldn't risk it working because then if it did operate as a deterrent, the tories got

it. perhaps right7 >> yeah, right. a lot to get through this morning. don't go anywhere. we're here until midday. saint francis has got the . news. the. news. >> very good morning to you from the gb newsroom. it's just after 11:00. the top story of the day. huw edwards has now entered the dock as his sentencing hearing gets underway at westminster magistrates court this morning. it's after the 62 year old admitted to being sent more than 40 illegal images of children over whatsapp. seven of those images were described as being the most serious category a images of child abuse videos and pictures opening the case against edwards. the prosecutor has said he sent hundreds of pounds on multiple occasions to the convicted alex williams , the convicted alex williams, after receiving images from him and the latest lines were just hearing, in fact, from the court in the last few minutes that that convicted alex williams did ask huw edwards whether the

stuff i quote is being sent is too young , to which huw edwards too young, to which huw edwards responded saying don't send underage images. but he did describe a number of the images and videos as amazing. those latest details just coming to us from that sentencing hearing underway at westminster magistrates court. well, in a prepared statement through his solicitor, huw edwards has said that he did have significant and long standing mental health struggles for a number of years. that just in to us from inside the courtroom. in other news, the courtroom. in other news, the secret service in the united states have foiled what the fbi are calling an apparent assassination attempt on donald trump, this time on his international golf course in west palm beach. reports suggest a secret service agent saw the barrel of a rifle sticking out from the bushes. an agent shot at him as he brandished that gun before fleeing the scene. the 58 year old was soon arrested after an urgent alert was put out. us media say he's a pro—ukraine

activist and had attempted to recruit foreign fighters for the war against russia. well, trump, who is unharmed, has posted on social media saying it was certainly an interesting day . certainly an interesting day. sir keir starmer is in rome for high level talks with italy's prime minister, giorgia meloni. top of the agenda tackling illegal migration and speaking ahead of that visit today, the prime minister vowed to tackle smuggling gangs, insisting there would be no more gimmicks in border control. our political correspondent katherine forster is in rome with the prime minister with more. >> the issue of illegal migration will be very much top of the agenda here because italy, of course, on the forefront of this challenge with people crossing to europe and italy, has succeeded in getting the numbers down by 60% in the last year. now they've got this new, processing deal with albania. it's the first offshore processing deal in europe.

>> katherine forster there for us in rome, back here, energy suppuer us in rome, back here, energy supplier ovo has unveiled a new £50 million support scheme to help customers who are going to be hit by the cut to winter fuel payments. the package, which eligible customers can apply for includes direct financial aid, temporary reductions in direct debhs temporary reductions in direct debits and home upgrades like insulation or new boilers. it comes as sir keir starmer is facing fresh criticism as the government prepares to cut that energy support, which will affect millions of pensioners across the country. conservative leadership hopeful james cleverly and the liberal democrat spokeswoman wendy chamberlain have condemned the decision, calling it a historic mistake and unbelievably foolish . mistake and unbelievably foolish. the hearing in two manchester cities 115 charges for alleged breaches of the premier league's financial rules begins today. the clubs , facing accusations of the clubs, facing accusations of financial rule breaches spanning 14 seasons, including failing to co—operate with the league's investigation. city, though, deny all the allegations,

insisting they have irrefutable evidence and welcome the chance to clear their name. a guilty verdict could leave to lead to severe penalties, including points deductions or expulsion from the league. that hearing is expected to last for ten weeks. home prices in britain surged by nearly £3,000 last month, reaching new highs in august. the average asking price for a home jumped by nought point 8% to just over £370,000, according to just over £370,000, according to rightmove. experts say that increase double the long term average is down to a rebound in the market and easing mortgage rates. despite the boost, though, there's uncertainty about a potential bank of england rate change and of course, the upcoming budget announcement . and finally, tito announcement. and finally, tito jackson , an original member of jackson, an original member of the legendary jackson five, has sadly died at the age of 70. the cause of death is still unknown, but his sons have confirmed the news in a post on instagram. tito was in munich preparing for

an upcoming performance before his sudden passing. a key part of the jackson five success, he helped to drive hits like abc and i want you back, contributing to their over 150 million records sold worldwide . million records sold worldwide. those are the latest headlines for now. plenty more on that sentencing hearing regarding huw edwards later this hour. now back to andrew and bev 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 . slash alerts. >> welcome back to britain's newsroom. i was just taking a breath there because we're seeing some of the stuff that's coming out of the huw edwards court case this morning. it's been revealed that he sent hundreds of pounds to a convicted after they sent him images. effectively, he was buying these images. he wasn't

just sent them naively, and it wasn't like he was just opening up his. >> and some things there he was. he was almost soliciting it. >> yeah . huw edwards apparently >> yeah. huw edwards apparently wrote yes, kiss kiss kiss when he was asked by a convicted if he was asked by a convicted if he wanted sexual images of a person whose age could be discerned as being between 14 and 16. the prosecutor, ian hope , and 16. the prosecutor, ian hope, said from that chat in december 2020, alex williams said that he had a file of videos and pictures for you of someone special. mr edwards immediately quened special. mr edwards immediately queried who the subject was and was sent three images of seemingly the same person , from seemingly the same person, from two of which images the subject's age could be discerned as being 14 to 16, and they were category c indecent images of children in which the child was exposing his genitals . exposing his genitals. >> so we will get the bring , >> so we will get the bring, bnng >> so we will get the bring, bring you as soon as we can. the sentencing . he's in court as we sentencing. he's in court as we speak. westminster magistrates court. it could be referred to crown court. he could be convicted today. but you have to

remind people that the person who supplied those images to huw edwards was not given a custodial sentence . he was given custodial sentence. he was given a suspended jail sentence. so moving on to keir starmer, broke the rules by failing to declare donations of clothing for his wife, lady victoria. >> so the gifts of up to £20,000 from the multi—millionaire labour donor lord alli, were not initially declared in the register of mps interests. so we asked the people of yorkshire what they thought of it. >> but at the end of the day, the prime minister, he should set an example. at the end of the day he's too busy taking off the day he's too busy taking off the pensioners and not declaring easter and they get eating allowance and they get more money than us and we're means tested. how come they're not means tested7 because there are a lot more money than us. he's got enough to money make her look nice. a hell of a lot of money. so that's a load of cobblers. >> it just seems like a bit of an odd thing to be doing, when he should be running a country and sorting out a lot of the

issues that the country has. >> i suppose they want to buy him by whatever they want. they think it might be a way in. i don't follow it at all. no, no, ihave don't follow it at all. no, no, i have other things to do . i have other things to do. >> so does the prime minister need to have clothes donated for him and his wife when his annual salary is around £165,000, and she's earning around £50,000, she's earning around £50,000, she's an nhs occupational therapist. let's join. joined by therapist. let's join. joined by the former labour mp and minister bill rammell, who is a friend of this program . bill, friend of this program. bill, morning to you. good morning. i do find it very curious. when the prime minister was asked about this in italy this morning, he said he had to reach out to his officials to see if this the clothing for his wife should have been declared. he's been an mp since 2015. he's a very clever lawyer . surely he very clever lawyer. surely he ought to have known a £5,000 from lord alli, who is labour's in charge of labour's fundraising, should have been declared . declared. >> well, look, andrew, i genuinely think this is a storm in a teacup. could you answer

that question7 >> why would he not have known7 why would he not have known , why would he not have known, bill, that he should have declared it 7 declared it? >> i will answer that, andrew, but there's no wilful wrongdoing, and there's no corruption. now, you know the way these things work, the rules on declaration are complicated and undoubtedly delegated that to someone within his office, he had received donations as prime ministers and their spouses have received donations in the past . received donations in the past. he. the office initially sought advice from the commissioner within the house of commons, and from that advice they concluded they didn't need to declare. when last tuesday, in a subsequent conversation, it became clear that they should have been declared, it was immediately declared that was the right thing to do. there is no sense way, shape or form of any wilful misconduct. >> would lord alli wants to give

them clothes7 bill sorry. why would lord alli want to give them these clothes 7 them these clothes7 >> he's a major fundraiser for the labour party and successive party leaders and prime ministers of all governments have sought donations from private funders for their clothes so that they can look their best, particularly when they're representing. >> that doesn't. >> that doesn't. >> yeah, but that doesn't. you're telling me why they might want them, but why does lord alli want to give them7 why does he want to wield that sort of influence7 because it's actually a very personal thing, what you wear, it's a very personal. it's very sort of it's a very kind of intimate decision to make. it's a strange thing to me to want to control the image of the prime minister like that. when you're not an elected official . not an elected official. >> i mean, look, this is a guy who is a major fundraiser for the labour party. that's a legitimate thing to do. he supports keir starmer, and he was happy to make that

contribution. he's not expecting anything in return . he's a firm anything in return. he's a firm believer in the labour party and the labour party being in government. and that's why he gave the donation. well, he did he did get with respect, bill. >> he did get a pass, an all access pass to downing street for a week. that was a bit odd. i've never heard of a major donor getting that before and we still don't know in number 10, by the way. won't tell us who gave him that pass. >> it was a temporary pass as part of the transition process, is my understanding to labour coming into power. and there is no evidence and there's been no suggestion, suggestion that he did anything wrong when he was in number 10 or that he had a formal role, which he does not. >> you said successive prime ministers and their consorts taken money for clothes. i've never reported, ever, that boris johnson's wife, carrie, was given donated clothes from a donor. given donated clothes from a donor . this is a this is. we're donor. this is a this is. we're in new territory here. this is a very wealthy leader of the opposition coming into number 10 with a salary of 160,000. a wife who we rarely see because she's

chosen to not be like the typical prime minister's consort. we rarely see, has got has had £5,000 worth of free clothes from waheed alli. i don't recall that ever happening before, bill. >> well, my recollection is that successive prime ministers have received. i'd like to i'd like to see the evidence. clothing, however . look, to see the evidence. clothing, however. look, i to see the evidence. clothing, however . look, i think there to see the evidence. clothing, however. look, i think there is a lesson out of this . nothing a lesson out of this. nothing has been done wrong. but i know that keir's wife has not sought a public role and i think she'll be mortified by this publicity . be mortified by this publicity. and if there is a lesson, even though nothing has been done wrong, i think the lesson is in the future , don't take donations the future, don't take donations for clothes. >> don't you think they should just buy their own clothes 7 just buy their own clothes7 >> sorry. don't you think they should just buy their own clothes 7 clothes7 >> i mean, look, you know, people come into office and there is a very high expense on clothing, and it has been past practice, and i think it's legitimate to do so. but if you're asking me for my candid

view moving forward, you know, nothing's been done wrong. but i think it's more aggro than it's worth to take donations for clothing. >> this is the issue, isn't it? is that the public believe that all mps have got their nose in the trough. you know, we only had to look at the ppe scandal and all the stuff that happened there. so i don't think this is confined to the labour party by any means . confined to the labour party by any means. but sir keir starmer set out his stall as being different, that he was going to clear that sort of influence and corruption. so this just looks bad, bill, whether anybody's done anything wrong or not, it's not going to land well with the public. as we heard from our viewer, they're saying they're taking it from the old people with one hand, and they're taking it from the rich people for themselves with another. >> i think keir is determined to clean up politics and government. and, you know, this is nothing like we saw under the tories. there's been no wilful mis holding of information . mis holding of information. there's been no one rule for us. and another rule for all of the

public. and, you know, it's a very different scale of issue. but i'm being candid. nothing was done wrong. but i think the lesson of hindsight is don't accept money from donors for clothing, even though it's perfectly permissible. >> okay . thanks, bill. >> okay. thanks, bill. >> okay. thanks, bill. >> always good to talk to you. >> always good to talk to you. >> bill bill rammell, former labour mp for harlow and former government minister. well, the bbc staff huw edwards sensing heanng bbc staff huw edwards sensing hearing is underway. we've had some pretty disturbing stuff that's been coming out of that court. we'll bring you the ruling any moment now as it happens. beverley, just remind us what some of the stuff that's been said in court about him buying images of children. >> well, opening the case against edwards at westminster magistrates court this morning, the prosecutor, ian hope, said it's clear from the face of the whatsapp chat recovered that a deal of the chat between alex williams and mr edwards was sexual in nature. it's also clear that mr edwards was paying not insignificant sums of money low hundreds of pounds on

occasion, on an occasional basis, to alex williams, which mr williams directly asked for on several occasions as gifts or presents, apparently off the back of sending images to mr edwards about which images they chatted. what does that look like7 that conversation about chatting images of children7 >> yeah, and remember some of the images were children aged between 7 and 9. i just it is catastrophic for those youngsters. >> he entered westminster magistrates court this morning. huw edwards he was wearing a blue cardigan. he had his legal team with him and he said he had an overnight bag and he had an overnight bag and he just need it. we'll out in a minute. this is britain's newsroom on

gb news. 1121 this is britain's newsroom with andrew and bev. >> we're hearing from westminster magistrates court that the case will not be referred up to the crown court,

which would give a potentially a more draconian jail sentence. so the maximum he can be sentenced to is a year in prison, we think. but of course, the person who supplied the images to, huw edwards was given a suspended sentence. so but anyway, we'll bnng sentence. so but anyway, we'll bring you up to date on that as soon as it happens. >> we've got emma woolf and matthew laza with us in the studio again. >> do you want to just reflect on this huw edwards story before we move to on giorgia meloni7 >> well, i think i mean, it's just the level of outrage is just the level of outrage is just i mean, emma was saying she was cycling past the court earlier and it was absolutely it was just you were shocked by the size of the number of people outside. >> i passed on my way here and the amount of cameras and people protesting with placards, people , protesting with placards, people, quotes from isaiah. a lot of anger outside that court. i really felt you would not want to be huw edwards this morning, because the public outrage at this and it's become an international story because of the fact he it was his voice all around the world breaking the news about the death of the late queen, which has sort of tried, you know, in some ways has been

cancelled off bits of the bbc website and things. but yeah, absolutely. he was at the sort of absolute centre of so many of those international occasions, especially the late queen's funeral, the voice of the bbc, the announcement of almost in a sense, the voice of the nation . sense, the voice of the nation. >> yeah, absolutely. >> yeah, absolutely. >> and i think i was saying as well, this sounds really silly thing to say, but i think you'll know what i mean. it doesn't look like a. and what i mean by thatis look like a. and what i mean by that is you don't know what a is going to look like, but you realise how these people just hide amongst us. >> you think are not in dirty macs 7 macs7 >> jimmy savile, i get it. you look back at jimmy savile and you're like, how do we not see7 well, i know that he was up to no good. >> edward's a family man with however many children. yeah, i mean, my first ever tv thing. i was interviewed by huw edwards about eating disorders, and he was such a nice warm. yeah. >> that's right. >> that's right. >> and he made me feel comfortable. he was such a i think one of the issues. >> why the bbc is because vicky, his wife, worked at the bbc for a very long time. she now works for itv. she's a much loved person as well, so they were kind of both known. so it wasn't even like people thought, you know, they knew both. they knew the whole family as it were,

because they felt part of it. >> so is it about power corrupts that when someone becomes so powerful that they simply feel they can do exactly what they want, they can bully other people7 a man has recognisable and as high profile of that thought, he would be able to get away with it indefinitely. >> that's it. >> that's it. >> absolutely. it's the idea that you're going to be able to, you know, because obviously compared to the jimmy savile or those historic cases, you know, technology and apps are part of part of this. but, you know, it's like, how are you going to one of the most recognisable faces and voices in the country7 >> totally thought he could get away with it. >> yeah, that's that's absolutely extraordinary that people just there's something just the filter, the kind of just the filter, the kind of just just filters out, it just disappears. and i mean, in terms of how he's going to rebuild his his life now, i don't know, i don't think he i don't see how he does. where does he go? >> let's just be clear. there are plenty of other 62 year old men who are powerful, who are rich and wealthy, who wouldn't dream of doing what he's done. so, you know, there is no kind of excuse that. >> oh, how devastating for his children, his children and his wife. >> the marriage is over now . >> the marriage is over now. >> the marriage is over now. >> appalling. >> appalling. >> and of course, his old mum,

who's in her 80s. >> awful. yeah, right. >> awful. yeah, right. >> let's talk then about giorgia meloni. she's sitting down meeting sir keir starmer today. he has expressed interest matt in the uk , following italy to do in the uk, following italy to do a deal with albania about processing irregular migrants. >> yeah. so, labour's policy has always never been against offshore processing. it was against the rwanda scheme. the difference with the albanian scheme, which isn't up and running yet because it has, if it hits some legal difficulties in both albania and in italy , in both albania and in italy, although they're hoping to conquer them, is that the crucial difference was we were going to send people to rwanda where they would be processed by rwanda under rwandan law in albania, they will be processed, under italian law. and obviously if we were part of it, they'd be processed under british law. and then and therefore they would if they were applications were successful, some would end up in italy or in, in the uk in our case. so there is it is not the same as the rwanda scheme, but all they get sent to home settle in albania as we were going to allow. >> exactly. >> exactly. >> so it was basically we were effectively this is offshoring. we were kind of we were

offloading, this is offshoring , offloading, this is offshoring, you know, to try and sort of crystallise the difference. >> why wouldn't they have even tried to see if the rwanda scheme worked7 is it because it would have been too embarrassing for the government if the rwanda scheme, they did get a plane in the air and it actually did act as a deterrent. bear in mind how much money this last wretched government spent on its £700 million. >> i think the reason for stopping the rwanda scheme was a because it was because it's rwanda is a long way away, because rwanda is not in what7 no, because the issue is, of course, in albania there are people who never get to europe. so you're intercepting small boats before they get to the italian coast, before they get to the eu. so they're going straight to albania. so they never the whole difference was people had to were effectively landing on small boats, still taking the risk, crossing the channel we've seen the terrible deaths over the weekend, then some, and it was only ever going to be a handful because obviously deterrence was what the government , the previous the government, the previous government's best hope was for. it would have been sent to rwanda. so what this scheme is to do is to basically you know, the ideal is the two things have happened, is 60% decrease by doing deals with tunisia, libya,

with with one of the two governments there is in libya and across the whole of that bit of the mediterranean, the idea is to try and reduce the number of people coming. so that's better for the host countries and that's better for the migrants themselves. but crucially, people who do come , crucially, people who do come, ideally you process them. and in the election, he was clear we were not against offshore processing work when it didn't work. >> it's not worked with france, >> it's not worked with france, >> well, that's a very good question. the last government needs to take responsibility for the fact that it spent all that money with france and didn't didn't, didn't get a proper deal >> well, this this current government is not doing very well. >> it's going to do a new deal with france, prime minister. >> it's just casting around. with france, prime minister. >> it'sjust casting around. he >> it's just casting around. he doesn't have a plan. so he scrapped rwanda and now he's looking into this albania plan. until we deal with a borders mean borders, then we have some kind of border. be how much money we've sent to france and they've done absolutely nothing. people are still smashing the criminal gangs. doesn't mean that at all. keir starmer has done nothing about. we had more today. >> we've had the announcement of the new guy in charge of the border may day two weeks ago, six children and a pregnant woman died trying to cross the channel. >> and also until we also look at the fact that endless appeals and human rights appeals are

being, how are you going to get people over to albania once they once they come here7 >> no, the idea is, is that the idea is that before they come here. yes. the idea is, is that is that i mean , it will be is that i mean, it will be controversial about it is you will have to there will be a percentage of people who end up who end up being taken out will be lowered. the number of people who come, who come here across on the small boats. >> but if they come here, they will appeal and they will not then be the key thing you need to do, we need to do is to stop the boats. >> we do need to smash the gangs. but italy has done 60% decrease because you have to work with those countries across nonh work with those countries across north africa to stop people ever getting on the boats. >> how would it ever how would it go down the boats for months7 how would it go down with the british taxpayer if we said we're going to pay money to the tunisian government and the libyan government so that they stop them leaving the shores in the first place7 because that's what meloni has done. >> yeah, that's what i think that would go down well. but i think we have already wasted millions on a failed rwanda plan, which the which keir starmer cancelled and is now

looking at a new scheme. >> do you remember when keir announced at blenheim palace money to go for which would come from the development budget to go to north africa7 and everybody was a bit, oh, this is more money in aid. that is absolutely people said it won't work. well, it has worked because italy and the eu have done the same thing and it has cut by 60% the number of people coming across. it hasn't worked here. the eastern mediterranean route. so what we need to do is we need to work with france has got a new government because a new prime minister announcing your cabinet. we need to work with them to do a similar thing, because we can't have the taking . because we can't have the taking. the french have been taking the mickey by standing by as the boats across the channel. many of the tories, many of these ideas are valid and could could work, but nothing is being followed through . followed through. >> it doesn't feel like we've got the new border command chief today is finally appointed someone. it doesn't feel like there is a coherent strategy. >> do you really think that's going to make a big difference7 >> i think the border command will make a difference, but you have to. the key thing is you have to. the key thing is you have to. the key thing is you have to post being filled. yes. today. >> who is it? >> who is it? >> he doesn't he hasn't started. >> he doesn't he hasn't started. >> he doesn't he hasn't started. >> he hasn't started yet. he's got i think he's gone to italy

with the prime minister today. do we know who he is? >> yeah, he's he's called mark. >> yeah, he's he's called mark. >> i've forgotten his surname, but but he's, he's he's the head of the police chiefs council and he's the next chief constable. >> and his son and or daughter, is he. >> i actually don't i genuinely don't know who that is. he somebody. no no no no no no no no no no. 110 110 110. >> no no no. >> the daughter of a of a labour mp i don't, i do, i do not believe he's he's a friend. >> no no no he's a, he's a, he's a, he's a guy with a track record in the police and the army. >> so i mean, that vacancy was not exactly being snapped up. >> well no, no, no, i think they want to announce it on this maloney visit to be fair, because this is the immigration, this is the reset of the political year. >> and clearly the fact that keir has gone right at the beginning of the political year, you know, back to politics, like going back to school, he's gone to italy because it shows that the government is taking irregular migration seriously and it wants it irregular. >> why don't you call it illegal7 why are you why are you calling actually said irregular. >> so i do it with a slight irony. >> irregular7 >> irregular7 >> yeah, the international legal term is irregular. it's illegal. it's wrong, and it's wrong that people are being exploited. it's wrong. people are coming here. we need to. we need a system that works when people get here. but we also, in terms of

processing and sending back when people are not granted asylum, but crucially, we need to get the number of people coming to europe as a whole and to britain in particular, coming right down. >> that's the thing , matthew. we >> that's the thing, matthew. we don't want to see a boat yesterday, over 50 people on a boat without life jackets on, eight people dying. yeah. >> i mean, there is one of the reasons. one of the reasons is one of the issues is apparently is because the actual physical, you know , where do they get the you know, where do they get the boats from7 you know, where do they get the boats from? question. because it's not like you go to your local decathlon and buy a boat. what they're kind of imported from china. there's been some success in intercepting the boats before they get to the to get to the coast. why don't the police just punch you7 so the problem is, well, the problem is, is that the ones that they are getting, they're they're packing more people on because they've got boats. >> why don't the police just punch them7 >> well, the french police need to do more. absolutely. the government is not defending in favour of defending the parry. >> yesterday was saying those dinghies are completely unseaworthy. i mean they should not be carrying well, they should not be carrying. >> seen those scenes under >> we've seen those scenes under the previous government. we saw those scenes of the french authorities standing by while people effectively waving them off.

>> imagine being a child. >> imagine being a child. >> the french have started turning your back. >> imagine being a child loaded onto one of those dinghies. you're absolutely terrible. >> you've got to stop that happening. >> and there's a baby in hospital with hypothermia. yeah. it's appalling. >> the water at the weekend. >> the water at the weekend. >> right7 it's matthew laza emma woolf. thank you so much. thank you. here's sam francis with your news headlines. >> very good morning to you from the newsroom. it's just coming up to 11:32. the top story this morning, disgraced newsreader huw edwards poses a serious risk of causing harm to children , of causing harm to children, according to prosecutors at westminster magistrates court the 63 year old is currently in the dock as his sentencing heanng the dock as his sentencing hearing continues this morning. it's after he admitted to being sent more than 40 illegal images of children over whatsapp. seven of children over whatsapp. seven of those images were described as being in the most serious category. a child abuse pictures and videos opening the case against edwards , prosecutors against edwards, prosecutors said. the former bbc presenter

paid up to £1,500 to a convicted, who sent him the images of abuse from the dark web . however, his defence have web. however, his defence have claimed in the last few minutes the veteran broadcaster didn't send the money in order to receive those indecent images of children and clearly told alex williams not to send images of people who were under age. we will be outside the court live with the reaction from that sentencing hearing as soon as we get it . in the sentencing hearing as soon as we get it. in the us, sentencing hearing as soon as we get it . in the us, the secret get it. in the us, the secret service have foiled what the fbi are calling an apparent assassination attempt on donald trump, this time on his international golf course in west palm beach . reports suggest west palm beach. reports suggest a security service agent saw the barrel of a rifle sticking out from the bushes on the perimeter of the golf course. agents then shot at him as he brandished the gun before fleeing the scene. the 58 year old was soon arrested after an urgent alert was put out. us media say he's a pro—ukraine activist and had attempted to recruit foreign fighters for the war against russia. trump, who is unharmed

after the incident, has now posted on social media saying it was certainly an interesting day . was certainly an interesting day. sir keir starmer is in rome today for high level talks with italy's prime minister, giorgia meloni. excuse me, top of the agenda. tackling illegal migration. speaking ahead of today's visit, the prime minister vowed to tackle smuggling gangs , insisting there smuggling gangs, insisting there would be no more gimmicks in border control. well, our political correspondent katherine forster is in rome with the prime minister. >> the issue of illegal migration will be very much top of the agenda here because italy, of course, on the forefront of this challenge with people crossing to europe and italy, has succeeded in getting the numbers down by 60% in the last year. now they've got this new, processing deal with albania. it's the first offshore processing deal in europe . processing deal in europe. >> energy supplier ovo has

unveiled a new £50 million support scheme to help those hit by the government's cut to winter fuel payments. it comes as the conservative leadership hopeful, james cleverly, condemned sir keir starmer's decision, calling it a historic mistake and unbelievably foolish. approximately 71% of disabled pensioners and 83% of those aged 80 or over are set to miss out , and those aged 80 or over are set to miss out, and home prices in britain surged by nearly £3,000 last month, reaching new highs in august. the average asking price for a home jumped by 0.8% to just over £370,000. experts at rightmove say the increase double the long term average, is to down a rebound in the market and easing mortgage rates. those are the latest gb news headlines for now. i'll be back with you 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 . slash alerts. >> here they are. >> here they are. >> yes, it's good afternoon. >> yes, it's good afternoon. >> here they are. the duo. the afternoon duo. >> and my goodness me, what life events do we have for you this afternoon7 >> we're going to be live in italy. live in rome where keir starmer might be eating some humble pie. he's, of course, meeting giorgia meloni, the meloni, the italian prime minister who has had a bit of success with a new scheme of processing illegal migrants overseas. sound familiar7 well, they're doing it with albania rather than with, rwanda. rwanda. i just have a busy weekend, tom. >> i was just going through all of the all of the african countries. >> and the thing is the, the government have scrapped the rwanda scheme and so on day one, all all how quickly we forget is just gone through my head. >> this is different though, because we if we were to do

this, we'd take people who whose claim was valid. yeah. so it's slightly different to rwanda, but wouldn't it be very interesting if we were to copy giorgia meloni7 she's a character, isn't she7 in her pink trouser suit. she is a character. they're getting on very well, it seems. we're also, of course, going to be following the sentencing of huw edwards. i believe we are still waiting, waiting, waiting to find out what exactly is happening there. so shocking details from the court hearing there, and also for those ghastly images. >> yeah, yeah, we've heard the pretty grating lawyer has now concluded the defence lawyer is currently speaking will be live there of course, one of the developments that has happened in the last few minutes is this is definitely staying with the magistrate, rather than going to a higher court. so if there is a custodial sentence, it will only be up to a year. but the real question is will there be a custodial sentence or a suspended sentence 7 and just suspended sentence7 and just let's take a second to think, my goodness me, we're talking about this from one of the people who was considered by many to be a

national treasure ten months ago. i mean, what an extraordinary . extraordinary. >> things change. and we're also going to be talking to a former security service agent about this second attempted assassination of donald trump. so see what he has , how his poll so see what he has, how his poll rating will rise, do you think7 >> oh, yeah. >> oh, yeah. >> you reckon7 yeah. yeah. it will rise again. yeah. we shall see. >> nobody's talking about his botched debate last night. >> that's true, that's true. >> that's true, that's true. >> don't get the conspiracy theorists going . theorists going. >> when i heard it, i thought, did he arranged that himself7 oh, no. just say that. >> and i said, andrew, you've gone full conspiracy theory. >> it was just a fleeting thought, a fleeting thought. i'm proud of you. well >> i'm welcome. >> i'm welcome. >> yeah, there we are . right. >> yeah, there we are. right. >> yeah, there we are. right. >> all that's come at midday. still to come, though . as we still to come, though. as we just mentioned, huw edwards sentencing is underway . we're sentencing is underway. we're expecting the ruling shortly. he's told the court that he recognises that he has betrayed the priceless trust and faith of so many people r , not least his family. how very touching. this

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gb news. now a charity supporting older people learning to me what7 i'm trying to say this without giggling. >> why is she looking at me so unkind7 >> let me start again. a charity supporting older people to learn digital skills. >> do they shop at gap sitting comfortably7 do they shop at gap? comfortably7 do they shop at gap7 you need to watch this. >> it says that some pensioners and this is the serious point, are struggling to apply for this pension credit because these forms are ridiculous . forms are ridiculous. >> there's 243 questions, which is an outrage. so the government is an outrage. so the government is encouraging over 65 seconds to apply for the benefit so they can continue receiving winter fuel payments, which are worth, of course, up to £300. >> a third of pensioners don't even have access to a computer or a laptop. so our east midlands reporter, will holly, joined a digital skills hub in lincolnshire to find out more . lincolnshire to find out more. >> we'll see. as we pull it closer and closer, we can get really close. >> in the digital age, the ageing are getting to grips with

ageing are getting to grips with a changing world. >> i don't do youtube or tiktok or anything like that. i haven't even got a clue what it is. >> at rugby's town hall in the heart of rural lincolnshire for and 141, the weekly social club is keeping the area's older residents connected . bingo, not residents connected. bingo, not just in person, online to the drop in sessions organised by charity links digital, gives support for online banking and appointments now help applying for pension credit is also a priority . priority. >> if you put the pension credit, this page will come up . credit, this page will come up. >> yvonne is one of 10 million pensioners who could lose the winter fuel allowance. labour is scrapping the universal benefit as part of a £22 billion saving plan, while encouraging older people to apply for pension credit credit. >> i'd like to get my bank statements and everything and they're going to go through it again to see if i can apply. >> the government uses an online

calculator where people can checkif calculator where people can check if they're eligible for the benefit . project manager the benefit. project manager rich says some pensioners are struggling to apply without support. >> we all know things are going to be cut down and we're here to try and help them, you know , and try and help them, you know, and it's great that they're saying you can apply for things. there's a checker they can do online, but it's an online checker. so you know those people are not online. couldn't do it. >> age is one of the biggest contributors to digital exclusion. a third of people over 65 are offline. councillor william grey is portfolio holder for better ageing at east lindsey district council. >> often in rural communities they're older communities that haven't followed the trends, haven't followed the trends, haven't been upskilled as much as other communities have. if they are left behind. loneliness, isolation, ill health, unfortunately and it can just add an age deprivation. and that's what we want to avoid. >> the government says some 880,000 pensioners are eligible for the credit and can apply over the phone or by post, as

well as online. the digital age offers a world of virtual opportunity, but the digital divide is enhancing real world problems. >> if it all goes wrong, i shut it down and start again. >> will hollis gb news in wragby. >> will hollis gb news in wragby. >> that's extraordinary, isn't it? how many charities now are going to have to get in to sort out this government's terrible mess7 >> i keep thinking this could not have landed worse for rachel reeves, could it? do you think the logic was they all sat around and they thought, i know what's going to be really popular. we're going to take that money from the rich who don't need it, and the multi—millionaire pensioners in their big houses, and we're going to take it from them. they don't need it. they just didn't think through. >> no, she's taken it from 10 million pensioners. of course, if they took it off the king and they took it off tony blair, who probably gives it to charity anyway, i mean, who knows7 but it wasn't thought through. and it wasn't thought through. and it doesn't matter if you're in a taxi, in a supermarket . taxi, in a supermarket. >> everybody is talking about everybody's talking about this. it's landed horribly for labour

and quite right, too, because it makes me so angry when i see elderly like that trying to navigate the tech world. and they don't have a choice. if they don't have a choice. if they want to claim this credit, they want to claim this credit, they have to do it that way. it's just so many of them will just won't bother. they just wouldn't even know where to start. >> if you are listening or watching and you think you might be entitled to the pension credit, do persevere with it because you're entitled to that money. and frankly, if everybody who is entitled to it claimed it, oh, that means the saving she's got by scrapping the winter fuel will be cancelled out disappears. so what is the point of it anyway7 >> yes. so they're relying on people not taking it up because 243 questions and apparently i was talking to someone who did it the other day. >> it took them an hour. oh easily. and they only had to answer half the questions. and that's if you're tech savvy. >> it will take an hour. >> it will take an hour. >> it will take an hour. >> it would take me four hours because i don't even know to how turn on your computer. i would struggle, it is true. >> i would struggle. not very, very with it. the thing is, i don't do apps. >> no you don't. this is why

we've got our messages printed out. because gbnews.com but you know, joking apart , it's some of know, joking apart, it's some of this stuff is really technical. and they will be asking questions which will take time to look into about your earnings, about your wealth, about what your house is worth, about what your house is worth, about all of the credits you might have claimed in the past. what do you claim now7 >> and some people will just be too proud to claim it. >> that's what i was thinking. i'm so glad you said that, because when i saw that lady there being forced effectively because she doesn't want to claim money from the state in that way, but being forced to go and claim it, that's probably the first time in her life she's ever been demeaned to do that, because that generation are proud. >> they're very proud people. now, up next, another attempt to take donald trump's life, this time at his golf course in florida. big questions to be asked by the american secret service. this is

gb news. >> so a bit of american news, of course. overnight, a man was arrested, an assault rifle

recovered after an apparent assassination attempt on donald trump. >> he was playing golf on his course in florida when gunshots were fired. the secret service opened fire on the suspect. >> so our national reporter, charlie peters, joins us now. it's pretty obvious, charlie, isn't it, that trump's life is in danger. >> and the details from this incident in particular, just a few months after a more recent assassination attempt, a severely more dramatic incident that happened elsewhere in this case, the man was lying in some bushes on the golf course where a barrel of a rifle was seen by the secret service, who confronted the suspect. he then fled . he was actually shot at. fled. he was actually shot at. he then fled and was subsequently arrested, and sheriffs said that he seemed remarkably calm when confronted by men with flashing lights and long rifles. he didn't seem surprised to be arrested, which is surprising. >> the indications are he voted for trump in 2016, but had he is now a signed up member of the democrats, there's been all sorts of information released about his political views. >> his most keen area of

interest appears to be the ukraine war. now he has written a book available online, which extracts of which appear quite rambling, quite intense. they contain very explicit and graphic images of war inside them. now it's rumoured that he tried to join the international legion, the foreign defence force attached to the ukrainian military, but was rejected due to his lack of military experience and his age, has no shortage of people who tried to fly over and join. and members of that defence force have been briefing british journalists today saying that he was never going to make it. he's not actually a member of the group and as you can imagine, there's been quite a there's been no shortage of briefing from the ukrainian side trying to distance themselves from this man who was a very keen pro ukraine activist. his name is ryan ruth. his, his bio on x, formerly twitter, said that he was lucky to be born in america with freedom and opportunity and

hope that i do not waste such a valuable thing to do more and take less. well he is seen to have potentially attempted to take someone's life. so quite a stark statement and they got him, but he got within 300 400 yards of the former president. >> that's too close. how did this is another failure, isn't it? this is another failure, isn't it7 by this is another failure, isn't it? by the security people who are supposed to be looking after trump 7 trump7 >> the security service have not had a good year. there's no controversy in that statement whatsoever, especially after the shooter was seen crawling towards a firing position in the most recent assassination attempt before the situation in florida, many officials in the us today saying that they're going to wait for this investigation to go on. we have had some british reaction as well. keir starmer has said that he's deeply troubled by the attempt on donald trump's life , attempt on donald trump's life, that violence has no part to play that violence has no part to play in the political process. and david lammy, the foreign secretary. he said that i'm glad that president trump is safe after the shocking reports overnight. he's also said

there's no place for political violence. some critics have raised a tweet from 2019 from david lammy, where he said that the us president trump was a snowflake after he said that nobody had been treated as badly as him. david lammy in 2019 said to trump four presidents have been assassinated. you snowflake when he said he was treated so badly and now, five years later, he has to tweet on several separate occasions. it's a disaster and a travesty that he's being targeted. >> i think this man is our diplomat in chief. it's unbelievable. >> david lammy yeah, well, i distinctly remember recently when he was doing an interview on lbc and he said that a trans man could grow a cervix if they had the right medication. astonishing. >> thank you . charlie, coming up >> thank you. charlie, coming up next, it's tom and emily. and of course, they will bring you the live. course, they will bring you the uve.the course, they will bring you the live. the sentencing of huw edwards, am i allowed to say. i hope he goes to prison7 >> you are. we'll see you tomorrow morning, 930. >> that's right . 1230 is the

>> that's right. 1230 is the time of that sentencing of huw edwards. and we will bring every second of it here on good afternoon, britain. >> and of course, we'll bring you the live press conference, too, in italy between keir starmer and the italian prime minister. what will they decide on immigration7 >> looks like things are heating up. boxt boilers sponsors of weather on . gb. news weather on. gb. news >> hi there and welcome to the latest forecast from the met office for gb news. it's a fine day for most of us. sunny spells and feeling warmer compared with the end of last week and much of the end of last week and much of the weekend. high pressure is moving in and it's here to stay for some time. once this front clears through, other areas of low pressure will head to the north of the uk and mostly stay away. although there will be some lingering cloud across the far northwest of scotland and some spots of rain possible later, courtesy of that low pressure . meanwhile, in the pressure. meanwhile, in the south and southwest, it will take some time for the cloud to

move away, but eventually it will. sunny spells then widely 22 to 23 celsius in the south. mid to high teens further north and feeling pleasant with light winds and plenty of fine and in the south as we begin tuesd'and ome spots, 2 in the south as we begin tuesd'and plenty ots, 2 in the south as we begin tuesd'and plenty of;, 2 in the south as we begin tuesd'and plenty of fine and bright weather. certainly very winds and plenty of fine and bright weather. certainly very little cloud. by the time we get little cloud. by the time we get to the late evening across much to the late evening across much of central and southern parts of of central and southern parts of england, wales as well some high england, wales as well some high cloud drifting into southern cloud drifting into southern scotland, northwest england. but scotland, northwest england. but for northern ireland, much of for northern ireland, much of scotland, it's a dry end to the scotland, it's a dry end to the day. however thickening of the day. however thickening of the low cloud will appear across low cloud will appear across western scotland, especially for western scotland, especially for lewis and harris, where there lewis and harris, where there will be a few spots of rain will be a few spots of rain dunng will be a few spots of rain during the night and that rain dunng will be a few spots of rain during the night and that rain will eventually head into will eventually head into shetland as well. that's the shetland as well. that's the exception for most. it's a dry exception for most. it's a dry night, a clear night as well, night, a clear night as well, and under those clear skies, 1 and under those clear skies, 1 or 2 mist and fog patches will or 2 mist and fog patches will form particularly, say the vale form particularly, say the vale of york trent valley , welsh of york trent valley , welsh of york trent valley, welsh marches. it's going to be cool of york trent valley, welsh marches. it's going to be cool

in the south as we begin in the south as we begin tuesday. some spots, 2 tuesday. some spots, 2 to 4 celsius, but much milder where we've got the thick cloud across the north and northwest of scotland, and it's a damp and gloomy start to the day for the outer hebrides. the northern isles as well. things will brighten up here through the day and as the winds change direction slightly. actually we'll see plenty of sunshine developing eventually across northern scotland, where it's going to be much warmer than monday and another warm and sunny day further south. >> that warm feeling inside from boxt boilers, sponsors of weather on

gb news. >> good afternoon britain. it's 12:00 on monday the 16th of september. >> i'm tom harwood and i'm emily carver in the next half hour. >> former bbc lead anchor huw edwards will be sentenced over possessing 41 indecent images of children sent to him by a

convicted over whatsapp. we're live outside westminster magistrates court. >> yes, the italian job, the prime minister. he is in rome today seeking lessons from his italian counterpart on how to stop illegal migration. will the government go for an italian style deal with albania to process migrants overseas7 we're live at their official press conference. >> i'll be glad when you are gone. those are the words of the second trump assassination suspect writing about the president two months ago. the gunman was foiled by the secret service at trump's florida golf course, just 300 yards from the former president. yesterday . former president. yesterday. one of the best things about this show is it's the time slot when everything happens and this is really happening today,