presenter huw edwards today sensationally avoided a jail term despite pleading guilty to accessing indecent images of children as young as seven. >> a fair outcome for a vulnerable man or another example of two tiered justice. two tiered britain and in his latest attempt to smash the gangs today, sir keir starmer is in rome to learn from his italian counterparts. giorgia meloni . but it seems the gangs meloni. but it seems the gangs simply aren't listening. on saturday, 801 illegal immigrants landed on our shores a record since the labour party came into power . and earlier on today, gb power. and earlier on today, gb news sat down with the liberal democrat leader, ed davey. without a paddle board or a skintight suit in sight, we asked him if he is secretly campaigning for a second brexit referendum. trust me, you will not want to miss his giveaway answer . and not want to miss his giveaway answer. and get ready to cry into your beer because beer drinkers could be in for some bitter news. pun intended,

because britain is on the brink of a beer shortage. sound the alarms. get your tin hats on. beer boffins are warning. damp weather, hammered hop and wheat crops. it's enough to make you drown your sorrows. that's all coming in the next hour. drown your sorrows. that's all coming in the next hour . welcome coming in the next hour. welcome to the show. so two weeks ago, a man in aldershot was jailed for two years and three months for simply throwing a mountain bike at a hotel with asylum seekers inside. the door wasn't even damaged. the bike bounced off. he's currently serving time at his majesty's pleasure. huw edwards, on the other hand, the millionaire former bbc presenter today sensationally avoided jail, getting instead a suspended sentence . is that the suspended sentence. is that the right outcome? what does that say about child protection? or is it another example , perhaps, is it another example, perhaps, of a two tiered justice system

getting in touch the usual ways ? getting in touch the usual ways? gbnews.com/yoursay. let's make it spicy. i'll read out your comments before the end of the show. but now here's your headunes show. but now here's your headlines and it's sophia wenzler . wenzler. >> martin. thank you. good afternoon from the gb newsroom. >> it's just gone 3:00. >> it's just gone 3:00. >> these are your headlines . >> these are your headlines. >> these are your headlines. >> disgraced bbc presenter huw edwards has been spared jail after admitting to accessing indecent images of children. but the judge said his long earned reputation is in tatters. it comes after the 63 year old was sent 41 illegal images by convicted alex williams over whatsapp. the court also heard edwards paid williams hundreds of pounds after receiving the images. at westminster magistrates court this afternoon, edwards was handed six months imprisonment, suspended for two years. it means he doesn't go to prison but is subject to a probation period. the former newsreader

also has to undertake 25 rehabilitation sessions and be placed on the sex offender treatment programme for 40 days. in a statement, his former employer, the bbc, said edwards had betrayed not just the bbc but audiences who put their trust in him, adding that the corporation was appalled by his crimes. >> in other news, the prime minister has reaffirmed his commitment to cracking down on smuggling gangs after high level talks in rome. >> sir keir starmer met with italian leader giorgia meloni to discuss what he called italy's remarkable progress in halting mediterranean boat crossings. it comes after italy's recent controversial deal with albania to handle asylum claims. >> in a joint press conference, both leaders pledged to work together to fight human trafficking and underscore their commitment to supporting ukraine against russia . against russia. >> president biden says the secret service needs more help after what the fbi are calling

an apparent assassination attempt on donald trump that was foiled at the weekend. reports suggest a secret service agent saw the barrel of a rifle sticking out from the bushes on the perimeter of trump's international golf course in west palm beach , west palm west palm beach, west palm beach. the 58 year old was shot and fled the scene, but was soon arrested after an urgent alert was put out. us media suggest he's pro—ukraine activist and had attempted to recruit foreign fighters for the war against russia. trump, who is unharmed , russia. trump, who is unharmed, has posted on social media saying it was certainly an interesting day . now, energy interesting day. now, energy suppuer interesting day. now, energy supplier ovo has unveiled a new £50 million support scheme to help customers hit by the cut to winter fuel payments. the package, which is eligible for customers, can apply for includes direct financial aid, temporary reductions in direct debhs temporary reductions in direct debits and home upgrades like installations and new boilers. it comes as sir keir starmer

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up to news alerts by scanning the qr code , or go to gbnews.com. >> forward slash alerts . >> forward slash alerts. >> forward slash alerts. >> thank you sophia. now, the former bbc news presenter huw edwards has been given a suspended six month sentence for child abuse. image offences, meaning he avoids jail. he is also required to complete a sex offender programme and will be on the sex offenders register for seven years. and we are now joined by gb news home and security editor mark white. mark, welcome to the show. a lot of people will be looking at this and thinking, wow , these this and thinking, wow, these were very, very serious offences. and yet huw edwards hasn't gone to jail. tell us more. yes. >> i think there's no doubt there will be anger, especially from victims groups . and those from victims groups. and those who are angered may well look at

what we've witnessed over the past couple of months in terms of the criminal justice system coming down very hard on those involved in the riots. quite rightly, those involved in violent riots. but others posting on social media who are now, as we speak , behind bars, now, as we speak, behind bars, serving jail terms, but yet this former star of the bbc, who has pleaded guilty and now been sentenced to these very serious sexual offences, to receiving and viewing images of children , and viewing images of children, 41 separate images that were sent to him by a now convicted . sent to him by a now convicted. and one of those images, as we heard in court , related to heard in court, related to a child that they estimated was between 7 and 9 years of age, a video as well, which just is another aggravating factor in this particular case. but yet

the chief magistrate, looking at all this sort of sentencing guidelines, believed that six months suspended for two years was the appropriate sentence to pass. so what that means is huw edwards does not go to jail if he does offend within the next two years, he'll go back to court and then there is a potential for him to go to jail to serve out that six month sentence. but as part of the conditions for that suspended sentence, he is having to undertake what will be a compulsory sex offenders rehabilitation programme. the prosecutor in this case wanted the judge actually to also grant sexual offences prevention order, which would put restrictions on huw edwards in terms of his internet use. for instance, his browsing history

and the sites that he was visiting and looking at could be monitored and in some way restricted. but the judge has decided not to impose that particular order, an order that the prosecution seem quite clear, they felt was appropriate because of the potential for this man to lapse back into offending behaviour. >> mark white. do you think the idea that huw edwards, i mean, he's been in a secure institution since july at his own expense, in a recovery mode as he says, been put down as a suicide risk, a vulnerable man, that's what his record says. but there are a lot of child protection agencies today. mark white are saying, what about the children involved in all of this? is there a feeling that irrespective of what you think about huw edwards sentence, we don't particularly seem to have stepped in and protected the children that well here. >> no, i mean, you know, much was said in court about, of course, the viewing of images,

sexually explicit images of children and how that perpetuates the cycle of abuse against these children every time such an image is reposted and viewed by someone else. and of course, in the process of making these images , children making these images, children are being in many cases, abused. so it is not a victimless crime in any way shape or form. it is a very serious offence to download to pass on, to view these sexually explicit images of children and a lot was also made, as you mentioned there, about huw edwards mental health. now, as you said, he is currently in a private hospital , currently in a private hospital, we are told, responding well to the treatment he's receiving there. but the prosecution raised a very pertinent point, which was once he goes back out into the community and he is

potentially because we'd heard that he split from his wife. but, you know, if that continues, if he is ostracised in his local community, that mental health may well deteriorate again and he's back drinking again and then potentially lapsing into the same kind of offending behaviour as he did before. so there is a real risk there going forward of potential for huw edwards to reoffend again. now, as he left westminster magistrates court a little earlier on, you can imagine there was a very significant numbers of cameras and members of the public waiting on his departure and a few questions, including a couple from me , shouted at this couple from me, shouted at this former bbc news presenter as he left. let's have a look at that . left. let's have a look at that. what do you say to your victims ,

what do you say to your victims, huw edwards? edwards will you get back the £200,000 to the . get back the £200,000 to the. bbc? so you can see there. huw edwards going to that car to be dnven edwards going to that car to be driven off, not saying a word to anyone. there was a point of contrition within the court where his barrister read out what was said to be a heartfelt apology on behalf of huw edwards. but nothing said publicly to the awaiting reporters former colleagues as he left that westminster magistrates court to begin what will be a treatment programme , will be a treatment programme, essentially a sexual offender treatment programme , which they treatment programme, which they were working out the details but will probably run concurrently with the treatment he's receiving in that mental or that mental health unit at the

private hospital, i should say as well. martin, you heard me shouting there. will you give back the £200,000 that's in relation to the fact that huw edwards, despite being arrested on these very serious sexual offences charges in november of last year , continued to be paid last year, continued to be paid his full salary from the bbc until his resignation in april of this year. now the bbc have asked him to return £200,000 of that salary. as yet we don't think he has done that . think he has done that. >> mark white you asked the right questions as huw edwards left court there, he simply didn't want to answer the mark white. excellent reporting. thank you. as ever. excellent. now we have a statement to read out for you here. and this one follows. now it says we are appalled by his crimes. this is from the bbc. he has betrayed not just the bbc but audiences who put their trust in him. the cps and metropolitan police were able to prove that edwards was

receiving illegal images and videos involving children via whatsapp, and this prosecution sends a clear message that the cps, working alongside the police, will work to bring to justice those who seek to exploit children wherever that abuse takes place. two statements there, one from the cps and one from the bbc. huw edwards has his liberty now. moving on. sir keir starmer is in rome today and has met with italian prime minister giorgia meloni. starmer admitted italy had made remarkable progress on migration in a press conference with meloni this afternoon, as he discussed italy's deal with albania. and this comes as home office figures show 801 illegal migrants crossed the channel in 14 small boats on saturday alone, and that's the record daily number since the labour party came into power. well, let's get stuck into this topic now. and i'm joined by the research director at the centre for migration control, robert bates. rob, welcome to the show.

so as keir starmer has been to germany to see olaf scholz, he's been to france to see emmanuel macron. now he's gone for a little roam to see giorgia meloni. will anything come of this? because here's my problem with this rob base . italy have 2”_ grips to grips with illegal got to grips with illegal migration to their shores because they sent millions of euros to libya, libya and tunisia. their coast guard guards turn boats back. they do the opposite of the french, who give them an escort to our shores. with that in mind, it's a completely and utterly different model. so you're not telling me that keir starmer is going to start paying the french to tow back to france? that's what we all want. but it ain't going to happen, is it? >> no. and this whole trip is a complete gimmick. >> it's done purely for the opfics >> it's done purely for the optics of starmer, seen to be taking a hard line on the migration crisis that his government is now presiding oven government is now presiding over. you're absolutely right to point out that the italians, since meloni came in, have been

very competent at clamping down on those crossing the mediterranean into their country. however, the problem that britain faces isn't the isn't the italian border being usurped by those crossing from tunisia. the problem is that those that have entered europe and are then coming to the uk and are then coming to the uk and let's not forget that the central mediterranean route, the one that italy have seen a 60% reduction in those entering over the last few years, is actually only a tiny proportion of those coming into europe. we have the eastern mediterranean route, which is one of the huge, huge, huge routes, hundreds of thousands coming in that route each year. we have eastern europe and we have the western med as well. and ultimately we can throw as much money as we want at the italians. we can give as much money as we want to tunisia, but the flows will continue to britain so long as the pull factors that are currently in place remain in place , and the labour party seem place, and the labour party seem to be completely oblivious to this fact, they removed any semblance of a deterrent , this fact, they removed any semblance of a deterrent, and they are ultimately laying out a red carpet for those that are now entering our country, we are seeing increasingly likelihood that social housing will be

offered to those that are seeking asylum and those that ultimately given asylum. we obviously have a very generous, generous benefit system for those that are granted asylum. and then we also have an incredibly generous family reunion route for those that are granted asylum as well. so as long as these factors remain in play, britain will continue to be one of the soft touches of europe. >> okay, rob bates, sir keir starmer was certainly talking tough earlier on on the topic of migration in italy. let's have a little listen to what he said . little listen to what he said. >> the challenge of irregular migration. this is a problem across europe for both of our countries in particular, but across europe, as director of pubuc across europe, as director of public prosecutions in britain some years ago , i saw the some years ago, i saw the important work that can be done across borders on issues like counter—terrorism. and i've never accepted, as we discussed, that we can't do the same with smuggling gangs. and now, of course, italy has shown that we can. you've made remarkable

progress working with countries along migration routes as equals to address the drivers of migration at source and to tackle the gangs. and as a result, irregular arrivals to italy by sea are down 60% since 2022. so i'm pleased that we're deepening our cooperation here. >> so, rob bates, just to hammer home this point, you know, of course it works for the italians to stop sea arrivals from their nearest problem countries libya, tunisia, because they turned the boats back as you pointed out, the problems we have is not by irregular migration. it's now called illegal migration. we're going to call it it's afghan. it's afghanistan, it's iran. it's afghanistan, it's iran. it's turkey, it's iraq, it's eritrea. that is coming across continental europe via land, not via sea. it becomes a seaborne problem when the beaches of calais become involved. and so sir keir starmer is serious about replicating anything

approaching the italian model. it means turning boats back to france. rob bates i'll be able to flap my arms and get to the moon before that happens . moon before that happens. >> you will be, and you're quite right. it's hardly a regular migration at this point. when we've had 140 000 cross in the last few years, and the labour party's plans , as i said, have party's plans, as i said, have completely missed the problem that britain faces . we aren't a that britain faces. we aren't a country on the mediterranean. we aren't a country with a with a land border with with turkey . so land border with with turkey. so our problem ultimately stems from those that are entering europe in the first place. and ultimately what italy's plan has done, it has been effective for their own country. but europe as a whole continues to face these huge , huge problems of people huge, huge problems of people entering via different routes , a entering via different routes, a whole host of different routes and ultimately a large, large proportion of them are flooding to britain and britain is their the prize, if you like, of entering, breaking into europe. and we are the primary destination that a lot of these migrants would choose to, head towards and ultimately without a

deterrent plan, without a deportation plan in place, we are not going to have the sheer strength in the, and these migrants aren't going to see us as a kind of country, which is prepared to grapple with this in any semblance of the route. and you know, it's absolutely heartbreaking to see european countries across the continent, germany, for instance, have just introduced border controls. they're all starting to have proper, proper national conversations. we've just got a prime minister that's going around on jollies to european capitals and having a nice day out effectively. >> rob bates and you're absolutely right. and guess what? i think it's going to happenif what? i think it's going to happen if italy suddenly has an iron border around it. happen if italy suddenly has an iron border around it . and the iron border around it. and the netherlands at the weekend also declared a state of emergency, they want to pull out of the eu's obligation for open borders. what's going to happen to those those illegal immigrants who are trying to get into germany, the most popular destination of all 27 eu member states? i'll tell you what's going to happen. they're going to make their way across europe, and they're going to make their way to the french beaches. and once again, they'll be escorted from britain. we've got to look

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show. always accomplish. you have to. wheh show. always a pleasure to the show. always a pleasure to have your company, even in these concerning circumstances. do you know what? hats off to joe biden. hats off to joe biden. he delivered a statement quickly and powerfully. he said, thank god, donald trump is safe. he also said the secret service needs every resource at its disposal to help keep him safe.

it was wonderful in such a back. it's 327. i'm martin daubney on gb ans. a back. it's 327. i'm martin daubney on gb i\in such it was wonderful in such a potentially tragic circumstance. potentially tragic circumstance. susan platt , that at least susan platt , that at least susan platt, that at least politics were put to one side susan platt, that at least politics were put to one side and the safety of candidates and the safety of candidates came first. >> we all need to condemn came first. >> we all need to condemn violence of any kind like this, violence of any kind like this, andifs andifs violence of any kind like this, and it's unfortunate when you're such a public figure or whether violence of any kind like this, and it's unfortunate when you're such a public figure or whether it be politics or a movie star. it be politics or a movie star. what what have you, you tend to what what have you, you tend to attract sometimes people who attract sometimes people who don't aren't always have a good don't aren't always have a good mental health issues or criminal mental health issues or criminal backgrounds. and i have to say backgrounds. and i have to say that in some ways, i think our that in some ways, i think our politics right now is lending politics right now is lending this more credence to have more this more credence to have more of these people come out and do of these people come out and do this, because it's just the this, because it's just the rhetoric is so inflammatory, rhetoric is so inflammatory, that that those who have these that that those who have these tendencies tend to come out of tendencies tend to come out of the woodwork a little bit more, the woodwork a little bit more, just like what happened a couple just like what happened a couple of months ago to donald trump. of months ago to donald trump. when someone does this, you tend when someone does this, you tend to have two or 3 or 4 more that to have two or 3 or 4 more that happen along the way, thinking, happen along the way, thinking, well, maybe i can do a better well, maybe i can do a better job on what i'm trying to job on what i'm trying to

accomplish. you have to. when accomplish. you have to. when you demonise people in some ways, in what our politics is doing right now, you tend to have more of this reaction because people are scared, they're nervous, so they react. look at what's happening in ohio when jd vance basically said, we have to create issues about the haitians eating cats and dogs. what's happened? bomb threats , what's happened? bomb threats, security threats to hospitals and schools . it just one thing and schools. it just one thing breeds on the other, and we just have to lower the rhetoric, condemn all the violence, condemn all the violence, condemn all the violence, condemn all these acts and try to talk rationally about our issues that affect all of us. >> now, this individual in question, ryan wesley routh, a pro—ukrainian activist who's been to ukraine, he seems how she put it a little bit unhinged, tried to get involved in the military over there, tried to get other americans to go across that was unsuccessful. but back to your previous point, susan platt, about the

radicalisation of people in america . clearly, ryan routh was america. clearly, ryan routh was around ukraine, but there has been a huge amount of the demonisation of donald trump calling him a nazi, a fascist, far right, a white supremacist. is there a responsibility borne by the wider rhetoric, the media, and perhaps even those from the democratic party have revving this up for so many years, all the way back from 2015, that in the end, americans are going to be radicalised, potentially with terrible outcomes like this. is there a responsibility of the media and the politicians to dial back that rhetoric on donald trump? >> well, of course it's responsibility on all of us to dial back the rhetoric . but but dial back the rhetoric. but but i would submit to you that donald read, sir keir

what he had to say. okay. we don't seem to have audio on that . for those who

audio on that. for those who couldn't lip read, sir keir couldn't lip read, sir keir starmer again was was toeing the starmer again was was toeing the same line as joe biden, saying same line as joe biden, saying we have to condemn this violence we have to condemn this violence in all of its totality. susan in all of its totality. susan platt, do you think there's a platt, do you think there's a possibility that something else possibility that something else could happen? i mean, there have been two attempts already. is could happen? i mean, there have been two attempts already. is there a danger of copycat there a danger of copycat offence? offence? >> obviously, that's what >> obviously, that's what happened the second time. but happened the second time. but let's, you know, this time a let's, you know, this time a little bit different. the secret little bit different. the secret service was ahead of former service was ahead of former president trump and the golf president trump and the golf course. they saw the rifle >> i course. they saw the rifle peeking through the bushes and peeking through the bushes and they stopped it. and that's what they stopped it. and that's what we pay them for. you know, we pay them for. you know, anybody in public office is anybody in public office is going to get things happen. when going to get things happen. when i worked for joe biden, we would i worked for joe biden, we would have threats and we would report have threats and we would report them to the proper authorities. them to the proper authorities. when i ran for lieutenant when i ran for lieutenant governor, people called on me governor, people called on me and posted my address to go burn and posted my address to go burn my house down. and i had people my house down. and surrounding my house. so it's going to happen. no matter what you do or what you say. all we have to do is have a responsibility to try to calm the rhetoric down, deal with things in a rational, adult

manner, and try to solve our problems.

and posted my address to go burn my ithey're)wn. and and posted my address to go burn my ithey're on.. and and posted my address to go burn my ithey're on. sord and posted my address to go burn my ithey're on. so thank you side they're on. so thank you very much. it's been an absolute delight to talking you as ever. susan platt. and that's the former chief of staff to joe biden. thank you for coming on the show. there's lots more still to come between now and 4:00, including pensioners are struggling to apply for pension credit online with a third not even owning a computer. and that's why many people believe it's drastically unfair. cutting the winter fuel allowance and expecting them to get through nearly 300 questions online before they can get that pension credit . we'll break it all down credit. we'll break it all down for you to try and help you. don't go anywhere. but first, here's your latest news headunes here's your latest news headlines and it's sophia wenzler . wenzler. >> martin. thank you. good afternoon. i'm sophia wenzler with your headlines just after 330, disgraced bbc presenter huw edwards has been spared jail after admitting to accessing indecent images of children. but

the judge said his long earned reputation is in tatters. it comes after the 63 year old was sent 41 illegal images by convicted alex williams over whatsapp. the court also heard edwards paid williams hundreds of pounds after receiving the images at westminster magistrates court this afternoon. >> edwards was handed six months imprisonment, suspended for two years. >> it means he doesn't go to prison but is subject to a probation period . the former interestimperiod . the former probation period. the former newsreader also has to undertake probation period. the former newsreader also has to undertake 25 rehabilitation sessions and 25 rehabilitation sessions and be placed on the sex offender be placed on treatment programme for 40 days. in a statement, his former 25 rehabilitation sessions and bea laced on 25 rehabilitation sessions and bea statement, his former employer, the bbc, said edwards in a statement, his former employer, the bbc, said edwards had betrayed not just the bbc had betrayed put their but audiences who put their but audiences who put their trust in him, adding that the trust in him, adding that the corporation was appalled by his corporation was appalled by his crime problems. crime problems. >> the prime minister has >> his commitment to reaffirmed his commitment to cracking down on smuggling gangs reaffirmed his commitment to cracking down on smuggling gangs after high level talks in rome, after high level talks in rome, sir keir starmer met with sir keir starmer italian leader giorgia meloni to

after high level talks in rome, sir keir starm giorgia meloni to italian leader giorgia meloni to discuss what he called italy's discuss what he called italy's remarkable progress in halting remarkable progress in halting mediterranean boat crossings. mediterranean boat crossings. >> it comes after italy's recent >> it comes after italy's recent controversial deal with albania controversial deal with albania to handle asylum claims. in a to handle asylum claims. in a joint press conference, both joint press conference, both leaders pledged to work together leaders pledged to work together to fight human trafficking and to fight human trafficking and underscored their commitment to underscored their commitment to supporting ukraine against supporting ukraine against russia in the us, president russia in the us, president biden says the secret service biden says the secret service needs more help after what the needs more help after what the fbi are calling an apparent fbi are calling an apparent assassination attempt on donald assassination attempt on donald trump that was foiled at the trump that was foiled at the weekend. reports suggest a weekend. reports suggest a secret service agent saw the secret service agent saw the barrel of a rifle sticking out barrel of a rifle sticking out from bushes on the perimeter of from bushes on the perimeter of trump's international golf trump's international golf course in west palm beach. the course in west palm beach. the 58 year old was shot and fled 58 year old was shot and fled the scene , but was soon arrested the scene , but was soon arrested the scene, but was soon arrested after an urgent alert was put the scene, but was soon arrested after an urgent alert was put out. us media suggest he's a out. us media suggest he's a pro—ukraine activist and had pro—ukraine activist and had attempted to recruit foreign attempted to recruit foreign fighters for the war against fighters for the war against russia. trump, who is unharmed, russia. trump, who is unharmed, has posted on social media saying it was certainly an has certainly an

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financial report. >> thank you sophia. now, if you want to get in touch with me here @gbnews, you know what to do. go to gbnews.com/yoursay. what do you think about the huw edwards suspended sentence today? already loads of you getting in touch about that. do you have any faith in sir keir starmer coming back from italy with a gift for us? a gift of controlling our borders? well, we can live in hope. get in touch and i'll read out the best of your a little later in the show. i'm martin daubney on gb

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they can continue receiving their winter fuel payments worth, of course, up to £300 a yeah worth, of course, up to £300 a year. but a third of pensioners don't have a computer. and our east midlands reporter, will hollis , joined a digital skills hollis, joined a digital skills hub in lincolnshire with more on this fascinating story. >> 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 a changing world. >> i don't do youtube or tiktok or anything like that. i haven't even got a clue what it is. >> but 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 just in person online two. the drop in sessions , organised by drop in sessions, organised by charity lincs digital, gives support for online banking and appointments now help applying for pension credit is also priority. >> if you put the pension 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 an excellent package there by will hollis. >> it's 243 questions to fill out that pension credit form. is there any small wonder anybody is baffled that by that let alone a pensioner who doesn't even have a computer ? and added even have a computer? and added to that and a gb news exclusive,

we can also reveal there has been a surge in heated blanket sales as millions of elderly people are set to lose their winter fuel payments due to cuts. john lewis alone saw a 173% increase in heated blanket sales in comparison to the same penod sales in comparison to the same period last year, and google data revealed the increase in sales came minutes after rachel reeves declaring means tested winter fuel payments and octopus energy. octopus energy ceo has said energy suppliers should be helpful to the government and supply extra support to pensioners losing their winter fuel payments. what a time to be alive. pensioners sitting no doubtin alive. pensioners sitting no doubt in their chairs on heated blankets while we send £11.6 billion in foreign climate aid . billion in foreign climate aid. half £1 billion extra 600 million. in fact , to ukraine the million. in fact, to ukraine the day after £1.4 billion in pension credit was axed. what a time to be alive. now, as britain on the brink of a beer

shortage, find out more in just a tick. i hope not. my martin daubney on gb business news

channel. welcome back. it's 10 to 4 on martin daubney. this is gb news now hold to on your hats because britain is on the brink of a beer shortage after being caught on the hop by bad weather. record rainfall means that the nafion record rainfall means that the nation is set for one of its worst harvests since records beganin worst harvests since records began in 1983, as wheat crops will be cut by almost a fifth. so will boozers really be without beer this christmas? this is breaking my hearts already. i'm joined now by kate stewart, owner of the sandon pub. kate, always a pleasure , pub. kate, always a pleasure, never a chore. can this be true? please tell me that we're british. in our darkest hour. we can work around this. the beer

will still be flowing at christmas. tell me please, martin, without using bad language, there's no way to describe that. >> this is another major blow to the hospitality sector. i wake up every day with anxiety, thinking what's going to happen to us now? oh my god, now the weather's against us. not only the government's absolutely battering us, then the weather's now hitting us as well. we need been now hitting us as well. we need beer, we need community pubs. we need people to come together. this is just wanna give up some days. honest to god, i really do. >> well, kate, don't start giving up any time soon. your nafion giving up any time soon. your nation needs you. i need you to keep putting those points. keep. keep our cheer up. and hopefully we can do something about it. but as you know, not only is hospitality been hammered, but the punters have been hammered. kate stewart, this can only mean one thing prices once again going through the roof and there's nothing we can do. >> we have on costs. we have to buy from the brewery. we have the vat , we have then the vat. the vat, we have then the vat. what we take it is an absolute nightmare to be in the pub game now . martin is nightmare to be in the pub game now. martin is very, very

difficult and there's no light at the end of the tunnel. everything just keeps hammering us from every different direction and obviously we have to pass that on to the customers. then price increases. there's nothing we can do. we don't want to sell beer at an inflated price. we want it as cheap as possible to get people through their doors. but we have no option. they're going to go up again in the new budget. you know, there's no help for us. what are we supposed to do, martin? accept the only option is to close the doors and say, enoughis is to close the doors and say, enough is enough. we can't do this anymore. >> well, i hope that doesn't happen to you, kate . i really, happen to you, kate. i really, really do. but i was just saying to my producer a minute ago, i take the missus and the kids out, four of us for sunday lunch. now, if you're not careful, that's the thick end of £100. you can spend like you can spend £20 on a bit of roast chicken. now, kate. and, you know, even when you want to support boozers, it's so pricey. >> it's hard and it's hard for us as well. i absolutely cry my eyes out having to put the pnces eyes out having to put the prices up because you think, oh my god, people are just going to turn away and walk the other to another, you know, to the

supermarket. you can go in the supermarket. you can go in the supermarket and get a cheap alcohol. it's putting people off. but what are we can't swallow the cost all the time andifs swallow the cost all the time and it's impossible for us to do because we will go bankrupt. there has to be there's inflation getting hammered on us yet again, and we have to pass it on. i feel it when i take my children out for something to eat. you're like, wow, that has just cost a fortune . but what is just cost a fortune. but what is the answer? the answer is the government needs to look at the cost saving the hospitality sector and stop being so greedy in everything that they take away from us. or there won't be pubs. pubs >>i pubs >> i think a lot of people will be hoping as you do, no doubt, kate stuart, that there's some cheer for publicans and boozers in the autumn statement. let's hope that's the case because we cannot let any more boozers shut, especially the sand and pub there. kate stuart, thank you so much for coming on and giving us an impassioned defence and cheers to you. thanks for your great work. now lots more on keir starmer's trip to rome, plus an exclusive interview with the liberal democrat leader, sir ed davey. no paddleboards, no

wetsuits, but we asked him about brexit. you won't want to miss it. i think they're on manoeuvres. i'm martin daubney on gb news, britain's news channel now here's your. weather. >> a brighter outlook with boxt solar, sponsors of weather on gb news . news. >> hello again and welcome back to the latest forecast from the met office for gb news warm, sunny spells for most of us today, but cloudier skies will increasingly arrive into the far northwest because of this area of low pressure and its associated weather fronts, but it is moving quite far to the north of the uk, so these are weak fronts and another weak front has been clearing through the day to the south, so clearing skies for most of the country overnight . and under country overnight. and under those clear skies it will be fairly chilly in the south and across central parts. 2 to 4 celsius in some sheltered spots

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gb news. >> a very good afternoon to you. it's 4:00 pm on monday afternoon and welcome to the martin daubney show on gb news. we're broadcasting live from north westminster all across the uk . westminster all across the uk. >> what do you say to your victims? huw edwards shamed bbc presenter huw edwards today

sensationally avoided a jail term despite pleading guilty to accessing indecent images of children as young as seven years old. >> a fair outcome for a vulnerable man. or another example of two tiered justice. next, in its latest attempt to smash the gang today, sir keir starmer is in rome to learn from his italian counterparts, giorgia meloni. but it seems the gangs aren't listening. on saturday, 801 illegal immigrants landed on our shores and that's a record since the labour party came into power. and early today, gb news sat down with the liberal democrat leader, ed davey , without a paddleboard or davey, without a paddleboard or a wetsuit in sight. we did , a wetsuit in sight. we did, however, probe him to see if he is secretly campaigning for a second brexit referendum. you would not want to miss his answer . and would not want to miss his answer. and brace yourselves, because beer drinkers could be in for some bitter news because britain could be on the brink of a beer shortage. beer boffins are warning damp weather,

hammered hop and wheat crops. it's enough to make you drown your sorrows. that's all coming up on the show . welcome to the up on the show. welcome to the show. always a pleasure to have your company. hope you had a fantastic weekend. we've got so much to get into. this our top story . huw edwards sensationally story. huw edwards sensationally avoided jail. six month sentence suspended for two years despite sharing over 41 of the most serious type of paedophilic images. it's possible to share in the uk. two weeks ago, a man was jailed for two years and eight months for throwing a mountain bike at an asylum seeker hotel. a woman jailed for two years for a facebook post. huw edwards, of course, claims he is vulnerable and at high risk of suicide. is this a fair outcome , or is it another outcome, or is it another example of two tier justice? i'd like your thoughts on that , like your thoughts on that,

please. gbnews.com/yoursay. but now your headlines. and here's sophia wenzler. >> martin. thank you. good afternoon from the gb newsroom. it's just gone 4:00. these are your headlines. disgraced bbc presenter huw edwards has been spared jail after admitting to accessing indecent images of children. but the judge said his long earned reputation is in tatters. it comes after the 63 year old was sent 41 illegal images by convicted alex williams over whatsapp. the court also heard edwards paid williams hundreds of pounds after receiving the images. at westminster magistrates court this afternoon , edwards was this afternoon, edwards was handed six months imprisonment, suspended for two years. it means he doesn't go to prison but is subject to a probation period. the former newsreader also has to undertake 25 rehabilitation sessions and be placed on the sex offender

treatment programme for 40 days. in a statement, his former employer, the bbc, said edwards had betrayed not just the bbc but audiences who put their trust in him, adding that the corporation was appalled by his crimes . the prime minister has crimes. the prime minister has reaffirmed his commitment to cracking down on smuggling gangs after high level talks in rome. sir keir starmer met with italian leader giorgia meloni to discuss what he called italy's remarkable progress in halting mediterranean boat crossings. it comes after italy's recent controversial deal with albania to handle asylum claims. in a joint press conference, both leaders underscored their commitment to supporting ukraine against russia and pledged to work together to fight human trafficking . trafficking. >> the challenge of irregular migration. this is a problem across europe for both of our countries in particular, but across europe as director of pubuc across europe as director of public prosecutions in britain

some years ago, i saw the important work that can be done across borders on issues like counter—terrorism, and i've never accepted as we discussed, that we can't do the same with smuggling gangs. and now, of course, italy has shown that we can. you've made remarkable progress working with countries along migration routes as equals to address the drivers of migration at source, and to tackle the gangs and now, in the us, president biden says the secret service needs more help after what the fbi are calling an apparent assassination attempt on donald trump that was foiled at the weekend. >> reports suggest a secret service agent saw the barrel of a rifle sticking out from the bushes on the perimeter of trump's international golf course in west palm beach. the 58 year old was shot and fled the scene, but was soon arrested after an urgent alert was put out. us media suggest he's a pro—ukraine activist and had

attempted to recruit foreign fighters for the war against russia. trump, who is unharmed, has posted on social media saying it was certainly an interesting day and back in the uk, energy supplier ovo has unveiled a new £50 million support scheme to help customers hit by the cut to winter fuel payments. the package, which eligible customers can apply for, includes direct financial aid , temporary reductions in aid, temporary reductions in direct debits and home upgrades like insulation and new boilers. it comes as sir keir starmer faces fresh criticism as the government prepares to cut energy support affecting millions of pensioners. conservative leadership hopeful james cleverly and liberal democrat spokeswoman wendy chamberlain have condemned the decision, calling it a historic mistake and unbelievably foolish . mistake and unbelievably foolish. in other news, the hearing into manchester city's 115 charges for alleged breaches of the premier league's financial rules begins today. the club faces

accusations of financial rule breaches spanning 14 seasons, including failing to cooperate with the league's investigation. city 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 point penalties, including point deductions or expulsion from the league. the hearing is expected to last ten weeks, with a verdict early next year. home pnces verdict early next year. 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. that's according to rightmove. experts say the 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 changes and upcoming budget announcements. those are the latest gb news

headunes those are the latest gb news headlines for now. now it's back to martin 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 . gbnews.com forward slash alerts. >> thank you sophia. now, the former bbc news presenter huw edwards has been given a suspended six month sentence for child abuse. image offences, meaning that he's avoided jail today. he is also required to complete a sex offender programme and will be on the sex offenders register for seven years. and to discuss this, we are now joined by gb news home and security editor , mark white. and security editor, mark white. mark, welcome to the show. been many, many conversations in these past few weeks and months about two tiered justice. at present we have members of the pubuc present we have members of the public serving jail terms two

years for facebook posts, a man in aldershot threw a mountain bike at an asylum seeker hotel, was sentenced to two years and three months in prison. their feet didn't touch the ground today. huw edwards, he escaped jail despite having 41 extremely serious illegal images about his person . mark white. once again, person. mark white. once again, there will be a huge conversation coming out of this about two tiered justice, weren't they? >> yeah. there's no doubt that the sentencing today will do nothing to dispel the belief amongst many that there is a two tier policing and two tier justice. you're quite right in what you say about the sentences. very tough sentences that have been handed down in the light and the weeks following those riots . and we following those riots. and we were told, of course, by the government, by police and prosecutors that the reason the sentences are so tough is to

make a statement to set an example, to show what the potential consequences of indulging in such behaviour would be, to clearly try to stop the potential for further riots. well, you could argue that such a high profile figure as huw edwards, involved in what were serious allegations of receiving these sexually explicit images of young children, you could argue that jailing huw edwards also sends a very tough and strong message out there. to those involved in that kind of criminal activity, as well. but no, huw edwards walked free from court. as you could see from the images, there into that black limousine and off to the care of this private hospital that he is currently receiving treatment for mental health issues in, he

will feel he has that six month jail term suspended for two years, meaning that if he does reoffend and is caught within those two years, then he will go back to court and potentially be jailed then. but for the time being, he is out. there are certain provisions that he has to comply with, such as a sexual offender treatment programme that the judge stipulated would be compulsory. that would not be a voluntary scheme . he would a voluntary scheme. he would have to do some 40 days on this course in conjunction with the other processes that he will have to be involved in as well, deaung have to be involved in as well, dealing with probation and the like over the months ahead. >> now, of course, mark wyatt, huw edwards and his defence claimed that he has very severe mental health issues at risk of suicide and in fact has been in a private institution at his own expense since july. in

mitigation, just learning here that sir keir starmer has commented on this case, mark saying he is shocked and appalled by the case of huw edwards is that, do you think shocked and appalled, as in the sentence was too light or shocked and appalled about the case, which of course everybody is. and is there any level? is there any brevity, any leeway, do you believe to challenge this outcome ? because a lot of outcome? because a lot of victims rights campaigners that i've seen today are saying, how does this protect children? >> yeah, i mean, i think the prime minister was expressing his shock . at and expressing how his shock. at and expressing how appalled he was at the actions of the former bbc news presenter, rather than the sentence handed down. i mean, the difficulty i think going forward for those victims of crime representatives from many others who feel that this is too lenient, is that it is quite commonplace for those who are

involved in receiving, downloaded or downloaded images. explicit images of children, not to necessarily have a custodial sentence. some do, and it depends, of course, on previous offending behaviour, whether they pled guilty at the earliest opportunity. lots of other kind of issues around that. but as i say, it's it is perfectly common within this kind of sentencing for someone to receive a suspended sentence as well . suspended sentence as well. indeed, the who sent him the images in the first place has also been convicted of downloading those images from the dark web , and he was given the dark web, and he was given a suspended sentence for two years as well . now, as huw edwards as well. now, as huw edwards left westminster magistrates court a little earlier , we were court a little earlier, we were told, of course, he's very contrite , deeply apologetic that contrite, deeply apologetic that he believes that, you know, he betrayed those who put his trust

in him. however, he said nothing to those of us outside the court as we shouted the obvious questions to him as he left. let's have a look at that . what let's have a look at that. what do you say to your victims? huw edwards huw edwards will you give back the £200,000 to the . give back the £200,000 to the. bbc? so the £200,000 i'm referring to , there was part of referring to, there was part of that salary that was still paid to huw edwards after the point. he was arrested in november of last year in these very serious sex offence charges . when bbc sex offence charges. when bbc management decided to continue paying management decided to continue paying the presenter despite the fact, of course, he wasn't on the channel at all, he was receiving that treatment for his

mental health issues. the bbc now, incidentally , are in talks now, incidentally, are in talks with the former presenter trying to claw back that money. but as yet no indication from the bbc or from huw edwards side that he's going to give that money back. >> okay, thank you very much. you asked the right questions there. huw edwards just was not in the mood to answer them. thank you very much. mark white gb news home and security edhon gb news home and security editor. now i've got a couple of statements to read out to you here. and the first one is from the bbc. it says this. we are appalled by his crimes. he has betrayed not just the bbc, but audiences who put their trust in him. and i wonder what next for huw edwards, there surely can't be any chance of him returning to our screens. and there's a second statement now, and this is from the cps, the crown prosecution service, and it reads this the cps and the metropolitan police were able to prove that edwards was receiving illegal images and videos involving children via whatsapp.

this prosecution sends a clear message that the cps, working alongside the police, will work to bring to justice those who seek to exploit children. whatever abuse takes place. well, i wonder if a lot of people will think justice has been served today, or whether escaping a custodial sentence has justice been evaded. let me know your thoughts. gb news. com forward slash your say. now moving on to keir starmer is in rome today and he is met with the italian prime minister giorgia meloni starmer admitted italy has made remarkable progress on migration and a press conference with meloni this afternoon as he discussed italy's deal with albania. and it comes as home office figures show 801 illegal migrants crossed the channel in 14 small boats on saturday alone, and that's the record daily number since the labour party came into power. let's get more on the story now with the international human rights lawyer and great

friend of the show , david hay. friend of the show, david hay. david, always a pleasure to have your company, even though there's a feeling of groundhog day about this. we've seen sir keir starmer in germany try and do a deal. well, germany just closed its borders. we've seen sir keir starmer in france cosying up to macron, but the french still keep escorting dinghies to our shores. meanwhile in italy. italy won because they did deals with libya. they did deals with tunisia. they basically towed boats back to africa. if they were trying to get to their shores. so keir starmer could learn a lot from that . but learn a lot from that. but david, hey, you know full well there's very , very little there's very, very little appetite for anything approaching that to be done by sir keir starmer's government . sir keir starmer's government. >> well good afternoon martin. >> well good afternoon martin. >> i think you're right. it's certainly groundhog day also because if you remember, we saw rishi sunak with the italian leader a few months back in summer. so, you know, we need to see keir starmer doing a lot more than talking tough and being seen with leaders that are

seen as tough on immigration. we need to see that and i just don't see that we're doing that at the moment. what we're also not seeing is a lot of the detail. so i think, you know, it's a very, very difficult job to tackle the gangs and to stop illegal immigration, not irregular immigration, as it now seems to have been rebranded. and that's going to take a long time. and a lot of work. and we're not there yet . we're not there yet. >> and the deal with libya and the deal with tunisia, that, by the deal with tunisia, that, by the way, ursula von der elianne of the european union joined forces with giorgia meloni that basically giving over ,100 million to each of those african nafions million to each of those african nations to allow them to beef up their coast guard, to beef up containment facilities in africa. so sending out the clear message, david, hey, if you get on a boat and you try and get across the med and you try and get into italy, you will be intercepted and you will be returned. qed. light bulb moment. guess what? 60% decline in the arrivals to italy . in the arrivals to italy. turning back the boats works.

but do you think to repeat my question, is there any way, in terms of the human rights legislation, david haye, that such a deal could even be possible with france? because that's where our illegal immigrants are coming from? >> i think, you know, we're bound by the same as all the other countries in europe that are part of the echr. >> we're bound by the same rules as they are. and, you know, that's the first thing to look at. now, some people, some countries, you know, obey the findings of the rules of the echr more than more than others. so i think , you know, and that so i think, you know, and that will be one of the interesting things with the albania deal that italy is looking at, because obviously, if that goes forward and people are sent there and they may or may not be legal challenges in the echr that might be something that starmer then looks at doing. obviously it's very different to rwanda potentially. but i think, you know, unless and until all the countries work together to tackle this, it isn't going to be resolved. but then at the same time, each of those individual countries have their own self—interest because

illegal immigrants are going to go somewhere. if people are looking for a better life, they're always going to try. so there's also going to become a bit of competition. i think , bit of competition. i think, between the countries, because they're not going to one country because its borders are tough. they're not letting them in. they're not letting them in. they may well look at another. and so you're going to have, i think, a growing problem there as well. >> you're absolutely right to say that. and of course germany just closed its 3400 mile borders. and if you can't get into germany, where are they going to go? i suspect they might make their way towards our coast via calais. but david. hey sir keir starmer is in rome. earlier on he was talking tough on migration. let's see what he had to say . is on migration. let's see what he had to say. is coming. bear with us. us. >> us. >> it has been some quite dramatic reductions. so i want to understand how that came about. it looks as though that's to down 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. we've already got a shared intent to work

together on this trade, this vile trade of pushing people across borders . across borders. >> so, david, hey , upstream work >> so, david, hey, upstream work that seems to mean we can help italy to help strengthen its borders. well that would be a good idea. but of course, the problem we have is that most of the illegal immigrants coming into britain don't come via italy. they don't cross the mediterranean, they come via the land border to the east. look at the nationalities, david. hey, afghanis, make up the most. then it's iranians, then it's turks and iraqis. they are making their way across continental europe. and so a deal with italy won't even scratch the surface of that. what we need to do is stop them leaving france. >> absolutely. you're right. i think you know the deal with italy. it's good that we're working together with other countries in europe. that's a fantastic thing. but it's not going to stop the problem that we have. we need to do a lot more than just talking about stopping the gangs. don't see that yet in terms of action or policies, but there's a lot more that needs to be done, and it's

just not being done at the moment. that's the issue. and like i said, you've got to you've got a real conflict of interest coming between european leaders when it comes to securing their borders and stopping illegal immigration. >> excellent stuff. thank you very much . always a pleasure to very much. always a pleasure to have your expertise. and that's human rights lawyer david. hey always a pleasure. thank you. now it's time now for the great british giveaway and your chance to win the equivalent of having an extra three grand in your bank account each and every month for the next year. a whopping £36,000 in total. and it's all totally tax free. and here's all the details that you need for your chance to make it yours . yours. >> this is your chance to win a £36,000 secret salary in the latest great british giveaway. that's like having £3,000 each month for an entire year. extra cash in your bank account that you can do whatever you like with. take a year off and keep it to yourself. you don't even need to tell the taxman as it's totally tax free. for another chance to win £36,000 in tax

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channel. welcome back. your time is 426. i'm martin daubney and this is gb news. now a man has been arrested and an assault rifle recovered after an apparent assassination attempt on donald trump. the former president was playing golf on his course in florida when gunshots were fired and the secret service opened fire on an armed suspect. the individual left an ak 47 style assault rifle and other items at the scene, before fleeing in a vehicle that was later arrested around about 50 miles away. this comes, of course, just two months after president trump elect was shot at a campaign rally in pennsylvania. to discuss this second assassination attempt, i'm now joined by doctor thomas gif, the founding director of ucl centre on us politics. welcome to the show doctor gift. always a pleasure . two assassination pleasure. two assassination attempts. now it seems like this isn't a coincidence. i want to ask you a simple question .joe

ask you a simple question. joe biden. fair play to him. hats off. he has come out and condemned this, saying, thank god donald trump is safe. the secret service needs every resource at its power to keep anybody safe . but does the anybody safe. but does the media? does the political landscape in america have some consequences, some blame to bear here? if you call somebody a fascist, a nazi, a white supremacist for long enough people out there, certain people clearly are going to be radicalised by that message. is that a part of the equation at play that a part of the equation at play here? >> well, thanks so much for having me, martin. it's great to be with you. i think that that is certainly a legitimate question . and democrats in question. and democrats in particular have faced a lot of criticism in recent weeks or recent months for really ratcheting up some of the rhetoric against donald trump. right. saying that he's an existential threat to democracy, saying that if he's elected, again, we're not going to have elections making, you know, some vitriolic comments against trump . vitriolic comments against trump. obviously, you know, all you needis obviously, you know, all you need is sort of one person, a

small group of people who are radicalised as a result of that kind of rhetoric. and then you get the events such as these. so there has been a push to kind of dial down some of the more extreme rhetoric against donald trump. and i think that that will continue, of course, after this recent assassination attempt. >> and yet this is the second one now. and i god hope there isn't a third, but the landscape , isn't a third, but the landscape, the toxicity of american politics seems off the scale. now, of course, donald trump, you know, he's his own man. he says things about pets, about haitians , about all sorts of haitians, about all sorts of things, which again , provoke the things, which again, provoke the nation. nevertheless it seems to be people trying to assassinate republicans. that's the issue here. we hear all the time about the far right, about the problem of that. do we have a problem in america with the far left? >> well, i think we have a problem on both sides. i mean, january 6th reflected the excesses of the american political right. and then you

see these kinds of efforts as maybe reflecting in excesses of the political left. so i don't i don't think that either side, is blameless in all of this. but you're right, much of it just occurs as a result of the hugely toxic rhetoric, hugely polarised environment that seems to define american politics. you know , american politics. you know, whenever joe american politics. you know, wheneverjoe biden was american politics. you know, whenever joe biden was elected back in 2020, he said that he would heal the country, bring it together, you know, attenuate some of these wounds that have really wracked american politics. i think if anything, we're in a situation where sort of that toxicity is as high as ever. eve r. >> even >> and, doctor jeff, there was a lot of criticism of the secret service the first time around in pennsylvania about the fact that a shooter was on a roof for so long before he was eradicated, but this time around, they seem to have opened fire. first, they spotted the present danger, the threat, and they didn't eradicate him. but at least they got him away from the site. do you think they did a good job today ? today? >> well, i don't know all the

details and i think that they will emerge in the days and weeks ahead. you know, house lawmakers are demanding a secret service briefing on this second trump assassination attempt. so that should also reveal some answers. certainly, though, the secret service is under intense scrutiny and facing legitimate questions about its protective abilities in the light of not just one, but two assassination attempts. we already saw u.s. attempts. we already saw us. secret service director kimberly nato resign as a result of the failures from what happened in butler , pennsylvania. so hoping butler, pennsylvania. so hoping certainly , that the secret certainly, that the secret service is learning from these experience, you know, figuring out ways to keep the president safe because that's ultimately their number one priority. >> and , thomas, this individual >> and, thomas, this individual this time around, ryan , wesley this time around, ryan, wesley routh, he appears to have been radicalised around the single issue of ukraine. he's a pro—ukraine activist. he's travelled to ukraine in 2022. and he was saying on social media posts, he saw sees this as a black and white war, a war of

good versus evil. and again, this is the kind of issue which allows people to become radicalised against people like donald trump. don't forget, donald trump. don't forget, donald trump. don't forget, donald trump wants to end this war. by his reckoning, he doesn't want to go to war. yet, astonishingly, that was enough for ryan ralph to seemingly try to attempt to take his life. >> yeah, i mean, both of these assassination attempts have been quite unusual in terms of what the suspects were trying to achieve, what their background is, what their political aspirations were. i mean, ultimately, these are kind of deranged individuals. i mean, it's an unhinged response, and it's an unhinged response, and it's hard to put together any kind of logic whenever you think about assassinating a president. but certainly kind of the political context only makes this more salient and more likely. hopefully we can find some way to just dial down the discussion the rhetoric around trump and around democrats.

>> well, thank you very much for joining us, doctor thomas ghaith, the founder and director of the ucl centre on us politics, for your sobering analysis. thank you very much . analysis. thank you very much. there's lots more still to come between now and 5:00, including pensioners are struggling to apply for pension credit online, with a third not even owning a computer . with a third not even owning a computer. it's no wonder it's a nightmare to try and get your hands on any pension credit, but we're trying to break that all down for you. don't go anywhere. we're trying to be here to help. but first, it's your latest news headlines. and here's sophia wenzler . wenzler. >> martin. thank you. good afternoon from the gb newsroom. it's just gone 430. these are your headlines. the man suspected of an apparent assassination attempt targeting donald trump has been charged with federal gun crimes. 58 year old ryan routh faces charges of possessing a firearm despite being a convicted felon. and possessing a firearm with an oliver bearman serial number. reports suggest a secret service

agent saw the barrel of a rifle sticking out from the bushes on the perimeter of trump's international golf course in west palm beach. the 58 year old was shot and fled the scene, but was shot and fled the scene, but was soon arrested after an urgent alert was put out. us media suggest he's a pro—ukraine activist and had attempted to recruit foreign fighters for the war against russia. trump, who is unharmed, has posted on social media saying it was certainly an interesting day back in the uk. disgraced bbc presenter huw edwards has been spared jail after admitting to accessing indecent images of children. but the judge said his long earned reputation is in tatters. it comes after the 63 year old was sent 41 illegal images by convicted alex williams over whatsapp. the court also heard elle edwards paid williams hundreds of pounds after receiving the images. at westminster magistrates court this afternoon, edwards was handed six months imprisonment,

suspended for two years. it means he doesn't go to prison but is subject to a probation period. the former newsreader also has to undertake 25 rehabilitation sessions and be placed on the sex offender treatment programme for 40 days. in a statement, his former employer, the bbc, said edwards had betrayed not just the bbc but audiences who put their trust in him, adding that the corporation was appalled by his crimes. now, in other news, the prime minister has reaffirmed his commitment to cracking down on smuggling gangs after high level talks in rome. sir keir starmer met with italian leader giorgia meloni to discuss what he called italy's remarkable progress in halting mediterranean boat crossings. it comes after italy's recent controversial deal with albania to handle asylum claims. in a joint press conference, both leaders pledged to work together to fight human trafficking and underscored their commitment to

supporting ukraine against russia . and tito jackson, an russia. and tito jackson, an original member of the legendary jackson five, has died at the age of 70. a key part of jackson five's success, tito helped drive hits like abc and i want you back , contributing to over you back, contributing to over 150 million records sold worldwide. fans and family say his legacy will live on as it will forever be. tito time. those are the latest gb news headlines. now it's back to martin 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 . gbnews.com forward slash alerts. >> thank you sophia. now, if you want to get in touch with me @gbnews, you know what to do. simply go to gbnews.com/yoursay and i'll read out the rest of

your messages a little later in the show. in particular, you've been pretty stoked up by the nofion been pretty stoked up by the notion that huw edwards today has got a suspended sentence. is that yet more two tiered justice? get in and i'll read comments out on martin daubney on gb news british

channel. welcome back. time is 439. i'm martin daubney on gb news now, a charity supporting older people learning digital skills, says that some pensioners are struggling to apply for pension credit because they aren't even online. they don't even have a computer. often times now the government is encouraging over 65 to apply for the benefits so they can continue receiving winter fuel payments worth, of course, up to £300 a year. but here's the problem a third of pensioners don't even have a computer. now, east midlands reporter will hollis joined a

digital skills hub in lincolnshire with more on this fascinating story. >> 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. >> 4141. >> 4141. >> the weekly social club is keeping the area's older residents connected. >> bingo. >> bingo. >> not just in person , online to >> 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 priority. >> if you put the pension 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 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 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 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 for the credit and can apply over the phone or by post, as well as online. the digital age well as online. the digital age offers a world of virtual offers a world of virtual opportunity, but the digital opportunity, but the digital divide is enhancing real world divide is enhancing real world problems if it all goes wrong. problems if it all goes wrong. >> i shut it down and start >> i shut it down and start again. again. >> will hollis gb news in wragby. >> will hollis gb news in wragby. >> will hollis gb news in wragby. >> it's an excellent package, an >> will hollis gb news in wragby. >> it's an excellent package, an important issue. it's all fair important issue. it's all fair and well saying, oh, you can get and well saying, oh, you can get through on a phone line. have through on a phone line. have you tried getting through to the you tried getting through to the government at any time recently? government at any time recently? you'd be on the phone till christmas. and you know, these you'd be on the phone till christmas. and you know, these questions. there's 243 questions questions. there's 243 questions on that application, 243 on that application, 243 questions to apply for pension questions to apply for pension credit. how long will that take credit. how long will that take on the phone and online? there's on the phone and online? there's no wonder it's so, so no wonder it's so, so complicated. a third of complicated. a third of pensioners don't even have a pensioners don't even have a computer. it just seems, does computer. it just seems, does it? not that the odds are it? not that the odds are

stacked against pensioners to stacked against pensioners to get what's [iphtlv apply get what's rightly theirs. if you wander into a job centre and you're an asylum seeker, a quick chat you'll soon be getting your benefits coming in. no doubt. £11.6 billion went in foreign climate aid last year, axing the winter fuel allowance cost the government a save the government. beg your pardon? 1.4 billion. was it worth it? was it worth doing? and it gets worse because now, in another gb news exclusive , we can also reveal exclusive, we can also reveal there has been a surge in heated blanket sales as millions of elderly people are set to lose their winter fuel payments due to cuts. john lewis just one store. john lewis alone saw a 173% increase in heated blanket sales in comparison to the same penod sales in comparison to the same period last year, and google data revealed the increase in sales came minutes after rachel reeves declaring means tested winter fuel payments. now, the octopus energy ceo has said that energy suppliers should be

helpful to the government and supply extra support to pensioners losing their winter fuel payments. now i've got something to talk about later on in the hour, in the next hour about this , because i've

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welcome back. it's 448. i'm martin daubney on gb news now brace yourselves. get ready to cry into your beer if you can find a pint. that is because britain is on the brink of a beer shortage after being caught out. caught on the hop even by bad weather. record rainfall means that the nation is set for its worst harvests since records beganin its worst harvests since records began in 1983, as wheat crops will be cut by almost a fifth, asindeed will be cut by almost a fifth, as indeed wool hops, two of the main ingredients, of course, for our beloved beverage been so will pubs really be without beer this christmas ? well, early

this christmas? well, early today we spoke to the founder of save british farming, liz webster . webster. >> whole foods. >> whole foods. >> actually, all british foods are under a lot of stress for a variety of different reasons, but certainly the weather over the last 18 months has been really challenging . it's really challenging. it's becoming too difficult too and risky to grow food in britain. we've lost support because we left the european union, and policy has been encouraging to us go into greening schemes. and when the weather adds insult to injury, as it has in the last 18 months, then farmers are just giving up because the risk is too great. so i mean, here on this farm last winter, what we did drill for the wheat that we did drill for the wheat that we did drill for the wheat that we did drill rotted and, you know , did drill rotted and, you know, then the fields became too wet to do the rest of the drilling. so this year, harvest actually, for me personally, has been quite easy because we haven't had much to harvest. you know , had much to harvest. you know, the reality of where the direction of travel for british

farming, which is your beer, farming, which is your been your food, everything you consume, your milk, everything. it means that you're going to be eating more imported products. yes. and we'll have less food security , which is a huge security, which is a huge concern going forward because if the war, or, you know, or if, as the war, or, you know, or if, as the climate becomes more unstable, it means relying on imports can be risky , as we saw imports can be risky, as we saw with the covid, you know , the with the covid, you know, the impacts of covid that you can't always assume that you're going to be able to get those imports. and that's the lesson that we learned in the last two world wars, which is why we put a big effort into food production. but that sadly has not happened. and support for farming has been withdrawn. and the support that we have got is encouraging us to do greening schemes. so we have got is encouraging us to do greening schemes . so farmers do greening schemes. so farmers are taking land out of production for greening schemes, which makes little sense. but thatis which makes little sense. but that is why there's a shortage of food and it's going to get worse going forward .

worse going forward. >> so that is astonishing. and that's liz webster there. the founder of save british farming. they said no farmers, no food. now it's getting serious. no farmers, no booze. seriously, if we can't grow wheat and we can't grow hops, we can't make our national drink beer. grow hops, we can't make our national drink been and guess where most of the wheat happens to be grown in europe? you've guessed it , to be grown in europe? you've guessed it, ukraine. and they also were hammered by the same wet weather as we were in britain . and this puts under the britain. and this puts under the microscope food sovereignty, the ability to stand on your own. two feet, on a whole matter of things that matter to us. and at the moment we're hearing about farmers might be getting hammered with inheritance tax law changes in october, threatening the generational passing on of farms to their their sons and their daughters to continue the legacy. who will buy the land if that changes? the answer is big companies or big government. small farmers pushed out, threatening the supply of british food and now

of british been it's a serious , of british been it's a serious, serious issue and we need to be food sovereign . now, i've been food sovereign. now, i've been asking you for your, your, your essays, your emails throughout the show. and one topic has really, really got you going. and that is the sentence, or rather, the suspended sentence for the shamed former bbc newscaster huw edwards. six months, suspended for two years. a lot of you think this is two tier justice, a lot of you think this is two tierjustice, i said at the top of the show. people who posted on facebook were getting two years in prison . guilty, years in prison. guilty, straight into the clink and a fella in aldershot threw a mountain bike at an asylum seeker hotel. he got two years and three months. there is huw edwards today, enjoying the first day of his liberty , first day of his liberty, despite the fact he was caught with 41 of the most serious types of child abuse images possible. marlene says this it's utterly beggars belief. huw edwards getting a suspended sentence. they jail other people

for their online opinions. i just cannot work it out . robert just cannot work it out. robert bird has this. huw edwards avoids jail for child abuse images. yet people face harsher sentences for their facebook posts or even for flying. the england flag. this double standard in sentencing shows how a justice system prioritises reputation over real accountability. it's an utter disgrace, jules adds this this is the uk justice system for you. what is this telling every sexual predator in the uk? how can we keep our children safe when we live in a world where, seemingly, by the looks of today, there are no real world consequences? excellent points. all round and loads of you have also been in touch about sir keir starmer and his trip to italy today. we'll have more on that in the next hour. so thanks for all your views . please keep for all your views. please keep them coming in. coming up, we've got an exclusive interview with the liberal democrats leader, ed davey. no paddleboards, no wetsuits. but we did ask him about brexit. you will not want

to miss it because a lot of people think lib dems might be on missions to try and reverse brexit. now we've got labour party in power. remember sir keir starmer tried to reverse brexit himself years i martin daubney on britain's news channel. here's your weather. first. >> that warm feeling inside from boxt boilers sponsors of weather on gb news >> hello again and welcome back to the latest forecast from the met office for gb news warm , met office for gb news warm, sunny spells for most of us today, but cloudier skies will increasingly arrive into the far northwest because of this area of low pressure and its associated weather fronts. but it is moving quite far to the north of the uk, so these are weak fronts, and another weak front has been clearing through the day to the south, so clearing skies for most of the country overnight and under those clear skies it will be fairly chilly in the south and

across central parts. 2 to 4 celsius in some sheltered spots and a few mist and fog patches as well. by dawn. but across the north and northwest of scotland , north and northwest of scotland, thicker clouds, some low clouds, some patchy rain and drizzle and by dawn. so a milder start here. but a gloomy start and we've got rain clearing first thing across shetland. lewis harris mull, for example, but actually apart from the west of scotland where we've got that thicker cloud first thing, there'll be plenty of fine weather across the rest of scotland, as well as northern ireland. some sunshine early on, england and wales virtually cloud free apart from those mist and fog patches , which will soon and fog patches, which will soon disappear during the morning, leading to another day of largely sunny skies. a bit of a breeze picking up across the far southeast and some patchy clouds rolling in here but staying dry. meanwhile, the thicker cloud in the north and northwest of scotland tends to disappear through the morning and into the afternoon. it's warmer and brighter across much of

scotland. temperatures in the north—east could reach the low to mid 20s, and similar temperatures further south—east across the uk as well. with light winds, it's going to feel very pleasant in the sunny spells, but as the breeze picks up across the east and southeast of england, we will see some low cloud moving in here overnight. meanwhile, clearer skies across the north of scotland. another fine day to come through thursday and into the start of friday. but some showers will develop later . develop later. >> looks like things are heating up. boxt boilers sponsors of weather

gb news. away. >> a very good afternoon to you. it's 5:00 pm and welcome to the martin daubney show on gb news. we're broadcasting live from the heart of westminster and all across the uk . across the uk. >> what do you say to your victims? huw edwards shame.

>> bbc presenter huw edwards today sensationally avoided a jail term despite pleading guilty to accessing indecent images of children as young as seven. a fair outcome for a vulnerable man or another example of two tier justice. and in his latest attempt to once again smash the gangs today, sir keir starmer was in rome to learn from his italian counterpart giorgia meloni. but it seems the gangs, they simply aren't listening. on saturday, 801 illegal immigrants landed on our shores, a record since the labour party came into power. and earlier today , gb news sat and earlier today, gb news sat down with the liberal democrat leader, ed davey. now you're okay. there wasn't a paddle board or a wetsuit in sight, but we asked him if he secretly campaigning for a second brexit referendum. and guess what it looks like sir ed, he's on manoeuvres. you'll not want to miss that. and finally, beer drinkers could be in for some bitter news because britain is

on the brink of a beer shortage. beer boffins are warning damp weather, hammered hop and wheat crops is enough to make you drown. want to make you drown your sorrows? that's all coming up in your next hour. what's the show? always a pleasure to have your company. now then, ed ed davey . pleasure to have your company. now then, ed ed davey. ed pleasure to have your company. now then, ed ed davey . ed davey, now then, ed ed davey. ed davey, the liberal democrat leader. we sat down with him earlier on the smiling face. the fun filled character who was never far away from a water slide or a paddleboard or a kayak during the entire general election campaign, we saw his human side too, when he was talking about him being a carer, and they won 72 seats with that, so we sat down with sir with ed davey earlier on and i wanted to ask him about brexit, particularly .

him about brexit, particularly. is there any appetite in the liberal democrat party to rejoin the european union? now we know that that's their secret agenda. but just how public is that agenda? and do the liberal democrats want to reintroduce freedom of movement? is that something, by the way, that you think sir keir starmer's labour party actually want? if they had the courage to say so, and could a liberal democrat and labour party alliance around this issue see us going towards a second referendum, perhaps in this parliament, perhaps even the next one? if you think brexit safe, if you think that's all gone away, maybe you need to watch this interview. don't believe me? read the lips of sir ed davey. that's all coming up. send your views in. post your comments by visiting gb news. com forward slash yoursay. now let's have your headlines and here's sophia wenzler.

>> thank you martin. good afternoon from the gb newsroom . afternoon from the gb newsroom. it's just gone 5:00. these are your headlines. the suspected gunman in the apparent assassination attempt of former us president trump has appeared before a court in florida. 58 year old ryan ruth is charged with federal gun crimes, possession of a firearm by a convicted felon, and possession of a firearm with an obstructed serial number. reports suggest a secret service agent saw the barrel of a rifle sticking out from the bushes on the perimeter of trump's international golf course in west palm beach. the 58 year old was shot and fled the scene , but was soon arrested the scene, but was soon arrested after an urgent alert was put out. us media suggest he's a pro—ukraine activist and had attempted to recruit foreign fighters for the war against russia. trump, who is unharmed, has posted on social media saying it was certainly an interesting day back in the uk. disgraced bbc presenter huw edwards has been spared jail

after admitting to accessing indecent images of children. but the judge said his long earned reputation is in tatters. it comes after the 63 year old was sent 41 illegal images by convicted alex williams over whatsapp. the court also heard edwards paid williams hundreds of pounds after receiving the images . at westminster images. at westminster magistrates court this afternoon , magistrates court this afternoon, edwards was handed six months imprisonment, suspended for two years. it means he doesn't go to prison but is subject to a probation period. the former newsreader also has to undertake 25 rehabilitation sessions and be placed on the sex offender treatment programme for 40 days. in a statement, his former employer, the bbc, said edwards had betrayed not just the bbc but audiences who put their trust in him, adding that the corporation was appalled by his crimes. now the prime minister has reaffirmed his commitment to cracking down on smuggling gangs

after high level talks in rome. sir keir starmer met with italian leader giorgia meloni to discuss what he called italy's remarkable progress in halting mediterranean boat crossings. it comes after italy's recent controversial deal with albania to handle asylum claims. in a joint press conference, both leaders underscored their commitment to supporting ukraine against russia and pledged to work together to fight human trafficking. >> the challenge of irregular migration. this is a problem across europe for both of our countries in particular, but across europe as director of pubuc across europe as director of public prosecutions in britain, some years ago, i saw the important work that can be done across borders on issues like counter—terrorism. and i've never accepted, as we discussed, that we can't do the same with smuggling gangs. and now, of course, italy has shown that we can. you've made remarkable progress working with countries

along migration routes as equals to address the drivers of migration at source, and to tackle the gangs and now energy suppuer tackle the gangs and now energy supplier ovo has unveiled a new £50 million support scheme to help customers hit by the cut to winter fuel payments. >> the package, which is which eligible customers can apply for, includes direct financial aid, temporary reductions in direct debits and home upgrades like insulation and new boilers. excuse me? it comes as sir keir starmer faces fresh criticism as the government prepares to cut energy support, affecting millions of pensioners. conservative leadership hopeful james cleverly and liberal democrat spokeswoman wendy chamberlain have condemned the decision, calling it a historic mistake and unbelievably foolish. the hearing into manchester city's 115 charges for alleged breaches of the premier league's financial rules begins today. the club faces

accusations of financial rule breaches spanning 14 seasons, including failing to cooperate with the league's investigation. city denies all allegations, insisting they have irrefutable evidence and welcome the chance to clear their name . the here. to clear their name. the here. 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 £370,000, to according rightmove. experts say the increase double the long term average, is down to a rebound in the market and easing mortgage rates. despite the boost , rates. despite the boost, there's uncertainty about a potential bank of england rate changes and upcoming budget announcements. those are the latest gb news headlines. now it's back to martin 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. >> thank you sophia. now the liberal democrats, they're back. the deputy leader of the liberal dems , daisy cooper, addressed dems, daisy cooper, addressed the party this morning as their autumn conference entered its third day and their leader , ed third day and their leader, ed davey, tackled key issues in his speech on sunday, urging the labour government to invest more in the nhs. of course, while also backing the ukrainian use of western missiles against russia . but the agenda today russia. but the agenda today included a general election review session and an emergency motion on the israel—gaza conflict. well, earlier on today, lib dem leader sir ed davey sat down with our political editor, chris hope, and i wanted to chris ask him about the liberal democrats plans to reverse brexit and the spectre of freedom of movement. guess what? i think they're on

manoeuvres. don't believe me? here's ed davey ed davey, thank you for joining here's ed davey ed davey, thank you forjoining us on gb news today. >> is sir keir starmer wrong to rule out joining the single market or customs union as part of it, as he attempts to get a closer deal with europe? well, we've said the government needs to be more optimistic and that should include the long term objective of getting back in the single market because what we've got to do with our relationship with our european neighbours and friends is rebuild that trust. >> it was completely broken and shattered by the conservatives and it will take quite a while to rebuild that. and you'll remember in the election campaign we said that there needed to be a four stage approach to rebuilding that trust. it will take some time, but you have to have the objective of getting back into the single market. we said that the single market. we said that the government doesn't seem to be saying that, and i regret that because i think it will take longer to rebuild and longer to get the benefits for our economy. >> and then here they'll want to ask you , when will that be in 20 ask you, when will that be in 20 years? what's your target? >> well, the reason why it's

very difficult to put a timescale on it is because you've got these four stages that are absolutely essential to rebuild that trust, and it's a two way thing. so in our early stages it is going and to talking other european leaders. and to be fair to the prime minister, he's been doing that and i welcome that. but he needs to have this longer objective, and he also needs to be more open to some of the things that the europeans or some of the european leaders are saying. i'll give you one example. youth mobility scheme. the uk has a youth mobility scheme with japan, with south korea, with australia. >> that's under 30, canada under 30s. >> but it appears that the government has ruled out having one of those with europe, even though that's been a proposal from the other side. i think that's a mistake. i want our young people in our country to have the freedom to work, to travel, to study across europe. and i think we would welcome a young europeans here to contribute to our. >> now, immediately get on with it. >> i think we can get on with that. yeah. i don't i mean, it

might take a year or two to negotiate all the details back in the real world. we've got to rebuild the trust. we've got to get it right. absolutely got to get it right. absolutely got to get it right. but that has to be part of the discussion. >> and it's not just the thin end of the wedge to full freedom of movement, isn't it, >> well , no, i of movement, isn't it, >> well, no, i mean, of movement, isn't it, >> well , no, i mean, ultimately >> well, no, i mean, ultimately we want to be back in the single market, but you've got to do this in stages. i mean, let's remember what's happened with immigration since we left the european union. it's gone up massively. immigration has actually gone up further since we left. does that worry you ? we left. does that worry you? >> soaring legal? well, let's leave aside illegal, but illegal migration. does that worry you? well, i think the conservative approach really worries me because it failed miserably . because it failed miserably. >> we spent so much money on whether it's on rwanda that completely illegal but legal migration . well, let's take the migration. well, let's take the legal. let's take something , you legal. let's take something, you know, we're campaigning an awful lot on, which is social care , lot on, which is social care, because we think you can't fix the nhs without sorting out social care. one of our policies of election, it remains a key priority for us is to make sure that care workers working in care homes, helping people in

their own homes are better paid. they really aren't paid properly at the moment. and so we argued for a new national minimum wage for a new national minimum wage for care workers , £2 an hour for care workers, £2 an hour higher than the current national living wage for care workers, because we want to attract more care workers in to deal with the shortages, the conservative approach wasn't to do that. they didn't want to pay them more . didn't want to pay them more. what they did is issue loads of visas, and so lots of people were asked to come to this country to work in our care homes. now obviously, we're very there's kind of room to do that. but if you're worried about legal migration, what you ought to do is pay people in this country more so, rather than either staying at home or working in a supermarket, say, or an amazon warehouse of course, they work in a care home, and that would be a way to cut legal immigration. >> is concern about immigration a far right issue? >> no , i don't think so. i think >> no, i don't think so. i think some of the language used by the far right is what i object by, you know, stirring up hatred. we

saw some people on the far right and that's the wrong way to deal with the issue. we need to deal with the issue. we need to deal with this issue, take the toxicity out of it, and look at the facts. look at what works. and that's why i think the conservatives did so badly. they didn't do that. they actually chased headlines and they stirred up division and they failed. they failed miserably on both illegal and legal immigration. and i think that's why a lot of voters rejected them. >> and just finally, on brexit, will there be a second brexit referendum in your lifetime? do you want one? >> i don't know. i genuinely don't. i know we don't know, but don't. i know we don't know, but do you want one? well, listen, what i want is to repair the damage done to the relationship with our european partners. it is in, in in the interests of every viewer of your programme that whether it's on the economy or on crime or on security or on the environment, so many issues. we can only tackle if we're working with international partners, particularly in europe. liberal democrats, as proud pro—europeans, have argued that for a long time we continue

to argue that, yeah, you want proportional representation. >> that will give you many more, twice as many mps, maybe in parliament with your vote share in the july election. that's right, isn't it more pr? >> yeah , we're absolutely >> yeah, we're absolutely committed to it. >> so does reform uk. will you campaign with nigel farage for the same thing? find common cause with him. >> i can't see me actually campaigning with him. >> but we both want it though. >> but we both want it though. >> well, there are people in the labour party who want it. there's even some conservatives who want it. but. but let's be clear. i mean, i see the conservatives now having a shared agenda with reform when i look at their policy programme. and you do too, though. no, no, not across the piece. >> i mean, maybe 1 or 2 things you like electoral reform. >> but let's be clear, there's lots of labour party members, people in the green party, people in the green party, people in the green party, people in other parties who share our view that the current system doesn't give power to voters, to people in our land , voters, to people in our land, doesn't enable them to express their voice , means that their their voice, means that their vote doesn't really count in large areas of our country. and thatis large areas of our country. and that is wrong. it's a weakness in our democracy and we want

votes to count. we want to hear the voices of everybody represented in our parliament. that's why we want electoral reform. >> are you finding it hard, or when will you turn your fire on labour? you've had a go at them on winter fuel payments, obviously, but that they're the real target for you, aren't they? now you can't keep banging on about the tory party. they're not in power anymore. >> well, you'd be surprised that liberal democrats disagree with both labour and the conservatives. that's why the liberal democrats, we've got our best result for over 100 years. we've got 72 liberal democrat mps . that's very exciting. but mps. that's very exciting. but it's also creates a huge responsibility. and that has two aspects of it. first of all, pointing out that the conservatives have have lost the plot. they failed our country on the economy, on public finances, on care in the nhs. we don't want them back. and so we aim to not just keep the seats we've run off them, but to win more seats to finish the job, as i called it. but the second part is to hold this government to account and we will do that. we will be a better opposition than the conservatives. we will oppose this government not just

on things like the winter fuel payments , which is linked to the payments, which is linked to the cost of living campaigns that we had at the general election. on that. >> also, why is labour targeting pensioners? sorry to interrupt. why is it labour targeting pensioners, do you think on the winter fuel payments ? why is winter fuel payments? why is that happening? >> i think it's just a mistake and i'm really worried that there are millions of struggling pensioners who face with the fact that energy bills are going to go up this winter by over 10%, are going to really, really have problems. i'm very worried about pensioners and people say, well, look, there's very wealthy pensioners , but i'm sorry, pensioners, but i'm sorry, there's millions of pensioners who aren't wealthy who are going to be hit by this and they're at the forefront of liberal democrat minds is why we're opposing it. and chris, here's one of the things that's different from us and the conservatives. yes, the conservatives. yes, the conservatives are opposing this, but they're doing yabu politics about it, and they're not coming up with alternatives to deal with the financial mess that they left. they won't even admit they left. they won't even admit they left. they won't even admit they left a financial mess. we do agree with the government that that happened. the question is, how do you clear it up? you

don't clear it up by taking this important support from away from millions of how about tax rises. >> we're going to see tax rises in the october budget . which in the october budget. which ones will you oppose. >> well let's see what they come forward with. we have put forward with. we have put forward some tax measures in our manifesto against tax. yes yeah. but really importantly we didn't put forward any tax proposals which would hit ordinary people because the conservatives have raised taxes so much on many employees and many businesses and many families to raise which one's raising personal tax levels to record levels. and with the cost of living crisis, i don't think you can raise those sorts of personal taxes. we've got some tax proposals. you remember them. we want to reverse the tax cuts that the conservatives gave to the big banks. the big banks are doing very well. i think those tax cuts should be reversed. that's £4 billion a year. capital gains tax is a tax that we talked aboutin tax is a tax that we talked about in the election. we put forward a carefully constructed package which would reduce

capital gains tax for people who get the occasional capital gain and end up having a bill, but would increase capital gains tax significantly for those really wealthy people, the billionaires, if you like. so if you tax the banks properly and the billionaires you can have the billionaires you can have the money to make sure that the vast majority of people are unaffected, but they get the services that they need. just very briefly, will you whip your mps to vote against legalising assisted dying? no, it'll be a free vote. free vote? definitely a free vote. not least because i think there are disagreements within our party, of course. >> and it's a very finally, you know, you have seen growth in your number of mps over the over the piece over the past two decades. will you ever be able to form a majority government? >> well, listen, i don't want to be hubristic about this because what i want to do is make sure that we repay the trust that voters have put in us. you know, we've just won 72. it's very exciting, but we've got to repay the trust that people have put to in our 72 mps, it took a long

way to 325 the half. >> well half way point of parliament. yeah. >> let me let me take you through the argument. it's really important argument. we lost trust people punished us at three elections. and when i became leader, i was determined to win back that trust . and we to win back that trust. and we did that by listening to people understanding their priorities, whatever their background, with the conservative voters or labour voters or whatever. and we found that nhs and care was the top priority for all voters. we found that the cost of living was a top priority. we found things like sewage was a big issue for many people and we campaigned on that. and i think we gradually won back trust, and that's been shown in the by elections in the last parliament, the local elections and now the general election, with our best result for over 100 years. and what you do is you don't suddenly think, right, we've done that. think about the next general election. what you do is, having won 72 seats, you make sure that our mps are repaying that trust, representing their constituents, strong and hard on nhs and care

on sewage. >> but the goal isn't forming government. oh no. >> let's listen. you were trying to get me to talk about the future, and what i've said is the future. you build your success by showing that people can trust you, and so much trust has been lost in in politicians and politics that i'm not going to start speculating about about our future. i want to make sure the future of our country, the future of the people who've elected us, is secure. and they get the they get the promises that we talked about delivered. it won't be easy. there's a labour majority, but i can tell you we're going to fight like tigers for our people. >> well, sir davey, thank you for joining us today on gb news. forjoining us today on gb news. thank you. thank you. >> there we go. it's all about trust. and we're now joined by our political editor chris hope who joins us now live from brighton chris. well done. you got him in a pincer movement there. make no mistake this man wants to reverse . brexit wants to reverse. brexit >> that's right martin. and the first stage of that is restoring the rights of under 30s to move between european union and the

uk. that happens with other countries, australia, canada . countries, australia, canada. why not there? and that's the first stage, i think, in restoring us to the single market. and you can see that they wouldn't give us a timeline on when he wants to get there, but there's no question this party is the is the return to the to the european union party. and that's definitely where they sit. i'm intrigued. also i think this party, the lib dems, they may have 72 mps, well over a dozen who had in the last parliament. but what actual change can they make? yes, they get more questions at pmqs. yes, they get they can chair three parliamentary committees, but actually what will change under this new government? i think labour won't really care what the lib dems do. their majority is so big, but there's no question if they want to, they're moving forward. they want to be the party that gets us back into or nearly back into the european union . the european union. >> superb stuff chris. i guess the big question is how much does sir keir starmer agree with sir ed davey on brexit? i think i know the answer looks

beautiful there. chris. go and get yourself a sticker rock. well done mate. always a pleasure. now moving on to keir starmer. was in rome today as he met italian prime minister giorgia meloni and we are now joined by the italian political commentator paolo diana. paolo, always an absolute pleasure to have you on the show. so what do you think our prime minister can learn from your prime minister? giorgia meloni has cut illegal immigration by 60%, but she did that by sending the boats back to tunisia and libya. do you think sir keir starmer can channel his inner giorgia meloni or not? >> i definitely think that keir starmer should channel his giorgia meloni because she's doing a great job. she struck some deals with tunisia, libya and albania as we all know, and now the illegal migration fluxes are really, really going backwards. so we know that now that 27% of the past 12 months of the boats coming from libya , of the boats coming from libya, they dropped down and also

fallen by 80%, the one coming from tunisia , because of course, from tunisia, because of course, the albanian camps are also acting as a deterrent. we know that illegal migrants, they don't want to be in trouble. they know that once they are in this albanian camp. so they will be really, really scrutinised. and so they can't fake it and they can stay there 28 days because this is the time italian officials wants to use in order to look at these permits. and then they are sent back to their countries . if they're not real countries. if they're not real migrants and real refugees. and we know that unfortunately, the majority of them, they're not supen >> so we have to leave it there. we're simply run out of time. we've got so much to squeeze in. palladino, always a pleasure to have you on the show. thanks for joining us, albeit briefly. now moving on. the former bbc news presenter huw edwards has dodged jail. we'll have more on that astonishing story next. i'm martin daubney on gb news, britain's news

welcome back. it's 527. my martin daubney on gb news now. two directors of an anti—tory and climate change organisation have also been directors of a company when it receives substantial funds from a major tory donor who's made millions in an oil and gas firm, gb news can reveal. now, the directors of campaign group led by donkeys have also been directors of an organisation that raises humanitarian funds for the syrian conflict, funded by asfari eamonn, who gave significant sums to the tories. now for more on this exclusive is our national reporter, charlie peters . evening. charlie peters. evening. charlie, tell us more. >> yeah. evening, martin. well, led by donkeys, they are a famous campaign group in britain. they are known for

their anti—tory and their climate change activism , climate change activism, targeting recent prime ministers with billboard stunts such as bofis with billboard stunts such as boris johnson. he has received several billboards about his work. liz truss recently had a billboard put behind her while she was on a speaking tour that was also funded by led by donkeys. we've also seen them recently in clacton putting up a billboard showing how much money nigel farage had earned as the town's mp and other work he'd put on. so i've been looking into the hackney based group and its directors in particular, two men called james sardi and ben stewart, and interestingly, they were all directors for another organisation called the voices project, which is a syrian humanitarian group. now despite their pro their anti—tory and their pro their anti—tory and their climate change concerns, they have taken a lot of for money their other group from a oil and gas baron called eamonn

asfari, now eamonn asfari is a ceo, was the ceo of a group called petrofac, which was a major oil and gas giant at the time when led by donkeys was starting, and also when this syrian humanitarian group, the voices project, was active so it could raise some questions about hypocrisy from these men. accepting money from a tory donor who has links to oil and gas, while also campaigning against the conservative party and in favour of climate change solutions in another organisation where they are also directors. now in 2018, the asfari foundation, which is wholly funded by the asfari family , gave the voices project family, gave the voices project £74,000. in 2019 and 2020. it gave 42,000 and £142,000 respectively, one of led by

donkeys directors is still a director at the voices project and this ceo, former ceo of petrofac eamonn asfari. he's given over £800,000 to the . given over £800,000 to the. conservative party over about a decades period starting from the late 2000. also in 2017, david cameron went to bahrain to lobby on behalf of petrofac, and he flew back from the country on a private jet owned by eamonn asfari . again, this raises asfari. again, this raises questions about the links between mr asfari and those two led by donkeys directors. they've previously said that there was a lot of concern about bofis there was a lot of concern about boris johnson and cash for access with donors. they said that this was a great shame . ben that this was a great shame. ben stewart, one of those directors, has also previously told channel 4 that brexit is a climate fight.

it just is. he said that when his current work is done, he'll return to campaigning on the climate. well, i do have a statement from ben stewart and james sadri, who said that the voices project is the registered name of the syria campaign, started in 2014 to campaign to save lives from the conflict there and those affected by putin and assad targeting civilians. they said one of the main focuses of the work has been raising tens of millions in aid for frontline humanitarian workers, including the white helmets. they said that the links between the voices project and the asfari foundation are available on the internet. they've never been a secret. we're immensely proud of the work the syria campaign has done and continues to do well with that statement. i think questions of hypocrisy will remain active considering the links that the main funder from the asfari foundation has with

not only the conservative party, but also the oil and gas industry. >> jolly peters always follow the money. another cracking exclusive excellent work, my son.thank exclusive excellent work, my son. thank you very much. i'll speak to you again soon. thank you. there's lots more still to come between now and 6:00, including pensioners or struggling to apply for pension credit online. not surprising because a third don't even own a computer. we'll be breaking all of that down for you. and also the political backlash. where might the labour party be under big pressure from a backlash by pensioners, and which seats are at most risk? we'll have all of that coming soon. don't go anywhere . but first, here's your anywhere. but first, here's your headunes anywhere. but first, here's your headlines and it's sophia wenzler . wenzler. >> martin. thank you. good afternoon. i'm sophia wenzler with your headlines just after 530. the suspected gunman, in an apparent assassination attempt of former us president donald trump, has appeared before a

court in florida. 58 year old ryan ruth is charged with federal gun crimes, possession of a firearm by a convicted felon and possession of a firearm with an obstructed serial number. reports suggest a secret service agent saw the barrel of a rifle sticking out from the bushes on the perimeter of trump's international golf course in west palm beach . the course in west palm beach. the 58 year old was shot and fled the scene, but was soon arrested after an urgent alert was put out. us media suggest he's a pro—ukraine activist and had attempted to recruit foreign fighters for the war against russia. trump, who is unharmed, has posted on social media saying it was certainly an interesting day back in the uk. disgraced bbc presenter huw edwards has been spared jail after admitting to accessing indecent images of children . but indecent images of children. but the judge said his long earned reputation is in tatters. it comes after the 63 year old was

sent 41 illegal images by convicted alex williams over whatsapp. the court also heard edwards paid williams hundreds of pounds after receiving the images. at westminster magistrates court this afternoon, edwards was handed six months imprisonment, suspended for two years. it means he doesn't go to prison but is subject to a probation period. the former newsreader also has to undertake 25 rehabilitation sessions and be placed on the sex offender treatment programme for 40 days. in a statement, his former employer, the bbc, said edwards had betrayed not just the bbc but audiences who had put their trust in him, adding that the corporation was appalled by his crimes . in other news, the prime crimes. in other news, the prime minister has reaffirmed his commitment to cracking down on smuggling gangs after high level talks in rome. sir keir starmer met with italian leader giorgia meloni to discuss what he called italy's remarkable progress in halting mediterranean boat

crossings. it comes after italy's recent controversial deal with albania to handle asylum claims. in a joint press conference, both leaders pledged to work together to fight human trafficking and underscored their commitment to supporting ukraine against russia. the titanic shipyard is going into administration. shipbuilding company harland and wolff has confirmed the business is to be placed into administration for the second time in five years. its main yard is in belfast, and it's best known for building the titanic, with other operations at appledore in england and metal and arnish in scotland. those are your latest gb news headlines. more in half an hour for the very latest gb news direct to your smartphone, sign up to news alerts by scanning the qr code, or go to gbnews.com forward slash alerts .

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giorgia meloni in italy to now us trying to copy them. surely we could just save ourselves a lot of time, basically by suggesting and acknowledging and accepting that actually trying to control immigration is right. after all. also, the now apparent assassination attempt on donald trump. so many media outlets, martin, are making me laugh today because they themselves have whipped up this frenzy and this fury against donald trump. and then they're sitting there today reporting with fake acts of concern. if you ask me about the fact that yet again, someone has apparently attempted to take his life. so i want to look at that plus of course, things like huw edwards and don't even get me started on the fact about clothes and spectacles. i've been doing it all wrong, martin. all i needed to do was marry a politician. i could have got these things for free. goodness me, what a clown world we live in. >> well, that week off was really recharge your batteries. that sounds like a fizzling, action packed show. superb stuff. dewbs& co 6 or 7 right

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welcome back. it's 541. we're on the final furlong with me. martin daubney on gb news now a charity supporting older people learning digital skills . say learning digital skills. say some pensioners are struggling to apply for pension credit because they aren't online. the government is encouraging over 60 fives to apply for the benefit so they can continue receiving winter fuel payments worth up to £300, but a third of pensioners don't even have a computer. and joining me now is the chairman of facts for eu, lee evans. lee i wanted to get you on the show. always a pleasure because we made an electoral map of the fallout, did we not? of that historic winter fuel payment. you did some incredible deep diving into this data to look at the potential political fallout of

what this could mean. so can we get the first video on screen now? and lee, talk us through what we can see here in terms of the colour codes and then take us on a tour around britain of what might happen if there's an old age protest vote. >> yeah, it's very interesting, this stuff, what you can see on the screen right now, the areas in red are the constituencies where labour mps voted to kill the wfa, the winter fuel allowance and the ones in green are the mostly tory and other members who voted against. so we'll kick off if we may, with, none other than cabinet minister wes streeting in ilford, north. unfortunately for the secretary of for state health, his majority isn't that healthy. >> it's now down to only 528. so if only 265 of his angry pensioners switched his vote would be in the intensive care ward and staying in london, we move over to bethnal green and

stepney to find rushanara ali, minister for building safety and homelessness . her majority is homelessness. her majority is under 1700 and if we then zip up the m40 to birmingham , here's the m40 to birmingham, here's the m40 to birmingham, here's the flimsy 700 vote majority won by the women and girls minister jess phillips in yardley , and jess phillips in yardley, and finally across to wales, where under secretary of state nia griffith will have to defend a 1500 majority in barnsley at the next election. there you go, martin. that's, that's what's happening with government, mps. but we've got another video to come in a minute. >> yeah, let's put that on now . >> yeah, let's put that on now. there you go. so get cracking . there you go. so get cracking. >> okay, so, this is looking at the country as a whole, and we're up in scotland here with new stirling and strath alan mp, chris kane, the snp there with a majority of less than 1400. we now go to the other end of the

country down to anna gelderd at in south—east cornwall. her majority is only slightly better at 1911, and then zooming up to the derbyshire dales, where john whitby scraped home by just 350 votes. and it's constituencies like these , martin, where voters like these, martin, where voters may be very unlikely. like these, martin, where voters may be very unlikely . forgive may be very unlikely. forgive and forget. and then finally we head over to the north—east to middlesbrough, south and east cleveland . and it's even tighter cleveland. and it's even tighter there. only 214 votes got labour's luke miall over the wiring and the general election , wiring and the general election, and it won't take many disgruntled and angry pensioners to topple him at the next election, if that's what they decide to do. okay, there you 90, decide to do. okay, there you go, lee evans for the country. >> lee evans, an excellent summary there. and when you knock all those numbers together, which i know you have done, it turns out there are 42

labour mps, right. whose majority is under 2000. so even a small swing could put those guysin a small swing could put those guys in peril. and a further 74 labour mps with majorities between 2 and 5000 who voted to kill the winter fuel allowance. so, lee evans, what that says to me is that there are a great body of labour seats. i think you say here as a total of 116 labour mps who voted to kill the winter fuel allowance, who have shaky majorities. lee evans if the pension vote, if pensioner power got together, there's potential here to cause rather an upset at a future election. >> you're absolutely right, martin, because that represents a quarter over a quarter. in fact, of all the labour mps , fact, of all the labour mps, everyone thought that it was a labour landslide. what they didn't look at was some of the majorities involved and how easily they could slip back again. and if the pensioner revolt , gathers pace, which it revolt, gathers pace, which it might do. and if these people have long memories and if the,

the, the mindset of people is set in these early days of the labour government and doesn't change, then there's going to be a lot of labour mps who are wondering , should they obey the wondering, should they obey the whip going forward, if some more of these unpopular policies are put forward well? >> lee evans excellent analysis . >> lee evans excellent analysis. thank you very much for sharing it with us exclusively here on gb news. that's the chairman of facts for eu. and that means that the pensioners lump together they could cause a significant upset. old people care. old people vote. will they remember. will they punish the labour party at the next general election? now moving on. could manchester city find themselves relegated following a 115 charges of corruption? it's a massive story. the biggest story in football. find out in more in just a tick. i'm martin daubney on gb news. britain's news channel

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their legal team. and let me tell you , their legal team is as tell you, their legal team is as big as pep guardiola's squad and all. panic. panic is earning £5,000 an hour for his troubles. now this is going to go on for next year, year after, you know, uefa have already heard this case. they found them guilty. they threw them out of the champions league, for two years and fined them ,30 million on appeal and fined them ,30 million on appeal, overturned. now i go back 30 years. when i did an investigation into spurs dodgy deaungs investigation into spurs dodgy dealings and graham kelly, bless his soul , threw spurs out of the his soul, threw spurs out of the fa cup and fined them and sugar threatened to sue dropped it all back into the fa cup, you know, and in reality martin should nottingham forest , everton, nottingham forest, everton, chelsea now circumvent the rules. manchester united, should they be deducted points for financial irregularities? really? is it the rules that are

wrong ? you know they should be wrong? you know they should be financial penalties, obviously, but not not affecting the fans. you know , deducting points from you know, deducting points from nottingham forest , leicester, nottingham forest, leicester, everton and look chelsea. what did they do to get around the rules. they sold their own hotels and sold their own land to themselves and that was fine. so look it's the rules that are wrong and they need to be looked at very carefully. >> okay? harry harris well i've got £20 on man city to get relegated at 26 to 1. i'm hoping that one comes in. i suspect like you harry, it won't. i think we're going to see two tiered justice here for the big clubs who always seem to wriggle out of the news. harry harris , out of the news. harry harris, always an absolute pleasure to have you on the show. thank you very, very much. now, thanks for your company today. today out there viewers. now michelle dewberry is up next dewbs & co dewberry is up next dewbs& co six till seven. harry harris likes it so much he doesn't want to go. i'm back at 7 to 8 pm. tonight for gbn tonight. if you want more of me. what's wrong

with you? i'll be back at seven. see you then. and until then, it's dewbs& co next. now it's your weather. have a fantastic evening. see you at seven. >> looks like things are heating up . boxt boilers, sponsors of up. boxt boilers, sponsors of weather on gb news. >> hello again and welcome back to the latest forecast from the met office for gb news warm, sunny spells for most of us today. but cloudier skies will increasingly arrive into the far northwest because of this area of low pressure and its associated weather fronts, but it is moving quite far to the north of the uk, so these are weak fronts and another weak front has been clearing through the day to the south, so clearing skies for most of the country overnight and under those clear skies it will be fairly chilly in the south and across central parts, 2 to 4 celsius in some sheltered spots

and a few mist and fog patches, as well by dawn. but across the north and northwest of scotland, thicker clouds, some low clouds, some patchy rain and drizzle, and by dawn, so a milder start here. but a gloomy start and we've got rain clearing first thing across shetland. lewis harris mull, for example, but actually apart from the west of scotland, where we've got that thicker cloud first thing, there'll be plenty of fine weather across the rest of scotland as well as northern ireland. some sunshine early on, england and wales virtually cloud free. apart from those mist and fog patches, which will soon disappear during the morning , leading to another day morning, leading to another day of largely sunny skies. a bit of a breeze picking up across the far southeast and some patchy clouds rolling in here but staying dry. meanwhile, the thicker cloud in the north and northwest of scotland tends to disappear through the morning and into the afternoon. it's warmer and brighter across much of scotland. temperatures in the northeast could reach the low to mid 20s and similar temperatures

further southeast across the uk as well. with light winds, it's going to feel very pleasant in the sunny spells, but as the breeze picks up across the east and southeast of england, we will see some low cloud moving in here overnight. meanwhile, clearer skies across the north of scotland. another fine day to come through thursday and into the start of friday, but some showers will develop later . showers will develop later. >> that warm feeling inside from boxt boilers sponsors of weather

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wasn't five minutes ago that everyone was screaming and bawling when giorgia meloni got elected. she's far right. she's hard right, she's populist. so they said , now keir starmer is they said, now keir starmer is over there trying to nick all of our ideas. what do you make to that? and look at this. i feel a bit of a mug quite frankly, because everything i'm wearing, i've paid for myself. if only i knew that all i had to do really, was try and marry a politician and some random person would pay for all my clothes. i'd have saved myself a fortune. i speak, of course, of keir starmer's wife david lammy. he was on the airwaves at the weekend, basically suggesting that, i mean, i'm laughing because it's so absurd , because it's so absurd, basically suggesting that there could be a taxpayer fund created to try and dress the likes of keir starmer and his missus. hang on a minute. i thought we were trying to stop pensioners even keeping themselves warm at the at the winter. it's all about priorities also as well. another apparent assassination attempt on donald trump . what's attempt on donald trump. what's going on? how do we prevent this? as much of the media? well how about you stop vilifying the man in the first place and whipping people up into a frenzy

against him? what do