of september thursday, the 26th of september live across the uk. this is britain's newsroom with andrew pierce and bev turner. >> good morning. thanks for joining us. >> so i'm working from home. if we can really will help prevent infections . infections. >> covid rule breaker the prime minister's broadcast urging you to work from home during the pandemic, was not at his house. it was shot in labour donor lord alli £18 million penthouse. >> curiouser and curiouser. prisoners freed by mistake. the government is under fire again now as dozens of convicts let out were let out of jail early due to an administrative error . due to an administrative error. >> meanwhile, if you're a well—behaved prisoner , justice well—behaved prisoner, justice secretary shabana mahmood is considering letting you out early to tackle the overcrowding crisis in our prisons. have they really got a grip on law and order? >> and the prime minister is in new york for the united nations general assembly, where he's going to make a speech. they are focusing on the war in the middle east in relation to

lebanon. >> i'm very worried about the escalation and calling for all parties to step back from the bnnk parties to step back from the brink to de—escalate. we need a ceasefire so this can be sorted out diplomatically , and we're in out diplomatically, and we're in the grip of a retail theft chaos , crisis. >> the co—op has taken a £40 million hit in the first half of this year, as their top boss warns of an epidemic of retail crime . crime. >> and the hollywood icon, dame joan collins, joins us on the show shortly. and as , show shortly. and as, characteristically, she pulls no punches. >> you're watching britain's newsroom. here's your news headunes.

headlines. >> thank you very much. the top stories this morning. allies, including the uk, us and eu have called for a temporary ceasefire in lebanon following an escalation in fighting between israel and the terror group hezbollah. in a joint statement, the 12 strong bloc called for a 21 day ceasefire to provide for space diplomacy towards the conclusion of a diplomatic diplomatic settlement, as well as a ceasefire in gaza. they said the hostilities were intolerable and presented an unacceptable risk of a broader regional escalation that was neither in the interest of the people of israel or lebanon. it comes after israel's military chief told troops yesterday that extensive airstrikes in lebanon targeting hezbollah could pave the way for them to enter enemy territory. prime minister sir keir starmer will address world leaders at the un general assembly later . 212 year leaders at the un general assembly later. 212 year old boys found guilty of murdering teenager shawn seesahai in a

random machete attack are set to be sentenced. the killers were convicted in june of murdering the 19 year old, who was stabbed in the heart and suffered a skull fracture in november last yeah skull fracture in november last year. they are believed to be the youngest defendants convicted of murder in britain since robert thompson and jon venables, both aged 11, were found guilty of in 1993 of killing two year old james bulger. the two boys, both now 13, face a mandatory juvenile life sentence and are due to appearin life sentence and are due to appear in custody at nottingham crown court today for the start of a two day hearing. the sentence is due to be passed tomorrow . a family centre based tomorrow. a family centre based in southport building where the three children died in a knife attack, will not return to the premises. heart space, which ran groups for new mothers and families, had been based at the norwood business centre in the town's heart street. founder jenny scholes said staff would never forget the events of july 29th, and were heartbroken by what happened. children had been taking part in a taylor swift

themed dance class at that venue when a knife attacker killed six year old bebe king, seven year old elsie dot stancombe, nine year old alice da silva . the year old alice da silva. the building is understood to have remained closed ever since , and remained closed ever since, and flooding and travel disruptions set to continue across large parts of the uk, with more heavy rain predicted . nearly three rain predicted. nearly three inches of rain could fall over several hours in the worst affected regions today. the met office has issued three separate yellow rain warnings , one in yellow rain warnings, one in western parts of northern ireland, one in northern england and another for a large area covering most of england and wales. the met office says the highest rainfall totals are likely across the pennines and nonh likely across the pennines and north york moors, where 80 to 100mm could accumulate. there's also the chance of thunderstorms and strong winds in the southern half of the uk later in the day. and those are the latest gb news

headunes and those are the latest gb news headlines for now. more in half an hour for the very latest gb news direct to your smartphone, sign up to news alerts by scanning the qr code or go to gbnews.com forward slash alerts . gbnews.com forward slash alerts. >> very good morning. welcome back to britain's newsroom. welcome back to the studio andrew. having been away in liverpool, you sound a bit croaky. you're a bit worn out. >> you normally get conference throat at the end of the conference season, but i'm afraid i went down with it in liverpool and i've got the joys of the labour conference next week. sorry, the tory conference next week in birmingham, but we'll get through it. it was an extraordinary conference because it should have been optimistic, triumphalist, because it's the first conference since with a labour prime minister since 2009. but it wasn't. the mood was they were just fed up with him. they were fed up with the prime minister. they were fed up over the winter, fuel fuelled.

and then it started off disastrously over all the rows, over free clothes and free gifts and then it ended in disaster. when the labour movement voted massively to reject the winter fuel bill. it looked from here. >> it looked like the speeches that were made went down very well in the auditorium. so people were on their feet and clapping, and then they're all doing karaoke at the end of the weekend, celebrating, which wasn't a great look either, i don't think. >> but then, of course, they vote yesterday. so all those people who've given the prime minister standing ovation the day before voted to say, we hate your policy on taking away the winter fuel allowance. >> nothing but consistent, though, are they? exactly, well, we've got a lot to talk about because, of course, what's come to light now is a video of sir keir starmer urging the public to work from home during the pandemic. but guess what? it was broadcast from lord donor , sorry broadcast from lord donor, sorry labour donor lord ali's £18 million penthouse. so this was 2021. have a look. >> the new variant omicron is spreading fast. and the argument

that we don't know enough about it doesn't stack up. we may not be certain how dangerous it is , be certain how dangerous it is, but we do know that lives are at risk . at times like this. we risk. at times like this. we must all put the national interest first and play by the rules. getting jabbed, wearing masks and working from home. if we can really will help prevent infections. >> so the prime minister's press secretary says no covid rules had been broken by the use of the flap of the broadcast. but i'm just staggered by this because it now seems that he'd had his nose in lord ali's trough for far longer than we thought. we thought this was just about clothes and spectacles. posh designer glasses in the run up to the general election. but now see. and he dressed the house up to look like he was at home. so there was christmas cards. it was he. what's it? what's going on? look, matthew talbot is here. former labour adviser. you were were you working for the labour party at that point? you were. what is going on with the

prime minister and wajid ali? >> i think that's the question a lot of people are asking. i spoke to somebody last night that knows lord alli quite well, and they say, rich man who's worth £200 million at least done very well already. yeah. and, you know, he's a man of great political experience as well. he's been there 25 years, obviously knows lots of people, moved in a lot of circles and they were under the impression he's never gained to influence within government. he's wanted to help a labour government get in. and really it was more about access that he could speak to, care that he could speak to other people . and he seems to be other people. and he seems to be someone that just wants to help people. now i think joe public, joe public aren't going to believe that sort of thing, obviously. and i think the bigger question out of all of this for me, where i find myself nearly pulling my hair out, is what were people around him doing? and saying? i was always very worried when somebody i didn't know wanted to donate to an mp i worked for, or to the office, or for extra staff. you don't know what they've written

aboutin don't know what they've written about in the past. you don't know what their views are on certain things, particularly dunng certain things, particularly during that brexit era. and you would always go, how will this look? and i think, i think the house thing is very odd because in a way he's not giving him £20,000. for me. i was a bit conflicted last night. it's the equivalent of if you need an and stay at my place, and they've had to come up with some sort of rental price and that's what they've had to declare. >> but why didn't he stay in his own home? well, he was lecturing. he was lecturing everybody else to stay at home, work from home. and he was staying. oh, during the covid. well and he's got his own family in, in a swish penthouse apartment in covent garden. i think the kids getting to school . think the kids getting to school. >> i think the concern for me more as a, as a sort of layman member of the public is the deception of the pictures. i think, you know, i see nigel who's, you know, i get on well with who he has his own office, which, when he does videos from there, quite clearly isn't a parliamentary office. it's far too nice for a start. i when i look at it, well that's fine. he can work from wherever, do whatever i think if he was to

work from lord alli house or the office or whatever, that's one thing. but to sort of make it look to the public that, no, no, i'm at home and i must be at my desk and whatever else is behind it. yeah, there's a level of dishonesty . dishonesty. >> it is dishonest. and it's tony blair got into a lot of flak and rightly, in my view, matthew, because he was obsessed almost by rich people. he would go on dodgy holidays with dodgy people. remember he stayed with berlusconi of all people, the italian prime minister, one of the wealthiest men in italy. this is he's clearly been lord alli is clearly been around him for years, and we now know that dunng for years, and we now know that during the election. because because he tells us, because his son needed some peace and quiet to revise for his gcses back at lord ali's place because the press were outside his house. press aren't outside, weren't outside keir starmers house on a daily basis and even if they were, he wouldn't be making a noise. yeah, again, it's a bogus excuse. >> excuse. >> i was conflicted again. i looked at it almost through a comms lens and thought, this is a much stronger line. i think

this is a man who looks like he puts his family first, and he wants to look after his children. then the story began to unravel last night because, you see, the dates don't quite match up and obviously i think it's cut through with a lot of people i know that aren't political because it's that thing of, well, we'd love to do that for our kids, but we can't. and it's almost a bit of one rule for one. >> and also, matthew, i know you won't agree with this, but this is from a prime minister who who wants his child to have the best opportunity in his exams. this is from a prime minister sticking vat on private schools. and this is a lot of parents who want to do the best by their kids, so they scrimp and scrape to get their kids in private school. what about them? >> well, yeah. no i won't necessarily agree, but that goes to show he's he's, you know, paving off both sides of the argument because you've got a lot of people and you know used to you used to all know certainly you have coming from up north, working class people have to get used to the idea that they have to live within their means. and i think that's why that's annoying. lots of people on that side of the argument because they go, well, you know, i'd love to be able to do that. and i think also the idea that he said, you know, this is my son's one chance at

his gcses. he's a former dpp and will be a former prime minister. his son's going to be all right, i reckon. i think the contacts you make in those circles, he'd be fine. but on the other side you've got people going, well, you've got people going, well, you know, we you're punishing us for putting our kids first and through their private schooling. and in fact, you're you've got all these sort of opportunities for your kids. >> part of me, obviously, this won't come as a surprise to anybody that knows me well, and it certainly won't come as a surprise to andrew in some ways. i don't care where he was sat talking that nonsense. he was just talking nonsense during the pandemic, in a way. now, in 2024, in retrospect, you can look back and realise that there are layers of hypocrisy and dishonesty which look bad now . dishonesty which look bad now. but you were working for them at that time. did he believe what he was saying then, when he was? because because this is my disappointment with him. this is why i can never forgive him for is during that period of time when he should have been in opposition to the conservatives, when he should have been questioning what he was telling people to do. their stay at home, get your jabs, all that home, get yourjabs, all that stuff that we now know is patently, demonstrably non—scientific and has resulted in the economic woe are now feeling . did nobody in

in the economic woe are now feeling. did nobody in his ear go? you might want to take a different position on this. who is he talking to there? who is he pandering to? >> i think at the time there was a consensus of let's not rock the boat , because i a consensus of let's not rock the boat, because i think at the time people felt like they didn't know enough and it was i think it was almost 20, 21. yeah, i think there was a they viewed it as a war footing and it was we all must stick together. and it may look childish or juvenile to be slating the government at such what seemed like a bit of a crisis. >> he he was more zealous about lockdown than the conservative government, and yet he's not at home. he's telling people to work from home during the during the second lockdown. he's not in his own home. what a staggering hypocrite. well i can't argue with that, you know, and i'm not here to sort of stick up for keir or the labour party, i'll tell you as i see it. >> and again for me again, a bit like you, bev, it doesn't bother me where he was necessarily. now, whether he's broke covid rules because he wasn't at home and technically he wasn't really at work. if he's working from

somebody's home, something that isn't his own. again, it's the deception for me. if it was lord alli ornaments and furniture behind him , what would it have behind him, what would it have mattered? but you've dressed it up as if you're at home. because he knew. >> because he knew. that's it, isn't it? if he. if it looked like lord alli at home, he'd have known. he sat down and thought about this. >> so i've put some christmas cards so it makes it look a i mean, it was a full scale deception. >> well, he might not have done. and this is the thing where i'm concerned again, his christmas card , it concerns me that that's card, it concerns me that that's the job. i would sort of probably do. i'd go, you know, make sure this is out of sight. if it was something a bit dodgy or make sure this is in. yeah. so why are they why are they making that decision to sort of deceive people and go, let's make it look like that. but they are not spotting that these donors might look a bit dodgy at some point, or this is a few too many freebies. can you get away with being at taylor swift? and i can only come back to the idea that it's because they are people that are totally out of touch. there is no diversity of class or class consciousness within that office.

>> they normally get out of touch. politicians, prime ministers at the end of a long parliament. so the tories were woefully out of touch. they've beenin woefully out of touch. they've been in power for 14 years. this bloke hasn't even done 100 days. >> well, i saw you at labour conference and for me, rachel reeves totally on leadership manoeuvres. very slick videos telling us all about her life story during her speech when we didn't really know, need to know that it was about what she was going to do economically, but she doesn't think he's going to last.i she doesn't think he's going to last. i think she'd be very savvy. you know, i've always thought he might last a couple of years and somebody's going to knife him. and for me, you know, you look at the more ambitious people around that table. rachel reevesis people around that table. rachel reeves is one of them. and your your wes streeting. well, i think you can get to a point where if confidence is low and we have these briefings about sue gray, morgan mcsweeney now it's about the donors. and if you can get to a point where you go you can get to a point where you 9° ' you can get to a point where you go , keir, if you stay, we're not go, keir, if you stay, we're not going to win. you've got to do the ultimate sacrifice, a bit like joe biden in america. and they're going to be what, the prime minister, not leader of the opposition. >> so these conversations are

going on and they've not even beenin going on and they've not even been in 100 days. we've got to ask you very quickly, prisoners have been let out by mistake , have been let out by mistake, including wife beaters. it's not a great look for a party that says it's going to be tough on law and order. >> no. what i would say, though, is it's a failure of the privatisation of the prison system. i think we saw that with the probationary system as well. we've seen people that have let out that shouldn't be let out. we've seen people that were let out that were and haven't been tagged. so we don't know where they are. and i think a lot of that was i spoke about at conference over the weekend is a lot to do with the fact that private prisons haven't worked for a long time in this country, and neither has private probationary system. >> all right. that's matthew torbett, former labour adviser, thanks, matthew. yeah, thanks very much for that. and what's coming up? yeah. >> shoplifters. are too we soft on them? well, clearly the crime has cost the co—op £40 million so far this year. what would be a suitable deterrent? we've got to fix it. this is britain's newsroom on

gb news. welcome back to britain's newsroom on gb news with bev and andrew. >> so the co—op has taken a £40 million hit from shoplifting in just the first six months of this year. their top boss says criminals are becoming more brazen. so what needs to change? >> it's not surprising, though, is it? because we were told you could nick 200 quid's worth of stuff and you wouldn't get and the police wouldn't be? >> it wouldn't show any interest whatsoever be charged for it. >> so anyway, former detective superintendent the met shabnam chowdhury joins us now. shabnam is that part of the problem is that this message came out well, if it's anything less than £200 of shoplifting, we haven't got time to deal with it. that's a lot of money for a little store, particularly the independent corner shops. what do we do about this? it's out of control. >> it is. and particularly those small businesses and places like the co—op who i'm really surprised, £40 million losses. and they're going to open another 120 stores so that we can have even more shoplifters

going into those and help themselves to their goods. it is a huge problem. and the reason why it's a huge problem in these smaller businesses is because it is easy pickings . if you go to is easy pickings. if you go to the bigger stores, it's much more difficult to get out of them, to wander around and to nick stuff the co—op in in particular, as you say , for particular, as you say, for example, when you think about it, they put security staff just at the front, so no one seeing what's actually going on. there are those at the self—service checkouts who are helping themselves to probably half of those goods and not paying for the other half. and then you've got those that just blatantly walk in organised criminals that go in day after day , £200 worth go in day after day, £200 worth of shopping is almost like an entire month's worth of food shop for many, many people, and these individuals aren't just stealing, you know, milk and eggs as what people want to think, but you're talking about alcohol. all the stuff that is expensive meat, steak, large consignments of milk so that they can go and sell it to their

mates as well. organise in the sense it is actually an organised crime. >> now, the in in one of the speeches at the party conference, shannon, it was said that there's going to be a new law to make, people in, in shops to protect them effectively. so if they're assaulted, it's amazing that the government thinks we need a new law. shouldn't the laws already be in place to protect shop workers from from assault? >> there are plenty of powers, powers that police have available in their toolkit in order to prevent shoplifting. they've got banning orders, they've got on the spot fines, they've got on the spot fines, they've got on the spot fines, they've got public order offences, they've got burglary. if these individuals go backwards and forwards and let's be very clear to you know, these new legislation, you're going to get a six month summary offence of going to prison. well there is no room in the prison. so shoplifters are going to be the last on the list that are actually going to be sentenced because they don't have any room. they were looking at the

more violent offenders , those more violent offenders, those that are involved in more serious offences. so this piece of legislation, yes, it does protect, shop staff, but actually i don't think it's going to make any difference to the shoplifters. >> i think part of the issue as well as you say is these are these self—service checkouts. that's where people are nicking . that's where people are nicking. that's where people are nicking. that's where people are nicking. that's where this figure of 30 million, i think has partly come from. as well. we're all having our faces filmed, whether we like it or not, on these tills. so it's not working. all of that cctv, all of this idea that we do the job of the shopkeeper, we do the job of the shopkeeper, we do the job of the retailer, well, can you imagine a time where they have to just rip all those out again and go back to people on the tills? because basically customers can't be trusted? >> well, they can't be trusted. and i think that when this co—op opened their new 120 stores, they've got to seriously think about their security measures. and i think the self—service checkout has got to be one of them. i have been in two separate co—op shops in the last

6 or 7 months, and i've seen blatantly shoplifters walking in and wheeling out with large consignments of goods. i've offered to help the staff and their first response is we're not allowed to touch them because otherwise we're going to because otherwise we're going to be held to account ourselves. and then you've got the security staff that can't put hands on, or they are restricted in what they can or can't do, and then they can or can't do, and then the police can't. >> shabnam, i'm so sorry. we've run out of time, dame joan collins. >> dame joan collins, what's coming up next on the show ? coming up next on the show? >> there's lots more still to come on britain's newsroom with andrew pierce. but first let's see the weather forecast . see the weather forecast. >> a brighter outlook with boxt solar sponsors of weather on gb news >> morning. welcome to your latest weather update from the met office here on gb news. we are expecting the rain to cause further issues over the next day and a half. further heavy rain today. tonight and tomorrow morning is expected to cause further flooding. met office

warnings are in place . check the warnings are in place. check the met office website or app for full details , particularly wet full details, particularly wet today over north east england, parts of northern ireland, north wales also seeing some heavy downpours and in the south a bit more showery in nature. there'll be some brighter spells, but here too, some heavy downpours are likely . much of scotland are likely. much of scotland looking dry. some sunny spells in the west coast is quite cool here. temperatures elsewhere struggling in the mid teens, feeling pretty chilly with that persistent rain and the winds coming in from the north sea over north east england and the far south—east of scotland. further south we will see some sunny spells through the day, but there will still be some heavy downpours around as the rain builds up here, particularly tonight and tomorrow. the potential for further flooding a wet zone over nonh further flooding a wet zone over north wales and northern england. as i said, looking a little drier across the south—west of scotland, a scattering of showers in northern scotland with that northerly wind bringing a chill. the wet weather this morning should clear away from northern ireland but likely to linger in north wales, northern england, well into this evening. and then

we're looking at some heavier bursts of rain developing over the midlands and southern england, and south wales as we go through the night, because it's been so wet this week that is likely to cause some further flooding issues through the night. and first thing in the morning. temperatures just about holding up in double figures tonight, but further north it is turning colder. the northerly winds pushing the rain away, but also introducing a cooler feel. some good spells of sunshine tomorrow over central and southern scotland. a much brighter day over north—east england. the rain should also finally clear from southern parts after a wet start, so many areas becoming dry and bright by the afternoon, but also noticeably fresher with the winds coming down from the north. a distinctly cooler feel with temperatures struggling to get into the mid—teens , many get into the mid—teens, many places only 11 or 12 celsius. bye for now . bye for now. >> that warm feeling

>> 10 am. on thursday, the 26th of september live across the uk. this is britain's newsroom, with

andrew pierce and bev turner wearing masks and working from home. >> if we can really will help prevent infections . prevent infections. >> the covid rule breaker the prime minister's broadcast urging you to work from home dunng urging you to work from home during the pandemic. it was actually shot in guess where labour lord ali's £18 million penthouse. so is he breaking the rules? and apparently he also recorded his tribute to the queen from the same place, along with his house and prisoners freed by mistake. >> the government is under fire this morning as dozens of convicts were let out of jail early due to an admin error. >> meanwhile, if you're a well—behaved prisoner , the well—behaved prisoner, the justice secretary, shabana mahmood, is considering letting you out early to tackle the overcrowding crisis in our prisons. have they got a grip of law and order? >> and the hollywood icon, dame joan collins, is going to be joining us on the show shortly . joining us on the show shortly. she does not hold back. andrew spoke to her in her own house. i have to say, the interior design

looks amazing . looks amazing. >> you're watching britain's newsroom. here's your news headunes. headlines. >> good morning. the top stories. allies, including the uk, us and eu have called for a temporary ceasefire in lebanon following an escalation in fighting between israel and the terror group hezbollah. israel's prime minister has said in the last few minutes that he hasn't given a response to the call, and that fighting will continue until what he says. all war goals have been achieved. in a joint statement yesterday, the 12 strong blocs called for a 21 day ceasefire to provide for space diplomacy towards the conclusion of a diplomatic settlement, as well as a ceasefire in gaza. in a joint statement, they said the hostilities were intolerable and

presented an unacceptable risk of a broader regional escalation that was neither in the interests of the people of israel or lebanon . it comes israel or lebanon. it comes after israel's military chief told troops yesterday that extensive airstrikes in lebanon targeting hezbollah could pave the way for them to enter enemy territory. former chair of the defence select committee, tobias ellwood, believes a ceasefire is imminent, though i think it will happenin imminent, though i think it will happen in the next 48 72 hours. >> it takes some time . this is a >> it takes some time. this is a very complex operation to get the scale of troop numbers that are required. although i'm sure the idf, the israeli defence forces, would have been preparing for this for some time . preparing for this for some time. >> 212 year old boys found guilty of murdering teenager shawn seesahai in a random machete attack are set to be sentenced. the killers were convicted in june of murdering the 19 year old, who was stabbed in the heart and suffered a skull fracture in november last yeah skull fracture in november last year. they're believed to be the youngest defendants convicted of murder in britain since robert

thompson and jon venables, both aged 11, who were found guilty in 1993 of killing two year old james bulger. the boys, both now 13, face a mandatory juvenile life sentence and are due to appearin life sentence and are due to appear in custody at nottingham crown court today for the start of a two day hearing. the sentence is due to be passed tomorrow . now a sentence is due to be passed tomorrow. now a family sentence is due to be passed tomorrow . now a family centre tomorrow. now a family centre based in the southport building, where three little girls died in a knife attack, will not return to the premises. heartspace, which ran groups for new mothers and families, had been based at the norwood business centre in the norwood business centre in the town's heart street. founder jenny scholes said staff would never forget the events of july 29th, and were heartbroken by what happened. children had been taking part in a taylor swift themed dance class at the venue when a knife attacker killed six year old bebe king. seven year old elsie dot stancombe and nine year old alice da silva aguiar. the building is understood to have remained closed ever since .

have remained closed ever since. elsewhere, cyber attackers have caused disruption at 19 uk railway stations . network rail railway stations. network rail confirmed the wi—fi systems at stations including london euston, manchester piccadilly and major stations across liverpool, birmingham and edinburgh were all affected. people reported logging on to the wi—fi at the stations and being met with a screen about terror attacks in europe. british transport police are investigating . the rail provider investigating. the rail provider says it believes other organisations, not just rail stations, have also been impacted . a landmark aukus impacted. a landmark aukus meeting is being held in the uk today as the defence secretary, john healey, hosts counterparts from the us and australia in london amid efforts to build a fleet of nuclear powered submarines. mr healey will host richard marles, who is also anthony albanese's deputy prime minister, and us defence secretary. lloyd james austin, the third at the security partnership meeting . if partnership meeting. if australia and the uk sign a treaty, the westminster government estimates the ssn

aukus submarine build project would unlock uk exports into the billions of pounds. the ministry of defence says it will support uk jobs for more than 21,000 people. the government also confirmed the new treaty will outline the uk's relationship with australia on submarine co—operation . farmers have co—operation. farmers have written to the bosses of the uk's big six supermarkets, calling on them to end farm washing and support local producers, the farmers against farm washing campaign claims major supermarkets are using fake farm brands and overuse of union jack branding to give shoppers the impression their products come from quaint british family farms. it claims that in reality, much of the food is increasingly sourced from industrial us style mega farms, or from overseas, and masking the decline of britain's family farms and flooding and travel disruption set to continue across large parts of the uk, with more heavy rain

predicted , nearly three inches predicted, nearly three inches of rain could fall over several hours in the worst affected regions today. the met office has issued three separate yellow rain alerts, one in the western parts of northern ireland, one in northern england and another for a large area covering most of england and wales. the met office says the highest rainfall totals are likely across the pennines and north york moors, where 80 to 100mm could accumulate . there's also the accumulate. there's also the chance of thunderstorms and strong winds in the southern half of the uk later in the day. and those are the latest gb news headlines. for now, i'm tatiana sanchez. more from me in half an hour for the very latest gb news direct to your smartphone, sign up to news alerts by scanning the qr code, or go to gb news. >> .com. forward slash alerts . >> .com. forward slash alerts. >> .com. forward slash alerts. >> very good morning. welcome back to britain's newsroom live. across the uk on gb news with me

bev turner and andrew pierce. >> as always we want to know what you think. so do send your views, post your comments by visiting gbnews.com/yoursay and let's see what you've been saying. >> so michael has said this morning morning, michael starmer is making it too easy to make derogatory comments about him. it's like shooting. now you do say michael. it's like shooting ducksin say michael. it's like shooting ducks in a barrel. i think you mean shooting fish in a barrel? isn't that what the metaphor is, shooting fish in a barrel? it is . well. >> or ducks at the labour conference. it was hard to find anybody who could understand the prime minister's preoccupation with waheed alli lord alli, who's worth about 200 million. he made a lot of money in media. he made a lot of money in media. he gave us the big breakfast show back in the 90s. was it in the 90s with people talking about him? >> he was the head of carlton television and it was the word. remember the word? yeah. >> he's been incredibly successful. he owned the company torfaen, which has got something to do with the royalties of the agatha christie estate. he's got his fingers in so many pies. he was chairman of asos. he's worth

around £200 million. but why does the prime minister as he is now? why did he need to be in lord ali's apartment during covid? why is he lecturing the country? you've got to work from home. stay at home. he's not at home. stay at home. he's not at home. he's dressed the house up to look like he's at his home. and it was deception. >> it was blair who was first seduced by lord alli and he lord alli was the youngest. >> blair made him appear. >> blair made him appear. >> blair made him appear. he >> blair made him appear. he was the first openly gay muslim lord politician . effectively in the politician. effectively in the world. in the world. i mean, you know, he wins the trophy for the wokery award, doesn't he? in terms of all his identity politics that he manages to fulfil. now, i'm not saying that's why he necessarily got the job, but there's absolutely no doubt that tony blair would have been impressed by somebody that he saw representing the diverse, as he would say, you know, the melting pot, the cornucopia, which was going to become politics. not all bad , become politics. not all bad, but we have to ask in 2024 why

this man has exerted so much influence over the labour party, and he's given the labour party more than £500,000. >> he gave the prime minister designer, specs, designer suits. i saw him at liverpool. i actually asked him about one of the shirts he was wearing and said, is that one of lord ali's shirts? it was weird. what did he say? well, he had a suit on, but with a really dark blue shirt on and it was a terrible clash. sartorial disaster in my opinion. the fashion police, well, i'm not exactly a fashion as you know, but you're a man of as you know, but you're a man of a certain age. i'm afraid. and he often wears those shoes that look like trainers, which is weird. you see, i'm all right. >> i'm okay with him wearing his trainers. i mean, that doesn't bother me too much. i'm just. >> i mean, why can't he buy his own clothes ? own clothes? >> well, quite. >> well, quite. >> and why? why does lord alli pay >> and why? why does lord alli pay £5,000 for lady starmer's clothes? and you know her new nickname now, lady victoria sponge . sponge. >> oh, the nicknames are coming quickly. i'm afraid they are fast with these two, aren't they, victoria? >> sponge. >> sponge.

>> i just because because wahid ali paid £5,000 for her clothes. >> did she look like she was wearing £5,000 of gear at the labour conference? no, she was wearing another frock that was borrowed. >> i just want to know why wahid ali wants access and that's what actually matthew said at the start of the show. a lot of love for matthew in our inbox, actually. people saying how much they like him on the show. matthew torfaen thank you. to new gb news, but he's going to be a bit of a regular on here every week. matthew torbett that's right, he's been on gb news before. i find it quite impressive, says eileen. while he clearly supports labour, he's not a labour apologist and talks sensibly about his policies and the outcomes. exactly. we like all voices and he was with labour right up until the general election. >> so very close. so he knows keir starmer very well and he is struggling to understand this preoccupation with wajid ali and brexit crusaders. >> read my mind for me, i love it when our viewers do this. the word, which was the show that wajid ali was executive producing, was presented by terry christian, who, as you know, is a card carrying socialist , know, is a card carrying socialist, certainly is, and so,

you know , nobody should be you know, nobody should be having that much influence on our democratic process behind the scenes, keeping themselves completely silent without us knowing what they want for that access. >> but it's the subterfuge, the prime minister's deployed here making that where he was filming the video about covid, making it look like it was his own home. that's subterfuge. that's deception. >> we were on the telly. you're right, because we were on the telly during that time, very on various sort of talking shows and stuff. if i had not been in my house when i was beaming into one of those programmes, i would have been absolutely vilified. so would i bev turner should have been in her house, and that's not her house, because we've seen her broadcast from her house. that's not it. right. but if even worse than if i'd gone, okay, well, i'm going to gone, okay, well, i'm going to go and stay at my mum's house, let's say. but i'm going to make it look like my house. i'm going to put pictures of my kids in the back, and i'm going to pretend it's my house. then that would have been worse. and that is effectively what he's done. >> yeah, yeah, absolutely. now number 10 is admitting to releasing 37 prisoners by mistake. some of them domestic

violence abusers, people who've beaten up women and some of them have still not been returned to jail. >> that's right. this error has been blamed on problems with the government's controversial, if you remember , and quite sudden you remember, and quite sudden early release scheme. >> and now labour are apparently considering plans to introduce a texas style prison system with a points based approach. if you behave well in prison, you get out sooner . out sooner. >> texas. it's a bit strange, isn't it? i didn't know she's going to go out there to have look. >> the justice secretary. >> the justice secretary. >> oh, nice excuse for a jolly. can't you just ring them and ask them how it works? justice secretary shabana mahmood will let prisoners out early if they behave well, in order to tackle overcrowding. >> so let's talk to nick hardwick , who is a former chief hardwick, who is a former chief inspector of prisons. nick, morning to you. the prison population is much bigger now than when you were in charge of the prisons. is the point system the prisons. is the point system the right way? if they behave well, get out early. i thought they did that already know that. >> well they don't actually, i think i was surprised most people you don't get any reduction in your sentence just for good behaviour . and the

for good behaviour. and the texas scheme is part of what they call the republican write on crime scheme . so it's on crime scheme. so it's supported across a lot of republican states. and the idea there is that if you're locking people up who don't need to be locked up, that's not a good use of taxpayers dollars. and that, as well as punishment, you need to try and have systems that reduce the risk that people that people will reoffend after they're released. so i think it is worth having a look. and there may be things that we can learn from the republican approach that can be applied here. >> what sort of things, nick, do you think ? because i don't think you think? because i don't think anybody would would agree that it's sensible to just keep people locked up if they're not a danger to the community because a they're wasting time, they're not making money, they're not making money, they're costing the state money. they're not forwarding themselves. they may have had to leave a family outside. that could do with the support. what should we be doing with people in prison ? educating them at the

in prison? educating them at the very least, surely. >> i think , look, what a good >> i think, look, what a good reason for sending people to prison is because what they've doneis prison is because what they've done is so appalling. they need to be punished. it doesn't do them any good, but actually it's important that society sees people being punished. but we also need to do things in prison that do reduce risk. even their very basics . teach them to read, very basics. teach them to read, make sure they're working regularly so they're not just that they learn a skill , but that they learn a skill, but they gain habits of, employment, getting up, going to work , do getting up, going to work, do something about their drug problems and often i think people who's a really good pubuc people who's a really good public servant get forgotten. pfison public servant get forgotten. prison officers often a lot of these men, and it is mainly men have never had a kind of decent male role model, a decent father figure, and sometimes good relationships between a prison officer and the prisoners can be the factor that changes someone's life. so punished by all means . but that's not enough. >> how is it that they've made some of these mistakes as well, nick, in releasing some

prisoners who domestic violence abusers at 37 have been released by mistake. how can they make a mistake as fundamental as that looks to me, i mean, it's a bit unclear what happened and i think this will be very frightening and distressing for the women concerned. >> so the first thing is to get these guys back into prison, where they belong. what what looks to have happened is that the men were released early, were sentenced under old legislation that's now been superseded by newer, tougher legislation , actually. and the legislation, actually. and the rules that said that when people could be released early or not released early only referred to the new legislation, it didn't include the old legislation. and so it just got missed. it looks to me like a policy mistake rather than an operational error. >> nick, these changes in prisons that we're talking about in terms of making sure that prisoners learn english or know how to prepare for a job interview, etc, are they expensive systems to implement ?

expensive systems to implement? >> now, if what we can do is we can reduce the demand for prison places, they're cheaper, right? the big thing about the texas and the republican plan was spending all this money on prisons without doing anything to change how people behave . to change how people behave. we're just a bad use of taxpayers dollars. that was their kind of mantra, and i think that's why it got support across the political spectrum. >> just finally, nick, the prime minister in his speech talked about the fact that people might not like it, but a prison could be coming near them because we need new prisons . how many new need new prisons. how many new prisons do you think they need to build , to build, >> well, it depends how successful the other things are at the moment. they've got plans to build an extra 20,000 places, which will cost £4 billion. i mean, i think a lot of that is not money well spent. and i think if we put money into trying to , some people need to trying to, some people need to be to prison and they need to be in prison for a very long time. but if we can get some of the others out successfully without reoffending, that would be a better use of the money, i

think. >> okay . thank you. nick. that >> okay. thank you. nick. that was former chief inspector of pfisons was former chief inspector of prisons nick hardwick. there talking a lot of sense. >> we're talking a lot of sense now. this is a statement from the ministry of justice who say pubuc the ministry of justice who say public safety is our first priority. >> we took decisive action to keep the most dangerous offenders locked up. this included blocking the early release of domestic abuse offences such as stalking and controlling behaviour. >> except some got out . yeah, >> except some got out. yeah, thanks for that statement, minister of justice. but you don't acknowledge some of them got out. that's right. because they screwed up. >> yeah. up next you will not believe how much a couple were fined by the police for reporting a migrant who was hiding in their van on a french border. you don't want to miss this.

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>> we are joined by the former culture secretary michelle donelan and the journalist jonathan lewis. michelle, first time i've seen you since the general election. i was just saying off air, your defeat in in your wiltshire constituency was one of the big shocks to me, hugely disappointing. >> but we are where we are. the british public sent a very strong message, loud and clear, which impacted me as well as many of my former colleagues. >> how furious are you that rishi sunak called such a stupid early election? >> i don't think furious is the right word. i'm disappointed that it wasn't in november and we weren't given longer in the whole summer , etc. and time to whole summer, etc. and time to turn things around and get those flights off to rwanda. but we can't rewrite history. we've got to go forward now and really be a strong opposition to this government. that needs to be the priority rather than navel gazing and looking back, i understand why he did pull the trigger on the election. then i think you'd have to ask him, not me. i wasn't privy to any of those conversations. i found out about two seconds before the general public because i was in south korea at the time for the follow up, ai summit. >> it was extraordinary, he told the cabinet. and some ministers

started to say, i'm not sure that's a good idea. he then told the cabinet, i've already been to see the king. it was done. the deal was done with the deputy prime minister. what was his name, oliver dowden was the key figure in all this. >> let's face it, the result wouldn't have changed if he'd waited longer. and it might have been worse. >> i'm not sure about that. i think it wouldn't have been as bad, actually, because the tories weren't prepared. they had no money either, and nigel farage would probably would almost certainly have been in america with donald trump if the election had been in november and reform cost you your seat. >> yeah , but we can spend a lot >> yeah, but we can spend a lot of time talking about that and looking backwards , but that's looking backwards, but that's not going to help the country. no, to face the challenges that are ahead. it's not going to make us an effective opposition. it will make us inward. and one of the key messages that people complained about, the conservative party and the government was that too much infighting , too much navel infighting, too much navel gazing, actually needed to look outwards. so i think we really need to move forward now and not make that mistake again. >> all right. well, let's talk about this extraordinary story about this extraordinary story about keir starmer and the penthouse with lord alli. so now we know not only when he was

telling the country to work from home, he wasn't at home. he was in lord alli his apartment didn't declare it because that's a benefit in kind. jonathan. he made it. it was made to look like it was his home with the with the position of the christmas cards. and now we discover he also did the tribute to the late queen when she died a year later in lord alli apartment. what's going on? >> i think that there are a lot of things that we can criticise keir starmer for, and i'm not saying that this whole story doesn't have some elements to it that require scrutiny or that are worthy of scrutiny, but i just don't think this is one of them, even though starmer was was, you know, advising people to work from home, it's a television broadcast . television television broadcast. television broadcasts don't always happen from someone's living room. they happenin from someone's living room. they happen in tv sets or studios like the one we're in right now. it wasn't during lockdown. it was during the omicron variant. >> i did lots of television dunng >> i did lots of television during lockdown and i did it all for myself. >> okay, fine. so that's maybe you had a really, really nice studio space that you could

broadcast from. >> i don't think it lives in a normal house. just to quote what he actually says in that clip, he actually says in that clip, he says, if you should work , can he says, if you should work, can work from home, you should. that's literally comes out of his mouth in that statement. >> if i had a chance to, you know, go into a tv studio for a few minutes to make a broadcast to the nation instead of my lounge, then i would do that , lounge, then i would do that, especially if i'm the leader of the opposition. it wasn't lockdown. there was no there's no hint of law breaking here. >> if you can work from home, you should. he says. >> and hang on a minute. he he made it look like his house. let's not forget he was very disingenuous. he had pictures of his family up, christmas cards. he gave the appearance that he was working from home as he was telling people to do, and he shouldn't be in a position where he's telling people to do something but not doing it himself. and the bigger point here about all of these stories mixed together is the hypocrisy. this is an individual that went hard on the fact that he was mr rules. he was straighter than straight. he would be a different type of politician. he would clean everything up. he comes in, we find out that he spent a lot of time at taylor swift concerts, at football, all

this, that taking clothes and a lot of politicians do that . my lot of politicians do that. my big question is how the hell he had the time to do that as leader of the opposition and looking after his constituency and a father, and why he felt it was justified to throw so many stones when he knew what he was personally doing. >> i don't think that he was throwing stones. he was he was he was criticising people like bofis he was criticising people like boris johnson, who were claims of cronyism. but boris johnson, you know, in the wallpaper scandal, sort of borrowed a fortune of money and didn't and tried to evade declaring it. that was the scandal, not the fact that the donations have been made. wallpaper. >> no, it stays in the downing street. yeah. it's his clothes he was wearing. he's still got. >> look, we look, we can have a big conversation about, first of all, donations in politics because we don't have a taxpayer or publicly funded model of politics which means that politics which means that politics will have to be funded by donations. michel, i saw in the register of your interests that you received sort of more than £10,000 in donations as well. while you were an mp, and that's and that's normal. that's how things work, provided it's openly declared. and there's a transparency there. and then there's obviously a separate

issue about gifts and i think that there is a balance to be struck here. you can either have a completely extreme absolute position that no one should ever receive any kind of gift as a politician or any kind of event, you know, and there are always going to be occasions where a minister will have to go to something, or you can have something, or you can have something where you use a free for all. >> but that's not the point, is it? the point is the hypocrisy here, the fact that he presented himself as somebody as totally different to me. i'm not bothered about what he took or didn't take, is the fact that he he presented himself as somebody totally different and almost hoodwinked the electorate into voting for something that didn't really exist. you're the best person here, michel, to say what starmer may have thought when ali gave him this stuff . when ali gave him this stuff. when you were giving gifts, i think i was never given any gifts. i was obviously doing something wrong. >> so when you say about the members interest, the £10,000, then that michel received, i don't know what they were leaflets and things . leaflets and things. >> no, there was there was one on register. it says that there was one. i mean, ijust on register. it says that there was one. i mean, i just looked

briefly, it said, i think £2,000 for leaflets and then £10,000. it wasn't specified what it was for. so i don't know what that was for. >> so you would have spent that on what kind of campaigning expenses. >> expenses. >> yeah. yeah. >> yeah. yeah. >> i mean like on what. >> i mean like on what. >> so leaflets and leaflets cost money delivery charges, all of that. but i've got no problem with people taking gifts. many party political parties take gifts for different types of things. but i think the problem here is the hypocrisy. >> do you know when you get those gifts that that donor is going to want something in return, >> well, you shouldn't expect that they would know, because the type of people knows that there's no such thing as a free lunch. >> so you might think, okay, they might give me £10,000 at some point i'm going to have to do them a favour back. >> no, no, no. so if you're taking and you wouldn't just get normally 10,000 and £10,000, you'd get small increments that will add up. but if you are a disciplined politician that is of good moral statute, you would you would say to them that, thank you very much, but of course you would keep the relationship very professional. what's happened here is quite

different because this individual was actually given a position within number 10. and, and unlimited access. yeah, it's my understanding that one of his employees went on secondment to then try and fix up some of the labour constituencies in terms of who was actually going to be the candidate there. so it's the untold access, whereas the people that gave me donations, i just thank them and, and well, michelle, you did receive or you did do something that keir starmer hasn't done. >> he did receive basically £34,000 for the taxpayer to pay off your libel bill. and the thing with starmer is he hasn't received any public money for all these things. these are from private donations. so, you know, there is there are a lot this is a problem that we have in politics is that if one side, you know, starts pulling this thread, it's going to affect everybody. >> they took £107,000 in gifts. the second highest after that was 40,000 , almost three times was 40,000, almost three times the most money that was donated in the last year is to conservative mps and more conservative mps and more conservative mps, and labour mps. the mp, who had the biggest number of donations in the last five years, was sir keir starmer .

five years, was sir keir starmer. >> and let me just sort of come back to your direct point. so as i've said throughout, i'm not opposed to mps getting donations. that's how we can fund leaflets, etc. it would be impossible for democracy to function in this country if it didn't rely on people giving donations. nor am i opposed to people being transparent about the gifts. it's then up to them to justify that. the point is, the hypocrisy here and in regards to my individual specific case, what we're talking about is £15,000 plus some legal charges for a letter. that was written on the advice of civil servants and approved by civil servant lawyers. also approved by the permanent secretary and approved by number 10 at the time. now, if you work in any commercial organisation and lawyers within that department or that business had said this is legally sound, you can send this out and no ramifications will happen and you then go ahead and do that. you wouldn't expect to be personally paying the charge if i if i write a letter and i pass it, go through my lawyer before i say it and they say, yeah, this is fine. >> and then i libel someone, i don't expect the lawyer to foot the bill, but if you were working so say you were working

for a big company and it was its internal and that was happening then. >> yes. you would expect that to happen because it would be you would have done it. and not in your personal capacity. you'd have done it in your role as whatever you were. so it's a very different kettle of fish. and i think this is trying to blur the story here, because the story here is about hypocrisy . story here is about hypocrisy. it's not about the fact that he took donations from any tom moore he never said, but he never said that he wasn't going to accept any donations or any or any gifts. >> and that it's completely legitimate. if his wife, who's he doesn't want to be a public figure, takes some clothes, for example, create the deliberate impression he was broadcasting to the nation about the importance of working from home from a rich country. this is not a story people , people broadcast a story people, people broadcast from tv sets. >> i guarantee , jonathan, this >> i guarantee, jonathan, this is going to be a huge story and it's going to be a big problem for the prime minister because he's not levelling with the public. >> i don't look, i think that when you have these, these parties here, i'm not i know look, when you have you are when you have when you have big stories like this that get legs, sometimes a story comes in from the left or from the right, that sort of just trying to sort of

add to the melee, but actually on its own, it doesn't amount to anything. i look, there are some issues here that i think are stories. i just don't think this is one of them. i'm sorry with this. >> what does lord alli want? >> what does lord alli want? >> i think, look, i'll tell you, i honestly, i've only met him once.i i honestly, i've only met him once. i thought he was perfectly pleasant. i think that he just wanted labour to get into power. why because he wants a labour government. no, that's not good enough. >> that's not. >> that's not. >> that's not good enough. you have to ask him, bev, i don't know. look there's no lord alli. there is no evidence. i think this is innuendo. there is no evidence that he wanted any kind of special sort of hobby horse access or or special interest. look, we do have a problem in this country with lobbying, i think. i'm sure you'll agree with that. as well. >> no labour under starmer if you want anything back. >> matthew torbett said at the start of the show that he spoke to somebody who said what lord alli wanted was access. access. don't use our democracy for your access, which might benefit what his businesses. >> there's no evidence that he would have socialised. >> i don't know. i then we need to have a much more rigorous system of politics where we either don't have donations or

we have far more public money poured into politics. >> but we can't have it both ways. >> i can just tell you, in all the years i've been writing about politics, i do not ever recall a donor being given unfettered access to number 10. >> i'm not sure it was unfettered access. >> it was all access. >> or it was. he doesn't have the access anymore. >> oh, that's all right, then, because he's been found out. >> there's no evidence that there was any withdrawal when it was going on, when it was reported in the public. i mean, look, michelle, you know full well, you know, in the in the, in the downing street of boris johnson, there were all kinds of people going through those doors. >> and, well, i've never heard of a story like this where one individual has given a substantial amount at a personal level as well as a professional level, and then received that access. >> boris johnson tried to make his wife his chief of staff. i mean, there was all kinds of stuff that was going £200 million. >> if he was worth £20,000, he would not have that access because he's worth. >> well, of course we know the money in politics. we've got to move on. >> i'm sorry. the phrase i keep coming back to time and time again is champagne socialists. i didn't really know what that was

until now. >> i'm not sure you do now to be honest. >> we've got to move on. time for the headlines now with tatiana sanchez. >> good morning. the top stories. israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu has told the israeli military to keep fighting with full force in lebanon, according to his office earlier today, the idf said israel hit 75 hezbollah targets overnight in the beqaa region close to syria. netanyahu's statement comes after the uk, the us and other allies called for a 21 day ceasefire between israel and the terror group hezbollah last night in a joint statement, the 12 strong bloc called for a ceasefire to provide space for diplomacy towards the conclusion of a diplomatic settlement, as well as a ceasefire in gaza. they said the hostilities were intolerable and presented an unacceptable risk of a broader regional escalation that was neither in the interest of the people of israel or lebanon. it comes after israel's military

chief told troops yesterday that extensive airstrikes in lebanon targeting hezbollah could pave the way for them to enter enemy territory . a man has been territory. a man has been charged with the murder of a 15 year old boy who was stabbed with a zombie knife in south—east london. deshawn campbell died from his injuries after being attacked in woolwich on sunday evening. 18 year old jacob elswick has been charged in connection with his death. he was remanded in custody and appears at bromley magistrates court this morning . 212 year old court this morning. 212 year old boys found guilty of murdering teenager shawn seesahai in a random machete attack are set to be sentenced. the killers were convicted in june of murdering the 19 year old, who was stabbed in the heart and suffered a skull fracture in november last yeah skull fracture in november last year. they're believed to be the youngest defendants convicted of murder in britain since robert thompson and jon venables, both aged 11, who were found guilty

in 1993. of killing two year old james bulger. the boys, both now 13, face a mandatory juvenile life sentence and are due to appearin life sentence and are due to appear in custody at nottingham crown court today for the start of a two day hearing. the sentence is due to be passed tomorrow , and flooding and tomorrow, and flooding and travel disruptions set to continue across large parts of the country, with more heavy rain predicted. nearly three inches of rain could fall over several hours in the worst affected regions today. the met office has issued three separate yellow rain alerts , one in yellow rain alerts, one in western parts of northern ireland, one in northern england and another for a large area covering most of england and wales. the met office says the highest rainfall totals are likely across the pennines and nonh likely across the pennines and north york moors, where 80 to 100mm could accumulate. there's also the chance of thunderstorms and strong winds in the southern half of the uk later in the day. and those are the latest gb news headlines. for now i'm tatiana sanchez. more from me in half an hour for the very latest gb news

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andrew pierce and bev turner. but as you can see, i'm not in the studio. and i've finally escaped from the labor party conference. i'm in london speaking to hollywood royalty dame joan collins . this is a dame joan collins. this is a great moment for gb news dame joan because you've never graced our station with your presence. >> well, i haven't, but you're pretty new, aren't you? aren't i? you've been on for, like, what, 3 or 4 years? >> not even that much, but. but we feel. i think people feel established already. but you are. i'm talking to you because i'm one of the lucky ones. i'm going to see your show behind the shoulder pads one night only at the adelphi theatre. october. the 22nd. you're talking about your extraordinary life. stage, screen . published author. 19 screen. published author. 19 books tv most important . yeah is books tv most important. yeah is there anyone who's managed to straddle what, seven, eight decadesin straddle what, seven, eight decades in showbiz and still be at the top? >> yes, i was thinking about that. the other day because

somebody said, you know, the last girl there is a shirley maclaine? sure. she started at the same time as me, sophia loren. yeah, she started around the same time working much there. it's true. she's not. but she's still out there being, you know, a major icon . and of know, a major icon. and of course, people like dick van , course, people like dick van, who's just almost 100. yeah, he's incredible, isn't he? i'm a mere babe next to him. >> you are, you are. but you and i was thinking about. you've written some extraordinarily wicked, waspish diaries , which, wicked, waspish diaries, which, of course you can, because you've worked with so many people. look at the names frank sinatra , lana turner, elizabeth sinatra, lana turner, elizabeth taylor, martin sheen, dean martin, gregory peck, gregory peck , richard burton, richard peck, richard burton, richard burton, paul newman, the list goes on. gene kelly and gene kelly. was he your favourite? yes. why? >> because i saw him in a movie when i was a little girl called for me and my gal with judy garland and he. i just fell in love with him. it's such a cute movie. well, they don't make movies like that anymore. and then i was lucky enough when i

first went to hollywood at age 20 to meet him, and literally hang out with him and his friends and then i put him in a movie with me that i produced. he played my husband and i movie called sins, and he was wonderful . he called sins, and he was wonderful. he was called sins, and he was wonderful . he was really wonderful. he was really wonderful. >> and sometimes i guess you get to meet some of these people and there must be a disappointment. yes. are you going to tell us about the disappointment? disappointing ones. >> well, i could, andrew, darling, but i think i'll do that when we have one of our lunches. okay? >> okay, fine. i know many of the people that you've worked with that you've always had a soft spot for paul newman. yes. why so? >> because first of all, he's the most wonderful actor. very underrated for many years because he was so good looking. second of all, he was a great friend , a really good friend. friend, a really good friend. and third, because he really supported me tremendously to get a role in a movie called rally

round the flag boys, which i really wanted to do because it was a comedy and i always thought that i was good in comedy and the studio wanted jayne mansfield because they said, brunettes aren't funny, blondes are funny. we've got to have jayne and paul said, no, we've got to have joan. and well , we've got to have joan. and well, he was just wonderful. >> but you but, i mean, you have seen i mean, you've been described so many times as one of the world's most beautiful women, one of the world's most photographed. i mean, how many front cover magazines have you been on in your time? can you can you remember? >> i don't know, i can't, i know i did my first one at 17 as a model and i did my last one last month for harper's bazaar , which month for harper's bazaar, which is the fabulous cover and you've seen my house. i have lots of them. i think it must be over 2000 or 3000. i don't know, because so many i never saw, because so many i never saw, because when we were doing dynasty, we'd do covers, you know, linda and john and i, and they'd appear in sweden and

norway and germany and yeah, we never saw linda, john and i. >> and of course, you didn't really like him, did you? >> well, he didn't really like me, andrew. right. you know, so the on screen aggro, which was great. >> we all enjoyed it, but off screen it wasn't great either, was it? >> it wasn't . but then you can't >> it wasn't. but then you can't always like all your people that you work with. i got along really well with john james, with emma samms, with pamela bellwood , and of course, bellwood, and of course, stephanie beacham . and we didn't stephanie beacham. and we didn't i didn't really hit it off with john and linda. we just didn't have the same blood group as they say. >> yeah, yeah, yeah. and i read something about you in dynasty the other day about all the clothes. yes. and of course, and of course, the all the clothes and the personal dresses and all that. and the personal dresses and all that . and you made some waspish that. and you made some waspish reference, i think, to our own prime minister. >> well, i thought it was witty. yeah, but if you call it waspish, that's waspish. you. they said so. did you get to keep any of the clothes? and i

said , well, some of them, just said, well, some of them, just like our prime minister let's carry on talking about i mean, dynasty made you i mean, you've been working for many years anyway, but it made you an international star. >> you won a golden globe. >> you won a golden globe. >> yeah, a golden globe. but people's choice, two golden globes, actually, i won one for best, best newcomer in 1958 or something like that. oh. >> did you? yeah. good for you. >> did you? yeah. good for you. >> yeah. so i won another one in the 80s. >> yeah. and were they the best years? the dynasty years in terms of my success as an actress? >> of course. yeah. in terms of my personal life, an absolute disaster because, well, i went through two divorces and my daughter was recovering from a serious, accident. that's katie. and yes. and i had, another marriage that was disaster. and

so, but i had many friends. i mean, i was a great friend of nolan miller. he was one of my best besties. like you. >> yeah, he was one of the clothes. the clothes guy was. >> he did all the clothes. yes. and we collaborated with all, you know, we would copy photographs of princess diana from the magazines. and i would say, i really like this astrakhan hat with a muff . let's astrakhan hat with a muff. let's wear that when i go to moldavia. and he would they would make it. they would run it up in two days. it was amazing. yeah, yeah. >> your wardrobe is extraordinary today, isn't it. >> well, it is extraordinary when you look at dynasty. yeah. and i don't remember half the things i wear. i do know that they put me in a lot of really horrible, very unflattering hats. >> yeah . have you ever watched >> yeah. have you ever watched the series from beginning to end? >> we did during covid, right? there was nothing else to do, andrew, as you know, and there was not much on tv. yeah. so we started to watch it and i was

fascinated. i thought it was a great show because most of the episodes i hadn't seen. >> because you were always working. >> well. no, not that we didn't have.i >> well. no, not that we didn't have. i would leave america and come back here because my family was here and i wouldn't see the episodes right. so it was like watching a new show. >> yeah . and it was dynasty >> yeah. and it was dynasty versus dallas. it was always dynasty for me. >> and then we won for a season. you did? we got ahead of them. >> yeah, yeah, yeah. but then after dynasty, you had a great career back on stage. i remember seeing you in private lives in london. and it was in the united states, too. >> yeah, we toured america and then i was on broadway, which was of course, is the epitome, the two things that, as theatre actors want to do, which is what i wanted to be, is the west end and broadway and i, i did both of them, which was fantastic. >> we're going to go to the break in a moment, but tell me before we go to the break. elizabeth taylor, you worked with her, i think, in her last film. yes. >> diesel broads. >> diesel broads. >> diesel broads. and >> diesel broads. and that >> diesel broads. and that was also with shirley maclaine. was

it shirley and debbie reynolds? what an extraordinary line—up. >> i know it was. what a terrible title, though. yeah, well, these are broads. >> i know a man obviously came up with that. >> yeah, they did. i said, you've got to call it these fabulous broads. yeah, but they wouldn't and didn't when you got married at one point, didn't you get a message from elizabeth taylor? i did after i got my third divorce. i got a little message from her and she sent over a lovely present saying, i'm still ahead by three because elizabeth taylor, talking to dame

>> this is britain's newsroom on gb news. it's 1051 now. >> this is britain's newsroom on gb news. it's1051 now. pharmacy closures across the country are having a huge impact on the elderly, with over 430 closing their doors last year alone. so we're joined now by the chief executive of the association of independent multiple pharmacies, doctor lila hornbeck. good morning , doctor lila. we know

morning, doctor lila. we know how important pharmacies are. we talk about it regularly on this show. what pressure are they under? why are 430 of them closing their doors every year, >> they're under immense amount of pressure because for some years our funding has been stagnated whilst all the costs have been rising. and so many pharmacies are finding themselves in huge amount of debt. we know, for example, that the cost of medicines are going up and every other cost is going up, but our contract has remained the same since five years. so that contract came to an end end of march, and we've been waiting for the government and officials to offer us a new contract with better prospects, because of the way that every other cost has gone up. but we haven't heard anything yet. and as we are waiting, more and more pharmacies are closing the doors for good. >> and this comes at a time,

doctor layla. of course, when the government is putting pressure on pharmacies to do more because so few people can manage to get in to see a gp. so they want pharmacies to take up a lot of that slack. >> yes, absolutely. we have the pharmacy first scheme, for example, that we are offering many other services and we've always been there for patients and we've kept our doors open throughout, allowing patients to have that accessibility to community pharmacies. but unfortunately , because of the unfortunately, because of the lack of funding, we are under a huge amount of pressure that and the reports that we've heard, today from healthwatch is that a lot of elderly people, vulnerable people, people in areas of deprivation are going to be suffering when those community pharmacies close their doors for good. >> and this is because of the discrepancy between what you're buying the drugs for and what the government are refunding you. that's the bottom line. yes, that's part of it. >> but there are lots of other things as well. so, for example, our staff costs minimum wage. everything else has gone up. energy costs of fuel for delivering medicines, everything has gone up apart from our

funding . and i'm keen to say funding. and i'm keen to say that over 90% of what community pharmacies are are nhs related activities. so we are part of the nhs. >> okay. we've been beaten by the clock. unfortunately but always good to get news of pharmacies out there. doctor hammerbeck there. >> this government has got to get a grip of this. it's a real problem now. dame joan collins, what's coming up next on this show. >> there's lots more still to come on britain's newsroom with andrew pierce. but first let's see the weather forecast . see the weather forecast. >> a brighter outlook with boxt solar sponsors of weather on gb news >> morning. welcome to your latest weather update from the met office here on gb news. we are expecting the rain to cause further issues over the next day and a half. further heavy rain today. tonight and tomorrow morning is expected to cause further flooding. the met office warnings are in place. check the

met office website or app for full details, particularly wet today over north east england, parts of northern ireland, north wales also seeing some heavy downpours and in the south a bit more showery in nature. there'll be some brighter spells, but too here some heavy downpours are likely. much of scotland looking dry. some sunny spells on the west coast is quite cool here. temperatures elsewhere struggling in the mid teens. feeling pretty chilly with that persistent rain and the winds coming in from the north sea over northeast england and the far south—east of scotland. further south we will see some sunny spells through the day, but there will still be some heavy downpours around as the rain builds up here, particularly tonight and tomorrow. the potential for further flooding. a wet zone over north wales and northern england , as i said, looking england, as i said, looking a little drier across the south—west of scotland. a scattering of showers in northern scotland with that northerly wind bringing a chill. the wet weather this morning should clear away from northern ireland, but likely to linger in nonh ireland, but likely to linger in north wales, northern england, well into this evening. and then we're looking at some heavier

bursts of rain developing over the midlands and southern england and south wales as we go through the night, because it's been so wet this week that is likely to cause some further flooding issues through the night. and first thing in the morning. temperatures just about holding up in double figures tonight, but further north it is turning colder. the northerly winds pushing the rain away, but also introducing a cooler feel. some good spells of sunshine tomorrow over central and southern scotland. a much brighter day over north east england. the rain should also finally clear from southern parts after a wet start, so many areas becoming dry and bright by the afternoon, but also noticeably fresher with the winds coming down from the north. a distinctly cooler feel with temperatures struggling to get into the mid—teens. many places only 11 or 12 celsius. bye for now. >> that warm feeling inside from boxt

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across the uk. this is britain's newsroom with andrew pierce and bev turner wearing masks and working from home. >> if we can really will help prevent infections. >> that broadcast during the pandemic telling you to work from home if you can, was not in his own home. guess whose house he was in? that's right, labour donor lord alli £18 million penthouse. >> it's a very curious story. and prisoners been freed by mistake. the government under fire again as dozens of convicts allowed out of jail early. olivia utley has more. >> the early release scheme for prisoners was always controversial and this story proves it might be disastrous. find out more with me very soon. >> and we all know it. there is a shoplifting surge. the co—op itself has taken a £40 million hit in the first half of this yeah hit in the first half of this year. their top boss has warned. we are in the epidemic of retail

crime . crime. >> and we're going to bring you the second part of our interview with the hollywood icon, dame joan collins, and hear about her words on woke . words on woke. >> i think it's gone out of control. yeah, really, you can't say anything and people get offended. we've lost our british sense of humour. you're watching britain's newsroom. here's your news headunes. headlines. >> good morning. the top stories, some breaking news. the current managing director of harrods , michael ward, has said harrods, michael ward, has said in a statement that it's clear the former harrods boss, mohamed al fayyad, presided over a toxic culture of secrecy, intimidation, fear of repercussion and sexual

misconduct. mr ward, who worked for al fayed for four years at harrods, said he was not aware of his criminality and abuse, adding that we failed our colleagues and for that we are deeply sorry. many of the women interviewed for the bbc documentary and podcast are fired. predator at harrods said they were sexually assaulted, including rape by al—fayed, who died last year at the age of 94. our other top story today, israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu has told the israeli military to keep fighting with full force in lebanon, according to his office. earlier, the idf said israel hit 75 hezbollah targets overnight in the beqaa region close to syria. netanyahu's statement comes after the uk, the us and other allies called for a 21 day ceasefire between israel and the terror group hezbollah. last night, in a joint statement, the 12 strong bloc called for a ceasefire to provide space for diplomacy towards the conclusion of a diplomatic settlement, as

well as a ceasefire in gaza. they said the hostilities were intolerable and presented an unacceptable risk of a broader regional escalation that was neither in the interest of the people of israel or lebanon. it comes after israel's military chief told troops yesterday that extensive airstrikes in lebanon targeting hezbollah could pave the way for them to enter enemy territory. former chair of the defence select committee, tobias ellwood, believes a ceasefire is imminent. >> i think it will happen in the next 48, 72 hours. it takes some time. this is a very complex operation to get the scale of troop numbers that are required. although i'm sure the idf, the israeli defence forces, would have been preparing for this for some time. >> 212 year old boys found guilty of murdering teenager shawn seesahai in a random machete attack are set to be sentenced. the killers were convicted in june of murdering the 19 year old, who was stabbed in the heart and suffered a skull fracture in november last yeah skull fracture in november last year. they're believed to be the

youngest defendants convicted of murder in britain since robert thompson and jon venables, both aged 11, who were found guilty in 1993 of killing two year old james bulger. the boys, both now 13, face a mandatory juvenile life sentence and are due to appearin life sentence and are due to appear in custody at nottingham crown court today for the start of a two day hearing. the sentence is due to be passed tomorrow . a man has been charged tomorrow. a man has been charged with the murder of a 15 year old boy who was stabbed with a zombie knife in south—east london. deshawn campbell died from his injuries after being attacked in woolwich on sunday evening. 18 year old jacob lawson has been charged in connection with his death. he was remanded in custody and appears at bromley magistrates court. this morning. appears at bromley magistrates court. this morning . a family court. this morning. a family centre based in the southport building, where three young girls died in a knife attack, will not return to the premises. hean will not return to the premises. heart space, which ran groups for new mothers and families, had been based at the norwood business centre in the town's

hean business centre in the town's heart street. founder jennie scholes said staff would never forget the events of july 29th, and were heartbroken by what happened. children had been taking part in a taylor swift themed dance class at the venue when a knife attacker killed six year old bebe king, seven year old elsie dot stancombe and nine year old alice da silva aguiar. the building is understood to have remained closed ever since , have remained closed ever since, and cyber attackers have caused disruption at 19 uk railway stations . network rail confirmed stations. network rail confirmed the wi—fi systems. stations including london euston, manchester piccadilly and major stations across liverpool, birmingham and edinburgh were all affected. people reported logging on to the wi—fi at the stations, being met with a screen about terror attacks in europe. british transport police are investigating. the rail provider says it believes other organisations, not just rail stations, have also been impacted . a landmark aukus impacted. a landmark aukus meeting is being held in the uk

today as the defence secretary, john healey, hosts counterparts from the us and australia in london amid efforts to build a fleet of nuclear powered submarines. mr healey will host richard marles, who is also anthony albanese's, deputy prime minister and us defence secretary. lloyd james austin, the third at the security partnership meeting. if australia and the uk sign a treaty, the westminster governments estimated the ssn aukus submarine build project would unlock uk exports into the billions of pounds the ministry of defence says it will support uk jobs for more than 21,000 people, and the government also confirmed the new treaty will outline the uk's relationship with australia on submarine co—operation and flooding, and travel disruptions set to continue across large parts of the uk , with more heavy rain the uk, with more heavy rain predicted. nearly three inches of rain could fall over several hours in the worst affected regions today. the met office has issued three separate yellow rain alerts, one in western parts of northern ireland, one

in northern england and another for a large area covering most of england and wales. the met office says the highest rainfall totals are likely across the pennines and north york moors, where 80 to 100mm could accumulate. there's also the chance of thunderstorms and strong winds in the southern half of the uk later on in the day . and those are the latest gb day. and those are the latest gb news headlines . day. and those are the latest gb news headlines. for day. and those are the latest gb news headlines . for now day. and those are the latest gb news headlines. for now i'm tatiana sanchez. more from me in half an hour for the very latest gb news direct to your smartphone, sign up to news alerts by scanning the qr code, or go to gbnews.com forward slash alerts . slash alerts. >> welcome back to britain's newsroom live! across the uk on gb news with andrew and bev. >> well, number 10 has admitted that 37 prisoners were released by mistake . several of them have by mistake. several of them have still not been returned to jail. the area has been blamed on problems with the government's

controversial early release scheme. of course, it's because of that. >> absolutely. justice secretary shabana mahmood is considering letting out prisoners early if they behave themselves to tackle overcrowding. let's get a bit more on this from our political correspondent, olivia utley, who is in the studio with us. olivia it's lovely to see you. we haven't seen you in the studio for a while, so how much of a problem is this proving to be? because there are people literally on social media who are calling for keir starmer's resignation over the fact that these prisoners were released early. >> well, it was obviously a hugely controversial scheme to release prisoners by default after 40% of their sentence, rather than 50% of their sentence. and to compound the problem , it was implemented problem, it was implemented very, very quickly. some would say rushed through and there were lots of parole officers registering their concern that there just simply wasn't enough time. that the idea was first mooted during the election campaign in july, and prisoners were actually released on the 10th of september. and now we discover that 37 prisoners have been wrongly released, five of them. they're still being

tracked to down go back to prison. and allegedly one of them has already reoffended the reason why they were released early. i mean, basically it was because it was all rushed through. but but they were there is a complicated technicality, but essentially some people who weren't eligible for early release were released early. and that is, of course, the danger, which lots and lots of people were raising. >> and olivia, they made it absolutely clear when they were doing this that nobody convicted of domestic violence would be released early because the victims will be very worried that they're going to get a knock on the door or late at night. and that's exactly what's happened. >> that's exactly what's happened. and the problem was with this early release scheme that there's a there's a bit of a grey area between violent offences which weren't eligible for early release and non—violent offences. i mean, that sounds mad . how could there that sounds mad. how could there possibly be a grey area? but people who were convicted of offences which were non—violent but had also committed violent offences, possibly at the same time were on the wrong list

basically, which meant that people got released early. i mean, the labour party would argue that they had no choice but to do this because the conservatives, they say, had left prisons in such a dire state, overcrowding was turning out to be a big problem. and i mean, that is true. overcrowding was certainly a problem. at one point about six weeks ago, there were only 150 places left in male prisons. but the fact that this was pushed through so, so quickly does seem to have led to some problems. >> i just don't know why they don't kick out 10,500 foreign prisoners and deport them. why do we want them in our jails? kick them out. prison crisis sorted. >> that would be another option . >> that would be another option. keir starmer is looking at lots and lots of ideas to tackle this problem . one idea which the problem. one idea which the times is reporting on today is doing something like they do in texas , where you can be released texas, where you can be released early, basically on good behaviour so you can earn credits through going to drug rehabilitation schemes or educational courses in prison. and those those courses count as days of credit towards your your

time served in texas. you can get out of prison after serving just 25% of your sentence, and that can include days of credit earned from these courses. so if the prime minister looks at that, there could be another big controversy on our hands. what i find quite interesting about this is the labour party is sort of claiming that this has all been done by necessity, and you can see that perhaps there is a necessity to do something about the overcrowding problem. but the overcrowding problem. but the prisons minister, james timpson, actually also has a has an ideological opposition, a fundamentally opposed to people spending long spells in prison. so is this about necessity or is it sort of ideological under the guise of i wonder if the prisons minister has ever been a victim of crime, because he might take a different view if you've been mugged or burgled, because he may not think burglary is important, people are burgled. >> it's a terrible, traumatic experience . and we want these experience. and we want these people banged up so they don't carry on re—offending. >> yeah. and that's going to be a debate that's, i think, going to be raging in the labour party

over the next few months and years, because there are certainly those within the labour party who i've spoken to, labour party who i've spoken to, labour mps who fundamentally disagree with james thompson about this and do believe that prisoners should be there, yes, for rehabilitation. but also for punishment. yeah. >> to keep our streets safe . >> to keep our streets safe. yeah. just before you let me go, this very bizarre story about wajid ali and the prime minister speaking from his home, but trying to make us hoodwink us into thinking he was in his own home during covid when he was telling us all to work from home. >> well, this is a fascinating story. keir starmer came out over the last few days, was using this penthouse of lord alli in £18 million penthouse in covent garden. he claimed that he was using it recently so that his son could revise for his gcsesin his son could revise for his gcses in peace during the general election campaign . it's general election campaign. it's now also emerged that keir starmer was using this penthouse apartment during the covid pandemic, and he actually released a video talking about the dangers of omicron, the necessity for working from home, from this apartment, to make matters weirder behind keir starmer in this video, there are framed family photos of the

starmer children and christmas cards. it was his home to make it look like it was his home and the work from home directive dunng the work from home directive during the pandemic. i don't think that was about working from other people's homes. no, it doesn't really feel like the story is going to go away. >> no, i think he's got a problem because everybody wants to know. texting and emailing. what did lord alli want? >> and also, i can't have olivia here without saying congratulations because we got our first gb news baby on the way . i am so excited for you, way. i am so excited for you, olivia. i romantic when i saw it this morning. i've been dying to see and it could be a christmas day baby. >> it's due on christmas day. you're feeling well, feeling really good. >> blooming and you know, just amazing. we wish you happy listening . listening. >> thank you very much. >> thank you very much. >> now up next find out how much a couple were fined by the police for reporting a migrant who was hiding in their van on the french border. has the world gone completely mad? sounds like it. this is britain's newsroom on

gb news. >> think it's gone out of control? yeah. really? you can't say anything and people get offended. we've lost our british sense of humour. >> dame joan collins with her words on woke. we'll hear more from her shortly . extended from her shortly. extended interview with her. >> we're joined by former culture secretary michelle donelan in the studio again and journalist jonathan lis. jonathan, let's talk first of all about what's happening over at the un. the israeli foreign minister rejecting a lebanese ceasefire proposal. >> yeah, i think there's a proposal by the united states and the eu, the prime minister, our prime minister was in new york, obviously, as well for the un. and this is clearly not just a matter of great concern for the countries involved, but for the countries involved, but for the wider region for and the global community, because this has the risk of sparking a major

conflagration with broader regional escalation and beyond . regional escalation and beyond. you already have the war with hamas, which has been grinding for on almost a year now, and this sort of gradual increase in hostilities between hezbollah in lebanon and israel, which has just escalated dramatically in the last few days. and you had the last few days. and you had the biggest single daily loss of life in lebanon since the end of that brutal, bloody civil war in 1990. and now there's talk about an invasion of lebanon, which could only spell catastrophe for both sides. there is no world in which this ends well for israel, because they are not there are no longer there are no more able to eliminate hezbollah than they're able to eliminate hamas. hezbollah is a lot more organised than hamas . it's far organised than hamas. it's far better armed. it's a lot richer. it has government infrastructure in a way that hamas doesn't . if in a way that hamas doesn't. if they can't eliminate hamas, they are certainly not going to be able to eliminate hezbollah. the only solution to this is diplomatic , and that solution diplomatic, and that solution will allow people to return to their homes in northern israel and southern lebanon. >> but there are some

suggestions, michel, that the military operation against hezbollah, hezbollah back 20 years. so in that sense, for israel, it's been an effective operation . operation. >> yeah. >> yeah. >> but i think jonathan's right about extending this on more fronts will make it harder for israel. and what is very worrying is about the escalation across the region now. and we're almost at a turning point . and almost at a turning point. and the next few days will determine what is actually going to happen on the ground, what is going to happen to the people. we've already, as a government and the prime minister, a few days ago has said everybody needs to evacuate out of lebanon. we're trying to get aid in there as well. tensions are rising and this could get much worse over the coming days unless there is a ceasefire. so that is what's being called for. and we will see whether netanyahu responds accordingly in the coming days of course he's over. he's going over to the un as well, where he's going to be speaking, i think, on friday. so it will be interesting to watch his words carefully and analyse exactly what he's saying, because we know he's going to say that

hezbollah's missiles bombs have displaced 60,000 israelis, which they did. and and that is very tragic. and the whole conflict that we've seen over the last year has seen a great deal of loss of life. and it's been horrendous. but i think what everybody wants to do is make sure that it doesn't intensify further and cause even more loss of life. and that's why what happens over the coming weeks and days is imperative. >> i mean, i think that we also have to bear in mind that particularly in the united states, biden has it's been very strange in the last year, the biden has almost acted like a hand—wringing spectator to what's been happening rather than a major actor in the sense that israel is so dependent on the united states economically, politically, and, of course , politically, and, of course, militarily. the us could have pulled the plug on this war with hamas at any time because of the leverage that the us has over israel. but they haven't done that. they've sort of just pleading for israel to act. and netanyahu has repeatedly humiliated biden by biden. so if he keeps on giving him aid, and

then netanyahu keeps putting his middle finger up at biden. and so now biden and the white house are calling for de—escalation, but they have the means to actually enforce that and they're not doing it. >> all >> all right. >> all right. let's >> all right. let's look >> all right. let's look at >> all right. let's look at this extraordinary story. we've been trailing it this morning. this is about the antiques dealer jane cave i think she's been on bbc programmes hasn't she. and her husband they were find michelle when a migrant snuck into the back of their car. >> it's really interesting because actually they didn't find the migrant until they were in the uk. and they'd been through all the checks and somehow it was missed. >> was he in the boot? >> was he in the boot? >> well, i think he was. maybe he was in their van, i think, but yeah. and in the back and what they had spotted one guy. yeah they got him out and then another one got in. yeah. so they. >> and then they told the police about him. but turns out one another one was stowed in the back of their van. yeah. >> and then they were really proactive. they called the police straight away. they tried to get help. they volunteered the information and they've been clobbered with a fine. and this isn't the first time that we've seen this type of thing happen, but on what basis were they

fined? >> michelle. >> michelle. >> well, did they i think it's ridiculous myself for failing to protect them. >> yeah. so the whole principle is based on the fact that you have to have personal responsibility over your vehicle and make sure that it's secure. so that because otherwise you could deny all knowledge, couldn't you? you could say, oh, i didn't know they were in. i did my very best. but in this kind of circumstance, it really falls foul of common sense. and these poor individuals have done their very best. and this person still managed to get in. they've been clobbered with a fine. we've seen many companies in the same situation in my former constituency, broughton transport, were taking legal action because they were facing horrendous fines, doing a lot of work to try and prevent it. and then they were struggling to recruit drivers because of the fact that they can get personal fines. and it's like a bit of a vicious cycle. and they were saying, please help us more. so it is a two way street. we can't just put all the onus on the individual and what happened to the migrant? i think they were caught within minutes. so they were they're not at large. they were they're not at large. they were caught, detained. >> yeah. so they got through french border control. passport control jonathan. they were waved through. the vehicle was waved through. the vehicle was waved through. the vehicle was waved through during that inspection. and then they said

we heard banging on the side. i wasn't sure where it was coming from. his wife called the police. he checked the back of the van. there was a young man inside, so he called the police to say, i've got someone in the back. >> it's exactly what you're supposed to come here and arrest them. >> he got out, ran away. they did. they did as you say. find the guy . just. just make it make the guy. just. just make it make sense for me , jonathan. sense for me, jonathan. >> well, i well, actually, you know, i think this might be the first time ever that we're on the same side of an immigration story, because this is obviously a completely ludicrous story. it's whatever you whatever stance you take on migration, it's not someone's fault if someone breaks into their vehicle while you're driving. this is not a trafficking operation. they're not you know, deliberately smuggling someone across the border . the law, by across the border. the law, by coming into this country illegally, we can have a conversation, as we have many, many times on the program about our asylum regime and about migration , about whether the migration, about whether the government should be offering safe and legal routes to people, to come here so they don't have to come here so they don't have to sneak on the back of vehicles

or get into boats that are on seaworthy. but that's not what's happening here. and no one should have been fined. and i do think it actually brings the law into disrepute. when you are not responsible for something, there's no reasonable way you could have done something and you still get on. >> you would understand, michel, if they said , i'm not paying the if they said, i'm not paying the fine. >> yeah, you would, wouldn't you? >> you would. and loads of people will read this story and think, crumbs, i'm not going to make that journey now. yeah, exactly. yeah. >> let me just read you the home office spokesman because there's some brilliant language in this. they say we are fully committed to stopping people from illegally entering the country and cracking down on people smugglers. the clandestine entrant civil penalty scheme. good god, clandestine entrants civil penalty scheme aims to ensure that drivers are taking every reasonable step to deter irregular migration and disrupt people smugglers . honestly, it people smugglers. honestly, it is extraordinary. >> i mean, they should hang their head in shame because they have to say sorry. >> the fines are only issued when they consider they have significant evidence. but i mean , significant evidence. but i mean, look, if you're not trying, unless you have the door wide open and people are, you know, oh, you can i'm not going to

look the other way if you want to come into the back of the van. i mean, that would be fair enough. >> not illegal migrants. now they're clandestine entrants. yeah right. >> and of course, the labour government call it irregular migrants as they just did. >> yeah. >> yeah. >> can we talk about generation z? >> a pparentl y z? >> apparently the generation z aren't binge drinking alcohol, which is really interesting. >> and i think i saw that, we've seen record numbers of deaths from alcohol up to about 10,000 now. so this is really quite pertinent that it's dramatically reduced in generation z. yeah. i'd like to know, are they turning to other substances and other things like drugs. yeah. because obviously if you're, you're swapping one poison if you're swapping one poison if you like for another, then actually it's not actually that healthy. but this is a generation that are really into instagram social media. yeah they're into instagram. they're into social media. they're into the way that they look. alcohol is fattening. it can also lead to very uncomfortable pictures and videos of yourself on social media that will stay there for life. so you can kind of understand why they're really getting into this, and they're much more into to fitness. so on

the whole, this is a really positive story. as long as they're not filling that void with something else, you only have to walk down any pavement in london. >> jonathan, to just smell marijuana being smoked everywhere. that's what this generation are doing. >> i'm actually really interested in in whether people, young people are taking more drugs than they did before , drugs than they did before, because i think that there's a there's a cultural shift. it's i think it's interesting what you just said, michel, about the reasons for it. but generally, gen z or gen z seems to be a lot more censorious and they're a lot more moralising. you know, if you look at the sort of the onune if you look at the sort of the online gen z, they're always sort of , you know, if you are, sort of, you know, if you are, if you're a man, for example, 35 and you're going out with a 25 year old woman, that's one was seen as abusive and coercive. you know, there's an extraordinary judgement laid on people about in trouble . about people about in trouble. about so there's a very, very kind of judgemental about sex and that comes from a good place because obviously they're very concerned about consent and about, you know, abuse and all that stuff. but there does seem to be a kind of a creeping and moralising,

almost like a backlash to some of the more permissive times that we had in our 20s. >> but, you see, maybe they just are worried about having fun, because i think michel's point about the fact that everything is filmed and everything can be put on social media, they never really let their hair down. and we wonder why they've all got mental health problems, because they can never quite relax. and i'm not suggesting they should all get so relaxed that they end up in a gutter on a saturday night. that doesn't do anybody any good. that's far too relaxed, but there is a they're all quite buttoned up, they're a bit tense. and that's probably why they all end up smoking marijuana. >> and it's probably it's probably cheaper to get high on marijuana than it is to get boozed up on booze. >> i think it can be expensive, but of course you can have fun and you can relax without alcohol or drugs. you know, there are other ways to do that . there are other ways to do that. >> not as much fun though. >> not as much fun though. >> yeah. i also think we have to be quite careful about generalising about these generations . i'm sure you know, generations. i'm sure you know, okay, these stats show that for alcohol in particular, but i think we can be quite quick to generalise about a whole generation. you know, there are people born when i was born that

are very different to, to me, etc. so i'm not sure i completely buy in to your your analysis of this entire generation. i'm not saying the entire generation, but i definitely you definitely see a difference when you talk to people of our age about the same age and the attitudes that you have , there seems to be a little have, there seems to be a little bit more kind of liberalism or kind of a bit more sort of live and let live. >> when you talk to people, when italk >> when you talk to people, when i talk to, you know, go out and about sort of socially, i've got lots of friends in their 20s. there does seem to be a difference in kind of the way they approach the world. they're sort of a far more rules that you have to follow. yeah, yeah, i wouldn't i won't say the w word because i know you love that. it's not about wokery, but it's definitely there's definitely kind of like more 18 to 24 year olds. >> they were 14 and 20 during the pandemic. >> yeah. >> yeah. >> yeah. >> yeah . you know they have been >> yeah. you know they have been brought up to think to basically if the government says, you know, get into lock step, they get into lock step, they have a they have a kind of fear of authority . authority. >> well, there's a lot of trauma that that generation will be carrying through. you know, the people who came of age, who should have been having the time of their lives there are 17, 18

and now sort of in their early 20s and still dealing with that. but then in a way, you might have expected there to be a, you know, a backlash in the way that you had after the influenza pandemic of 1990, the roaring 20s. that hasn't quite happened. yeah. >> you could have seen it. yeah, definitely. >> jonathan, it might be around the corner . right. oh, we've the corner. right. oh, we've still got some more time . that's still got some more time. that's good. let's talk about prisoners then. michelle and them being let out early. >> yeah. so we've seen 37 prisoners let out early by mistake, and i think there's about 5 or 7 still at large, which is really worrying from the public's perspective. and i think it must have been so embarrassing and mortifying for the people that had to contact these individuals. and say, oh, sorry, we know that you were allowed to be let out. but by the way, you now need to go back to prison. there must be. and what a monumental up. to be honest. >> you think they might have some legal? yeah, they might have. of course. >> you've let me out. yeah, i've got paperwork and documentation. you said i could go, and it makes a mockery of our justice system and internationally. it looks awful, doesn't it? >> there is a really interesting

story on the front page of the times, which is worth discussing as well about sort of winning points. so texas, which is not a state you normally associate with kind of liberal or progressive judiciary, you know, sort of judicial or sort of penal reform or anything. they had a scheme where they offered sort of points for rehabilitation, not just for good behaviour, but actually to enrol in courses for either drug treatment or vocational educational courses, presumably making sure they weren't just taking the mick and just turning up actually with some kind of taking the mick and just turning up actually with some kind of accreditation at the end. and accreditation at the end. and you could win actually time off you could win actually time off your sentence. so the justice your sentence. so the justice secretary is going to texas to secretary is going to texas to try and find out what they did, try and find out what they did, if it could be replicated. if it could be replicated. >> but the worry about these >> but the worry about these prisoners who were released, some of them were violent prisoners who were released, some of them were violent offenders and were guilty of offenders and were guilty of domestic abuse. domestic abuse. >> and there was a promise made >> and there was a promise made that they wouldn't be released that they wouldn't be released as a category. and that is quite as a category. and that is quite terrifying for the public. terrifying for the public. >> as women victims of these men >> as women victims of these men are now living in fear and are now living in fear and terror. is these guys about to terror. is these guys about to turn up on their doorstep? yes. turn up on their doorstep? yes. >> behind those figures are real >> behind those figures are real human stories, and people are human stories, and people are really, really worried. really, really worried. >> one would hope, if those >> one would hope, if those restraining order out on anybody and they break it, that will restraining order out on anybody and they break it, that will result in immediate recall to result in immediate recall to

prison. >> so one of them's already prison. >> so one of them's already apparently re—offended already apparently re—offended already re—offended on day one. >> one of them. —— on day one. re—offended on day one. >> one of them. >> one of them. >> these things we always knew >> one of them. >> these things we always knew these things were going to these things were going to happen. and we know, you know, happen. and we know, you know, that in the last conservative that in the last conservative government, there was a government, there was a desperate defunding of the desperate defunding of the ministry of justice. 43% of all ministry of justice. 43% of all courts closed huge defunding of courts closed huge defunding of the police. and this is the the police. and this is the consequence. >> we didn't know that prisoners consequence. >> we didn't know that prisoners were going to be let out by were going to be let out by mistake. i mean, we never knew mistake. i mean, we never knew that, but of course, but but that, but of course, certainly, you know, the justice department knew that they were going to have to implement the scheme that shabana mohammed has done herself. >> i still say kick out the foreign prisoners, sorted it, sorted 10,500 of them just out the foreign prisoners. >> i think it's a bit more complicated than that, i think. i think we need to continue with building more prisons, making sure the ones that we've got are in the right to state actually house and be at full capacity. and we do need to focus on rehabilitation, but also on preventative measures as well. and the story jonathan referenced in relation to texas is interesting, but the only way that's worked is with a hell of a lot of money to resource it. so we can't replicate that unless we actually invest in something like that. and we've got prisoners to actually buy into the scheme. if they just

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ceasefire between israel and the terror group hezbollah last night . in a terror group hezbollah last night. in a joint terror group hezbollah last night . in a joint statement, the night. in a joint statement, the 12 strong bloc called for a ceasefire to provide space for diplomacy towards the conclusion of a diplomatic settlement, as well as a ceasefire in gaza. they said the hostilities were intolerable and presented an unacceptable risk of a broader regional escalation that was neither in the interest of the people of israel or lebanon. it comes after israel's military chief told troops yesterday that extensive airstrikes in lebanon targeting hezbollah could pave the way for them to enter enemy territory . a man has been territory. a man has been charged with the murder of a 15 year old boy who was stabbed with a zombie knife in south—east london. deshawn campbell was found with a stab injury in woolwich on sunday evening, and he died at the scene. 18 year old jacob lawswitch has been charged in connection with his death. he was remanded in custody and appears in court today.

was remanded in custody and appears in court today . and an appears in court today. and an amber warning for heavy rain has been issued by the met office, warning of further flooding and travel disruption across large parts of the uk. this new weather alert covers the midlands and parts of the south west from 6 pm. today until 6 am. tomorrow. the met office a.m. tomorrow. the met office warns nearly three inches of rain could fall over several hours in the worst affected regions, with rivers continuing to rise after the rain clears. several yellow weather warnings are already currently in place for large parts of the country until 9:00 tomorrow morning, and those are the latest gb news headlines. for now, i'm tatiana sanchez. more for me in half an hour for the very latest gb news direct to your smartphone, sign up to news alerts by scanning the qr code , or go to the qr code, or go to gbnews.com. >> forward slash alerts . >> forward slash alerts. >> forward slash alerts. >> up next, dame joan collins. she's got quite a lot to say on

wokery, and i think you'll agree with what she says . and do you with what she says. and do you think this wokery thing has got a bit too much of this ? wokery. a bit too much of this? wokery. >> good god, yes. you know i do. i do. i think it's gone out of control . really? you can't say control. really? you can't say anything. people get offended. we've lost our british sense of humour . humour. >> joan collins the unmistakeable. this is britain's

well, hello and welcome back. you're watching britain's newsroom on gb news with me, andrew pierce and bev turner. but as you can see, i'm still not back in the studio because i'm still with the hollywood legend that is the incredible, glamorous dame joan collins. dame joan, we're talking about your extraordinary career. you first started acting on stage at age nine. >> well, yes. that was my first proper role. but actually i went

on the stage first age three, in a play called why the fairies cried that was produced by my dancing school that i was going to, and i got my first review, which said, joan collins makes a very believable fairy. oh, fantastic. >> i hope they never say that about me. that would be a terrible thing. >> oh, darling, it would be true. >> now tell me about the modern world. now. it's very fashionable now to call you all actors. >> you don't. i don't call myself an actor. you're an actor, i call. yeah. if i'm in a room with some actors and actresses, i call us actors . and actresses, i call us actors. and i do sometimes call myself a jobbing actor. but on the i do sometimes call myself a jobbing actor . but on the whole, jobbing actor. but on the whole, i like to be called an actress. it's a very priti word. it's. and it's feminine. and i consider myself to be feminine and a feminist. and why should we be called female actors? i find it demeaning, frankly. >> yeah . a bit. and do you think

>> yeah. a bit. and do you think this wokery thing has got a bit too much of this? wokery. >> good god, yes. you know, i do, i do. i think it's gone out of control. really? you can't say anything and people get offended. we've lost our british sense of humour. you know , i sense of humour. you know, i grew up with my father going to. because he was an agent for varieties , variety halls. and so varieties, variety halls. and so we would go and we would see outrageous comedians making, you know, jokes about their mother in law and fat people. you can't say that now. you can't say any of this stuff. so i grew up watching those from the age of 11 or 12. daddy had all these different acts and things that he would do, and it was great fun and then, of course, i went as soon as i went to hollywood, there was milton berle, who was there was milton berle, who was the most outrageous comedian and dressed up as a female. and it was no way you could do any of that today. i think, you know, some of the things are fine, but

i think we've lost our sense of humour tremendously, don't you? >> i do , i do, and humour tremendously, don't you? >>ido,|do,and| humour tremendously, don't you? >> i do , i do, and ithink we >> i do, i do, and i think we are so glad you still got it. we have to push back at it. and as you know, i sometimes i probably say the wrong thing and you get hate mail, don't you? >> i do get hate mail, but that's fine. >> we don't mind that. we get used to it, let's talk about other things . because you. other things. because you. because you've been around a long time, joan. yes. met lots of prime ministers. you've met lots of presidents of the united states. you met trump . states. you met trump. >> oh, i met donald a long time ago. he gave a party for me. i was i had a sent out called. i can't even remember the name of it. anyway, it was in the late 80s, and he had already called up gary pudney, who was one of the producers, and said he wanted to be in dynasty. and gary said, well, i'm sorry, but, you know, we don't have any parts for you. he said, but you don't understand. i am dynasty, which of course he was. so he gave me this party with his wife

ivana, who became a very good friend , ivana, up until her friend, ivana, up until her death. i mean, we were in the south of france a lot together, and he was very, very nice to me, very charming . and he had me, very charming. and he had all the press there. of course, he loved having all the press there. and there was, i remember going , this was at the trump going, this was at the trump tower and we went down this amazing moving staircase escalator in trump tower that was all kind of like gold plated and whatever. and there were dozens of photographers and people shooting, and but he was very nice then. yeah, yeah. >> you said then you're not so keen now. >> well , i'm keen now. >> well, i'm not going to answer that now. >> i think you've been to chequers . chequers. >> was he the only person who's ianed >> was he the only person who's invited me to chequers? was tony blair? extraordinary. yeah the only one. i sat next to him. we had a really good talk. he told him i did. i liked him a lot. >> he was. he's incredible. and

he went at the peak of his powers. he was incredible. >> he was the people's president. no, he called it the people's princess diana, the people's princess. >> it was brilliant. >> it was brilliant. >> but he was charismatic. i did like him . yeah. like him. yeah. >> did you like boris? >> did you like boris? >> i loved boris. boris was a friend. yeah. i saw boris the other day at a party. he's still very funny. and i liked john major very much. and he. he and i were on the talk show circuit last year and we bumped into each other listening to him . each other listening to him. he's a very, very good speech maker. i'm sure he is. shirley bassey and i were at downing street when he was making off the record speech about something very serious, i can't remember, and shirley and i were saying he's brilliant. he's brilliant, and he was. >> i thought, yeah, yeah, just very tricky. and i had quite a few run ins with john major when he was prime minister, but we've had a few run ins with everyone. it's true, it's true. and what i was going to ask you about, mrs. thatcher, i didn't know you then, but at mrs. thatcher's 80th birthday party, i was there and you were there.

>> i loved mrs. thatcher. i thought she was wonderful . she thought she was wonderful. she was very frail. >> she was so wonderful. i was at her funeral, as was i. yeah. i met her several times. and, through tim bell, because tim bell knew that i liked her. and he introduced, of course, her adviser. >> yes . adviser. >> yes. de—man. yes. with her speeches and her voice lowering her voice. >> oh, right. yeah. i thought she was a great example of people getting up off their and getting down to it. i think there's just too much laying about today. yeah. and my god, why is there so much mental illness and mental health stuff ? illness and mental health stuff? you must know that i don't know the answer. >> and particularly with young people, is it because of covid? >> i think it was a part of the problem because they were locked down, locked at home, didn't get out, didn't get to school, didn't see their friends. >> right. and i think we're going to pay a price for covid for a long time. and i don't think we should have closed the schools down. joan, i don't think we should have closed down, period. >> i mean , sweden didn't close

>> i mean, sweden didn't close down, did it? and sweden had not much many. >> and they've also had their covid public inquiry done and dusted and we're still halfway through ours. it's ridiculous isn't it. very good. and just finally we've got the behind the shoulder pads. it's been called for one night only. you will be on stage with one percy gibson husband, number five. >> oh stop that he. >> oh stop that he. >> you've been married now for 21. >> it'll be 22.5 years. >> it'll be 22.5 years. >> he's a great guy, isn't he? >> he's a great guy, isn't he? >> he's a great guy, isn't he? >> he's the best. everybody loves percy. yeah, he really is. and it was the greatest, marriage by far, far, far, 100%. and one of the best things i ever did in my life, right? yeah. was marrying percy . yeah. was marrying percy. >> well, that was dame joan collins. and honour for me to talk to joan collins. i have a confession here. we are very good friends. yes, but we don't. we rarely do this. >> we never done this. >> we never done this. >> never done this? >> never done this? >> no , we did it on stage in >> no, we did it on stage in cheltenham town hall. oh, you were great. >> yes yes yes, yes. if you haven't read joan's diaries. oh

my god, wicked and waspish is an understatement. and if you think i can be wicked and waspish, oh my god, i. there is no comparison and witty dame joan collins pen is . so thank you for collins pen is. so thank you for joining us. it's a pleasure. will you come on gb news again? >> oh, absolutely . yes. yeah. >> oh, absolutely. yes. yeah. will you come and see behind the shoulder pads on october the 22nd? >>i 22nd? >> ihave 22nd? >> i have already bought my tickets. oh you didn't have to buy them. >> i did, of course i did. >> i did, of course i did. >> so that is amazing. she is amazing, isn't she? >> honestly, dame joan collins, she's a legend behind the shoulder pads. it is at the adelphi theatre in london on october the 22nd. if you're going to go book, get your tickets booked quick because they'll sell out. because she's got so much, so many stories to tell . tell. >> and it's really interesting. >> and it's really interesting. >> the second act of the show, it's the audience opportunity to put questions to her, and she answers them all very, very frankly. so i'm already racking my brain saying what i'm going to ask her. >> i knew she was wise, but i didn't know she felt like that about lockdowns. i've got a

renewed appreciation for her now. absolutely right. still to come, i'm going to be discussing what you thought about dame joan collins interview and find out why me and andrew are spending the together. this is britain's newsroom on gb news. >> that's terrifying, isn't

>> it's 1151. >> it's1151. this is britain's newsroom. one gb news. a lot of people are getting in touch about the interview with joan collins. anthony says thank you very much. you're brilliant. relaxing to you with this great lady, which i'm enjoying as i write . write. >> and grumpy grandad, who as we know is a member, says joan is doing well. she doesn't change much. he said she's still got all her marbles now. i'm not sure that's an entirely complimentary way to say that a woman of her vintage is incredibly smart and articulate. >> she's great, she's great. >> she's great, she's great. >> susan says. joan collins is a national treasure. robert says joan collins, with her considerable experience of life, is an excellent source for the cultural changes in our society.

for the last 60 years. and sarah says loving dame joan collins, what a legend. she is a legend, isn't she? >> claudette has said, i like this dame. joan, are you coming to see behind the shoulder pads? andrew i've already bought my tickets. joan. you didn't have to do that. obviously andrew is no couch surfing. keir starmer. he would have had his hand out before anything was offered. >> very good point. i have bought my tickets and i did pay for them. >> yeah, i know i had to buy your book. you did. >> talking of which. >> talking of which. >> oh yes, this is why we're spending saturday together. because i have the joy of interviewing andrew pierce on stage on saturday at the henley literary festival. about your book, about your own journey, finding margaret, which is about finding my birth mother, which is selling very well and there's still tickets. >> i think it's, the first book festival i've spoken. no, the second. is it my second? yes. >> about this book. yeah. >> about this book. yeah. >> i talked to one, i did one, a book festival in south shields, and they sold out. >> oh, which was nice. >> oh, which was nice. >> visitors to henley on saturday. make sure you bring your money to buy one of andrew's books. >> and you.

>> and you. >> and you get it autographed. of course. personally. personally autographed to you, of course, >> looking forward to it. >> looking forward to it. >> and let's see, what else are we saying? john says, dame joan, what a class act. she makes the labour women look like a bunch of screaming banshees. yeah. >> oh , and dave says, what a >> oh, and dave says, what a great interview. >> you both look very at ease with each other. brilliant. she's a legend. she is, of course, a good old friend of yours. you got a holiday together? >> yeah. we do. >> yeah. we do. >> yeah. we do. >> yeah. she's. she's probably seen you in your speedos. >> she has, but they're not speedos. they're, what do you call them? bermuda boxers. bermuda. >> bermuda shorts. bermuda shorts. yeah, yeah, yeah, >> i've seen her in her bikini. she's got great legs. >> oh , yeah. it's great, isn't >> oh, yeah. it's great, isn't it? right. don't go anywhere . it? right. don't go anywhere. we're going to, take a quick break and then tom harwood. oh, it's midday. it's flown by. i know, and don't forget, i'm going to be with you next week from the tory party conference. >> i bet you can't wait. hi. >> i bet you can't wait. hi. >> yes, it's time for us. >>— >> yes, it's time for us. >> already on. good afternoon. britain. lots coming up. it turns out the plot is thickening, isn't it? when it comes to keir starmers use of

that £18 million penthouse. courtesy of lord alli . he was courtesy of lord alli. he was using it to tell people to work from home during covid, and there's been blunders from the government on prisons, dozens of people that weren't meant to be let out of our prisons have been what's been going on. >> that and new treasury analysis shows that these tax rises on non—doms might not raise any money at all. >> looks like things are heating up. boxt boilers sponsors of weather on gb news >> morning. welcome to your latest weather update from the met office here on gb news. we are expecting the rain to cause further issues over the next day and a half . further heavy rain and a half. further heavy rain today, tonight and tomorrow morning is expected to cause further flooding. met office warnings are in place. check the met office website or app for full details, particularly wet today over north east england. parts of northern ireland, north wales also seeing some heavy

downpours and in the south a bit more showery in nature. there'll be some brighter spells, but here too some heavy downpours are likely. much of scotland looking dry. some sunny spells in the west coast is quite cool here. temperatures elsewhere struggling in the mid teens, feeling pretty chilly with that persistent rain and the winds coming in from the north sea over north—east england and the far south—east of scotland. further south we will see some sunny spells through the day, but there will still be some heavy downpours around as the rain builds up here, particularly tonight and tomorrow. the potential for further flooding a wet zone over nonh further flooding a wet zone over north wales and northern england. as i said, looking a little drier across the south—west of scotland . a south—west of scotland. a scattering of showers in northern scotland with that northerly wind bringing a chill. the wet weather this morning should clear away from northern ireland but likely to linger in north wales, northern england, well into this evening. and then we're looking at some heavier bursts of rain developing over the midlands and southern england and south wales as we go through the night, because it's been so wet this week that is

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12:00 on thursday the 26th of september. i'm tom harwood and i'm emily carver wearing masks and working from home. >> if we can really will help prevent infection . prevent infection. >> starmer's fate covid home. >> starmer's fate covid home. >> not only did the prime minister use lord alli £18 million penthouse throughout the election period, turns out he was using it for party broadcasts throughout the last parliament, it has been revealed , parliament, it has been revealed, including for an address to the nafion including for an address to the nation telling us all to work from home. >> non—dom gone from london and many other cities. yes sir keir starmer's grand plan to tax non—doms will bring in no money at all. that's the fear of treasury officials. if true schools and hospitals will miss out on an extra £1 billion of funding. >> oops . and no more ceasefire. >> oops. and no more ceasefire. benjamin netanyahu has denied reports he is close to agreeing a 21 day ceasefire with hezbollah, as he insists that they will continue fighting against hamas and hezbollah

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