gb news. >> morning 930 on thursday, the thursday the 3rd of october. live across the uk. this is britain's newsroom with me, andrew pierce and bev turner. >> good morning. thanks for joining us. so freebie fiasco it's not going away. the prime minister has paid back £6,000 of gifts as labour party donor lord alli will be investigated by the house of lords standards watchdog, business and trade minister sarah jones told gb news there's nothing to see here. >> no rules have been broken

here. >> nobody is suggesting they have. we are 12 weeks into our new government going to look at those principles and rules around hospitality, and in advance of that, he's made some payments back . payments back. >> keir starmer pays back £6,000. but what will other ministers do.7 they £6,000. but what will other ministers do? they must think about their own choices . about their own choices. >> are we in a vaping crisis? 1 million adults who are non—smokers now regularly vape. are you one of those who has turned to e—cigarettes? >> and reeves goes gaga. chancellor rachel reeves follows in the footsteps of lady gaga. she debuts her new red hair style. is she a budget joker and your nuclear veterans need you. >> 22,000 british servicemen participated in nuclear tests in the 50s and 60s. now, the remaining survivors annual reunion is in jeopardy as they need a sponsor. we're going to have all the details .

have all the details. on >> i feel for rachel reeves. i accidentally put the wrong hair dye on this week. andrew, so i've gone a bit red. maybe it was an accident. >> i don't think so. i think she's trying to soften up her image because of course she is the master. the architect of the disastrous decision to nick pensioners winter fuel allowance. >> do you think they'll give it that much thought? >> i do, and because i think with her black bob, she looked a bit like morticia addams. >> so who is who is advising would that be? lord alli going right, rachel. thieves. we need to make you go a bit. ginger. >> do you reckon you paid for a hairdo? maybe we'll ask her. >> anyway, we are going to be talking about more important things as well this morning. as we say, i'm so looking forward to having a conversation here in the studio with those veterans who need your money so that they can go on holiday. it's not a big ask, is it? get in touch this morning, gbnews.com/yoursay. first, though, the very latest news with sophia wenzler.

>> bev and andrew. thank you. these are your headlines at 932. at least six people have now been killed and seven wounded in an israeli airstrike in central beirut. that's according to lebanese officials. the israeli military say it was a precision attack on the building, which they say housed a hezbollah affiliated health centre. israel is carrying out an offensive against the iranian backed terror group in lebanon, which partly prompted iran to launch around 180 ballistic missiles at israel. but us president joe biden says he wouldn't support israel striking back against iranian nuclear facilities in response to tehran's missile attack. meanwhile, more than 150 british nationals and dependents have left lebanon on the first uk government chartered flight out of the country. yesterday foreign secretary david lammy confirmed there will be additional chartered flights to help those who want to leave , as

help those who want to leave, as help those who want to leave, as he warned about the volatility of the situation. now back to uk politics, where downing street has said the prime minister has paid back more than £6,000 worth of gifts and hospitality received since becoming prime minister. it follows a backlash over donations. it comes as the labour peer at the centre of the row of donations to sir keir starmer has been placed under investigation by the house of lords standards watchdog. lord waheed alli faces a probe over what is being called alleged non—registration of interests, but business and energy minister sarah jones told gb news no rules have been broken . rules have been broken. >> i don't think there's any question that he was trying to influence anything other than to deliver a labour government. >> he had a pass for a very short period of time. >> it was a temporary pass. he doesn't have it now. he has made significant donations to the labour party, which we're very grateful for, to help us get a labour government. but that is

the end of it. he is not influencing any policy at all. i believe, genuinely, that the prime minister is right to look at these principles around hospitality. of course, as your caller says , no rules were caller says, no rules were broken. we all know that. but we are looking at those principles . are looking at those principles. >> and amanda abbington has claimed giovanni pernice allegedly made a shocking sexual gesture at her during rehearsals on strictly come dancing. the actress is now considering further legal action despite an investigation clearing the professional dancer of the most serious allegations made against him . those are the latest gb him. those are the latest gb news headlines. more in half an hour for the very latest gb news direct to your smartphone, sign up to news alerts by scanning the qr code, or go to gb news. >> dot com. forward slash alerts .

>> dot com. forward slash alerts. >> dot com. forward slash alerts. >> good morning. welcome to britain's newsroom live across the uk on gb news with andrew and bev. we sit on the sofas. this is unusual. we've got some special guests. we're going to be talking to in just a moment. but first of all, you're freshly back, andrew, from the conservative party conference. we had those speeches yesterday from the wannabe leaders this morning who looks like they're in the first position for that purpose. >> i went into the week thinking it was going to be robert jenrick by a mile. i now think possibly james cleverly, who was home secretary, foreign secretary, he had a good week. there was a hustings on tuesday, and he was the only one who got and he was the only one who got a spontaneous standing ovation because normally they're very contrived and then all four of them strut their stuff yesterday and he definitely delivered the best speech. i think kemi badenoch had a very bad week. he got into all sorts of trouble over maternity pay, and then she suggested 10% of civil servants should be in prison. >> yeah, well it is, it is bizarre. and i thought cleverly probably did the best speech yesterday. however, i think he doesn't necessarily look like the leader of the conservative party. we were discussing earlier. it's a bit more like

the chair, maybe, of the conservative party yeah, but we'd love to know what you think this morning. so moving on now, your nuclear veterans need you because in the 1950s and 1960s, more than 22,000 british servicemen worked on nuclear tests in australia and the south pacific. campaigners believe that they suffered cancers and had children with birth defects. because of the radiation. the ministry of defence obviously deny this now, though, the veterans annual reunion at pontins is under threat and they are in desperate need of a sponson are in desperate need of a sponsor. and we're joined in the studio now by alan owen, the founder of labrats international, and brian unthank, a nuclear test veteran. gentlemen, thank you so much for joining us, we spoke to you, alan, didn't we, a couple of weeks ago, and your story touched us. so much and touched our viewers as well. and we really wanted to get you back in here because this feels like such an unjust situation. and so just remind people who don't know what happened to the veterans, to the soldiers at the

time, with the testing. >> so britain today is actually the 72nd anniversary of the first british test, operation hurricane, at the montebello islands, off australia. so it's 72 years ago that we first tested nuclear weapons , and we tested nuclear weapons, and we carried on testing as britain up until 1991, with underground testing in the nevada desert. and these men were sent to these remote locations. and brian to christmas island, especially with the majority of people at operation grapple to test these nuclear bombs. and these guys witnessed these detonations as close as ten miles away, up to 20 miles away on ships on the island. imagine detonating a nuclear weapon now and just standing and watching it. and they were ordered to stand and watch . they could feel the watch. they could feel the blast. they could feel the heat. they got knocked off their feet . they got knocked off their feet. they got knocked off their feet. they were stuck on an island in the middle of the pacific. there

some of them for national service, and they had to stand and watch. >> did they get paid anything for this? no. extraordinary. >> absolutely. >> absolutely. >> they had to go. and some of them have suffered really serious health issues. yes. >> such as yourself, brian , >> such as yourself, brian, who's here this morning. you've had how many skin cancers now? >> 93 so far. and i was supposed to go back in october and get more removed. but that's been put back another six months, and i lost my teeth at the age of 20. good lord, i'm now 86 years old and looking fabulous. >> if you don't mind me saying i love the feeling of it. we had a good morning. very nice in the studio, didn't we? it's lovely. we did here. what does this houday we did here. what does this holiday mean to you as veteran? >> well, we have a going down to sandy bay meeting with alan and lots of the other veterans and the descendants and widows and other people. it makes you feel

part of a big family group. you're always made to feel welcome . alan, laura, his sister , welcome. alan, laura, his sister, and mel, his wife . they're so and mel, his wife. they're so welcoming and all the volunteers who help make you feel , as who help make you feel, as i said, part of a major family, which we are now. there's only 2500 of us left, and you're all pensioners, you're all pensioners, you're all pensioners and money is scarce, money is tight and now they've taken away our £300. so of course they are as well, we tried my wife and i tried to live frugally so that we'd got a little bit of money, to make sure we've got a comfortable life. but having that £300 taken away from us, knocks a little bit of a hole. >> i'm sure it does. alan, you lost your dad, who was one of the nuclear test veterans as well. and this is the medal that you have, if i can just show you

this and you're wearing this as well, i am. >> i am. they came loose in a jiffy bag. no pin to pin it on to the chest. >> they sent it to you in a jiffy bag? >> yes, in a jiffy bag. the box, the medal and the ribbon were loose within the box. and you had to go out and buy a pin to sew the ribbon so you could pin it to your chest. >> so that was a pretty half hearted gesture. yes, from the government. >> half hearted. i would even say less than that. >> yeah, well, how do you do? you feel, alan? sorry. do you feel, brian, that you were conned into going to christmas island? >> didn't even know where. when i was 19, i got posted. i was told the european posted to christmas island. >> sounds nice. >> sounds nice. >> lovely. doesn't it? >> lovely. doesn't it? >> where is it? yeah. don't know . >> where is it? yeah. don't know. how will i get there, you know. oh you've got to go to london airport and there's a plane waiting for you. that's my

orders. >> and just people will find this so baffling. i think in 2024, when we live in an age of consent and health and safety and risk assessments that nobody told you the potential harms that you would suffer to your for health being tested in these conditions. >> not at all. not at all. nobody knew what was going on. they didn't know where i was going. >> and i think more importantly, they still haven't accepted that your health conditions and those of the other 22,000 soldiers are related to the testing . yeah. related to the testing. yeah. >> and the mod said you're safe. yeah >> and they and the medical records are mysteriously missing. yes, >> i'm according to a lady, susie boniface, who's looked at my service records just out of interest to get the depth of what was going wrong because others are the same . i'm 20 others are the same. i'm 20 pages missing 20 pages, >> and it's all at the time at christmas island. >> right. and how long were you

on christmas island? for? >> nine months. >> nine months. >> were you really? >> were you really? >> and i was told if you're a day over nine months, you will be registered as insane . be registered as insane. >> good lord. >> good lord. >> but many people were there for five years, >> yeah . longer. >> yeah. longer. >> yeah. longer. >> and alan just just explain to us some of you said subsequent birth defects in in children of the veterans as well, that this has had effects over generations. >> yeah. so we, we as descendants, came along obviously after our father's participation and we found that as a first generation descendant, descendants , second descendant, descendants, second generation, third generation, fourth generation, there's lots of birth defects, there's lots of birth defects, there's lots of miscarriages, there are lots of miscarriages, there are lots of stillborn children, you know, horrific things that are happening to the descendants down the line that are still happening now to great grandchildren. and even now, great, great grandchildren are suffering with teeth problems , suffering with teeth problems, skeletal problems, autoimmune diseases and when you get, say,

50 descendants in a room and the autoimmune disease that somebody says i've got is 1 in 10,000, and then three people put their hand up out of the 50, you think this is not a coincidence? >> this is a great scandal, isn't it? >> isn't it? absolutely. it's the longest running 72 years, and we're the only testing country that has denied responsibility . america, france. responsibility. america, france. >> we've got the infected blood and all the others. but this is and all the others. but this is a terrible scandal. these young men, just young men, teenagers. when i was a teenager, i mean , when i was a teenager, i mean, when the isle of man announced that they would make an apology and compensate their veterans. >> it was a very small number and the fijians did it as well. and the fijians announced that they would do it because they knew that the uk weren't and were dragging their heels with it. it'sjust a were dragging their heels with it. it's just a disgrace. >> time's running out, but you're not getting any younger. brian. how old are you? you're 86. >> i'm 86. i'll be 87in january. yeah. >> and which? which mps have supported you over the years? >> so we've had great support from rebecca long—bailey. we've had great support from. >> we're hoping to talk to rebecca this morning .

rebecca this morning. >> emma lewell—buck she's coming. we're talking to her this morning. >> yeah. and we've had great support from sir john >> yeah. and we've had great support from sirjohn hayes who's been a very, very staunch campaigner for us over many, many years. but the reason for the medal is because we got to meet boris johnson. it was boris johnson that got us that medal. and i know some people love him or hate him, but he was the one that instigated that medal after we saw him. >> nice to get the medal, but it would be nice if they hadn't put it in a jiffy bag. >> yeah, absolutely. i mean, and unfortunately when we got us the medal, it was rishi sunak that announced the medal. boris was already gone at that point and it was just almost given through gritted teeth. >> yeah. now i'm sure a lot of gb news viewers and listeners want to help these guys have their trip to pontins. how much do you need? >> so the week we have a week long reunion, it costs around £25,000 to give them a free week, and it's £150 per person for the week for your food and your lodgings. >> just to be clear, because £25,000 might sound like a lot, but £150 a head for all those

people doesn't sound like it's going to break the bank. >> £150 for them, for the for the whole week. and then we include entertainment. we have that traditional dances from people on christmas island come and give traditional dances. we have a singer and we provide entertainment for these guys, as well as updates from around the world and get everybody involved. and it's for their mental health. of course, a lot of these guys are now living on their own. yeah, it's they look forward to it and if they can afford it, i think we're looking at you and there's brian in hawaiian shirt looking fabulous. >> yes. >> yes. >> and brian. brian i think in your own family there were miscarriages. >> my first wife excuse me, marion is my second wife. yeah, my first wife has passed away . my first wife has passed away. she had about a dozen, quite dangerous miscarriages before she was able to carry her first child, who then found that she had a double womb , one hidden had a double womb, one hidden behind each other. they said it's normal . just go away, i had it's normal. just go away, i had three sons by my first wife. the third one had two large holes in

his heart and they said, oh, that's normal, my third grandchild from my first son, a bit convoluted here, but he had a black melanoma growing on his forehead at 14 months old. good god, my daughter in law is a state registered nurse midwife, and i told all my children, you must inform all medical people that i was on christmas island and strange things are going or could happen to our children . could happen to our children. >> and brian, do you feel angry? have you been angry over the years? >> it's why i'm getting angry now . i'm too >> it's why i'm getting angry now. i'm too old to be angry no matter what. we do. we've been to the media a couple of times and surrounded by armed police officers, and i was in a t—shirt and a pair of shorts. i'm a terrorist now . 86 year old terrorist now. 86 year old terrorist. yes well, they said we were safe . we were safe. >> thank you for your amazing

work. and honestly, we want you to go on this holiday. we do. we really do. it's the least you deserve. i want you to have unlimited compensation, frankly, for you and all your descendants. but it's a scandal if you do want to donate. and i'm sure you do to the veterans reunion, we've got this little qr code in the bottom right hand of your screen. i know everybody doesn't like these, but if you open the camera on your phone and you scan it there against the screen, it will take you straight to the page or you go to gofundme.com and search for nuclear test veterans reunion 2025. >> and if all else fails, if you send us a cheque, we'll get it to the right place. >> and on the gb news. com website, we will have all the information as well. right. we wish you well. >> lovely to meet you. thank you. >> thank you very much. love you.thank >> thank you very much. love you. thank you. mary. >> betty dances even got us up on the on the dance floor and wanted to put grass skirts on us. >> us. >> fantastic. well, we will get you there . send us your you there. send us your pictures. your holidays. exactly. won't you? yes. >> thank you. >> thank you.

>> love it, love it coming in. >> thank you very much. thank you so much. >> up next, the latest in labour's freebie fiasco. the prime minister has paid about £6,000 of gifts and donations. what about his other fellow ministers? you're britain's newsroom

gb news. it is 951. you're with britain's newsroom, with andrew pierce and bev turner. our political edhon bev turner. our political editor, chris hope, is with us. we've had an interesting week in birmingham, but overshadowed immediately by keir starmer. >> again, it's unbelievable. i mean, this announcement, he's repaid £6,176 of gifts and hospitality broken down like this, six taylor swift concert tickets, six batches of them. rather four trips to doncaster races and one clothing rental agreement for lady starmer . agreement for lady starmer. those are all since the election, not even touching the 40 grand he pocketed when he was leader of the opposition. he says yesterday it's a judgement issue. if there's a judgement

issue. if there's a judgement issue now, surely it is one then. and even worse than that, he's letting his colleagues down who have been out there taking their own freebies. >> it's an admission. it's got to be an admission of guilt if you give it back. >> exactly. and we've seen that david lammy has taken thousands of pounds worth of freebies. he's the foreign secretary, the chancellor of the exchange. >> well, the new one, the amusing one is angela rayner's trip to ibiza when she was in a dj booth. dancing around was actually a freebie in itself. >> do you know, when i saw that photo, i couldn't believe it. i thought she was dancing. i thought, i bet she's not paid for that. £890. >> £36? yeah. i mean, go into to what? >> this is the woman who's in touch with the working classes. >> correct. >> correct. >> £840 to dance in an ibiza nightclub. >> this is like, i think it's what, the second week. third week of these stories. i mean, if you're in government, as you know, and i know, you see the whole iceberg we see above the waterline, but they know what's coming in. and in this world, you can pull out announcements from the budget, which is, by the way, written, by the way, because the obr, it's all written pull out things in the

budget, make a noise, drop a thing in the pond. we start reporting on that and freebies dies away. instead they sit there paralysed rabbits in headlights. they can't do anything but be led by the story. >> the thing is, they haven't done anything illegal. no, they haven't done anything that was even against the rules. but by keir starmer giving the money back, it's basically saying, yes, i must have done something wrong. either own it and say i haven't done anything wrong , but haven't done anything wrong, but don't. but also, if you give back part of the money, what is it? a part apology? or is it partly your principles kicking in? >> does the money of the freebies he's taken since 2019? thatis freebies he's taken since 2019? that is less than 6%, because he's taken 170. >> drawing up new rules now. new code. >> no mp since 2019 has had as many freebies as keir starmer by a country mile. no. >> and sue grey's son liam conlon got taylor swift tickets. and why did he get it? well, he's an mp because he's been an mp for five minutes, but he's because he's he's the one. >> we don't know that the chief of downing street, chief of staff he gets he's a very good mp andrew officially. >> and that's fine. >> and that's fine. >> can we talk about laura

kuenssberg and the bbc? this is an unbelievable story. >> well, as a journalist it is unbelievable. now she has she was due to interview boris johnson about his memoir, about his memoir today to go out tonight, a big moment for the bbc and all the people who don't like him much. they are piling in, all getting their keyboards ready to tweet about him. and laura kuenssberg last night said that she's pulled out. the interviews have fallen apart. she won't do it because she accidentally sent her notes on the interview to the person she's interviewing. boris johnson. >> incredible. but why does that mean she has to cancel the interview? i don't understand that it's not clear, but the corporation employs about 18,000 people. >> they're not somebody else at the corporation who could derbyshire to do it? >> i think vic derbyshire could do a great job. >> yeah, she would and she's a she's a hard bitten journalist. >> i can't believe that johnson will be allowed to veto her. there's always a negotiation all the time between the person being interviewed and the interviewer. >> but this is tremendous for news gb news because our own camilla tominey is interviewing bofis camilla tominey is interviewing boris johnson about his memoir, unleashed, which will be broadcast on sunday. >> it's now a world exclusive, andifs >> it's now a world exclusive, and it's going to be boris's comeback. i mean, it's going to be a moment. i mean, the days

before the mps choose next week on who to put forward to the members by by thursday . and members by by thursday. and we're looking at that list, aren't we? i think i expect tom tugendhat to drop out in the first round and to be james cleverly against kemi badenoch or robert jenrick very interestingly, poll more in common focus group last night had badenoch winning not cleverly in the hall where we were. andrew cleverly owned it. he bossed it. he's a former chairman , pushes all the right chairman, pushes all the right buttons, but some said he came across a bit arrogantly. i think those who watch on tv and saw the narrow frame on on the candidates thought they'd not won and more voters saw it on tv than in the hall. >> she had a torrid week, suggesting that maternity pay is too high, suggesting 10% of civil servants should be. >> and that's why mps won't put her through. probably because they're thinking, you know, you're great, you're authentic, but i can't always clear up your mess on the telly. >> and then she doesn't own the mess. she always blame somebody else. blames us. >> she does. right. anyway, thank you chris. still to come this morning. why? 1 million

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good morning. it's 10:00 good morning. it's10:00 on thursday. the 3rd of october, live across the uk. this is britain's newsroom with me, bev turner and andrew pierce. >> storm is staggering. refund. the prime minister pays back £6,000 of gifts as the labour party donor lord alli will be investigated by the house of lords standards watchdog. business and trade minister sarah jones had the unenviable task of trying to defend it. this is what she told gb news. >> rules have been broken here. nobodyis >> rules have been broken here. nobody is suggesting they have. we are 12 weeks into our new government going to look at

million adults in england now vape despite the fact that they never smoked . it looks like it's never smoked. it looks like it's not just young people who are addicted to them. we'll tell you the ages involved as well, reeves goes gaga. >> chancellor rachel reeves follows in the footsteps of lady gaga as she debuted her new red hairstyle. is she a budget joker ? hairstyle. is she a budget joker? >> and kate's comeback lovely images. princess of wales embraces a teenager with cancer. she returns to royal duties at windsor castle. good to see and your nuclear veterans need you . your nuclear veterans need you. >> 22,000 british servicemen participating in nuclear tests in the 50s and 60s, and now the remaining survivors annual reunions in jeopardy as they need a sponsor. we're going to give you all the details and gb news viewers and listeners, and we're already responding . to the we're already responding. to the tories were struggling all week to get heard, but they were

hoping that the big four leadership contenders would, would, would get quite a lot of profile yesterday. but of course, all been upstaged by keir starmer. and it's not it's a ridiculous what they've done. he's given about £6,000 worth. what about the rest ? what about the rest? >> i know this morning on our show, all of them are being upstaged by you at home. you will not believe how much you have already donated. for those veterans. the numbers are coming in. it is incredible. it is heartwarming. it is humbling. we'll tell you what that figure is in just a moment. here's your news with sophia . news with sophia. >> bev and andrew. thank you. good morning. these are your headunes good morning. these are your headlines from the newsroom. it's just gone 10:00. at least six people have been killed and seven wounded in an israeli airstrike on a building in central beirut. that's according to lebanese officials. the israeli military says it was a precision attack on the multi—storey block, which they say housed a hezbollah

affiliated health centre . israel affiliated health centre. israel is carrying out an offensive against the iranian backed terror group in lebanon, which partly prompted iran to launch around 180 ballistic missiles at israel. but us president joe biden says he wouldn't support israeli strikes against iranian nuclear facilities in response to tehran's missile attack against israel . freelance against israel. freelance journalist mrs. faulkner is on the ground in beirut and again today in the south of lebanon. >> residents have been told not to return to their houses. these people were told to evacuate yesterday. we're talking about something like nearly 30 villages in the south that have been to told evacuate residents that i spoke to through the south were telling me yesterday that they are absolutely terrified about the israeli troops being inside lebanon. and their biggest fear is that actually it won't be the sort of limited operation and that what will end up seeing is a much

bigger war, and, and essentially that there will be, that the israelis will be here for, for an extended period . an extended period. >> meanwhile, more than 150 british nationals, independents won the first uk government chartered flight out of lebanon yesterday. foreign secretary david lammy confirmed there will be additional chartered flights to help those who want to leave, as he warned about the volatility of the situation to politics here in the uk now, and the party conference season has officially ended. it was brought to a close with the four final conservative leadership candidates turning their main stage speeches into an audition for the top job of party leader. the contestants will be whittled to down two next week in a vote by tory mps , then the by tory mps, then the leadership, then the membership will get the final say. meanwhile downing street said the prime minister has paid back more than £6,000 worth of gifts

and hospitality received since becoming prime minister. it follows a backlash over donations. it comes as the labour peer at the centre of the row over the donations to sir keir starmer, has been placed under investigation by the house of lords standards watchdog, lord waheed . alli faces a probe lord waheed. alli faces a probe over what is being called alleged non—registration of interests . lord ali is one of interests. lord ali is one of the party's biggest donors and the party's biggest donors and the largest donor to the prime minister. but business and trade minister. but business and trade minister sarah jones says no rules have been broken. >> i don't think there's any question that he was trying to influence anything other than to deliver a labour government. >> he had a pass for a very short period of time. it was a temporary pass. he doesn't have it now. he has made significant donations to the labour party, which we're very grateful for, to help us get a labour government, but that is the end of it. he is not influencing any policy at all. i believe, genuinely, that , the prime genuinely, that, the prime minister is right to look at

these principles around hospitality. of course, as your caller says, no rules were broken. we all know that. but we are looking at those principles . are looking at those principles. >> in other news, six people have been arrested after a newborn baby died and a mother was left with serious injuries in a hit and run, lancashire police said. a pregnant woman in her 30s was walking along a pedestrian crossing in the village of bamber bridge on sunday when she was struck by a car. she was admitted to hospital where her son was delivered but died a short time afterwards. the mother remains in hospital in a critical condition . now amanda abbington condition. now amanda abbington has claimed giovanni pernice allegedly made a shocking sexual gesture at her during rehearsals on strictly come dancing. the actress is now considering further legal action despite an investigation clearing the professional dancer of the most serious allegations made against him . and in the us, melania

him. and in the us, melania trump has defended a woman's right to abortion , including in right to abortion, including in the late stages of pregnancy, while her husband donald trump, backs the ability for us states to restrict the procedure. writing in her upcoming memoir, the former first lady says it is an imperative to guarantee that women have autonomy in deciding their preference of having children based on their own convictions, free from any intervention or pressure from the government. those are the latest gb news headlines. more in half an hour for the very latest gb news direct to your smartphone, sign up to news alerts by scanning the qr code , alerts by scanning the qr code, or go to gbnews.com forward slash alerts . slash alerts. >> welcome back to britain's newsroom. if you missed the top of the show. we had two amazing men in here. alan, whose father died as a veteran. he was a soldier who was being tested

upon when the government would do nuclear tests. and alan and brian. sorry, brian unthank. unthank, who has had no thank you. brian unthank , because he you. brian unthank, because he was one of the veterans who has had 90 odd skin cancers , had 90 odd skin cancers, subsequent health issues. and we asked you to help raise money for their holiday. >> he's with his wife, had 13 miscarriages. >> extraordinary. >> extraordinary. >> he lost his teeth at the age of 20. and many of these veterans have been have had heart problems , cancer problems, heart problems, cancer problems, lost babies, and they've had not a penny compensation from the government. it's a scandal. it's another scandal. >> it makes the post office scandal look small . fry, this, scandal look small. fry, this, doesn't it? you've got these 22,000 soldiers that were tested on without their knowledge by the government tested nuclear bombs. well, guess how much money you have given this morning. you very generous viewers and listeners. we love you. they have a gofundme page you. they have a gofundme page you have given this morning £12,000 in the last half an houn >> that's in less than half an hour. that is incredible. your

generosity is wonderful. keep keep giving because they need £25,000 to give these veterans and their families a nice week in pontins. it's a modest holiday, isn't it? it's pontins, it's £150 per person and they get looked after, they get food and lodging and entertainment and lodging and entertainment and brian is 86. they're all around that sort of age. he was 19 when he was sent like a lamb to the slaughter. they didn't even get any extra money. >> i find it so upsetting and depressing and sad and everything really, that's wrong with the relationship between the state and mere citizens who put their lives on the line. >> boris johnson got them a medal, which is very nice, and he got sent to their homes in a jiffy bag, but they had to buy a clip to be able to attach it to their jacket. >> yeah , but talk about tokenistic. >> don't let's give boris johnson any credit for that. >> it's pathetic. half hearted wasn't it. >> it is. it is half hearted. it's pathetic. they deserve a huge amount of compensation. the government haven't even accepted responsibility. we're the only government in the world that hasn't accepted responsibility for our nuclear tested veterans.

>> and this has been going on since 1952. and they were being tested right up until 1991. >> right. let's see what you were saying at home. linda's got in touch about the tory party conference. she said kemi badenoch for tory leader. she was passionate and authentic. by far the best option . far the best option. >> and elizabeth probably speaks for a lot. she says the candidates, none of them are up to the job they promised this, that and everything. we all know when they get in power, which you give them by the vote, they do nothing. if they get in next time, it would be a different candidate anyway. that's what a lot of people were saying. whoever wins the tory leadership contest on november the 2nd won't be still leader at the next general election. >> yeah, jack has said all of these freebies should be considered benefits in kind and taxable. just as they would be in the private sector. >> and grumpy grandad's interesting. they say there's a recruitment problem for the armed forces. it's not surprising when you see how veterans are treated . kids must veterans are treated. kids must see stories like our nuclear vets and think, i'm not going to put my life at risk to be treated like that. and can you blame them? so yes, 22,000 of those nuclear veterans, some of them have died of illnesses

related to those tests. isn't it awful? >> isn't it? and nigel's got in touch at home. morning nigel. saying bev and andrew. no one has pointed out that the taylor swift tickets were actually donated by the premier league. and he said i'm sure that should be mentioned because i wonder if this was to influence the football regulation decision. no such thing as a free lunch. >> and by the way, he he's given back freebies . he's he's amassed back freebies. he's he's amassed since he became prime minister. but not the free free football tickets. and david lammy got four football tickets to go to watch tottenham £2,300. how much doesit watch tottenham £2,300. how much does it cost to go and watch a football match? do you think that was champagne and lavish lunch and dinner included in that 2300 for four football tickets? >> well, that would pay for a lot of people to go to pontins. and we go on this story as well. your nuclear veterans need you recapping this morning in the 50s and 60s, more than 22,000 british servicemen worked on nuclear tests in australia and the south pacific. >> the camp, the campaigners say they've suffered cancer, so children with birth defects

because of the radiation, the ministry of defence deny this. >> so the veterans want access to their medical records, they want compensation, they want a pubuc want compensation, they want a public inquiry into what happened to them. how can that not have happened? and they want this annual reunion at pontins. you have already been giving money this morning and we're joined now by nuclear veteran captain terry hughes. terry, just first of all, your reaction to the news that our lovely viewers and listeners have already given £12,000 of their hard earned money this morning towards your holiday? >> i think it's i think it's wonderful, absolutely wonderful . wonderful, absolutely wonderful. >> now, terry, tell us about your experience. were you on christmas island ? christmas island? >> well, i was in the royal fleet auxiliary and our ship was sent to christmas island , and we sent to christmas island, and we expected to go to hawaii because that's where they had actually sent the ships during the explosions. however, when we got there, we found out they were actually going to explode a hydrogen bomb while we were there. now, interestingly enough, the royal fleet

auxiliary personnel, officers and men alike were all civilians. although we fly under the mod ensign, the blue ensign and paid by the mod, we were actually all civilians. we're not military. so when we arrived there, we were very, very surprised about this h—bomb test. in fact, our crew were very, very unhappy, insomuch that the resident naval officer had to come out to the ship to tell everybody nothing to worry about. we've done this before and everything will be all right. and they gave the officers a dosimeter each, including myself, and that was it. and the way he went. and then a few days later, the bomb was exploded and we were only. well, i guess about 12, 15 miles away at the time. i was down below with the crew in case we had to evacuate them in a hurry, and i could see the flash coming right through the engine room skylight with a brilliant flash and the bang. it was a terrible bang. there was more or less like standing next to a four

inch gun without earplugs and then immediately after that, there was this hurricane, this miniature hurricane wind come rushing through the ship . and rushing through the ship. and after that, we were allowed up on deck to see this cloud, which was quite magnificent in its way, but very terrorising as well. it was an unusual sight, and i was only 19 at the time. it was very much like brian was. >> and have you had help? i mean, brian's had told us all of his health issues, terry, he lost his teeth . he's had 92 skin lost his teeth. he's had 92 skin cancers. have you had suffered health problems to. >> yes, i've had a number of skin cancers removed and i'm still waiting for another one. my still waiting for another one. my previous wife, very similar to brian, had a very bad miscarriage. my son is unable to have any children at all. and i've got a granddaughter who has epileptic fits, and that's never happenedin epileptic fits, and that's never happened in the family before. never >> and terry, over the years, i'm presuming that groups of you have tried to seek compensation, which i know wouldn't do a huge

amount. you've got your health. what use is wealth ? but frankly, what use is wealth? but frankly, it's the least that you deserve. what have you been met with when you've inquired along those lines? >> well, interestingly enough , >> well, interestingly enough, when we left christmas island, we went straight up to iceland to take part in the cod war. so it went from one extreme to the other. but immediately after that it seemed to have a mental block. i blocked this situation out altogether and concentrated on career and family, etc. and it wasn't until the mid 80s that i started realising that things weren't quite as they should be, and i it's very, very odd. i couldn't understand at the time we knew what happened in japan with hiroshima and nagasaki, with hiroshima and nagasaki, with the bomb. and i thought, well, why they experimenting with us as guinea pigs? i can understand them doing the tests to try and improve the bomb itself to a certain extent anyway. but why experiment on the human beings and gradually, as you get older, these things come out. it's like a hidden

enemy that suddenly starts breaking out . breaking out. >> and how meaningful is this houday >> and how meaningful is this holiday to you that you have every year? we heard from brian earlier how it just makes you feel less alone really. you've got the, the camaraderie of all your friends and the descendants of the men who made this sacrifice for us. how important is it? >> i think it's wonderful for all the families and descendants, because we get to know they talk about team bonding in the business world, but this is like a family bonding. it really brings you together. you get to know each other very, very well. i mean, when we enjoy, we hardly knew anybody at all. but now we know anybody at all. but now we know a number nearly hundreds and hundreds of people, not only the direct veterans, but their descendants, their families. and they're a lovely lot. they really are. we have a great time. it's comforting to everybody , and it must be good everybody, and it must be good for the mental health as well. i'm sure it is for me anyway. >> yeah, absolutely. >> yeah, absolutely. >> well, well, best of luck, captain terry. that's captain terry hughes, nuclear veteran and terry, just to remind you so far, our listeners and viewers

have already raised £12,000 towards your holiday. so we hope you'll be going there very soon. so lovely to join you, to talk to you. that's nuclear veteran captain terry hughes, 19 as well. >> same time, there's so much about this story that i just find so disturbing and worrying, and i just hope times have changed. >> well, let's talk now to the labour mp for south shields, emma lewell—buck. emma, very good to talk to you again. we last spoke of course, at the labour party conference. i know that the this has been an ongoing issue, but i feel like i've come to this rather new and i'm frankly shocked and appalled to think that these men are still seeking no compensation and no culpability or responsibility admitted by the ministry of defence, these these terrible illnesses, they've endured are no coincidence . endured are no coincidence. >> i couldn't agree more. one of my constituents was involved in the nuclear tests at maralinga. this has been the longest running scandal in british history for 70 years. these men

and their families have been seeking truth and justice. in >> emma keir starmer is having a bit of a roughande >> emma keir starmer is having a bit of a roughand justice. in seeking truth and justice. in 2022, the daily mirror. after 2022, the daily mirror. after years and years of pressing and years and years of pressing and pushing the mod, the mod pushing the mod, the mod admitted that these veterans had admitted that these veterans had been tested before, during and been tested before, during and after these atomic tests . none after these atomic tests . none after these atomic tests. none of them seem to be able to get after these atomic tests. none of them seem to be able to get the truth from the mod regarding the truth from the mod regarding their medical records. they get their medical records. they get back, they do subject access back, they do subject access requests and they get back requests and they get back missing information. the mod missing information. the mod remains the well, the uk remains remains the well, the uk remains the only nuclear power to the only nuclear power to maintain that the tests caused maintain that the know, our veterans no harm. my question to the mod is what science? science doesn't differ. you know the science that the usa new zealand, france, australia and canada have all compensated their nuclear veterans are using should be the same science we're applying to these tests. so what is the difference here? >> emma keir starmer is having a

bit of a rough time

pleased to know that you know, that we're trying to they're trying to raise money for their trip to pontins next summer. and gb news viewers and listeners have so far raised in the last half an hour, £16,000. can i ask you, emma? because last week i talked to you at the labour conference about freebies and you said you were disappointed that the prime minister and cabinet minister had taken these freebies. and you have a policy if you've got a nice freebie, you gave it back. the prime minister is now returning £6,000. but hasn't he opened up a can of worms here? because now, what about other cabinet ministers who've taken freebies since the election? and doesn't it suggest the stuff he took before the election? he probably shouldn't have . shouldn't have. >> i mean, i think the damage has been done here. it's dented our reputation and as i said to you last week, all of the good things that we're trying to do in government are being overshadowed by this . overshadowed by this. >> should they all give, should any cabinet minister who's had freebies, emma, give them back since i mean specifically since the election , i mean, when it the election, i mean, when it comes you know, i was very clear

last week when i spoke to you. >> when it comes to personal gifts, i think so political donations to help with campaigning, you know, leaflets, that kind of thing i think is acceptable . but i can't see how acceptable. but i can't see how people going to a taylor swift concert helps us win elections . concert helps us win elections. >> that emma lowell book is why you should be exactly the kind of mps that we have in parliament, and the kind of women with principles and aren't afraid to stand by them. thank you so much forjoining us. it's an absolute joy to see you, and it's a joy to share that news with you as well. that £16,000 so far this morning from gb news listeners and viewers. you are amazing. >> and if you want to donate to the veterans union, you can see the veterans union, you can see the qr code in the bottom right hand of your screen. so you grab your phone, open the camera and scan the code and it will take you straight to the page. >> or go to gofundme.com. if you search for nuclear test veterans reunion 2025. and if you're a sponsor out there , just give sponsor out there, just give them what they need. if you're a brand, you've got tons of money, just give it £17,000. that's just give it £17,000. that's just from our gb news viewers and listeners at home. i'm so

pleased we did this. we had alan on last week. andrew and i said, let's make this an issue. let's make britain's newsroom's viewers get behind this campaign. and i'm so glad that we have. >> and it's shaming on successive governments because this, as emma pointed out, has been going on for 72 years. successive governments have not done the right thing. and so maybe this one will. >> the principle for me as well is strong. you don't hand over your body to the government to do what they like with it , and do what they like with it, and they get passed a law of the hills. >> they call it the hillsborough. it's too impose a duty of candour on public organisations. >> wouldn't that be so? >> wouldn't that be so? >> we need a duty of candour here from the minister of defence. those tests damage those men's health, sometimes killed them. and so therefore they're entitled to compensation. >> yeah, they are right up next, the chancellor, rachel reeves, is styling out her new red hairstyle. andrew pierce has a very strong opinion on it. you're with britain's newsroom on gb news. >> she

>> and then welcome back to britain's newsroom. you're on the telly, andrew pierce. >> well, it's karen malone. you know what she's like. it's snatched away the moment she comes in here chatting. >> it's herding cats. carole malone, jonathan lis are both here this morning. we're delighted to see you both back in the studio. right. what do you want to start with? lord alli. carole being probed by the lords sleaze watchdog. good. i think that's a very good idea. >> i think it's long overdue, frankly, there was a great piece in the mail today by dan hodges saying, you know who is this bloke and what does he want? and the thing is , we keep on hearing the thing is, we keep on hearing from every labour mp. somebody wants nothing. he's just a donon wants nothing. he's just a donor. he's been a friend of the party for years. he just wants to help the party. i mean, it's tush, tush, tush. you don't give that much money if you haven't got a plan. so i think it would be really good, i think. what was it somebody said the other day as well as they said he helps behind the scenes, helps with what? yes. and then they said he's a fixer. fixers. what?

yeah. no one is saying. so i think the public we need to know if someone is giving millions to a party and to its ministers and bankrolling the prime minister personally and we now know that he was lobbying er , labour to, he was lobbying er, labour to, about bashir, the syrian assad not being any military action. yeah. and also he was in iraq in 2004, 2005. now why would the labour party send him to iraq, which they did ? so why would which they did? so why would they do that? so, i mean, i think there's a lot of unanswered questions because the pubuc unanswered questions because the public aren't fools and they're not going to believe you give that amount of money just because you love labour. >> andrew, i suppose, look, if you the point you just made is actually quite a good riposte, isn't it? because you said that he was lobbying labour on assad , he was lobbying labour on assad, did labour change its position on assad? the answer is no. so if you're if you're insinuating that he was lobbying in return for money, then actually the lobbying failed. and that shows the system that's actually working . working. >> but that's the lobbying we know about. what are the lobbying?

>> okay. so but what you two are actually making is quite an effective argument for a different way of funding politics, because i agree that while a lot of donors to both parties may be doing it because they want their party to win and succeed to and deliver a nation that sort of corresponds to their their vision. a lot of people may also want something personal for them or their personal for them or their personal interests. and the way that we handle that is by changing the way funding politics. so by capping, by capping donations, making it publicly funded, i don't have all the answers, andrew, but we can't have it both ways. there would be an outcry. we can't have it both ways, andrew. >> you cannot. why should the taxpayer do not want to pay for why should we pay for the prime minister? >> yeah, and taylor swift, i'm saying that if we are going to be having a problem with private donations to fund politics, then there has to be another way of funding politics. >> well, they're not private. but what are we going to do about that? they're not private donations. >> they have to be made public. >> they have to be made public. >> right. but they are. they're from private donors, individuals, private individuals. >> starmer is talking about changing the rules on that and

making them more transparent. well, i think everyone's understanding of those rules that they were transparent. you're supposed to declare everything you get and everything you get and everything that happens to you. so and but the thing is, if you are of a mindset and clearly a lot of his ministers are as indeed he is, if you're of a mindset to take freebies, it doesn't matter how transparent the rules are, you're going to find a way around that. >> that's exactly the point that jacob rees—mogg said at the tory conference this week. >> i heard him say it freebies are a minor corruption of public life. yes, and lord alli has given £700,000 to labour since 2019. starmer, £32,000 in suits and clothes. yes and since 2019, with starmer not from a lord alli in donations and freebies £107,000 worth. >> it's ludicrous. look, the thing is that carrie, you just made the point yourself that if you have transparency, then at least people can go through this and ask questions. but i'm saying there is there is a legitimate case that that's not enough and that you do need to cap donations. but if you do cap donations, politics is expensive. so you have to have another way of funding it. that's, that's that's the

trade—off. >> i don't think donations were ever meant to buy the clothes for mps and for ministers and for mps and for ministers and for the prime minister. i don't think they were ever. they're supposed to help the party progress. >> the mp we just spoke to emma from emma lewell—buck . from emma lewell—buck. >> yeah, that part of the world, she she is fantastic. >> and she was saying, yeah, if you want to help me print leaflets for my campaign or you want to help me run my office, fine. but i won't take it if it's to just curry favour with me. well, i don't know. why. aren't there more mps that just say. i think you know why? they all get a bit seduced by the glamour. >> don't they? there are rules, sadiq khan. >> he's gone off the scale £100,000 of gifts. sadiq khan because he likes glad handing it around at posh dos and looking. >> but you're not allowed to. you're not allowed to deliver favours in return for money. i mean, we have to ask the questions that don't work like that. you're not. it's not. it's not allowed. >> people, if people are doing that and people are doing that, then they're actually breaking then they're actually breaking the rules. >> people are in the house of lords who've given millions of pounds. >> but i'll tell you one thing, andrew. i'll tell you one thing, andrew. i'll tell you one thing, andrew. the conservatives are being very, very foolish at pulling at this thread because they are just as the seine not they are just as the seine not they are.

>> they are not. >> they are not. >> they are not. >> they are. >> they are. >> stop harking back. we're not talking about the tories. we're talking about the tories. we're talking about the tories. we're talking about this is what you guys always do. but it's interesting. there was there's a story on reuters this morning andifs story on reuters this morning and it's singapore's, is a former minister in singapore. he's just been jailed for taking freebies and he only took about three grand's worth. and he's been put in jail because because the concept is wrong. >> it does though. i know what you mean. it does mean that they're going to be more incentivised labour to get these covid contracts , investigation covid contracts, investigation going because what they're going to try and do is a bit of grist to try and do is a bit of grist to their mill, isn't it? now they're going to be motivated, i think. you think you think few thousand pounds on a suit is bad. just you wait to see what happens with covid. >> that was one of the great scandals. the great scandals of our generation. you're not going to get any argument from me on that, right. and but the badenoch, while criticising labour for using lord ali's flat, it turns out that she has been using a wealthy donor who's by the way, a notorious climate sceptic, to fund her leadership campaign. so, you know, she has completely in this as well. >> yeah. >> yeah. >> have we got time for more? >> have we got time for more? >> no farage. no, i think we've. >> no farage. no, i think we've. >> oh well we've got to get

they're coming back, but we're going to go to headlines with tatiana sanchez. >> bev and andrew. thank you. these are your headlines at 1030 . these are your headlines at 1030. at least six people have now been killed and seven wounded in an israeli airstrike in central beirut. that's according to lebanese officials. the israeli military say it was a precision attack on the building, which they say housed a hezbollah affiliated health centre . israel affiliated health centre. israel is carrying out an offensive against the iranian backed terror group in lebanon, which partly prompted iran to launch around 180 ballistic missiles at israel . but around 180 ballistic missiles at israel. but us around 180 ballistic missiles at israel . but us president joe israel. but us president joe biden says he wouldn't support israel striking back against iranian nuclear facilities in response to tehran's missiles. meanwhile, more than 150 british nationals and dependents have left lebanon on the first uk government chartered flight out

of the country . yesterday, of the country. yesterday, foreign secretary david lammy confirmed there will be additional chartered flights to help those who want to leave, as help those who want to leave, as he warned about the volatility of the situation. there back to uk politics, where downing street has said the prime minister has paid back more than £6,000 worth of gifts and hospitality received since becoming prime minister. it follows a backlash over donations. it comes as the labour peer at the centre of the row over the donations to sir keir starmer, has been placed under investigation by the house of lords standards watchdog. lord waheed. alli faces a probe over what is being called alleged non—registration of interests, but business and energy minister sarah jones told gb news no rules have been broken . broken. >> i don't think there's any question that he was trying to influence anything other than to deliver a labour government. he had a pass for a very short penod had a pass for a very short period of time. it was a temporary pass. he doesn't have it now. he has made significant

donations to the labour party, which we're very grateful for, to help us get a labour government, but that is the end of it. he is not influencing any policy at all. i believe , policy at all. i believe, genuinely, that, the prime minister is right to look at these principles around hospitality. of course, as your caller says, no rules were broken. we all know that. but we are looking at those principles . are looking at those principles. >> in other news, six people have been arrested after a newborn baby died and a mother was left with serious injuries in a hit and run, lancashire police said. a pregnant woman in her 30s was walking along a pedestrian crossing in the village of bamber bridge on sunday when she was struck by a car. she was admitted to hospital where her son was delivered but died a short time later. the mother remains in hospital in a critical condition . hospital in a critical condition. those are the latest gb news headlines. more in half an hour for the very latest gb news

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>> it is 1039. this is britain's newsroom. >> so the labour peer at the centre of the donation scandal has been placed under investigation by the house of lords standards watchdog. >> lord waheed alli is set to

face a probe over what is being called alleged non—registration of interests. >> and this comes as downing street , says sir keir starmer. street, says sir keir starmer. that's the prime minister has paid back more than £6,000 worth of goodies received since the general election. >> so joining us live from london is journalist rebecca reid. good morning rebecca. always good to see you. right. so keir starmer giving back this £6,000. is that a semi admission of guilt. because if he'd done nothing wrong he wouldn't have had to give anything back. and he could surely have just owned that decision. >> i don't think it's an admission of guilt, but i do think it's a mistake in terms of comms. i think the second that you do anything like this, like giving things back, you kind of imply that something untoward has happened and i think broadly speaking, it largely hasn't. but it's a bit. i think his other mistake was when he said, okay, well, actually we're not going to take for money clothes. and then suddenly it's like, well, okay, clothes are not okay, but hospitality is where's the line? so i think honestly, he needs to just try and hold steady and not do anything or say anything and wait for it to pass, and he but

he seems to be kind of buckling under the pressure, and i can see why, because it is absolutely relentless at the moment. the reporting on it. >> relentless because people think it's wrong. rebecca. it's a very bad look, a prime minister who earns a very good salary as leader of the opposition. he was earning £155,000. his wife is earning more than £50,000, taking £32,000 in suits and shirts and posh specs from lord alli. it's a very bad look for a labour prime minister who you don't agree. >> i personally it's never troubled me . david cameron also troubled me. david cameron also did it and it doesn't bother me. when he did it. it didn't actually. >> rebecca. no he didn't. this is the first prime minister. this is the first prime minister to have his wardrobe paid for by a donor. and the first prime minister's wife to have a wardrobe paid for by a donor. but samantha cameron made her own clothes , and. and boris own clothes, and. and boris johnson's wife hired her clothes, but they were not paid by donors. >> that's very, very much counter to what i've read in in national publications. >> well, check it out. it'll all be there in the camera's register of interest. they're

still there on the website. >> absolutely. i'm fully aware of that. but there have been multiple pieces this week explaining all. >> but what's it to do with david cameron? we're talking about the current prime minister who came in saying the tories were sleazy, they were riddled with cronyism and everything was going to be different. >> i think their issue was when things weren't appropriately declared, and that's why there have been some stumbling blocks for keir starmer, because it hasn't been perfectly declared . hasn't been perfectly declared. but broadly speaking, whether you think it's a good look or a bad look, nothing illegal has happened. and i think it's being sort of reported as if it's another expenses scandal and it's not. you might not like it. there might be a sort of a little bit of a politics of envy thing where people don't like other people getting things for free, but nothing happened here that was illegal. nothing happened here that wasn't allowed to happen. and you may feel that the system isn't right and that it needs reform, and that there's probably a conversation to be had around that. but i think this this reminds me very much of partygate , which is that it's partygate, which is that it's a function of digital journalism that when people want to read about a topic , we keep about a topic, we keep publishing more and more articles about that topic , articles about that topic, beyond when it's beyond when it is in public interest, and in

the same way that partygate just kept coming up with tiny, minor details about things that didn't matter and turning them into another week of news, it's the same thing. that's happening here. and ultimately i think it's this idea that we just keep flipping prime ministers and getting people out , which getting people out, which hamstrung the tories and looks like it could end up hamstringing labour. and it's a very depressing way of attempting to do politics. >> do you think it will end up like that, rebecca? do you think this could literally lead to sir keir starmer having to step down at some point in the next 6 to 12 months? >> i hope not, but then boris johnson stepped down over basically having a bit of cake like this is a ridiculous. people seem to think that because they're a bit cross about something that someone has done, they can like derail the progress of the country. and whether you like them or not, this turbulence is disastrous. the same person in charge for more than two years would be a real improvement for whoever the person is at this point. so i think people have got this idea that everything has to be fair

and everything has to be, and that if they don't like something, they can just sort of cancel them in the same way that you would an influencer. but you can't just unfollow the prime minister or block the prime minister or block the prime minister and i think not liking it doesn't necessarily mean that it's wrong. you know, winston churchill, during rationing, used to have champagne. and i think lobster. but it might have been steak. he didn't because he was the prime minister. and there was one rule for him and one rule for people. and if it was in this day and age, winston churchill, that would have leaked and it would have come out and he would have been cancelled for it. >> i, i when this story first started coming out, i was a bit like, oh, who really cares? you know, they paid for. i presumed that everyone's always had their nose in the trough. frankly, if they're in politics. but i think where this sticks with the public, why it lands is because so much policy that labour have implemented has been about taking things off other people. so it's been about putting the vat on private schools. it's been about taking off the winter fuel allowance . now, what those fuel allowance. now, what those things have in common is that they appear to be punitive to people who are working hard and

just trying to get by. and so i think in the mind of the public, maybe it's well, hang on a minute, you're taking that off those people, but you're happy to take that for yourself. and i think that's why it's cutting through with the public. >> i think so, but i think there are a lot of holes in the way that we run the system. and i think mps are not paid enough, and the donation system probably isn't quite right because at the moment, you know, you are more powerful if people want to give you more money, you can run a better campaign. if people like you more as a person or you have rich friends, that's not a great system. but that's not the fault of the labour party. and it's not the fault of keir starmer. that's a system that's grown up over a long, long time. and i think increasingly i think pay them more. no second jobs, no donations. and then everything is really, really straightforward and there's a lot more clarity , but my, my lot more clarity, but my, my issue more i understand why people are cross, but i think again, the reporting on it has beenin again, the reporting on it has been in places really irresponsible , like the way that irresponsible, like the way that it's been reported that keir starmer took £20,000 and that makes it sound like someone gave him like transferred £20,000

into his bank account, when in fact he stayed at somebody's house and they had to put a completely arbitrary amount of money on what that state might have cost. now, actually , that have cost. now, actually, that stay would have cost more than £20,000. you can't rent that flat for that long in that location for £20,000. so it's not a good system on either side. it's both bad for labour andifs side. it's both bad for labour and it's been bad for conservatives, and it's really hard for the public to understand how it's working or how it's fair. >> and i think that that accommodation story, staying in lord alli £80 million penthouse. i agree with you on that, rebecca. what i think was appalling was that sir keir starmer threw his son under the bus and said, yeah, he had to be there for his gcses. i'm like, you never bring your children into it. you never blame your children for anything in public life. >> and he he had gone out of his way in the years before the election , rebecca, to never talk election, rebecca, to never talk about his children, ever. we don't even know the children's names, which is great and really appropriate . appropriate. >> i think. again, i'm not sure that his comms are great, but i do think sometimes he forgets that he is the prime minister and everything he says will

remain in conversation for the coming weeks, and he has to remember that. but i have sympathy with wanting if you if you are being hounded by the press, then and there are people outside your front door, i understand wanting to protect your child. but again, i think this is about we need again another conversation about being another conversation about being an mp. what's the security like? why is it possible for there to be a bank of journalists outside your house all the time? why is it possible for. for why is nigel farage feeling unsafe to hold surgeries ? so again, hold surgeries? so again, alongside no second jobs and no donations, you also need to give them better security. the whole mp system is very, very broken i think. >> yeah, and very old fashioned. rebecca. thank you so much for journalist and author there, rebecca reid. >> up next. so much for a smoke free sound generation. smoke free, smoke free generation. 1 million non—smokers have turned to vaping. should we be concerned? i think we flippin should. this is newsroom, live across the

>> it's10:00. no, it isn't. it's 1050. this is >> it's10:00. no, it isn't. it's1050. this is britain's newsroom. i am so excited about how much money you're giving for these veterans. we're not going to give you the figure at the moment. please keep giving. they'll get their holiday. it's so heartwarming. thank you. >> a week in pontins. >> a week in pontins. >> fabulous. >> fabulous. >> guys, i don't say this often enough. no, it will be wonderful. >> it's amazing. >> it's amazing. >> we went to butlins as kids and we had a fabulous time . and we had a fabulous time. >> well, i think i love it. i love a bit of butlins bognor regis. yeah yeah, we went to bognor regis and now a new study has found that around 1 million adults in england now vape, despite being non—smokers. >> yeah, that is right. >> yeah, that is right. >> according to the lancet pubuc >> according to the lancet public health, vaping has massively increased since 2021. so what happened to this smoke free generation? >> well, let's talk to the head of lifestyle economics at the iea, christopher snowdon. christopher, morning to you . the christopher, morning to you. the arguments for vaping has always been it's wooing people off of cigarettes. and that's a good thing. but here's the evidence. now it's actually wooing people into smoking who've never smoked before. >> it's bringing people into

vaping. let's not confuse smoking and vaping. vaping yes. i mean, yes, a lot of people like myself give up smoking by switching to vaping, but also there's going to be a lot of people who would otherwise have smoked who are vaping in particular, particularly younger demographics. what we've seen since 2011 is an extraordinary decline in smoking prevalence across the board, but particularly amongst the youngest adults , adults aged 18 youngest adults, adults aged 18 to 24. the smoking rate has gone from more than a quarter to less than a 10th. and at the same time, you've seen the biggest rise in vaping there. we've got to get this in proportion to not make the you know, perfect the enemy of the good. you've got a lot of people who otherwise would be smoking, who would have started smoking, who have never started smoking, who have never started smoking, who have never started smoking because they're vaping. instead, you're not, i don't think, realistically, going to eradicate nicotine use from society. i'm not sure it would be a good thing, even if that were possible. so let's accept that. we've seen a huge decline in smoking because of

vaping, both because people are switching to vaping who are smokers and people who would have smoked, who are vaping instead. >> the thing is, chris, stopping smoking was one of the big pubuc smoking was one of the big public health campaign successes of the last 30 years. not smoking inside, etc. had done the most amazing job of making sure that a generation weren't addicted to something. i don't really care if it's good for you or not. it's an addictive behaviour actually, whether it does you any harm. but what we've now finding is that people who would never have picked up a cigarette, a million of them, young people 18 to 24, they would never have picked up a cigarette. they're now picking up a vape. and are you okay with that? >> how do you know they wouldn't have started smoking? i mean, because that was always smoked in large numbers, i know, but that, as i say, the measures that, as i say, the measures that stop them smoking have been working. >> there's no indication that they would have started smoking that was working. but now they're all picking up vapes to start with. they were meant to get you off cigarettes, but suddenly it's an alternative and attractive drug from around two

thousand and seven, when the smoking ban came in, there was a plethora of anti—smoking policies, graphic warnings and, you know, huge tax rises and all the rest of it that had really very little effect on the smoking rate. >> it was around 20% between two thousand and seven and 2012. it just stayed at 20%. it wasn't going down. despite all these efforts that you seem to think are effective, what really made the difference was vaping going mainstream in 2012. and then we've seen this huge rise in the number of people quitting smoking and a big rise in the number of people who are not starting smoking. and you can just compare ourselves where the smoking rate is now below 12% to the rest of europe, with the exception of sweden, which, you know, is a bit of an outlier because they use a lot of smokeless tobacco there as a substitute. you've got smoking rate in the eu, which is nearly twice as high as it is in britain. >> we've run out of time, chris, i'm so sorry. we've run out of time. here's the . weather. time. here's the. weather. >> there will be a light breeze in the morning leading to a warm

front boxed heat pumps, sponsors of weather on gb. >> news . >> news. >> news. >> hello. good morning. welcome to the latest update from the met office for gb news. following all the wet weather that central and southern parts of the uk have seen since mid september, it's a case of make the most of today widely fine. sunny spells up and down the country and feeling pleasant in that early october sunshine . that early october sunshine. just the chance of some patchy cloud and the odd shower into the far south—east and perhaps the far south—east and perhaps the far south—east and perhaps the far northwest of scotland. otherwise it's a perfect october day. sunny spells and staying dry for the vast majority and highs of 16 or 17 celsius feeling perfectly pleasant. it's not going to last. more rain is coming along for the weekend, so certainly make the most of the fine weather that we go most of us experience on thursday and into tomorrow as well. north east scotland blue skies as we end the day. just some high cloud drifting into central and

western parts and some patchy medium level cloud through the central belt, northern ireland some thickening of the cloud in the far west. a sign of things to come later in the week. but for much of england and wales, the cloud tending to melt away into the evening, widely clear skies forming and winds turning even lighter as the night goes on. as a result, temperatures are going to fall away. relatively fresh night to come. not too chilly, but certainly temperatures dipping into the mid single figures in some sheltered spots by the time we wake up on friday. a contrast, though, for western scotland and northern ireland, here we start the day with thicker cloud and the day with thicker cloud and the first signs of that change i mentioned with some outbreaks of mostly light rain pushing into western parts of northern ireland, the western isles as well . this system ireland, the western isles as well. this system is very ireland, the western isles as well . this system is very slow well. this system is very slow moving though, so it mostly remains in the far north—west through friday. elsewhere plenty of dry and bright weather. a bit more cloud about, but otherwise feeling perfectly pleasant with highs of 15 or 16 celsius. more

wet weather, i'm afraid. through the weekend and early next week we can expect clear skies leading to a light and warm day ahead. >>

gb. news >> morning, 11 am. on thursday, the 3rd of october. live across the 3rd of october. live across the uk. this is britain's newsroom with andrew pierce and bev turner. >> thanks for joining bev turner. >> thanks forjoining us. so your nuclear veterans need you. 22,000 british servicemen participated in nuclear tests in the 1950s and 60s, but now the remaining survivors annual reunion is in jeopardy. they need money to have a week away. nuclear veteran brian unthank told us about the skin cancers that he suffered 23 so far, and i was supposed to go back in october and get more removed, but that's been put back another

six months and i lost my teeth at the age of 20. >> good lord, i'm now 86 years old and looking fabulous. >> if you don't mind me saying i love the feeling of it. we had a good hug. >> very nice. >> very nice. >> wonderful man, isn't he ? >> wonderful man, isn't he? stammers. staggering refund. the prime minister pays back £6,000 of gifts as the labour party donon of gifts as the labour party donor, lord alli is going to be investigated by the house of lords standards watchdog. this story is just not going away. business and trade minister sarah jones was given the unenviable task of talking to journalists about why she's saying there's nothing to see here. this is what she told gb news the rules have been broken here. >> nobody is suggesting they have. we are 12 weeks into our new government going to look at those principles and rules around hospitality . and in around hospitality. and in advance of that, he's made some payments back . payments back. >> you nearly said the unenviable task of talking to gb news. that's not even. but she did a good job this morning trying to defend them. it's not easy, is it? >> i don't think she did do a

good job. >> well, are we in a vaping crisis? 1 million adults >> well, are we in a vaping crisis?1 million adults in crisis? 1 million adults in england are now vaping despite never smoking before. it looks like it's not just the young people who are addicted to them ehhen >> and reeves goes gaga. chancellor rachel reeves follows in the footsteps of lady gaga as she debuts her new red hairstyle. is she a budget joker? >> and kate's comeback the princess of wales embraces a teenager with cancer. she returns to royal duties at windsor castle. lovely to . windsor castle. lovely to. see. >> that being so generous, aren't they? >> our listeners and viewers, you are so good. >> thousands coming in for these vets to have their annual reunion holiday in pontins. it's only £150 per vet. and their food and accommodation, food and accommodation. but as as brian was telling us, times are a bit harder, not least because the government's pinched their winter fuel money. yeah, so do keep sending in your support.

>> yeah. we're going to show you the qr code. i had a message from my mum. she said by the time she got a phone, put the code into the phone to open it, got the camera open, held it up to the screen. it had gone. so thank you mum. we are going to put the qr code up and we'll hold it up there for a little bit longer. we'll do that after the news with sophia. >> bev and andrew. thank you. good morning. these are your headunes good morning. these are your headlines from the gb newsroom at 11:00. at least six people have been killed and seven wounded in an israeli airstrike in central beirut. that's according to lebanese officials. the israeli military says it was a precision attack on the building, which they say housed a hezbollah affiliated health centre. israel is carrying out an offensive against the iranian backed terror group in lebanon, which partly prompted iran to launch around 180 ballistic missiles at israel. but us president joe biden says he wouldn't support israel striking back against iranian nuclear

facilities in response to tehran's missiles . freelance tehran's missiles. freelance journalist charlie faulkner is on the ground in beirut and again today in the south of lebanon. >> residents have been told not to return to their houses. these people were told to evacuate yesterday. we're talking about something like nearly 30 villages in the south that have been told to evacuate . residents been told to evacuate. residents that i spoke to through the south were telling me yesterday that they are absolutely terrified about the israeli troops being inside lebanon. and their biggest fear is that actually it won't be the sort of limited operation and that what will end up seeing is a much bigger war. and essentially that there will be, that the israelis will be here for, for, for an extended period . extended period. >> meanwhile, more than 150 british nationals and dependents have left lebanon on the first uk government chartered flight out of the country. yesterday, foreign secretary david lammy

confirmed there will be additional chartered flights to help those who want to leave, as help those who want to leave, as he warned about the volatility of the situation. there to uk politics now, where downing street said the prime minister has paid back more than £6,000 worth of gifts and hospitality received since becoming prime minister. it follows a backlash over donations. it comes as the labour peer at the centre of the row over donations to sir keir starmer, has been placed under investigation by the house of lords standards watchdog, lord waheed. alli faces a probe over what is being called alleged non—registration of interests. lord alli is one of the party's biggest donors and the largest donor to the prime minister. but business and trade minister sarah jones says no rules have been broken . been broken. >> i don't think there's any question that he was trying to influence anything other than to deliver a labour government. he had a pass for a very short penod had a pass for a very short period of time. it was a temporary pass. he doesn't have

it now. he has made significant donations to the labour party, which we're very grateful for, to help us get a labour government, but that is the end of it. he is not influencing any policy at all. i believe, genuinely, that , the prime genuinely, that, the prime minister is right to look at these principles around hospitality. of course, as your caller says, no rules were broken. we all know that. but we are looking at those principles . are looking at those principles. >> in other news now, six people have been arrested after a newborn baby died and a mother was left with serious injuries in a hit and run , lancashire in a hit and run, lancashire police said a pregnant woman in her 30s was walking along a pedestrian crossing in the village of bamber bridge on sunday when she was struck by a car. she was admitted to hospital where her son was delivered but died a short time later. the mother remains in hospital in a critical condition . hospital in a critical condition. and some breaking news now. passengers on a ryanair flight have been forced to evacuate

after an explosion left the wing of the plane on fire. it's being reported that no one was injured dunng reported that no one was injured during the failed takeoff from the aeroporti di puglia in italy. the flight was due to head off to turin when those on board noticed a strong flame from underneath the wing of the boeing 737. initial reports say the fire was sparked from an issue with the engine. this is just the latest in a string of incidents in the boeing manufactured jets and in the us. melania trump has defended a woman's right to abortion , woman's right to abortion, including in the late stages of pregnancy, while her husband, donald trump, backs the ability for us. states to restrict the procedure. writing in her upcoming memoir, the former first lady says it is imperative to guarantee that women have autonomy in deciding their preference of having children based on their own convictions, free from any intervention or pressure from the government. those are the latest gb news headlines. now it's back to

andrew and bev for the very latest gb news direct to your smartphone, sign up to news alerts by scanning the qr code, or go to gbnews.com forward slash alerts . slash alerts. >> welcome! this is britain's newsroom live across the uk on gb news with andrew pierce and bev turner. >> well, we're looking a bit smug this morning because you have delivered for us this morning the nuclear veterans that we had on this morning have clearly inspired you because in the 50s and 60s, more than 22,000 british servicemen worked on nuclear tests in australia and the south pacific. >> campaigners believe they suffered cancers. they had children with birth defects because of the radiation, but of course the ministry of defence, successive governments deny it. >> so the veterans want access to their medical records, all of them not just medical records . them not just medical records. with a mysterious ten pages missing. they want compensation. they deserve it. and they also want a public inquiry into what

happened to them. >> and their annual reunion at pontins is under threat because they need a sponsor. and my goodness , you listeners and goodness, you listeners and watchers have been helping in a big way. >> that's right. >> that's right. >> earlier we spoke to alan owen. he's the founder of labrats international and brian unthank, a nuclear test veteran. >> today is actually the 72nd anniversary of the first british test operation hurricane, at the montebello islands off australia . montebello islands off australia. so it's 72 years ago that we first tested nuclear weapons, and we carried on testing as britain up until 1991, with underground testing in the nevada desert. and these men were sent to these remote locations and brian to christmas island, especially with the majority of people at operation grapple to test these nuclear bombs. and these guys witnessed these detonations as close as ten miles away, up to 20 miles away on ships on the island.

imagine detonating a nuclear weapon now and just standing and watching it. and they were ordered to stand and watch . they ordered to stand and watch. they could feel the blast. they could feel the heat . they got knocked feel the heat. they got knocked off their feet. they were stuck on an island in the middle of the pacific there, some of them for national service, and they had to stand and watch. >> did they get paid anything for this? >> no. >> no. >> extraordinary. >> extraordinary. >> absolutely. >> absolutely. >> they had to go. and some of them have suffered really serious health issues. yes. >> such as yourself. brian. who's here? this morning. you've had how many skin cancers now? >> 93 so far. and i was supposed to go back in october and get more removed, but that's been put back another six months and i lost my teeth at the age of 20. good lord, i'm now 86 years old and looking fabulous. >> if you don't mind me saying i

love the feeling of it. we had a good hug in the studio, didn't we? we did. we did here. what does this holiday mean to you as a veteran? >> well, we have going down to sandy bay meeting with alan and lots of the other veterans and the descendants and widows and other people. it makes you feel part of a big family group. you're always made to feel welcome. alan. laura his sister and mel, his wife . they're so and mel, his wife. they're so welcoming and all the volunteers who help make you feel, as i said, part of a major family, which we are . which we are. >> oh, they're amazing . so >> oh, they're amazing. so listen, the qr code in the bottom right hand of the screen there. mom and dad, i know you tried this earlier and it didn't work, but you can do it again. now. pick up your phone, open the camera, scan that code, and that will take you by the wonders of wizardry of

technology straight to the gofundme page and from there you can donate. you'll need your card number, you put your details in and you just give what you can. >> or if you're like me and hopeless and don't ever use these, what are they called? those qr codes? qr codes you can just go to gofundme.com and put in search nuclear test veterans reunion, which is how i donated. and you'll find it. >> yeah, i showed him how to do it, but we got there in the end. we're joined now by labour mp for salford, rebecca long—bailey. rebecca good morning. thank you forjoining morning. thank you for joining us on gb news. it's a really it's sort of emotionally conflicting morning for us because we're so pleased that our viewers are donating so generously to give these guys their holiday and their families. but we shouldn't have to do this, rebecca. these men should have been compensated long ago. >> no, exactly. and firstly, i just want to thank all of the gb news viewers who have donated. i'm blown away. i know that this group of men and their families

are inspirational people, and they've affected me and a number of other mps . but to see the of other mps. but to see the support that they're getting from your viewers, it really, you know, it warms the cockles of your heart, but they shouldn't have to fight for recognition. and this is what's happened over the last 72 years. so all the way through from the test through to the present day, they've known that something happened to them. they've seen what they've been through their medical conditions, the fact that many of these servicemen died well before their time, and they were ignored and in a way that other countries didn't ignore their similar testing veterans, so will the nuclear powers across the world. the us, for example , compensated and for example, compensated and recognised their nuclear testing veterans many, many years ago. yet unfortunately, successive governments in the uk failed to do that. now we had some good news last year of course, after the long campaign for medallic recognition finally, and these servicemen received medallic recognition . but it came in recognition. but it came in a jiffy bag in the post, which is

not the way to honour the service that these men gave to our country . service that these men gave to our country. so service that these men gave to our country . so firstly, they our country. so firstly, they deserve that formal recognition event so that the country can honour them for their service. but secondly , there needs to be but secondly, there needs to be an understanding and an uncovering of the truth of what they actually went through. they've been fighting for many years for access to their medical records. for example , medical records. for example, urine and blood tests that they know were taken during their service. but when many of these families have tried to access their records, these serve these test results seem to be missing. and there's no explanation as to why this has happened. and those records are necessary, not just for an argument about compensation, but for accessing things such as war pensions, where they have to demonstrate that they've undergone a significant degree of risk dunng significant degree of risk during their service . so they're during their service. so they're at a disadvantage. and it's just not fair for these men to have to fight for this long. just to

get justice and to uncover the truth. so as i'm sure you've heard from the amazing campaigners and veterans, this morning, they need to have that formal recognition . they need to formal recognition. they need to have a full public inquiry to uncover the truth about what really happened to them. they need access to their full medical records so that they can access any war pensions that they should be entitled to. and beyond this, i think there needs to be a formal understanding and education within our national curriculum of the importance of these weapons tests, how they played their part in ensuring our safety and security. but the negative impact of that on those men and their families. >> and rebecca, it's staggering. and actually, i think it's shaming that successive governments over the last 72 years have just ducked responsibility when other countries around the world have taken responsibility. what basis does the ministry of defence say it's not our responsibility . it's not our responsibility.

>> well, first uncovered the health effects of this in the 19805, health effects of this in the 1980s, and there was a health study that was conducted by the government at the time. i think it was under margaret thatcher. and that health study determined that there really wasn't any risk exposure by these but testing veterans. but we know from other studies across the world and subsequent studies , it world and subsequent studies, it showed, you know, staggeringly, that these men were exposed to the same amount of radiation as cleanup workers at chernobyl. and it doesn't take a rocket scientist to understand that if you're that close to a radioactive experiments, you are going to be affected significantly in some way. and not only you will be negatively affected, but it will impact on your whole life your ability to reproduce. and that's why there are so many reports of miscarriages amongst this cohort of veterans. and that's never been properly investigated. so the world studies are there showing that the health impacts

were real. other countries across the world, nuclear powers have accepted those studies, but unfortunately, the uk hasn't. and it's not been one political party that, you know, bears responsibility for this. this is all political parties who have beenin all political parties who have been in government during the time that these tests took place. and their aftermath that haven't addressed this properly. and i think now, after 72 years of fighting , just for the truth, of fighting, just for the truth, these men and their families deserve to know what really happened to them. >> so should they be optimistic now, rebecca, with yourself and also emma lewell—buck, who we spoke to earlier, fantastic mp from the north east. you've got the responsibility. now you ladies have got the power. make it happen. >> that's right. and we've been pressing the labour frontbench to take action. to be fair, before the election they were hugely supportive and when we were trying to get meetings last yearin were trying to get meetings last year in relation to the medallic recognition, keir was one of the first party leaders to meet the veterans and equally boris johnson, who was the prime minister at the time , agreed to

minister at the time, agreed to meet the veterans. but we need to see action now . warm words to see action now. warm words are not enough. >> it's not enough. meeting them and sending them a medal in a jiffy bag. it's not enough, rebecca. come on. i agree, can we just get on with it? >> don't you worry. and it's. i have to say, it's not just labour mps that have been at the forefront of this. it's one of those issues that unites parliament. and there have been fantastic mps from across the house. we've also been working very closely with sir john hayes from the conservatives, who has been a huge supporter. well go on, do you worry ? good, good. on, do you worry? good, good. >> can we just ask you before we let you go, rebecca, the prime minister is giving back £6,000 worth of freebie gifts. is that is that the right thing? >> well, my own personal view is that when you're in a position of power, if you're accepting gifts, there's an inference that something needs to be given in return. and for example, many, many years ago, i'll tell you the story about the beautiful, beautiful handbag. so when i was shadow business secretary, i went to visit a business who i was, you know, trying to find out what they were doing and

talk about policies and things that labour would do when we were in government. and as a thank you for the visit , they thank you for the visit, they presented me with the most beautiful handbag you've ever seen in your entire life. and they'd even had my initials embossed on the side of the bag. and i felt so bad because i thought, well, i know they're trying to do a nice thing here, but i can't accept this because anything that i then do in government, it will be inferred that i've done it because they've given me a gift. so i had to tell them, i'm sorry, i can't, i can't take this beautiful bag. and i gave them a present back in return because i felt so bad for saying no. but i just don't think when you're in a position of power, you can accept gifts in that way, and you have to be so careful. >> very interesting . rebecca was >> very interesting. rebecca was how much was the handbag worth, do you think? >> i don't, i think it was at least a few hundred pounds. it wasn't a cheap and it was the most beautiful bag you've ever seen in your entire life. >> you know what? it makes me wonder whether that's why women maybe like you and emma that we

spoke to earlier. maybe that's why you don't rise to the top. because you're too honest and you haven't got your nose in the trough. do you have your suspicions that you have to sort of play a certain, slightly murky moral game in order to get yourself at the top of the ladder? you shouldn't have to. >> i mean, and that's the problem with politics, is that a lot of the, you know, certainly like my constituents, if you knock on the door, they'll say, oh, you're all the same. and you'll say, well, we're not all the same, you know. yeah. and there's an element of trust that's been lost from politics. and i think as politicians from all parties, we've got to work hard to show people that politicians, for the most part , politicians, for the most part, don't have their noses in the trough. we're in it because we want to make our communities a better place, and we need to work hard to make sure that our constituents understand that's what we're really all about. >> well, it's wonderful to know that salford, my home town , is that salford, my home town, is in very safe hands. thank you so much. rebecca long—bailey, labour mp for salford. >> talk to you now. we've got some breaking news in the last few minutes. chris faux pas, political editor, is here. what's happening chris. >> yeah. >> yeah. >> big news on the foreign affairs front. the chagos

islands, which the uk has sovereignty over to the east of africa, is being handed over to mauritius and this is a we have had these islands in a uk control for centuries. there's a uk, us base on diego garcia. it's a vital uk, us base which we, we kind of were in charge of. but allowed the us to own with. bombing raids were launched from there into afghanistan. it's used to refuel nuclear submarines. it's a key part of our special relationship. why are we giving it away then? there's been talks for a long time now. the the mauritians have been trying to get back control of it. they say they were forced to give it back to the uk when they were granted independence back in 1968. the joint statement just dropping from sir keir starmer, the uk prime minister and mauritius pm, pravind jugnauth there, saying that this is a seminal moment in relations between the two countries. they're saying under the terms of this new treaty , the terms of this new treaty, the terms of this new treaty, the uk will agree that mauritius is sovereign over the chagos archipelago, including diego garcia. this is not going down well amongst senior tory mps who

are saying to me, why on earth is this? why are you giving away territory outside of parliament sitting it shouldn't be happening. it should be a debate, an emerging statement in the house of commons from david lammy, now parliament isn't sitting there. are mauritius elections about to happen? the wondering of the timing is awkward. it's come out . there awkward. it's come out. there has been a long term debate. the uk has never recognised the mauritius claim to it. over years we've lost our footing a bit, some would say after brexit, with more isolated than the european union. so we lost their support for our claims and there's been an increasingly voluble campaign in the united nations. but this is controversial in westminster right now, certainly is what's called the last colony in africa. >> we've just given it away. apparently we don't need them. well, interesting. thank you. chris >> up next, nigel farage vetoes a reform deal with the tories, dubbing them completely damaged. we'll be discussing that next. this is

gb news. >> welcome back to britain's newsroom. we've been talking all morning about the nuclear veterans. the guys that were tested on 70 years ago in order to create nuclear bombs. there's the code on the screen . the code on the screen. arguably, they sacrificed a huge amount. their health, the health of their descendants so that we could have a nuclear deterrent and keep us all safe. so donate if you can. they want to go on houday if you can. they want to go on holiday and that's it. >> pontins at weston—super—mare , >> pontins at weston—super—mare, sandy bay. lovely. >> you know what they need? massive compensation. carole malone, jonathan lister here don't they. don't they need a huge amount of compensation. >> pontins rang in already and offered them a free holiday. >> that's a very good point. >> that's a very good point. >> they're really pontins. if you're watching. >> yeah. very good point. >> yeah. very good point. >> that's amazing that that, that this is not a partisan issue. people on the left and right can get behind it. it's staggering that the government hasn't done anything about this. previous governments. i think it's shameful. it's completely shameful. a complete scandal. >> and i'm pretty confident that they will get a holiday now i hope so they should get more holidays. >> they should get they should

get massive compensation for all the illnesses they've had to do it. >> no, i know, and if we hit that target they can have free dnnks that target they can have free drinks all week at scotland's pontins. that's hopeful. yes right. what do you want to talk about carol? >> we want there's a there's a good piece in the mail today about, you know who emerged as the, the next likely leader for the, the next likely leader for the tories. and i think a lot of people thought the way jenrick has been posturing, that it was going to be him . frankly i think going to be him. frankly i think he's very weird. >> he's the one who resigned from the government over immigration. yes. for the failure of the tories on immigration, a man who's been on a slimming drug for the last few months to look the part. >> sadly, no one on you're on that same drug, on that same joke, but i'm not trying to get a job as prime minister, but he's doing because he thinks that makes the difference. >> he's trying to appeal to people. i think he's weird, actually. what do you mean by weird? i just think he's he weirds me out. >> he called his he called his his daughter thatcher. the middle name of approval from andrew. we love that you probably did. >> but that's a terrible thing to do to a child, especially a child. these days. kids going to get bullied to hell and back. but anyway , so i just think it's

but anyway, so i just think it's a weird thing to suddenly a daughter with that for your own ambition. however, the person that's come out of conference now looks to be james cleverly because he did a stonking speech.i because he did a stonking speech. i always thought he was a bit of a yes man in government, i did, but anyway, i'm looking at him a bit differently now and i think everyone else is. he looks authoritative. >> i was there and in the conference hall he, he had, he he gripped the room. >> yeah. tom tugendhat, who went first, did not. yeah. jenrick did not. and kemi did to a bit. yes. there's no doubt to cleverly was the winner and i was talking to people coming out. they changed their mind. well the thing is they're going to cleansing because everyone's been talking about generic versus generic, generic versus badenoch and badenoch is a complete loose cannon. >> she, like there have been so many stories about her. and as you said before, she blames the media for literally quoting what she said . so like, it's like the she said. so like, it's like the kind of trump fake news that you literally said that you need to be a lot more careful with what you say. and so she i think that she is sort of worried a lot of

things out. right, exactly. and genencis things out. right, exactly. and generic is just the oiliest person you could ever imagine. >> i like people that think aloud, though. >> yeah, i think i think what kemi says her her views on things will appeal to the public. i think they will. i think her views on immigration will appeal to the public. i think her views on wokery will appeal to the public. so but and i thought she was the one. but but having seen this and you were there and heard it, i didn't. i wasn't there. you can sense the mood. i think it's changed completely. and there was the thing in the mail today, seven of your big writers, said who they thought would be five out of seven, thought it was going to be two. >> i think cleverly actually represents the biggest risk to laboun represents the biggest risk to labour. i think badenoch will kind of explode herself and people will be turned off by a lot of the sort of starter fight in an empty room kind of thing. yeah, generic is just so oily and so kind of farage like people would rather just go for reform cleverly, i don't like him. i think that he's made many, many gaffes and blunders and those will be exposed if he does get it. but i think the labour will be worried most about him. >> he's got quite an interesting backstory as well. his mum was

an nhs midwife. yeah, his dad brought his a migrant brought up in a council estate, and he talked very movingly about how his wife has conquered cancer. we hope she's conquered cancer. they looked the part. >> yes they did. and i saw her and she was in tears. after the speech, the camera panned to her and she was terribly proud of him. and i just thought, oh my god, he looks like a leader right now. >> so afterwards you the tradition, the four candidates would speak to the press. he was the one candidate who refused. badenoch badenoch. yeah. he's not having it. >> he doesn't get that side of it at all. >> there's something she just doesn't. she's she's not clubbable. she's. >> when you talk to media, you are engaging with the public. that's how you engage with them. >> she's very hostile and she's very hostile in interviews as well. i don't think that she has she's not going to have a public appeal at all. >> it's a crazy thing to do. >> it's a crazy thing to do. >> robert jenrick is i mean, look, i think it probably will be generic actually, because it'll be him. >> oh, i so hope i mean, in a way, i kind of hope it is because he'll go down in flames. >> well, we've only got we get the next stage on tuesday and wednesday. >> we've got less than a minute. carol, can we talk about

bergerac coming back? >> yes, it's coming back now. this is good news because i love bergerac. and this was 30 show, tv show, actually, the researcher at bergerac. i don't know who it is, what it is or whatever, but i just thought was very interesting because she's young. >> the show repeats on bbc. >> the show repeats on bbc. >> she's young. yeah, but not even the repeats. this was john nettles, who was very handsome back then , and he was. he was on back then, and he was. he was on jersey and he was the detective on this island. and you know, i think it's coming out with a new face. a guy called damien maloney and bergerac. john nettles is not going to make an appearance in any, any of the series. however, i think these things are being brought back because, you know, we're sick of hard hitting real life dramas. we want a bit of countryside. >> yes, and nowhere is more beautiful than jersey, of coui'se. >> course. >> stunning. it would be terrific. >> jersey's tourism. well, it was last time around. i mean, no one had heard of jersey until bergerac. and then everyone went there and probably upset them a bit. >> i'm tired of it. i've heard of it. i seem to remember they used to show repeats on bbc one at lunchtime and then go into midsomer murders. >> he did? yeah. >> he did? yeah. >> you know, when he got his gong from the queen, she said to john nettles, mr nettles, i'm

surprised there's anybody left to murder in midsummer. >> i mean, it's true. >> do you know the average murder hit in a midsummer murders in little village? >> five every episode? >> five every episode? >> well, how do i know that? but anyway, it's fine, right? >> jonathan. carol. thank you so much. we've got to go to news headlines. sophia wenzler taoiseach . taoiseach. >> thank you. these are your headunes >> thank you. these are your headlines at 1131. at least six people have been killed and seven wounded in an israeli airstrike in central beirut. that's according to lebanese officials. the israeli military say it was a precision attack on the building, which they say housed a hezbollah affiliated health centre. israel is carrying out an offensive against the iranian backed terror group in lebanon, which partly prompted iran to launch around 180 ballistic missiles at israel . but around 180 ballistic missiles at israel. but us around 180 ballistic missiles at israel . but us president joe israel. but us president joe biden says he wouldn't support israel striking back against iranian nuclear facilities in response to tehran's missiles.

meanwhile, more than 150 british nationals and dependents have left lebanon on the first uk government chartered flight out of the country . yesterday, of the country. yesterday, foreign secretary david lammy confirmed there will be additional chartered flights to help those who want to leave, as help those who want to leave, as he warned about the volatility of the situation. there now to the breaking news in the last half hour. the uk has announced it is giving up sovereignty of the chagos islands after more than half a century. the deal, reached after years of negotiations, will see britain hand over the chagos islands to mauritius in a historic move. the announcement ends decades of often fractious negotiations between the two countries over the islands . and downing street the islands. and downing street has said the prime minister has paid back more than £6,000 worth of gifts and hospitality received since becoming prime minister. it follows a backlash over donations. it comes as the

labour peer at the centre of the row over the donations to sir keir starmer, has been placed under investigation by the house of lords standards watchdog. lord waheed ali faces a probe over what is being called alleged non—registration of interests . but business alleged non—registration of interests. but business and energy minister sarah jones told gb news no rules have been broken . broken. >> i don't think there's any question that he was trying to influence anything other than to deliver a labour government. he had a pass for a very short penod had a pass for a very short period of time. it was a temporary pass. he doesn't have it now. he has made significant donations to the labour party, which we're very grateful for, to help us get a labour government, but that is the end of it. he is not influencing any policy at all. i believe , policy at all. i believe, genuinely, that the prime minister is right to look at these principles around hospitality. of course, as your caller says, no rules were broken. we all know that. but we are looking at those principles. >> those are the latest gb news

headunes >> 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. >> up at noon. good afternoon , >> up at noon. good afternoon, britain with tom and miriam. so what's going on guys? lovely to see you again, miriam. and you. you've survived the tory conference. >> yes, i'm slightly hoarse. >> yes, i'm slightly hoarse. >> me too. i'm having lozenges. >> me too. i'm having lozenges. >> yeah, exactly. >> yeah, exactly. >> we're all struggling through, but it's going to be a fantastic show. lots to come up on. >> it . including, of course, >> it. including, of course, keeping an eye on that situation in the middle east. looking at the very concerning situation with regards to freebies and political scandal in the uk. but also in the last half hour , also in the last half hour, we're learning that the uk government is ceding some british territory. extraordinary. we're giving up control of the chagos islands , control of the chagos islands, which i think we hadn't realised. this was happening

today. this is only just broken there. >> shouldn't there be an emergency ministerial statement about this? but the house isn't even sitting. >> that's right. >> that's right. >> i mean, maybe there will be, but it's very strange because there's been a campaign going on for some time. but obviously it's a very important military base there. yeah, yeah, it's a bit of controversy about what happenedin bit of controversy about what happened in the 70s when some islanders were resettled to make way for the military base, but very strange that labour would choose to do this, especially at a time when actually we need to be stronger militarily and with no parliamentary scrutiny about it. >> that's the bit i find really shocking. >> speaker will not be happy. >> speaker will not be happy. >> it is. it is particularly shocking because, of course, the last government had a policy to keep the islands, to say that the claim from mauritius was had no basis in morality or legality. and yet what is one of the first things this new government does give up more british territory. britain has become smaller today. >> well, we have been talking ofwat . we're keeping it short ofwat. we're keeping it short today because we've got our our veterans in the studio still in the building. they're going to

be coming back in these nuclear veterans, they were tested upon as 70 years ago for nuclear bombs. and we've run out of time. miriam and tom, we'll be here from midday because we do want to talk to alan and brian in just a moment, and we will tell you how much you have raised this morning for these veterans to go on their holidays. it is amazing. don't go anywhere this sunday. >> join me camilla tominey for an exclusive interview with one of the most controversial , of the most controversial, influential and unique political figures of our time. >> boris johnson will be in studio discussing his new memoir, unleashed, the gripping story of how he dealt with plotting politicians problematic princes and a pandemic. from bofis princes and a pandemic. from boris bikes to brexit and everything else in between . this everything else in between. this sunday at 9:30 am, only on gb the people's channel.

>> 1140. this >>1140. this is britain's newsroom on gb news with me bev turner and andrew pierce. >> so to recap your nuclear veterans need you because in the 50s and 60s, 20 more than 22,000 british servicemen worked on nuclear tests in australia and the south pacific. >> the veterans want access to their medical records, all of them. they want compensation. they deserve it. and they also deserve a public inquiry into what happened. and the veterans annual reunion at pontins is under threat. they are in need of funds so that everybody there can get together and not have to pay can get together and not have to pay out of their own pockets. >> well, let's talk now to we're hoping to talk to sir john >> well, let's talk now to we're hoping to talk to sirjohn hayes >> well, let's talk now to we're hoping to talk to sir john hayes , hoping to talk to sir john hayes, who's the tory mp for south holland. and because this is this is a cross—party all party campaign, because this is the longest campaign. it's 72 years. it is shaming and staggering that no government has accepted liability and responsibility. >> everybody, every government, seems to just kicks it into the long grass, like so many governments do with so many of these scandals. it's david and goliath. it's states versus the

individual. >> yes, other governments around the world have done the right thing by their veterans and compensated them. but we've got a new government now. maybe they'll do it . they got they they'll do it. they got they they'll do it. they got they they got a medal because boris johnson decided they deserved a medal and they sent it to the veterans in a jiffy bag less in a jiffy bag, a medal, a medal. and it didn't. and they had to buy a clip to attach it to their jackets and medals. not enough. and just. and actually, couldn't the prime minister have handed it out to them? >> it's outrageous. >> it's outrageous. >> or the king. >> or the king. >> and to remind you , these are >> and to remind you, these are 22,000 men who have had health issues, who've had cancers, who've had multiple miscarriages with their partners, who've had babies born with defects. and then the grandchildren are born with birth defects and the great grandchildren are born with birth defects. the class action compensation amount for these families should be enormous. and possibly that's why. that's why nobody wants to deal with it. that's why qr code. >> just if you want to donate, there's a qr code on the corner of the screen. what do you do with it? >> so you get your phone, you open the camera. i'm sorry it

sounds patronising, but this is to my mum and dad who are watching you get the camera open and then you can just scan that qr code there with the camera, as though you were taking a photograph of it, and that will then pop up. you press it and that pops up to the website, to the gofundme website where the guys have got a page. and once you get on there, you say search for and you can for search veterans. let me have a look. i've just had it up here, just a moment ago. nuclear veterans. thank you. and then you will see a picture. nuclear test veterans reunion 2025. >> they're going to say, well we hope we hope they're going to go to pontins because it's sandy bay at weston—super—mare. >> as kids we used to go to lovely super mare all the time. >> yeah, absolutely. >> yeah, absolutely. >> it looks really nice on the beach and as we heard earlier from, alan and brian , this trip from, alan and brian, this trip is their annual opportunity to get together to share their stories , to feel less alone. as stories, to feel less alone. as bhan stories, to feel less alone. as brian said. >> well, let's talk now to the conservative mp for south holland, the deepings, sirjohn hayes. sirjohn, morning to you

hayes. sir john, morning to you are gb news viewers and listeners have been fabulous. they've been donating in their thousands of pounds. but really we should we shouldn't have to be raising money for these these veterans. the state should have stepped in a long time ago . stepped in a long time ago. >> absolutely. >> absolutely. >> and that's what happened in america, australia, canada. >> because of course, the nuclear test veterans were drawn from many places . it was from many places. it was a commonwealth operation. it was a us british operation. so yes, you're right, those other countries have stepped up and so should we. >> john, how would you describe the benefit of these tests for the benefit of these tests for the rest of the world, actually in terms of peace. >> well, just imagine it. lots of very young men sent out to far off places , not knowing what far off places, not knowing what they were going to encounter , they were going to encounter, very, little was known then about the effects of radiation by the vast majority of the population. they were sent out

there to test weapons that have subsequently kept us safe. there contribution is immense to our safety. and that's why we managed to, after a long campaign, get a medal to recognise that contribution. now we need to look at what more we can do to help these people as they are now very aged, typically because of when the test took place. and i think this is time for government to step up to the mark. i said that under the conservatives and now i'm saying under the current labour government. >> yeah, it shouldn't take something like mr bates versus the post office. it took an itv drama in that case, didn't it, sir? hayes to, to get it onto the, onto the desks of mps. we've got to go. i'm so sorry to cut you off, sir john we've got to go. i'm so sorry to cut you off, sirjohn hayes, but cut you off, sir john hayes, but we do want to talk to our veterans. thank you so much. thank you for your support for the veterans. right. we are going to tell you in just a moment, aren't we? how much we've and we will tell veterans how much they've

>> well, what a morning it's been for gb news for you and also for alan owen, the founder of labrats international, and bnan of labrats international, and brian unthank, a nuclear test veteran. >> so we asked the veterans want their holiday in pontins next yeah their holiday in pontins next year. they had no sponsors. so we asked you viewers and listeners to gb news if you could help out. well you have. we wanted £25,000 to pay for the houday we wanted £25,000 to pay for the holiday and we're now almost £36,000. >> nearly 1500 of you have donated this morning. brian, what do you make of that? >> if i said i was totally gobsmacked with the beautiful generosity of you, the presenters and all of your viewers, i'm speechless, i really am. >> well, it means you can go to pontins now, brian. yeah, with your nice lady wife.

>> well, she'll tell me how to get there. right, right. >> well, you can pay to get there now as well. we've got you know, and alan, we've had three mps, two labour, one tory are all saying that they're going to keep fighting the fight to get what the people like brian deserve, that your father deserved. >> he's not with us now. compensation? >> absolutely. and if only the uk government were so good. and as quick as your veterans have been.i as quick as your veterans have been. i mean, we started off this with nothing this morning. so to get to this figure in this short space of time just shows these guys deserve it. >> how how special is the week at pontins brian? >> very special. as i said in our previous chat, we're made to feel warmed, welcomed and everybody wants to talk to us. they want to hear our stories. we're all virtually telling word for word, the same story about our experiences, and nobody in the civilian life believes what we went through, and the fact that we could see all our bones

and tendons through our closed eyes and our hands pushed into our eyes, they don't believe us. if they were there, they would very quickly believe. >> and brian, you've had 92 skin cancers, 93, 93. >> and i've got two more waiting to be cut out and probably in the next six months, which it's because it's been put back. >> there'll be more and 12, 13 miscarriages in your first, my first wife, my son by the wife that i'm with now, he has duane syndrome. >> his right eye was locked into his nose and his left eye is locked forward. he had to have multiple operations to get it round that. now he's got this sort of vision. i think . please sort of vision. i think. please forgive me for showing you that way . my daughter by his wife has way. my daughter by his wife has got a skeletal and internal problems , and they don't know problems, and they don't know how to eradicate it because they

don't know what's caused it. >> we drew the comparison this morning with the post office scandal, and how those people's lives were changed and in many ways ruined. but really, what you lost in terms of your health is everything you know you've done. amazing. you're amazing man. and you said earlier to me that you're not angry anymore, but it shouldn't take an itv drama like that. mr bates, to raise awareness . i am drama like that. mr bates, to raise awareness. i am optimistic now after this morning, i think that perhaps these mps, with those strong northern women behind you, you might see some sort of justice. >> and there is there is a documentary coming out by the end of the year about about us. and we're hoping that that will push keir starmer. i've met keir starmer right when he was in opposition and he made lots of promises in opposition. and we need him now to come through. >> and people have been giving so generously this morning because they are shocked and appalled. absolutely. how badly let down you've been by your father, who's not with us now , father, who's not with us now, brian, by successive governments. >> they're shocked and it's 72 years. yeah. i mean, 72 years

today. >> i mean, we thought the hillsborough, it took 25 years to get compensation for hillsborough. it is extraordinary. 72 years. yes. and brian, you're 86 now. yep. >> and it was called a midwife. one of their programs who highlighted the problems that the families are having for their newborn. >> yes. >> yes. >> because the disabilities that are coming through this is going to go on for the next 500 years before it washes out of our systems. so i feel sorry for the generations to come. they've got no knowledge by the time we've gone , even after alan's gone, gone, even after alan's gone, because he's a lot younger man than what i am good looking as he is, people would have totally forgotten about us. >> and that's what we can't allow. we can't allow him to be forgotten. and we need this government to step up now . we've government to step up now. we've lost so many. we've lost so

many. >> just do me a favour, fellas. look. look down a camera and thank our viewers today. what camera do you want them at? that number three there. that number three there with the with the blank monitor underneath it. if you would look down there and just thank our viewers because they're everything. >> well on behalf of the nuclear community and the families, the veterans, my father who's not here today just to say thank you for your generosity. we were mind blown in the first hour. what you've done and to thank you to gb news for what you've done, to raise awareness of it, to your viewership. but your generosity, i mean , we've been generosity, i mean, we've been sat backstage here just watching the count go up, going, my word. it's unbelievable. >> brian. my gasp has never been so flattered. like alan said, such wonderful people . you and such wonderful people. you and the viewers. >> lovely brian. well done. that's it guys , and thank you. that's it guys, and thank you. from bev and i to britain's newsroom's viewers and listeners for your incredible warm hearted generosity. that's it from us. >> see you monday .

>> see you monday. >> see you monday. >> there will be a light breeze in the morning leading to a warm front boxed heat pumps, sponsors of weather on gb news. >> hello. good morning and welcome to your gb news weather update brought to you by the met office. well, after all the heavy rain we've had the last few days, we are expecting to see more fine, dry and settled weather. plenty of sunny spells and feeling quite warm where you do catch the sunshine too. and it's all because of this area of high pressure which is currently building across the uk, bringing a calmer end to the working week. a little bit of mist and fog today to start, but that's generally cleared away now, leaving plenty of sunny spells across the country. largely dry . across the country. largely dry. just the chance of the odd shower occasionally hitting southeastern coasts, but you'll be fairly unlucky if you do catch any of those. it should be largely dry and feeling rather pleasant where you catch the sunshine in those lighter winds. a different story across the north—west, though, we'll see more and more cloud spill in from late afternoon and into the evening, and we may just catch a

little bit of light rain just clipping the hebrides by the time we reach this evening as well. but elsewhere , plenty of well. but elsewhere, plenty of dry weather to end the day and a similar story across northern ireland too, just in western parts. we'll see that cloud begin to spill in. but in the far east, plenty of sunshine to end the day and similar across the country. the rest of the country as well. plenty of dry weather on offer, but as soon as the sun goes down, it is going to be feeling cold. likely to see some frost overnight . you see some frost overnight. you may even see a little bit of frost on your car by the time we reach tomorrow morning. a different story in the northwest, though more and more clouds spilling in across the northwest of the country and likely to see some outbreaks of rain by the morning too. but where we do see those clear spells, it will be cold. and we're also likely to see some mist and fog by the morning, too. may just be a little bit stubborn to clear in places, particularly across parts of yorkshire, but generally clearing by around mid—morning. but do take care if you are travelling early on tomorrow. still, that cloud and rain moving into parts of northern ireland, parts of scotland into

friday. but elsewhere that high pressure clinging on so plenty of fine and dry weather still to end the week and in light winds. feeling pleasant where you catch the sunshine too . the sunshine too. >> so

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