it on about. how will she afford it at the next budget? are we going to see labour flip flop? a key manifesto pledge , then taylor manifesto pledge, then taylor swift's taxpayer funded police escort to her wembley concerts have sparked controversy due to the involvement now of the attorney general in pressurising the metropolitan police . should the metropolitan police. should we be paying for pop star's pampered treatment ? and i'll be pampered treatment? and i'll be joined by a british climber. i love the story who survived being stranded with her partner in the himalayas to tell her incredible story. you can see her on the picture there. i'm dawn neesom and this is indeed the weekend. but this show is nothing without you and your views. and i'm sorry i've lost it because there's so many getting in touch at gbnews.com/yoursay. so many of you are getting in touch about all the subjects reparations to slavery, wolf

whistling. wolf whistling has got you going more than reparations, to be honest with you . and i want to. and now i'm you. and i want to. and now i'm getting wolf whistles in my ear. but that's the first time it's ever happened. this is us. stephen found you. i knew you'd be called steve. funnily enough , be called steve. funnily enough, stephen, you say, what's wrong with wolf whistling a bird? you find attractive? blimey, they should be flattered. not offended. ooh , controversial. offended. ooh, controversial. let me know. anyway, if you're like stephen and you're not out wolf whistling birds, please do get in touch on all the stories we're talking about today. or anything you want to chat about gbnews.com/yoursay and join our conversation. keeping me company on today's show is contributing editor at novara media. michael walker. give us a wolf whistle. pretty good. and writer and journalist emma woolf as a proper wolf. >> i'm not going to wolf whistle. i think there's nothing wrong with a little murmur or an appreciative glance in the street. >> appreciative glances. okay, stephen. appreciative glances are fine . but before we get are fine. but before we get stuck into today's stories, let's get the news headlines with tatiana sanchez, who

everybody wants to wolf whistle because she's gorgeous. here she is . is. >> dawn, thank you very much. the top stories this hour. the king says he is greatly saddened by the sudden death of alex salmond, former first minister of scotland. the alba leader died yesterday afternoon, aged 69, from a suspected heart attack during a trip to north macedonia . mr salmond had made macedonia. mr salmond had made a speech at the institute for cultural diplomacy forum and is understood to have collapsed at lunch in a crowded room. members of the public in scotland have been reacting to the news. >> his passing is a great shock and i think for most scots, whatever their opinions, it's sad. he's a he was a pillar of the independence movement. >> i think he'll be remembered as the man that nearly got scotland independence. >> well, i nearly got his independence . but, you know, independence. but, you know, nearly , nearly is not good

enough. >> i can't believe it, to be honest. you're shocked. i don't even know how he died yet. i'm not sure. i met him years ago when he was trying to be. he was walking in swinton crescent in baillieston and he was handing out leaflets and he played pool. >> he's a good man, a very good man, a very good man. done his best for scotland, you know . best for scotland, you know. >> robert jenrick says he'll make sir jacob rees—mogg make sirjacob rees—mogg a chairman of the conservative party if he triumphs against kemi badenoch in the party leadership contest as chairman. sir jacob, who lost his seat at the general election, would be put in charge of the party's campaigning operations. mr jenrick told gb news this morning that jacob has been a tireless campaigner for the grassroots and he understands better than anyone the need for party reform. >> we want to have a different way to select candidates, so we end the favoured sons and daughters of the leader being parachuted in. that was a disgrace. i want to stop members just getting emails asking for money, but never asking what do they want and where do they want they want and where do they want the party to go? let's build a mass membership democratic organisation. i think jacob will

be a great asset to that. >> in other news, jonathan reynolds says it's not the government's position that p&o ferries is a rogue operator. despite a press release this week calling them a rogue employer. p&o ferries owner dp world will attend the international investment summit tomorrow. they'd previously threatened to pull out of the event and a £1 billion port investment. that's after the transport secretary, louise hague, criticised their employment strategy and called for a boycott. the operator was criticised by politicians from both main parties in march 2022, when it suddenly sacked 800 british seafarers and replaced them with cheaper, mainly overseas staff, saying it was necessary to stave off bankruptcy. the business secretary told camilla tominey this morning that the billion pound investment will go ahead quickly on this issue. >> that's not the government's position. the issue obviously with p&o ferries is we're not going to recoil from that. we thought it was wrong to fire and rehire that . we saw those rehire that. we saw those workers being sacked and then

taken back on on fewer terms and conditions, but we have changed the law. it was lawful under the conservative government. it will be unlawful under this labour government. so where companies accept that, acknowledge that can work within that framework, we'll of course talk to them about investments. and i can tell you they're coming to the summit and the investment will go ahead. >> shadow secretary of state for work and pensions mel stride criticised louise hague's comments and the timing of the summit tomorrow. >> certainly not on the eve of an investment summit in which that business had at that point pledged to invest £1 billion in the uk economy. and this is a general problem. so this, this investment summit has been shackled by the fact that , shackled by the fact that, firstly, it's come before a budget. so everybody is wondering what tax is going to be levied on businesses. and i expect there will be a number, possibly national insurance for employers, which nearly 500 migrants have made the crossing of the english channel to the uk in one day. >> new figures released by the home office today show 471

migrants crossed the channel on nine small boats yesterday. the latest arrivals bring the total so far this year to 27,225, which is a 5% increase on the same time last year, but 25% less than two years ago. a home office spokesperson insists they are committed to dismantling people smuggling operations, saying the government will stop at nothing to bring these criminals to justice. and the uk is among 14 nations strongly condemning attacks on united nafions condemning attacks on united nations peacekeepers in lebanon . nations peacekeepers in lebanon. earlier this week, israeli troops fired on un headquarters in southern lebanon, injuring two peacekeepers for the second time in as many days. it comes as lebanon's health ministry says at least 15 people have been killed in the last day by israeli airstrikes on three different villages. that's after the israeli military accused hezbollah of firing over 300 projectiles at israel .

projectiles at israel. meanwhile, hezbollah rocket barrages triggered sirens across northern israel overnight and early this morning in haifa, the third biggest israeli city and host of one of the country's biggest naval ports. sirens and explosions blared across the bay, and people also rushed to nearby bomb shelters. an israeli army spokesperson said in a statement that five projectiles were identified crossing from lebanon into israeli territory, and were successfully intercepted by the iaf . and intercepted by the iaf. and those are the latest gb news headlines. for now, i'm tatiana sanchez. more from me in half an hour for the very latest gb news direct to your smartphone, sign up to news alerts by scanning the qr code, or go to gb news .com forward slash alerts . .com forward slash alerts. >> thank you very much, tatiana.

i'm tempted to wolf whistle as she does walk out the studio, but i can't. wolf whistle. my sister is brilliant at it, but i'm rubbish. but this is a subject that's really got you all engaged. lots of love in the room for emma here. gary says emma would get a wolf whistle from me. she's a cutie and michael, have i got an admirer as well ? no, actually, it's as well? no, actually, it's a chap called mike. mike says i'd give emma an appreciative glance any time. >> thank you mike. thank you gary. i'll be in touch to arrange dates. >> i would michael, i would wolf whistle, but you know i can't. and meanwhile, susan, i've got to read yours out. susan says dawn, there's nothing wrong with wolf whistling back in the day. it was a compliment. i believe thatis it was a compliment. i believe that is probably fully paid up. members of the fat and ugly bngade members of the fat and ugly brigade that are complaining they never get a wolf whistle. well, susan, seeing as i actually had 1515 00:08:44,008 --> 00