. coming over this way? hahaha. coming up, over this way.7 hahaha. coming up, energy over this way? hahaha. coming up, energy secretary ed miliband has gone pile on mad, even though there is a suggestion that if he waited a few years, cables underground will potentially be cheaper saving the british taxpayer money. he still wants to press ahead with his pylons at 2030. so would you be happy with a pylon in your backyard? by paul on x is up right now asking you that question. then the interview. i'm joined by fashion designer extraordinaire jeff banks. he will be here live telling me all about his six decade long career dressing the stars. he won't. he's amazing. he's in his 80s. he's amazing. he's in his 80s. he looks amazing. you won't want to miss that. but before we get started, let's get your latest news with katie bowen . news with katie bowen. >> nana. thank you and good afternoon. it'sjust >> nana. thank you and good afternoon. it's just gone 5:00. these are your latest headlines from the gb newsroom. the king says he's greatly saddened by the sudden death of alex

salmond. the former first minister of scotland. the alba party leader died yesterday afternoon, aged 69, from a suspected heart attack during a trip to north 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. people in scotland have been reacting to his death. >> his passing is a great shock and i think for most scots , 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, he 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 around swinton crescent and baillieston and he was handing out leaflets and he played pool . 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. >> alex salmond, who died yesterday , robert jenrick says yesterday, robert jenrick says he'll make. sirjacob rees—mogg, 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, will 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 getting emails asking for money, but never asking what do 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 . be a great asset to that. >> latest news from the middle east. now, israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu has spoken in the last few moments and expressed his regret of any harm done to un personnel in lebanon after 15 peacekeepers

were injured in what they call a shocking violation when israeli tanks forcibly entered their base. the uk is among 40 nations strongly condemning attacks on those un peacekeepers. it's also been reported this afternoon that the us plans to send an anti—missile system to israel. lebanon's health ministry says at least 15 people have been killed in the last day by israeli airstrikes on three different villages. israeli military say around 115 rockets have been fired from lebanon into israel today . hezbollah into israel today. hezbollah rocket barrages triggered sirens across northern israel overnight and into today. and just briefly, the aerospace commander of iran's revolutionary guard has said a short time ago that tehran is ready to respond to any misstep by israel . jonathan any misstep by israel. jonathan reynolds says it's not the government's position that p&o ferries is a rogue operator ,

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 had previously threatened to pull out of the event, and a £1 billion port investment . that's after investment. that's after transport secretary louise haigh 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 dot com forward slash alerts. good afternoorwith cheaper, replaced them with cheaper, mainly overseas staff, saying it was necessary to stave off was necessary to stave off bankruptcy. the business bankruptcy. the business secretary told gb news camilla secretary told gb news camilla tominey that the billion pound tominey that the billion pound investment will go ahead quickly investment will go ahead quickly on this issue. on this issue. >> that's not the government's >> that's not the government's position. the issue obviously with p&o ferries is we're not position. the issue obviously with p&o ferries is we're not going to recoil from that. we going to recoil from that. we thought it was wrong. the fire thought it was wrong. the fire and rehire that we saw those and rehire that we saw those workers being sacked and then workers being sacked and then taken back on on fewer terms and taken back on on fewer terms and conditions, but we have changed conditions, but we have changed the law. it was lawful under the the law. it was lawful under the

conservative government. it will be unlawful under this labour conservative government. it will be unlawful under this labour government, where companies government, where companies accept that, acknowledge that accept that, acknowledge that can work within that framework. can work within that framework. we'll of course talk to them we'll of course talk to them about investments. and i can about investments. and i can tell you they're coming to the tell you they're coming to the summit and the investment will summit and the investment will go ahead. go ahead. >> and finally, this afternoon, >> and finally, this afternoon, elon musk's spacex has caught elon musk's spacex has caught the starship rocket booster for the starship rocket booster for the starship rocket booster for the first time ever as it the starship rocket booster for the first time ever as it returns to earth after launch. returns to earth after launch. if you're watching on if you're watching on television, you can see these television, you can see these extraordinary pictures of the extraordinary pictures of the lift—off. this is the fifth test lift—off. this is the fifth test of the starship rocket. spacex of the starship rocket. spacex ceo elon musk has simply wrote, ceo elon musk has simply wrote, good morning on x after the test good morning on x after the test flight made history. the starship has also reportedly performed a successful water landing in the indian ocean. flight those are your latest gb news headlines. for now, i'm katie bowen. 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 dot com forward slash alerts .

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comments at gbnews.com/yoursay. well , ed comments at gbnews.com/yoursay. well, ed miliband, what do you think? has he gone pile on? crazy. the energy secretary plans to put thousands of them up across the country , instead up across the country, instead of what would appear cheaper underground electricity cables. only a couple of years later, a new official report has found that burying these cables is cheaper over the longer term. but the government has previously claimed burying them is more expensive than erecting these pylons . so are pylons these pylons. so are pylons a waste of money? well, joining me now, meteorologist jim dale, and also climate commentator paul burgess. right. oh , crikey. burgess. right. oh, crikey. where have they gone? it's a bit weird here. right. well, i can't see you on the screen, but i can hear you. so i'm going to start with you, jim dale. sorry. i'm going to start with paul burgess actually, because i want to get some information on the pylons themselves because is it true cables underground. would that be better, cheaper. and our

pylons really a waste of