away . away. >> 10 a.m. on wednesday the 16th of october, live across the uk. this is britain's newsroom with bev turner and andrew pierce. >> england's new german football manager, thomas tuchel, is the new three lions boss. do we really need a german to help us win some trophies? for the first time since 1966? >> pensioners are handing in a petition to the government today, with more than half a million signatures to protect the winter fuel payment. adam cherry is there with the latest . cherry is there with the latest. >> just two weeks until the budget. nearly 500,000 signatures delivered to the steps of downing street and the treasury today, opposing the cuts to the winter fuel allowance. but is it too little, too late ? too late? >> and the prime minister can't seem to get the pun. shake it

off as he met taylor swift after the decision was made to grant her a royal style police escort paid for by the taxpayer for her shows in london. were those freebie tickets are thank you to starmer and wales is appalling literacy levels 20% of children cannot read or write when they go to secondary school. >> is it the parents? is it the teachers fault? what on earth is going on here? >> the assisted dying bill is being introduced in parliament today. it will allow terminally ill adults in england and wales to end their life. this is a landmark moment. why do we need a german to manage the national team? >> germans to the rescue, andrew. maybe that's what we need. >> sir. alf ramsey was as engush >> sir. alf ramsey was as english as they come . he managed english as they come. he managed this the last time we had sven—goran eriksson was foreign, wasn't he? who was the other one? >> gareth southgate, has he been

an england manager? fabio capello. >> southgate got us to the final euros twice, didn't he. but we didn't win . didn't win. >> yeah, well i don't know. i mean look if he's the right guy for the job, let's face it, if he makes us win trophies then we won't care where he comes from. we just want the silverware. right? and the happiness that comes. >> well, i'm glad they got shot of the last bloke. he wouldn't sing the national anthem. >> well, he was only in the interview process, apparently. oh, but let's see. well, look, we're going to try and work out who this bloke is, because obviously the fate of the england football team is now in his hands. is that a good idea? gb news. com he might be sabotaged. >> us. he might deliberately sabotage us. i've just thought about that. he's starting to sound a little xenophobic. sabotage us so that germany can carry on winning. i mean, what's he going to do if we play german? >> yes. what about if he was french? >> no, we don't want french ehhen >> no, we don't want french either. italian? no . british, either. italian? no. british, please. it's an english team. english. scottish? how about scottish? >> northern ireland manager for the england team. >> well, that would be all right. i see alex ferguson is out of

job. >> oh, that. oh. good point. bhngin >> oh, that. oh. good point. bring in alex ferguson. you just displayed some football knowledge andrew. you just connected together. two football stories on that bombshell. we need to go to the news here. sam. >> very good, very good morning to you. in fact, that breaking news there from andrew pierce, he's demonstrating his sporting knowledge. very impressive. but first we start with news that the government is now scrambling to find more hotel spaces for migrants after a surge in small boat arrivals. almost 14,000 have arrived under labour, overtaking the number of crossings under the previous government in 2024. meanwhile, italy has begun sending its own asylum seekers to albania under asylum seekers to albania under a new controversial plan , with a new controversial plan, with a naval ship arriving on monday transferring 16 men from bangladesh and egypt. italy says up to 36,000 asylum seekers could be sent to albania each yean could be sent to albania each year, but only, they say non—vulnerable men from safe

countries will qualify . hundreds countries will qualify. hundreds of people are set to gather in parliament square today, calling on the government to protect the winter fuel payment for older people on older people on low incomes, led by charities. the campaigners are delivering a petition with over 500,000 signatures to the treasury to and downing street. they're demanding the payments extend to more pensioners after the government's decision in the summer to limit it to those on pension credit. supporters say the cut leaves millions at risk dunng the cut leaves millions at risk during the colder months . during the colder months. inflation has dropped below the 2% target for the first time in over three years. figures for september show it fell to 1.7%. that's the lowest since april 2021. analysts had expected a smaller fall to 1.9%, and now warn that inflation could rise again with higher energy costs on the horizon. the ons says that lower petrol prices and cheaper airfares drove the drop. however, food inflation picked

up again, with prices for milk, for cheese for and eggs rising faster than in august. well, treasury chief darren jones says it is still good news for british families, and added that the government is determined to fix the foundations of the economy to ease the pressure on households. >> good news for family finances that inflation has fallen below 2%. but of course there's more work to be done to protect working people and bring stability and growth back to the economy, which is what the chancellor and this government is doing now. and in the run up to the budget at the end of october. >> the debate on assisted dying is intensifying as new legislation is set to be introduced in parliament for the first time in nearly a decade . first time in nearly a decade. dame esther rantzen, who's been who, has stage four lung cancer, has called for careful legislation sharing her fears of a painful death and urging the pubuc a painful death and urging the public to write to mps over the vote. meanwhile, veterans with ptsd have reportedly been offered assisted suicide as a treatment option in canada,

raising concerns over the misuse of the law. campaigners on both sides are gearing up with a demonstration planned at parliament square this week. the current law bans assisted suicide in most of the uk, with a maximum sentence of 14 years. earlier we spoke to rebecca wilcox, the daughter of esther rantzen. >> mps don't have to adhere to their party politics. they can go with their conscience and they can go with their constituents. so let's get this through, because assisted dying is not about suicide. it's about shortening death. it's not about ending a life. it's about ending pain . pain. >> turning to international news, and israel has said it is now seriously considering the united states concerns that a lack of humanitarian aid is getting into gaza. it's after an official letter from the white house warned that military assistance could be cut if the situation, they say, doesn't improve within 30 days. reports suggest that israel is blocking

nearly 90% of aid movements as civilians in northern gaza face a growing death toll and escalating israeli offensives. israel, though, claims it's targeting hamas fighters, not aid deliveries. meanwhile, 38 trucks have entered northern gaza for the first time in two weeks. but the un is still warning the situation is desperate . save stonehenge isn't desperate. save stonehenge isn't backing down in its fight against a tunnel near the historic site. the campaign group is appealing a high court ruling that dismissed its challenge to the two mile tunnel along the a303 in wiltshire. the department for transport is defending the proposals, which would overhaul eight miles of road. three judges will deliver that verdict today via email . that verdict today via email. and finally, as we heard from our sports reporter andrew pierce earlier, thomas tuchel has been named as the new head coach of england and he's already stirring some debate. the german, best known for his stints at chelsea and bayern munich, takes over from gareth southgate. set on january 20th

on the 1st of january. rather, tuchel's impressive resume includes champions league glory and a knack for handling top players, including england captain harry kane. questions, though, still linger over his fiery temperament and previous fallouts at chelsea . those are fallouts at chelsea. those are the latest headlines for now, i'll hand you straight back to andrew and for bev plenty more on all the sport 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 . slash alerts. >> welcome back. it is 1008. were you looking at san francis then as he walked across the studio? >> sports reporter do you know when i first started work as a reporter when i was 18, i wanted to be a sports reporter. >> i find that very, very hard to believe. >> it lasted about a month. i covered a couple of late rugby

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