well, the 4000 of these were made at woodford , these were made at woodford, and.bombed. it had the greatest capacity in terms of bombs of any allied bomber . so it could any allied bomber. so it could actually take a lot of munition, which even the american bombers could not do. so it was the plane, the bomber of the war. it also was involved in operation manna, where it gave food to the dutch people. so it also brought back from operation exodus. it brought back prisoners of war. when the war ended. so we're really famous aircraft which had multi multi uses. but of course it was the bombing that it was the most famous for and a lot of people say that without the lancaster, the war would not have been as short as it was. it could have been even longer because the lancaster was able to hit targets which no other bomber could do. >> now, obviously we're here today. we're celebrating 100 years of avro, who produced hundreds of crafts, obviously didn't. they were celebrating avro. but we're also celebrating the heritage of aviation in greater manchester. what does it

how significant is that that we're marking avro here at woodford ? marking avro here at woodford?ly moved to this site at woodford to start their aviation sort of airfield business. they they actually manufactured aeroplanes in north manchester. and initially they actually sent them down to london to be assembled. and then we opened up at alexandra park and in, in manchester. but after the first world war they had to move. they found this site at woodford and it's 100 years since they moved there. so yeah, very significant. >> absolutely. now i think our viewers at home will know avro for two very, very special craft, the vulcan, of course , craft, the vulcan, of course, and the lancaster, otherwise known as, of course, as the lancaster bomber . and now i lancaster bomber. and now i think we can show just over my shoulder a replica of a lancaster. talk to me about the significance crafts, the role that they've played and why they're so, so important and significant. >> well, the lancaster failure, it was it was developed initially as a two engined avro manchester that the engines

airfield . here at woodford airfield. >> guy that was flying around on nuclear weapons .reaper, thank you so much for bringing us that live from the north west. >> thank you very much indeed. well, this is good afternoon, britain on gb news now. ministers have arrived at downing street this morning for cabinet for their meeting. and home secretary yvette cooper was asked this did you buy your own clothes, minister ? clothes, minister? >> does lord alli sponsor your wardrobe ? wardrobe? >> well, can, sir keir starmer continue to defend his alleged dodgy donations? or will the truth spill out of the closet? very good. well, first, let's take a look at the . weather. take a look at the. weather. >> a brighter outlook with boxt solar sponsors of weather on gb news . news. >> hi there and welcome to the latest forecast from the met office for gb news. high pressure is firmly in charge of our weather at the moment. that means dry for most with plenty of warm sunny spells. as always an exception and in this case a cold front is bringing some thicker cloud at the moment to the fa

virginia continental regiments in 1778, but that august, the three brigades, three state brigades, woodford mule and briggs and scotts contained at least 162 black soldiers. and i say at least because there are solid indications that the roster entitled the return of the -- in the army enumerates only the enslaved men serving as soldiers, not the free blacks. those three brigades totaling 4157 rank and file making made or showed that those black soldiers formed 3.9% of the whole. now moving ahead, three years, the two virginia regiments that joined major general green before march 1781 contained a number of black soldiers, including some of the autumn 1780. chesterfield levies of 913 conscripted men at least 56 6.1% were of african descent. similarly, the april 1781 draft who joined gaskin also included african-americans. and here you see actually an image of one of gaskins men. whil numbers are unknown, fly five black veterans pensions show service under gas that year they were frances bundy, john cheevers, william jackson, bennett, mickey and william wedge bear. and i include them because

but first, ids the mp for chingford and woodford green is in the gb news studio.. thank you very much for sparing the time. let's speak first of all about this report that your think tank , the report that your think tank, the centre for social justice, has produced, called unite the nafion produced, called unite the nation and this is very much tapping into this idea that britain is broken and it needs to be fixed. what's the top line from that piece of . research? ian. >> well, the number one line, i think, is how do you get local communities to be able to take charge of directing their help and support, particularly younger people from a local perspective. thus generating more jobs and more places and more jobs and more places and more training. and andy burnham, who is on this panel as well, it was a cross—party affair, was very keen to say, look, let us do more of this. and he he pinched something from the csj already to try and get people back into work. so there are some good indications there. we were working on that when i was secretary of state for work a