like andy stree'street, andy street's his andy street, andy street's his name. >> i know, i know, great suitable in this case, but he's been he said on social he promises social media he promises that he's the building social media he promises that he'rebuilt, the building social media he promises that he'rebuilt, as the building social media he promises that he'rebuilt, as wasthe building social media he promises that he'rebuilt, as wasthewas lding social media he promises that he'rebuilt, as wasthewas an1g be rebuilt, as was it was an 18th century sort of sloped roof, kind of goofy, they say wonky. >> so it's going to be like a disneyland version of it. it is. yeah, yeah, yeah, i like that idea. >> but at the same time it's just pub, isn't it? just a pub, isn't it? >> incorrect punishment >> it's incorrect punishment because. so the story was they wanted planning permission to get they didn't get get rid of it. they didn't get that permission caught that planning permission caught fire knocked down fire and then was knocked down by and now they're by some jcbs and now they're going re

well, i can now speak with the mayor of the west midlands and high street. andynd salvaging this precious building. and now it seems they may have a result . seems they may have a result. what's the latest ? what's the latest? >> yes , it is a great story, a >> yes, it is a great story, a great day , as you say. great day, as you say. >> a reaction to the community really coming together to say this should not have been done. this was an attack on part of our heritage, but credit must also go to the local authority, south staffs, who've acted very, very quickly and have now issued the enforcement order. >> and what does that look like moving forward? because of course, the building was substantially gutted by fire. when i spoke to the campaign organiser, he says it needs to be rebuilt from the ground up, brick by brick, by brick. which begs the question andy, the owners, can they be trusted to obey this enforcement . order? obey this enforcement. order? >> so you are right. i think a number of people coined the phrase brick by brick, and that is exactly what has

west midlands mayor andy street responded by saying westminster needs to stop the nonsense slurs .eanwhile, mps are warning protests are putting unsustainable pressure on police resources . they're calling on resources. they're calling on the government to give more support as demonstrations continue over the israel—gaza war. a cross—party committee found that policing protests between the 7th of october and the 17th of december last year cost forces more than £25 million pounds. former scotland yard detective peter bleksley says the marches are having a massive impact on resources in the committee has said the organisers of these protests probably should be forced into giving more notice of them because literally they're telling the met within days that there's going to be 100,000 or more people on the streets of london. >> and of course, that's putting huge pressure on the police and their resources. >> in other news, there's been no breakthrough on negotiations for a gaza ceasefire, but qatar says it remains optimistic. it's after a proposal to swap israeli hostages for palestin

. >> andy street is an exception. >> andy street is an exception. >> you've got a labour pcc and a conservatives on pcc splitting their ballots on pcc elections or council elections, and got give elections or council elections, and electorate got give elections or council elections, andelectorate creditt give elections or council elections, and electorate credit thatgive elections or council elections, and electorate credit that they the electorate credit that they can who want to vote can see who they want to vote for when it comes to policing and who they might want vote and who they might want to vote for issues. for on other issues. >> i am i shall >> well, i am afraid i shall never vote for tax increases, but much . um, but thank you very much. um, so news have also suggested news figures have also suggested that tax against shop that violence tax against shop workers are up by 50% over the last year, with roughly 1300 attacks. and with me now is shabnam choudhury, the former detective superintendent at the metropolitan police. thank you very much for joining metropolitan police. thank you

andy burnham are street and andy burnham are saying you should do between manchester and birmingham easily and if you're looking at getting people into to the into into leeds, into the east midlands and yorkshire, then there are very few capacity constraints on the midland main line and the east coast main line. hs2 was all about basically just chucking money at the construction industry and both andy street and andy burnham are very heavily lobbied by the construction industry , as by the construction industry, as indeed are the all the mainstream political parties. there are a lot of there's a lot of political donors give money to parties who are from the construction industry . and this construction industry. and this has always been about lining their pockets. >> and of course, they were told this huge numbers this would create huge numbers of and the of it. and of jobs and the rest of it. and i now the question is, how i guess now the question is, how will these local councils use the money? that's all we've got time for. unfortunately joe rukin, the founder of stop hs2, he's g

. >> well, west midlands mayor andy street told gb news earlier there was never any evidence to support paul scully's original claim. >> i'm actually don't think there's a controversy at all. one member of parliament said. it it obviously quite self—evident is completely wrong. i was very quick to say yesterday, it's just not right. it should not have been said. and of course, the member of parliament concerned has apologised today. so i think actually the issue is over and i am actually very pleased that the community here in birmingham has really rallied together. to say that is not a description of our home that we recognise in any way . any way. >> also in the news today, mps are warning that protests are putting unsustainable pressure on police resources. they're calling on the government to give more support as demonstrations continue over the israel gaza war. a cross—party committee found that policing the protests between october and december last year cost forces more than £25 million. the bbc has apologised to the family caught up in the huw edwards scandal over the way their

and when this announcement was made back late last year , andy street who west last year, andy streetn mayor was deeply , deeply concern mayor was deeply, deeply unhappy and on the verge of resigning even though it goes to birmingham. andy burnham, mayor of greater manchester, of course, completely livid . but course, completely livid. but they are trying to salvage something, so they're currently meeting. there's a there's a press conference going on at the moment , but they press conference going on at the moment, but they are press conference going on at the moment , but they are talking to moment, but they are talking to the private sector. the meeting today, they're reviewing the area. i'm just looking at this map here between sort of stoke on trent , crewe, stafford , but on trent, crewe, stafford, but basically between birmingham and manchester. seeing how they can improve it because they have a huge problem with capacity . part huge problem with capacity. part of the reason for hs2 was speed to get there quicker, but a lot of it was capacity. they simply don't have the capacit

west midlands mayor andy street responded by saying westminster needs to stop the nonsense slurs .able pressure on police resources. they're calling on the government to give more support as demonstrations continue over israel . gaza war continue over israel. gaza war a cross party committee found that policing the protests between the 7th of october and the 17th of december last year cost forces more than £25 million, it suggesting protest organisers give a longer notice period. former scotland yard detective peter bleksley says the marches are having a massive impact on resources. thousands of officers are having to be brought into london to deal with these protests . protests. >> it's and policing doesn't just have another box of police officers , it can open. officers officers, it can open. officers are being taken from other commitments elsewhere and as the met regularly says, officers are being taken away from the communities that they police. so who's going to fill that gap? well, quite frankly, no body because there aren't enough officers to do that . officers to do that. >

andy street in the west again doing an west midlands again doing an incredible we think that's incrediblee think that's a good for the country. so a good thing for the country. so we've a decent amount we've done a decent amount of that, the that, particularly here in the north. but then secondly, culture look i, i think the cultural sector in our country is something that we should be enormously enormously enormously proud of, enormously proud of. right. and for a couple of reasons, you know, one is it obviously is very important in all our communities . and i remember as a kid performing quite probably not brilliantly in a christmas carol at my local theatre in southampton and it was an incredible experience. that was and we'll all have fond memories of that. so it's an important part of our social fabric. it's also part of soft power, also part of our soft power, right? it's we project right? it's how we project ourselves the world ourselves across the world through our creative industries. the film , productions, the film, tv productions, everything that you know. but the thing that p

and if there was a labour politician who said that a conservative mayor like andy street in the westy radical jews , i controlled by radical jews, i think people would understand that as quite straightforwardly racist . um, with these kinds of racist. um, with these kinds of topics in particular, politicians need to be clear and thoughtful with their words. i would have a lower threshold for members of the public, but with politicians, we should have quite a high threshold and i think failed to meet that think he failed to meet that threshold. he could have apologised and said that he's chosen to . not think as chosen to. not and i think as well, more variable is that well, one more variable is that he's his seat at he's going to lose his seat at the next election. in all likelihood . was surprised likelihood. so i was surprised to from that gentleman just to hear from that gentleman just then actually, in all then that actually, in all likelihood, he return to then that actually, in all likefold.d, he return to then that actually, in all likefold. i he return to then that actually,

um, and, like, um, andy street.ch forjoining us this much for joining us this morning. event, which morning. so that event, which will a little will bring you more of a little bit later on here on gb news. >> okay, jack. thank you . >> okay, jack. thank you. >> okay, jack. thank you. >> got it back, >> if they ever got it back, would back crooked. >> if they ever got it back, wotah. back crooked. >> if they ever got it back, wotah. well back crooked. >> if they ever got it back, wotah. well no back crooked. >> if they ever got it back, wotah. well no you ck crooked. >> if they ever got it back, wotah. well no you probablyd. >> ah. well no you probably couldn't do it. well, was couldn't do it. well, i was going to say what architect would want to be proud of building building. building a crooked building. if you it stable , then you could do it stable, then it'd right. but i know. it'd be all right. but i know. >> see if they could rebuild the tower they build >> see if they could rebuild the toleaning? they build it

the mayors and andy street in birmingham, andy burnham in manchester, are now trying to work with privateng to come up with some sort of plan for how to increase rail capacity on that stretch. and indeed in the north of england. but, you know, there's 17 million people in the north of england. they've heard so much promises about improved transport that they've seen very little. and meanwhile, in london, of course, we have a brand new elizabeth line, rather fabulous. and so much for levelling up. that's what a lot of people in the north and, and the leaders in the north are saying, well, that's the rather fabulous katherine forster there. >> our political correspondent . >> our political correspondent. thank you very much indeed . we thank you very much indeed. we will leave it there. um a lot of you with your thoughts about things have been discussing, um, today and on the king elianne says, um , harry and charles may says, um, harry and charles may have been kept apart owing to a risk of infection. she thinks , risk of infection. she thinks, uh. hello, bill. bill says i watched the show

street. edgeley in stockport, says andy.ll, that's good news. >> oh well, that's good news. >> so we can go there. it's good for a pub crawl that you don't have to crawl so far, do you? >> i don't need to crawl very far at all. >> there you go. anyway >> there you go. anyway >> shuffle a pub shuffle. keep your coming through. vaiews@gbnews.com >> our top story this >> now to our top story this morning, former conservative deputy chairman anderson deputy chairman lee anderson has been party been suspended from the party after apologise for after refusing to apologise for comments at london mayor comments aimed at london mayor sadiq khan. >> said the mayor given >> he said the mayor had given the capital away and was controlled by islamists . well, controlled by islamists. well, yesterday sadiq khan had this to say look , these comments from a say look, these comments from a senior conservative are islamophobic, are anti muslim and are racist. islamophobic, are anti muslim and are racist . and swiftly in and are racist. and sw

we've got some good examples, west examples, like in the west midlands street, midlands with andy streeteed people like sadiq khan up because he sadiq khan to step up because he is failing and he's is failing to do so, and he's letting down londoners when he does that. >> does that mean you've to >> does that mean you've got to raise it comes to raise the bar when it comes to refusals of building on brownfield sites? yeah that's that's what we're consulting for on over the next few weeks. >> we are saying that where councils and where mayors consistently fail to deliver in urban areas where there is good infrastructure, where there is opportunity to build that, we will say that those bar the bar for refusal on brownfield site should need to go higher, and it's all of our long terme it's all part of our long terme plan for housing. it's about showing that the government is serious tackling the serious about tackling the challenge that we are seeing in this country , and it's about this country, and it's about saying where has had the saying where labour has had the opportunity and they op

people like andy street and then how much monet had an uplift in capital spending from the hs2 decisionigh—speed spending. it is money that will be spent over the next seven years. you added three years randomly onto the end of that. seven years. money spent on local priorities, it could be spent on a new bus station, a new road or improved road maintenance to go with the many already announced last year. it could be spent on charges. it is local council, capital spending, to talk to local communities and local members of parliament about what their priorities are. it is much more money than these councils have ever had to spend on local transport before. about nine times the amount of money equivalent transport spending they have had before. it is game changing amounts of money and for them to spend and put changes in place. it will be for local councils to decide. i hope they are welcoming the extra responsibility they have got a local communities will have the chance to work with local authorities.— the chance to work with local authorities. . . ., authorities. the chief executive of

>> andy burnham certainly imprestreet he's um >> andy burnham certainly imprestreet he's westjm andy streetest midlands isn't he. he's, he's um certainly a strong voice. you need someone who's going to be very strong. >> you need a character, don't you? >> yeah. >> yeah. >> maybe that's the key to it. >> maybe that's the key to it. >> right person in the job. >> the right person in the job. well, know what you well, let us know what you think. that something think. is that something you'd like your local area? like to see in your local area? do let us know. gb views at gb news.com. >> now let's get a check on your weather with alex. good morning i'm alex deakin and this is your latest weather update from the met office for gb news. >> further heavy rain to come today and particularly in the south. some very gusty winds as well. both could cause some problems could some problems. both could cause some disruption . the rain falling disruption. the rain falling onto saturated ground may well cause flooding and cause some flooding and particularly gusts of particularly lively gusts of wind acro

people like andy street and ben houchen . to smaller cities and towns and rural areas across the north and the midlands to enable them to take the same transformative live transport decisions . that's live transport decisions. that's what you get if you get a conservative government >> can we talk about lee anderson and the comments that he has made ? oliver dowden he has made? oliver dowden yesterday struggling to use the words islamophobe ? nick, do you words islamophobe? nick, do you think that his language was islamophobic? and if not, what did you want? indeed, the party want him to apologise for? and why the whip removed ? why was the whip removed? >> well, look, i think what lee anderson said about the mayor of london was wrong. and the reason and he was given the chance to retract those comments and to apologise for making them . he apologise for making them. he didn't do so. and that's why the whip was removed very swiftly. and i think was the right and i think that was the right decision. there many things decision.

historically, republicans show up on election day andy tend to vote and democrats tend to vote later in the day. they are saying off the streets. it could be a problem. >> brian: newsday says 34% are republican and 42% are democrats and 22% unaffiliated peter king had most district and won every single year, at one point only republican in long island. >> ainsley: lawrence is in memphis. that area is pretty red, the blue area is a different part of long island? >> steve: biden won in 2020. >> brian: tom suozzi was a businessman and blakeman was the executive now in nassau county. each election is a battle. you have been out there. >> lawrence: you highlight the demographics of what is going on there and the issues driving peep toll go to the polls is the border and crime. and that is why we're here in memphis thchl is an opportunity for that area to send a message to washington they will not take it anymore. we had a local pastor on, we will play the sound later on. the solution is simple, we make this complicated. we need das that apply the law and go after criminals and prosecute them. we need judges that sign warrants and w

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street. um, and so i, uh, andi prepared some studies with some further information on, um, showing how many feetthe rear facades of those buildings were from the from the new elevator. and, uh, how the views from those buildings would not be significantly affected by the new elevator bulkhead. and, um, member of the public said they, uh, accepted that, and they would get back if they had any other questions. but i have not heard anything further very good. thank you. uh, commissioner wright, did you have a follow up question? i thought of one more. one more thing. um, and that's also on the tour at the end, we were talking about the window shading . um, and, you know, i guess shades that are currently there and the possibility of being sensitive and i know that you guys are going to think more about strategies for that, but that, uh, if glare, um, is an issue that sometimes there are appropriate, uh, uh, glazing films that help with energy and glare, that aren't, you know, adding mirrored, uh, reflectiveness or darkness to the, the windows. so just something to consider. but to get on the record

walks across the uk, the three dads got to sit down with the prime minister at downing street in april last year. andyd the encouragement to have some kind of help—seeking behaviour. - and that's really what's - at the heart of what's kept us going because we realised we can actually help other people. - the dad's second walk ended at westminster, and a petition that ran alongside that challenge led to an often emotional parliamentary debate. the dads calling on ministers to make suicide prevention a compulsory part of the national curriculum. they also met the education secretary, gillian keegan, who asked the dads to use their expertise to help with a review of how the topic could be best taught in schools. is it likely that we will have a conversation about what to get in the curriculum through the rshe review? yes. are we serious about getting those experts in to inform us to how we should be doing that in an age appropriate way? yes. do we want children and young people and their families to feel that they can have a conversation and have a, you know, get those help seeking behaviours? definitely

pkg andy is looking into a fire at an underground utility vault in san francisco. skyfox flying over third and mission streets, where black smoke could be seen coming out of a maintenance hole. this area was closed for hours as work crews resolved the issue. >> we arrived on scene shortly after to assess the situation and make the area safe. we've been working very closely with san francisco fire and police department since. at this time, there is no power outage associated with this. >> a similar vault fire happened last year in the pacific heights neighborhood of san francisco. >> new numbers here from pg and e just moments ago show the number of customers without power is going back up again. pg and e says the number of customers without electricity is now at 35,000. 6000 more than about two hours ago, more than half of those affected are in the north bay. pg is outage map here shows some blue electrical plugs. those are areas where the center has where the utility has opened up centers so residents can power their mobile devices. the centers are in guerneville, cloverdale and at the crosswalk community ch

andy burnham, says the money was already promised a decade ago . already promised a decade ago. now farmers have been outside eu offices in brussels today, throwing eggs and spraying manure, as well as blocking streetstractors , all streets with their tractors, all in a protest against cheap supermarket prices . riot police supermarket prices. riot police were seen firing water cannon as eu ministers arrived for meetings on the growing crisis . meetings on the growing crisis. the farmers are demanding action from the european union on free trade agreements, which they blame for damaging european farming . blame for damaging european farming. it's blame for damaging european farming . it's the latest in farming. it's the latest in a series of similar protests across the bloc, with the eu already moving to weaken some of its green policies . that's the its green policies. that's the news for the latest stories, do sign up to gb news alerts. scan the qr code on your screen right now or go to gb news .com/ alerts . alerts. >> thank you very much for that, polly. i am michelle dewberry and i'm keeping you company until 7:00 tonight alongside me , until 7:00 tonight alongside me, i've got the pr consultan

andy says this, i think that judges who who don't do their job without prejudice should be disbarred , barred to the point disbarred, barred to the point there and don't forget, downing streety needs dismantle and replacing with one that is fit for purpose . they are fit for purpose. they are a complete disgrace . um, on this complete disgrace. um, on this topic we mention ed earlier on that tan ikram in his past is also a champion of diversity in the legal industry . his job for the legal industry. his job for a while was to get more people from ethnic minority backgrounds into the legal system. nothing at all wrong with that. a laudable process, of course, but the question is, are when we when we hear the d word , when we when we hear the d word, when we hear what does it hear diversity, what does it make you think? well, diana says this. diana says our country is going down the pan , and every going down the pan, and every single instance of the decline seems to be caused by diversity . seems to be caused by diversity. diana, a lot of people saying the same thing about the armed forces as our woke army, our woke navy, climate change lessons, using the right pronouns , di

street hospital are learning psychological to psychological techniques to secure donations as well. if it works well. >> joining us now to go through what's making the news is writer and journalist andy. the broadcaster claire muldoon. very to see you both this very good to see you both this morning. start morning. and andy, let's start with outrage, shall we, with this outrage, shall we, about the pro—palestine slogans being big ben . being projected onto big ben. >> yes. and it's not just any old pro palestine slogan. it's a particularly divisive one. from the river to the sea, palestine will be free. this is a slogan which obviously by saying from the river, the jordan river to the river, the jordan river to the mediterranean sea , palestine the mediterranean sea, palestine will be free. there will be no israel, no. so it's a slogan that certainly pro—israel and many other people say is anti—semitic, isn't it? indeed it's the removal of israel. and the other thing is, it's a very hard slogan to get on big ben from the river to the sea. palestine will be free. and if you see the pictures, there that you see the pictures, there that you can barely even make it out because so small.