anna riley gb news, doncaster . l of approval. >> oh approval. >> on very good. >> on very good. >> and if you've got an animal today, be good, be kind, be cool towards it . today i want to talk towards it. today i want to talk about the war in ukraine and ukraine has invaded russia. it turns out it's entered its sixth day, this invasion, after evacuating 76,000 people from the border region of kursk. moscow has promised a tough response to this, which i find hypocritical , ironical. hypocritical, ironical. whatever. we go to, the defence editor of the evening standard, robert fox. i mean , as if russia robert fox. i mean, as if russia can object. robert to ukraine invading them, you know, when it's already been done to ukraine, it's a bit rich . ukraine, it's a bit rich. >> it's an extreme blow, though. this is the first major invasion of russia since hitler's troops went across in june 1941, in operation barbarossa . it's operation barbarossa. it's a tremendous to blow putin's prestige, which i think was one of the

we're joined now by gb news reporter anna riley, who's on the scene for us. ters chose to target this particular hotel . yeah. particular hotel. yeah. >> that's it. yes. in a press conference today, south yorkshire police have said it was 750 protesters that arrived here and a smaller number involved in the disorder that you can still see behind me now . you can still see behind me now. i'll just show you there. you can see those windows on the lower ground of the hotel just completely smashed through. you can see the curtains billowing out there that have been torn to shreds, and you can see the chairs as well that were used and hurled at the windows as well. we've been told that there was a wheelie wheelie bin that was a wheelie wheelie bin that was set fire to so the hotel set ablaze as well. and the hotel had 240 asylum seekers inside at the time, including children . the time, including children. reports that they were terrified when this happened. when this number of thugs came with the riot police as well. also targeted in this press conference, it was

anna riley in rotherham, thank you so much. ere is a small number absolutely. >> so important because that's because there's lots of people joining who are taking part in what they want to be a peaceful protest and demonstration. mark white is with us again. mark white. both bev and i flinched when we heard the prime minister going on about this is a far right. this is all about the far right. this is all about the far right. it's not. it's too simplistic , isn't it, to just simplistic, isn't it, to just say this is about the far right. the police have admitted, i heard a police chief in hartlepool saying lots of people here are local people who are deeply unhappy very about things . deeply unhappy very about things. generally it's lazy years of resentment. >> it's lazy terminology. it is last week, but it suits. i was keeping an eye on the those charged and appearing in court and the vast majority that i could see were people from the local area being charged in relation to disorder that had been carried out in that area. so we

yorkshire accent and no one's got a better yorkshire accent then our yorkshire and humber reporter, anna riley anna. you're right. >> anna, can i interrupt you? anna, could i ask you to write? anna, could i ask you to write? anna, could i ask you to write? anna, could i ask you to score out of ten beverley turner's yorkshire accent ? yorkshire accent? >> i'm going to give her a solid six. i will try harder and i'll try much harder. >> right . what's going on? where >> right. what's going on? where you are looks beautiful. >> it's a little bit. a little bit deeper, a little bit deeper and a little bit longer in those vowels. and you've got it. e begum you've got it. oh. so yeah, happy yorkshire day. you joined. we're joined now at york minster where a service is currently being held. there's over 120 dignitaries that have come from all over yorkshire , come from all over yorkshire, mayors, members of the council, and they're in the in the minster at the moment, having a special service all in aid of yorkshire day. we'll just show you here just the extent of the minster. it's a huge building, da

well, our reporter anna riley , spoke to reporter anna riley, spoke to people in hull and asked themng to university really was worth it . university really was worth it. >> yes and no, because when they come out as the jobs for them and they do all that work and all that and all that money as well, what they're going to pay back. so i don't really know. >> i think it depends what you want. if you want to get a career, then i suppose university is the only way in these days because everything to get anything now you need to have some sort of qualification. but as far as getting an education goes, you're better off reading books, better off loving life experience, university and education generally these days, in my opinion, is more indoctrination than anything else. >> if you're well prepared and you've got, you know, a bit of money, some savings behind you, i think it is worth it. and i think it can be stressful, though. >> yes, of course it is. yeah. more opportunities in life, better job opportunities. and i don't particularly agree with, the financing of it. don't particularly ag

gb news reporter anna riley joins us now from outside the court. anna.leman escaped prison. tell us more . us more. >> us more. >> yes, martin. he escaped a jail sentence. he was handed a six week suspended sentence that suspended for 12 months. he was given a 120 hours of unpaid community service . and he was community service. and he was also given 20 rehabilitation days , as well as having to pay days, as well as having to pay charges to the court. this incident happened back on june the 11th while nigel farage was canvassing for the reform uk party on an open top bus that was going through barnsley town centre. as nigel farage was giving a speech, it was then that josh greeley was seen going into a bin where construction workers , builders were working workers, builders were working and picking out a paper cup that was believed to have been filled with liquid. throwing that at the bus, it did not hit nigel farage. and then going into a bin and throwing another object that also missed nigel farage. he was part of a group that had come in opposition to

anna riley . gb news. scrapped. anna riley. gb news. >> thank you very much, anna. right, okay.we were kids, and whenever it was a bank holiday, you know, like, you know, you'd be all piled in the car and we'd go down to southend or jaywick or clacton if we were very lucky, and if ever dad got stuck behind a motorhome or a caravan, as it used to be back in the day, the language in the car would be. it went in full blown jeremy clarkson mode. so i'm kind of understanding. i know it's a different thing because this is on the road, but i'm kind of with the good people of north yorkshire on this one. what do you think of this one caravan? do you have nightmares? do you have traumas from childhood about caravans? >> yeah , we didn't do caravan >> yeah, we didn't do caravan holidays, but my dad was exactly the same. if he was going to be stuck behind one, the language that came out was quite something. he had to turn the music up a little bit louder, but so i it's one of those issues which is going to divide communities because those who have caravans and motorhomes are going to feel

. >> well, gb news reporter and anna riley is live from scarborough for us. e where you are ? are? >> well, we've certainly not got those sweltering temperatures that you've talked about. it's around 21 degrees at the moment here in scarborough. and actually there's been a yellow weather warning in place for thunderstorms for the north of england that finishes at 1:00. so ten minutes left. but we've had a little bit of rain, but the sun is trying to come out andifs the sun is trying to come out and it's been a fantastic day . and it's been a fantastic day. nevertheless, even though we've not got scorching temperatures , not got scorching temperatures, we can just see here people getting off the pirate ship. they've been out and about around the harbour enjoying the sun. of course it's summer houday sun. of course it's summer holiday time, so we've got a lot of families that have been coming along to scarborough enjoying it. it's actually the oldest coastal seaside resort in britain. it was 1660s that people started coming here when they learned about the heali

and joining us live now from liverpool is gb news reporter anna riley. oining reporter anna riley. anna, thank you forjoining us. what is the you for joining us. what is the latest ? latest? >> yes. well as you've said the latest in this violent disorder that broke out was last night in sunderland with that police station being set fire to, but also here in liverpool yesterday there was a disturbance outside a mosque and the people causing the disturbance were met by an anti—protest group who were chanting refugees are welcome here. and that's something that we can expect this weekend. we know that there's around 30 protests across the weekend across the country, but as well as these protesters that the government have branded far right. but as you said earlier, tatiana, other people are saying they're protesting because they feel that the social fabric of the uk has been ripped apart with the disorder that we have seen, but there's going to be a counter protest as well as these protesters coming along. so potential clashes from two different protest grou

anna riley gb news. >> so that's nonsense.on't feed them, they'll just take your food anyway. >> they just take it anyway. yeah they're brazier you probably swoop down, lift people, bring them back to their nests and devour them. do they take dogs ever? i feel like i've read a story about, well, like a little chihuahua or a little puppy or little chihuahua or a little puppy or something. >> it's a horror story. it has to be a horror film about such a subject. >> yeah, they are very threatening. >> and the seagulls, they're in the wrong place. they're encouraged to do the wrong things. it's all wrong. we don't need seagulls. right? so it doesn't matter if the colonies decline, does it? >> no, no, we don't need them . >> no, no, we don't need them. >> no, no, we don't need them. >> do let us know if you've had a run in with a seagull this summer holiday season. gbnews.com/yoursay >> okay. >> okay. >> weather update. let's see what it's going to be like. today we say hello. good morning. welcome to alex burkill . morning. welcome

well gb news reporter anna riley has more. anna, welcome to the show.ing cool out there . you're keeping cool out there. >> good afternoon , martin, and >> good afternoon, martin, and welcome to sunny scarborough. we haven't quite got the levels in the 30s that other areas, especially probably where you are in london, have reached, but we're around 24 degrees and we can just see what an amazing turnout it's been here at scarborough. the beach is completely full. we've got people swimming, we've got people swimming, we've got people enjoying themselves and we can see animals as well. you can see this little puppy just here coming along because as well as that advice being issued to people about keeping cool in the heat , to people about keeping cool in the heat, wearing suncream, keeping out of the sun between the hours of 11 and three. there's also one ins to keep animals cool as well, and earlier i've been to yorkshire wildlife park and here's this report about how they keep their animals cool in the heatwave with record temperatures expected this week

joining me now is gb news reporter anna riley , who is there for us riley, who is there for us today.ou for joining us. can you bring us a bit up to speed on what's happening in liverpool today ? happening in liverpool today? >> good afternoon don. well, yes. all quiet in liverpool here at the moment. but what we do know is that around 30 miles away in manchester, in piccadilly gardens, hundreds of protesters have turned out and it seems that there is rival protest groups to stand up racism put out on social media that they are opposing these other protest groups that have started up. so you've got two protests in effect happening, and that's what's expected later. this afternoon here in liverpool. we know that there's over 30 protests that's been identified across the uk this weekend, and we know that they haven't necessarily been centrally organised. a lot of this information as to where the protests are and the times is all being advertised on social media. so certainly that can make it harder for the police to tackle. but they've certainly spread the message of the police. they've

let's talk to anna riley who's in liverpool. where demonstrations are planned later today. good afternoon to you. it's actually what is happening there in liverpool . happening there in liverpool. >> good afternoon andrew. well, the protest has been going on here since around 2:00. if we just looked at our side here, you can see the police line that is currently in place where we are stood is where the first protest actually began. and then just behind where the police are at the moment, where you may be able to see the police vans there. that was when the counter protestors turned up, and then police remained a line between both protest groups . so the side both protest groups. so the side that we're at here now, there were chants being said of save our kids, stop the boats. and then on the other side, where then on the other side, where the counter protesters were , the counter protesters were, they were making chants of refugees are welcome here and banging drums. now we can say that it did remain largely peaceful. i mean, if you can see around there are young children he

reporter anna riley was out in hull today to ask the people of hull today to ask the people of hull whatt about university and whether going is worth it. >> yes and no . because when they >> yes and no. because when they come out as the jobs for them and they do all that work and all that and all that money as well, what they're going to pay back. so i don't really know. >> i think it depends what you want. if you want to get a career, then i suppose university is the only way in these days because everything to get anything now you need to have some sort of qualification. but as far as getting an education goes, you're better off reading books, better off living life experience, university and education generally these days in my opinion, is more indoctrination than anything else. >> if you're well prepared and you've got, you know, a bit of money, some savings behind you, i think it is worth it. and i think it can be stressful, though. >> yes, of course it is. yeah more opportunities in life, better job opportunities. and i don't particularly agree with them. the financing of it, you k

reporter anna riley was out in hull today to ask the people of hull today to ask the people of hull whatabout university and whether going is worth it. >> yes and no . because when they >> yes and no. because when they come out as the jobs for them and they do all that work and all that and all that money as well, what they're going to pay back. so i don't really know. >> i think it depends what you want. if you want to get a career, then i suppose university is the only way in these days because everything to get anything now you need to have some sort of qualification. but as far as getting an education goes, you're better off reading books, better off living life experience, university and education generally these days in my opinion, is more indoctrination than anything else. >> if you're well prepared and you've got, you know, a bit of money, some savings behind you, i think it is worth it. and i think it can be stressful, though. >> yes, of course it is. yeah more opportunities in life, better job opportunities. and i don't particularly agree with them. the financing of it, you kno

. >> gb news yorkshire and humber reporter anna riley has this reporter anna riley has this report .ro deaths and serious injuries on west yorkshire's roads by 2040. it's an ambitious strategy but alison lowe, the region's deputy mayor for policing and crime, believes it's achievable. one death is one death too many and here in west yorkshire we've seen an increasing number of people being seriously injured . fortune being seriously injured. fortune 150in 2023 are killed, 50 in 2023, which is unacceptable. i have lived experience of having lost a family member when i was a child. my sister was killed on the road as age three, so i am personally passionate about this subject. improvements to roads, behaviours, speeds and vehicles along with an effective post—collision response are key to the plan. we want safer roads so the mayor has invested £25 million for all our county to have better road infrastructure, safer cars making sure that manufacturers are implementing all the best standard industry improvements. we want to have some behaviour change, so a whole range of education. we wa

anna riley gb news. >> well, let's talk to someone who's taken.menace of these seagulls. that's the owner of the cheesy toast shack in saint andrews, kate carter , who's been impacted kate carter, who's been impacted by them rather too often. kate. good morning to you. tell us what you've done because you may be setting a trend here, >> so we were basically getting so many seagull attacks down at the beach , and we're a small the beach, and we're a small independent family run business. and so we've got a very big ethos on good vibes and all this kind of thing. and we'd always replace the toasties if they got stolen, but they became increasingly a current that we just were starting to think about ways that we could protect both us as a business and the customer. so we've decided to introduce this £1 seagull insurance, which the customer optionally pays. it's not like a you have to pay it, it's just an optional fee. and that ensures you that you can get your family to replace, that £1 rather than having to pay the full price. again because it must

anna riley gb news. >> no, i'm afraid not that the flying feathered luftwaffe, they have no place atramme ends. patricia says. who does sir keir starmer think he's kidding. there is no plan. he knows it and we know it. captain kidd. captain hindsight, no way. and on the topic of tom tugendhat becoming the next tory leader, jeff says this i can guarantee the next leader of the conservatives will be a one nafion conservatives will be a one nation candidate. the party will never learn and i will never vote for them again. if that happens. so many of you have been saying that they were fed up of the conservatives having a p0p up of the conservatives having a pop at nigel farage, including here. it speaks volumes. judy says that politicians are piling in on farage. they are scared to death because they know that nigel farage and the reform party will trounce them at the next general election. well, that's it from the show today. now don't forget to join us from 6 am. tomorrow. it's breakfast with eamonn and isabel, followed by britain's newsroom at 930 with andrew and bev and then tom and

anna riley gb news wakefield .ying. >> absolutely. i just can't even imagine. and those injuries that we saw if you're watching on television, were just incredible, incredibly serious as well. if you're watching on or if you're listening even on radio, then do have a look on our social media channels for that package from anna. >> yeah, indeed. and such a sweet, sweet young woman there as well, but that's it for today. thank you very much, cameron walker. thank you. natalie delight. >> thank you for having me. >> thank you for having me. >> i've enjoyed myself. hopefully i can come back one day. >> yes. and, do stay tuned if you missed, patrick christys was on the show a little bit earlier to tease up this interview he's got this evening from 9:00 with dame priti patel. she, of course, is in the running for the next tory leader. she's apparently scathing about how keir starmer and yvette cooper are handling the violent unrest in this country, the violent disorder. so you're going to want to tune in to that exclusiv

let's go straight to anna riley. how do anna say to see a up and our do? >> yes.uncil from across this glorious region have gathered to celebrate yorkshire day. and i'm delighted to be joined by our splendidly dressed guests . may i splendidly dressed guests. may i say, the right honourable lord mayor fiona margaret wells and fiona fitzpatrick , the sheriff fiona fitzpatrick, the sheriff of york. just tell us a little bit about yorkshire day and why we are so proud of our great county, god's own county. it is god's own county. >> and as i was born and bred in york and my parents were, and we've always been proud of yorkshire and it's our heritage. we absolutely love it . we it's we absolutely love it. we it's not just about the countryside. it's not just about the buildings. it's about the people and the people that we have here in york are absolutely wonderful. and we have a diverse population and we're proud of it. and we want to tell people, we want to tell everybody that we're proud to be yorkshire and fiona. >> it's the, second time now. york's hosting it, ho

anna riley gb news. >> that's a fantastic talking point that i used to own a motorhome.as in the isle of wight recently and had a terrible problem there with people who were buying old banger motorhomes, getting them into a car park , no tax, no m.o.t and car park, no tax, no m.o.t and basically living in them and leaving loads of waste and toilet waste . oftentimes giving toilet waste. oftentimes giving a really bad name actually , for a really bad name actually, for sensible, law abiding citizens like steve and those guests we heard there who rightly want to drive around our countryside and enjoy the majestic splendour, the beauty of the rolling countryside, the coastal plains of britain and then some bad apples come in and treat the trouble as a lifestyle . they're trouble as a lifestyle. they're living in their motorhomes because it's cheaper than a house, as we see in america, but they're kind of pushing the rules too far. >> i mean, you can see both sides of the story, can't you? i mean, i absolutely think that people who own a motorhome and want to go to wherever

. >> well, let's go to anna riley.ena milner feared she was going to die after being mauled by an xl bully. >> she was left with serious injuries to her leg and chest and needed emergency surgery. the attack at a rescue centre where jelena worked lasted for five terrifying minutes. >> i thought he was going to bite me and let go like you see with everyone else at work when we've all got bitten at some point. but he never actually let go. so then it took a second to realise you're probably going to die, and then you can't really feel the pain of it. you can just feel like the sensation of him biting you. and i was watching him bite me, and i couldn't do anything. all i couldn't do anything. all i could think about was my mum at the moment, the people that i loved, i'd never. i'd i don't know, i never really i've never really thought about dying like that before . that before. >> the assault has left the teenager with permanent nerve damage and emotional trauma. >> i can wake up throughout the nights with a dream that ou

. >> well, joining us now is gb news yorkshire and humber reporter anna riley. we do with the accents there? i say we me because tom betrayed me and didn't do one, two. >> happy yorkshire day. it was certainly entertaining. i'll give you that a good, good try . give you that a good, good try. certainly. how's that doing? and a up and happy yorkshire day as you can see now, the room that we're in is just filling up. we're currently at the citadel, the home of york city church, and you can see all the flags around. of course, yorkshire's got its own flag , but this meal got its own flag, but this meal today, this afternoon is all about highlighting the diversity that we have in yorkshire. all the different countries, they're represented on the flags and as you can see, the people that are walking in, these are all dignitaries. so this has been a special service today in york. it started back in 1985. it was something created by the yorkshire society. they decided every year on the 1st of august for yorkshire day, a different town or city in god's own country, in y

well, joining us now is gb news reporter anna riley. good morning anna. it's look it's looking rather lovely a little breezy where you are. you're in scarborough . you're in scarborough. >> in scarborough. yes. and we've come just here to show you the yorkshire tea. so if you want to come along to the tea kiosk, they've got yorkshire tea, which i know is your favourite, but yes there is thunderstorm warnings that are in place. we've got a little bit of fine rain coming on at the moment, but it is due to clear later on. it's starting to get a little bit busy. we can see a couple of people turning up now . couple of people turning up now. scarborough is a beautiful resort . it's actually britain's resort. it's actually britain's oldest seaside resort and it was in the 1660s where we can just see over there. that's the scarborough spa. people started coming because of the spa's heaung coming because of the spa's healing waters. and then from 1845, when the railway system was built, even more holidaymakers came and they continued to come. millions of people e

anna riley, gb news brough .oud of them , aren't we? very proud of them, aren't we? yeah, we are the best. now travellers are being to told expect widespread disruption this bank holiday weekend . this bank holiday weekend. what's new as delays and congestion are predicted across key roads and rail routes, airports are expecting more than 2 million people through their doors on what is predicted to be the busiest weekend for travel this year. >> simon calder gave us the latest before a bank holiday weekend does always seem to spell travel armageddon, and particularly if you were going by train wherever you looked, there were problems. >> of course, storm lilian, which now seems to have sort of blown through loads and loads of fallen trees everywhere, particularly in wales and north—west england. halfway through the afternoon, northern trains just said, do not travel, we cannot run a reliable service. east coast main line blocked because something was in the wires between doncaster and york and a problem which is

anna riley gb news wakefield. >> wow . bless her back. >> wow. bless her back. >> wow.uldn't you? >> i scared of all dogs, remember? yeah. i think women like that are amazing people that work with animals like that and are so kind and loving. and then they even get attacked, and then they even get attacked, and then they even get attacked, and then they still don't think they should be banned. look these dogs, we're just glad she's okay. >> the wrong xl bully dog is a killer dog. >> there are. right. listen, there are warnings that vapes laced with the drug spice are making their way around british streets and getting into the hands of teenagers. if you've got a teenager in your life, you don't want to miss this. they've been turning up at school playgrounds. even. this is britain's newsroom on gb news. so a new study has shown that 1 in 6 vapes confiscated in schools contain the illegal drug spice. 1 in 6. >> that is shocking. so we're going to talk now to a consultant neurologist and medical cannabis expert mike barnes. mike, morning to you. can you explain to people

. >> gb news reporter anna riley there now four people who died in a house fire in bradford, includingt yorkshire police. this afternoon. it's 29 year old briony gawith and destiny, who was nine, oscar, who was five, and aubrey birtle , who was five, and aubrey birtle, who was five, and aubrey birtle, who was five, and aubrey birtle, who was just 22 months old. a murder investigation has been launched after the incident, which happened in the early hours of this morning on westbury road. briony gawith was pronounced dead at the scene and all three children died later in hospital. a 39 year old man was arrested at the scene on suspicion of murder, and was also taken to hospital in critical with critical injuries. superintendent lucy leadbeater believes the fire was started on purpose, whilst enquiries are at their early stages, we believe that the fire was started deliberately and this incident was domestic related. >> i would appeal to anyone who was in the westbury road area at the time of the incident, who has cctv or doorbell footage to come forward. >> the home office has outlined

. >> well, gb news reporter anna riley is now on the scene for us in leeds. lawless britain at the moment, doesn't it? this was, well, not quite broad daylight, but i suppose it was really 6:45 pm. last night in a residential area. what do we know ? area. what do we know? >> yes. >> yes. >> truly shocking and amazon delivery driver in his 40s going about his daily business. he'd made a delivery here along heights drive in wortley. this is where we can see police cordon in place. actually, several police cordons around the area as police continue to investigate to comb through cctv footage, dashcam footage, door cam footage and also to comb over the delivery van itself. we know that it happened at 645 last night. the delivery driver was out making deliveries, came back to his van and saw that it was attempting to be stolen. he tried to stop that . he tried to tried to stop that. he tried to prevent the theft and as that happened, he was dragged for at least half a mile down the road by the person trying to steal his van. and that eventually caused his tragic de