the beano goes woke. i will be deaung the beano goes woke. not pulling my punches. but first, the headlines with someone you would never censor. polly middlehurst . polly middlehurst. >> mark, thank you. good evening to you. our top story tonight , to you. our top story tonight, it is that nigel farage is launching a new website to help people who like him have been de—banking. in other words, had their bank accounts forcibly closed , launching account closed closed, launching account closed .org. the gb news presenter says it's .org. the gb news presenter says wsfime .org. the gb news presenter says it's time to fight back against the big banks and that we need to understand the scale of what he's calling a national scandal i >> -- >> we can only do this by getting together collectively . i getting together collectively. i am absolutely committed to solving this problem . i don't solving this problem. i don't know whether it can happen quickly or whether it's going to be a long haul, but either way, it's happened to me. i know it's happened t

the beano goes woke. i will be deaung the beano goes woke.ot pulling my punches. but first, the headlines with someone you would never censor. polly middlehurst . polly middlehurst. >> mark, thank you. good evening to you. our top story tonight , to you. our top story tonight, it is that nigel farage is launching a new website to help people who like him have been de—banking. in other words, had their bank accounts forcibly closed , launching account closed closed, launching account closed .org. the gb news presenter says it's .org. the gb news presenter says wsfime .org. the gb news presenter says it's time to fight back against the big banks and that we need to understand the scale of what he's calling a national scandal i >> -- >> we can only do this by getting together collectively . i getting together collectively. i am absolutely committed to solving this problem . i don't solving this problem. i don't know whether it can happen quickly or whether it's going to be a long haul, but either way, it's happened to me. i know it's happened to

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it's the beano . and this is the the beano.nd as you spotted eamonn, i've got the king and queen on the back there. you might be able to spot them. dell on there. them. there's a dell on there. that's styles, the stormzy i >> -- >> lots of celebs. they're all fighting get in there. and fighting to get in there. and let's go now to the uk's leading toy that's toy expert. that's peter jenkinson peter, very good jenkinson. peter, a very good morning to you, peter. just one. hiya i have to say , i am hiya i have to say, i am surprised that the beano is going at 85 years of age and i simply say in an age when kids everything is electronic for them or whatever , and i'm them or whatever, and i'm wondering how the beano survives and who is buying it. is it younger people or older people in search of nostalgia ? in search of nostalgia? >> i think it's a little bit of both. definitely we do love a little bit of analogue . analogue little bit of analogue. analogue play little bit of analogue. analogue play has definitely come into the ba

the wonderful children's comic the beano gets a woke makeover . the beano gets a woke makeover.nis, but these politically correct censors who are making life miserable for all of us. even gnasher the dog has lost his bite . bite. remember gnasher the dog? ra ra ra ra ra . let me tell you, we've ra ra ra. let me tell you, we've got a busy two hours to come. it is saturday night. you've worked hard all week. we've got problems, bills problems, haven't we? bills through roof . cost of living through the roof. cost of living crisis. supermarkets . so crisis. the supermarkets. so expensive interest rates so tonight let's have a bit of a debate and a bit of fun as well. it is saturday night, so you have my permission to have a little drink. so put something cold and fizzy in the fridge or if you're teetotal, fire up the kettle, tear open the custard creams and let's make a night of it. it is saturday night. it is mark dolan tonight. it. it is saturday night. it is mark dolan tonight . and we start mark dolan tonight. and we start with queen of gb news polly with the queen of gb news p

the beano gets a woke makeover.s, but real menace isn't dennis, but these politically correct censors . my mark meets guest is censors. my mark meets guest is the author of a brand book the author of a brand new book about train robber , about the great train robber, ronnie biggs. plus, royal insider victoria on insider, lady victoria hervey on a major setback for prince harry. we're live from . nine harry. we're live from. nine >> welcome back to the saturday five. >> welcome back to the saturday five.thank >> welcome back to the saturday five. thank you very much. you've been sending in your emails throughout the show. john says tony blair was in power for years, he must have been years, so he must have been doing something could doing something right. we could doing something right. we could do with could do with doing something right. we could do of:h could do with doing something right. we could do of that could do with doing something right. we could do of that stability,jld do with bit of that stability, contr

but coming up in the final section, the beano has gone are aliens gone woke.ruin it yet. we'll see you shortly welcome back to the final part of headliners. let's get straight back into it. and it turns out if you have surgery on your genitals, it can be a bit sore. >> yeah, daily nonsense. coming with the top stories today . with the top stories today. trans surgery, nightmares revealed 81% endure pain in the first five years after gender change procedures. i mean , change procedures. i mean, you're having your bits chopped off. there's going to be a little bit of pain. yeah, just a little bit of pain. yeah, just a little bit. just a tab. >> but this the gender little bit. just a tab. >> but isis the gender little bit. just a tab. >> but is soldthe gender little bit. just a tab. >> but is sold to gender little bit. just a tab. >> but is sold to usender little bit. just a tab. >> but is sold to us isier little bit. just a tab. >> but is sold to us is like, surgery is sold to us is like, oh, this is protecting kids and it's them safe. and it's it's making them

the world's longest running comic, the beano , is marking its 85th the beano, is marking its 85th anniversary this week. more than 4100 issues of the beano have been printed since its launch in 1938. a special commemorative issue is now on sale, featuring famous faces including the king, queen and the prince and princess of wales . that's you up princess of wales. that's you up to date, but you can get more on all of those stories by visiting our website. that is gbnews.com com now, though, back to andrew and carole . and carole. >> well, it's a belter , isn't >> well, it's a belter, isn't it? >> well, it's a belter, isn't it.7 who'd of thought went to bed last night thinking how on earth can dame alison rose stay on as chief executive of natwest bank.7 and in the early hours of the morning she resigned. >> do we think she to bed morning she resigned. >> d(you think she to bed morning she resigned. >> d(you think she was to bed morning she resigned. >> d(you think she was ino bed morning she resigned. >> d(you think she was in abed or do you think she was in a boardroom the bosses .7 >> 7- >>

but coming up in the final section, the beano has gone are aliens gone woke.t yet. we'll see you shortly . welcome back to the final part of headliners. let's get straight back into it. and it turns out if you have surgery on your genitals, it can be a bit sore. >> yeah, daily nonsense. coming with the top stories today . with the top stories today. trans surgery, nightmares revealed 81% endure pain in the first five years after gender change procedures. i mean , change procedures. i mean, you're having your bits chopped off. there's going to be a little bit of pain. yeah, just a little bit of pain. yeah, just a little bit. just a tab. >> but this the gender little bit. just a tab. >> but isis the gender little bit. just a tab. >> but is soldthe gender little bit. just a tab. >> but is sold to gender little bit. just a tab. >> but is sold to usender little bit. just a tab. >> but is sold to us isier little bit. just a tab. >> but is sold to us is like, surgery is sold to us is like, oh, this is protecting kids and it's them safe. and it's it's making them safe

many of you might know the iconic comic, the beano. issue. harry styles, adelejoining special community of issue. harry styles, adele joining the likes of dennis the menace and the bash street kids. they were picked by children, who they said they would like to see them appear in cartoon form. you can also see their marcus rashford, and broadcaster david attenborough. well worth picking up if you can. there is a huge amount of speculation in china right now about the whereabouts of the man you can see here, china's foreign minister. he has been removed from thatjob, he had only been doing it for about seven months. no reason was given for his removal and his predecessor has been reappointed to the post. there is lots of speculation and chat on social media as well. our corresponding invasion, stephen mcdonell, looks at this for us. so do log onto the website and take a look. july 2023 is shaping up to be a pretty wet month across parts of the country. some parts of it had twice the expected july rainfall, and a bit more rain on the way

fraser >> beano is going >> yeah. so the beano is going to redraw the bash street kids.. it's the same consultancy that decided what was supposedly offensive in those books as come up with a whole host of new kind of characters. >> so who's out now? >> so who's out now? >> well, so no one's out, but they have changed some of the names of people. so fatty and spotty have now become freddy and scotty to avoid discriminating against fat kids and kids with acne . and they and kids with acne. and they have some new characters . one of have some new characters. one of them is called what's her name? sorry mandy. and she's a nervous girl . she's got anxiety and she girl. she's got anxiety and she uses they use this character to talk about mental health issues. >> that sounds fun . >> that sounds fun. >> that sounds fun. >> yeah, exactly. this is not you know, this is not exactly one of the great things about i don't know whether it's roald dahl or beano or whatever is that there's a of that actually there's a bit of edge you dennis the edge to it, you know, dennis the menace he

it's a happy 85th birthday to the beano, the world's longest—running comic, which has drafted in severalhe front cover. they include the singers harry styles and adele, the rapper stormzy, and f1 star lewis hamilton, and even king charles and queen camilla make an appearance. they were all chosen by 3,000 children who were asked which celebrities they'd most like to see in cartoon form. 2,023 of the special issues will be given out to classrooms across the country to mark the occasion. this is what paris should look like a year today when the 2024 olympics get under way. for the first time, the opening ceremony is not going to take place in a stadium. our sports news correspondent alex capstick has more. a games fit for the future in the heart of historic paris, with a promise to be the most sustainable olympics and paralympics ever. three—time olympic champion tony estanguet is the man making it happen. we want to demonstrate that paris and france can deliver the games in a different way than in the past, and it is this best balance of the passion of the games but also the purpose. we h

the comic the beano gets a woke makeover.lly correct censors. my mark meets guest is the author of a brand new book about the great train robber plus, royal robber ronnie biggs. plus, royal insider , lady victoria hervey on insider, lady victoria hervey on a major setback for prince harry. we're live from . nine harry. we're live from. nine >> that warm feeling inside from boxt boilers. proud sponsors of weather on . gb news. weather on. gb news. >> hello there. i'm jonathan vautrey here with your gb news weather forecast provided by the met office . hope you're able to met office. hope you're able to enjoy some of the sunny spells we did have around today, but there are still some showers lingering tonight and into lingering on tonight and into tomorrow, particularly for northern ireland, western scotland, there's scotland, where there's still the that some of those the chance that some of those could few pushing could be heavy. a few pushing into western wales into western england, wales through the bristol channel area. of

the beano gets a woke makeover.s, but real menace isn't dennis, but these politically correct censors . my mark meets guest is censors. my mark meets guest is the author of a brand book the author of a brand new book about train robber , about the great train robber, ronnie biggs. plus, royal insider victoria on insider, lady victoria hervey on a major setback for prince harry. we're live from . nine harry. we're live from. nine >> welcome back to the saturday five. >> welcome back to the saturday five.thank >> welcome back to the saturday five. thank you very much. you've been sending in your emails throughout the show. john says tony blair was in power for years, he must have been years, so he must have been doing something could doing something right. we could doing something right. we could do with could do with doing something right. we could do of:h could do with doing something right. we could do of that could do with doing something right. we could do of that stability,jld do with bit of that stability, contr

. >> i don't know, but i suggest something that takes care of lactose intolerance like beano or someproduct. >> it is funny they call it a cheeseburger. shouldn't it just be, light, a grilled cheese? like, a different take on the grilled cheese because of the bun. >> not that unique of a product. five guys does have a grilled cheese sandwich on the hamburger bun. that's how they do it. too much cheese. yeah. julian: check it out. between us. let us know. we are on threads, too, by the way. >> known for loving the outdoors. known for getting everyone together. no one wants to be known for cancer, but a treatment can be. keytruda is known to treat cancer. fda-approved for 16 types of cancer, including certain early-stage cancers. one of those cancers is triple-negative breast cancer. keytruda may be used with chemotherapy medicines as treatment before surgery and then continued alone after surgery when you have early-stage breast cancer and are at high risk of it coming back. keytruda can cause your immune system to attack healthy parts of your body during or after treatment. this may

more than 4100 issues of beano have been printed since its launch in 1938.ncluding the king, the queen and the prince and princess of wales. other well known figures in the special edition include david attenborough, adele and harry styles . david attenborough, adele and harry styles. this is david attenborough, adele and harry styles . this is gb david attenborough, adele and harry styles. this is gb news. we will, of course, bring you more as it happens. now, though, back to mark and pep . back to mark and pep. we welcome back to the live desk and indeed, let's take you live to the infected blood inquiry. >> the prime minister to be questioned shortly on the government's response to contaminated blood supplies in the 1970s and 80s the victims families who've been outside the inquiry calling for compensation payments. he's just being sworn in at the moment. we've heard, of course , from some of the of course, from some of the families of those victims saying that effectively they say successive governments have dragged their feet on this issue. >> yeah, the

and now the latest victim is the beano. can you believe this, lawrence?going to be introduced , complete with hijabs introduced, complete with hijabs and wheelchairs and an attempt to appeal to modern readers. the beano's creative director, mike stirling, had responded to accusations of going woke by saying , we've never seen that as saying, we've never seen that as a pejorative term. it's awareness and being awake to things. so lawrence is this awareness or just another example of the destruction of our classics ? our classics? >> i'm just appalled that the huab >> i'm just appalled that the hijab wearing person wasn't also in a wheelchair because , well, in a wheelchair because, well, that's probably coming next. as far as inclusivity is concerned. that's appalling because surely to represent hijab wearing persons of colour in wheelchairs would be what i would be looking for as far as inclusivity is concerned. so i just see it again as another example of systemic racism in the system of the united kingdom . and i hope the united kingdom. and i hope we c

and now the latest victim is the beano. can you believe this, lawrence?going to be introduced , complete with hijabs introduced, complete with hijabs and wheelchairs and an attempt to appeal to modern readers. the beano's creative director, mike stirling, had responded to accusations of going woke by saying , we've never seen that as saying, we've never seen that as a pejorative term. it's awareness and being awake to things. so lawrence is this awareness or just another example of the destruction of our classics ? our classics? >> i'm just appalled that the huab >> i'm just appalled that the hijab wearing person wasn't also in a wheelchair because , well, in a wheelchair because, well, that's probably coming next. as far as inclusivity is concerned. that's appalling because surely to represent hijab wearing persons of colour in wheelchairs would be what i would be looking for as far as inclusivity is concerned. so i just see it again as another example of systemic racism in the system of the united kingdom . and i hope the united kingdom. and i hope we c

iconic comic the beano is celebrating its 85th birthday this week, with some well known faces joiningcommemorative issue. celebrities including harry styles and adele are joining the likes of dennis the menace, gnasher, and the bash street kids, after being picked from suggestions by children of who they'd like to see in cartoon form. also appearing in the issue are the king and queen, footballer marcus rashford, and broadcaster david attenborough. dennis the menace only had gnasher to contend with, but carol has more furry friends. good morning. goad furry friends. good morning. good morning” — furry friends. good morning. good morning” and _ furry friends. good morning. good morning,, and aren't _ furry friends. good morning. good morning,, and aren't they - furry friends. good morning. good morning,, and aren't they adorable? i am morning,, and aren't they adorable? i am at _ morning,, and aren't they adorable? i am at the _ morning,, and aren't they adorable? i am at the guide dog national centre — i am at the guide dog national centre in— i am at the guide dog national centre in

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