dougie . very mode at the moment. dougie.nge situation this all started yesterday afternoon. the chief constable and his deputy arriving at the policing board in around midday. this arriving at the policing board in around midday . this is the in around midday. this is the third time they've had to go in front of their political masters in, a month. two of those in, say, a month. two of those were to do with data breaches. and then this third one was in and around a controversial discipline procedure of two young officers back in february 21st. now the two officers went in front , 21st. now the two officers went in front, were disciplined by the managerial team here. then they went in front of the ombudsman . the ombudsman said ombudsman. the ombudsman said they done nothing wrong . they had done nothing wrong. they federation wanted an apology and this sorted out with the young officers that didn't come here. so the come from above here. so the police federation took this all to judicial review and the judicial review ruled

let's go to dougie beattie carried out that interview there. dougie, powerful stuff.le can powerful stuff. and people can get a sense of how that man feels . he was simply doing get a sense of how that man feels. he was simply doing his job. but goodness me, my friend , this this is complicated, though , isn't it? though, isn't it? >> it is . and it's very >> it is. and it's very complicated. and it all started back in 1998 with the nick hewer allegations of the good friday agreement. the point of victims was kicked down the road because nobody wanted to say who was the victim and who was the victim maker. but then amnesty. victim and who was the victim maker. but then amnesty . after maker. but then amnesty. after amnesty came from the british government, first of all, was the release of the prisoners. then, of course , was the bodies then, of course, was the bodies of the disappeared . there was of the disappeared. there was amnesties given to those that gave information to where those bodies were. i mean, i spent time in france and at bragan bog looking for that. a

dougie very much indeed. dougie beattie. there let's about beattie.t wave. it's like a bonus. i do quite an a late bonus. i do quite like an indian summer, they call it. indian summer, as they call it. indian summer, as they call it. i mean, it's a shame for the school kids, but, you know, if we're have a summer, at we're going to have a summer, at least have it somewhere. so september as good september will do. it's as good as any, isn't it? temperatures set to soar to degrees. this week. >> so that means this weekend uk is to be hotter than ibiza is going to be hotter than ibiza . our southwest jeff . our southwest reporter jeff moody is at instow beach in devon for us. tough gig and oh, it looks nice already. it looks nice already. geoff >> it is. thank you very much for this gig. spending a day on instow beach is really quite pleasant. thank you for that. yes, well, we've been hoping and praying an indian summer, praying for an indian summer, haven't after that, haven't we? after that, really unseasonably wet july and that very mixed last august.

and dougie, it headquarters.he police federation saying, you know, there's more needs to be done . there's more needs to be done. >> indeed it is. mark in fact, it was last thursday that the chief constable said, i'm going nowhere, i'm not moving. and come monday, come yesterday, of course , he resigned. and course, he resigned. and i thought to myself, well, he probably took the weekend to think it, read the room think about it, read the room and thought, well, i'll resign. but actually having watched that northern ireland select affairs committee today, which is done in public, there's no hiding it. it's not like a policing board . it's not like a policing board. i'm not surprised he went. in fact, felt a little bit sorry fact, i felt a little bit sorry for assistant chief constable todd when he was very much grilled about the data leak . and grilled about the data leak. and amazingly , potentially, it could amazingly, potentially, it could cost £243 million. that is some bill for a mistake. cost £243 million.

dougie re—educate the palate. dougie beattie gb news is held . in beattie gb news is held. it warned that we're going to be hotter than a beatha. >> i napa in cyprus and athens in greece. it could reach 32 celsius on wednesday and thursday . we're already being thursday. we're already being warned of a yellow alert from the uk health security agency. >> it's a bit of a shocker because i think most of us are already thinking about autumn and putting a few more layers on because metre because meteorological metre urological autumn that is how it say, how you say it began on september the 1st and the last few days have been anything but autumnal and it all really seemed, isn't it like a bit of a 509931 seemed, isn't it like a bit of a soggy summer? so let's speak to weather forecaster john kettley to find out more. so john, this this uk weather, tell us what's behind it then, because it's sounding glorious, if not a little dangerous to. >> well, i don't worry about the danger too much. >> i think it's just a question of having the hot weather, the summery type weather, if you

how is it today, dougie . how is it today, dougie. >> well, good morning on. good morning , steven.want to come and live with you. paddling pool chop, carrots, greek yoghurt. never mind the dog, i'll move in. but yes , it's dog, i'll move in. but yes, it's not bad here. it is very overcast at the moment . not bad here. it is very overcast at the moment. i'm just out to the right hand side of me. i can see the sun starting to light up the peninsula and donegal to light up the peninsula and donegal, all because the coastline here, of course, read across the north antrim coast starts in ballycastle starts off really in ballycastle , comes up through ballintoy port glennon port , rush, port glennon port, rush, portstewart bushmills. these are all holiday destinations and depend on the tourist pound and have had really well quite sad weather over the summer period and really what what's occurred to me this morning is i see a few children out coming out of the caravan parks here along with their mothers and fathers walking the dogs. of course, school started back last monday. so it's very

that's the half my full time rant is barbie and then my other full time rant is chat dougie beattie.nd i've been given a brain for a reason. we've all been given brains and i think that we don't use our brains enough as it is. and i think that starting to rely too much on things like chat gpt means we're not using our brains. however, i find his experiment really interesting. >> thank you. well, it's obviously that you are discriminating against ai and i will i will report you to ofcom and listen . and listen. >> the most important story of the evening for me, something that's really deeply personal to my heart. a footpath . i've my heart. a footpath. i've noficed my heart. a footpath. i've noticed an increase in white supremacy in footpaths, a study has found that whiter areas have 144% more local footpath in england and wales than in ethnically diverse communities and more affluent areas have 80% more local parts. i'm spitting now, which are considered to be within a ten minute walk of their serious their area. the more serious concern is that communities who get from the health get

. >> beattie >> reporter dougie beattie dougie. moment lose dougie., big moment to lose the constable . the chief constable. >> well, it is. and last thursday, he attended the policing board in the centre of belfast and said i will not be resign evening. and he was, he was very , very adamant that that was very, very adamant that that was very, very adamant that that was not going to happen. then comes the weekend. he's had a chance to read the room. he's had a chance to. we're not confident take in stuff in and around the police federation an and he's basically decided to say well it's time to go and that's exactly what he's done in and it is a hard line it's a hard job for anybody is the police service of northern ireland probably the most difficult policing job in europe because you have political masters, which is in the policing board. then you have your chief constable with his own management board and then below that you have the police federation. that's your rank and file members. and of course , file members. and of course, under the good fr

dougie, thank you very much. dougie beattie on northern beattie there on northern ireland. to a career of a former drag queen who is now a convicted . andrew way was jailed convicted. andrew way was jailed for 34 months after he exchanged sexual messages with what he believed to be a 14 year old boy. but in fact was a vigilante onune boy. but in fact was a vigilante online hunter. the initial headune online hunter. the initial headline was x drag queen caught in hunter sting operation. but a day later, the mention of x drag queen was deleted . i'm joined queen was deleted. i'm joined now by media lawyer jonathan code. jonathan, thank you very much . what do you think that the much. what do you think that the bbc here is tried to the bbc here is tried to hide the fact that this used to be a drag queen? >> well, i think the answer to thatis >> well, i think the answer to that is it. obviously, it is . that is it. obviously, it is. but i've just before i came on, i did a little bit of extra research and actually the bbc deleted two things. one, that he's an ex drag queen, but

if i turn round to dougie and _ musicians, so if i turn round to dougie and say, this is not workingut in the old days before we _ vocal, intensive show. but in the old days before we knew- vocal, intensive show. but in the old days before we knew any - vocal, intensive show. but in the old days before we knew any of. old days before we knew any of this stuff, we used to come offstage and have a smoke, a big glass of wine, shout, party, which was more interesting but not for the audience when you turned up the next day and couldn't sing. tie when you turned up the next day and couldn't sing-— couldn't sing. he used to bask on the streets _ couldn't sing. he used to bask on the streets of _ couldn't sing. he used to bask on the streets of glasgow, _ couldn't sing. he used to bask on the streets of glasgow, is - couldn't sing. he used to bask on the streets of glasgow, is that i the streets of glasgow, is that right? , was that before you knew one another? t right? , was that before you knew one another?— one another? i used to bask with my brother and — one another? i used to bask wit

dougie beattie to come quickly. dougie beattie gb news loch ness .vironmental disaster and of course there's no government actually there to actually do anything about it . actually do anything about it. >> loch ness, i think, is about ten miles long and nine miles wide or so. >> it's a sea. »- >> it's a sea. >> it's a sea. >> it's a sea. it's >> it's a sea. it's a >> it's a sea. it's a sea. right. okay, let's get back to derek and anna. now where do you want to bring this? >> let's go to gillian keegan and what she's been saying in the wake of this whole concrete scandal. and she's sort of put her foot in her mouth again, hasn't she? >> she has. and think the >> she has. and i think that the bigger point about all this for her specifically is that gillian keegan has the ambition to one day lead her own party. and there are some that think that she might yet achieve that ambition . she might yet achieve that ambition. i'm not one of she might yet achieve that ambition . i'm not one of them, ambition. i'm not one of them, but what i do, however , thin

in the eyes and say, i did not go out that night to kill anybody . that night to kill anybody. >> dougieere and that extra ordinary story of one man's store story in northern ireland, let's just bring you a little bit more on penny mordaunt, who has been speaking in the commons. >> penny mordaunt, commons leader , and she has described leader, and she has described sir keir starmer as having quote and we apologise for the language zero balls and has also compared him to beach ken. now this is in response to sir keir starmer having a pop at rishi sunak at pmqs yesterday, calling him inaction man. so there is a little bit of a theme emerging here. mark yeah, this is coming from business questions. >> just to remind you that she is the commons leader here, but to give you the full quote at a beach, ken stands for nothing on shifting sands in his flip flops, staring out to sea, doing nothing constructive to stop small boats or grow the economy. when we examine his weak record on union demands on border control and protecting the pubuc control and protecting the public and stopping small boat

dougie beattie, gb news loch ness right .ve a look at what you think of what we're talking about today. the inbox is getting very full, so we will start with what you think about the fall in inflation by 0.1. well, judith says the powers that be have less foresight than relying on a crystal ball . they relying on a crystal ball. they make predictions and rarely get it right . make predictions and rarely get it right. it's make predictions and rarely get it right . it's nearly always it right. it's nearly always surprise, surprise and then they want credit when the outcome is good. >> yeah. martin not me. martin says. what exactly has jeremy hunt done to lower petrol and food costs to cause of inflation to fall? what makes sense? >> i'm not sure that makes sense. >> so what he's saying is, what's the government done to make inflation fall? will this just have happened anyway? oh i see. they take the credit for it. >> yeah, well, plenty of people are asking that as well. mel says it will be interesting to see if the size of sup

dougie beattie gb news magherafelt .rtin daubney. lots more coming up show , including up on today's show, including the second republican debate has taken place in usa. but taken place in the usa. but where was donald trump? i'll speak to our friends across the pond about that precise topic. all of that and much more to come. you're watching and listening to gb news, britain's news gb news radio. and welcome back to gb news saturday with me, martin daubney on your tv online and on your digital radio. >> now where on earth is donald trump ? well, he didn't appear at trump? well, he didn't appear at the second republican primary debate in the us this week, but of course, trump being trump. he was still a huge topic of conversation. well, let's have a listen to what his fellow republican candidates had to say dunng republican candidates had to say during that debate on the fox business network . business network. >> you know who else is missing in action on donald trump is missing in action. >> he should be on this stage t

gb news northern ireland reporter dougie beattie was in portrush earlier today. >> welcome to the north one of northern ireland's top holiday destinations. it stretches from ballycastle right out around as far as london. derry. i'm in the small town of portrush now . it small town of portrush now. it has been very, very warm here, although we have now had a few showers. you can almost feel the thunder in the air. but what has it been like for those that live andindeed it been like for those that live and indeed are visiting here over the past couple of days? >> i would do so . quite a few >> i would do so. quite a few barbecues, barbecue packs , but barbecues, barbecue packs, but over there as well, it helps us sell a lot more. >> well, the last few days >> so well, the last few days it's been great. >> lovely . >> lovely. >> lovely. >> rolleston and the north >> so as rolleston and the north coast here at the minute and the hair where is hair salons where the hair is going us, all we are going around us, all we are sweltered. >> but lovely to see them >> but it's lovely to see them all

. >> well, dougie beattie went to sperrin college for a closer look at the show . look at the show. >e door that is every parent's nightmare . this every parent's nightmare. this re—enactment is part of an award winning show that brings together members of the emergency services who share their experiences of fatal road crashes with those that have now reached the age to drive of johnny himars is a paramedic that has been part of this show for more than 12 years. >> fortunately , the kids are >> fortunately, the kids are come to see these shows, aren't aware of the aftermath and consequences of being involved in a road traffic collision . in a road traffic collision. carnage, blood twist and metal. it's just horrific . it's just it's just horrific. it's just horrific to see. and it's real life events in my life that i try to forget. but again, we like to reinforce that and try and come here and build up a picture give these kids picture to give these kids a sense of reality, of what it's actually like to be involved in these traffic collisions. these road traffic collisions. >> multi—

she talked to our reporter dougie beattie about how she tried to cope and how after recovery she trainedthe odds. >> as for the little girl, three in february faces the festive season as the battling survival of 16 operations. and then it goes on to say that there is as much chance this is the doctor speaking to my mum. there's just as much chance as me. are you getting a cancer again as there is of christie getting it again? so it was just a, i guess, bad luck that i got two cancers. so i'm christie mcgrady. i'm 25 and i'm christie mcgrady. i'm 25 and ihave i'm christie mcgrady. i'm 25 and i have battled cancer twice in my life . my second diagnosis, my life. my second diagnosis, i was diagnosed two weeks before my 11th birthday. so i was ten and i had actually just sat my 11 plus, as it was called at the time. and i was complaining of being tired that i had joint pains and i was pale, just generally run down, really . and generally run down, really. and so it was only when i was telling my granny this and my granny is like, no, i think you know, we need to look into this further. it's

reporter dougie beattie has this report . report. >> oh, name is officer b.royal ulster constabulary in the late 70s and i served in various stations around the border and west belfast before joining what was called e4, which was a surveillance unit, was part of special branch special operations branch. so i was a covert surveillance operator for almost 11 years. i was going out to do an operation, a counter—terrorism operation against a man called colin marks . i wasn't privy to the full amount of intelligence or who the source was. that wasn't for us. that was way above our pay scale . but the information was scale. but the information was which came from a source within the ira that he was to going come to the playing field to the rear of saint patrick's avenue. that night, carrying a mark 12 mortar, and then fire it into a armoured. police are army landrover, which was passing by colin marks brought this mortar to the driveway of a house on saint patrick's avenue where he set it up to fire it against a security force vehicle . so total security force vehi

she talks now to our reporter dougie beattie about how she coped and how after recovery she trained as now works in a hospice miracle taut who beat all the odds for the little girl . odds for the little girl. >> all three in february faces the festive season as the battling survivor of 16 operations. she's and then it goes on to say that there is as much chance this is the doctor speaking to my mum there's just as much chance as me or you getting a cancer again as there is of christy getting it again. so it was just, i guess, bad luck that i got two cancers. so so i'm christy mcgrady. i'm 25 and i have battled cancer twice in my life . my second diagnosis, in my life. my second diagnosis, i was diagnosed two weeks before my 11th birthday, so i was ten in an and i had actually just sat my 11 plus as it was cold at the time. and i was complaining of being tired , that i had joint of being tired, that i had joint pains and i was pale, just generally run down really. and so it was only when i was telling my granny this and my granny is like, no, i think, you know, we need to look into this

gb views dougie beattie news.com . now in the last hour, news.com.n the last hour, nonh news.com. now in the last hour, north korean leader kim jong un has held talks with president putin. pictures justin let's see them from the russian space centre where the two leaders had this talk , we believe, but we're this talk, we believe, but we're not sure exactly what has been discussed . yes. discussed. yes. >> and which other meetings are due to take place during the leader's visit. it's not yet clear the focus likely to have been on for north korea to supply military equipment for moscow's war in ukraine. let's get the views this morning of the journalist danny armstrong, who joins us from moscow this morning . looks like a coalition morning. looks like a coalition of the desperate to me . yeah, of the desperate to me. yeah, i mean, it's certainly two pariah states meeting . states meeting. >> these are two delegations from from north korea and from from from north korea and from from russia that are going to meet well have met in the in the russian far

and the teacher used to have a we had a fire in our fire dougie beattie in a burning fire that you warmedrself. yeah. stove that they used to have a rack with with underpants drying on them. constant >> see what your teacher would have to clean all these. >> well they did well i don't know. i'd happened but they used to have little pants drying out there all the time, all lined up . all lined up. oh, gb views views of gbnews.com have you got smelly memories? let us know. gb views. >> how do you fix it? like you said. so from water doesn't cost a lot, does it? they shouldn't really be an excuse should there, for dirty kids at school. now the migration mayhem, it continues . 872 migrants were continues. 872 migrants were detected crossing the channel on saturday, making it the highest number on a single day seen this year. number on a single day seen this year . and the timing couldn't be year. and the timing couldn't be worse for rishi sunak as mps returned to westminster from summer recess today, expecting not only that huge spike in migration, but a large number of angry parents too. >>