scampton, raf scampton. i'll be crossing live there as well. but first, water firm bosses.we all know the absolute state, the disgusting state of water in this country. we've just been hearing about it in those headlines. well, now bosses could be banned from potentially receiving bonuses and could even face up to two years behind bars, if they don't comply with investigations and so on and so forth. this is all to do with some new laws. now proposed by the government, which will give more powers to regulators. kelvin mackenzie, where are you on this, >> they don't need. i'm not a water activist, but the water activists tell me they don't need more powers, or they need to do is enact the ones that they have. and the other issue i'd like to raise is the water. i'd like to raise is the water. i don't i don't go in for i don't swim in rivers. you know , don't swim in rivers. you know, swimming pools are fine and actually i am not interested in swimming in rivers. and i don't swimming in rivers. and i don't swim in the sea either. so i am not really affected by this. so there w

scampton rwanda seekers in raf scampton rwanda scheme rehomed berlin is considering deporting migrants to british funded facilities in rwanda prisons for higher british prisoners could serve their sentences in estonian jails under a plan being considered by ministers and britain's best brew , which britain's best brew, which budget teabag has been declared superior to the big name brands? >> we will reveal that later . on. >> are you a tea or coffee person or a coffee in the morning? >> tea in the afternoons? a little earl grey after lunch. always find. can't just enjoy. it'll do the business. >> can't do coffee. in a terrible incident that happened at school. i'll tell you about that later. >> you're too full of energy for coffee. who needs it? can't do it. you don't need that. >> you don't need. who do you think's britain's best tea brand, >> for me, it's got to be a twinings. earl grey. really free pr for them on britain's newsroom this morning. >> very good. well, i'll drink it as long as it hasn't got caffeine. yeah, well, you've heard our views on coffee and tea, but we'd love to

also save our scampton , save our scampton . scampton, save our scampton. because the home office has waved the white flag on rafe scampton and says it will no longer house 2000 asylum seekers in a massive win for locals. so where will they go ? also slip inside the they go? also slip inside the eye of your mind, don't you know you might find. eye of your mind, don't you know you might find . should oasis you might find. should oasis fans shut up about the band's ticket scandal? liam gallagher's words not mine. and is this the best explanation yet behind war in the middle east? >> palestinians? you cannot throw rockets and expect people not to defend themselves . not to defend themselves. >> i'll have tomorrow's first newspaper front pages hot off the press in just a short while. and my panel tonight is former bbc and itv political chief correspondent john sergeant. political commentator alex armstrong and former labour party activist susie stride. and should the obese be made to pay for two airline tickets at once? >> this petition is about ensuring that a

. >> labour scraps plans to house asylum seekers in raf scampton , asylum seekers in raf scampton, claiming the site doesn't offer for value money and tiny robots injected into the human body could prove a medical miracle by performing complex tasks like treating brain bleeds. british prosecutors have dropped two indecent assault charges against the disgraced hollywood mogul harvey weinstein, and as one bistro howls, banning phones was the key to their success. >> we debate whether all restaurants should follow suit. >> also coming up later on this morning, loose women's brenda edwards joins us as she opens up about her cancer battle and raises awareness about secondary breast cancer. >> and in the sport this morning, the nations league scotland lose to poland in the 97th minute, whilst northern ireland beat luxembourg . the ireland beat luxembourg. the rerun of the olympic 1500m final in zurich last night. it was a bit of a damp squib to be honest, for josh kerr and jakob ingebrigtsen, and in tennis no damp squib, hopefully. jack draper takes on the world number one jannik sinner in the se

tom says this about raf scampton.rs. my question, however, is where will they be going instead? tom, an excellent point. that's precisely what i've been saying all along. i think it feels like all along. i think it feels like a big victory. it certainly is to the locals. we spoke to the director of the campaign later on, but where will they go? could they be coming to a street near you soon? okay that's it for today. have a fantastic weekend. i'll be back 3:00 monday. it's been the martin daubney show. have a fantastic weekend. now it's time for your. weather. >> looks like things are heating up. boxt boilers sponsors of weather on gb news. >> hello. good afternoon. welcome to your latest gb news weather update. there's further heavy rain to come , particularly heavy rain to come, particularly into the south—west through this evening in the north—west, though staying dry and warm through the next few days and across the east coast with an easterly wind pulling in off the nonh easterly wind pulling in off the north sea

so raf scampton will not be continued to be used for asylum seekers.earing about the 14 year old boy charged with the murder of an 80 year old grandfather in leicester. i'm ben elliott on gb news, britain's news channel hello. welcome back i'm ben leo covering for martin daubney this afternoon on gb news. a 14 year old boy has appeared in leicester crown court charged with murder and remanded at a youth detention accommodation centre. a murder investigation was launched after bhim kohli died after being seriously injured near the entrance of franklin park in braunstone town in leicestershire, just seconds away from his home on sunday evening. our reporter, will hollis has the latest. good afternoon. will >> good afternoon. yes, well , >> good afternoon. yes, well, that 14 year old boy who can't be named for legal reasons around the protection of his identity, which is afforded to most young people that appear in court in the judicial system , court in the judicial system, appeared here at leicester crown court. he was charged with, as the judge describ

i went immediately up to scampton.ramme live from the dambusters pub and if you're ever in lincolnshire, you really ought to go and visit it. and i was just appalled that we were going to do this with something that i thought was so historically significant. well, the plan has been scrapped. but before you cheer, before you cheen before you cheer, before you cheer, i'm afraid what it'll mean is the people that would have gone to scampton will be going into social housing or the private rental sector, and frankly, an historic site may have been saved, but nobody will be that much better off. and an interview, dame alison rose, do you remember her? dame alison rose, she was the absolutely the wonder star of british banking. well, that's until i came along and she she's done an interview, and she she's done an interview, a podcast in which she insists that her leadership was courageous and honest . yes, for courageous and honest. yes, for me, it's always about acting with integrity, empathy , respect with integrity, empat

plus, save our scampton, column. plus, save our scampton, save our scampton .me office waves the white flag on raf scampton and says it will no longer house 2000 asylum seekers in a massive win for locals. on my panel tonight is former bbc anditv my panel tonight is former bbc and itv chief political correspondent john sergeant, political commentator alex armstrong and former labour party activist susie stride. and is this the best explanation yet behind war in the middle east? >> palestinians. you cannot throw rockets and expect people not to defend themselves . not to defend themselves. >> there's been a huge update to the manchester airport brawl story, and it's bordering on outrageous . outrageous. >> good evening. it's just gone . >> good evening. it's just gone. 9:00. here are your latest headunes 9:00. here are your latest headlines from the gb newsroom. the police watchdog will probe the release of footage to the media of an incident at manchester airport. it comes after a mobile phone video clip of an officer kicking and appearing to stamp on the head

meanwhile, plans to house asylum seekers, including small boat migrants at raf scampton, a former ministrynshire, have been scrapped. the home office says it would have cost £122 million over three years, and no longer represents value for money. even the civil servants that came to visit the site i have never thought raf scampton was a viable property. let's not pretend it was ever an answer to that problem. it has ranged under the previous government that said it would hold hundreds of thousands of people and the cuts have massively been inflated. critics say the government is not moving quickly enough to deal with the small boat crisis. after promising the rapid recruitment of a border security commander to oversee the response two months ago, downing street has said the appointment will be confirmed in the next few weeks. today's meeting styled as a landmark operational summit is an operation to demonstrate some progress in an attempt to destroy the smuggling gangs. within the past hour the ministry ofjustice has announced that the prison population in england and wales has hit a recor

the home office has confirmed it will not use raf scampton to house asylum seekers. labour has scrapped the former conservative government's plans to house asylum seekers at the former raf base in lincolnshire. home office minister dame angela eagle said the plan, which has already cost £60 million, fails to deliver value for money for the taxpayer . value for money for the taxpayer. meanwhile, it's being reported that germany is considering their own rwanda migrant scheme using uk facilities. germany's special representative for migration agreements, joachim stamp, said the eu could use facilities set up by the last uk government. labour cancelled the rwanda scheme, which was intended to deter migrants planning to cross the english channelin planning to cross the english channel in small boats when they entered office. downing street said it would not comment on the discussions between two foreign governments . in france, the eu's governments. in france, the eu's former brexit negotiator michel barnier has been appointed as prime minister. president emmanuel macron

but also in the case of scampton, that was incredibly costly for this single site.cal community as well. >> but where are they going to go? >> well, we've made clear that we need to bring down the asylum backlog, and we're already making progress in to order increase asylum decision making and also increase returns. so we've significantly increased returns since the general election . we have we've had election. we have we've had additional new dedicated flights taking place, but also thousands of people returned since the general election. we are determined to make further progress on that because the number of returns had substantially fallen under the last government, and it's really important that the rules are respected and enforced. they weren't being were determined to make sure that we can address that serious issue . thank you that serious issue. thank you very much. >> well, as the home secretary , >> well, as the home secretary, appearing very serious about what she has emphasised is a serious issue, i'm not sure we heard an answer to that fundamental que

meanwhile, plans to house asylum seekers, including small boat migrants at raf scampton, a former ministry of defence site in lincolnshire, have been scrapped. the home office says it would have cost £122 million over three years, and no longer represents value for money. even the civil servants that came to visit the site in february last year said it was not suitable so they already know that. with the investment, the history and heritage that is here, we cannotjust stand by and let that all get ruined. we had to do something about it. however, critics say the government is not moving quickly enough to deal with the small boats crisis. after promising the rapid recruitment of a border security commander to oversee the response two months ago, downing street has now said the appointment will be confirmed in the next few weeks. today's meeting, styled as a landmark operational summit, is an opportunity to demonstrate some progress in the challenge of destroying the smuggling gangs. mark easton, bbc news. the prison population in england and wales has reached another record high, meaning ja

we've been speaking with local people in scampton to hear their reaction to the news. >> absolutely ecstatic. i'm over >> absolutely ecstatic. i'm over the moon. i don't think it's quite properly sunk in yet, and i'm sure i'll do a bit of a happy dance later, but yeah, i couldn't be happier. it's been a long time coming. >> yes. so this is what we've been working really hard for 18 months is to secure the future of the site . and today we've of the site. and today we've learned that the site will no longer be part of the asylum programme, and it will be disposed of, and therefore we can use our regeneration plans and proposals to move forward . brilliant. >> i can't believe it. it's great news. best news i've heard for a long time. >> now, the prime minister said he is deeply saddened by the death of a member of the royal navy after a merlin helicopter ditched in the english channel. the incident occurred during operations with hms queen elizabeth. no other fatalities or serious injuries have been reported. the ministry of defence has confirmed the family has been informed and a full investi

the home office has confirmed it will not use raf scampton to house asylum seekers.ans to house asylum seekers at the former raf base in lincolnshire. home office minister dame angela eagle said the plan, which has already cost £60 million, fails to deliver value for for money the taxpayer. we've been speaking with local people in scampton to hear their reaction to the news. absolutely ecstatic. >> i'm over the moon. i don't think it's quite properly sunk in yet, and i'm sure i'll do a bit of a happy dance later, but yeah, i couldn't be happier. it's been a long time coming. >> yes. so this is what we've been working really hard for 18 months. is to secure the future of the site. and today we've learned that the site will no longer be part of the asylum programme, and it will be disposed of and therefore we can use our regeneration plans and proposals to move forward. brilliant >> i can't believe it. it's great news. best news i've heard for a long time. >> meanwhile, it's being reported that germany is considering their own rwanda migrant scheme using uk facilities.

the home office has confirmed it will not use raf scampton to house asylum seekers.rmer conservative government's plan to house asylum seekers at the former raf raf base in lincolnshire. home office minister dame angela eagle said the plan, which has already cost £60 million, fails to deliver value for money for the taxpayer . value for money for the taxpayer. meanwhile, it's being reported that germany is considering their own rwanda scheme using uk facilities. germany's special representative for migration agreements, joachim stamp, said the eu could use facilities set up the eu could use facilities set ”p by the eu could use facilities set up by the last uk government. labour cancelled the rwanda scheme, which was intended to deter migrants planning to cross the english channel in small boats when they entered office. downing street said it would not comment on the discussions between two foreign governments . between two foreign governments. the government has admitted not all buildings with the same dangerous cladding as grenfell tower have been identified. that

meanwhile, plans to house asylum seekers, including small boat migrants at raf scampton, a former ministrynshire, have been scrapped. the home office says it would have cost £122 million over three years and no longer represents value for money. even the civil servants that came to visit the site in february last year said that it was not suitable, so they already knew that. but, you know, with the investment, the history and the heritage that's here, you know, it... we couldn't just stand by and let that all get ruined. so we had to do something about it. however, critics say the government is not moving quickly enough to deal with the small boats crisis. after promising the rapid recruitment of a border security commander to oversee the response two months ago, downing street has now said the appointment will be confirmed in the next few weeks. today's meeting, styled as a landmark operational summit, is an opportunity to demonstrate some progress in the challenge of destroying the smuggling gangs. mark easton, bbc news. a british man has beenjailed for nine years for trying to burn down

i have never thought that scampton was a viable option for that problem.ppy, and i'm sure home office ministers will be happy too, to talk about the overall caseload and how they might be housed. but let us not pretend that scampton was ever an answer to that problem. it has ranged under the previous governments from claims that it would house thousands to hundreds of people. the costs have massively inflated. however, critics say the government is not moving quickly enough to deal with the small boats crisis. after promising the rapid recruitment of a border security commander to oversee the response two months ago, downing street has now said the appointment will be confirmed in the next few weeks. today's meeting, styled as a landmark operational summit, is an opportunity to demonstrate some progress in the challenge of destroying the smuggling gangs. mark easton, bbc news. the time is four minutes past six, naga has more on increasing concerns over some drugs that are still available here in the uk but with alarming side—effects. a so—called "zombie dr

the home office has confirmed it will not use raf scampton to house asylum seekers.conservative government's plans to house asylum seekers at the former raf base in lincolnshire. home office minister dame angela eagle said the plan, which has already cost £60 million, fails to deliver value for money for the taxpayer. we've been speaking with local people in scampton to hear their reaction to the news. >> absolutely ecstatic. i'm over the moon. i don't think it's quite properly sunk in yet, and i'm sure i'll do a bit of a happy dance later. but yeah, i couldn't be happier. it's been a long time coming. >> yes. so this is what we've been working really hard for, for 18 months is to secure the future of the site. and today we've learned that the site will no longer be part of the asylum programme, and it will be disposed of, and therefore, we can use our regeneration plans and proposals to move forward . brilliant. >> i can't believe it. it's great news. best news i've heard for a long time. >> meanwhile, it's being reported that germany is considering their own rwanda

meanwhile, plans to house asylum seekers, including small boat migrants at raf scampton, a former ministry, have been scrapped. the home office says it would have cost £122 million over three years, and no longer represents value for money. even the civil servants that came to visit the site in february last year said it was not suitable, so they already knew that. with the investment, the history and the heritage that is here, we couldn'tjust stand by and let that all get ruined. we had to do something about it. however, critics say the government is not moving quickly enough to deal with the small boats crisis. after promising the "rapid" recruitment of a border security commander to oversee the response two months ago, downing street has now said the appointment will be confirmed in the next few weeks. today's meeting, styled as a landmark operational summit, is an opportunity to demonstrate some progress in the challenge of destroying the smuggling gangs. mark easton, bbc news. the uk will send an additional 650 short—range missiles to ukraine, as part of a new £162 million package of

and if scampton is centre.re. >> okay, well, it seems you're fighting on many fronts. an astonishing 11 year conundrum there with your neighbours over simply praying you had a victory in court this week. nigel. jacqueline, thank you very much for joining us. and make sure forjoining us. and make sure you give our regards to your missus, sheila, and hopefully she can she can continue praying in peace on the beach. what could possibly be wrong with that? now, thank you very much for joining us. this afternoon forjoining us. this afternoon on gb news. cheers, mate. and lots more still to come between now and 5:00, including seven. rotherham child abusers have been jailed for over 100 years after harrowing crimes against girls will be live with our national reporter charlie peters, outside sheffield crown court. he's been doing some reporting on this harrowing yet vital case, and >> that warm feeling inside from boxt boilers , sponsors of boxt boilers, sponsors of weather on gb news. >> hello. welcome along to the

accepted 90% approval rate and they're not going in the bibby stockholm, they're not going in the raf scampton sites are up and down the country. therefore you've got to put them somewhere. it's not hotels. so where is it. and he refused to answer the question. we all know the answer to the question. well surely it's social housing. >> surely we should . surely, >> surely we should. surely, surely we should send them to whatever , wherever the most cost whatever, wherever the most cost effective solution is. there's been so much . there's been so much. >> let me ask you this. if you if you are a government minister, a&e, and you say there's a british family who needs a home and there's an illegal immigrant family that needs a home, who should get priority, it depends on the circumstances. but the circumstances, both the homeless. >> why does it really? >> why does it really? >> of course it does. why you dont? >> of course it does. why you don't? because you've just. we don't? because you've just. we don't know anything about these hypothetical families. this is. i'm so bored. no hypothetical

because they are going to no longer put people in wethersfield, no longer put people at raf scampton, in use. instead they're going to be distributed out to communities right across the country, which in itself will be highly controversial. yes, the issue of social housing and where that is allocated is going to be hugely controversial. >> i'm sure, as the months and years go on. mark white, thank you very much indeed for bringing us the latest figures from the channel, our home security editor there in central london. this is good afternoon britain. we're on gb news now. in other news, away from the politics, prince harry has kicked off his string of events in new york. but he's he's gone solo . we'll have more on that solo. we'll have more on that after the break. why is he on his own? well welcome back. this is good afternoon britain. you're watching and listening now. the duke of sussex, he started his solo trip to new york this week dunng solo trip to new york this week during the un general assembly's high level week and climate week, new york. he'll be attending a range of even