i think, but first let's go over the news headlines with the very lovely sophie reaper . lovely sophie reaper. >> thank you. ben and dawn . now >> thank you. ben and dawn. now for your latest headlines from the gb newsroom. a developing story this morning, a major incident has been declared after a fire broke out at a block of flats in dagenham. it's reported that more than 100 people have been evacuated from the building, with the london fire brigade stating that a significant search and rescue operation is now underway. mp for the area, margaret mullane, has posted her thanks to the fire service online, saying thanks to their rapid response, injury was minimal. thanks to their rapid response, injury was minimal . she added injury was minimal. she added that she'll be visiting the rescue centre today to offer her support. we'll bring you the latest on this story as we get it. a british man has been killed by a missile strike in eastern ukraine. he's been named as safety advisor. ryan evans, the 38 year old was part of a reporting crew working with the news agency reuters. when the hot

this is britain's newsroom live across the united kingdom on gb news with ben leo and sophie reaper. it almost wasn't ben leo and sophie. it was almost a sophie reapen sophie. it was almost a sophie reaper. and tell them why ben, you almost abandoned me. nothing. >> not my fault. first of all. so. okay, first world problems. so. okay, first world problems. so it went to scotland on monday with my family to see. my wife's grandmother took the kids up there. great day or great week? i came home well. tried to come home yesterday, so my flight from edinburgh airport was at 7 pm, i got to the airport and the airline said , your flight's the airline said, your flight's been pushed back to 11 pm. i said, well, i can't do that because it means getting home at maybe back to london at two in the morning. i'd have no sleep for the show today. so i booked a separate flight with another airline. a few hours later that flight was cancelled and i thought, okay, well, look, i'm going to have to go back to the original booking, leave at 11 pm. and get back in the early hours. fine. let's deal with it

but it's the headlines with sophie reaper . with sophie reaper. >> good afternoon.t's 12:03 whilst tom enjoys his cake. here are the top stories from the gb newsroom. a major incident has been declared after a fire broke out overnight at a block of flats in dagenham. it's reported that over 100 people were evacuated from the building, with two people taken to hospital. home secretary yvette cooper thanked firefighters and other emergency workers for their bravery and swift response. she said my thoughts are with all those affected by the major incident in dagenham. a british man killed by a missile strike in eastern ukraine has been named as safety advisor ryan evans. the 38 year old was part of a reporting crew working with the news agency reuters. when the hotel they were staying at was struck on saturday. the agency has said they are devastated by his death and that they are now urgently seeking more information about the attack. the strike also put two other journalists in hospital, one of whom remains in a serious condition . this a serious condition. this morn

sophie reaper gb news is going on. >> we want to hear from you.u have been involved, obviously we could protect you. your name ? what are you your name? what are you protesting about? what's making you so angry? former scotland yard detective peter bleksley running his eye over things. and former adviser to boris johnson . former adviser to boris johnson. oscar red drop here in the studio as well. peter the. whatever the hatred, whatever the grievances. i find it strange, as i'm sure you will be, that the police become the target of this hatred . target of this hatred. >> yes, it's very unusual, particularly as i see recent events that were so predictable. and it's much of this really should have been anticipated if we just rewind a couple of weeks, if we may, to manchester airport, i'm sure we'll all remember that where initially we saw a police officer apparently kick a man and then stamp on his head, and then footage was later released of some clearly asian origin men, shall we say, brown skinned men meting out horrendous levels of violence at

sophie reaper . them with love. sophie reaper. gb news. >> absolutely heartbreaking scenes.gine what those families are going through with their little girls bedrooms as they were. they should have just come back from a dance class, shouldn't they? absolutely heartbreaking. we can now cross live to southport and speak to our reporter on the scene, jack carson. hi jack, thank you very much for joining carson. hi jack, thank you very much forjoining us this much for joining us this afternoon. jack, paint us a portrait of what it's like in southport at the moment . southport at the moment. >> well, jordan , to be honest, >> well, jordan, to be honest, you can still really feel how raw that the emotion is here. how raw the grief still is. of course, we're only a week on and already you can see, you know, this is this is just one of three locations in in the town here where there are just hundreds and thousands of flowers that have been laid here. i mean, we've got to the point now where there's so many flowers being brought. we've got these temporary kind of, you know, bowls and

thanks for joining sophie reaper. morning sophie. thanks forjoining us.day for bebe king's family andindeed hard day for bebe king's family and indeed the rest of the community. yeah, absolutely. >> an incredibly difficult day for her family, of course, but for her family, of course, but for the town of southport. but being here at the flower show, it's all about that community coming together. now. joining me is steven, who's one of the exhibitors this year. steven, you're from the town of southport originally, aren't you? so what does it mean to be here today and to try and bring the town together at such a difficult time? >> obviously, the news last week or the week before was absolutely devastating, but something like this obviously bnngs something like this obviously brings everyone together and the sun is shining and we couldn't have a better day for it. really. >> it's all about that community spirit, isn't it? i mean, it's just open to the public and there are already dozens of people looking at your exhibition. so let's talk about your exhibition

cross over to the northwest of england now with our reporter sophie reaperin now with our reporter sophie reaperer. in many ways, the spiritual home of oasis. sophie, this is a huge deal. deal >> it is indeed. it's the geographical and spiritual home of oasis. of course, the gallagher brothers, born just a few miles down the road from here in burnage, where we are today. we're here at the boardwalk nightclub. i don't actually believe it's open anymore, but back in the good old days, back in the 90s, it was the home of the madchester music scene. of course, the era that oasis was born into. now, this was where they actually, in fact, did their first ever gig. and if we would have come along to this tom and emily, we would have paid £3 a ticket, which, according to the bank of england in these days, would have cost £6.68. i have a feeling that people these days, if they're going to try for tickets, come saturday for this tour, they will be paying somewhat more than that. but whether or not the cost may not even be an issue for some people. i think what most people are concerned aboutis what most p

sophie reaper has more . reaper has more. >> well, say the oasis fans have finally found a brighter day as the gallagher brothers announce a reunion and a nationwide tour. >> and carnival chaos 330 arrests, eight stabbings, three in critical condition, including a 30 year old mum fighting for her life. the met police say they're tired of seeing crime at they're tired of seeing crime at the notting hill carnival. >> and talking of law and disorder, police officers have almost entirely stopped punishing shoplifters as some violent offenders are being let off with a slap on the wrist. if they say sorry. >> oh, make it stop, please. meanwhile tributes from around the world continue for former england manager sven—goran eriksson, who died aged 76. >> are you joining the clamour for tickets? the cheapest ticket is going to be about £140. >> yeah. about that. i do not understand, andrew pierce, how you can go on holiday, have violent offenders are being let off with a slap on the wrist. if they say sorry. >> oh, mak

sophie reaper gb prosecutions.s right. >> should we steam ahead at 626 and get your weather for today? here's craig snell . here's craig snell. >> a brighter outlook with boxt solar sponsors of weather on gb news. >> good morning . welcome to your >> good morning. welcome to your latest gb news weather forecast from the met office . well, we from the met office. well, we start today off on a fairly bright note for many of us, but rain is already moving in across parts of northern ireland and scotland. and as we go through the course of the day that does spread its way eastwards. but ahead of it, plenty of sunshine. but that sunshine will become increasingly limited down towards the far southeast as we move into the afternoon. the main area of rain will be across scotland, northern ireland and northern england. some spots of rain further south, but generally the further south and east you are . it's a fairly dry east you are. it's a fairly dry picture today, with an increase in wind it will feel fairly cool, especia

you were hearing there and sophie reaper reports and danny mills talking about how cool and calm maybe who would raise his voice at players as a manager, and he coached all around the world, all different kinds of levels. international management , kinds of levels. international management, winning, international winning, european trophies, multiple of them, 18 trophies, multiple of them, 18 trophies he won across his career. he will be fondly remembered, particularly here at the etihad, for that spell in charge here, becoming one of their first foreign managers as well . he only revealed at the well. he only revealed at the start of this year he'd been diagnosed with pancreatic cancen diagnosed with pancreatic cancer, of course, and was very open about how he believed he only had about a year or two left to live at best. but just a few days ago there was a documentary titled sven that was released and he gave his own goodbye in that message, talking about how we're all scared of the of the day that we die, he says. but life is about death as well. he says he hope you will remember me

joining me now is gb news north west reporter sophie reaper , who is reporter sophie reaper, who is liveank you forjoining us. what's thank you for joining us. what's what's happening up there today ? what's happening up there today? >> well, good afternoon to you, dawn. it's a beautiful day here in southport. despite say it is the funeral of one of those little girls taking place today. but people here have come together. they are showing their community spirit. and one person in particular has done that. he's joining me now is greg, who is the designer of this show garden. now, greg, thank you for joining us. and i know that you you're from southport , aren't you're from southport, aren't you? and that you felt you wanted to mark the death of those poor three little girls. do you want to tell our viewers at home what it is that you did and why you wanted to do that? >> yeah, well, we've got the pink ribbons up, which symbolises the atrocity. and we've got three pink dahlias and a nice little note there that tells people to sort of reflect . tells people to sort of reflect. and we just

will hollis in derbyshire and sophie reaper in warrington? sophie i'll start with you.the mood in warrington? have the kids done? well >> well, the kids here in warrington are long gone, i'm afraid they were here bright and early at 8:00 this morning. lots of excitement , lots of of excitement, lots of anticipation, waiting for those results. now, if we take in that national picture, it is slightly worse than previous years. but here at saint gregory's in warrington, it's actually the best results for gcses that they have ever had. so some very happy faces this morning in particular the face of the headteacher who we spoke to earlier, he's very, very proud of his students. this is what he had to tell me. >> we're extremely pleased. >> we're extremely pleased. >> i'm particularly happy with this year. group because they have had as much disruption as any other year group over the last few years. they lost out on on a key, key part of their school life, an early start, an early part of key stage three. and yet they've actually broken the record for our results, beating la

joining me now is gb news north west reporter sophie reaper, who is live from a flower show that's linkednd what the connection is . connection is. >> well, nana, this is the 100th anniversary of this incredible flower show here in southport. so to mark it, we're at one particular exhibition created by the wonderful nikki and jo. so we'll just show it to you. so there we are, 100 in those beautiful sunflowers grown by jo himself. so we're going to speak to them now. nikki, talk to me about southport flower show. this isn't your first time here, is it? this is. you've been here many times. we've been doing this flower show for years and years and years. and how does it compare to other shows that you've been to before? how does it feel to be at 100th anniversary? >> it feels amazing to be able to celebrate with them. >> and obviously i tried to do a display focusing on the 100th anniversary. so yeah, it's great to be involved. >> it's absolutely beautiful what you've managed to produce. well done. and jo, i believe you're from southport originally, aren't you? >> yeah, just in huntsville,

reporter sophie reaper. and how have they got along there? es coming through the door here at saint gregory's in warrington. but once they've got those envelopes, lots of happy faces here and we can join one of those pupils who's very, very happy with these results right now. and you should be very happy. this is sam belshaw, an absolute superstar. sam congratulations. do you want to tell our viewers how well you've done? >> yeah. thanks, yeah, i got nines and eights, which is. yeah absolutely. >> further maths and nine. let's let's just show that, if you don't mind. look at that. a nine in further maths. you must be some kind of genius, sam. how do you feel? were you nervous? were you feel? were you nervous? were you excited. >> i mean , i was excited. you >> i mean, i was excited. you know, the actual time of the exams. you know, it was a nice time. i liked it, but as i got further and further away and closer to now, i started getting a bit nervous. but i'm relieved now. relieved? >> he's a long way, isn't it? between doing those exams and a

reporter sophie reaper is there. how is it? oh heck, it looks a bit windy. s well might be the kind of report you'd expect to be getting from me in those wetter, windier winter months. not perhaps something i think you may anticipate in the summer months of the year, particularly in the middle of august. but there we are. the met office has issued that yellow weather warning for this morning between five and 11:00 this morning, as storm lilian makes its way across the uk. we're experiencing very, very strong winds here in southport. >> we're expecting winds of up to 50 to 60mph. now, what that means is on the beaufort scale, which is the scale used to track wind speeds, it puts it at about a level 9 or 10. now that scale only goes up to level 12. so i think that gives you a real sense of the kind of conditions we're anticipating here in southport and across the north of england and northern parts of wales today, this morning. >> but then what that will mean is things like power cuts, perhaps flooding, damage to buildings, even some trees being blown down. now

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. >> gb news reporter sophie reaperjoins >> gb news reporter sophie reaper joins us from southport now, sophie. thanks for joining us. an incredibly moving service. from what we saw, some beautiful songs either cassidy's songbird amongst others. what's the atmosphere like down there? >> family to be together? >> family to be together? >> well, there are hundreds of people gathered here outside saint john's church in birkdale, southport, this morning. >> you can hear behind me that the funeral itself in the church has just begun. now they've got the speakers outside this church and they've also got a live stream taking place elsewhere for the hundreds of people who have gathered, who have been touched by the horrendous attack that affected those families in southport on the 29th of july last month. now, this is the third and final of the funerals that will be taking place. of course, over the past few weeks, we we've seen the funerals of alice akua and bebe king. the two other little girls who were murdered at that taylor swift dance class. today it's the turn of elsie dot stancombe. th

let's go to sophie reaper who is at saint gregory's catholic high school. ie you only did your gcses about two years ago, didn't you? can you remember what you got and what's going on there this morning ? there this morning? >> well, it was slightly longer ago than that. i can tell you that for a fact, but i still remember it as if it were yesterday. but here at saint gregory's, i think there was a lot of nerves this morning. but now that most of them have got their results, there's a lot of happy faces here. they've got little balloons marking the grades for their pupils, and we need this one now for our next guest who's joining me. need this one now for our next guest who'sjoining me. it's guest who's joining me. it's headgirl at saint gregory's. joanna. joanna, that's for you. and tell our viewers why you need that number nine, because i got seven nines and three eights. seven nines and three eights. seven nines and three eights. and that means. joanna, i know you're going to be embarrassed that i say this on air. she got the best results her entire year.

from gb news, north—west of england reporter sophie reaper. >> well, it's finally time for fans of oasis been given everything they ever dreamed of. that's right. liam and noel gallagher have announced this morning that they will be reuniting for a tour next summer. 14 dates manchester, london, dublin, edinburgh and cardiff. so there is a lot of excitement now. we're here outside the boardwalk club in manchester, where in 1991 a very young oasis performed their first ever gig to not the audiences of thousands that we were used to seeing them perform in front of, but instead in front of dozens of people and tickets, well, tickets would have cost around £3, which, according to the bank of england, these days, is around £6.68. so i imagine people this time, if they're going to go for tickets on saturday, will be paying tickets on saturday, will be paying significantly more than that. paying significantly more than that . however, that is not the that. however, that is not the concern of a lot of people here in manchester and i'm sure nationwide, if not globally. the real concern is going to

well, let's talk to our north west of england reporter sophie reapeh west of england reporter sophie reaperd us. this is the best in show that's won it. this yeah in show that's won it. this year. it's absolutely gorgeous. this one here behind us. so what a background for us. this morning. so to talk a little bit about where we are and what's going on this weekend. i'm joined now by general manager alan allen. thank you so much for joining us this morning. forjoining us this morning. it's a pleasure. how beautiful indeed. >> yeah this one the best in show here at southport flower show. >> well i'm not surprised. it is absolutely wonderful. real focus on the southport there in the background as well. and that of course is what it's all about. 100 anniversary. yeah. how important is the flower show every year to the town of southport. >> massively important let alone financially. and for the local economy as well. but for the people of southport, people look forward to this. it's the largest event in southport. it's the fourth largest paid event in the fourth largest paid event in the liverpo

this is britain's newsroom with me ben, leo and sophie reaper as summer of riots. >> the prime ministermber of protests across the uk . protests across the uk. >> this was a meeting to pull together our response response both to the immediate challenge, which is clearly driven by far right