the commons. and frustrated the commons. and today, gb news can reveal it's about to get a whole lot worse . about to get a whole lot worse. and it's back to the 1990s. it's a tory party suffered its seventh sleaze scandal, this time focusing on shamed mp mark menzies. would it trigger yet another by—election and police have smashed a worldwide online fraud network, with dozens of cyber criminals getting arrested over 70,000 brits were conned into surrendering bank details and their pin numbers to fraudsters, and mark white will have all of the latest and help to keep you safe . and today, to keep you safe. and today, prince william made his first pubuc prince william made his first public since princess public appearance since princess catherine's cancer diagnosis. and while helping a charity cook dinner today, a visibly moved wills was handed get—well cards and promised to look after kate . and promised to look after kate. we'll have the full wonderful story. all of that coming up in your next hour .

your next hour. once the show. always a pleasure to have your company. another terrible day ahead for rishi sunak. has there been a decent day you can even remember and you remember yesterday i was delighted to show the biggest saint george's flag in the land in my home city of nottingham, 62 foot, an absolute monster of a flag across the market square on the council house. well, today a tory mp has floated the idea it's tory mp has floated the idea wsfime tory mp has floated the idea it's time for a minister for flags to protect our cherished flags. do you agree with that? would that get your vote? let's me know there's new way to get in touch. you can send your views and post your comments by visiting com forward visiting gb news. com forward slash your say get in touch. i'll read out the best before the end of the show. keep them clean to you. but before clean over to you. but before that latest that it's time for your latest news and tatiana news headlines. and it's tatiana sanchez.

>> martin thank you. the top stories. and first to some breaking news from scotland this afternoon. it's been confirmed the scottish government has scrapped its interim climate target to reduce emissions by 75% by 2030. first minister humza yousaf told the scottish parliament that the overall net zero goal of 2045 won't budge. the minister for net zero, mairi mcallan, said while the original target is unattainable all a revised package of climate action measures will deliver scotland's transition to net zero at a pace and scale that, she said is feasible , fair and she said is feasible, fair and just. and some more breaking news to bring you the uk and the us have issued new sanctions on 13 iranian individuals in response to iran's attack on israel at the weekend. britain's also freezing the assets of some iranian organisations, including the country's navy and the chief of its army. it comes after

rishi sunak said earlier this week that g7 leaders were working on a package of coordinated measures against iran. lord cameron is currently at a g7 meeting in italy, where he's calling for a clear message to be sent to tehran . in other to be sent to tehran. in other news, sir keir starmer says the rwanda scheme is a gimmick and a waste of taxpayers money in the wake of the latest blow to the government's flagship rwanda bill in the house of lords last night, the labour leader's comments come as downing street declined recommit the declined to recommit to the prime minister's spring deadline to get deportation flights off the ground . it's understood the ground. it's understood number 10 will publish more detail the timing of the detail about the timing of the first flights to rwanda, once the asylum legislation has passed through parliament, mps will lords will consider the lords amendments to the bill next week, but the government has indicated it will not be making any concessions . labour are any concessions. labour are calling for police to investigate what opposition ministers have described as extraordinary allegations that an mp misused thousands of

pounds of campaign funds. the times reports that mark menzies used political donations to cover medical expenses and pay off bad people, who he says locked him in a flat and demanded thousands of pounds for his release . he denies any his release. he denies any wrongdoing but has agreed to give up the conservative whip. but labour leader sir keir starmer says it's taken far too long for the government to act. >> be honest , there's a >> i'll be honest, there's a degree of frustration as well. >> we're two weeks away from really important local and mayoral elections when, you know there's a lot of positive arguments that we want to make about the change we can bring about the change we can bring aboutin about the change we can bring about in these elections. and yet again, we're talking about misbehaviour by tory mps. and if ever you needed evidence of why we need to turn the page on this shower and, and have a fresh start with labour, i think it's in these allegations coming out today, prescription of today, the prescription of puberty blockers and gender affirming hormones for children in scotland has been paused.

>> it follows a landmark cass review of gender services for under 18 seconds, which revealed children had been let down by a lack of research and weak evidence on medical interventions. ministers in scotland have welcomed the move, but campaigners argue the decision is the wrong one. like other parts of the uk, scotland has seen a rapid rise in the number of young people questioning their identity or experiencing dysphoria . experiencing gender dysphoria. in england, the nhs has already stopped prescribing puberty blockers. a criminal gang involved in a website which taught subscribers how to defraud thousands of victims in the uk, has been shut down by british police. 480,000 card numbers belonging to as many as 70,000 people were accessed via the website lab post, with criminals subscribing to the site taught how to access bank details and pin numbers . a man details and pin numbers. a man has been sentenced to four years in prison for a hoax terrorism

campaign targeting primary schools, airports and shopping centres. in 2013, gary preston sent 42 envelopes containing white powder and threatening letters that caused panic and evacuations . various locations evacuations. various locations nationwide over a six week period. the envelopes contained talcum powder and threatening letters with arabic texts. one envelope led to the evacuation of a 300 room hotel. the 64 year old was arrested and pleaded guilty to 21 charges. el nour train drivers have announced another strike on saturday, leading to the cancellation of around 3 in 4 services. members of aslef will walk out for the day and ban overtime over the weekend in a fresh dispute over terms and conditions. the rail operator says it will run just 26% of its usual routes between edinburgh and london and west yorkshire. the walkouts are separate to their long running pay separate to their long running pay dispute between aslef and 16 train operators, and some royal

news. the prince of wales has returned to public duties for the first time since princess catherine's announcement that she's being treated for cancer. william's been meeting volunteers at a food distribution charity in surrey, as well as lending a hand in the kitchen. he was also presented with get well soon cards for his wife. the prince's last official engagement was a month ago . for engagement was a month ago. for the latest stories you can sign up to gb news alerts by scanning the qr code on your screen. or you can go to gb news. common alerts. now it's back to . martin. >> thank you. tatiana. now we start with yet another bad news day for rishi sunak and the conservative party. >> and i'll be honest, i can't remember having too many good news days. can you ? you know news days. can you? you know what they say about bad news coming in threes. what they say about bad news coming in threes . well, today, coming in threes. well, today, downing street has refused to

recommit to rishi sunak's spring deadune recommit to rishi sunak's spring deadline to get deportation flights off the ground to rwanda. chris hopes beer is safe and mark menzies has given up the tory whip after an incredible story which claimed that he had misused campaign funds and the prime minister woke up this morning to the news that, according to a major opinion poll and the daily mail, the tories are trailing the labour party on every major political issue, including defence, tax, migration and wait for it. even brexit. well, i'm joined in our studio by our political editor , christopher political editor, christopher hope, and also the former labour minister, bill rammell. hope, and also the former labour minister, bill rammell . welcome minister, bill rammell. welcome to the show, gents. let's start with you, chris, and let's start with you, chris, and let's start with rwanda, because of course, we joshing about the fact we were joshing about the fact you had a bet with the prime minister a flight wouldn't minister that a flight wouldn't take spring. a single take off. this spring. a single pint of beer seems you've pint of beer seems like you've won pint . won a pint. >> yes, if it's a may, the second which, of second election. which, of course , when we struck that bet course, when we struck that bet back that was back in september, that was going case. now, i was

going to be the case. now, i was in parliament last night for this between the house this ping pong between the house of commons and house lords of commons and house of lords for amendments, turnover by for amendments, a turnover by the the push by the lords, the by the push by the lords, turnover commons last turnover by the commons last night to then came back, surprisingly the house of surprisingly from the house of lords, from lord hope and lord browne des browne, a former labour shadow labour defence secretary, and lord hope being the former deputy head of the supreme court there, trying to find little ways to and find little ways to tweak and for government view for the government point of view , down safety of , watered down the safety of rwanda. brown wants rwanda. bill, lord brown wants to mean if you if you served overseas with uk forces in afghanistan, you will then not be sent to rwanda. if you arrive here legally, lord hope wants to have checks on have regular checks on the safety of rwanda. government safety of rwanda. the government is it's is digging in now, saying it's not happen . we're back not going to happen. we're back on monday for more pong on monday for more ping pong between lords . between the commons and lords. this is democracy happens in this is how democracy happens in our a problem. our country. it's not a problem. it's what happens all the time. the maybe if they are the lords test maybe if they are not sure about commons not sure about some commons legislation, particularly when it wasn't in a manifesto like this one, but the outcome is the

government is now not saying for the first time in months that the first time in months that the first time in months that the first flights will take off with people on the to with with people on the plane to rwanda by of the spring. rwanda by the end of the spring. spnng rwanda by the end of the spring. spring ends june 21st. so what they're saying is, by late they're saying is, even by late june , these flights may not june, these flights may not taken off. what they will say is when get this through the when they get this through the commons could commons and lords, which could be night sittings be very like late night sittings on update on monday, they will update on the a very the timescale. it's a very big setback for mr sunak. >> 21st the longest >> june 21st the longest day. every feels like the longest every day feels like the longest day for rishi and that tax alert. was rishi alert. i think that was rishi cashing out early. i think it was number 10 saying, we know i'll buy you a lemonade chopper, let . okay, bill bramwell, let go. okay, bill bramwell, let's bring in. this let's bring you in. at this point, be watching this point, you must be watching this calamity not only on rwanda, calamity and not only on rwanda, but on mark menzies. you must be watching this. and just thinking how this how soon can this be over? the labour party must be licking their lips to get into power now. power how. >> power now. >> mean, it's really >> well, i mean, it's really serious. real echoes of serious. it's got real echoes of the run to 1997. the run up to 1997. >> you know, the sleaze , then as >> you know, the sleaze, then as mired in sleaze as john major's

government in the run up to 1997. >> they're also playing it long. >> they're also playing it long. >> and i was reading an interesting piece by charlie faulkner recently, the former labour attorney general , who labour attorney general, who said that playing it long actually made it worse for the conservatives because there's so much pent up , frustration and much pent up, frustration and wanting to see the back of them that it increases the scale and the size of the likely labour victory. and, you know, rwanda is a gimmick, it's costly beyond words. it's not not a deterrent. >> and the substance of one of the two remaining amendments, the two remaining amendments, the government is refusing to commit to not deporting afghans who've worked with british military in afghanistan . military in afghanistan. >> i mean, that's that's shocking. >> and i understand that rishi sunak actually intervened personally to block a possible compromise on wednesday of this week, which would have eased the passage of the bill. so it demonstrates yet again, he's totally inept political management and leadership. >> to talk ,

>> okay. and we need to talk, chris, about the mark menzies situation . an astonishing story situation. an astonishing story almost feels made up, but it's not funny at all. this has serious implications as we said, just the latest in a long roll call of shame. >> you . >> you. >> you. >> yeah, yeah, it's almost like a mount rushmore of alleged wrongdoing by tory mps. got william wragg, got mark menzies overnight. labour. call it the disturbing incident. we've got this this. he's been suspended from unpaid role as as a as from unpaid role as a as a as a government trade envoy. he's alleged to have used thousands of pounds from donors to fund medical expenses and to have made a 78 year old aide and, trying to ask for money because he'd been locked up by some bad people at 3 am, you know, it's almost like straight out of the pages , of, you know, of pages of, of, you know, of a fiction writer. you wouldn't believe any believe it. he denies any wrongdoing. had whip wrongdoing. he's had the whip suspended suspended suspended or he's suspended himself. and there's lots of these things happening. there's himself. and there's lots of these tia1gs happening. there's himself. and there's lots of these tia1gs hap|discipline ere's himself. and there's lots of these tia1gs hap|discipline inr's almost a lack of discipline in the tory party. but it's going back to what bill rammell said there. there have back to what bill rammell said the|election there have back to what bill rammell said the|election now, there have back to what bill rammell said the|election now, rishi,|ere have back to what bill rammell said

the|election now, rishi, he's1ave back to what bill rammell said the|election now, rishi, he's 25e the election now, rishi, he's 25 points behind. looking at the daily mail today, he's behind on every describe, even every measure you describe, even brexit. martin, you were saying that if he went early, then the inevitable defeat at the polls is his fault. if he goes long, it's the party's fault. he would be mad to go have an election now , i don't think it's binary now, i don't think it's binary and i think the risk for him is the longer this goes on, the worse he it gets. >> and you know, whether it's now, whether it's in june, whether it's in september or october or even god help us, in the early part of next year, he's going to own that. you know, he's the unelected prime minister who came in with a commitment to clean up politics, to bring integrity back to government. and he's completely failed on that front and on the key metrics in this and the key metrics in this poll and the mail today. >> there are two that really stand out. best prime minister, 34, sir keir starmer, 90. rishi sunak 48. don't know. i mean, almost half of people would rather have somebody who's not even on the ticket, also on even on the ticket, but also on the economy bill. and if you're

ranked as the best leader and the best handling of the economy, the rest of it is mere detail. >> absolutely. you look >> is it? absolutely. you look at books, you at the history books, if you lead two indicators, lead on those two indicators, then , well, the history books then, well, the history books say certain elected say you're certain to be elected as the next government. now, i'm not complacent, think not complacent, but i do think 14 years of tory misrule, of austerity , of massive cuts in austerity, of massive cuts in pubuc austerity, of massive cuts in public services, of falling living standards and the highest tax burden since the second world war, are coming home to roost. >> okay, bill rammell chris obe, superb stuff. thanks forjoining us and we'll have more you, us and we'll have more of you, of later show . of course, later in the show. now, as we've already said, mark menzies certainly not the menzies is certainly not the first conservative mp to be accused misconduct in recent accused of misconduct in recent years. in fact, the tories have lost six seats since the 2019 general election and they're expected to lose another one in just a couple of weeks time. let's go back over the roll call of shame in november 2021, former cabinet minister owen paterson resigned after he was found guilty of breaking lobbying rules. imran ahmed khan

quits following his conviction for sexually assaulting a teenage boy in april 2022. he was subsequently jailed for 18 months. less than a month later, neil parrish stepped down after he admitted watching pornography on his mobile phone in the house of commons in june 2023. david warburton resigned after an investigation into allegations of sexual harassment and cocaine use. former tory whip chris pincher eventually resigned from parliament in september 2023, after an investigation found that he had drunkenly groped two men more than a year earlier. peter bone lost his seat after a recall petition. he'd been suspended for six weeks for bullying and exposing himself to a member of his staff. are you still with us? deep breath . and still with us? deep breath. and scott benton quit just three weeks ago after he was caught in a lobbying sting, and he had been the mp for blackpool south. and labour are now widely

expected to win that by—election there next month. astonishing roll call, isn't it? now we can add mark menzies to that list now. have lots more on all that throughout the show and there's plenty of coverage on our website gb news. com and you've helped to make it the fastest growing national news website in the country. you very the country. so thank you very much . now brace yourselves, put much. now brace yourselves, put on your party hat because there's still plenty of time to grab chance to win greek grab your chance to win a greek cruise. goodies and ten cruise. travel goodies and ten grand in cold, hard, tax free cash. grand in cold, hard, tax free cash . hazel. details you need to cash. hazel. details you need to hop on board. >> don't miss your chance to win our biggest prize so far. there's an incredible £10,000 in tax free cash to spend however you like. plus courtesy of variety cruises, a bespoke seven night small boat cruise for two worth £10,000 with flights, meals , excursions and drinks meals, excursions and drinks included. your next holiday could be on us. choose any one of their 2025 greek adventures and find your home at sea. we'll

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welcome back. it's 321. i'm martin daubney , and this is gb martin daubney, and this is gb news. now, after we featured the country's biggest cross of saint george in nottingham yesterday. later in the show, i'll tell you about calls for a new for minister flags. gets my vote moving on. the home office has been forced to move asylum seekers out of an raf base in essex after safety concerns were identified on the site, including radiological contamination and unexploded ordnance. and it's another setback for the home office and their attempts to reduce the number of hotels being used as temporary accommodation. and our south—east of england reporter ray ellison can bring us more . ray ellison can bring us more. >> well, this is difficult news for the home office. we've got to remember that asylum seekers moved into this location in raf

wethersfield around ten months ago. now, at that time, the home office had declared this site, this former raf airbase , as safe this former raf airbase, as safe and fit for purpose and now we're hearing that around 70 asylum seekers have been taken out of this accommodation and put back into hotels and we know, don't we, that the prime minister was very keen to stress that the government does not want any asylum seekers in hotels because it's expensive and they're looking more and they're looking for more cheaper such as cheaper alternatives such as this. why have they been moved? because safety risks have been identified. we're told, including the possibility of radiation and potentially as well, unexploded ordnance . now, well, unexploded ordnance. now, this site here is one of the home office's largest accommodation sites. it could house a maximum of 800. they've capped it at 800. initially they wanted 1700, but they decided to compromise because of resistance

from local residents. we don't know the exact number of people that are here, but locals say they feel it's around the 600 level now. last month , they got level now. last month, they got planning permission to use this site for three years. they got that through something called a special development order or an sdo, and that enabled them to circumvent council permission and there were concerns raised on that sdo about the risk of contamination. and it does appear that those concerns have now been realised . well, priti now been realised. well, priti patel is the former home secretary. of course . and she secretary. of course. and she said that these latest issues once again highlight why the home office was wrong to use the wethersfield site for a large scale asylum accommodation centre . and she said that at the centre. and she said that at the time, she warned the then ministers that this site was unsuitable and their plans were flawed. well, it would appear that that is coming true right

now . how. >> now. >> thank you ray. it's an astonishing state of affairs, isn't it? nobody in the area of raf wethersfield wanted this the same as in raf scampton. of course, the site of the historical dambusters and the red arrows were based there. two stories we've been following throughout the duration . when throughout the duration. when the locals weren't consulted, it was done as a fait accompli. no matter what they said, no matter how they complained , they simply how they complained, they simply weren't listened to time and time and time again, locals said, how can it make any common sense to plant 2000 military aged men? because that's what they will be. will be almost entirely, if not entirely, men into the a community, a small community with already overstretched public services. time and again , locals told us time and again, locals told us they were struggling themselves to get a gp appointment, struggling themselves to get dental appointments. they were concerned with some justification or for the safety of their children in an area

where there is not a lot to do. it's the same in scampton again. people have been camped out there now for over a year. come rain or come shine , saying rain or come shine, saying exactly the same thing. they weren't listened to , they weren't listened to, they weren't listened to, they weren't consulted. and when they did complain, they were often smeared by the media, by their opponents as racist as fascists, as right wingers and yet, on gb news, time and time again, we've given the residents of these areas a voice, and we've listened to them to their legitimate concerns. they're not right wing, they're just concerned about the condition of their country, their concerned about porous borders. they're concerned , as many security concerned, as many security experts are on this show, who we talk to time and time again. we simply have no way of knowing who is in our country. record legal immigration, record numbers of boats 6000 already this year over 534 on sunday,

often times no documentation. we don't know who these people are and they're being dumped on these areas and now isn't it funny that the safety and the human rights of the inmates, the residents, the asylum seekers at wethersfield, it could be dangerous for them . there could dangerous for them. there could be historical radiological issues from previous weaponry, perhaps unexploded ordnance. none of which was, none of which was a concern when servicemen and servicewomen were. there wasn't a concern . then why is it wasn't a concern. then why is it a concern now? who's gaming this system? who's which lawyers are pulling the strings? who's in control? the residents don't get a say. and yet it certainly seems that the voices from within those camps, they seem to be the tail wagging the dog. now, the home office has issued the following statement. they said this wethersfield is safe for asylum seekers and we are working at pace to ensure that

we abide by the conditions in the special development order. now, we have always been clear that the use of asylum hotels is unacceptable, which is why we've moved asylum seekers to former military sites, which we ensure are safe to accommodate asylum seekers prior to use . now i've seekers prior to use. now i've got lots more to come, but first, here's your weather with alex deakin . alex deakin. >> afternoon time for your latest weather update from the met office for gb news. wet weather pushing south overnight, the winds picking up as well. it all adds up to a much milder night than last night. high pressure trying to move in pressure is trying to move in and it will bring many of us a fine day on saturday. but before that we've got these weather fronts bringing fronts pushing south, bringing the cloud rain today across the cloud and rain today across northern and now through northern areas. and now through this evening, it'll spread across midlands and across parts of the midlands and down east anglia and the down into east anglia and the south east. nothing heavy south east. nothing too heavy but damp evening for many. but a damp evening for many. southwest largely dry , southwest staying largely dry, the breeze increasing across scotland in particular, bringing

air down from the north. so quite chilly across the far north. but for most of the uk temperatures significantly higher than last night, staying up at 7 or 8 celsius. a chilly feeling day tomorrow though nonetheless , a lot of cloud and nonetheless, a lot of cloud and some outbreaks of rain in the morning over the midlands, wales, northern ireland in particular should get a bit brighter go through the brighter as we go through the day. many areas seeing some brighter as we go through the day. ivspells,eas seeing some brighter as we go through the day. ivspells, a; seeing some brighter as we go through the day. ivspells, a much|g some brighter as we go through the day. ivspells, a much brighter sunny spells, a much brighter day , certainly for scotland day, certainly for scotland compared to today. fair few showers the midlands and showers over the midlands and parts of eastern england and a cold wind in the east as well. temperatures really struggling here south. should get here in the south. we should get into the but still feeling into the teens but still feeling chilly wind . a cold night chilly in the wind. a cold night on friday night. touches of frost to the weekend , but frost to start the weekend, but for us, that high for most of us, that high pressure talked earlier pressure i talked about earlier moves in and that will bring a fine day on saturday. some patchy rain across northern scotland although scotland and again, although there'll sunshine , not there'll be some sunshine, not spectacularly goodbye spectacularly warm. goodbye >> now there's a new way for you to get in touch with me here @gbnews, and you send your views

and post your comments by visiting gbnews.com/yoursay and you've already been quick off the mark. i've got a bunch of comments here. john says this on rwanda. if the rwanda plan was not opposed so many times and given the chance to fail rather than assume it will fail, then the cost would be not quite so much. just get behind it and remove the unwanted illegal migrants. john it's been about half £1 billion so far. half £1 billion and rising. not a single sausage has left this country , sausage has left this country, not a single person. and danny says this on the mark menzies scandal. and we read out that roll call of shame. six other mps who've been forced to quit the tory party since 2019. danny, rather simply adds this can we just investigate every member of parliament in to order drain the swamp? i've given up on the lot of them. well danny, harsh words, but a lot of people will maybe be feeling the same. a lot of people seem to be losing complete faith in

politics . but let's politics altogether. but let's keep faith and let's keep keep the faith and let's keep going news. there's going on gb news. and there's lots to come. between lots more still to come. between now i'll talk about now and 4:00, i'll talk about the primary schools the scottish primary schools that appointing that have started appointing pupils as lgbt champions, primary school kids. pupils as lgbt champions, primary school kids . but first, primary school kids. but first, here's your latest news headunes here's your latest news headlines and it's time for tatiana sanchez . tatiana sanchez. >> martin thank you. the top stories this hour. and first, a recap of that breaking news we've heard from the foreign secretary that the uk and the us have issued new sanctions on a number of iranian individuals in response to iran's attack on israel at the weekend . lord israel at the weekend. lord cameron, who's been meeting with g7 leaders in italy , says it g7 leaders in italy, says it demonstrates the unequivocal condemnation of iran's attack on a sovereign state. britain's also freezing the assets of some iranian organisations, including the country's navy and the chief of its army. it adds to the more than 400 sanctions already imposed on iran , it's been

imposed on iran, it's been confirmed the scottish government has scrapped its interim climate target to reduce emissions by 75% by 2030, first minister humza yousaf told the scottish parliament the overall net zero goal of 2045 won't budge. net zero goal of 2045 won't budge . the minister for net budge. the minister for net zero, mairi mcallan, said while the original target is unattainable, a revised package of climate action measures will deliver scotland's transition to net zero at a pace and scale that, she said is feasible , fair that, she said is feasible, fair and just. sir keir starmer says the rwanda scheme is a gimmick and a waste of taxpayers money. in the wake of the latest blow to the government's flagship rwanda bill in the house of lords last night, the labour leader's comments come as downing street declined to recommit to the minister's recommit to the prime minister's spnng recommit to the prime minister's spring deadline to get deportation flights off the ground . it's understood number ground. it's understood number 10 will publish more detail about the timing of the first flights to rwanda, once the asylum legislation has passed

through parliament, mps will consider the lords amendments to the bill next week. the the bill next week. but the government has indicated it will not be making any concessions . not be making any concessions. the labour party is calling for a police investigation into mp mark menzies, who's been suspended from the conservatives over claims he misused thousands of pounds of campaign funds. according to the times. he used political donations to cover medical expenses and pay off bad people, who he says locked him in a flat and demanded thousands of pounds for his release. he denies wrongdoing . but sir keir denies wrongdoing. but sir keir starmer says there are a lot of unanswered questions . and in the unanswered questions. and in the world of sport, team gb have unveiled their brand new olympic kit ahead of the paris games this summer. the kit features the classic red, white and blue and british colours. adidas, who have produced the clothing, said the aim was to create a design that celebrates the unique aspects of great britain, while encapsulating the passion within every athlete . for the latest

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the show. in a few minutes. i'll bnng the show. in a few minutes. i'll bring you a special report on onune bring you a special report on online fraud. one website claimed at least 70,000 victims in the uk alone , but the police in the uk alone, but the police are fighting back. but first, there's a new way to get in touch with us here @gbnews. and here's bev turner with all the details. >> we are proud to be gb news the people's channel. >> and as you know, we always love to hear views. now love to hear your views. now there's new way of getting in there's a new way of getting in touch with us at gbnews.com/yoursay by commenting, you can be part of a live conversation and join our gb news community. you can even talk to me bev turner or any of the members of the gb news family. >> simply go to gbnews.com/yoursay

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against the uk in a new post—brexit fishing row. get your hands off our fishers . but your hands off our fishers. but before that, dozens of spectre fraudsters have been arrested across the uk after authorities brought down an illegal website used by thousands of criminals to defraud victims worldwide. the police have identified now at least 70,000 victims in this country alone, and our home security mark white has this special report from across the uk. >> dozens of suspected cyber criminals had a rude awakening as law enforcement here and around the globe moved in to smash a multi—million pound onune smash a multi—million pound online scam that defrauded many thousands of victims . multiple thousands of victims. multiple addresses were raided and some suspects were pulled off flights at manchester and luton airports. >> they've been identified as involved in lab host, an online

phishing platform which allows users to set up fraudulent websites in order to impersonate onune websites in order to impersonate online services such as banking. >> this is now the front page greeting any would be cyber criminal trying to access the services of this illegal online site . the website lab host is site. the website lab host is part of a hugely worrying development in cybercrime time. it aimed to provide an easy, step by step guide on how to download and use fake sites your page has installed and you're ready to spam. >> make sure to check that it works before starting your spam stay safe and good! >> spamming unsuspecting members of the public would then believe those sites were pages from legitimate businesses like banks and retailers , all with the aim and retailers, all with the aim of phishing of fooling victims into revealing personal details which would be used to commit fraud. >> there are, unfortunately many enabung >> there are, unfortunately many enabling services to fraud.

however, together with our law enforcement partners, we are tackling them. to take out an enabler means that we are able to take it out at source . and to take it out at source. and this, we hope, will send out a message to those using similar services that we can get their data and we will be onto them. >> law enforcement have identified at least 70,000 victims of this latest cyber scam in the uk alone. the lab host site made more than £1 million from 2000 criminals who subscribed to download its services. those attempting to access the site now are faced with a bit of online trolling from law enforcement . from law enforcement. >> you've targeted victims all around the world. the police there may not be too happy with you. think carefully about where you. think carefully about where you go on holiday next. that was your 2023 lab host wrapped lab host is dead now with that illegal site. >> now infiltrated and disrupted

by authorities, dozens of those. it was training and equipping in the art of cyber fraud are in police custody and likely facing prosecution . prosecution. >> and mark white joins me now . >> and mark white joins me now. marcus superb reports. pickpockets used to work on our streets. now they work online. but this is a significant victory for the police. >> there's no doubt it is fraud itself accounts for about 50% of all crime. so most of us at some time are probably likely to become a victim of fraud. and now that we conduct our lives online, really our banking, retail purchases are going onune retail purchases are going online for television services and alike. a lot of our information is out there , and information is out there, and potentially we are open to those phishing fraudsters coming on and stealing our information and stealing our money, creating,

accounts to , get credit cards, accounts to, get credit cards, bank loans, mortgages , all of bank loans, mortgages, all of the above. so there's some real concern . and i think about this concern. and i think about this particular site and there are others like it out there. it is a very worrying departure because it's effectively criminals who are tech savvy, passing on that knowledge to other criminals for a fee . other criminals for a fee. they're doing it to make money, of course, and they've made from this one site alone about £1 million from 2000 criminals who subscribed to that website, but because they are teaching them how to set up these scam websites sites, then potentially they are introducing into the onune they are introducing into the online market many, many thousands of criminals who would never have been able to become cyber criminals simply because they didn't have the technical know how these sites give them

that technical know how in some easy steps. so that is a real worry. >> superb stuff. an excellent report. thank you mark white for giving us the details on that . giving us the details on that. now pupils in scotland are being urged to ask kids as young as four if they are gay , lesbian or four if they are gay, lesbian or trans as young as four. i'm martin daubney on gb news, britain's news channel

welcome back. it's 347. i'm martin daubney, and this is gb news. now, at 4:00, i'll bring some great news for all us royalists . great news for all us royalists. as prince william returns to pubuc as prince william returns to public duties for the first time since his wife revealed she was suffering from cancer. it's a really heartwarming story , but really heartwarming story, but now let's get more on a story that we covered earlier this hour. that we covered earlier this hour . and the that we covered earlier this hour. and the home office has

been to migrants out been forced to move migrants out of raf wethersfield in essex, after concerns were after safety concerns were identified on the site, including radiological contamination and unexploded ordnance. and i'm delighted to say i'm now joined by dave price, who lives in wethersfield. dave, welcome to the show . this wethersfield. dave, welcome to the show. this has wethersfield. dave, welcome to the show . this has been wethersfield. dave, welcome to the show. this has been rumbling on for so long now. many of the residents had no interest in 2000 men being dumped in the area. now they've been moved off, not because they listen to you, because deem you, but because they deem the site unsafe . tell us more. site to be unsafe. tell us more. >> well, actually , to be honest >> well, actually, to be honest with you, it's been known about for quite a few years now. the fields association did some, got an external consultant and to do some work on on the site. >> unlike many airfields particular when the americans were involved, there was a lot of dumping of stuff when they moved out because the wethersfield airbase was really was a major base until stansted

opened, and when the americans moved, they dumped a lot of stuff. so it's not just radiological waste. there's also concerns about agent orange and some of the other chemicals that are used for degreasing and decontamination of equipment . decontamination of equipment. and so therefore, it's absolutely no surprise at all that they have got concerns about it. i wouldn't let my dog walk up there, to be quite honest with you . honest with you. >> and of course, agent orange was used in extensively in the vietnam war as, as a, as a as a defoliants get revegetation . defoliants get revegetation. it's a well known carcinogen. so, dave, are you saying though, that this information was public knowledge was even, knowledge and was even, even mooted by yourself and other residents a long time ago, and yet the home office seemingly didn't listen ? didn't listen? >> well, yes. but you know, they haven't listened to a whole lot of issues. we could have told them before they spent £39 million far , that the base million so far, that the base just wasn't suitable in a whole range of issues, not only the contamination, but also in terms

of the state of the power, the state of the water, sewage works, etc. and one of the concerning things is they actually dug down to put in new septic tanks about ten feet into the soil . and again, you know, the soil. and again, you know, that was just risking opening up the whole site to contamination . the whole site to contamination. it's just absolutely appalling the amount of money that they've wasted up there. and like you say, you know, what happened to the 1900 places, they don't probably it's going to be under 600 now. what a waste of public money. for what? absolutely nothing . nothing. >> well, dave bryce, i can sense your exasperation , and, you your exasperation, and, you know, i find it astonishing that i find it astonishing that you knew about this. you knew about the contaminants, and this was pubuc the contaminants, and this was public knowledge. and yet the home office simply didn't listen. if only listened to more people like you , dave bryce. we

people like you, dave bryce. we wouldn't ourselves this wouldn't get ourselves into this pickle. dave bryce, thanks you so much forjoining us on the so much for joining us on the show . comment. cheers. yeah. show. comment. cheers. yeah. there go. mate . there you go. cheers, mate. there you go. cheers, mate. there you go. see listen to the locals and you might get some common sense, but move common sense, but let's move on now the gender madness now to the latest gender madness in scotland . and primary schools now to the latest gender madness in the tland . and primary schools now to the latest gender madness in the countryind primary schools now to the latest gender madness in the country have �*imary schools now to the latest gender madness in the country have started chools in the country have started appointing as lgbt appointing children as lgbt champions. pupils are also being urged to ask kids as young as four if they are gay, lesbian or trans. well, i'm joined now by keith jordan, who's the founder of our duty group. welcome to the show, keith . what can you the show, keith. what can you say about this absolutely astonishing four year olds hardly know oftentimes how to say things, how to write. how on earth can a four year old know if they're trans, absolutely . if they're trans, absolutely. it's astonishing that they're even considering putting this kind of material into primary schools. >> children do not need to consider their sexuality when they're at primary school. they they're at primary school. they they need to be allowed to be

kids, frankly. >> yeah. and my kids, one of my, one of my daughters is at primary school. one of my daughters is at primary school . and of course, primary school. and of course, now having education about keeping keeping people being safe and diversity, it's all a part of the modern fabric of education. and some would argue thatis education. and some would argue that is a good thing. but gay champions as young as four. >> yeah, this is this is indoctrinating children to be activists for queer theory. in my view , and i think you'll find my view, and i think you'll find that, the scottish mp neale hanvey, has got a very strong understanding of this and is one of the few people in the house of the few people in the house of commons who really gets it, so they're wanting children to embrace the idea, that that children , young people can be, children, young people can be, lgb and trans. that's absolutely fine. as far as it goes. but they are extending this more to

much to more towards the like, the political indoctrination side of it, with, you know, it's almost quasi religious. it's trans day of remembrance that, i think this organisation, lgbt youth scotland are pushing, and, there's got to be a big question about, why are we including the tea with the lgb as well, you know, it's perfectly fine to tell children that they're lgb. they certainly need to learn about different types of family, but that's probably about as far as it goes in primary school. >> okay, keith, as i said, you know, my kids get taught this stuff at school. what age do you think is appropriate for this to be taught to children , well, be taught to children, well, certainly secondary school when they, when they start, exploring their identity and exploring their identity and exploring their sexuality, then, of course, the subject needs to be,

discussed, but it's the nature and the way that it's, it's pushed on children. as if it's some kind of huge thing to celebrate , you know, i heard a celebrate, you know, i heard a quote from a well—known , gay man quote from a well—known, gay man the other week, and i wish i could remember his name, but he said, you know, being gay is the least interesting thing about me , and that's sort of approach , and that's a sort of approach that would be far healthier that that would be far healthier to give to children. and as for teaching children that they can be trans, the organised session that i run has to pick up the pieces. when those children start believing that, because they get that indoctrination, they get that indoctrination, they ruminate on it and then they ruminate on it and then they start to want to take hormones and have bits cut off, and, you know, and we and we all know about that from the cash review. >> yeah. okay. we have to leave it there. thank you, for your time, keith jordan, who's the founder of our duty group now, a scottish government spokesman ,

scottish government spokesman, has said this. we are committed to doing everything we to can make scotland the best place to grow up for lgbtq+ young people. and this includes funding lgbt youth scotland to deliver a range of projects such as the lgbt charter programme. now, a day after the lords blocked the rwanda bill yet again, rishi sunaks official spokesperson has refused to recommit it to the spnng refused to recommit it to the spring deadline to get deportation flights off the ground. i'm martin daubney on gb news. britain's news channel. now it's time for your weather andifs now it's time for your weather and it's alex deakin. >> a brighter outlook with boxt solar , the sponsors of weather solar, the sponsors of weather on . gb news. on. gb news. >> afternoon time for your latest weather update from the met office for gb news. wet weather pushing south overnight, the winds picking up as well. it all adds up to a much milder night than night. high

night than last night. high pressure to move in pressure is trying to move in and it will bring many of us a fine day on saturday. but before that we've got these weather fronts south, bringing fronts pushing south, bringing the cloud rain today across the cloud and rain today across northern and now through northern areas and now through this evening, it'll spread across midlands and across parts of the midlands and down east anglia and the down into east anglia and the south east. nothing too heavy but evening for many but a damp evening for many southwest largely dry , southwest staying largely dry, the breeze increasing across scotland in particular, bringing air down from the north, so quite chilly across the far north. but for most of the uk temperatures significantly higher than last night, staying up at 7 or 8 celsius. a chilly feeling day tomorrow though nonetheless , a lot of cloud and nonetheless, a lot of cloud and some outbreaks of rain in the morning over the midlands, wales, northern ireland in particular bit particular should get a bit brighter go through the brighter as we go through the day. areas seeing some day. many areas seeing some sunny brighter sunny spells, a much brighter day certainly scotland day certainly for scotland compared to today. fair few showers the midlands and showers over the midlands and parts of eastern england, and a cold wind in the east as well. temperatures really struggling here in the south. should get here in the south. we should get into but still feeling into the teens but still feeling chilly wind . a cold night

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investigate . today, prince investigate. today, prince william made his first public appearance since princess catherine's cancer diagnosis and while helping a charity to cook dinner, they visibly moved. wills was handed get well cards and promised to look after kate. we'll have the full wonderful story later in this hour. and doesit story later in this hour. and does it feel like the england flag and the union jack are constantly under attack ? well, constantly under attack? well, one tory mp is calling for protective legislation and even a minister for flags does that float your boat? that's all coming up in your next hour. was the show always a pleasure to have your company? it never rains, but it pours for rishi sunak , the embattled prime sunak, the embattled prime minister. last night, a humiliating knock back on the rwanda bill got worse. today we learned from our political edhon learned from our political editor, chris hope, that they finally admitted it looks very,

very unlikely a single flight will this spring. after will leave this spring. after all, june the 21st, of course, being the official cut off point for spring, the longest day every day feels like the longest day for the tories at the moment. mark menzies now has been suspended, lost the whip and could that mean another by—election? that's seven tory mps now lost to sleaze in this term. astonishing going on. let me know what you think about all of that. send your views and post your comments the new way by going to gb news. forward by going to gb news. com forward slash your say get in touch. we've already hundreds here. we've already had hundreds here. i'll before i'll read out the best before the the show. this is the end of the show. this is your as as it is mine. your show as much as it is mine. but all of that, it's your show as much as it is mine. but headlinesof that, it's your show as much as it is mine. but headlines and at, it's your show as much as it is mine. but headlines and it'sit's your show as much as it is mine. but headlines and it's polly your headlines and it's polly middlehurst. >> martin, thank you and good afternoon to you. well, the top story today, the uk and the united states have announced new sanctions on a number of iranian

individuals. in response to iran's drone and missile attack on israel at the weekend. lord cameron has been meeting with g7 leaders in italy today. he says the action demonstrates the uk's unequivocal condemnation of iran's attack on a sovereign state. britain is also freezing the assets of some iranian organisations, including the country's navy and its chief of staff of the army. it adds to the more than 400 sanctions already imposed on iranian assets. >> iran's behaviour is unacceptable and it's right that countries come together here at the g7 and make those points, not just because of what iran has been doing, but also as a message to israel that we want to play our part in having a coordinated strategy that deals with iran's aggression that we saw so clearly against israel over the weekend . over the weekend. >> cameron now, the scottish government has scrapped its interim target aimed at reducing

the country's carbon emissions by 75% by 2030. the first minister, humza yousaf, has told the scottish parliament that the overall net zero goal by 2045 won't budge, and the minister for net zero, mairi mcallan, said while the original target is unattainable, a revised package of climate action measures will deliver scotland's transition to net zero at a pace and scale that, she says, is feasible. sir keir starmer says the rwanda scheme is a gimmick and a waste of taxpayers money. after the latest blow to the government's flagship bill in the house of lords last night, the house of lords last night, the labour leader's comments come as downing street declined to recommit to the prime minister's spring deadline to get deportation flights off the ground. it's understood number 10 will publish more detail about the timing of the first flights to rwanda, once the asylum legislation has passed through parliament, mps are going considering the going to be considering the lords amendments to the bill again next week, probably on

monday , but the government has monday, but the government has indicated it will not making indicated it will not be making any concessions . meanwhile, any concessions. meanwhile, labouris any concessions. meanwhile, labour is calling for police to investigate allegations that a conservative mp misused thousands of pounds of tory party campaign funds, the times reports that mark menzies used political donations to cover medical expenses and pay off what he called bad people, who he says locked him in a flat and demanded thousands of pounds for his release. he denies any wrongdoing but has agreed to give up the conservative whip. labour leader sir keir starmer says the scandal is another reason the country needs change. >> i'll be honest, there's a degree of frustration as well. >> we're two weeks away from really important local and mayoral elections when , you mayoral elections when, you know, there's a lot of positive arguments that we want to make about the change we can bring about the change we can bring aboutin about the change we can bring about in these elections. and yet again, we're talking about misbehaviour by tory mps. and if

ever you needed evidence of why we need to turn the page on this shower and, and have a fresh start with labour, i think it's in these allegations coming out today. >> sir keir starmer, the prescription of puberty blockers and hormones for children in scotland has been paused. it follows the landmark cass review of gender services for under 18, which revealed that children had been let down by a lack of proper research and weak medical evidence . ministers in scotland evidence. ministers in scotland have welcomed the move. trans campaigners have argued the decision is wrong. like other parts of the uk , scotland has parts of the uk, scotland has seen a rapid rise in the number of young people questioning their in their sexual identity in england, already england, the nhs has already stopped prescribing puberty blockers and hormones for children in a criminal gang involved in a website which taught subscribers how to defraud thousands of victims has been shut down by police. 480,000 card numbers belonging to as many as 70,000 people were accessed via the website lab

post, with criminals paying to be subscribers to the site so they could be taught to how access bank details and pin numbers . a man has been numbers. a man has been sentenced to four years in prison for a hoax terrorism campaign targeting primary schools, airports, hotels and shopping centres. in 2013, gary preston sent 42 envelopes containing white powder and threatening letters that caused panic and evacuations at several locations across the country over a six week period. the envelopes actually contained talcum powder and the threatening letters were written in arabic text. one envelope led to the evacuation of a 300 room hotel . the 64 year old was hotel. the 64 year old was arrested after more than ten years on the run, pleading guilty to 21 charges. linear train drivers have announced another strike on saturday, leading to the cancellation of around 3 in 4 of their services. members of aslef will walk out

for the day and ban overtime over the weekend , in a fresh over the weekend, in a fresh dispute over terms and conditions . the rail operator conditions. the rail operator says it will run just 26% of its usual routes between london and edinburgh and west yorkshire. the walkouts are separate to the long running dispute over pay between aslef and 16 train operators . the prince of wales operators. the prince of wales has returned to public duties for the first time since his wife's announcement that she's being treated for cancer, william has been meeting volunteers at a food distribution charity in surrey. as well as lending a hand in the kitchen. he was also presented with get well soon cards for kate . the prince's last official kate. the prince's last official engagement was a month ago . and engagement was a month ago. and lastly, team gb has unveiled its brand new olympic kit ahead of the paris 2024 games this summer. the kit features the classic red, white and blue british colours. adidas have produced the kit. they're saying the clothing was aiming to

create a design that celebrated the unique aspects of great britain, whilst also encapsulating the passion within each athlete. that's the news. for the latest stories do sign up to gb news alerts. scan the qr code on your screen or go to gb news. common alerts. >> thank you polly. now we start this hour with yet another scandal involving a tory mp and labour wants the police now to investigate allegations that mark menzies misused campaign funds. mark menzies misused campaign funds . the mark menzies misused campaign funds. the times published claims that menzies had used political donations to cover medical expenses and pay off what he called bad people, while labour chair anneliese dodds has written to her tory counterparts richard holden and paul to the letter, says this, it appears that this was just one of a number of incidents where

menzies elicited funds from colleagues, supporters and donors, and the article raises extremely serious questions relating to potential criminality. for example , under criminality. for example, under the fraud act and under the political parties , elections and political parties, elections and referendums act, a long serving tory worker involved in this disturbing incident says they believe the conservative party wants to brush it under the carpet . well, i trust you will carpet. well, i trust you will now take all steps to show that this is not the case. well, i'm delighted to say that i'm now joined by anneliese dodds and also gb news political editor in the studio, chris ho. anneliese. welcome to the show. a pleasure to have you on. so last week it was james daly, the deputy chair of the conservatives writing to the police, demanding they took action on angela rayner. now it's the labour party's turn. you want the police to be involved in the case of mark menzies, this is really a matter for the police. >> well, these are really bizarre and troubling allegations that have resurfaced

today after the conservative party apparently was informed about them right back in january. >> and actually, this is a pattern of behaviour, it seems , pattern of behaviour, it seems, for the conservative party. >> we have now the second conservative mp in two weeks to have sacked himself because the conservative party has not taken action. we have a by—election on now in blackpool because the conservative mp effectively accepted cash for questions. and that's even without mentioning the cases of nadhim zahawi of suella braverman , of dominic suella braverman, of dominic raab. it just seems, unfortunately , that rishi sunak unfortunately, that rishi sunak is too weak to be acting when there are major problems in his party. >> it's fair to say there is a roll call now of shame. owen paterson imran ahmed khan, neil parish, david warburton, chris pincher, peter bones, scott benton. take a breath. and now

mark menzies do you feel now that this has a kind of 1990s whiff about it? anneliese it feels like the old days of the 1990s, the end of the john major regime. >> well, this is a government that definitely has run out of steam that seems unable , steam that seems unable, ultimately to manage itself. and in rishi sunak , we have a prime in rishi sunak, we have a prime minister who seems constantly distracted by managing his party rather than turning outwards and thinking, well, what does the country need right now? especially with the huge cost of living crisis so many are facing and our public services, frankly, on their knees . frankly, on their knees. >> i'm joined in the studio by chris hope, our political editor . he'd like to fire a question at you, too, if you could. >> anneliese says chris here in the just wondered, the studio, i just wondered, why do is a police do you think this is a police matter? laws do you think matter? what laws do you think may broken ? may have been broken? >> hello, chris. well, we have set out the fact that we have concerns around the fraud act. also so—called pipera. that act, which covers political parties,

referendums, elections and so forth, that those in politics are well aware of because it covers campaign spending. and i think there are questions , think there are questions, chris, particularly for the conservative party, about why they seem to have known about this situation since right back in january, and very unclear whether they took any action around it until now. and the action being taken now seems purely to be in response. frankly to a newspaper article rather than to those issues that took place themselves. >> well, unless there's a heartening poll out, at least from the labour party's point of view in today's daily mail, when it comes to the best prime minister, 34% have chosen sir keir starmer. minister, 34% have chosen sir keir starmer . of course the keir starmer. of course the labour leader, 19% rishi sunak, the current prime minister. but 48% don't know. i wonder at the least if the situation is they just see sir keir starmer as the best of a bad lot. we have a tory party imploding in front of them. are you going to get into power simply by doing nothing?

>> certainly we won't know >> well, certainly we won't know which party will be in government until the next general election, and we're working very hard to make sure that we're out, up and down the country speaking with people about their concerns. and one thing is very clear that people understand keir starmer is about the long term. he is not interested in short, term fixes sticking plasters. he is about the long term, the long term missions that he's set out to get britain building again, for example, to take our streets back from criminals and gangs. and that is very different to the kind of politics that we've had over the last few years. so of course we want to be talking with people about that. we need to get that message across as labour politicians. but we're to get that message across as labour |forward1s. but we're to get that message across as labour |forward to but we're to get that message across as labour |forward to having're to get that message across as labour |forward to having that looking forward to having that discussion with people up and down the country in the months to . to come. >> anneliese chris, again, i was in night to in parliament last night to watch your peers frustrate the will of the house of commons by blocking the safety of rwanda

bill. it comes back on monday, as you know. how is this democratic ? do you think that at democratic? do you think that at some point you've got to give this government idea the chance some point you've got to give thiseeyvernment idea the chance some point you've got to give thisee ifernment idea the chance some point you've got to give thisee if itiment idea the chance some point you've got to give thisee if it works dea the chance some point you've got to give thisee if it works ?3a the chance to see if it works? >> well, we need a proper plan in relation to the crossing of boats over the channel. a proper, serious plan . that's proper, serious plan. that's what yvette cooper has set out with the measures that she would be taking to get that backlog down, to make sure also that we have returns unit that's actually working to smash the criminal gangs that the government is doing next to nothing about. but, you know, the rwanda scheme is not a serious plan. it's unworkable. and it's extortionately expensive. it would actually cost less to take every single one of the people the government thinks could be covered by that rwanda scheme, send them all the way to france and then put them up in the ritz for four years. four years each. that would cost less than their rwanda scheme . less than their rwanda scheme. and i think, chris, you'll be aware what aware that actually what happened last night was you saw former military staff time after

time, saying to the government that they should not be enabling, for example, former afghan interpreters for our armed forces to be covered by this scheme and the government refusing to listen to them . they refusing to listen to them. they should have listened to them because, frankly, we all owe a duty to those brave interpreters who to protect armed who helped to protect our armed forces. but the conservatives are not listening to them at the moment . moment. >> okay, anneliese dodds of the labour the chair, the labour party, the chair, the labour party, the chair, the labour party, the chair, the labour party, in fact, thanks for joining us on show, for joining us on the show, whose is asking whose today is asking for a police inquiry into mark menzies. thank you for joining us gb news. well, chris, us on gb news. well, chris, let's reflect on that now. i mean, that question i asked, about 48% of the population still don't know. they still don't seem particularly enamoured with either of the parties . enamoured with either of the parties. isn't that a problem? and i don't you think that question has some some validity? it's like people just think, oh , it's like people just think, oh, they're all the same. >> it's a problem for keir starmer and it's an opportunity for the tory party. they are they are hanging their hopes,

their hopes winning their slim hopes of winning a majority for a fifth time in probably the november election . probably the november election. on the idea that these dominoes can come back to the tory party and reform party somehow implodes. if those two things happened, and you can see labour and the tories getting on towards towards parity. but the polling daily mail is polling in today's daily mail is quite brutal, it seems, on all the measures any tory leader the key measures any tory leader wants to lead on, even brexit. as brexit party mep , as a former brexit party mep, you almost spat that out earlier. brexit, the part earlier. but on brexit, the part the idea, the very idea which keir attempted to keir starmer attempted to reverse with a second referendum when was shadow brexit when he was the shadow brexit secretary, keeps on misleading on brexit, unbelievable and it shows they've got go. shows how far they've got to go. >> an absolutely >> it's an absolutely astonishing that, astonishing revelation that, you know, surprise . know, even took me by surprise. you know, my grizzled palette even thought how on earth can the party that with a leader who led the people's movement to reverse brexit for all those years, poll better on brexit? it's just mind blowing. >> they've redefined what brexit means. labour now say take back

control your of local control of your of your local services planning reforms. services or planning reforms. theidea services or planning reforms. the idea of taking back control so back in 2016, they so potent back in 2016, they repurposed it for a labour agenda. i don't think, though, that the issue of sovereignty is on the agenda . if labour win on the agenda. if labour win power, that's we're by power, that's what we're told by sir starmer. power, that's what we're told by sir slet'ser. power, that's what we're told by sir slet's see. >> well, let's see. >> well, let's see. >> thank you chris hope. always a to you the a pleasure to have you in the studio . never at now to studio. never at all. now to a real good story. and by real feel good story. and by jove, don't we need one at the moment. and the prince of wales has carried out first has carried out his first official engagements since his wife revealed her cancer diagnosis. well, william has beenin diagnosis. well, william has been in west london today visiting a charity that tackles food poverty. he then visited a youth centre that receives food from that charity and for more on that, and also new revelations involving prince harry, i'm joined by the royal broadcaster and commentator rafe heylman . rafe. always an heylman. rafe. always an absolute joy to have you on the show . so wills putting on his show. so wills putting on his bravest face, his best foot forward. a magnificent first appearance today. >> yes, absolutely .

>> yes, absolutely. >> yes, absolutely. >> great to see his royal highness returning to limited pubuc highness returning to limited public duties as planned after his children returned to school following the easter holidays , following the easter holidays, and is going to be very good news, of course, for the royal family because they've obviously been understaffed been severely understaffed in recent weeks following the king and the princess of wales having to both temporarily take a step back from royal duties whilst undergoing cancer treatment, prince william's last official engagement was actually on march the 19th, when he went to sheffield for his homewards homelessness project , sheffield for his homewards homelessness project, but, you know, you may have known last week , prince george and prince week, prince george and prince william were both spotted at an aston villa game in birmingham, which they seemed to be enjoying very much. but i'm also already seeing a lot of people actually interpreting today's activities very positively , because they very positively, because they believe that it means that the princess of wales is clearly feeling well enough for prince william to resume his his public

duties, as you say, he started today by going to, a an organisation called surplus to suppen organisation called surplus to supper, where he met volunteers . supper, where he met volunteers. he helped to load trucks with food and then jumped into one of those trucks to help distribute it to local groups. he then put on apron was preparing on an apron and was preparing meals and chatting with local employees about how food waste can be eliminated and used to try to help food poverty. so this really is an issue that's close to his heart. and even though he's doing limited public dufies though he's doing limited public duties , he's trying to make sure duties, he's trying to make sure that those few things he is doing now are really very doing right now are really very important to him his important to him and his his mission and rafe there were some lovely pictures on the screen there for viewers . there for our viewers. >> and rachel candappa, who's a 71 year old volunteer. she shook the prince's hand. she asked , the prince's hand. she asked, can i shake your hand? and he said, you can. and she said, yes, you can. and she said, yes, you can. and she said, loved it. he was very said, i loved it. he was very down to earth. i'm never washing my again. i hope my hands again. well, i hope that's because work that's not true because you work in sector. moving in the food sector. but moving swiftly over pond. swiftly onwards over the pond. meanwhile, has

meanwhile, the ginger winger has some news. >> yes. so prince harry has now finally admitted or accepted the fact! finally admitted or accepted the fact i should say that he is living in america. so there were documents filed with companies house, which is a legal requirement relating to his travel, tourism or sustainable tourism firm. travalyst and in there he has updated the his permanent residency to show that he actually lives in america. now, of course, that makes common sense. it has to have a residence. and he's clearly not living in britain any longer. but although these documents were just filed on wednesday , were just filed on wednesday, the date of the residency change was actually backdated to june the 29th, which was coincidentally or not coincidentally, the date upon which he was asked by the king to vacate frogmore cottage. now, probably an entirely accurate thing to do, but it might also be seen as a swipe , perhaps,

be seen as a swipe, perhaps, against his father and brother, for forcing him out, because, of course, he had hoped to maintain a base in the uk. those hopes were dashed when he was forced to leave frogmore cottage, which had been a wedding gift to him and meghan from the queen. and when the king took frogmore cottage back from him , it was cottage back from him, it was said to have made him deeply wounded. by that . but it had to wounded. by that. but it had to be done because, you know, harry couldn't be half in and half out of the royal family after he decided to leave and after his continued, you know, the attacks on the royal family, it was quite simply impossible to allow him to maintain a residence in a royal property in the uk and clearly his offers of help to the royal family. while the king and the princess of wales are recovering, weren't taken up , so recovering, weren't taken up, so it seems as if now he finally has accepted that he is firmly outside of the royal family and therefore perhaps setting up a residency in america makes the most sense.

>> superb of rafe heydel—mankoo. so the strawberry blonde prince will probably stay in california making strawberry jam with meghan . thanks forjoining us on meghan. thanks for joining us on the show. always an absolute pleasure . now, don't miss out on pleasure. now, don't miss out on your chance to win a ten grand greek cruise, a luxury travel bundle and a whopping £10,000 in tax free cash. it's our biggest prize of the year so far, and here's how you could hop on board with thanks to variety cruises, a family company sailing since 1942, you have the chance to win a £10,000 seven night small boat cruise for two with flights, meals , excursions with flights, meals, excursions and drinks included. >> you'll be able to choose from any one of their 2025 greek adventures and explore greece like never before. plus, you'll also win £10,000 in tax free cash to make your summer sizzle, and we'll pack you off with these luxury travel gifts for another chance to win a prize worth over £20,000. text win to

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!i >> 1 >> welcome ! >> welcome back. i >> welcome back. it's ! >> welcome back. it's 427. i'm martin daubney and this is gb news. now, let's get more on that rwanda plan now. and it feels like the soap opera's been going on for longer than coronation street. well, today, downing street has refused to recommit to rishi sunak's spring deadune recommit to rishi sunak's spring deadline to get deportation flights off the ground to rwanda. and sir keir starmer says the policy is a gimmick. >> it is absolutely important

that we stop the small boats coming across the channel that has got to be done and that's why i've always said we've got to take down the criminal gangs that are running those boats in the first place, and i'm determined that we will smash those gangs . those gangs. >> what will not help is the rwanda gimmick, which has cost an absolute fortune, to remove a fraction of the people , £2 fraction of the people, £2 million per person. that money could be used to smash the gangs and stop this vile trade in the first place. so i would roll up my sleeves and tackle this in an effective way, not a gimmick . effective way, not a gimmick. >> well, i'm joined now by david campbell bannerman, who's the chairman of the conservative democratic organisation. welcome to the show, david. always a pleasure. so round and round we 90, pleasure. so round and round we go, groundhog day, echoes of brexit, nothing happening. the lords frustrating the rwanda bill. and once again today ,

bill. and once again today, rishi sunak's office has had to admit that it now looks increasingly unlikely a single flight will get off this spring. another missed target. >> well, yes, i think it's his political. >> this objection by the lords, the ping pong as as it's known as back and forward. i think this is the biggest ping pong session we've had in 15 years. according to the times . so it is according to the times. so it is serious. i think they are taking advantage of the fact that, you know, we have an election due this year, probably this year, not january, and, and they're milking it for all it's worth. and i think it is, worrying that they're doing that because it's a clear policy . it was they're doing that because it's a clear policy. it was a clear decision by the elected chamber in the commons. decision by the elected chamber in the commons . and i think the in the commons. and i think the lords is skating on thin ice on this, actually , it is quite this, actually, it is quite concerning, what they're up to . concerning, what they're up to. >> well, it absolutely looks like well, we knew from the outset it was a joined up take down of bill. it was tony

down of this bill. it was tony blair's former legal adviser who headed this up, joining up with the lib dems. it certainly seems like a joined up campaign to frustrate the conservative party. allah brexit, which i mentioned before. what does this mean for rishi sunak though? >> well, i think it's , very >> well, i think it's, very worrying for rishi sunak. i mean, we got the local elections coming up, and, you know , it coming up, and, you know, it could be very bloody. i mean, the polling is terrible , in the polling is terrible, in a number of areas. >> and, if he can't deliver on all these different areas, like stopping the boats , turning them stopping the boats, turning them round, and, the results are bad , round, and, the results are bad, then i think he's on the ropes and he'll have to step down. i think. or step aside. >> do you think time to do >> do you think it's time to do that? is it time to appoint a new leader, or would that be chaos ? would that be bedlam? chaos? would that be bedlam? divided simply win divided parties simply don't win elections , do they? elections, do they? >> well, you know, one doesn't want to do it too often, obviously. but i mean, i think the reality is when you look at the reality is when you look at the actual data, four out of ten

conservative last, last conservative voters last, last time, are not voting at all. and four out of ten have gone to reform. it's only one out of ten that actually looking at labour and the lib dems. so the point is, if you have strong leadership that reassures our own voters, and that can be done with a new leader very quickly. it could only take two weeks to do a leadership election, and you have right policies . you have the right policies. then we can turn things around in six months. boris did it in six months from 9. we were in the euros in 2019. and then he won this staggering victory. so it is possible. yeah. >> okay. david i'm going to ask you for a name. if not rishi sunak, then who should be leading the conservative party into next general election ? into the next general election? >> i it depends. you >> well, i think it depends. you know, what they offer, to be honest. but i mean, obviously i like the program, the policy program. suella priti patel, jacob rees—mogg, there's a few names out there , penny has some names out there, penny has some strengths, kemi has some

strengths, kemi has some strengths . but, i mean, i think strengths. but, i mean, i think there's a lot of reassurance would be needed , on, on some of would be needed, on, on some of these, candidates, but we certainly need centre right, because that is what the conservative voters are all about. that's why they've gone on strike. that's what's happened. they've gone on strike. we need to get them off. strike, to save the country and save party. save the party. >> superb, sir david campbell—bannerman, who says tory strike? and tory voters are on strike? and there's a list of names he believes will get them to go and cross the picket lines. thank you david. always a you very much, david. always a pleasure you on the you very much, david. always a pleasland you on the you very much, david. always a pleasland there'syou on the you very much, david. always a pleasland there's lotsyn the you very much, david. always a pleasland there's lots more show. and there's lots more still come between now and still to come between now and 5:00. has cracked 5:00. rishi sunak has cracked down smoking and the down on smoking and the homeless, but now smartphones in schools are in his sights and find out more next. is he making the right call? we'll find out of your latest news headlines with polly middlehurst . with polly middlehurst. >> the top stories this hour. the uk and the united states

have issued new sanctions on a number of iranian individuals. individuals in response to iran's attack on israel at the weekend. lord cameron, who's been meeting with g7 leaders in italy, says it demonstrates the unequivocal condemnation of iran's attack on a sovereign state. britain's also freezing the assets of some iranian organisations, including the country's navy and its chief of staff. it adds to the more than 400 sanctions already imposed on iran . the scottish government iran. the scottish government has scrapped its interim climate target to reduce emissions by 75% by 2030. first minister humza yousaf told the scottish parliament the overall net zero goal of 2045 wouldn't budge , and goal of 2045 wouldn't budge, and the minister for net zero said while the original target is unattainable, a revised package of climate action measures will deliver scotland's transition to net zero at a pace and scale, she said, is feasible . she said, is feasible. meanwhile, sir keir starmer says the rwanda scheme is just a

gimmick and a waste of taxpayers money. in the wake of the latest blow to the government's flagship bill in the house of lords last night, the labour leader's comments come as downing street declined to recommit prime minister's recommit to the prime minister's spnng recommit to the prime minister's spring deadline to get deportation flights off the ground. understood number ground. it's understood number 10 will publish more detail about timing of those first about the timing of those first flights once the legislation has passed through parliament and mps back to consider once again those amendments from the lords, we think on monday , and labour we think on monday, and labour is calling for a police investigation into the conservative mp mark menzies, who's been suspended from the party over claims he misused thousands of pounds of campaign funds. according to the times. he used political donations to cover medical expenses and pay off what he described as bad people who locked him in a flat and demanded a ransom. he denies wrongdoing, but sir keir starmer says there are a lot of unanswered questions . and in the unanswered questions. and in the world of sport, team gb has

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>> welcome back. it's 439. i'm martin daubney, and this is gb news. now. coming up . we may news. now. coming up. we may have left the european union, but that doesn't stop them interfering in our national affairs. this time , they are affairs. and this time, they are trying to take over our precious fishing industry. that, and so much more to come . now the prime much more to come. now the prime minister has cracked down on smoking, but apparently smartphones are next on his agenda. smartphones are next on his agenda . uk smartphones are next on his agenda. uk ministers are considering banning the sale of smartphones to under 16, and top tories are concerned about the harms of social media on children and are now discussing what the government can do about it. and this comes after a recent survey for the charity parents kind found that 58% of parents think smartphones should

be banned for under 16 seconds. well, let's now speak with the political editor at the spectator, katie balls. katie, delighted to have you on the show. welcome. so you've written an excellent piece in today's times, and you say that a ban happy tory party first, they've banned ciggies and vapes for kids. now they've got their eyes on our smartphones. why yes. >> and i think coming on the week of the tobacco ban or second reading in parliament, there was a sense of, oh, what next, but i think there's a discussion currently going on in government, which is, various opfions government, which is, various options are still being considered. they haven't completely decided on one, but what where there is agreement is there is concern, i think, from there is concern, i think, from the prime minister to his deputy, oliver dowden, to number 10 aides about the potential link between smartphone use and social media and deteriorating mental health in teenagers. and we saw in the recent cass report last week, reports of how amongst, girls , there's, you

amongst, girls, there's, you know, more cases of mental health issues at the moment. and therefore, if there is a link between the two and there's lots of studies claiming there is , of studies claiming there is, and what can they then do about it? could it be the most extreme opfion it? could it be the most extreme option which you mentioned, which banning which would be banning perhaps smartphones 16 year olds, smartphones for 16 year olds, the sale of smartphones, basically under 16, basically for anyone under 16, all other other options such as, potentially a social media ban for under 14. so you've seen that in some states in the us, and i think , you know, it is and i think, you know, it is tricky. it's complicated to make these, options practical, but it is a live debate in government . is a live debate in government. >> you know, katie, they can't stop teenagers getting hold of drugs. they can't stop teenagers getting hold of booze or ciggies, and they can't even stop teenagers accessing online pornography, no matter how much they've tried via age verification, online filters, onune verification, online filters, online books , blocks they simply online books, blocks they simply haven't been able to do. so why on earth do they think that this would even work? >> yeah, i mean, i think it's

completely valid in the sense that speaking to some that when i was speaking to some figures these figures privy to these discussions said, how discussions, i said, well, how on you on earth would you ban a smartphone for under 16 seconds? a lot of them already it. a lot of them already have it. for they said, well, for example, they said, well, you could have it like tobacco you could have it like a tobacco alcohol in a shop alcohol ban, you know, in a shop you'd but i don't you'd get id'd. but i don't think addresses issue think that addresses the issue because course , if you have because of course, if you have hundreds buy hundreds of pounds to buy a smartphone, of the smartphone, most of the teenagers 11 plus who are getting those, it's not their own money. their parents are buying so while buying them for them. so while you surveys on one hand you have surveys on one hand saying parents about saying parents are worried about the smartphones , the effects of smartphones, parents are also, i think, a bit like, i want child be like, do i want my child to be the out of class if i the odd one out of class if i give a very basic phone? so give them a very basic phone? so i think one the i think that was one of the reasons why i think we're first going to potentially going to see potentially a consultation , lots of parents consultation, lots of parents being asked for their opinions, potentially children too. and that's why i think number 10 are now almost now leaning to almost trying to start this national conversation. put it to start this national convto;ation. put it to start this national convto get n. put it to start this national convto get thoughts put it to start this national convto get thoughts ont it to start this national convto get thoughts on it, to me, to get thoughts on it, because it's going to be impossible to ban smartphones , impossible to ban smartphones, probably just generally impossible. it's impossible. but i think it's going really tricky to

going to be really tricky to crack down it. unless you crack down on it. unless you have from parents about have consent from parents about the risks. and i think that's probably they're trying to do next. >> and katie, you mentioned it in your piece that they're all reading called reading this book called the anxious they're anxious generation. they're now being this kind of being led by this kind of psychobabble of people need the state to protect them. that's not very conservative, is it? when did the conservative party become this party that ban everything, control our lives and become interfering in our lives so much? >> well, i think when you speak to tory mps, they do feel the number of things they're banning is not what they expected, you know, you'd get to after nearly 14 years of tory government and particularly the smoking ban, i think because there's something, you arguably very you know, arguably very illiberal about the sense of someone never being allowed cigarettes . and think, though, cigarettes. and i think, though, on quite on social media, what's quite interesting is some surprising groups in the tory party are more open to a ban. so, for example, miriam cates very much seen as an mp on the right of the party. she's been quite vocal about potentially a

smartphone ban. so you have some of the conservative, right, who believe in, you know, protecting children , actually teaming up children, actually teaming up with some, you know, who would usually be pro bans and therefore there might be more of usually be pro bans and ticoalitioniere might be more of usually be pro bans and ticoalition ine might be more of usually be pro bans and ticoalition in theight be more of usually be pro bans and ticoalition in the tory3e more of usually be pro bans and ticoalition in the tory party re of a coalition in the tory party for less than some more straight bans on, you know, nanny state fast cigarettes . fast food or cigarettes. >> okay, katy balls, fascinating stuff. thanks for joining >> okay, katy balls, fascinating stuff. thanks forjoining us. and that's political editor editor at the spectator katy balls, you know, in balls, great stuff. you know, in a previous life i used to advise the government on banning porn for kids. and i told them this, you can't do it. forget about it. what are you going to do is teach consumption . it's teach critical consumption. it's out there. genie is out of out there. the genie is out of the bottle. can't kids the bottle. you can't take kids phones away. they're simply going secret . going to do it in the secret. what you got to do is just advise them and educate them . be advise them and educate them. be responsible on their behalf. this nonsense , it won't this banning nonsense, it won't ever work. it's just my opinion now, coming up, the battle for britain's fishing industry is reignited as the eu regulation rears its head once again . it

rears its head once again. it really is off the scales. i'm martin daubney on gb news, britain's news channel

welcome back. your time is 448. i'm martin daubney , and this is gb martin daubney, and this is gb news. now. there's still so much more to come as we also look at prince harry's abandonment of his home as he moves his primary residence to the usa . what residence to the usa. what a state he's in. but before that , state he's in. but before that, the european union launched legal action over the uk for wait for it, a ban on catching sand eels in british waters in the ban was first announced back in january to protect puffins and other endangered birds, a good cause which live off this particular type of eel. but it's a ban which has received a lot of backlash from danish and

swedish fishermen. well, joining me now in the studio is john fletcher, deputy director at the conservative environment network. thanks for joining conservative environment network. thanks forjoining me, john, two things here. first of all, this proves we never actually got brexit done. if we can go and still have these fishing wars. but the main point is this is a piece of legislation designed to protect fragile ecosystems . and yet the fragile ecosystems. and yet the eu don't care. >> well , what eu don't care. >> well, what i find amazing about this, this story is that you and i and millions of other people voted to leave the eu in 2016 precisely because we wanted decisions about british land, british waters to be taken in britain. and this is a decision that the government has taken, and i applaud them for it to protect british wildlife. we're a animal lovers. we a nation of animal lovers. we care deeply about conservation, a nation of animal lovers. we ca protectly about conservation, a nation of animal lovers. we ca protect birdsyut conservation, a nation of animal lovers. we ca protect birds like onservation, a nation of animal lovers. we ca protect birds like puffins:ion, to protect birds like puffins and kittiwakes, charismatic species really species that the public really want . and yet this is being met want. and yet this is being met for reasons that i understand but certainly don't agree with by the eu, arguing this is in

breach the fishing agreement breach of the fishing agreement that them part that we reach with them as part of deal and it says of the brexit deal and it says something, john, and was something, john, and when i was a brexit party mep, several of my colleagues were on the peche. >> the fishing committee. and what was astonishing that, what was astonishing about that, john, was that things like pulse fishing, using electricity to kill everything in a certain area to hoover it up into super trawlers. these are things that the european union was doing with reckless abandon in british waters. oftentimes wrecking those ecosystems. they didn't care about that because the quota was king. isn't this the same? it's like this is about protecting wildlife. it's a good thing . and yet it's all about thing. and yet it's all about getting sandeels to copenhagen and stockholm. >> well, absolutely. and i think , you know, what i think for i'm frustrated by with this is the eu is arguing that this is a breach of the arrangement that we reach with them as part of the deal, but is the brexit deal, but the uk is not discriminating against them because it's because they're eu vessels. it's discriminating against, this discriminating against, in this instance, that's instance, a species that's really, really important for the

marine also marine ecosystem. it's also banned bottom trawling, a hugely damaging practice in 13 specific marine protected areas the marine protected areas down the coast, caused coast, which has caused particular consternation to french done this french fishermen. it's done this because these practices are environmentally damaging. it's done we've got done that because we've got a view that we want to restore and we desperately need to restore nature in these areas. the eu has also actually adopted a lot of those same headline targets as us. we're walking walk . i as us. we're walking the walk. i think they need to do the same. >> i don't it's >> i don't think it's astonishing that the likes of chris packham, you know, the remainer, environmental list, absolute this absolute tumbleweed on this absolute tumbleweed on this absolute . they're not absolute tumbleweed. they're not criticising the european union and they should be because putting your political stripes to is about to one side, this is about protecting endangered species who solely and specifically see an evolutionary wise, depend on this species of fish and to simply take it away for human consumption is wrecking our environment. >> no, absolutely. and i and i think it's worth saying that the government has acted on this following a big call for

evidence that they've done over the taking scientific the last year, taking scientific evidence, showing public support for is not for it. you know, it is not acting any way, as far as i acting in any way, as far as i can see, outside its remit in can see, outside of its remit in doing this. and i think it's just beholden on all of us who care about the environment in whatever form , to look that the whatever form, to look that the answer here isn't about whether you're pro anti eu , it's you're pro or anti eu, it's about whether care about about whether you care about restoring you do restoring nature. i do you do millions and millions of people across britain do. and think across britain do. and i think the question here is, is the government to protect government acting to protect that ? it's not about we don't that? it's not about we don't like the eu we do like the eu like the eu or we do like the eu . i like the eu or we do like the eu .i hope like the eu or we do like the eu . i hope they can have some sensible with the sensible conversations with the eu this. explain eu to de—escalate this. explain why we're doing this, which your ambitions, the eu ambitions, as i say that the eu has well, and make sure that has as well, and make sure that we a settlement means we reach a settlement that means we reach a settlement that means we can making decisions we can keep making decisions about our own about what happens in our own waters the sake of our environment. >> but john, does this prove something you may find something which you may find uncomfortable conservative? something which you may find uncomforwe le conservative? something which you may find uncomforwe didn't conservative? something which you may find uncomforwe didn't ever;ervative? something which you may find uncomforwe didn't ever really/e? it proves we didn't ever really take back control of our waters, did we? the fact of the matter that the eu can take us to court over fish in british waters all

those years later , after those years later, after leaving, proves particularly on on fishing . we didn't get brexit on fishing. we didn't get brexit done, did we? >> well, let's see what happens in that court case. you know, the eu can raise whatever concerns it wants in terms of the legality that british the legality of that british deal the legality of that british deal. i'm not a legal expert. i don't know how that's going to play don't know how that's going to play out. i hope whatever happens, government happens, that the government stands issue and stands firm on this issue and says, no, got the right to says, no, we've got the right to make decisions make these decisions for conservation reasons supported by population, by the british population, supported by the scientific evidence, but also supported by the same kind of environmental ambitions that the eu purports to have as well. i think we're well our rights under the well within our rights under the agreement with agreement we've struck with the eu proportionate , eu to take proportionate, sensible measures on the environment. >> superb. thank you very much. john deputy director john fletcher, deputy director at conservative environment john fletcher, deputy director at conse an tive environment john fletcher, deputy director at conse an ice environment john fletcher, deputy director at conse an ice fishing|ment network, on an ice fishing debate to end this hour. now there's new way for you. there's a new way for you. get in touch and been sending in touch and you've been sending your through this your views all all through this houn your views all all through this hour. to read this hour. i want to read out this one wethersfield. one quickly on wethersfield. of course, seekers have course, the asylum seekers have been pulled off site today, and edward . why is

edward says this. why is wethersfield fit for our armed forces yet not fit to house illegal immigrants? we have no need to worry about it. that's an excellent point. quickly on the rwanda bill, robert says this the actions of the house of lords in blocking the rwanda bill proved their treachery in opposing what is now an emergency measure. they are making every effort to disrupt this government's desire to govern. as the people voted for. well, coming up, are the tories back in turmoil after their latest sleaze scandal and the polls hitting rock bottom for rishi sunak? i'm martin daubney on gb news. first, it's your weather and it's alex deakin . weather and it's alex deakin. >> a brighter outlook with boxt solar sponsors of weather on gb news . news. news. news. >> afternoon time for your latest weather update from the met office for gb news. wet weather pushing south overnight, the winds picking up as well. it all adds up to a much milder

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about to get a whole lot worse for the prime minister also today, prince william made his first public appearance since princess catherine's cancer diagnosis while helping a charity cook dinner as a visibly moved wills was handed get well cards and promised to look after kate and we'll have the full wonderful story later in this hour. wonderful story later in this hour . and sir wonderful story later in this hour. and sir steve redgrave is one of britain's greatest ever olympians. but the bbc don't want him to work for them in paris this summer. is it another cancellation of a white man by the bbc? and does it feel like the bbc? and does it feel like the england flag and the union jack are constantly under a barrage of attacks? well one tory mp is now calling for protective legislation and even a minister for flags does that float your boat? that's all coming in your next hour. float your boat? that's all coming in your next hour . well,

coming in your next hour. well, the show and always an absolute delight to have your company. we've got tons to get through this hour. rwanda just keeps getting worse and worse for rishi sunak. last night, the lords revolted once again, bouncing this back. more ping pong than a youth club. and we've got some exclusive insights coming soon. it's about to get a lot worse, and the mark menzies debacle now the seventh tory mp to go falling foul of sleaze. it feels like the 1990s all over again without the good music . now all over again without the good music. now there's a good way to get in touch with us. send your views and post your comments by visiting gbnews.com/yoursay get in touch. this is your show too. but before all of that, it's time for your latest news headunes headlines and it's polly middlehurst . middlehurst. >> martin, thank you and good evening. well, the top story from the gb newsroom today is that the united kingdom and the

united states have announced new sanctions on number iranian sanctions on a number of iranian individuals in response to iran's drone and missile attack on israel at the weekend. lord cameron has been meeting with g7 leaders in italy today. he says the action demonstrates the uk's unequivocal condemnation of iran's attack on a sovereign state. he said not only was iran's reckless attack a total failure, but they've revealed to the world their true nature as the world their true nature as the malign influence of the region. britain is also freezing the assets of some iranian organisations, including the country's navy and army. it adds to the more than 400 sanctions already imposed on iranian assets. already imposed on iranian assets . the scottish government assets. the scottish government today scrapped its interim target, aimed at reducing the country's carbon emissions by 75% by 2030. the minister for net zero, mairi mcallan, said while the original target was unattainable, a revised package of climate action measures will deliver scotland's transition to

net zero at a pace and scale that was feasible . greenpeace that was feasible. greenpeace have said the scottish government's decision to scrap their climate target is embarrassing and infuriating, but first minister humza yousaf told the scottish parliament the overall net zero goal by 2045 wouldn't budge . wouldn't budge. >> climate change committee were always clear with us that the 2030 target was a stretch target . that was clear to all of us when we all committed, when we all backed that target in the first place. but what doesn't change and what won't change is that end destination of 2045. >> now, the criminal cases review commission has offered an unreserved apology for failing. andrew malkinson, who 20 years ago was wrongly convicted of rape , 57 year old andrew rape, 57 year old andrew malkinson, was found guilty of raping a woman in manchester in 2003. the following year, he was jailed for life with a minimum time to serve of seven years. he could have been released after

six if he'd given a false confession, something he was never prepared to do, instead always his innocence. always protesting his innocence. his conviction was overturned after fresh dna evidence linked the crime to another man, mr malkinson appealed for his case to be referred to the court of appeal to be referred to the court of appeal, but was rejected twice. the lord chancellor has called his case an atrocious miscarriage of justice. as sir keir starmer said today , the keir starmer said today, the rwanda scheme is a gimmick and a waste of taxpayers money. after the latest blow to the government's flagship bill in the house of lords last night, the house of lords last night, the labour leader's comments came as downing street declined to recommit to the prime minister's spring deadline to get deportation flights off the ground by spring. it's understood number 10 will pubush understood number 10 will publish more detail about the timing of those flights to rwanda once the legislation has passed through parliament, mps will consider once again the lords amendments to the bill, but indicated it won't be making any concessions . labour

but indicated it won't be making any concessions. labour is calling for police to investigate allegations that a conservative mp misuse used thousands of pounds of tory party campaign funds. the times reports that mark menzies used political donations to cover medical expenses and pay off what he called bad people, who he said locked him in a flat and demanded a ransom. he denies any wrongdoing but has agreed to give up the conservative whip. the labour leader , sir keir the labour leader, sir keir starmer, saying the scandal is another country needs change. >> i'll be honest, there's a degree of frustration as well. we're two weeks away from really important local and mayoral elections when , you know, elections when, you know, there's a lot of positive arguments that we want to make about the change we can bring about the change we can bring aboutin about the change we can bring about in these elections. and yet again, we're talking about misbehaviour by tory mps. and if ever you needed evidence of why we need to turn the page on this shower and, and have a fresh

start with labour, i think it's in these allegations coming out today, sir keir starmer now team gb has unveiled its brand new olympic kit ahead of the 2024 paris games this summer. >> the kit features the classic red, white and blue british colours and adidas , the colours and adidas, the manufacturers who've produced the kit says aim has been to the kit says the aim has been to create a design that celebrates the unique aspects of great britain, whilst also encapsulating the passion within each athlete. they hope you like it . for the latest stories do it. for the latest stories do sign up to gb news alerts. scan the qr code on your screen or go to gb news. common alerts. >> thank you polly. now we start with yet another bad day for rishi sunak and the conservative party. now, i'll be honest, i can't remember them having too many good days, can you? but you know they say about bad know what they say about bad things coming in threes. well, today downing street has refused

today downing street has refused to recommit to rishi sunak's spnng to recommit to rishi sunak's spring deadline to get deportation flights off the ground to rwanda . next up, mark ground to rwanda. next up, mark menzies has given up the tory whip after an incredible story which claimed he misused campaign funds and the prime minister woke up this morning to the news that, according to a major opinion poll, the news that, according to a major opinion poll , the tories major opinion poll, the tories are trailing labour on every major political issue, including defence, tax, migration and wait for it. even brexit. now i'm joined by our political editor, christopher hope, in the studio, chris, an astonishingly set bad set of news for rishi sunak today. let's start with rwanda once again. the lords frustrating the bill. it's ping pong ping back . we haven't even pong ping back. we haven't even started the olympics yet. this endless ping pong and the latest revelation is it now looks like that spring deadline won't even happen. >> well, there's a week delay to it becoming law. the safety

rwanda bill, the had plan had been for it to become law today. royal that has now royal assent that has now planned thursday planned for next thursday subject the house of subject to yes the house of commons and house of lords agreeing on the shape this agreeing on the shape of this legislation. there are legislation. so far. there are two lords want. they two items the lords want. they want to consider want the commons to consider adding into this, into this adding back into this, into this bill. one is about ensuring there's a regular assessment of rwanda as a safe country. and secondly, should people who have fought or served with uk forces in afghanistan not be flown to rwanda if they arrive here illegally? those two measures are back in front of the commons on and h are back in front of the commons on and it goes to on monday, and then it goes to the in a process called the lords in a process called ping the lords in a process called ping you alluded the ping pong. you alluded to the olympic known olympic sport known as ping pong, time been pong, the fourth time i've been told might go as many as six told it might go as many as six times. it was nowhere near the end , again, this delay end of this, again, this delay means today means that the government today will not say that these flights will not say that these flights will take off by spring. previously, as soon as last tuesday , last week, the 9th of tuesday, last week, the 9th of april, paul kagame, the president of rwanda, was in number 10 downing street with rishi sunak saying they will

take off. and they both said these flights will take off by these flights will take off by the end of spring. that's june 21st, the way, before you 21st, by the way, before you look your diary, when look in your diary, that's when spnng look in your diary, that's when spring that spring ends. they can't say that today. they're saying they'll reassess once reassess that timescale once it's lords it's clear the house of lords next week. >> it does next well, >> if it does next week, well, you prime a you bet the prime minister a single pint of this single pint of beer. this wouldn't looks like wouldn't happen. looks like you're the recipient you're about to be the recipient of frothing stuff from of a pint of frothing stuff from number that number 10. well done on that one. but talk about the longest day, june the 21st. every day is the for the the longest day for the conservative party at the moment. wake up the moment. and to wake up to the story menzies , this is story of mark menzies, this is starting feel like the dark starting to feel like the dark days end of the john days of the end of the john major regime, mired by endless sleaze. now it's seven that have fallen during this time. it's a nightmare. >> yeah it is. and paul mark menzies , yeah, the mp for fylde, menzies, yeah, the mp for fylde, he's alleged to have used thousands of pounds from donors to fund medical expenses and to have made a 78 year old aide to ask her for help because he had locked himself being locked up , locked himself being locked up, as he said, by bad people demanding for his release . demanding money for his release.

mark menzies has denied, has denied wrongdoing . he's been denied all wrongdoing. he's been he's lost the tory whip. he's no longer a tory mp. the government's majority is falling in a commons in the commons. a commons overnight , in the commons. a commons overnight, yeah. in the commons. a commons overnight , yeah. another overnight, yeah. another problem. when you look at all the often when things are going wrong for you, they keep going wrong for you, they keep going wrong even when there's wrong for you, even when there's good party can't good news. the tory party can't seem get out, when, seem to get it out, even when, for example, went from the for example, we went from the seventh biggest exporter to the fourth biggest exporter in the seventh biggest exporter to the fourth lastjest exporter in the seventh biggest exporter to the fourth last week, porter in the seventh biggest exporter to the fourth last week, ityrter in the seventh biggest exporter to the fourth last week, it barely the world last week, it barely rippled trouble the scorers because the agenda really because the agenda is really there's forces of politics are there's a forces of politics are reigned against this government. >> had anneliese dodds of >> and we had anneliese dodds of course, who was the chair of the labour party show labour party on the show earlier. written the earlier. she's written to the police, demanding inquiry. police, demanding an inquiry. but, you know, that was it was last time it was james daly , the last time it was james daly, the deputy chair of the conservative party for a police party asking for a police inquiry into angela rayner. of course, poor police . course, poor police. >> martin. >> martin. >> yeah. the police are becoming politicised now. i want to read through this astonishing through this bit astonishing because said, through this bit astonishing becal menzies said, through this bit astonishing becal menzies is said, through this bit astonishing becal menzies is certainly said, through this bit astonishing becal menzies is certainly not, mark menzies is certainly not the first conservative mp to be accused misconduct in recent

accused of misconduct in recent years. in fact, the tories have lost six seats since the 2019 general election and they might lose another one in just a couple of weeks time. now, in november 2021, former cabinet minister owen paterson resigned after he was found guilty of breaking lobbying rules. imran ahmad khan quit following his conviction for sexually assaulting a teenage boy in april 2022, and he was subsequently jailed for 18 months. less than a month later, neil parish stepped down after he admitted watching pornography on his mobile phone in the house of commons in june 2023. david warburton resigned after an investigation into allegations of sexual harassment and cocaine use, and former tory whip chris pincher eventually resigned from parliament in september 2023 after an investigation found he had drunkenly groped two men more than a year earlier. then

peter bone lost his seat after a recall petition. he'd been suspended for six weeks following bullying and exposing himself to a member of his staff. take a deep breath and scott benton quit just weeks ago after he was caught in a lobbying sting, and he had been the mp for blackpool south. and the mp for blackpool south. and the bookmakers have labour as the bookmakers have labour as the favourites to win next month's by—election. in that constituency . now i've got some constituency. now i've got some breaking news here. let's bring that to you. paul morrell, who's the former chief executive of the former chief executive of the snp and is the husband of ex—first minister nicola sturgeon, is understood to have been arrested in connection with police scotland's investigation into the party's finances. an astonishing piece of breaking news there, chris hope. >> yeah, we're we're seeing this news breaking in about the last few minutes from police scotland

on their twitter feed. the husband first minister husband of former first minister nicola has been nicola sturgeon has been re—arrested in connection with the investigation into re—arrested in connection with the finances investigation into re—arrested in connection with the finances of 'estigation into re—arrested in connection with the finances of the gation into re—arrested in connection with the finances of the scottish to the finances of the scottish national party. mr murrell , 59, national party. mr murrell, 59, had previously been arrested . had previously been arrested. peter peter murrell previously had been rearrested on the 5th of april, 2023, so peter murrell arrested a real problem here for the snp. this ongoing police investigation looks like it could be gathering pace. of course, mr murrell and his wife nicola sturgeon have denied all wrongdoing . wrongdoing. >> okay, we'll have more on that story. of course, throughout the day as more details roll in. thank you, chris hope, for joining us at the top of this show. now let's get more on that opinion poll. that makes for very grim reading the very grim reading for the conservative party. and i'm joined by the by the great political commentator , captain political commentator, captain peter spencer. peter, always a delight to have you on the show. so there's no good news. >> mark, what's wrong with being

a general? >> why do i have to just be a captain? >> you can be whatever you want on show. it is, after all, on this show. it is, after all, 2024. you transitioned into a general spencer general peter spencer on a serious point. opinion poll serious point. this opinion poll today mail . it's today in the daily mail. it's carnage conservatives on carnage for the conservatives on every single issue, on defence, on the economy, even on brexit. peter. now bear in mind sir keir starmer for three years led the people's vote campaign to reverse brexit. a call for a second referendum even on brexit. sir keir starmer is trusted more than rishi sunak. what on earth is going on? >> well, to say the tories are in turmoil, i think rather understated. i think there are something approaching a terminal to terminal turmoil , and the to terminal turmoil, and the reality is that if they were honest with themselves and with the electorate, they wouldn't even try to stand as a single party because they're so ideologically split. >> and, you know, to use, shakespeare's lurid, imagery in

macbeth, they're like two spent swimmers that do cling together and choke their art. >> they are so ideologically split that, frankly, they really struggled to work together as a coalition, let alone as a single party that said, one can hardly blame , rishi sunak because he blame, rishi sunak because he after all, he's the guy that inherited this absolutely frightful, certain sort of show which starts with a show. you think you probably get my drift here, that said, yeah . here, that said, yeah. >> that said, he has made i mean, what he has demonstrated, though regrettably, is a lack of political savvy . and let us political savvy. and let us look, for example, at the mark menzies story. this is this is the guy who's accused of doing really, really weird things, as well as nicking thousands and thousands of pounds. now it is said that, rishi sunak. well, he said that, rishi sunak. well, he said that, rishi sunak. well, he said that the conservative party had known about this for three months. did they keep it a

secret from rishi sunak? or if they told him, what the hell is wrong with the guy? it is obvious you just. well, you'd think if you had any political savvy what you'd say is, oh, get this guy out and get him out now i >> -- >> peter, do you think this is all feel a bit like the 1990s? you remember the end game of the john major regime mired in sleaze , a feeling of a party sleaze, a feeling of a party almost waiting to be put out of its misery. it's starting to feel a bit like 1997 again, isn't it ? isn't it? >> i would go back even further than that. there was . there was than that. there was. there was the labour prime minister, jim callaghan, watching margaret thatcher and her cohorts bearing down her legions bearing down on him. and he said , look, there him. and he said, look, there comes a point in politics when there is a sea change, when the pubuc there is a sea change, when the public knows what it wants and what it approves of. and at that stage , no matter what you say or stage, no matter what you say or what you do, it makes absolutely no difference. >> okay, peter spencer, thank

you for joining >> okay, peter spencer, thank you forjoining us. and you've you for joining us. and you've been made a general today. well done. always a pleasure to have you on the show. and likewise, thank you much, chris hope thank you very much, chris hope here studio still here in the studio now. still plenty time to grab your plenty of time to grab your chance to win a greek cruise. travel goodies and £10,000 in tax free cash and hazel details that you need to hop on board. >> don't miss your chance to win our biggest prize so far. there's an incredible £10,000 in tax free cash to spend however you like. plus, courtesy of variety cruises , is a bespoke variety cruises, is a bespoke seven night small boat cruise for two worth £10,000 with flights, meals, excursions and dnnks flights, meals, excursions and drinks included. your next houday drinks included. your next holiday could be on us. choose any one of their 2025 greek adventures and find your home at sea. we'll also send you packing with these luxury travel gifts for another chance to win a prize worth over £20,000. text win to 63232. text cost £2 plus one standard network rate

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chief executive, and of course, the husband of ex—first minister nicola sturgeon, has been rearrested in connection with the police investigation into the police investigation into the party's finances. now to a real feel good story. and by jove. don't we need one now? the prince of wales has carried out his first official engagements since his wife revealed her cancer diagnosis. william has beenin cancer diagnosis. william has been in west london visiting a charity that tackles food poverty , and he then visited a poverty, and he then visited a youth centre that receives food from the charity. and i'm joined by a royal commentator, richard fitzwilliams. richard, welcome to the show. so william , putting to the show. so william, putting his best brave face on his best foot forward. and it was a really wonderful moment, wasn't it ? it? >> absolutely. >> absolutely. >> and something that we've been wanting to see also, something where clearly there had been a very, very deserved break the family were having, in the

recent period because for me, katherine's video message to the nafion katherine's video message to the nation talking about, health in the way that she did was perhaps the way that she did was perhaps the most , impressive ever given the most, impressive ever given by a public figure in britain on that subject. and so good to see william . and we'll be seeing, we william. and we'll be seeing, we hope, a great deal more of him , hope, a great deal more of him, in the coming weeks and months. and then hopefully, when , when and then hopefully, when, when health permits, catherine will be joining him. >> and there's a wonderful picture on screen there our viewers can see at home. and that was one of the volunteers at the charity, a lady called rachel candappa, who's 71, handed two get well cards to the prince , and she also asked him prince, and she also asked him if she could shake his hand and he he said yes. and she said, i loved it . he he he said yes. and she said, i loved it. he was very he he said yes. and she said, i loved it . he was very down to loved it. he was very down to earth. i'm never washing my hand again. but i hope that's not true. she works in the food sector. richard >> well, this is the sort of

charming stories that make these visits worthwhile . i mean, royal visits worthwhile. i mean, royal engagements are tremendously important, and there's no doubt that william has got, a very definite style that's tremendously pleasing. i mean, he and catherine working as a team, of course , have a very team, of course, have a very special cachet. no other royal couple, anywhere in the world, has the same cachet, the same glamour. and there's no doubt at all that it's delightful to see. and as you say, these images that cheer, you know, these not very good at chopping vegetables i >> -- >> i've got to say, it needs a bit of an instruction on that. that's more like it. it's rocking the knife. anyway, i digress, richard, what was moving that when moving about that though, when he get well he was handed the get well cards? obviously to pass on to catherine, visibly moved catherine, he was visibly moved by it. you could tell. and isn't that a wonderful thing to see that a wonderful thing to see that close up emotional connection often with the

public? and that's what these visits are about . visits are about. >> and you're absolutely right. but equally , as we all know, it but equally, as we all know, it is a very stressful time. king charles has , i mean, obviously a charles has, i mean, obviously a very, very difficult period for him and william knowing very well that everyone feels for him and is sympathetic. and on the other hand, you know, it's very difficult to know sometimes what to do and what to say. and it was it charming. you're was it was charming. you're absolutely it shows absolutely right. and it shows why he's got this, this a certain shyness, a certain charm. and this comes out in these engagements. >> and meanwhile , richard, over >> and meanwhile, richard, over the pond, the ginger windsor, clearly intimating he's going to drop his anchor. he made america today his primary residence . today his primary residence. >> yes, he did indeed. and there's a certain finality about this. i mean, he did indicate earlier that he was considering

he had considered becoming an american citizen so that may follow. and if it does, of course, the issue of his title will be there will be a distinct question mark over that. but i think that very few people will will regret this. in fact, practically nobody will. according to the polls. he's very unpopular here and in the united states. of course, the harry and meghan's popularity has gone down, as you know. but i mean, there's no doubt that the dtc that set for this change was the date they were evicted from frogmore cottage. and the reason for that, of course, was the spare and the interviews around it were very damaging to the royal family. he knew what he was doing and well, the royal family. he knew what he was doing and well , this is he was doing and well, this is the way he wishes to go. so be it. what happens behind the scenes? course, this is scenes? of course, this is another as to whether or another matter as to whether or not this rift, which is so deep, can be bridged. >> okay, richard fitzwilliams, thank you very much . maybe the

thank you very much. maybe the strawberry blonde prince will stay make strawberry jam stay and make strawberry jam with meghan in california. thanks for joining with meghan in california. thanks forjoining us on the thanks for joining us on the show. always a pleasure. now there's a new way to in there's a new way to get in touch me . send your views touch with me. send your views and comments by and post your comments by visiting gbnews.com forward. slash and we'll do slash your essay and we'll do that in the hour. now the that later in the hour. now the bbc has snubbed one of your our country's greatest ever olympians . country's greatest ever olympians. sir country's greatest ever olympians . sir steve redgrave olympians. sir steve redgrave has revealed that the broadcaster has not asked him to be part of their coverage in paris this summer. astonishing news. now the 62 year old won five gold medals for great britain between 1984 and 2000. well join me now for more on. this is the former bbc presenter danny canny and a great friend of the show, danny. always a pleasure, my old to son have you on. this really leapt out at me today , dan because, you know, today, dan because, you know, whichever way you look it, whichever way you look at it, steve redgrave is mr rowing. he's an absolute legend. he's got more medals you can got more gold medals you can shake a big stick at, and yet he's job and guess he's lost his job and guess

what? a woman . what? it's to a woman. >> he's lost his job because the bbc is no longer a meritocracy. >> martin, let me just read you something out. part of a mission statement. >> we are a diverse organisation and have much to be proud of, but we're also challenging ourselves to ensure that diversity and inclusion is hardwired. >> listen that word, martin. >> listen to that word, martin. hardwired into everything the bbc does. there's an example bbc does. and there's an example of the hardwiring. he's lost his job. he's being binned off because he's a 62 year old white bloke, matthew pinsent , who is bloke, matthew pinsent, who is his fellow rower. he still is the main , if you like, the main the main, if you like, the main anchor man, as it were. metaphorically and they've brought in another very, very, proud olympian, a british sporting hero, if you like. but she's a 48 year old woman, and the reason that she's there is that she's a woman. it's really as straightforward as that. and i can give you other examples where this hardwired thing has actually cost the bbc audience figures. just look at ken bruce martin, he was a 72 year old fellow. he had the biggest radio

show in the uk. fellow. he had the biggest radio show in the uk . they've replaced show in the uk. they've replaced him with someone much younger. they've lost a million. and where ken bruce has gone, which is greatest hits, they've now put millions on. look at sue barker , they've been sue barker barker, they've been sue barker off a british icon question, a sport just for a diverse line up.and sport just for a diverse line up. and that's now being cancelled . martin, this is just cancelled. martin, this is just another example of box ticking andifs another example of box ticking and it's such a shame because the audience, generally speaking, would argue , aren't speaking, i would argue, aren't interested this box ticking. interested in this box ticking. they person for they want the best person for the job. >> now, it's worth pointing out that person who's replaced, that the person who's replaced, sir steve redgrave, dame katherine grainger , she is katherine grainger, she is a gold medal winning rower. she knows her onions . this isn't knows her onions. this isn't just like a diverse opinion replacement for the sake of it. but danny, do you think this will ever end this diversity hiring or will in the end, every last white man be exercised away from the bbc? >> this isn't going to end, mate. it really isn't . and the mate. it really isn't. and the problem is, is that the bbc don't need to run the

organisation like a commercial, business does. now the commercial business, for example. cambridge. let's go back to 72 year old ken bruce. there's no way a commercial radio station would have binned him off, mate. because the him off, mate. it's because the bbc this guarantee of bbc have this guarantee of licence billions pounds licence fee. billions of pounds of licence fee money and they have that luxury. so at the moment , have that luxury. so at the moment, until something dramatic changes bbc is changes with the way the bbc is funded, you can expect to see more box ticking on anything . more box ticking on anything. and even if you can't actually see a diverse face, you can hear it on the television. with continuity announcers, you can tell that there's a discernible, afro caribbean voice telling you that eastenders is coming up after the 630 news, and this is all happened in the last 3 or 4 years. it's been exacerbated since the murder of george floyd. the whole media landscape changed. black lives matter infiltrated the big mainstream media organisations and we're now seeing the ramifications of that. >> well danny can you weetabix superb as ever, but hope springs

eternal . maybe they'll get rid eternal. maybe they'll get rid of one white man from the roster , gary lineker. thank you danny for joining us. always forjoining us. always a pleasure to have you on the show. now there's lots more still to come between now and 6:00. and after we featured the country's of saint country's biggest cross of saint george yesterday in my home city of nottingham . later this hour, of nottingham. later this hour, i'll tell you about calls for a new minister for flags. but first it's time for your latest news headlines. and it's polly middlehurst. >> the top stories this hour peter murrell . former snp chief peter murrell. former snp chief executive and the husband of ex—first minister nicola sturgeon, has been rearrested in connection with the police investigation into the scottish national party's finances. the 59 year old was previously arrested and released without charge last year. he was taken into custody this morning and is being questioned by police scotland. mr morrell resigned as the party's chief executive last

march . also in the news today, march. also in the news today, andrew malkinson, who 20 years ago was wrongly jailed for rape, has rejected an unreserved apology offered by the criminal cases review commission, saying it's too little, too late. 57 year old andrew malkinson was found guilty of raping a woman in manchester in 2003, but his conviction was overturned after dna evidence linked the crime to another man. he's always protested his innocence , and the protested his innocence, and the uk and us have issued new sanctions on a number of iranian individuals in response to the country's attack on israel at the weekend, britain is also freezing the assets of some iranian organisations , including iranian organisations, including the country's navy and its chief of the army. it adds to the already more than 400 sanctions imposed on iranian assets , and imposed on iranian assets, and the scottish government has scrapped its interim climate target to reduce emissions by 75% by 2030. first minister humza yousaf told the scottish

parliament overall, humza yousaf told the scottish parliament overall , the net zero parliament overall, the net zero goal of 2045 wouldn't budge and the minister for net zero said while the original target does appear to be unattainable, a new revised package of climate action measures will deliver scotland's transition to net zero at a pace and scale that is feasible . team gb have unveiled feasible. team gb have unveiled their brand new olympic kit ahead of the paris games this summer. the kit features the classic red, white and blue british colours . adidas, who british colours. adidas, who have produced the clothing, say the aim was to create a design which celebrates unique aspects of great britain, while encapsulating the passion of every athlete. those are the top stories. do sign up for gb news alerts. scan that qr code on your screen right now or go to gb news .com/ alerts . gb news .com/ alerts. >> for a valuable legacy your family can own, gold coins will always shine bright .

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the border. what's the latest? >> good afternoon indeed. >> good afternoon indeed. >> well, this is realistically the first major development since nicola sturgeon's arrest in june last year. >> and we know that police scotland rearrested peter murrell , the former snp chief murrell, the former snp chief executive, from his home at 913 this morning. executive, from his home at 913 this morning . and actually this this morning. and actually this news only really filtered out in the last half hour or so, it the police scotland has said that this is in connection with those investigations. operation branch form into the snp party finances. and if you remember we covered it quite a lot last yeah covered it quite a lot last year. we saw remember those stark images outside the sturgeon home of the blue tent , sturgeon home of the blue tent, but indeed today, police scotland, they've put out a statement to say that the 59 year old man has indeed today been rearrested in connection with that ongoing investigation . with that ongoing investigation. and they've also added, because this is such a huge discussion point online, they've also added the reminder that this is, of

course, active as a case and people should refrain from commenting too much online because of the contempt of court act. but lots of people, including humza yousaf, only a couple of weeks ago, said that all snp members would benefit greatly from a swift conclusion to operation in branch form investigations. we don't know much more about. tonight's news is the first sign in a long time that we might be one step closer for him to achieve that . for him to achieve that. >> yeah. thank you, tony mcguire, for that. update on the re—arrest of peter murrell in scotland early today. thank you. now there's a new way to get in touch with us here @gbnews. and here's bev turner with all of the details . the details. >> we are proud to be gb news the people's channel. and as you know, we always love to hear your views. now there's a new way of getting in touch with us @gbnews .com. forward slash your say commenting you can be say by commenting you can be part live conversation and part of a live conversation and join our gb news community. you can talk to me, bev turner

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on the final furlong . i'm martin on the final furlong. i'm martin daubney and this is gb news. now, if you recall , yesterday i now, if you recall, yesterday i brought you a magnificent story from my home city of nottingham, where they unfurled the biggest look at it, the biggest england flag in the country ahead of saint george's day next tuesday , saint george's day next tuesday, a whopping 62 foot wide, resplendent on the old market square, my old stomping ground, the now tory mp andrew rosindell has called for a minister for flags. rosindell said i think many people will be quite angered by the way certain national organisations have tried to change our national flags , the cross of saint george flags, the cross of saint george and the union jack. isn't it time that we protected and cherished our national symbols by appointing a minister of the crown to oversee this from the cabinet office? well, i'm joined now by a man who may well agree with that. it's malcolm farrow, who's the president of the flag

institute, for starters. malcolm, thanks for joining us. secondly, how joyous are the flag institute exists? and i'm assuming by the cut of your jib . assuming by the cut of your jib. malcolm, you like this idea a lot ? lot? >> yes. i've been campaigning for this along with andrew rosindell amongst numerous other people for many years. it needs to be gripped and it's long overdue . overdue. >> and why precisely do you feel that flags need to be tested? i mean, i remember an incident dunng mean, i remember an incident during lockdown , the black lives during lockdown, the black lives matter protests, when a protester clambered up onto the cenotaph and tried to set fire to that flag. it deeply , deeply to that flag. it deeply, deeply bothered me because flags, they're not just pieces of cloth only they represent something that we should protect with all of our might. >> it's absolutely right. the flag is the road map, the historical map of the nation. it represents everybody in the nation, wherever they come from, whatever their background, whoever they are, we are all

equal under the flag and the flag is a symbol. that's all it is. there's nothing magic about it. it's a symbol. it's a symbol to represent us all. and encourage community cohesion and a sense of unity amongst us all. and if we don't, if we don't respect it, then we are disrespecting the people who have died for our freedom under that flag or whichever flag it is. and we're disrespecting all those who work. so terribly hard to make life better for everybody within our country. so yes, they need to be respected. they need to be protected, they need to be cared for, and they need to be cared for, and they need to be used properly. and the one, the one you're showing now magnificent, now is absolutely magnificent, aren't i absolutely love that. well nottingham . well done, well done nottingham. >> yeah. in fact yesterday malcolm people were messaging me saying that nottingham should be made capital the country made the capital of the country because never see this in because you'd never see this in london. as as the london. but as far as the legislation on malcolm, what would you like to see? and presumably you'd like to see union flags or saint george's flags public flags flying from public buildings .

flags flying from public buildings. but do we need new laws specifically protect laws specifically to protect flags? you believe i don't flags? do you believe i don't know, that need laws. know, that we need new laws. >> very complicated because >> it's very complicated because our country so old. our our country is so old. our history is so long, and our flags have been around for such a long time that they fall well outside the normal rules and regulations which many other countries which are more recent, like the united states, like france the revolution, france after the revolution, like australia , wherever all like australia, wherever all have proper up to date regulations and laws to govern their flags, we never did have their flags, we never did have the flag, the union flag , which the flag, the union flag, which is the one you've been really talking about, is not, strictly speaking, de jure a national flag at all. it's a royal bannen flag at all. it's a royal banner, de facto it's our national flag, but it's actually a royal banner belonging to the monarch . that's how it was monarch. that's how it was conceived back in 1606. and there's a long history for that which we don't need to go into now. it's never been now. and it's never been changed. my that we changed. but my view is that we need a we need a royal, a royal

commission to establish that flag as of now, the flag of the people. and if it became the flag of the people, then a minister within the cabinet office should have authority and responsibility for it . the responsibility for it. the example for this is australia , example for this is australia, where there is a civil servant in the, in the department of the prime minister and cabinet called the national symbols officer , and he's responsible or officer, and he's responsible or she for the national symbols and reports to a minister within the department of the prime minister and cabinet who is responsible overall for national symbols in australia. so we could learn from that and parallel that, parallel that ourselves. >> and malcolm, there'd be no finer place to start, would you believe, than having a union flag above every school in britain? >> oh, absolutely . why ever not? >> oh, absolutely. why ever not? but it doesn't absolutely have to be a union flag , even. it to be a union flag, even. it could be a saint george's cross for schools in england. and if you've only got one flagpole,

alternate the county flag alternate with the county flag or the town flag or the village flag. there are a lot of flags for which we can owe allegiance . for which we can owe allegiance. i live in a village, i live in a county. i'm proud of the county flag. i was born in another county. i'm proud of that county flag. i'm english. i'm proud of the english flag. i'm british. i'm immensely proud of the union flag. loyal to more flag. we can be loyal to more than one symbol, but they all need treated respect need to be treated with respect and given the care and attention which due, because they which they're due, because they they belong to us all. >> well, farrow, >> well, malcolm farrow, i thought that i liked me flags. but you really are captain flag . but you really are captain flag. malcolm farrow, the president of the flag institute. an absolute j'oy the flag institute. an absolute joy to have you on the show. thank you very much for joining us today on gb news. loads us today on gb news. now, loads of been getting in of you have been getting in touch using our new web of you have been getting in touch gbnews.com/yoursay web of you have been getting in touch gbnews.com/yoursay and i'm page, gbnews.com/yoursay and i'm going to read out some of those comments in a few minutes. hundreds of them have come in. i'm martin on gb news i'm martin daubney on gb news

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welcome back. now, a man who worked for sainsbury's for 20 years was sacked because he didn't pay for a few bags for life . niamke dofu a few bags for life. niamke dofu put his shopping through a self—service checkout after his night shift, and cctv showed him choosing the zero bags used option. and he was fired for gross misconduct . well, joining gross misconduct. well, joining me now to discuss this in our studio is the lawyer and broadcaster and great friend of the show, andrew eborn. andrew welcome to the studio. certainly it's that on the one hand, yes, he was caught bang to rights on cctv, it looked like. and the, the tribunal agreed he stole the bags, but a 20 year career dashed on the rocks over £0.60. >> yeah , i mean, the headlines >> yeah, i mean, the headlines are horrendous, aren't they? >> you sort of turn round on

that basis. so basically there must be a reason for must be a valid reason for dismissing , must be a valid reason for dismissing, an must be a valid reason for dismissing , an employee you dismissing, an employee and you have process and have to follow due process and so so forth. so they could >> and so forth. so they could look about capability or look at about capability or conduct and there has to be appropriate procedures set in place law to, place under employment law to, to that sort of protection. >> what they however, if >> what they say however, if there's misconduct can there's gross misconduct you can be instantly. there's gross misconduct you can be now instantly. there's gross misconduct you can be now gross nstantly. there's gross misconduct you can be now gross misconduct includes >> now gross misconduct includes criminal offence like theft and the reality is in the law, if you take property, whatever its value, with the intent of permanent depriving the person of it, then that is theft. >> and so what they did, they looked at the cctv footage and the employment a the employment tribunal had a look of stuff and look at this sort of stuff and the just depressed, the guy wasn't just depressed, no went backwards no bags. he went backwards and forwards and so on and so forth. so he was getting bags so he knew he was getting bags and what they of turned in. and what they sort of turned in. i of trust comes in i always sort of trust comes in on but on on foot, but leaves on horseback. and what horseback. and so what sainsbury's saying sainsbury's are saying in their defence how we defence is how about we lost trust guy, though 20 trust in the guy, even though 20 years on and so forth, we trust in the guy, even though 20 years to on and so forth, we trust in the guy, even though 20 years to osured so forth, we trust in the guy, even though 20 years to osure we) forth, we trust in the guy, even though 20 years to osure we have], we trust in the guy, even though 20 years to osure we have trust need to make sure we have trust in employees. that in our employees. he lost that trust got rid trust and therefore we got rid of him. >> you think they've thrown >> do you think they've thrown the thrown the bag

the book at him, thrown the bag at make all of worry at him to make all of us worry about us being watched by cctv? because in all because how many people, in all honesty , watching this show, honesty, watching this show, have thought have honesty, watching this show, h.free thought have honesty, watching this show, h.free bag thought have honesty, watching this show, h.free bag or thought have honesty, watching this show, h.free bag or you ught have honesty, watching this show, h.free bag or you don't have honesty, watching this show, h.free bag or you don't even|ve a free bag or you don't even remember if you pay for it, or scanned brought own. scanned it or brought your own. we're being watched. is this we're all being watched. is this fella a scapegoat? >> without doubt . >> oh, i think without doubt. it's and a warning for it's a story and a warning for everybody. there everybody. and there will be people the statistics everybody. and there will be peoquite the statistics everybody. and there will be peoquite alarming. e statistics everybody. and there will be peoquite alarming. foratistics everybody. and there will be peoquite alarming. for example, are quite alarming. for example, if stationery, your if you take stationery, if your employer and you turn around, you've stamps you've got your postage stamps which pocket or which you put in your pocket or your things. there was your bic things. there was a survey fairly recently, survey done fairly recently, said of people admitted to said 75% of people admitted to taking , for example, taking stationery, for example, from their employers. i've never done never done it. we're in done it, never done it. we're in the who lie. but the the 25% who lie. but but the reality , the reality is exactly reality, the reality is exactly that. and that's technically theft. and so be very careful about gross misconduct. there needs to clear needs to be very clear procedures in place to sure procedures in place to make sure that are protected. and that people are protected. and they stuff. they do that sort of stuff. well, tribunal held is well, the tribunal held is exactly followed the exactly that. they followed the process and looking at of process and looking at all of the evidence. that's the key the evidence. and that's the key to looking at all to all of this looking at all of the evidence, held that the evidence, they held that sainsbury's were right to dismiss there go. dismiss him. there you go. >> you he's been

>> so there you go. he's been sacked for off taking a couple of bags. an astonishing story. andrew eborn, for andrew eborn, thank you for joining studio. now, joining me in the studio. now, you've your emails you've been sending your emails in piles them in absolutely piles them throughout show. let's read throughout the show. let's read out this one here from jim. and that's of mark that's on the topic of mark menzies. the standard of mps is given the quality of the given by the quality of the selection process and what standards candidates are held to. obviously, across all parties, the bar is set very low. philip, quickly as this , it low. philip, quickly as this, it seems like both parties don't have the sense to send the legal immigrants back to france where they came from. we need to stop giving anything at all. the giving them anything at all. the french up in five french don't put them up in five star hotels and feed them. so why we? right? that's it. why should we? right? that's it. it's been it's been a great show. and don't forget to get those views in throughout our read all of them out as i can. if i have the time now that's all from me for now. but of course dewbs& co is up next six till 7 pm. and don't forget to join us from 6 am. tomorrow.

it's breakfast, followed by britain's newsroom at 930, and then , of course, it's good then, of course, it's good afternoon britain, from midday now. i'll be back. you have my mush at 3 pm. i'm martin daubney and this has been gb news. thanks for all your thoughts today. what a nightmare day it's been for rishi sunak. but as i said earlier, has there been decent day in living been a decent day in living memory? first rwanda, then sleaze, then this appalling poll. it feels like end of days. thanks for your company. next is dewbs& co. but first it's time for your weather and it's alex deakin . deakin. >> with a brighter outlook with boxt solar sponsors of weather on . gb news. on. gb news. >> afternoon time for your latest weather update from the met office for gb news. wet weather pushing south overnight, the winds picking up as well. it all adds up to a much milder

night than last night. high pressure is trying to move in and it will bring many of us a fine day on saturday. but before that these weather that we've got these weather fronts bringing fronts pushing south, bringing the and rain today across the cloud and rain today across northern areas through northern areas and now through this evening, it'll spread across parts of the midlands and down anglia and the down into east anglia and the south nothing too heavy south east. nothing too heavy but for many but a damp evening for many southwest staying largely dry, the breeze increasing across scotland in particular, bringing air down from the north, so quite chilly across the far north. but for most of the uk, temperatures significantly higher than last night, staying up at 7 or 8 celsius. a chilly feeling day tomorrow though nonetheless a lot of cloud and some outbreaks of rain in the morning over the midlands, wales , northern ireland particular , northern ireland in particular should we should get a bit brighter as we go the day. many areas go through the day. many areas seeing spells. much seeing some sunny spells. a much brighter certainly for brighter day certainly for scotland today. fair scotland compared to today. fair few midlands few showers over the midlands and parts of eastern england, and parts of eastern england, and a wind in the east as and a cold wind in the east as well. temperatures really struggling here in the south. we should into the teens but

should get into the teens but still chilly the still feeling chilly in the wind. a cold night on friday night. touches of to start night. touches of frost to start the but for most of us, the weekend, but for most of us, that high pressure talked that high pressure i talked about moves in and that about earlier moves in and that will a fine on will bring a fine day on saturday. patchy rain saturday. some patchy rain across northern scotland and again, there'll be some again, although there'll be some sunshine, not spectacularly warm. goodbye that warm feeling inside from boxt boilers, sponsors of weather on gb news as

politics. was it always this bad?is politics. was it always this bad? is it getting worse ? and bad? is it getting worse? and what do you think? is that the root of it all? your thoughts on that? and something that i'm absolutely livid about today , absolutely livid about today, i'm asking you why on earth for

primary schools scotland primary schools in scotland that's children as young as four and apparently signing and five, apparently signing up to lgbt charter which to an lgbt charter which requires a school among requires a school to, among other things, have gender neutral survey their neutral toilets, survey their pupils sexuality and pupils about their sexuality and celebrate national coming out day and more. i remind you, these kids are as young as four and five years old. what on earth is going on and get this, a survey says that just 40% of us trust the police . are you one us trust the police. are you one of those people? if not, why not? why do you not trust them? and calls to modern day slavery helplines are through roof. helplines are through the roof. how earth do we fix this how on earth do we fix this issue? yes, indeed. that's all to come in this next hour. but before we get stuck in, let's cross alive to tonight's 6:00 news headlines . news headlines. >> good evening. the top story from the gb news room today, andrew malkinson, who 20 years

ago was wrongly jailed