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Addison. Addison. Thanks, dawn. One minute past thanks, dawn. One minute past midday. Heres our top story. The met office is warning of possible danger to life as storm anthony hits parts of the uk. Theyve issued an amber warning for southwestern parts of england and wales until 7 pm. This evening. Strong winds could cause flying debris , power cuts cause flying debris, power cuts and travel disruption. And travel disruption. Meanwhile, a yellow weather warning for rain is in place for Northern Ireland with flooding possible where the journalist nathan rao told us what to expect at wind speeds of this storm. Storm anthony are expected to be around 75 mile per hour gusts on the coasts and 55 mile per hour inland. Its not the strong storm that weve seen, but because of the time of year, the leaves, the trees are all in full leaf and its holiday season. The schools are off. And where its going to be hitting the this storm hitting the impact of this storm hitting today is likely to be greater than had the sort of thing than had the same sort of thing happened later year. Happened later in the year. Two French Police officers have been injured in clashes with migrants near calais around 60 threw rocks and other missiles as officers tried to stop people smuggling. People smugglers , rather, launching a smugglers, rather, launching a small boat. The officers were treated in hospital for non life threatening injuries. Meanwhile, reinforce boats managed to stop and puncture the vessel. The and puncture the vessel. The bank of englands governor says he supports calls to ensure Interest Rate rises are passed on to savers. Speaking to the i newspaper, Andrew Bailey said a failure by banks to do so raised a question about fairness to customers. The comments come as the Financial Conduct Authority warns it will take action against banks and Building Societies that are unable to justify offering low savings rates. Yesterday, the central rates. Yesterday, the central bank raised Interest Rates to 5. 25. Thats the 14th rise in a row. Well, donald trump has row. Well, donald trump has described claims that he plotted to overturn the 2020 us election as an act of desperation by President Biden last night, prosecutors warned a judge that mr trump may be seeking to use evidence to target witnesses after he posted a message to social media that said, if you go after me , im coming after go after me, im coming after you. Speaking at a republican eventin you. Speaking at a republican event in alabama , the former us event in alabama, the former us president described the allegations as fake and said he was being targeted for political reasons. Reasons. Every time they file an indictment, we go way up in the polls. We need one more indictment to close out this election , one more indictment, election, one more indictment, and this election is closed out. Nobody has even a chance. Nobody has even a chance. A ukrainian intelligence source has claimed response ability after a russian tanker was damaged in a sea drone attack. Russian media reports attack. Russian media reports that the vessel was targeted as it approached the kerch strait near the strategic bridge that links russia with occupied crimea. The attack comes after crimea. The attack comes after ukrainian ports were pummelled by russian drone strikes for which kyiv had threatened to retaliate. Amazon is retaliate. Amazon is experiencing a second day of strikes as workers walk out at its Fulfilment Centre in staffordshire over pay. Meanwhile another two day walkout has begun at the companys warehouse in coventry. The gmb union says this represents the biggest day of industry disruption in the tech firms history. The union says more than 1000 are expected to take part. Firdous sara uddin more than 1000 are expected to take part. Firdous sara uddin is gmbs regional organiser. She told us what they want. Told us what they want. Theyve all had enough. They cant carry on living in the staining on the wages that they are at the moment. They want better pay. As as better pay. Its as simple as that. Better pay. Its as simple as that. Theyre asking the that. Theyre not asking for the millions. Theyre asking a millions. Theyre asking for a Sustainable Living wage. Sustainable living wage. Englands childrens commissioner says a shortage of Foster Carers will get worse without more investment. Dame without more investment. Dame rachel de souza says nearly three quarters of people who complete a fostering form do not go on to look after children. She warns that bureaucracy may be a problem and is urging the government to make it easier to become a foster carer. Last yean become a foster carer. Last year, a review called for £26 billion of new spending on childrens social care over four years. However, the government insists that funding is not falling short. And finally, uk falling short. And finally, uk scouts have arrived at their hotels after abandoning their campsite in seoul following concerns over an ongoing heat wave in south korea. British scouting organisers decided to pack up their teenage participants and leave the world Scout Jamboree site. It comes Scout Jamboree site. It comes after temperatures reached 34 degrees, causing at least 600 youngsters to be treated for heat related ailments. This youngsters to be treated for heat related ailments. This is gb news across the uk on tv in your car, on Digital Radio and on your Smart Speaker by saying play gb news now its back to gb news. News. Saturday thank you very much. Right right. Lets get straight into todays topic, shall we . Now, british students face losing out to foreign applicants in the in the competition for places at university. The head of ucas university. The head of ucas says university is could this year increase the proportion of International Students on individual science courses which are more expensive to run than arts courses. So joining me now arts courses. So joining me now to drill down into this story, because theres more to it than meets the eye, i think youll find is political commentator Peter Spencer. Peter, thank you very much for joining Peter Spencer. Peter, thank you very much forjoining me on a soggy saturday afternoon. So this story, okay, now foreign student boom has put university for british people at risk, basically. So thats the headune basically. So thats the headline to it. But whats actually going on here . Well, the reality is the amount that students that universities can charge students for their courses has been capped for years. And of course, capped for years. And of course, inflation, as we know all too well, is. Yes. So the student so the universities themselves are basically pretty strapped for cash overseas. Students, they can they can charge three times as much or whatever. And so from as much or whatever. And so from their point of view, its an absolute no brainer. Now, what can the government do about it . I know raise the cap. Oh, yeah. And theyre a and theyre coming up to a general election. All those middle class voters. Mean, general election. All those mid� dream ss voters. Mean, general election. All those mid� dream onoters. Mean, general election. All those mid� dream on guys. Mean, general election. All those mid� dream on guys , mean, general election. All those mid� dream on guys , right . |, just dream on guys, right . Thats problem, isnt it . Thats the problem, isnt it . Thats that was my next question is can we do about it . Is what can we do about it . Because the cost teaching because the cost of teaching student moment student is capped at the moment is £9,250. Universities are is £9,250. Now, universities are saying it costs us much, much more that and they can more than that and they can charge foreign students £40,000 a year. Thats a hell of a lot more. So as you say, its a no brainer for universities to do so. But why arent we in my mind, if my memory plays correctly, what we promised you in brexit, that there would be more universal places for british students and less foreign students in universities. And the opposite has happened i well, there have been i or 2 brexit promises that have been made and broken on all sides. 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But but i mean, theyve got appear to have a diminishing pool of concerned voters for the next general election , say middle election anyway, say middle class voters, the ones who just might vote conservative. The backlash will be monumental. So they cant do it. Theyre so they cant do it. Theyre down the, arent they . They do, they dont. So we just have to accept. And this is more the Russell Group universities, which upper end ones, which are the upper end ones, arent they. So they, theyre arent they. So they, theyre really cant do much about it at the moment can they. No. And has it always been thus. Havent it always been thus. Havent universities always had to fund themselves students . Universities always had to fund the yes lves students . Universities always had to fund the yes. es students . Universities always had to fund the yes. Yes students . Universities always had to fund the yes. Yes they students . Universities always had to fund the yes. Yes they have. Tudents . Universities always had to fund the yes. Yes they have. But nts . Universities always had to fund the yes. Yes they have. But not� yes. Yes they have. But not to this. To this. Right. Right. So thats its to do with with soaring inflation, basically. Right. Isnt everything do we always come back to inflation . We do. Yeah. Of course we do. Yeah. Cost living crisis. Yeah. Cost of living crisis. Its theres yeah. And its theres 217,000 undergraduate and graduate coming to britain every year study a business and year to study a business and management and many of them bnng management and many of them bring their families over as well, which is another issue, isnt talk of isnt it . But thats not talk of inflation. Should we move on to grant shapps the net zero . Secretary whod ever thought wed a net zero . Secretary wed have a net zero . Secretary for hes given an for a start . Now hes given an interview to in times today interview to in the times today saying the well, the tax burden under conservatives is on course to rise to the highest level since the 1950s. And hes saying nothing pretty much is going to change in the immediate future. Well, it cant. Can it . I mean, we had the bank of england last week, not only increasing Interest Rates again, but also warning that core inflation is were kind of stuck with it. It might go down towards the end of next year in time for sunaks election, maybe or maybe not. But in the meantime, absolutely not. And so grant shapps , bless not. And so grant shapps, bless his little cotton socks, says, oh well, of course tax cuts are in our dna. Oh well, of course tax cuts are in our dna. But oh well, of course tax cuts are in our dna. But but like, oh well, of course tax cuts are in our dna. But but like, not today. Well, you know, motherhood apple bring motherhood and apple pie. Bring it he is being at least it on. Its he is being at least a bit honest, which is absolutely yeah, a bit unusual. Otherwise sunak would bash him round the back of the head because hes been very, very firm on this point. Because hes been very, very firnyes. This point. Because hes been very, very firnyes. No, point. Because hes been very, very firnyes. No, exactly. And the yes. No, exactly. And the office for budget responsibility , just in case you were worried about pennies in your , just in case you were worried about if pennies in your , just in case you were worried about if you nies in your , just in case you were worried about if you dos in your , just in case you were worried about if you do haveour , just in case you were worried about if you do have any left, pocket, if you do have any left, have that stealth tax is have said that stealth tax is alone. Governments decision have said that stealth tax is al bills for all of us and were all feeling the pinch there, arent we as well . Hes not going to be in a position do going to be in a position to do anything that. No, his anything about that. No, his words,. Words, not mine. Sure. I mean, this opens this the whole green debate , doesnt the whole green debate, doesnt it, about , the whole green debate, doesnt it, about, you the whole green debate, doesnt it, about , you know, when we the whole green debate, doesnt it, about, you know, when we had the last week and sunak apparently licenced the whole whole sort of tranche of new drilling in the north sea , drilling in the north sea, conveniently forgetting the fact that actually these things are already underway. This licencing round. Yes, it had the distinct advantage from his point of view is suddenly people were not talking about the economy, which is basically floundering and instead talking about green issues and here he could be on potentially slightly safer ground because there is clearly a bit of a backlash about what David Cameron so rudely described as green. I wont use the word, but it starts with c r and ends with a p. Yes family viewing. Were not going to use those words and right. Lets move on to the new right. Lets move on to the new tony blair, shall we . I dont think the old one has actually gone away, to be honest with you. He seems to be more relevant now he has been relevant now than he has been for a long time. Tony blair relevant now than he has been fo givingg time. Tony blair relevant now than he has been fo giving his� ne. Tony blair relevant now than he has been fo giving his full tony blair relevant now than he has been fo giving his full backingblair relevant now than he has been fo giving his full backing tonir is giving his full backing to keir starmer. No not so long ago, tony blair was going, i need to come back to politics because the Boris Johnson we cant cope with Boris Johnson and i dont think labour are doing well. Now hes doing very well. But now hes changed his tune and is backing keir changed tune to an hes changed his tune to an enormous and i mean sort enormous degree and i mean sort of. Im sure enormous degree and i mean sort of. Im sure he thought that starmer was okay, as good as a lawyer and blah blah, but hes not going to be any use as a labour leader. But what what starmer has managed to do without question is without any question is detoxified. Party , detoxified. The labour party, hes hes managed sort of hes hes managed to sort of bury the suggestion that the labour party would tank the economy. Liz truss, thanks. Economy. Liz truss, thanks. Jeremy corbyn hes well and truly put that away and so blair has decided, okay, so hes in with a chance here and so lets give him a few ideas. In fact, lets give him a whole load of ideas. Was this is the Tony Blair Institute for global change, isnt it . Thats which is a Consultancy Company policy factory that he that tony blair seems to believe will shape fulham. Yeah politicians of the future. Yeah. I mean some people got it Tony Blair Inc dont they. Yes i mean because i mean i can remember when after i mean when he was a Prime Minister and at that point he was worried about whether be able to about whether hed be able to afford to buy for afford to buy a flat for his kids in bristol. Kids in in bristol. Then now own of bristol. Well, you know, i went to well, you know, i went up to who is his place the west end who is his place in the west end and i thought, my god, this is twice as big as number and twice as big as number 10. And he owns it. Hes done so very well. But well, he has got his place in now, actually in starmer central team. He clearly wants to be the king. He wants to be the warwick, the kingmaker. And it looks like hed probably do quite well with it. Hes so is he going to be almost like the puppet master . Precisely. Keir. Yeah , yeah, yeah. Well, i yeah, yeah, yeah. Well, i mean , keir would not thank him mean, keir would not thank him for saying no, but i think when it comes to feeding him, were heanng it comes to feeding him, were hearing more of, of hearing rather more of, of mandelson as well and various of tonys. Do you think we should be worried about that . Peter well , i worried about that . Peter well, i mean tony himself , i peter well, i mean tony himself, i mean he was he put they put him on the naughty step oven they put him on the naughty step over, you know , going into iraq over, you know, going into iraq and making such a big pigs ear of the peace, but sort of time has on. And you put put has moved on. And you put put iraq into context. Most of his wars were actually to save defence. Liz people. And also he did sort out Northern Ireland to a very large extent. So i think a very large extent. So i think he relatively detoxified. But he is relatively detoxified. But the thing is hes an incredibly energetic guy. I mean, i mean , energetic guy. I mean, i mean, you know, i mean i knew him quite well and i was very impressed him. I that impressed by him. I mean, that said, i did once call him an illegitimate person face. Illegitimate person to his face. Right. Okay. Well, you right. Okay. Well, thank you very much, peter. More that. Very much, peter. More on that. You about that you can tell us more about that later peter will be later on because peter will be joining. Move now joining us again. We move on now to one of the biggest stories this week been the bank this week has been the bank of englands hike englands decision to hike Interest Rates for the oh, yeah, the 14th time, isnt it . Is it the 14th time, isnt it . Is it yet another bid to get inflation under control . And the latest forecast for the bank say the uk will recession. Will it in will avoid recession. Will it in more news for the prime more good news for the Prime Minister, the bank said it expects the government to meet its to halve inflation its promise to halve inflation by end the now by the end of the year. Now joining me now is former adviser to the bank of england, roger gould , and chief economic gould, and chief economic adviser for the centre for Economic Business research , Economic Business research, vicky price. Vicky, lovely to join you. Lovely, lovely to have you on the show today. Thank you very much joining and very much forjoining us. And robert , thank you very much. Robert, thank you very much. Joining us well. Now what do joining us as well. Now what do we to you first, we make coming to you first, vicky, if i may. What do we make of this latest Interest Rate rise . Rise . Well, i think the bank of england had no choice but to increase Interest Rates by 25 bafis increase Interest Rates by 25 basis points. The reason for thatis basis points. The reason for that is that the markets expected it and also that the Federal Reserve in the us and also the European Central bank had done exactly that the previous week. So they had to do it. Now the question is whether is to have this extra is necessary to have this extra rise , which of course, you know, rise, which of course, you know, could mean quite a lot for mortgages. But the interesting thing nevertheless is that the Mortgage Market had already anticipated it. It had already started discounting some of the extra increases that were going to see. And seen some to see. And weve seen some reductions those mortgages, reductions in those mortgages, mortgage which is good mortgage rates, which is good news. So were talking about news. So you were talking about good news before in terms of growth the economy. So growth for the economy. So perhaps add that the only perhaps we can add that the only problem growth the problem about the growth of the economy are economy issue is that we are indeed talking about slightly better 0. 5 this year. But again, just 0. 5 next year. And after that the bank of england seems to think that growth will be even less than that. So were not particularly not talking about a particularly vibrant and vibrant economy im afraid, and those Interest Rate increases contribute that. Contribute to that. Not its something its not its not something very positive, it . Roger the very positive, is it . Roger the analysts are actually predicting Interest Rates could go as high as 6. And if they fall at all, it will not be until next year. It will not be until next year. Well dawn, im with respect to vicky , im not buying any of vicky, im not buying any of this. This is all very sort of dry macroeconomic stuff. When im macroeconomic stuff. When im sitting at home opening my envelope and finding that my mortgage has gone up another £150, this all Means Nothing to me. The fact that the market has expected it , the fact that mr expected it, the fact that mr bailey wants to slavishly follow the United States, which is totally different than us one, they have their own energy to their kerbing Consumer Spend ing, which we dont have , which ing, which we dont have, which is why their inflation is halved and is now 3. Means means really very little to me. I think they did it because theyre stuck in a rut. I mean, did it because theyre stuck in a rut. I mean, but can you imagine a football manager on their 14th game or a general in their 14th game or a general in the ukraine attacking the 14th town for the same town for the 14th time with the same battle plan . No, its just that this stuff is all so dry that people fall asleep and dont dont get up in arms as they would if it were football, for example. So were football, for example. So i think theyre stuck in a rut and they just have to keep saying theyre fighting inflation. But theyre fighting inflation. But the kind of inflation we have does not come down by raising Interest Rates. So it just hurts us even more. And i if you will, let me when we next have a moment, id like to make a prediction about what i think is actually going on here. Okay. And make the prediction okay. And make the prediction now. Go on. We have as of this rate change yesterday , okay. This change yesterday, okay. This increase gone beyond the pale, beyond the pale, beyond the pale, the arrogance, the stubbornness when everybody , stubbornness when everybody, including perhaps god himself, have told the bank of england not to raise rates anymore because its doing no good, everything in this country, i mean, mr sunak is in disneyland, a place that hes probably enjoying immensely. A place that hes probably enjoying immensely. And im sure enjoying immensely. And im sure weve got the migrants, weve got the nhs, weve got tax like no other country. Weve got 900 no other country. Weve got 900 profits for the terrible british gas cost of living crisis strikes. Weve got everything strikes. Weve got everything going. Electricity. They wont even decouple it from the gas price, which it has very little to do with. And if they did, the experts say our gas bills would drop by £1,300. This government over the last 15 years has shot itself in the foot so many times. My prediction , dawn, is times. My prediction, dawn, is that they are at a stage now where things are so desperate, and i was going to add that that on the other side youve got what boris calls the human ball keir starmer who needs to do nothing other than stand there and wait for power to be delivered into his hands. But ive got to say, if they let tony blair get involved, thats a whole new dimension. They there will be some rationality , there will be some rationality, there will be some imagination, there will be some imagination, there will be some imagination, there will be some balance. I know a lot of people dont like tony, but ive got a lot of admiration for him. And i think it will work out very well. But it will work out very well. But i think that the prediction is that mr sunak and his colleagues are going to delay the general election until 2039 if they can. Yeah well, as long as they can. So that things write themselves and then they will try to claim credit for it, none of which they deserve. They deserve. Vicky unfortunately, were running out of time. Its such a huge subject. So who is to blame for this . I mean, you know, as rogers just alluded, there is an element of panic in the way the bank of england are reacting by putting up putting Interest Rates up constantly doesnt constantly when it doesnt seem to the problem. Who to be solving the problem. Who is blame . Is it the bank of is to blame . Is it the bank of england the government . 7. I . I think 7 i think theres been an issue about inflationary expectations which have been increasing quite significantly the uk by significantly in the uk by comparison everywhere else. Comparison to everywhere else. So what weve in other so what weve seen in other countries is inflation come so what weve seen in other count verys inflation come so what weve seen in other countvery significantly come so what weve seen in other count very significantly co that down very significantly and that is pressures is because cost pressures in terms wage pressures have not terms of wage pressures have not been like as high. So been anything like as high. So governments intervened lot governments intervened a lot earlier supporting earlier in terms of supporting Energy Prices downwards. Theyve Energy Prices downwards. Theyve intervened in terms supporting food prices downwards. We seem to be very, very slow in doing that. Raised inflationary that. We raised inflationary expectations there is a lot expectations so there is a lot of cost push right now coming from wages, which were not seeing anywhere thats seeing anywhere else. And thats the issue , i think. And the real issue, i think. And thats bank england thats why the bank of england in some has to react and in some ways is has to react and perhaps is overreacting despite the fact it actually started raising anyone raising rates before anyone else. We raised rates in the uk in 21st. Us didnt in december 21st. The us didnt start doing it until march 22nd and the European Central bank not until the summer 22. So not until the summer of 22. So you blame the bank for you cant blame the bank for this because they did react. But of they were facing, you of course they were facing, you know, quite a lot difficult know, quite a lot of difficult issues ahead them. Issues ahead of them. Price, thank you very vicky price, thank you very much for joining vicky price, thank you very much forjoining us. And roger job well on the, frankly job as well on the, frankly quite depressing Interest Rate situation , which is going to situation, which is going to cost an lot more money for cost an awful lot more money for a people. People coming a lot of people. People coming off mortgages face an off fixed rate mortgages face an additional of about additional repaying of about £3,000 year. So good luck if £3,000 a year. So good luck if youre in that bracket. Now now we move on. Controversial influencer andrew tate and his brother tristan were released from house arrest in romania yesterday. The tape brothers are still unable to leave the country pending their trial on rape and Human Trafficking charges. The story is on the front of the independent newspaper. Now, joining me newspaper today. Now, joining me now to discuss this further is political commentator bushra sheikh. Bushra, thank you so much for joining sheikh. Bushra, thank you so much forjoining us this much for joining us this afternoon. Now, thats the basics , this story. What do you basics, this story. What do you make about whats happening recently in the ongoing saga of andrew tate . I think this is an exceptional story because we can see it being covered today totally in the media personally. You know , my opinion is you know, my opinion is i dont the is dont think the media is covering it entirely accurately, dont think the media is coveringshould rely accurately, dont think the media is coveringshould. Ely accurately, dont think the media is coveringshould. And curately, dont think the media is coveringshould. And iurately, dont think the media is coveringshould. And i thinky, as they should. And i think thats why there is great deal thats why there is a great deal of the andrew and of pushback from the andrew and tristan tate supporters. I believe that the release of house arrest is a monumental moment for the brothers because this is actually is quite important because this might map out and lay out what the future looks like for them. And, you looks like for them. And, you know, im just going to say that its totally unfair in which the way in which these brothers have been dehumanised and the rhetoric and the language that has been used for them, the which hunt has been astronomical on social media and i genuinely just do not understand why there is just so much hostility. And i get that they have allegations on them. I get all of that stuff. But ultimately, andrew tates message for young men is a very important one, crucial one that we need in Great Britain today. And i find that people are not quite understanding what his message actually is. So how i, i can i completely understand and sort of like there are lots of young men in this who are heavily this country who are heavily influenced by him, bushra, but some of the comments he has made about women are misogi mystic at best, i think dangerous at about women are misogi mystic at worst. I mean, he has boasted about how he doesnt let his women leave the house house and only recently he had a go at Amanda Holden, who simply posted a picture of herself in a bikini saying, as a mother and a wife, she shouldnt be doing that sort of thing. At the same time, posting a video of himself strolling his celebration strolling to his celebration meal, wearing nothing but a pair of boxer shorts. He is of boxer shorts. He is incredibly misogyny , theistic. I incredibly misogyny, theistic. I mean, you know, regardless of the rape charges and everything, i mean, how can you defend that as a woman . As a woman . Well , firstly, im just going well, firstly, im just going to start by saying that i dont actually him misogynistic actually find him misogynistic at all. I believe that he has traditional values that are very different say, the different from lets say, the wider as a whole in the Wider Society as a whole in the west. He propagate dates, a different lifestyle. I do not different lifestyle. I do not find what he says misogynist at all. In fact, its quite traditional and going to the point of Amanda Holden , that was point of Amanda Holden, that was his opinion. Point of Amanda Holden, that was his opinion. Hes point of Amanda Holden, that was his opinion. Hes allowed to say his opinion. Hes allowed to say that we live in a society of free speech. What he said was his opinion. Thats how he feels. I personally actually agree with him. I feel like there was a lot of truth in what hes saying and people can not agree. Thats totally fine as well. But then to label someone as a misogynist based on an opinion for me is quite frankly not. She has also implied that using violence against women in is acceptable. Is acceptable. Well, you know , okay, this is well, you know, okay, this is obviously a discussion that needs to be had because i personally believe that people dont like the way he says something versus what hes actually saying. Hes never actually saying. Hes never propagated violence against women. These are all tiny little clips that have taken out of context for many , many years context for many, many years ago. And you know what . Social media is one of those places that sometimes we say things and later on, actually, it can be misconstrued and missing interpreted. Honestly, i think a lot of his information is so misunderstood. And it was because of the way he unfortunately have to. We have to leave it there. As i say, thank you so much. Coming on, a very passionate views for defending andrew tate. Thank you so much forjoining so much for joining us this afternoon right. Are afternoon. All right. You are watching and listening to gb news saturday with me, dawn neesom. Lots more coming up on todays show. First, lets todays show. But first, lets take look weather with take a look at the weather with rachel. Rachel. The temperatures rising, boxt solar the proud sponsors of weather on. Gb news. Weather on. Gb news. Good afternoon. My name is good afternoon. My name is rachel ayers and welcome to your latest gb news Weather Forecast brought to you by the met office. Whilst storm anthony is still crossing the uk through this afternoon and this is going to bring further heavy rain and strong those strongest strong winds, those strongest winds will still be across southern parts of wales and southwest england where there are still weather warnings in force. But as go through this force. But as we go through this evening, winds will evening, those winds will slowly start ease , still seeing some start to ease, still seeing some heavy showers and thunderstorms across south east as storm across the south east as storm anthony pulls away to the east, bringing breezy conditions bringing some breezy conditions and further outbreaks of rain into the early hours sunday into the early hours of sunday here. Elsewhere, though, winds becoming light and generally dnen becoming light and generally drier, too. So temperatures dropping a little more dropping a little bit more readily tonight than what we saw last so brighter start to last night. So brighter start to the second half of the weekend for many still some outbreaks of rain the east as storm rain in the east as storm anthony makes a slow clearance to the east. Elsewhere where though a mixture of sunshine and showers throughout sunday, these could be heavy across Northern Ireland, scotland and northern england, too , where we could england, too, where we could just the odd isolated just see the odd isolated thunderstorm. But otherwise its a more pleasant, brighter a much more pleasant, brighter and day on sunday with and drier day on sunday with those temperatures faring a little better, too. Looking ahead to the new week, though, after another chilly night on sunday night, a brighter start after another chilly night on sumonday, 1t , a brighter start after another chilly night on su monday, though ighter start after another chilly night on su monday, though ,]hter start after another chilly night on sumonday, though , still start after another chilly night on sumonday, though , still with to monday, though, still with the odd shower around. And if we the odd shower around. And if we look at the rest of the week, temperatures starting to climb, though, as we get towards wednesday with some drier and more to come more settled conditions to come. The temperatures rising by next. Solar proud sponsors of weather on. Gb news. Weather on. Gb news. Well, that was depressing. Basically, its raining still, right . Lots more coming up on todays show. Amazon is facing a mass strike at its warehouse in coventry with the gmb union calling it the largest of industrial disruption in the tech firms history. Have all the latest on that. So all of that and much more to come. Im dawn neesom and youre watching and news and listening to gb news channel almost exactly 12 32. Im ray addison in the newsroom. And our top story , the newsroom. And our top story, the met office is warning of possible danger to life as storm anthony hits parts of the uk. Anthony hits parts of the uk. Theyve issued an amber warning for southwest and parts of england and wales until 7 pm. This evening. Strong winds could cause flying debris, power cuts and travel disruption. Meanwhile and travel disruption. Meanwhile a yellow weather warning for rain is in place for Northern Ireland with flooding possible , ireland with flooding possible, too. French Police Officers have been injured in clashes with migrants near calais. Around 60 threw rocks and other missiles as officers tried to stop people smugglers, launching a small boat. The officers were treated in hospital for non life threatening injuries as it comes as the number of people crossing the English Channel passes 15,000 so far this year. The English Channel passes 15,000 so far this year. The 15,000 so far this year. The bank of englands governor says he supports calls to ensure Interest Rate rises are passed on to savers. Speaking to the i on to savers. Speaking to the i newspaper, Andrew Bailey said a failure by banks to do so raised a question about fairness to customers. The comments come as the Financial Conduct Authority warns it will take action against banks and Building Societies that are unable to justify offering low savings rates. And donald trump has rates. And donald trump has described claims that he plotted to overturn the 2020 us election as an act of desperation by President Biden. Last night, prosecutors warned a judge that mr trump may be seeking to use evidence to target witnesses. Thats after he posted a message on social media which said, if you go after me , im coming you go after me, im coming after you. Speaking at a republican event in alabama, the former us president said he was being targeted for political reasons. As you can get more on reasons. As you can get more on all of those stories by visiting our website, gbnews. Com. Now lets get straight back to dawn i thank 5mm thank you, ray. Welcome back to gb news saturday. With me dawn neesom on your tv online and on Digital Radio. Now lots of you have been getting in touch. Thank you so much. Really appreciate all your views and all the International University students really seem to have got your go on this one. Right, john, good afternoon , john. He john, good afternoon, john. He says students are says that british students are being back whilst foreign being pushed back whilst foreign students are able to bring their families nhs students are able to bring their famithat nhs students are able to bring their famithat is nhs students are able to bring their famithat is a nhs students are able to bring their famithat is a point, nhs students are able to bring their famithat is a point, isnt nhs students are able to bring their famithat is a point, isnt it . Hs and that is a point, isnt it . Its not just them. They can bnng its not just them. They can bring dependents were bring their dependents and were all. I mean, the all struggling. I mean, the waiting for have waiting list for nhs have gone up again, havent they . Meanwhile, that meanwhile, graham says that foreign students are not students. They are using the students. They are using the system as gateway into the uk system as a gateway into the uk strong views there. Meanwhile, paul, strong views there. Meanwhile, paul , good afternoon. Strong views there. Meanwhile, paul, good afternoon. Paul strong views there. Meanwhile, paul , good afternoon. Paul says paul, good afternoon. Paul says if those students have paid for their education and have spent their education and have spent their income in the uk and someone else has paid for their upbringing, calculate upbringing, then just calculate the total benefit to the uk if they to stay. Were lucky they choose to stay. Were lucky to have one. Good to have so many really like many opposing views really like it. Keep your it. So. But keep your views coming you . Because coming in wont you . Because this all about what you this show is all about what you think. Think. Think. Not what i think. Im just out. But just reading them out. But youre important on youre the important ones on this, now. If youre this, right now. If youre thinking about going for a little jog this afternoon, being put off by the rain, prepare to be people , one be shamed. Now, many people, one ironman would be an achievement, but for next guest, sean but for my next guest, sean conway, one ultra endurance event just wasnt quite enough. After three months of gruelling ironman distance triathlons, thats 2. 5 mile swims, 112 mile cycle rides , and 26. 22 mile runs cycle rides, and 26. 22 mile runs every day , sean has completed every day, sean has completed his mission to finish more back to back full distance triathlons than any human before. Im just im exhausted just reading this out now. Im thrilled to say that sean joins us now. Hopefully he actually looking like youve just finished running or something or other. Sean, thank you so much for taking your your taking time out of your your schedule, which sounds absolutely you dont mind absolutely if you dont mind me saying so bonkers. You do it . Yeah , well, it seemed like yeah, well, it seemed like a goodidea yeah, well, it seemed like a good idea at the time, to be honest. And im sort of regretting that. I think after day ten, i was realising maybe ive bitten off more than i can chew because, yeah, i mean , i chew because, yeah, i mean, i wouldnt wish it on my worst enemy , to be honest. That sort enemy, to be honest. That sort of day really grind, you know, waking up at 4 29 am, getting to bed at around 830, no rest days, no recovery days. You know, if i didnt make the 17 hour cut off every day that was pretty much it over, to be honest. Honest. So. So what . Just just talk me through you. A typical day. How do you fit . How do you even fit it in a day . What time do you start . Day . What time do you start . Yeah. So i was waking up at 4 29 am. And that guaranteed me to be in the pool at one minute to be in the pool at one minute to five and then swim for about an hour, 2010, 15 minutes at t1 to get into the bike. And then the bike leg was on average six and a half to seven hours on the bike. Then about 15, 20 minutes at t2 , and then the marathon at t2, and then the marathon itself would take me about again anywhere between 5 and 6 hours. Again hovering around five and a half and then about 25 minutes back home and just quickly eat a bit rough and tumble with my kids. Ive got two young boys and Caroline Holding the fort and Caroline Holding the fort and then straight to bed, really, and then just get up and over again. Over again. How much how many hours sleep are you actually getting . Are you actually getting . Well, at the beginning i was getting about 4 or 5 hours. When my days were a bit slower. I had a couple of injuries and a couple niggles. By couple of niggles. But by the end the was to sort of get end the goal was to sort of get my eight hours, about seven and a eight hours, and that a half, eight hours, and that really, you know , sort of almost really, you know, sort of almost have to do it to make this sustainable. I dont think itd be very sustainable if you were only getting 5 or 6 hours sleep a night. Know, was sort a night. You know, that was sort of on my priority of really high on my priority list. Um, sleep of list. Um, the sleep side of things , as i say, effects. Things, as i say, what effects. I mean, its an amazing achievement. And, you know, huge. Congratulations. Youve also of like raised lot also sort of like raised a lot of and awareness for of money and awareness for charity as well. But what effect has on you mentally and has it had on you mentally and physically . Mean, theres physically . I mean, theres a mental aspects of this to deal with the pressure is with as well. The pressure is enormous. Yourself. Enormous. You put on yourself. Absolutely. Mean , so yeah, absolutely. I mean, so physically, first up, and this is something i didnt think would ive almost would have to do, ive almost had to walk again had to learn how to walk again because is for three a half because is for three and a half months, ive barely did any walking because youre running technique use very technique is you use very different muscles to run efficiently than you do from walking. So i went for a one mile walk yesterday and i can hardly this morning. So im hardly move this morning. So im having to learn how to walk again. So thats been interesting. Um, and the mental side, you know , i dont think side, you know, i dont think im quite sure how thats going to work out. Ive certainly feel to work out. Ive certainly feel empty at the moment. I just sort of ive spent so much time , im of ive spent so much time, im trying to get this world record. I failed at it last year. Oh yeah. Oh yeah. It was, uh , it was a real it was, uh, it was a real struggle. So its only been 10 or 2 weeks now, so im still coming to terms with it all, really. And thats what i was so cunous really. And thats what i was so curious about, sean because as we know, exercise can be addictive and people do get addicted to going to the gym or running or whatever. But you been doing it so intensely just to stop the mental effects must be really hard to cope with. I mean, what do you do with your days now . Yeah , well, im straight into yeah, well, im straight into a dad life, to be honest. So ive got a four year old and an under two year old, so that keeps busy. And keeps me pretty busy. And because caroline, my lovely wife , had the boys for three and a half months, she sort of dumped them and loving them on me now. And im loving it, to honest. Its really it, to be honest. Its really keeping keeping from keeping my keeping me from getting post. Getting into that post. Challenge blues , as they call challenge blues, as they call it. When youve had so long focusing on something and then when its away from you when its taken away from you because as you say, was doing because as you say, i was doing 90 hours of exercise a week for the last three months. So you know, to go from 90 hours of exercise a week down to 1 or 2 now and that is Walking Around the house really, and mowing the lawn is yeah, its adjusting, the house really, and mowing the lawn is yeah, its adjusting , to lawn is yeah, its adjusting, to be honest. You have a very, very understanding wife, if you dont mind me saying i just mind me saying so now i just want the want to quickly mention the charity raising charity youve been raising money for. Its called true venture. Can you tell a bit venture. Can you tell us a bit more that . More about that . So i found out about yeah. So i found out about true venture when i was sort of planning rear attempt this planning the rear attempt this year and true venture. Basically just want to try and get kids to try sport out love sport and stay in sport. You know the figures for kids doing sport at the moment is sort of down in the moment is sort of down in the late 30. So i think 38, 39 of kids do sport outside of school and we want to get that up into the 60s or 70s. And so now weve raised nearly £100,000. And even i got a letter from Prince William even, which was quite a surprise in the post, um, saying congratulations on the on the iron distance challenge and you know, how important getting kids into sport is. So you know, im going to basically be focussed all my energies now for on the rest of my life. I think ive found something that im really passionate about and ive got young kids and i know how difficult get difficult it is to try and get them local swimming clubs them into local swimming clubs and things so yeah, and things like that. So yeah, its Great Campaign and its been a Great Campaign and weve raised, as i say, nearly £100,000. So that money is going to hopefully available for to be hopefully available for some grants for clubs and things like. Im to be like that. So im going to be working that. Working on that. There website sean is there a website people if they want to people can go to if they want to find more information about the charity can get charity and how they can get involved . Absolutely. Charity and how they can get involve can absolutely. Charity and how they can get involve can go absolutely. Charity and how they can get involve can go on solutely. Charity and how they can get involve can go on to utely. Charity and how they can get involve can go on to utelinstagram you can go on to my Instagram Sean conway adventure or to true venture. Org all the venture. Org. Uk and all the information is there. Brilliant thats thats sean conway there who has completed and im going to it out again 102 iron to read it out again 102 iron distance triathlons in 102 days. Sean so much for sean thank you so much for joining today. Now go and put joining us today. Now go and put your up on the settee and your feet up on the settee and play your feet up on the settee and play thank play with the little boys. Thank you joining. Are you forjoining. You are watching and listening to gb news saturday with me. Dawn neesom and lots more to coming up on todays packed show. Its up on todays packed show. Its britains news channel gb news. Welcome back to gb news saturday. With me dawn neesom on your tv online and on Digital Radio. Now up to 1100 workers, amazon workers have walked out in a long running pay dispute , a in a long running pay dispute, a full year since a series of strike actions began. The gmb union said its members at the coventry and rugeley Fulfilment Centres are not happy with the latest deal, but the online retailer said it offered competitive wages and benefits now. Joining us live from coventry is our West Midlands reporter jack carson. To tell us more about whats going on. Good afternoon, jack. Can you bring us up to date on this . Us up to date on this . Yeah, good afternoon , dawn. Yeah, good afternoon, dawn. The picket line here is going to resume later on this evening around 5 00, when theyre going to have hundreds of people once again gather trying to bring those people coming in for the Evening Shift off the picket line is exactly what they were doing after doing this morning just after 7 00. There was hundreds of people here on this Industrial Estate stopping lorries, stopping people trying to get into work, telling them about the and trying to bring the strike and trying to bring those people onto picket those people onto the picket line. Gmb union that line. Its the gmb union that are in dispute with amazon. They are in dispute with amazon. They want a £15 per hour rise for their for their work. They want they want their workers rather, to be on £15 an hour rather than the 11 to 12 that amazon say they currently pay them. Amazon do say that they they regularly review their pay and in the last year their pay has gone up 10. They say since 2018, pay for their workers at Fulfilment Centres like this has gone up by 37. But speaking to firdous, sara uddin, who was the regional organiser for there, warning, she told me that that figure of a 37 rise is misleading. When you talk about percentage , it sounds like percentage, it sounds like a huge amount. Theyre still between £11 and £12. And this is coming from a company that makes billions. So if youre saying the percentage that theyre using sounds significant, theyre £12. Some of theyre still below £12. Some of them are just above minimum wage. And comes from wage. And that comes from a company thats made over 200 billion this year. We have members everywhere, and thats the exact same voices that were heanng the exact same voices that were hearing is theyve all had enough. They cant carry on living in the staining on the wages that they are at the moment. They to recognise wages that they are at the mcasznt. They to recognise wages that they are at the mcasznunion. To recognise wages that they are at the mcasznunion. Okay to recognise wages that they are at the mcasznunion. Okay theyecognise wages that they are at the mcasznunion. Okay they refuse ;e us as a union. Okay they refuse to listen to their workers as its been a year since their strike and its the same message that they want better pay. Its as simple as that. Theyre not asking for the millions. Theyre asking for the millions. Theyre asking for the millions. Theyre asking for a Sustainable Living wage. Wage. Yes. So really important that the big word i got from the gmb Union Yesterday and today when ive been here has been about this idea of momentum because, of course, since january when this coventry warehouse went on strike, it was only them that were on strike. But now this week and in previous strikes that rugeley warehouse in staffordshire has also come out and workers there are also starting to pick it. So the word from the gmb unions that they are gaining momentum. Other are gaining momentum. Other warehouses that work for another , people that work for amazon around country are starting around the country are starting to picket lines. To now join these picket lines. They believe that they wont too be warehouses be long before more warehouses nationwide wide do come out on the picket lines. Amazon the picket lines. But amazon say that their employees that they offer their employees competitive including competitive benefits, including staff discounts and private medical insurance, and regularly review pay. Review their pay. Thank you. Thats jack carson, our gb news news West Midlands reporter there with the latest on the amazon strike. Now, music artist lizzo has says im not the villain in response to Sexual Harassment claims in a lawsuit filed by three former dancers says lizzo has also spoken out against the claims she fat shamed her backing dancers, calling their claims sensationalised. Stories is now fascinated by this story. And fascinated by this story. And im actually thrilled to have the show biz supremo, the lovely Stephanie Takyi join me to explain whats going on, whats moving on, and can i mean lizzo is quite a curvy. Shes always been body positive. Is it positive . Is it possible to fat positive . Is it possible to fat shame somebody when you are rather large yourself . That is the question ive been asking myself the whole week when i first heard about these claims storm because i thought impression, thought the first impression, i thought the first impression, i thought absurd because thought they were absurd because lizzo is very much the poster girl for plus size women and in the Music Industry rarely have we had a plus sized artist whos being championed, whos been looked upon as glamorous and being that kind of figure of body positivity. We now weve body positivity. We now weve had these three claims from her backing dancers who have accused her of harassment and fat shaming. You know, its hard to take a side here because you cannot downplay people when they do talk about abuse. And sometimes you do have those situations where the person whos been bullied ends up becoming the bully themselves. I becoming the bully themselves. I think in this case with lizzo, shes kind of the lines have been blurred. I think shes forgotten were her forgotten that they were her employee days. And the fact she made made too much a friends of them. And i think thats where it been. Her downfall here. It has been. Her downfall here. It good for lizzo it hasnt been good for lizzo because built a brand on because she has built a brand on being plus size. And now most of the dancers have come out and they are accusing her of fat phobia its a very phobia again. So its a very interesting concept to think that a plus size woman such as lizzo has then been attacking her dancers for putting on weight and saying that they havent been performing as well due to their weight gain. No one likes weight to be likes their weight to be discussed but alone discussed about, but let alone coming from a woman whos made a whole platform. Coming from a woman whos made a wh do platform. Coming from a woman whos made a wh do platfthink this, as you say do you think this, as you say , such for , shes been such an icon for body positive messages, do you think damaged her think this has damaged her reputation amongst her . Because , know, it has, because, you know, some of the fans that been some of the fans that ive been reading theyve reading about this week, theyve been off because they been turned off because they feel just feel like has it just been a sham . It just been a fake sham . Has it just been a fake thing . Has she just been using sham . Has it just been a fake thin as has she just been using sham . Has it just been a fake thin as himarketing been using sham . Has it just been a fake thin as himarketing ploy using sham . Has it just been a fake thin as himarketing ploy . Ising sham . Has it just been a fake thin as himarketing ploy . And this as a marketing ploy . And its been very much strength in numbers with accusers numbers with these accusers because theres three of them who three plus size women. Who are three plus size women. So you know, of people are so you know, a lot of people are saying, you speaking up saying, why are you speaking up now . Theyre when now . And theyre saying when youre situation and youre in that situation and youre in that situation and youre getting its hard youre getting abuse, its hard to your so and it to find your voice. So and it took lizzo about three days for her to respond to these accusations. So you know, sometimes in showbiz, you think to yourself , thats three to yourself, thats three days. If statement if you put in a statement together. Yes, exactly. You know, so , you know, you have to know, so, you know, you have to be a sceptical with these be a bit sceptical with these things. Were things. And i think what were seeing now is were learning more lizzo , the prima seeing now is were learning more dawn, izzo , the prima seeing now is were learning more dawn, not , the prima seeing now is were learning more dawn, not lizzo,prima seeing now is were learning more dawn, not lizzo, whos donna dawn, not lizzo, whos just been all about body positivity. And i think when you get these accusations, its hard to downplay them. But this will be a court case. So there is more to come. More to come. Talking of people who have been accused of being prima donnas. Was a 42nd donnas. Meghan markle was a 42nd birthday the other day. Yeah, cuz grizzly quiet from the royal family and indeed people like serena who are her best Serena Williams who are her best friends she is actually friends now, she is actually becoming very chummy with John Travolta. Yeah. You see, i feel like harry and meghan are working their way through hollywood. Theyre very much theyll be friends with one celebrity for a season , then drop them, then season, then drop them, then move the next. John travolta, move to the next. John travolta, of that dance of course, remember that dance he had with Princess Diana in 1985 at white house . So he 1985 at the white house . So he already has a connection with harry. But John Travolta is known scientology. Thats known for scientology. Thats his big thing. So there is a question harry and question there whether harry and meghan of meghan are thinking of scientology, dont think scientology, which i dont think they not. Thats they are. Hopefully not. Thats they are. Hopefully not. Thats the last thing we need. They the last thing we need. But they have quite pally with him have become quite pally with him because hollywood, at the because in hollywood, at the moment losing quite moment they are losing quite a lot i theyve lot of friends. I think theyve become paranoid if this become a bit paranoid if this beckham true, where beckham story is true, where they thought david and victoria were leaking i think were leaking stories, i think theyre trying to find people who can trust. And think who they can trust. And i think whats hollywood , whats happened in hollywood, they very the toast of they were very much the toast of hollywood they hollywood when they first arrived california. But then arrived in california. But then we then we had the we had spare. Then we had the Netflix Documentary and americans love the royals. So i think theyve now seen past harry and meghans. You know what, campaign against the royals and its now what have you got to offer so theyre going find new people going to have to find new people and supporters. And new supporters. I have to. Very quickly, running out of time, steph. No worries. My favourite story is barbie causes covid. Oh , come on. Apparently there oh, come on. Apparently there is a pink demic right now. Apparently were seeing a spike of covid cases and experts are blaming cinema goers because theres been so many of them going to see bob and emma, which has been barbie and oppenheimer. But their mostly blaming barbie. And that is a faux pas. And i think that is a faux pas. Oh, that was it was a great headune oh, that was it was a great headline and headline come and thats a headune headline come and thats a headline weve living for headline weve been living for with it . Stephanie with covid isnt it . Stephanie takyi. Thank you. For having on today. Thank you. Right. You are thank you. Right. You are watching and listening to gb news saturday with dawn news saturday with me. Dawn neesom. Coming up. Neesom. Lots more coming up. Really but first, really packed show. But first, lets look at what lets take a look at what the weather with rachel. Weather is doing with rachel. Looks like things are heating up, but boxt boilers, proud sponsors of weather on. Gb news. Sponsors of weather on. Gb news. Good afternoon. My name is good afternoon. My name is rachel ayers and welcome to your latest gb news Weather Forecast brought to you by the met office. While storm anthony is still crossing the uk through this afternoon and this is going to bring further heavy rain and strong winds, those strongest winds will still be across southern parts of wales and southwest where there southwest england where there are weather warnings in are still weather warnings in force. But as we go through this evening, those winds will slowly start to ease. Seeing some start to ease. Still seeing some heavy showers and thunderstorms across the southeast as storm anthony pulls away to the east, bringing some breezy conditions and further outbreaks of rain into the early hours of sunday here and elsewhere, though, winds light and winds becoming light and generally so generally drier, too. So temperatures dropping a little bit tonight than bit more readily tonight than what night. So what we saw last night. So a brighter start to the second half of the weekend for many. Still some outbreaks of rain in the east as storm anthony makes a slow clearance to the east. Elsewhere, though, a mixture of sunshine and showers throughout sunday. These could be heavy across Northern Ireland, scotland and northern england, too, where we could just see the odd isolated thunderstorm. But otherwise its a much more pleasant, brighter and drier day on sunday with those temperatures faring a little better,. Looking ahead to better, too. Looking ahead to the new week, though , after the new week, though, after another on sunday another chilly night on sunday night, a brighter start to monday , though, still with monday, though, still with the odd around. And if we odd shower around. And if we look at the rest of the week, temperatures starting to climb, though, towards though, as we get towards wednesday drier wednesday with some drier and more conditions to come i it looks like things are heating up by boxt boilers. Proud sponsors of weather on. Gb news. Thank you very much, rachel. So basically, dont go out, sit and watch telly. Its much better, right . Lots more coming up on todays show for channel. Where hello and welcome back to gb news saturday. Im dawn neesom and for the next two hours ill be keeping you company on tv , be keeping you company on tv, onune be keeping you company on tv, online and on Digital Radio. Keeping you up to date on the stories that really matter to you. Up this hour, you. Now coming up this hour, two French Police officers have been injured in clashes with migrants as a number crossing the English Channel past a 15,000 for the year. So far. And 15,000 for the year. So far. And then are more University Places going to foreign students . This going to foreign students . This according to the head of ucas. According to the head of ucas. They might, but hasnt this been the case for a long time . Surely. And meanwhile, the met Office Warning of possible office is warning of possible danger to life as storm anthony hits part of the uk. So hits part of the uk. So naturally weve sent our reporter out in the storm, havent we . The met office are saying dont go out. So what do we do . Go out and report on it. But first the news but first its the news headunes but first its the News Headlines with ray addison. Headlines with ray addison. Seemed like a good idea at the time. 1 01. Im ray addison time. 1 01. Im ray addison in time. 1 01. Im ray addison in the 1 01. Im ray addison in the newsroom. Our top story, the met office is warning of possible danger to life as storm anthony batters parts of the uk. Theyve issued an amber warning for southwestern parts of england and wales until 7 pm. This evening. Strong winds could cause flying debris. Power cuts and travel disruption. And travel disruption. Meanwhile, a yellow weather warning for rain is in place for Northern Ireland with flooding possible. Weather journalist nathan rao told us what to expect. Expect. Wind speeds of this storm. Storm anthony, are expected to be around 75 mile per hour gusts on the coasts and 55mph in that. Its not the strongest storm that weve seen , but because of that weve seen, but because of the time of year , the leaves, the time of year, the leaves, the time of year, the leaves, the trees are all in full leaf andifs the trees are all in full leaf and its holiday season. The schools are off. And where its going to be hitting the impact of storm hitting today is of this storm hitting today is likely to greater than had likely to be greater than had the same sort of thing happened later year. Later in the year. Two French Police officers have been injured in clashes with migrants near calais. Around 60 threw rocks and other missiles as officers tried to stop people smugglers from launching a small boat. The officers were treated in hospital for non life threatening injuries. Gb news can reveal that 15,100 migrants have crossed the English Channel illegally since the start of the yeah illegally since the start of the year. Thats down more than 2500 on the same period last year. The bank of englands governor says he supports calls to ensure Interest Rate rises are passed on to savers. Speaking to the i on to savers. Speaking to the i newspaper, Andrew Bailey said a failure by banks to do so raised a question about fairness to customers. The comments come as the Financial Conduct Authority warns it will take action against most banks and Building Societies that are unable to justify offering low savings rates. Central bank raised rates. Central bank raised Interest Rates to 5. 25 this week. Thats the 14th rise in a row. Donald trump has described row. Donald trump has described claims that he plotted to overturn the 2020 us election as an act of desperation by President Biden. Last night, President Biden. Last night, prosecutors warned a judge that mr trump may be seeking to use evidence to target witnesses. Thats after he posted a message to social media which said if you go after me, im coming after you. Speaking at a republican event in alabama, the former us president described the allegations as fake and said he was being targeted for political reasons. Every time they file an indictment , every time they file an indictment, we go way up in the polls. We need one more indictment to close out this election , one more indictment, election, one more indictment, and this election is closed out. Nobody has even a chance. Nobody has even a chance. A ukrainian intelligence source has claimed responsibility after a russian tanker was damaged in a sea drone attack. Russian media reporting that the vessel was targeted as it approached the kerch strait near the strategic bndge kerch strait near the strategic bridge that links russia with occupied crimea. The attack comes after ukrainian ports were pummelled by russian drone strikes for which kyiv had threatened to retaliate. Back threatened to retaliate. Back here, amazon is experiencing a second day of strikes as workers walk out at its Fulfilment Centre in staffordshire over pay centre in staffordshire over pay. Meanwhile, another two day walkout has begun at the companys warehouse in coventry. The gmb union saying this represents the biggest day of industrial disruption in the tech firms history. Industrial disruption in the tech firms history. The industrial disruption in the tech firms history. The union says more than 1000 people expected to take part. Fuddu saira uddin is gmb regional organiser. She told us what they want. Want. Theyve all had enough. They cant carry on living in abstaining on the wages that they are at the moment. They want better pay. Its as simple as that. Theyre not asking for the millions. Theyre for as that. Theyre not asking for tisustainable theyre for as that. Theyre not asking for tiSustainable Livinge for as that. Theyre not asking for tiSustainable Living wage for as that. Theyre not asking for tiSustainable Living wage. For a Sustainable Living wage. Englands childrens commissioner says a shortage of Foster Carers will get worse without more investment. 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This is gb news across the uk on television in your car, on Digital Radio and on your Smart Speaker by saying play your Smart Speaker by saying play gb news. Now lets get back to dawn. To dawn. Thank you very much, ray. Now lets get straight into todays topics. British students face losing out to foreign applicants in the for competition places at university. The head of ucas, thats the University Clearing system, says universities could this year increase proportion of International Students on individual science courses, which are more expensive to run than arts courses this year . Joining me to actually drill down into the story a little bit more thrilled to have back political commentator peter spencen political commentator Peter Spencer. Now, peter, when i first read this story, i thought, well, its been going on for a long time, hasnt it . Why are we getting so up in arms about this one . Because so much because its got so much worse. And thats simply because worse. And thats simply because of the fact that the amount that universities can charge domestic students has been capped for years. The inflation rate has years. The inflation rate has rocketed , and as a result, they rocketed, and as a result, they are seriously strapped for cash. And so they look overseas naturally because these guys can pay 3 naturally because these guys can pay 3 or 4 times as much. I mean, actually the funnily enough, theres another sort of twist to the knife that ive got from contacts within the university sector. And what they university sector. And what they say is that that theres a significant slice of overseas students, particularly from china , who fancy the kudos of china, who fancy the kudos of studying in uk because were talking about the Russell Group university. Yeah. Yeah. So its great kudos the posh ones. Yeah. But the though they fancy the kudos, they dont necessarily attend the lectures or even necessarily come over as a consequence. Flashy a consequence. Flashy accommodation is being built for them but it isnt necessarily occupied. And also state of the occupied. And also state of the art equipment is being bought, which isnt necessarily being used. Meanwhile, domestic used. Meanwhile, domestic students of course, i mean , one students of course, i mean, one particular contact has told me that some of the some of the kids who want to study at bristol have to look as far, far away cardiff for somewhere to live. Oh , well. So it is it is oh, well. So it is it is british youngsters are being affected by this story. So it is something we should be worried about. Yeah. Oh, about. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Oh, gosh. Right. Okay. When you gosh. Right. Okay. And when you say actually even say theyre not actually even coming here to but the coming here to study, but the University Still gets what up to £40,000 a year from these students . Students . Sure. I mean, quite how they managed to get the degree to say that if theyre not here studying, they the studying, how do they get the degree and therefore the kudos of to cambridge of saying, i went to cambridge or a good or oxford . Thats a very good question. I mean, whether question. I mean, whether they do they just study do whether they just study online, then zap online, basically, and then zap over and take the exams and say and then get the degree apportioned by the university in question, that may be one way how they do it. I mean, its sort of its one of these really sort of its one of these really sort of its one of these really sort of odd and rather niche things. But but at the same time , seriously , its got to be seriously annoying for an awful lot of students. Uk students who find annoying for an awful lot of stud they uk students who find annoying for an awful lot of stud they cant udents who find annoying for an awful lot of stud they cant get nts who find annoying for an awful lot of stud they cant get into ho find annoying for an awful lot of stud they cant get into theseid places. Well, this is the thing and these universities that well, this is the thing and the� very universities that well, this is the thing and the� very popular, versities that well, this is the thing and the� very popular, very ies that are very popular, very oversubscribed because they are the wants the ones that everybody wants to go arent they . Sure. So go to, arent they . Sure. So once again, its british kids that over that are getting screwed over just a little bit. Yeah. Course, the yeah. And of course, the government cant do much about it. Is solution it, what is the solution to it, though . The though . I mean, we see the problem got today, peter, problem weve got today, peter, is and oh, god, is we all sit and go, oh, god, this terrible. Is this is terrible. This is dreadful. One seems to dreadful. But no one seems to have well have any answers. Well no, i mean, the obvious answer mean, because the obvious answer is to the that that is to raise the amount that that british universities can charge british universities can charge british students. British students. But of course, if they do that, the backlash from those middle class voters who you never know with a bit of luck in the following might even vote tory. You just never know. And we election coming up. We have an election coming up. Oddly enough, might have oddly enough, we might have might aware of that. Might be slightly aware of that. Even think about it. It. Talking of which, it. Talking of which, grant no. Talking of which, grant shapps the net zero secretary and i still cant quite get my head that title. Even head around that title. Even whats he been up to this whats whats he been up to this week . Whats whats he been up to this weewell, hes been saying lower well, hes been saying lower taxes are in our dna. Well, hes been saying lower taxes are in our dna. We really taxes are in our dna. We really want the tories. Yeah. Yeah. Want the tories. Yeah. Yeah. Well, actually lower taxes by votes. I well, actually lower taxes by votes. I mean, for gods sake. I mean, you know, i mean Jeremy Corbyn was a bit of class act about chucking the money around, wasnt he . And and so, but, but not just yet. Got a tanker. Not just yet. Got a tanker. Youve got to turn it round it takes time basically. Not for a fair old while yet but again its a bit a little bit of catnip to tory voters but its at this stage its whistling in the wind, to be perfectly honest. And i dont i mean, the thing is , chaps cant risk is, chaps cant risk overstepping the mark here because sunak has been very busy detoxifying the tory party for that , trying to convince voters that, trying to convince voters that, trying to convince voters that its neither run by a liar, which is Boris Johnson or a loony, which is in fiscal terms is liz truss, of course. So hes got hes got to play a very straight bat, right . The tories are expected to so the tories are expected to wait the budget wait until the Spring Budget next even consider next year to even consider cutting taxes. Really is basically what hes saying is, yes , exactly. Yes, exactly. So yeah, yeah. Because so yeah, yeah, yeah. Because i mean, you know, had the i mean, you know, weve had the bank last week bank of england last week saying, well, you know, got to hike 14 times in a row precisely. So and also inflation is, you know, weve got to kerb inflation. Its going to be here for fair while. So i have to for a fair while. So i have to say much for sunaks say that so much for sunaks grand idea about how he was going to of slash going to sort of slash inflation. , his five inflation. I mean, his five pledges, i mean, theyre pretty much all gone down the down the tubes, they . Much all gone down the down the tub well, they . Much all gone down the down the tub well, its they . Much all gone down the down the tub well, its got . Much all gone down the down the tub well, its got a few much all gone down the down the tubwell, its got a few months well, its got a few months left, hasnt he . Yeah meanwhile , we have evidently an heir to tony blair and thats in the shape of keir starmer, evidently. What do you make of this one . I mean , i find it interesting i mean, i find it interesting because blair was originally very, very unsure about starmer, and i can see why, apart from anything else, blair had tremendous oratorical flair , did tremendous oratorical flair, did he not . Charisma . Yeah, charisma. No charisma . Yeah, charisma. No matter what sort of political fence youre on, he had charisma. Thats right. And starmer does tend to as if hes does tend to look as if hes just a wasp. I mean. I just swallowed a wasp. I mean. I mean, you know, hes a hes a good lawyer and hes a very solid operator, and hes a very decent man. Forensic. Yeah, but decent man. Forensic. Yeah, but hes not exactly sexy, if you see what i mean. But but, but, but. Blair is. And blair is a very energetic man. And. And so hes looking and thinking, look, now the labour party , it looks now the labour party, it looks like theyre going to win , but a like theyre going to win, but a bit help will not go amiss. Bit of help will not go amiss. And its not as if tony blair hasnt got loads and loads of resources and hes already put plenty of his placement actually in the in the inner team. So yeah, he is the puppet master, so he is the puppet master to keir starmer. Yeah. Interesting times indeed. Yeah. Interesting times indeed. Thats Peter Spencer. Indeed. Thats Peter Spencer. Thank you very much for joining us this afternoon. Peter wright. Right now, news reveal. Right now, gb news can reveal that over 15,000 channel migrants have made the crossing so far this year as French Police officers have been injured in clashes with migrants injured in clashes with migrants in calais. It injured in clashes with migrants in calais. It comes as the deputy Prime Minister says Asylum Seekers will ill will in capital letters be on the bibby stockholm. Thats the big boat stockholm. Thats the big boat down in Portland Harbour in coming weeks. The first group of migrants was originally scheduled to move into the controversial accommodation in dorset on tuesday. The delays dorset on tuesday. The delays was caused by issues surrounding the health and safety of port workers, not fire safety. Evidently, Oliver Dowden says he is confident the problems can be addressed after tower firefighters warned the vessels a potential death trap. Now joining me now this story is just not going away. Is it . Joining me now is International Human rights lawyer david. Hi and the director of centre for migration and Economic Prosperity , stephen wolff. Prosperity, stephen wolff. Gentlemen thank you very much for joining me on this one. So forjoining me on this one. So how far is this story moving on now . What is happening . When can we expect to see migrants going anywhere near this boat . It doesnt seem to be happening anywhere fast. I mean, who are going to i know your good friends as well, even though your poles apart on this one. So who to first this who wants to go first on this one . Who wants to go first on this onewell , i think were both well, i think were both going to agree that i dont think the real think we actually know the real answer as every answer to this because as every time government suggests , time the government suggests, its theyre to place its that theyre about to place asylum applicants upon this boat , Something Else crops up and its very clear to me that there is some real difficulties within the planning aspects of the home office that never thought about health and safety of the workers of the fire precautions. They say they did. And if they did, then those were posing it as part of a continued strategy to delay this this process. Piocess. Process. Yes, stephen, thats stephen wolf there. Thank you very much, david. What do you make of what stephens just said . I mean, is this to this ever actually going to happen just bit like happen or is it just a bit like rwanda and what else . We had tents weve had recently as well , havent we . I mean , good afternoon. Both you i mean, you know what a monument in a way to kind of rishi sunak and Suella Braverman immigration policy, an empty. Empty barge. And, you know, i mean, i was looking up other looking up the other day, i mean, im down in cornwall and it too months that bibby it was too months that bibby stockholm in falmouth here. Stockholm was in falmouth here. And essentially, if it wasnt if it wasnt made , you know, if it wasnt made, you know, safe then and the health and safety and the fire or however many vests they needed or whatever it be, not whatever it may be, was not deau whatever it may be, was not dealt with in two i dealt with in two months. I mean, shocking the complete mean, its shocking the complete and incompetence of the and utter incompetence of the government in this, you know, and you earlier on, you mentioned people have mentioned how many people have come already come across the channel already that technically 30 of that need technically 30 of these keep up to date with these to keep up to date with these to keep up to date with the people that have come across the channel. This year. And we cant one right. Cant even get one right. David, im going to have to ask the perennial question here, though. I mean, if its inhumane to put them on this barge and evidently its described by the owners of the barge as Luxury Living on board 222 bedrooms, 506 guest gyms, wi fi, etcetera , etcetera. If its inhumane , etcetera. If its inhumane, what do we do . I mean, we all what do we do . I mean, we all know the standard answer to this is to improve move the asylum Processing System , to give Processing System, to give people a safe and secure way to apply for asylum in this country. But thats not going to happen overnight, not until we get that set up. What are we meant to do . Meant to do . I think the first thing to say theres no reason why this barge to be inhumane , why it barge has to be inhumane, why it has be unsafe. You know, a has to be unsafe. You know, a barge, a marquee or barge, whether its a marquee or whether its a hotel, whatever it may be, can be safe. And humane. There are its very easy. Its not difficult to make things that fall in those categories. Why the categories. Its why the government do that, why government doesnt do that, why theyre not putting the plans in place, why this barge was in falmouth for two months and all the measures and all the appropriate measures and all the appropriate measures and all the appropriate measures and all the appropriate health and safety ticked. The appropriate health and safeyou ticked. The appropriate health and safeyou know, ticked. The appropriate health and safeyou know, theres ticked. The appropriate health and safeyou know, theres no ked. The appropriate health and safeyou know, theres no reason so, you know, theres no reason why this barge cannot be safe and cannot be humane. And cannot be humane. Stephen, coming to you on this one. There has been some quenes this one. There has been some queries raised by conservative mps. Obviously they would, wouldnt they, that the health and safety issues have been raised by labour affiliated unions and there is more political game to play here rather than general concern for the health and safety issues. What do you make of that . Well, theres no doubt that this is part of a long term political game thats being played by the trade unions, some non Governmental Organisations and some of the charities. After and some of the charities. After all, many of them were behind find applications to the to the to the courts about the rwanda policy. And we see that many of those people being funded by the asylum applicants being funded are being funded in their legal cases, are being funded by organised actions related to trade unions. So there is a political element to it and its not surprising that they are funding this. But if you want to look at solutions to this , look at solutions to this, theres polling out there that suggests that the wealthier you are , the more likely that youre are, the more likely that youre supporting those Asylum Seekers wanting to come and live here and be part of refugees. And be part of refugees. Welcome. And yet most of the housing is in the poorest areas of the country. So why have housing is in the poorest areas of solution ntry. So why have housing is in the poorest areas of solution that so why have housing is in the poorest areas of solution that allwhy have housing is in the poorest areas of solution that all those have housing is in the poorest areas of solution that all those who ve a solution that all those who have a house over £1 million and live in those areas that dont currently have hotel hotels with them, particularly the liberal democrat areas and some conservative areas, those over £1 million, then you would be forced to take some of these Asylum Seekers because we are in Asylum Seekers because we are in a National Period of difficulty and surely because youre part of that group that supports it in polling, youll be youll be happy to take them. And thats spreading spreading spreading the burden, spreading the love. The Gary Linekers of this world part world lives in very leafy part of west london. David what do you make to that suggestion . You make to that suggestion . Well, i dont like the idea , well, i dont like the idea, but i think what were going to see the barge certainly see with the barge certainly also stevens idea came in also if stevens idea came in place, going to see lots place, youre going to see lots and legal challenges. And lots of legal challenges. Now know, youve got now you know, youve got recently the Fire Brigade Union saying this saying that effectively this barge unsafe. Youre if barge is unsafe. So if youre if your lawyers and your your asylum looking at being Asylum Seekers looking at being placed this barge, youve placed into this barge, youve already quite grounds already got quite good grounds to try and a legal to actually try and have a legal challenge to stop you being placed youre placed challenge to stop you being place being youre placed challenge to stop you being place being removed. re placed challenge to stop you being place being removed. re ilaced challenge to stop you being place being removed. re i think there being removed. So i think youre to see a lot more youre going to see a lot more legal challenges for people being put there. But also, i think know, stevens being put there. But also, i thinkcame know, stevens being put there. But also, i thinkcame in, now, stevens being put there. But also, i thinkcame in, low, stevens being put there. But also, i thinkcame in, i canstevens being put there. But also, i thinkcame in, i can imagine lots idea came in, i can imagine lots and of legal challenges , and lots of legal challenges, you know, from the wealthy people the so people that own the houses. So its courts and no, no its just more courts and no, no progress. Progress. So we have 55, 51,000 destitute migrants in Hotels Across the uk, which is costing the taxpayer in excess of £6 million a day , £22 billion a million a day, £22 billion a yeah million a day, £22 billion a year. Evidently now , how do we year. Evidently now, how do we square that with many people in the country at the moment who are really struggling and living in worse conditions than are in far worse conditions than are actually available . L a in the actually available . L a in the hotels and in many cases on the bibby stockholm itself. I mean, david, surely people are going to feel well , you know, to feel well, you know, somethings got to be done. Somethings got to be done. Theyre actually enjoying better conditions than we are. Well absolutely. I mean, i agree with you, but obviously you need you need short term planning, medium term and long term. Know, and long term. You know, we should the should be thinking now about the you number of people you know, the number of people that coming illegally that will be coming illegally and in a few and the migrants now, in a few years and building years time and Building Structures that can house them. Are that . No. You know, are we doing that . No. You know, we weve already we could be. Weve already proven that the with the proven that with the with the covid hospitals that we built, the nightingale hospitals that we together for we can actually put together for safe temporary buildings very, very quickly when we needed to. Yet were not doing that. So it just seems like theres complete and utter chaos and ive said it before and i think steven has that someone needs to get a grip. As you know, because no one is. And thats the problem. Theyre now. Theyre not getting a grip now. And there seems to be no Planning Forward for the planning Going Forward for the future numbers are future because these numbers are not going to suddenly stop , you not going to suddenly stop, you know, in in a few months time. Know, in a in a few months time. Theyre going to keep on growing. Were not doing growing. And were not doing anything it now for the anything about it now or for the future. After steven, just want to bring you quickly in on one more point that id like to raise. Its it doesnt seem fair that the people in this area you mentioned sort of like spreading the migrants around the rich areas. But the people down in portland and weymouth , they are portland and weymouth, they are struggling with nhs waiting lists. See doctors to see dentists and the migrants will have Automatic Access to those services where the locals are struggling now there have been accused of being racist for danng accused of being racist for daring to raise these issues. What do you make of that situation . Well, unfortunately, those people who are claiming people like that are racist are part of a group of individuals that really have no humanity or care about their other fellow citizens in this country. Its being used as a tool, as weve seen for many, many years, that anyone opposes large Scale Migration , wants to look in migration, wants to look in policies are actually racist or sexist or homophobic. These sort of claims really dont help the argument. And it really is a disgrace and it shows how weak the argument is from the other side. When people start doing that, the reality that when that, the reality is that when you look at weymouth, weymouth has serious poor has some really serious poor areas. This is areas. And once again, this is an of where the an example of where the government is pushing out the asylum process into these areas where they feel the costs are lower , but it has an impact on lower, but it has an impact on the poorest people , which is the poorest people, which is why, again i say just as we why, once again i say just as we did during the second world war, where house where we started to house children who came out of london just weve opened the doors just as weve opened the doors for to come in, for the ukrainians to come in, then its about time that the wealthy , who predominantly wealthy, who predominantly believe have believe that we should have large open the large Scale Migration open the doors and help the government and dont push it all into the poorest areas in the country. That they may then start to that way they may then start to see and sense what is happening across the rest of the country. But theyre insulated and they dont do it. And as dont want to do it. And as david theyll use their david said, theyll use their lawyers to stop it. Theyre happy to into council happy for it to go into council estate, but dont home. Estate, but dont bring it home. But a petition saying but ill sign a petition saying migrants welcome. Cant have migrants welcome. You cant have it ways. Thats gentleman. It both ways. Thats gentleman. Thank you very much for joining me this afternoon. Thats david international thats david hay, International Human stephen human rights lawyer and stephen woolf, migration woolf, director for migration and Economic Prosperity. Thank you very much for joining me and Economic Prosperity. Thank you very much forjoining me. And Economic Prosperity. Thank you very much forjoining me. A you very much for joining me. A very passionate there on very passionate debate there on both sides. Now, the first met office storm of the year. Office named storm of the year. Storm anthony will hit. The uk is already hitting the uk. If you look out the window this weekend with gusts up to 65 miles expected to batter miles an hour expected to batter the coastlines. Danger to life the coastlines. A danger to life warning has been issued by the met office. So which is precisely why we have sent our reporter out into the storm on the north devon coast to tell us about it. Danger to life right, jeff, we do love you. Honestly this is our southwest of england reporter jeff moody in a storm which risks your life. Jeff, which risks your life. Jeff, whats it like out there . Yes whats it like out there . Yes thank you for that. Well, the producer at gb news love me so much that they decided to send me to a beach where they hoped that i would be rocketed and buffeted by the wind and the waves. And actually, its not been too bad, to be honest. A very lovely man to be honest. A very lovely man has just come out of the Commodore Hotel here and hes brought cakes , brought me coffee and cakes, which is very pleasant. But actually that might give you an idea the if you can see idea of the wind if you can see how thats blowing around. Its not too its not too dramatic, is it . My camera looks as though its going over any its going to fall over any second careful. The second now, so be careful. The wind picking up, but wind really is picking up, but the isnt too bad here. The rain isnt too bad here. There are four weather warnings in place across the uk. Theres two amber warnings down here, one for the southwest of england. Thats for the wind, which is getting up to 65 miles an hour. And yes, right now it is beginning to get is really beginning to get windy. Theres one in wales and theres one in Northern Ireland, a yellow warning in Northern Ireland. Thats mainly for the rain , which they say will get to rain, which they say will get to about 35mm in places. So very rainy. Yes, the rac is saying, rainy. Yes, the rac is saying, please, whatever you try and be very careful when youre driving. The met office is giving lots of warnings, as ever, saying that its a danger to life. Theyre saying met office is saying avoid the beaches because of things being thrown around by the wind across the beach. I think theyre expecting projectiles of deckchairs as but so far its not been too bad. But the wind is picking up. Weve not heard of any serious life. Im sorry. Life. Im sorry. Im sorry. Life. Im sorry. Im sorry. Im sorry. Jeff thank thank you very much. Jeff moody, who was risking life and limb out in the storm where weve sent him to report when were warned not to go out there. So the weather is not very good, is it . Now you are watching. Im sorry. I didnt mean to laugh. Youre watching and listening to news and listening to gb news saturday. Dawn neesom. Saturday with me. Dawn neesom. Lots coming up on todays lots more coming up on todays show. But first, lets take a look at what the weather is doing all the place, doing all over the place, not just jeff moody with just to poor jeff moody with the lovely. Lovely rachel. Looks like things are heating up. Boxed boilers, proud up. Boxed boilers, proud sponsors of weather on. Gb news sponsors of weather on. Gb news good afternoon. My name is rachel ayers and welcome to your latest gb news Weather Forecast brought to you by the met office. While storm by the met office. While storm anthony still crossing the uk anthony is still crossing the uk through this afternoon and this is going to bring further heavy rain and strong winds, those strongest winds will still be across southern parts of wales and england where and southwest england where there are still weather warnings in force. As go through in force. But as we go through this evening, those winds will slowly start still slowly start to ease. Still seeing some heavy showers and thunderstorms across the south east as storm anthony pulls away to the east, bringing some breezy conditions and further outbreaks of rain into the early hours of sunday here and elsewhere, though, winds becoming light and generally dnen becoming light and generally drier, temperatures drier, too. So temperatures dropping little more dropping a little bit more readily than we saw readily tonight than what we saw last night. Readily tonight than what we saw last night. So a brighter start to the second half of the weekend for many. Still some outbreaks rain in the east as outbreaks of rain in the east as storm anthony makes a slow clearance to the east. Elsewhere, though, a mixture of sunshine and showers throughout sunday. These could be heavy across Northern Ireland, scotland and northern england, too, where we could just see the odd isolated thunderstorm. But otherwise its a much more pleasant, brighter and drier day on sunday with those temperatures faring little temperatures faring a little better, too. Looking ahead to better, too. Looking ahead to the week, though , after the new week, though, after another on sunday another chilly night on sunday night, a brighter start to monday , though, still with monday, though, still with the odd shower around. And if we look at the rest of the week, temperatures to climb, temperatures starting to climb, though, get towards though, as we get towards wednesday some drier and wednesday with some drier and more conditions come i looks like things are heating up, boxt boilers, proud sponsors of weather on. Gb news. Thank of weather on. Gb news. Thank you very much, rachel. Now, if youre worried about jeff, by the way, he is fine. He will be back in the studio at some point soon. Dry and warm. Theres lots more coming up on todays have the todays show. Well have the latest edinburgh latest from the edinburgh military as scotlands military tattoo as scotlands biggest best selling outdoor biggest and best selling outdoor event kicks off. Good luck with the and all and the weather and all of that and much , much more to come. Much, much more to come. Im dawn neesom and youre watching and to gb news, and listening to gb news, britains news channel 1 32. Im ray addison in the newsroom. And our top story. The newsroom. And our top story. The met office is warning of possible danger to life as storm anthony batters parts of the uk. Theyve issued an amber warning for southwestern parts of england and wales. That lasts until 7 pm. This evening. Strong winds could cause flying debns strong winds could cause flying debris , power cuts and travel debris, power cuts and travel disruption. Meanwhile, a yellow disruption. Meanwhile, a yellow weather warning for rain is in place for Northern Ireland with flooding possible. Two french flooding possible. Two French Police officers have been injured in clashes with migrants near calais. Around 60 threw near calais. Around 60 threw rocks and other missiles as officers tried to stop people smugglers from launching a small boat. Smugglers from launching a small boat. The officers were treated boat. The officers were treated in hospital for non life threatening injuries. Gb news can reveal that 15,100 migrants have crossed the English Channel illegally since the start of the yeah illegally since the start of the year. Thats down more than 2500 on the same period last year. The bank of englands governor says he supports calls to ensure Interest Rate rises are passed on to savers. Interest rate rises are passed on to savers. Is speaking to Interest Rate rises are passed on to savers. Is speaking to the on to savers. Is speaking to the i newspaper. Andrew on to savers. Is speaking to the i newspaper. Andrew bailey said a failure by banks to do so raised a question about fairness to customers. The comments come to customers. The comments come as the Financial Conduct Authority warns it will take action against banks and Building Societies that are unable to justify offering low savings rates. Donald trump unable to justify offering low savings rates. Donald trump has described claims that he plotted to overturn the 2020 us election as an act of desperation by President Biden last night, prosecutors warned a judge that mr trump may be seeking to use evidence to target witnesses. Evidence to target witnesses. Thats after he posted a message on social media saying, if you go after me, im coming after you. Speaking at a republican eventin you. Speaking at a republican event in alabama, the former us president said he was being targeted for political reasons. Targeted for political reasons. Well, you can get more on all of those stories by visiting our website, gb news dot com. Now lets get straight back to dawn i thank 5mm thank you very much, ray. Welcome back to gb news saturday with me dawn neesom on your tv onune with me dawn neesom on your tv online and on Digital Radio. Now the Edinburgh Festival are now in full swing and the highlight for many plays out every night in front of Edinburgh Castle. In front of Edinburgh Castle. This year, more than 800 International Participants bring americana carnival and electro pipes to the Royal Edinburgh Military Tattoo, avoiding the twirling of bayonets and flame spitting demons. Yes, its all happening. Is our scotland reporter tony mcguire, who is bringing us up to date on whats happening this august. Legends, myths and folklore from around the world coalesce on the esplanade of Edinburgh Castle and an explosion of colour, music and dance , saying colour, music and dance, saying nothing of outpourings , steel nothing of outpourings, steel drums and fire. This can only be the Royal Edinburgh Military Tattoo and this years show is stories. This years show is stories. Let the story begin. This let the story begin. This years military bands hail from far and wide from the usa and trinidad and tobago to norway, switzerland and of course, our home grown scottish talent tattoo chief executive Major General Buster Hughes tries to put his finger on exactly what makes this annual occasion such a spectacle. A spectacle. It is a wonderful setting. It is the heart of scotland. And is the heart of scotland. And then this. This auditorium which we conjure out of nothing every year from 30,000 pieces which are all dragged into a building which is designed to keep people out. Its a which is designed to keep people out. Its a bit like the coliseum. Its very steep. Coliseum. Its very steep. Its very intimate. Its very intimate. Youre not to going come to this event if you dont like it. And if you do like it, it puts the hair on the back of your neck up. Your neck up. Look a little closer in the elaborate formations choreography and multimedia tell another story to elevate their performance , the dedication and performance, the dedication and precision of the 800 plus International Cast is responsible for drawing the audience in close. Chief operating officer Lieutenant Colonel Jason Barrett pays tribute to the emotional investment made by this cast from around the world. The feedback we get from them is and for many and this may sound like an exaggerated way to put this, but these are the words they use that its a the best thing theyve ever done in their life , the most memorable their life, the most memorable thing theyve done in their life, changing experience. Life, life changing experience. These are things are fed these are things that are fed back they come back to us because they come here exhausted here and theyre exhausted because of the work theyve got to in at the start of it. To put in at the start of it. By the they leave, by the time they leave, though, for though, they have friends for life and a of tears are shed life and a lot of tears are shed when over. When its over. Stories happen to the best stories happen to those with the skills to tell them. This is one yarn well them. And this is one yarn well all be spinning for some time to come ashore unlike any other playing edinburgh this playing in edinburgh this summer, the edinburgh summer, the Royal Edinburgh Military Tattoo will surprise and audiences from now and delight audiences from now until the end of august. And delight audiences from now until the end of august. Tony until the end of august. Tony mcguire gb news is. Mcguire gb news is. Wow, that looks brilliant, doesnt it . Be careful with doesnt it . Be careful with those flamethrowers. Ah, with the wind well, now, the wind as well, id say. Now, lots you have been getting in lots of you have been getting in touch the topics weve been touch with the topics weve been discussing. International discussing today. International students, basic stealing, University Places from british kids. Ben says i, for one, am grateful for International Students. I now have a beautiful nearly daughter in law, abi, my youngest son, who has made him very happy. He wouldnt have met her university didnt her if the university didnt take International Students. Her if the university didnt take ithatstional students. Her if the university didnt take ithatstional stlstorys. Her if the university didnt take ithatstional stlstory. Well, thats a lovely story. Thank telling us that. Thank you for telling us that. Meanwhile home meanwhile mark says home students should have priority for the last four or so years. International students have taken over, and its all driven by money. The courses on offer to them are not the best either. I work for a university and have witnessed firsthand all the effects it has on resources and the the university runs. The way the university runs. Interesting points actually. Interesting points actually. Meanwhile, adam says the students arent the problem. The problem occurs when they bring their families over , something their families over, something many of you have mentioned. But many of you have mentioned. But keep your views coming in, please. This is all about what you think youre watching and listening to gb news saturday with me , dawn neesom. Lots more with me, dawn neesom. Lots more coming up. Really packed show, coming up. Really packed show, including latest on the deaf including the latest on the deaf lionesses as they prepare for their season. And ill talk to their season. And ill talk to their season. And ill talk to their captain on their footballing hopes. All of that after these short messages welcome back to gb news saturday with me, dawn neesom on your tv onune with me, dawn neesom on your tv online and on Digital Radio. Now i love this story. Gary lineker, gary neville and Steven Gerrard are just some of the stars of the footballing world who are helping a team of lionesses reach glory. No, not those ones. Reach glory. No, not those ones. These ones are the deaf womens team will use new technology which will help the team see conversations in real time through subtitles in the lens of a simple pair of glasses. Itll a simple pair of glasses. Itll help the deaf team take in tactics, speak to other competitors and more during their trip abroad. Thats coming up. Now, despite the england mens Deaf Football Team being funded by the fa, the womens team is completely self funded. Team is completely self funded. Well, isnt that always the case with these things . The deaf womens team are putting in hard graft to malaysia in graft to get to malaysia in september to the world championships. Now. Im absolutely thrilled to have joined me today. The captain of the deaf england womens Football Team and three time deaf olympian , the lovely clare deaf olympian, the lovely clare stancliffe. Clare, thank you so stancliffe. Clare, thank you so much for joining stancliffe. Clare, thank you so much forjoining me today. Now, much for joining me today. Now, clare , you have as a team and as clare, you have as a team and as an individual achieved amazing, amazing things. Can you just tell me how you developed your love of football in the first place . Yeah good afternoon. And so my love of football came from a very young age when i was about four years old, my family used to have the football on the telly. Family used to have the football on we telly. Liverpool fan, so we were big liverpool fan, so it watching it. Um, it was always watching it. Um, but then thats lost my but then thats when i lost my heanng but then thats when i lost my hearing as well. So, you know, football was kind of constant football was kind of my constant in i just felt normal i you i was hum you i was just reading some of your, your backstory. You of your, your backstory. You didnt actually meet you went deaf, you lost your hearing at the age of four. But you didnt actually meet another deaf person until you were in your mid teens. Yeah thats correct. Mid teens. Yeah thats correct. I found about other deaf people when i was about 18 years old. It was just sort of time that i was struggling with being in the hearing world such in the hearing world as such and transforming adult to transforming into an adult to the world of working and the adult world of working and stuff. Really, really stuff. It was really, really difficult. So i sort of researched other deaf researched about other deaf people and football, and people and deaf football, and thats about people and deaf football, and thatengland about people and deaf football, and thatengland so about people and deaf football, and thatengland so howout people and deaf football, and thatengland so how do you the england team. So how do you feel now that you have achieved so much and we had the lovely rose ayling , ellis, rose ayling, rose ayling, ellis, rose ayling, rose ayling, ellis, rose ayling, rose ayling, ellis on strictly come dancing, the actual singing sport now for deaf people and the fact that so much is possible to achieve. Possible to achieve. Yeah, i think probably dont realise how much i have achieved and i probably look back and maybe maybe in a couple of years time and just realise how much has been achieved, but i do feel that so much more that theres so much more that needs deaf needs to be done for the Deaf Community in general, and its really important that we keep pushing to break barriers down, even though they shouldnt be there in the first place. For us. Um, but hopefully now with what were doing as well, were young were trying to inspire young people , especially deaf people, especially deaf children, realise that children, to realise that anythings possible and, and you go clare into schools to inspire children in schools to get more involved in sport and in particular young girls in football and also to overcome disabilities. Disabilities. How did you get into that . It must be incredibly rewarding for yourself. Yeah i think from from yourself. Yeah i think from from my previous job, i was a sports coach in Primary School delivering lessons. So whenever i was in school when they found out about what i did, i was kept it quite private, but they were like, oh, we didnt realise youve got to come and an assembly. So come and do an assembly. So thats it started. Come and do an assembly. So that� then it started. Come and do an assembly. So that� then time, started. Come and do an assembly. So that� then time, because of and then over time, because of the things that ive achieved , the things that ive achieved, more people got in contact and asked to it. Just asked me to do it. And i just find it rewarding , like find it really rewarding, like just to show children just being able to show children that possible despite that anythings possible despite some of the struggles that you might in life and how might have in life and how obviously you are following the england womens team in the world cup at the moment. I think our next match is on monday morning. How do you feel monday morning. How do you feel about the way womens football is viewed in this country . Do is viewed in this country . Do you still think theres a long way to go before its taken completely seriously . Completely seriously . Yeah, theres always going to be a long way to go. I think weve weve made such Great Strides with the european success. Last year was there at wembley. It was just amazing to watch and for the stadium be watch and for the stadium to be full and stuff, never full and stuff, youd never imagine would be thatd be imagine that would be thatd be happening. Is still happening. But there is still such to go, such a long way to go, especially with the funding and the game trying the womens game and trying to drive that and hopefully attract Big Companies and sponsorships. Yes, indeed there is. There is a very long way to go and what response do you get , what response do you get, claire, when you tell people what you do. People are just surprised. Theyre not aware of what we do. They dont realise that in england womens Football Team. And then when you tell them were self funded as well, theyre completely shocked were self funded as well, theit. E completely shocked were self funded as well, theit. Um completely shocked were self funded as well, theit. Um butympletely shocked were self funded as well, theit. Um but irpletely shocked were self funded as well, theit. Um but i thinkly shocked were self funded as well, theit. Um but i think thatocked were self funded as well, theit. Um but i think that kindi by it. Um but i think that kind of makes story even more of makes our story even more special makes everything of makes our story even more spe dol makes everything of makes our story even more spe do , makes everything of makes our story even more spedo , um, makes everything of makes our story even more spedo , um, really,es everything of makes our story even more spedo , um, really, reallyything we do, um, really, really worthwhile. Worthwhile. And can you just, i mean, were running out of time, claire. I could talk to you all day. I think youre just so inspirational. Just tell inspirational. Can you just tell me quickly about the new Technology Glass and technology with the glass and how that going to help your how that is going to help your team . Team . W t the last team . The last training yeah. So the last Training Camp we had, i had the opportunity to try glass, opportunity to try x ray glass, which is an app on your phone that you can download, and it will provide live will provide a live transcription being transcription of whats being said. But can also connect said. But you can also connect up glasses so you can wear up from glasses so you can wear them you see subtitles them and you can see subtitles in time. The in front of you real time. The really clear and really accurate. So somebody that doesnt language and doesnt know sign language and struggled without their cochlear implants, aid, that implants, a hearing aid, that would useful tool to would be a really useful tool to use life. Use in everyday life. Claire and just finally , one claire and just finally, one very quick question. Is there a way anybody watching and listening can find out listening today can find out more , you know, the team more about, you know, the team and how they can support you in raising money to support women in football and in particular deaf women in football . Yeah deaf women in football . Yeah so we have our social media accounts , Great Britain, deaf accounts, Great Britain, deaf football are in charge of leading the england team. So were on twitter, facebook, instagram, linkedin. And if instagram, linkedin. And if people like to donate , people would like to donate, they can head to peoples fundraising. Com or they can email sponsorship at gmail. Com if they wish to sponsor us in any way. Thats brilliant. Thats clare stancliffe. Thank you so much for joining clare stancliffe. Thank you so much forjoining us, clare and good luck. Good luck in malaysia as fingers as well. Lets keep our fingers crossed you. That is, as crossed for you. That is, as clare stancliffe england deaf womens camp. And what womens football camp. And what an amazing lady especially encouraging other young girls to get into the sport and england, by the way, are playing on monday morning. So lets get behind the women, shall we . Right now we move on. Unbowed unbent unbroken. Former us President Donald Trump remains defiant as he pleaded not guilty to the charges against him. Charged with conspiracy to defraud the us. The us defraud the us. The us obstruction of an official proceeding and against the rights of citizens. He told rights of citizens. He told reporters it was merely the persecution of a political opponent. Now joining me now is absolutely fascinating american politics, isnt it . So im absolutely fascinating american politics, isnt it . So im happy to say that us political analyst eric kamm is joining me now to explain. Eric, good afternoon. Explain. Eric, good afternoon. What is going on . So much is going on right now. Going on right now. What we see is donald trump has been indicted by another federal grand jury, this time for actions involving january 6th. And we see here that donald trump has been charged with a two key charges, two key crimes , obstructing a congressional proceeding , obstructing a congressional proceeding, aiding and conspiring to obstruct that congressional proceeding. Now, congressional proceeding. Now, its interesting because the january 6th Congressional Committee that looked at the events taking place on that fateful day, actually fateful day, they actually recommended these two charges actually be made against donald trump. And we see the special grand jury in this instance actually taking the lead from that Congressional Committee, that Congressional Committee, that we know had been derided by donald trump himself as well as other republicans. And so now we see donald trump is staring down another bevvy of charges against him. This time for what many believe to be an attempt to overthrow the federal government i and eric, the one thing weve been covering in our news reports today, the one thing i cant get my head around, i mean, we all know trump is actually just so confident, i think is the polite way of putting it. Hes actually seeing whats happening to him. The indictments as a form of good pubuchy. Indictments as a form of good publicity. Is indictments as a form of good publicity. Is that indictments as a form of good publicity. Is that is that right . 7 for 7 for donald trump . It is because. Well, what we have seen because. Well, what we have seen is donald trump has used these indictments as rocket fuel for his political candidacy. Every time theres an indictment of donald trump, we see his poll numbers rise and we see him just rake in millions and millions of dollars from his base of supporters and so donald trump, when he first announced that he was running for president after the midterm elections in 2022, we saw his campaign was floundering. He was struggling floundering. He was struggling to raise money. A fast forward to raise money. A fast forward to the manhattan indictment and we see that all has changed. And now donald trump is leading the rest of the gop field by more than 40 points. And hes raised more money than all the other candidates in the race combined. So this has been fantastic for donald trump and his march to get back to the white house. But of course, when you look at the overwhelming evidence in all of these cases against him, it looks as though donald trump has an enormous wall to get over when it looks at when it looks to towards these charges. And so far, we havent seen from donald trump an actual plausible defence that might actually sway a jury of his peers. So he is convinced this is a political witch hunt. Witch hunt. The charge of conspiracy to defraud the usa is a maximum term of five years and conspira ac against rights a maximum of ten years. Mean really ten years. I mean really quickly, what length of prison sentence could donald trump be looking at if he is found guilty . 7 its 7 its unclear 7 its unclear with these charges. We know that the charges. We know that the prosecution and this is going to be interesting in this case because the judge that is presiding in this case has actually overrule ruled prosecutors actually offering greater sentences than what the prosecutors have asked for when sentencing january sixth defendants. So donald trump has a really tough judge , a judge a really tough judge, a judge that was appointed by barack obama, which is very different than the judge in florida looking at his classified documents, case as that is a judge that was appointed by donald trump and we have already begun to hear from donald Trump Supporters that that this case needs to be moved out of washington, dc, because they believe this judge will not give donald trump a fair trial. And so thats just another argument that donald trump is going to use when attempting to bolster this claim that there has been political, political, weaponized version of the federal government against him. Eric, thank you very much. We have to leave it there. Weve run out of unfortunately. Run out of time. Unfortunately. Thats eric ham, political thats eric ham, us political analyst in analyst analysis this in washington and washington youre watching and listening to news saturday listening to gb news saturday with me dawn neesom. Lots more coming on todays but coming up on todays show. But first, a look at what first, lets take a look at what that weathers doing that pesky weathers doing for you. Warm feeling inside from that warm feeling inside from boxt boilers. Proud sponsors of weather on. Gb news. Weather on. Gb news. Good afternoon. My name is good afternoon. My name is rachel ayers and welcome to your latest gb news Weather Forecast brought to you by the met office. While storm anthony is still the uk through still crossing the uk through this afternoon and this is going to bring further heavy rain and strong winds, those strongest winds will still be across southern parts of and southern parts of wales and southwest england where there are weather warnings in are still weather warnings in force. We go through this force. But as we go through this evening, those winds will slowly start to ease. Still seeing some heavy showers and thunderstorms across the southeast storm across the southeast as storm anthony pulls away to the east, bringing some breezy conditions and further outbreaks of rain into the early hours of sunday here. Elsewhere, though, winds becoming light and generally dner, becoming light and generally drier , too. Temperatures drier, too. So temperatures dropping more dropping a little bit more readily than we saw readily tonight than what we saw last night. So brighter start to the second half of the weekend for many. Still some outbreaks of rain in the east as storm anthony makes a slow clearance to the east. Elsewhere, though, a mixture of sunshine and showers throughout sunday. These could be heavy across Northern Ireland, scotland and northern england, too, where we could just see the odd isolated thunderstorm. But otherwise its a much more pleasant, brighter and drier day on sunday with those temperatures faring a little too. Looking little better, too. Looking ahead to the new week, though , ahead to the new week, though, after night on after another chilly night on sunday night, a brighter start to monday , though, still to monday, though, still with the shower around. And if we the odd shower around. And if we look at the rest of the week, temperatures starting to climb, though, towards though, as we get towards wednesday with some drier and more conditions to come i that 5mm that warm feeling inside from boxt boilers, proud sponsors of weather on. Gb news. Thank thank weather on. Gb news. Thank thank you very much, rachel. Lots more coming up on todays show. Foreign students could be crowding out british students from University Places. Ill be asking what this means for the future of britains Education System and all of that and much more to come. Im dawn neesom and youre watching and listening to gb news britains news. Channel hello and welcome back to gb news saturday. Im dawn neesom and for the next hour ill be keeping you company on tv, onune keeping you company on tv, online and on Digital Radio. Keep you up to date on all the stories that really matter to you. Up this hour , you. Now, coming up this hour, are more University Places going to foreign students . According to foreign students . According to the head of ucas, they might, but hasnt been the for but hasnt been the case for a long time. And well be breaking long time. And well be breaking down the bank of englands decision hike Interest Rates decision to hike Interest Rates for a 14th time in a row. But what does it really mean for the pennies in your pocket, the few that youve got left . By the way . And . And unbowed, unbent and unbroken. Former us president unbroken. Former us president donald defiant as donald trump remains defiant as he pleaded not guilty to the charges against him. But will charges against him. But will this latest scandal help or hinder his chances in the next election . But first, its the election . But first, its the News Headlines with ray addison. Thanks dawn. Good afternoon. One minute past to our top story this hour. The met office is warning of possible danger to life as storm anthony batters parts of the uk. Anthony batters parts of the uk. An amber warning is in place for south western parts of england and wales until 7 pm. This evening. Strong winds could cause flying debris. Power cuts and travel disruption. And travel disruption. Meanwhile, a yellow weather warning for rain is in place for Northern Ireland, with flooding possible where the journalist nathan rao described the conditions. Conditions. Wind speeds of this storm, storm anthony, are expected to be around 75 mile per hour gusts on the coasts and 55 mile per hourin on the coasts and 55 mile per hour in that. Its not the strongest storm that weve seen. But because of the time of year, the leaves , the trees are all in the leaves, the trees are all in full leaf and its holiday season. The schools are off and where its going to be hitting the of this storm hitting the impact of this storm hitting today be greater today is likely to be greater than had the same sort of thing happened later the year. Happened later in the year. Two French Police officers have been injured in clashes with migrants near calais around 60 threw rocks and other missiles as officers tried to stop people smugglers from launching a small boat. The officers were treated in hospital for non life threatening injuries. Gb news can reveal that 15,100 migrants have crossed the English Channel illegally since the start of the yeah illegally since the start of the year. Thats down more than 2500 on the same period last year. The bank of englands governor says he supports calls to ensure Interest Rate rises are passed on to savers. Speaking to the i on to savers. Speaking to the i newspaper, Andrew Bailey said a failure by banks to do so raised a question about fairness to customers. The comments come as the financial watchdog warns it will take action against banks and Building Societies that are unable to justify offering low savings rates. The central bank raised Interest Rates to 5. 25 this week. The 14th rise in a row. Donald trump has described row. Donald trump has described claims that he plotted to overturn the 2020 us election as an act of desperation by President Biden. Last night, prosecutors warned a judge that mr trump may be seeking to use evidence to target witnesses. Thats after he posted a message on social media, saying, if you go after me, im coming after you for speaking at a republican eventin you for speaking at a republican event in alabama, the former us president described the allegations as fake and said he was being targeted for political reasons. Reasons. Every time they file an indictment , every time they file an indictment, we go way up in the polls. We need one more indicted polls. We need one more indicted agent to close out this election. One more indictment, and this election is closed out. Nobody has even a chance. Has even a chance. A ukrainian intelligence source has claimed responsibility after a russian tanker was damaged in a drone attack. Russian media reports attack. Russian media reports that the vessel was targeted as it approached the kerch strait near the strategic bridge that links russia with occupied crimea. The attack comes after crimea. The attack comes after ukrainian ports were pummelled by russian drone strikes for which kyiv had threatened to retaliate. Amazon is retaliate. Amazon is experiencing a second day of strikes as workers walk out at its Fulfilment Centre in staffordshire over pay. Meanwhile another two day walkout has begun at the companys warehouse in coventry. The gmb union says this represents the biggest day of industrial disruption in the tech firms history. Industrial disruption in the tech firms history. The industrial disruption in the tech firms history. The union says more than 1000 people are taking part for dusara. Odin is gms regional organiser. She told us what they want. Told us what they want. Theyve all had enough. They cant carry on living in staining on the wages that they are at the moment. They want better its simple as better pay. Its as simple as that. Theyre not asking for the millions. Asking for millions. Theyre asking for a Sustainable Living wage. Sustainable living wage. Englands childrens commissioner says a shortage of foster care hours will get worse without more investment. Dame rachel de souza says nearly three quarters of those who complete a fostering form do not go on to look after children. She warns that bureaucracy may be a problem. Shes urging the be a problem. Shes urging the government to make it easier to become a foster carer. Now last year a review called for £26 billion of new spending on childrens social care over four years. However the government has insisted that funding is not falling short wind, rain and train cancellations have not been enough to dampen spirits. At brighton pride, the annual lgbt event is celebrating 50 years since the first Gay Liberation protest marched through the city streets. Reps, through the city streets. Reps, mel c and the black eyed peas are among those performing this year up to 85,000 extra train journeys are usually expected between london and brighton dunng between london and brighton during pride weekend. However, during pride weekend. However, industrial action means that all of todays services have been cancelled. This is gb news cancelled. This is gb news across the uk on your on your tv in your car, on your radio and on your Smart Speaker. By saying play gb news now lets get back to dawn. To dawn. Thank you very much, ray, and good afternoon. Good afternoon. Right, lets get straight into todays topics. Pat show coming up now, british students face losing out to foreign applicants in the competition for place at university. The for place at university. The head of ucas says that universities could this year increase proportion of International Students on individual science courses, which are more expensive to run than arts courses this year. Now, joining me to is actually a very interesting story because our british kids once again losing out. Joining me to discuss this is political commentator Peter Spencer. Peter, thank you very much for joining me again. Now, youve been putting a lot of research into this particular story because there is more to this than the isnt there . Than meets the eye, isnt there . So is going on with so what exactly is going on with this situation . Well, i mean, bottom line well, i mean, the bottom line is that the is perfectly simply that the amount that universities can charge british students or domestic students has been capped for years. Inflation has rocketed. And so the universities are completely strapped for cash. And so, obviously , they try to make up obviously, they try to make up the shortfall with overseas students who will pay a great deal more money. Now, if the government were to say, right, we need to sort this out and well raise the amount that they can backlash would be can charge the backlash would be monumental, which is one reason, of course, you know , were of course, you know, were coming up to a general election. Theres kitty. Theres no money in the kitty. Thats why theyre not actually doing much. And in doing anything very much. And in fact, when you it, that fact, when you look at it, that actually the government is not actually the government is not actually anything actually really doing anything very about anything , very much about anything, theyre things the theyre promising things in the future theyre doing future. Theyre not doing it now. And thats why parliaments been atrophy for been pretty much atrophy for months. Therell be a kings speech in a little while and therell load of new therell be a load of new legislation. But will it be all sound will it signify nothing . Very possibly, yeah, absolutely. Everything is about electioneering absolutely. Everything is about elecgoteering absolutely. Everything is about elecgot some absolutely. Everything is about elec got some facts into this. I just got some facts into this. I mean, as you say, the cap that students in this country are charged is at £9,250, whereas foreign students can pay £40,000 a year, of course, as you say. But if they put the cap up now, so british students are charged more, theyre going to go into their working lives with even more debt. I mean, most of them come out with £45,000 worth of debt. Case. So thats not debt. In any case. So thats not thats help win any thats not going to help win any votes, it, as you said . No of votes, is it, as you said . No of course not. Votes, is it, as you said . No of couandiot. Votes, is it, as you said . No of couand their parents, that will and their parents, that will be absolutely hopping, steaming and their parents, that will be absoit. Ely hopping, steaming and their parents, that will be absoit. Ely isoping, steaming and their parents, that will be absoit. Ely iso its|, steaming and their parents, that will be absoit. Ely iso its just� aming and their parents, that will be absoit. Ely iso its just aning mad at it. And so its just a risk they simply cannot take. It will need to be addressed. But it will not be addressed. This side of election , that is side of the election, that is the election has to be the next election has to be 2025, the beginning of 2025. Is that right . Is that right . Is that right . Is that right . I mean, most most of the smart money is on later yes smart money is on later on. Yes middle of next year. Yeah and an awful lot hinges on what inflation actually does. And i inflation actually does. And i mean, because for all sunaks five pledges, the one that really the two that people noficed really the two that people noticed one is hospital nhs waiting list which are not going down and the other one is inflation, which is not going down. Indeed the bank of down. And indeed the bank of england week another england last week yet another rate and a pretty gloomy rate rise and a pretty gloomy outlook. Outlook. Yes, weve got more on the interest rise to come, but Interest Rate rise to come, but its all depressing. Believe its not all depressing. Believe me. Some good in me. There is some good news in there. Move on to grant there. So lets move on to grant shapps the net zero secretary. He has given an interview to the times. So whats he been saying . Well , i times. So whats he been saying . Well, i mean, he said all these tax cuts are in our dna. You understand . Jolly good. You understand . Jolly good. Fine. Well, you know, good start. Yeah. I mean, motherhood and apple pie, you know, like barbie, the queen of the world. Why not . Know, and all. Why not . You know, and all. Good. Sunak has been on good. But. But sunak has been on such a mission to detoxify the conservative party after liz truss, she promised that economics trussonomics. Yeah loads of tax cuts, unfunded and the economy nearly went totally belly up. So hes had to really, really detoxify the party and anybody who steps who deviates from from cutting inflation is the priority. He gets their head the priority. He gets their head kicked so hard, right . Yes , exactly. So theyve got yes, exactly. So theyve got to be very careful they so the tories expected to wait until the budget year to the Spring Budget next year to cut taxes if indeed they can afford to cut taxes, then yeah, yeah. Afford to cut taxes, then yeah, yeah. With also a big giveaway yeah. With also a big giveaway being planned. Evidently but the devils in the details isnt it, with all of these things . Well i mean the big giveaway i mean like i say, there are so many are being many things that are being planned and planned and promised. And i mean, idea is to is to mean, the idea is to is to change the mindset of the electorate because, you know, with the labour party mid twenties lead , theyve got mid twenties lead, theyve got to do something. And i cant to do something. And i cant help but think of something that Jim Callaghan said all those years he said, look, every years back. He said, look, every now you a sea now and then you get a sea change in british politics. And when that happens , it doesnt when that happens, it doesnt matter what you say or do makes no difference. Torfaen blast from torfaen the blast from the past talk about tony past. Shall we talk about tony blair . Because tony blair likes talking blair. We talking about tony blair. So we might this is might as well join in this is his actually his backing his actually giving his backing to keir starmer. Now whereas before he wasnt quite sure. Now he wasnt. He was waiting to see if kirsty armour would actually rebrand and the labour party effectively because it had ed miliband and it had Jeremy Corbyn and jeremy really corbyn and Jeremy Corbyn really frightened the horses because yes , because he was going to be yes, because he was going to be every profligate as, as yes, because he was going to be evetruss profligate as, as yes, because he was going to be evetruss planned gate as, as yes, because he was going to be evetruss planned to e as, as yes, because he was going to be evetruss planned to be. ;, as yes, because he was going to be evetruss planned to be. And but liz truss planned to be. And but , but starmer has been very, very steadfast in this and made the point. And so tonys been thinking, yeah, you know , i thinking, yeah, you know, i mean, because look, i mean, the man is hes only 17. Hes very active man. I mean 70s coming up for prime, bless him , you for his prime, bless him, you know, nicks of know, but i mean, nicks of american makes american politics. That makes him actually the one him a mere babe actually the one that might mad that our politics might be mad peter, it peter, but the one thing it makes grateful that makes me grateful for is that im not american because their politics are even more bonkers than incomprehensible i its just incredible, isnt it . So basically, if you it . So basically, if we if you vote keir starmer, youre probably going to get tony blair as well. Well, youre certainly get already he quite a get i mean, already he quite a lot of tonys inner circle are actually now in starmers inner circle. Circle. And so, you know, i mean, hes hes hes a very active guy. I mean , you know, all those guy. I mean, you know, all those years back was playing years back when he was playing in ugly rumours, i in his band, the ugly rumours, i mean, hes sort mean, hes, you know, hes sort of like to waste of he doesnt like to waste waste in any any time. And what does an ex Prime Minister do . I mean, some of them disappear into, think in into, you know, i think in camerons case, he disappeared into little rabbit hutch or into his little rabbit hutch or whatever write his whatever it was to write his memoirs. Got stuck memoirs. Yeah, he got stuck because any because he couldnt make any sense of it. But in tonys case, yeah, think think he yeah, i think i think he probably will be a very big player, will beg the player, which will beg the question, monkey question, which is the monkey and which is the organ. Exactly question that well, exactly a question that we probably find out fairly we will probably find out fairly soon, suspect. Peter spencer, soon, i suspect. Peter spencer, that thank you very much for joining us this afternoon to delve down into big delve down into the big political the week. Political stories of the week. Now, have getting in now, you have been getting in touch on our big topic of the day Interest Rate. Sorry, have to mention it, i know its saturday, but john says, i guess im not too smart, but it seems to me that the more they raise rates , the less people spend rates, the less people spend this , in turn hurts businesses this, in turn hurts businesses and those with mortgages dont they people to buy homes, and those with mortgages dont theto people to buy homes, and those with mortgages dont theto restaurants, to buy homes, and those with mortgages dont theto restaurants, shops homes, and those with mortgages dont theto restaurants, shops ,iomes, and those with mortgages dont theto restaurants, shops , as1es, go to restaurants, shops, as well invest in their well as invest in their businesses more people businesses and hire more people. Really good. I think its a really good point. Of out point. I mean, most of us out here are going, what they point. I mean, most of us out here arwhy ng, what they point. I mean, most of us out here arwhy are what they point. I mean, most of us out here arwhy are they they point. I mean, most of us out here arwhy are they doing ey point. I mean, most of us out here arwhy are they doing this . Doing . Why are they doing this . Meanwhile, what meanwhile, paul says, what i cant understand is where all the goes when banks the money goes when the banks raise Interest Rates. Well, thats a really good point, isnt it . A lot of the isnt it . Because a lot of the time back the time it doesnt come back to the savers interest up, savers. Interest rates go up, costs us money, but we dont actually some are actually get it back. Some are actually get it back. Some are actually rates. Actually increasing the rates. They are paying savers now. So good banks. They are paying savers now. So good banks. Meanwhile, good on those banks. Meanwhile, margaret all of the banks margaret says all of the banks must be making an absolute fortune. This is the point were talking about. Surely reason talking about. Surely the reason for is for increasing Interest Rates is to more saving and to encourage more saving and less spending. Yeah, if you were getting but keep getting those returns. But keep your views coming in and subscribe to our Youtube Channel. Follow us on twitter andifs channel. Follow us on twitter and its not twitter anymore. Its x, isnt it . That sounds still but we are at still dodgy to me, but we are at gb news on all of those channels. In any case. Now, one of the biggest stories this week has been the bank of englands decision those interest decision to hike those Interest Rates for a 14th time in a row. Its yet another bid to get inflation under control. And the inflation under control. And the latest forecast from the bank say the uk will avoid recession soon. But was this the right move now . Joining me now is former brexit party mep mep ben habib and the leader of the sdp, William Clouston. Gentlemen, thank you very much for joining me on a soggy saturday afternoon. Now ben, im going to come to you first. Interest rates 14 times in a row , are the rates 14 times in a row, are the bank of england panicking . Is bank of england panicking . Is all of this completely necessary . Well, 7 well, i . Well, i think the bank of england about to get it wrong. Weve had , as you say, 14 weve had, as you say, 14 Interest Rate rises and what they havent done is wait to see what the effect of previous increases in Interest Rates have been before they go on and make the next increase. And i think one of the things theyre failing properly to recognise is that the transmission of them raising Interest Rates into the economy is actually quite slow nowadays and thats because unlike when i was a young man and everyone had variable Interest Rate mortgages, nowadays people have basically fixed their rates and fixes may be between 2 to 5 years roughly. Most people being on two year fixes. So it takes a while for increased Interest Rates to hurt people in their back pockets and it is on their mortgages. That principal increases in Interest Rates has the impact and hes gone on raising this before or its been able to be felt by the populace. And he is i dont think hes any longer in danger. I think he is absolutely going to overdo it. The united kingdoms economy is already teetering , as you said, dawn kingdoms economy is already teetering, as you said, dawn on the edge of a recession where without growth and we are to going experience a recession and thats going to make things even worse for our economy. And if he thinks that by inducing recession, this is the most dire thing ive heard from jeremy hunt, hes almost making it a virtue that we might go into recession as a result of these increases in Interest Rates. If he thinks going into recession is going to solve our problems, hes sadly mistaken, because if we go into a recession and the british economy plummets, you may well see sterling also go down and then you import more inflation and you get caught in what i think were already in, in effect, which is an economic doom loop with inflation embedded zero growth and everyone suffering. And what hes failed to do, what jeremy hunt has failed to do, what rishi sunak has failed to appreciate. And im afraid Peter Spencer didnt pick up on spencer didnt really pick up on properly in discussion you properly in the discussion you had is the government properly in the discussion you had no is the government properly in the discussion you had no vision is the government properly in the discussion you had no vision and|e government properly in the discussion you had no vision and no |overnment properly in the discussion you had no vision and no plan1ment properly in the discussion you had no vision and no plan to ant has no vision and no plan to deliver growth for the british economy. The only way out of the economy. The only way out of the problems we face now is growth and they have no idea how to do it. William lets bring you in on this now. Do you think the bank of england are behaving the right way . 14 Interest Rate rises in a row based sick Interest Rate is now 5. 25. Predicted to go to 6. What do you make of whats happening . You make of whats happening . I largely agree with ben. I largely agree with ben. I largely agree with ben. I largely agree with ben. I think its a policy mistake based on wrong diagnosis. The economy is already basically stalled speed. So certainly the last two base rate increases are certainly a mistake. Could put the whole economy into a recession , which as ben says, is recession, which as ben says, is would be disastrous. I think theyve got the analysis wrong. Analysis wrong. I mean, the cause of the inflation that were suffering now is two things. Basically its the sort of trade shock which was in the tail effect of the russian invasion of ukraine. If you look at commodities prices, oil and gas went through the roof. Thats fed through the roof. Thats fed through actually, if you look at those International Prices now, its stabilised. And the other problem is a domestic long term domestic supply problem we have, which is, you know, a failure to increase productivity in manufacturing, housing costs are too much transportation is poor, and the rest of it and a lot of that gets straight back down to government policy , a failure of government policy, a failure of government policy, a failure of government policy. So i think its a mistake. I think the bank is behind the curve and id just like the mess up on the on the covid funding bonds , which covid funding bonds, which theyve made massive losses on bank of england have made yet another mistake. Another mistake. So, i mean , ben, coming back so, i mean, ben, coming back to you, what do you make of grant shapps interview this week where he said , you know, we where he said, you know, we appreciate its difficult for people, but were not actually going to really do anything until possibly just before the next election. Next election. Omicron shapps is a law unto himself , you omicron shapps is a law unto himself, you know, he chastised sadiq khan rightly over ulez, but he seems to have forgotten that he wrote a letter to sadiq khanin that he wrote a letter to sadiq khan in 2020 requiring him to increase the breadth of ulez across the entirety of london. Look, the problem with the with the conservative Party Government is that theyve made fighting inflation the top priority in the five points that rishi sunak has got. And actually its not their job to be fighting inflation. That is the bank of englands job. And theyve done it so that they can justify keeping taxes high. They need taxes high because theyve already borrowed to the maximum extent that the government can. Weve got debt at a at a, you know, post World War Two high. And so theyre keeping taxes high telling us which is a lie by the way dawn telling us that we need high taxes because if we were to cut taxes, we would further fuel inflation. Well, first of all, as i said, its not their job to be fighting inflation. Second of all, that doesnt because if, doesnt make sense because if, for example, you were to reduce tax on fuel, you reduce tax on fuel, you would reduce inflation even if you were to get rid of green levies on fuel, you would reduce inflation. If get rid of green levies on fuel, you wered reduce inflation. If get rid of green levies on fuel, you were to aduce inflation. If get rid of green levies on fuel, you were to reduce 1flation. If get rid of green levies on fuel, you were to reduce vat, on. If get rid of green levies on fuel, you were to reduce vat, yoqu you were to reduce vat, you would reduce inflation. If you reduce stamp duty on housing, you would reduce the cost of housing taxation. Actually to a very significant extent , embeds very significant extent, embeds inflation and makes it more difficult to fight it. And heres the biggest lie of the lot. And its this one that if we reduce income tax rates somehow we, the British Population , having more money in population, having more money in our pockets, will misspend the money and further fuel inflation. The suggestion being that if we hand it over to the government, theyll spend it more wisely and therell be less inflation. But everyone knows the government is hopeless at spending money wisely. Thered be much better off cutting income taxes for the working and middle classes and letting us use the cash to address the problems that william so well articulated have nothing to do with the battle that the bank of england is having at the moment. And i just want to say one last thing before i go. The first thing before i go. The first thing Margaret Thatcher did when she came into office in may 1979 was to cut basic rate of tax and the higher rate of tax because she knew she had to make it pay to work. It was the only way to to work. It was the only way to get growth into the british economy. And she recognised that by growing the economy she would then have a Prosperous United kingdom and an economy she could manage. This government kingdom and an economy she could managlearnt this government kingdom and an economy she could managlearnt that; government kingdom and an economy she could managlearnt that lesson. Iment hasnt learnt that lesson. William what do you make of mr shappss comments that the tories are expected to wait until next Spring Budget to cut taxes and even then its not guarantee. I think its wishful thinking. I think theres no prospect whatsoever that theyll seriously they might do something. Retail politics, you something. Retail politics, you know, something high profile , know, something high profile, but theres no prospect at all as any as this government looked at the psbr the amount that they have to borrow each year to balance the budget. I mean, were control all psbr in were out of control all psbr in 23, 20, 22, 23 was was 100, 130 billion. I cant see any prospect that at all with an economy that isnt growing or might fall into recession , might fall into recession, theyll be able to cut taxes. Theyll be able to cut taxes. This is mere rhetoric. I think, this is mere rhetoric. I think, as ben said, actually the base problem is that the government hasnt got and hasnt been able to the tories have never sorted out a coherent post brexit industrial strategy. And i think thats because there are major tensions in the tory party, the northern red wall mps would go for something that i would approve of , which for something that i would approve of, which is an industrial policy, try and get manufacturing back, try get manufacturing back, try and get a policies actually a series of policies actually prioritise manufacturing , the prioritise manufacturing, the slightly free trade type knights of the shires in the south dont want that. So thats an internal problem. Theyve never been able to resolve this. All you get from the tories is some rhetoric. You know, you get sort of singapore on thames type rhetoric and i always say when they mention theyd they mention that i wish theyd go singapore and have look go to singapore and have a look at successful social market at how successful social market works because , because that works because, because that government knows what its doing. Its got very, very strong housing policies, its transport infrastructure is excellent, its Health Policies work and are cheaper than ours. Actually and altogether its successful. Its not based successful. But its not based on some sort of ideological free trade purism, which i think has failed. And its ended up weve ended up with a with an economy and a society thats just maxed out on these two major addictions of debt and mass immigration. And weve got to weve got to change that. Gentlemen , thank you very gentlemen, thank you very much. I have to say, you havent really much really cheered me up that much in and we didnt in any case. And we didnt even have on nhs. Have time to get on to the nhs. But that is the other hot topic, isnt it . Thank very much. Isnt it . Thank you very much. Thatis isnt it . Thank you very much. That is habib there, former that is ben habib there, former brexit party mep and William Clouston , leader of the sdp. Clouston, leader of the sdp. Thank you very much for joining me this afternoon. Right now you have been getting busy show. Have been getting busy show. Thank you much your thank you so much for your comments. Going comments. Really enjoying going through have through them. Lots of you have been getting our big been getting in touch. Our big topics the channel topics of the day is the channel migrants, of course. Its migrants, of course. Its a topic every isnt it . M s topic every day, isnt it . M s has got in touch. Good afternoon, m s and she says at what does the army get what point does the army get involved . Oh gosh, we got that involved . Oh gosh, we got that bad already. Involved . Oh gosh, we got that bad already. I mean, no one seems have solution seems to have a solution though. Do meanwhile, do they . To be fair . Meanwhile, wayne im all for asylum, wayne says im all for asylum, but in the right way. What wayne says im all for asylum, butneed in the right way. What wayne says im all for asylum, butneed is| the right way. What wayne says im all for asylum, butneed is thee right way. What wayne says im all for asylum, butneed is the governmenchat wayne says im all for asylum, butneed is the government to at wayne says im all for asylum, butneed is the government to put we need is the government to put the army in the channel and prevent people crossing over. Prevent people crossing over. Thats two in row for the thats two in a row for the armed forces getting involved. Interesting meanwhile, sandra says , can someone please tell me says, can someone please tell me what we are paying macron millions a week for . Actually, thats a very good point, sandra. We given french sandra. We have given the french said several Million Pounds now, havent lost plot. Havent we . Ive lost plot. I mean, 100 million to stop the problem and they cant seem to do it. But they can spot one british trawler, just not lots of migrant boats. 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My name is rachel ayers and welcome to your latest gb news Weather Forecast brought to you by the met office while storm anthony still crossing the uk anthony is still crossing the uk through this afternoon and this is going to bring further heavy rain and strong winds, those strongest winds will still be across parts of wales across southern parts of wales and england where and southwest england where there are still weather warnings in force. As we go through in force. But as we go through this evening, those winds will slowly start still slowly start to ease. Still seeing some heavy showers and thunderstorms across the southeast storm anthony pulls southeast as storm anthony pulls away to the east, bringing some breezy conditions and further outbreaks of rain into the early hours of sunday here and elsewhere, though, winds becoming light and generally dneh becoming light and generally drier, temperatures drier, too. So temperatures dropping a bit more dropping a little bit more readily tonight we saw readily tonight than what we saw last. So a brighter start last night. So a brighter start to the second half of the weekend for many. Still some outbreaks of rain in the east as storm anthony makes a slow clearance to the east. Elsewhere, though, a mixture of sunshine and showers throughout sunday. These could be heavy across Northern Ireland, scotland and northern england, too, where we could just see the odd isolated thunderstorm. But otherwise its a much more pleasant, brighter and drier day on sunday with those temperatures faring little temperatures faring a little better,. Looking ahead to better, too. Looking ahead to the new week, though , after the new week, though, after another on sunday another chilly night on sunday night, a brighter start to monday , though, still with monday, though, still with the odd shower around. And we odd shower around. And if we look the rest of the week, look at the rest of the week, temperatures starting to climb, though, as we towards though, as we get towards wednesday with some drier and more conditions to come more settled conditions to come. The temperatures rising by next. Solar proud sponsors of weather on. Gb news. Weather on. Gb news. Thank you very much, rachel. Especially for mentioning the word sunshine. Yay. Fingers word sunshine. Yay. Fingers crossed right now. Lots more crossed right now. Lots more coming up on todays show. Amazon is facing a mass strike, its warehouse in coventry with the gmb union calling it the largest industrial disruption in the tech firms history. Ill have the latest on all of that. Much more to come. Im dawn neesom and youre watching and listening to gb news. Britains news channel 2 31. Im ray addison in the newsroom. And our top story, the newsroom. And our top story, the met office has been warning of possible danger to life as storm anthony batters parts of the uk. Theyve issued an amber warning for southwestern parts of england and wales until 7 pm. This evening. Strong winds could cause flying debris. Power cuts and travel disruption. And travel disruption. Meanwhile, a yellow weather warning for rain is in place for Northern Ireland with flooding possible. Two French Police possible. Two French Police officers have been injured in clashes with migrant s near calais. Around 60 threw rocks and other missiles as officers tried to stop people smugglers launching a small boat. The officers were treated in hospital for non life threatening injuries. Gb news can reveal that 15,100 migrants have crossed the channel illegally since the start of the yeah illegally since the start of the year. Thats down more than 2500 on the same period last year. The bank of englands governor says he supports calls to ensure that Interest Rate rises are passed on to savers. Speaking to the i newspaper, Andrew Bailey saying that a failure by banks to do so raised a question about fairness to customers. The comments come as the financial watchdog warns it will take action against banks and Building Societies that are unable to justify why their offering low saving rates. As offering low saving rates. As don trump has described, claims that he plotted to overturn the 2020 us election as an act of desperation by President Biden last night, prosecutors warned a judge that mr trump may be seeking to use evidence to target witnesses after he posted a message on social media which said, if you go after me, im coming after you. Speaking at a coming after you. Speaking at a republican event in alabama, the former us president said he was being targeted for political reasons. You can get more on all reasons. You can get more on all of those stories by visiting our website , gbnews. Com. Now lets website, gbnews. Com. Now lets get straight back to dawn. Get straight back to dawn. Thank you, ray. Welcome back to gb news saturday with me dawn neesom on your tv online and on Digital Radio. Now up to 1100 amazon workers have walked out in a long running pay dispute , a in a long running pay dispute, a full year since a series of strike actions began. The gmb union said its members at the coventry Fulfilment Centres are not happy with the latest deal , not happy with the latest deal, but the online retailer said it offered competitive wages and benefits. Joining us now live benefits. Joining us now live from coventry is our West Midlands reporter jack harrison. Good afternoon , jack. Can you good afternoon, jack. Can you bnng good afternoon, jack. Can you bring us up to date with whats happening . Happening . Yeah. So in a couple of hours time, were going to get the second kind of rally from the picket line here at the Amazon Warehouse in coventry. We had one earlier this morning just after 7 00. Hundreds of gmb Union Members that work at this Fulfilment Centre here were out there on the picket line trying to stop people to going work and bnng to stop people to going work and bring them onto the picket line on was a police on strike. There was a Police Presence here just to keep things calm, which they did, and it very peaceful morning it was a very peaceful morning as they protested for their want to have be or to be paid £15 an houh to have be or to be paid £15 an hour. Thats the gmb unions demand to amazon. But amazon say demand to amazon. But amazon say that they regularly review their pay that they regularly review their pay and over the last year theyve risen pay for their workers by 10. And since 2018, they say their pay has risen by 37. But for sara uddin, who is the regional organiser for the gmb here in the midlands, says that that 30 figure is misleading. Misleading. When you talk about percentage change, it sounds like a huge amount. Theyre still between £11 and £12 and this is coming from a company that makes billions. So if youre saying the percentage that theyre using sounds significant, that theyre using sounds significant , theyre still below significant, theyre still below £12. Some of them are just above minimum wage. And that comes from a company thats made over 200 billion. This year. We have members everywhere and thats the exact same voices that were heanng the exact same voices that were hearing is theyve all had enough. They cant carry on living in staining on the wages that they are at moment. That they are at the moment. They recognise as they refuse to recognise us as a union on. Okay, they refuse to listen to their workers. Its been a year since their strike andifs been a year since their strike and its the same message they want better pay. Its as simple as that. Theyre not asking for the millions. Theyre asking for the millions. Theyre asking for a Sustainable Living wage. A Sustainable Living wage. Now , this Fulfilment Centre now, this Fulfilment Centre here in coventry, amazon say doesnt directly serve customer orders. And so this industrial action should not cause any disruption to people that may have ordered packages. But of course its not just here in coventry that this strike is now affecting Amazon Warehouses in rugeley in staffordshire thursday and friday. This week they walked out along with coventry here, meaning that the gmb union feel that there is now momentum gaining with this dispute with amazon. And they dispute with amazon. And they say that they have people in warehouses across the country that also are sympathetic to that also are sympathetic to that cause of £15 an hour. But the fact is amazon are not negotiating over that figure. They say they offer a wide range of employee benefits, including private medical insurance, regular reviewing that pay. And regular reviewing that pay. And of course, amazon discounts as well. So theres dispute might not well might well wont go away for a long time because both sides arent any kind of negotiation at the moment. But as i mentioned a little bit later on today, just after 5 00, were going to get the second round of the line and the round of the picket line and the rally this evening as those rally here this evening as those amazon strikers tried to bring more people out in this dispute i thank 5mm thank you very much. Thats jack carson, our our West Midlands reporter outside amazon in coventry on the industrial action up there. Now, youve been getting in touch on this topic , the amazon strikes. Thank topic, the amazon strikes. Thank you so much for all your messages. Really appreciate them. John says if workers are not happy with amazon and feel undervalued or undervalued , then undervalued or undervalued, then they should leave en masse. That will cause a complete stop of amazon operations. A fair point, amazon operations. A fair point, ian. Meanwhile says i can see amazon moving out of britain. Then the jobs , then the workers then the jobs, then the workers will all lose their jobs. Then the jobs, then the workers will all lose their jobs. Unions will all lose their jobs. Unions think that a Company Earns think that if a Company Earns good money, are entitled to good money, they are entitled to a of that the wrong a lot of it. That is the wrong outlook. Imagine amazon pulling outlook. Imagine amazon pulling out how many people will lose their jobs. Out how many people will lose theirjobs. Meanwhile, kathy says good for the workers. These says good for the workers. These companies should be brought to task. How do the powers in charge sleep at night knowing the majority of their workers are barely earning enough to put food on the table . But please keep your views coming in this channelis keep your views coming in this channel is all about you and what you think. Subscribe to our Youtube Channel and follow us on twitter. Stroke x , whatever. We twitter. Stroke x, whatever. We are at gb news on pretty much every social media channel you can find. Youre watching and listening to that there. Gb news saturday with me dawn neesom. Saturday with me dawn neesom. Lots more coming up on todays show with a new poll finding that as many as eight out of ten tory members want rishi sunak to scrap the ban on new petrol and diesel cars. Ill be asking what diesel cars. Ill be asking what next for the pm. All of that after these very short messages welcome back to gb news saturday with me dawn neesom on your tv onune with me dawn neesom on your tv online and on Digital Radio. Now lots of you have been getting in touch and i love it. Please keep your views coming in. This one on the big story of the day, International Students, janet says , is foreign medicine says, is foreign medicine students may pay for their University Place , but they are University Place, but they are then taught by hospitals and paid then when they have the real skills, they go back home. Why should the uk train doctors for other countries . Thats just a really good point. Hadnt a really good point. I hadnt thought of that one. Thank you. Meanwhile money. Its meanwhile brian says money. Its always about money. Well brian. Yes, it is at the moment, isnt it . None of us have enough of it. Meanwhile, paul says, but if my city had built houses and flats instead of the thousands of student flats which have sprung up here, would we even have a housing crisis . Actually, thats a very interesting point as well. Lots of lots of comments make that comments you can make on that one. Running out of one. But were running out of time, please time, unfortunately. But please do coming we do keep your views coming in. We love from you. Now were love hearing from you. Now were moving on. Eight out of ten of tory members want rishi sunak to ditch the 2030 petrol and diesel car ban. A poll of tory members published by the conservativehome website found that 83 believe the government was wrong to ban the sale of vehicles. Now joining me is vehicles. Now joining me is a broadcaster and car salesman. Broadcaster and car salesman. Its a multi talented danny kelly. Danny, thank you so much for joining me this afternoon. Really good to see you. So this really good to see you. So this is not a popular policy. What do you make of this . You make of this . Well, its not a popular policy besides being a motoring journalist. Im a dealer. Im a dealer. Im a dealer. I sell cars up and down the country. Country. Im getting a lot of calls from people in london as well, having to get rid of perfectly serviceable that serviceable cars that unfortunately, theyre going to have to pay £12. 50 a day to drive Greater London at the drive in Greater London at the end the month, back to end of the month, going back to the the to the tory the to the to the to the tory party poll, 700 people asked and 80 said that they would love rishi sunak to push back on the 2030 deadline for sale of petrol and diesel cars back in 2019. Bofis and diesel cars back in 2019. Boris johnson almost as a brexit dividend, almost whether there was pressure on him from his mrs. Carrie or not, i dont know because we know what a what an environmentalist he is. Environmentalist he is. It he actually brought it forward from eu wide 2035 sale ban of sale of petrol and diesel cars and hes brought it forward to 2030. I can only tell you, dawn , its remarkably unpopular dawn, its remarkably unpopular. And if you think that its too narrow a of 700 tory narrow a poll of 700 tory members, then the Daily Telegraph have asked the very same and 24,000 people same question and 24,000 people have answered. And its even more overwhelming on the Daily Telegraph website. So its not just a narrow perspective. Its a very broad perspective. And i also think if you to ask labour voters, it would be replicated. I dont think its a tory thing. I dont think its a tory thing. I dont think its a labour thing. I think its a labour thing. I think its a common sense thing i danny 5mm danny we have to do something. Surely though, because there because i mean you know, there is Climate Change is a problem with Climate Change and we have to surely move to more environmentally friendly transport methods at some point i yeah. Yeah. No, i agree we do. But why are we smacking ourselves in the face by bringing it forward . Five years . Tony blair, of which hes done some terrible things in my view. Hes done some good things, in my view. Last week he actually said, why we actually said, why are we punishing ourselves . Im punishing ourselves . Im paraphrasing should be paraphrasing him. We should be putting pressure on the major polluters. Putting pressure on the major polluteri agree, agree with tony blair. Yes, we need a cleaner environment. Yes, we need a cleaner environment. But when you think about it, dawn, as a Little Island and weve achieved so much the as much around the world as a little were responsible Little Island, were responsible for the message has for 1. I think the message has got out to us. I think we are we are singing from the same hymn sheet it comes to sheet when it comes to environmentalism. Its just this five honestly, dawn , i five years. Honestly, dawn, i promise the charging promise you that the charging network, infrastructure network, the infrastructure isnt ready. I remember coming back from london and i stopped off services and there off at the services and there were electric vehicle were four electric vehicle charging points, four and there were all around the were queues all around the block. So in theory , in an block. So in theory, in an idealistic its brilliant idealistic world, its brilliant , but were just ready for , but were just not ready for it. Battery it. And the battery manufacturing isnt ready for it ehheh oh, well, thats danny kelly there. Very strong views. Danny, as usual, thank you so much for joining good you. And joining us. Good to see you. And yeah, good luck. Right now, we move on. Unbowed unbent and unbroken, former us President Donald Trump remains defiant as he pleaded not guilty to charges against him charged with conspiracy to defraud the us. Obstruction of an official proceeding and against the rights of citizens, he told reporters it was merely the persecution of a political opponent. Now persecution of a political opponent. Now joining me now is host of the politics people podcast , Paul Duddridge. Paul, podcast, Paul Duddridge. Paul, lovely to see you again. Thank you so much forjoining us this afternoon. All right. Just bring us speed on whats us up to speed on whats happening in in trump land. Happening in in trump land. Well, hes now had his third federal indictment. Hes had federal indictment. Hes had a 45 page accusation that he was attempting to overthrow the election by suggesting that it was stolen. And thats it. Thats basically it in a nutshell. Thats this weeks news. Hes obviously got the federal indictment about paying Campaign Money to Stormy Daniels and the federal indictment about storing documents in a in an office and not in a garage like he should have, like joe biden does, putting documents with his corvette. So donald trump currently has three and this is the most recent eight that weve heard about, this 45 page indicted isnt about over overthrowing the election. This overthrowing the election. This came tuesday. And just came tuesday. And just coincidentally, on monday. Devon archer , who is Hunter Bidens archer, who is Hunter Bidens business partner, testified to congress that hunter biden had been present with joe biden while making deals on the phone over the previous ten years. So thats just a pure coincidence. Theres no way that this is election interference. Obviously , paul, the one obviously, paul, the one thing that that struck me that i heard trump say was about the state of washington streets now. I mean, trump is a populist. He knows exactly what hes doing. He knows the buttons to press. But this really did hit home because there was home with me because there was a piece the mail over piece in the daily mail over here obsession here how the lefts obsession with wokery and is turning with wokery and race is turning new york into crime ravaged , new york into a crime ravaged, drug infested nightmare. And there was some fairly horrific pictures of migrants sleeping rough on streets. Et cetera. Rough on the streets. Et cetera. Et cetera. Now trump alludes to that, and that very much that, and that is very much playing to audience, isnt playing to his audience, isnt it. It. Well, it really is. Its he was dealing with washington, dc there because , you know, how there because, you know, how have they got time to do this to a former popular president whilst they arent even cleaning their streets . Their own streets . Can replicate in you can replicate that in cities the us. Its the cities across the us. Its the same story. Chicago particular same story. Chicago particular problem with the Asylum Seekers are being moved into cities that traditionally vote democrat. The traditionally vote democrat. The kind of export that problem border states have been moving Asylum Seekers for want of a better word, into those cities. So chicago, washington dc, portland and just in a kind and new york city obviously no, it is actually sort of now finally getting through to the he is a populist, but because of the enormous size of the United States and like i said, different experience from a border state. If youre in california or arizona, you will have a different view on perhaps illegal immigration than if youre from one of the northern states. And so the populous is actually being able to experience some of the problems that donald trump has been alluding to, because of these policies. But yeah, washington, dc in los angeles, im in los angeles and you can go literally you can drive for miles and miles of along, uh, just miles of tents along, uh, just the sidewalk trying to correct myself, the pavement. Then on the pavement there are tents for literally for miles. I did it the other day, about two miles of tents. Of tents. It is very depressing. I mean, we were out there recently. I astounded by recently. I was astounded by some of the scenes. And, you some of the scenes. And, you know, you just cant help but feel sorry. People, especially the people with the drug addiction going on. But the more trouble donald trump finds himself in, the more popular he becomes , doesnt it . I mean, becomes, doesnt it . I mean, hes you know, hes never backwards in coming forwards about blowing own about sort of blowing his own trumpet. Hes popularity trumpet. But he hes popularity goes the opinion polls goes up in the opinion polls every time gets into trouble i yeah, well , this is our yeah, well, this is our brexit, if you like you can have the ruling class. You can have the ruling class. You can have the political elite telling you to your face that what youre seeing isnt happening and nothing will shake the, the popularity of somebody like a donald trump. Nothing will shake the popularity of Something Like a brexit. But we dont trust the people that are telling us that hes guy. This is the hes a bad guy. This is the problem. They have lost all credibility through decades of dishonesty and decade of perhaps being seen as globalist and selling out of the country. And selling out of the country. And their message is falling on deaf ears. And this is why theyre amping it up and amping it up. This is not nixon and watergate, where theres this is not nixon and watergate, wheretheres1 1 tiny incident where theres 1 1 tiny incident thatis where theres 1 1 tiny incident that is enough to unseat a president. This is the elite president. This is the elite hoping that indicted after indictment will finally register with the public, that they just dont understand the public. They dont they dont talk to the they are. And this the public. They are. And this is point that donald trump is the point that donald trump was washington. Was making about washington. They in their they are cocooned in their little. They dont little bubble. They dont realise that the public dont trust them, believe them, or have the same worries and concerns that they do. So yes, concerns that they do. So yes, the more they throw at him, somebody else said it. Hes a mud monster. The more mud you throw at him, the bigger he gets. So this is not going to make him popular. So this is not going to make him popular. Its not him less popular. Its not a joke, i mean, they joke, though. I mean, they really these serious really these are real serious criminal offences. And these criminal offences. And these people people will get people these people will get him. He will be found guilty. Im pretty confident that. Im pretty confident of that. And he will eventually able and he will eventually be able to appeal and take these the to appeal and take these to the supreme court. This latest indictment, for instance, read the indictment somebody the indictment out to somebody the indictment out to somebody the very, the other day. Ill do it very, very the first of very quickly. The first line of it that he lied about it is said that he lied about the was it he said the election was stolen and he knew it wasnt. And then the second line is he is entitled to do this because of the first amendment. So its like within the indictment, theres a contradiction that the guy is allowed whatever likes allowed to say whatever he likes as so there is as political speech. So there is as political speech. So there is a huge amount of evidence, if you like, that this is purely political , that the judiciary political, that the judiciary has been weaponized, if you like, against one particular person. Person. Paul just one very, very quick. We have run out of time, unfortunately, very quick. So can you actually see a stage that donald trump could be in prison and president of the United States. United states. No, i dont think hes going to physically be in prison, but he will be given custodial he will be given a custodial sentence. But i dont it sentence. But i dont think it will come to pass that he will ever come to pass that he can in because the can be in prison because the secret service cannot have a former president , of course, under their control and in prison. Prison. Thats great. Paul, thank you very Paul Duddridge thats great. Paul, thank you very joining Paul Duddridge thats great. Paul, thank you very joining us Paul Duddridge thats great. Paul, thank you very joining us live aul duddridge thats great. Paul, thank you very joining us live from uddridge thats great. Paul, thank you very joining us live from losidge there joining us live from los angeles latest on angeles with the latest on donald trump. Well, thats it for for today. Tuned for me for today. But stay tuned because is up next. Looking because nana is up next. Looking as gorgeous as ever, honestly sitting next to nana is such a torture. Shes so what whats happening in the show . Well, listen, were going to talk trump. Ive got greg talk about trump. Ive got greg swensen to swensen coming in and were to going be looking at whats happening also one of happening there. But also one of our big debates having our big debates were having later think later on is whether we think that anti british. That the bbc is anti british. Oh, of a lot oh, and thats because of a lot of the things that have been happening. You that of the things that have been hap|the ng. You that of the things that have been hap|the comment. You that of the things that have been hap|the comment. The that of the things that have been hap|the comment. The infamoust was the comment. The infamous comment regard to the comment with regard to the dambusters and just a few other things happened things that have happened that we thought wed investigate, plus , as ever, i mock the week. Plus, as ever, i mock the week. I comedian spencer i have comedian Diane Spencer coming will be looking at coming in. We will be looking at the whole greenpeace gate. I the whole greenpeace gate. I mean, how embarrassing mean, honestly, how embarrassing that you just into the that you can just get into the prime like im Prime Ministers house like im shocked absolutely. Still nana absolutely. Im still shocked. 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Thats mark dolan tonight fridays from 8 00 saturday and sunday from nine only on gb news is the peoples channel. Britains news channel hello, good afternoon and welcome to gb views on tv online and on Digital Radio. Im nana akua and for the next few hours me and my panel will be taking on some of the big topics hitting right now. Hitting the headlines right now. This show all about opinion. This show is all about opinion. Its mine, its theirs, and of course yours. Well be course its yours. Well be debating, and at debating, discussing, and at times disagree. But no times we will disagree. But no one be cancelled. So one will be cancelled. So joining me today, broadcaster and columnist lizzie cundy. Also broadcaster and journalist benjamin butterworth. And in a few moments time, ill be mucking the week with comedian Diane Spencer. But before we get started, lets get your latest News Headlines. News headlines. Thank you very much , nana