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Sounds like things are blowing up. No. Certainly not. Not that we know of. No, people are being detained now , which seems like detained now, which seems like a much more practical response than just hoping they turn up for their weekly or bi weekly check in. Well yes, because people were saying this would never happen. But but it does seem as though this policy is moving along. It is progressing. There are pictures which will show you in just a minute of essentially this first phase of detention underway. The home office has said theyre preparing for their first flight now in 9 to 11 weeks. They say this is another big milestone towards enacting their pledge to stop the boats. What do you make of it all . We will show you the pictures very shortly. Yes, well bring you those images. Some are saying it looks very heavy handed. Some are very heavy handed. Some are saying it looks desperately authoritarian. But i suppose you have to remember in all of this, these are people with no right to be in the United Kingdom. And the ultimate goal of this policy is to stop people coming across by small boats in the first place. Will it work . Wont it work . And how many will go across to rwanda . Joining the discussion gbnews. Com forward slash your say. But well get to all of that after your headlines with sofia. With sofia. Tom thank you. Good afternoon. Its 1 02. Im sophia wenzler afternoon. Its1 02. Im sophia wenzler in the gb newsroom. The first migrants set to be deported to rwanda have been detained. The Home Office Said a series of operations took place across the country this week, with more activity due to be carried out in the coming weeks. Officials have not yet said how many people have been detained or where they were taken into custody. It comes ahead of the governments bid to get flights off the ground by july, after the safety of rwanda act became law last week. Meanwhile, more law last week. Meanwhile, more than 1500 small boat migrants have crossed the English Channel in just over a week, gb news can reveal. After several more boats reveal. After several more boats were intercepted in uk waters today, a boat load of around 70 migrants were taken to dover harbour by lifeboat in the early hours this morning. So far today, around 250 people have been taken to the border force Migrant Processing Centre in doven Migrant Processing Centre in dover. Official figures for yesterday reveal that 268 migrants arrived in the uk on five small boats. In other news, a 17 year old boy has been arrested for attempted murder after three people were injured at a school in sheffield. Officers were called to Birley Community college just before 9 00 this morning after reports of an incident involving a sharp object. A child was assaulted and two adults suffered minor injuries. The suspect remains in police custody. Education secretary Gillian Keegan said she was disturbed to hear about the incident. The Prime Minister the incident. The Prime Minister has said the death of a 14 year old boy in the hainault stabbing attack was absolutely heartbreaking. Rishi sunak also paid tribute to the highest standards of Public Service shown by police in dealing with the incident. It comes after met police chief sir mark rowley said a female Police Officer came close to losing her hand. Video has emerged showing the Moment Police arrested the man wielding a sword. The 36 year wielding a sword. The 36 year old has been arrested on suspicion of murder and is now in hospital. Police saying theyve been unable to interview him due to his condition. The Prime Minister rishi sunak, paid tribute to the boy and the Emergency Services. Emergency services. As such, violence has no place on our streets. Its absolutely heartbreaking that a teenage boy has died and i cant imagine what his family are going through and we send them our heartfelt condolences and offer our very best wishes to all those injured and id just like to reiterate my thanks to the police and other emergency. First responders for embodying the highest standards of Public Service under such awful circumstances. Circumstances. Violent clashes have erupted on the campus of the university of california in los angeles. Its between pro Palestinian Protesters and a group of counter demonstrators others. Riot police have had to break up crowds of people wielding sticks to attack wooden boards, being held up as a makeshift barricade to protect pro Palestinian Protesters. Overnight, new york protesters. Overnight, new york city Police Arrested dozens of pro palestinian demonstrators occupying an Academic Building on Columbia University campus and thats in new york. House pnces and thats in new york. 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Prostate cancer kills 12,000 men in britain each year and for the latest stories, sign up to gb news alerts by scanning the qr code on your screen or go to gb news. Common shirts. Now its back to tom and. Back to tom and. Emily. Good afternoon britain. Its 1 07 now. Our top story today. The 14 year old boy killed in a sword attack in london yesterday attended the same school as one of the victims in last years nottingham stabbings, Grace Omalley Kumar. Quite incredible. Now. Quite incredible. Now. Yesterdays attack also injured two Police Officers, resulting in a 36 year old suspect being arrested on suspicion of murder. But now, in shocking developments today , its also developments today, its also been confirmed that two adults and a child have been taken to hospital following another stabbing incident at a school in sheffield. Well, lets go straight live to the scene now where our reporter, anna reilly is waiting, anna, what do we know about what happened at this school . School . Yes, well, were here at Birley Academy in sheffield, about five miles out of the city centre. Its a school for 11 to 16 year olds with about 1095 pupils attending this school. We know that South Yorkshire police were called at 10 to 9 this morning here to the school, after reports of an incident involving a sharp object at the school. We know that a child was assaulted and two adults suffered minor injuries in the incident here. And we know that a 17 year old boy is still being questioned by police in custody at the moment on suspicion of attempted murder. The school is set in a residential area, a fairly quiet area , and the fairly quiet area, and the school went into lockdown after what happened under standardly. Parents were here at the school worried , waiting to pick their worried, waiting to pick their children up. Children at the school also worried and concerned, frightened about what was happening. We know that was happening. We know that three people, as i say, were treated for minor injuries after the incident and the school is now currently closed with police and cs1 here at the scene as part of their investigation. We know that a spokesperson for the Birley Academy has said that they went into lockdown and that they went into lockdown and that the safety of students and staff is paramount, that all and that all students and staff are safe. And they praise staff for the professionalism and the students for the way that they responded. For the way that they responded. And we know from the police as well, theyve said that theyll remain at the scene throughout the day to provide assurances to the day to provide assurances to the school and the local community, and will provide further updates as they can. Gillian keegan, as well the education secretary, has spoken out on social media. She said shes disturbed to hear about the incident here at Birley Academy, where a teenager was arrested on suspicion of attempted murder. And they say theyre in touch with the school and that her thoughts are with those injured and all the School Community affected by this frightening situation. A School Leaders union has also described the incident here as shocking. Paul whiteman, the general secretary of the nht School Leaders union, saying the reports coming out of sheffield are shocking and very upsetting. Our thoughts are with everybody in the birley School Community now. Well be here on the scene all afternoon as and as we get more updates. We will bring them i anna riley, thank you very much for bringing us that live from sheffield. Really concerning developments , it concerning developments, it seems to be a National Crisis really. This country is when it comes to knife attacks. Yes. Last week we were reporting a school in wales where there was a stabbing yesterday, of course, reporting that a machete wielding man struck and stabbed a teenager to death. It does seem as though this is getting rather out of control in this country. The Prime Minister, rishi sunak, did address the attack at this school in sheffield and yesterdays stabbing in North East London dunng stabbing in North East London during pmqs earlier this afternoon. Afternoon. Violence has no place on our streets. Its absolutely streets. Its absolutely heartbreaking that a teenage boy has died and i cant imagine what his family are going through and we send them our heartfelt condolences and offer our very best wishes to all those injured. And id just like to reiterate my thanks to the police and other emergency First Responders for embodying the highest standards of Public Service under such awful circumstances. And i know that our thoughts are also with those injured this morning in an attack at a school in sheffield. Attack at a school in sheffield. Well, that was the Prime Minister speaking around an hour ago. Were now joined by the conservative member of parliament, heather wheeler. And heather, lets just start with this seeming sort of spate of stabbings. Whats going wrong , stabbings. Whats going wrong, what i find quite interesting is the ages of the people involved and the school, particularly today. So its 11 to 16 and the person involved is a 17 year old. So theres it looks like theres a close connection there. And the event yesterday, the police have said that theyre waiting to interview him because as hes not able to be interviewed yet. So i dont know, drugs maybe, i dont know. Its really, really difficult. Each time Something Different seems to be the root cause of it. But either way, the laws that weve introduced about, the definition of a knife the size of a knife being illegal to carry it, having a three year sentence if you are carrying a knife illegally, all these things need to be made absolutely clear and i hope in schools that part of their, their conversations , when they their conversations, when they have conversations with very upset children that, you know, absolutely, please do not carry knives. Please do not carry knives. Well, elsewhere , well move well, elsewhere, well move on from this, just now while weve got you, because was the rwanda scheme is very much back in the news today. The government have been claiming a victory because the first failed Asylum Seeker has gone off to rwanda. But its a little more complicated than it seems, though , isnt it . Or at least though, isnt it . Or at least theres more than meets the eye, because this guy, he came from an african nation, he had his asylum claim rejected, and then he voluntarily accepted £3,000 to go to rwanda. So were just. We just bribed him, and it worked, there has been a return scheme for many, many years, it used to be a particular thing with eastern europeans that werent sort of permanently settled in the uk, and that has worked very well, part of the deal with albania is that we can have this very good seamless move back, and i have absolutely no problem if the rwanda Asylum Centre is prepared to take these people, which they are then, and somebodys going to start a new life back there, then thats fine by me , i suppose the £3,000 fine by me, i suppose the £3,000 to some people seems quite an egregious sum to, to, to give someone whos been rejected asylum in the uk. And tom, its not just that heanng and tom, its not just that hearing that its, were also going to be subsidising up to five years of housing and employment support. Were very much setting him up for a good life in rwanda. Life in rwanda. Well, rwanda is a beautiful place and im sure hell have a lovely life. Ive visited and ive had a look and seen different schemes out there myself. So, i dont think myself. So, i dont think anybody needs to give me £3,000 to go out there, but thats beside the point. The we have a rafe a big issue in our country. There are many, many parts of the country that are not comfortable, having inward immigration. And if this is part of whether its our aid money or whatever, helping those countries and helping people set themselves back up over there, then that is absolutely fine, because if you can help with, businesses and jobs and employment and the economy in the area , then that is what our the area, then that is what our aid money ought to be doing, in my opinion. Now, of course , this my opinion. Now, of course, this is one case of voluntary repatriation. It happens to be the first case of someone going to rwanda. Case of someone going to rwanda. But what weve learned this lunchtime is now there is detention going on. I wonder if weve got some pictures that we can show for those watching on television here. Some of the first, pictures of detention of those who have arrived in the country illegally, my understanding is these are people who, havent necessarily been told that their asylum application has been approved or otherwise because the rwanda scheme is simply about those who have crossed the channel illegally, their case wont be heard and theyll be sent to rwanda. Yeah. Its for anybody thats arrived here illegally. The focus happens to be on the boats, but unfortunately still people are coming through, in lorries and things like that, far fewer than they ever used to be because , you know, you clamp be because, you know, you clamp down here and then Something Else happens there, doesnt it. But but, its very much, you know, the Prime Minister said we will get flights going. We had another weeks delay with the goings on in the lords, another 100 plus labour lords voting against it. I mean, just outrageous. So anyway, weve got outrageous. So anyway, weve got there weve got the bill through. Yeah. Heather though, i mean these are the unlucky ones though arent they. I mean we were all reading yesterday how thousands of migrants who were flagged to be deported on this scheme are just lost to the system. Theyre not checking in anymore. Presumably theyve taken their accommodation cash and gone for accommodation cash and gone for a runner. Well i dont think that that would be a good characterisation of the situation at all. So the reporting in, depots, offices around the country are working very well, theyre in really interesting places. I mean, the one over in loughborough used to be a job centre. I mean, these are very unusual government buildings that are now being repurposed. And thats good. You know, were to use a dreadful phrase again, thinking outside the box. Thats what weve got to do. The people have made it quite clear in this country that they want to see this ending. We have said we will get it done. Weve finally got the law through again , past got the law through again, past the teeth of opposition from laboun the teeth of opposition from labour. And now weve got one gone. Okay. Thats fine. It was a voluntary arrangement, but this is it. You know, its all about deterrent and it will work. Well, we shall see. Well, we shall see. They will suppose the question mark will be if a few flights will actually stop those more coming across the investment initially could be worth it in the long run. Although, well have to wait and see if that really does take place. Heather wheeler, thank you so much for coming in and talking through those topics with us. Really appreciate it. Thank you very much indeed. Now across the atlantic, chaos has broken out at ucla. Thats a university in los angeles, california. Local police are california. Local police are trying to restore order at the us college donning riot gear. Yes, violent clashes erupted on wednesday on the campus between pro Palestinian Protesters and a group of counter demonstrators. This follows similar clashes at Columbia University in new york city. Yes, it does seem that things are getting rather out of control over in the states. How many different colleges have seen this kind of, disturbance . But anyway, lets speak to the chair of republicans overseas, greg swenson, who is in for new york us. Greg. Greg, im not sure what time it is over there, but thank you very much for speaking to us, alarming footage from these campuses. I mean, was it necessary for the riot police to storm these, barricades . To storm these, barricades . Yeah, i mean, its usually a good question, but in this case, absolutely necessary. They let it go on for way too long at columbia, here in new york city. And of course, yesterday the violence started. Or last night the violence started in at ucla in, in westwood , part of los in, in westwood, part of los angeles beautiful campus. And they let it go for on 3. 5 hours before they called in the police. So there was, you know, the police that were on hand, the police that were on hand, the University Police completely abdicated and just left the scene. And so, yeah, scene. And so, yeah, unfortunately, riot police were absolutely necessary at columbia. They they basically took over a building called Hamilton Hall and, and occupied it. And it demanded, you know, not only global intifada , but not only global intifada, but also demanded free food. So the irony was pretty outrageous. And, unfortunately, on some of these elite campuses, the administrators have completely abandoned their responsibility to protect the students. Now, greg, i should say that what were looking at now are live pictures in los angeles, in california of this sort of tent city that has popped up this, this sleep in, sit in demonstration the middle of the night . Of course , in california night . Of course, in california right now. But it looks like despite the police action, this isnt going quietly into the night. No its not. Its 5 am. In los no its not. Its 5 am. In los angeles. Its eight here in new york, i think it was a really rough night. I saw the riot police come in first to protect the students. You know, there was there were plenty of jewish students who were counter protesting , as you mentioned, protesting, as you mentioned, and they needed protection. Obviously and now they have to round up, you know, the protesters. This is not peaceful protesting, i assure you. This is mob rule. And i think the, is mob rule. And i think the, the again, the administrators have really abdicated responsibility. And if you look, these are very elite institutions, but its columbia, princeton , northwestern where princeton, northwestern where i attended and ucla on one hand. But then if you look at the other elite state universities in the red states Like University of florida , university of florida, university of florida, university of florida, university of texas completely shut down, there was absolutely no violence. They got ahead of it. They didnt allow these so called protesters to set up their camps and just made sure that all the students were safe, not just the select few of the of the mob. Yes, greg, im reading. I guess it depends who youre, who youre listening to and what their political biases are. But im reading that essentially the pro Palestine Protesters had set up their camps , for a long time, up their camps, for a long time, and then it was pro israeli protesters that began to clash with them , presumably because with them, presumably because they were fed up of seeing these types of protests on their on their campus. Is that right . Was it the pro israel protesters that started the violence . That started the violence . Well, i dont know who started it. It sounds like a playground situation. Yeah. But playground situation. Yeah. But i know in in at ucla, yes. There were israeli counter protesters at columbia. It was more of protecting jewish students who couldnt get to the library , who couldnt get to the library, who couldnt get to the library, who could not get to their final exams. Its an interesting time of year on these university campuses. But i think whats clear also is these arent just anti israel protests , as anti israel protests, as sickening as that is, its anti semitic. But theyre anti western, theyre anti capitalist, and by all measures, theyre very antisocial. So these are real, like permanent protesters. The same crowd from 20, the 2020 riots. And its really, theyre trying to make their mark at these universities. Some have accepted that and let them go about and others are are more interested in protecting the students and this is many of these many of these protesters, of course, cite the First Amendment of the United States, the guaranteed constitutional right to free speech and their right to free speech and their right to free speech and their right to protest. I suppose its one thing if they occupy a building very clearly the university has a right to go in and turf people out of a building that they do not own. But when its in a pubuc not own. But when its in a public space and they are simply protesting, perhaps, perhaps they have a point here that theyre using their First Amendment rights. Amendment rights. Yeah, they i think they greatly exaggerate their their rights here, like, free protest, you know, peaceful protest is completely protected by the First Amendment. And youre seeing that at all of the universities, not just the elite ones, where the where the violence has erupted, but it has to be controlled. And it they cant permit tents to be set up or, you know, encampments to be set up. It only it only ends up set up. It only it only ends up with violence. We saw that in 2020 with the riots where there was so much property destruction and so many lives were lost. In the summer of 2020. And so thats something that i think a lot of the administrators are keeping in mind to make sure that doesnt happen again. They obviously failed that test at columbia and ucla and northwestern and northwestern , northwestern and northwestern, by the way, there wasnt violence, but but the university completely rolled over to the blackmail proposed by the pro hamas protesters at northwestern and they basically are providing, you know, essentially blackmail to faculty positions for palestinians. Five scholarships and, and a and a Student Council thats going to oversee who the vendors are for the cafeteria vendors. I mean, its really sickening. Whats happening at these elite schools. But but its and so i think it, you know, its going to be managed too little, too late. Late. Of course, i mean, greg, the world, the world is the world is certainly watching this quite incredible, footage. Thank you incredible, footage. Thank you very much indeed for your time. Really great to speak to you about whats going on there. Greg swenson, who is , chair of greg swenson, who is, chair of the republicans overseas in new york for us. Well, coming up, the home office has detained the first set of migrants for deportation to rwanda with flights set to take off at the beginning of july. Well have all the very latest with our home and security editor after this. Well, the breaking news this houn well, the breaking news this hour. The home office has now revealed that the first migrants set to be deported to rwanda have now been detained in a series of operations that took place across the country this week. Were seeing them on our screens now. It all comes on the screens now. It all comes on the same day as new data revealed that the uks record levels of immigration have started falling after tighter kerbs resulted in after tighter kerbs resulted in a 25 drop in the number of visas issued this year. Yes. Well, for more details, were joined now by gb news home and security editor mark white. Were seeing the home office mark releasing this footage of the first wave of migrants flagged for the rwanda depot deportation scheme, essentially being rounded up, put in the back of vans. Is this pr or do we get the impression that there are a large number of people now who will be on those flights . Well, im sure that opposition politicians might look at the timing of these raids, coming just on the eve of the local elections and be a little bit suspicious. However, regardless of the timings, there is no doubt this is a very significant development. After now more than two years since bofis now more than two years since boris johnson, then Prime Minister, announced the rwanda policy at lydd airport in kent. I was there, as he told us, about this bold new policy that went nowhere fast. Finally, there is some movement. Of course we got that bill last week, brought into law now paving the way for these flights , which the government tells us they are expecting now to take off, between 9 and 11 weeks from now. Those first flights. So in preparation for that, what youre seeing here are teams from Immigration Enforcement in operations that are countrywide, rounding up those that they have earmarked for deportation to rwanda. And we were hearing, of course, just the other day that some 5007 hundred individuals had been, pre notified before it got caught up in the courts last yeah got caught up in the courts last year. That they had been singled out for deportation to rwanda. So those 5700 or these, at least those that they can locate , they those that they can locate, they are now starting to round up. Mark it does seem like theyre sort of shutting the stable door after the horse has bolted to some extent here. After all, we were just talking about this yesterday. How there were thousands of those 500, 5000, 700, perhaps almost 3000 who had disappeared, could this be perhaps a Home Office Response to that story . Office response to that story . Well, potentially, yes. And the home office, though , would the home office, though, would dispute that anybody has disappeared. What they say is that they are confident that they will be able to locate all of those 5700 individuals that have been earmarked. Excuse me. Youre excuse me, earmarked for a deportation , and that is a deportation, and that is likely , that, the sort of likely, that, the sort of reporting, stipulations for those different , Asylum Seekers those different, Asylum Seekers vary from one Asylum Seeker to the next. So while some in accommodation like hotels, maybe have to report, twice a month to home office, reporting centres, there are others. They say , who there are others. They say, who are staying with family and friends who have looser arrangements. Its however, as arrangements. Its however, as i say, to get back to the point, they say that they are confident that they will be able to locate that they will be able to locate that those that they have earmarked for deportation and be able to round them up and get them to off rwanda sometime sooii. 500. Soon. And mark this, just very quickly, this, decrease in the number of visas that have been handed out, the government claiming victory , is this down claiming victory, is this down to policy changes or is this just one of those things . Well, the government has always said that it wants to reduce, the net migration figures into the country as well. Of course, a lot of that has actually been driven by student visas. And the number student visas. And the number there is up again, its very lucrative , of course, for lucrative, of course, for universities across the country. But the difficulty , i think, but the difficulty, i think, with the students is that many of them are taking their families across all those loopholes are being clamped down on. But thats good news. I think , to a small degree, that think, to a small degree, that some of the visa , granting the some of the visa, granting the visa grants have come down, well, mark white, thank you very much for talking us through those two big stories around migration in the United Kingdom. Very, very important stuff. But coming up , very, very important stuff. But coming up, were going to be discussing tomorrows local elections, gauging the mood across the country. Before that, though, here are your lunchtime headunes. Headlines. Its 132. Headlines. Its132. Im sophia wenzler in the gb newsroom. Your in the gb newsroom. Your headunes in the gb newsroom. Your headlines as youve been hearing the first migrants set to be deported to rwanda have been detained by the home office, said a series of operations took place across the country this week, with more activity due to be carried out in the coming weeks. Officials have not yet said how many people have been detained or where they were taken into custody. It comes ahead of the governments bid to get flights off the ground by july, after the safety rwanda act became law last week. Act became law last week. Meanwhile, more than 1500 small boat migrants have crossed the engush boat migrants have crossed the English Channel in just over a week, gb news can reveal. After several more boats were intercepted in uk waters today , intercepted in uk waters today, a boat load of around 70 migrants were taken to dover harbour by lifeboat in the early hours this morning, so far today, around 250 people have been taken to the border force Migrant Processing Centre in dover. Migrant Processing Centre in dover. Official figures for dover. Official figures for yesterday reveal that 268 migrants arrived in the uk on five small boats. In other news, five small boats. In other news, the Prime Minister has said the death of a 14 year old boy in the hainaut stabbing attack was absolutely heartbreaking. Rishi sunak also paid tribute to the highest standards of Public Service shown by police in deaung service shown by police in dealing with the incident. It comes after met police chief sir mark rowley said a female Police Officer came close to losing her hand. Video has emerged showing the Moment Police arrested the man wielding a sword. The 36 man wielding a sword. The 36 year old has been arrested on suspicion of murder and is now in hospital. Police saying theyve been unable to interview him due to his condition. The Prime Minister rishi sunak, paid tribute to the boy and the Emergency Services as a 17 year old boy has been arrested for attempted murder after three people were injured at a school in sheffield. Officers were in sheffield. Officers were called to Birley Community college just before 9 00 this morning after reports of an incident involving a sharp object. A child was assaulted and two adults suffered minor injuries. The suspect remains in police custody. Education secretary Gillian Keegan said she was disturbed to hear about the incident and for the latest story, sign up to gb news alerts by scanning the qr code on your screen or go to gbnews. Com alerts. Gbnews. Com alerts. Cheers britannia wine club proudly sponsors the gb news Financial Report , and heres Financial Report, and heres a quick snapshot of todays markets. The pound will buy you 1. 2485 and ,1. 1698. The price of gold is £1,840. 08 per ounce, and the ftse 100 are 8144 points. Cheers, britannia wine club proudly sponsors the gb news Financial Report good afternoon. Britain. Its just coming up to 20 to 2. Well, lets get more on our top story. This hour. The tragic news that the 14 year old boy killed in a sword attack in london yesterday attended the very same school as one of the victims of last years nottingham stabbings, Grace Omalley Kumar. Yes, quite incredible. Lets go live to the scene now where our correspondent Katherine Forster is, catherine, tell us more about this. It seems the most crazy coincidence. Most crazy coincidence. Yes. Good afternoon. Tom and emily. What are the odds . But, yes , what are the odds . But, yes, indeed. The what are the odds . But, yes, indeed. The 14 year old boy who tragically lost his life yesterday, Early Morning here in hainault, went to bancrofts school. Its an Independent School. Its an Independent School. The same school as Grace Omalley Kumar, who lost her life , stabbed to death last year life, stabbed to death last year while defending her friend barnaby webber. Her parents have offered their condolences. Said that you know, hardly anybody knows what it is to lose a child in this way and that it is, you know, absolutely unspeakable , we still absolutely unspeakable, we still dont know the identity of the boy, of course, but we do know that his mother was a Science Teacher at, the Holy Family Catholic School in waltham forest. A note was sent to parents yesterday saying that , parents yesterday saying that, mrs. Andrew gwynne son had been taken from this life. Suddenly on his way to school. Absolutely unimaginable. Weve also heard more details today from saint mark rowley, the met police commissioner, about the two Police Officers who are in hospital with serious injuries. The male Police Officer has bad injuries to his hands, but the female Police Officer, basically they said that, a surgeon had spent many, many hours pretty much putting her arm back together and, that it had come close, potentially to her losing her hand. But he believed that with enough , physio and time, she enough, physio and time, she would be able to make a good recovery. So some really horrific details emerging , i horrific details emerging, i should say, as well. I was here yesterday afternoon and im struck getting here. How little has changed. Yes, it is calmer, but the cordon remains in place. Theyre cordon remains in place. Theyre literally only letting in and out people who actually live in these streets. Police officers still combing the area. The road is still blocked. A very heavy Police Presence. Locals sad and shocked and flowers now starting to appear. Flowers now starting to appear. You know, its such an ordinary suburban part of North East London, much the same as millions of us leave, you know, to go to work or to go to school every morning. Catherine, thank you so much for bringing us that news. It has been a really shocking tale that that boy was just on his way to school. Yeah. Truly shocking. And, heanng yeah. Truly shocking. And, hearing about that Police Officer and her injuries, shocking as well. Essentially piecing her arm back together. It sounds like could have been an amputation, but it sounds as though it sounds as though she may well make a recovery. Vie. May well make a recovery. Vie. Well, well move on now, because the people of blackpool south will head to the polls tomorrow. After the resignation of their former mp triggered by election. Yes, often recognised as one of the most deprived areas of the country , voters in this the country, voters in this constituency will be demanding real and meaningful change from whichever candidate is successful. Successful. An mp can only deliver one mp delivering change. I imagine a lot of them have given up. Yeah, give it up. Given up. Yeah, give it up. Well, our north west of england reporter sophie reaper paid a visit to the area to find out more. Out more. The world famous blackpool promenade. Once upon a time, promenade. Once upon a time, people flocked from all over the globe to visit this iconic seaside resort. Globe to visit this iconic seaside resort. But in globe to visit this iconic seaside resort. But in recent seaside resort. But in recent years, the town has gained a rather different reputation. In fact, the most recent government figures place eight of the ten most deprived neighbourhoods in the country. Here most deprived neighbourhoods in the country. Here in most deprived neighbourhoods in the country. Here in blackpool. The country. Here in blackpool. Every tuesday, the Royal Boston Hotel first opened its doors back in 1934. Since then, the promenade has completely changed and not necessarily for the better. Blackpool can be beautiful. It can be wonderful, but it also can look very rundown when you drive up and down the promenade. So its it needs investment and i think theres people willing to invest, but its just unlocking that key around how we can do that and how we can actually change those buildings in that structure for tomorrow. The people of blackpool south will head to the polls to choose their new mp for john. Will head to the polls to choose their new mp forjohn. The their new mp for john. The successful candidate needs to secure the towns future by making decisions now. A huge part of what the mps are going to need to do is, is to create that job and those opportunities and work with local businesses to create that opportunity because we see and i see a huge amount of talent leaving blackpool. Theyre the ambassadors for the town. Theyre the future of blackpool here at the heart of blackpools tourist economy. Its tower still stands , its tower still stands, its illuminations still shine. And yet now for its people. They feel its time for change, blackpool said. Its about to get a new mp. What do you want get a new mp. What do you want them to do for blackpool to invest more money in, like the Mental Health services around blackpool . Because there isnt much to offer for young people. They need to invest more money in the people of blackpool rather than the tourist areas. Make it safer, make it a better community, especially with the cost of living crisis. So do more for blackpool residents, more for the homeless, which they dont actually do. The placement of hotels leaving for three months, and if they dont find a place within them, three months, then moved. Im one of them people. I think its quite sad, actually. Its very sad because, blackpool was like massive , a blackpool was like massive, a once glittering tourist trap. The blackpool of today seems to have lost some of its sparkle. And for its local people, they can only hope their new mp can restore the town to happier days. Sophie reaper gb news. Pretty sad looking at the front. There lots of boarded up, boarded up shops. As we said , its, one of shops. As we said, its, one of the most deprived areas in the country. Will a change of, mp will a change of politician , be will a change of politician, be able to, to make it prosperous 7 m. Again . Well, theres a lovely new sort of paving outside. Outside just in front of blackpool tower with sort of all, all sort of classic comedy quotes drawn. It looks very, very new. I was there , last year or the year there, last year or the year before, and just the seafront. I before, and just the seafront. I mean, a nice, nice day. And its a lovely part of the world. Make blackpool great again. Make blackpool great again. Well, the full list of candidates standing in the blackpool south by election are stephen black. Hes an independent. Mark butcher for reform uk, andrew cregan, lib dems howling laud hope, the official Monster Raving Loony Party , david jones from the party, david jones from the conservatives, kim knight, the alliance for freedom and democracy. Democracy. And damon sharpe, new open , and damon sharpe, new open, non political, organised leadership party. Wow, ben thomas , green party, chris webb, thomas, green party, chris webb, laboun thomas, green party, chris webb, labour. There you go. There you go. Those are the candidates for blackpool south. And were not going to cast any opinion on any of those parties or how ridiculous their names are. Well absolutely not. Never, never, never , never never, never, never, never dream of it. Not till after the election anyway. Oh well, coming up, a retired teacher who refused to pay an engush teacher who refused to pay an english only parking fine in wales could face a £10,000 legal bill. £10,000. Were talking about the language here. So are english only Parking Charge notices not good enough. Is this against the good enough. Is this against the welsh . 7 good . Good afternoon. 7 good afternoon. Britain. It is ten minutes to two now. Youve been writing in with lots of views about all of the topics weve been talking about today. Weve been talking about today. You have indeed, sean says wed love to take £3,000 in free flights with help for five years to settle in rwanda. Would you would you like. Thats what sean says. You have to stay there. Like you wouldnt be able to come back. Sean says, we made a big mistake just before brexit by returning to the uk from spain after 21 years. Any help would be appreciated. Britain is a joke now. So sean , you got joke now. So sean, you got yourself into a bit of a pickle. So youre having a lovely life in spain. You move back to the uk now you dont have the freedom of movement, presumably. And you didnt sign up for settled status in spain, and now youd prefer to be in rwanda. I think you must be a sun worshipper. I mean, the spanish Unemployment Rate is so much higher than the british Unemployment Rate. Sean might be tired. We talk about low growth, may be retired. I mean, the low may be retired. I mean, the low growth in spain is a different planet. Sean might be retired. He might be living it up, im sure. But hed be living it up in a much, much poorer country. I mean, my goodness. Well , you know, the sun does well, you know, the sun does shine in spain, its true. But obviously i want everyone to stay here. But, well get to more of your views in a little bit, because a retired welsh teacher who, refused to pay a parking fine that was written only in engush fine that was written only in english could face a £10,000 legal bill. Yeah, this is quite a, debacle. Really. The language campaigner, tony, i dont want to butcher this. Schiavone was issued with a £70 penalty for parking without paying in 2020. He said that hes happy to pay he said that hes happy to pay the penalty notice if only the Parking Company translated it into welsh. Really . But one Parking Solution won an appeal in january to reintroduce the case and has since paid over £10,000. Goodness me in legal fees. Well, welsh farmer gareth wyn jones is a first language welsh speaker and joins us now. Speaker and joins us now. Gareth, i mean, a lot of people will be thinking, hang on, this guy is a welsh teacher. He speaks english. He knew what was on the what was on the parking ticket. Hes just trying to make a point. Hes being a prat , a point. Hes being a prat, isnt he . Haha, no. Haha, no. Hey come on mate, im a first language welsh. Its important that we watch after our language and you know that everythings bilingual. And you know that everythings bilingual. But as in wales, you wouldnt go to france and expect your ticket to be in english, would you . You know english is the most spoken language, but lets watch after these small languages, its part of our cultural. So, you know , i take cultural. So, you know, i take my hat off to the guy. Fair play to him for go out and to fight this. But what its done, its put it on to the Mainstream Media and youre talking about it even that youre calling him a fat. You know, at least were having a discussion about it, andifs having a discussion about it, and its putting the welsh language in the forefront. And you know, this is speaking welsh is important. Yeah so gareth, this is a matter of principle. Is there a sense that the welsh language is being eradicated in wales . Is this eradicated in wales . Is this something that the welsh people need to rise up against . Well, Welsh Government are trying to you know, bring a lot more welsh speaking into the our daily life and teach people to how speak welsh. Well everything should be bilingual then and i think , you know, it should start think, you know, it should start with government. So governments should be putting pressure on these companies to make sure everything is bilingual. So everything is bilingual. So i get behind this guy. Fair play to him. Its a good, good stance andifs to him. Its a good, good stance and its put it in the public eye. Lets have everything in both languages, especially welsh, because thats my first language. And i know if i was welsh, if i were welsh, i think i would agree with you. I think i would agree with you, gareth. It depends if you come from if they lost the language. If they lost the language. Yeah, youre being, youre being disingenuous now because theres a lot of welsh speaking people in wrexham. You know weve got Wrexham Football Club flying now. We, weve got the two hollywood superstars learning welsh. So you know you might have to eat your words. Thanks so much. Thanks so much. Thanks so much. Well gareth great to speak to you. Great to speak to you. You. Great to speak to you. Great to see you. Sorry we ran out of time this hour but were going to be back very soon indeed. Weve got lots to talk about, including the government claiming victory. Theyre detaining. Detaining. A brighter outlook with boxt solar sponsors of weather on. Gb news. Hello again. Its time to take a look at the met office forecast for gb news. A lot of cloud today. A few showers around, but many places will be dry and some places will even experience a bit of warm sunshine. Low pressure is moving sunshine. Low pressure is moving away. Thats the low that brought some rain in the west dunng brought some rain in the west during tuesday. The rain still there in places, but its easing and actually many places are cheering up now. A much drier and brighter day for western parts compared with yesterday. Meanwhile, further east, more cloud compared with yesterday and some showery rain , and some showery rain, especially for eastern scotland where it will remain cool. 11 to 12 celsius elsewhere, further west and south. Actually much warmer than it has been up to 20 or 21 celsius in parts of the south east especially where well get some cloud breaks. But well get some cloud breaks. But we will see a thickening of the cloud and some outbreaks of heavy, potentially thundery rain arrive overnight, particularly after midnight, especially for central southern england, then into the south west and south wales. The risk of frequent wales. The risk of frequent lightning, heavy rain and hail in places. Those thunderstorms will be hit and miss, but well see an area of fairly heavy rain across south wales and southwest england as we begin thursday. Thundery showers in 1 or 2 places elsewhere. Otherwise its dner places elsewhere. Otherwise its drier further north and increasingly sunny for much of scotland, Northern Ireland northwest england, eastern scotland and eastern england. Scotland and eastern england. Seeing a lot of low cloud and feeling cool here. But much warmer elsewhere. Up to 23 celsius in east anglia. Celsius in east anglia. That warm feeling inside from boxt boilers , sponsors of boxt boilers, sponsors of weather gb news. Way. Good afternoon. Britain. Its 2 00 on wednesday. The 1st of may. Coming up on todays show, the home office has today revealed that the first migrants set to be deported to rwanda have been detained in a series of operations that took place across the country this week. Across the country this week. Across the atlantic, violence erupts as riot police storm Columbia University and Police Respond to violent clashes at ucla and california. Dozens of ucla and california. Dozens of pro palestine activists have been arrested and another stabbing has taken place , this stabbing has taken place, this time at a school in sheffield. It follows more shocking developments from yesterdays attack in london, which saw a 14 year old boy lose his life. Year old boy lose his life. And did the slave trade really make britain rich . Kemi badenoch has said colonialism played only a minor role in britains wealth and the empire might well have cost more than it actually made in cash. Is she it actually made in cash. Is she right . Well host a fiery debate i is she m is she right . Because were often told that the wealth of this country was built on the backs of the slave trade. But could it be a little more complicated than that . Tom could it be precisely the opposite of that . Could it be the fact that actually the United Kingdom abolished the slave trade before any other country, any other major country in the world, actually abolished the slave trade . And also the fact that the United Kingdom had the largest, most expansive empire the world has ever seen. Did that come before or after the Industrial Revolution . It came after. The Industrial Revolution . It came after. So . So the the Industrial Revolution . It came after. So . So the extent of came after. So . So the extent of the empire, the you could very well make the argument that the empire was a consequence of industrialisation, a consequence of britains wealth , rather than of britains wealth, rather than the cause of that wealth. Yes. Was it our institutions as a relatively free market . Free trade, liberal institutions . These are the sorts of things that Kemi Badenoch was talking about. Did the empire actually end up losing us money . Well so therefore that was one of the reasons why we, scrapped it. This is all, based on a new book that doctor Christian Nemitz of the institute of Economic Affairs has written, and it looks at the history of britain. Britain actually had slightly higher taxes compared to other major countries in the 19th century as a result of the empire, because the empire cost a lot to run, it wasnt necessarily creating loads and loads of cash. And then you look at other countries, for example, countries that didnt have overseas empires like germany, germany caught up with the United Kingdom and actually grew faster than the uk in the late 18005. Faster than the uk in the late 1800s. Could that be because it wasnt held back by having, interests overseas and expensive armies to keep up . Well, history buffs at home let us know what your perspective is. This is this the right question to ask . Did the slave trade make britain rich or is it the other way round . Actually, lets get your headunes actually, lets get your headlines with sophia i dont know if were on air right now. We could well be on air. And if we are, its delightful to have your company. This is good afternoon, britain, and well be getting right back to the program that youre expecting. As soon as we can. But in the meantime, emily, i think one of the most interesting things about the last hour of discussion was, frankly, this this , recurring frankly, this this, recurring sense of a crime wave in the uk because there is some data that does say, particularly in major cities, it does feel like crime is getting worse, yes. Absolutely. And anecdotally , at absolutely. And anecdotally, at least, i know that many People Living in the capital, in london in particular, are feeling less and less safe. Many people having their phones ripped out of their hands while theyre crossing the road. A friend of mine on her way to work in central london, 8 am. In the morning, someone comes past on one of these e bikes, just grabs her phone out of her hand in broad daylight, and shes phoneless. Phoneless. And then we talk about knife crime in london. Its up over 20. But the interesting stat , 20. But the interesting stat, perhaps, is that in the rest of the country, its actually down. But does it really feel like that . Big questions to answer. But well be getting to those questions and so many more after your afternoon headlines. Your afternoon headlines. Thanks, tom from the gb newsroom. At 2 04, im sophia wenzler your top story. The first brain grunts set to be deported to rwanda have been detained. The Home Office Said a series of operations took place across the country this week, with more activity due to be carried out in the coming weeks. Officials have not yet said how many people have been detained or where they will be taken to. It comes ahead of the governments bid to get flights off the ground by july, after the safety of rwanda act became law last week. Meanwhile more than 1500 small boat migrants have crossed the English Channel in just over a week, gb news can reveal. After several more boats reveal. After several more boats were intercepted in uk waters today. A boat load of around 70 migrants were taken to dover harbour by lifeboats in the early hours this morning. So far today, around 250 people have been taken to the border force Migrant Processing Centre in doven Migrant Processing Centre in dover. Official figures for yesterday revealed 268 migrants arrived in the uk on five small boats. In other news, a 17 year boats. In other news, a 17 year old boy has been arrested for attempted murder after three people were injured at a school in sheffield. Officers were called to Birley Community college just before 9 00 this morning. Its after reports of an incident involving a sharp object. A child was assaulted and two adults suffered minor injuries. The suspect remains in police custody. Education secretary Gillian Keegan said she was disturbed to hear about the incident. The Prime Minister the incident. The Prime Minister has said the death of a 14 year old boy in the hainaut stabbing attack was absolutely heartbreaking. Rishi sunak also paid tribute to the Higher Standards of Public Service shown by police in dealing with the incident. Video has emerged showing the Moment Police arrested the man wielding a sword. The 36 year old has been arrested on suspicion of murder and is now in hospital. Police saying theyve been unable to interview him due to his condition. Met police chief sir mark rowley says a female Police Officer came close to losing her hand. We were on the ground in 12 minutes and he was detained after 22 minutes. Obviously some of the first contacts led to officers being very severely injured. I went to the hospital yesterday and to see the officers and their families, i saw the inspector whose hands badly damaged, and i was to talking the family and colleagues of the, of the officer, a woman officer whos really badly damaged arm. Really seriously damaged. And the surgeon spent sort of many, many hours sort of basically putting her arm back together. Her arm back together. Police have arrested three people during a pro palestinian protest outside a government building in central london. Hundreds of demonstrators held a rally outside the department of business and trade. Organisers said workers and trade unionists demonstrated also held protests outside bae systems sites, with the aim of showing solidarity with palestinian workers. And with palestinian workers. And violent clashes have erupted on the campus of the university of california in los angeles. Its between pro Palestinian Protesters and a group of counter demonstrators , as riot counter demonstrators, as riot police have had to break up crowds of people wielding sticks to attack wooden boards being held up as a makeshift barricade to protect the pro Palestinian Protesters overnight. New York City Police also arrested dozens of pro palestinian demonstrators occupying an Academic Building on Columbia University in new york. House prices fell for the second month in a row in april, as potential buyers continue to face pressure on affordability. Face pressure on affordability. The uks biggest Building Society said that uk house pnces society said that uk house prices were down 0. 4 compared with the previous month. Nationwide said the average house price now sits some 4 below the peak in the summer of 2022, costing on average £261,962. Nationwides chief economist, Robert Gardner said the slowdown likely reflects ongoing affordability pressures and for the latest story, sign up to gb news alerts by scanning the qr code on your screen , or the qr code on your screen, or go to gb news. Com slash alerts. Go to gb news. Com slash alerts. Now its back to tom and. Now its back to tom and. Emily. Good afternoon britain. Its 2 09. Now, the home office today has revealed that the first migrants set to be deported to rwanda have been detained in a series of operations that took place across the country this week. Well, were joined now by the human rights lawyer shoaib khan to discuss this. Shoaib, lots of people said this scheme was impossible. It would never be a success. We wouldnt see any flights. The government now are flights. The government now are taking action, arent they . Theyre actually rounding up people on their list for deportation. Surely, surely these people will actually end up on flights. Up on flights. Yeah. Yeah. And, well, a few things to say. But firstly, you know , the say. But firstly, you know, the way you started off the question about, you know, so many people said it wouldnt be a success. So i think just merely sending people wouldnt be a success anyway. The whole point is, you know, a few months a while, there are a few years later, are they safe . Are they thriving . Are they prospering . Well, that seems to be what the government keeps saying. You know that thats whats going to happen to them. So thats thats when it would be a success. Are they even in rwanda in a few months is the point. But secondly, even in terms of the deportation, even now, all we know is, you know, the government has given us a general timeline and 9 to 11 weeks, so you know, thats all weeks, so you know, thats all we know, really. You know, whos the, you know, airline that show him, show him, show him. I dont think the government are are thinking about how prosperous these people are going to be in rwanda. Im not sure thats at the top of their priority list, to be honest. Is it really . They just want to, i agree, i dont think it is. I agree with you. I dont think it is, but that is what they keep saying Kemi Badenoch throughout the interviews today kept promising they will prosper there. And thats those are the words they use. Those are my words. They keep saying, you know, they will thrive in rwanda. And thats the point. I dont think it is actually. I think those are just talking points that they say, i agree with you. I dont think it is actually top of their priority list, but having said that, even in terms of actually sending people what weve seen and in fact they have been detaining people for two years, two years ago, you know, obviously that last minute injunction from the echr and people were in detention at the time, dozens, if not hundreds of people due to be sent to rwanda were in detention. Then obviously they were all released then and even now, legally speaking , one now, legally speaking, one requirement for immigration detention, which this detention would be, is that the persons removal from the uk should be imminent or should be, you know, reasonably foreseeable. So the point is, will courts or Even Home Office caseworkers looking at whether these people now need to be released, will they consider that 9 to 11 weeks is imminent or reasonably , imminent or reasonably, foreseeable . So thats the point. We dont have. I think how these people are going, a lot of people will be listening to this and thinking, are you moving the goalposts here a bit . There were people who said at the start of this saga that no planes would ever take off, and now the test seems to be whether when people get there, do they prosper and do they thrive . Surely for the deterrent to work, if the deterrent is to work, if the deterrent is to work, all that needs to take place is that people who have arrived in this country illegally are removed to a safe third country, once that starts happening in nine weeks time, surely the government can say, look , we promised something and look, we promised something and we delivered it , no, i dont we delivered it, no, i dont think im. Because thats the thing. Thats not all they promised. Is thing. Thats not all they promised. Is that thing. Thats not all they promised. Is that actually what promised. Is that actually what were saying . Thats all theyve promised. What they promised is these people will be looked after. Theyll have their asylum claims looked after properly. People are already traumatised, wont be traumatised by it. People wont be sent off to more dangerous countries. Theyve promised all of these things and thats the whole point. If it was just about, you know, we promise well get them to rwanda then. Yeah. I mean, but thats then. Yeah. I mean, but thats the thing. Are we saying thats not what the governments been promising . They have promised all of those things. So i think just saying, you know, a flight has taken off. Im not sure ive heard you say, im not sure ive heard you say, im not sure ive heard you say, im not sure ive heard you make that point before i so, ive spoken to you a number of times, and previously you spoke about how it would be, you spoke about how it would be, you know, its just not going to work feasibly. Its not going to work feasibly. Its not going to act as a deterrent, and were not going to get the flights off to rwanda. Now, youre talking about whether the people who are deported to rwanda are going to live prosperous lives, as if thats one of the things on their checklist. Im not sure. Their checklist. Im not sure. Im not sure it is. I think their top priority is what the British Public want, or a lot of the British Public want at least, is for Illegal Migrants to not be in this country. But thats the thing. I mean, like i said, you know, you start your question of is it a success . I think just a plane taking off is not a success. Thats my point, if youre, you know, the further point, you know, but also, i mean, if a plane takes off three months later, the Uk Supreme Court or the echr or some other court says the removal was unlawful. Those people have to be brought back. Would we still say the flight taking off in itself was a success . I dont think it is. And thats the whole point. Whole point. Well, shoaib khan, thank you so much for talking through that issue. I so much for talking through that issue. I suppose well have to have you back once there have been a decent number of people arriving in rwanda, perhaps we can test if they are prospering and thriving, shoaib khan, there , human rights lawyer. Really appreciate your time this afternoon. Although, to be honest, im not convinced that the flights will take off. Youre not . Well, you know , lots of people have you know, lots of people have pointed out that there are still loopholes in this legislation that lawyers could be able to poke at and prevent people from being deported , but we shall being deported, but we shall see. Youre more convinced, arent you . Im very. Youre convinced you want to bet . No. Absolutely not, i do not. Absolutely not, i do not. Absolutely not. Im not piers morgan, am i . You dont want to fall into the rishi sunak trap. Or indeed, the rishi sunak trap. Or indeed, i think Keir Starmers accepted a bet as well. He did a smaller bet. A smaller bet. I wouldnt be able to do a rishi sunak size bet. So id do it. Id better, id better piint better. Piint. Piint. Okay, were not going to do bets. Well, well see. I guess the question is whether it will work as a deterrent come what may. But in more serious news now, the 14 year old boy killed in a sword attack yesterday in london attended the very same school as one of the victims in last years nottingham stabbings, Grace Omalley Kumar. Yesterdays attack also injured two Police Officers and resulted in a 36 year old man being arrested in suspicion of murder and now in shocking developments today, its been confirmed that two adults and a child have been taken to hospital following another stabbing incident, this time at a school in sheffield. Time at a school in sheffield. And, well, lets go live to North East London, where our correspondent Katherine Forster joins us, and sheffield, where our reporter anna reilly is as well. Catherine, lets start with you , because we have with you, because we have learned some more developments today , about the tragic case of today, about the tragic case of this teenage boy and his school. Bancroft school, its an Independent School in, wood waltham. Sorry. Woodford green. Waltham. Sorry. Woodford green. Apologies, and it is , by some apologies, and it is, by some strange coincidence, the same school that Grace Omalley Kumar attended before she went to nottingham university. She, of course , was fatally stabbed last course, was fatally stabbed last summer, returning home from a night out trying to defend. Defend her friend barnaby webber. So both these people, young people, tragically, have lost their lives to stabbing incidents that happened , both of incidents that happened, both of them in broad daylight. Now, back here in hainault again today, the Community Still reeling. Just sadness and shock , just sadness and shock, flowers being laid, one of them saying the community is broken. People just really cant believe whats happened here on the outskirts of North East London. And the metropolitan police commissioner, sir mark rowley, speaking this morning about the bravery of the Police Officers. They come in for a lot officers. They come in for a lot of criticism , dont they . But we of criticism, dont they . But we understand that the male Police Officer in hospital, major injuries to his hand, but also the woman had a very, very serious injuries. Sir mark rowley said that basically she would have come close to losing her hand. But for the fact that the surgeon had spent many, many hours basically putting her arm back together, they were hopeful that in time they will both make a full recovery, weve also learnt that the boy who died, his mother, was a Science Teacher at the Holy Family Catholic School in waltham forest, a memo was issued to parents saying that mrs. Anne diamond son had been taken from this life suddenly on his way to school yesterday. Really school yesterday. Really incredible state of affairs. Incredible state of affairs. Thank you very much, Katherine Forster, there in North East London. Now, anna reilly, youre in sheffield for us. Tell us whats happened at the school behind you. The school behind you. Yes, im here at the Birley Academy in sheffield. A secondary school for 11 to 16 year olds with just over 1000 pupils here. Police were called to the scene here at the secondary school at 10 to 9 this morning, after reports of an incident involving a sharp object. A 17 year old boy was object. A 17 year old boy was arrested. He remains in custody, being questioned over attempted murder after a child was assaulted and two adults suffered minor injuries as a result of the incident. A Police Spokesperson for South Yorkshire police have said that police will remain at the scene and here throughout the day to provide assurances to those at the school and the local community, and a spokesperson for the Birley Academy has also issued a statement saying that this morning the school went into lockdown as a result of the incident and that it has subsequently closed for the day. They say that the safety of students and staff is paramount, and that all students and staff are safe, and they confirm that three people were treated for minor injuries at the scene and they say no one was taken to hospital as a result. We know hospital as a result. We know that Gillian Keegan, the education secretary has been in contact with the school. She said she was disturbed to hear about the incident here at the Birley Academy. And we know that the leader of the largest Education Union in the uk has urged the government to do more to tackle Youth Violence and ensure that teachers and pupils are safe. Daniel covid, the general secretary of the national Education Union, has said that their thoughts are with the staff, pupils and parents here at this academy in sheffield and with the people that were injured. They say its another shocking incident happening on School Premises and that violence has no place in our schools and colleges and that everyone in school should feel and be safe. They say that the government needs to recognise the scale of the problem and adapt. Adopt a pubuc problem and adapt. Adopt a Public Health approach to tackling Youth Violence, as did scotland in the 90s, and that this should include urgent reinvesting in the Youth Services and centres that young people once relied upon. Will be here throughout the afternoon and will provide more updates when we have them. When we have them. And oreilly, thank you very much. And indeed Katherine Forster before as well, to really tragic incidents , and really tragic incidents, and more information coming to light all the time. All the time. Yes. The Prime Minister rishi sunak did address the attack at the school in sheffield and yesterdays stabbing in North East London during pmqs early this afternoon. Violence has no place on our streets. Its absolutely heartbreaking that a teenage boy has died, and i cant imagine what his family are going through and we send them our heartfelt condolences and offer our very best wishes to all those injured. And id just like those injured. And id just like to reiterate my thanks to the police and other emergency First Responders for embodying the highest standards of Public Service under such awful circumstances, and i know that our thoughts are also with those injured this morning in an attack at a school in sheffield. Attack at a school in sheffield. Those were the words of rishi sunak earlier today in Prime Ministers questions. But up next, Kemi Badenoch claims that slavery did not play a major role in britains historic wealth. Does she have a point or is it masking the reality of history . Were going to have more on that in just a moment. A bit of a fiery debate coming. Good afternoon. Britain. Its 2 25 now. Kemi badenoch , the 2 25 now. Kemi badenoch, the trade secretary, has backed a report by the institute of Economic Affairs. This report says that slavery had a very minor role to play in britains overall wealth. Yes , which is quite yes, which is quite a controversial claim to make. Now the business and trade secretary praised the report for its counterweight to simplistic narratives that exaggerate the significance of empire and slavery to britains economic development. Development. Well, the report also says that slavery and colonialism could have contributed to making britain poorer. But that has. But has the significance been played down by the report, lets debate the facts now. The Communications Officer at the institute of Economic Affairs, reem ibrahim , joins us. And ken reem ibrahim, joins us. And ken haynes, whos an anti racist racism activist, is also here. Reem its your organisations report. What exactly is it saying . Yeah, thank you for having me on, tom. And absolutely, its talking about the fact that the report effectively says colonialism and imperialism and the British Empire had a very minuscule impact on britains economic wealth. Now we look at the way in which the black lives matter organisation and a couple of other anti racism organisations have effectively tried to misconstrue history and say that actually this isnt the case, that colonialism is the reason why the west is rich, that the Industrial Revolution wouldnt have happened if it wasnt for colonialism, and that just simply isnt the case. So my colleague Kristian Niemietz looked at the economics of the British Empire and actually found that its either the fact that the British Empire and colonialism itself had either little impact on the economy , or little impact on the economy, or even was detriment to it. The cost of acquisition and the cost of actually defending the empire was much , much higher than any was much, much higher than any of the gains that were made. Ken, slavery didnt make us rich. Rich. I believe that shes delusionary at the height of the British Empire, there had 412 Million People under their control. Control. They also controlled 23 of the land mass of the world. So to me that what that wont give imply some sort of treaty that was done through, being war, through violating each of those countries, even at as 19, 17, 19, 18, theyre also controlled , 19, 18, theyre also controlled, certain parts, certain parts of germany after the first world war. So my ken is simply this sounds expensive. Sounds expensive. Give ken the point is that controlling all of that land might well have cost more money than it delivered. Than it delivered. Thats exactly. I mean, thats exactly the point, right . The fact of the matter is, the British Empire itself was and again, colonialism is a bad thing. Its not moral. Its immoral to take over countries without their consent and effectively ruin their institutions. Now, one thing institutions. Now, one thing that my colleague does say in the book is that colonialism did hurt the colonised countries. Those countries were unable to develop their institutions, which effectively make those countries economically viable. But the reason why britain and other western countries are wealthy is not because of empire. Its actually primarily due to the fact that they opened up their markets to free trade. The point is, you dont have to have an empire in order to trade with one another. You can do so by having an open trade policy. By having an open trade policy. My. Come back on. My. Come back on. That is simple that we see back in africa how africa remains poor, how africa still has to pay its debts back to britain and in doing so, they are paying out more to back to britain than spending on their own people. And theyd be wondering why people are taking these, routes to come, immigrate to, to, to england and put themselves in some danger to get here. My thing is what money is africa giving to britain . Africa giving to britain . Quite clearly theyre still paying quite clearly theyre still paying back britain , a large paying back britain, a large part of their, gross domestic, gross domestic domestic. I mean, thats just not true. Its yeah. Yes, they are. And i will also say that the simple fact that, we got these so called, dodgy leaders in some, in some african countries that take not millions but take billions out of the country. So, so , ken, ken, youre so, so, ken, ken, youre youre absolutely right. There is there are huge amounts of corruption in many african countries. But i think its i think its really wrong to mischaracterise an entire continent as one Homogenous Group of people in which there is huge amounts of corruption across the board. Im from two nonh across the board. Im from two north african countries, and theyve been able to develop in very different, very different rates in comparison to other more sub saharan african countries, purely due to the fact that theyve opened up their economies. Now, of course, corruption and effectively , you corruption and effectively, you know, expropriating a lot of that wealth that we see from many of these corrupt governments that does hinder growth. But thats not to say growth. But thats not to say that slavery or the British Empire had anything to do with it. The reason why those countries are poor is because theyve not opened up to market economies. And they lets let lets let , and they lets let lets let, ken come back. Yeah. Yeah. I would hit back at that and saying the sort of people that are in the leaders in these corrupt countries are done with the nod of britain. Now, if britain dont like a leader , what they will do, they leader, what they will do, they will they will finance the opposition and create problems within that country, create a wars in that country. It still happening today. Wars in that country. It still happening today. And so when happening today. And so when youre saying that theyre open, their markets are they open themselves up for, for market. Market forces. Market forces. Its a lie. Its always done to their advantage. This is what. This is what. Havent you just contradicted yourself there . Initially you were saying all of these african countries are paying the uk lots of money, although you havent set out a case where thats actually happening and now youre saying the uk is actually giving lots of money to keep tinpot dictatorships up and running . Running . Well, look, im saying at the end of the day, its theyre still paying britain , part of still paying britain, part of their gdp. Are they paying britain a large a large, a large amount of their gdp. Right. Comes out like and even like places like nigeria, which has got huge resources of oil. But the deal that they put together to, to get the oil to together to, to get the oil to to the, the world market is at the disadvantage of the, the nigerian. Thats just not thats just simply im sorry, but thats just simply not true. Many of these countries in africa that have actually able to theyre able to extract a lot of those Natural Resources that acts as a net benefit to those countries. Net benefit to those countries. I think its really dangerous that were starting to propagate these kind of narratives, that capitalism or that the west. No sorry. Let me finish ghana. Let me finish the were propagating these kind of narratives that these kind of narratives that the west was built on, off the backs of slaves or off the backs of the British Empire. Now again, the british, the British Empire and empire itself makes no economic sense. Actually, having to expropriate those countries, having to defend them, having to acquisition itself is incredibly expensive. The point is, the west was built on the principle of free trade. On the principle of free trade. Okay, well, were going to have to leave it there. Great debate. Really good to speak to debate. Really good to speak to you, ken haynes. Sorry we had to cut that a little bit short, but reem ibrahim as well, from the institute of Economic Affairs, because live to new york, there is a press conference on these College Protests to remove those who have turned the peaceful protest into a place where anti semitism and anti israeli attitudes were pervasive. Approximately 300 people were arrested at columbia and city college. We are processing the arrests to distinguish between who were actual students and who were not supposed to be on the ground. And we pointed out yesterday, these external actors with a history of escalating situations and trying to create chaos , not to peacefully protest chaos, not to peacefully protest but create chaos. The viewer at but create chaos. The viewer at city college and you saw the bottles , the garbage cans, the bottles, the garbage cans, the other items that were thrown at Police Officers. Those Police Officers showed a great level of discipline to not allow this to evolve to an out of control situation. As we pointed out yesterday , they are attempting yesterday, they are attempting to disrupt our city and we are not going to permit it to happen. And were proud to say they have been removed from the campus. The nypd is precision policing to ensure that the operation was organised, calm , operation was organised, calm, and that there were no injuries or violence clashes. And to be clear , this is not our analysis clear, this is not our analysis of what took place last night. National independent journalists acknowledge what the Police Department did yesterday and they were on the ground to see it. And i want to be clear that we will continue to continue to use this level of professionalism. Professionalism. And we saw the intersectionality of all the things we have been working on. Drones allowed us to do a complete analysis of the Hamilton Building and the location. We were able to know how to precisely go in and conduct the operation , making conduct the operation, making sure the equipment encryption of our radios, because they were not able to monitor and hear our deployment tactics , it allowed deployment tactics, it allowed us to have the element of surprise that we went on the ground, training with our crt team , precisely knowing how to team, precisely knowing how to go in and conduct a professional operation. We didnt wake up and executed the plan. This is a plan that has been put in place since january 2022, when we understood our Police Department had to be prepared for uncertainties like this and so the request we receive in writing could not have been clearer. Writing could not have been clearer. While those writing could not have been clearer. While those who writing could not have been clearer. While those who broke into the building did include students , it was led by students, it was led by individuals who are not affiliated with the university. They needed the school needed the nypd assistance to clear Hamilton Hall and the encampments outside a dual operation on the grounds that took place successfully clearing the tents, taking back and reclaiming hamilton. Hamilton hall. And we said from the hall. And we said from the beginning that students have a right to protest, and free speech is the cornerstone of our society. But as our major concern, we knew and we saw that there were those who were never concerned about free speech. They were concerned about chaos. It was about external actors hijacking peaceful protests and influenced students to escalate. Theres nothing peaceful about barricading, building, destroying property, or dismantling dismantling security cameras. We cannot allow what should be a lawful protest to turn into a violent spectacle that saves and serves no purpose. As i said, theres no place for acts of hate in our city. We made that clear. Thats from anti semitism to islamophobia to anti semitism and other communities. Islamophobia to anti semitism and other communities. As our and other communities. As our aapi community, we have been consistent. Theres no place for hate in this city, and i want to continue to commend the professionalism of the Police Department and to thank Columbia University. It was a tough decision. We understood that. Decision. We understood that. But with the very clear evidence of their observation and the clear evidence from our intelligence division, that they understood it was time to move and the action had to end. And we brought it to a peaceful conclusion. And were going to continue to coordinate with columbia as we have been from the start, start and all of our academic institutions to find a peaceful middle way of allowing our young people to protest without violence. We support the right of free speech and open debate. We will always protect debate. We will always protect the right to protest, but we must balance the right with keeping students, the school and our city safe. And it is a combined effort that were going to continue to move in the right direction to accomplish this, this, this goal. We know that this, this goal. We know that this is only a comma in the full sentence of Public Protection in the city, this is not a celebratory moment, we should never have had to have to get here in the first place. We cant create environments while children could be in danger , and children could be in danger, and we must push back on all attempts to radicalise our young people in this city like were seeing across the entire globe. Commissioner, thank you for a job well done. And turn it over to you at this time. And good morning and thank you, mayor adams. So yesterday, the nypd adams. So yesterday, the nypd received written notification. Received written notification. Well, we were hearing the mayor of new york city, eric adams , explain a little bit more adams, explain a little bit more about the context of those arrests in both Columbia University in manhattan and city college of new york, as well, 300 arrests were made on tuesday, he explained , and also tuesday, he explained, and also blamed outside agitators for whipping up what he described was not in the spirit of peaceful protest. Peaceful protest. Yes, very interesting, wasnt it, what he said about how freedom of speech must be upheld, how freedom of protest is a fundamental right, but how that needs to be balanced with the safety of students. He also spoke about how young people are being radicalised not only on student campuses in the United States, but around the world. Hes seeing this as part of a global radicalisation. Im not sure if thats shifting the blame there or if that is, true to say. But those are the views to say. But those are the views of the new york city mayor there. But certainly, as we can see from the debris, frankly, left by these protests, this isnt people exercising their First Amendment rights. This isnt free speech. This isnt people engaging in healthy and open debate. This is people smashing debate. This is people smashing windows. Its barricading buildings. Its breaking property that is not protected under the First Amendment of the United States of america. United states of america. Its quite shocking to see how this foreign conflict is playing out in colleges up and down the United States, because, you know, there are so many accusations, from jewish students to some University Authorities that theyre not taking anti semitism on campus. Sinner enough not dealing with it when it occurs and not clamping down on it. And now we see, well, what you can see there. Police, police , riot there. Police, police, riot police, no less storming what was a bit of a barricade at Columbia University. Now were looking were going to look at live pictures here from, los angeles, where a counter demonstration calling on hamas to free the hostages , of hamas to free the hostages, of course, has been set up. This inched course, has been set up. This incited what many saw were clashes between pro palestine and pro israel protesters, at at University College campuses in, in in los angeles. This at ucla. And we can see here a heavy Police Presence trying to keep, keep the peace here at this counter demonstration. Yes. If you thought things were getting heated in this country when it came to our student campuses, our universities, its another level , isnt it . In the United States, its another level. So there you go. The Police Presence there, a counter protest against the pro palestine protests there, israeli flags saying hamas released the hostages, were going to come back to this , but going to come back to this, but up next, were going to see if the snp can they survive todays no confidence vote . Does it matter at this stage . Are there enough people behind that vote of no confidence . Here are live of no confidence . Here are live pictures as the vote commences. Live pictures of holyrood. There good afternoon. Britain. Its just coming up to quarter to three now. The snp government in scotland. Minority government now is today facing a crucial no confidence vote that could see all ministers being forced to resign if it passes. Is that a big if, tom . Is that a big if, tom . Its a big if. Its a big if. Its a big if. Now its a big if. Now this its a big if. Now this aukus this all comes after first minister humza yousaf was forced to resign on monday after the rather abrupt collapse of a power sharing deal with the greens. It plunged the snp into crisis. Well, todays no confidence motion was tabled by the labour party before humza yousaf resigned. But now that he has, resigned. But now that he has, its unlikely to pass and of course the greens have called for it to be scrapped initially they were minded to back some of these no confidence motions, but now that humza yousaf has gone, it doesnt look like they will. Interesting. Joining us now is alan cochrane, former scottish editor of the telegraph, alan, why are why are the greens not backing this then . Gosh, youre a bloodthirsty lot. You want more bodies, dont you . Well, theres no point. You . Well, theres no point. Theres no point. Theres no point. I mean, its quite good as a further embarrassment. In fact, its very good as a further embarrassment for the snp, for labour to keep this motion alive. But quite frankly, labour were beaten to the punch by the tories on this one and that the tories on this one and that the tories tabled the really sexy one that finished the career of, what was his name again . What was his name again . Oh yes, humza yousaf. Oh yes, humza yousaf. But the labour party decided to keep their motion alive because , to be fair to them, if because, to be fair to them, if there is a collapse of the snp government, which there aint going to be, by the way, and theres a new a new election in scotland, then its labour who will benefit massively. I mean, the opinion polls suggest that the nationalists could lose Something Like half their seats , parliamentary their seats, parliamentary common seats in an election. But but, i think the best, the best basic , the best we can the best basic, the best we can hope for today, from my point of view, is a unionist is more embarrassment for the snp. Embarrassment for the snp. Now, i suppose this all this all ties into incentives, doesnt it . I mean, looking at the polls, practically the only party in the Scottish Parliament that would really want there to be an early election would be the scottish labour party. The scottish labour party. The scottish tories are probably going to vote for this, despite the fact that were there to be an election, they might go backwards a little bit , but but backwards a little bit, but but frankly, the greens seem to have i no. No. Why emma hum no. Why not . I said , well, i no. Why not . I said, well, i think the tories have got six seats currently. I think theyll keep them. Keep them. Oh, im talking about a Scottish Parliamentary election, not a house of commons election. Oh no, oh no. Sorry, sorry, sorry. A parliamentary election. Yes, well, i dont know. Its two years away. You mean the Scottish Parliamentary election . Thats two years. Were to be an early Scottish Parliamentary election. Yeah. I cant see that the tories would would necessarily lose. Theyve got, a theyre currently the second largest party. Its likely theyd go to be the Third Largest party behind the Third Largest party behind the labour party and the snp. Well possibly if, if, if its true that labour has excuse me succeeded to that extent, that would be the case. I dont think the tories have got an awful lot to worry about, given that they have they get are getting credit. Not enough credit, in my view, for the way that that , yousaf for the way that that, yousaf was, was brought down. But i just, i do think that its rich for the greens to say, oh. Can we not have a bit of peace and quiet now . And know that we are not going to throw the first minister out . Theyre happy with what theyve got. Theyve got a bodyin what theyve got. Theyve got a body in the shape of the first minister of scotland. And that minister of scotland. And that as much as theyre going to get on, unfortunately , from my point on, unfortunately, from my point of view, again and again from the unionist point of view, theyre still going to be calling the shots. Theyre not going to be part of a coalition. The green, the green. 17 msps on the back benches of the Scottish Parliament will still have a very big say in what legislation is passed. Yeah, good. Good point. Alan, what does this tell us about, scottish politics and the way its going . I mean, who are the snp going to elect as their new leader . Are they going to stick to the, well, so called we think, sort of progressive. Thats what humza yousaf saw himself as. Or are we going to see another continuity candidate candidate at the top , or are candidate at the top, or are they going to go in a different direction . What do you reckon . I think the current favourite is john swinney, who was the deputy under sturgeon. John is a fully paid up member of the woke battalions. Member of the woke battalions. Im afraid he has supported Nicola Sturgeon and the Green Coalition all the way down the three years its been in existence. If the scots and i wrote this in the telegraph the other day, if they want a change, if they want a non continuity candidate , a change continuity candidate, a change of direction, a way is theyve got to vote for kate forbes. But its going to be a big forjob her to beat swinney, because the telegraph poll suggests that the voters of scotland but would back kate forbes of kate forbes, leadership. Unfortunate its not the voters who vote on this one. Its the members of the snp and the view currently and the polls backed it up, is that swinney gets the gets the nod. Now, john swinney has been around a long time. He was actually the worst leader of the snp ever had. They leader of the snp ever had. They notched up a mere 19 of the total electorate when he was leader, and the snp wisely chucked him out, and theyve done quite well since then. But i mean, i think its going to be between sweeney and forbes. If between sweeney and forbes. If the if the scots want to get away from this nonsense of gender equality and all that hate crime, and if they want to get back to the basics of i know you know, what school can i send my kids to . Can i get treatment in hospital for . No, absolutely. Although theyre stuck between. The public on one hand between. The public on one hand and the parliament on the other, because they need the greens to keep voting with them. Its a really tricky situation for them. Dont envy it, but alan could be mad to stick with the same, though surely . But then they wouldnt be able to pass anything through parliament. The same alan cochrane, former scottish editor of the telegraph. Thank you so much for taking the time out of your day to speak to us on that one. Theyve got to choose someone different. Well, lets bring you an update now on the story at the top of the hour this afternoon, the home office has revealed that the first migrants set to be deported to rwanda have been detained in a series of operations that took place across the country this very week. Well, were joined by gb news Home Security editor mark white and mark, before that, i believe you have some breaking news on the number of small boat crossings. Crossings. Well, yes. If ever there was an indication of just how desperately, as far as the government is concerned , the government is concerned, the rwanda deterrent is needed. Another bumper day in the channel. At least 400 small boat migrants have crossed the engush migrants have crossed the English Channel so far today, with other boats still in the water. Now that takes the number who have crossed the English Channelin who have crossed the English Channel in just eight days. So just over a week to 700, an indication there of just what were looking at in terms of numbers and how difficult a job this is ahead for the government in really coming up with an effective deterrent, because there talking about 2200 detention places us in immigration detention for those that they round up to then deport to rwanda will almost that number have crossed in just the space of eight days. Wow. I really shocking statistic there. It does show the scale of the challenge here. And really that that just one migrant being sent to rwanda will not do the business. Rishi sunak spoke about a steady drumbeat that needs to take place, but i suppose thats still to come. But, mark, also on that issue of the wider sort of operation that weve seen from the home office, this is the start of something that really theyre trying to play out very, very publicly. Yeah , theres no doubt about yeah, theres no doubt about that. I mean, opposition politicians might be somewhat suspicious of the timing of these raids coming in terms of these raids coming in terms of the home office informing us about it, just on the eve of the local elections. But regardless, its clear the government is desperate to show some momentum in the rwanda policy after now two years of stagnation. They got their wish last week, of course, with the rwanda bill becoming law. Now were in the process of those Asylum Seekers who theyve singled out and were told its 5700 in this first cohort to go to rwanda. Theyre now in the process of rounding up at least some of those who will be detained for the next 9 to 11 weeks. When were told the first flight flights will get off the ground. Or at least thats what the government is hoping. Thanks so much, mark white there, our Homeland Security edhon there, our Homeland Security editor, great to speak to you. Editor, great to speak to you. Right. Thats it from us today. And we have Martin Daubney in the studio because hes up next. Whats up . Well, its lovely to have some company in westminster. Fantastic show as ever. I fantastic show as ever. I agree with mark. Cynical timing of these rwanda raids. Just like of these rwanda raids. Just like in dublin today, theyve magically cleared out 200 Asylum Seekers from their tented city because of course , theyve got because of course, theyve got elections coming up in the eu in june and the anti eu parties look to make big gains. School stabbing in sheffield two weeks after the one in wales. Are we seeing an epidemic of these breaking out . Are we seeing copycats and are we seeing copycats and are we seeing something akin to the School Shootings in america . Is this taking grip . Plus, picking up on the slavery debate you had earlier . Fantastic, great fun debate. Were going for round two of that ding dong. And of course will the snp implode that debate and that vote will follow fully live . Yes. No, its very, very interesting. Well be following it closely. Of course, theyve started the debate, but it will conclude in your airtime. Very neat, very tidy. Thanks for watching. Good afternoon britain. See you next time. See you next time. A brighter outlook with boxt solar, sponsors of weather on gb news. News. Hi there and welcome to the latest update from the met office for gb news. Its a cloudy day for many of us with a few showers around, but heavier, more persistent and potentially thundery. Rain arrives from the near continent overnight. An old near continent overnight. An old frontal system becomes reactivated as humid air arrives from central europe, and thats going to lead to some outbreaks of rain through the evening across the midlands, central, southern england, wales, Northern Ireland, perhaps southwest scotland , and then by southwest scotland, and then by midnight, thundery showers arrive from the continent, hit and miss downpours, but these could be lively if they occur across central southern england into the midlands and mid wales. By the morning. Frequent lightning, hail, torrential downpours. So really its across the southern third of the uk where we could see some heavy rain as we start off thursday. Persistent wet weather for wales in the south west, thundery showers elsewhere much drier and calmer for Northern Ireland, northern england, scotland some decent sunny spells in places, particularly for central and western scotland , and feeling western scotland, and feeling warm here with the sunshine up to 21 or even 22 celsius, perhaps 23 and 1 or 2 very warm spots. Also warm for Northern Ireland through the midlands, but cold on the north sea coast, with the breeze coming from the nonh with the breeze coming from the north sea. A lot of low cloud that continues into friday. And on friday were going to see the best of the sunshine in the north of scotland, as well as the south of england , in between the south of england, in between cloud and outbreaks of rain saturday sees further rain arrive from the south and rain or showers on sunday. That warm feeling inside from boxt boilers, sponsors of weather on gb news. A very, very good afternoon to you. Its 3 pm. And welcome to you. Its 3 pm. And welcome to the Martin Daubney show on gb news. And were broadcasting live from the heart of westminster all across the uk. On todays show raids are underway to detain the first migrants to be deported to rwanda. Is rishi sunak stop the boats policy finally working, or is this just a government pr stunt ahead of tomorrows local elections . I know what i think , elections . I know what i think, and it comes as more than 1700 migrants cross the English Channelin migrants cross the English Channel in small boats in just over one week. Is the scale of the problem simply getting an unimaginable