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Yesterday. That was like the footballers of Manchester City. One. Do you like newcastle . Drew id like to do that. Like that. Like that, yes. Manchester forecast. Id like to get it the wrong way round. Manchester city three Red Star Belgrade one you know, and just keeps you on your toes. Lovely. I hope we keep you your i hope we keep you on your toes until 9 30 today. Gb views. Cbnnews. Com are you can tweet or x or do what you want at. X or do what you want at. Gb news. Well, good morning to you. Our top story this morning and Prime Minister rishi sunak is pushing back against the net zero agenda as he delays the ban on petrol cars and gas boilers. On petrol cars and gas boilers. Those still committed to net zero by 2050 is the year. He said that the government has not been honest about the cost, cost and trade offs of these sort of green policies. Well, lets cross now to westminster, where our deputy Political Editor tom harwood has more. Look, the Prime Minister is set to make a big speech about all of this on friday. Hell be pretty miffed that this has been leaked and hes on the back foot in all of this, not least love it its because least love it that its because senior , why would he be senior tory mps, why would he be quoted as as being quoted as being as being outraged by it this morning . Yes yes. Clearly, theres some pushback to this policy. Pushback to this policy. However, this has been in the works behind the scenes in number 10 for some time. Works behind the scenes in number 10 for some time. There number 10 for some time. There have have been people around the Prime Minister arguing to slow down on some of the more immediate elements of that net zero transition ever since really that uxbridge by election where the conservatives unexpectedly held on to a seat there , Boris Johnsons former there, Boris Johnsons former seat in london, of all places, a seat in london, of all places, a seat that the labour party was expected to pick up. And the tories, of course, put their victory down to their anti ultra low emission Zone Campaign pain. They believe that of course the country wants to go towards net zero by 2050, but there are different ways in which the country can get there and there have been those around the Prime Minister who have been arguing that some of the more immediate elements of that transition , elements of that transition, some of the more costly elements of that transition should be rolled back upon. And i believe that the Prime Minister feels that the Prime Minister feels that he has some cover, particularly with regard to what were expecting, not yet confirmed, but expecting to be a delay on the ban of internal Combustion Engine vehicles, petrol and diesel cars, because no less than the germans have done precisely the same thing. The german government, of course, has the green party within that government and theyve delayed their petrol and diesel car ban from 2030 to 2035. There are those in government in number 10 who believe that gives them a certain amount of political cover for the United Kingdom to do the same. Do the same. Bob well, is it it makes messaging, would you say, tom, given that just in the last few days here on gb news, weve been talking about this investment from the government and ellesmere indeed in Ellesmere Port and indeed in oxfordshire all oxfordshire on the mini and all these cars , and then these electric cars, and then were saying, well, actually another until another five years until well even them. Even need them. Well, it does seem on the face of it, like there are some elements of contradiction within the governments policy. Of course, there were elements of these green policies that were in the conservatives 2019 managed festo, although i suppose there have been some other elements of the manifesto that the conservative party has rowed back on in recent years. But also i believe the government would respond to that by saying that theyre not banning people from buying electric cars, theyre just delaying the ban on petrol and diesel cars. The government would expect that the number of electric cars being sold will still increase in this period, but just perhaps not to the 100 by 2030. That was expected , by 2030. That was expected, perhaps a slightly lower but still increase percentage. The other perhaps more immediate element to this is, of course, the proposed ban on gas boilers due to come in in new homes in 2026. Now that is a very sharp deadune 2026. Now that is a very sharp deadline and perhaps we could be more confident in predicting that the Prime Minister will delay that one a little bit later this week to be interesting to hear from you, tom, that germany has already delayed this rollout date against a diesel and whatever theyre called, combustion cars or whatever, petrol. But however , ill ask you but however, ill ask you ill ask our viewers and listeners today what does this do when it comes to your investment . Not that a car is an investment. And next time around, would you immediately buy an electric car or would you delay it for a while . And i think tom looks to me as if hes not a driver for. Right. Am i right there . Youre sort of. You look , you dont look like a man look, you dont look like a man that has a car. Young walker. Young walker. Yeah. Yeah so isabel and i are drivers. Are drivers. I dont have a parking space. I dont have a parking space. Yeah , fair enough. Yeah, fair enough. Yeah, fair enough. Yeah. Yeah, its reality. Yeah. Yeah, its reality. And charging space and all sorts of things like that. And i think a lot of people will suddenly say, look, next car, ill go petrol or diesel. But well just delay the electric thing. A while. Thats a fair assumption. So do let us know. But eamonn, in all in all of this, there is of course a confounding factor and thats that theres likely to be an election next year. So whatever the Prime Minister this week minister announces this week about dates in 2026 or 20 30 or 2035, it might not be him that makes the final call. I was scratching my head about why hed decided to make this decision, given that it will stoke up the debate around his green credentials and rouse within votes. But its a within his own votes. But its a legally binding on him, isnt it, to explain how they will reach their 2050 net zero target . So they have to announce all of these things which actually might not be good when it comes to the election. Is that Fair Assessment that i think thats a totally Fair Assessment and no doubt we will hear mitigating other measures from the Prime Minister, perhaps government investment. Weve heard some noises about Carbon Capture and storage, of course, in the past. There are course, in the past. There are different ways by which the country can get to net zero by 2050 and indeed different glide paths by which the country can get to net zero by 2050. Do we front load that glide path , do front load that glide path, do more things earlier , or do we more things earlier, or do we perhaps hold our cross our fingers and wait for new technologies for electric cars to get cheaper for all the rest of it . Maybe new inventions to come along the line in the next ten or 15 or 20 years. It could be that the government is back loading some of this net zero by 2050 stuff rather than front loading it. Well, ill go out on a limb here. I dont think anybodys going to vote against the government for saying well give you another five years or so to hold on to your existing car or to stay petrol or diesel. I think when people look at the effect that a country like the uk has in comparison to india or china or russia or brazil or whatever, we are nothing but pimples on the backside of humanity and wont make a difference , nor will the 20 mile difference, nor will the 20 mile an hour zone in wales that have been introduced. This week. Its like its like, have you got nothing else better to spend your money on . Mark drayford than a 20 mile an hour zone . Its not going to make a darn bit of difference. I do understand in terms of safety, but in terms of the environment and pollution levels and whatever nil zero squat, forget it. It. I have to ask it. I have to ask you, it. I have to ask you, tom, whilst were talking about, you know, whether or not this will actually become the situation in 2030 or 2035, depending on what happensin 2030 or 2035, depending on what happens in the general election next year, about sir keir starmer hes obviously been out sort gladhanding europe , sort of gladhanding in europe, talking macron. Explain to us talking to macron. Explain to us about this associate member for offer that the eu seems to be cooking up and i know tony blair is believed to have organised this meeting between these two. What starmers response are we led to believe to being associate members of the eu and what does it mean . Yes , its interesting. While yes, its interesting. While the labour leader was meeting the labour leader was meeting the french president , there were the french president , there were european bureaucrats meeting , of european bureaucrats meeting, of course, in brussels. Where else who seem to have put together this sort of four tier level of eu membership. The core eurozone, which of course the United Kingdom was never a part of, then the eu. 27 or 28 of, then the eu. 27 or 28 outside of that. But within the European Union structure, ever closer union, all the rest of it and then a third other looser tier which might well be described perhaps as Single Market membership, although perhaps it wouldnt be sold that way. Associate member status is the idea being floated down the hallways of brussels , which hallways of brussels, which could be having half an eye to countries like the United Kingdom, norway , switzerland, kingdom, norway, switzerland, some of those other European Countries that arent members of the European Union , although the the European Union, although the labour party is saying that that was not on the table in the meeting between sir keir starmer and emmanuel macron. And theyll be very wary about trying to say that theyre going after some sort of associate member status or or a step towards eu membership. What sir keir starmer was careful in saying in his interviews yesterday was that hes just looking to get a better deal, although of course he wasnt clear on the specifics there. So eyebrows will be raised. Tom, leave it there. Thank tom, leave it there. Thank you very much indeed. A lot to talk about there. A lot for you at home to consider and work out. And i ask you this. At home to consider and work out. And i ask you this. Maybe out. And i ask you this. Maybe you were a committee brexiteer and you think this is the right thing to do. Now, a couple of thing to do. Now, a couple of years on, are you still thinking that way . Because it would just be interesting. Keir starmer and hes looking for this. Its like going to the golf club and you say, dont want the full say, i dont want the full membership, take a wee membership, but ill take a wee bit membership, bit of associate membership, which means i can play on a wednesday and a sunday morning which means i can play on a wesomething1d a sunday morning which means i can play on a wesomething1d a that,ay morning which means i can play on a wesomething1d a that,ay myou ng or Something Like that, and you get benefits on those days which is is there way of is all. Okay. Is there a way of you sort of thinking right initially i wanted brexit, not sure now, but i would accept a keir starmer associate membership of europe or not is if it involves Free Movement. If it involves Free Movement. I guarantee our viewers and brexiteer viewers will say are not interested. And i have not interested. And i have a feeling this will all come down to the Free Movement of people, which is one of the big five pillars of the European Union. So i think its a checkmate. So i think its a checkmate. Once again, let me tell you, ireland, you talk about Free Movement of people, the migration situation in southern ireland is at breaking point. Ireland is at breaking point. There is a lot of disdain. Theres a lot of uncomfort there about the amount of migrants that are coming in and upsetting the whole sort of balance of the irish nation. So thats not popular to speak about. But that really is bubbling under the surface. So they have got that surface. So they have got that situation , we have got that situation, we have got that situation, we have got that situation and were not even in europe and so everybodys suffering from this this migration all around the world. Oh, problems, problems, problems. And its only 613 Junior Doctors and consultants will unite to take joint strike action today. This is the first action today. This is the first time in the history of the nhs thousands of members up and down the country will walk out of hospitals, leaving many of them on Christmas Day Staffing Levels. Our north west of england. Reporter sophie reaper has more i today, for the First Time Ever , a walkout by both junior ever, a walkout by both Junior Doctors and consult patients with thousands of appointments set to be cancelled. Bold and set to be cancelled. Bold and unprecedented levels of disruption across the nhs staff on strike feel they have no other choice. Other choice. I do not want to be on an industrial action. I do not want to come here. I would like to be in my place of work, serving my patients. But thats forced me to come out so that our voice is heard. It is not fair. All what we need here is a fair pay. But with the nhs forced to operate under Christmas Day levels of staffing , questions levels of staffing, questions have been raised about the potential impact this could have across the board. Across the board. We definitely owe a duty of care to our patients. You know, care to our patients. You know, weve weve been working hard to serve our patients. In fact , serve our patients. In fact, what were doing is , as we said, what were doing is, as we said, protection. We all will need the nhs at some point if we let it collapse. Were all going to be losing the British Medical Association is calling for a full pay restoration, but what exactly does that mean . Well, they say when you take inflation into account, both Junior Doctors and consultants have faced a major real terms pay have faced a major real terms pay cut in recent years. And now they want a pay rise in line with inflation. However, the government says theyve already implemented a 6 pay rise for both of those professions. And now there are no more offers on the table. The table. We met the bmas number one ask, which was the extremely generous changes to pension taxation. That was the key thing that the bma asked for. We accepted in full the recommendations of the pay review body process, but its also right that we have a safety net to protect patients alongside recognising peoples right to strike as concerns for nhs waiting times grow. Now the government is now preparing to pass legislation that would protect Critical Services from strike action. People have the right to strike. We recognise thats an important right, but we also protect time Critical Services in hospital like chemotherapy , in hospital like chemotherapy, like dialysis. My priority is patients and the bma should be calling off these strikes and focusing on patients. But with thousands of bma Union Members set to walk out over the coming days is morning and the governments remaining firm on what it can offer. It seems that for now at least, the dooris seems that for now at least, the door is closed on negotiations as sophie reaper gb news says. Now these strikes awful and they add to the waiting list and whatever it is. But are they going to drag on forever . Is the government going to settle . Are government going to settle . Are their demands unreasonable . And their demands unreasonable . And what have you got to do to make if i was in the trade union or i was leader of the trade union, id be saying this is useless, this is pointless. Just dragging these strikes on and on and on because people get used to them. The finds ways to adapt. The nhs finds ways to adapt. Theres to be something theres got to be something serious and hard that really makes people go, oh my goodness me, yeah. Me, yeah. Theres an argument that the unions are losing in all of this, but also it hardens the position of the government and were now seeing them consulting on bringing in this minimum level of service, which obviously are obviously the unions are absolutely arms about. Absolutely up in arms about. So were again, this kind of checkmate you just feel checkmate where you just feel like any like no ones making any progress and progress either way. And as a country, were stuck country, were just stuck languishing nhs languishing whilst the nhs suffers and all of this goes on. Yeah. Im saying. Yeah. So thats what im saying. Its frustrating situation, its a frustrating situation, isnt wonder, does the isnt it . I wonder, does the industrial action have to become harder, more severe, more shocking for anyone to move in . Anybody . Anybody . Youre asking . 35 and a youre asking . 35 and a joint joint. Well, well , youre asking . 35 and a joint joint. Well, well, i youre asking . 35 and a joint joint. Well, well , i keep joint joint. Well, well, i keep saying this percentage figures all you want, but 35 of nothing is nothing. But youve got to pay is nothing. But youve got to pay for it. How are you going to pay pay for it. How are you going to pay for it. How are you going to pay for it . Would you then raise taxes foreign aid budget . Cut the foreign aid no, id cut the foreign aid budget. Absolutely right. Foreign. We it here. Foreign aid. We need it here. Were spending million a day were spending 8 million a day on immigrants were spending 8 million a day on a immigrants were spending 8 million a day on a third immigrants were spending 8 million a day on a third of immigrants were spending 8 million a day on a third of the immigrants were spending 8 million a day on a third of the foreignants were spending 8 million a day on a third of the foreign aid; and a third of the foreign aid budget going on. Budget is going on. Its a conundrum. Let us that its a conundrum. Let us know if youve got any solutions to because a to the problems, because its a mess. Mess every day we mess. Its a mess every day we come here we say the come in here and we say the whole country is in a state of crisis as sean ocasey once put it in 80 minutes past 6 00, breakfast on gb news with Eamonn Holmes and isabel webster. If you have just tuned in, here is a reminder top stories a reminder of our top stories this and gb news can this morning and gb news can confirm the Prime Minister confirm that the Prime Minister is a u turn on some is considering a u turn on some green policies, including adding a new petrol and diesel a ban on new petrol and diesel cars. Some mps across all parties have criticised the move i still to come on breakfast, just high on target is the governments pledge to beat rising inflation figures out 7 00 and a new sculpture celebrating women who wear the huab celebrating women who wear the hijab has been unveiled in birmingham. So were going to debate if its a symbol of faith or oppression. Now the environment, oppression. Now the environment, and obviously were leading with the story about the environment and were leading now with Prince William, whos in new york. Hes finished that visit. He pushed for more action on Climate Change during a two day visit and he unveiled the finalists of his earthshot prize and he met the un secretary general. Our royal correspondent Cameron Walker has been following his visit to nyc and sent us this report. Sent us this report. Well, hope, optimism and urgency. That was the theme of the earthshot prize Innovation Summit here in new york city. Here today, Prince Williams had a very busy couple of days in the city with a number of engagements with a climate theme. But this morning he has revealed that he had a secret run in new yorks central park, getting some exercise in before the busy day of engagements, which included a bilateral meeting with the president of ecuadon meeting with the president of ecuador, a country particularly vulnerable to Climate Change. But at the earthshot prize Innovation Summit, a prize he founded in 2020 to find Innovative Solutions to repair our planet over the next decade, he unveiled the next cohort of 15 finalists who have been tasked with that mission, including British Company enso. One of the finalists, one which has been chosen out of 1100 applicants and enso is a company which creates sustainable tyres. And this is what their founder g had to say. So enzo makes better tyres for electric vehicles, so we basically extend the range of electric cars by making our tyres more efficient while also tackling tyre dust, which happens every time you drive. So tyre pollution is now one of the biggest sources of air pollution in cities, even more than tailpipe ups. So we basically make a tyre that last longer, reducing that air pollution. And this is why were nominated in the clean air category at the earthshot prize. Now, when Prince William was speaking stage , he speaking on the stage, he actually spoke about what inspired him to launch the earthshot prize. And he was inspired by John F Kennedys moonshot. It americas idea of moonshot. It americas idea of putting a man on the moon, a task that seemed impossible but was eventually achieved. And was eventually achieved. And this is how he compared to the going through the process as we designed it. We were thinking where else in in history has there ever been Something Like this where were asking people to come together and tackle some of societys and lifes greatest challenges and thats when the moonshot sort of hit us and we were looking through jfks speeches and jfks moonshot, and it struck us that this was hugely ambitious at the time. I think it took him seven years to conduct his moonshot, and he had 400,000 engineers and scientists working on it. And some of the things that we all take for granted nowadays, like x rays, cat scanners or even solar panels, all came out of the Moonshot Development phase. So Moonshot Development phase. So that really inspired me. And i thought, hang on, if even we get one of those to come out of ten years worth of earthshot, then its worth it. Well, today , its worth it. Well, today, Prince Williams father, the king and his step mother, Queen Camilla, will be travelling to france for the start of the state visit to france. And the king is expected to become the first british monarch in history to address the french senate. Senate. And well be covering that later in the programme. Hes going to be hot footing across to paris. Indeed. Indeed. Right for some wonder what Prince William would make of these leaks coming out downing street, that the out of downing street, that the delay getting of petrol delay on getting rid of petrol and he went to the earthshot prize at the Royal Albert Hall last year in an electric car. It was a tesla, wasnt it . Do you remember . And he got out and his green velvet jacket and kate was in that bright green dress. You all remember this, kinsey and was a big statement about and it was a big statement about all so can all green vehicles. So you can see what youre doing there. Morning. Morning. Morning. Hi. To quote michael hi. To quote Michael Bloomberg, Prince William came out on top with this trip. He out on top with this trip. He was a bona fide rock star. The United States absolutely adores him. Hundreds of people lined up him. Hundreds of people lined up to meet the heir to the throne along the streets of new york. He joked with one group of 60 year old women that they were rowdy. He facetimed with peoples family members and took a few selfies and he spent a lot of time at his ten house. He spoke about mental health, said that one thing that he thought was really important, this a Newer Development was the idea to be able to text people and talk to them when youre struggling with your mental health, he posted to instagram as he left and honoured to meet with first responders, a job which bravery and which requires bravery and heroic aim in the highest order and even thanked their family members for their sacrifices as well. But so members for their sacrifices as well. But so fun to hear about him jogging around central park. Can you imagine being just a random person and spotting the prince of wales just running past you . Past you . Yeah, i love that. Very normal. And thats what he normal. And thats what he always does so well. He kind of transcends royalty and normality in a way thats relatable all andifs in a way thats relatable all and its great to hear that in the wake of all of the stuff that weve talked about so much from his brother in spare, you know, criticising the royal family and directly his brother and the punch up that weve heard the americans heard about that the Americans Still william. Still love Prince William. So there was a great yeah. So there was a great Michael Bloomberg is actually hes a media mogul here. Im sure youre familiar with him, but he joked that about that gallup poll and he said polling showed that the prince was viewed positively by 60 of democrats and 60 of republicans in america hadnt seen that kind of bipartisanship consensus since 1776. But this time were all drinking to the kings health. So he is absolutely loved here. And interesting that he can go incognito, but harry and meghan have a two hour car chase when they visit the city and tell me the americans lapping up his earthshot prize, you know, this has become his big legacy mission, really to try and help come up with these solutions to the climate crisis. As he sees it. And, you know , its what is this third year now . And, you know, travelling around the world. I think that the finals are going be the finals are going to be something singapore. How is Something Like singapore. How is it being received stateside . It being received stateside . Well, i do think that that thats clearly important to him because like you said, we saw him in boston, now hes in new york. He wants america to be heavily involved. And so thats why hes spending more time with us and were loving it. So we are engaged in earthshot. We it is a lot of media is getting a lot of Media Attention here, and i think people are taking him seriously as leader in this in as a thought leader in this in this particular industry. This particular industry. He yeah, he follows the late prince philip, of course, who got himself very Much Associated with environmental projects through the World Wildlife fund i absolutely. And, you know , he absolutely. And, you know, he also says that hes continuing Queen Elizabeth s love for the planet. We see his father, his father who used to be chastised for talking to plants , was for talking to plants, was always ahead of the game when it came to the environment. So yeah, this is clearly a very Important Mission to the family and they are putting their money where their mouth is and its wonderful to see here in the states. States. Thanks for waking up with us this morning. Kenzie, always lovely to see you. Thank you. Lovely to see you. Thank you. Appreciate there live from appreciate you there live from where are you live from new york or la la . Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. L. A. Okay bye bye. Bye bye. Okay. She lights up the screen. Oh, she lights up the screen. Oh, she does. She really does. Brightens up our morning, and goodness knows we need it because it is dull and blustery out there. Heres alex burkill with your forecast that that warm feeling inside from boxt boilers proud sponsors of weather on. Gb news. Weather on. Gb news. Good morning im alex burkill here with your latest gb news weather update brought to you by the met office on this wet and windy wednesday. Theres also the risk of some thunder for some as a band of rain some of us as a band of rain crosses and wales , it is crosses england and wales, it is gradually pushing its way eastwards as we go through today with some heavy bursts in it. By the time get to the the time we get to the afternoon, likely to afternoon, its likely to be affecting parts southeast affecting parts of southeast england bit england with something a bit brighter, perhaps following in behind of behind across some parts of northern scotland, northern england, scotland, and perhaps but perhaps Northern Ireland, but also plenty of showers here and some of them heavy and thundery. Temperatures should peak around 2021 celsius towards the south east but under that rain, with the strong winds, its not going to feel that warm. That going to feel that warm. That heavy continues across heavy rain continues across parts of the south east as we go through this evening, eventually clearing away towards the east overnight. It, clearer overnight. Behind it, clearer skies weve had through skies than weve had through some recent nights, but still the showers, the risk of some showers, particularly around some western parts, some coastal parts, perhaps some coastal fringes , because the fringes as well, because of the clearer temperatures are clearer skies, temperatures are going to drop a little bit lower than they have done through some recent nights. It could be recent nights. So it could be a bit chilly to start first thing on thursday morning. That band of have through on thursday morning. That band of that have through on thursday morning. That band of that will have through on thursday morning. That band of that will have cleared today that will have cleared away towards the east. And so today that will have cleared awea towards the east. And so today that will have cleared awea brighterthe east. And so today that will have cleared awea brighter picturet. And so today that will have cleared awea brighter picture fornd so today that will have cleared awea brighter picture for many its a brighter picture for many of still, though, of us tomorrow. Still, though, plenty of showers watch plenty of showers to watch out for, into for, particularly into the afternoon. Across western afternoon. Notice across western parts scotland here. Parts of scotland here. Were going heavy rain going to have some heavy rain pushing way in and still pushing its way in and still some strong winds here with the risk coastal gales. Risk of coastal gales. Temperatures on paper down a degree or two compared to today by by that warm feeling inside from boxt boilers. Proud sponsors of weather on. Gb news. Still to come, weve got paul coyte light up our screens as well this morning. He is in the studio with all the latest scores from the Champions League. Dont miss it welcome back to the program. It welcome back to the program. It is 6 30. This is breakfast on gb news with eamonn and isabel. It is excellent news that were not to going be forced to buy these ridiculous electric cars. They are for okay city dwellers, absolutely not an dwellers, but absolutely not an opfion dwellers, but absolutely not an option for People Living in the country. Is my only next country. Hybrid is my only next move. For what . To buy a car. Move. For what . To buy a car. Naveena says if rishi sunak is going to replace my boiler at his expense and buy me an electric car, then im all in. But if hes expecting me to pay for his decisions, he needs to get the prices down. Working classes cannot afford his unsubstantiated whims. Im absolutely margaret, im absolutely livid. The thought that if starmer gets in, he will have a straight back in the eu. Id like to know what hes saying, to would like to to be clear. I would like to think that theres lots of labour voters who will be against. The is, against this too. The thing is, there well be. It could there could well be. It could well be, but it is associate membership. Hes not getting a straight back and hes getting well. Hes also set to reject that. So what hes already said he wont do accept that, even though thats not even membership eu. But we membership of the eu. But we get very excited at the thought that its even been mentioned. Its even been mentioned. He wants closer nobody wants he wants closer alignment. Alignment. Does preferred what yeah, he does preferred what would you call it, membership and his foot in the door associate membership. These are the other stories coming into the newsroom on this wednesday morning. Wednesday morning. No room for complacency. No room for complacency. Thats what tim davies, the bbc general director, said as he announced the bbcs internal review of complaints against Russell Brand. The bbcs already removed some of the comedians content from streaming platforms , and from streaming platforms, and its promised to fully investigate whether he used the bbc tax ease to pick up a 16 Year Old Girl from school. The former london mayor, ken livingstone, has been diagnosed with alzheimers at the age of 78. His family say hes being well cared for as he retires from public life. The veteran politician ran the capital from 2000 to 2008 and was nicknamed red ken for his left wing politics. Hannover in germany has set out plans to ban cars from the city centre by removing all of its 4000 street side parking spots. This is in a bid to turn the inner city into a place to party and stroll about. But the move has been described as ambitious by local politicians. I could think of another word for it, but anyway, ambitious as. I like germany. But ive never been to hanover. Ive not been to hanover. But i do like the thought that before everyone gets outraged at me, im not making a statement about cars or not cars. But just imagine a city centre. Without them itd be much nicer, wouldnt it . Could cross wouldnt it . You could cross the street worrying. Street without worrying. You wouldnt cars wouldnt have rows of cars parked outside your house. Youd have clean air breathe. You have clean air to breathe. You could trees and enjoy could see the trees and enjoy the. However, this isnt, the birds. However, this isnt, as say , this isnt me saying as i say, this isnt me saying im pro or anti it. But just imagine a city without cars, but everybody makes walking everybody that makes walking areas, and whatever, areas, plazas and whatever, theyre windy, theyre blowy, theyre windy, theyre blowy, theyre empty, theyre soulless. But what you like if you take someone like york. I agree. Which has character and whatever and theres no cars and itd be nice to dander about anyway, if youre in the Champions League or european of or in European Competition of any youll a lot of any sort, youll see a lot of europe. And heres paul with the british teams that were in action last night. Morning, my friend. Good morning, Manchester City beat Red Star Belgrade zvezda as they are now and as they are, they are now and as they are, they paraded the trophy, of course, walked out with the trophy because theyre the champions. And it was nice to see legendary Manchester City player mike summerbee. I remember mike summerbee. Yeah, yeah. Mike summerbee , who was yeah. Mike summerbee, who was also in in the film with Ossie Ardiles and michael caine, escape to victory. Yes, he was one of those in there was mike comes out with the trophy and ambassador the club. It just ambassador of the club. It just seems so different from when he was playing though, it . Was playing though, doesnt it . Its million miles its just so many million miles away, think. Yeah, he was. Away, i think. Yeah, he was. George era. George best era. George best era. He so anyway, mike came he was. So anyway, mike came out with a trophy 102 attacks for man city, 37 shots at goal. They down. Somehow but they were 1 0 down. Somehow but then got three back and it could have been a lot more. So it was very easy for them. But they all worried and so far its looking very easy for them in the premier league as well. Just to point that out i just want to point that out because everybodys talking i just want to point that out becauliverpool dys talking i just want to point that out becauliverpool talking. King about liverpool talking about spurs, of course, you know, talking teams like man talking about the teams like man united chelsea arent talking about the teams like man unithere chelsea arent talking about the teams like man unithere at chelsea arent talking about the teams like man unithere at the lsea arent talking about the teams like man unithere at the top. Arent talking about the teams like man unithere at the top. Nobodyst up there at the top. Nobodys talking about and theyre talking about city and theyre just up because its just clocking up because its just clocking up because its just expected isnt just expected now, isnt it . Its just like, well, theyre going there who and going to be up there and who and wheres the fight going to be underneath that ac milan a tuned into game. Yes and into that game. Yes and newcastle. Yes. Was there were no and there was there were no goals. And there was there were no goals that then decided is that why you then decided to a film straight to go and watch a film straight after that . I dont blame you. It was know what it was. It was you know what it was. Okay it okay. I mean, was okay it was okay. I mean, it was ac milan their game. But ac milan really their game. But newcastle theyll be newcastle noisy. Theyll be happy. It was 4000 newcastle fans out there san siro, happy. It was 4000 newcastle fanstheyllere san siro, happy. It was 4000 newcastle fanstheyll be san siro, happy. It was 4000 newcastle fanstheyll be happy san siro, happy. It was 4000 newcastle fanstheyll be happy with siro, but theyll be happy with the point. But also in the group you see theyve got psg point. But also in the group you see theyve got ps6 and dortmund, theyve got to dortmund, so if theyve got to qualify top third, qualify in the top two third, theyll into europa theyll drop into the Europa League theyre last, then league and if theyre last, then they go anywhere. So its they dont go anywhere. So its not going to be easy. Celtic you were earlier, were saying earlier, self destructed. Tell us why. Well, or went over well, fine or they went over there and they had good first there and they had a good first half. Right until the half. Well, right up until the last minute, the first half. Then dont to let then you dont want to let a goalin then you dont want to let a goal in right before of goal in right before the end of the half, they did. And the half, which they did. And then they got two players sent off Gustav Lagerbielke and odin holm sent off. You got holm both got sent off. You got no discipline. Dont want to no discipline. You dont want to be that playing the be doing that playing in the champions be doing that playing in the chlgood. 1s be doing that playing in the chlgood. Theyve played 37 games no good. Theyve played 37 games in league. One in the Champions League. One clean conceded 89 clean sheet, theyve conceded 89 goals, much better goals, not looking much better for one more one. For them. One more quick one. Even provedel, know you even provedel, i know you mentioned fourth goalkeeper to score Champions League score in the Champions League and straight from and it wasnt straight from a corner either. Touch of game for last touch of the game for lazio. Lazio. There he is. Heres him in the yellow. Thats just as just as the goals going in 95th minute equaliser. Lazio against Athletico Madrid luis alberto cross comes over and it wasnt even from the corner get a lovely run nods it in bobs your uncle. Very nice. Yeah in the back of the net. Yeah. So tonight at Bayern Munich. Manchester united in munich. Manchester united in munich. Manchester united in munich. Munich. Talk a bit more about that bit later but but harry kane obviously theres going to be the talk Manchester United wanted him. Its going be wanted him. Its going to be playing bayern playing for Bayern Munich against manchester against manchester tonight going Manchester United tonight going to be very difficult, i think, for Manchester United. But first for Manchester United. But first one, ive got a question. Yes. So i didnt sleep last night. I had really, really bad nights sleep. And i was thinking i never found out what lionel messi had on his pizza yesterday. Do you know what thats true . Know never thats true . Know you know what . We never did. You know what . We never did. Because you talk too thats because you talk too much and we had no time. We had no time. We had no time. Were you lying there thinking . I was like , whats on that i was like, whats on that pizza . We teased that and we never found out. Could either tell you now i could either tell you now or we wait and us. Me how. Now. I cant wait. What do you want to prepare a pizza . Could prepare the pizza and i could prepare the pizza and bnng i could prepare the pizza and bring the pizza. I could bring you messy pizza. Well, now the messy pizza. Well, now youre talking. You go. There you go. There you go. Next time round. Next time round. Yeah, i will. I have the picture of the pizza. Salivating. Im sort of salivating. Im sort of salivating. Okay. You wont when you see the pizza. Okay. Its not one of your favourites. 7 20, paul. Thank see you. 7 20, paul. Thank you much indeed. Time. You very much indeed. The time. And you are watching 637 and you are watching breakfast gb news eamonn breakfast on gb news with eamonn and isabel. Breakfast on gb news with eamonn ancasabel. Breakfast on gb news with eamonn anca reminder of our top story a reminder of our top story this a plan on petrol this morning. A plan on petrol and diesel cars could be delayed as minister back as the Prime Minister rolls back on well, we on net zero pledges. Well, we dont if thats true or dont know if thats true or not. Hes hinting that he will. Some have some conservative mps have criticised the move , with labour criticised the move, with labour saying this is no way to run the country. Country. Gina doctors and consultants are taking part in a historic joint strike action over pay, but staff could be forced to work during these walkouts as the government plans to introduce minimum Service Levels i still to come on breakfast, rishi sunak has promised to halve inflation to about 5 by the end of the year. What are the end of the year. What are the figures looking like there have been they will be released at 7 00. And finally , brexit and finally, brexit bombshell. Could the uk rejoin the eu as an associate member . Well be discussing that in headune well be discussing that in headline makers after this another busy news morning for you. Lets take a look at the front of your newspapers this morning, starting with the mirror. The tories say why bother . Kids are happier in portacabin classrooms anyway, as many pupils have been forced into temporary facilities whilst our Education System is crumbling this reference crumbling. This is in reference to Gillian Keegan yesterday in the saying that the commons saying that shed been who said been speaking to kids who said they the portacabins they preferred the portacabins to ordinary classrooms. Redundant brand youtube and other streaming services have pushed Russell Brand out of business as pressure piles on rape claims against him. Its not over till its over. Thats the front page of the independent this morning. The uk could rejoin the eu as an associate member, they say. Are france and germany afraid of rekindling an old passion . Rekindling an old passion . Financial times canada and india expel all diplomats as rift deepens over a murder claim and the times more climate confusion as sunak is ready to scale down some of the governments biggest net zero commitments. Well , how should we go well, how should we go through the papers then . Were joined this morning by the author and the businessman, derek lord and Anna Mikhailova, the deputy Political Editor at the sunday. Very warm. The mail on sunday. Very warm. Welcome both of you. Welcome to both of you. Derek, to and, derek, you want to start . This is the metro front page Russell Brand again page with Russell Brand again and the latest on him. What have you got to say . You got to say . Yes, the headline says toxic brand. Yeah. And i am very brand. Yeah. And i am very concerned about this article , concerned about this article, paul concerned about this article, paul, and the proposal, because it says that you tube , the bbc it says that you tube, the bbc and channel 4 are all moving to remove streaming content. Remove streaming content. Ive done it already right, right. Done it already. And therefore affecting his income. Therefore affecting his income. Um, thats the reason for them doing this. Its a rather pernicious move. I mean i think we should all just remind ourselves that for centuries, men and women have always been allowed to be regarded as innocent until proven guilty. No ones saying hes guilty , no ones saying hes guilty, but theyre saying that he shouldnt be able to capitalise on his notoriety in the wake of very serious allegations. The allegations are serious. I dont in any way undermine the claims that have been made. In claims that have been made. In 2005. I refused to go on to big brothers big mouth with him because of his oversexualized rude way of behaving. I complained to channel 4 about it. I complained to endemol about it. I was ignored. And so about it. I was ignored. And so my record on being very concerned about Russell Brand started in 2005. Im no johnny come lately, but i still nonetheless think that this is a very extreme move because what they have implied by taking this move is that they think that their entire failed to actually go after his assets, go after his income. Actually, hes entire business pretty much. And i think that they could open themselves to compensation claims if he were found to be right. Im sure youre right. Im sure youre right. And derek , i put it to you and derek, i put it to you and brianna in on this as well. A lot of organisations are in the cancel culture. They just get frightened. Theyre not going to be seen that theyre going to be seen that theyre going to be associated. If youre a commercial brand, for instance, that you would be tainted by all of this and youve got to be seen to stand apart and be different. Anna, what have you got to say on this . Yeah, i mean, i think its a valid point, but i dont agree, to be honest with derek, just because youre right. They will open themselves up to compensation claims. But so what . Would what . Thats kind of that would be redressing thing. Be the correct redressing thing. I he should be i dont think he should be allowed to monetise as he completely would be youtube. Completely would be on youtube. His notoriety. I mean hell be getting so much attention, frankly , i hadnt thought about frankly, i hadnt thought about Russell Brand and i think a lot of people hadnt for years. I mean, hes hes got a following on youtube. Yes, but in the mainstream, he has hardly been an a list celebrity for a while now. And has just put him now. And this has just put him catapulted him back into the catapulted him back up into the mainstream. So to allow him to then go on youtube and frankly make money off all of this, because that is how youtube works. Its per clicks , you know, works. Its per clicks, you know, its per viewings isnt right. In the same way that someone it is a voluntary arrangement. People are not being forced to watch his no but but look the comparison is, for example, someone on trial for murder or is not allowed while the court case is going on to write a bestselling book and profit from it. So i think that is the modern day version of this. We do need to find ways. Thats when a trial starts. This man hasnt even got to the door of the courts and were already taking action against him. That actually affects him in a very draconian way. Him. That actually affects him in a very draconian way. And we in a very draconian way. And we dont know yet what the detail of the validity of all these claims. Okay. Those are what our panellists think. But if youve panellists think. But if youve got a view, please do share it with us. Agree or disagree with them or dont you care gb views or gbnews. Com. Well, something i know everybody watching and listening really cares about and that is europe. The big debate is back and this is because starmer has been out and about chatting to people sort of warming up that relationship, cosying up. And relationship, cosying up. And how are the independent reporting it this morning, anna . So theyre reporting it as brexit bombshell uk could rejoin eu as an associate member. Obviously lots of people will be concerned about this. Whats actually happened is keir starmer gone paris for starmer has gone to paris for what i mean, i love this description in the times, as they said that he was hoping for a content free photo a largely content free photo opportunity, which is honest, i think. I know. I think you can sort of sum up a lot of politicians in that one statement from from the times. Statement from from the times. As you know, he went there to look president ial to look like hes a serious player. And then the worst possible thing happened , which was the some eu happened, which was the some eu think tank with the blessing of french and german politicians have come up with this plan for multi tiered membership, which looks very much like someone like keir starmer, who has a record of being pro eu , pushing record of being pro eu, pushing for a second referendum on all that could risk dragging the uk back into some form of eu membership. Now starmers team has very much said this is all a non starter. Were not considering it. I think theyre kicking themselves because it is the worst possible timing for them. Them. But to anyone whos watching and listening to us this morning and listening to us this morning and whos saying right, okay, i wanted out of europe, but what are the benefits that im getting . A lot of people may be finding it difficult. Derek to say what are the benefits out of europe . And maybe if we got back in and we had a little bit of this and we had a little bit of that and we could travel more freely and we could get labour if we wanted. And so it goes on. If we wanted. And so it goes on. What would you say to them . Well, i mean, there are advantages and disadvantages. I mean the disadvantages mean, the clear disadvantages are that were not controlling our own borders as it was claimed we were going to be able to do when we were outside of the European Union. Were not spending £350 million more a day on the National Health service, not that it needs it. So the not that it needs it. So the claims that were made that persuaded people might have even tipped the balance to leave the European Union have not come to roost. And i think that thats pretty serious. But i do think none the less that were moving into a space that i feel comfortable about. We should be talking about europe. You know, the big problem since weve left the big problem since weve left the European Union is that theres always just been one view. And the political establishment, the labour party and the conservative party have closed down the issue. And i think its a very welcome move that he went to france and perhaps he should have stayed there too. Okay, derek. Okay. I want to bnng okay, derek. Okay. I want to bring everyone to my home country now, Northern Ireland, and we have got the biggest freshwater lake certainly in the uk. I think it might be in europe as well. And its called loch ness and its supplies. Most of the water that we would dnnkin most of the water that we would drink in belfast, 40 of that. But its changed colour, its gone green, it smells. Gone green, it smells. Its not fresh water anymore i oh oh well, emma oh well, its awful. Oh well, its awful. Oh well, its awful. It really is an environmental tragedy. Really. What is going tragedy. Really. What is going on . This green and blue algae, thatis on . This green and blue algae, that is all over the whole Water Surface and whatever its quite scary. Dougie beattie has visited lockney and heres his report. Report. The scale of loch ness used is bigger than the country of malta. You know, its of global importance because of the fish that come here from the sargasso sea, the birds that come from iceland, you know, it occupies is a globally important wetland. And were treating it like a cesspit. James shaw is from friends of the earth and believes harder penalties on big business might stop the problem. Theres too much pollution going into lock now. And the going into lock now. And the pollution mainly comes from two sources. The biggest contributor here is what we would call industrial agriculture and then the secondary is human secondary source is human effluent, pollution, secondary source is human effluenfrom pollution, secondary source is human effluenfrom sewage lution, secondary source is human effluenfrom Sewage Treatment mainly from Sewage Treatment works working works that arent working as they should. But also i would they should. But also i would say about maybe coming from say about 10, maybe coming from septic tank runoff all the septic tank runoff from all the isolated individual houses around in northern around loch ness in Northern Ireland. There is no such thing as the rule of law when it comes to the environment. So we see breaches continuous only if there a fine. Its pathetic. There is a fine. Its pathetic. You know, some of the Big Companies in england are getting fined tens of millions of pounds. The algae is expanding because of the high levels of phosphate and nutrients in the water, and agriculture is taking its part of the blame. Jerry darby is the manager of lockney partnership who explains the scale and challenge of the problem. We work with farmers on the immediate shores of lockney and we have a little Environmental Farm Program of 150 farmers. But that doesnt really have any real strategic impact because as runoff is coming from way up in the sperrin mountains, its coming from way down there in the south, from County Monaghan , way down the blackwater river. So its coming from all over 45 of all the water that lands in Northern Ireland ends up in that what is essentially a big bucket. So its a big bucket bucket. So its a big bucket with five pipes flowing in and one pipe flowing, flowing out. And therefore its very susceptible to holding nutrients and any nutrients that come in from all that waste strategic area cant be kept in that bad soil. So the answer to the soil. So the answer to the problem isnt with the likes of ourselves and the lockney partnership. Its, you know, partnership. Its, you know, working with 150 farmers, they answer is working with thousands of farmers that are actually are along those big, big catchment areas. Areas. So Sandra Mullens , mla john so Sandra Mullens, Mla John Blair was its a situation to be addressed quickly but points to decades of wrongdoing. Some of us have been working hard with local agencies and especially with those who live and trade on the shores of this loch and depend on this loch for their way of life to see if we can find solutions to that. And its crucial that in the days and weeks ahead that all of us involved in public life and on an interdepartmental and inter agency basis, we do every single thing we can to try and put right what has gone wrong here. This year and what has gone in the decades before gone wrong in the decades before this has led to this situation. Problems for all to see problems clear for all to see and some joined up policy needs to come quickly. Dougie beattie to come quickly. Dougie beattie gb news loch ness. Gb news loch ness. Its an environmental disaster and of course theres no government actually there to actually do anything about it. Actually do anything about it. Loch ness, i think, is about ten miles long and nine miles wide or so. Its a sea. its a sea. Its a sea. Its a sea. Its its a sea. Its a its a sea. Its a sea. Right. Okay, lets get back to derek and anna. Now where do you want to bring this . Lets go to Gillian Keegan and what shes been saying in the wake of this whole concrete scandal. And shes sort of put her foot in her mouth again, hasnt she . She has. And think the she has. And i think that the bigger point about all this for her specifically is that Gillian Keegan has the ambition to one day lead her own party. And there are some that think that she might yet achieve that ambition. She might yet achieve that ambition. Im not one of she might yet achieve that ambition. Im not one of them, ambition. Im not one of them, but what i do, however , think is but what i do, however, think is that shes to going get a reputation very fast for being accident prone and this really , accident prone and this really, mark, is so silly. Thats indeed, if she said it, she said it in the commons. She said it in there for everyone. Really . Really . Yeah. Yeah. Right. Im just relying just so people at home know she, she. Yeah. Tell us what she said. Yeah. Tell us what she said. Well i mean im relying on the, the mirror and youre relying on the on the star. So our viewers and listeners know and they claim that she says that porter cabins and children being taught in them is much more popular with children than normal classrooms. Normal classrooms. And i give me a reaction to that. Look, whats happening here is Gillian Keegan was a completely unknown minister until about a month ago with all the comments about a levels the her comments about a levels. She is someone who came into politics. Shes sort of the real dealin politics. Shes sort of the real deal in the sense that she was not shes not an establishment politician. Shes not a career politician. Shes not a career politician. Politician. Shes in the business world. Shes in the business world. Shes in the business world. Shes come from the business world. But shes also, you know, was an apprentice originally. Shes shes sort of lots of people really like her quite good. Her backstory is good. And that excuse her. Its not that its excuses her, but what this is she someone does not is she is someone who does not think needs to play the think she needs to play the westminster game. And yes, often this comes out in gaffes, but actually its also quite refreshing. Shes not someone who just parrots general lines. Guys, weve got to go to the weather. But were you ever taught in a portakabin . No, i wasnt. I wasnt, no. Maybe we missed out. Maybe we missed out. Maybe we missed out on all the fun. Dont miss out in the weather. Heres alex. Looks like things are heating up. Boxt boilers, proud sponsors of weather on. Gb news. Of weather on. Gb news. Good morning im alex burkill here with your latest news weather update brought to you by the met office on this wet and windy wednesday. Theres also the risk of some thunder for some of us as a band of rain crosses england and wales, it is gradually pushing its way eastwards as we go through today with bursts in it. By with some heavy bursts in it. By the time we get to the afternoon, its likely to be affecting parts of southeastern england something bit england with something a bit brighter, in brighter, perhaps following in behind parts behind across some parts of northern england, and northern england, scotland, and perhaps but perhaps Northern Ireland, but also plenty of showers here and some of them heavy and thundery. Temperatures around temperatures should peak around 2021 celsius towards the south east but under that rain, with a strong winds, its not going to feel that warm. That going to feel that warm. That heavy rain continues across parts of the south east as we go through this evening, eventually clearing the east clearing away towards the east overnight. Behind it, clearer skies than weve had through some recent nights, but still the of showers , the risk of some showers, particularly some western particularly around some western parts, coastal parts, perhaps some coastal fringes because of the fringes as well, because of the clearer skies, temperatures are going to drop a little bit lower than they have done through some recent nights. So it could be a bit chilly to start first thing on morning. That band on thursday morning. That band of have through of rain that we have through today that will cleared today that will have cleared away the and so away towards the east. And so its picture for many its a brighter picture for many of still, though, of us tomorrow. Still, though, plenty to watch out plenty of showers to watch out for, particularly into the afternoon. Across western afternoon. Notice across western parts here. Parts of scotland here. Were going have heavy rain going to have some heavy rain pushing in and still pushing its way in and still some with the some strong winds here with the risk coastal gales. Risk of coastal gales. Temperatures on paper down a degree or two compared to today by by looks like things are heating up. Boxt boilers, proud sponsors of weather on. Gb news do not of weather on. Gb news do not forget inflation figures. They are coming next how that will affect you . How will it affect the pound in your pocket after this good morning. Its 7 00 on wednesday, the 20th of september. Youre watching breakfast on gb news with Eamonn Holmes and isabel webster. Very good. Leading the news very good. Leading the news this morning this is what weve got for you, rishi sunak promised to halve inflation to around 5 by the end of the yean around 5 by the end of the year, but were expecting to find out in the next few moments if its gone up or down in august. Well have all that analysis from our economics and Business Editor halligan. Editor Liam Halligan. So news or good news . So bad news or good news . Green u turns being predicted. Green u turns being predicted. Weve been told that the Prime Minister is considering plans to raise pull back on some of the governments green policies. The main thing is that it could mean a delay on the ban of new petrol and diesel cars. Lets go to our deputy Political Editor, tom harwood. Tom is this the real rishi sunak . Rishi sunak . Ive been told by a senior Government Official that calming the economy was his first task and now he sees that its fit to undo do some of the mistakes of the last 30 years. Will be diving into seeing more as to what that actually means. What that actually means. Junior doctors and consultants are taking part in an precedented joint strike action over pay. Nhs staff could be forced to work during these walkouts , as the government walkouts, as the government plans to introduce minimum Service Levels. Service levels. And alex bercow on the weather picture , hello. Weather picture, hello. Good morning. Its not good news if youre after something dner news if youre after something drier and more settled with further heavy rain on the way. Further heavy rain on the way. Ill have more later. And it was a big Champions League last night. And it was a big Champions League last night. Paul coyte league last night. Paul coyte square id watching it all i am i cant keep my eyes off it and also tonight as well huge night in the Champions League. Harry kane plays against the side tried to sign side that tried to sign him Manchester United munich Manchester United in munich tonight. Britain have faced novak probably just novak djokovic, probably just him the davis cup and for and him in the davis cup and for and also for isabel. Him in the davis cup and for and also for isabel. We have an also for isabel. We have an update on the messy pizza. Good. Update on the messy pizza. Good. Theres more to the story. Theres more to the story. What lionel has on his pizza. Exactly. And theres a bit more to go with it as well. Okay you know, my local restaurant, i have a woman who runs it called aurora. And theres a pizza named after her really . On the menu. Really . On the menu. What did she name a pizza after herself . Well, her husband may have done it, but oh, really . Done it, but its. Oh, really . Its very juicy. Its very nice. Oh, thats nice. Its nice. Mr domino did exactly the same he named it all same thing. Did he named it all after i think its his after himself . I think its his name, 50, after himself . I think its his name, so, yeah. Name, domino. I think so, yeah. Yeah, its the domino effect. It all comes from him. Pizzas anything else. You all comes from him. Pitoas anything else. You all comes from him. Pito talk anything else. You all comes from him. Pito talk about. Ng else. You all comes from him. Pito talk about. Youlse. You all comes from him. Pito talk about. You can you all comes from him. Pito talk about. You can get want to talk about. You can get in us. You can email in touch with us. You can email and you can views gbnews. Com. And you can gb views gbnews. Com. Or can tweet at gb news. Or you can tweet at gb news. Us he to bring you this hour and in the last few moments were heanng the last few moments were hearing from the office of National Statistics that inflation for august has gone to down 6. 7. Well, that wasnt expected , well, that wasnt expected, was it . Analysts was saying it might go of the rise in go up because of the rise in fuel prices. Last month, the treasury very pleased with that. Lets harwood , lets speak to tom harwood, whos standing by for us in westminster. News this westminster. Good news this a good news and surprising news, i have to say. Wed been briefed from every corner over last night, not just from politicians who are sort of bracing for bad news on the governments side, but also perhaps some over jubilant politicians on the opposition side there were putting out sort of press releases expecting inflation to go up. I have to say , this is a surprise. This say, this is a surprise. This will surprise economists. This will surprise economists. This will surprise economists. This will surprise some of those in government as well. Inflation going down rather than up despite that increase in fuel prices, which had been the expectation, the media, an view of economists, it had been expected that a small bump in inflation would rise this month, although of course the expectation was that over the long term inflation would still come down and that the Prime Minister was more or less on track to halve inflation by the end of the year. Getting it down to around 5 by the end of december. To around 5 by the end of december. Yeah. And also we learn from some economic bodies that inflation may well be tumbling lower still next year with roundabout expectations coming. Down to 2. 5 by the coming. Down to 2. 5 by the midpoint of next year. But i have to say the number today, a surprise many people will be quickly rewritten , rising their quickly rewritten, rising their press release statements and no doubt the chancellor will be a happy man this morning. Well , its happy man this morning. Well, its interesting all of this, because yesterday we had that announcement from the oecd that announcement from the oecd that actually inflation in this country was the highest in the g7. The government hitting back quite strongly, saying, well , quite strongly, saying, well, this doesnt factor in the revision, which has seen our economy recovering faster from the pandemic than japan, france , germany and italy. So the , germany and italy. So the treasury again will have more ammo really in all of this when theres this kind of counter narrative saying that our economy is doing really badly when was 0. 1 a, but well when it was 0. 1 of a, but well take it. Tom when it was 0. 1 of a, but well take it. Tom right. There are so many comparisons that we can draw between this inflation number and indeed the gdp figures that we saw that the ons revise is not so long ago. Of course, the original ons estimate states were that the uk was the worst performing g7 economy over the last two years and now it seems that its the best performing european g7 economy over the last two years. Only being beaten by the americans and the canadians. So americans and the canadians. So it does seem that there is a parallel that may well be drawn there with expectation versus reality when it comes to these inflation figures. However, to pour a bit of cold water on this, just because inflation has come down, that doesnt mean that prices are coming down excuse me. It means of course, that price rises are happening slightly slower than they were before. Okay. At this stage, tom, we just want to bring in our Business Editor, Liam Halligan, briefly over this this news. So as tom was saying, all the briefing was that it may the figure may go up a small decrease , but certainly not an decrease, but certainly not an upward one. This is a really significant moment. I think i expected the number to go up today. Moment. I think i expected the number to go up today. Why . Number to go up today. Why . Because in august, i mean, because we had oil spikes above 90 a barrel, up 30 odd in just a few months. Petrol and diesel pnces a few months. Petrol and diesel prices rose at their fastest monthly rate in over 20 years by seven and £0. 08 respectively. For the average litre of petrol and diesel. And yet weve got a reduction in inflation as tom says, it doesnt mean prices are coming down, but it does mean that theyre slowing. The that theyre slowing. The increases are slowing significantly and all eyes now will be on the bank of england tomorrow. The Monetary Policy committee, be committee, theyll be deliberating today. Therell be deliberating today. Therell be an announcement will an announcement tomorrow. Will we get the 15th successive Interest Rate rise from five and a 4 45 just for the hell of it, wont they . Well, i think they i think i do think theyll still raise rates because, quite frankly, i dont think theyve got the imagination, not to at this point. And they were so slow in getting with slow in getting going with raising a year or so raising rates over a year or so that theyre now over compensating and damaging the economy more than they need to. But but but but the fact that inflation has come down, even if just by a whisker, thats so symbolically important that when almost everybody thought it would up today , that will would go up today, that will mean there should be or at least i certainly hope there will be a proper debate on the mpc. You could see a real split. Theres five economists. It could be 5 to 4. There are nine economist s in all, including the governor its a really close run decision. Now whether or not rates will rise tomorrow. Liam, i just wonder if youve got this green got a view on this Green Initiative the cost of initiative and the cost of environmental little changes that were again being briefed about from rishi sunak. Is he to going do an about turn on Combustion Engines and or not . And you told us mentioning for him the pledge is getting prices down. Right. Okay. Inflate ocean going the right way. Is this green issue again about the cost of living . I think its almost entirely about the cost of living aim. And i think theres a huge split across british politics on this. I think almost everybody wants cleaner air. Almost everybody agrees there is some kind of need to wean ourselves off fossil fuels. Oil and gas over the years to come. So we leave a better environment for our children. But i was just listening to alok sharma, the former cabinet minister. You remember cried at the cop remember he cried at the cop summit in glasgow he was summit in glasgow because he was so with the need for us so overcome with the need for us to address these net zero targets. And he said, weve worked so hard to build a political consensus. Why is the political consensus. Why is the Prime Minister throwing it away . Look there is no political consensus on this. Whats happening is reality is breaking through. Theres an awful lot of people there who, of course, people out there who, of course, want a better environment for their children. But to scrap new petrol diesel cars 2030 petrol and diesel cars by 2030 is too much to insist they put heat their victorian heat pumps in their victorian housing, or if they live in an apartment, is too much. The uk is basically be getting with the rest europe now already the rest of europe now already the ban new petrol and diesel ban on new petrol and diesel cars in the eu been shifted cars in the eu has been shifted from 2030 to 2035. The uk, i think will do the same. The car think will do the same. The car industry will complain , but the industry will complain, but the car industry is being lavished with subsidies for a lot of this green stuff anyway. But why you were saying earlier, why open a plant in oxford making electric batteries for not just open it, subsidise it, you know, giving a Huge Investment . Were subsidising a massive gigafactory in Somerset Bridgwater in somerset for tata. Obviously the government is subsidising the new bmw plant in cowley, so they make the new generation e mini there. Look, i do think we will shift away from petrol and diesel cars, but for the vast majority of the country, their car or van is the second biggest purchase of their life. Its a massive issue. They cant just, you know, unveil the new tesla car to their dinner party. Friends for many people , party. Friends for many people, electric vehicles also, theyre just not convinced. Okay theyre not convinced these cars dont last very long. Theres range anxiety. It means we need all anxiety. It means we need all kinds of lithium , manganese, kinds of lithium, manganese, cobalt, copper stuff thats found in difficult parts of the world. If this is the right technology, eamonn, it will break through. And if it isnt, it wont. Well, listen, busy, busy , mad well, listen, busy, busy, mad day on the economic front. Well day on the economic front. Well speak to you again as often as we can as the programme progresses this morning. Liam, appreciate your input. Thank you. And were just getting some breaking news reaction to those inflation figures from the shadow chancellor of the exchequer. Weve just exchequer. As weve just been discussing better discussing, better than expected, coming 6. 7, down expected, coming in at 6. 7, down from 6. 8 the month before. Nato and Rachel Reeves eves coming out and saying the uk is forecast to have the highest inflation of any major economy this already talked this year. We already talked about with tom. The oecd about that with tom. The oecd hasnt included the hasnt actually included the revised figures in that revised ons figures in that calculation the prime calculation and the Prime Minister is too weak to turn things his things around. Whilst his predecessor, truss, predecessor, liz truss, continues to call for the same policies that crashed the economy this time last year. She goes to say conservatives goes on to say the conservatives have havoc and working have wreaked havoc and working people paying the price. People are paying the price. Also says that labour she also says that labour will the economy to will grow the economy to increase living standards, bring down bills and make working people in all parts of the country better off. Well with pnces country better off. Well with prices going up across the board, people are struggling with bills right now as weve been discussing. And our london reporter lisa hartle has been asking some drivers they thought drivers what they thought about current prices. Current petrol prices. Ridiculous at moment its ridiculous at the moment. I just put £50 in for half a tank of petrol and that has never been before. Ive never done that before. I just think its ridiculous and i dont know what im going to do if it goes up any more. Luckily i drive a hybrid, so im kind of all right in that regard. But i think with the cost of living crisis in general, its just an added extra that no one needs. So it makes people feel like they shouldnt be driving as much or that they cant drive as much or that they cant drive as much. And then youve got obviously the ulez change and things its just things like that. So its just added dont need to happen. Its infringing on the normal motorists, earn an motorists, trying to earn an honest i mean, we just honest living. I mean, we just had ridiculous up with had that ridiculous mess up with ulez mr i and ulez with mr khan. I mean, and if prices up once more, then if prices go up once more, then its going to be another blow to us its going to be us people. Its not going to be not be welcomed by not going to be welcomed by anyone. M we re w anyone. Were saying this well, you were saying this was it. Saying this to me was it. You saying this to me this and you were saying this week and you were saying you just couldnt understand that go to fill up that when you go to fill up every to fill up, its every time i go to fill up, its gone up another £0. 05. And im really concerned. Yesterdays great news on inflation a hate to inflation down 0. 1 of a hate to be Debbie Downer, but i think be a Debbie Downer, but i think the they didnt the fuel prices, if they didnt feed inflation last month feed into inflation last month in august, i think they almost certainly will in september because noticed it because ive really noticed it at petrol pump. Could be at the petrol pump. Could be because work as because im driving into work as opposed getting a cab. Oh my. But thats when you do notice it. Debbie sorry. It. Debbie sorry. Isabel whos debbie . Isabel whos debbie . Isabel whos debbie . Debbie downer. Debbie downer. I always think ive got you. I always think ive got you. I always think ive got you. Ill go with you in a minute, but anyway, you know, isabels right from the point of view that whos there challenging this goes on all the time. No from government, no no one from government, no one from the automotive Breakdown Services , whatever Breakdown Services, whatever standards say this is intolerable. You should not be allowed to do this. But they do do it. And then the suppliers blame the retailers and the retailers blame whoever , retailers blame whoever, whatever. And it all goes round in circles. But its you and me and debbie here who pay the price all the time. Well , never price all the time. Well, never mind what Debbie Downer says. The chancellor, jeremy hunt, has just come out in the last few seconds saying fall in few seconds saying the fall in the the Consumer Price the rate of the Consumer Price index shows the plan to deal with inflation working , plain with inflation is working, plain and hes going to and simple. And hes going to put the squeezers on you even more in terms of Interest Rate rises. § mean , f rises. Mean , people people are and i mean, people people are hurting big time. And i mean, people people are hurting big time. But if he says hurting big time. But if he says this is working and youre doing an unnoticeable fraction, nought point 1, then then well, listen, christopher hopes is going to be speaking to the chancellor in the next few minutes we hope to have that interview for you in the next hour. Getting more reaction to inflation. But lets focus now on something equally depressing i the medical strikes, the nhs today. The medical strikes, the nhs today. So youve got a situation today. So youve got a situation today. So youve got a situation today where you not only have Junior Doctors, none of whom are very junior, it has to be said, and consultants , they are and consultants, they are striking together today. Joint strike action for the first time in the history of the nhs. Well, thousands of members up and down the country are walking out of hospitals, leaving many of them on what we see as Christmas Day Staffing Levels and north west of england. Reporter has the details. Today for the First Time Ever , a walkout by both Junior Doctors and consult patients with thousands of appointments set to be cancelled. Bold and set to be cancelled. Bold and unprecedented levels of disruption across the nhs staff on strike feel they have no other choice. I do not want to be on an industrial action. I do not want to come here. I would like to be in my place of work serving my patients. But thats forced me to come out so that our voice is heard. It is not fair. All what heard. It is not fair. All what we need here is a fair pay. But with the nhs forced to operate under Christmas Day levels of staffing , questions levels of staffing, questions have been raised about the potential impact this could have across the board. We definitely owe duty of care to our patients. You know, we weve been working hard to serve our patients and in fact what were doing is as we said, protection. We all will need the nhs at some point if we let it collapse. Were all going to be losing. Were all going to be losing. The British Medical Association is calling for a full pay restoration, but what exactly does that mean . Well, they say when you take inflation into account, both Junior Doctors and consultants have faced a major real terms pay cut in recent years, and now they want a pay rise in line with inflation. However, the government says theyve already implemented a 6 pay rise for both of those professions. And now there are no more offers on the table. The table. So we met the bmas number one ask, which was the extremely generous changes to pension taxation. That was the key thing that the bma asked for. We accepted in full the recommendations of the pay review body process , but its review body process, but its also right that we have a safety net to protect patients along side recognising peoples right to strike as concerns for nhs waiting times grow. Now the government is now preparing to pass legislation that would protect Critical Services from strike action. People have the right to strike. We recognise thats an important right, but we also protect time Critical Services in hospital like chemotherapy, like dialysis. My priority is patients and the bma should be calling off these strikes and focusing on patients. Focusing on patients. But with thousands of bma Union Members set to walk out over the coming days calling and the government remaining firm on what it can offer, it seems that for now at least, the door is closed. On negotiating options. Sophie reaper gb news. Linfini. And shell tell us linfini. And shell tell us more as exactly what is happening. So where are you . Sophie well , happening. So where are you . Sophie well, im here at manchester Royal Infirmary this morning. Where , like many hospitals up where, like many hospitals up and down the country, its strike day. Were expecting thousands of members of the british medical, medical association to walk out, causing disruption at all levels of the nhs. Now, in response to this chief executive of the Nhs Confederation, Matthew Taylor , confederation, Matthew Taylor, has said consultants and Junior Doctors walking out together is the awful scenario that Health Leaders have long feared. Leaders will have pulled every lever available to them to mitigate the impact of this strike, but its inevitable at this point that Patient Safety will be compromised and we believe that the level of risk is the highest weve seen for a long time. He also went on to say that over the coming days, there expecting over 100,000 appointments and operations to be cancelled and that this strike action thus far has cost over £1 billion. Now, thats because, of course, this strike action has been going on for quite some time. This isnt the first time well have seen industrial action on this level, although it is the first time weve ever Junior Doctors weve ever seen Junior Doctors and consultants walk out similar taneously. Now we also already know that this isnt the last time that its scheduled to happen. We already know that joint strikes will again take place on october 2nd, third and fourth. Now, despite all of this, despite the controversy , this, despite the controversy, despite the cost, despite the inconvenience , it does still inconvenience, it does still seem that Junior Doctors and consultants have the support of the public. In a new poll, it suggested that 70 of english adults who were asked believe that negotiations between the government and the bma should be reopened and that 63 of the engush reopened and that 63 of the english adults that were asked say that they feel that Junior Doctors and consultants should should be given a pay rise by the government. So there we go. It just goes to show that despite all the controversy around these strikes and despite the potential for cancelled operations and appointments, it does still seem that these professions have the support of the general. Public the general. Public do you . Very much indeed. Well, its a busy newsroom this morning. Everything happening or in the case of the doctors and the nhs, not happening, of course. Now, up next, weve got a debate and this is in birmingham. Theres a new sculpture which is believed to be the first of its kind in the world. And it celebrates women who wear hijabs. Okay that it is so is it a symbol of faith or is it oppressive . Debate in that next well, this is very interesting. If you go to birmingham, birmingham, theres a new sculpture there, which you may look and say its very powerful. Its very beautiful. But is it a symbol of oppression . Thats the thing. Its supposed to celebrate women in in general and wear hijabs, right and women who wear hijabs, right . So smethwick in. Im glad you said that. Im glad you said that. Id have said that wrong. Id have said that wrong. Listen there, because. Listen there, because. Well, smethwicks smethwick. Well, smethwicks smethwick. Well, smethwicks smethwick. There was a beard, but. Well, anyway, smethwick area of the west midlands. And this comes weeks after france banned female students from wearing what abayas . Whats the difference between a hijab and a hijab as the headscarf . Whereas the buyer is just the lower body sort of outfit . Lower body sort of outfit . Well, ladies here will correct me if im wrong. So anyway , the strength of so anyway, the strength of the hijab is what were talking about now, and were debating this one with fahima mohammed, who , as you can see, wears one who, as you can see, wears one and wears it very well, and khadua and wears it very well, and khadija khan , who doesnt wear khadija khan, who doesnt wear one. Now, the thing i want to find out, without wishing to offend and show my ignorance or whatever, if areema is the hijab, is it is it a religious thing or or why . Why do you wear it and you wear it well , because it and you wear it well, because you wear it. Its not as traditional as i would have thought. Yeah i mean, you know, people have to understand that muslims come from globe in so many from across the globe in so many different. And we just different cultures. And we just have perception when see have one perception when we see some sort of extremism or some sort of, you know, isolate incident and we sort of brush that on every single muslim person out. Why are you wearing person out. Why are you wearing it . I wear it because it is, you know, part of my faith and it is part of my identity. Whats it saying about so whats it saying about your need to get your faith . I just need to get to of you. See, i to the crux of you. See, i remember as a as roman remember as a as a roman catholic, i remember in the 60s, women their up women covered their heads up with black scarves every time they entered a church. With black scarves every time the yes, ered a church. With black scarves every time the yes, ited a church. With black scarves every time the yes, it still church. With black scarves every time the yes, it still happens in yes, it still happens in a lot of places like italy and places like spain. So even when i visit as you a lot i visit as well, you know, a lot of women will cover up when they enter the actual sort of churches. A sign churches. So its a sign of respect. Em respect. You covering up for her . Its for myself and for my creator. So i feel that at the end of the day that i feel kind of, you know, feeling modest and protected. And at the same time, its showing that, you know, people looking me for people are looking at me for different well, and Different Reasons as well, and theyre to me for theyre listening to me for Different Reasons. And as much theyre listening to me for dif people aasons. And as much theyre listening to me for dif people mayls. And as much theyre listening to me for dif people may say. Nd as much theyre listening to me for dif people may say itsas much as people may say its oppressive or it may be shown oppressive or it may be shown oppressive oppressiveness in some and some parts the some areas and some parts of the world, but muslims are, you know , vast across the globe. And again, we have muslims from indonesia , asia and malaysia and indonesia, asia and malaysia and brunei and all of these places. And theres absolutely nothing wrong with it. And we have so many muslims , i mean, many muslims, i mean, non muslims and non muslims converting and coming well out of coming to islam as well out of their own choice. But im not sure benefit. Sure the benefit. Ill shut after this. Im ill shut up after this. Im not sure the benefit if im not supposed to look at you. I am looking at you and wish looking at you and i just wish to offensive anything. To be offensive or anything. Youre attractive woman. Youre a very attractive woman. Am not supposed to see you as am i not supposed to see you as an woman . An attractive woman . That is you. Because i think, you know, attractiveness is relative of the day, relative at the end of the day, you know, you might that you know, you might find that someone not. Im a someone else may not. Im sure a lot people me be lot of people watching me be like, what is she wearing . What is she doing . An is she doing . Shes an impressive and she impressive place. And she shouldnt you know, imposing shouldnt be, you know, imposing it but to it over here. But you go to spain, you a lot of britons spain, you get a lot of britons over there that never change, never integrate, never even learn language. So wherever learn the language. So wherever we always bring our own we go, we always bring our own to extent, keep to a certain extent, and we keep it, integrate. And it, but we still integrate. And theres lot intellectual theres a lot of intellectual muslims choosing on their own, like and in like myself. And nobody in my family except like myself. And nobody in my fan me except like myself. And nobody in my fanme and except like myself. And nobody in my fanme and my except like myself. And nobody in my fanme and my sister. Except like myself. And nobody in my fanme and my sister. And cept like myself. And nobody in my fanme and my sister. And wet for me and my sister. And we chose individually. Yeah, well, listen, khadija, you suppose from a you know, i suppose from a liberal perspective western liberal perspective in a western country choosing country where women are choosing to theyre able to to use it and theyre able to eloquently argue the case for it about modesty and a statement of faith, fair enough. But i suppose the point is that in many of world, many countries of the world, women have to wear women are told they have to wear it they are they have it and they are told they have to it because in some way to wear it because in some way sexual and wrong and immoral, just being a woman. Is that just by being a woman. Is that your to it . Your objection to it . Is that we are not the thing is that we are not talking about individuals here who claim choose to it. Who claim to choose to wear it. We talking an attire we are talking about an attire that with an ideology that comes with an ideology and that comes with an ideology and that looks on that ideology looks down on women. Ideology is women. That ideology is inherently, inherently misogynistic. Inherently, inherently misogynistic. When we talk about misogynistic. When we talk about the are told to wear no, they are not told to wear. They are forced to wear. They are coerced into wearing it. And when we talk about the women who are who claim to choose to wear it, they are doing it here in the western society where we have freedoms, liberties under the secular laws of the western countries here, we dont have religion in power , but where we have religion in power , we see that the religious power, we see that the religious authorities , they use this authorities, they use this attire as a tool to oppress women. And that is why its not women. And that is why its not about some women. Its not about some places. Its muslim majority countries around the world, millions of women are forced to wear it. So it is very forced to wear it. So it is very disingenuous to say that there are some women who are forced to wear it. We can see that just a couple of days ago, we just marked the anniversary that that anniversary of mahsa amini. What happened to her . She was wearing improper hijab. What happened . Improper hijab. What happened . Okay, this was this happened in iran. Lets talk about the uk. What happened to behnaz behnaz . She refused to comply with this author docks and cultish like lifestyle. She refused to wear hijab. Lifestyle. She refused to wear huab. She lifestyle. She refused to wear hijab. She refused to comply with isolated incidents. And i think that, again, it does not represent everyone and everywhere as much as you say that you know that happens and thats not part of faith. Thats an ideology , as you say. And an ideology, as you say. And those are interpreted actions that most even muslims dont actually approve of as well. Actually approve of as well. Its just that we dont have our voice to actually say it out loud. So at the end of the day, the Mainstream Media will actually, you pick and actually, you know, pick and choose what they want. And thats why everybody has version say is not the say that this is not the interpretation of religion , but say that this is not the inispretation of religion , but say that this is not the inis aetation of religion , but say that this is not the inis a misogynistic igion , but say that this is not the inis a misogynistic using. But say that this is not the inis a misogynistic using. Itrt it is a misogynistic using. It is my name. If theyre using it is my name. If theyre using it in my name and my explain my point, then its different. Point, then its different. No, it is a misogynistic attire. It is there is a religious you can say , belief religious you can say, belief behind this attire that women are supposed to cover themselves. I believe that it is nowhere mentioned in the core beliefs of islam. It is not mentioned in the quran. Even the himars that is mentioned in the quran, it is not hijab. It is just a piece of cloth. Here that women wear. Womens choice decide do you make then of this statue . Make then of this statue . Is it divisive . Is it divisive . Its disgraceful. Its disgraceful. Awful. I would say. Disgraceful. Awful. I would say. I was talking about bananas. She refused to comply with these orthodoxy beliefs and she was brutal , she muttered. Orthodoxy beliefs and she was brutal, she muttered. And then we talk about another girl who was murdered by her own family members in canada. She refused to wear a hijab. I know that these are these appear to be isolated cases. Why because these women, they suffer in silence, who refuse to comply , silence, who refuse to comply, and they make the headlines when only when they are tortured and they are being oppressed. They are being oppressed. They only make a people only make headunes make a people only make headlines when they are tortured or in worst cases killed. Only then they make headlines and they come on the front pages of newspapers. Newspapers. At the end of the day, when there are people who are choosing one extreme to another is the is the same as oppression on either side. At the end, were not ping pongs, you know, women to say wear it or dont wear it. We should be given that choice either way. So if you are in a secular country even in in a secular country or even in britain, were not secular here. We even king charles is we have even king charles is a fan and an ambassador for all faiths because we can live quite healthily and happily. What about those women who dont comply with the faith . About those who what about those women who dont wear it . Dont want to wear it . There is no compulsion in religion in religion and they suffer in silence. They suffer in silence. Religion and they suffer in sile from hey suffer in silence. Religion and they suffer in sile from i ey suffer in silence. Religion and they suffer in sile from i wasuffer in silence. Religion and they suffer in sile from i was bornin silence. Religion and they suffer in sile from i was born andlence. Religion and they suffer in sile from i was born and raised im from i was born and raised in a very conservative muslim household. I know as a child i didnt have any choice. My father, he tried to make me. He tried to make me wear hijab. My mother , she stood for me. My mother, she stood for me. She said to my father, she confronted him and said to her, i didnt give birth to a slave. My i didnt give birth to a slave. My girls will never bear not being excuse me. Just let me just let me just let enslaved. My mother said my mother, my kids, my girls will not wear huab kids, my girls will not wear hijab and its because of her. I was i was free. I wouldnt wear it otherwise. My father would have disowned me just because for the rest of my life. So i know the little girls. They have no choice. They. They. They are made to wear it in the name of modesty. In the name of cultural norms. And they carry this norms. And they carry this burden all their lives. Just to faheem , a final point just to faheem, a final point to you. I mean, you know, you could look at a catholic nun, for example, and the outfits not that different. You could make the case, couldnt you, that its not the hijab in itself. Its human twisting or its the human twisting or misinterpretation of something thatis misinterpretation of something that is at fault here. And actually , if a woman wants to actually, if a woman wants to wear something as a religious symbol, there shouldnt be symbol, then there shouldnt be anything wrong that and anything wrong with that in and of itself. Absolutely. And you absolutely. And if one you know, if there is people that are certain things, they are doing certain things, they should accountable it. Should be accountable for it. But brush us all under the but dont brush us all under the same banner to think same sort of banner to think that, know, its an that, you know, its an oppression, a slavery, all oppression, its a slavery, all of there are of that, because there are millions who choose, millions of women who choose, whether the west or even whether its in the west or even in the east. And ive travelled widely to actually know to what say. One thing that whenever something comes from religion , something comes from religion, often it is always sugar coated or always brushed aside. It is just to understand very bad experience. If we dont allow any misogynistic belief in the society and we condemn it unequivocally, we need to do the same. When it comes from the religious discourse, but it does exist outside of religion as well. We have to leave it there. Fahima and khadija both putting your cases so powerfully. Thank your cases so powerfully. Thank your cases so powerfully. Thank you both very much indeed. Ive just got one question to ask, which paying for this which is whos paying for this statue . Thought birmingham which is whos paying for this stat|bankrupt|ght birmingham which is whos paying for this stat|bankrupt and birmingham which is whos paying for this stat|bankrupt and thatiirmingham which is whos paying for this stat|bankrupt and that theyre1am was bankrupt and that theyre closing museums and libraries. Might why birmingham this might be why birmingham is according is bankrupt. According to put this world statue. This world first statue. Is about empowerment . But is it about empowerment . Is it about celebration . Or as is it about celebration . Or as we see from khadija and fatima, there is it divisive . Heres there is it divisive . Heres alex with the weather that warm feeling inside from boxt boilers. Proud sponsors of weather on. Gb news. Good morning im alex burkill here with your latest news weather update brought to you by the met office on this wet and windy wednesday. Theres also windy wednesday. Theres also the risk of some thunder for some as a band of rain some of us as a band of rain crosses england and wales , it is crosses england and wales, it is gradually pushing its way eastwards as we go through today with heavy bursts in it. By with some heavy bursts in it. By the time we get to the afternoon, its likely to be affecting southeast affecting parts of southeast england something bit england with something a bit brighter, perhaps in brighter, perhaps following in behind parts of behind across some parts of northern scotland, northern england, scotland, and perhaps but perhaps Northern Ireland, but also plenty of showers here and some of them heavy thundery some of them heavy and thundery temperatures should peak around 2021 celsius towards the south east but under that rain, with the strong winds, its not going to feel that warm or that heavy rain continues across parts of the south east as we go through this evening, eventually clearing the east clearing away towards the east overnight. Behind it, clearer skies weve through skies than weve had through some recent but still some recent nights, but still the risk of showers, the risk of some showers, particularly some western particularly around some western parts, perhaps some coastal fringes well , because fringes as well, because of the clearer temperatures are clearer skies, temperatures are going to drop a little bit lower than have done through some than they have done through some recent be recent nights. So it could be a bit to start first thing bit chilly to start first thing on thursday morning. Band on thursday morning. That band of we have through of rain that we have through today have cleared today that will have cleared away east. And so away towards the east. And so its brighter picture many its a brighter picture for many of tomorrow. Though, of us tomorrow. Still, though, plenty to watch out plenty of showers to watch out for, particularly into the afternoon. Notice across western parts scotland here. Were afternoon. Notice across western parts to scotland here. Were afternoon. Notice across western parts to haveand here. Were afternoon. Notice across western parts to have someere. Were afternoon. Notice across western parts to have some heavyre afternoon. Notice across western parts to have some heavy rain going to have some heavy rain pushing its way in and still some strong winds here with the risk of coastal gales. Temperatures down temperatures on paper down a degree compared today degree or two compared to today by by that warm feeling inside from boxt boilers proud sponsors of weather on gb news. Lets do it. Oh, hello. Still to come on gb news, were going to go through some of your headline makers, including a video of a raccoon and acting cool has gone viral there. Viral there. So stay tuned for that on gb news. Britains news channel weve got no, we havent. I know. I fell for the trap. Yeah its great. We get we get sheets telling us who the guests are were going to talk to. But the thing is, thats good. But the bad thing is theyre guests from two days ago. So. So arent here. So, so arent here. So, so arent here. So anyway, derek lord and anna are with us this anna mchale are with us this morning where we start, morning where should we start, amy . You fancy. Well, amy . Where do you fancy. Well, i think we should i think we should about inflation, should talk about inflation, ian and and i think we should and i and i think we should bnng and i and i think we should bring Liam Halligan in to talk about this. First of all, before now, first of all, before liam speaks, and anna, liam speaks, derek and anna, what do you guys think about this surprise that inflation is not what should be. Isabel not what it should be. Isabel thinks a fright coming thinks theres a fright coming down road next months down the road for next months figures. Think its good news. Figures. I think its good news. Think a surprise. I think its a surprise. I mean, were heading in right mean, were heading in the right direction. Key. And direction. Thats the key. And certainly will certainly rishi sunak will be delighted morning. Delighted this morning. , say the price of yeah, derek, say the price of food slightly coming down, isnt it, which might explain which might also explain a reduction in the headline rate. Well, lets get the expert take then from liam. Blimey. No pressure. Look this is a surprise. Inflation in july was 6. 8. The scores on the doors yesterday in the city of london were was that inflation was going to go up in august. Why because oil went above 90 a barrel and we had big spikes in petrol and diesel prices. In august. We had the £0. 07 and £0. 08 rise respectively in the average price of a litre and that was going to feed into the Inflation Numbers and mean that Inflation Numbers and mean that inflation actually went up in august. But as weve been hearing, it came down from 6. 8 to 6. 7, which will be a mighty relief for the chancellor and the Prime Minister. Of course, theyre pledge is halve theyre pledge is to halve inflation or for inflation to halve by the end of the year, meaning it would have to be 5 because they made that pledge back in january when it was just over for me, the really over 10. And for me, the really important thing here is , is that important thing here is, is that the bank of england, when it meets tomorrow, those nine economists monetary economists on the Monetary Policy think on policy committee, i think on balance, they will still go for the 15th successive Interest Rate rise. Crikey, Interest Rates. But you know, going up to 5. 5, they will still go ahead with that. Youve got the chancellor, jeremy hunt, today. Chancellor, jeremy hunt, today. Theyre all there. So joyous because they can claim their policy is working. People are policy is working. People are being whats the word. I cant use the word. I want to use people. Are they want no taken for fools. Taken for fools would be a very polite interpretation of the cost of living crisis is not over. Oven no. And oven no. And people are hurting and theyre hurting really badly. I couldnt agree more, which is think weve seen this is why i think weve seen this net announcement which net zero announcement which we can with the prime can come on to with the Prime Minister. Even saying those targets meet net zero delay targets to meet net zero delay saying i think he will the ban on new petrol and diesel cars from 2030 to 2035 trying to give ordinary people who are shouldering the cost of this net zero obsession by the political and media class, easing the burden on them. But just back to inflation, imagine where we would be if inflation had gone up to 7. 1. There would definitely be an Interest Rate rise in the bank of england tomorrow. It might even be a half point rise from five and a 4 45 and three quarters. It now wont be a half point rise. It may just be a quarter point rise or they may even fingers and toes crossed actually have the imagination to change their minds and say , no, were not minds and say, no, were not going to raise Interest Rates. Were going to signal to the markets that we are now confident. Lets hear from anna and derek anna lets hear from anna and derwell, anna lets hear from anna and derwell, i anna lets hear from anna and derwell, i think1na lets hear from anna and derwell, i think theres a split well, i think theres a split between, liam says, the good between, as liam says, the good news for politicians, the good for news the economists and the bank of england. Theres bank of england. But theres also going to be the people who are still feeling the pain. So those two things dont contradict each other. But essentially what people are going to go is go into the local shop tomorrow and theyre not going to say, oh, good news. Yeah, things are still going up. The price of pasta still the price of pasta is still three times more. Good to say this i got yesterday, mr kipling. Lemon slices a friend. Lemon slices for a friend. Lemon slices for a friend. Choice. Good choice. Good choice. Choice. Right. My good choice. Right. Oh, my goodness. Good choice. Right. Oh, my goodness. Anna, i swear, its goodness. Anna, i swear, its the size of my Little Finger shrink. I could not believe it. Isabel, its absolutely good for you. Wasnt for me. Wasnt for me. It was for a friend. It was for a friend. Oh, yeah. That old chestnut. But i mean, i couldnt believe how tiny they were. Yeah, it was. It was scandalous. Insulting. Its insulting. Its scandalous. It is absolutely scandalous. They used to have exceedingly good cakes. Now you just exceedingly small cakes. Yes, exceedingly small cakes. Thats exactly. Derek, what have you got to say about all this . I think i was to going say that, you know, inflation is a manmade problem and i think that the chancellor spent too much money on quantitative easing and i also think that they spent too much money during the pandem. Much money during the pandem. And what about liz truss . And what about liz truss . And what about liz truss . Well, i think id rather forget her and i think that were dealing with some of the consequences of that. Now. I mean, in other parts of europe, you know, for example, france, i mean, youve got inflation at about 5. 2, 5. 2 is the eurozone average is 3. 2. In the states. Yes, exactly. So inflation is. I agree. So inflation is. I agree. Frack and drill for oil and all sorts of things that we do with. No, no, youre right. I do think quantitative easing, the bank of england creating all this money, they said it wouldnt lead to inflation. Of course its led to inflation. Suddenly the establishment has to accept that as many of us have warned for years, it would lead to inflation. Inflation is still pretty high by international standards, as you rightly and im even though rightly say, and im even though this is definitely good news, i do sympathise with isabels view that there could be whizz bangs coming down the line. Oil is now at 95 a barrel. Its up 30 in three months. Yes, we did have big petrol and diesel price increases in august. They were offset it by slowdowns in food price inflation, slowdowns in Service Sector inflation, slowdowns in so called core inflation. But that Oil Price Rise is still there. And guess what . Its being driven not by a Global Economy thats booming, demanding lots of oil , and its demanding lots of oil, and its being driven by opec and russia deliberately restricting the amount of oil that comes to the market. So the dangers now are and the cost of living squeeze is still there. And this will see mad to ordinary people trying to make ends meet. A lot of this inflation now is geopolitical , right . That is the dangen well, that is also ties back into the other story. Why we shouldnt chuck net zero out completely because its about Energy Security as well as trying to cut emissions. And theres all that argument about trying not the hands of trying to not be in the hands of third when it comes to third parties when it comes to all of these things. Can we talk about something different, all of these things. Can we talk about s on3thing different, all of these things. Can we talk about s on the|g different, all of these things. Can we talk about s on the frontferent, all of these things. Can we talk about s on the front ofznt, all of these things. Can we talk about s on the front of the sun . Though, on the front of the sun . Anna, youve chosen the story. Why this happened off the why this has happened off the high street during sheringhams 1940s weekend. What has happened . Yes. So a 1940s re enactment festival saw a group of gentlemen dressed in uniforms as you do. And obviously what were you do. And obviously what were they re enact eating. World war two. World war ii. And i sort of think well the germans didnt invade britain in, you know, certainly not sharing them, certainly not sharing them, you know, so sometimes i just wonder, you know , what is the wonder, you know, what is the re enactment of something happening . Very bizarre. I mean, frankly , grown men dressing up as anything is, is a re enactment is always a bit strange. But but, you know, its people have taken a photo. It literally just it looks like something off a film set. Frankly and it just you know, it sparked outrage. You know, it sparked outrage. And if you were in sheringham and you were driving through and you stopped to fill up your car with petrol and you saw these men dressed like this, would it offend you, shock you , how would offend you, shock you, how would you think you would react . You might think i think youd be more shocked by the petrol pnces more shocked by the petrol prices first. Yes. And then he turned to the people. Then you might think it was prince harry again. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Well, yeah , right. Well, yeah, right. Well, yeah, right. Okay, thats that. Could i okay, thats that. Could i just the. Just lighten the. Mood a and lets look. Were going to see two raccoons. Two raccoons who have been caught on a cctv. Been caught on a cctv. Not in north norfolk. Not in north norfolk. Not in north norfolk. No. Where are they . No. Where are they . No. Where are they . Well , we no. Where are they . Well, we dont have no. Where are they . Well , we dont have raccoons, well, we dont have raccoons, sheringham. We dont have raccoons, do we . So calling this toerags in north norfolk, lets have a look at them. Have a look at them. The camera and then they decide to head off, you see. So they knew where the camera is, and theyre staring at the light there as well. And oh, did it there as well. And oh, did it do. Yes. If you are watching, oh, i should say , if youre listening should say, if youre listening on the radio, youre seeing literally the rabbit in the headlights look, except with raccoons and one standing on his back legs. Well for all we know, totally frozen looking guilty as sin could be somebody in sheringham in a costume. Sheringham in a costume. Well, thats what i was trying to say. Yeah, that was my gag. Yeah, that was my gag. Anyway, anyway. Anyway, anyway. Okay. Right. Wilko lets talk about this. Derek. This is onune about this. Derek. This is online for the daily mail and theyre saying 111 shops will close for good next week. And still on track for 400 by early october. But its very much a moving picture. This it is a moving picture. And i think as has already been said, a lot of these stores are being bought up and being bought up very quickly. But i think to me that the substantial point to make here is that if we dont want this kind of thing to happen, weve got to back our high streets, you know, too many shops are actually vulnerable , shops are actually vulnerable, all because of online shopping. All because of online shopping. And i make the very conscious effort when i can to support my local shops and i go there and i dont order things online. Fine. And i do like to see Fresh Produce and so on. And so forth. So again , i mean, were entirely so again, i mean, were entirely to blame for the high street, you know, slowly disappearing. You know, slowly disappearing. Yeah, i think we can all admit wilko of course. Wilko is a family favourite. Not so much in the south of england, but certainly in the midlands and the north. There are 400 stores. This organisation employs 11,000 people. Isabel its often those little part time jobs , often little part time jobs, often working mums , making the extra working mums, making the extra bits of money that make for family treats and holiday funds and Christmas Present funds and so on. And a lot of these 400 stores will close because theyre in marginal areas. Unfortunately but a lot of them will be saved. We already know that the discounter b m is going to buy 50 of these stores. There are still other organised nafions are still other organised nations knocking around pepco, which owns poundland. Theyre coming in for some. Theres a new Chinese Organisation called mimosa or something. Something. There are many, there are many discount stores. Its a very fast moving market. But i agree about the high street. A agree about the high street. A lot of these high street stores, theyre competing against online giants who are often domiciled elsewhere. Theyre paying tax elsewhere. Theyre paying tax elsewhere. Theyre paying tax elsewhere. They have much lower elsewhere. They have much lower costs. Theres also something called Business Rates, which is a tax on any business with premises, whether they rent it or own it. And you have to pay those Business Rates whether you make profit or not, whether you whether you take any revenue or not, you have to pay those business which Business Rates, which of course the online people dont dont have. Labour actually are talking this talking a lot about this reviewing rates that reviewing Business Rates that raise about £25 a year raise about £25 billion a year and making it easier for our high streets to survive. Theres all this talk about being environmentally friendly and being green and whatever. And i look at this Online Business and theres very little thats environmentally friendly about the way they package stuff , about the way they deliver stuff use vans and things. Stuff and use vans and things. And i cant see why theres no outcry as to how they should be reined in. Something like this. I dont probably because everyone uses it, all the politicians use it. You see them on their bikes. Now, though, vans are driven by bikes around where i was living in south west london. But packaging deliveries and packaging amazon deliveries and also wait a minute. A minute. Yeah, a bike van. Bike van. Yeah, you do see them. And you also see like a motor bike or a sort of no, a pedal bike. And its and they have a van attached to the parcels in the back. Yeah. Ive seen a couple of those. And also do now of those. And you also do now see electric vans doing these deliveries. Is increasing deliveries. It is increasing particularly its particularly in our cities. Its not where now live, but youre not where i now live, but youre totally right. Its, you know, were of slightly were all sort of slightly guilty being lazy guilty of being lazy and thinking, not to walk well. Or if youre infirmed like me, theres sitting in my recliner chair sampling my shrinkflation mr kipling lemon slices just to check. And then the bell rings. Oh all the time. On the other hand, though, i agree with you, we need to walk. We need to cycle. But where i live out in the sticks in the east of england, theres no possibility of that. Theres a bus twice a day, know, bus twice a day, you know, distances are huge and a lot of people , they just need their people, they just need their cars and of course, theres a role for electric cars as certainly in inner cities, short journeys and so on, where people can easily charge farage. But for a lot people, this for a lot of people, this Technology Just isnt viable and they dont want to buy electric cars. A lot of cars. Theres a lot of scepticism range anxiety, scepticism about range anxiety, the to sell them on the the ability to sell them on the second hand market. So thats why i think something is going on far batteries going on fire. So, so thats why sunak is retreating a little bit and shifting. Deadline derek and anna are going back in 40 minutes going to be back in 40 minutes time. The moment, guys, time. For the moment, guys, thank you very much indeed. Liam analysing inflation analysing those inflation figures for us throughout the program this morning. Right now, heres the weather , the heres the weather, the temperatures rising , boxt solar temperatures rising, boxt solar proud sponsors of weather on. Gb news. Good morning. Im alex burkill here with your latest news weather update brought to you by the met office on this wet and windy wednesday. Theres also the risk of some thunder for some of us as a band of rain crosses england and wales, it is gradually pushing its way eastwards as we go through today with some heavy bursts in it. 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The latest figure shows inflation has eased slightly to 6. 7 in august. So were going to crunch the numbers for you this hour with our economics and Business Editor Liam Halligan. Inflation is down despite expectations. All eyes now on expectations. All eyes now on the bank of england. When the Monetary Policy committee tomorrow decides whether or not Interest Rates will go up for the 15th time and why is the Prime Minister considering plans to roll back on green policies . Our deputy Political Editor tom harwood will tell you a shift in direction from this government. Government. Im in westminster digging into the details as why were expecting a pretty seismic speech from the Prime Minister as soon as friday. And the king and queen are to meet with the french president , emmanuel macron, today, six months after it was initially planned. King charles and mr macron hoped to build personal bonds post brexit during the royal engagement. Royal engagement. Thats when emmanuel is not talking to kirsty armour. Funny, he snuck keir starmer in ahead of the king. Yeah okay. But of course that was a delayed meeting anyway, wasnt it, because of the riots in france . The royal one. Yeah. And the other one was a sort of previewed go. Previewed one. There you go. Busy week in the elysee palace. Busy week in the elysee palace. Buswhats doing upstairs . And whats it doing upstairs . And the front . Lets find the weather front . Lets find out from burkill. Hello out from alex burkill. Hello good morning. Its not good news if youre after something dner news if youre after something drier settled with drier and more settled with further heavy rain on the way. Further heavy rain on the way. Ill have more later. And paul coyte a busy night in the Champions League last night. Paul. It was busy. We had a win for Manchester City, newcastle. Drew celtic city, newcastle. Drew celtic lost tonight its harry kane will be playing against Manchester United. I think he might have a team around him. And also if i dont get that lionel messi pizza story in i dont know what im going to do. Yeah, yeah youre right. Got the way. Inflation got in the way. Inflation out. It did not inflation cut out. It did not want just want to tell us what was it. Was on it. Know what i cant ive you know what i cant ive waited like week now to get waited like a week now to get through this. Probably out through this. So probably out about again for about four pizzas again for pizzas since the last time we did this. So i didnt one every time itll be out of date time itll be out of date by the time you tell you see a pizza. You tell us you see a pizza. I like the look of a pizza. But then at a half one i usually regret it. Think theyre very regret it. I think theyre very heavy. Too much to do. Heavy. Theres too much to do. I think i was italian in another life. Maybe i just eat more of than you do. More of it than you do. Maybe thats what the. Well, i lionels pizza. I cant give you lionels pizza. A light pizza cos hes its a light pizza cos hes an athlete. Its a light. Romana i would if you asked me i would go if you asked me viewers and im asking you. I like bit of tuna with i like a bit of tuna with onion sweetcorn on a pizza. Onion and sweetcorn on a pizza. A what do you think . What would you have . Tuna on pizza. Tuna on a pizza. Tuna on a pizza. Tuna on a pizza. Tuna sweetcorn, corn and onion. Im flabbergasted. I mean, really dont know i mean, i really dont know how to follow that. Well, you wont get better than that. Thats all i can say. Unless differently. Gb unless you know differently. Gb views or tweet at views and gbnews. Com or tweet at gb news as. Gb news as. Right news just in in the last hour and the chancellor says inflation is still too high this as the core rate has fallen marginally to 6. 7. Well, in a statement , jeremy hunt said statement, jeremy hunt said todays news shows the plan to deal with inflation is working. Deal with inflation is working. He always says that, doesnt he plan and simple. So the drop is, well, its just 0. 1, minuscule. Just 0. 1, minuscule. Teeny weeny. Teeny, teeny, teeny rishi sunak. Hes teeny as well. Hes teeny as well. But were asking now , what but were asking now, what does this mean for Interest Rates and mortgages . Of course were all in this cost of living crisis, a dip inflation, though, was certainly not expected. And. Was certainly not expected. And. Okay. Well, the chancellor here said heres more of what he said. Were just going to show what he said. We have to stick to plan. Okay. Heres that to the plan. Okay. Heres that and more. And more. Chancellor, your reaction to the inflation figures out today. The path to lowering inflation is never easy because it doesnt happenin is never easy because it doesnt happen in a straight line. But if you look at the overall picture, since it peaked last autumn, it is now down 40. And that says the plan is working. That says the plan is working. But even at 6. 7, that is a lot of pain for ordinary families who are seeing their shopping bills go up, their fuel prices go up. And that is why it is essential that we continue to stick to that plan, deliver the Prime Ministers pledge and the bank of englands target, get it right down to 2. Inflation was 10. 7 on the 4th of january, when the pm set his target of halving inflation this year. Is your target of 5. 3. Inflation in december nailed on. And is this the beginning, the beginning of the end of the cost of living crisis . Well, the independent forecasters are saying that we are on track to meet the Prime Ministers target. So lets see ministers target. So lets see what happens. But the one thing what happens. But the one thing we must not do now is to go on any kind of a borrowing binge as advocated by others, because that would only mean, as people like the ifs say, that Interest Rates would stay higher for longer. On other things. Whats your reaction to mps who say your government is abandoning net zero measures by pushing back key targets like the ban on new petrol and diesel cars . Well, we are incredibly proud to be the country that has reduced emissions by more than any other past net zero any other that past net zero into law before any other major country. And only yesterday the Prime Minister said we will continue reduce emissions. Continue to reduce emissions. But we need to do so in a way thatis but we need to do so in a way that is proportion fit, pragmatic and carries families with us who are finding life extremely difficult at the moment and youll hear more more about how were going to do that later on this week. Do you own the net . Zero targets are bankrupting britain . Well, youll hear more later this week. But as nothings been announced, anything announced, i cant say anything more point. More at this point. You , Liam Halligan. Thank you, Liam Halligan. Thank you, Liam Halligan. Business and what what our business and what what are your Business Editor . Whatever. Whatever. Whatever. Everything. Whatever. Everything. Whatever. Chief analyst. Well see. Chief analyst. Well see. Well see. Teasing about their whats this all about . Hes saying i think it is going to be a major speech on net as tom harwood was net zero as tom harwood was saying. Think has been saying. I think this has been brewing in the conservative brewing up in the conservative party long time. It will party for a long time. It will be they want popular because party for a long time. It will be ththeyre popular because party for a long time. It will be ththeyre sayingar because party for a long time. It will be ththeyre saying to ecause party for a long time. It will be ththeyre saying to people what theyre saying to people are being keep are saying were being keep getting word. Getting that word. What did say . Taken for what did she say . Taken for fools far too long. Its fools for far too long. Its costing us change our borders costing us to change our borders is costing change our car is costing us to change our car is costing us to change our car is costing us to change our car is costing us. Everything seems to costing us. And am i right to be costing us. And am i right in saying theyre taking this into account and theyre to going well, itll going say, right, well, itll cost less. Cost you a bit less. The tories want clear indeed, the tories want clear blue water to use the late margaret thatchers phrase between on this. Between them and labour on this. Labours sort of islington tendency, if you like , is very tendency, if you like, is very gung on these net zero targets. Even though a lot of trade unions that traditionally back the labour party are really concerned. Talk to gary smith, who runs the gmb union about net zero, about the cost of the windfall tax on north sea utilities , oil and gas utilities, oil and gas companies. And so on. Lots of people are employed by these companies. And whats happening now is that the tories are acknowledging the outside of the political and media class. There are an awful lot of people out there who are very, very concerned, not necessarily about moving to a cleaner environment. They want that. But we are now able to have a debate finally without being accused of being knuckle dragging idiots. If we can discuss where the cost of net zero actually falls and how much its going to cost, this is going to cost hundreds of billions of pounds to completely retool our economy as we move away from oil and gas. Retool our economy as we move away from oil and gas. And the away from oil and gas. And the tories are now acknowledging that. And doing so in order to distance themselves from labours approach on inflation. An the chancellor there, i think its fair to say, possibly a bit muted. He wasnt gloating at all and hes right to be cautious, isnt he, because, you know, weve been talking this morning the morning about how the predictions actually for it predictions were actually for it to worse has been to be worse than it has been this morning of this this morning because of this increase fuel that saw in increase in fuel that we saw in august, increase has august, that increase has continued month. We continued through this month. We could inflation could well see inflation going up month, couldnt we . Up next month, couldnt we . Right, isabel. I think youre right, isabel. I think it is a surprise that inflation came down today from 6. 8 during the year to july to 6. 7 during the year to august. Its a surprise because in august we had the sharpest increases in petrol and diesel pnces increases in petrol and diesel prices in any month for 23 years. Crikey i got my abacus out to do to do that one. And that increase in fuel prices is still in these numbers. Its being offset by a slowdown in food price inflation, a slowdown in Service Sector inflation. But those issues are still there. And what really concerns me about inflation is the geopolitics of this. What does this mean . It means thats scary. The oil price is, you know, the russians are controlling this. Well, i wouldnt say theyre controlling it. But look, the Global Economy is not really out of second gear post covid. Okay the Global Economy is not booming. America economy is not booming. America is doing okay. The demand for oil should be slowing, which should bring down the price of oil which means that it helps oil, which means that it helps the economy to get moving again. But thats not happening. Eamonn, price of is up eamonn, the price of oil is up 30 over the last three months and thats because of opec demand for oil when we should be the demand for electric batteries and solar powered and wind power. Batteries and solar powered and wind power. How many how many barrels of oil if a barrel is about this high and this round, how many barrels of oil . Eamonn does the world use every day . Idea, man. Idea. No idea, man. No idea. No idea, man. No idea. How about if i told you it was 100 million, right . Its 100 Million Barrels every single not going to get off that. We are not going to get off that. No, we are going to we are going to get off oil and gas, but its going to take time and its going to take time and its going to take time and its going to cost a huge amount of money. Whatever the virtue signalling i signalling politicians say. I mean, alex sharma on the mean, i heard alex sharma on the radio morning, man, radio this morning, nice man, got a lot of respect for him, talked lot over the talked to him a lot over the years. He was of course, he was the cabinet minister who oversaw the cabinet minister who oversaw the cop summit glasgow. Do the cop summit in glasgow. Do you because you remember . He cried because he with emotion he was so overcome with emotion that we have to hit these net zero targets. And said on the zero targets. And he said on the radio morning, what radio this morning, what a shame. Rishi sunak breaking shame. Rishi sunak is breaking the political consensus net the political consensus on net zero. Alok sharma because zero. No alok sharma because there is no political consensus on net zero at all. Theres lots of people who want a cleaner environment, almost everybody. But theres lots of ordinary working people are really worried about where the cost of this change falls and thats what the tories are responding. This is developed, keeping us all very interesting what all very interesting as to what is happening this. During is happening with this. During the views really the week. And your views really , really welcome and well get to those next time round. Know, lot of where the you know, a lot of where the cost falling is on the cost is falling is on the forecourt. As weve been discussing this morning. And we can now and speak can cross to one now and speak to reporter, lisa hartle, to our reporter, lisa hartle, who is there us this who is there for us this morning. And is the cost of morning. And it is the cost of fuel that we think could well mean bit of a problem further mean a bit of a problem further down it comes to down the road when it comes to inflation, in spite of the good news this morning. News this morning. Hello. Yes, well , news this morning. Hello. Yes, well, as we news this morning. Hello. Yes, well , as we were hello. Yes, well, as we were heanng hello. Yes, well, as we were hearing there, we did expect the inflation to go up, but theyve come slightly. But market experts were expecting it to go up because the price of fuel has been surging. So motorists are having to pay an extra £0. 10 a litre for petrol since the beginning of august and £0. 13 a litre for diesel since the beginning of august. That means uk drivers are now paying £1. 55 on average per litre of petrol , on average per litre of petrol, with diesel at £1. 59. Now i spoke to some of the motorists filling up here yesterday and they all said the same thing. Theyre worried with the cost of living, this is another expense that they cant afford. And that they cant afford. And lets have a little listen to what some of them had to say. Its ridiculous at the moment. I just put £50 in for half a tank of petrol and that has never been before. Ive never done that before. I just think its ridiculous and i dont know what im going to do if it goes up any more. Luckily, if it goes up any more. Luckily, i drive a hybrid , so im kind of i drive a hybrid, so im kind of all right in that department. I think with the cost of living crisis in general, its just an added extra that no one needs. So it makes people feel like they shouldnt be driving as much or that they cant drive as much. And then youve got obviously ulez change and obviously the ulez change and things its just things like that. So its just added costs that dont need to happen infringing on the happen is infringing on the normal trying earn normal motorists trying to earn an living. An honest living. Just that i mean, we just had that ridiculous ulez ridiculous mess up with ulez with mr mean, and if with mr khan. I mean, and if pnces with mr khan. I mean, and if prices go up once more , its prices go up once more, its going to be another blow to us. People and not going to be people and its not going to be not going to be welcomed by anyone. And some market experts, although this might be different to what liam thinks, but some market experts say that the cost of oil that going up is driven by russia and saudi arabia agreeing to cut Oil Production and that with the increase in demand from china, is going to continue to push these fuel pnces continue to push these fuel prices up. And the rac has prices up. And the rac has warned motorists that because this cut in Oil Production is said to be in place till the end of the year, no that the rac have warned that motorists cant expect a drop in fuel anytime soon. Thank you very much indeed. So just to emphasise in there what youre saying, thats the practical ease of it all. Indeed , the opec exporters indeed, the opec exporters cartel controls half of Global Production and 80 of all known oil reserves , and theyre oil reserves, and theyre working in cahoots with the russians who arent opec members. But the saudis and the russians are now really, really close, and theyve got a lot closer. Ever since the wests response to russias invasion of ukraine, it doesnt give me any pleasure to say this. Im just reflecting the reality. And reflecting the reality. And Financial Markets understand that. You see, my friend and colleague beside me here, she was noticing for the past month that particularly just how the price of your your. Well, yeah, like lisa was saying was going up. Yeah its just expensive on and you just nofice just expensive on and you just notice it you know its going over £100 filling up the tank and it wasnt like that for a long time. We had a7p and an £0. 08 respectively increase in average petrol and diesel prices. In august , the highest monthly rise august, the highest monthly rise for years. And thats its for 23 years. And thats its still in those Inflation Numbers i keith saying thank goodness some common sense is creeping into net zero targets. Into the net zero targets. I live in an isolated rural village and rely on an old boiler and a petrol car. My cottage is wholly unsuitable for a heat pump. It wouldnt work, frankly , without my oil boiler , frankly, without my oil boiler, i would freeze. Lets hope a more common sense and flexible approach becomes the norm. A approach becomes the norm. A flexible approach in the nhs, Junior Doctor and consultants strike. Theyre going to unite. Today for a joint strike. This is the first time in the history of the nhs. Yes thousands of members up and down the country are walking out of hospitals, leaving many of them on Christmas Day. Levels. Staffing levels. Staffing levels. Okay, sophie reaper and jack carson are reporters joining us now to tell us more. Good morning, guys. Good morning. Morning, guys. Good morning. Good morning to you both. Good morning to you both. Good morning to you both. To you, first of all, then, sophie, tell us about the picture where you are. Picture where you are. Well, good morning to you both. As i say, despite some rather horrendous weather, people are now starting to arrive here on the picket line here at manchester Royal Infirmary for strike day, where well see Junior Doctors and consultants walk out at the same time for the very first time in the history of the nhs. Over the coming days, were expecting thousands of British Medical Association members to walk out from hospitals up and down the country, causing mass disruption across the nhs at all levels. Now, in response to this, Matthew Taylor, who is the chief executive of the Nhs Confederation , he has said that confederation, he has said that this is an awful scenario, that they have feared for a very long time and that all those staff have had quite some time to prepare for it. It does seem inevitable that Patient Safety will be put at risk today. He went on to say that over the coming days, we expect over 100,000 operations and appointments to be cancelled and that so far , industrial action that so far, industrial action of this nature has cost over £1 billion. Now that is because, of course, this isnt the first time this has happened. This kind of strike have been going on for quite some time and its as far as we know, its not the last time. We already know that joint strikes between Junior Doctors and consultants are now scheduled for the second, third and 4th of october. After i was here yesterday speaking to some of the consultants as they took to the picket lines, one of them told me that he didnt want to be taking industrial action. He would rather be serving his patients, but in to order make sure his voice was heard , he sure his voice was heard, he felt he had no other choice. Felt he had no other choice. Its okay, sophie. Thank you. Well, to jack, then. With the well, to jack, then. With the situation where you are, because this is, as weve been discussing, a situation up and down the country today. Down the country today. Yeah, thats right. As you mentioned. And as well, isabel, mentioned. And as well, isabel, this is Christmas Day Style Service from the doctors and from the hospitals around the country. This is the Queen Elizabeth hospital in birmingham. Here at the picket line shes going start line. Shes going to start around this morning for around 9 00 this morning for different hospitals are coming together here. But of course, we know the position very much from the government. Steve barclay unwilling to reopen those negotiations with doctors, of course, they accepted that independent pay review body a while ago. But a new poll out today on behalf of the British Medical Association finding that 70 of english adults believe that its important for negotiations to reopen, 63 were in favour of the government paying in favour of the government paying doctors more and settling the dispute. But Steve Barclay , the dispute. But Steve Barclay, the dispute. But Steve Barclay, the Health Secretary, is accused the Health Secretary, is accused the bma and the doctors of course, collaborating together on this Junior Doctor and Senior Consultant strike of this, of these strikes being politically motivated and theyre having increasing militant. See of increasing militant. See of course, the government are considering it of course, with the train strikes that have gone and there was a minimum levels of service that passed through parliament, the Health Secretary is considering having that, of course, hospitals as well course, for hospitals as well because of the increasing strikes that dont look like theres to be end theres going to be an end because the there are no because of the fact there are no negotiate is ongoing. So the government to sure government trying to make sure that days like this, of that on days like this, of course, that they can still provide minimum Staffing Levels, better Staffing Levels than those Christmas Dale Style Services. But Steve Barclay saying because of the saying that because of the because of the independent pay review, the Junior Doctors are getting rise of up to getting a pay rise of up to 10. 3 and on top of course with the Senior Consultants that headune the Senior Consultants that headline figure of many of them earning over £100,000, some pubuc earning over £100,000, some public are wondering why they are , of course, on strike. But are, of course, on strike. But that poll out today on that new poll out today on behalf of the bma, showing us that new poll out today on behemostthe bma, showing us that new poll out today on behemost people a, showing us that new poll out today on behemost people arounding us that new poll out today on behemost people around the js that most people around the country believe the government should reopen those negotiations i lions okay, jack and sophie, thank you both for that. Thank you. With that, were going to take a break. Lionel messis messi pizza. Or maybe its not messi pizza. Or maybe its not so messy. Did he have a portion of tuna on his pizza . Why are you mocking me for that . Well, no, i mean, it sounds quite exotic to me, you know . Quite exotic to me, you know . So i know i was born and raised in the shires, but home county. So anchovies on top of that as well. So quite, quite salty. Sounds quite french, like a pizza. And i like deep bass. And i like deep bass. Yeah. Thick bass. American bass. As opposed to the thin. Well, messi likes a skinny one because hes a footballer. Hes got to watch his weight, all the details. Well serve that up right after this. After this. That warm feeling inside from boxt boilers. Proud sponsors of weather on. Gb news. Weather on. Gb news. Good morning. Im alex burkill here with your latest gb news weather update brought to you by the met office. On this wet and windy wednesday, theres also the risk of some thunder for some of as a band of rain for some of us as a band of rain crosses england and wales, it is gradually pushing its way eastwards as we go through today with some heavy bursts in it. By with some heavy bursts in it. By the we get to the the time we get to the afternoon, its likely to be affecting parts of southeastern england something a bit england with something a bit brighter, following in brighter, perhaps following in behind of behind across some parts of northern scotland northern england, scotland and perhaps Northern Ireland, but also of showers here and also plenty of showers here and some of heavy and thundery. Some of them heavy and thundery. Temperatures peak around temperatures should peak around 2021 celsius towards the south east but under that rain, with a strong winds, its not going to feel that warm. That going to feel that warm. That heavy rain continues across parts of the south east as we go through this evening, eventually clearing towards the east clearing away towards the east overnight. It, clearer overnight. Behind it, clearer skies than weve had through some recent nights, but still the risk of some showers, particularly around some western parts, perhaps some coastal fringes because of the fringes as well, because of the clearer temperatures are clearer skies, temperatures are going drop a little bit lower going to drop a little bit lower than done through some than they have done through some recent it could be recent nights. So it could be a bit chilly to start first thing on thursday that band on thursday morning. That band of have through of rain that we have through today will have cleared today that will have cleared away towards the east and so its brighter picture for many its a brighter picture for many of though, of us tomorrow. Still, though, plenty to watch out plenty of showers to watch out for, the for, particularly into the afternoon. Across western afternoon. Notice across western parts of scotland here. Were going have heavy rain going to have some heavy rain pushing its way in and still some strong winds here the some strong winds here with the risk gales. Risk of coastal gales. Temperatures on paper down a degree two compared to today degree or two compared to today by by that warm feeling inside from boxt boilers proud sponsors of weather on gb news. Now for our royal correspondents jetting from new york to paris because its a really big week for the royal family. Weve had the earthshot prize stuff with Prince William, and royal highness, and today, his royal highness, king charles iii, and Queen Camilla are travelling to france for their first overseas engagement , for their first overseas engagement, and it will be a full state visit. This one was postponed from a few weeks ago because of the riots in paris. And theyre to going join president and mrs. Macron for a ceremony of remembrance and wreath laying at the arc de triomphe , marking the the arc de triomphe, marking the shared sacrifice. As of the past shared sacrifice. As of the past and an enduring legacy of cooperation between before two countries. A very fancy banquet this evening at the palace of versailles. Well, someone who versailles. Well, someone who knows more about all of this than us is the royal commentator, michael cole. Good morning to you , michael. Look, morning to you, michael. Look, they such a successful state they had such a successful state visit, didnt they, to germany. Theyll be hoping to replicate that today in paris. Good morning, isabel. Good morning, eamonn. Yes in royal terms , a state visit to france terms, a state visit to france is big medicine indeed. Terms, a state visit to france is big medicine indeed. As is big medicine indeed. As eamonn has just said, there will be a wreath laying at the arc de triomphe in memory of the hundreds of thousands of french, british and irish soldiers who died on the soil of france. And there will be this splendid banquet this evening at versailles and the hall of mirrors, 180 people at a table 180ft long. Why such a big table . So that everybody present can say, i was at the kings table . Therell also be meetings with there we are. Were seeing macron earlier meeting with the king and the queen. The queen, by the way, will be meeting with madame macron. Theyre setting up a franco British Literary prize on the sporting front. There will be meetings with some of the players who are there in the rugby world cup. And of course, besides the british players, the irish players, the welsh, the scots , the welsh, the scots, the australians and the new zealanders. So plenty of people for the king and the queen to meet and on the following day theyll be going down to bordeaux, which of course was one of the last possessions in france of the english king years and years, centuries ago , where and years, centuries ago, where there will be visiting an organic vineyard and of course, claret very close to the british heart at all times. And, you know, these visits state visits to france are very , very to france are very, very important. The basis of our relationship with france was the 1904 entente cordiale , and that 1904 entente cordiale, and that was sealed by edward the seventh, the kings great great grandfather, when he kissed the hand of a french actress and said, madame, you are as beautiful as france itself. Now that actually was the clincher because only six years before wed almost gone to war with france over the fashoda incident and wed been on bad terms with france for ages. But since that 1904 entente cordiale , weve 1904 entente cordiale, weve been allies through two world wars from time to time, the relationship has been strained. Relationship has been strained. Of course it has. But there have been other very important state visits. 1938, king george the sixth, and the Queen Elizabeth later the queen mother just before the visit, her mother died. And they didnt postpone. Died. And they didnt postpone. And very cleverly, the queen wore a wardrobe all of white, which is the alternate colour for mourning. And she created a for mourning. And she created a sensation in france, which was very hard to do for british people to lead in fashion. But she did it and everybody went wild for her. So great things are in prospect. And this is as eamonn indicated, a very important visit. Important visit. Yeah, i think thats an amazing story about Queen Elizabeths mother and setting that fashion trend there because i wouldnt normally think of her in terms of being a fashion leader there. But but an amazing that must have been not to be in black, but to be in all white. Amazing Lady Strathmore , amazing Lady Strathmore, countess of strathmore, the queen queen, mothers mother died and they postponed it for six days. But they did something very clever. I think it was Norman Hartnell who was for a long time the couturier for the royal family. They just said, lets white. Know, they lets go white. You know, they couldnt have her going on a state visit draped in black, which is a normal thing. Widows weeds and it was a sensation. And the pictures are still exist. And of course, as you say, we were never wed never tell the french about fashion, although the original couturier worth was a yorkshireman and he dressed the french empress eugenie in the 19th century. So the in a way, the brits were there at the birth of the french fashion industry in the 19th century. Michael well well be watching it and im sure you will. I think therell be some great pictures. Okay. Very good. Michael as usual. Youre full of it. Full of all lovely , marvellous information. The pictures is painting. The pictures is painting. Hes painted. Hes painted. You know what you can tell by the king or queen. I bet you he sat at a big table. Yeah, hes done that. Youve got his time. But thats a whole story for another day, friend, because another day, my friend, because weve out about weve got to find out about lionel pizza. So thank Lionel Messis pizza. So thank you much indeed. Michael you very much indeed. Michael cole, royal commentator there. Paul , who you heard us paul coyte, who you heard us talking about, big tables and banquets there and all sorts of things. So if were dining with lionel messi, what is the story of this pizza . Do you want to go straight in with the pizza . Straight in with the pizza. The pizza. So the thing is, hes ordered pizza after inter plant. After inter miami plant. There it that thats the it is. Its that thats the pizza. Now, theres a lot of tomato of tomato, tomato sauce, a lot of tomato, a lot of tomato to turn that into a on the pizza. I dont a sauce on the pizza. I dont know. Should we just got a few olives on there a bit of olives on there and a bit of onions and everybodys up basically crazy basically saying this is crazy pizza, on . But pizza, whats going on . But thats ordered. Where thats what hes ordered. Where did that . Well, he got it did he get that . Well, he got it from country he got it in from which country he got it in in america, in miami, from which country he got it in in america, in miami , because in america, in miami, because thats where hes living from an argentine armenian parlour argentine armenian pizza parlour called banchero. And banchero called banchero. And banchero was doing okay. But now in miami, just since that pizza , miami, just since that pizza, there it is, theres queuing up around the flying off the shelves. Theyre flying everybodys queuing up. So i dont know whether they actually think going to see think that theyre going to see lionel there whether lionel messi in there or whether theyre to. Its the theyre going to. Its the special Going Special sauce thats going to make great. Dont know. Make him great. I dont know. Have you ever had tuna on pizza . Ive never had tuna on a have you ever heard of tuna . Only thing ive ever heard of was was when started talking thing ive ever heard of was was when tuna started talking thing ive ever heard of was was when tuna on started talking thing ive ever heard of was was when tuna on aarted talking thing ive ever heard of was was when tuna on a pizza. Alking about tuna on a pizza. Is it a Northern Irish thing . Is it a Northern Irish thing . Is it just a strange french thing . We catch all the tuna off the coast of ireland right now. When you order it, though, do they go . No, they dont go. And they think natural to have think its quite natural to have tuna, anchovy tuna on tuna, onions and anchovy tuna on that tuna, onions and anchovy tuna on tha yes. Yes. Yes. Id rather my pizza than id rather have my pizza than have lionels pizza. Yeah, youre right. Yeah. That didnt look like a pizza to me. It looked like a brioche or something. Well, the thing is, after with lionel, be the homes, pizza, everybodys going to be queuing dup never queuing up, so dup you never know, well, you know what . Youre teasing this for 2 or 3 now . Could i just say it 3 days now . Could i just say it let down . Yeah, it wasnt worth waiting for. Well, the thing is, though, i had and then each time had it ready, and then each time we never had time for it. And i do feel it was an anti climax. It apologise, on it looks, i apologise, but on behalf of messi has nothing to do with me. Behalf of messi has nothing to do so1 me. Behalf of messi has nothing to do so1 meorder a pizza you so you order a pizza and you say, just give me 20 big slices of tomato. Do a tomato. Of tomato. Do like a tomato. Like instance, i like a like for instance, i like a tomato on burger, for instance. I bet those olives have got stones in well. Stones in as well. It looks like a very lazy pizza maker, if you ask me. Yeah. Couldnt be bothered to make you make a bit more if you know its youd its lionel messi, youd rearrange tomatoes a little rearrange the tomatoes a little bit better. But thats what thats what he thats what the top he wanted. Thats what the top footballers thought footballers eat. I just thought id with you. Yeah, and id share it with you. Yeah, and im sorry that. Well, you should have im sorry that. Well, you should havanything else you want anything else you want to share with us . Well, ill tell you what. Well, yesterday, Manchester City, so theyve city, they look good. So theyve gone in every gone through good in every competition. Do. Competition. Of course they do. Theyve injuries. Theyve got more injuries. Newcastle a away, but newcastle got a draw away, but you see from the players you can see from the players there, play for fun. There, they they play for fun. They you know and guardiola is never with anything. Is never happy with anything. Hes its thats hes just you know its thats what need pushes everything what you need pushes everything forward to but match your forward to be but but match your Manchester United will be playing munich at the allianz playing in munich at the allianz arena be playing arena and theyll be playing against certain kane arena and theyll be playing agaigot certain kane arena and theyll be playing agaigot acertain kane arena and theyll be playing agaigot a feeling kane arena and theyll be playing agaigot a feeling isabella 1e arena and theyll be playing agaigot a feeling isabella who ive got a feeling isabella who they i might be in they wanted am i might be in good tomorrow. Good mood tomorrow. Think you be in a you think you will be in a good no, i dont think good mood . No, i dont think i will be fine. Whats there to look forward to . Well, you never know. Well, you never know. Mission impossible. Mission impossible. Well, you never know. Well, you never know. Dent, dent, dent, dent. Well, you never know. I dent, dent, dent, dent. Well, you never know. I mean, dent, dent, dent. Well, you never know. I mean, look,t, dent, dent. Well, you never know. I mean, look, hisant, dent. Well, you never know. I mean, look, his smilingt. Well, i mean, look, his smiling face there, it will ram home. Why . Should bust the why . We should have bust the bank to bring him about 150 bank to bring him paid about 150 million or something. News yesterday but there was news yesterday which out at a forum that which came out at a forum that actually was said by daniel levy that there is a buy back clause for harry kane, that theres a chance once harry kane chance that once harry kane leaves he will leaves Bayern Munich, he will be bought by tottenham hotspur. But would it hotspur. b. M but what would it really be then . 48 . Then . 39, 40 or 48 . Well take him. Well take him. Well take him. Thats a buy back but sorry, thats a buy back clause for tottenham. Yes. So that was in the deal. And if you remember when there news that he going there was news that he was going to leaving, id had a little to be leaving, id had a Little Exchange with his brother and just said, you know, oh, sorry to hear harry. And then he sent me message going, me a message back going, well, hopefully soon. Hopefully well see you soon. And had said and then harry had said something fans saying, something to the fans saying, you know, come back you never know, i may come back again. I think thats exactly again. So i think thats exactly what its going to be in the end. People have spoken. Hes been in touch. Excellent choice, eamonn. Husband and often in touch. Excellent choice, eama1n. Husband and often in touch. Excellent choice, eama thin husband and often in touch. Excellent choice, eama thin crust;band and often in touch. Excellent choice, eama thin crust spinach d often in touch. Excellent choice, eama thin crust spinach andyften buy a thin crust spinach and ricotta and add tuna or ricotta pizza and add tuna or anchovies, chilli and feta. Its delicious. Thanks for a brilliant show as always. And wait for this one. Avril madden. I dont know why isabel thinks tuna on pizza is weird. I do wonder about how sometimes is it tinned tuna or is it fresh tuna . 7 that 7 that doesnt matter. That doesnt matter. Doesnt matter. Tuna doesnt matter. Tuna tuna. Tuna. Tuna. Tuna. The point is, pizzas. The point is, pizzas. The point is, pizzas. The weird is the word. Weird is the word. About time is the word. Its about time more realise eccentric. More people realise eccentric. More people realise this woman is weird. Im weird and youre so normal. Why dont you. Why dont you come round to my house and well have a crumble pizza . No. And ill. Ill have the pizzas in of the pizzas. Okay, great. The pizzas. Okay, great. But were not watching that football you being football match. Are you being all do it another all grumpy . Well do it another night. Okay. Right oh, gosh. Tuna on you being such a harry. Email inbox has gone crazy. I cant up. I love pizza. Cant keep up. I love pizza. Thin crust, tuna and onions, says linda de michael. Sweetcorn. Sweetcorn is nice. Sweetcorn is nice. I buy a margherita from the supermarket and i stick a red onion with some tuna on it, says michael, dont shoot that. Rubbish. At that. Thats rubbish. Look at that. Thats disgusting. Showing thats disgusting. Im showing that for. Thats disgusting. Im showing tha but. Thats disgusting. Im showing tha but its a football thing. But its a football thing. But its a football thing. Says leslie. Taste says leslie. Taste says leslie. Know, its a football you know, its a football thing. Pizza in thing. Getting pizza in afterwards. This is professional. Professional afterwards. This is prothat onal. Professional afterwards. This is prothat onal. Protheyveil afterwards. This is prothatonal. Protheyveil to do that because theyve got to build golden build the golden golden hour. Hour after dont you . One hour after exercise, you can eat whatever you want. Bring the pizzas in. And also interesting nobodys interesting that nobodys mentioned thing interesting that nobodys mentionytheres thing interesting that nobodys mentionytheres that thing interesting that nobodys mentionytheres that big thing; because theres that big thing about have pineapples about you cant have pineapples on couldnt care less. On pizza. I couldnt care less. Whats pineapple, whats with pineapple, right . Paul . Paul . I own hawaiian pizza ham and pineapple, from worsley. Yeah. Worsley. Worsley. Worsley dont ask me. Worsley dont ask me. Worsley dont ask me. Its a manchester irs word. Its a manchester irs word. Its a manchester irs word. Wheres that . I dont know where worsley is. Wheres worsley . Wheres worsley . But what about we havent mentioned course. Mentioned pizzagate. Of course. Of course. Of course. About the arsenal attack on sir alex ferguson. Yes. You know, they they in the tunnel. They took a pizza and they pushed it into his face. Oh, no, thats how rude was ashley cole that through it could. Could. It could have been i cant remember who did it, but you do it from distance because if you really see they can fly through the air like a frisbee. Those things, i dont think. Those things, i dont think. Worsley exists, by way. Worsley exists, by the way. I think they might have spelt wrong. Okay. Okay. Okay. Thank you very much indeed. Are we done . Can i just say that that was worth doing . Because look at what you got out of talking to me. Talking about this, me. Youre talking about this, but about but theyre not talking about messis but theyre not talking about me� theyre talking about my pizza. Oh, was it your pizza . Oh, was it your pizza . Thats it. So thats yes, thats it. So thats that sorted. Lionel messi 837 time lionel messi 837 is the time youre tuned on television, youre tuned in on television, on radio, online to breakfast here on gb news. And coming up next, well be discussing the prince of discussing why the prince of wales now being referred to wales is now being referred to as prince of new york. As the prince of new york. A look at the papers and the stories online in headline makers next. What you know, im just reading here, so keir starmer armour meets the french president , emmanuel macron. And what does he present him with . With an arsenal. Shirt and what does he present him with . With an arsenal. Shirt im sure macron does not support arsenal, nor is he remotely interested if a care showing hes a man of the people. Dont forget. Dont forget. Yeah, yeah. Yeah, yeah. You could just imagine the two lads there. Oh yeah. Well done. Oh, great. God gunners shirt here. Whereas mr macron showed he was a not a man of the people by returning the favour with cufflinks. Yeah. Which would you rather. Yeah. Which would you rather. Yeah. Which would you rather. Which would you rather. Yeah. Right okay. Right. Okay we have got derek lord and Anna Mikhailova here and they are going through the stories that are getting people talking today. Anna this is an awful story about a Detention Centre near gatwick airport. The guardian are running this and its in other publications as well. Tell us so. So tell us well. Tell us so. So tell us about its not a prison, but but obviously its run on prison guidelines. Its a Detention Centre. Yeah. And what a report into it which follows an undercover investigation by panorama, has shown that has found that theres a toxic culture with examples of human rights violations. So one of the most shocking examples is someone pressing down on a detainees neck and other such things. So the report is calling for changes to the system , including changes to the system, including a 28 day time limit for how long people can be kept there. So what would happen to them after 28 days . Well, this is the big question. Yeah. So they dont keep them whether theyre going to do with them. F f to a hotel. Well, sent to a hotel. Well, sent to a hotel. Well, sent to a hotel. Well, and we found out yesterday the of that gone yesterday the price of that gone up third rishi sunak up by a third since rishi sunak pledged get a grip of these pledged to get a grip of these hotels to £8 million a day. I think its 28 days in but i think its 28 days in the european jurists actions, and i think thats what theyre trying to get us to be in alignment with. Alignment with. Yeah, they are. But all of this is just hugely problematic and shows how complicated the situation is and how its just not, you know , i think a lot of not, you know, i think a lot of people do support Asylum Seekers, Illegal Immigrants being detained. But the issue is being detained. But the issue is what happens to them next . How quickly are they processed . And the whole system, frankly, is broken. This is just another example of that. Thats what i think that is the bigger that this is the bigger point that this is just example of the just another example of the state failing ng citizens. You know , whether its the police, know, whether its the police, you know, whether its prisons, whether its , you know, schools whether its, you know, schools , the state is significantly failing. And weve got to wake up to that. And thats a very big challenge for whoever comes after a rishi sunak well, we should point out the home secretary Suella Braverman will be on this very program in the next half an hour. So well be putting all of those points about the cost of these asylum hotels and these Asylum Seeker hotels and these Asylum Seeker hotels and the migrant centre, the brook house migrant centre, as all the big as well as all the other big news of the day. Can we talk about this surge in shoplifting . Thats more than shoplifting. And its not just happened. Weve reported this. Derek about supermarkets in particular. Yes, but this is not this is jims, this is hotels basically, if its not nailed down and i have theres something somebody told me yesterday they were they were at a sainsburys and somebody was being pursued for shoplifting. And this person tripped them up as they were going out. Yeah. And i thought but you say you see its interesting, isabel, previously i would have been like that. But i just sort of think a lot of people, they dont steal unless they need this. While the time says this is middle class shoplifters. So i think these sound like chancers rather than and people who are on the breadline. Who are on the breadline. Yeah. Yeah. Derek, what do you think . Derek, what do you think . Well, i think three things. Well, i think three things. The first is that when i was in private equity finance, we owned hotels and we owned gyms. We decided to exit from our investment in them because we never really were ever able to realise what our true profit hits was because of all the stealing. Really . Yeah and also because people sort of stealing. Well robes and cutlery and cutlery, everything. Cutlery, everything. No, i agree with you. You see these things, you would walk in and you would say, i can understand people with shampoos and various things. I cant understand that. Yeah i cant understand that. Yeah you do you why . Why would you why do you my why . Why would you why do you my literally gets my husband literally gets his wash clears the lot in there. Weve got a whole vat in our bathroom full of them, which we never bathroom full of them, which we nevthis is why dereks not in this is why dereks not in the hotel anymore. The Hotel Business anymore. But one thing i would say but the one thing i would say about the supermarket kits is that kyrees that theyve actually kyrees created a new form of employer , created a new form of employer, and thats us. The customer. Because when the customer. Because when you go into these shops , you you go into these shops, you increasingly have to do everything yourself. Yes. When you check out, they never move to help you pack your bag. Absolutely. Absolutely. So. So, so, so, so theyve so. So, so, so, so theyve asked people to Self Checkout and thats actually led to a rise in people actually stealing. So you see a model that they might have to read certain things that i would be a really good citizen on or whatever it is somebodys stealing in a supermarket and running out. I would not put my life i wouldnt risk life or limb for that. I definitely stick a foot out and trip someone up. Well, why . So ive chased a robber up the road before my mum had her car broken into on our driveway. Thats growing up and i ran up the hill chasing it. I was stupid. I was stupid. I was stupid. I shouldnt have done. I shouldnt have done. I shouldnt have done. I think was it last week of the shop owners almost strangling . And that was all. And that was all. But that was a small unit. I can understand people getting. Can understand people getting. But you know, sainsburys, tesco , whatever. Why is it my problem . Um, you know, they should have enough security the enough security around the police. Police. We all share a moral code. We all share a moral code. No, i wouldnt bother anna. Would you. Would you apprehend someone in a supermarket . Someone in a supermarket . Personally, no, but i think where i think where this is all heading is those, you know, the new Amazon Stores where you walk in and youre just followed by cctv in every movement, everything you pick up is monitored and theres no normal checkout, which a lot of people when that came thought was when that came in thought was extremely creepy. But thats extremely creepy. But thats where going up where were going to end up because theres just too much loss too loss. Loss, too much loss. And youd agree with that. Derek had too much loss. I mean, from my own experience, you know, im afraid, you know, old habits die hard, but have you ever nicked a robe from a hotel . Derek no, i havent. Robe from a hotel . Derek no, i havent. And what derek no, i havent. And what ihave derek no, i havent. And what i have done, though , is ive i have done, though, is ive taken robe downstairs and taken a robe downstairs and asked whether i could purchase it. It. Oh, fian fian thats even better. Oh, well, thats even better. Was a hotel you were investigating . No. No. No. No. Okay. Okay. Okay. I mean, theres too many hotels now. You dont get a robe. Thats true. They dont. They dont bother doing that at all. Can we stay with the hotel theme and. Im sorry, im going back and i dont mean back to derek, and i dont mean to leave you out, but this has just eye and this is just caught my eye and this is in mirror online. Couple in the mirror online. A couple have a little romance have gone on a little romance mini break, but theyve had some company in bed, flees. Company in their bed, flees. And im not quite sure whether its protocol to mention that it was a travel lodge, but thats what it says here in the daily mirror. And i wonder what the price was of a night stay in this travel lodge. But i certainly wouldnt have wanted fleas as company for the night. But thats exactly what they exactly what they got. So, i mean, that does that does smack of a simple, straightforward hygiene issue. Hygiene issue. Yeah, absolutely. And bedbugs , you can take them home with you as well. Well, new york used to have a bedbug epidemic, so im now trained to check under the mattress. Oh, did you always mattress. Oh, did you always lift mattress in new york . Lift the mattress in new york . Well, would well, yeah. And you always would check to see if theres little blood splattering. Thats how blood splattering. Thats how blood splatter. You can tell. Thats can little thats how you can tell little dots. Thats trick. Always dots. Thats a trick. Always lift up the mattress and check. You know if you think but do you know if you think too much about what . Have find anything . Then have you find anything . Then you would leave, flee you would just. You leave, flee the flee. The room, you flee. We flee from the fleas. We flee from the fleas. Oh, no, thank you. Oh, no, thank you. Well, i did. I remember seeing documentary seeing a documentary once and somebody said if you set up a camera in a Hotel Bedroom and it recorded for a week, you would never sleep in a hotel bed. Theres a lot of truth. And also, you know, they have those cushions on on there and everyone takes them off and puts them on the floor to get into them on the floor to get into the bed. And then people get back on and its like and then they feet. But on they tread their feet. But on they tread their feet. But on the other mean, some of the other hand, i mean, some of us watched the renovations going on claridges, know, and on at claridges, you know, and i love be able to i would to love be able to afford to and stay at claridges. I mean, it was really inviting. It was meticulous. Irish attention to irish irish miners attention to irish diggers, machines, the diggers, new machines, the attention your attention to detail, your comfort. Mean, was comfort. I mean, nothing was spared. Absolutely wonderful. Sticking with new york, and sticking with new york, anna, Prince Williams been renamed the prince of new york. Hes gone down an absolute storm. Um, the royal family would be absolutely thrilled with this big boost to their popular city. And apparently hes not only been doing selfies and all sorts impromptu walkabout , but hes been spotted walkabout, but hes been spotted this morning going for a run in central park. I think it is. Yeah. Hes taking it by storm. So i dont know what the couple that we shall not mention in montecito are thinking. But i in montecito are thinking. But i cant be easy to watch. But cant be easy to watch. But Prince William has soared in in popularity in america for a while now. Hes seen as one of the most trusted and respected global figures. Yeah and presumably no bedbugs in the royal presumably no bedbugs in the royal, i imagine. No it must be a nightmare for his security detail. He decides to go running in central park. Well, you know, theyd be trained in all of that. Boris, did a hyde park lap every morning, didnt he . And all these. But he doesnt worry about his clothes. Boris runs in his underpants and black and. And his black socks and. Well, thats a sartorial dilemma. Hes dispensable. Prince william not. William is not. There we go. Oh, there we go. Oh, there we go. So where do want to go so where do you want to go next, eamonn . We oh, next, eamonn . Should we go . Oh, weve covered much weve covered pretty much everything. Its getting a bit heavy if we go back to , oh, heavy now. If we go back to, oh, pizza . Yes. Tuna on pizza thoughts . Yes. Tuna on a pizza. Derrick thoughts . I dont like pizzas, so im happy with whatever anybody decides , so long as i dont have decides, so long as i dont have to eat it. Yeah. Here is sue. Sue says shes 72 and shes never tasted a pizza. Never liked the look of a pizza. Never liked the look of them. Despite my family trying to persuade me. Janine says her favourite pizza is pizza altano. I cant believe isabel and paul think this is strange. Where have they been hiding . Welcome to my world and the cheek of isabel, asking if tuna on pizza is a Northern Irish thing. Big smile, says eileen. We have proper fries with potato bread and soda and some of the best chippies in the uk. You enjoy your pizza with tuna name and all you like. I think youve got it. Youve got it now. Whats this one were looking at . What you like, apparently. Well, theres a lot of cheese on one. There yeah, but on that one. There yeah, but its oh you dont like tuna with oh you dont like tuna with the no, no. The cheese . No no, no. Against it. But you nothing against it. But you dont need you dont need dont need it. You dont need it. Olive oil is nice on it. And olives garlic and all that olives and garlic and all that sort of nana. Youre suspiciously quiet down the end there. Ive never tried tuna on a pizza, but i do like pineapple and pizza, which lots of people take. Yes. Thick yes. Thick pierce or thin . Pierce thin. Pierce thin. The italian way, i and thats the italian way, i think traditional think the traditional italian way. And i think i read somewhere yesterday that the best pizzas in the world are made in a restaurant in chiswick i oh, really . Yeah. Oh, really . Yeah. Did you read that in a review of the restaurant that they left themselves . I didnt where i read it, but i did read it yesterday. Well, ill tell you, the reason were discussing pizza is, in case you are just tuning in, is because lionel messi has been to visit argentinean been to visit an argentinean pizzeria in in miami to get that right. And were all right. Yes. And we were all debating whether or not he debating whether or not what he had pizza. It turns out had on his pizza. It turns out he for what was it just he went for what was it just tomato olives. Tomato and olives. Massive. Looked a bit massive. It looked a bit weird. It wasnt vegetarian. At which point eamonn declared love a tuna. Declared his for love a tuna. A pizza . No, but i stand corrected. Everybody. Im sorry ive offended so many people. I shall it a try. Shall give it a try. Right . Right. Thank you very much indeed. Lord, thank much indeed. Derek lord, thank you well. You as well. Anna mikhailova, thank and Anna Mikhailova, thank youappreciate appreciate that. Appreciate that. Been a busy morning. Yeah. Lets find out what alex birchalls got in store us birchalls got in store for us with the weather forecast. Looks like things are heating up. Bob boilers, proud sponsors of weather on. Gb news. Of weather on. Gb news. Good morning. Of weather on. Gb news. Good morning. Im of weather on. Gb news. Good morning. Im alex good morning. Im alex burkill here with your latest gb news weather update brought to you by the met office on this wet and windy wednesday. Theres also the risk of some thunder for some of us as a band of rain crosses england and wales. It is gradually pushing its way eastwards as we go through today with some heavy bursts in it. By the we get to the the time we get to the afternoon, likely be afternoon, its likely to be affecting parts of southeastern england something bit england with something a bit brighter, following brighter, perhaps following in behind some parts of behind across some parts of northern england, scotland and perhaps ireland, but perhaps Northern Ireland, but also plenty showers here and also plenty of showers here and some heavy and thundery some of them heavy and thundery temperatures peak around temperatures should peak around 2021 celsius towards the south east. But under that rain with a strong winds, its not going to feel that warm, that heavy continue across parts heavy rain continue across parts of the south east as we go through this evening, eventually clearing towards the east clearing away towards the east overnight. Behind it, clearer skies weve had through skies than weve had through some nights, but still some recent nights, but still the of some showers, the risk of some showers, particularly some western particularly around some western parts, perhaps some coastal fringes , because the fringes as well, because of the clearer temperatures are clearer skies, temperatures are going drop a little bit lower going to drop a little bit lower than done through some than they have done through some recent so it could be recent nights. So it could be a bit chilly to start first thing on thursday morning. Band on thursday morning. That band of we have through of rain that we have through today will cleared today that will have cleared away and so away towards the east. And so its brighter picture for many its a brighter picture for many of us tomorrow. Still, though, plenty of showers to watch out for, into the for, particularly into the afternoon. Notice across western parts scotland here. Were parts of scotland here. Were going heavy rain going to have some heavy rain pushing way in and still pushing its way in and still some strong winds here with the risk coastal gales. Risk of coastal gales. Temperatures down temperatures on paper down a degree or two compared to today by by looks like things are heating up. Heating up. Boxt boilers, proud sponsors of weather on. Gb news 5 to 9 is of weather on. Gb news 5 to 9 is the time. Coming up next, were going to be joined by the home secretary Suella Braverman. So please stay here a very good morning to you. It is 9 00 on wednesday. The 20th of september. Youre watching breakfast on gb news with eamonn and isabel. And were also on radio as well. And wherever you are, wherever youre listening or watching, thank you for your company. Heres what weve been company. Heres what weve been covering so far this morning. The rate of inflation fell slightly to 6. 7 in august, the rate of inflation fell slightly to 6. 7 in august , with slightly to 6. 7 in august, with the chancellor saying this shows that the governments plan is working. But warns that inflation is still too high. Its the plan is working. But even at 6. 7, that is a lot of pain for ordinary families who are seeing their shopping bills go up, their fuel prices go up. And that is why it is essential that we continue. That we continue. Were also reporting on plans from the Prime Minister. We hear hes considering to roll back on some of the governments green policies. Basically what this policies. Basically what this means, it could mean a delay on the ban on the sales of new petrol and diesel cars that is coming at us and Junior Doctors and consultants are taking part in an unprecedented joint strike action over pay. Nhs staff could be forced to work during these walkouts, as the government plans to introduce minimum Service Levels i also, lets not forget the weather. Alex burkill on duty there today. There today. Hello. Good morning. Its not good news if youre after something drier and more settled with further heavy rain on the way. Ill have more later and if your views are very , very your views are very, very welcome, wed love to hear from you. Gb views or gbnews. Com. Or you can tweet. Gb news you can tweet. Gb news as youve just been hearing there, the chancellor saying inflation is still too high. The core rate falls marginally from 6. 8 to 6. 7, a drop of 0. 1. Yes, but what now for Interest Rates and our mortgages and the cost of living a dip in inflation was certainly not expected. Lets get the thoughts of the home secretary and all of this Suella Braverman who joins us. Good morning to you. First us. Good morning to you. First of all, your reaction then to this 6. 7 rate of inflation, better than expected. But as were seeing , prices at the were seeing, prices at the petrol pumps go up, we could still be in store for more trouble next month. Trouble next month. Yes, this is good news and well come progress on our plan to halve inflation. And it shows that the Prime Ministers plan is working. Obviously theres still further to go, but it does demonstrate that the disciplined approach that weve been taking to the public finances , the work to the public finances, the work that weve been doing to support the bank of england on Interest Rates and the support that weve put out, billions of pounds for householders to support themselves with energy costs. Themselves with energy costs. This is all working and we need to stick to this plan until we achieve our goal. Home secretary, i just want to talk to you about this online protection and get you to explain a lot to us. And so meta, which owns instagram and facebook and whatever they plan to have end to end encryption, which for safety reasons, many people may think is a very good thing. Why are you worried about this . Why do you think this is not a good thing . This is if i send you a message on instagram at the moment, it could be hacked or read. They want to put an end to that. So whats your an end to that. So whats your concern . Concern . Were facing a crisis. Put simply, when it comes to the safety of Children Online and the vast majority of these referrals that the nca, the National Crime agency , makes National Crime agency, makes right bait to who are using Facebook Messenger and instagram direct to harm children, to abuse them, to coerce them into , to conducting themselves in a sexual way, an indecent way, a way. Theyre filming them. Theyre uploading those images, and then theyre sharing them and then theyre sharing them and we also know that 80 of onune and we also know that 80 of online child sexual abusers will commit in person child sexual abuse. Ive met survivors , abuse. Ive met survivors, leaders and victims of online and physical child sexual abuse , and i dont need to tell you, but its devastating for them and their families and for parents out there. What meta is proposing will have a devastating impact effect on child safety. Child safety. Well, weve just seen the Online Safety bill become law. Why wasnt this, you know, catered for within legislation . You just urging meta is unlike , you just urging meta is unlike, if i may say, to have much impact, isnt it. Well, our new law is world leading and it does include world wide powers that the government can use via ofcom , government can use via ofcom, which will be the regulator to direct social Media Companies to remove indecent material and to roll out technology and to take steps to protect Children Online. So those powers now exist. And if they dont comply with these powers , they could face these powers, they could face very heavy penalties. 10 of their global revenue potentially, or even criminal liability. So these new powers exist. My preference, my first preference is to work constructively early with meta to roll out the technology. We believe there is a technological solution that protects user privacy , that protects , that privacy, that protects, that protects encryption. Im pro protects encryption. Im pro encryption. Im pro innovation , encryption. Im pro innovation, ian, im pro privacy , but im ian, im pro privacy, but im also pro child safety. Its my job as home secretary to protect children , not. And what meta is children, not. And what meta is proposing will total easily disable Law Enforcement agencies from accessing this criminal behaviour. This sick behaviour, this devastating behaviour. But you would accept they think theyre coming from a good place on this. Obviously. Place on this. Obviously. Well, weve been working with meta over the last few years and weve been asking for evidence and reassurances that their plans to roll out end to end encryption will include robust Safety Measures that safeguard children. They failed to provide children. They failed to provide those reassurances today. And those reassurances today. And therefore, im calling on them to work with us more proactively to work with us more proactively to roll out this technology. Otherwise what will happen . Put simply , is that will find a safe simply, is that will find a safe haven in Facebook Messenger and instagram direct. They will be able to go dark. The Law Enforcement agencies will not have the access that they have today to stop them to arrest them, to get justice. And we will only see child abuse online and in person increase. So in short, it seems to be youre saying, look, we know how bad this problem is. We know how sick this is. We know how dangerous this is. And know how dangerous this is. And it suggests to me that meta does. Not it suggests to me that meta needs to work, work harder with us. We know that the vast majority of this activity takes place on facebook and instagram , and thats why there is a real responsibility on meta to do the right thing to put child safety be above profits. Frankly and to work with us. It is a its a misrepresents station to describe this as a choice between user privacy on the one hand and child safety on the other. The two are not mutually exclusive of tech experts. The industry itself, the regulator , industry itself, the regulator, hours, Internet Watch Foundation and the nspcc, the nca , they all and the nspcc, the nca, they all agree that a Technology Solution does exist , which achieves our does exist, which achieves our objective of protecting children onune objective of protecting Children Online allows them necessary and proportionate and very judiciously guarded access and provide , protects user privacy provide, protects user privacy and protects the commercial objectives of Companies Like meta. That solution exists. Its viable, its scalable, its feasible. Im asking meta to roll it out. Okay a couple of other questions for you this morning. I want to know if you think the Prime Minister is going soft on net zero, abandoning targets there and whether or not you personally support the ban that at the moment it is supposed to come in in 2030 on petrol and diesel cars or if you think it should be extended to 2035 , the should be extended to 2035, the Prime Minister will be setting out more detail on this subject in the next few days. So its not for me as home secretary to pre empt those announcements, but what i can confirm is that we remain absolutely committed to delivering net zero by 2050 in line with our international agreements. Im incredibly proud of what the conservative government has achieved when it comes to combating Climate Change. In comes to combating Climate Change. In the last decade or so, weve reduced carbon emissions, weve increased the output from renewables and we are seeing as a world leader. But its also right that we put Economic Growth and Household Budgets and the cost of living ahead. Budgets and the cost of living ahead. And fundamentally, were ahead. And fundamentally, were not going to save the planet by bankrupting the british people. Well, ill tell you what else is bankrupting the british people, and thats the cost of putting Asylum Seekers into hotels. Your own department hotels. And your own Department Published figures published their figures yesterday. Theyve gone up a third rishi sunak pledged third since rishi sunak pledged to this problem to £8 to tackle this problem to £8 million a day. And youll be aware that gb news viewers and listeners are very concerned about this issue. And it feels certainly from where im sitting, as though you havent got grip this problem. Well got a grip of this problem. Well i very much share the frustrations and the concerns of your viewers when it comes to stopping the boats and that hotel cost is unacceptable. Hotel cost is unacceptable. And thats why we are rolling out large sites around the country to accommodate Asylum Seekers in a more affordable way. But it also underlines why we need to stop the boats and why our World Leading Partnership with rwanda is part of that solution. We need to of that solution. We need to deter people from making the journey in the first place. We need to be able to detain them and then remove them to a safe country like rwanda. And we need to do that swiftly. And once we start doing that , which im start doing that, which im confident well be able to do in due course, people will stop coming here illegally on boats and we will have achieved that. That goal. And are you confident that those who are held in migrant camps are not being mistreated anymore for this in the wake of the brooke house migrant Removal Centre report yesterday, which found these shocking incidents of violence , there. The report of violence, there. The report about brooke house related to an incident that took place six years ago and in that interim penod years ago and in that interim period , weve made a vast number period, weve made a vast number of changes and improvements to our detention estate and our immigration Removal Centres. We have extensive monitoring , high standards of wellbeing and we have rolled out lots of changes. And we have rolled out lots of changes. But fundamentally, changes. But fundamentally, i dont want to be detaining people longer than necessary. We people longer than necessary. We i want to be removing people who dont have a right to be in the United Kingdom, whether those are foreign offenders who have committed serious crimes in the uk , they shouldnt be in our uk, they shouldnt be in our country and we should be deporting them swiftly or whether its a failed Asylum Seekers who dont have a right to be here. We need to detain them and then remove them, or whether its anybody who has overstayed and is illegally here. Those Removal Centres are there for a very specific purpose and to thats detain people for a limited time so that we can thereafter remove them to a safe country or back to their home country. To their home country. Home secretary, thank you for your views and answering those questions and thanks for your time this morning. Very much appreciated. The time is now. 9 12. And lets get some analysis and all of this from our Political Editor, christopher hope. Im not sure how much you were able to hear of that. I know youre in downing street for us this morning, but the home secretary asked for home secretary being asked for her on a whole of her thoughts on a whole range of issues, including those that youve ing youve been discussing ing with the exchequer the chancellor of the exchequer this morning, drop in. Inflation thats right. I thought the great questions, pippa, ive got to say, by the way, expressing a concern about the hotel bills for these migrants going up to £8 million. You call those unacceptable because her department charge of that. Department is in charge of that. Theyll numbers theyll see if those numbers come over the coming come down over the coming week or coming months. That or coming weeks and months. That when you asked her internally there cost, about this there about the cost, about this big debate in parliament and westminster today about net zero and how the uk is going to get there and whether the pm has to we expect youre going to wind back short term back some of these short term targets. Was completely targets. She was completely clear where she stood. Says clear where she stood. She says were to save the were not going to save the planet bankrupting the planet by bankrupting the british which going british people, which is going a lot further many of her lot further than many of her colleagues can you colleagues are. I can tell you right now that the Tory Party Mps whatsapp groups are exploding with debate about this. Some are saying great for rishi sunak. As this speech rishi sunak. As this speech looms on the horizon and the fact theyre going trying to put the cost of living crisis and peoples incomes now before trying hit targets, trying to hit these targets, which some which are mean we which are some which are mean we are an outlier in the world, others are really upset 111 mps texted me just just now to say that rishi sunak is despot it hes facing byelections. Hell lose. Hes trying to do another lose. Hes trying to do another uxbridge. Now what that means is they saw how the anti ulez campaign played so well in the uxbndge campaign played so well in the uxbridge by election and theyre trying to do that on a National Stage there is a massive debate right behind the right now going on behind the scenes the tory party scenes in the tory party its so interesting. You know, year off from from know, were a year off from from an election it feels to an election and it just feels to me within both of the major me like within both of the major parties, there are so many divisive re emerging, divisive issues re emerging, whether it be green policies, whether it be green policies, whether it be this associate membership or not of the European Union. I dont think were going to be cruising into an easy election period next year at all. But theyre all sort of just waking up to what matters to people. Maybe you know, is it is it too late . Nobody can agree on anything, even within their own party. Is yeah, i think youre both right. Right. I mean, what youre seeing, i think, is as of really this week, the general Election Campaign has started in all but name. And thats what youre seeing. Thats why youre seeing aiming correctly that we are now seeing these issues out there. Theres this theres no question this is a this a plea for the right by this is a plea for the right by rishi sunak. Hes finally doing some politics, having done basically months and months and months doing the i months of doing doing the job. I mean, for the mean, the good news for the government on government today is on inflation. Those numbers inflation. Now, those numbers are impressive because are really impressive because they expected spike they had been expected to spike in in in in august. They had been expected to spike in in in in august. And instead in in in in august. And instead it came to down 6. 7. That still means that prices are going up by 6. 7. But its not as bad as it was. And it looks almost nailed on. The government is going to hit its target of halving inflation from 10. 7 earlier this year down to 5. 3 by the end of the year. Is the cost of living crisis over well , nowhere near yet, because that doesnt the government is doesnt mean the government is going to start borrowing heavily for but it means we for tax cuts, but it means we are maybe seeing end of are maybe seeing the end of a very, time for so very, very difficult time for so many gb news viewers. Christopher, thank you very much indeed. Word from quick word now from our economics Business Editor economics and Business Editor liam of that. Liam halligan on all of that. One having inflation looks like its on target for the end of the year. It was a surprise that inflation came down in august from 6. 8 during the year to july to 6. 7 because of course, we saw big increases in petrol and diesel prices in august. Lets have a look at some of the numbers here. July inflation was 6. 8. As i said , we then expected 6. 8. As i said, we then expected august inflation to be 7. 1 because of those petrol price rises. But as it turned out, it was 6. 7. Only marginally down. But symbolically its really , but symbolically its really, really important. And all eyes now are on the bank of england. Will there be a rate rise tomorrow . The 15th rate rise in a row . Were at 5. 25, up from nought point 1 as recently as the end of 2021. I think on balance, eamonn and isabel, the end of 2021. I think on balance, eamonn and isabel , the balance, eamonn and isabel, the bank of englands nine strong Monetary Policy committee will raise Interest Rates. I dont raise Interest Rates. I dont think theyve got the imagination and the intellectual courage to change their mind us but they may signal fingers crossed that this is the last rise in this cycle. Rise in this cycle. Okay my friend. Day tomorrow, mid day tomorrow ill be outside the bank of england. Great the bank of england. Great stuff. Thank you, liam. The sun shines. Stuff. Thank you, liam. The sun shines. Thanks for that. Thanks for look, were to take look, were going to take a break and earlier on in break there. And earlier on in the program, we talked about the huab the program, we talked about the hijab , the veil that certain hijab, the veil that certain women wear or made to wear gb views as you gb views and listeners, you know, have your say and were going to hear what you have to say about that right after this now now, believe it or not, in birmingham, although the council there has declared itself bankrupt and theyre talking about closing libraries and museums, they found the money to unveil a brand new statue which is celebrating women who wear huabsin is celebrating women who wear hijabs in france , though they hijabs in france, though they have banned wearing the hijab in public. This is this is a scarf that goes on. It shows your face, though, doesnt it . And some of them do. Some of them do. Maybe only show your cab is just the. But france, they worry about security, concern as identification, all that sort of thing. And then you have and we had a debate a lot of had a debate today. A lot of people think this is oppressive and anti women. People think this is oppressive ancs0|ti women. People think this is oppressive ancso let omen. People think this is oppressive ancso let us|en. What you think so let us know what you think about it. Weve been talking about it. Weve been talking about whether something about whether they are something to or oppressive. About whether they are something to weve or oppressive. About whether they are something to weve asking ressive. About whether they are something to weve asking youive. About whether they are something to weve asking you about and weve been asking you about it as well. It as well. Having worked in the middle east numerous times , i feel it east numerous times, i feel it should be to down women to make their own decision as to wear whether they wear a headscarf or a full mask. Its whatever they feel comfortable in doing. I dont think they should be forced into doing anything wrong. I believe its empowering for women to wear hijab because its a powerful symbol of their culture and an expression of their identity. Help them feel their identity. Help them feel more unique and confident that and theyre not just beautiful things to they are things to wear. They are representing thousands years representing thousands of years of tradition for these women. So im in support of that. Im fully in support of that. I believe its an individuals choice, whether to wear a hijab or not, as it would be any other piece of clothing. I think that we should just respect that decision. Whilst the hijab certainly has a significant in islam, i want people to also understand that in the 17th and the 18th century, three lots of women who were not muslim and who were of other abrahamic faiths also adopted modesty. So there is a adopted modesty. So there is a wonderful history regarding the huab wonderful history regarding the hijab and the element of modesty as well. And i really believe that this is about education to inform people that the hijab represents much more than muslims. It represents inclusive city. It represents rep presentations, and it represents s the freedom for women to wear what they want and how they want i well, there we go. Well, there we go. You know, do you know do you know what really is good about that . That so many of you want to get involved and you get in touch with us today and you air your views and we get you on air like that. Were going do more of that. And wed love to hear more of your thoughts in video form as well and try and helps us, well and try and do it helps us, helps to believe there are helps us to believe there are people and indeed, we people out there and indeed, we are Fastest Growing are the Fastest Growing breakfast in the world breakfast station in the world near me, another one thats growing fast. I dont even know all right, lets just well just take the uk then, and probably europe. We are the fast growing Breakfast Program in the uk. Thats what i do know as fact is we are now regularly beating sky news breakfast combined with the bbc channel combine with bbc news channel combine with talk tv. Why are and why are we doing that . And why are we doing that . Because you. Because because of you. Because of you. From to you. Thank you. So from us to you. Thank you. So from us to you. Thank you very, very much indeed. Tomorrow on again to do it tomorrow on air again to do it all from six. All again from six. It is stephen and not sure yet hes on with stephen tomorrow. Thanks for that. Thanks for that. No, im simply trying to build up my colleague andrew six tomorrow. No, i meant my friend andrews coming up next and. But anyway, heres alex burkill with the weather. Have yourselves a good day. The temperatures rising, boxt solar proud sponsors of weather on. Gb news. Good morning. News. Good morning. Im news. Good morning. Im alex good morning. Im alex burkill here with your latest gb news weather update brought to you by the met office on this wet and windy wednesday. Theres also the risk of some thunder for some as a band of rain for some of us as a band of rain crosses england and wales, it is gradually pushing its way eastwards as we go through today with some heavy bursts in it. By the time we get to the afternoon, to be afternoon, its likely to be affecting southeast affecting parts of southeast england something a bit england with something a bit brighter following brighter, perhaps following in behind parts of behind across some parts of northern scotland, and northern england, scotland, and perhaps but perhaps Northern Ireland, but also plenty of showers here and some of them heavy and thundery temperatures should peak around 2021 celsius towards the south east but under that rain, with the strong winds, its not going to feel that warm. That going to feel that warm. That heavy continues across heavy rain continues across parts of the south east as we go through this evening, eventually clearing the east clearing away towards the east overnight. Behind it, clearer skies than weve had through some nights, but still some recent nights, but still the some showers, the risk of some showers, particularly some western particularly around some western parts, perhaps some coastal fringes , because the fringes as well, because of the clearer temperatures are clearer skies, temperatures are going to drop a little bit lower than they have done through some recent nights. Could be recent nights. So it could be a bit chilly to start first thing on thursday morning. That band of have through of rain that we have through today have cleared today that will have cleared away towards east. And away towards the east. And so its picture for many its a brighter picture for many of still, though, of us tomorrow. Still, though, plenty of showers to watch out for, particularly into the afternoon. Western afternoon. Notice across western parts of scotland here. Were going heavy rain going to have some heavy rain pushing way in and still pushing its way in and still some strong winds here with the risk coastal gales. Risk of coastal gales. Temperatures a temperatures on paper down a degree or two compared to today by by temperatures rising. By by the temperatures rising. Boxt solar, proud sponsors of weather on. Gb news. Weather on. Gb news. Good morning welcome for joining us this morning. We will be here with the show in just a few moments. Good news on inflation. Good news on inflation. Its down. We thought it might go up and good news or is it good news . Rishi sunak watering down all those green pledges which families pledges which most families dont afford. Dont want and cant afford. Richard tice thats right. Richard tice is going here in the studio, going to be here in the studio, so let us know he thinks. So let us know what he thinks. Does sunak go far enough does rishi sunak go far enough in saying that hes going to allow us to carry on . Allow us . Can believe im that can you believe im using that language good morning. Its 930 on wednesday, the 20th of september. This is britains newsroom on gb news with Andrew Pierce and bev turner. The plan is working. Thats the message from chancellor jeremy hunt this morning as core inflation surprisingly falls plan is working. Plan is working. But even at 6. 7, that is a lot of pain for ordinary families who are seeing their shopping bills go up, their fuel pnces shopping bills go up, their fuel prices go up. And that is why it is essential that we continue to stick to that plan. Stick to that plan. Net zero u turn at last. A Prime Minister has promised a better, more proportion way of going green. It could mean a delay on the ban of new petrol and diesel cars. But ford, uk, the furious eu, love sir keir starmer is meeting with french president emmanuel macron. Yesterday was brokered by none other than tony blair. Double doctor strike Junior Doctors and consultants are taking part in an historic joint strike action over pay. The government says in response it will introduce minimum Service Levels. Levels. Let us know this morning, particularly if youre affected by these strikes today. Massive impact on patients waiting