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Cope with the surge in demand dunng cope with the surge in demand during the winter months. Question is, is it enough to support the nhs at its busiest time of the year . Be the first to hear from the Health Secretary. Hell be speaking to us in about 40 minutes time. And as always , well be and as always, well be bringing you the very latest weather updates with alex deakin i wendy, for some sunny for others and dull and damp in others and dull and damp in other parts of the uk. Its a three way split with the weather today for all the details. Join me later for your full forecast and put in a bounce in your step, a ball in your court. Paul coyte is here with the latest world of sports. Latest from the world of sports. Ben stokes was morning. Ben stokes was unbelievable yesterday against new Rugby World Cup is new zealand Rugby World Cup is back today and 60 years ago today, one of the greatest players of all time made his debut against West Bromwich albion, who. Albion, who. Da da da da da da da da da da da da da. Gas will tell you 6 20. Everybodys thinking, is that was he in hawaii . Five zero. Its like he could have been he could have been bethesda if you come in with the correct suggestion , we will read those suggestion, we will read those out in the sports. Send those into gb views gb views, gbnews. Com, or you can tweet them at. Gb news. Tweet them at. Gb news. This is our big story today. Its our lead. Its an exclusive. And the governments controversial Northern Ireland legacy bill just one step away from becoming law. So the legislation offers a conditional amnesty to those accused of killings during the 30 years of violence over british rule in Northern Ireland. And it will stop any new court cases and inquests being held despite widespread opposition. The bill passed after a final debate in the house of lords. Campaigners for victims , though, campaigners for victims, though, say the government has abandoned them. But a former special Branch Officer who shot dead an ira terrorist in 1991 argues his lifes been ruined by the continuing and relentless inquiries that have never found him guilty of murder. Well he has spoken exclusively to us here on gb news. He represents one side of this argument. The victims, though they have another tale to tell. Our Northern Ireland reporter Dougie Beattie with this case. My name is officer b. I joined the royal ulster constabulary in the late 70s seconds and i served in various stations around the border and west belfast before joining what was called e4, which was a surveillance unit. It was part of special branch and special operations branch. So i was a covert surveillance operator for almost 11 years. I was going out to do an operation, a Counter Terrorism operation in against a man called colin marks. I wasnt privy to the full amount of intelligence or who the source was that wasnt for us. That was way above our pay scale. But that the information was which came from a source within the ira that he was going to come to the Playing Field to the rear of Saint Patricks avenue that night, carrying a mark 12 mortar, and then fire it into a armoured placer army landrover, which was passing by colin marks brought this mortar fire to the driveway of house on Saint Patricks avenue, where he set it up to fire it against it, a Security Force vehicle was so total and utter disregard for human life. And so thats what i was facing that night when i took up a position in a hedgerow on Saint Patricks avenue to cover a Playing Field. Whenever cover a Playing Field. Whenever the issue came up to arrest him and he bolted out through the hedge and into the field towards me , the republicans have often me, the republicans have often said, oh, well, he wasnt armed. He was armed. He was armed with a mark 12 mortar. Yes. He didnt have them on him that but most times when terrorists were doing things like that , they carried things like that, they carried additional firearms on them. And when you are involved in a shooting, you have literally you dont even have a second to make a decision. So he kept running towards me. I dropped the back of the weapon down. So it meant that the rounds would go over the top of his head. A fire, two warning shots. Yes. And he just kept coming. And he was closing the distance and a five fired five further rounds , three of five further rounds, three of which had him one hit him in the hand , one hit him in the side of hand, one hit him in the side of the ear and exit at the back of his neck, but actually never penetrated his skull. And the penetrated his skull. And the fatal round went through his abdomen. I went through for four abdomen. I went through for four investigations for of all a cid investigate nation. Then that file was passed with no recommendation of conviction. The dpp , the Public Prosecution the dpp, the Public Prosecution , they found that there was no case grade with the police. Then case grade with the police. Then i was then interviewed by what was called complaints and discipline, which is like pony the ombudsman nowadays , as they the ombudsman nowadays, as they found no wrongdoing. And what i did that night then the inquest. So it was justifiable killing that night she roll on 25 years the Police Ombudsman, Northern Ireland then decided that they were going to investigate even it was exactly the same that was said 25 years ago and most of my angeris said 25 years ago and most of my anger is against the Police Ombudsman because for seven years on one month until the pps said there was no case. Ive been under this cloud for seven years and one month and its not pleasant and i live in fear for my life because during that penod my life because during that period of time , Police Ombudsman period of time, Police Ombudsman informed me and the police that all my details had been given on to the solicitors practise who representing the family a dossier of information that had my picture , that had my name. My picture, that had my name. They had my mobile phone number, they had my address, they had my company name. And where i worked at. So ive gone through all my details being leaked to a solicitors practise office and within that solicitors practise individual keeps referring to me as a murderer. He did it recently on a news program or a media programme. He also , in his media programme. He also, in his bio for the website for himself he refers to the ruc murder of colin marks in april 1991. Now now, thats completely contrary to what the psni decided because the pps decided in may of this year that there was is no fresh evidence. But then immediately evidence. But then immediately afterwards at the solicitors practise working for the family are challenging the pps decision. So is it a case of theyll not be happy till they get what they want or do they want truth and april of this year that was seven years under the investigate and reinvestigation of me. Its now in the september and im now facing my sixth and first occasion if thats not vindictive or vexatious, i dont understand. But i can tell you understand. But i can tell you now and i look in the eyes and say , i did not go out that night say, i did not go out that night to kill anybody. To kill anybody. Well, that Anonymous Police officer telling his story and the impact the Northern Ireland legacy bill will have on someone like him, which he will welcome the ira man involved in the shooting that killed in the shooting. His family will have other views on this. But lets not forget people who have been victims of military violence as well. This is not a popular piece of legislation in Northern Ireland. So people who have been killed by the armed forces, people have been killed by loyalists, people have been killed by republicans. They all of this will come to an end without any resolution for these families. So without any resolution for these families. So why was this bill introduced . The Northern Ireland legacy bill . And well be talking about that and well be getting the other side of the coin from political commentator eamonn malley just after 7 00 this morning. Youve got a view. Get in touch with us, gb views news at gbnews. Com or you can tweet gbnews. Okay. With the time at 6 10, lets take a look at the other news coming into the gb newsroom this morning. The labour leader, sir keir starmer, says he would seek wide returns seek an eu wide returns agreement for those who cross the channel and came to the uk illegally. The channel and came to the uk illegally. This the channel and came to the uk illegally. This after a illegally. This is after a meeting at the hague and with europol. Labour believes that europol. Labour believes that any agreement brussels any agreement with brussels would to be what he calls would have to be what he calls quid quo, accepting quid pro quo, meaning accepting quotas migrants from the eu quotas of migrants from the eu in return for sending back people who arrive illegally. People who arrive illegally. Well, in an interview with the times, starmer said times, sir keir starmer said people smuggling should be treated a par with terrorism i the Prime Minister says britain is working to provide immediate assistance to libya. Local Officials Say up to 20,000 people may have lost their lives in the catastrophic flooding and thousands of bodies have been recovered in derna. This is the worst affected city where local journalist has described the scene as doomsday. Scene as doomsday. Sa zahra sharifs father, uncle and stepmother have been arrested on suspicion of murder after returning to the uk. They after returning to the uk. They fled to pakistan the day before the police found sara dead at home in surrey in august. The police found sara dead at home in surrey in august. Surrey home in surrey in august. Surrey police say saras mother has been informed of the arrest and is being supported by specialist officers. Officers. The mp, tobias ellwood, has quit as chair of the Defence Select Committee after saying afghanistan had been transferred formed under taliban rule. The formed under taliban rule. The conservative mp was facing a potential no confidence vote on the committee. Sources say he the committee. Sources say he resigned to avoid being pushed transport for london has announced the expansion of the 20 mile per hour zones on another 40 miles of roads in the caphal the alliance of british drivers has accused the labour mayor of further war on motorists. Sadiq mayor of further war on motorists. Sadiq khan insists the lowest speed limit will make london safer. Well, you can only move at 20 miles an hour in most of london anyway. I dont really understand why the speed limits are in place in the speed limits are in place in the middle of the night. I totally agree and see. Say you are someone who travels. Say you are someone who travels. Say youre travels in youre someone who travels in the night and you the middle of the night and you just a bit over speed just do a bit over the speed limit and youre caught on limit too, and youre caught on camera with that and face irritating a big fine. I can see why you have that point of view. Isabel but 20 miles an hour and it will be coming to you. Is that what you want . It will be coming to you. Is that what you want . Is this an obvious safety measure or is it as described there, a war on motorists, not just impose it dunng motorists, not just impose it during school rush hour, for example, where there are kids walking to school and lots of people on bicycles going to work the middle of the night, middle of the day. Come on, come on, isabel. Youre right. Come on. Meghan markle and prince harry have put on a united front in public at the Invictus Games. Yeah, some commentators have said theyve acted like a celebrity power couple while posing for selfies with fans in the dusseldorf arena. Now , someone whos been now, someone whos been keeping up with is keeping up with events is presenter reporter. Presenter and showbiz reporter. We cross live via satellite to kinsey schofield. So theyre all loved up again. Loved up again. They are, arent you glad to see it . The duke and duchess of cuddles in germany for the Invictus Games. I mean , they are Invictus Games. I mean, they are definitely putting on a show, but i think that its more than wanting to convince people that theres no problems at home. I think that the Invictus Games has become the only credible project that the duke and duchess of sussex have. Theyve duchess of sussex have. Theyve really got to nurture this event because all of their other professional ventures have failed. And on such a global scale. Scale. And do we think that this is just another example of meghan sort of snubbing britain because obviously harry potter, the uk , obviously harry potter, the uk, on his way there, shes totally avoiding it. Again we never see her here. I mean, maybe a lot of people would be grateful for that, but it certainly seems shes avoiding us, giving us the cold shoulder. Ive heard from several other royal commentators, tina brown. Royal commentators, tina brown. Andrew morton they do believe that she is avoiding the uk because shes not very popular there. I do think its a matter personally of self preservation when shes trying to avoid more negative press at and thats what shes going to get if shes booed over there or if shes not celebrated. And welcomed. So shes she is going to go to some of those places where people are going to cheer her on and welcome her. And why not . Why is a better place than Invictus Games where her, you know, her husband dominates . Hes the face. Yeah. And he does it so well, doesnt he . He does do it so well. Yeah you know, so. So theres no doubt about that. It is a winner, as you describe there as well can say. But tell winner, as you describe there as well can say. But tell us about the Invictus Games. Who are they for . Why is it so popular . For . Why is it so popular . Yeah, youre absolutely right. Lets get it. Lets go back to where it all started. These are Wounded Warriors that , you know, need something to need a way to compete, need a way to build their confidence again, to retrain their bodies. Again, to retrain their bodies. I mean, this Invictus Games , i mean, this Invictus Games, its about perseverance. Its about strength. Its about bravery and all eyes should really be on these vets that are competing less on the duke and duchess of drama and more about these heroes that have taken their struggles and turned them into strengths and, you know, all of these people have such beautiful stories , personal beautiful stories, personal stories, and specifically, when you listen to harry and meghan complain about the stuff that they deal with, you think being around these incredible individuals, they might get a sense of some some real hard times. But sense of some some real hard times. But yeah, i do think that its nice to celebrate these people with this event. This is , i hope, harrys legacy ultimately, because its an Incredible Opportunity to celebrate these vets. Yeah, i think for us brits, this is the prince harry we all fell in love with be interesting to see if it sort of changes when meghan arrives alongside him. Interesting looking at the body language. Im no body language expert, but we all saw the pictures after the beyonce concert, he didnt concert, didnt we . He didnt look he having best look like he was having the best time. Didnt look that time. They didnt look that unhed time. They didnt look that united couple. They are united as a couple. They are putting on show in dusseldorf i it does feel that way, you know, to me, i think that the more meghan distances herself from harry, she faces criticism from harry, she faces criticism from people like us. Were were saying, look at meghan standing next to these celebrities. What a shallow, hollow , vapid a shallow, hollow, vapid pursuit. And then we look at harry standing next to these vets and we look at harry at these Charity Events by himself , khalife. And, you know , its , khalife. And, you know, its hard not to be more critical of her when we see her at the beyonce concert or we see her smiling for selfies. So i think she does need to align herself more with her husband and especially as he pursues these , especially as he pursues these, you know, really honourable events , really honourable, you events, really honourable, you know , charity pursuits, because know, charity pursuits, because because the more that they are separated and the more she pursues these shallow things, the more shes going to be criticised. Criticised. Okay. Kinsey well , with that, okay. Kinsey well, with that, thank you very much. When did the Invictus Games finish . Was it the next few days . How long are they in dusseldorf . Wrapping up. You well, were wrapping up. You know, weve were saying meghan came towards the end. We do expect meghan to speak at the very look out for very end. So look out for meghans im looking meghans speech. Im looking forward seeing what she says. Forward to seeing what she says. A little off yeah, she did a little off the speech yesterday, the cuff speech yesterday, didnt she . Saying that because shed a drive didnt she . Saying that because shed and a drive didnt she . Saying that because shed and i a drive didnt she . Saying that because shed and i feel a drive didnt she . Saying that because shed and i feel likea drive didnt she . Saying that because shed and i feel like sheve didnt she . Saying that because shed and i feel like she was through and i feel like she was trying to redress some of the reports there that shed been reported burger. Reported picking up a burger. But like i getting but she was like i was getting milkshakes kids. No one milkshakes for the kids. No one thinks eating burgers. Thinks youre eating burgers. Meghan wasting meghan shes wasting away. Kinsey, very much kinsey, thank you very much indeed. Lovely to see you i thank 5mm thank you. I like a burger. Thank you. I like a burger. I like i was talking about this in makeup this morning. Ive been so tired this week , ive been so tired this week, im almost broken. I dont know what is. The kids are back. What it is. The kids are back. Ive been exhausted. Im ive just been exhausted. Im starving today. Are you ravenous . Should we go for. For lunch after the show . 9 00, 930. Lunch after the show . 9 00, 930. What do you fancy eating . What do you fancy eating . I fancy a burger. I fancy a burger. Yeah. So tired. Yeah, yeah. Im so tired. Yeah, theres. Theres. My thing about burgers is they just never match the picture that. Dont look at the pictures, then. Yeah but. But. But i do like. I do then. Yeah but. But. But i do like. I do like a then. Yeah but. But. But i do like. I do like a fresh burger. Like. I do like a fresh burger. I do like a fresh burger made. Yeah, that can be lovely. Yeah, that can be lovely. What . I cannot stand is a burger in a brioche. In a brioche. And are you going to say that . Whats the point of that brioche bun with the burger . Because its the sweet and i love a pickle in my burger. Yeah, but the sort of salty and i like. I dont like a tomato. Oh, and i love a tomato. So i love a fresh tomato. There theres one chain that do tomatoes very, very well. Yeah. And theyre like. And you like ketchup in their ketchup . I dont like anything that i can bite. And it goes out the side. I just cant believe 6 19 and im actually salivating the im actually salivating at the thought well there thought of a burger. Well there you i am not. You go, megan. I am not. There you are, megan. You are not. 19 minutes past the hour. What are you salivating about this morning . Let know. Maybe this morning . Let us know. Maybe it weather. Heres alex. That warm feeling inside from boxt boilers. Proud sponsors of weather on. Gb news. Weather on. Gb news. Good morning. Im alex deakin. This is your latest weather update from the met office for gb news. Something of a three way split today. Quite a blustery start across the far north. Many of us seeing sunny spells, but through parts of Northern England, north wales, theres a weather front just lingering lot theres a weather front just lincloud| lot theres a weather front just lincloud and lot theres a weather front just lincloud and outbreaks lot theres a weather front just lincloud and outbreaks of lot theres a weather front just lincloud and outbreaks of rain. of cloud and outbreaks of rain. So central slice fairly so this central slice fairly dull, showers in northern dull, a few showers in northern scotland. Windy scotland. Still very windy here. And across the and staying so across the northern but elsewhere, northern isles. But elsewhere, the winds easing a touch. And in the winds easing a touch. And in the south, places dry and the south, most places dry and bright, over bright, often fairly cloudy over the midlands , but some decent the midlands, but some decent spells sunshine on the south spells of sunshine on the south coast of england for south coast of england and for south wales, temperatures will wales, where temperatures will creep 20s, maybe the creep into the 20s, maybe the mid 20s across the south east feeling cooler that with feeling cooler than that with the and the rain over the cloud and the rain over parts and parts of Northern England and nonh parts of Northern England and north that rain will north wales, that rain will unger north wales, that rain will linger this evening as linger into this evening as well, it will start to well, but it will start to shuffle northwards as we go through the night. Shuffle northwards as we go through the night. Well keep through the night. Well keep blustery across blustery conditions across shetland and a few scattered showers here, but generally dry conditions further south with clear skies and reasonably warm night temperatures again likely to stick in the mid teens. Thats zone of rain will then stick across much of Northern Ireland, central and southern scotland tomorrow. So quite scotland tomorrow. So quite a grey day here with outbreaks of rain. A brighter day for Northern England and north wales tomorrow compared to today and again south quite a few again in the south quite a few enjoying sunny spells, staying mostly fine across the far north of scotland as well. The winds finally in shetland. Finally easing in shetland. A cool feel under that cool feel here and under that rainy but turning warmer rainy zone. But turning warmer again the south. Again across the south. That warm feeling inside from boxt boilers, proud sponsors of weather on. Gb news. Weather on. Gb news. Well, one things for sure, theres nothing damp or dull about paul coyte. And hes going to be joining us with the latest minute by minute. Wait a minute. Before we do that. And the headline here is brits face a pizza shortage right now. We were talking about burgers just before that. I find pizza is just a bit too much pizza is just a bit too much pizza. Pizza makes me really pizza. Pizza makes me really sleepy and tired and i feel sort of bread. Its all that dirty. Its all that dirty. Its all that dirty. I think theres too it might be a slice of it or so pizza lovers could fish shortages after staff at a major Supermarket Supplier voted to strike . Oh, no. I think ill survive. Well, you know, freddie grey, whos reviewing our papers this morning, has promised me a starter pack , a starter kit to starter pack, a starter kit to make my own sourdough. So really excited to bring that in. You see, theres something that should be banned as well. Sourdough pizzas. And weve got one of those. Makes me sick. Ovens sa it makes me sick. Ovens sa and dough sa and dough. How is that even sound . Attractive its just sort of. But its an awful word. And its another american ization of things. Its not. It is italian sardo i sardo. Sardo. So you know, it reminds me of curdled milk or something. Anyway , as you were saying, anyway, as you were saying, mr paul, nothing curdled about him. And he said he said its a question, a challenge. Well sing the song as well. But dont say the name da da da da da da da da da. Right. Which at least a legend is that tune about. Were celebrating 60 years since the debut of a particular legend. Send in your guesses and well have all of that for you. A boy from the country of ireland. Oh, and a knew i could make him shine because he moved like a downtown dancer. And i like a downtown dancer. And i forget the rest of it. Anyway just well when i saw you. You look like a diamond and you play it in the dust. In the grand. Im just a boy from the country of ireland. And in you i could make you shine because you move like a downtown dancer and something that hangs down like a mane. And your feet play tricks like a juggler as you move to the sound of your name. The sound of your name. Georgie george. The call you georgie george. The call you the belfast boy. And we say, georgie. Georgie keep your feet on the ground. Georgie georgie, would you listen to the sound . Georgie . Listen to the sound . Georgie . Georgie shine a light on your name. Name. Play the game. Da da da. Oh, my goodness. Everybodys been getting it right. Thank you to george. Right. Thank you to george. Thank you to amy. Thank you to sarah. A lots of people knew all the girls as well. And the answer is george best, of course, george , best 60th course, george, best 60th anniversary of the very first game. George played for manchester united, West Bromwich albion came on as a 17 year old. This slight young fella playing the game. Unbelievable. And everybody knew straight away that there was a superstar there. Next ten years he was there. Next ten years he was there , wasnt he, for united. There, wasnt he, for united. Right through to 73, you know , right through to 73, you know, fastest player you ever saw. Right well, you see, i didnt really know what i was looking at. I remember going to windsor park and seeing seeing Northern Ireland play against england, and he scored a goal where he kicked the ball out of gordon banks hands. Yeah, it was banks hands. Yeah, it was disallowed. It shouldnt have been disallowed, but it was. It was disallowed. But i remember being to see the holy being able to see the holy trinity best law and charlton at old trafford and, and thats why when eric cantona came along, i just wanted to savour the flavour and i would say to my kids, remember today you saw eric cantona play . Absolutely eric cantona play . Absolutely right, because i just george best was there, but i didnt realise how brilliant he was and it was brilliant. But i do it was brilliant. But i do believe, paul, that he wouldnt have held down a place with many of todays managers. He of todays managers. He wouldnt. I dont think he would. Well, tell you why. Well, ill tell you why. Because the people mourinho because the people like mourinho and arteta and whatever, its all about possession. Yeah its all about possession. Yeah its all on to ball all about holding on to the ball. And george would have dribbled and he provided superb entertainment but, but he didnt always hold on to the ball. Cyclical though football theres different phases even if we look at spurs and how it was all very you know possession based and now and postecoglous come in and then theres always going to be changes. So for someone like george best, theres always going to be a place, always a place. Dont agree with you. No, i dont agree with you. And theres this thing and you know, theres this thing today game whereby if today in the game whereby if youre nutmeg, for youre nutmeg, someone, for instance, the players out instance, the players come out and show me respect. Yeah and say, show me respect. Yeah they want respect. No, i want you to be made a fool of i want george bush to dance around. You put ball between your legs put the ball between your legs and then score a goal. You know, you entertainment. You want entertainment. What the game is. The thats what the game is. The game entertainment. Game is about entertainment. I always story. Always loved that story. And this when had been this is when george had been through hadnt he . And through so much, hadnt he . And then was the drink and then there was the drink and then there was the drink and then hed retired and then came back there the back again. And there was the famous where he was the famous story where he was in the hotel was the waiter hotel and there was the waiter comes with these bottles of comes in with these bottles of champagne swirled. That was it. Champagne swirled. That was it. And theres mary stavin. His girlfriend, was 1977 girlfriend, who was the 1977 miss there was all this miss world. There was all this money laying on the bed that they won in the casino and the waiter walks in and says, george, did it all go george, where did it all go wrong . Was it. And wrong . And that was it. And there he just looked around there and he just looked around him well, thats it. Him and said, well, thats it. Georgie for you. Thats georgie for you. Thats georgie for you. He was we were very well, he was we were very blessed to see him to and enjoy him. And just just an amazing and a nice, nice man. A nice man until the demon drink took grip, took control, and then his personality would change. I just hope. Bless him, hes not turning in his grave after heanng not turning in his grave after hearing the song. Thats all i want to say. Whos who sang the song . Who . Whos who sang the song . Don fardon. Thats exactly don fardon. Thats exactly don fardon. Real 7070s. Great. Its only about two minutes and ten long belfast. Boy, its called time belfast. Boy, its called time for it to come back. What a great song. That is a great song. Sound anything song. Doesnt sound anything like we did it, but its like the way we did it, but its really good. And ive actually got a version that they did in the advert im going to advert break, which im going to put social this morning. Put on my social this morning. And they were queuing they and they were queuing up. They were were were saying, guys, were going live 3 2, and they were still live in 3 2, and they were still singing like, guys, weve got to stop weve stop this thing because weve got some work. Got to do some work. Weve got to do some work. Nice. What else . What else is happening . Well, i should mention ben stokes. Ben stokes. Mean, stokes. Ben stokes. I mean, theres we talk about great theres when we talk about great sportsmen entertainers and sportsmen and entertainers and ben of ben stokes is certainly one of those odi, is the those third odi, which is the one against one Day International against new the world new zealand because the world cup up next month. Cup is coming up next month. Absolutely murdered new zealand. And limping and hes and hes limping because knee problem. Because of this knee problem. Hes limping into hes still limping but goes into bat which is the most bat 182 runs, which is the most runs englishman scored in a runs any englishman scored in a one international, 15 fours, one Day International, 15 fours, nine the ball nine sixes, smacking the ball over all the place for fun. But you see, paul, as you but you see, paul, as you said earlier, about george best and entertainer and being and about entertainer and being key, well, could argue key, well, you could argue winning you look at winning is key. But you look at someone like stokes there and youre happy pay your money youre happy to pay your money to that. To see someone like that. Theres when n people say about winning beautifully theres four ways i often look at this the number one way where there would be any sport is to win and to be entertaining. Win and to be entertaining. Second is to win. But its boring. Then its like be entertaining, but you dont win, which is also very important. But win boring, lose but if you win boring, you lose boring. The bottom boring. Then thats the bottom of so the answer is , of the list. So the answer is, is, entertaining, make it is, is be entertaining, make it great and win if you can have all of that, then obviously just like telly, know who i used like telly, you know who i used to watching severiano to love watching Severiano Ballesteros , you know, cavalier ballesteros, you know, cavalier swashbuckler ing on the golf couise. Course. You know, as well. So anybody, anybody who would watch sports wise that you would think buckling . Is that not Drinking Alcohol . Is that just pirates . Its swordplay. Its like swordplay. Its like swordplay. Its like swordplay. I thought piracy oh, sorry. I thought piracy was pirates. Was like pirates. Well, it might be in your world, know, im not world, but, you know, im not good at the sports. Stokes is supposed to be ben stokes is supposed to be playing by the way, in the playing golf, by the way, in the pga pro am, which is going on. Wentworth yeah, hes wentworth is it . Yeah, hes supposed be playing in that supposed to be playing in that and it was only hes now and it was only because hes now playing and hes playing in the odis and hes said, what he said was, said, and what he said was, well, i was hitting well, it was like i was hitting golf shots because thats what he was every ball he was doing. He was every ball was going flying left, right and centre. And paul, youre talking about the cricket world cup next month. World cup rugby month. Meanwhile world cup rugby getting back underway tonight. Africa. Are they up to . Africa. What are they up to . Africa. What are they up to . Well, i see. The thing is, this legal, but i dont know this is legal, but i dont know whether i like it. Im razzie. Razzie erasmus. Whos the south african whos an african head coach . Whos an interesting now, look, interesting figure. Now, look, theres there of a theres a picture there of a light like a traffic light being. Its like a traffic light. Theres razzie with light. And theres razzie with his coach well. So what his head coach as well. So what was going on is that during the game scotland, its the game against scotland, its the decision to which usually decision to make, which usually i that on the i believe that decisions on the pitch during a game should be made by the players, which goes back. Youd always have a captain that makes that decision. Happened to come decision. So it happened to come up during penalties that these traffic lights appear from traffic lights would appear from somewhere the crowd and somewhere up in the crowd and thats rassie and thats letting them know, id rather you kick them know, id rather you kick the penalty. Id prefer you went actually and went for the try. So hes actually coaching the team from the side. Is he team from the side. Is he allowed to do that . It is legal, whereas tennis is not allowed. Youre not allowed to coach from the if i was a player the side. But if i was a player , youd kind think, well, let , youd kind of think, well, let us make the decision, but this is whats happening. So. Kevin sinfield the defence coach for england, has actually said england, has has actually said that and his next player and said, you know, it should be down players to that down to the players to make that decision. Another decision. But its just another thing south africans are thing that south africans are doing little lights. Doing with these little lights. They they were they said that they were actually sending well, they said they sending messages his they were sending messages his to Coaching Staff about to other Coaching Staff about other. Its like, no, come on. Its obvious. Exactly. Tell the truth. Exactly thats its lovely. Okay. Back again in about an hours time. Well see you there and find out who elses birthday it is. Should we sing an anniversary . Da da da da da da. Do did it. Anyway, were going to take break. Yeah, we are. Theyre going to be singing all through it. But after that, well have more evidence britains evidence of britains shoplifting got shoplifting crisis. Weve got freddie course, Deputy Freddie grey, of course, Deputy Editor and the editor of the spectator, and the political consultant emma bernard, the bernard, to go through the headunes on this thursday morning. Good morning. Good to have you on board. Eamonn and isabel. Breakfast here on gb news through to 930. Its 635. A reminder of our top stories this morning and the governments controversial northern legacy bill is Northern Ireland legacy bill is just one step away from becoming law. The legislation will effectively end prosecutions related the troubles , and related to the troubles, and victims say theyve been let down. Well, in a gb news exclusive, were going to be heanng exclusive, were going to be hearing from a former Northern Ireland Police Officer. Ireland Police Officer. In towards me. I were on in towards me. I dropped the back of the weapon down should meant that the rounds would go over the top of his head. A fire, two warning shots. And he just kept coming. And was closing the distance i labour leader keir starmer pledges an offer to take in more migrants from the eu in return for a border deal with brussels i the government are giving the nhs an extra £200 million to cope with the winter surge in demand. But is it enough to support the nhs in its busiest time . Be the first to hear from time . Be the first to hear from the Health Secretary in the next 15 minutes. Okay. And send in your views. Id love to hear from you. Gb views. Gb news. Com or you can tweet at gb news ensures that someone is out there. Well there is someone out there because. Thank rick. Record viewing thank you, rick. Record viewing and figures and listening figures for our little humble breakfast show. So thank you very much indeed. And thank you very much indeed. And theyre going up, up, up. Theyre just going up, up, up. We cant take all the credit, but probably should get most but we probably should get most of do think. But, you of it. I do think. But, you know, our contributors, our team behind the scenes and all that. So you. But most so thank you. But most importantly, there as importantly, you were there as the audience. Now were going to go newspapers. Freddie go into the newspapers. Freddie grey, lovely to see you. Freddie and burnell with their and emma burnell all with their take on things. And were going to start with this a story to start with this is a story thatis to start with this is a story that is front page of the sun today , and its called bps cost today, and its called bps cost of living crisis. Emma and this guy, hes got a very unfortunate name. Yes. Hes 53 years of age. He runs bp or he did run bp. And his names bernard yes, bernard has misbehaved quite significantly. Hes a lothario. Hes a lothario. Hes a lothario. Hes a lothario, i would say loving is probably the wrong adjective. I think its cost of, well , whats the word i adjective. I think its cost of, well, whats the word i can use at this time in the morning in intimate relationships . Not intimate relationships . Not quite. Crisis zingy not quite as zingy. Not not the sun type. Zingy. Not not the sun type. These inappropriate these flings are they theyre often with work colleagues. With work colleagues. Theres always a power imbalance. Theres a concern about it. And this is it seems if it was once and they ended up married and it was all fun, lots of people do meet their partners through work, but actually, given that it seems to be a serial offender thing, its come to a head. Serial offender thing, its come to a head. Hes had to resign and the share price has tumbled , too. The most interesting part, £2 billion wiped off bp shares. Well, thats the story we used to those kind of big drops after, you know, a major spillage or a major spillage. Spillage or a major spillage. There we go. That was not deliberate , but but but what but deliberate, but but but what but whats happened whats happened here is that hes been kicked out for being a naughty man. And out for being a naughty man. And the share price is suggests he was doing rather a good job other than the fact he was doing lots of other jobs, which is it was on the job so much. Yeah and look id be interested to know what peoples views are on all of this. Is there more to this story than were being told . Is this about misleading the board . Is that his biggest crime here . Because frankly, People Affairs , frankly, people have affairs, people have power imbalances within relationships, inside and outside of work. I think thats really working as a shareholder out with the spanish football situation , was it consensual or situation, was it consensual or not . It might be more to it. But also i think as a shareholder, if whats happened is that some of this is coming back to bite them in terms of lawsuits , that would be what lawsuits, that would be what i think a shareholder would be particularly concerned about. Yeah, alarm on all of that. Yeah, alarm on all of that. And another thing thats thats changing slightly is that bp like shell oil and other big oil companies, theyve done a lot greenwashing in last lot of greenwashing in the last few years. Theyve branded themselves as companies themselves as eco companies when, of they are oil when, of course, they are oil giant companies, quite giant companies, which is quite a do. But a difficult thing to do. But theyve managed to do it. And he was very successful. At doing was very successful. Mr at doing this. And so, you know, is it this. And so, you know, is it related to the fact that the truth is coming out about that now, that its all a bit of front . Freddy, lets talk about planning for houses. We talk about this a lot on the program. And one minute we think were advancing. Theres a huge housing shortage throughout the whole country. And the times is whole country. And the times is reporting on this this morning. Reporting on this this morning. So what are what are they saying . Labour defeat goves plan for thousands of new homes goes his proposal to address the housing shortage by building lots more homes has been blocked by labour in the lords and this is over that thing. Nutrient neutrality , which nutrient neutrality, which weve talked far too much about , but essentially its environmental laws to stop sewage , excess sewage going in sewage, excess sewage going in in sensitive areas. The government thought it was unnecessary. They were going to unnecessary. They were going to override it to build more houses because there is a housing shortage. Labour have blocked shortage. Labour have blocked it. Think both parties it. I think both parties here see an opportunity to attack the others. The other gove clearly thinks labour are on the wrong side of the argument. As far as the public is concerned, because the public is concerned, because the public is concerned, because the public are more concerned about housing than they are about housing than they are about quite complicated environmental laws. Labour think this is classic tories not really thinking scrapping this is classic tories not really thinenvironmental important environmental legislation in look at the state of the rivers already. Exactly. I mean as i stand back from this, im very, very strongly in favour of building more houses. Definitely but i just dont think you can pour sewage from a new Housing Development of hundreds of houses straight into a country river. I just just do not see it. Do they have to be mutually exclusive . Why not build new houses without trashing our natural environment, which is going to upset and harm us all this these things, septic tanks i you know, me you know, if youre in the country, youre not connected to the sewage system and you can have septic tanks. Why cant all houses why cant all these houses come tanks . Come with septic tanks . This is not a regulation that says you cannot build it says you cannot environmentally you cannot build environmentally insensitively all thats insensitively and all thats happening is that the housebuilding would housebuilding companies would have a little bit more to have to pay a little bit more to make these houses were make sure that these houses were built to code and up to built up to code and up to standard. And thats the regulation they want to scrap. Standard. And thats the reglnot on they want to scrap. Standard. And thats the reglnot in they want to scrap. Standard. And thats the reglnot i mean want to scrap. Standard. And thats the reglnot i mean ,vant to scrap. Standard. And thats the reglnot i mean , its to scrap. Standard. And thats the reglnot i mean , its not;crap. Standard. And thats the reglnot i mean , its not the . Its not i mean, its not the way that its being put across is if michael gove was going to get down there as a brickie with his hard building, hundreds of thousands what he thousands more homes, what he was that what was saying was that this is what the people saying who the people are saying who are building houses, oh, building the houses, say, oh, well, this will cost me five grand per house, im not grand more per house, so im not to it. But, you know, to going do it. But, you know, sometimes actually that five grand is saving an awful lot grand is saving us an awful lot more in the future there more in the future because there arent have then arent we dont have then to spend grand cleaning river. Well, im no expert on nutrients or neutrality , but i nutrients or neutrality, but i think the tories are saying that actually this legislation isnt necessary or effective in protecting rivers. As you see from the state of the rivers, clearly. Well, its not the only thing needed. Its not the only thing needed. But i think nobody, nobody either on the government side or labour is suggesting, you know, free for all where you know, a free for all where we just build all over environmentally sensitive areas. I that they i think its just that they thought particular laws i think its just that they thougnot particular laws i think its just that they thougnot necessary. ular laws were not necessary. Carrying on their emma mayor carrying on their sort campaign highlighting sort of campaign of highlighting this shoplifting this crisis of shoplifting in the , see whats their the country, see whats their take today . Take today . Well, its quite interesting, isnt it . I think theres a real tension and the mirror exemplifies this really well where a lot of people who have shoplifted are doing it because theyre in absolute penury. One of the things that you always see locked up in supermarkets really depressingly is baby food. Sorry, give me that again. Sorry, give me that again. Baby food and formula and babies having to be put behind having to put in those plastic cases. Yeah. And thats because thats people need that and theyre swiping it. But on the other hand, what the mirror are pointing out is, you know, it is almost legal now. Its been criminalised, essentially shoplifting. Its very, very shoplifting. Its very, very hard to prosecute it. And actually, a lot of the businesses and this is the endless quandary, people who are stealing are not usually stealing are not usually stealing from harrods or selfridges or , you know, theyre selfridges or, you know, theyre stealing from small local businesses who are themselves under enormous pressure. So its under enormous pressure. So its just a really nasty , vicious just a really nasty, vicious cycle where nobodys coming out of it. Well, nobodys winning. Of it. Well, nobodys winning. But like i said, building. But like i said, building. I think its worse than that, isnt it . I think theres a theres actually a trend now towards posting videos of yourself shoplifting. The actual yourself shoplifting. The actual idea that shoplifting is wrong is kind of disabused. Its actually got quite serious. Yeah, i know. I dont disagree with you. I think its absolutely exacerbated by the tiktok trends. But but i think there are two ways to talk about it. And both of them are valid and ive got to break off from you there. Weve got the Health Secretary standing by and were going to come back and talk to you, guy, after we speak to him. Channel good to see you again. Weve got the secretary of state for health, Steve Barclay , standing health, Steve Barclay, standing by this morning, and hes in the mood to spend money. Good morning. Secretary of state. Morning. Secretary of state. Good morning. Good morning. So youve got £200 million and were entering the busiest time of the year for the National Health service. What way how are you going to target this . What way do you think this will help . Will help . Well, its both. The additional money, but also the timing of that announcing that much earlier than would normally be the case. And that helps Health Leaders in terms of their planning for winter. We had a summit , planning for winter. We had a summit, downing planning for winter. We had a summit , downing street with the summit, downing street with the Prime Minister yesterday. Thats the third time we brought Health Leaders together for a roundtable like that. Looking at the lessons from a very challenging winter last year, working in partnership with Health Leaders and looking at how we boost capacity. So thats everything putting in everything from putting in additional into our additional beds into our hospitals. Those 5000 permanent hospitals. Those 5000 permanent additional beds. Its looking at how we boost our diagnostic capacity, its looking how we use new technology. So hospital at home, which many of your listeners particularly value , listeners particularly value, add the ability to recover from an operation at home, but to have the safety net of clinical support whilst they do so. So support whilst they do so. So were using technology more , were using technology more, were using technology more, were putting in more capacity , were putting in more capacity, were putting in more capacity, were looking at our diagnostic capacity as well. Were boosting our ambulances, 800 new ambulances that were procuring. But above all, were announcing our measures much earlier so that that gives Health Leaders more time to plan. And very much working in partnership with them , talking about this round table yesterday. A couple of questions for you. Where has this new money come from . Which budget are you taking cash from to fund this . Taking cash from to fund this . And did the issue of concrete come up at all . Im looking at the front of the guardian this morning. Theyre talking about catastrophic risk to Patient Safety after the Prime Minister blocked plans for five hospitals to have urgent rebuilds. Where this concrete has been identified. Identified. Well, i saw that story. I was actually in the treasury with the now Prime Minister. Then the chancellor then. And i know thats inaccurate. And ill come on to that. In terms of your question on on funding, that question on on the funding, that is additional money the is additional money to the significant investment weve already made, the 5. 9 billion additional thats going into our capital programme. The 119 Community Diagnostic Centres , Community Diagnostic Centres, for example, that are open. The billion pounds thats going in to provide 5000 additional beds within the nhs. So significant investment has already been announced. The chancellor announced. The chancellor announced that in the autumn statement 3. 3 billion additional for the nhs each year. Over the two years. This is additional money from the treasury, but its also about announcing money. Earlier so that Health Leaders have time to plan. In terms of your question on concrete, what we did in Spending Review 2020 was a one year review, not a three year review. We announced funding to put in place two new hospitals where it was clear the rack required a full hospital rebuild. But we also commissioned Mott Macdonald to do in line with the institute of Structural Engineers, a full survey of the additional hospitals because as the institute for Structural Engineers say with that you need to assess it, monitor it, and only if there are concerns around the rack then to replace it. So its right that we look at that we balance the needs of the programme within our wider hospitals upgrade programme. Thats exactly what we did. We put £700 million over four years into to the rack replacement programme. So weve been on this issue early and after the further work those five additional hospitals were brought into the new hospitals programme. And of course that is the biggest ever investment in the biggest ever investment in the nhs estate, over £20 billion of investment in the nhs estate. So this government is making the biggest ever investment in a hospital , a biggest ever investment in a hospital, a building programme, but its right that we look at the evidence, we follow the guidance from the institute of Structural Engineers, and thats exactly why we commissioned Mott Macdonald to do the survey that they did. So secretary of state, and so secretary of state, listening to what youre spending, what trying to spending, what youre trying to achieve and one of the things youre a youre trying to achieve is a reduction waiting times by reduction in waiting times by sending home to recover sending people home to recover at 5000 more beds. You at home. 5000 more beds. You know , i can see all of that. But know, i can see all of that. But truthfully, isnt this not just a desperate pitch to avoid. A desperate pitch to avoid. Settling with the doctors . You settling with the doctors . You know, youre not spending any money settling with them. And money settling with them. And you have to take out these emerging rac measures because these strikes are going to go on and on. Well, just if i may just take issue with the idea were not spending money in terms of the industrial action. The number one of the bma was to one request of the bma was to make very generous changes to pension. That was the pension taxation. That was the bma consultants number one request of the government and we have delivered on that. And thats a huge boost in terms of consultants remuneration in in addition, weve accepted in full the independent pay review body recommendations. That means a Junior Doctor on average gets 8. 8. Those starting this summer, were receiving up to 10. 3. But its not in the nhs interest to see inflation continue to be high. That would be damaging to the nhs as a whole. And we also have to be fair to our nurses, our paramedics, other Public Sector workers like teachers, like those in our armed forces. So weve accepted in full the pay so weve accepted in full the pay review body recommendations. Weve made very generous changes in terms of pension tax, but the demand from the Junior Doctors for a pay rise , a 35, is not for a pay rise, a 35, is not fair in the context of many of the people listening to this who work both in the Public Sector in other roles , but also in the in other roles, but also in the private sector. Private sector. Michael goves having lots of problems, with problems, isnt he, with levelling hes not had much levelling up . Hes not had much success with trying build any success with trying to build any houses. Big embarrassing houses. A big embarrassing defeat in the lords last night for the government. For the government. Well i think what you can see is this government is committed to building more homes and labour the lords having one labour in the lords having one week, said keir starmer. One week, said keir starmer. One week says he wants to see more housing. The next week he gets his his house of lords peers to vote against it. Its a classic illustration for any of your your viewers as to the way keir starmer flip flops on issues that one week he says hes for housebuilding. The next week he housebuilding. The next week he votes to block it. Were trying but what hes not but Stephen Barclay what hes not in favour of what is good . What hes not in favour of. I mean, letsjust be good . What hes not in favour of. I mean, lets just be clear about this is for instance, on peoples sanitary units, their toilets going straight into the local rivers and whatever, thats what hes objecting eating to. Hes flip flopping. I mean, hes flip flopping. I mean, thats what hes doing is saying, no, no, but one minute, one minute, you couldnt point one minute, you couldnt point one minute, you couldnt point one minute you couldnt pee and poo in the river and the next minute you cant pee and poo into the local river. So. So thats more a flop so. So thats more a flop than a flip. Maybe thats thats thats not the issue. We have extremely high Environmental Standards within the uk , but we also within the uk, but we also recognise we need to build more homes and thats what the government is trying to do. Many of your listeners will want to be able to, to, to buy their first home. Weve taken a lot of measures as a government in terms of help to buy and various things , but we also things to build, but we also need to build supply of need to build the supply of homes and thats what this measures about. Well, point measures about. Well, the point is a classic example of the is its a classic example of the way keir starmer flip flops. We way keir starmer flip flops. We saw it also on immigration. He wants to now give control of our immigration policy back to the eu to say that they can decide what quotas are. So whether what our quotas are. So whether its housebuilding,whether its on housebuilding, whether its on housebuilding, whether its classic its on immigration, a classic illustration of the way keir starmer just flip flops on these issues one week saying what one crowd wants hear the other, crowd wants to hear the other, changing the position and trying to appeal to a different audience. Were committed to more housebuilding. Think more housebuilding. We think its boost supply. Its right to boost supply. Were bringing forward positive measures do so. Its been measures to do so. And its been voted against time and again by labour party that wants to stop that housebuilding going ahead. That housebuilding going ahead. I just want to ask you lastly, with your former brexit secretary hat on what you make lastly, with your former brexit se his ary hat on what you make lastly, with your former brexit se his proposaln what you make lastly, with your former brexit se his proposal that at you make lastly, with your former brexit se his proposal that we ou make of his proposal that we understand hes been sort of cooking up behind the scenes of a swap with the eu in a sort of swap with the eu in terms of migrants coming here to the as long as they take back the uk as long as they take back any those illegally crossing the channel. Do you think that that will be popular with the public . Is something that think is that something that you think that way to tackle that is a good way to tackle this crisis . Yes this crisis . Yes no, i dont. I think he wants to give control back to the eu to give control back to the eu to decide on quotas. And were to decide on quotas. And were making progress in terms of reducing crossings. Theres been a 20 reduction in crossings to the uk, whereas in europe theres actually been a 30 increase. So he wants to give control of that immigration across to the eu. Were very clear as indeed is the National Crime agency, that its important to have a strong deterrent. Thats why were putting in place return agreements with countries like albania thats seen a 90 fall in the number of albanians crossing. So that is working. Were doing a lot of work in terms of our intelligence sharing to try and reduce the number of people making crossings. Were taking crossings. So were taking tougher action. Want to also tougher action. We want to also go through our rwanda policy, have very clear deterrent have a very clear deterrent there, thats before the there, and thats before the courts and what keir starmer again wants to do is give up control of immigration, sign up to quotas that are decided by the eu and remove the deterrent that rwanda would provide alongside the return agreements that weve put in place. That weve put in place. Health secretary youve been very generous with your time this morning. Thank you very much. But, you know, youre only around the corner from us. Youre in saint marys in paddington. So next time, call in. Well get you a cup of tea or whatever we can get get you here. But good luck with your day ahead and appreciate what youve say and your time. Youve had to say and your time. We to leave it there. Thank we have to leave it there. Thank you thank you. You very much. Thank you. Of reaction from our bit of reaction from our panel then this morning. What did you think, of all, did you think, first of all, because obviously of because obviously lots of points, labour points because obviously lots of poin we labour points because obviously lots of poin we were labour points because obviously lots of poin we were making points because obviously lots of poin we were making to ints because obviously lots of poin we were making to him about that we were making to him about starmer, only the defeat in starmer, not only the defeat in the on on immigration the lords, but on on immigration as well. Didnt they focus grouped the words flip and i words flip flop and starmer . I mean, many times can mean, my god, how many times can you that into one you chisel that into one sentence and look . Do you want me to respond to the Health Points or the other want you to do in 40s before we come off air . Okay. Well i thought he was desperately trying to roll back on the fact that we do not have high Environmental Standards in this country. We may have them in theory. In practise, nobody can swim in the sea. Thats the truth. The sea. Thats the truth. Well said. Well said, freddie. Anything youd like to add to that . You want me to be very quick . I will say Steve Barclay i will say that Steve Barclay sounds great health sounds like a great Health Minister planner for 2050. The problem is a crisis that weve got a crisis right now in the nhs is working. Couldnt agree more. Couldnt agree more. Very good. Very good. Okay well, lets see were well, lets see what were going to agree with with the whether we alex deakin. He has we go to alex deakin. He has your this thursday. Your details for this thursday. Looks like things are heating up. Boxt boilers proud sponsors of weather on. Gb news. Of weather on. Gb news. Good morning im alex deakin. This is your latest weather update from the met office for gb news. Something of a three way split today. Quite a blustery start across the far north. Many of us seeing sunny spells, but through parts of northern north wales , Northern England, north wales, theres weather front just theres a weather front just lingering bringing a lot lingering around, bringing a lot of and outbreaks of rain. Of cloud and outbreaks of rain. So central slice fairly so this central slice fairly dull. Showers in northern dull. A few showers in northern scotland, very windy here scotland, still very windy here and staying so across the northern isles. Elsewhere, northern isles. But elsewhere, the touch. And in the winds easing a touch. And in the winds easing a touch. And in the and the south, most places dry and bright, fairly cloudy over bright, often fairly cloudy over the midlands , but some decent the midlands, but some decent spells sunshine on the south spells of sunshine on the south coast and for south coast of england. And for south wales temperatures wales where temperatures will creep 20s, maybe the creep into the 20s, maybe the mid across the south east mid 20s across the south east feeling cooler than with feeling cooler than that with the and rain over the cloud and the rain over parts of Northern England and nonh parts of Northern England and north rain north wales, that rain will unger north wales, that rain will linger into this evening as well, it will start well, but it will start to shuffle northwards as we go through the night. Shuffle northwards as we go through the night. Well keep through the night. Well keep blustery conditions across shetland and a few scattered showers here, but generally dry conditions further south with clear skies and reasonably warm night temperatures are again likely to stick in the mid teens. Thats zone of rain will then stick across much of Northern Ireland, central and southern scotland tomorrow. So southern scotland tomorrow. So quite a grey day here with outbreaks of rain. A brighter day for Northern England and nonh day for Northern England and north wales tomorrow compared to today and again in the south quite enjoying sunny quite a few enjoying sunny spells, staying mostly fine across the far north of scotland as well. Winds finally as well. The winds finally easing in shetland. A cool feel here. Under that zone here. And under that rainy zone , again , but turning warmer again across the south. Looks like things are heating up. Boxed boilers, proud sponsors of weather on. Gb sponsors of weather on. Gb news, a very good morning to you. It is 7 00 on thursday, the 14th of september. Youre tuned into breakfast on gb news with Eamonn Holmes and Isabel Webster leading our news this morning, the governments controversial Northern Ireland legacy. Bill just one step away bill is just one step away from becoming the from becoming law. The legislation effectively end legislation will effectively end prosecutions related to the troubles. Victims say theyve troubles. Victims say theyve been let down. We hear from a former Police Officer who welcomes the new law. And the end of him being investigated. End of him being investigated. Others, though, are not so charitable. Charitable. Running towards my i dropped the back of the weapon down should meant that the rounds would go over the top of his head. A fired two warning shots and he just kept coming and he was closing the distance. Was closing the distance. In other news this hour , are in other news this hour, are we making new deals with the eu . Secure the labour leaders pledging an offer to take in more migrants from the eu in return for a border deal with brussels. Brussels. North Korean Leader kim jong un continues his tour of russia in a meeting with president putin. And he said they discussed possibilities for military cooperation. But downing street says the meeting between the two is a sign of isolation. Isolation. Ian and well be bringing you all the latest weather updates with alex deakin. With alex deakin. Wendy for some sunny for others and dull and damp in others and dull and damp in other parts of the uk. Its a three way split with the weather today. For all the details, join me later for your full forecast. Were just doing paul coyte and i have had a singing session already this morning. Has it gone down . Well, weve had one saying we should set up the gb news choir for yes. And this was about the song belfast boy with george best, because paul, the reason we were marking george best was 60th anniversary today of george best, making his debut for manchester united. 17 year old gangly boy from Northern Ireland. They became a superstar. So its the 60th anniversary today. I want to also talk about ben stokes as well, considering he was born in new zealand, he doesnt treat them well after the way he them very well after the way he played harry played yesterday. And Harry Maguire to the boo maguire has responded to the boo boys. Eamonn yeah, hes quite immovable on that. I hope he isnt affected by the criticism he gets , but must the criticism he gets, but must be tough being Harry Maguire. You can join in any of our discussions. You can email us gb views gbnews. Com or you can tweet. Gb news. Well, our tweet. Gb news. Well, our top story this morning is an exclusive of and this is on the governments controversial Northern Ireland legacy bill. It is now just one step away from becoming law. So lets explain what its about. Yes so this legislation is going to offer a conditional amnesty to offer a conditional amnesty to those accused of killings dunng to those accused of killings during the 30 years of violence over british rule in Northern Ireland. It means no new court cases or inquests will be held. Now, this is not popular with everyone. There is widespread everyone. There is widespread opposition. But this week, opposition. But this week, despite that, the bill passed after a final debate in the house of lords. Campaigners for the victims say the government has abandoned them. But a former special Branch Officer who shot dead an ira terrorist in 1991 argues his lifes been ruined by the continuing and relentless inquiries that have never found him guilty of murder. He has spoken exclusively to us and our Northern Ireland reporter brings you that interview now. Dougie beattie my interview now. Dougie beattie my name is officer b. I joined the royal ulster constabulary in the late 70s , constabulary in the late 70s, and i served in various stations around the border and west belfast before joining what was called e4 , which was a called e4, which was a surveillance unit. It was part of special branch and special operations branch. So i was operations branch. So i was a covert surveillance operator there for almost 11 years. There was a conflict that it was referred to as a conflict , but referred to as a conflict, but it was in fact, it was a civil war. It was a war where Irish Republicans from the Catholic Community and loyalists from the Protestant Community battled with each other and also battled against Security Forces. Nearly against Security Forces. Nearly 4000 people died in that conflict. Tens of thousands were conflict. Tens of thousands were injured. Some still suffering injured. Some still suffering those injuries to this day , those injuries to this day, something that needs to be remembered. And its a fact, not remembered. And its a fact, not an emotion on that. 60 of the casualties of the killings were carried out by republic and terrorists, 30 were carried out by loyalists from the Protestant Community. And only 10 were attributed to Security Forces. The difference is that Security Forces keep records because theyre part of the state. And in fact, now what were seeing is a witch hunt, a vindictus , a is a witch hunt, a vindictus, a vindictive infectious witch hunt against Security Forces and an attempt to rewrite history. I was going out to do an operation in a Counter Terrorism operation against a man called colin marks. And i wasnt privy to the full amount of intelligence or who the source was. That wasnt for us. That was way above our pay scale. But the information was which came from a source within the ira that he was going to come to the Playing Field to the rear of Saint Patricks avenue. That night carrying a mark 12 mortar, and then fire it into a armoured police or army. Landrover which was passing by colin marks brought this mortar to the driveway of a house on Saint Patricks avenue, where he set it up to fire it again at a Security Force vehicle. So total Security Force vehicle. So total and utter disregard for human life. And so thats what i was facing that night when i took up a position in a hedgerow on Saint Patricks avenue to cover a Playing Field or whenever the ichimichi came to arrest him and he bolted out through the hedge and into the field towards me, the republicans have often said, oh, well, he wasnt armed , he oh, well, he wasnt armed, he was armed, he was armed with a mark 12 mortar. Yes. He didnt have them on him. Thats true. But most times when terrorists were doing things like that, they carried additional firearms on and when you are on them. And when you are involved in a shooting, you have literally you dont even have a second to make a decision. He second to make a decision. He kept running towards me. I dropped the back of the weapon down. So it meant that the rounds would go over the top of his head of fired two warning shots. And he just kept coming. Shots. And he just kept coming. And he was closing the distance and if i fired five further rounds , three of which had him , rounds, three of which had him, one hit him in the hand , one hit one hit him in the hand, one hit him in the side of the year, an exit at the back of his neck, but actually never penetrated his skull. And the fatal round went through his abdomen. And i went through his abdomen. And i went through his abdomen. And i went through his abdomen. And i went through. Four went through. Four investigations. First of all, a cid investigation. Then that cid investigation. Then that file was passed out with no recommended motion of conviction. The dpp , the public conviction. The dpp, the Public Prosecution. Then they found prosecution. Then they found that there was no case grade with the police. Then i was then interviewed by what was called complaints and discipline , which complaints and discipline, which is like pony. The ombudsman nowadays. They find no wrongdoing. And what i did that night then the inquest. So it was justifiable killing that night she roll on 25 years the Police Ombudsman, Northern Ireland then decided that they were going to investigate. Even were going to investigate. Even it was exactly the same. That was said 25 years ago. And most was said 25 years ago. And most of my anger is against the Police Ombudsman because . Police ombudsman because . Because for seven years on one month out , because for seven years on one month out, until because for seven years on one month out , until the pps because for seven years on one month out, until the pps said there was no case, ive been under this cloud for seven years and one month and its not pleasant that i live in fear for my life because during that penod my life because during that period of time , Police Ombudsman period of time, Police Ombudsman and for me and the police that all my details had been given on to the solicitors practise whos representing the family . A whos representing the family . A dossier of information that had my picture , that had my name , my picture, that had my name, they had my mobile phone number, they had my mobile phone number, they had my address, they had my company name. And where i worked. So ive gone through all my details being leaked to a solicitors practise and within that solicitors practise individual keeps referring to me as a murderer. He did it recently on a News Programme or a media programme. He also owned a media programme. He also owned a bio for the website for himself. He a bio for the website for himself. He refers to a bio for the website for himself. He refers to the ruc himself. He refers to the ruc murder of colin marks in april 1991. Thats completely contrary to what the pps decided , and to what the pps decided, and because the pps decided that in may of this year that there was no fresh evidence, but then immediately afterwards the solicitors practise working for the family are challenging the pps decision. So why is it pps decision. So why is it a case of theyll not be happy till they get what they want . Or till they get what they want . Or do they want the truth . And do they want the truth . And april of this year that was seven years under investing in reinvestigation of me. Its now in the september and im now facing my sixth and first occasion. If thats not vindictive or infectious, i dont understand. But i can tell dont understand. But i can tell you now and i look in the eyes and say, i did not go out that night to kill anybody. Night to kill anybody. Lets not go to political commentator eamonn malley on all of this. Ehm, and that former of this. Ehm, and that former Police Officer obviously believes in his own innocence. The dead mans family, though, may believe otherwise. The point im trying to get over to a general audience outside Northern Ireland is that this piece of legislation ation, has alienated people on all sides because there are still victims. And it would be naive to assume that all members of the Security Forces would be totally innocent of malpractice or murder. Of malpractice or murder. Let me say from the outset, emma, i would not diminish in any way the tyranny under which that particular Police Officer, former Police Officer or whatever is actually living. I would not seek to diminish that these people lived in very dangerous circumstances. I dangerous circumstances. I accept that. I know a senior soldier who told me he was on the falls road one day and they knew in advance that there was going to be a potential attack. He was in charge of what was called the brick, and he had a sense somebody was behind him and he put on what he saw. The soft switch. I dont want to understand these terms, but preparing to fire, he felt there was somebody behind him and he wheeled around and there was an old lady picking up bottles of milk at the doorway. Now he said momentarily in different circumstances, had i not been born and reared in Northern Ireland, i might have shot that lady. So they lived on a very considerable threat. But the Police Officer in question here spoke about only 10 of those killed in the troubles died as a result of security activity. In result of security activity. In terms of police and army , 10 terms of police and army, 10 were correspondingly loved ones. Brothers sisters and husbands, wives in many cases. A young girl , michelle wives in many cases. A young girl, michelle ohare from ballymoyer in south armagh, on her way to confession. 12 years of age as she was passing a checkpoint, shot dead. No one has served one hour for her, killing. So this is a multi killing. So this is a multi sided account of life in Northern Ireland. This policeman has his story. Northern ireland. This policeman has his story. But the reality is the legislation here now , is the legislation here now, which will receive royal assent shortly that has deemed him in many ways to be an amnesty by another name. Nobody has any confidence that the truth of what really happened in so many of these controversial killings will emerge. At the end of the day. Day. So why was this bill, this legacy bill, introduced . Was it political expediency . Was it to garner votes in the rest of britain for the government . Or britain for the government . Or how would you explain it . How would you explain it . Well, i think its something of an imponderable, because this is what one has to be conscious of. The reality is , if we is what one has to be conscious of. The reality is , if we had of. The reality is, if we had the guildford bombing, we had the guildford bombing, we had the birmingham bombing, we had scores, scores of soldiers killed up and down Great Britain with soldiers killed in Northern Ireland. So these are the citizens of mps who are voting and who have voted for this legislation. Now the theory being that there was a goal of protecting members of the Security Services who served in Northern Ireland and who were involved in controversial shootings. Its a fact of life that there were undercover soldiers in Northern Ireland, that those undercover soldiers did wipe people out in Northern Ireland, in most cases in a lot of cases, well known members of the ira. I was invited out for lunch one day by a very senior british civil servant. I had a deep suspicion he was a spook. And in the course of my meal with him, he fired three names across the table at me and asked me, what do you know about these three people . Those three people are dead. They were killed by the British Services in northern undercover. They were deemed members of the ira. So a lot of these killings involving the Security Services were undoubtedly premeditated pre med stated, but i dont diminish the tyranny on the which Police Officers and soldiers are living after all these years. But take after all these years. But take the family of marcelo , her the family of marcelo, her michael ohare. I know him very well. The brother of that little girl, 12 years of age. And there are scores of these people across Northern Ireland. So there are so many sides to this. I think theres some full anger here, though, within republican ism and loyalism. Im sure theyre quite relieved that what is tantamount to an amnesty now obtains in Northern Ireland. Yeah, and lets get that straight. We showed the story of a former Police Officer and you say not to undermine what he has gone through and continues to go through, but still then that that would equally apply any amnesty for him or former members of the Security Forces would apply to republican and loyalist terrorists as well. And loyalist terrorists as well. And therefore, that leaves a lot of people totally bereaved, totally bereft, with no hope of justice or a conclusion in their lives. Yeah, well, let me say this started with the good friday agreement in many ways, because you will recall the good friday agreement very specific , said agreement very specific, said that the maximum term in prison any one, if convicted or prosecuted and convicted, would would would span would be two years in jail. Would would span would be two years in jail. And anyone who years in jail. And anyone who was responsible for a crime predating the 1998 good friday agreement. So wed be moving agreement. So wed be moving down this road gradually. Now there is a sense at the same time in government and indeed within the Security Service is that so far on from the troubles, the good friday agreement was 1998. The ira ceasefire was 1994 and the loyalist ceasefire followed that. So there is this theory within the kremlin jurisdiction that its impossible to have sufficient evidence and forensic evidence to prosecute, to get to actually jail. People nowadays. Actually jail. People nowadays. But this may well be an easier option. There is the deep suspicion that the priority was, in fact, to protect veteran soldiers who serve the Northern Ireland. Thats the deep suspicion here. But i come back to my point, eamonn. I think there may be a considerable amount of full anger here. Pretend anger. I would imagine that anyone involved in the ira, in the lvf, the uvf, the uda , in the lvf, the uvf, the uda, etcetera, i suspect that theyre relieved that there is now, but we could something tantamount to an amnesty in terms of the legislation now passed. Now there will be this truth and reconciliation process i think is for the birds that at the end of the day. Eamonn and malik, thank you very much indeed for your analysis of the Northern Ireland legacy bill and the consequences of it. Consequences of it. Well leave it there. Thank you very much indeed. And as you can see, a very complicated and multi dimensional situation there. And i hope we have explained it as well as we can to you. This is gb news. Lets bnng to you. This is gb news. Lets bring you up to date with the latest stories. Sara sharifs father, uncle and stepmother , have been and stepmother, have been arrested on suspicion of murder after returning to the uk. 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Sadiq khan insists the lower speed limit will make london safer. What do you think . Let us know. What do you think . Let us know. Thanks very much indeed for your views. Coming in this morning on Northern Ireland nad here hes saying the man that should be on trial is tony blair, not british soldiers. He sold them down the swanee. We talked about the good swanee. We talked about the good friday agreement there and the concessions that were made to bnng concessions that were made to bring to bring peace. And mac says the bill draws a line under a situation that is costing millions of pounds and does nothing but provide further division on Northern Ireland. Marks i would put it to you it will create even more division the way it is. Lots of you have been getting in touch about this next story and well reflect those once weve got the analysis of our Political Correspondent about it. Because the labour leader, some say, has been it. Because the labour leader, sormanoeuvres say, has been it. Because the labour leader, sormanoeuvres to say, has been it. Because the labour leader, sormanoeuvres to keir], has been it. Because the labour leader, sormanoeuvres to keir starmer en on manoeuvres to keir starmer has been promising closer cooperation with europe he cooperation with europe as he launched partys policies to launched his partys policies to tackle the small boat crossings, the. The steel. If it came about, wed see the uk take in a quarter of migrants from the eu in return for sending back people who have already arrived here illegally. And mr starmer , meanwhile, is and mr starmer, meanwhile, is also saying his party will restore the security of britains borders by smashing the criminal smuggling gangs. But the governments minister for health told us this morning that labour is effectively giving control of immigration giving up control of immigration in the concerns of our intelligence sharing to try and reduce the number of people making crossings. So were taking tougher action. We want to also, through our policy , have a very our rwanda policy, have a very clear deterrent and thats clear deterrent there and thats before the courts and what keir starmer again wants to do is give up control of immigration, sign up to quotas that are decided by the eu too, and remove the deterrent that rwanda would provide along side the return agreements that we put in place. Well, lets speak then to olivia utley, who joins us this morning with her. Take on all of the big political stories. And olivia, look, this is you know, its a bold position. You know , its a bold position. You know, labour really setting out how they try and tackle this they would try and tackle this crisis. And theyve been over crisis. And theyve been over i think it was him in the shadow home secretary over in europe talking about these plans. But the conservatives very concerned that this could be, you know, sort of back door to open borders again. Borders again. Well, absolutely. Weve been well, absolutely. Weve been waiting a very long time to hear what Keir Starmers plan for the small boats is. He came up with small boats is. He came up with his four pillars for how he plan to govern the United Kingdom in the case of a general election , the case of a general election, labour win and very obviously did not include anything about small boats. Now finally hes come up with the sort of skeleton of a policy plan. Its interesting in that it does draw quite a lot of clear blue water between labour and the conservative says keir starmer is now explicitly said that he would throw out the governments rwanda plan and that he would expand the law around around terror ism to include people smugglers. So hes hoping that smugglers. So hes hoping that hell be able to break apart those people smuggling gangs in a way that the conservatives havent do by havent managed to do by essentially treating them under the law like terrorists. But perhaps controversial perhaps the most controversial part is this idea part of the plan is this idea that he is going to accept quotas of migrants from the eu in order to be able to return some of those channel migrants whove come over from france back to the eu. Now, the eu already has a plan in place, which is just beginning to implement now , whereby every implement now, whereby every member state has to accept a quota of migrants or pay £20,000 for every single migrant that they dont accept. Now it sounds from what hes saying now that keir starmer would like to sign up to a plan like that , i think up to a plan like that, i think thatis up to a plan like that, i think that is probably really low hanging fruit for the conservatives. The conservatives will say we were the party of brexit. Weve left the eu now. Keir starmer essentially wants to hand back control of migration to the eu. Is that not migration to the eu. Is that not just a reversal of brexit by any other name . Olivia i have to ask you as well about this invitation from macron to sir keir starmer to go to the elysee palace next week. A big break with protocol or perhaps an indication of the way that people in europe, perhaps other leaders around the world, see politics going next year in the uk . Well, absolutely. The uk . Well, absolutely. I mean, were already seeing lots and lots of signs here in the uk that people are gearing up for a labour government. I saw, for example, that the spectator magazine, stalwart spectator magazine, a stalwart of the centre right, is having a party at Labour Party Conference and obviously macron is thinking in a similar way. European leaders want to be friends with keir starmer in the same way that uk businesses want to be friends with keir starmer because as all of the polling shows , he is very, very likely shows, he is very, very likely to win next years general election. Election. Okay, thanks very much indeed. As always, thank you. In the studio now were delighted to be joined by lieutenant stuart Lieutenant Colonel Stuart Crawford and Lieutenant Colonel, we are going to talk about the. We are going to talk about the. Putin kim jong un meeting now, number 10 downing street are saying that this meeting is a sign of isolation or is that just Wishful Thinking . How would just Wishful Thinking . How would you see that . You see that . Well well, i think thats actually fairly accurate because you have basically two pariah states and arguably two pariah leaders who are looking for solace in each others arms in many ways. Yeah. Both under both states under sanctions , both states under sanctions, both states, nuclear armed. And i states, nuclear armed. And i think putin in particular, with his ongoing war in ukraine, has run out of places to go. But the thing is, you know, i understand that were saying politically isolated, diplomatically isolated, but they have got the buttons and theyve got the fingers to press theyve got the fingers to press the buttons. You know, its not as if theyre short of arms ehhen as if theyre short of arms either, the two of them. Well well, i think russia is actually to run out of actually beginning to run out of arms, not nuclear arms. Yes they havent deployed. And there havent been deployed. And there is whether is some question about whether russias Nuclear Arsenal is actually operational because its been in storage for so long and there are no signs of the warheads being out loaded, possibly , perhaps some of them possibly, perhaps some of them dont which would dont work anymore, which would be for the world. Be good news for the world. Actually but but theyre running out conventional ammunition. Out of conventional ammunition. And so happens that out of conventional ammunition. And koreao happens that out of conventional ammunition. And korea manufactures|t out of conventional ammunition. And korea manufactures these north korea manufactures these artillery shells in particular in the in the same calibre as the russian weapons would need to use. So it would be a useful source of supply, although , of source of supply, although, of course, the russians have denied that thats what the deal is all about. Yeah, but its a mutual need. I mean, they need each other, dont they . Well, what do they both getting out of this. Well russia is i suspect, although they have denied that they to going get ammunition they are to going get ammunition and certain of and sort of a certain amount of Political Support another Political Support from another panah Political Support from another pariah state, which has, i suppose, some value. But in suppose, some value. But in return, i think north korea is looking for food aid because theyre perpetually starving, theyre perpetually starving, theyre starving, and the population are looking at famine and also some help with their satellite program. I think the nonh satellite program. I think the north koreans have ambitions to enter the space race, which is, of course, the new domain for military competition. And i think the russians are in a place that they can help them with that. Its funny. I mean, im looking at their ugly mugs plastered all over the front of the papers this morning. It would be funny if it wasnt so chilling. Mean, are chilling. I mean, they are horrible, despots. Horrible, horrible despots. But i almost more i suppose its almost more surprising that putin surprising to me that putin wanted to cosy up in front of the cameras with kim jong un. I mean, kim jong uns got some absolutely nothing to lose. And mean, kim jong uns got some absknow. Y nothing to lose. And mean, kim jong uns got some absknow whathing to lose. And mean, kim jong uns got some absknow what kindto lose. And mean, kim jong uns got some absknow what kind oflose. And mean, kim jong uns got some absknow what kind of countryd mean, kim jong uns got some absknow what kind of country his we know what kind of country his is. Putin is very much is. But putin is very much trying to convince his people still that, you know, his countrys the surely countrys in the right. Surely right minded, sensible , right minded, sensible, intelligent russians, of which there are many, will looking there are many, will be looking at this and thinking, what are we doing cosying up to him . Well, im sure that would be the case. But the problem with russia north korea russia and indeed north korea and of course, the and china is, of course, the media is state controlled. And so they feed people the so they feed the people the propaganda the rulers and propaganda for the rulers and the administrations want them to know. May be that the know. So it may be that the russian population is not well informed. I mean, i know that informed. I mean, i know that they have access to western media, but not easily. And media, but but not easily. And kim jong un is enjoying his trip so much. He hasnt gone home. Hes taken that train at 37 miles an houn well, yes, the armoured train. Yeah. And hes going to visit other sites of interest within russia. I mean, its hardly tourism that hes hes involved in here. But hes hes involved in here. But he obviously sees this as a prolonged love in between the two of them. Well, i think it is. And the speculation in the papers this morning that its slightly unusual that his visit has been to russia and not to china, because china kept north korea going during the pandemic. Really . Yeah. In terms of economic support. So, yeah, theres a bit of manoeuvring going on there. Listen, thanks. Really, really good hearing from you, stuart a former Stuart Crawford is a former army officer defence analyst. Officer and a defence analyst. Thank your take. Thanks. Thank you for your take. Thanks. Thank you for your take. Thanks. Thank you for your take. Thanks. Thank you very much. Heres alex deakin weather. Deakin with your weather. Warm feeling inside from that warm feeling inside from boxt boilers. Proud sponsors of weather on. Gb news. Weather on. Gb news. Good morning. Im alex deakin. This is your latest weather update from the met office for gb news something of a three way split today. Quite a blustery start across the far north. Many of us seeing sunny spells, but through parts of Northern England, wales , theres a england, north wales, theres a weather lingering weather front just lingering around of cloud around, bringing a lot of cloud and of rain. So this and outbreaks of rain. So this central fairly dull. A few central slice fairly dull. A few showers in northern scotland, still very here and still very windy here and staying across the northern staying so across the northern isles. But elsewhere, the winds easing and in the easing a touch. And in the south, places dry and south, most places dry and bright, often fairly over bright, often fairly cloudy over the midlands, some decent the midlands, but some decent spells sunshine on the south spells of sunshine on the south coast for south coast of england. And for south wales, temperatures wales, where temperatures will creep maybe creep into the 20s, maybe the mid across the south east mid 20s across the south east feeling cooler than that with the cloud and the rain over parts of Northern England and nonh north wales, that rain will unger north wales, that rain will linger into this evening as well, but it will start to shuffle northwards as we go through the night. Well keep blustery conditions across shetland and a few scattered showers here. But generally dry conditions further south with clear skies and some reasonably warm night. Temperatures again likely to stick in the mid teens. Thats zone of rain will then stick across much of Northern Ireland, central and southern scotland tomorrow. So southern scotland tomorrow. So quite a grey day here with outbreaks of rain. A brighter day for Northern England and nonh day for Northern England and north wales tomorrow compared to today and again in the south quite enjoying sunny quite a few enjoying sunny spells , staying mostly fine spells, staying mostly fine across the far north of scotland as well. The winds finally easing in shetland. Cool feel easing in shetland. A cool feel here under that rainy zone, here and under that rainy zone, but turning across but turning warmer again across the south of that warm feeling inside from boxt boilers proud sponsors of weather on gb news. News well, you are tuned into gb news. Britains news channel. Do stay with us. Were grateful for your company. And just in a moment, well be talking to paul about the sport and about all the latest sport and remembering one of footballs greatest players do you like ketchup . Do you like ketchup . Do you like ketchup . Yes. All right. I mean, i try not to put it on the table all the time. Do you like a treat . Do you like man, thats a treat. Yeah children, its the last friday of the month. Youre going to catch tonight. Going to catch up tonight. Yeah. Whats living in whats it like living in victorian times your eyes . Victorian times in your eyes . Absolutely. Its my children should seen and not heard as well. So what about when you go to a and you say can a restaurant and you say can have a wee bit of mustard . Yeah. Would you expect mustard . Would expect for that . Well, its part of my experience, im not doing experience, but im not doing the supplementary costs. Apparently. Say no, apparently. Now you say if i want a bit of mustard and i have i would like bit have steak, i would like a bit of english on it, and of english mustard on it, and id to pay. I dont know id have to pay. I dont know what you paid. £0. 20 £0. 50, i dont know. And is that reasonable for a restaurant to charge mayonnaise, charge you for your mayonnaise, for for your for your ketchup, for your belgian . For your ketchup, for your belgian cant not serve me you cant not serve me mayonnaise. What do they called condiments . Thats right. So yeah. Yeah, thats right. So should for should you should you pay for your ailments . Right. And your condo ailments . Right. And so were going to be talking about that 8 10 this morning because these are prices that some restaurants are putting on top of the food. Rick stein, no less. Rick stein, no less. Rick stein, no less. Well, hes hes hes one of them restaurant. Yeah, but but them restaurant. Yeah, but but i sort of see it from both sides and everything costs you know, i mean, so anyway, anyway, your views on that, let us know the time. Now is 735. Cant see that now. Can somebody please come in and turn on this clock so i can see what it is. This is breakfast and gb news. Im eamonn. Shes isabel. Eamonn. Shes isabel. And this is paul. Eamonn. Shes isabel. And this is paul. And well and this is paul. And well be talking to him about all the latest sport. Okay. What is the latest sport . Thank you. Can i ask you if theyre doing the mayonnaise and the. Yeah. Are they in the packets because the thing is i cant the restaurant do you go to because you want like a satchel charge extra. So there you go. So then you get your moneys worth and you can go like that, know, you get like that, you know, you get a little condiment holder a little condiment holder or a condiment holder and then you get a spoon or whatever, get a tiny spoon or whatever, and put it on. And you put it on. Thats really posh, just a little, yeah. No, you are posh. No, you are so posh. No, you are so posh. I do like a bit of colmans. I do like a bit of colmans. Nothing wrong yeah, theres nothing wrong with yeah, theres nothing wrong witii dont like all that french i dont like all that french mustard stuff or that american mustard stuff or that american mustard stuff. Dont. Mustard stuff. What . Iont. Mustard stuff. What . Int. Mustard stuff. What . I love a dijon. What . I love a dijon. Ill bet you did. Ill bet you did. When i couldnt get my hands on dijon while. On dijon for a while. But not in a packet. But i love an english mustard as well. Okay. Colmans is okay. Fine. Fine. Yeah. And american mustard. Anyway, we digress. Tennis. Tennis. Does anybody want to does anybody want us to record our best song . Record our george best song . Like there any record like is there any Record Companies been in touch . Yeah. Any word on that . She lies. Yes, she lies. My phones ringing off my phones been ringing off the hook. Simon cole. Simon. Cole. Simon callow on standby i ill get back to you, fast boy. Boy. Dee Dee Dee Dee Dee dee dee. Anyway, and so what else are we talking about besides, you know what . I do want to mention the cricket, because the world cup is coming up. Who we are. Is coming up. The who we are. Well, wont even you well, i wont even ask. You know, answer that we are know, the answer is that we are the current holders of this george best there at the moment. You get a moustache. I do remember moustache. Remember him with a moustache. He hes had he had everything. Hes had a moustache. Had everything. He had everything. Hes had a motnamee. Had everything. He had everything. Hes had a motname it, had everything. He had everything. Hes had a motname it, hes1ad everything. He had everything. Hes had a motname it, hes1ad eit. Rything. He had everything. Hes had a motname it, hes1ad eit. But ng. You name it, hes had it. But there are, little george. There we are, little george. Best there. But theres best best there. But theres ben best football ever. Football player ever. Play in a world cup not to play in a World Cup Final. George best. And you know the other talk about other thing before i talk about ben stokes is that when youd get arguments oh, who get the arguments of, oh, who was greatest Football Player was the greatest Football Player of time, cant be of all time, well, he cant be because didnt play in because he didnt play in a world cup. He didnt win the world cup. He didnt win the world cup. He didnt win the World Cup Final nonsense. Nonsense has that to with anything . I agree with you. Mean, it i agree with you. I mean, it depends youve got wrong. Depends who youve got wrong. And and you know, george was and you and you know, george was a was a star amongst, a was george was a star amongst, you pedestrian you know, fairly pedestrian players. Were some players. But there were some great ireland players great Northern Ireland players throughout the years. Course. Throughout the years. Of course. Of basically, of course. But basically, the overall, lot to overall, there wasnt a lot to pick from. So just read the few that so i just read the few that came in country about him. Eamonn says, jack, i dont follow or understand football. Yes. Loves yes. Whereas my brother loves man bless he man united. God bless you. He was he an ex serious was an ex. He was an ex serious murder squad detective. And i never him show emotion until never saw him show emotion until george best died. And then he wept. Oh , really . Oh, really . Oh, really . And who conducted george bests funeral . Oh, well, someone who was very close to him. Someone who really admired him as a footballer. Was that . Footballer. Who was that . I dont know. My job. It was my job. It was my job. Thats amazing. Thats amazing. Very sad. Its very sad. Its very sad. Absolutely. Oh, absolutely. Oh, absolutely. Callum . Are you in callum . Are you in callum . Friends . Friends . Oh, gosh, yes. Column. Oh, gosh, yes. Column. Column. Column. Column column. Column is column. Column is lovely column. Column is a lovely lad. Absolute lovely lad. A gentleman. Absolute gentleman. Gentleman. Absolute gentleman. And so . So jacks brother was an ex serious murder squad. So theres murders and theres serious murders. Id have loved that job. Id have loved that job. Murder was murder. Murder was murder. Fascinating. Anyway so were talking. Were talking about cricket. Were talking about cricket. Sorry. Were trying to talk about cricket. Actually, no. I was actually thinking. Your man taggart. Man taggart. Oh, that was murder thinking. Murder theres two difference because youve got the hot, hot moita moita that was murder. Okay, fine. But when they okay, fine. But when they met, it was. It was murder. Yes. Da da da da da. Met, it was. It was murder. Yes. Da da da da da. Did it. Did da da da da da. Did it. Did you ever watch hart to hart . No. See, i think Robert Wagner is a real true one of the last real movie stars. Yeah, hes still on instagram. You see him on instagram. You see him on instagram in his 90s . Yes. Yeah yeah. Still looks good. Hes in hospital recently. Hes in hospital recently. Freeway, by the way. I dont think freeway was a freeway. Was excellent. Was excellent. A dodgy all right doggy. A dodgy all right doggy. Doggy was called. Doggy was called. Where are we . Were at ben so where are we . Were at ben stokes. We ben stokes. Stokes. Are we ben stokes. Unbelievable murdered new zealand yesterday. Mean , the zealand yesterday. I mean, the thing he grew up new thing is, he grew up in new zealand worst thing for thing is, he grew up in new zealzealand worst thing for thing is, he grew up in new zealzealand is worst thing for thing is, he grew up in new zealzealand is that � st thing for thing is, he grew up in new zealzealand is that they ng for thing is, he grew up in new zealzealand is that they see or thing is, he grew up in new zealzealand is that they see him new zealand is that they see him keep out and then beating keep going out and then beating them because are the current them because we are the current holders the day holders of the one Day International cup , which International World cup, which happens again later on in the yeah happens again later on in the year. Stokes looked like year. Ben stokes it looked like he going to play because he wasnt going to play because he wasnt going to play because he concentrated on the test and with injury and was word with his injury and it was word was wanted to that was that he wanted to get that knee but playing and knee right. But hes playing and he went out and scored 182 runs. Man. What a what a what a man. What a what a what a guy. Guy. What a guy. What a guy. Fours, sixes. Unbelievable so with the us open tennis and everything going on, how have time for davis cup have they time for davis cup matches opens . Matches in the tennis opens . Tell you what they do it ill tell you what they do it is not easy because the amount of around they do and of travelling around they do and then over to here. Then its back over to here. Its at manchester so its at the Manchester Arena and theyve rejigged the way davis cup works. Way that the davis cup works. And its a round. I and its a its a round. I always love a round robin. I know you round of a round robin have you ever seen tennis indoors . Yes. Yeah ive seen it. The royal albert hall. Hall with you to that. Albert hall with you to that. Did you you remember . I do albert hall with you to that. Did remember remember . I do albert hall with you to that. Did remember thatemember . I do albert hall with you to that. Did remember that withnber . I do albert hall with you to that. Did remember that with you. . I do not remember that with you. Taken by jonny gould. We got taken by jonny gould. Yes we did. Judy came in yes we did. Judy murray came in our box. B we re b were you b were you there . But why were you there . But why were you there . Because we worked well, because we worked together the time. You rude . Together at the time. You rude . Friendly with you then . Was i friendly with you then . Was i friendly with you then . We pals. Just. Yeah, we were pals. Just. Yeah, we were pals. Just. Forgot it was probably you forgot it was probably really concentrating a long time ago. It was . Yeah. Yeah it was . Yeah. Yeah but, you know, they build that you say, so its that floor, as you say, so its a bit bouncier. A bit more give in it theres a bit more give in it than there would be. I thought a good experience. I loved it. Im going to have to find a photograph now because i think you believe me. I dont think you believe me. Out. But to dig it out. But to dig it out. But to dig it out. But the thing about it being in the royal albert hall, im telling folks, these are telling you, folks, these are the best comfy to the best seats, comfy seats to sit watch. Sit and watch. Lovely acoustics as well. Lovely acoustics as well. Sitting in a bit of plastic, flipped flop type seat. Flipped on flop down type seat. No, no. No, no. Anyway. And will you be back at you havent even told at 2 20 . You havent even told you for cried you about it for cried out. All were is talking all were doing is talking about spongy floors. About your spongy floors. Okay. It was very good. Britain beat australia. Still got to play switzerland that got to play switzerland and that comes next couple of comes up in the next couple of days. A robin and days. Its a round robin and whoever goes through the top two will go through and play in the finals. Makes of finals. Okay, that makes lots of sense. Hard explain. Sense. Hard to explain. Everybody. No what we are everybody. Okay . No what we are going talk about the break. You should hang around for this go. Well, i sent this because go. Well, i sent you last night at 2 00 you pictures last night at 2 00 in the morning. Right. And you didnt respond me. Didnt even respond to me. And was studied these. I try and convince her. I try and convince her. Do we see . What do we see . What do we see . Honestly, this is like a child decided to try and convince people there is convince people that there is such thing as aliens. Such a thing as aliens. Are aliens right . Rubbish. Is are aliens right . Rubbish. Is are aliens right . Rubbish. No, look at that. Thats an alien. An spotting alien. Thats an alien. Spotting man sectioning. Man needs sectioning. Well talking. Well be talking. Well be talking. Which the alien . Which one is the alien . Exactly . White shirt, exactly . The big white shirt, for sake. For goodness sake. Two little tiny alien people like that could be e. T. Exactly. Exactly. Oh, come on there. Oh, come on in there. Right. Thank you, paul. Alien corpses, right . Were talking about those in our section after this. E. T. Phone home weve got freddie grey back and emma burnell. And were going through the stories that are that are in the news on telly, on radio and in the as well. And were the papers as well. And were sitting discussing here who could possibly people that we know who could be spies for the chinese. I want to know what people at home think about our panel this morning. Out of the four of us. Yeah, who do you think is most likely to be a spy . I know what i think. I likely to be a spy . I know what ithink. I mean likely to be a spy . I know what i think. I mean , i went to an i think. I mean, i went to an east end comprehensive. It going to be me. It aint going to be me. It aint going to be me. All eyes on you, freddie. All eyes on you, freddie. I think he who smelt it, deau i think he who smelt it, dealt it. Come on. Dealt it. Oh, come on. Im interested that youre so keen to point fingers. Yeah, thats a good point, freddie. Definitely deflected. I dont think. I dont think. No, i. Im very quiet, but, yeah, when youre a spy, youve got to be. So china are trying to headhunt people in this country. People what type of people . People what type of people . Your jobs important to them. People what type of people . Yourjobs important to them. Your jobs important to them. Well, this is so this was the story that electrified sort of westminster and the media to a certain extent over the weekend which is that this this man, young man, was arrested back in march. And Something Big happenedin march. And Something Big happened in march. And i think it was to do with the passing of the National Security act, which meant that the government now can arrest people , not just the can arrest people, not just the official secrets act meant you actually had to really commit full treason. This is now just full treason. This is now just influence peddling in a suspicious way in westminster. Treason, light, treason, light , which treason, light, treason, light, which is sort of i mean, the difference between know we were talking about this before, the difference between kind of dark pr espionage is dark arts, pr and espionage is very thin now. Very thin now. And what china does a lot is it buys up influence, it pays for influence in universities , for influence in universities, in academic institutions and in westminster institutions. Jones westminster institutions. Jones and today, the government is going to announce this. I think this story is going to bubble on and on. And on, because if you talk to anyone in intelligence , talk to anyone in intelligence, which i do not, because im a 5py which i do not, because im a spy, yeah, theyve been saying this for years. Its out of control. And britain knows that its a laughing stock. Meaning . Meaning . Meaning . Meaning meaning the chinese can have access to any information they want. You always know loads about american politics. Is this a problem in america . Because obviously much more obviously lobbying is much more legitimate allowed legitimate there. Youre allowed to influence. Speaks. To buy influence. Cash speaks. Do a problem with do they have a problem with chinese . Certainly had infiltration. Theyve theyve theyve had theyve had troubles congressmen being troubles with congressmen being honey. Whats a honey honey trapped. Whats a honey trap . Its where you sleep with a lured people. Who are you go to sleep and you wake up with regret. You wake up with regret. Okay. Okay. And a spy . Its. And a spy . Its. Yeah , there was a yeah, well, yeah, there was a yeah, well, one congressman did get in big trouble for that. But american , trouble for that. But american, cia, american intelligence sources are always clamouring at the british saying its really out of control in london. You need to sort this out. You know, we have procedures in place to stop it happening. And i think stop it happening. And i think theres always been the cameron everyone thinks its the cameron and osborne there was and osborne years. There was this kowtow to china this great kowtow to china because we wanted their money and essentially we accepted the fact that they were going to have huge amounts of influence over our government and i think thats thats changing since the pandemic, covid, thats pandemic, since covid, thats changing lot. Changing quite a lot. Before china , it was but before china, it was russia, wasnt it . And lots of concern about how many russian plutocrats kleptocrats were buying up huge swaths of London Property and buying influence in that way. The thing is, emma, when you sign up to russia , you usually sign up to russia, you usually find that youve fallen from a high rise building and landed on a spiked railing or something done. A spiked railing or something done. I dont know if were done. I dont know if were heanng done. I dont know if were hearing the same about the chinese. If there is ruthless. Well, the foreign secretarys visit to beijing had to be delayed because his opposite number disappear dead, and he couldnt actually go until they decided to appoint someone else within china. Within china. Thats definitely the case. Thats definitely the case. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Okay. Emma, in yeah. Okay. Emma, in the yeah. Okay. Emma, in the front page okay. Emma, in the front page of the telegraph this morning and they are talking about it. Well, i cant see it there, but its. Its. Anyway, its schools need trans guidance ministers told yes. Yes. So the childrens commissioner, rachel de souza has blasted the government because what ever position you take on the various complexities around trans children, what schools are crying out for is clear guidance so that they know what to do. At the moment its really being done piecemeal, so it will be down to individual headteachers that then allows for really Different School schools to behave in really different ways, which gives parents no sense of understanding of what they can and cant expect in a school. So and cant expect in a school. So and this has been delayed again. It was supposed to come out before the summer term. It before the summer term. It didnt. It was then supposed to come out. I think last week. It didnt. And think the problem didnt. And i think the problem teachers have have is that they just to know what they can just need to know what they can and do , what they should and cant do, what they should and cant do, what they should and shouldnt do. And how to behave according to guidance. And then when parents come to them and say, id rather you didnt behave like this, they can then go back and say this is what the guidance is or or if parents theres a lot of this just not overindulgence of Little People who shouldnt really be listened to. Really be listened to. But, you know, im just trying to say all our time is skewed. We spent 14 years at school. I never once came across school. I never once came across anybody who had a transgender issue. And now everybody has issue. And now everybody has a transgender issue. Whats whats the difference . Whats changed . The numbers have risen significantly. Significantly. We there are defy present and opposing theories as to why that might be. Some may say its because theres much more acceptance of people being trans and therefore more people feel able to be open about it and open, able to be open about it at younger age. The other side at younger age. The other side of the argument is that its a social contagion and that its the current thing to be and its cool and there is also significant concern , significant concern, particularly from the feminist side of the argument, particularly from the feminist side of the argument , that young side of the argument, that young girls are under so much more pressure now than they ever have been. And its actually just not much fun being a pubertal young girl. So why on earth wouldnt you identify out of it if you could you see, i think theres certain things that are totally understand the turmoil and torment that a lot of people would go through with this. But jenny, only if i was a teacher and some kid came to me and said, im identifying as a bunny rabbit or a cat or whatever, i think i would just say the following word detention. And that would be it. I think we need to separate the weird stories about cats, which frankly is probably just a 14 year old being a 14 year old. Theyre cheeky. Theyre pushing theyre cheeky. Theyre pushing it. Thats what 14 year olds do. They push boundaries. I did it at 14 in different ways because i did it in the ways that were available to then i think available to me. Then so i think we to separate out that the we need to separate out that the im a bunny rabbit. Im a cat from people. It does exist. Its very small percentage of people who are identifying as actually trans, but they do exist. Listen, sorry, we promoted this. Sorry. Im just realising before we run out of time. What time is it . 53. And alien alien corpses. And its in all the corpses. And its in all the papers. Its in the. In dependent and whatever. And and. Emma, what can you tell us about auen emma, what can you tell us about alien corpses . Non human alien corpses have just been displayed to mexican politicians. To mexican politicians. So, yes, this you philologist has been before Mexican Congress and showed them these two supposed alien corpses. Now, it supposed alien corpses. Now, it should be said that this guy has been previously linked with hoaxes. Been previously linked with hoaxes. So its not. Hoaxes. So its not. See, there you go again. See, there you go again. Dispelling that youre more likely to believe that some 14 year old is a bunny rabbit than auens year old is a bunny rabbit than aliens have visited the planet. I said i didnt believe that. Eamonn sceptical about everything. Right. Freddy your view . Right. Freddy your view . I think that the guy who testified to the Mexican Congress, it does sound a little suspicious , although, you know, suspicious, although, you know, look images of those look at the images of those corpses. Are quite odd. Corpses. They are quite odd. Suny stony , theyre quite stunning. And they apparently have strange eggs within them, have eggs within them , lets say. But eggs within them, lets say. But so i think whats interesting about this is now its being talked out in congress, talked about congress , weve got about in congress, weve got nothing to worry about in nothing else to worry about in the world. Us congress had a very interesting okay, very interesting thing. Okay, well, about talk well, we cant talk about talk about because priority about it later because priority ties it next time round. Heres your weather. Heres your weather. Temperatures rising , boxt the temperatures rising, boxt solar proud sponsors of weather on. Gb news. On. Gb news. Good morning im alex deakin. This is your latest weather update from the met office for gb news. Something of a three way split today. Quite a blustery start across the far north. Many of us seeing sunny spells, but through parts of northern north wales, Northern England, north wales, theres weather just theres a weather front just lingering lot lingering around, bringing a lot of outbreaks of rain. Lingering around, bringing a lot of this outbreaks of rain. Lingering around, bringing a lot of this centralutbreaks of rain. Lingering around, bringing a lot of this central sliceaks of rain. Lingering around, bringing a lot of this central slice fairly rain. So this central slice fairly dull, a few showers in northern scotland. Very windy here scotland. Still very windy here and so across the and staying so across the northern isles. But elsewhere, the easing a and in the winds easing a touch and in the winds easing a touch and in the places dry and the south, most places dry and bright , often fairly cloudy over bright, often fairly cloudy over the some decent the midlands, but some decent spells sunshine in on spells of sunshine in on the south coast england. And for south coast of england. And for south where temperatures south wales, where temperatures will the maybe will creep into the 20s, maybe the across the the mid 20s across the south east feeling cooler than that cloud and the rain that with the cloud and the rain over parts Northern England over parts of Northern England and north wales, that rain will unger and north wales, that rain will linger as linger into this evening as well, it will start to well, but it will start to shuffle northwards as we go through the night. So well keep blustery conditions across shetland a few scattered shetland and a few scattered showers here, but generally dry conditions further south with clear skies and reasonably warm night temperatures again likely to stick in the mid teens. Thats zone of rain will then stick across much of Northern Ireland, central and southern scotland tomorrow. So quite scotland tomorrow. So quite a grey day here with outbreaks of rain. A brighter day for Northern England and north wales tomorrow compared today and tomorrow compared to today and again in the south. Quite a few enjoying spells, staying enjoying sunny spells, staying mostly fine across the far north of scotland winds of scotland as well. The winds finally easing in shetland. A cool feel here and under that rainy zone, but turning warmer again the south. Again across the south. The temperatures rising, boxt solar proud sponsors of weather on. Gb news. On. Gb news. Lots more to come, including more on the Northern Ireland legacy bill and what that means for people gb news with to us and heres whats leading the news this morning. The governments controversial Northern Ireland legacy bill is just one step away from becoming law. The legislation will effectively end prosecutions related to the troubles. Victims say theyve been let down. We hear from a former Police Officer who welcomes the new law. Were on towards me. I dropped the back of the weapon down, so it meant that the rounds would go over the top of his head. A far two warning shots, and he just kept coming. And he was closing the distance. And in other news this. Are we making new deals with the eu . The labour leader pledges an offer to take in more migrants from europe in return for a border deal with brussels i sara sharifs father, stepmother and uncle have been arrested on suspicion of murder. Ten year old sara was found dead at her home in surrey. Well have all the latest on that story for you. That story for you. And if youre wondering what to wear today, alex. Thats right. Thats right. Thats right. Well, youre wearing a white trouser suit today. Oh no, its not. What is it called . A jump suit. A jump suit. Right. So if it rains on that trousers, i cant show you. That will become. See through. So it will so she might need an umbrella. Alex deakin will advise you what you may need. Wendy for some sunny for others and dull and damp in others and dull and damp in other parts of the uk. Its a three way split with the weather today for all the details, join me later for your full forecast. Not wearing a jump suit, but ready to jump into action. Paul coyte. With the sport usually wear with the sport i usually wear a suit, the way, a boiler suit, by the way, considering he was born there. East coast new zealand lesson again. Brilliant again. Ben stokes was brilliant yesterday. Harry maguire has responded boo boys and responded to the boo boys and a little lad from Northern Ireland at the age of 1760 years ago today , they stepped on old today, they stepped on old traffords pitch for the first time, and name was Eamonn Holmes. Oh no, that little lad would be nearly 80 now. Yes if he had lived. It has to be, said jemmy carragher, writing in the telegraph today about Harry Maguire , says i feel sorry for maguire, says i feel sorry for Harry Maguire. Its time to drop Harry Maguire. Its time to drop him for his own good. I Harry Maguire. Its time to drop him for his own good. I presume him for his own good. I presume hes talking about england. There and england place there. Controversial rival. Okay, you can join in any of our discussions, however controversial you to be. Gb controversial you want to be. Gb views the gbnews. Com. Or you can tweet at. Gb tweet at. Gb news. So it is our top story this morning. The governments controversial Northern Ireland legacy bill. Its now one step away from becoming law. Now this legislation offers amnesties, conditional amnesties to those who accused of killings dunng to those who accused of killings during 30 years of violence in Northern Ireland. And it stops any new court cases or inquests being held old. And despite widespread opposition, the bill passed after a final debate in the house of lords. While campaigners for victims say the government have abandoned them. But a former special Branch Officer who shot dead an ira terrorist in 1991 argues that his life has been ruined by the continuing and relentless inquiries that have never found him guilty of murder. There are many sides to the result , murder. There are many sides to the result, and the complications of this bill and a lot of people who have lost family members will feel they will never receive justice. But our ex Police Officer has spoken exclusively to gb news and our Northern Ireland reporter Dougie Beattie who will hear from after this report. Hear from after this report. My name is officer b, i joined the royal ulster constabulary in the late 70s and i served in various stations around the border and west belfast before joining what was called e for a which was a surveillance unit. It was part surveillance unit. It was part of special branch, now special operations branch. So it was a covert surveillance operator for almost 11 years. I was going out to do an operation, a Counter Terrorism operation in against a man called colin marks. I wasnt privy to the full amount of intelligence or who the source was that wasnt for us. That was way above our pay scale. But the information was which came from a source within the ira that he was going to come to the Playing Field to the rear of Saint Patricks avenue that night, carrying a mark 12 mortar, and then fire it into a armoured placer army landrover, which was passing by colin marks brought this mortar fire to the driveway of house on Saint Patricks avenue, where he set it up to fire it against first, a Security Force vehicle. So a Security Force vehicle. So total and utter disregard for human life. And so thats what i was facing that night when i took up a position in a hedgerow on Saint Patricks avenue to cover a Playing Field whenever the issue came up to arrest him and he bolted out through the hedge and into the field towards me, the republicans have often said, oh , well, he wasnt armed. Said, oh, well, he wasnt armed. He was armed. He was armed with a mark 12 mortar. Yes. He didnt have them on him that day. But most times when terrorists were doing things like that , they doing things like that, they carried firearms on carried additional firearms on them. And when you are involved in a shooting, you have literally you dont even have a second to make a decision. He second to make a decision. He kept running towards me. I dropped the back of the weapon down. So it meant that the rounds would go over the top of his head. A fire, two warning shots and he just kept coming and he was closing the distance and he was closing the distance and a five fired five four further rounds, three of which had him. One hit him in the hand had him. One hit him in the hand , one hit him in the side of the ear on accident, the back of his neck , but actually never neck, but actually never penetrated his skull. And the penetrated his skull. And the fatal round went through his abdomen. I went through four or abdomen. I went through four or investigations as, first of all, a kid investigation. Then that a kid investigation. Then that file was passed with no recommendation of conviction. Recommendation of conviction. The dpp , the Public Prosecution, the dpp, the Public Prosecution, they found that there was no case grade with the police. Then i was then interviewed by what was called complaints and discipline , which is like pony. Discipline, which is like pony. The ombudsman nowadays. They find no wrongdoing. And what i did that night then the inquest. So it was justifiable killing that night she roll on 25 years the Police Ombudsman, Northern Ireland then decided that they were going to investigate. Even were going to investigate. Even it was exactly the same that was said 25 years ago. And most of said 25 years ago. And most of my anger is against the Police Ombudsman because . Because for ombudsman because . Because for seven years on one month until the pps said there was no case, ive been under this cloud for seven years and one month and its not pleasant that i live in fear for my life because during that period of time , police that period of time, Police Ombudsman informed me and the police that all my details had been given on to the solicitors practise as representing the family. A dossier of information family. A dossier of information that had my picture , that had my that had my picture, that had my name , they had my mobile phone name, they had my mobile phone number, they had my address, they had my company name and where i worked at. So ive gone through all my details being leaked to a solicitors practise course and within that solicitors practise individual keeps referring to me as a murderer. He did itrillionecently on a news program or a media programme. He also in a bio for the website for himself. He refers to the ruc murder of colin marks in april 1991, and thats completely contrary to what the pps decide it because the cps decided that in may of this year that there was no fresh evidence, but then immediately afterwards the solicitors practise working for the family. Are challenging the cps decision. So is it a case of theyll not be happy till they get what they want or do they want truth and april of this year that was seven years under the investigation reinvestigation of me its now in the september year and im now facing my sixth and first occasion. If thats not vindictive or vexatious , i not vindictive or vexatious, i dont understand it. But not vindictive or vexatious, i dont understand it. But i can tell you now and i look you in the eyes and say, i did not go out that night to kill anybody. Out that night to kill anybody. Well i doing the interview Dougie Beattie our Northern Irish reporter, we cross now live to dougie and dougie. Your, your your subject there. I mean that man. We can. We can feel his pain. We can feel his anguish about this. No doubt. The victim, the man who died, theyll have a different story, of course, to put. And thats what this is all about. This this legislation. There will be people who will say we are wrong, done. We are not going to feel just experienced justice. Now at the end of all of this. So theres so, so many victims and whats going to happen as a result of all of this . Well good morning, eamonn. This . Well good morning, eamonn. And yes, it is. You do feel very, very sorry for all the victims. Dont forget, there was over 4000 killings in Northern Ireland. And this this mass is all really started back in 1998, because as much as the Peace Agreement came in that ended, those troubles, what they couldnt have said at the time was the definition of a victim who was a victim and who was a victim maker. And that was the problem all along. 60 of those killings were or were carried out by republicans, 30 by loyalists. And 10 by the state. The state. This is the problem. They want protected because amnesties have already been here. When we look at this and we go back to 1998, all the prisoners, paramilitary prisoners, paramilitary prisoners were let out of prisons. Then we go to and this is the real problem for the president of knowledge , which president of knowledge, which for our informatix option for an amnesty is already set with those are the disappeared. There was many people disappeared dunng was many people disappeared during the troubles and their bodies were secretly buried. Well for knowledge and for information. Returning those bodies , there was amnesties bodies, there was amnesties given. I mean, i was in france, in rouen, and in the middle of a 200 square mile forest. And they pinpointed a body that was there straight away. Somebody had told me that body was bragging. Bog was same thing. And then we was the same thing. And then we go letters of comfort go to the letters of comfort that appeared with tony blair and peter hain in 2005 2006 that said that the police were now no longer looking for those that were on the run and select affairs committee. The psni had affairs committee. The psni had said those that had received the letters of 100 of those letters, there were suspects for 300 murders. So they had all got there basically an amnesty as well. So the only people left to be brought to the courts behind us was that of the Security Forces. And that has continued on and on. And its cost the taxpayer two £2 billion over the last 25 years with very little results. Now weve got to remember that theyre at the heels of all this is people that want answers and real victims, people that are see their lives have been turned upside down by the troubles of Northern Ireland. And all they want is the knowledge of what happened to their loved ones. And that may come about by this bill. But this bill has faced Serious Problems with every single Political Party in Northern Ireland. None of them support it. Dougie thank you very much indeed. Now, the labour leader, sir keir starmer , has promised keir starmer, has promised closer cooperation with europe as he launched his partys policies to tackle the small boat crossings. Boat crossings. Deal, if agreed, will see the deal, if agreed, will see the tick in its quota of the uk tick in its quota of migrants from the eu in return for sending back people who arrive in country illegally i well, speaking to us on the program a little earlier, the governments cabinet minister, program a little earlier, the gover|barclay, cabinet minister, program a little earlier, the gover| barclay, cabir labour ster, program a little earlier, the gover|barclay,cabirlabour iszr, Steve Barclay, said labour is effectively giving control of effectively giving up control of immigration work. In terms of our intelligence sharing to try and reduce the number of people making crossings. So were taking tougher action. We want to also go through our rwanda policy, have a very clear deterrent go through our rwanda policy, have andry clear deterrent go through our rwanda policy, have and thats|r deterrent go through our rwanda policy, have and thats before rent go through our rwanda policy, have and thats before the there and thats before the courts. And what keir starmer again wants to do is give up control of immigration, sign up to quotas that are decided by the eu and remove the deterrent that rwanda would provide alongside the return agreements that we put in place. This is that we put in place. This is some analysis and all of this is our Political Correspondent, olivia utley. Good morning to you. And look, hillarys been in touch on email this morning. She says this definitely make this will definitely make up labour minds. Labour brexit supporters minds. No chance theyll get his vote now. Of a gamble from him, now. A bit of a gamble from him, isnt the right isnt it . Everybody on the right and labour voters and perhaps even labour voters will is open borders by will say this is open borders by the back door. Well absolutely. It is a big gamble and i think there will be lots of people up and down the country who will reflect hillarys sentiments at keir starmer. Weve been waiting for a long time for an immigration plan from keir starmer. And finally, weve plans to treat weve got one. He plans to treat people terrorists. People smugglers as terrorists. He plans to throw out the governments rwanda well, governments rwanda plan. Well, thats because thats no surprise because hes been very, very critical of it. But most controversially, he plans have a returns plans to have a returns agreement with the eu whereby the accepts migrants whove the eu accepts migrants whove come here illegally across the channelin come here illegally across the channel in exchange for us taking a quota of migrants whove come to the eu. Well eu states already have that deal in place. Its being implemented now , now and eu members have to now, now and eu members have to take a particular quota of migrants. There will be lots of people who think that if we join that agreement then that is essentially us almost rejoining the eu by the back door. So brexiteers will be really, really angry about it. But keir starmer did have to come up with a plan. Small boats is pretty much top of peoples priorities. When you when you hear from focus groups and polls and so far hes been completely silent on the issue. So yes, it was a gamble, but he did have to say something. And i also want to ask you about Emmanuel Macron , president about Emmanuel Macron, president of asking if sir keir of france, asking if sir keir starmer would like to come to the elysee palace next week. This will raise a few eyebrows, a bit of break protocol. A bit of a break with protocol. Certainly. Well, definitely certainly. Well, definitely a break with protocol. It seems as though eu leaders and probably leaders across the world are thinking in much the same way as uk businesses. Uk businesses are doing everything in their power to cosy up to keir starmer on the assumption that, as all the polls suggest, that he will be Prime Minister next year, itll be really interesting to see if any other leaders follow in Emmanuel Macrons lead. Could be pretty embarrassing for rishi sunak. Okay , thank you very much okay, thank you very much indeed. Olivia as always. Now, indeed. Olivia as always. Now, sara sharifs father, uncle and stepmother , have all been stepmother, have all been arrested on suspicion of her murder after returning to the uk from pakistan on the ten year old was found dead at her home in surrey. Well Surrey Police say sarahs mother has been informed of the arrest and is being support by specialist officers. Well, joining us for officers. Well, joining us for more on this is our reporter lisa hartle. Good morning to you, lisa. I believe the trio flew in from dubai overnight. Hello. Yes, well , the father hello. Yes, well, the father , the stepmother and the uncle of sarah landed at Gatwick Airport after flying from pakistan to dubai and then on to gatwick that landed at around 7 45 last night where police boarded the plane and arrested the three. Thats after a month of hiding in pakistan. Irfan sharif ballinspittle and faisal malik have been arrested on suspicion of murder and will now be questioned by police over the death of sarah last night, the police gave an update and we can hear just a little bit from that now this evening, around 7 45 pm, three people were arrested p. M, three people were arrested in connection with this investigation at Gatwick Airport. Two men aged 41 years and 28 years and a woman aged 29 years were arrested on suspicion of murder after disembarking a flight from dubai. This has been flight from dubai. This has been an extremely fast moving, challenging and complex inquiry, and we remain absolutely committed to conducting a thorough investigation into. Thorough investigation into. Sarahs father was the one to actually call the police , but he actually call the police, but he did so from pakistan. And that was the day before sarahs body was discovered here at the family home in woking. That was on the 10th of august. That was on the 10th of august. That sarahs body was found. That sarahs body was found. Whats made them return to the uk is unclear, but police will now be questioning them to find out what the events were that led to the death of the ten year old girl, sarah. Okay, lisa, thanks very much indeed. Okay, lisa, thanks very much indeed. Now, famous chefs indeed. Now, famous chefs restaurant has been slammed for charging customers extra for condiments like tomato ketchup , condiments like tomato ketchup, curry sauce and mayonnaise as they look to cut back where they can. But so called ad inflation isnt new, but it has become part of our everyday lives. And part of our everyday lives. And our producer, oliver toby, loves his food, but isnt happy about the menu charges. So hes been the menu charges. So hes been looking into this celebrity chef rick stein is charging customers for condiments at his fish and chip restaurant in padstow. Chip restaurant in padstow. So theyll be paying £2 if they eat in for sauces such as gravy, mayonnaise and mango chutney or £1. 75 for a takeaway. Now we take away cod and chips at the restaurants , costing at the restaurants, costing nearly £15. Is this reasonable . Nearly £15. Is this reasonable . You might have noticed that at many restaurants, when you order your pork chop, you get charged extra for side dishes such as vegetables , oils and maybe even vegetables, oils and maybe even side potatoes. And then theres side potatoes. And then theres con airways as well. Airlines such as easyjet have recently been criticised by the government for charging extra fees for luggage , food and fees for luggage, food and pre flight check in. Even now, britains biggest pop chain is charging extra for drinks during peak hours. When peak hours. When well, you see what i think about this. If they built it into the price, you know, so toby was talking there about cold and chips and how much it costs, but if they asked another, its not funny. I lost my breath there. I was going to gloss over it for you. And if they added another £0. 50, you wouldnt know the difference really. But its when youre asked separately. Yes. Yeah. You know, it happens in all different types of restaurants. A friend of mine was saying that shed been to the hawksmoor, which is a very up market steak restaurant were restaurant in london, and were used our veg the used to having our veg on the side we a hunk of meat. Side if we order a hunk of meat. But now the sauce on the side as well. So basically youre paying £40 for a piece of meat that theyve cooked approximately theyve cooked for approximately two everything theyve cooked for approximately two is everything theyve cooked for approximately two is add everything theyve cooked for approximately two is add on. Everything theyve cooked for approximately two is add on. So everything theyve cooked for approximately two is add on. So ifverything theyve cooked for approximately two is add on. So if youthing else is an add on. So if you want your sauce, thatll be another £7. I like diane. I like diane. Oh, yeah. Oh, yeah. You like diane. Had to you like diane. You had to educate about didnt you . Yeah, like, like. I like a yeah, like, i. Like. I like a bit of that. Anyway, our east midlands reporter, will hollis went to ask some in the pub, ask some people in the pub, appropriately they appropriately enough, how they felt comes felt about all of this. It comes to little pub like whats behind me. Me. It doesnt warrant to any extra. Ridiculous. I dont extra. Its ridiculous. I dont see the point. Its obviously all the government trying to more government trying to get more money thats it. No, money out of us. Thats it. No, not me. Thank i wont not for me. Thank you. I wont be im not happy it. Be out. Im not happy about it. To fair, i dont know if slug to be fair, i dont know if slug and lettuce are the only ones that are going to be doing it, but its just its going to stop people from wanting to go, you know , should happy hour. Know, it should be happy hour. Not hour. Not unhappy hour. Well, condiments. And what do well, condiments. And what do you think, fred . If i was charged for mustard, i wouldnt be so keen to leave a service tip. Marion in ludlow says there used to be a time when youd have your steak sauce included in the price. These days, thats extra. Having to pay extra for condiments is all a bit much. You know it does make me you know what it does make me just think i dont want to eat out. It does. Itsjust, out. It does. Its just, you know, its pncey. Its just, you know, its pricey. Its pricey. Pricey. Its pricey. Its treat anymore. Its not a treat anymore. Its sort irritating. Its sort of irritating. A burden. Its a burden. Its a burden. Right. Okay. Lets go to dean dunham. Deans a consumer lawyer on all of this. I mean, so is this now a thing, dean . Is this a point of concern, an an issue with people as to when you get your bit on the side, so to speak, or when you dont . Well no, i think this is probably a way of life at the moment. Way of life at the moment. Lets be fair to the restaurants and the other companies that are charging extra for things. Its costing them more to run their business. They are impacted. Bythe energy they are impacted. By the energy costs, just like we are at home as well. They are impacted by Raw Materials costing more money and so forth. They have to pass the cost of those on. And when people ask me as a consumer lawyer, what are their rights . Can these companies, can these restaurants charge more money for these things . The answer is yes. In fact, they can charge yes. In fact, they can charge what they like, but what they cant do is they cant mislead consumers. They cant do anything thats not transparent. But i think you said it a moment ago, they could have just added, for example, £0. 50 to the bill. Theyve not done that. They are charging extra for add ons , charging extra for add ons, which means actually it should be transpass. So look, its not be transpass. So look, its not good. Be transpass. So look, its not good. Would we like to see the good. Would we like to see the costs come down . Yes is it legal . Yes. Its totally fine. Of course, weve all got the choice not to go out, not to fly with the likes of easyjet. If theyre charging extra , weve theyre charging extra, weve got that choice. As consumers. Got that choice. As consumers. Hopefully these prices will come down. I think the bigger question is when the prices do come down, will the airlines will the restaurants reduce their prices . Lets hope they their prices . Lets hope they do. No , they wont. Theres no no, they wont. Theres no chance. Everything goes up. It never comes down. Well, lets hope it does. And especially if its a plane name. And if that goes up, that must come down. Must come down, must come. Must come down, must come. Okay, dean, really appreciate it. Thank okay, dean, really appreciate it. Thank you. Dean is a consumer lawyer there. I was just looking at the pictures there from that that chippy. Have you ever had a battered sausage . I have you ever had a battered sausage . I have, actually. Yeah. Yeah. See, i would never look at see, i would never i look at you i think shes never. You and i think shes never. This is my husband. Its his influence. Yeah, hes ruth influence. Yeah, hes as ruth used to say about me. Youre so castlereagh house. Thats she used say thats what she used to say about me. Dont know if id say that i dont know if id say that about my hubby, but hes definitely or, definitely broadened or, you know, things the know, basic things showed me the bafics know, basic things showed me the basics. Things like batus. Basics. Basic things like batus. And ive never. Well, yeah, thats nice. Ive no. Ive never tried a battered mars bar. No, me neither. Me neither. No, no, it doesnt interest me. It doesnt . Yeah yeah. Chocolate and deep fried. No no, wait a minute. Wait a minute. Youre the person who was telling me an hour ago that you like the whole sensation savoury. Sensation of sweet and savoury. Did i . Because i liked what was it . I dont know. I dont know. You like chicken and brioche . You like chicken and brioche . Yes. Yeah, i was gherkin and brioche is okay, but its brioche is okay, but if its mars bar batter, its quite mars bar and batter, its quite different. Its not okay. Still different. Its not okay. Still different things. Us your what youre let us know your what youre into condiments or into whether its condiments or sweet and sour. Keep your thoughts coming in. To come , an mma okay. Still to come, an mma fighters had to give up on the fighters had to give up on the fight of her life. Paul coyte will tell you why next. But first is your forecast that warm feeling inside from boxt boilers, proud sponsors of weather on. Gb news. Weather on. Gb news. Good morning im alex deakin. This is your latest weather update from the met office for gb news. Something of a three way split today. Quite a blustery start across the far north. Many of us seeing sunny spells, of spells, but through parts of northern north wales , Northern England, north wales, theres a weather front just lingering lot lingering around, bringing a lot of outbreaks of rain. Of cloud and outbreaks of rain. So this central slice fairly dull. A showers in northern dull. A few showers in northern scotland, very windy here scotland, still very windy here and staying so across the northern isles. Elsewhere, northern isles. But elsewhere, the a touch. And in the winds easing a touch. And in the winds easing a touch. And in the dry and the south, most places dry and bright, often fairly cloudy over the midlands , but some decent the midlands, but some decent spells the south spells of sunshine on the south coast of england. And for south wales temperatures wales where temperatures will creep maybe the creep into the 20s, maybe the mid 20s across the south east feeling cooler than that with the and rain over the cloud and the rain over parts of Northern England and nonh parts of Northern England and north rain north wales, that rain will unger north wales, that rain will linger into evening as linger into this evening as well, it will start to well, but it will start to shuffle northwards as we go through the night. Well keep blustery conditions across shetland and a few scattered showers here, but generally dry conditions further south with clear skies and reasonably warm night temperatures again likely to stick in the mid teens. Thats zone of rain will then stick across much of Northern Ireland, central and southern scotland tomorrow. So quite scotland tomorrow. So quite a grey day here with outbreaks of rain. A brighter day for Northern England and north wales tomorrow to today and tomorrow compared to today and again in the south quite a few enjoying sunny spells, staying mostly fine across the far north for scotland as well. The winds finally easing shetland. Finally easing in shetland. A cool here and under that cool feel here and under that rainy turning warmer rainy zone, but turning warmer again across the south. That warm feeling inside from boxt boilers, proud sponsors of weather on. Gb news. Oh, you havent got the sniffles, have you . Oh, i cant afford to be getting ill. And if i had, would i. Would i come in this weekend . You ruin my plans. Would i come in . Yeah. Well according to the latest research, 1 in 4 employers have seen increase employers have seen an increase in being off sick compared in staff being off sick compared to ago. To a year ago. So in the meantime, they all want to work from home. They sick going up. Does sick rates going up. Does anybody in this anybody want to work in this country all anymore . Well it country at all anymore . Well it is though. During covid they get off of it. Thats what it is. Thats what it is. Germaphobes we were all taught if you had the slightest temperature for whatever was, temperature for whatever it was, dont because its dont come in because its antisocial. Do think its antisocial. And i do think its hard of that mindset hard to get rid of that mindset because youve flu, because youve got flu, you know, should you be coming to work . Be a bit annoyed if work . Id be a bit annoyed if you sneezing over me and you were sneezing over me and ruining plans. Ruining my plans. You indeed . Would would you indeed . Would you . What on your own if what would you do on your own if i wasnt here . What would you do . I suggest you would do . Do i suggest you would flounder . What flounder . Yeah, thats what i would would happen. Would suggest would happen. Youd saying, youd be texting me saying, please please. Please come in, please. Would you do if i was what would you do if i was throwing up . Be lost. Yeah, id be id be lost. Yeah, id be lost. Id say, throw up, put a bucket beside you and just be here anyway. Bucket beside you and just be her good. ay. Well, bucket beside you and just be hergood. ay. Well, well bucket beside you and just be her good. ay. Well, well do good. Okay well, well do that anyway. That next time anyway. Are we seeing more so why are we seeing more people calling in sick before . Because theyre all dodgers , because theyre all dodgers, thats is it selfish to thats why. And is it selfish to come to work when you feel got a bit come into bit of a temperature, come into work . Work . Well, joining us now are nikki , the author nikki hodgson, the author and broadcaster its broadcaster who believes its not okay come into work if not okay to come into work if youre not feeling good. So with then on so im with nikki then on this i think im with this one, i think im with nikki. Well, then theres that don. Shed start a fight in an empty that neesom dawn empty room that dawn neesom dawn neesom says you just need to wait a minute. I cant work out who before against. Here. Dont say. Goodness sake, dawn says the same as you. Theyre all get on with it. So im not on nikkis side, then . All right. Were not then . No. All right. Were not on nikki right. On your side. Nikki then. Right. So you. How would you so how would you. How would you defend, know, the defend, you know, people the least illness and theyre off . Well, the main thing is, you know, we often talk about the loss to the uk economy from sick days thats obviously to do days. And thats obviously to do with who are sick, who with people who are sick, who then make people sick. So then make other people sick. So if are one person thats if you are the one person thats ill and you dont into the ill and you dont go into the office, would actually office, you would actually reduce overall sick bill of reduce the overall sick bill of the economy. The of the british economy. Youd saving employers money youd be saving employers money because, again, if because, you know, again, if you make team sick, make some of your team sick, more are off less more people are off less work gets done, more time gets done, theres more time pressure business. And pressure on the business. And then theres just the moral, the moral responsibility to, you know, someones got know, maybe someones got caring, theyve caring, responsible and theyve got, elderly got, you know, an elderly relative who, know, if you relative who, you know, if you make sick, they the make them sick, they make the elderly sick. End elderly relatives sick. They end up hospital. You never know up in hospital. You never know who looking after. Who somebody is looking after. And like, what if and then things like, what if someones married on someones getting married on the weekend you make them sick weekend and you make them sick and for their and theyre poorly for their wedding . Just on on. Wedding . It just goes on and on. The ramifications you not the ramifications of you not taking yourself. I mean, taking care of yourself. I mean, the is that actually the bottom line is that actually financially its more responsible off than to responsible to stay off than to go in. Thats a pretty strong and thats a pretty strong argument from where im sitting i oh, hello. Oh, hello. Hello . You didnt hear me . Sorry i was just saying that i think that was a pretty good argument. Youve got to youve got to combat that. Dont. Dawn, dawn, before we go any further, why have you got bicycles hanging from the ceiling is that ceiling for are they is that like deco or what is that . Like art deco or what is that . No, theyre actually bicycles for cycling, which is actually part of my argument here, i think isabel hit the nail on the head earlier on when she said dunng head earlier on when she said during the pandemic, the government are infantilize us so much that, you know, you cant go to work. You know, we you know, you have to do what we say with your health. I think weve all now. So blame all become now. So blame everybody else. I mean, we dont take responsibility for our own health, our own decisions. Its health, our own decisions. Its always the governments fault. Its fault. Always the governments fault. Its fast fault. Always the governments fault. Its fast food fault. Always the governments fault. Its fast food shops, fault. Always the governments fault. Its fast food shops, itsult. Its fast food shops, its always somebody elses fault. Rather than taking responsibility own responsibility for our own health and, you know, there are 2. 6 Million People now who are on on sick leave now. Do we on on sick leave now. Do we believe every single one of them is actually really incapable of going work . I dont. We all going to work . I dont. We all know at least one person who swings the letters we used to call it. And eamonn, you know, theres person in theres one person sitting in that studio thats you who that studio and thats you who go work even though, you go to work even though, you know, you often in pain and know, you are often in pain and you struggle, but go to you struggle, but you go to work. So why most people not work. So why are most people not going to work these days . I think i think the pandemic has done the biggest cure, the biggest cure for sickness is self employment. When youre self employed , when youre self employed, you dont get paid. If you dont, if you dont turn up. So nikki, i put that to you. Youll find a massive difference between people who are on staff jobs, who can take sick time and people who are self employed and cant take sick time. Cant take sick time. Absolutely. And ive been self employed for maybe, i dont know, ten, 15 years. So again, if somebody whos on pay makes me and i literally dont get me ill and i literally dont get paid because theyve given me their virus, its not going to be good for employer morale. Is it . You know, if you know somebodys actually come in, made poorly, you dont get made you poorly, you dont get paid you events , family paid or you miss events, family things, whatever, you know, that affect life and your affect your life and your livelihood, not going be livelihood, its not going to be good the so again, as good for the team. So again, as a manager , its good to keep one a manager, its good to keep one person whos sick at home because everybody starts because if everybody starts falling accusing falling out, you know, accusing each each other each other of making each other poorly, its not going poorly, then its not going to be good for business. Okay say to you is we well, id say to you is we have to end it. There guys. Im sorry. Time there, but sorry. Short of time there, but your your wealth and your health is your wealth and dont abuse it. You know, nounsh dont abuse it. You know, nourish cherish it. And when nourish it. Cherish it. And when you are youll you really are sick, youll youll know about it. But youll know all about it. But i get. Guys. Thank you. Get. Thanks, guys. Thank you. I get. Thanks, guys. Thank you. I get if i wasnt really sick i dont really i wouldnt really want to be sitting doing nothing, watching. But you dont nothing, watching. But you dont watch neighbours anymore. Whats on is not on on home and away is not on anymore. What is on netflix or doctors or something that is, i dont swimming. Dont know, swimming. Yes. Yeah. Hed sitting gb yes. Yeah. Hed be sitting gb news. Hello . Hello . Theres nothing with loose women. Nothing wrong with loose women. Theres woman theres a theres an older woman who a blonde. Very who presents it. A blonde. Very attractive, attractive. She attractive, very attractive. She is very good. And shes rasping about at the moment. Shes going very ill. Shes had a chest infection. Infection. What . I wouldnt want to catch it off her, so im glad she stayed home. I wouldnt want to catch it off her either. No. Right. Time to go through the latest sports news. De man. Hail, rain, snow, sickness hes sickness and in health. Hes here all the time. Absolutely. Always some ailment. But always got some ailment. But i havent got ailments apart from a groyne shoulder coming out. Germany to like these schools programs when i was a kid and you used to get because that was the only thing on tv. And then you used to get the clock. Do you used to get the clock. Do you remember when they used to tick its way around and then youd get all the i used to watch the scores programmes. Who put an end to do you know who put an end to all who did that . Me. All of that . Who did that . Me. Why . Em e in 1986, the why . In 1986, the bbc because in 1986, the bbc started daytime programme. Started its daytime programme. I remember that. I remember that. I remember that. I there for 2. 5 hours and i was there for 2. 5 hours every day. Doing open air. Yeah and that kept me fit and stopped me off school then stopped me being off school then because air was because i thought open air was like long version of like a very long version of points and points view. Points and points of view. Like dear bbc we cant so be like dear bbc we cant stand eastenders. Da da da da. What you going to do about what are you going to do about it . And you can have the it . And then you can have the producer of eastenders and producer of eastenders on and a couple the actors and couple of the actors and whatever, whatever. Couple of the actors and whtgood, whatever. Couple of the actors and whtgood, whaforer. Couple of the actors and whtgood, whafor programmes. So good idea for programmes. So yes, it was about different yes, so it was about different programmes different programmes on different channels, are just channels, but now there are just too channels. Channels, but now there are just too you channels. Channels, but now there are just too you chaiknow. Channels, but now there are just too you chaiknow what youre you never know what youre in like 80s jumper, so 80s like an 80s jumper, so 80s jumper, i remember it was slightly very smart slightly it wasnt a very smart thing, it . Thing, was it . I remember 80s jumpers. Do i remember that right . Well, did i . Of you again . I . Was i dreaming of you again . I was cuddly. Yeah, i was very cuddly. Yeah, i listen. Yeah. Mma fighter dudley, right . Shes fighting for you for this. The well, anyway, you tell withdrawing from fighting. I mean, its her names yes. I mean, its her names Corrine Laframboise was. Thats why i didnt say it. That is a wonderful name. That is a wonderful name. She is from canada. Theyre from. From quebec. Obviously, the french speaking of the french speaking area of canada. Fighter. Had canada. Very good fighter. Had to withdraw from a fight in the ufc. Its supposed to be ufc. So its supposed to be fighting vegas. A very fighting in las vegas. A very big fight for her. Had a routine blood test days ahead of the blood test six days ahead of the fight. The doctor says the fight fight. The doctor says the fight has got to be off. Theres an abnormality or an abnormality. Pregnant . Pregnant . Its pregnant. No way. Shes pregnant. Idea. Pregnant. She had no idea. Pregnant and she three months pregnant and she was to go the fight. Was going to go into the fight. Did you that . I just how did you know that . I just got feeling i see you took. Got a feeling i see you took. I was trying to take it off in that direction. But you were. You were there. Yeah, she was pregnant. So she will obviously not fighting now days not be fighting now in five days for doctor then. But for her doctor then. But now its baby. Yeah, know. Its your baby. Yeah, i know. And it it was a blood test. And it was. It was a blood test. And it was. It was a blood test. And theyre thinking straight range. Something the range. Theres something in the air. Pregnant range. Theres something in the air. A pregnant range. Theres something in the air. A mr pregnant range. Theres something in the air. A mr farage. Pregnant with a mr farage. We were talking about the attraction. What does mma stand for . What does mma stand for . Oh, i dont know. Oh, i dont know. Well, theres. Well, theres. Theres martial guys, correct . Theres all sorts of things. Anyway, but all anyway, title is here, but all i do know my 21 year old son travels the country to watch all this hubby this stuff. And isabels hubby does the same. Well, he doesnt travel the country, loves watching it. Yeah, em h weird. Its sort of wrestling. Its sort of wrestling. Well, its all made up. Well, its all made up. Its cuddling. Its cuddling. Its not much, but well, its not much, but youre not like the wrestling. Youre thinking the wrestling. Youre thinking the wrestling. See, is, if you ever see, the thing is, if you ever knock its knock the wrestling, then its like, you . You know like, how dare you . You know how dare say its all set dare you say that . Its all set up . And then, of course, its all choreographed. Its set to the days of big. I mean, the old days of big. I mean, i couldnt lift you above my head, though, and then you on though, and then thump you on the ground. Could. You could we yes, you could. You could we had guy when worked at had a guy when i worked at ulster television. Do you ever hear haystacks . Hear of Giant Haystacks . Yeah, of came in. Our of course. Well, he came in. Our sports , jackie sports reporter, jackie fullerton, what do. Yeah. So they come in, were going to have a little mock up laugh the studio. And laugh in the studio. And the studio was complete studio floor was complete concrete, you can concrete, right, as you can imagine. Had great and Giant Haystacks jackie up and haystacks lifted jackie up and thumped him on ground. And thumped him on the ground. And to day , jackie walks. Funny. No. Does he really . No. Does he really . Yes, he does. Has he sued . Has he sued . No, he didnt. But he should have. Really he really damaged his back trying that on me. But in its available if you in fact, its available if you look up. Fullerton look it up. Jackie fullerton Giant Haystacks thatll be on be on youtube and big daddy would never that, would he not . e have just laid not . Down. Have just laid not . Down. Kendo have just laid not . Down. Kendo nagasaki laid not . Down. Kendo nagasaki would him down. Kendo nagasaki would have sat on him. He would have sat him and everything. Sat on him and everything. Kareen laframboise well, kareen laframboise wont a while. Wont be doing it for a while. Know certainly wont i know kareen certainly wont be. Thanks, man. Be. Absolutely. Thanks, man. Appreciate it. Pleasure thank you indeed. Coming you very much, indeed. Coming up, going looking at up, were going to be looking at a who invaded a prankster who has invaded the catwalk for fashion week. Which ones the model . Which uh, here to talk all things freddie grey emma burnell now and isabels chosen a story from the newspapers here about property. I dont know why this story leapt out of the paper at me. Its in the times, too, today, but its making me giggle. But its making me giggle. Husbands are out of fashion as girls and young women say they would prefer a house. I swooned over houses. Now my daughter does too. Theyve got a whole bunch of contributors saying, you know, kitchen islands turn me on more than men do. Its a thing. So open this up. Thing. So lets open this up. So. So. People, a kitchen turns so people, a kitchen turns certain women on more than a man. Yeah, well, suppose its. Yeah, well, i suppose its security and having people cant afford houses and cant afford certain interiors now. So maybe thats a better bet than an unreliable man , perhaps. Unreliable man, perhaps. Well, it used to be very sexist. Say, you know, women should be in the kitchen, but clearly women want to be in the kitchen more than with their husbands , but slightly tradwife husbands, but slightly tradwife , isnt it . Its a it is a little odd. I mean, dont get me wrong. I love cooking. Im a. You can probably tell, but i am a i love to batch cook. Tell, but i am a i love to batch cook. I sort of cook something cook. I sort of cook something and then freeze a couple of bits of it and have it for a few nights. But it wouldnt a kitchen island wouldnt work in my flat because ive got a kitchen living room. So its one of beautiful full through kitchen living room. So its one oyou beautiful full through kitchen living room. So its one oyou put eautiful full through kitchen living room. So its one oyou put an utiful full through kitchen living room. So its one oyou put an island ull through kitchen living room. So its one oyou put an island in through kitchen living room. So its one oyou put an island in the ugh. You put an island in the middle, youre completely destroying whole point. Destroying the whole point. In your flat. It would work in your flat. Its fantasy. I mean, its about your fantasy. I mean, its about your fantasy. I mean, i recently house, i only recently moved house, but for was dreaming about for years i was dreaming about this kitchen. It doesnt matter what would worked in old what would have worked in my old house. It wouldnt have worked ehhen but im so lucky. I actually adore my ive lived there adore my flat. Ive lived there for years. This november and for ten years. This november and its still just wake up so its still i just wake up so happy its still i just wake up so happy that live in it. Happy that i live in it. Always fickle. Im always im always fickle. Im always i a day. Theres two i could spend a day. Theres two things spend. Could go things i could spend. I could go to car showroom, i could go to your car showroom, i could go to your car showroom, i could go to various car showrooms and walk around all day show walk around all day and show houses walk around all day and show hous� love walk around all day and show hous� love a walk around all day and show hous� love a show on walk around all day and show hous� love a show on a sunday. I love a show on a sunday. I love a show on a sunday. Do the cars on a i could do the cars on a saturday, and the show houses on a sunday, not even dubai, because theres usually staffed by well, by very pleasant people. Well, when who are when you walk in who are very attentive you, good attentive to you, good salespeople, good salespeople, would and then and as would you go in and then and as you as well, you look and you say, as well, you look and you say, as well, you look and you oh, fancy that if you say, oh, fancy that even if you say, oh, fancy that even if you like the house, you you dont like the house, you like, like their bits and pieces. Yeah, exactly. A lot of interior tips. You say interior tips. And then you say how its travel for me. How much its travel for me. I sort of look at places i wish id been to or wish i could go to that for me is my kind of thing. I cant have. Would you like see, ive now got mood. I dont want got into the mood. I dont want to go anywhere. Oh, i want to go to go anywhere. Oh, i want to go to so many places. Come on. Off the top of is burning down are flooding in croatia. Burning down are flooding in croiive been to croatia. Ive never been to croatia. Ive never been to croatia. Never to no, ive never been to croatia. But heres very good. I mean, it looks just yeah, i mean, it looks just so love to see so beautiful. Id love to see the lights. Id love to the northern lights. Id love to go to norway. Do that, son of boats cruise around the northern lights. That looks so incredible. I go with you for i could go with you for either of those. Thats youre welcome. Either of those. Thats any re welcome. Either of those. Thats any manelcome. Either of those. Thats any man oryme. Either of those. Thats any man or travel. Shes choosing travel. Men allowed, apparently. Get a minus a freebie. Yeah. I could be your companion. I could be your companion. I could be your companion. Perfect. I could be your companion. Per could eat, then we we could just eat, then we could look at the lights could eat and look at the lights and look at the lights. It sounds like the perfect holiday. Em em e the sublime going from the sublime to the ridiculous. Not leaving you ridiculous. Im not leaving you out, freddie. Sorry. Just out, freddie. Sorry. Ive just realised an emma story, realised this is an emma story, but sure youve lots of but im sure youve got lots of fashion on this. Fashion contributions on this. Of a prankster hoping of course. Is a prankster hoping youd come runway at youd come to me. Runway at london week. We will. London fashion week. We will. Well, tell one well, i couldnt tell which one was prankster and which one was the prankster and which one was the prankster and which one was the prankster and which one was the runway model. Lets have a video quickly. So a look at this video quickly. So this apparently. This is the model apparently. No, thats the prankster. Oh, thats the prankster. Thats the thats the prankster. You see because because you can see because hes about get thrown off hes about to get thrown off there. See. There. Oh, i see. Theres no messing about there, there . Theres no messing about the no. There . Theres no messing about the no. The here . Theres no messing about the no. The only theres no messing about the no. The only way you can tell no. The only way you can tell is that it was apparently a protest against leather. So hes obviously wearing any leather. Oh, i see. oh, i see. But honestly, youre quite right, some of the right, isabel, with some of the stuff you see coming down right, isabel, with some of the stufrunwayou see coming down right, isabel, with some of the stufrunwayou new oming down right, isabel, with some of the stufrunwayou new york|g down right, isabel, with some of the stufrunwayou new york fashion the runway at new york fashion week, like, nobodys week, youre like, nobodys even week, youre like, nobodys ever, maybe ever, ever going. Maybe sam smith will wear it, but thats about it. I think its the Security Guard is also a model. Yeah. Hes jealous the yeah. And hes jealous of the prankster him off stage. Im probably more likely to wear security person is wear what the security person is wearing prankster or wearing than the prankster or the model. Frankly, it reminded me of that story about saatchi that story about in the saatchi gallery. Do remember when gallery. Do you remember when there was the fire extinguisher that everybody was that everybody thought was a piece and was staring at piece of art and was staring at it for hours . Yeah. Yeah. Do you want squeeze in do you want to squeeze in your alien story . Because it was so short last hour. Yeah this is on of daily star on the front of the daily star today. And its also in the telegraph and the independent as well. Whatever. But this this commission, freddie in mexico yesterday you said, this yesterday and as you said, this is also going to happen. Yesterday and as you said, this is also going to happen. I think its in front of congress or something. Theres a congressional hearing in the usa and about all these and they talk about all these stories that have been suppressed , just about sightings suppressed, just about sightings and counters and various things like that. And if the truth is like that. And if the truth is out there, we may be finding out about it. Now the thing about what we saw in mexico yesterday, you werent overly convinced. You werent overly convinced. Think the petrified is so i think the petrified is the word. I was looking for something becomes stone. Its petrified. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. No, i think this this mexican man who testified to congress is a bit of a hoax , but hes hes a bit of a hoax, but hes hes been a victim of a hoax, at least before. However, i do think whats interesting is that this is talk now in government circles more and more now. And i had i did a podcast recently with a with an expert on this, and i was quite sceptical, but he was quite convincing. And his theory youre not looking convinced as well. His theory was that its to do with al, which i know sounds bonkers, but he thinks that the singularity is coming , the great ai moment is coming, the great ai moment is coming, the great ai moment is coming, the great ai moment is coming, and thats why aliens are now alarmed by whats going on. I just you know, i dont ijust you know, i dont know, emma, if youre going to if this maybe is a male thing, i dont know. Im just putting it out there. And i also think , you out there. And i also think, you know, were at the stage where our politicians are wasting valuable , precious resources. Valuable, precious resources. Time. Some of our greatest minds thinking about it when we are faced with so many problems on so many fronts, i think the problems might be part of it in that its easier to deal with this. Well, no, we want to be rescued. We come friendly aliens and rescue us. Take my opinion is we live in an infinite universe. It would be extraordinarily arrogant of us think were it equally. Us to think were it equally. Its extraordinarily arrogant of us to think that they care about us to think that they care about us at all and that theyre spending all their time sending people to run around nebraska. Well, theory is that we well, the theory is that we are to going self instruct and Self Destruct with pollution and all sorts of awful things that were doing to the atmosphere and the environment. And they can they can give us the intelligence to talk our way out of this. Of this. Im sure they could. Why would they want to, given that weve destroying one weve already destroying one planet . Exactly well, nonsense. Okay. Well, nonsense. Okay. Well, nonsense. Okay. I think its just my humble opinion. I think it is. Unidentified aerial phenomenon or whatever they call uaps. Yeah. Yeah. Ufo. Why do they meddle things . Meddle with these things . Absolutely. Absolutely. When it comes to aliens trad when it comes to aliens acronyms , first dog, fox cross acronyms, first dog, fox cross found in brazil. This is maggie. No this is maggie. And i basically , i have and i basically, i have a rescue dog and basically she looks like a black fox. Little looks like a black fox. Little short legs long body , big bushy tail. Oh, my goodness. Yeah that could be maggie. Maggie is a bit fluffier. Yeah. Maggie tested because theyve done extensive tests on this. They call it a dog sim , uh, they call it a dog sim, uh, which is a mix of a fox and dog. The mother was a vixen, so a female fox. And the father was a dog. And i think what i found quite striking is it barked. She she barked out, but moved like fox. Oh, thats interesting, because the fox is round my way. Make extraordinary noises. Well, whelping noises. Well, whelping noises. Well, whelping noises. Theyre mating. Sounds like a rape, doesnt it . Its a horrendous noises. There was one. I have a lightwell outside my bedroom and a fox fell in it once, and it was quite the most, most extraordinary and terrifying noises. Yeah. Scrabbling against noises. Yeah. Scrabbling against the window. I didnt know what to do. Thank god. One of my to do. Thank god. One of my neighbours came and helped. Theres some interesting videos on instagram, um, whereby fox dogs are almost domesticated. They come into peoples back garden and theyre very friendly and whatever, and fortunately most covered in lice most of them are covered in lice of description. Of some description. I did get the i did get but i did get the i did get the test done on my dog. The dna test done on my dog. Oh, really . And she is basically, you know, 77 border collie, which you can see and crossed with dachshund sausage dog. Thats wrong. Seems wrong. Seems wrong. It just seems wrong. It just seems wrong. But honestly, if you saw that, would happen. Well, i think there was a wee bit of something in between like sort corgi or something, im sort of corgi or something, im not but, what we meant not sure, but, but what we meant by that, just the logistics. But she black fox. That is she is a black fox. That is basically i a bully basically what i had a bully excel incident with my son. Bad , but its very scary not bad, but its very scary looking. Bully excel. Yeah. We looking. Bully excel. Yeah. We were a bus stop were standing near a bus stop and i think because of the smell of my our female dog on my son really excel got very excited and tried to hump my son. Oh dear. Oh my goodness. Oh dear. Oh my goodness. Well, i delayed it to whatever it wanted as long as it wasnt going to bite me. Thats thats the thing. Thats thats the thing. I feel like your children are always involved in the news. They are. They have. They have for trouble. Have an appetite for trouble. Thats what the thats thats what was the prime. T t it was the concrete and then it was the concrete saga they school yet they saga they in school yet they are not school of the not in school because of the because one of them is not because well one of them is not fully in school yet because of the saga. One of thems the concrete saga. One of thems encountered bullying. Encountered an excel bullying. Quick word . You want a quick word . You want a quick word . A minute left on weve got a minute left on jean bolt, who is died and she was mother in boswell. Was the mother in boswell. It in and what was it in bread and bread and you know, the bread and but, you know, the amazing thing is her husband, carl davis, the composer. Amazing thing is her husband, carabsolutely composer. Amazing thing is her husband, carabsolutely incredible. Amazing thing is her husband, car absolutely incredible. What amazing thing is her husband, carabsolutely incredible. What a absolutely incredible. What a power couple they were. And he died only a month ago or so. I mean, this is it. I mean, we were just actually was we were just actually i was speaking someone earlier we were just actually i was speacouples someone earlier we were just actually i was speacouples do omeone earlier we were just actually i was speacouples do tend, |e earlier we were just actually i was speacouples do tend, younrlier we were just actually i was speacouples do tend, you know, that couples do tend, you know, quite often, particularly if theyve been together really, theyve been together a really, really i think its really long time. I think its within i do. I think its quite romantic and sweet. And i just wanted because bread wanted to mark it because bread was a huge show i was was such a huge show when i was growing and, you know, we all growing up and, you know, we all fancied josh howie boswell and his leather pants and she was this liverpool this fabulous liverpool matriarch character , you know, matriarch character, you know, great catchphrases. She is great catchphrases. She is a tart and it was just so iconic. And the carla lane sitcom was such a big part of the 80s. So im glad to hear they dont make them like that anymore. Them like that anymore. So thats no doubt about that, freddie emma, you that, freddie emma, thank you very much indeed. Lets lets cross to soap. That is the cross to our soap. That is the weather with alex deakin. Weather with alex deakin. Looks like things are heating up. Boxed boilers, proud sponsors of weather on. Gb news. Sponsors of weather on. Gb news. Good morning im alex deakin. This is your latest weather update from the met office for gb news. Something of a three way split today. Quite a blustery start across the far north. Many us seeing sunny north. Many of us seeing sunny spells, through of spells, but through parts of northern wales , Northern England, north wales, theres weather front just theres a weather front just lingering bringing a lot lingering around, bringing a lot of cloud and outbreaks of rain. So slice fairly so this central slice fairly dull. Few showers in northern dull. A few showers in northern scotland, here scotland, still very windy here and so across the and staying so across the northern elsewhere, northern isles. But elsewhere, the easing touch. And in the winds easing a touch. And in the winds easing a touch. And in the most dry the south, most places dry and bright, fairly cloudy over bright, often fairly cloudy over the midlands, but some decent spells of sunshine on the south coast england. South coast of england. And for south wales, temperatures will wales, where temperatures will creep maybe creep into the 20s, maybe the mid across the south east mid 20s across the south east feeling cooler than that with the and the rain over the cloud and the rain over parts of Northern England and nonh parts of Northern England and north that rain will north wales, that rain will unger north wales, that rain will linger as linger into this evening as well, but it will start to shuffle northwards as we go through the night. Well keep blustery conditions across shetland and a few scattered showers here, but generally dry conditions further south with clear skies and some reasonably warm night. Temperatures again likely to stick in the mid teens. Thats zone of rain will then stick across much of Northern Ireland, central and southern scotland tomorrow. So southern scotland tomorrow. So quite a grey day here with outbreaks of rain. A brighter day for Northern England and nonh day for Northern England and north wales tomorrow compared to today and again in the south. Quite enjoying sunny quite a few enjoying sunny spells , staying mostly fine spells, staying mostly fine across far of scotland across the far north of scotland as the winds finally as well. The winds finally easing in shetlands cool feel easing in shetlands a cool feel here and under that rainy zone, but turning again across but turning warmer again across the. South the. South looks like things are heating up. Boxed boilers proud sponsors up. Boxed boilers proud sponsors of weather on. Gb news. Hi come. Of weather on. Gb news. Hi come. Every time i try to spell only it comes out as inky. No idea. No idea. No idea. Everywhere i go and every time i put in off in my phone, it comes out as if. And it just said no, i didnt say if i said off, its one of lifes great irritations. And every time i type for its fur , its quite funny. Its not just the way things come out. Things that come out of your mouth sound funny as well. The way good morning. Its 9 00 on thursday, the 14th of september. Youre watching breakfast on gb news with Eamonn Holmes and Isabel Webster. Thank you very much indeed for tuning in. And your company, what weve been covering so far this morning is like this the governments controversial Northern Ireland legacy bill is just one step away from becoming law. Law. This legislation will effectively end prosecutions related troubles. Victims related to the troubles. Victims say theyve been let down. We hear from a former Police Officer whos welcoming the new law running towards me. I dropped the back of the weapon down, so it meant that the rounds would go over the top of his head. A far two warning shots and he just kept coming and he was closing the distance i in other news this hour, the labour leader has pledged an offer to take in more migrants from the eu in return for a border deal with brussels. The government says if that happens, the uk will lose control of its borders again. Borders again. It wants to do is give up control of immigration, sign up to quotas that are decided by the eu and we move. The eu and we move. Sara sherriffs, father, stepmother and uncle have all been arrested on suspicion of her murder. The ten year old sarah was found dead at her home in surrey at the end of last month. And if youre wondering what to wear today as you venture out, alex deakin will give you clue. Wendy, for some sunny for others and dull and damp in others and dull and damp in other parts of the uk, its a three way split with the weather today. For all the details, join me later for your full forecast and your emails this morning. Have been anything but dull and damp. Thanks for sending and damp. Thanks for sending them in. Keep them coming. Gb views. Or you can views. Gbnews. Com or you can tweet at. Tweet us at. Gb news. The story were leading with this morning is the governments controversial Northern Ireland legacy bill. Its now one step away from becoming law. Away from becoming law. Now this legislation is offering these amnesties, conditional amnesties to those accused of killings during 30 years of violence over british rule in Northern Ireland. It will effectively stop any new court cases or inquests from being held. There is a lot of opposition to this , but despite that, this to this, but despite that, this week the bill passed after final debate in the house of lords. Campaigners for victims, though, say the government has abandoned them. But a former special Branch Officer who shot dead an ira terrorist in 1991 argues his life has been ruined by the continuing and relentless inquiries that have never found him guilty of murder. He spoken exclusively to gb news and Northern Ireland. Reporter Dougie Beattie with this. Dougie beattie with this. My name is officer b i joined the royal ulster constabulary in the royal ulster constabulary in the late 70s , and i served in the late 70s, and i served in various stations around the border and west belfast before joining what was called for a which was a surveillance unit. Which was a surveillance unit. It was part of special branch and special operations branch. So it was a covert surveillance operator for almost 11 years. I was going out to do an operation, a Counter Terrorism operation, a Counter Terrorism operation against a man called colin marks. I wasnt privy to colin marks. I wasnt privy to the full amount of intelligence or who the source was that wasnt for us. That was way above our pay scale. But the information was which came from a source within the ira that he was going to come to the Playing Field to the rear of Saint Patricks avenue that night, carrying a mark 12 mortar, and then fire it into a armoured. Police are army landrover, which was passing by colin marks brought this mortar fire to the driveway of a house on Saint Patricks avenue where he set it up to fire it against it, a Security Force vehicle. So total Security Force vehicle. So total and utter disregard for human life. And so thats what i was facing that night when i took up a position in a hedgerow on Saint Patricks avenue to cover a Playing Field when , however, a Playing Field when, however, the issue came to arrest him and he bolted out through the hedge and into the field towards me , and into the field towards me, the republicans have often said, oh , well, he wasnt armed. He oh, well, he wasnt armed. He was armed. He was armed with a mark 12 mortar. Yes. He didnt have them on him. Thats true. But most times when terrorists were doing things that, were doing things like that, they firearms they carried additional firearms on them. And when you are involved in a shooting, you have literally you dont even have a second to make a decision. He second to make a decision. He kept running towards me. I dropped the back of the weapon down. So it meant that the rounds would go over the top of his head of fire. Two warning shots and he just kept coming and he was closing the distance and he was closing the distance and a five fired five four of the rounds, three of which had him. One hit him in the hand, him. One hit him in the hand, one hit him in the side of the ear on accident. The back of his neck, but actually never penetrated his skull. And the penetrated his skull. And the fatal round went through his abdomen. I went through four abdomen. I went through four investigations as, first of all, a cid investigation. Then that a cid investigation. Then that file was passed with no recommendation of conviction. Recommendation of conviction. The dpp , the Public Prosecution, the dpp, the Public Prosecution, they found that there was no case agreed with the police. There and i was then entered , there and i was then entered, viewed by what was called complaints and discipline in which is like pony the ombudsman nowadays , they find no nowadays, they find no wrongdoing. And what i did that night , then the inquest so it night, then the inquest so it was justifiable killing that night she roll on 25 years the Police Ombudsman in Northern Ireland then decided that they were going to investigate. Even were going to investigate. Even it was exactly the same that was said 25 years ago. And most of said 25 years ago. And most of my anger is against the Police Ombudsman because . Because for ombudsman because . Because for seven years and one month with until the pps said there was no case, ive ive been under this cloud for seven years and one month and its not pleasant. Cloud for seven years and one month and its not pleasant. I live in fear for my life because dunng live in fear for my life because during that period of time play this ombudsman and for me and the police that all my details had been given to the solicitors practise whos representing the family . A representing the family . A dossier of information that had my picture , that had my name , my picture, that had my name, they had my mobile phone number, they had my mobile phone number, they had my address, they had my company name. And where i worked. And so ive gone through all my details being leaked to a solicitors practise office. And within that solicitors practise individual keeps referring to me as a murderer. He did itrillionecently on a news program or a media programme. He also owned a bio for the website for himself. He refers to the ruc murder of colin marks in april 1991. Thats completely contrary to what the pps decided. Added because the pps decided that in may of this year that there was no fresh evidence, but then immediately afterwards the solicitors practise working for the family. Are challenging the pps decision. So is it a case of pps decision. So is it a case of theyll not be happy till they get what they want or do they want truth and april of this year that was seven years under the investigation reinvestigation of me its now in the september and im now facing. My sixth and first facing. My sixth and first occasion if thats not vindictive or infectious, i dont understand. And but i can dont understand. And but i can tell you now and i look in the eyes and say, i, i did not go out that night to kill anybody. Out that night to kill anybody. One former servicemens story ex, former Police Officer. Lets go to Dougie Beattie carried out that interview there. Dougie, powerful stuff. Absolutely powerful stuff. Absolutely powerful stuff. Absolutely powerful stuff. And people can powerful stuff. And people can get a sense of how that man feels. He was simply doing get a sense of how that man feels. He was simply doing his job. But goodness me, my friend , this this is complicated, though , isnt it . Though, isnt it . It is. And its very it is. And its very complicated. And it all started back in 1998 with the nick hewer allegations of the good friday agreement. The point of victims was kicked down the road because nobody wanted to say who was the victim and who was the victim maker. But then amnesty. Victim and who was the victim maker. But then amnesty. After maker. But then amnesty. After amnesty came from the british government, first of all, was the release of the prisoners. Then, of course , was the bodies then, of course, was the bodies of the disappeared. There was of the disappeared. There was amnesties given to those that gave information to where those bodies were. I mean, i spent time in france and at bragan bog looking for that. And this new legislation has divided no one. In fact, it is united at every Political Party in Northern Ireland who do not want this legislation. But one thing is for sure, eamonn, this will only if it continues as it is going, it will only bring more legal processes into Northern Ireland. When these officers start pushing back on what theyre being accused of. So it is a mess, hopefully for the victims, the 4000 people. They will get answers through this new commission thats been set up. Commission thats been set up. Dougie, thanks for that explanation. Thank you very much indeed. I a powerful indeed. And as i say, a powerful interview now , sir keir starmer interview now, sir keir starmer says people traffickers should be considered on a par with climate change. Hostile powers and terrorism. Hostile powers and terrorism. Well, the labour leader plans to take in more Asylum Seekers from the eu , but theres payback from the eu, but theres payback on this. On this. This will be in return for a border deal with brussels. The government, meanwhile , says if government, meanwhile, says if that happens, the uk would lose control over its borders. Control over its borders. Well, lets speak now to the shadow cabinet office. Minister shadow cabinet office. Minister nick thomas symonds. Good morning to you. Look, lets start then with this plan thats being discussed with the eu over in the hague at the moment. Just how many of these eu Asylum Seekers are the labour party prepared in deal prepared to take in in this deal. Well firstly, very good morning to you and i think thats just a complete misconception of whats been said. Weve set out on the issue of returns agreement, which is just one part of the plan that we are setting out. What we are talking aboutis setting out. What we are talking about is being able to remove from this country people who have no right to be here, that were not in a position to do at the moment. Were looking obviously for something new. But when this was in place in the past, you can look at various other deals in the past that there were there was family there were there was a Family Reunion , safe route for reunion, safe route for unaccompanied children, for example , but it would be done in example, but it would be done in a controlled and managed way. And what actually keir starmer Yvette Cooper are discussing at the hague this morning is around a new security pact which is a crucial aspect of tackling the people, smuggling gangs and if i could just for a moment, id say that firstly what were looking at here is Real Time Data and intelligence sharing. In other words, giving us the ability that we dont have at the moment to track these people to track these vile people smugglers right across europe to help apprehending them, help in apprehending them, actually have a new cross actually to have a new cross border. Police force and making sure that we would have officers at europol that would be able to lead these investigations. And here in this country, in the uk, we need a serious a new serious and organised crime strategy. We use serious Crime Prevention orders to put restrictions on people involved in things like illicit money laundering. Lets illicit money laundering. Lets do that for immigration crime as well, and lets make sure our National Crime agency and gchq have in place that close cooperation and everything they need to share data. So we have need to share data. So we have a number of things we want to put in place to try to prevent what is happening on our borders. And by the way, the government has lost control of the borders. Our borders are out of control. What we are putting forward is a plan to fix it. Yeah, but are you seriously trying to tell me that in these plans youre not discussing numbers at all . I mean, weve spoken to the government this morning. Barclay that morning. Steve barclay says that this door to open this is a back door to open doors. Is rejoining eu doors. This is rejoining eu quotas all over again. No, absolutely not. And in terms of what the government is saying this morning, it takes some brass neck to come out and talk losing control the talk about losing control of the borders weve had 45,000 borders when weve had 45,000 people. This year coming in, small boats across the english channel. That is a lack of control. Okay. But are you saying to me for is management and control Going Forward . But are you saying to me then that this plan will not see an increase in net migration as a result . As a result . No, we overall, we want to bnng no, we overall, we want to bring net migration down. Net migration as it stands is too high and weve set that out on a number of occasions is what we are talking about here, is trying to get into a position where people who have no right to be here can be removed. Now its not the be all and end all. There are countries now where the government could be fast tracking people through the asylum system so that they can be deported. They can be doing that now instead , we have a that now instead, we have a backlog in the asylum system of over 170,000 people that that is a lack of control. Thats what a lack of control. Thats what this government is presiding oven this government is presiding over. And frankly, after 13 years, they ought to be sorting it out. Im interested that sir keir starmer wants to try and give stronger powers to the National Crime agency that we have here in the uk. Yet he also wants to see the back of this rwanda plan that the government have, and yet National Crime agency yet the National Crime agency has struggle has said well really struggle to of this boats to get control of this boats crisis rwanda plan. Crisis without the rwanda plan. So you square that circle . Well, more 7 well, more conservative home secretaries have gone to rwanda more than people at the moment. It its been its unethical. It its been its unethical. Its totally unworthy , equable. Its totally unworthy, equable. And in terms of both the National Crime agency, gchq , National Crime agency, gchq, gchq here in the uk , it isnt gchq here in the uk, it isnt just about cooperation and making sure they have the framework works to share intelligence , though, that intelligence, though, that obviously is extremely important. Its also making sure that they have that ability across borders. The arrangement its that the government has in place in europol at the moment are almost the same and equivalent to what the eu has with the united states, which is obviously geographically far more distant and has a very different set of issues as a result. And what we are suggesting is that by getting that additional, as i say, Real Time Data sharing in place. So we can track these vile people right across europe, thats going to greatly enhance the tool Kit Available to our National Crime agency. We have to leave it there. Were out of time. Nick thomas symonds, the shadow cabinet office, thank you very much. Good to to much. Always good to talk to you. Thanks very much. Now back in 1950s and 60s, we would in the 1950s and 60s, we would have reviewing stories have been reviewing stories about campbell as he about Donald Campbell as he broke water record broke the water speed record time and time again. But now a legal battle started about where his boat, the now rescued and restored bluebird, should be kept. Our northwest of kept. And our northwest of england. Reporter sophie reaper has story. Has the story. Two 5260 into the kilometre. Still a giant of the 50s and 60s achieved wing seven water speed records , a new world record, and records, a new world record, and the only man to ever break the land and water speed record in the same calendar year. Donald campbell was untouchable. But in january of 1967, tragic. He struck a call, 1967, tragic. He struck a call, came down from reception. Came down from reception. And as im walking up the steps into the reception , i steps into the reception, i thought, who would be phoning me this time of the morning . And i had a premonition. I knew in the pit of my stomach something had happened to my dad as bluebird crashed, donald was killed instantly. But to this day hes still remembered as the speed ace who brought global attention to the tiny village of coniston. I just feel him all around this place. Feel him all around this place. I think the village does as well. And that goes on, of well. And that goes on, of course, to the reason why its so important that we get bluebird bluebird home immediately after the accident. Bluebird sank to the bottom of the lake. Then after almost of the lake. Then after almost three decades, had passed by. Gina campbell was contacted by diver bill smith. In 1996, bill diver bill smith. In 1996, bill and his dive team began their search for bluebird. Then in 2001, the main section of the boats hull was recovered and donalds body was brought back to land where he was. Then finally laid to rest in coniston cemetery. After that , the cemetery. After that, the Bluebird Project was established in an attempt to restore that once legendary vessel back to its former glory. However, once its former glory. However, once the restoration was complete, thats when the legal issues began. Over the years, it was agreed in all varying stages that bluebird would remain in the care of the Bluebird Project. That was always the understanding. And now the museum is trying to kick us out without a bid. Nowhere is it written down. The Bluebird Project will be thrown out empty handed. Saying handed. So weve been saying since come on, you wrote since 2018, come on, you wrote this down, you that down. This down, you wrote that down. You other down. We you wrote the other down. We need get a new deal on the need to get a new deal on the table and theyve just said no. In february of this year, the ruskin coniston served Ruskin Museum in coniston served the papers to bill smith the legal papers to bill smith and Bluebird Project. And the Bluebird Project. Agreed in 2006 by deed it was agreed in 2006 by deed of gift from the Campbell Family to the museum. That bill would lead at no cost to lead a restoration at no cost to the museum. Will that restoration is all but complete and really, wed like to see it back here because that was the agreement and that was what everybody was working towards. It put in the Museum System it was put in the Museum System to be saved for the nation. It wasnt to be one mans wasnt supposed to be one mans personal set in 2019, a personal train set in 2019, a Draft Agreement was put forward that would have seen bluebird housed in the museum for nine months of the year and cared for by the Bluebird Project for the remaining three. However , were unable to come however, were unable to come to an agreement. Thats where negotiations stopped. Negotiations stopped. Donald would say there was a deal done. There was a lot of charitable elements to it, and the final charitable element to me should be put in the boat, in the museum. This boat should be out on the water. It should be run. It should be run by the Bluebird Project who nurtured it and loved willed it back to loved it and willed it back to life for 20 years and the rest of it should be on of the time it should be on display a museum. Thats what display in a museum. Thats what the sees. I will go with the public sees. I will go with what the public says. Gina and the museum ought big the museum ought to be big enough go speed unlimited. Donald campbell always said skipper boat. But skipper stays with the boat. But now all parties involve stan and on the precipice of a legal battle to decide the future owner of bluebird k7 sophie reaper. Owner of bluebird k7 sophie reaper. Gb owner of bluebird k7 sophie reaper. Gb news right. Weve got a shaggy dog story or two from westminster after this the annual Westminster Dog Show returns today in partnership with the kennel club and the dogs trust and sir david amess pubuc dogs trust and sir david amess public award. Public award. Yes, i did say paul will be presented to the winning mp in memory of the late conservative, who was a staunch advocate for the competition and what is jeremy hunt, the chancellor is taking this incredibly seriously i we wonder what sort of dog he he has a little golden retriever. I think thats all. I think thats all. Do our Political Correspondent whos turned canine expert today, Catherine Foster catherine sounds nice. Foster catherine sounds nice. Its a really lovely day here for day today for this highlight of the westminster calendar. Its been going on for about 25 years. The westminster dog of the year. And i can tell you that the chancellor jeremy hunt, has got a gold an labrador called poppy. Well be seeing him a bit later. The judging is going to kick off in five minutes. Theres a couple of dozen mps and their dogs and of course mps are used to being the centre of attention. But really its not about them. Today its about their canine companions. Now its sponsored, as you say, by the dogs trust and the kennel club. The theme this year is responsible ownership. Thats responsible ownership. Thats particularly pertinent, of course, given these terrible attacks by these bully xl dogs attacks by these bully xl dogs at the weekend. But theres two at the weekend. But theres two prizes. Theres the judges of the kennel club and dogs trust will be selecting first, second and third winners. And then theres the public vote in memory of the late sir david amess, who, of course, was tragically murdered a couple of years ago. He was a huge supporter of animal welfare. So those will be announced shortly after 11. And well be bringing you more throughout the day. So that will be the big breaking news from westminster today, catherine. As brought by you. Thank today, catherine. As brought by you. Thank you. Thank you very much indeed. Really appreciate it , poppy. Really appreciate it, poppy. Really appreciate it, poppy. Its all in the name. Its all in the name. Its all in the name. Well be back bright and early next week. Up next, its britains newsroom with andrew early next week. Up next, its brittbev, newsroom with andrew early next week. Up next, its brittbev, and sroom with andrew early next week. Up next, its brittbev, and theyllvith andrew early next week. Up next, its brittbev, and theyll be andrew early next week. Up next, its brittbev, and theyll be looking and bev, and theyll be looking at radical plans to at labours radical plans to shake seekers. Shake up the Asylum Seekers. Have yourselves a good you have yourselves a good day. The best. Day. All the best. The temperatures rising. The temperatures rising. Boxt solar proud sponsors of weather on. Gb news. Weather on. Gb news. Good morning. Im alex deakin. This is your latest weather update from the met office for gb news something of a three way split today. Quite a blustery start across the far north. Many of us seeing sunny spells, but through parts northern through parts of Northern England, wales, theres england, north wales, theres a weather lingering weather front just lingering around, cloud around, bringing a lot of cloud and outbreaks rain. So this and outbreaks of rain. So this central fairly dull. A few central slice fairly dull. A few showers in northern scotland, still windy here and still very windy here and staying the northern staying so across the northern isles. Elsewhere, the winds isles. But elsewhere, the winds easing a touch. And in the south, most places dry and bright, fairly cloudy over bright, often fairly cloudy over the decent the midlands, but some decent spells sunshine on the south spells of sunshine on the south coast of england and for south wales, will wales, where temperatures will creep the creep into the 20s, maybe the mid across the south east, mid 20s across the south east, feeling cooler than that with the the rain the cloud and the rain over parts of Northern England and nonh parts of Northern England and north that rain will north wales. That rain will unger north wales. That rain will linger into this evening as well, it will start to well, but it will start to shuffle as we go shuffle northwards as we go through the night. Well keep blustery conditions across shetland and a few scattered showers here, but generally dry conditions further south with clear skies and reasonably warm night temperatures again likely to stick in the mid teens as thats zone of rain will then stick across much of Northern Ireland, central and southern scotland tomorrow. So quite a grey day here with outbreaks of rain, a brighter day for Northern England and north wales tomorrow compared to today and again in the south. A quite a few enjoying sunny spells, staying mostly fine across the far north for scotland as well. The finally easing in the winds finally easing in shetland. A cool feel here and under zone, but under that rainy zone, but turning again across the turning warmer again across the. South the temperatures rising. Boxt the temperatures rising. Boxt solar proud sponsors of weather on. Gb news morning. On. Gb news morning. Well, were talking immigration because keir starmer we finally know what hes going to do about illegal migration. Hes going to make it legal. Yes, exactly what hes going to do. Exactly , charlie. But you do exactly, charlie. But you do need to stay tuned to look at the detail of that. And weve also going to be talking about weve got the childrens commissioner coming in, havent we . Going asking we . And were going to be asking her guidance teachers her about what guidance teachers and be given and headteachers should be given about transgender rights in the classroom. Its confusing classroom. Its a confusing issue, lot something issue, but its lot something a lot of parents and grandparents feel really strongly about. From government and no leaks from government and for gb news cash. And victory for gb news cash. More of us use cash. Last year and for many, many years. Yes, keep using your cash. Got it . Here in my pocket. Here it is. Not much, but its there. She wants. It was