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On track. Latest headlines now on track. Latest headlines now with tatiana. Mark, thank you with tatiana. Mark, thank you and good afternoon. This is the latest from the newsroom. The Prime Minister newsroom. The Prime Minister says the american xl bully dog is a danger to our communities as it comes after a series of dog attacks in the past few weeks, injuring several people including an 11 year old girl, rishi sunak says the breed will be banned by the end of the yeah be banned by the end of the year. Its clear this is not about a handful of badly trained dogs. Its a pattern of behaviour and it cannot go on while owners already have a responsibility to keep their dogs under control, i want to reassure people that we are urgent working on ways to stop these attacks and protect the public dog. Meanwhile , a man has died meanwhile, a man has died following a dog attack in staffordshire. The person was bitten by two dogs in the village of stonnall yesterday. A 30 year old man from the lichfield area has been arrested on suspicion of having dogs dangerously out of control. All dangerously out of control. All the force is carrying out an investigation to determine the breeds of the dogs. Investigation to determine the breeds of the dogs. Unions are vowing to fight the government tooth and nail after a half £1 billion investment in tata steel has put 3000 jobs at risk. Billion investment in tata steel has put 3000 jobs at risk. The has put 3000 jobs at risk. The government says it will support more than 12,000 jobs in the sector. Overall tata has been in talks with the government to switch from coal to electric furnaces in an effort to reduce Carbon Emissions by around 1. 5. The company is expected to warn therell be a transition period, including potential deep restructuring at the plant. Restructuring at the plant. Train drivers will strike at the end of this month in their long running dispute over pay. The running dispute over pay. The aslef union says its members at 16 train operators will walk out on the 30th of september and the 4th of october. The action will coincide with the conservative party annual conference. The union said the strikes would force train operators to cancel all services , causing travel all services, causing travel problems for passengers. Aslef members will also ban overtime from the 29th of september and the 6th of october for three members of sara sharifs family are in court today charged with the ten year olds murder. Sarahs father, irfan sharif, his partner and his brother have also been charged with causing or allowing the death of a child. Sara was found dead at her home in woking after officers were called from pakistan by mr sharif on the 10th of august. A former 10th of august. A former director general of the National Crime agency has been appointed as the investigator into the prison escape of Daniel Khalife. The 21 year old escaped from wandsworth prison last week and was later arrested after a four day manhunt. Khalife disappeared while awaiting trial after being charged with terror offences in january. The investigation will look at whether the prison followed relevant protocols. Followed relevant protocols. Labour has pledged to create temporary so called nightingale courts to speed up asylum decisions. The party courts to speed up asylum decisions. The party is also pledging to hire over 1000 Home Office Caseworkers to clear the claims backlog and fast track decisions for applicants from certain countries. They plan to stop using hotels, barges and former military sites to house asylum seekers, which they claim cost taxpayers over £2 billion a year. Thousands of cost taxpayers over £2 billion a year. Thousands of passengers year. Thousands of passengers have been impacted as more than 40 flights have been cancelled or diverted at London Gatwick airport due to a lack of staff. It comes after the airport confirmed a short notice staff absence in its air Traffic Control tower yesterday. A total control tower yesterday. A total of 16 arrival flights were diverted to a range of airports, including bournemouth , cardiff including bournemouth, cardiff and heathrow. Easyjets chief and heathrow. Easyjets chief executive has said. Air traffic executive has said. Air Traffic Control provider nats has let down customers all summer after this latest disruption. Kim jong this latest disruption. Kim jong un has visited a russian fighter jet factory. The north korean jet factory. The north Korean Leader is making the rare visit to russia, one that the United States and its allies fear could strengthen russias military in ukraine and bolster pyongyangs Missile Programme downing street has previously urged north korea to end talks over the sale of arms to russia. The search for arms to russia. The search for 70 runaway crocodile continues in Southern China following heavy flooding. They escaped from a farm through two gaps in the enclosure walls , which the enclosure walls, which collapsed during heavy rain. Collapsed during heavy rain. Local Authorities Say 36 crocodiles were found yesterday. More than 30 are still on the loose. The iconic black sheep jump loose. The iconic black sheep jump worn by diana, princess of wales, to sold for £920,000 at auction in new york. The jumper, which shows a black sheep among a row of white ones, was discovered in an attic in march by designer joanna osborne. It was famously worn by diana at a polo match in june 1981, shortly after her engagement, polo match in june 1981, shortly after her engagement , this is gb after her engagement, this is gb news across the uk on tv , in news across the uk on tv, in your car, on Digital Radio, and on your Smart Speaker by saying play gb news now its back to markham. Pip the american xl markham. Pip the american xl bully dog will be banned by the end of the year. That is news that has come in in the last half an hour from the Prime Minister, rishi sunak says it follows a series of attacks. This was his announcement just a short while ago. The announcement just a short while ago. The american xl bully dog is a danger to our communities, particularly our children. I share the nations horror at the recent videos weve all seen. Yesterday, we saw another suspected xl bully dog attack, which has tragically led to a fatality. Its clear this is not fatality. Its clear this is not about a handful of badly trained dogs. Its a pattern of behaviour and it cannot go on. While owners already have a responsibility to keep their dogs under control, i want to reassure people that we are urgently working on ways to stop these attacks and protect the public. Today i have tasked ministers to bring together police and experts to firstly define the breed of dog behind these attacks. With a view to then outlawing it. It is not then outlawing it. It is not currently a breed defined in law, so this vital first step must happen fast. First, we will must happen fast. First, we will then ban the breed under the dangerous dogs act and new laws will be in place by the end of the year. These dogs are dangerous. I want to reassure the public that we will take all necessary steps to keep people safe. Safe. Well, the Prime Ministers announcement there in downing street follows this latest attack in stafford , a man killed attack in stafford, a man killed after being savaged by two dogs outside a Primary School yesterday afternoon. Despite yesterday afternoon. Despite their rishi sunak assertion , their rishi sunak assertion, police say they have not yet established what breed was police say they have not yet involved. Lets speak now to animal behaviourist jordan shelley, who does have a dog there with you, which well , even there with you, which well, even though the Prime Minister says its difficult to define what an xl bully you believe you xl bully is, you believe you have got one of them there . I think his name is basil. Yeah, his name is basil, i believe i do have one. Its really difficult to define they are all such define because they are all such different shapes sizes to different shapes and sizes to the point where basil weighs 39 kilos. If you look at princess who lives down the road, she weighs about 60. Theyre completely different shapes sizes. Theyre completely different shaso; sizes. Theyre completely different shaso i sizes. Theyre completely different shaso i dontzes. Theyre completely different shaso i dont really understand so i dont really understand and theyre to define and how theyre going to define what bully is. What an xl bully is. Jordan basil is 17 months old. You rescued him. Im going to say his name to get him to maybe look this way. Basil basil , you can. He is a big, big dog. What is your reaction to what the Prime Minister said . I know the Prime Minister said . I know you love and adore him, but the Prime Minister is saying that he is dangerous. Is dangerous. Im obviously devastated because, you know, i understand what the Prime Minister is saying from the perspective of he thinks he sees a pattern of behaviour, but the pattern really exists. On the other end of the lead and where there are issues, its always around irresponsible ownership and often bad breeding as well. I dont believe these dogs are any more dangerous than any other large dog will be in the wrong hands and all this will do is push the wrong people into having other types of dogs and really the answer lies in licencing for owners and education. Yeah but you will know that there are others who say that such breeds are bred specifically for fighting for commercial reasons with organised crime sometimes involved, there is no other reason for having such a dog. Reason for having such a dog. They would say theres no difference in that regard to a cane corso or any other type of big mastiff. That was also bred as dogs of war. I mean , theres so many war. I mean, theres so many different breeds where do you end up drawing the line . Well, the pit bull terrier, of course, has already been banned that particular banned for that particular reason dangerous dogs act. So what about the english bull terrier . The staffordshire bull terrier . I mean, list is terrier . I mean, the list is kind never ending. Thats kind of never ending. Thats thats the point. And actually, if we can take these dogs of if we can take these dogs out of the of irresponsible the hands of those irresponsible people, that they can people, i believe that they can be wonderful be lovely, wonderful dogs. I mean, training be mean, hes training to be a search and rescue dog. And this will obviously be the end of his career, hopefully the of career, hopefully not the end of his life. So i dont you his life. And so i dont you know, im gutted. Jordan, what is basil like . Because were hearing constantly, every day , american constantly, every day, american bullies, theyre killing machines. What is your dog like . Because i know from what you tell us, hes hes very affectionate. If anything , hes affectionate. If anything, hes hes a scaredy cat when hes confronted by other dogs, even golden retrievers. Yeah. So he was seized by the yeah. So he was seized by the police at five months old from the people that chopped his ears off and they they then kept him in kennels for another five months. And he then ended up in the pound system and came to me at that ten months old and ive had him for seven months. So hes 17 months, um, since coming to me. Hes not shown any form of aggression. He walked into a house with a chihuahua and a cat hopped straight up on the sofa. It wasnt ever an issue. And hes just generally lovely and kind. He was attacked recently by two vizslas laid down on the floor, froze and pooed himself , floor, froze and pooed himself, literally. And jordan to get them off him. Do you appreciate or maybe you can you can answer this. We know that every dog is capable of biting, but the damage that an american bully excel could do is a lot more. Or is it not, is a lot more. Or is it not, than, say, a jack russell could do if it turned on you . Oh, yeah. For sure. But then theres not a huge difference between what an excel bully can do and what most masters can do. I mean, theyre virtually the same. What im trying to say same. So what im trying to say is these people will just is that these people will just go and find another type of dog that they can use a weapon. That they can use as a weapon. And not really solving the and were not really solving the problem. The problem problem problem. The problem the problem lies of the the lies at the end of the lead. The human side the lead, not the human side of the lead, not the dog side of the lead. Is there issue the is there an issue with the fact this breed of dog fact that if this breed of dog or type dog, because or this type of dog, because theyre defined breed, theyre not a defined breed, theyre not a defined breed, theyre recognise by the theyre not recognise by the kennel club. So could you foresee a situation where if they are banned , then there are they are banned, then there are lots of other mixed breeds that that are, you know, perfectly behaved dogs that will get caught up in this and will be seized unnecessarily because there are thousands of say, staffordshire bull terriers out there that are lovely. Yeah , definitely. If you look yeah, definitely. If you look at what the most common mixed breed is that sees currently as a pit type, its a Staffie Cross labrador, which is just absurd. And the same thing will happen, you know, massive crosses , bull you know, massive crosses, bull breed crosses. Theyll all be considered type and theyll all be seized and theyll all be killed. It doesnt really matter about genetics or dna. This is all done by a tape measure, which is just absurd. How can a tape measure ever define whether a dog isnt dangerous . A dog is or isnt dangerous . Last thought about the precautions principle. Its reported this attack in stafford, although we dont know the breed and local people say that both dogs were involved in some sort of incident. A supermarket just a week previously. So is that the other issue that we should be looking at, dogs behaviour before at, the dogs behaviour before an attack actually happens . 100. I mean, if you yeah, 100. I mean, if you look, for example of that case with the poor boy, jack liz in caerphilly, you can see that days that outside days before that dog was outside shops terrorising people biting by trying to bite people on the arm. The owner was beating it on the head. I mean, it was obvious that something was going to happen and so i think its clear its that its an its clear to see that its an issue with the deed, not the breed and the types of people that have them. Jordan, shelley and also basil, thank you very much indeed for joining basil, thank you very much indeed forjoining us with basil, thank you very much indeed for joining us with your initial reaction on gb initial reaction there on gb news. You. News. Thank you. Tata steelworks, britains largest steelworks in port talbot, is to receive up to £500 million from the government to switch to greener production using electric arc furnaces. But unions there say the real cost will be the loss of at least 3000 jobs. And they claim theyve been conned by both the government and the Indian Company tata steel over job assurances. Lets get more now with gareth stace, whos director general at uk steel. Director general at uk steel. And gareth, clearly this is contentious in particular of this plant , but the existing this plant, but the existing furnaces are coal fired and obviously in terms of net zero, theyre not going to cut it. Yeah. And i think thats why this is an important day for the steel sector in the uk. And steel sector in the uk. And government today has shown its firm and bold commitment to the future of steel making here in the uk. You know, the transition the uk. You know, the transition from , as you said, coal fired from, as you said, coal fired blast furnaces to electric arc furnace will deliver a massive boost to the uk economy and to the uk ambition to net zero and therefore today is very positive because we are going to see that transition that we as a steel sector in the uk need to make to move from carbon intensive Steel Production to green Steel Production to green Steel Production , which is what we as production, which is what we as a sector set out in our bold plan, our roadmap to net zero a year ago. And what we said was we need a partner with government between the sector and government to make that transition to net zero. But this marks a big step towards that. Yeah, theres seemingly no partnership with the unions. At least 3000 jobs to go. Mark drakeford , the first minister, drakeford, the first minister, wales is a very high price to pay wales is a very high price to pay and the unions say they were given assurances which have just been thrown away by tata steel and the government. Well any transition plan for any sector anywhere in the world making a transition from using one technology to a very Different Technology will involve risks, will involve significant change. But you can work through that change to deliver to deliver a positive outcome for that sector. And in my case, today , sector. And in my case, today, its the steel sector in the uk , because if we move to net zero, our customers are asking us for more net zero steel. We can deliver on that. We can make more steel in the uk, we can export more steel and we can actually stop a flood of imports coming into the uk and we can make the steel to satisfy those orders. The demand for steel is growing net zero. The net zero economy demands more steel, not less. Steel, not less. Gareth, let me just put to you something that the local labour mp Stephen Kinnock says and what he is criticising is that there is too much of a narrow focus s on electric Arc Furnace Technology and it will result in more job losses than are necessary. Are necessary. Well , there are a number of well, there are a number of technologies that that companies could choose to go down. Each company will do what works best for them. And electric arc for them. And electric arc furnaces are tried and tested. Furnaces are tried and tested. Over the last 60 years, technology to make steel. Its very efficient , isnt it . Can be very efficient, isnt it . Can be very efficient, isnt it . Can be very green and the crucial issue here in the uk is we sit on an abundance of scrap metal, which is the raw material to make steel with an electric arc furnace. We have over 11 Million Tonnes of scrap metal that is generated every year in the uk. We export 80 of it to give it to our competitor , others to to our competitor, others to make steel, and then we buy it back. Yeah. Can i just check to do that . So is this actually then steel recycled rather than steel manufacture . Because as i understand it, to actually manufacture the steel, you need a basically hydrogen based production rather than the electric arc. Now this is steelmaking. There are two ways to make steel. You make it from iron or with a blast furnace, or you make it in an electric arc furnace using scrap. Because we need to remember our steel is infinitely recyclable. Once you make steel , it infinitely recyclable. Once you make steel, it can infinitely recyclable. Once you make steel , it can stay infinitely recyclable. Once you make steel, it can stay in infinitely recyclable. Once you make steel , it can stay in the make steel, it can stay in the economy forever. Its infinitely recyclable. Therefore we have a lot of steel scrap here in the uk. Lets use that. Lets not export 80 of it to countries with probably lower Environmental Standards than we do. Lets make sure we take that vital and valuable resource, use it here in the uk economy to deliver net zero low carbon steel for our customers here in the uk and globally. But but a stupid question. It may be would a hydrogen based furnace actually save more jobs than an electric arc furnace as well . A hydrogen based steel furnace would be more expensive. Its untested technology. It may suit particular companies and particular economies, but it probably doesnt suit companies in the uk at this time. That might change, but at this time weve seen the announcement. Its looking at electric arc furnace. I think thats a tried and tested way to go. And as i said, we have the abundance of the raw material here. Gareth, what would you say to the thousands of people whose jobs are at risk . Some several thousand of them and their families today . Id say that we today have seen the from tata steel and from government, probably the biggest level of investment in the steel sector for years and years and years today should be seen as a commitment by government and companies. To still make steel companies. To still make steel in the uk to understand the opportunities of a net zero economy here in the uk. And therefore today is the start of the process to invest in our sector, to deliver our net zero steel to ensure that we have a steel sector in the uk for years to come. For years to come. Gareth stace, director general at uk steel. Thank you. General at uk steel. Thank you. Well, thats the view of the steel makers will be trying to get you the view as well of the unions and indeed all those people in south wales who will be affected directly throughout people in south wales who will be rafternoon rectly throughout people in south wales who will be rafternoon here throughout people in south wales who will be rafternoon here on roughout people in south wales who will be rafternoon here on gthout people in south wales who will be rafternoon here on gb news. The afternoon here on gb news. Also coming up, well be live outside Guildford Magistrates Court, the relatives of sarah sharif charged with sharif appearing charged with murder. Latest on sharif appearing charged with murd stay latest on sharif appearing charged with murd stay with latest on sharif appearing charged with murd stay with us. Latest on that. Stay with us. That warm feeling inside from boxt boilers, proud sponsors of weather on. Gb news. Weather on. Gb news. Hello again. 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Weve been talking about a dog attack. The latest one that has happenedin attack. The latest one that has happened in staffordshire. We are now hearing from Staffordshire Police that a 30 year old man has been arrested on suspicion of being in charge of dogs dangerously out of control or causing injury. And he has been further arrest on arrested on suspicion of manslaughter. Thats after a man died following that attack in staffordshire yesterday afternoon. That is coming from Staffordshire Police. Yeah, ambulance staff say they tried to administer advanced life support and advanced life support and advanced trauma care at the scene, but they failed to save the man. And even despite the man. And even despite continued treatment in the ambulance en route to the Queen Elizabeth hospital, a number of people have tried to get the dogs off the man. But the crucial aspect is that police say they are still trying to establish the breed of the dog involved, following, of course, what the Prime Minister said about xl bully dogs about half an hour ago. Yeah the Prime Minister saying that that type of dog will be banned by the end of dog will be banned by the end of this year following a series of this year following a series of attacks. We will bring you , of course, we will bring you, of course, the latest here on gb news as three members of saira sharifs family are due in court charged with the ten year olds murder. Sarahs father, irfan sharif , his partner and brother, have also been charged with causing or allowing the death of a child. Sarah was found dead at her home in woking in surrey on the 10th of august with her relatives. Those that are appearing in court today , flying appearing in court today, flying back to the uk from pakistan and subsequently arrested at Gatwick Airport. Airport. Well, our National Reporter Theo Chikomba is live for us now at guildford. Theo, do we know what the process will be today . Will it just be a plea or a very quick arraignment . Well very quick arraignment . Well very good afternoon to you both at the moment, its still unclear. The moment, its still unclear. We havent seen any of the defendants at the moment and the court staff here are still trying to figure out whats going to happen this afternoon. Now, since weve been here this morning. But what we do know is that surrey it Surrey Police have described it as a fast moving, challenging and inquiry. And complex inquiry. They remain committed to and they remain committed to fully investigating to see what happened to the ten year old. Now, sarah, she lived in woking, which is just under six miles from here, about 20 minute from here, and her body was found on the 10th of august. And following a post mortem examination, it was found that she had sustained multiple and extensive injuries. Extensive injuries. So the stepfather, stepmother and uncle were charged with the murder of sarah, and they were apprehended and arrested at the airport at Gatwick Airport on wednesday and have been remanded in custody since then. Now, we do know that the three of them did leave for pakistan in august, but were arrested on wednesday when they did return here. So at the moment, it is just a case of waiting to see whats going to happen this afternoon. Afternoon. Theo, thank you very much indeed for that. Of course, as we said, well be back to Guildford Magistrates Court there as we see get the proceedings underway. Stay with us here on the live desk, well be talking about labours ambitious plans to end the asylum backlog. Sir keir starmer, the labour leader, pledging to take control of a situation. He says the situation. He says the government has lost. But could government has lost. But could it prove easier said than done . It prove easier said than done . All that plus much more after your tatiana. Pip. Thank you. Breaking news, a 30 year old man, as youve just been hearing, has been arrested on suspicion of being in charge of dogs dangerously out of control and causing injury. Hes been further arrested on suspicion of manslaughter over that after a man had died following a dog attack in staffordshire. The person was staffordshire. The person was bitten by two dogs in the village of stonnall yesterday. The force is carrying out an investigation to determine the breeds of the dogs may. Meanwhile, the Prime Minister says the american bully dog is a danger to our communities. It comes after a series of dog attacks in the past few weeks , attacks in the past few weeks, injuring several people, including an 11 year old girl, rishi sunak says the breed will be banned by the end of the yeah be banned by the end of the year. Its clear this is not about a handful of badly trained dogs. Its a pattern of behaviour here and it cannot go on. While owners already have a responsibility to keep their dogs under control, i want to reassure people that we are urgently working on ways to stop these attacks and protect the pubuc these attacks and protect the public unions are vowing to fight the government tooth and nail after a half £1 billion investment in tattoo steel has put 3000 jobs at risk. Put 3000 jobs at risk. It comes as tata has been in talks with the government to switch from coal to electric furnaces in an effort to reduce Carbon Emissions by around 1. 5. Labour says that only tories could spend that much money to make thousands of british workers redundant. But britain business and trade secretary Kemi Badenoch says the government is saving the industry. Industry. This is good for the taxpayer. This is good for the workforce because actually when we do have new electric arc furnaces, were going to be able to have many more industries. We can have offshore wind, therell be a whole redevelopment of the sites. This is actually a great deal sites. This is actually a great deal, not just for pothole, but but for the uk. Deal, not just for pothole, but but for the uk. And what i would but for the uk. And what i would say to people who are concerned about job losses is that we do understand have track understand and we have a track action place thats action plan in place thats funded up to about £100 million to make sure that people have skills to retrain. Skills to retrain. You can get more on all of those stories by visiting our website, gbnews. Com. Patrick christys weekdays from three on gb news choose. From three on gb news choose. Welcome back to the live desk. More breaking news for you this hour of course, the Prime Minister revealing the excel a bully. Dogs will be outlawed by the end of the year. Staffordshire police now confirming that they believe the two involved in this fatal two dogs involved in this fatal attack at stonewall yesterday in walsall are to be of walsall are believed to be of that breed that they were excel bullies. The force saying one of the died after being the dogs died after being restrained and the other being killed by an injection, a lethal injection at the injection given by a vet at the scene. Scene. This has only come out just hours after the Prime Minister has saying that hes urged urgent ordered, urgent work to define exactly what an american excel bully is. He says they will be banned under the dangerous dogs act by the end of the year and that could, of course, have ramifications for thousands of dog owners in terms we will be exploring this in terms of stonewall has just been some more from superintendent tracey muir of Staffordshire Police saying shed like to offer my condolences to the loved ones of the man who tragically his life in this tragically lost his life in this horrendous dog attack. Continuing to support we are continuing to support them at this incredibly difficult detectives difficult time. Detectives continue to investigate. Weve taken statements, viewed cctv and carried out house to house inquiries , but keen to speak to inquiries, but keen to speak to anyone with any more information. And of course, just to update you. A man, 30 year old man, has now been charged with manslaughter as a result of that attack. That attack. Right. We want to talk to our home and security editor, mark white, who is here in the studio because as you remember, Daniel Khalife , who has been charged khalife, who has been charged and appeared in court after escaping from wandsworth prison last week , where wandsworth last week, where wandsworth pfison last week, where wandsworth prison back in the news today because mark, what have we now learned . Well , yes, learned . Well, yes, a question to the Justice Minister from dr. Rosena allin khan, the local mp in that area, about what the Staffing Levels were at wandsworth prison on the 6th of september, that day when Daniel Khalife disappeared from custody. And we disappeared from custody. And we are told and it seems really quite shocking that 88 zero members of staff staff did not show up for work that day. It equates. To 39 of the workforce equates. To 39 of the workforce who didnt show up. 125 officers did show up 61 of the workforce is to deal with just under 6600 prisoners being held at wandsworth at that time. Now damian hinds, the Justice Minister, responding to that question, said that even at 39 staff absence on that day, it was not below the minimum threshold. And thats threshold. And thats extraordinary, isnt it, that the prison would be unsafe . He the prison would be unsafe . He said that there were still prison officers on duty in the kitchen. Of course, Daniel Khalife worked in the prison kitchen. It was from the prison kitchen. It was from the prison kitchen. It was from the prison kitchen that he disappeared on that wednesday morning. And also there were staff on duty in the gatehouse. The gatehouse being the Crucial Point where the vehicle is supposed to be checked , the underneath of the checked, the underneath of the vehicle and things like that. And the question there was, did they actually deploy these mirrors long handles to mirrors on long handles to actually check underneath the vehicle . How comprehensive was that check . And now , obviously, that check . And now, obviously, if they know they were short staffed, were any corners cut . So i guess this poses yet more questions, but also the fact that they were talking about possibly this was heard in court that bedsheets were used. That bedsheets were used. How did he get them out of the prison . Well well, thats the allegation and will be put allegation. And that will be put to his eventual trial if he pleads not guilty. The fact that pleads not guilty. The fact that badge sheets were used as makeshift straps underneath the lorry and of course , separate to lorry and of course, separate to the criminal investigator session is the inquiry into just what went wrong. And a key what went wrong. And a key aspect of that inquiry will be to try to determine just what checks were undertaken, if any, by all those prison officers. And did they carry out the proper physical checks on this food delivery lorry . Is there also a suggestion in that the about the age of the prison staff, that a lot of them were actually or are actually quite young . Well, that is a fact , yes. Well, that is a fact, yes. Because what youve had in the Prison Service, just like in the police service, tens of thousands of people whove left the service base in recent years, really after the austerity cuts of 2010, when significant numbers of people left the police and the Prison Service. Yes. And thats meant service. Yes. And thats meant even though now there is a recruitment drive arrive to bolster those numbers. Again, the very experienced hands, many of them have gone and you have much younger , inexperienced much younger, inexperienced Staff Members, whether that was a factor in the checks, perhaps not being carried out to the extent that they should have been. Clearly they werent. If they didnt discover Daniel Khalife underneath this vehicle. But what the reasoning behind that is, we still got to establish now we got this independent investigation , keith independent investigation, keith bristow, who is the former head of the National Crime agency, is launching that. What specifically has gone on at wandsworth is the suggestion that those who turn up that those who didnt turn up for calling in sick, that those who didnt turn up for clearlyalling in sick, that those who didnt turn up for clearly thatsin sick, that those who didnt turn up for clearly thats been , because clearly thats been something elsewhere something identified elsewhere in the Prison Service. Yeah, well, we know from the prison officers as association that there are high absence rates because prison officers are under strength. They say that the conditions that they work in are appalling and that has an effect on them, on their health and their Mental Health. The level of kind of prison violence and assaults against staff is high as well. So all that could feed in to a situation on the ground where you get high absence levels because people are just thoroughly fed up and not in the right mental space to be attending work. And if that is the case, then there are some serious questions. First for the governor and the manager of that prison to answer , but then prison to answer, but then further up the chain for the ministry of defence minister of justice and the Prison Service to answer. And again, as well as the government. So the question about why he was in wandsworth and not a a prison, well that again is also subject of an urgent review. We know that 40 other people that were being held on remand at wandsworth have now been moved out of that prison. A Rapid Assessment of their suitability to be in this category b prison, which is then not a maximum security prison, has establish that perhaps they should be in higher levels of security. And the government is security. And the government is also determining what the situation should be with terror prisoners right round the prison estate because many of them are held in lower category prisons and maximum security prisons. Mark, thank you for that. Just a bit more from labours rosena allin khan, whos the mp as you say, for wandsworth. She said it beggars belief the governments claiming 60 of prison officers attending a shift is acceptable. Theyre complacency is astounding and illustrates how unfit they are to run the country. Our communities, cities are being failed, said. More reaction, communities, cities are being faicourse, said. More reaction, communities, cities are being faicourse, as|id. More reaction, communities, cities are being faicourse, as it. More reaction, communities, cities are being faicourse, as it comes reaction, communities, cities are being faicourse, as it comes through. Of course, as it comes through. Thousands of Airline Passengers flying to or from London Gatwick airport are waking up where they did not intend to be after the latest disruption due to air Traffic Control. This is the third in just 18 days. Well, its not just 18 days. Well, its not just the passengers getting fed up because michael oleary, chief executive of ryanair, calling on the head of nats, the air Traffic Control service to resign on and to hand the job, he said over to someone competent enough to do it. Easyjet chief saying nats had let customers all summer. Let down customers all summer. Air travel expert simon calder joins us now air travel expert simon calderjoins us now. Simon, it calderjoins us now. Simon, it sounds like theyre in a complete mess at national air Traffic Control and putting passengers in a mess because of it. Well, if we might just go back to august bank holiday, which i know that many of your viewers will remember, for all the wrong reasons, that , of the wrong reasons, that, of course, was when we saw the failure of the nats. Failure of the nats. Thats the air Traffic Control service, their entire national compute system collapsed because of a an incorrect or a anomalous flight plan. And that to led the cancellation of over 2000 flights. On top of that , many flights. On top of that, many hundreds of thousands of people were disrupted and delayed. Then were disrupted and delayed. Then nine days ago at gatwick , we had nine days ago at gatwick, we had an air Traffic Controller going sick, and that led to exactly what we saw last night, which is dozens of diversions , long dozens of diversions, long delays and cancellations and exactly, as you say, thousands of people waking up where they really dont want to be. I can tell you exactly what happened because ive been finding this out from nats and effectively theyve got three people working in the control tower at gatwick. Bearin in the control tower at gatwick. Bear in mind , this looks after bear in mind, this looks after the busiest runway in the world, sadly, yesterday afternoon, one of them went sick. And personally, id always, of course, want absolute in such a safety critical job people to be 100. And if theyre not, then indeed they should of course not continue to work. But with only continue to work. But with only two of them instead of three, they had to reduce the so called arrival flow rate. That meant that planes were just disappearing all over the place. They were going to bournemouth, to stansted, to luton, to cardiff, to brussels , and many cardiff, to brussels, and many flights later in the evening were cancelled. Easyjet alone, i calculate, cancelled 618 flights. So a real, real mess. So lets just be clear about this. Simon this was not a failure of the Computer System done at swanwick in hampshire. This was literally a human failure in that control tower on the runway in gatwick, which i assume does all the ground movements of aircraft taxiing and final approach. And so on. Well yes. Now, you would imagine , of now, you would imagine, of course, that given that one person going sick, can have such a devastating impact on so many peoples journeys , that there peoples journeys, that there would at all times be somebody, a man or woman , highly trained a man or woman, highly trained controller sitting in the next room drinking coffee, looking out the window, doing a bit of paperwork, ready to step in. Thatis paperwork, ready to step in. That is not the case. There is a profound and staff shortage of air Traffic Controllers, not just in the uk but actually across europe , partly triggered across europe, partly triggered by the covid pandemic. And so nats tells me that there is extremely sorry for this latest disruption. They are training new people, but ultimately its a problem of staffing. They are just going to do their best and well ive got a flight next week and im very much hoping it will carry on as normal. But it hasnt been a tall, normal for the past few weeks. At gatwick and the airlines which actually have to pick up the bill and find people alternative flights and get them hotel rooms and pay for their meals and so on, they are, as you say, absolutely furious in the past few minutes , the boss of easyjet says persistent Staff Shortages at nats have plagued the industry and repeatedly let down customers all summer. And this cant be allowed to continue. Immedia action must be taken to tackle these Staff Shortages and airlines. Simon they pay millions of pounds to nats every year for this type of service. Yes, well this type of service. Yes, well , yes. I mean, you havent got any choice if youre an airline and you want to fly your planes, you are going to be paying money. If its going to be in the uk. Two nats, the air traffic provider, which actually has a pretty good rep station for Outstanding Service, and in particular for fitting an amazing number of flights into very constrained airspace. Bear in mind that london is the World Capital of aviation. No other location has such complex skies and most of the time you and i dont notice. And it works absolutely fine. But if somebody isnt feeling well in the control tower at gatwick, it can unravel very, very quickly. And therein lies another question. Quickly, simon, as well , and question. Quickly, simon, as well, and that is about gatwick itself. Only one runway and this itself. Only one runway and this sort of Conveyor Belt of flights , especially over the weekend, easyjet, its the main hub. So if there is a glitch, it has this sort of domino effect. It it certainly does. And weve seen that repeatedly with all sorts of problems. I repeatedly with all sorts of problems. I mean, when you get some really bad weather, both at gatwick indeed in gatwick and indeed in continental europe, that can really mess things because it really mess things up because it depends on everything running exactly when it should. Now now, as long as you dont live in very close to gatwick, the very good news is that they are actually going to put a bit of resilience in place. They are going to turn their standby runway into an actual runway, which will improve the resilience for now, though, well , its just a matter of, as always with travel, particularly involving the uk, weve got more rail strikes on the way. Of course, for hope the best, but be prepared for delays and disrupt in not such a popular move at horley or charlwood. That one you just mentioned. But well gloss over but anyway, well gloss over that. Good your trip simon. Hope its drama free. Hope its drama free. Thank you. Thank you. It wont be. Youll tell us immediately from some far flung corner of the world. Now the Opening Weekend of the Rugby World Cup has been an absolute cracker so far, and there are some great games to come over this weekend. And england, course , they and england, of course, they had by beating argentina had a start by beating argentina with 14 men facing japan on sunday without flanker tom curry, of course, who was a naughty boy. Former england world cup winner lewis moody has been impressed with englands start to the tournament. To the tournament. I certainly didnt expect the performance that they put in. If you consider they went down to 14 men in the first two minutes. We lost tom curry, who had just come back from injury. So at the international level, to win a game with 14 men for 78 minutes and argentina, who came into that game with some really good form and some quality players and england dominated it. I mean, i genuinely was surprised. But you know, we almost went back 20 years, didnt we, watching george. George ford sort of masterclass with the boot. It was almost like watching Jonny Wilkinson my old my old mate slot the drop goals over but it was it was a brilliant response. It was what england needed. But im not england needed. But im not going to get too carried away. Going to get too carried away. Well, hes not because hes just shut up anyway. Lets speak to now rugby reporter at the daily mail, alex bywater, who can join us. Alex thanks for your time. What . He failed to mention there was that the drop goalis mention there was that the drop goal is back and thats really, i think one the match. Its great for some of us a bit. Longerin great for some of us a bit. Longer in the tooth to see a skill returning to the pitch. Skill returning to the pitch. Yeah its something thats gone out of the game, hasnt it . The drop goal. But it was back with a vengeance from george ford against argentina, all 27 points from the boot. So it a fantastic result for it was a fantastic result for england, a great theyve england, a great start. Theyve lost to suspension, lost tom curry to suspension, but after that win but you know, after that win over argentina, theyve got japan, chile samoa to come. Over argentina, theyve got japan, cshould samoa to come. Over argentina, theyve got japan, cshould reallyoa to come. Over argentina, theyve got japan, cshould really be to come. Over argentina, theyve got japan, cshould really be looking so they should really be looking to top group. To top the group. Now. To top the group. Sow. To top the group. So japan on sunday, alex, how do you think thats going to shake down . Well, japan in the last couple of world cups, of course, some big shocks, havent they . They beat south africa in 2015 and then in 2019, when they hosted the tournament, they beat both ireland and scotland. So they dangerous team. But they are a dangerous team. But im not quite they are the im not quite sure they are the side that they were four years ago. So its definitely a game that england should be looking to win, to go to from to. So i expect exactly that. Expect them to do exactly that. But is the great thing about this world cup the excitement that you know there are real threats coming through where france were pushed all the way by uruguay. Fiji gave wales a real fright. And this makes for real fright. And this makes for a pretty exciting time, isnt it . Absolutely. What we 7 absolutely. What we want to see a competitive tournament, dont we . You you touched on the france game there last night. I thought uruguay were absolutely fantastic , albeit against fantastic, albeit against a Second String french team, but they pushed them all way. They pushed them all the way. And that incident had been a and if that incident had been a red and a yellow one, red card and not a yellow one, it could have been very different. So we want to see the so called tier two nations pushing the ones right at the top the game. Very close. We top of the game. Very close. We saw with desperately saw that fiji with desperately unlucky beat wales in my unlucky not to beat wales in my opinion. Youve talked about opinion. So youve talked about sorry to interrupt. Sorry to interrupt. You talked about the cards. Its a very important point, of course, because discussed the course, because we discussed the whole head injuries whole issue about head injuries and and so on. Are and concussion and so on. Are the refs getting right, do the refs getting it right, do you think . I think the first you think . I think the first weekend and then we saw in the game last night between france and uruguay, i think its shown so far that theres just a little bit of inconsistent. See, thats leaving not only the teams and the and the teams and the coaches and the teams and the coaches and the also the fans. The players, but also the fans. A little bit confused , really. A little bit confused, really. And thats not a great situation for the game to be in. You touched on tom currys ban there for a for a head shot tackle against argentina. Yeah, well, against argentina. Yeah, well, south africas jesse kriel had a almost similar incident that received no ban at all. So its just the inconsistency i think, thats causing problems at the moment. Moment. Yeah, and thats difficulty for the players, of course, on the pitch as well. And alex, from what youve seen so far, do you think england can go all the way to the final . Its still the final . I know its still quite early but its still quite early days, but its still quite early days, but its still quite early days, but its still quite early days. I think its probably a bit too far to say they can maybe go all the way to the final after just one win. Weve got to remember how badly the Team Struggled in the august warm ups. 1 1 game. They had all ups. Only 1 1 game. They had all those they produced those bands. Then they produced really on the really poor performances on the field. Is amazing how one field. But it is amazing how one match can turn things around a little bit. Theres now a much better feeling around the england , right . Decided england team, right . We decided the theyre in, if the draw that theyre in, if they topped this group, they should a winnable should have a winnable quarterfinal as well. So from there, knows . There, who knows . A welshman, have to as a welshman, i have to widen it to the other home nafions widen it to the other home nations and of course the spnngboks nations and of course the springboks guess still the springboks i guess still the favourites. Home favourites. But could a home nafion favourites. But could a home nation it . Well ireland will nation do it . Well ireland will of course be leading home of course be the leading home nafion of course be the leading home nation contender, id have to say. Say. Their world number you know, their world number one, their the six nations grand slam champions. They played romania in their game who romania in their first game who were pretty weak were obviously pretty weak opposition. Were were obviously pretty weak oppcimpressive were were obviously pretty weak oppcimpressive scoring. Were were obviously pretty weak oppcimpressive scoring. Welle still impressive scoring. Well have leave there. Have to leave it there. But very much indeed but thanks very much indeed for joining us. Thanks for your time. With live desk time. Youre with the live desk on gb news. The temperatures rising. The temperatures rising. Boxt solar proud sponsors of weather on gbn news. Hello again. Its Aidan Mcgivern here from the met office with the gb news forecast. Another warm day in the south, much cooler further north with some cloud and rain in places predominantly across parts of southern scotland , parts of southern scotland, Northern Ireland and Northern England. Because of a stationary warm front which really is continuing to bring a band of cloud and outbreaks of rain. The heaviest rain likely across the Southern Uplands. The far north of england, parts of south east Northern Ireland to the far north scotland. Were going to see showers and some clear spells overnight turning quite chilly here. Much warmer further south and humid with the risk of thundery showers moving up across southwestern parts at times 15 to 16 celsius in the south. First thing. But we have got some cloud about and those thundery showers across parts of wales south and southwest england continuing for a time. England continuing for a time. It does tend to brighten up for a while into the afternoon with some warm sunshine developing and therell be some sunny spells for the central and northern parts of scotland. Northern parts of scotland. Northern ireland cooler here, but with also a few showers in the far north of scotland, an area of cloud persists across southern scotland, Northern England. But the rain tending to fizzle out through day , then fizzle out through the day, then into this plume of into sunday, this plume of thundery rain pushes north across many parts of the uk. Hit and miss downpours. Where we and miss downpours. But where we see these thunderstorms, they could be fairly lively. Further thundery showers into monday and tuesday, turning cooler widely. Tuesday, turning cooler widely. The temperatures rising, boxt solar proud sponsors of weather on gb news. Good afternoon. It is 1 00 and youre with the live desk here on gb news. Coming up this hour. Here on gb news. Coming up this hour. The here on gb news. Coming up this hour. The american xl bully dog to be banned by the end of the year after a series of attacks. The Prime Minister saying weve seen a pattern of behaviour that cannot be allowed to go on. Staffordshire police say they believe two of the dogs involved yesterdays involved in yesterdays fatal attack bullies. Attack were xl bullies. The green light for green steel at port talbot with a half billion pound subsidy from the government for tata steel. Government for tata steel. However, will the real price be thousands of lost jobs as unions claim theyve been conned . Claim theyve been conned . Remembering the few battle of britain day marks the sacrifices made to defend the country in its darkest hour. Well be heanng its darkest hour. Well be hearing from a former raf officer on why we will never forget. Forget. The plus, another Holiday Weekend getaway threatens to be delayed at gatwick again. And now the bosses of both ryanair and easyjet say britains air Traffic Control system needs to be put back on track. Were on be put back on track. Were on track, though. Weve got your headunes track, though. Weve got your headlines with tatyana. Headlines with tatyana. Pip. Thank you very much and good afternoon. This is the latest from the newsroom. The Prime Minister says the american xl bully dog is a danger to our communities. It comes after a series of dog attacks in the past few weeks, injuring several people, including an 11 year old girl. Rishi sunak says the breed will be banned by the end of the yeah the first step is to convene a group of experts in the field and the police to define the breed and then using the powers under the existing dangerous dogs act. We will then be able to ban the breed and laws will be in place by the end of the yeah be in place by the end of the year. But its clear from the attacks weve seen tragic incidences that we do need to take to action protect the pubuc take to action protect the public and stop these attacks and thats what were going to do. A 30 year old man has been arrested on suspicion of being in of dogs dangerously in charge of dogs dangerously out control and causing out of control and causing injury. Hes further injury. Hes been further arrested on suspicion of manslaughter. That after a man has died following a dog attack in staffordshire. The person was bitten by two dogs in the village of stonnall yesterday. Staffordshire police says the two dogs involved in the fatal attack were believed to be xl bullies. The force added that one of the dogs died after being restrained and the other died after an injection was given by after an injection was given by a vet. Unions after an injection was given by a vet. Unions are after an injection was given by a vet. Unions are vowing to a vet. Unions are vowing to fight the government tooth and nail after a half £1 billion investment in tata steel has put thousands of jobs at risk. The government says it will support more than 12,000 jobs in the sector overall. Tata has been in sector overall. Tata has been in talks with the government to switch from coal to electric furnaces in an effort to reduce Carbon Emissions by around 1. 5. A the companys expected to warn there will be a transition period, including potential deep restructuring at the plant. But restructuring at the plant. But business and trade secretary Kemi Badenoch says the government is saving the industry. This is good for the taxpayer, this is good for the workforce because actually when we do have new electric arc furnaces , were going to be able furnaces, were going to be able to have many more industries. We can have offshore wind, therell be a whole redevelopment of the sites. This is actually a great deal, not just for port talbot but for the uk. And what i would say to uk. And what i would say to people who are concerned about job is that we job losses is that we do understand and we have a transition plan in place thats funded up to about £100 million to make sure that people have skills to retrain, train drivers will strike at the end of this month in their long running dispute over pay. The aslef union says its members at 16 train operators will walk out on the 30th of september and the 4th of october. The action will coincide with the conservative party annual conference. The union said the strikes would force train operators to cancel all services, causing travel disruption for passengers. Aslef disruption for passengers. Aslef members will also ban overtime from the 29th of september and the 6th of october for 80 prison officers at hmp wandsworth did not attend their shifts on the day. Daniel khalife escaped from the prison. Thats according to a government minister. The 21 year old escaped from wandsworth pfison year old escaped from wandsworth prison last week was later arrested after a four day manhunt. Khalife disappeared while awaiting trial after being charged with terror offences in january. An investigation will january. An investigation will look at whether the prison followed relevant protocols. Followed relevant protocols. Labour has pledged to create temporary so called nightingale courts to speed up asylum decisions as the partys also pledging to hire over 1000 Home Office Caseworkers to clear the claims backlog and fast track decisions for applicants from certain countries. They plan to stop using hotels, barges and former military sites to house asylum seekers, which they claim cost taxpayers over £2 billion a year. Thousands of cost taxpayers over £2 billion a year. Thousands of passengers year. Thousands of passengers have been impacted as more than 40 flights have been cancelled or diverted at London Gatwick airport due to a lack of staff. Airport due to a lack of staff. It comes after the airport confirmed a short notice staff absence in its air Traffic Control tower yesterday. A total control tower yesterday. A total of 16 arrival flights were diverted to a range of airports, including bournemouth, cardiff and heathrow. Easyjets chief and heathrow. Easyjets chief executive has said air Traffic Control provider nats has let down customers all summer. After this latest disruption. And this latest disruption. And finally, the iconic black sheep jumper worn by diana, princess of wales, has sold for £920,000 at auction in new york. The jumper, which shows a black sheep among a row of white ones, was discovered in an attic in march by designer joanna osborne. It was famously worn by diana at a polo match in june 1981. Shortly after her engagement. 1981. Shortly after her engagement. This is gb news across the uk on tv , in your across the uk on tv, in your car, on Digital Radio, and on your Smart Speaker. By saying play gb news. Now its back to mark and. Pip tatiana thank you. Mark and. Pip tatiana thank you. Tata steelworks , britains tata steelworks, britains largest steelworks in port talbot, is to receive up to £500 million from the government to switch to greener production using electric arc furnaces. But unit burns say the real cost will be the loss of at least 3000 jobs there. And they claim theyve been conned by both the government and the Indian Company tata steel over those job assurances. Well, david davis, the secretary of state for wales, says they have tried save as jobs as possible. People will be concerned today at the fact that the closure of the blast furnaces will lead to a loss of jobs. And ihave will lead to a loss of jobs. And i have the deepest sympathy with those who concerned. But the those who are concerned. But the government were faced with a situation where those blast furnaces were going to close whatever theyre whatever happened. Theyre losing £1 million day. So losing over £1 million a day. So we came to try and get the we came in to try and get the best deal we could to save as many jobs as we possibly could to ensure that steel continues to ensure that steel continues to that its made in to be made and that its made in the future manner that is the future in a manner that is environmentally sustainable. And thats weve achieved today. So the government touting this as a good news story. Joining us now is alex sandra bienkowska, whos founder and ceo of Hydrogen Utopia international. Thanks for international. Thanks for talking to us on gb news. Whats your reaction to this news . Do your reaction to this news . Do you think the government is going down the right route here with electric arc furnaces . With electric arc furnaces . Thank you very much for having me , first of all. No, having me, first of all. No, i dont think its the right path. I think, first of all, the decarbonisation is extremely important and Climate Change is a real threat to humanity. But in order to change things for the better, what must you do it . One must do it in a proper way andifs one must do it in a proper way and its a long term plan. And i believe that hydrogen is the way. Its not the electric way. So tata steel , i dont way. Its not the electric way. So tata steel, i dont think is doing the right way. The British Government is not doing it in a proper way. I think that theres a much , much more , i would say a much, much more, i would say efficient and much more, much better for the communities way of doing it. And this is through creating hydrogen and the way my company works. Hydrogen international, we create hydrogen out of plastics, which are unrecycled available. And thanks to that , we can provide thanks to that, we can provide not only plenty of jobs in our companies and our facilities, but also we can take actually plastics that nobody, nobody dodi knows what to do it. Nobody needs and turn it into high, high, high into gas, which is very high in calorific value and which can actually fuel steel mines , which is much better, mines, which is much better, better, better idea. We did bring a spokesman from uk steel and i put this question about a hydrogen based steel manufacture with a hydrogen furnace. He said it was an Unproven Technology and was expensive. What would your reply expensive. What would your reply to that be . Well, i think that everything thatis well, i think that everything that is new in the beginning is expensive. So if you take our first plant, for example, right, it could be, lets say, 35, 40 million, but the next one will be already 20 million, right. And next one, next one will be even cheaper. Mean if you build a first car is expensive, then you build another. So if you think of Short Term Solutions , think of Short Term Solutions, but if you think if you think of generations to come were generations to come and were talking generations , i talking about generations, i think shortsighted. Thats think its shortsighted. Thats it. I mean, you cant just think of, you know, what is cheap now you think what will be you have to think what will be cheaper better for cheaper and better for communities in the future. Investment in the future. Absolutely so, know, were absolutely so, you know, were talking about families, communities , jobs. Youre communities, jobs. Youre talking were talking about, you know, Climate Change. And frankly speaking , you know, frankly speaking, you know, were about a you know, were talking about a you know, electric furnaces. Great right. Are you sure that theyre going to be really green . I mean, are they just being, you know, they not just being, you know, carbon which is just a carbon offsets, which is just a hoax, really . Mean , you know, hoax, really . I mean, you know, lets about real really, lets talk about real really, really, decarbonising our really, really decarbonising our pretty much all of our countries. Im not talking only about uk or or, you know, the eu , where i come from or africa. I , where i come from or africa. I think we should we should look at it from a whole broad perspective, which my company , perspective, which my company, hydrogen tom Moore International plc does. Plc does. Okay, alexandra, thank you very much for bringing us your view. Of course, the other side of the green industry be powering steel suggestion that hydrogen could do what the electric arc furnaces have been brought in to do. Well business and secretary kemi and trade secretary Kemi Badenoch , whos been at the badenoch, whos been at the steelworks in port talbot today, does this is a good does say that this is a good news story. News story. We are saving jobs which would have been lost without this investment. We would probably have seen the end of steelmaking. Certainly in this part of the country, possibly in the whole of the uk. This is a transformation project. Were paying transformation project. Were paying £500 million to transform a port talbot into a green steel making industry and thats definitely something to be celebrated. This is good for the taxpayer. This is good for the workforce because actually, when we have new electric arc we do have new electric arc furnaces , were going to be able furnaces, were going to be able to have many more industries. We can wind. Therell can have offshore wind. Therell be a whole redevelopment of the sites. This is actually great be a whole redevelopment of the sites. Not; is actually great be a whole redevelopment of the sites. Not justictually great be a whole redevelopment of the sites. Not just for ally great be a whole redevelopment of the sites. Not just for port great be a whole redevelopment of the sites. Not just for port talbot deal, not just for port talbot but for the uk. Deal, not just for port talbot but for the uk. And what i would but for the uk. And what i would say to people who are concerned about job losses is that we do understand and we have a transition plan in place thats funded up to about £100 million to make that people have to make sure that people have skills retrain and move on to skills to retrain and move on to other things if they dont want to stay in the steel industry. But this plant is going to be continuing. Itll continue be continuing. Itll continue to be a processing and should be a Processing Plant and should be up running throughout up and running throughout that period. A good news story. However, a rather different assessment the unions. Assessment from the unions. Unites general secretary Sharon Graham saying these plans are disgraceful, shortsighted and lacking ambition. Unite will be fighting tooth and nail, not just to save these jobs that will create more jobs in steel. While gary smith, the gmbs general saying general secretary, saying the jobs of steel jobs of thousands of Steel Workers are now at risk, the cost to local people the cost to local people and the wider Talbot Community wider port Talbot Community will be. Be immense. Yeah, not a good news day for everybody. Now the american xl bully dog will be banned by the end of the year following a series of attacks. That is what the Prime Minister rishi sunak said earlier this was his announcement. Announcement. The american xl bully dog is a danger to our communities , a danger to our communities, particularly our children. I share the nations horror at the recent videos weve all seen. Yesterday, we saw another suspected xl bully dog attack, which has tragically led to a fatality. Its clear this is not fatality. Its clear this is not about a handful of badly trained dogs. Its a pattern of behaviour and it cannot go on. While owners already have a responsibility to keep their dogs under control, i want to reassure people that we are urgently working on ways to stop these attacks and protect the public. Today i have tasked ministers to bring together police and experts to firstly define the breed of dog behind these attacks. With a view to then outlawing it. It is not then outlawing it. It is not currently a breed defined in law, so this vital first step must happen fast. First, we will must happen fast. First, we will then ban the breed under the dangerous dogs act and new laws will be in place by the end of the year. These dogs are dangerous. I want to reassure the public that we will take all necessary steps to keep people safe. Safe. If that was rishi sunak earlier, lets hear from dog owner sophie coulthard. And the owner sophie coulthard. And the reason we want to talk to sophie is you have what you think could be an american , an xl bully be an american, an xl bully type. We wont say breed, sophie, because its not a defined breed. What is your reaction when you hear what the Prime Minister says . These dogs are dangerous . I, i, i can are dangerous . I, i, i can understand why the public might think that based off of the media for this week. But ultimately a breed or a type of dog does not mean that they are dangerous. It comes down to potentially poor breeding ownership , training and breeding ownership, training and education. And this is what good legislation would look like if our government was willing to do the work properly instead of a knee jerk reaction to ban a breed or breed type. Is it a knee jerk reaction, though, when we hear about a spate of dog attacks and weve now heard police in staffordshire confirming that a man who died yesterday, the dogs involved were an american xl bully type. Well, dog attacks have been on the rise. And i believe that on the rise. And i believe that by going after one particular type, its actually not going to deal with the bigger issue, which is that dog attacks are an issue in this country. Three and so what i think should be happening is that the government should be taking a longer term approach. Since approach. Ultimately, since lockdown, our population has lockdown, our Dog Population has grown by Something Like 9 million to 13 million. Thats a huge increase in dogs. And along with that has come with many dog owners who do not understand the responsibility of having any dog. I have friends with all different breeds who have struggles with their own dogs, whether its that their dog is reactive or its not keen on people or other dogs, and many people or other dogs, and many people do not realise that this is a potential responsibility that take on and so we do that you take on and so we do really need to look at this for the long term , not just a very the long term, not just a very quick decision on that. I know we dont know what the definition is going to look like yet, but its just its a its a knee jerk. It is a populist decision. Its something to do to try and grab votes. Theres to try and grab votes. Theres no wonder that Suella Braverman was the first person to come out and jump on this story. Can can i put it to you can i can i put it to you that also something that maybe its also something to children and pets safe to keep children and pets safe on the streets . Let me put to you what laurence newport of the Campaign Group bully watch has said. Retrievers retrieve pointers point fighting dogs fight. We found this to our great cost at the importing of the american bully are highly inbred Pitbull Pitbull type has led to skyrocketing deaths and attacks. The ban will finally allow the government and police to act before another child or pet is ripped apart. Yeah, i find. I just find it so unedifying skated this this type of opinion that is coming out because ultimately the american bully was bred to be a family companion. If you go back family companion. If you go back through the history of this breed. Yes, the pitbull was the originator of the american bully. But the pitbull also features in dogs like lurcher boxers and staffordshire bull terriers. Boston terriers. So terriers. Boston terriers. So its all about what responsible breeding and responsible ownership. Ownership. And can i just interrupt . And can i just interrupt . Thats the point theyre making. It is the inbreeding thats causing the problem, not the ownership. I i cant really comment. Inbreeding. Comment. Inbreeding. I comment. Inbreeding. I mean, comment. Inbreeding. I mean, i comment. Inbreeding. I mean, i can inbreeding. I mean, i can trace my dogs lineage back at least ten generations, and i can see where these dogs have come from, that they have been purposely bred to be family companions. If a dog shows companions. If a dog shows aggression , then it should not aggression, then it should not be entered into the breeding pool or however you want to call it. And i do feel like there there is potentially an issue that this has happened somewhere with with this breed and its happened with other breeds. But happened with other breeds. But the issue is a retriever owner, as you said, a responsible retriever breeder would leave a dog that didnt retrieve out of the breeding pool. But what weve probably finding here is that irresponsible breeders that just want to make a quick buck are using potentially aggressive dogs or over large dogs. There is a breed problem in this in the uk right now and i feel like this legislation does not tackle that well, isnt it . Isnt it the precautionary principle that until you know better, you have to ban them because one children, one child injuries or someones life is just too high a price to pay for ownership. So what about the people that have been killed by dogs that dont fit this breed type . I wonder how their families are feeling right now, seeing that all of the attention is on one specific breed that isnt responsible for the death of their member. Their family member. Well, we have other dogs on the dangerous dogs list, of course, including the pit bull. But the dogs who have the other dogs that have killed in this country are that are not excel bullies. They exist and they are i couldnt name them off the top of my head. Im afraid. But there are other breeds that are responsible for deaths. And there are many breeds that are responsible for attacks in the uk and i dont feel like this legislation does enough to protect people. People will think theyre safe when this breed ban comes in, but they wont be because dog attacks will continue to rise. People who are going out and getting dogs to intentionally abuse, lets face it, it is abuse. If youre using your dog and training your dog to be aggressive or to attack people , aggressive or to attack people, people will move on to a different breed. There are other different breed. There are other breeds which will be the next breeds which will be the next breed down the line. And what are they going to do . Keep adding to the dangerous dog adding dogs to the dangerous dog list or are they going to look at responsible owners are at what responsible owners are doing as i do doing with their dogs as i do with mine . What is your dog like . Sophie . What what reaction do you lovely to see you get . Itd be lovely to see your if possible. Your dog if possible. Im going to try and get him onto camera. Onto the camera. Dont definite you dont know for definite that an bully , but i that hes an xl bully, but i mean, by the looks of him, it looks like he could. Well be. How you feel knowing that how do you feel knowing that that your dog there could end up on the banned breeds list . Potentially . Could be seized . Potentially . Could be seized . I my stomach flipped , i my stomach flipped, obviously, when i heard the news and i have felt pretty sick about it. But and i have had ive got quite a big tiktok account where i post training videos of billy. And ive had a lot of people messaging me, saying that theyve cried all week, devastated. Week, that theyre devastated. But believe this is but i dont believe that this is a for crying. Ive a time for crying. Ive purposely been out in the parks. Um, do you do you, do you put a lead on him . Do you muzzle him when you go out . What reaction do you get from the public . So i walked with a friend a few weeks ago and he said that 85 of people smile at billy when he comes down the street towards them. And i do think when he comes down the street towathere em. And i do think when he comes down the street towathere ena and i do think when he comes down the street towathere ena genuine think when he comes down the street towathere ena genuine lovek when he comes down the street towathere ena genuine love for that there is a genuine love for these and you look these dogs. And if you look across social media, can see across social media, you can see that from bully breed that not just from bully breed owners, but by all breed owners who who coming up to me in who who are coming up to me in parks and to me, this is parks and saying to me, this is such news. You know, its such sad news. You know, its not fair. People are talking about off lead dogs that about the off lead dogs that cause problems and cause the problems for them and their own dogs and that we do need to be doing more to educate the public on how to be a responsible dog think responsible dog owner. I think ultimately , if you took these ultimately, if you took these dogs off the streets and temperamental temperament tested them, you will find that the majority and this has been done with pit bulls in the us, by the way, that pit bulls past temperament testing at a much higher many other higher rate than many other breeds, including golden retrievers. And research retrievers. And thats research out of the american animal association. I want to say , has association. I want to say, has your dog ever in any situation, shown aggression . No. I mean, my shown aggression . No. I mean, my dogs a year old, so hes just entering his sort of teenage phase at the moment where they can become headstrong, stubborn, independent. But i have never seen any sign of aggression from billy. If there was, i would take action on that. But hes never growled. Were often never growled. Were often approached by off lead dogs, you know, drag him away. And whilst know, drag him away. And whilst weve had dogs bark at us, growl at us, um , he has never shown at us, um, he has never shown any negative reaction in back. Um, hes , he is the most um, hes, he is the most affectionate dog ive ever had. And ive grown up with big dogs all of my life. And everybody all of my life. And everybody thats met him says the same. So i think sophie, i really appreciate your thoughts, your views today is understandably extremely contentious. Extremely contentious. And im sure we will come back to you in the future with that Prime Minister saying its right, we take action to right, we take urgent action to stop attacks and protect the stop the attacks and protect the public. Coming up, the death toll in the floods exceeds the libyan floods now exceeds 11,000. Saying that 11,000. The un saying that climate and capacity to blame. Well have the latest from geneva. Stay with us. Looks like things are heating up. Things are heating up. Boxed boilers, proud sponsors of weather on. Gb news. Of weather on. Gb news. Hello again. Its aidan hello again. Its Aidan Mcgivern here from the met office with the gb news forecast. Another warm day in the south, much cooler further north with some cloud and rain in places predominantly across parts of southern scotland, Northern Ireland and Northern England because of a slow, stationary, warm front which really is continuing to bring a band of cloud and outbreaks of rain. The heaviest rain likely across the Southern Uplands the far north of england , parts of east of england, parts of east Northern Ireland to the far north scotland. Were going to see showers and some clear spells overnight, turning quite chilly here, much warmer, further south and humid with the risk of thundery showers moving up across southwestern parts at times 15 to 16 celsius in the south. First thing. But we have got some cloud about and those thundery showers across parts of wales south and southwest england continuing for a time. It does tend to brighten up for a while into the afternoon with some warm sunshine developing and therell be some sunny spells for the central and northern parts of scotland. Northern ireland cooler here, but with also a few showers in the far north of scotland, an area of cloud persists across southern scotland, Northern England. But the rain tending to fizzle out through the day , then fizzle out through the day, then into this plume of into sunday, this plume of thundery rain pushes north across many parts of the uk. Hit and miss downpours. But where we see these thunderstorms, they could fairly lively. Further could be fairly lively. Further thundery showers into monday and tuesday, turning cooler widely. Tuesday, turning cooler widely. Looks like things are heating up. Boxed boilers proud sponsors of weather on gb news a. M. Till noon on gb news, britains news. A. M. Till noon on gb news, britains news. Channel well , come britains news. Channel well, come back. Well, come back. Turning to libya now on the u. N. Aid chief says that climate and capacity are to blame for the flooding, which has devastated parts of libya. Well, the number of dead now passing 11,000, more than 38,000 people being displaced by whats happened on the ground. Survivors, though , well, few and survivors, though, well, few and far between. But rescue dogs helping the aid teams to try and search these demolished buildings in the city of derna. And go through the mud and sludge as well, which is a particular problem. We can speak to ahmed bayram, who is media and Communications Adviser for the norwegian refugee council. The norwegian refugee council. Good to see you again. We are now hearing that the death toll could easily exceed 20,000. I mean , the desperation was what mean, the desperation was what is the need at the moment . Uh, good evening. The need is, of course, to get out. Anybody we can get out alive. Anybody we can get out alive. And i think anybody pulled out alive at this moment is going to be a miracle. Really um, besides that, there are a few issues that, there are a few issues that we are concerned. Quite concerned. And with dead bodies concerned. And with dead bodies still lying around the city and not just in derna, by the way, the same goes for the plight of other surrounding towns and villages as body bags are not available, not enough body bags. Theres also the issue with some explosives from the from the conflict and some remnants of war that unexploded ordnances that are still scattered around the street. And as as a result of the floods sweeping them away from from where they were tucked in. And now that is a danger for children, children who are traumatised , caused already by traumatised, caused already by what happened , children who are what happened, children who are looking to hear a word about their parents. The thing about this, even if you live in one area, sadly you know the bodies of people residing in one area were discovered miles away and add you know, a lot of people are yet to be identified. It is chaotic and urgent support is needed to provide food, provide drinking water, to provide simple things. A blanket or even a mattress for people. Yeah, its literally an Emergency Care , i guess, because Emergency Care, i guess, because of the numbers involved and because of the situation with this water, because the danger of disease with typhoid and cholera. Cholera. Absolutely. Among other things , air borne diseases, things, air borne diseases, water borne diseases , as we have water borne diseases, as we have seen this happen in in similar settings in earthquake natural disasters , conflict zones and disasters, conflict zones and the same could could happen again. This is why i think when it comes to saving lives, were not just talking about digging people out of the mounds of the rubble alive. Were also talking about saving those who are staying around, those who are, you know, in a containment contaminated zone , drinking contaminated zone, drinking contaminated zone, drinking contaminated water where there could be an outbreak without attention to hospitals. Are not you know, theres not enough available hospitals in derna. And the closest you have to drive probably miles away or ten miles away or so, even in benghazi, all the way in benghazi, all the way in benghazi , hospitals are benghazi, hospitals are overstretched and people are being treated on the floor. The mayor of derna is suggesting a maritime corridor is created to help deliver aid because of libya being on the mediterranean sea. How how big a help do you think that would be . I mean , i remember talking to i mean, i remember talking to your channel during the earthquake in syria and said, bnngin earthquake in syria and said, bring in aid, wherever that is from air land to sea, whatever the oceans just bring in aid. And i think we need the same to happenin and i think we need the same to happen in libya. Libya i mean, it was it was very unlucky that, you know, the coastal towns have, you know, been swept away by this. But then if we are to save libya, we have to use the coast again. And bring in that aid. You know, some countries are sending, you know, planes and some countries are sending shipments. But i think there needs to be collective rather than individual initiatives. And this is where things need to get organised today weve heard that we need 70 million to save 250,000 people severely affected in this and that. You know, that is the weight of the world. You know, the world can afford, i think, 70 million to give to people who have nothing on them really. Nothing on them. Really. Nothing on them. Yeah. Matt, thank you. Yeah. Matt, thank you. Joining us once more, just seeing the german aid effort there. I think the turks, hauans there. I think the turks, italians and also some uk aid on its way. But well assess, of course, the need in the coming days. Thank you very much indeed. Lets get your News Headlines now with tatiana. Now with tatiana. Pip. Thank you. Its 133. Now with tatiana. Pip. Thank you. Its133. The latest from the newsroom. The Prime Minister says the american xl bully dog is a danger to our communities. It comes after a series of dog attacks in the past few weeks, injuring several people, including an 11 year old girl. Yesterday a man died following a dog attack in staffordshire. A 30 year old man staffordshire. A 30 year old man has been arrested on suspicion of being in charge of dogs dangerously out of control and causing injury in relation to that death. Rishi sunak says the breed will be banned by the end of the year. The first step is to convene a group of experts in the field and the police to define the breed and then using the powers under the existing dangerous dogs act. We will then be able to ban the breed and laws will be in place by the end of the yeah be in place by the end of the year. But its clear from the attacks weve seen tragic incidences that we do need to take to action protect the pubuc take to action protect the public and stop these attacks and thats what were going do. Unions are vowing to fight the government tooth and nail after a half £1 billion investment in tata steel put 3000 jobs at risk. The 3000 jobs at risk. The government says it will support more than 12,000 jobs in the sector. Overall tata has been in talks with the government to switch from coal to electric furnaces in an effort to reduce Carbon Emissions by around 1. 5. Shadow business secretary Jonathan Reynolds says the government is trying to twist the narrative. The narrative. I think only this conservative government could spend half £1 billion, making thousands of people redundant. I was at port talbot yesterday. I was talking to the workforce. Of course they support green steel, of course they want to see this transition can take place. But they they were promised theyd be a part of it. They were promised theyd be consulted on the plans for the future and fundamentally, this should story about more jobs. There are huge opportunities , for steel in the uk , liz, for green steel in the uk and the way that this has been presented to them obviously has them worried. Them worried. You can get more on all of those stories by visiting our website at gbnews. Com. Website at gb news. Com. Website at gbnews. Com. Direct bullion sponsors the finance report on gb news for gold and silver investment. Heres a silver investment. Heres a quick snapshot of todays markets. The pound will buy you 1. 2406 and ,1. 1645. The price of gold £1,547. 64 per ounce. And the ftse 100 is. At 7733 points. The ftse 100 is. At 7733 points. Direct bullion sponsors the finance report on gb news for physical company right through until 7 00 this evening. Gb news the peoples. Channel now lets peoples. Channel now lets remind you of some words. Remind you of some words. Never in the field of Human Conflict was so much owed by so many to so few. The words of Winston Churchill paying tribute to those efforts of the Royal Air Force during the battle of britain. Today marks 83 years since their pilots and ground crews turned the tide against an overwhelming enemy in one of the most decisive moments of the Second World War. Will hollis has more. Has more. France had fallen along with the european continent , and now the european continent, and now the european continent, and now the were knocking at britains door , a battle unlike any other door, a battle unlike any other before was beginning. One fought entirely in the air. So began the battle of britain. Her allies were crushed into temporary submission. Britain became a fortress. Britain became a fortress. Britain was in danger of invasion. Invasion. Patrick, a retired raaf captain, is from the battle of Britain Memorial trust in folkestone. Folkestone. Anne it was just under 3000 men, mainly young men, who took on the luftwaffe. And when you think of it, its almost like david and goliath on the back foot, the Royal Air Force and its allies were outnumbered by the german luftwaffe. The warning was sent to fighter squadrons in a matter of seconds. They were up in the sky planes, including the iconic spitfire and hurricane class , spitfire and hurricane class, with their experienced enemy. With their experienced enemy. They were up at four in the morning at first light, were in a cockpit readiness and probably wouldnt stand down to 10 00 at night, perhaps dining, done five sorties on the 15th of september. The raf triumphed in a major victory , stripping back the victory, stripping back the german onslaught and signalling a changed momentum to the battle of britain. German intelligence said there were no hurricane squadrons left and there were only a few spitfire squadrons. Only a few spitfire squadrons. So when the first wave came through and over 24 squadrons of hurricanes and spitfires started attacking them, thats when the germans suddenly realised it was tough. How come britain won the battle of britain . Against overwhelming odds . Overwhelming odds . Radar was the key to it. You could spot the enemy coming. By could spot the enemy coming. By its end. In october 1945, 300 allied fighters and twice as many germans had been killed, plus many more civilians. The war went for on five more years, but this small part at a crucial stage was one more acres of wreck. German planes even propaganda cannot hide this truth. Brits remember with commemorative flights and a service at westminster every yeah service at westminster every year, a permanent place is at Capel Le Ferne in folkestone , a Capel Le Ferne in folkestone, a Memorial Wall with the names of those who took part. Words by Prime Minister Winston Churchill refer that the sacrifice britain remembers today never in the field of Human Conflict was so much owed by so many to so few. I will. Hollis gb news as well. Lets speak now to the head of public history at the imperial war museum, james baldwin, who can join us. James, thank you for time. And thank you for your time. And there those who say, well, there are those who say, well, should we move on . And it is a more modern europe now. But i guess the issue is were remembering the sacrifice of those who went up into the skies all those years ago. Yeah i mean, its really impossible to overestimate quite how important that was at that moment in time. You know, as weve just heard, hitler had overrun the majority of europe and britain was standing there as his next kind of target. And it was their efforts in respects , which efforts in many respects, which means that were able to have those conversations because i continue to shudder to think about how things might have been had the outcome of the Second World War not been what it was. World war not been what it was. And we talk about the battle of britain, but there were actually a number of phases to it, werent there . Yeah, its really excellent point actually. I think one of the one of the most remarkable things about the battle of britain is that it continued to evolve over a relatively short penod evolve over a relatively short period because period of time because both sides having respond to sides were having to respond to what the other side was doing and to test tactics and to try different approaches. Exactly and to test tactics and to try difyou1t approaches. Exactly and to test tactics and to try difyou say, proaches. Exactly and to test tactics and to try difyou say, itoaches. Exactly and to test tactics and to try difyou say, it began. Exactly and to test tactics and to try difyou say, it began withzxactly and to test tactics and to try difyou say, it began with the tly as you say, it began with the targeted ing of shipping in the channel airfields, targeted ing of shipping in the chan moved airfields, targeted ing of shipping in the chan moved the airfields, targeted ing of shipping in the chan moved the targetingzlds, targeted ing of shipping in the chan moved the targeting ofs, then moved to the targeting of then moved to the targeting of the and through that the the cities and through that the pilots were using different techniques. And so their commanders in order to kind of overcome what was being in front of them. And of course the technology had to evolve in order respond to that as well i yeah, and clearly, a lot of historians have gone through all the details. Some say it was radar, some say it was actually the hurricane or the spitfire. The hurricane or the spitfire. Yeah. Was it also the fact that perhaps the germans miscalculated when they started to bomb the cities rather than the raf airfields , as it was a the raf airfields, as it was a huge factor. And actually what transpired to be a massive mistake on behalf of germany that they they the decision that they made to divert their attention from airfields to the cities gave britain and the a vital moment of breathing space in order to recover their strength and to repair aircraft and be ready to fight another day. And it was only a week or so that that that that space of time that they had. But it would prove to be definitive. Definitive. And there is a veteran are still alive today isnt there, james . I think its a Group Captain john paddy hemingway who is 104. Absolutely remarkable. I mean when you think about, you know, how long this was ago and of course, theres a bit of the age to have been fighting in it at that stage. Its absolutely incredible. I mean, of course, for all of us now, the responsibility to. Exactly. And it to point that you it speaks to the point that you made at the start to ensure that this is something which is continues understood, continues to be understood, is going marked going to become ever more marked because, as you say, you know, the people remain the number of people that remain who involved is vanishingly who were involved is vanishingly small. Once theyre small. And once theyre all gone, will will be gone, it will be it will be obligate all of us take obligate on all of us to take that on to be sure that our that on and to be sure that our children and their children are aware of these things and talk about know about them. About them and know about them. Continue living history about them and know about them. Such. Continue living history about them and know about them. Such. James|ue living history about them and know about them. Such. James from ling history about them and know about them. Such. James from the history about them and know about them. Such. James from the imperial as such. James from the imperial war thank you for war museum. Thank you for joining this battle joining us on this battle of britain thank thank you. Thousands of Airline Passengers flying to or from London Gatwick airport are waking up where they did not intend to be waking up, where they not intend to be again they did not intend to be again after latest disruption due after the latest disruption due to control. The to air Traffic Control. The third in just 18 days. And its not just the passengers who are fed up, michael oleary, chief executive of ryanair, on head of ryanair, calling on the head of ryanair, calling on the head of air Traffic Control of nats, the air Traffic Control service resign hand over service to resign and hand over the job to someone competent enough do it. He said, enough to do it. He said, well, earlier to travel earlier we spoke to travel expert calder the expert simon calder from the independent says not independent and says its not just in the uk given just a problem in the uk given that one person going sick can have such a devastating impact on so many peoples journeys that there would at all times be somebody, a man or woman, highly trained controllers sitting in the next room drinking coffee, looking out the window, doing a bit of paperwork, ready to step in. That is not the case. There is a profound staff shortage of air Traffic Controllers , not air Traffic Controllers, not just in the uk, but actually across europe. Partly triggered by the covid pandemic. Across europe. Partly triggered by the covid pandemic. And so by the covid pandemic. And so nats tells me that theyre extremely sorry for this latest disruption. They are training disruption. They are training new people now, but ultimately its a problem of staffing. They its a problem of staffing. They are just to going do their best. And well, ive got a flight next week and im very much hoping it will carry on as normal. But it hasnt been at all normal for the past few weeks at gatwick and the airlines, which actually have to pick up the bill and find people alternative flights and get them hotel rooms and pay for their meals and so on, they are, as you say, absolutely furious. In the past few minutes, the boss of easyjet says persistent Staff Shortages at nats have plagued the industry and repeatedly let down customers all summer. This cant be allowed to continue and immediate action must be taken to tackle these Staff Shortages. If youre an airline and you want to fly your planes, you are going to be paying money. If its going to be in the uk to nats, the air traffic provider for which actually has a pretty good reputation for Outstanding Service and in particular for fitting an amazing number of flights into very constrained airspace. Bear in flights into very constrained airspace. Bear in mind that london is the World Capital of aviation. No other location has such complex skies and most of the time you and i dont notice. And it works absolutely fine. But if somebody isnt feeling well in the control tower at gatwick , it can unravel very, gatwick, it can unravel very, very quickly. So simon calder very quickly. So simon calder speaking to us a little earlier. Now about more trouble at Gatwick Airport. Yeah, good luck if youre travelling this weekend. Well travelling this weekend. Well keep you updated. Now, its emerged 80 prison officers skipped out their shifts on the day that the terror suspect, danny khalife, escaped from wandsworth prison. Whilst khalife was found near by. After a manhunt lasting several days. The revelations several days. The revelations have raised questions over the reliability of britains prison security and whether the government is inquiry will discover any further shortcomings. Well, lets turn to our home and security editor mark white. Mark, the government were very keen to insist that Staff Shortages had nothing to do with this. But then weve got these figures which are astonishing. Astonishing. Yeah, well, they still insist that it was not below the minimum threshold and that it didnt affect the escape of Daniel Khalife , because on that Daniel Khalife, because on that day they say there were there were officers on duty both in the kitchen where Daniel Khalife worked and in the gatehouse, where this lorry was supposed to be thoroughly checked prior to its departure. Clearly it wasnt in terms of the underside of this vehicle being checked thoroughly. But its interesting thoroughly. But its interesting. Certainly the fact that 39 of the officers who should have been on duty were not on duty, reading more into this, its not uncommon in and in fact , they uncommon in and in fact, they are regularly operating on an absence rate of. Between 36 and absence rate of. Between 36 and 48 in that prison. So a lot of 48 in that prison. So a lot of it, were told, is down to long term absence as well. So what minimum levels does the government say are okay . Well , the government say are okay . Well, presumably a little higher than what, a little lower than 39 . I dont know what the minimum is, but i mean, clearly, when youve got a prison full of 1600 inmates in conditions that are not ideal at times, then then you want the as high a staffing level as possible. But theyve been operating on under well, under 70 staff thing for some time. Yeah. And of course the independent inquiry will have to establish whether this is something peculiar to wandsworth or whether its shared across the prison system the rest of the prison system because we, assuming they are calling in sick. And one wonders calling in sick. And one wonders what that says about the morale of those staff are on of even those staff who are on duty, i hazard a guess duty, i would hazard a guess that probably not just that its probably not just unique to wandsworth and is replicated in quite a few other prisons across the prison estate because the Prison Officers Association will tell you that the conditions that their staff have to face on a. Daily basis, have to face on a. Daily basis, daily basis , because of course, daily basis, because of course, of the fact that there was a very significant reduction in the number of prison officers, which, okay, is increasing again, but there are many inexperienced officers amongst the cohort in in prisons now because a lot of the experienced officers went in the years after the cuts by the conservative government. In 2010. Government. In 2010. And they you know, the number of prisoners salts is at an all time high as well. Of prisoners salts is at an all time high as well. And that has time high as well. And that has an effect on those who are on long term sick because of what has happened to them. Just doing their job has happened to them. Just doing theirjob as prison has happened to them. Just doing their job as prison officers. Their job as prison officers. Do we have any idea what the officers shift pattern is because they will be doing a mixture of days and nights as night shifts , punishing at the night shifts, punishing at the best of times. I think its probably very similar to the shift patterns that operate for the likes of the police and other Emergency Services in what youll have an early shift, a day shift and then a night shift. So and of course youll have probably opportunities to work overtime , opportunities to work overtime, um, and extended hours , which um, and extended hours, which again just impacts it often on someones eyes, you know, their general physical condition and their Mental Health as well. If theyre working excessively long hours. Yeah. In terms of Daniel Khalife, of course well have Court Appearances coming up in the months ahead. What about this independent inquiry into wandsworth . Have we any indication how long thats going to be before it makes any recommendations or findings . Timescale on that, theres no timescale on that, but its going to look at all kinds of issues surrounding, of course, staffing , the security course, staffing, the security checks that were undertaken or not. What those what those checks consisted of, if as it appears in this case, they didnt fully check this. Laurie, didnt fully check this. Laurie, why was that allowed to happen . Is it part of a wider culture at this particular prison in terms of not checking on those vehicles that arrive and leave from this prison . And of course , then theres the other issues around and those who are housed there, there might be terrorist prisoners and not just at wandsworth, but actually elsewhere in the prison estate. Were told that many prisoners , were told that many prisoners, others who have been convicted or are awaiting trial on terrorism charges are not in the high security prisons. The high security prisons. The justice secretary argues that thats because many of the crimes that they are charged with are lower level crimes. Mark, thank you for that update. Breaking news we have mark yeah, coming in from Guildford Magistrates Court where irfan shanf Magistrates Court where irfan sharif, the father of sarah shanf sharif, the father of sarah sharif, who was the ten year old found dead in woking, his partner, ben batus and brother faisal malik have all been remanded in custody at the court charged with the murder of the ten year old. We will, of course bnng ten year old. We will, of course bring you the very latest on that. We do know that they had travelled to pakistan a day before police discovered little sarahs body in woking on august. The 10th. You are with the live desk on gb news. Stay with us. A brighter outlook with boxt solar proud sponsors of weather on. Gb news. On. Gb news. Hello again. Its Aidan Mcgivern here from the met office with the gb news forecast. Another warm day in the south. Much cooler further north with some cloud and rain in places predominantly across parts of southern scotland and Northern Ireland and Northern England because of a stationary warm front which really is continuing to bring a band of cloud and outbreaks of rain. The heaviest rain likely across the Southern Uplands the far north of england, parts of south east Northern Ireland to the far north scotland. Were going to see showers and some clear spells overnight. So turning spells overnight. So turning quite chilly here. Much warmer further south and humid with the risk of thundery showers moving up across southwestern parts at times 15 to 16 celsius in the south. First thing. But we have got some cloud about and those thundery showers across parts of wales south and southwest england continuing for a time. It does tend to brighten up for a while into the afternoon with some warm sunshine developing and therell be some sunny spells for the central and northern parts of scotland, Northern Ireland cooler here, but with also a few showers in the far north of scotland and an area of cloud persists across southern scotland, Northern England. But the rain tending to england. But the rain tending to fizzle out through the day, then into sunday, plume of into sunday, this plume of thundery pushes north thundery rain pushes north across many parts of the uk hit and miss downpours. But where we see these thunderstorms, they could be fairly further could be fairly lively. Further thundery showers into monday and tuesday, turning cooler widely. Tuesday, turning cooler widely. A brighter outlook with boxt solar proud sponsors of weather on gb news. Good afternoon. It is 2 00 and youre with the live desk here on gb news. Coming up this hour, here on gb news. Coming up this hour , the american xl bully dog hour, the american xl bully dog to be banned by the end of the year following a series of attacks. Lord baker, the former home secretary who brought in the dangerous dogs act in 1991, says the type of dog should be neutered or destroyed. Neutered or destroyed. Its revealed that 80 prison officers skipped their shifts on the very day terror suspect Daniel Khalife escaped from wandsworth prison. The president of the Prison Governors Association says prison officers are disincentives to go to work. Remembering the few battle of britain day marks the sacrifice feiss made to defend the country in its darkest hour. Well be hearing from a former raf officer on why we will never forget. Will never forget. Also coming up, the naughty problem of Japanese Knotweed, how its tying up 1. 39 million homes across britain. Have we homes across britain. Have we got a solution . Well be telling you. Before we start the headunes you. Before we start the headlines with tatiana. Headlines with tatiana. Mark, good afternoon. Thank you very much. This is the latest from the newsroom. Three latest from the newsroom. Three members of saira sharifs family have been remanded in custody after being charged with the ten year olds murder. Sarahs father, irfan sharif , his father, irfan sharif, his partner and his brother appeared in court today. Theyve also been charged with causing or allowing the death of a child. Sarah was found dead at a home in woking after officers were called from pakistan by mr sharif on the 10th of august. The Prime Minister says the american bully dog is a danger to our communities. It comes after a series of dog attacks in the past few weeks, injuring several people, including an 11 year old girl. Yesterday say a man had died following a dog attack in staffordshire. A 30 year old man has been arrested on suspicion of being in charge of dogs dangerously out of control and causing injury. Rishi sunak says the breed will be banned by the end of the yeah be banned by the end of the year. The first step is to convene a group of experts in the field and the police to define the breed and then using the powers under the existing dangerous dogs act. We will then be able to ban the breed and laws will be in place by the of the year. Place by the end of the year. But its clear from the attacks weve seen tragic incidences that need to take action that we do need to take action to protect the public and stop these attacks. Thats what these attacks. And thats what were do. Were going to do. Unions are vowing to fight the government tooth and nail after a half £1 billion investment in tata steel has put 3000 jobs at risk. The 3000 jobs at risk. The government says it will support more than 12,000 jobs in the sector overall. Tata has been in sector overall. Tata has been in talks with the government to switch from coal to electric furnaces in an effort to reduce Carbon Emissions by around 1. 5. Business and trade secretary Kemi Badenoch says the government is saving the industry. Industry. This is good for the taxpayer , this is good for the workforce because actually when we do have new electric arc furnaces, were going to be able to have many more industries. We can have offshore wind, therell be a whole redeveloped of the sites. This is actually a great deal, not just for port talbot but for the uk. And what i would say to the uk. And what i would say to people who are concerned about job losses is that we do understand and we have a transition plan in place thats funded up to about £100 million to make sure that have to make sure that people have skills to retrain. Skills to retrain. But shadow business secretary Jonathan Reynolds says the government is trying to twist the narrative. The narrative. I think only this conservative government could spend half £1 billion making thousands of people redundant. I was at port talbot yesterday. I was talking to the workforce. Of course they support green steel. Of course they want to see this transition take place. But they they were promised theyd be a part of it. They were promised be consulted on promised theyd be consulted on the for the future and the plans for the future and fundamentally, a fundamentally, this should be a story about more jobs. There are opportunities there are huge opportunities for green in the uk and for green steel in the uk and the way that this has been presented to them obviously has them worried. Train drivers will strike at the end of this month in their long running dispute over pay. Long running dispute over pay. The aslef union says its members at 16 train operators will walk out on the 30th of september and the 4th of october for the action will coincide with the conservative party annual conference. The union said the strikes would force train to cancel all train operators to cancel all services, causing travel chaos for passengers. At prison. For passengers. At prison. Officers at hmp wandsworth did not attend their shifts on the day Daniel Khalife escaped from the prison. The 21 year old escaped from wandsworth prison last week and was later arrested after a four day manhunt. Khalife disappeared while awaiting trial after being charged with terror offences in january. An investigation will january. An investigation will look at whether the prison followed relevant protocols. The followed relevant protocols. The president of the Prison Governors Association has indicated prison officers are disincentivized to go to work. Disincentivized to go to work. Labour has pledged to create temporary so called nightingale courts to speed up asylum decisions. Opens. The partys decisions. Opens. The partys also pledging to hire over 1000 Home Office Caseworkers to clear the claims backlog and fast track decisions for applicants from certain countries. They plan to stop using hotels, barges and former military sites to house asylum seekers, which they claim cost taxpayers over £2 billion a year. Thousands of passengers have been impacted as more than 40 flights have been cancelled or diverted at London Gatwick airport due to a lack of staff. It comes after the staff. It comes after the airport confirmed a short notice staff absence in its air Traffic Control tower yesterday. A total control tower yesterday. A total of 16 arrival flights were diverted to a range of airports, including bournemouth, cardiff and heathrow. And finally, the and heathrow. And finally, the iconic black sheep jumper worn by diana, princess of wales, has sold for £920,000 at auction in new york. The jumper, which shows a black sheep among a row of white ones, was discovered in an attic in march by designer joanna osborne. It was famously worn by diana at a polo match in june 1981. Shortly after her engagement this is gb news across the uk on tv. In your car, on Digital Radio and on your Smart Speaker by saying, play gb news. Now its back to mark and. Pip mark and. Pip tatiana thank you. Tata steelworks , britains largest steelworks, britains largest steelworks, britains largest steelworks in port talbot, is to receive up to half £1 billion from the government to switch to greener production, often using electric arc furnaces. Electric arc furnaces. But unions say the real cost , the loss of at least 3000 jobs and they claim theyve been conned by the government and the Indian Steel Company tata over the job assurances. Well, earlier we spoke to gareth stace, whos director general of uk steel , today, has shown its uk steel, today, has shown its firm and bold commitment to the future of steel making here in the uk. The uk. You know, the transition from , as you said, coal fired blast furnaces to electric arc furnace will deliver a massive boost to the uk economy and to the uk. The uk economy and to the uk. Ambition to net zero and therefore today is very positive because we are going to see that transition that we as a steel sector in the uk need to make to move from carbon intensive Steel Production to green Steel Production to green Steel Production , which is what we as production, which is what we as a sector set out in our bold plan , our roadmap to net zero plan, our roadmap to net zero a year ago. And what we said was we need a partnership with government between the sector and government to make that transition, any transition for any sector, anywhere in the world, making a transition from using one technology to a very Different Technology will involve risks, will involve significant change. But you can work through that change to deliver to deliver a positive outcome for that sector. And in my case today , its the steel my case today, its the steel sector in the uk because if we move to net zero, our customers are asking us for more net zero steel. We can deliver on that. We can make more steel in the uk, we can export more steel and we can actually stop a flood of imports coming into the uk and we can make the steel to satisfy those orders. A number of technologies that that companies could choose to go down. Each company will do what works best for them. And electric arc furnaces are tried and tested. Over the last 60 years, technology to make steel. Its very efficient. It can be very green. And the crucial issue here in the uk is we sit on an abundance of scrap metal, which is the raw material to make steel with an electric arc furnace. We have over 11 million furnace. We have over 11 Million Tonnes of scrap metal that is generated every year in the uk. We export 80 of it to give it to our competitors to make steel and then we buy it back. Yeah. Yeah. Can i just check to do that . Can i just check to do that . So is this actually then steel recycling rather than steel recycling rather than steel manufacture . Because as i understand it, to actually manufacture steel, you need a basically hydrogen based production rather than the electric arc. Electric arc. No, this is steelmaking. No, this is steelmaking. There are two ways to make steel. You make it from iron or with a blast furnace, or you make it in an electric arc furnace using scrap because we need to remember is need to remember steel is infinite , recyclable. Once you infinite, recyclable. Once you make steel, it can stay in the economy forever. Its infinitely recyclable. Therefore our we have a lot of steel scrap here in the uk. Lets use that. Lets not export 80 of it to countries with probably lower Environmental Standards than we do. Lets make sure we take that vital and value resource use. Use it here in the uk economy, hydrogen based steel furnace would be more expensive. Its would be more expensive. Its untested technology. It may suit untested technology. It may suit particular companies and particular companies and particular economies , but it particular economies, but it probably doesnt suit the companies in the uk. At this time. That might change, but at this time weve seen the announcement. Its looking at electric arc furnace. I think thats a tried and tested way to go. And as i said, we have the go. And as i said, we have the abundance of the raw material here. Gareth, what would you say to the thousands of people whose jobs are at risk . Some several thousand of them and their families today . Id say that we today have seen the from tata steel and from government, probably the biggest level of investment in the steel sector for years and years and years. Today should be seen as a commitment by government and companies to still make steel in the uk to understand the opportunities of a net zero economy here in the uk. And therefore today is the uk. And therefore today is the start of the process to invest in our sector to deliver net zero steel to ensure sure that we have a steel sector in the uk for years to come. For years to come. Well, that was gareth stace speaking earlier , director speaking earlier, director general of uk steel unite general secretary Sharon Graham says these plans are disgraceful , short sighted and lack ambition and unite will be fighting tooth and nail not only to save these jobs but to create more jobs in steel. More jobs in steel. A more reaction to from alison mcdermott, whos secretary of community, the Steelworkers Union saying community is absolutely clear. We do not believe this is the right strategy for our economy or our industry. Putting all our eggsin or our industry. Putting all our eggs in the electric arc basket. Well, theres a thought. Well come the cost of thousands of come at the cost of thousands of jobs. Economic security and jobs. Our Economic Security and the independence of industry i now, emu now, have you heard of Japanese Knotweed . Well, if your Japanese Knotweed . Well, if your gardens been affected by it and your property, you probably will. Its been here in the uk since the 19th century, but now an 1. 39 million homes an estimated 1. 39 million homes are potentially being affected by this invasive weed. Well, north west of england. Reporter sophie reaper has been speaking to some of those people who are now fighting back against the knotweed and natures very own nightmare. Natures very own nightmare. Japanese knotweed affects. An Japanese Knotweed affects. An estimated 4 of all uk properties and has cost our economy almost £250 million in the past decade. And what are we the past decade. And what are we looking at . So weve got a significant amount of Japanese Knotweed here. This property has become overrun. When it became become overrun. When it became difficult for the owner to sell it, they called in reinforcements at the best time to treat Japanese Knotweed is august, september and october. So we typically do nine visits over three years, followed by another two years of monitoring for the tenants of this property. This property. The presence of Japanese Knotweed has become a real issue i frustrating. Weve been frustrating. Weve been trying to get it dealt with and treated so that we can be a bit more safe and secure and now our neighbours either side of already had theirs treated so both of those companies are pushing hard to make sure that it doesnt spread back out onto their land. This may well be a costly problem to solve, but the alternative is often far worse. Mortgages can be denied, sales can fall through, and if you sell your property but fail to declare the presence of this plant even if youre unaware of it, be ready to pay the price thats actually classed as misrepresent station. And in the uk currently the average cost of being sued for misrepresentation for Japanese Knotweed is £32,000. There was a case just a couple of weeks ago where the person got sued for £200,000 for misrepresent. The fact that he got Japanese Knotweed in the garden. So its a big deal up and down the uk there are scenes just like this one infestation versions of Japanese Knotweed disrupt eating the british ecosystem. The british ecosystem. Um, now this plant was brought to our shores all the way back in 1850 as nothing more than a species to be studied and used in peoples gardens. Than a species to be studied and used in peoples gardens. Little used in peoples gardens. Little did they know back then the chaos that would come with it. Chaos that would come with it. Research from environet highlights the north west as one of the areas worst affected by this issue. As a result, last yeah this issue. As a result, last year, john, the head of a Fly Fishing Group in bolton decided it was time to take some action. It forces out all native vegetation in mainly because it grows earlier and taller. So it takes the light away from native vegetation. The native vegetation. The native vegetation lives in harmony together and that the Japanese Knotweed has destroyed that determined to do their bit. John and his team will spend the next couple of months trying to tackle the Japanese Knotweed in their local area. But with it now deemed the uks most aggressive, destructive and invasive plant, its clear the war on this weed rages on. Sophie reaper gb news in protective clothing, it seems. Well, lets speak now to chartered surveyor and specialist in Japanese Knotweed philip santo. Come join us. Philip santo. Come join us. Philip, thank you for your time. 1. 39 million homes. Is it winning . Are we losing the winning . Are we losing the battle . Battle . No, i dont think we are. Im no, i dont think we are. Im not sure where the figure 1. 39 million comes from. My million comes from. My understanding is that probably about 2 rather than 4 of valuations are carried out by residential values or Show Properties affected by knotweed. So that might be a slight overestimate. Overestimate. And why is it. Yeah, why is it such a problem then . If you dont declare it when youre selling a house, what does it actually do to a property . Well, i think its important to recognise that Japanese Knotweed does not pose risk to knotweed does not pose a risk to the structure of substantial buildings. The structure of substantial buildings. It will not invade the foundations, it will not cause damage to a house or bungalow, but it does do. It can affect lightweight structures such as garages or boundary walls. Even a conservatory perhaps. But in terms of houses it wont have any impact whatsoever. And it can even grow whatsoever. And it can even grow right next door and still not cause damage. But unfortunately cause damage. But unfortunately about 10 or 15 years ago, this wasnt understood and the mortgage lenders became very wary about Japanese Knotweed because it wasnt understood. Because it wasnt understood. The risk that it posed wasnt understood. And so some of them understood. And so some of them started to decline. Mortgages where knotweed was found to be present investigations. Since then are carried out by scientists has demonstrated that thats not the case. It doesnt cause a risk to structures at. And this is also the experience of valuers. Unfortunately we the Residential Property market kit and sectors of the media as well have taken on board the issue that Japanese Knotweed is a major threat and it can cause problems with amenity. As your problems with amenity. As your reporter showed , when its reporter showed, when its allowed to grow without being managed, it can devastate areas in terms of the scale of the infestation. Ian but it is infestation. Ian but it is capable of being managed. And once you start managing it, it becomes less of an issue in terms of the amenity right . Becomes less of an issue in terms of the amenity right . The terms of the amenity right . The problem then has been that the Residential Property market became im scared of it as an issue because the risks werent understood. And so where understood. And so where properties were found to have it, that had an impact on the value and therefore people either had to treat it themselves or drop the price to get the purchaser to buy the properties. Properties. So are you saying therefore that we should be a little less concerned about it, philip, is thatis concerned about it, philip, is that is that what youre suggesting that the reaction is a bit o. T. T to Japanese Knotweed . And 7 and i . And i would say very definitely is o. T. T even though it can rise eight feet in one summer month was what i read. Summer month was what i read. Yes. But i mean, if you think about the this the plants that we have growing in our gardens is that a native brambles, for example, if you ignore brambles or bindweed , they will take over or bindweed, they will take over gardens as well. Theyre very, very difficult to eradicate. Very difficult to eradicate. Some of the native species. Some of the native species. Japanese knotweed is difficult to eradicate. I dont want to under estimate or suggest that its difficult, that its easy to deal with. Its not very easy to deal with. Its not very easy to deal with. But with the right approach. Using a reputable organisation, a member of the trade body such as the Property Care association, they will take on Japanese Knotweed where its present and once a Management Plan is in place and we now talk in terms of management rather than having to eradicate. So once a Management Plan is in place, almost all lenders will grant a mortgage on Residential Properties where knotweed is present. When the Management Plan is in place. And i also plan is in place. And i also just pick up on the point you made about the reporting to solicitors. Theres a question on the six form which vendors have to complete at the time of a sale which says heres Japanese Knotweed present in your property. Yes. No dont your property. Yes. No dont know. You yes. Unfortunately, know. You yes. Unfortunately, many people unwittingly not realising they have it. Theyre put no. And then when the purchaser moves into the property they find knotweed. Property they find knotweed. They havent got a leg to stand on. Sadly and firms have solicitors who will act on behalf of purchasing those circumstances and will say, well, youve got cause of action here. There has been an effect on the value because knotweed is present, even though theres no risk to the property, there is an effect on value at the moment and therefore you claim sage sage advice. Philip thank you for that. Even though perhaps sage is not the right thing we should be talking about in the garden, that doesnt spread as widely, of course, but expert advice. Thank time here on thank you for your time here on gb news. We do appreciate it. Sure. House that been knotted by knotweed . Dont know where we are. Dont know where we are. Can say that. Dont think you can say that. Dont think you can say that. Got everything else, weve got everything else, bramble. Certainly. Yeah, definitely. Definitely. With the live desk on youre with the live desk on gb news. Were going to shortly be talking about those 80 prison officers who skipped their shifts that terror shifts on the day that terror suspect Daniel Khalife escaped from prison. Well bring you the latest with our security editor, speak to you shortly. Speak to you shortly. That warm feeling inside from boxt boilers proud sponsors of weather on gb news hello again. Its aidan hello again. Its Aidan Mcgivern here from the met office with the gb news forecast. Another warm day in the south. Much cooler further north with some cloud and rain in places predominantly across parts of southern scotland , parts of southern scotland, Northern Ireland and Northern England because of a stationary warm front which really is continuing to bring a band of cloud and outbreaks of rain. The heaviest rain likely across the Southern Uplands. The far north of england, parts of south east Northern Ireland to the far north scotland. Were going to see showers and some clear spells overnight turning quite chilly here. Much warmer further south and humid with the risk of thundery showers moving up across southwestern parts at times 15 to 16 celsius in the south. First thing. But we have got some cloud about and those thundery showers across parts of wales, south and southwest england continuing for a time. England continuing for a time. It does tend to brighten up for a while into the afternoon with some warm sunshine developing and therell be some sunny spells for the central and northern parts of scotland. Northern ireland cooler here, but with also a few showers in the far north of scotland and an area of cloud persists across southern scotland, Northern England. But the rain tending to england. But the rain tending to fizzle through the day, fizzle out through the day, then into sunday, this plume of thundery rain pushes north across many parts of the uk hit and miss downpours. But where we see these thunderstorms, there could be a fairly lively further thundery showers into monday and tuesday turning cooler, wider that warm feeling inside from boxt boilers proud sponsors of weather on so join us every saturday, 10 am. Till noon on gb news, a. M. Till noon on gb news, britains news. A. M. Till noon on gb news, britains news. Channel and welcome back to the live desk. Now its been revealed that 80 prison officers skipped their shifts on the very day that terror suspect Daniel Khalife escaped from wandsworth prison. Whilst Daniel Khalife was found nearby after a manhunt lasting several days. The lasting several days. The revelations have raised questions over the reliability of britains prison security and whether the governments inquiry will discover any further shortcomings. Shortcomings. Well, lets turn to our Home Security editor, mark white, of course, who is following the story at the time. And, mark, we did hear those assertions from the government that no staffing was up minimum levels. And was up to minimum levels. And thats the problem. Was up to minimum levels. And tha so the problem. Was up to minimum levels. And tha so thats; problem. Was up to minimum levels. And tha so thats whatylem. Was up to minimum levels. And tha so thats what they said. So thats what they said. Yeah, that there were yeah, they said that there were staff duty in the kitchen staff on duty in the kitchen were of course, Daniel Khalife was working on the day, disappeared and that there was staff also at the gatehouse to implement those checks on vehicles arriving and leaving. Vehicles arriving and leaving. Well, clearly, whatever the checks were, they were not enough to discover for the fact that Daniel Khalife had fastened himself to the underside of that food delivery truck , using, food delivery truck, using, according to prosecutors , as according to prosecutors, as bedsheets from presumably his own cell. Weve been getting reaction coming in on the news that astonishingly , some 80 that astonishingly, some 80 prison officers just didnt turn up for duty on that day that Daniel Khalife disappeared. Daniel khalife disappeared. Weird and shabana mahmood, who of course, is the shadow judge , of course, is the shadow judge, justice secretary, has issued a statement. She said it is astonishing that almost 40 of planned staff did not turn up to their shift on the day of the escape at hmp wandsworth. This escape at hmp wandsworth. This makes it clear that the dire conditions at the prison in are having wide ranging implications, including on Staffing Levels and we have certainly heard from the Prison Officers Association over a long penod Officers Association over a long period of time now that conditions in prison generally. Wandsworth we know, is an extreme example of that. Generally, you know, prison overcrowding and assaults on staff if Staff Shortages are all having an effect on prison officers , the Mental Wellbeing officers, the Mental Wellbeing generally just how enthused they are to come in and do a job of work. Yeah, just to put sorry, mark, i just want to just so we know the figures, there are 1600 inmates at wandsworth. Yeah. And the staff, 80 staff down on the day. So theres normally. Yeah. So there should normally be more than 200 members of staff. If there was members of staff. If there was 125 members of staff on duty on the day that Daniel Khalife disappeared, which is at 80, 80 down on where it should be, it is an awful lot now, you touched on the Prison Officers Association, which is their trade union. Effectively, weve now got the Prison Governors Association action coming in, andrew action also coming in, Andrew Albert that recruitment albert saying that recruitment and retention problems due to a rise in violence, low pay, Poor Development opportunities. I development opportunities. I would probably say that in some of our prisons it does border on being quite dangerous. This is being quite dangerous. This is from the governors association. From the governors association. Listen, i think theres no doubt its dangerous. The number, you know, thousands of prison assaults that take place within the prison estate right across the country each year. And many of those are members of staff. Theres prison on prisoner on prisoner assaults, of course, but many Staff Members find themselves , you members find themselves, you know, the victim of assaults and many, according to the Prison Officers Association , are on Officers Association, are on long term sick. So amongst the 80 who didnt show up, will be a significant proportion who are probably on long term sick. So in many cases, inmates can be a lot older than the prison officers themselves who are quite young. Well, this is one of the issues and the kind of the fallout really from from austerity and the cuts that were made to a lot of the Public Sector within policing in the Prison Service in particular, with thousands , tens of with thousands, tens of thousands of experian staff disappeared over a number of years. And although there are on a recruitment drive again, it is youngeh recruitment drive again, it is younger, inexperienced people that are in doing that job and facing hardened prisoners who will do all they can to run prison officers ragged and know the ropes. Yeah, and weve got this independent inquiry now into wandsworth, but clearly it questions now for the home office for the wider prison estate, if you like , and andrew estate, if you like, and Andrew Albert adding the fact that in some prisons in the north theyve over recruited so some prisons have got 120 of their target staffing and those extra having to be sort of bust down to wandsworth. I mean, it indicates a system that really is bit shambolic at the moment. Yeah and they may be over their staffing, but that still doesnt, you know, get us away from the, the general issue of many more inexperienced staff that brings its own problems , that brings its own problems, you know, because they dont necessarily know what to look out for, what might just be out of place , whether a prisoner is of place, whether a prisoner is acting up or might be or is underneath a lorry. Yeah, all of all of the above. But yeah, it used to be the home office, ministry of justice. Okay. I beg your pardon. Show my age show. Remember just as well weve got the home secretary in here to put us straight back in. Jack straws. Youre quite right was fit for right where it was not fit for purpose. And it was hived off because it was such a mega department. The home office. Department. The home office. Then they gave prisons to the ministry of justice, which is. And thats why you had to deal with a certain ronnie biggs on his return from brazil. Well, very interesting. Yeah. 1965, he escaped from wandsworth. Yeah, many would say that has changed. That nothing has changed. Over the wall with going over the wall with a rope ladder and give me a rope ladder and you give me a very fascinate eating book that im looking forward to read on that interested to hear that ill be interested to hear your former home your thoughts as a former home secretary. You. Your thoughts as a former home secthanks. You. Your thoughts as a former home secthanks. Yisl. Your thoughts as a former home secthanks. Yis this a joke thanks. Mark, is this a joke between us . Yeah. Hes not the home secretary. No. Yesterday i called mark the home secretary instead of the home secretary instead of the security editor and the home and security editor and certain are not letting the home and security editor and certforget are not letting the home and security editor and certforget that. Are not letting the home and security editor and certforget that. Lets t letting the home and security editor and certforget that. Lets move ng the home and security editor and certforget that. Lets move on. Me forget that. Lets move on. Heres your now with heres your news now with tatiana sanchez. Tatiana sanchez. Pip, thank you very much. And good afternoon. This is the latest from the newsroom. Three members of saira sharifs family have been remanded in custody after being charged with the ten year olds murder. Sarahs father, irfan sharif , his father, irfan sharif, his partner and his brother appeared in court today. Theyve also been charged with causing or allowing the death of a child. Allowing the death of a child. Sarah was found dead at her home in woking after officers were called from pakistan. Khan by mr called from pakistan. Khan by mr sharif on the 10th of august. Sharif on the 10th of august. The Prime Minister says the american an xl bully dog is a danger to our communities. It comes after a series of dog attacks in the past few weeks, injuring several people, including an 11 year old girl. Yesterday a man died following a dog attack in staffordshire, a 30 year old man has been arrested on suspicion of being in charge of dogs dangerously out of control and causing injury. Rishi sunak says the breed will be banned by the end of the year. The first step is to convene a group of experts in the field and the police to define the breed and then using the powers under the existing dangerous dogs act. We will then be able to ban the breed and laws will be in place by the end of the yeah be in place by the end of the year. But its clear from the attacks seen tragic attacks weve seen tragic incidences that we do need to take action to protect the pubuc take action to protect the public and these attacks. Public and stop these attacks. And what were to do. Unions are vowing to fight the government tooth and nail after a half £1 billion investment in tata steel has put 3000 jobs at risk. The 3000 jobs at risk. The government says it will support more than 12,000 jobs in the sector. Overall, though, tata has been in talks with the government to switch from coal to electric furnaces in an effort to reduce Carbon Emissions by around 1. 5. A you can get more on all of those stories by visiting our website, gbnews. Com. Christys on gb news. Im gb news radio. Radio. It is Childhood Cancer Awareness Month and every day in the uk ten children or young people are diagnosed with cancer and while it is rare in children and while it is rare in children and young people there are around 4200 diagnosed with cancer each year in the uk. Well, christie mcgrady faced cancer twice as a child. She talked to our reporter Dougie Beattie about how she tried to cope and how after recovery she trained as a nurse, now working in a hospice miracle, taught who beat all the odds. As for the little girl, three in february faces the Festive Season as the battling survival of 16 operations. And then it goes on to say that there is as much chance this is the doctor speaking to my mum. Theres just as much chance as me. Are you getting a cancer again as there is of christie getting it again . So it was just a, i guess, bad luck that i got two cancers. So im christie mcgrady. Im 25 and im christie mcgrady. Im 25 and ihave im christie mcgrady. Im 25 and i have battled cancer twice in my life. My second diagnosis, my life. My second diagnosis, i was diagnosed two weeks before my 11th birthday. So i was ten and i had actually just sat my 11 plus, as it was called at the time. And i was complaining of being tired that i had joint pains and i was pale, just generally run down, really. And generally run down, really. And so it was only when i was telling my granny this and my granny is like, no, i think you know, we need to look into this further. Its a bit more than being tired from the 11 plus. I think at that age you dont really understand and that was definitely something that really understand and that was defiiinely something that really understand and that was defiiin my something that really understand and that was defiiin my headymething that really understand and that was defiiin my head atzthing that really understand and that was defiiin my head at ten. G that really understand and that was defiiin my head at ten. I that really understand and that was defiiin my head at ten. I dont was in my head at ten. I dont know. Know, dont really know. You know, you dont really have full understanding of have a full understanding of what cancer is. All in all, it was three years from i was diagnosed until i got the all clear as the year clear in remission as the year went by, it was more towards the end of my treatment when i had a lot of the side effects. You know, my had fallen out. I know, my hair had fallen out. I had eyebrows, no eyelashes. Had no eyebrows, no eyelashes. As your weight completely as and your weight completely fluctuates. I was initially i fluctuates. I was initially i dropped down to three and a half stone and then it goes to the other end of the scale where youre pumped with steroids and youre pumped with steroids and you completely balloon and you youre pumped with steroids and you on npletely balloon and you youre pumped with steroids and you on a letely balloon and you youre pumped with steroids and you on a lotely balloon and you youre pumped with steroids and you on a lot of balloon and you youre pumped with steroids and you on a lot of weight. And you youre pumped with steroids and you on a lot of weight. So d you youre pumped with steroids and you on a lot of weight. So forou youre pumped with steroids and you on a lot of weight. So for a put on a lot of weight. So for a girl of that age, looking at other girls are out playing with their know, their friends and, you know, getting their hair done or having their makeup on and thats not something that you can friendships hard. Can do. Friendships were hard. I was just finished and poured all the way through p7. I was just finished and poured all the way through p7. I just was just finished and poured all the way through p7. I just got the way through p7. I just got my transfer test. Youve made your group of friends and you look forward to going on to first year with with them all. That didnt happen for me. So all my friends went to on their choice of my hair still choice of school. My hair still hadnt choice of school. My hair still hadnt grown back, so i was wearing a hat in school along with my uniform and the exhaust fan of all that and going through treatment was a lot. So i got in with a charity called shine of light, run by a fabulous man , and we went on fabulous man, and we went on lots of trips. He took me to lots of trips. He took me to lots of trips. He took me to lots of concert. S and lapland was one of them. We went as a group of children with cancer to lapland and it was an amazing experience. There was another experience. There was another charity , make a wish and we all charity, make a wish and we all went to sardinia as a family because that was something that i missed out on. Was being together as a family. I could have wished for anything. I could have wished for me to go do something on my own or to receive a gift. But i just wanted go on a family wanted to go on a family holiday. And thats what we did. And remember crying to my dad and i remember crying to my dad and me . Know and saying, why me . You know why . Why everyone did it have why . Why if everyone did it have to but noy it sounds to be me . But noy it sounds maybe bad, but i wouldnt change it like it has made me who i am today. And i dont take anything for granted. It can happen to anyone. I went to university and idone anyone. I went to university and i done general nursing and i qualified and im now a nurse myself. I work in qualified and im now a nurse myself. I work in a qualified and im now a nurse myself. I work in a hospice of myself. I work in a hospice of all places. I think empathy is a whole lot more with the patients they dont know, obviously, what i went through , but you i went through, but you definitely understand what theyre going through a whole lot. Lot more. Oh, christy mcgrady , so oh, christy mcgrady, so inspiring and wishing you the best of luck for your future. Best of luck for your future. And course, all those and of course, all those other are fighting that other kids who are fighting that terrible disease. We wish you terrible disease. We wish you well. Now lets update you from spain , where a restraining order spain, where a restraining order has been placed on Luis Rubiales , the former soccer chief. He was in front of the high court in madrid. Of course, it follows in madrid. Of course, it follows the approach to the National Team player, jenni hermoso, who he then kissed on the lips. She he then kissed on the lips. She then reported him for sexual assault. It has gone to the court and the judge has now imposed a restraining order indicating he should not be going within, i think, 500m of. Jenni hermoso yeah. Jenni hermoso yeah. They also submitted a request for rubiales to appear before a court every 15 days to make sure he doesnt leave the country. He doesnt leave the country. More reaction, of course, on that as we get it. But more Court Proceedings here. Closer to home, three members of sara sharifs family being remanded in custody at Guildford Magistrates Court today. Theyve Magistrates Court today. Theyve been charged with the murder of the ten year old saras father , the ten year old saras father, irfan sharif, his partner and his brother have been charged with causing or allowing the death a child. Well, she was death of a child. Well, she was found dead at their home in woking on the 10th of august and her relatives were flown back to the uk pakistan and then the uk from pakistan and then arrested airport. Arrested at Gatwick Airport. Lets get more with our National Reporter chikomba, whos reporter Theo Chikomba, whos at guildford court. Guildford Magistrates Court. What did we hear at the court heanng what did we hear at the Court Hearing theo. Hearing . Theo. Yes, well, what was an International Manhunt came to an end this week on wednesday, when the trio , sara sharifs father , the trio, sara sharifs father, her uncle, and her stepmother, were arrested at gatwick , and were arrested at gatwick, and since then theyve been remanded in custody until their appearance , which took place appearance, which took place here at guildford magistrates, lasted just under 30 minutes, in which both all three of them attended. Attended. Saras father, irfan sharif , saras father, irfan sharif, was wearing grey tracksuit. Was wearing grey tracksuit. Her stepmother, bina ba. 2, was wearing all black, and her uncle, faisal malik , was wearing uncle, faisal malik, was wearing a red top and jeans. And they all confirmed their names and their addresses as well. In court, though, there was a translator to translate what was being said, especially re reading charges , which i re reading charges, which i assume would have been in urdu. The pakistans official language. And of course, that was in place as well today. In terms of what happens next, theyre also shared some of those details whereby they will remain in custody until the 19th of september. And then they are due to also appearin and then they are due to also appear in court on the 15th of march 2024 at the old bailey. Now, of course, over the last few days, weve heard those details when it comes to the post mortem examination about what was found. And they found that she had sustained multiple and extensive injuries and the cause of death. The court heard today is that its still to be established. So of course, they established. So of course, they will appear in court in the next few days. And of course, next year as well. They Theo Chikomba. Thank you very much for that update. Update. Now lets remind you of a few words that have had great resonance over the years. Never in the field of Human Conflict was so much owed by so many to so few. The words of Winston Churchill, of course, paying tribute efforts of the tribute to the efforts of the royal force during the Royal Air Force during the battle britain today marks 83 battle of britain today marks 83 years since Fighter Pilots and bomber crews turned the tide against an overwhelming enemy in one of the most decisive moments of the Second World War. Will hollis has more on this. France had fallen along with the european continent and now the european continent and now the were knocking at britains d00h a d00h a battle unlike any other before was beginning. One fought entire in the air. So began the battle of britain. Her allies were crushed into temporary submission. Britain became a fortress. Britain became a fortress. Britain was in danger of invasion. Invasion. Patrick, a retired raf captain, is from the battle of Britain Memorial trust in folkestone. It was just under 3000 men, mainly young men, who took on the luftwaffe and when you think of it, its almost like david and goliath on the back foot. The Royal Air Force and its allies were outnumbered by the german luftwaffe. German luftwaffe. The warning was sent to fighter squadrons in a matter of seconds. They were up in the sky. Planes include the iconic spitfire and hurricane clashed with their experienced enemy. They were up at four in the morning. At first light. They were in a cockpit readiness and probably wouldnt stand down to 10 00 at night. Perhaps downing done five sorties on the 15th of september. The raf triumphed in a major victory, stripping back the german onslaught and signalling a changed momentum to the battle of britain. German intelligence said there were no hurricane squadrons left and there were only a few spitfire squadrons. So when the first wave came through and over 24 squadrons of hurricanes and spitfires started attacking , thats when the attacking, thats when the germans suddenly realised it was tough. Tough. How come britain won the battle of britain against overwhelming odds . Radar was is the key to it. You could spot the enemy coming by its end. In october 1945, 1400 allied fighters and twice as many germans had been killed , plus germans had been killed, plus many more civilians. The war many more civilians. The war went on for five more years, but this small part at a crucial stage was one more acres of wreck. German planes, even propaganda cannot hide this truth. Truth. Brits remember with commemorative flights and a service at west minster every year a permanent place is at Capel Le Ferne in folkestone on a Memorial Wall with the names of those who took part. Words by of those who took part. Words by Prime Minister Winston Churchill reflect the sacrifice britain remembers today. Never in the field of Human Conflict was so much owed by so many to so few. Will hollis gb news will hollis gb news lets speak now to author and historian tessa dunlop , who can historian tessa dunlop, who can join us. Tessa, thanks for your time here on gb news. Im just wondering, is there a danger that we can romanticise this beanng that we can romanticise this bearing in mind many of these young men only lasted a few sorties and, you know, some survived but were horrifically burnt. Instance , this. Burnt. For instance, this. Yeah, i think theres always a danger when it comes to britains relationship with World War Two of lionising war. It was incredibly important. We won what was going to come after the war was difficult. The edge of the imperial abyss. This was, if you like, the high noon of great britishness. I think also its worth in the shadow of the ukrainian war where theyre desperately trying to get together. F 16 jets. Its to get together. F 16 jets. Its just Worth Holding on to the pity just Worth Holding on to the pity of war. I was listening to some extraordinary recollections from some Squadron Leaders flying both british and polish flying both british and polish flying these sorties across against the germans. And it just gave me goosebumps. The realisation on either side, young men, 19 year olds, 20 year olds and those who survived are scarred forever. You know , one scarred forever. You know, one individual recalling that theyre on after he never really made friends because he lost so many friends. It would have been too painful to make proper friends after the battle of britain, one third of the raf, these great men in their flying machines wouldnt make it out the other side of war. And i think we have to hold on to that at the moment in britain when were complaining about the cost of bread and worrying about winter, that there are those on the side of europe up on the other side of europe up on the other side of europe up on the border of poland who were our and who flying our allies and who are flying those the battle of those sorties in the battle of britain, who are likewise feeling imperilled. Feeling desperately imperilled. Is a danger, tessa, is there a danger, tessa, that young people are not that that young people are not appreciating this now, especially as we dont have many veterans left from the battle of britain . I think theres one remaining gentleman who is now 104, but it seems further and further away for younger people i it does. And i think that weve we hold on to the Second World War so vividly because we have had the capacity to remember with mass modern media and to repeat those memories and to replay them and to relive them so that even for those of us who came far further, much later, you know, my fathers father , your fathers father, it father, your fathers father, it feels very personal and impactful. I think , however, as impactful. I think, however, as we transition from living history to archival history, as you get that, that distance, the benefit of distance , it will in benefit of distance, it will in some ways soften relationships. For example , with the likes of for example, with the likes of germany. I think weve always been hampered in our relationship with germany in the in the post war era. And i think as we get the sort of a more telescopic view and as we make our own mistakes , that it can be our own mistakes, that it can be understood how just how countries can trip up horribly through poor leadership, through devil stating and cruel leadership and think, of course, for young people today that we are living the side effects of a war. You only need to tune into into the news on a daily basis. You just need to do a bit of digging to look around you and hear ukrainians see ukrainian flags to remember that actually lessons are learned, but theyre being also relived. Being also relived. And very quickly, lets reflect we call it the battle of britain, but as you say, quite rightly, polish pilots, czech pilots, canadians, south africans and pilots from israel as well, all involved extraordinary effort. Extraordinary effort. And i work predominantly when i did the army girls with, of course, women and the impact of that summer and it was summer those bright blue skies watching the dogfight like so many younger girls and boys who were going to come of age and serve themselves in this very long war. Because remember, were only at the beginning of it. Were desperately impacted by what they saw by planes crash landing their villages , by landing in their villages, by their brothers, their lovers. Their brothers, their lovers. Well, actually, they werent lovers because most didnt before marriage. But, you know, their died this their boyfriends died in this battle britain. And what that battle of britain. And what that did them, it strengthened did to them, it strengthened their mettle, their resolve. It kept them going through what was going pretty going to be really some pretty long, dull and desperate and dangerous times over the next five years. Oh, tessa, thank you for joining us. And remembering the few and the many, of course, on this battle of britain day. Thank you. Thank you so much for and thank you so much for watching. We are back with the live here on gb on live desk here on gb news on monday. Great weekend. Monday. Have a great weekend. Now here is patrick christys. Now here is patrick christys. Yes, fantastic show, everybody. Look, im going in with with Keir Starmers eu slap down also going to be talking about the xl bullies being banned. What does this mean for crossbreed . Should we actually be banning does it mean be banning them . Does it mean were to exterminate them were going to exterminate them as well . And mandatory measles were going to exterminate them as ifoil . And mandatory measles were going to exterminate them as ifoil . An asnandatory measles were going to exterminate them as ifoil . An as wellatory measles were going to exterminate them as ifoil . An as well and measles were going to exterminate them as ifoil . An as well and willasles were going to exterminate them as ifoil . An as well and will i. Les jab for kids as well and will i kill us all . Patrick christys gb news. See you at three. The temperatures rising. The temperatures rising. Boxt solar proud sponsors of weather on. Gb news. Weather on. Gb news. Hello again. Its Aidan Mcgivern here from the met office with the gb news forecast. Another warm day in the south, much cooler further north with some cloud and rain in places predominantly across parts of southern scotland. Northern ireland and Northern England because of a stationary warm front which really is continuing to bring a band of cloud and outbreaks of rain. The heaviest rain likely across the Southern Uplands the far north of england, parts of south east Northern Ireland to the far north, scotland , were going to north, scotland, were going to see showers and some clear spells overnight, turning quite chilly here. Much warmer further south and humid with the risk of thundery showers moving up across southwestern parts at times 15 to 16 celsius in the south. First thing. But we have got some cloud about and those thundery showers across parts of wales south and southwest england continuing for a time. It does tend to brighten up for a while into the afternoon with some warm sunshine developing and therell be some sunny spells for the central and northern parts of scotland, Northern Ireland cooler here, but with also a few showers in the far north of scotland and an area of cloud persists across southern scotland, Northern England. But the rain tending to england. But the rain tending to fizzle out through the day, then into sunday, this plume of thundery rain pushes north across parts of uk hit across many parts of the uk hit and miss downpours. But where we see these thunderstorms, there could be fairly lively further thundery showers into monday and tuesday, turning cooler widely. Tuesday, turning cooler widely. The temperatures rising. The temperatures rising. Boxt solar proud sponsors of weather on gb news. Good afternoon. Its 3 pm. Its Patrick Christies is gb news. Happy friday. Now, is it right to ban excel bullies . Does it mean that they will end up being exterminated . What about crossbreeds . Is it just the owners fault . We will be having that chat after another alleged attack and rishi sunak wading in again in other news, keir starmer has been slapped down by the european union. Has this cost him is eu migrant deal the next general election has the math slipped . Is this a catastrophic political blunder . Ill also be discussing this as well. Shocking news coming out of wandsworth, which is of course, where Daniel Khalife, the terror suspect, managed to escape from underneath food escape from underneath a food lorry. Apparently only about 30 of their Prison Guards are the day off that day. Do you not think thats a little bit weird . And this one as well. Now, after the old Covid Vaccine control ac, i think that people are potentially more reluctant to get jabbed. Right. But is this now having a knock on effect to kids, isolate warnings are now in force for schoolchildren because so few of them are getting the measles jab. Do parents have a responsibility to jab their kids . Should you make the measles jab mandatory . The measles jab mandatory . Patrick christys. Gb news