Or not, banking leaders have said that the term should not be used because it is well, racist. Are they right or is this just the woke mob throwing its toys out of the pram . Once again . Do out of the pram . Once again . Do get in touch. Send us your thoughts on gbviews gbnews. Com or at gb news. But or tweet me at gb news. But first, lets get the news headunes first, lets get the News Headlines rory. Headlines with rory. Thank you very much, emily. Those who have been wrongfully convicted of crimes will no longer have the living costs docked from their compensation payments. This new guidance payments. This new guidance issued by justice secretary alex chalk comes into immediate effect today say it follows the controversy sparked by the jailing of Andrew Malkinson , who jailing of Andrew Malkinson, who spent 17 years behind bars for a crime he did not commit. He voiced his concerns that expenses may be deducted from his compensation , prompting his compensation, prompting downing str
Spending covers all purchases between september 2019 and august 20th, 22, and it included almost £10,000 worth of vip travel, a one off payment of almost £5,000 to a five star hotel and yoga classes right down to nail polish. A Scottish Government spokesperson says credit cards arent meant to be used for personal expenditure ehhen used for personal expenditure either. And finally, the grammy Award Winning artist Sinead Oconnor was laid to rest today in ireland. Police lined the in ireland. Police lined the seafront in County Wicklow to say their final goodbyes to the 56 year old. Shed been found unresponsive when police were called to her home in South East London last month. The funeral procession travelled along bray seafront and passed her former home in montebello terrace, where she lived for 15 years with gb news across the uk. On tv. In your car, on Digital Radio and on your Smart Speaker by saying, play gb news this is britains news. Britains news. Channel hello and welcome to
Future, possibly. Right. Okay. Were also going to be talking about this as well. A ulez u turn. Good stuff. Finally, common sense is prevailing now and it looks as though sadiq khan and i dare say now other mayors and other cities and other towns will follow suit. He is extending the scrappage scheme up people who scheme for hard up people who will need to buy a new car to comply with ulez. Frankly, the next thing will just be to scrap ulez wouldnt it . Patrick christys on. Gb news. We also christys on. Gb news. We also talk a lot about raising a generation of snowflakes here, dont we . On this show . And ive got a cracking hit coming your way at the end of the hour as apparently 4000 scouts have had to have been rescued and put up in hotels because their Scout Jamboree was too hot. One little jamboree was too hot. One little weakling called his mum and his mum contacted the Scout Jamboree and theyve shut the whole thing down. I mean, come on, just take him skiing like you usually do.
Also get some very interesting comments. The chancellor, jeremy hunt has made to gb news his Liam Halligan don trump is due to appear in court in washington , dc at 9 pm. Uk time facing four serious charges. And four serious charges. And joining me tonight on talking pints, star of radio and tv pat sharp will be here. But before all of that, lets get the news with polly middlehurst. With polly middlehurst. Nigel, thank you. Good evening. The top story tonight from the gb news room is that the bank of england has raised its Interest Rate for the 14th time row. Its increasing time in a row. Its increasing from 5 to 5. 25. Thats the highest base rate since 2008. The bank says it expects inflation to be halved by the end of the year. Thats one of the governments key targets. The increase puts pressure on borrowers , mortgage holders and borrowers, mortgage holders and households struggling with budgets. The chancellor, jeremy hunt , told the hunt, told gb news the governments plan, though,
We stop it. So its a heck of a busy hour to come put something cold and fizzy in the fridge or fire up that kettle and lets make a friday night of it, shall we. 7 but friday night of it, shall we . But first, it is the headlines with the wonderful Karen Armstrong. Armstrong. Very good evening to you. Im Karen Armstrong in the gb news room. Emergency services in birmingham are dealing with an ongoing incident following reports of an explosion. Reports of an explosion. Residents in the hall green area reported hearing one or more loud bangs this afternoon on sarehole road. West Midlands Fire Service says the blaze is now under control. No more details, but well bring you more on this as soon as we get it. A man who murdered his baby it. A man who murdered his baby stepson has been sentenced to a minimum of 28 years in prison. Craig crouch has been convicted of killing ten month old jacob, who was found dead in his cot in december 2020. Hed suffered 39 rib fractures from numerous assaults