Gb news. Morning. 930 on wednesday, the 24th of april. Britains newsroom on gb news with Andrew Pierce and bev turner. Good morning. Thank you for good morning. Thank you for joining us. So defence spending boost. Prime minister rishi sunak pledges an extra £75 billion in defence spending by 2030. Will it go far enough though . Were going to be speaking to former Armed Forces Minister james speaking to former Armed Forces Ministerjames heappey later in the show and the miranda aftermath , the Prime Minister aftermath, the Prime Minister faces Big Questions over whether those flights will act as a deterrent after 250 migrants attempted to cross the channel yesterday. And of course, we saw those five deaths and a prestigious award for former detective turned whistleblower Maggie Oliver has received the award for her courageous efforts to expose the rochdale grooming gangs. Maggie will join us with her extraordinary story. And yes, what was it like . Andrew back in your day . I dont thin
Sacrifice their forefathers made. Not me. Im no hero, but they, like they were the raf boys who died and people like that. They dont realise that they dont know much about it. They dont even know who hitler was. Half of them. And in this sport this morning, ive got to tell you, arsenal didnt look like chokers or bottlers last night as they go back to the top by spanking chelsea. Five nil Leicester City on the verge of heading back to the premier league by also winning five nil against southampton and Ronnie Osullivan says hes not the greatest snooker player ever , greatest snooker player ever, but he goes for a record breaking eighth world title from today. Hello, its a bit chilly out today but at least for many of us it is going to be largely dry and there will be some decent spnng and there will be some decent spring sunshine too. Ill have the details in the full forecast i the biggest defence boost in ten years. The Prime Minister has vowed to increase defence spending to 2. 5 of th
Increased lethality and availability right across all three services. So its a its a huge vote of confidence in our armed forces. Well, our soldiers have better accommodation to live in because that is something which is frequently become come under the spotlight. The spotlight. I know i know those issues because i deal with them in in aldershot. We are ploughing billions into accommodation. The vast majority, 97 is up to scratch. But of course we get judged quite rightly on that which isnt. So that is a constant effort and we are putting billions of pounds into, into the first class accommodation. And the challenge for you, baroness chapman, is that labour wont match the tory Spending Plans on defence, will they . Well, weve got to get to 2. 5. We agree with that. Were going to have a Strategic Defence Spending Review and we will make sure that that money is found to get there when we can do it. Unlike the tories, though, were not going to make some sort of pledge without saying where
I am aware that there is footage circulating on social media and i would ask that this is kindly removed to preserve the integrity of the Ongoing Investigation and to avoid further distress to those involved. This was a very distressing incident and our thoughts are with the victims. Thoughts are with the victims. Well, of course, that appeal going out not only from the police but also from Carmarthenshire County Council as well. For those people that have circulated that those images on social media to remove them. But the Welsh Ambulance service, as well, at the time of the incident, did confirm that they sent for emergency ambulance to the scene here, including air ambulances as well, and that Critical Care was delivered here on site to those people injured. But we did get the confirmation earlier that certainly the pupils and teachers here at the school that those injuries so far were non life threatening. The school will be closed tomorrow, but support will be provided to those wh
Lets return to the issue of small boats crossing the channel from france to england and yesterday was another grim milestone as five people died trying to get across hours after the British Parliament passed legislation designed to deter such journeys. French Officials Say 112 people were on board the overcrowded vessel. A new law in britain aims to send people arriving on small boats to rwanda to have their asylum claims processed. The deaths in the channel are not an isolated incident. Yesterday alone, there were reports of migrants dying in other parts of the world trying to reach another country by boat. We heard from the uns Migration Agency that at least 21 people died off the coast of djibouti. 23 are still missing on the so called Eastern Migration Route between the middle east and africa. On the same day, the Tunisian Coastguard said they retrieved the bodies of 19 migrants who had been trying to reach italy. The un has called crossing the mediterranean the deadliest route for