Are you an extremist . Next. Are you an extremist . Next. Im Polly Middlehurst and the top story in the gb newsroom tonight i at 9 01, Birmingham City council has approved a wave of budget cuts that have been described as a devastating double whammy of tax cuts and fewer public services. The fewer public services. The labour Led Authority is planning a 21 increase in council tax over two years, and £300 million worth of cuts to public services. Council leader john cotton, unrwa , vividly apologised to the unrwa, vividly apologised to the citys residents , blaming tory citys residents, blaming tory austero , 80, birminghams austero, 80, birminghams conservative leader, said though the cuts will mean streets arent clean and broken, street lights arent repaired and jeremy hunt is expected to ask councils to cut wasteful spending on equality and diversity programmes as he announces britains budget tomorrow. Its being suggested tomorrow. Its being suggested he could announce a £0. 02 in t
Hard left characters like the chris williamson. No, this hard left characters like the chris williamson. No, this is real. On another day, this would be the big story. Rwanda costs soan the big story. Rwanda costs soar. The government will have to pay £370 million under the uk, rwanda partnership, according to new reports. Can according to new reports. Can sunak salvage the scheme and is it worth the money . And uk eurovision release our entry to the music showpiece event Olly Alexander releases his song dizzy. Dizzy. Well, we have better look this time. So we have got a lot to get through in the next 2. 5 hours. Its 2. 5 hours. Well, it is actually and you know what . Its not only rochdales, not only rwanda. The im a bit concerned about gerry halliwells marriage because her husband is still in hot water. Well talk about this growing f1 scandal and let us know your thoughts this morning. Views at gb news. Com is gb views at gb news. Com is the address. First, the email address. First,
Households in the ahlsten supply area to use their tap water as normal, but theyre still advising around 2500 properties in hillhead upper parts of brixham and kingswear to continue to boil their Drinking Water before consuming it. Meanwhile olympian Dame Kelly Holmes has joined protesters today demonstrating about poor water quality. 37 protests are taking place in places including brighton, falmouth and edinburgh. Water Companies Say theyre spending more than £14 billion this year to protect waterways in england and wales. But campaigners emma jackson and Emma Pattinson are demanding tougher action. We want you to do something about the contamination of destroying our riverway and local governments , National Local governments, National Governments in safeguarding clean water, shepperton open water swim is a body of clean water. It naturally cleanses itself. The river testing that weve done versus the Water Testing of the lake shows five times over the levels that the Environment Ag
Can get on a pedalo these days, and its been a shocking six hours since ben leo was last on the channel so as per his contract, hes here as well and keeping order. We have two great guests, the gp and medical writer, doctor renee and the broadcaster and media commentator paula london. You know the drill. We each briefly know the drill. We each briefly give our view on an issue and then everyone weighs in and the fists are flying. And of course we want to know your views as well. Send your views and post your comments by visiting gbnews. Com yoursay but before we start tearing each other apart, it is saturday night news with sophia wenzler. Darren. Thank you. Good evening. Im sophia wenzler in the gb newsroom. Thousands of people can now safely drink their tap water again following a parasite outbreak south west water has today reduced the boil water notice in the brixham area following all clear test results. The number of confirmed cases of cryptosporidium in the brixham area is 46, b
Election , dont they . Well, election, dont they . Well, obviously its disappointing to lose good, hard working conservative councillors and im grateful to them for all their service in local government. Keeping council tax low and delivering services for local people. But weve still got lots of results to come as well. Just and there are also things that i would point to harlow, for example, where keir starmer held a rally just on wednesday saying that was a place that he had to win to be on track to win a general election. That hasnt happened, and indeed were still waiting for the result. In the tees valley mayoralty , just near tees valley mayoralty, just near to here, which is obviously a very important test as well. Very important test as well. Do you need to convince your party you can do better in a general election . Well, as i said, if keir starmer was in harlow on wednesday saying that was a place that he needed to win in order to win the next general election, that hasnt hap