Mortgage holders as its hiked Interest Rates for the 14th consecutive time. Well is this the peak and when will they start to come down . Well find out. Out. And the gb news exclusive, Charlie Peters has been investigating the London Hospital chaplain who used his annual leave to visit taliban leaders in afghanistan. Leaders in afghanistan. So today were asking you what do you think about greenpeace scaling the roof of the Prime Ministers house . What do you make of it . Do let us know. Gb views at cbnnews. Com. But first, lets cbnnews. Com. But first, lets get a news bulletin with Rhiannon Jones. Get a news bulletin with Rhiannon Jones. Thank you, ellie. Good morning. Its 931. Your top stories from the newsroom. Top stories from the newsroom. The private sector is being called on to help clear the nhs backlog and cut record high waiting lists. 13 new Community Diagnostic Centres will be opened across england to carry out hundreds of thousands of scans, checks and tests. Eight of the new facilities will be operated by independent companies, but services will be free to patients. Five will be run by the nhs. The latest figures show waiting lists almost hit 7. 5 million at the end of may. Thats the highest since records began. Liberal democrat mp for Edinburgh WestChristine Jardine says the Prime Minister should have acted soonen sooner. Soonen why didnt they do something before they were strikes . Why didnt they do something to support the tens of thousands of staff in the nhs whove been pushed to breaking point by three years of covid waiting lists . All of that at the resource. Was there. It was resource. Was there. It was available to the nhs to use. Why didnt he use it before . Now thatis didnt he use it before . Now that is what annoys me and that, you know, if there is something there that is possible to help people to cut back waiting lists, should have been lists, he should have been looking lists, he should have been loo donald trump , whos been donald trump, whos been accused of trying to overturn the 2020 president ial election result, has pleaded not guilty. Result, has pleaded not guilty. The former us president appeared in court to answer four charges, which include conspiracy to defraud the us. Prosecutors say his actions were an unprecedented effort to undermine the pillars of american democracy. Mr trump described it as a witch hunt to derail his white house campaign. Hes currently the front runner for the 2024 republican president ial nomination. When you look at whats happening , this is a persecution happening, this is a persecution of a political opponent. This was never supposed to happen in america , for this is the america, for this is the persecution of the person thats leading by very, very substantial numbers in the republican primary. And leading biden by a lot. Republican primary. And leading biden by a lot. So if you cant biden by a lot. So if you cant beat him, you persecute him or you prosecute him. We cant let this happen in america. This happen in america. Five activists involved in a stunt at the Prime Ministers house in North Yorkshire have been released on bail. Four of them who scaled the property and draped black fabric over his home where arrested on suspicion of causing criminal damage and pubuc of causing criminal damage and public nuisance. Rishi sunak public nuisance. Rishi sunak wasnt home. Hes currently on houday wasnt home. Hes currently on holiday with his family in california. The group was protesting against the Prime Ministers decision to grant new nonh ministers decision to grant new north sea oil and gas licences. North sea oil and gas licences. Us and the mayor of london has announced plans to expand the ulez scrappage scheme. All londoners with a non compliant car will now be able to apply for a grant of up to £2,000 to replace their vehicle critic say the changes are too little or too late. It comes after labour leader sir keir starmer urged sadiq khan to reflect on the ulez expansion following the partys byelection loss in uxbndge partys byelection loss in uxbridge last month. And you can uxbridge last month. And you can get more on all of those stories by visiting our website, gbnews. Com now, though, its back to ellen. Back to ellen. Martin welcome back. The time is 935. You are watching britains newsroom. And today we want to hear from you about your thoughts on greenpeace scaling the roof of the Prime Ministers yorkshire home. Now, nobody was at home at the time as the sunak family are on holiday in the united states. But they did occupy the roof for several hours and greenpeace posted this video on twitter from rishi sunak rooftop. Sunak rooftop. Im on the roof of the Prime Ministers house. Were all here because rishi sunak has opened the door for a new drilling frenzy in the north sea. This will be a disaster for the climate and it wont. Climate and it wont. Well, the greenpeace activists use ladders to get onto rishis roof and then unfurled oil black fabric down the side of the £2 million mansion. Five people were arrested on suspicion of causing criminal damage and public nuisance. They have since been released on pending further released on bail pending further enquiries. Enquiries. What do you make of it . What do you make of it . Martin an martin i think its an absolute outrage. I really think wherever your political alliances you cant be alliances lie, you cant be going to peoples homes, especially when they have kids. And theres been a huge trend of burglars targeting footballers when theyre away. And now we when theyre away. And now we know rishis away. The Prime Minister hes few quid. Minister hes worth a few quid. His worth a few quid. His missus is worth a few quid. Ithink his missus is worth a few quid. I think theyll be bad guys out there thinking. Lets go round rishis it. Theres rishis pad and rob it. Theres going huge security going to be a huge security implication terms implication for this in terms of National Security and his personal security. I think theyre bang out of order. Well, the principle of well, its the principle of it, isnt because i think it, isnt it . Because i think many , most people respect it, isnt it . Because i think marright , most people respect it, isnt it . Because i think marright to , most people respect it, isnt it . Because i think marright to peacefulpeople respect it, isnt it . Because i think marright to peaceful protest respect it, isnt it . Because i think marright to peaceful protest aspect the right to peaceful protest as long as youre not blocking anybody from getting hospital anybody from getting to hospital or roads, Just Stop Oil or blocking roads, Just Stop Oil or blocking roads, Just Stop Oil or whoever the group may be. Greenpeace, they would be allowed to protest outside an office or perhaps even on the street. But its Something Different when is a persons different when it is a persons home, and especially a persons home, and especially a persons home where there are children usually. So thats what doesnt sit right with, i think, many, many people. And we saw before when protesters targeted Jacob Rees Mogg at his home and was shouting at his kids and then another mob went to his somerset abode and vandalised it. I think its a step too far and i think its a step too far and i think its a step too far and i think its a sorry state of the political discourse in this nafion political discourse in this nation that those on the liberal left think the direct homes, the targeting like this is somehow now on the menu. I think its a step way too far. Well, do let us know what you think. Do you think it is step think. Do you think it is a step too do care . I know too far . Do you care . I know that some people that there are some people saying, nobody was in, saying, look, nobody was in, nobody was hurt. Doesnt look nobody was hurt. It doesnt look as been any as though theres been any criminal really criminal damage. Doesnt really matter. Let us know what matter. So do let us know what you vaiews gbnews. Com we you think. Vaiews gbnews. 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Yeah, and its fair to say they didnt like it up him. They certainly didnt. So stay tuned that. They certainly didnt. So staj okay. D that. They certainly didnt. So stajokay. Now that. They certainly didnt. So stajokay. Now further pressure okay. Now further pressure has mortgage has been placed on mortgage holders decision holders following the decision by england to hike by the bank of england to hike interest once again. Is it Interest Rates once again. Is it yet another bid to get inflation under control . But is the 14th consecutive rise in a row . But in a good sign for the Prime Minister, the bank said it expects the government to meet its promise to halve inflation by the end of the year. Well shadow chancellor Rachel Reeves has labelled the latest rise in Interest Rates as a hammer blow for working people, which did not need to happen. Well , lets talk about the well, lets talk about the very real human impact of this Interest Rate decision. Were joined now by founder of dads House Charity and foodbank billy mcgranaghan. Really good to see you this morning. Mcgranaghan. Really good to see you this morning. I mcgranaghan. Really good to see you this morning. I mean, how you this morning. I mean, how did you respond to that Interest Rate rise yesterday . Tell us how rate rise yesterday . Tell us how thats going to impact the people that you work with. Well, thats going to impact a dad who is probably a certain dad who is probably gone through family breakdown and is paying a mortgage and is still paying rent. And his new accommodation where weve got one dad whos actually gave up his new accommodation to move into his office because he cant afford to maintain the mortgage in the family home and maintain the rent to the landlord that he just moved in. And hes now using our food bank that the mother doesnt know about, you know, so theres so many different aspects of the Interest Rate that really, really hurts families all over the uk. And the phone calls that we get is pretty incredible. And we get is pretty incredible. And we got six heartbreaking telephone calls yesterday from from dads who are suicide because they genuinely have no idea to what do next. You know, ive got one dad who drives to manchester every second saturday and he cant afford petrol. You know , so its Interest Rates. Know, so its Interest Rates. Its the gas, the electric, you know , the food prices were know, the food prices were seeing everything. And ive never seen anything like it. You know. So i think weve been in recession for such a long time with the families that weve helped in our food bank. But now its hitting the middle classes like never before, you know, so its cascading down where the really, really they find it difficult to reach out and ask for help. And when they come to dads house, its a safe its a safe space for them. But we also help mums as well and families , help mums as well and families, you know, but its something thatis you know, but its something that is hitting everyone hard , that is hitting everyone hard, you know . So. Billy give us an indication if you can. Its a 14 consecutive Interest Rate rise. It feels Interest Rate rise. It feels like an endless cycle of pain since the pandemic. How have you typically seen the demands for your service at dads house increase in terms of the volume of approaches youve had . Well, i mean, weve helped over 60,000 families since lockdown covid we were open seven days a week and weve had to cut that back to five days a week. But within the food bank element, theres also a wellbeing element, you know, because Food Insecurity , many because Food Insecurity, many people are really shy about asking for help. You know , so we asking for help. You know, so we have yoga , we have guitar have yoga, we have guitar lessons that starts on tuesday, a jamming session for dads and kids. Weve got football night. Kids. Weve got football night. So when dads do come into dads house to find out, we have a food bank where they might not know that weve had a food bank and that helps the cost financially. When they do get the kids, you know, at the weekends. And its so important that theres no embarrassment. And we dont believe in a voucher system, you know, and so they come, they have a coffee, have a little chat, get the guitar out, you know, have a wee sing song , guitar out, you know, have a wee sing song, you guitar out, you know, have a wee sing song , you know, guitar out, you know, have a wee sing song, you know, and some dads as i said, theyre in tears, you know, because they dont what to do next, you dont know what to do next, you know, and theres a huge sense of shame, isnt there . Which wrong, it which is wrong, but it exists. Theres a barrier to reaching facilitate shows reaching out to facilitate shows like dads house, how do you break that mould . Because i know for men in particular, you know, you and i have worked together before. Done a great deal before. Weve done a great deal of work around of that male of work around sort of that male pride barrier. You pride as a barrier. How do you help sort of break that down help to sort of break that down and its okay to be and say, look, its okay to be to be weak, its to okay ask for help . Well, are working charity, well, we are working charity, you and were so different you know, and were so different where we have breakfast clubs. You know, we have lunch clubs for mums and dads. So when someone walks into to our office, everything is there, you know, yoga mats are on the floor, you know, the guitars are in, in the corner. The blokes react to yoga mats on the floor and most of them like me doing a downward dog you dont want to see. Honestly, i am absolutely useless. And annabel, she loves it. Shes a yogi , but its it. Shes a yogi, but its something that theres a warmth in dads house, you know, because we have so many different projects, you know, and weve got family law clinics, as i said, football, you know, and that was injured yesterday. So ive done a sir alex moment last night managing and im not a good manager. I want you to pick you up on the point that you made a little bit earlier about it hurting the middle class for the first time and it being like nothing youve seen before. These are men that are coming you who are are coming to you now who are potentially owners and have potentially home owners and have jobs still theyre jobs and still theyre struggling to put food on the table. Well, weve got dads who are wage of maybe 40 to are on on a wage of maybe 40 to 90,000 a year. So the more you earn, the more your expenses are, you know, so no one thinks your marriage is going to break down, you know , so we meet dads who you know, so we meet dads who are absolutely responsive model for the children, for the for their the kids mum, you know, because its not all anger or you know, youve got youve got dads who still love their ex you know , and the friends. Dads who still love their ex you know , and the friends. But pride know, and the friends. But pride kicks in when financially you cant afford things. So a lot of our dads are actually maxed out. They cant use their credit card or debit cards anymore. They just simply dont have it, you know . So we get parents calling us because theyre really concerned about their son, you know, or well get the kids mum calling us because theyre concerned about their former partner. Thats how thats how different we are. Were a family charity. Charity. Yeah. How can people find you if there are people watching and listening today and theyre finding in very finding themselves in very difficult stances . Difficult circum stances . Google dads house just just google dads house and also twitter, instagram. And and also twitter, instagram. And whats really important is that were trying to raise £100,000 and weve managed to raise just under £55,000. So so keep donating, keep coming, keep supporting single dads and families and kids because cause its really important that that family unit Stay Together , you family unit Stay Together, you know, and be a happy family unit i yeah, well, really, really good to see you this morning, billy. Thank you so much for coming. Shining a light really, on the very human impact all on the very human impact on all of tremendous. Of this tremendous. It really hits home, ali. And it really hits home, ali. You i think in our you know how i think in our minds, oh, minds, most people think, oh, food theyre people food banks, theyre for people at of the scale. Home at the bottom of the scale. Home owners, businessmen, fathers , owners, businessme