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Gb news. But first its the news with addison. With ray addison. Thanks, emily. Good afternoon. 1 01. Our top stories this hour. Parents are being told classroom closures due to crumbling concrete are not a return to the dark days of school lockdowns. Writing in the school lockdowns. Writing in the sun on sunday, education secretary Gillian Keegan said the government had no choice but to order the full or partial closure of more than 100 schools and colleges as labour is planning to force a vote to compel the pm to publish a list of all of the schools at risk. Shadow education secretary Bridget Phillipson saying the government should have acted sooner to appreciate that lots of parents across the country will be concerned because sadly, many children are not going to be able to return to education or will be moved into portacabins or alternative accommodation because of the risk that this kind of crumbling concrete is going to pose. It all feels very last minute and what were calling on the government to do is to publish a full list of all of the schools affected parents be affected so that parents can be confident about where the problems and theyre not problems are. And if theyre not prepared we will prepared to do that, we will force vote in parliament this force a vote in parliament this week it happen. Week to make it happen. Well, gareth is well, Gareth Davies is executive secretary to executive exchequer secretary to the treasury. Hes defended the governments actions, saying everything is being done to protect students. Protect students. Obviously this is incredibly serious, its very concerning, but most people in this country will not be affected by this. Parents will be told by their schools first and foremost whether theyre impacted. If whether theyre impacted. If parents watching this have not heard from their schools by the opening of schools, they should proceed to the school as normal. Thats been our priority. The education secretary will be making a statement, though , making a statement, though, later this week in the house of commons as the number of people crossing the channel in small boats has hit a new daily record for the year, 872 migrants in 15 dinghies were intercepted yesterday , with another two yesterday, with another two small boats making it to uk waters. Today, gb news can reveal the total number of people entering the country illegally has now passed 21,000 this year. The chancellor has renewed his pledge to halve inflation, saying its time to see the job through to. Speaking ahead of the next bank of england announcement on september 21st, jeremy hunt insists that the government is on track to reach the target this year. Labour is accusing him of being completely out of touch with the realities faced by families across the country. It comes as the latest country. It comes as the latest figures show that the uk economy recovered from the pandemic faster than previously expected. The boss of tesco is urging the government to make abuse or violence towards retail workers an offence. Writing in the mail on sunday, chief exec ken murphy said hes been forced to increase security measures and offer staff body cameras, physical assaults against tesco workers have risen by a third over the past year. He says thats unacceptable and described the impact on staff as heartbreaking. One person has heartbreaking. One person has died and tens of thousands more are stranded in the nevada desert after torrential rain turned the burning man festival into a mud bath. Us authorities into a mud bath. Us authorities have closed access to and from the site. Revellers have been asked to conserve food and water. More rain is expected over the next few days, prompting to some leave the event on foot trek to the nearest highway. North korea event on foot trek to the nearest highway. North korea has carried out a simulated Tactical Nuclear attack , according to nuclear attack, according to state media. The drill included two long range cruise missiles carrying mock nuclear warheads. Government tv channel rt says it was designed to, quote, warn enemies that the country is prepared if theres a nuclear war. It comes after pyongyang vowed to bolster military deterrence against washington and seoul , deterrence against washington and seoul, and the public will be consulted on plans for a permanent memorial to the late queen. Nearly a year after her death, organised by an independent committee. The tribute will consider Queen Elizabeths life of Public Service and the causes that she supported. It will also include a National Legacy programme and be unveiled in 2026. On what would have been her 100th birthday. Royal pageant master bruno peak says it needs to be a huge event. Memorial should be not just uk wide but commonwealth wide and something that could be organised every year as well, not just a statue , but something not just a statue, but something that could be organised, that could bring people together every year in memory of this wonderful, wonderful person. This is gb news across the uk on television , in your car, on television, in your car, on Digital Radio and on your Smart Speaker by saying, play gb news. Now lets get back to gb news sunday and. Emily thank you very sunday and. Emily thank you very much. Much. Ray so the government is attempting to reassure the nafion attempting to reassure the nation that theyve got the crumbling concrete schools under control. But its also been revealed that there could be deadly asbestos in some of these schools. So more than 100 wont open tomorrow because of safety concerns , unease over this concerns, unease over this aerated concrete that the chancellor has said that he will spend what it takes to tackle the crisis. But there are lots of calls for more transparency about the scale the problem. About the scale of the problem. Labour are also planning to use a use a vote to force the government publishing government into publishing a full comprehensive of all full comprehensive list of all the schools that may be affected. So joining me now is gb news Political Correspondent catherine forster. Catherine, thank you much. So as thank you very much. So as i said, the government is attempting to reassure, reassure us all that theyve got this under control and that theyre doing everything they can to tackle issue and get tackle this issue and get schools back to normal. The same schools back to normal. The same time, labour are piling on the pressure for the government to release some kind of comprehensive list. Yes yes, thats right. Yes, thats right. And really, this is the worst possible return to school. And for Parliament Mps will be back tomorrow because only late last week did we have the news that over 100 schools will have to close or partially close in england as of this coming week, when schools, pupils should be traipsing back into their classrooms and of course the government are saying theyll do whatever it takes , that safety whatever it takes, that safety of children must be paramount. Of children must be paramount. But quite rightly, of course. But quite rightly, of course. But quite rightly, of course. But coming in for a huge amount of criticism as why they are acting right now at the worst point, just when kids are about to go back to school and the very real possibility now of more more Online Learning such as they saw in lockdowns now the education secretary, Gillian Keegan , has said that this is to keegan, has said that this is to going be days rather than weeks. But is it really because, first of all, do they simply have all these experts just lying around available to go into schools and do this work right now . Very very quickly . I would think thats unlikely. And then, of course, we have the added complication of the asbestos, because very often in the roofs where this aerated concrete is, theres a layer of this. Then very often theres a layer of asbestos. Now asbestos is in a large number of schools. Its okay as long as it is not tinkered with or tampered with or moved. But getting the rated concrete out without disturbing the asbestos may prove very difficult indeed. Thats not something thats going to be able to done be done instantly. In fact , it could take many in fact, it could take many months and it may be that in certain instances its not even economically viable to do this. And it might result in schools having to be demolished. So for all the government are trying to reassure parents and School Leaders , is it really is a leaders, is it really is a disastrous start to the term. And of course, this is for england only in scotland, in Northern Ireland and in wales, they will now be having their own investigate actions. So its likely that this is going to spread and of course, as we have heard , its not just going to be heard, its not just going to be in School Buildings, is it . Its going to be in hospitals. Other pubuc going to be in hospitals. Other public buildings as well. So a really terrible start to the term. Yeah, it is. Term. Yeah, it is. Youre certainly yeah, it is. Youre certainly right in that respect. But it is only 150 schools or around that amount that that seem to be affected at the moment. As we know it. We obviously dont have that comprehensive list of schools that may or may not be affected. There are 20,000 schools. So i would ask, should this be being used . Should this be being politicise used . Because this is something that successive governments have known would become an issue . Known would become an issue . Sure thats very true. Now, labour are today saying this is all the fault of the conservative government , conservative government, particularly putting it at rishi sunaks door, saying that when he was chancellor the funding for School Infrastructure projects fell , saying that when projects fell, saying that when the Coalition Government came in in 2010, they scrapped labours building programme. But the truth is that success of governments, they always go, dont they, for the short term fix. So they often raid, you know , capital budgets to fund know, capital budgets to fund day to day spending for education, for health or whatever. So these buildings fall into disrepair. And there have been warnings about this concrete out for many, many years. They knew that it had a lifespan of about 30 years. What seems to have happened this summer is that in august, there were three incidents involved in it that made them realise that this was much more serious and much more urgent than they had previously thought. But previously thought. But certainly it does add doesnt it, to the sense that i think a lot of people have at the moment, that things are just not working as they should in terms of, you know, the nhs, the doctors strike still ongoing and you cant necessarily send your children back to school as you should be able to. As youve said, its a very, very small number of schools affected. But if its your child or your school being affected, thats very bad news indeed. Absolutely. Its the last thing you want to hear as a parent when youre scrambling around for school uniform, getting your ready for getting your children ready for school, and then you hear that your might be your school might actually be crumbling. Not good the crumbling. Not good pr for the government. In any case, thank government. In any case, thank you very much indeed. Catherine forster gb news, Political Correspondent there. Why correspondent there. So why dont what my panel make dont we see what my panel make of this today . Im joined by the saturday benjamin saturday five presenter Benjamin Butterworth and the director of the Culture Forum, peter the new Culture Forum, Peter Whittle. Much whittle. Thank you very much indeed benjamin, ill go to you indeed. Benjamin, ill go to you first. Catherine set the scene very well indeed there. So whos to blame . I mean , i do think that the i mean, i do think that the tories hold a real blame here because was programme because there was a programme that Labour Government had that the Labour Government had called building the called building schools for the future, was replace future, which was to replace lots old schools , lots of lots of old schools, lots of struggling buildings , and struggling buildings, and michael gove got rid of that when the government, the Coalition Government took over. Now , i read morning now, i read this morning comments he made 2016 saying comments he made in 2016 saying that mistake. He regretted that was a mistake. He regretted getting rid of programme getting rid of that programme and seeing the and i think were seeing the consequences of that as consequences of that because as the correspondent the Political Correspondent rightly pointed out, governments often go for short term and often go for the short term and we have this period of austerity to cut the size of the state and the public purse. The cost to the public purse. But looks like its come back but it looks like its come back to bite them and i think on a political level, seeing schools crumbling , seeing big mistakes crumbling, seeing big mistakes coming the woodwork , coming out of the woodwork, seeing government not seeing the government appear not to the of to know the extent of the problem. Think it feels like problem. I think it feels like it summarises how a lot of people about the tories at it summarises how a lot of peo momentabout the tories at it summarises how a lot of peo moment. out the tories at it summarises how a lot of peo moment. On the tories at it summarises how a lot of peo moment. On ahe tories at it summarises how a lot of peo moment. On a broader; at it summarises how a lot of peo moment. On a broader level, the moment. On a broader level, yeah, i mean, its quite a symbol, isnt it . Peter . But this austerity to blame , i dont think its that. Blame, i dont think its that. I mean , i think that there i mean, i think that there have been successive governments whove with this whove managed to live with this despite you say. Despite what you say. Benjamin , about the labour benjamin, about the labour plan. Plan. I think the thing is what will strike most people a bit will strike most people as a bit odd this is that asbestos odd about this is that asbestos was banned in 1985, right as i understand it, the situation now , particularly on the heels of the rac rac situation , its the rac rac situation, its a perfect storm in that in trying to get rid of the that concrete. Yeah they might expose themselves to asbestos. This is themselves to asbestos. This is the problem. I remember, you the problem. I remember, you know , my very first job, you know, my very first job, you know, my very first job, you know, as a very young man in the 19805 know, as a very young man in the 1980s was as an Insurance Broker at lloyds of london. Oh, really . And the sole claim that we had to deal with in the claims department was asbestos , claims department was asbestos, asbestosis claims. I mean, its asbestosis claims. I mean, its a terrible stuff. I think the problem really is , is a much problem really is, is a much longer one, which is that in the 19505 longer one, which is that in the 1950s and 60s and 70s, we just threw up buildings as basically as cheaply as we could. I was as cheaply as we could. I was thinking school was terrible of course, but i was thinking, what about all the Shopping Centres that up then, know , i that went up then, you know, i mean, just thrown up using mean, it just thrown up using cheap materials and so it is appalling. As you say, the appalling. As you say, the chickens are coming home to roost now and what do you do . I mean, i could understand if someone wanted to close all the schools. I dont say that lightly, but i mean, 150, you mentioned 20,000 schools. There must be thousands of schools with this problem. Yeah, must really. Yeah, there must be really. If. So many of them have been if. If so many of them have been built with this material and yeah, its pretty, pretty depressing to think that these schools were just built with a lifespan of years and no lifespan of 30 years and no government has actually bothered to about it until now. I to think about it until now. I mean, 1995, that was when there were warnings over some of these School Buildings and successive governments have just, you know , said, oh, well, well deal with that when it happens, presumably. I mean, i think the real issue here is that peter touches on is that it be 150 on is that it wont be 150 schools, right . That seems highly just the highly unlikely. Thats just the ones where it was most obvious. Ones where it was most obvious. Some people think that well, some people think that this blown out of all this is being blown out of all proportion because, you know, it is this amount of schools is this small amount of schools that are potentially going to have close few days, have to close for a few days, weeks, except that, weeks, months, except that, you know, primary know, if theyre a primary school, going have school, youre going to have maybe pupils. School, youre going to have maife pupils. School, youre going to have ma if theyre upils. School, youre going to have ma if theyre a ils. School, youre going to have ma if theyre a secondary if theyre a secondary school, can 1000, maybe school, you can have 1000, maybe even its the size of even 2000. If its the size of the one i went so thats the one i went to. So thats actually lot of pupils that actually a lot of pupils that are affected, lot families are affected, a lot of families and youre going to and i think what youre going to see a much greater number of see is a much greater number of schools out that theyre schools finding out that theyre affected, assessed affected, having these assessed points. Chancellor points. And the chancellor clearly know scale clearly doesnt know the scale of that, doesnt how of that, doesnt know how much its going when we its going to cost when we really of money really dont have a lot of money at moment. And you think at the moment. And you think about politics, about the politics, were probably months probably 12, maybe 13 months from general when from the general election when this is going play out this is going to play out through school year leading this is going to play out througpeople chool year leading this is going to play out througpeople chool yeewho |ding up to people deciding who they vote its a disaster for vote for. Its a disaster for the government as well as for parents. Well, yes, this will certainly be on peoples minds as well train strikes , as well as train strikes, doctors strikes , the economy. Doctors strikes, the economy. All of that. But lets move on. You are watching and listening to gb news sunday with me, emily carver. Let me know who you think is to blame. It just think is to blame. Is it just successive or should successive governments or should the have really sorted the tories have really sorted this lots more coming up on this out . Lots more coming up on todays let know todays show. Ill let you know exactly straight the exactly what straight after the weather jonathan in. Weather with jonathan in. Looks like things are heating up. Boxed boilers proud sponsors of weather on gb news is. Of weather on gb news is. Hello there. Im Jonathan Vautrey here with your latest gb news Weather Forecast provided by met office some cloud by the met office some cloud around for parts of scotland today and lingering along coastlines, but for many of us there is a fine amount of weather, so have managed to weather, so we have managed to enjoy it. That will so as enjoy it. That will remain so as we into this evening we head into this evening as well. End to the day well. A nice calm end to the day for some mist fog for most, some mist and fog though forming overnight, particularly lincolnshire particularly for lincolnshire and towards southeastern and down towards southeastern areas could be areas of england could also be quite northern quite murky for Northern Ireland. Areas of ireland. Southern areas of scotland well , but fairly scotland as well, but a fairly mild night of us towns mild night for most of us towns and around 13 and cities running up around 13 14 c under the lightest winds for Northern Ireland, northern england, we could drop into single a slightly single figures. So a slightly fresher monday morning fresher start to monday morning here. That early here. But again, once that early mist fog does clear its way mist and fog does clear its way off, be a fairly fine off, it should be a fairly fine and sunny many of us, and sunny day for many of us, quite blustery on coast of the west country. But the strong winds across the north be winds across the north will be easing the rain just easing a touch and the rain just mainly across mainly lingering across shetland. Highlands, shetland. So the highlands, the inner better inner hebrides seeing a better day monday to today day on monday compared to today with temperatures with that sunshine. Temperatures climbing up into glory. Also compared todays values compared to todays values widely high or 20s. Widely in the mid high or 20s. And that High Pressure is staying with us as we head into tuesday and well start tapping into a southerly flow of air from continental as well. From Continental Europe as well. So temperatures the so temperatures will be on the rise once again. A good amount rise once again. A good amount of sunshine off tuesday of sunshine to start off tuesday. Higher base cloud. A bit of higher base cloud around times. May make the around at times. May make the sunshine places. Sunshine hazy in places. And again some again still lingering along some coastal scotland. Coastal areas of scotland. But with sunshine and as with that sunshine and as mentioned, temperatures climbing towards 30 c, something we havent seen since the 7th of july by by looks like things are heating up. Boxed boilers proud sponsors of weather on gb news. Thank you, jonathan. So still to come this afternoon, tory mps fear rishi sunak will hand thousands of visas to india as part of a trade deal. But with net immigration already at a record high, should the Prime Minister accept the indian Prime Ministers demands in exchange for lower tariffs and more business . That and plenty more coming your way. Im emily carver. This is gb news, britains news. Channel welcome back to gb news. Sunday with me, emily carver on your tv, online and Digital Radio. Now, i think this is a very important story. Rishi sunakis very important story. Rishi sunak is facing fresh revolt sunak is facing a fresh revolt from his own mps over migration. Once again, there are fears that the Prime Minister will hand thousands of student visas to india as part of a bumper trade deal india as part of a bumper trade deal. So mps who are already concerned about net migration, which hit a record which of course hit a record high this year, are now threatening to force a vote in parliament over the deal. They dont to see as part dont want to see visas as part of this trade deal. So joining me director at the centre me now is director at the centre for and economic for migration and economic prosperity, stephen wolf. Prosperity, stephen wolf. Stephen, can you shed some light on this . Why are visas even part of this potential trade deal . Of this potential trade deal . Well its very important for the Indian Government to be seen to be able to open up markets for its own people and theyre using this trade deal with the United Kingdom to enable them to allow more of their students to come out to the uk and be educated here because they think theres an advantage for them coming back. But ive been speaking to many indians involved in this kind of educational link, and one of them said this morning is that part of the reason is , is that part of the reason is, is because the Indian Government is not invest ing enough in high quality education in its own country. And secondly, there is a real stigma for those who are not at the top end of the university in in india not being able to get jobs and therefore or if their students are being educated in the uk, they feel that they can get their own jobs back there much more easily. And back there much more easily. And so its a dual dual Success Story for india or the Indian Government if theyre able to get this deal through. So essentially they dont have enough decent, good quality universities in india to meet demand. Demand. And thats the issue here for india and thats impacting many of the young peoples abilities to be able to get high quality jobs backing those Growth Industries that they have in india. F do have some strong and they do have some strong growth got Growth Industries. Theyve got some growth sectors, they some growth sectors, but they dont feel that from the universities. Theyre to going theyre looked upon theyre being looked upon as favourable. So therefore, for favourable. So therefore, for them, view is lets get them, their view is lets get educated abroad. And secondly, educated abroad. And secondly, if look at some of the real if you look at some of the real big Success Stories in the united states, some of the biggest companies, we had twitter the ceo, agrawal twitter with the ceo, agrawal was from india. We have many other companies that have big indian Success Stories. They indian Success Stories. They feel that they can also make it abroad. And so trying to abroad. And so hes trying to give a Success Story to his own people enabling them to people by enabling them to come to the question in the to the uk. The question in the uk has to ask is what is the big benefit for us in accepting the large numbers . Bearing in mind that this year the Indian Students coming to the uk was the largest sector of foreign students coming here . Well, this is a thing. It seems like weve already signed up to this deal when it comes to Free Movement , or at least or Free Movement, or at least or more movement of indians to this country. Because im just country. Because im just looking the statistics here. Looking at the statistics here. Total of 142,848 study visas were granted to india last year. That was an increase of 50 on the year before. So were the year before. So were already giving out visas willy nilly when it comes to study visas. So i cant imagine how many more we could possibly offer. Hundreds of thousands. Offer. Hundreds of thousands. Well, i think unfortunately, its also part of the governments policy that they want to try and bring in as many more foreign students pay more foreign students to pay higher over here from higher fees over here from across the across the globe. They see our Education System as being one that we can sell abroad and make some Foreign Exchange dollars, pounds, currencies , whatever they want currencies, whatever they want over into the uk, there is a big problem with that one that were noticing across the spectrum in the uk is that weve already heard stories that there are many universities placing foreign students ahead of the numbers coming from the uk. So our own students are struggling. Second, we had really the appalling story this week in huddersfield where students were actually removed from their accommodation that they were going to be in for their studies and replaced by those who are now coming across on the boats and so there does seem to be in the education sphere a way that they look at home grown students as second class citizens to the money that can be made from foreign students abroad. Foreign students abroad. Yeah, absolutely. I worry that propping up pretty that were propping up pretty shoddy with foreign shoddy universities with foreign students, but thats another debate to be had. Thank you very much indeed, Stephen Woolf there from for migration from the centre for migration and economic prosperity. Thank and economic prosperity. Thank you much indeed. Well, to you very much indeed. Well, to my panel now, peter, what do you think should we be handing out visas in exchange for lower tariffs on goods for and more Business Opportunities with india . Should that even be a india . Should that even be a part of a trade deal . No, of course it shouldnt , no, of course it shouldnt, but it will be probably an and he also will accept it. Rishi sunak the fact is, is that from what stephen wolf was saying there about india, dont mean to sound harsh, but if they have a shortage of very good top flight universities, then build some use use some use some money from their Space Programme to build some universities. This their Space Programme to build some universities. This is a very important thing, really. Emily because again, what it does, it presents us all with a fait accompli that somehow or other weve got to accept this. And i dont think there will be a tory rebellion. They havent rebelled against anything in god knows how many years. And this will increase the number of migrants coming. Well, this is what we hear. We hear Suella Braverman is unhappy with the idea source. Okay. But okay. Big deal that shes unhappy. Big deal that shes unhappy. The fact is as well is that, as you said, as you alluded to, there, a lot of the students come. This is one way, actually, of sort of disappearing. And basically becoming a full time migrant. Migrant. You get work visa after until quite recently. Quite recently. In fact, you could bring your dependents. I mean, this came as a big shock to many people that actually you could bring family , dependents, students bringing dependents. Now, what is that about . Yeah, but the government about . Yeah, but the government did actually rein that in. Not completely , but theyve sort of completely, but theyve sort of restricted it now. I think the restricted it now. I think the problem is, is that everything that the government says about migration has to be taken to be a lie. A lie. Well, a lot of people would agree with you, peter benjamin, is this a betrayal of the brexit vote . Because a lot of people voted brexit because they wanted more control of borders. And more control of borders. And then we see now with brexit freedoms, the government is well handing out visas to get lower tariffs. Well, the problem with the brexit argument put forward was they said you could have your cake eat and you cant. Cake and eat it and you cant. You have to some you have to make some compromises. Go out compromises. You cant go out and these trade deals that and get these trade deals that may worth billions. And the may be worth billions. And the Indian Economy is worth £2 trillion. Its about the Fastest Growing at the moment. Its trillion. Its about the Fastest Growing at the moment. Its the growing at the moment. Its the most populous nation on earth. Its overtaken china. Theyre going to the sun, apparently. Well, indeed, read that. Going to the sun, apparently. So ll, indeed, read that. Going to the sun, apparently. So i, indeed, read that. Going to the sun, apparently. So i thinked, read that. Going to the sun, apparently. So i think we read that. Going to the sun, apparently. So i think we would that. Going to the sun, apparently. So i think we would bet. So i think we would be incredibly stupid as a country to rule out a deal that gives more access for our Service Industry to india , such a vital industry to india, such a vital economy in relationship for the sake of a few student visas , a few. Its going to be hundreds of thousands. Weve already got 150,000 and we should be delighted take them because delighted to take them because you about housing you were talking about housing crisis housing crisis . Crisis. What housing crisis . Let address that. So first let me address that. So first of all, were about of all, you were talking about how have enough top how they dont have enough top flight talking flight uni. So were talking about students. About talented students. We should want talented 18 year olds, to come to olds, probably to come to britain to get their education, to use their entrepreneurial skills here, which is what wed get out of it. And when it comes to the fact that theyre students, course, students, well, of course, universities have student accommodation. So its accommodation for those. So its not it has not any more not like it has not any more housing that, there housing sector that, yes, there will some high flyers coming will be some high flyers coming over from india who could potentially lot of potentially bring a lot of expertise in the future. Expertise in the future. And if they do end up working here, they could be the great entrepreneurs of tomorrow. But entrepreneurs of tomorrow. But there a lot who go to there will be a lot who go to pretty universities. And pretty shoddy universities. And we to ask ourselves whether we have to ask ourselves whether that worth worth it, really, that is worth worth it, really, particularly when we have a housing crisis. But lots of you housing crisis. But lots of you have been getting in touch today. De visas, john says, today. De on visas, john says, we letting ourselves we are really letting ourselves in trouble. If india in for some trouble. If india gets a deal, their gets a deal, trade on their terms, terms terms, trade deal on their terms , just where are we going to house . British house . Everyone will british people the back people once again be at the back of for housing . Were of the queue for housing . Were going to be talking actually about pressure on local about the pressure on local authorities later because the government asylum government is processing asylum claims. Really, really claims. Really really, really quickly try and get rid quickly now to try and get rid of the backlog. But what does quickly now to try and get rid of tilook klog. But what does quickly now to try and get rid of tilook like]. But what does quickly now to try and get rid of tilook like foriut what does quickly now to try and get rid of tilook like for local1at does that look like for local authorities who have to find housing . And the concrete housing . And on the concrete crisis, andrew says of crisis, andrew says lots of parents used up their parents would have used up their holidays. Government to holidays. Is the government to going compensate if kids going compensate parents if kids have schoolwork have to do their schoolwork from home . Worry home . Yes, this is the worry that its going to be more zoom schooling for many pupils, john says. How is it that we manage to find billions to house people who the country illegally who enter the country illegally but funds to build who enter the country illegally but schools funds to build who enter the country illegally but schools and funds to build who enter the country illegally but schools and hospitals . Yuild who enter the country illegally but schools and hospitals . Well, new schools and hospitals . Well, its a political choice, isnt it . Political priorities. Please do coming in. Do keep your views coming in. Subscribe our youtube subscribe to our youtube channel. Us our channel. Follow us on our socials. Were at gb news. This is gb news sunday. With me, emily carver. Up this emily carver. Coming up this afternoon, offenders afternoon, domestic offenders who set to be who leave prison are set to be ankle tagged. Will it really help protect victims . First, help protect victims . But first, its the news with. Ray its the news with. Ray thanks, emily. 1 32. Im ray addison in the newsroom. Our top addison in the newsroom. Our top stories this hour. Parents are being told classroom closures due to crumbling concrete are not a return to the dark days of school lockdowns. Writing in the sun on sunday, the education secretary said the government had no choice but to order the full or partial closure of more than 100 schools and colleges. Than 100 schools and colleges. Labouris than 100 schools and colleges. Labour is planning to force a vote to compel the Prime Minister to publish a list of all of the schools at risk. The all of the schools at risk. The number of people crossing the channelin number of people crossing the channel in small boats has hit a new daily record for the year 872 migrants in 15 dinghies were intercepted yesterday day, with another two small boats making it to uk waters. Today, gb news can reveal the total number of people entering the country illegally has now passed 21,000 this year. Illegally has now passed 21,000 this year. The chancellor has renewed his pledge to halve inflation, saying its time to see the job through. Speaking ahead of the next bank of england announcement on september 21st, jeremy hunt insisted the governments on track to reach the target this year. Track to reach the target this year. However, labour is year. However, labour is accusing him of being completely out of touch with the realities faced by families across the country. And the boss of tesco country. And the boss of tesco is urging the government to make abuse or violence towards retail workers an offence. Writing in the mail on sunday, the chief exec , ken murphy, said hes been exec, ken murphy, said hes been forced to increase security measures and other and offer staff bodycams. It says physical staff bodycams. It says physical assaults against tesco workers have risen by a third over the past year. You can get more on past year. You can get more on all of those stories by visiting our website , gbnews. Com. Our website, gbnews. Com. Thank you very much, ray. So Domestic Abusers could be forced to wear ankle tags when theyre released from prison. Around 500 released from prison. Around 500 offenders will be tagged as part offenders will be tagged as part of a pilot scheme in the midlands, which means their location can be tracked and a curfew be enforced first. Curfew can be enforced first. The scheme is expected be the scheme is expected to be rolled out across england and wales next year. So is this a goodidea . Wales next year. So is this a good idea . Im going to talk to former detective peter former met detective Peter Bleksley to get view on bleksley to get his view on this. Is this what we this. Peter, is this what we should be doing with prisoners who already been released . Who have already been released . Presumably theyve served their time and then we slap a ankle tag on them just to be safe. Tag on them just to be safe. Well, the trouble is that prisoners are often released before the full end of their term. If theyve behaved themselves when theyve been behind bars. When theyve been behind bars. So they still, in effect, are released on licence. And of released on licence. And of course, when somebody is released in that way, conditions can be imposed upon them. Now the thing is about odious crimes of Domestic Abuse is that it is so often about control. They control all abusive, violent and coercive relationships , ships coercive relationships, ships and these prisoners , even when and these prisoners, even when theyre sent to jail , will theyre sent to jail, will sometimes try and make unwanted contact with the victims as they try to extend that control from behind prison bars. Try to extend that control from behind prison bars. And so it behind prison bars. And so it can continue after their release. So im all about the victims here. And if this pilot is successful and it does reduce the amount of unwanted control that prisoners try to exert over their former victims , then their former victims, then i would actually be in support of it. Now, we were talking about electronic tags the other day because the government were potentially seeing it as an alternative to detain ing migrants while their asylum cases are being looked at, while their asylum claims are being looked at. And one of the concerns was that it you could simply just cut it off if yes , simply just cut it off if yes, and we did. Unfortunately see very irritating videos last week of Asylum Seekers doing exactly that, of mocking the very system that, of mocking the very system that theyre supposed to be a part of. Yes. These tags can be removed. They do, of course, set removed. They do, of course, set off an alarm when theyre removed in that way , when removed in that way, when theyre cut off. But then of course , it puts a whole new course, it puts a whole new process into place because somebody has got to try and track these people down. And particularly with criminals who remove their tags, there is a lot of police time spent in trying to track down offenders who are in breach of their conditions. Because because theyve removed their tag. So then they should be captured and returned to jail. None of these systems of tagging are monitoring are perfect. Unfortunately but if it helps one victim, if it prevents one former offender from reoffending, then i think that would be a good thing. Would be a good thing. So i guess a lot of people will be wonder, saying why if these as criminals, former criminals have been are at risk, are deemed to be still a risk to people, why theyve been released from prison in the first place. Is this just because our prisons are over full . Well well yes. And im a well well yes. And im a strident critic of the police sometimes, but clearly they do do some work because our prisons are full together with other Law Enforcement agencies. But the hardened , simple fact is very , hardened, simple fact is very, very few people receive indeterminate sentences. So when indeterminate sentences. So when they come to the end of that, if they come to the end of that, if they have behaved themselves whilst theyve been behind bars and they are deemed suitable for parole , then they get released. Parole, then they get released. Of course, this is not to say that somebody upon release is a reformed, rehabilitated character willing to re enter into society as a contributing member of the general public. No, sadly , some people get no, sadly, some people get released from prison and they are very much not rehabilitated. But there is little a system can do until they re offend. Then its kind of rinse and repeat and those people often find themselves back in prison. Well, ill be interested to see how this pilot scheme plays out, how it goes. Essentially. Thank you very much indeed. Former met detective Peter Bleksley there, giving his take on tagging released prisoners. What do you think about this, benjamin . Do you worry about the Civil Liberties if theyve gone through justice system, through the justice system, should be tagged after should they then be tagged after theyve released . Theyve been released . Really , because, you not really, because, you know, has something know, this has been something thats for a long thats been around for a long time. Lot of prisoners have time. A lot of prisoners have been released on the on the requirement that this requirement that they have this sometimes while. And sometimes for quite a while. And i whove been a i think people whove been a victim often victim of Domestic Abuse often are very fearful when the offender comes out that they could turn up at any time. Um, and this would clearly reduce the chances that because an the chances of that because an alert off as as alert would go off as soon as they get anywhere they tried to get anywhere near that but i think that victims home. But i think the problem is that, you that victims home. But i think the youoblem is that, you that victims home. But i think the you shouldis that, you that victims home. But i think the you should be hat, you that victims home. But i think the you should be tryingyu that victims home. But i think the you should be trying to know, you should be trying to rehabilitate these people because otherwise there will be a point this tag has to be a point when this tag has to be taken off, when its all been served. You could be served. And then you could be back to square one if theyve not changed their character, if theyve not changed their behaviours, if theyre still ostracised from being a constructive society. Constructive member of society. Definitely. I mean, you yeah, definitely. I mean, you wouldnt really want to tag people indefinitely, would you . Peter well, i think its sort of almost beside the point really. I mean tagging is really. I mean tagging is another one of these signs of weakness , as you know, in the weakness, as you know, in the legal system, tagging people. I think you made the point actually. I mean, its quite right. If is considered right. If someone is considered to be a threat by either the police or the parole board or whoever it is , what the hell are whoever it is, what the hell are they released from they doing being released from prison . Simple as that. Prison . Its as simple as that. It also makes one wonder, you know, would people in the family home, for example , if its home, for example, if its Domestic Abuse, would they be walking them back anyway . I mean , this is this is a something obviously to consider. I think the other thing as well, as we, as you said, is that apparently these tags might well be the sort you can just cut off with scissors as weve already discussed. To me, it seems that its not a question of Civil Liberties or any of these things. Its simply a question of a lack of will and a lack of strength in actually enforcing real punishment. And if youve been abused by your partner , knowing that your partner, knowing that theyve been tagged would be of some comfort and reassurance. Why should you why should you try and rehabilitate . Try and rehabilitate . I mean, you mentioned well, theres no point in the whole system if you dont and system if you dont try and rehabilitate. Thats not rehabilitate. No, no, thats not the point of punishment. On. But but hang on. But but hang on. Prison. And the law is punish prison. And the law is to punish. Right. Weve lost to punish. Right. Weve lost weve lost sight of this. Really. Its not to rehabilitate someone whos been knocking about a woman, for example , a about a woman, for example, a guy whos been knocking about his wife or abusing or whatever. Hes i dont really care whether hes rehabilitated or not. Actually. That doesnt make any sense. Peter if theyre not peter because if theyre not rehabilitated, re offend. Rehabilitated, they re offend. And the options you and those are the options you have is have now. Punishment is obviously part of obviously an essential part of the getting someone the journey to getting someone to rehabilitate. Did they to be rehabilitate. Did they have learn lesson . If have to learn their lesson . If youre trying to reconstruct youre not trying to reconstruct their then we get. Im not worried. Im im far more worried about the victims. Im far more worried about the people who are the sufferers of Domestic Abuse. Frankly , i Domestic Abuse. And frankly, i dont care if they re offend. Dont care if they re offend. Well, no, but the thing is, the way that is just simply way of doing that is just simply to you if you take that line to if you if you take that line is hand far more is to just hand out far more stiff sentences and keep them in prison for the full term of the sentence and not let them out with some stupid thing around their leg or wherever it goes. This is the point, well, this is the point, isnt that we dont have isnt it, that we dont have enough prison space, so were letting there were letting out criminals there were more too early. More prisons far too early. Build giving build prisons and not giving people sentences that they deserve. Deserve. But when we have more people in prison, you know, if you were to compare us to america, which has know, obviously has has you know, it obviously has the it has much the death penalty, it has much longer sentences for various crimes like drug dealing or rape or murder. And yet they have or murder. And yet they have much higher rates than us. And so that were the golden so if that were the golden bullet, if that were the solution that fixed this, you wouldnt see that scenario. You wouldnt see that scenario. You look countries like look at countries like scandinavian and they scandinavian countries and they have lower reoffending have much lower reoffending rates greater focus on rates and much greater focus on rehabilitation. Rehabilitation. Well, i think that frank plea, people who are to prone Domestic Abuse , you know, who Domestic Abuse, you know, who are basically meting it out, are likely to do it again. Ive got no data, you know, for that. I just think they should be put away for as long as possible, as simple as that. But the whole idea of tags is very interesting. The different view you both have on what prison is there for punish first, youre more concerned with rehabilitation. A lot of people think that people cant change that. A Domestic Abuser may always be a Domestic Abusen abuser may always be a Domestic Abuser. Do you refer route that . Would you completely disagree with that . No one is born evil. No ones born a menace. No one. Everyone can change. You know, the whole system , you know, the whole system, the whole society would be aimless if we were to believe that that were impossible. Right. Because Domestic Abuse is among the most abhorrent crimes. Because, you know, puts the. Because, you know, it puts the other in prison while other person in a prison while theyre victim it. And theyre the victim of it. And potentially afterwards because they fear theyre going to come back. You know, who back. But you know, people who are domestically abused tend to have psychological have quite serious psychological problems to problems themselves. It tends to come from desperate insecurity, maybe traumas that theyre maybe from traumas that theyre acting it doesnt make acting out. And it doesnt make any that remotely acceptable any of that remotely acceptable. But think that they somehow. But to think that they somehow became way in became, um, that way in isolation in some kind of vacuum isolation in some kind of vacuum is clearly not a that is of course true. That is of course true. But then you go down the rabbit hole of, of well, essentially always giving excuse. And then where giving an excuse. And then where does punishment come in . Does the punishment come in . Possible. In answer to it is possible. In answer to your original question, for people bad. I it is people to be bad. I mean, it is entirely possible , the idea that entirely possible, the idea that somehow other ones got to somehow or other ones got to look at their background to see how they were treated by their parents, whatever mean, parents, whatever i mean, we have doesnt the victim , have doesnt help the victim, does this is im talking does it . We this is im talking about we about the perpetrators here. We have been taking this approach. Then weve been taking it for what is it now about half a century , right. It doesnt work century, right. It doesnt work. Its as simple as that. And when i hear everything about tags , again, to repeat myself, tags, again, to repeat myself, i just think , you know, basically just think, you know, basically weve got an established moment generally when it comes to law and order who dont like punishment. And order who dont like punishment. Right. They really do believe, like you do , that do believe, like you do, that somehow other people are not somehow or other people are not really bad. They kind of they were made to do it somehow , were made to do it somehow, usually by peter, by economics. Usually by peter, by economics. Lets see what people at home think is prison there for first and foremost, punishment or for rehabilitation. Let me know. Rehabilitation. Let me know. Weve got lots more coming up on todays show. Are you fed up with celebrity climate hypocrites . British hypocrites . I am. British actress eco warrior emma actress and eco warrior Emma Thompson been caught out on thompson has been caught out on a superyacht. Be a superyacht. Well be discussing emily discussing that next. Im emily carver watching and carver and you are watching and listening news, britains listening to gb news, britains news. Thursdays from six till 930. Thursdays from six till 930. Welcome back to gb news sunday with me , emily carver on sunday with me, emily carver on your tv online and Digital Radio. Lots of you have been getting in touch on everything weve been discussing on the concrete schools, concrete crisis in schools, lynn says. Concrete crisis in schools, lynn says. Main is whether says. My main concern is whether this material used in this material was used in multi storey car parks. If so, this catastrophic , this could prove catastrophic, with the transfer being pushed to vehicles. So these to electric vehicles. So these cars a lot heavier than cars are a lot heavier than traditional cars, dread to traditional cars, and i dread to think damage this could think what damage this could cause. People have cause. Yes, lots of people have been mentioning that actually as a massive we a potential massive problem we might with these electric might face with these electric vehicles indian student vehicles on indian student visas. Andrew says. India, who we have donated to for decades, is overtaking now is already overtaking us and now we potentially prioritising we are potentially prioritising Indian Students over british. What does this mean for our future . We had another one from della who said, id rather see young brits filling all of our university places and becoming future the uk future entrepreneurs for the uk instead selling off our instead of selling off our Education System to wealthy outsiders. I think you make outsiders. I think you make a good point. Lots of would good point. Lots of people would agree do agree with you there. Please do keep views coming in, but keep your views coming in, but were move on to were going to move on to something has annoyed me. Something which has annoyed me. It also made me laugh, admittedly, because climate protesters struck again now protesters have struck again now this week. They interrupted a performance of romeo and juliet at Londons Sadlers wells theatre , demanding an end to the theatre, demanding an end to the theatres partnership with barclays. It comes as more. Now this is the funny bit. It comes as more climate hypocrisy has been on display courtesy of actress and eco warrior Emma Thompson. Shes been spotted cruising around on a £200 million super yacht around venice , where she was attending venice, where she was attending an awards ceremony. She even an awards ceremony. She even tried to claim the event was good for the climate. Lets have a listen. Huge. Huge. Triumph for the for a huge triumph for the for the climate for ecuador, for the planet , for women, because as planet, for women, because as you know , women are at the you know, women are at the cutting edge. Theyre at the coalface of Climate Change everywhere because its women who are going without water in the Rural Communities where there is no water, its women who are having to collect the water. Try to make food, try to theres women who are suffering where Climate Change is having its worst effects , all very its worst effects, all very worthy from a very sober Emma Thompson there. Now. But this isnt the first time shes been caught out being a climate action. A hypocrite over climate action. She racked thousands air she racked up thousands of air miles flying to london, miles flying from la to london, all join an extinction all to join an Extinction Rebellion demonstrators march. Rebellion demonstrators march. So im asking, should do as i say , not as i do. Celebrities say, not as i do. Celebrities give it a rest when it comes to Climate Change. So lets see what my panel think of this. I think some strong think weve got some strong views. Thompson, views. Peter Emma Thompson, fantastic , in my fantastic actress, in my opinion. But she is god awful when it comes to this climate hypocrisy. She is. I agree with you, by the way. One of our finest actresses. But the fact is she actresses. But the fact is she shes particularly annoying because shes got a very irritating manner and so you sort of when she starts justifying it, it turns people off. Its so predictable. Emily, this its so there are kind of a whole set really of causes of which this is the latest one, which this is the latest one, which basically celebrities will always sign up to. And the point about Emma Thompson is that she seems to lack self awareness. Seems to lack self awareness. This this is this is the point. If you are going to be, you know , set yourself up as an eco warrior celebrity , eco warrior, warrior celebrity, eco warrior, then does it not sort of occur to you to think maybe i shouldnt be on this yacht, even though id like to, but maybe i should just from a pr point of view alone , maybe i should just view alone, maybe i should just not or at least not not go on it or at least not sort like go have sort of like go and have a picture. I think shes doing this something. Picture. I think shes doing this somegesticulating wildly she was gesticulating wildly , almost like saying, you know, just come and photograph me, please. Remember actually when she i remember actually when she was up, when you mentioned it, actually, when came the actually, when she came to the extinction and was Extinction Rebellion and she was on with her dungarees and everything and she was on the bus and the reporters sort of asked him, you know, did you take a first class flight here . And she said, oh, of course. And you think, where is who you sort of think, where is who is advising you . Cares. You know, dont she cares. You know, i dont think about she think she cares about how she appears because shes so successful she all successful and she has all these other they all other lovely mates and they all love theyre love her and theyre all brilliant arent brilliant, arent they, benjamin . You know , can benjamin . But you know, can you see why annoys people . See why this annoys people . I mean, id love to one of i mean, id love to be one of Emma Thompsons lovely mates. Yeah, im sure. Bet yeah, im sure. I bet you would. Em en look, first of all, i mean, look, first of all, this yacht in venice, if this super yacht in venice, if it were moored because it were sort of moored because she the film she was there for the film festival, really festival, then i really dont think quite same as think thats quite the same as as having travelled across as her having travelled across the it looked she the world on it looked like she was Climate Crisis. Was saying Climate Crisis. Crisis . What Climate Crisis . What Climate Crisis . Shes essentially i mean, shes essentially sitting floating restaurant sitting on a floating restaurant in really. So i in that scenario, really. So i think to think its a bit much to criticise her. But the criticise her. But look, the problem is the whole its very generous. Benjamin the problem problem is the whole its very gener whole njamin the problem problem is the whole its very gener whole system the problem problem is the whole its very gener whole system that3roblem problem is the whole its very gener whole system that3rotlive is the whole system that we live in, it is built in a in, you know, it is built in a way that the planet itself cannot cope with, and we have to change eyes when you say i roll my eyes when you say system because are thats system because people are thats the youre going the point. If youre to going opine climate opine about the Climate Emergency , we you probably emergency, we you probably should at least start with changing your own behaviour rather you blaming rather than, you know, blaming the that means. The system, whatever that means. I mean, the system of exchange and trade, these are all Natural Instincts that people have. I think, you know, again, is this not one of the things that really turned people off . Harry and meghan as i this and meghan as well . I mean, this preaching is always on the same issues. They preach and preach. Issues. They preach and preach. These acceptable views. Theyre all the acceptable views. Exactly that it is the same old views. But exactly that it is the same old views. But were going to have to cut that short because its to look at the weather its time to look at the weather with jonathan. With jonathan. That warm feeling inside from boxt boilers, proud sponsors of weather on. Gb news. Weather on. Gb news. Hello there. Im Jonathan Vautrey here with your latest gb news Weather Forecast provided by the met office. Some cloud around for parts of scotland today and lingering along coastlines, but for many of us there is a fine amount of weather, so we have managed to enjoy it. That will remain so as we into this evening we head into this evening as well. Calm to the day well. A nice calm end to the day for most, some mist and fog though overnight, though forming overnight, particularly for lincolnshire down southeastern areas down towards southeastern areas of also be quite of england could also be quite murky ireland. Murky for Northern Ireland. Southern scotland as southern areas of scotland as well, a fairly mild night well, but a fairly mild night for most of us. Towns and cities only around 1314 c under the only up around 1314 c under the lightest winds for Northern Ireland, northern england, we could single figures. Could drop into single figures. So fresher to so a slightly fresher start to monday again, monday morning here. But again, once early mist fog once that early mist and fog does clear off, it does clear its way off, it should fairly fine and should be a fairly fine and sunny day for many of us. Quite blustery around of the blustery around coast of the west country. But the strong west country. But the strong winds north will be winds across the north will be easing and the easing a touch. And the rain just lingering just mainly lingering across shetland. Highlands, the shetland. So the highlands, the inner seeing a better inner hebrides seeing a better day compared to today day on monday compared to today with that sunshine. Temperatures climbing degree. Climbing up into degree. Also compared todays values, compared to todays values, widely the high or 20s. Widely in the mid high or 20s. And that High Pressure is staying with us as we head into tuesday and well start tapping into southerly flow air tuesday and well start tapping into continentalflow air tuesday and well start tapping into Continental Europe air tuesday and well start tapping into Continental Europe as well from Continental Europe as well. Temperatures be on the. So temperatures will be on the rise once again. A good amount of sunshine to start off tuesday. Bit higher base tuesday. A bit of higher base cloud around at times may make the places the sunshine hazy in places and again, still lingering along some coastal areas of scotland. Some coastal areas of scotland. But with sunshine, as but with that sunshine, as mentioned temperatures climbing mentioned, temperatures climbing towards something we towards 30 c, something we havent seen since the 7th of july by by the temperatures rising, boxt solar, proud sponsors of weather on. Gb news sponsors of weather on. Gb news 30 degrees. Thats positively scorching lots to look forward to this week, it seems. Thank you very much, jonathan, for that. But weve got lots more coming up this afternoon. Yesterday was a record day of channel crossings. This year. Record day of channel crossings. This year. Have completely this year. Have we completely lost our borders . I lost control of our borders . I think the answer think we know the answer to that. Of and more to that. All of that and more to come. Emily carver and come. Im emily carver and youre watching and listening to gb news channel hello. Welcome to gb news sunday. Thank you for joining hello. Welcome to gb news sunday. Thank you forjoining us sunday. Thank you for joining us this lunchtime. Im emily carver. For the next hour, i will be keeping you company on tv, and so coming tv, online and radio. So coming up this hour, 21,000 people have now crossed the English Channel in small boats just this year with a record 872 arriving yesterday alone. Quite incredible. Now, in an effort to incredible. Now, in an effort to clear the massive asylum backlog, the government is now processing over 2000 cases. We weekly. But im worried, are we one step away from a complete open door policy to try and get this backlog under control then . Is starmer getting the knives out ahead of the next election . The labour leader is reportedly considering getting rid of up to a dozen mps in a grand election, ready purge. But is starmer counting his chickens before they hatch . And who are these they hatch . And who are these problematic mps . And coming up problematic mps . And coming up at the end of the hour, a canadian cricketer is set to become the first transgender person to play in an official international match. But is it fair on the other female competitors . Ill be asking that. And do get in touch. Send us your thoughts on gbviews gbnews. Com. Send me a message on our socials. Were at gb news. But first, its the news with. Ray news with. Ray thanks, emily. Good afternoon. One minute past to our top stories. Parents are being told classroom closures due to crumbling concrete are not to return to the dark days of school lockdowns. Writing in the sun on sunday, the education secretary said the government had no choice but to order the full or partial closure of more than 100 schools and colleges. Than 100 schools and colleges. Labouris than 100 schools and colleges. Labour is planning to force a vote to compel the Prime Minister to publish a list of all of the buildings at risk. Shadow education secretary Bridget Phillipson says the government should have acted sooner. Soonen i soonen i appreciate that lots of parents across the country will be concerned because sadly many children are not going to be able to return to education or will be moved into portacabins or alternative accommodation because of the risk that this kind of crumbling concrete is going to pose. It all feels very last minute. And were last minute. And what were calling on the government to do last minute. And what were cat01g on the government to do last minute. And what were cato publishe government to do last minute. And what were cato publish agovernment to do last minute. And what were cato publish a full� rnment to do last minute. And what were cato publish a full list ent to do last minute. And what were cato publish a full list oft to do last minute. And what were cato publish a full list of all do is to publish a full list of all of the schools affected so that parents be confident parents can be confident about where problems and if where the problems are and if theyre not prepared to do that, we force vote we will force a vote in parliament make it happen. Gareth, Gareth Davies is exchequer to the exchequer secretary to the treasury. Hes defended the governments action, saying everything being done that everything is being done that can be done to protect the students. Obviously this is incredibly serious. Its very concerning , incredibly serious. Its very concerning, but most people in this country will not be affected by this. Parents will be told by their schools first and foremost whether their impacted. If parents watching this have not heard from their schools by the opening of schools, they should proceed to the school as normal. Well, thats been our priority. The thats been our priority. The education secretary will be making a statement, though, later this week in the house of commons. Well, as weve been hearing, the number of people crossing the number of people crossing the channel in small boats has hit a new daily record for the year 872 migrants in 51 dinghies were intercepted yesterday day. Another two small boats made it to the uk waters. Today, gb news can reveal the total number of people entering the country illegally over the past 12 months has now , rather this year months has now, rather this year has passed 21,000. The chancellor has renewed his pledge to halve inflation, saying its time to see the job through. Speaking ahead of the next bank of england announcement on september 21st, jeremy hunt insisted the government is on track to reach the target this year. Labour, however, is accusing him of being completely out of touch with the realities faced by families across the country. He families across the country. He comes as the latest figures show the uk recovered from the uk economy recovered from the uk economy recovered from the pandemic faster than expected and the boss of tesco is urging the government to make abuse or violence towards retail workers an offence. Writing in workers an offence. Writing in the mail on sunday, chief exec ken murphy said hes been forced to increase security measures and to offer staff body cameras as physical assaults against tesco. Workers have risen by a third over the past year. He says thats unacceptable. Described the impact on staff as heartbreaking as well. In the heartbreaking as well. In the us, one person has died and tens of thousands are stranded in the nevada desert after torrential rain turned the burning man festival into a mud bath. Us festival into a mud bath. Us authorities have closed access to and from the site and revellers have been asked to conserve food and water. More rain is expected over the next few days, prompting some to try to leave the event on foot, trekking to the nearest highway nonh trekking to the nearest highway north korea has carried out a simulated Tactical Nuclear attack. According to state attack. According to state media. There the drill included two long range cruise missiles carrying mock nuclear warheads. Government tv channel saying it was designed to, quote, warn enemies that the country is prepared if theres a nuclear war. It comes after pyongyang vowed to bolster military deterrence against washington and seoul. Deterrence against washington and seoul. The public will be consulted on plans for a permanent memorial to the late queen nearly a year after her death , organised by an death, organised by an independent committee , the independent committee, the tribute will consider Queen Elizabeths life of Public Service and the causes that she supported. It will also include supported. It will also include a National Legacy program and be unveiled in 2026. On what would have been her 100th birthday royal pageant master bruno peak says it needs to be a huge event i memorial should be not just uk wide, but commonwealth wide and something that could be organised every year as well, not just at a statue, but something that could be organised, that could bring people together every year in memory of this wonderful, wonderful person. Wonderful person. This is gb news across the uk on television, in your car, on a Digital Radio, and on your Smart Speaker by saying play gb news now lets get back to emily and gb news. Now lets get back to emily and gb news. Sunday thank you, ray. So as youve just heard, gb news can reveal 21,000 people have now crossed the English Channel in small boats. This year. So 876 arrived yesterday alone, marking a new daily record for the year. Now, in a bid to clear the asylum backlog, which the government have promised to do , interviews have promised to do, interviews to claim asylum have been cut from seven hours to as little as just 45 minutes. So the government is processing now over 2000 asylum cases weekly. Thats a sharp increase from previous numbers. So there are two things to this really is that enough time . 45 minutes to assess whether an asylum claim is legitimate . Is it enough time is legitimate . Is it enough time to assess any potential Security Threat . We do know that, threat . We do know that, unfortunately, criminals have supped unfortunately, criminals have slipped through the cracks in in the past. And is that enough time for someone to put forward their case for asylum if they are legitimate . So joining me now is gb news Political Correspondent catherine foster. Now, catherine, theres been huge amounts of pressure on the government to get to grips with this backlog. Many people saying you process the claims, you need to process the claims, process and thats process the claims, and thats the solution to this crisis. But im reading about what the government are actually doing and whats happening in the home office shortening these interviews from quite stringent process to as little as 45 minutes. That raises some alarm bells for me. Bells for me. Yes, its not very long at all, is it, to make a decision like that. But the government, as you say, emily, are desperate to get the backlog down, the legacy backlog in particular, they said they would eliminate it by the end of this year. And their claiming some success now Robert Jenrick the immigration minister has doubled the number of caseworkers on this and theyre now processing 2000 claims per week as opposed to 1000. Just going back to the end of june. Theyre confident that by september, middle of september, theyll be up at 4000 a week and that they will continue knew that up to christmas. Now, one of the reasons theyre able to streamline it is theyve got a new system in place whereby y people from countries coming where theres a very high chance of acceptance are able basically to sort of skip this process , if to sort of skip this process, if you like. Thats afghanistan , you like. Thats afghanistan, eritrea, libya, syria and yemen and certain claims from sudan. But of course, yes, its going to get people out of hotels. To get people out of hotels. Yes, its going to get the backlog down. Its going to save the government money. Its having a nightmare, isnt it, trying to get people out of hotels. Its costing £6 million a day, as we hear so often. But at the point that these people asylum claims are processed , if asylum claims are processed, if theyre granted asylum, they then become the responsibility of the local authority, the local authority then has to house them. And we know theres a huge housing shortages in this country and many local authorities are really struggling now, some of them already talking about maybe putting people up in leisure centres in the short term. So, yes , its solving a problem in yes, its solving a problem in getting people out of hotels , getting people out of hotels, but its creating other problems. But i think the government will will take this as a win. They are clutching at straws in some ways, arent they, because as we know, over 800 people crossed just yesterday. Rishi sunak pledged to stop the boats at the moment seems to have no sign of success at all. Theyre pinning their hopes, of course, still all on getting a favourable judgement at the end of the year and being able to send people people to rwanda. But of course theres no guarantee that the judgement will go the governments way. Will go the governments way. And you know, if they cant not use that sending to people to rwanda as a way of disincentivizing people from making the crossing , no way making the crossing, no way really of seeing why people are going to stop coming. And especially as you say, when now people assessing is taking so much less time. Yes. Thank you very much indeed, catherine foster. There are Political Correspondent from are Political Correspondent from a very sunny westminster on this story. Now, i want to see what my panel have to say about this. We have Peter Whittle, new Culture Forum and also Benjamin Butterworth. Peter, it sounds to butterworth. Peter, it sounds to me rather concerning. On the one hand, good news, the government seems to be processing claims. Theyve got more caseworkers on the case, but if this means that theyre essentially just, you know , stamping, yeah, rubber know, stamping, yeah, rubber stamping, speeding them through without necessarily care , if without necessarily care, if theyre saying, okay, if you come from afghanistan and eritrea, libya, syria, yemen , eritrea, libya, syria, yemen, all of these war torn countries , that its likely youll have a legitimate claim. So well just sort of grant you asylum. Well, what about safety concerns of the british people . Of course, but they always come last. I mean, the fact is, is that when it comes to asylum claims , we are using that claims, we are using that officially. I think these people officially. I think these people have vast majority of young men in their 20s and 30 as economic migrants. They should be treated as as illegal from the moment they step inside this country. But anyway, the fact is, is when it comes to these interviews , it comes to these interviews, right, if you came from france, which or belgium or wherever you came from, you know , the fact came from, you know, the fact is, is that you should immediately be have your asylum claim denied. Its simple that if you came from a safe country , which most of them have done, you have it denied. Well, theres a very slim chance of that happening. Yeah , exactly. Why not yeah, exactly. But why not the other thing as well is that if you dont have documents because many of them actually destroy the documents, right. Because many of them actually destryshouldiocuments, right. Because many of them actually destryshould actuallyts, right. Because many of them actually destryshould actuallyts, rigdata. They should actually gain data. I saw a couple years ago, i saw a couple of years ago, 98 those crossing the 98 of those crossing the channelin 98 of those crossing the channel in a dinghy did not have any documents. Oh, yes , they any documents. Oh, yes, they have phones. Mind you, they always have phones. But they when it comes to documents, yes. They to documents, yes. No, they should be denied straight away. This country , we, i think, is this country, we, i think, is Something Like 80 of people, their claims are upheld and compared to other European Countries where its almost exactly the reverse number, actually. So i just worry about actually. So i just worry about basically local authorities now taking all the brunt of this. This will hugely accelerate by the way, thats the point as well, which i think is worth making, is that because there are going through are doing this going through this now, it will just this backlog now, it will just mean there a hell of lot mean there are a hell of a lot more people. Mean there are a hell of a lot more p who crosses in a dinghy quickly when you know local authorities are already struggling to house ukrainians . Now the help for ukrainians . Now the help for home scheme has come to an end or homes for homes for ukrainians. Scheme has come to an end. And also thousands of afghans as well. Well, i do think its heartless to say that people who have been through traumas and experian , ices of war and abuse experian, ices of war and abuse that we cant thankfully even imagine in britain should be a place that welcomes those and helps them rebuild their lives and contribute to our society. And contribute to our society. One of the things that strikes me as odd about having a 45 minute interview rather than seven hours and you kind of touched it on the end that this rwanda scheme , the whole rwanda scheme, the whole argument that it will put argument was that it will put them off coming here because theyll sent this theyll then be sent to this third and if third country. And yet if theyre now making it public, that youll have this very short interview, which presumably isnt nearly difficult if isnt nearly as difficult if they are lying to get past that boundary. Well, thats to going send a very mixed message to these people easy it these people about how easy it is come here. So i do think is to come here. So i do think its chance that it could its a chance that it could encourage people to come here. Its a chance that it could eryou� age people to come here. Its a chance that it could eryou make eople to come here. Its a chance that it could eryou make the e to come here. Its a chance that it could eryou make the system ne here. Its a chance that it could eryou make the system muche. If you make the system much easier isnt really easier and that isnt really what at all, because no what you want at all, because no body wants coming across body wants anybody coming across in because that is so in dinghies because that is so dangerous. And so. Dangerous. And so. Agree with peter in so you agree with peter in that way that this is sending a green light for people to green light for more people to take dangerous take this particular dangerous route because route to this country . Because it does appear it does appear that were heading towards sort of territory. Know of amnesty territory. We know that already that the government already have said reported in the said its been reported in the last that they are last few weeks that they are looking amnesty for looking at amnesty for particular groups of Asylum Seekers. This is i am worried because there have been more than a couple of cases of people who have slipped through the net and gone to on commit crimes. They were known to various authorities elsewhere in the world that they were criminals and they managed get through and they managed to get through our in one way another our system in one way or another. And i think we should be thinking carefully about thinking very carefully about the implications of the security implications of this, as whether you this, as well as whether you know well as thinking about know as well as thinking about genuine claims. Its not just actually security thats hugely important. Youre quite right. Its just actually simply that its illegal and that is the legal route they are they are illegal migrants. I dont believe that this is about asylum. In fact, is it is a. Asylum. In fact, is it is a. Well known part of International Law that if you want to claim asylum, you do it in the first country. You come to. These people are coming mostly from European Countries, right. But people are coming mostly from European Countries, right. But i think you i think even you, ben, would not you know , claim that would not you know, claim that france is sort of like in, you know, afghan manston or. Thats not the question at all, is it . It is. It is the question if that were the case, then greece and spain would have and italy would have to take the entirety of the refugees coming to europe from much harder parts of the world. I dont think the refugees. And the fact is thats not an answer to the question. No, no, ho. 110. No. Its how how much do these people pay even to get in these dinghies . Up to £5,000 or Something Like that. Right. So much for poverty. Something like that. Right. So mu yes. Yr poverty. Something like that. Right. So mu yes. Arguably it is not the yes. Arguably it is not the most needy. And this is the problem about this is the problem about this is the problem we be problem. We need to be prioritising those who are most in as say, peter, in need. And as you say, peter, arguably if youre paying thousands to come over in a boat, are you the most in need . But then there seem to be some people who think that anyone whos living a lesser lifestyle than those in in the uk should deserve asylum. So its very difficult. But well come to your views at home very soon. Youre watching and listening to gb with emily gb news sunday with me, emily carver. More carver. Weve got lots more coming lets take a look coming up, but lets take a look at weather with jonathan. At the weather with jonathan. The temperatures rising , boxt the temperatures rising, boxt solar, proud sponsors of weather on. Gb news. On. Gb news. Hello there. Im Jonathan Vautrey here with your latest gb news Weather Forecast provided by the met office. Some cloud around for parts of scotland today and lingering along coastlines. But for many of us there is a fine amount of weather. So hope you have managed to enjoy will managed to enjoy it. That will remain so as we head this remain so as we head into this evening nice, calm evening as well. A nice, calm end to the day for most, some mist forming mist and fog though forming overnight, particularly for lincolnshire towards lincolnshire down towards southeastern england southeastern areas of england could murky for could also be quite murky for northern southern areas Northern Ireland. Southern areas of as well, but a of scotland as well, but a fairly mild for most of fairly mild night for most of us. And cities running us. Towns and cities running up around 13 14 c under the around 1314 c under the lightest winds for Northern Ireland. Northern england, we could into single figures could drop into single figures so start to so a slightly fresher start to monday here. But again, monday morning here. But again, once and fog once that early mist and fog does clear its way off, it should be a fairly fine and sunny for of quite sunny day for many of us, quite blessed around of the west blessed around coast of the west country. But the strong winds across north be easing country. But the strong winds a around at times may make the sunshine hazy in places and again lingering some again still lingering along some coastal but coastal areas of scotland. But with that sunshine, as mentioned, temperatures climbing towards 30 c, something we havent seen since the 7th of july by by the temperatures rising. Rising. Boxt solar proud sponsors of weather on. Gb news. Weather on. Gb news. Thank you, jonathan. Nice to thank you, jonathan. Nice to see theres lots of sunshine about over the next few days. So weve got lots more coming up on todays show is keir starmer ready to show off his ruthless side . The labour leader is considering getting of considering getting rid of problematic. Thats in a bid problematic mps. Thats in a bid to the election. Well to win the next election. Well discuss more. Im emily discuss that and more. Im emily carver and you are watching and listening britains news. Channel right. Welcome back to gb news sunday with me, emily carver on your tv online and radio. Now, lots of you have been getting in touch on everything weve been discussing , says on asylum, really, sandra says on asylum, it shouldnt take ten minutes. If they came from france, they are not genuine refugees and sunak arriving sunak said anyone arriving illegally will be given illegally will not be given asylum. Echoes what asylum. Well, that echoes what peter was saying. Stuart Peter Whittle was saying. Stuart says the Illegal Immigrants says are the Illegal Immigrants at having some details, says are the Illegal Immigrants at fingerprints some details, says are the Illegal Immigrants at fingerprints ande details, says are the Illegal Immigrants at fingerprints and id etails, says are the Illegal Immigrants at fingerprints and id photos i. E. Fingerprints and id photos taken immediately so they can eventually be traced if necessary. Well, youd like to think so, not least for security reasons and on the transgender cricketer, which we will be discussing at the end of this houn discussing at the end of this hour. Peter says all the other female cricketers should refuse to play with someone who was born a man. You are what you are born a man. You are what you are born yes. Sharron davies, born. Well, yes. Sharron davies, the medallist, has the olympian medallist, has already this utter already called this utter madness. So we will be discussing that with a transgender woman later on in the show. Do keep your the show. Please do keep your views coming in. Subscribe to our follow our youtube channel, follow us on gb on our socials. Were at gb news. So is keir starmer ready to show off his ruthless side . According to reports, the labour leader is considering getting rid of about a dozen mps , rid of about a dozen mps, including liam byrne. Khalid mahmood and neil coyle. This is mahmood and neil coyle. This is all part of a crackdown to prepare labour for government rid the party of mps who could potentially damage party and rid the party of mps who could poterreputation. Age party and rid the party of mps who could poterreputation. So party and rid the party of mps who could poterreputation. So willparty and rid the party of mps who could poterreputation. So will this and their reputation. So will this tough approach win him friends or enemies . Ive got chief political commentator at the independent, rentoul , independent, john rentoul, whove done a up of this whove done a write up of this story. John, what these thank story. John, what do these thank you joining what you forjoining me. What do these mps in common, john . These mps have in common, john . What do these mps have in common . Are they problematic common . Why are they problematic for , theyve for keir starmer well, theyve all had issues , what we might all had issues, what we might call reputational issues. Theyve all run into trouble with , with the with the with, with the with the Regulatory Authority , says neil Regulatory Authority, says neil coyle. Coyle. For example , has given up for example, has given up alcohol because he was suspended from the labour party for racially abusing a journalist. Racially abusing a journalist. And i wont go into the others because all this is this is legally sensitive, but its that its that sort of thing. And its keir starmer trying to show that hes , hes not pushoven thats interesting because when i saw the headlines before id looked at the names of these mps, id looked at the names of these mp5, i id looked at the names of these mps, i thought maybe this might be a purge of the far left. No thats the point. Yeah, absolutely. Yeah, absolutely. No , the far left has done a no, the far left has done a very good job of purging itself. Um, you know, theyve all theyve all resigned in a huff from, from the front bench and theres, theres, theres a few of left in very junior of them left in very junior positions. But most the big positions. But most of the big ones themselves outside ones have put themselves outside the belt, including i would, i would say jeremy corbyn. I mean he, you know, didnt need to he, you know, he didnt need to get put out of the party get himself put out of the party in the way that he has. He could have he could have insincerely apologised for what he what he said, but hes too proud. So hes, excluded himself. Hes, hes excluded himself. Rebecca long bailey excluded herself from the shadow cabinet. You. No, these are these are just mainstream or even right wing or blairite labour mps. Theyre not theyre non corbynites. Its all part of keir starmer trying to prove that hes not a lily livered nonh that hes not a lily livered north london liberal whos whos whos sir softie as , as rishi whos sir softie as, as rishi sunak called him in. Prime ministers. Yes. Yes. Yes. Keir starmer, showing his ruthless side here. But it cant have been great to see. I believe it is in the telegraph, an interview with David Blunkett, the former cabinet. Big beast they call him. Hes saying labour will need a miracle to get an overall majority and that sir keir should not measure the curtains quite yet. Quite yet. Well, i think thats taking taking. Keir starmers no complacency rule a bit too far, but i mean politics is an extremely unpredictable business. So so yes, i think, i think labour people ought to listen to David Blunkett. Hes, hes been around, hes been around a while. I mean you know around a while. I mean you know he David Blunkett and i both vividly remember the 92 general election in which everybody thought labour was going to win. I mean, obviously the situation was very different. Labour only had a five point lead or something going into the into the election, but for some reason everybody had convinced themselves that labour was, was going to win kinnock was going to win neil kinnock was going to win neil kinnock was going Prime Minister. And going to be Prime Minister. And then didnt happen. Well, thank you very much indeed for bringing us up to date i do enjoy date on that story. I do enjoy talking chief talking to you, john. Chief political the political commentator at the independent couldnt so independent. Couldnt so benjamin , well come back to my benjamin, well come back to my panel benjamin, well come back to my panel. Butterworth and panel. Benjamin butterworth and peter of course, are Peter Whittle, of course, are still me. Benjamin, its still with me. Benjamin, its not a purge of leftie mps , as not a purge of leftie mps, as you know, momentum types. Rebecca long bailey blast from the past. Id forgotten all about her. This is a purge of mps who have been in the press for, you know , problematic reasons. I mean, first of all, the left of the labour party is dead in the selections for the winnable seats. I think only two people from the left of the party from about 150 have won those selections to be mps after the next election. So keir starmer has done pretty well at that. Hes been remarkably ruthless and no ones really noticed, which is quite helpful for getting away with that. For him getting away with that. But in this case, i dont think this story is its not that its untrue, but i think hes briefing it out keir starmer in his because wants to his office because he wants to scare his sitting mps into being extremely obedient to what he wants. A very tough line. Look, neil coyle, the person that john rentoul mentioned, has said that he was an alcoholic and he was drinking up to 15 pints through a day, through an evening, and he made a racially a racist comment to a chinese journalist. Now, hes been sober for 18 months. I think someone who has managed to change their life quite radically be quite so radically should not be kicked out for that. Yeah, i think thats something you should reformation should commend that reformation rather kick them i rather than kick them out. I think reason hes chosen think the reason hes chosen these is because it will these people is because it will scare the living daylights of out labour mps of saying out of all labour mps of saying anything of line anything slightly out of line with keir. Anything slightly out of line witiso keir. Anything slightly out of line witiso thisir. Anything slightly out of line witiso this isnt really about so this isnt really about those three its about those three mps, its about party yeah probably. Party management. Yeah probably. I mean, i think the i would agree actually guy being an alcoholic and then you know, managing to to, kick it. I think if that is the reason, of course it could be the racist remark. I dont know. Dont know. But i think its all you know , all in there. But yes, i think 18 months sober. 18 months sober. Yes, exactly. Fair enough. I would have thought. I think the would have thought. I think the problem i dont actually agree. Problem i dont actually agree. Benjamin, when you say that labour have got rid of all the kind of like left wing, theyre just being quiet. I mean , you just being quiet. I mean, you know, if you youre not necessarily about candidates here, but i think like the rank and file of the labour party, youve still got dawn butler , youve still got dawn butler, youve still got dawn butler, youve still got zarah sultana. I mean youve got, you know, so, so basically you get rid of a guy whos sort of like managed to cure his own alcoholism. Good and then you keep someone like dawn butler who says that babies are assigned birth their sex at birth. Oh yes, i do remember that. I would say is sort of so nonsensical in a frontbench spokesman or in this case, shadow frontbench spokesman. I would sort of think actually maybe, you maybe you maybe, you know, maybe you should dawn butler. Should think about dawn butler. But truth is, is that the but the truth is, is that the general calibre of mps on all sides, i might add now is very, very low. Its really , really very low. Its really, really low. And therefore, you know , low. And therefore, you know, youve got a really sort of , you youve got a really sort of, you know, do a lot of Quality Control because i mean, basically the sort of people who now get to be mps, you know, i think we have a Record Number of people at the moment who dont. I some polling just the people at the moment who dont. I week,me polling just the people at the moment who dont. I week, as polling just the people at the moment who dont. I week, a recorng just the people at the moment who dont. I week, a Record Number� je people at the moment who dont. I week, a Record Number of other week, a Record Number of people who dont have a clue who they to vote who dont they want to vote for, who dont feel to either of feel any affinity to either of the major parties. We may the major parties. And we may well see people not bother turning up at the next general election. But let me if election. But let me know if this the sort thing that this is the sort of thing that makes you more likely to vote for the party. Do you for the labour party. Or do you do its actually bit do you think its actually a bit a nasty to rid people of the a bit nasty to rid people of the party, especially this particular mp who seems to have recovered his alcoholism . Recovered from his alcoholism . Youre listening youre watching and listening to gb me, emily gb news sunday with me, emily carville. Got lots more carville. Weve got lots more coming up todays show. Coming up on todays show. Prince netflix prince harry, his new Netflix Documentary invictus documentary on the Invictus Games been labelled by games has been labelled bland by critics. But is that harsh . Critics. But is that harsh . Could the series repair his reputation or is his only currency dishing the dirt on the royal family . But first, lets get the news with. Ray get the news with. Ray thanks, emily. 30 minutes past to our top stories. Parents are being told classroom closures due to crumbling concrete are not a return to the dark days of school lockdowns. Dark days of school lockdowns. Writing in the sun on sunday, the education secretary said the government had no choice but to order the full or partial closure of more than 100 schools and colleges. Labour is planning and colleges. Labour is planning to force a vote to compel the pm to force a vote to compel the pm to publish a list of all of the buildings at risk and the number of people crossing the channel in small boats has hit a new daily record for the year 872 migrants in 15 dinghies were intercepted yesterday. Another two small boats made it to uk waters. Today gb news can reveal the total number of people entering the country illegally has now passed 21,000 this year. The chancellor has renewed his pledge to halve inflation, saying its time to see the job through. Speaking ahead of the through. Speaking ahead of the next bank of england announcement on september 21st, jeremy hunt insisted the government is on track to reach the target this year. Government is on track to reach the target this year. However, the target this year. However, labouris the target this year. However, labour is accusing him of being completely out of touch with the realities faced by families across the country. The boss of across the country. The boss of tesco is urging the government to make abuse or violence towards retail workers an offence. Writing in the mail on offence. Writing in the mail on sunday, the chief exec said hes been forced to increase security and offer staff body cams. It and offer staff body cams. It says physical assaults against tesco workers rose by a third over the past year. Tesco workers rose by a third over the past year. Well, over the past year. Well, theres more on all of those stories on our website , stories on our website, cbnnews. Com. Cbnnews. Com. Thank you, ray. So prince harrys new Netflix Documentary series heart of invictus has been labelled bland by some critics. Others say its a great critics. Others say its a great way to see harry at his finest, at his most natural and back to what he was good at. The show shines a light on harrys own experiences as, but also experiences as, but its also about the inspiring competitors and surprisingly just a and surprisingly has just a light touch from meghan markle. So can the sussexes rebrand and or is their only currency dishing the dirt on the royal family . Joining me now is former royal correspondent at the sun, charles charles. Guys, i charles rea charles. Guys, i must admit i have not. Charles, are you there . Are you there . Yes, he is there. Charles i havent watched this series, i must admit. Have you most of it, actually. Yeah. You have. Yeah. You have. And what were your thoughts . And what were your thoughts . And what were your thoughts . Well, i thought it was very, very good because it was about the Invictus Games. Its about soldiers whove served their country very, very well. And as a result, have had some dreadful injuries where i depart from liking it a lot. And harrys involvement is when he turns up to be moaning minnie again and start slagging off the, you know, the British Press for not doing enough to cover these these these trips, which is absolutely ridiculous. As youve seen in the papers over the last few days. And again, you know, having a p0p and again, you know, having a pop at his family saying there was no one around, you know, to offer him support. Thats despite a 2017 interview he gave to the Daily Telegraph where he praised his own brother for insisting that he should get professional help i and he describes and he says of him , bless him for doing of him, bless him for doing that. You know how he cant have it both ways. He cant keep on slagging off the royal family and British Press is too and the British Press is too only hes got hes got only weapons. Hes got hes got to sort of grow up a little bit and concentrate on his own life and concentrate on his own life and the things he does well, i mean, are you being a bit harsh there . Because you could argue that by giving his experience or as he sees it now, at least his experience, it will help others to open up about their experience or lack of support. So it may not not actually be all about him or is that a bit generous . Generous . I think youre being very generous. Generous. I mean, i have a great deal of respect for prince harry as the fact that he served this country well. He did country extremely well. He did two tours of afghanistan. He you know , he came back and he you know, he came back and he started off the Invictus Games , which is a Great Charity games, which is a Great Charity , which he did when he was within the royal family. And i think it is one of the key things in his calendar and meghans calendar. Um, is it to going lead to a rebranding . Rebranding . No, i dont think its going to lead to a rebrand, adding i think people will support the Invictus Games because what Invictus Games because of what it for and the fact that it stands for and the fact that harry started it all. Credit to him. Credit to him. Just wish. Think i just wish. Yeah, think about what hes saying at times now. How. Now. Charles. Im not sure i should admit this on live television, last night i did television, but last night i did actually have a dream about prince harry and i spoke to him and i said to him, oh, harry, why dont you come back to england and apologise and make up with the royal family . But he was just stubborn and said, no, emily, you know, too much has happened. Im not going to. Do you think theres any chance that that might happen, that we might see some of might see some kind of resolution . Because clearly , resolution . Because clearly, thats subconscious is thats what my subconscious is desperate for. Thats what my subconscious is desimjte for. Thats what my subconscious is desim afraid , emily, that dream im afraid, emily, that dream would turn into a nightmare to be. To be. To be. And it is. I cannot see. See, harry and meghan coming back to this country at all. I believe that meghan will never set foot in the uk ever again. Again. And i mean, if she were to be unked and i mean, if she were to be linked with the royal family , if linked with the royal family, if you could put behind your everything, was it was thats happened youve got meghan would have to you know curtsy to her nemesis catherine the princess of wales because of the protocol thatis of wales because of the protocol that is involved. Uh, no. Uh, no. Uh, no. Harry will be back. Harry will be back. Hes back on. Hes back later this week for the wellchild. Uh, this week for the wellchild. Uh, he then goes to off dusseldorf where meghan will fly in later. Thats it. Thats it. Well, there you go. Thank you very much indeed for your time, charles. Charles rea, former royal correspondent at the sun, bringing us latest. So bringing us the latest. So benjamin in my panel, benjamin and Peter Whittle, Benjamin Butterworth , that is benjamin. Butterworth, that is benjamin. People are saying this Netflix Series is bland. I do worry that the figures probably are going to be much lower in terms of viewership than the one where they were talking all about the royal family and dishing the dirt. Can he rebrand this . Dirt. Can he rebrand this . I mean, look, i think this is the kind of thing that he should be doing, right. You know, the Invictus Games was brilliant Invictus Games was a brilliant conception, brilliant idea. It conception, a brilliant idea. It means to as a veteran means a lot to him as a veteran himself. If his himself. And i think if his focus since leaving the royal family were on veterans and invictus and those things, people would be far more sympathetic to him now, the truth that even though truth is that even though i think this the work, think this is the good work, i have intention of watching have no intention of watching it. Of course, i sat and it. And of course, i sat and watched hours of them watched the hours of them gossiping about the royals. And i that might be the i think that might be the quandary he finds himself in. Even to rebrand as even if he wanted to rebrand as doing work that hes doing this good work that hes done many years. Its not done for many years. Its not really what theyre paying him for. Yes, he should have gone a bit slow steady and bit more slow and steady and built you know, a profile built up, you know, a profile that suitable , kind and that was suitable, kind and respectful to his family in britain. I think people are just so to death of his moaning and whining. I know i am. I did watch the original programme, you know, the one about the royals and actually i found that almost intolerable. I mean, it was just so boring. So boring. And they had their divisive experts on. Ah, well, yes. I mean, they ah, well, yes. I mean, they were all hand picked for their kind particular views. They kind of particular views. They are spectacularly boring couple. I mean , im also tired of i mean, im also tired of heanng i mean, im also tired of hearing about his constant need for support. I mean, we all have trauma that we go through. No we all have this. Okay. Hes done a lot of his problems, been out in the public and been done in pubuc the public and been done in public view. I understand that. Public view. I understand that. But, you know , its getting to but, you know, its getting to the point now where actually their currency is really getting quite low. I mean, you know, i think people are terrifically bored with them now, quite rightly. I think she obviously is distancing herself from him. So who knows whats in the offing there . Yeah. How do you think thats going to work . Because it seems like so. Meghan markle, shes about to reignite her instagram , which to reignite her instagram, which is where you can make huge amounts of money for just posting, you know, a little advert, a picture of you with some new hairspray or new recipes or whatever. You can really make a lot of money from that. So shes doing that self promotion in hollywood. Her new blog might come back. Her old blog might come back in some way, and then harrys doing this Invictus Games. So hes got all these court hes got all of these court hes got all of these cases going on in the courts against the press. Does that mesh . That mesh . I mean, you know, i think its in a way i have more sympathy with with meghan than i do harry because wanting do harry because her wanting to be always what be a celebrity is always what she she wasnt born into be a celebrity is always what she life she wasnt born into be a celebrity is always what she life of she wasnt born into be a celebrity is always what she life of service lasnt born into be a celebrity is always what she life of service andt born into this life of service and expectation that harry was. So shes free to do what she likes. I mean , look. I mean, look. Well, she enjoyed the Royal Wedding expense, its true. E you know, youve true. You know, youve got but, you know, youve got doria, meghans mother, who turned up an event think turned up an event with, i think it was kris jenner, the mother of and so that of the kardashians. And so that suggests that there is a real geanng suggests that there is a real gearing up to that celebrity focus. I think she probably focus. I think she probably takes inspiration from Kim Kardashian because there is a desperately boring woman who doesnt anything makes doesnt do anything and makes a fortune. I think that might be just for meghan markle. Fortune. I think that might be justoh, for meghan markle. Fortune. I think that might be justoh, vicious. Aghan markle. Fortune. I think that might be justoh, vicious. I|han markle. Fortune. I think that might be justoh, vicious. I thought kle. Oh, vicious. I thought benjamin was lover. Benjamin was a meghan lover. Sort of find it . Dont you sort of find it . Its interesting me that here its interesting to me that here we are on sunday, next friday will be the First Anniversary of the queens death. And, you the queens death. And, you know, this seems like a million miles away from the near perfect model of what royalty should be. I think that there was with elizabeth the second and i you know, can you imagine . She did actually looking back, you know, have to deal with this at least emotionally in the very last days of her life. You know, the kind of problems that these people are causing. It must have beenit people are causing. It must have been it must have been awful for, i think. Yeah, absolutely. And well yeah, absolutely. And well see what comes of this. Let me know if you have watched at home the Invictus Games series and what you think about it. Does harry come across as well or not . Weve got lots more coming up todays show. A canadian up on todays show. A canadian cricketer set become the cricketer is set to become the first player to first transgender player to compete at international level. Compete at international level. An olympic medallist, Sharron Davies has called this utter madness. She right . All of madness. Is she right . All of that more to come. Im emily that and more to come. Im emily carver watching and carver and you are watching and listening to peoples. Channel welcome back to gb news sunday with me, emily carver on your tv, online and radio. So canadian cricketer Danielle Mcgahey is set to become the first transgender person to play in an official international match. So danielles participation comes despite other sports like athletics, cycling, swimming and rugby, banning transgender women from taking part in elite womens competition. So whats going on here . Danielle said it was an absolute honour to be able to represent out her Community Olympic swimmer Sharron Davies says its utter madness. So says its utter madness. So whos right . Joining me now is katie. Whos katie. John went whos a Diversity Inclusion diversity and inclusion facilitator. Thank you much facilitator. Thank you very much indeed , katie, forjoining me on indeed, katie, forjoining me on this. Now, indeed, katie, forjoining me on this. Now, heard indeed, katie, forjoining me on this. Now, heard from indeed, katie, forjoining me on this. Now, heard from my this. Now, i heard from my producer that youve been on a bit of a journey when it comes to transgender women in female sports. Whats your view now . Now , now. Oh, now, now. Oh, now, now. Well, certainly 3 to 4 years ago, i would have kind of found ways to defend it. Now i think you have to find ways to kind justify it. So ways to kind of justify it. So ive switched completely in that sense. My default now is a no. And i think with someone like danielle , whose medical danielle, whose medical transition began only a couple of years ago, i do not think, even however long the medical transition began. And they will transition began. And they will always have a competitive male advantage over women. Advantage over women. And, you know, in particularly in Something Like cricket and i actually love cricket and i actually love cricket. Cricket. So to see something where someone who has an average height, i dont know actually danielles height at all, but the height of , you the average male height of, you know, someone is around five, know, of someone is around five, nine. The average female height is so already is five four. So theres already a five inch advantage there. Most kind of women in cricket will be above average height for women because it is a sport in which height can play an advantage, certainly with speed and bowling batting and and bowling and batting and hitting. Hitting sixes. So danielle in as an advantage. She may be an average male player from a male player from australia, but she automatically gets propelled to being an above average the female average player for the female side for canada. And that got to be disheartening for kind of girls and women kind of growing up in sport thinking , oh, if up in sport thinking, oh, if i perform at my best, i can make it to only see someone who performs perhaps average lee actually take that potential place. And shes actually a more mainly a batter and wicket keeper and that additional male breadth have hands and everything is going to give her an advantage behind the stumps and you know that just does not seem fair to me. Yeah , im glad you say that yeah, im glad you say that because we did go through a penod because we did go through a period where people were pretending that there was absolutely no physical advantage and that simply because youve either gone through surgery or taken hormones, that somehow there is absolutely no difference. Difference. And that just seemed absurd from the off start. And i think more people have come around to the that, no, hang on the idea that, no, hang on a minute need to keep sex minute, we do need to keep sex based sports. Of course, that opens up the question of where transgender people should, whether should open whether there should be an open category they should category or whether they should be based category. Be in their sex based category. Whatever but do you think, danielle , this cricketer, she danielle, this cricketer, she said , said theyve said, im said, said theyve said, im very proud to be doing this. Very proud to be doing this. Should they not be a little bit embarrassed . Do you think this person is in some kind of denial that potentially theyre taking away a place from a biological female . What do you think is going on psychologically . There i mean, i think psychology for trans people and, you know, and ive gone through the whole process of transition, i actually out of cricket actually dropped out of cricket when at because when i was at school because absolutely terrified taller absolutely terrified of taller guys at me because im guys bowling at me because im im short , you know, and i was im short, you know, and i was literally chatting to my friend linda bellos today. Were actually and we were actually comparing hand sizes. And inch taller than and shes an inch taller than me and has bigger me in height and has bigger hands. Id be terrified linda hands. Id be terrified if linda bellos bowled let alone bellos bowled at me, let alone kind a formerly kind of a male formerly male cricketer. I get that cricketer. But i do get that when someone goes through transition, this transition, you do have this blinkered kind of attitude to solving your psychological question of who you are. And i do think it puts you into a blinkered space where your entire goal, its like someone like an athlete in training their entire goal is, is their physical achievement. Someone who is a transgender in training, shall we call it. Their entire focus is that gender journey and i do think to a degree it is like a horse with blinkers on and its not an excuse. Its an explanation for why some trans people may lack empathy. Empathy. And in this day and age, particularly , may also lack an particularly, may also lack an understanding of both optics. How does this look , you know, how does this look, you know, and also about how do you actually encourage girls into sport when we are trying to actually see those things . I mean , we know what happened i mean, we know what happened in spanish female football in the last week or two. Thats going discourage girls. We going to discourage girls. We have to a decent level have got to make a decent level Playing Field for women in sport to bring them up to the levels that male sport has had. That male sport has had. And danielle should know her own past record in cricket, but already shes had four matches as against some south American Teams last year, and the brazilians who played against her said, well, we understand that shes playing within the rules. And the problem here is the rules. Danielles following the rules. Danielles following the rules. Thing, cricket. Youre absolutely spot on there. The rules that need there. Its the rules that need to danielle is just to change. Danielle is just going along with the rules. I personally think she should probably realise that its not right. But those are the rules. Shes playing by them. Thank you shes playing by them. Thank you very much. Thank you very much. Sorry. Thats all we got time for went there for katie. John went there talking this canadian talking about this canadian transgender cricketer. Talking about this canadian transgender cricketer. Benjamin. Do you agree with Sharon Davies that its utter madness . I mean, that its utter madness . I mean, katie gave a pretty comprehensive answer there really to this, saying its not fair. This person shouldnt be playing. I think the idea of blanket bansis i think the idea of blanket bans is wrong. Really still. Yeah, because it depends on the sport and it depends on the person and it depends on when they transition. So if you had someone that did it a year prior in their 28 years old 29 in their 28 years old or 29 years old, the case of this years old, in the case of this lady, then they may well have gained physical gained all the physical advantages over you know, cisgender women, people who were born as women. And that would be unfair. You had to use that word cisgender, didnt you, just to wind us all up. But think there are plenty but i think there are plenty of for example, you of cases. For example, you know, in darts and chess have in britain, darts and chess have banned transgender people. Now, banned transgender people. Now, the that you decide who can the idea that you decide who can play the idea that you decide who can play on their play chess based on their genitals i think is not only genitals, i think is not only wrong, but its an insult to women. Theyre women. The idea that theyre less their male less intelligent than their male counterparts. And i think less intelligent than their male countis arts. And i think less intelligent than their male countis arts. And i think less intelligent than their male countis a fevend i think less intelligent than their male countis a fever pitchi think less intelligent than their male countis a fever pitch about all this. Yeah, well, i think its a big issue. Just one word from you, peter, utter madness . You, peter, is it utter madness . Is its completely wrong and it shouldnt be allowed in womens. Simple as that. Womens sport. Simple as that. I think its as simple as that. Let us know at home that. But let us know at home what you think. Lots of you have been getting touch about been getting in touch about the other talking other things we were talking about the migrant about today. So on the migrant crisis, suggests crisis, john suggests why doesnt a doesnt the government create a big the have big camp like the french have and put all the migrants into tents instead putting them in tents instead of putting them in hotels . Option, hotels . Well, thats one option, derek recent derek says under recent legislation coming legislation, people coming across are across in rubber boats are not entitled claim so to entitled to claim asylum. So to consider amnesty is completely stupid. And mark says on prince stupid. And mark says on prince harry, harrys afghan experience will not even resemble the experiences of regular soldiers. He was shadowed protector and kept in the least possible danger. Kept in the least possible danger. So kept in the least possible danger. So probably safer than living in social housing in london. Well, there you go. Keep your views coming in. But thats it from me today because we have nana, who has appeared in the studio. Shes up next. Nana, whats coming up . Oh, weve got an exciting show, but i must say i did watch part of invictus. God , i mean, it was oh, yes, god, i mean, it was good. I loved it. But the whinging, he resist adding a he couldnt resist adding a little whinge in there. But thats he should be doing thats what he should be doing and doing and thats what he was doing when royal. I dont when he was royal. So i dont know he decided to leave. Know why he decided to leave. The clicks, does it get all the clicks, though . It . No though . Does it . No experience, as you and his experience, as you said, nothing like the real said, was nothing like the real soldiers. On show, were soldiers. But on my show, were going look zero. Going to look at net zero. Rishi sunak little could rishi sunak little rishi net rishi be our saviour for net zero . Think he might be . Zero . Do you think he might be . Is a comment on also, is that a comment on his not at all. No. No, his height . Not at all. No. No, not at all. Just a stature. Stature. Also, were going to be looking at migration. Seems looking at migration. It seems the migrants going from the migrants are going back from this france. Theyre this country to france. Theyre using passageway go using this as a passageway to go back which is back to france, which is interesting. Well interesting. So well be discussing very discussing that is very interesting. Plus, ive a very one plus, ive got a very one of my favourite djs ever in my favourite radio djs ever in the world years ago when i was very young. Remember that, you wont remember that, emily, because i am probably more twice my age now. More than twice my age now. I cant because its a surprise. Surprise. Its a surprise. Its a surprise. In outside my mystery guest in outside at so make you tune at 5 00. So make sure you tune in that. At 5 00. So make sure you tune in i that. At 5 00. So make sure you tune in i liket. At 5 00. So make sure you tune in i like how you leave i like how you leave Something Back so people, you know, stay tuned to find know, have to stay tuned to find out. Thats very indeed. Out. Thats very clever indeed. But up next. Youve but yes, nana is up next. Youve been and listening been watching and listening to gb with emily gb news sunday with me, emily carver. Much. To carver. Thank you very much. To my Benjamin Butterworth carver. Thank you very much. To my peter Benjamin Butterworth carver. Thank you very much. To my Peter Whittle,in butterworth carver. Thank you very much. To my Peter Whittle, youvezrworth carver. Thank you very much. To my Peter Whittle, youve been h and Peter Whittle, youve been fantastic , dont fantastic, nick. Dont go anywhere, though , because nana anywhere, though, because nana is next. Its to be a is up next. Its going to be a rip of a show. But first, rip roarer of a show. But first, lets take a look the weather lets take a look at the weather with jonathan. With jonathan. The temperatures rising , boxt the temperatures rising, boxt solar proud sponsors of weather on. Gb news. On. Gb news. Hello there. Im jonathan voce here with your latest gb news Weather Forecast provided by the met office some clouds around for parts of scotland today and lingering along coastlines. But for many of us coastlines. But for many of us there is a fine amount of weather. So we have managed to enjoy it. That will remain so as we into evening as we head into this evening as well. Nice, calm end to the well. A nice, calm end to the day for most, some with some fog, though, forming overnight, particularly southeastern areas down towards southeastern areas of could also be quite of england, could also be quite murky for Northern Ireland. Southern scotland as southern areas of scotland as well, a fairly mild night well, but a fairly mild night for most towns and cities for most of us. Towns and cities lining around 1314 c under lining up around 1314 c under the lightest winds for Northern Ireland. Northern england, we could drop into single figures so a slightly start to so a slightly fresher start to monday but again, monday morning here. But again, once early mist fog once that early mist and fog does off, it does clear its way off, it should fairly fine and should be a fairly fine and sunny many of us, quite sunny day for many of us, quite blustery around coast the blustery around coast of the west the strong west country. But the strong winds across the north will be easing a touch and the rain just mainly across mainly lingering across shetland. So the highlands, the inner better inner hebrides seeing a better day compared to today day on monday compared to today with that sunshine. Temperatures climbing into fregoso climbing up into fregoso compared values compared to todays values widely mid high or 20s widely in the mid high or 20s and that High Pressure is staying with us as we head into tuesday and well start tapping into a southerly flow of air from Continental Europe well from Continental Europe as well. Temperatures be on the. So temperatures will be on the rise again. A good amount rise once again. 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Only on gb news, britains news here ill come to gb news on tv, onune ill come to gb news on tv, online and on Digital Radio. Im nana akua. And for the next few hours, me and my panel will be taking on some of the big topics hitting the headlines right now. This show is all about opinion. Its mine, its theirs. And of course , its yours. Well be course, its yours. Well be debating, discussing , course, its yours. Well be debating, discussing, and at times will disagree. But no times we will disagree. But no one cancelled. So one will be cancelled. So joining me in the next hour , joining me in the next hour, broadcaster and journalist danny kelly, also broadcaster and author christine hamilton. And author christine hamilton. And in a few moments like those pictures there, in a few moments of time, well be going head to head a clash of minds with head in a clash of minds with former party mep ben former brexit party mep ben habib. Senior habib. Also gb news senior political commentator nigel nelson. Before we get nelson. But before we get started, heres your latest news with ray addison. Thanks, nana. With ray addison. Thanks, nana. Good afternoon. Coming up to good afternoon. Coming up to 3 01, our top stories this hour. Parents are being told classroom closures due to crumbling concrete are not a return to the dark days of school lockdowns. Writing in the sun on sunday, the education secretary said the government had no choice but to order the