it's 12 noon. very good afternoon and welcome to gb news live with me, mark longhurst. and coming up to this thursday . and coming up to this thursday. police confirmed they have not arrested three men after a senior off duty policeman was shot in omagh in front of his son and other youngsters. detective chief inspector john caldwell had been helping with football practise at the town's youth centre to gunmen at least two believed to have struck his critical but in a stable condition. the latest outrage set to hit the picturesque town scene a real ira bombing back scene of a real ira bombing back in 1998 that killed 29. we'll have the latest from omagh . an have the latest from omagh. an exclusive interview with gb news. the home secretary suella

braverman has played down prospects that she might resign over any new post—brexit deal on northern ireland. but there is continuing political uncertainty on exactly what rishi sunak is negotiating with the eu and the tributes being paid to the voice of football . motty john watson of football. motty john watson has died at the age of 77. his match record, including 29 ea. match record, including 29 fa cup finals and ten world cups and ten european championships following the death of dickie davis. the game has lost another of its great broadcasting champions. but let's kick off today's programme with the latest from holyrood in edinburgh. nicola sturgeon is facing msps is the first time since her shock resignation. that's just crossed to edinburgh . new information which we are publishing to reveal that a patient in the borders tweeted 49 hours to be treated in accident. an emergency, someone in lanarkshire tweeted 54 hours

and a patient in ayrshire tweeted . 60 hours accident, an tweeted. 60 hours accident, an emergency first minister that is two and a half ds in accident. an emergency, surely no one can defend that . so doesn't this defend that. so doesn't this confirm that humza yousaf isn't even up to the job he's got at the moment? first minister. firstly presiding officer, can i also take the opportunity to mark what will be tomorrow the first anniversary of russia's illegal, unprovoked invasion of ukraine and to express my solidarity at the scottish government's continuing solidarity and i'm sure the solidarity and i'm sure the solidarity of everyone in scotland with the people of ukraine as they continue to defend and protect their sovereignty, the territory integrity. and that independence and parliament this afternoon will debate this issue. this

evening i will host a reception hosted for ukraine in scotland. and our thoughts remain with them at this difficult time for them. and their country. and on them. and their country. and on the issues of the national health service. firstly i should say it is of course for the members of my party to elect a new leader of the snp and effectively a new first minister for scotland. subject to approval of this parliament. but can i say in relation to the health equity, he is the only health secretary anywhere in the uk that has managed to avoid a single day of strikes in the national health service over the speed. national health service over the speed . secondly notwithstanding speed. secondly notwithstanding the very significant challenges, and i thank you, andy mayer thank you. i would be grateful members, if we could hear the first minister. thank you. i can understand why the conservative is are feeling uncomfortable .

is are feeling uncomfortable. and of course, the concern which of government in england has not managed to avoid straight in the national health service there . national health service there. the also the also get uncomfortable when they hear me point out again that despite the very significant challenges in our national health service, which are come to in a moment scotland's acts emergency departments remain the best performing anywhere in the uk. and if i may say to the health secretary, that's not down to him, that's down to the hard work of staff across our national health service. each and every single day, our our health service faces significant issues. we see that in the audit scotland report published today, but we also see in the audit scotland report important contain that, of course, douglas ross always seeks to deny . so ross always seeks to deny. so let me quote from it . page let me quote from it. page seven, the pandemic continues to affect the delivery of nhs services. to listen to douglas , services. to listen to douglas, ross and others forgiven for

thinking the pandemic had an even happened. secondly scotland's nhs is not alone in facing these issues . many of the facing these issues. many of the factors contribute to the extremely difficult situation facing the nhs in scotland are not specific to health services and many are not within the control of the scottish government . notwithstanding government. notwithstanding that, we continue to support our health service to ensure record funding, record staffing , record funding, record staffing, record pay, funding, record staffing, record pay, deal for agenda for change staff in scotland and progress in reducing the longest waits in our national health service . dr. our national health service. dr. schulz shameful . shameful is the schulz shameful. shameful is the only way you could describe the answer from the first minister, because no amount should not even mention of a patient who waited in ayrshire at the tail end of last year for two and a half days in accident. an emergency . the clue is in the emergency. the clue is in the name the reindeer fat emergency treatment . and they sat for two

treatment. and they sat for two and a half days on the first minister. her answer to them is, well, it's the best performing anywhere in the united kingdom . anywhere in the united kingdom. thatis anywhere in the united kingdom. that is little comfort for people who are waiting hours and days for treatment . and the days for treatment. and the first minister might not have noficed first minister might not have noticed that. when i sat down reading these shocking statistics. humza yousaf smiled and smirked. the health secretary thinks it's funny that people are waiting for days to be seen in a&e in scotland and the first minister mentioned on quoted from the nhs audit scotland report into nhs. let's remember bme scotland said with the report this morning is of the report this morning is of the state of the nhs . currently the state of the nhs. currently the state of the nhs. currently the report outlines that nicola sturgeon's chosen successor wouldn't meet nhs job targets. it says performance declined further in 2022. the number of people experiencing extremely long waits increased in 2020 to

underperform on cancer waiting times is getting worse . every times is getting worse. every part of scotland's nhs is in crisis because of humza yousaf. so can the first minister tell us? is this useless? health secretary really the best the snp have to offer ? first snp have to offer? first minister well, in relation to indivior cases is always unacceptable. if someone wait too long for treatment in the national health service and at the tail end of last year, which of course was douglas ross's freeze , that was during the freeze, that was during the winter peak of pressure. since then, in accident emergencies, there is still considerable progress to be made , let me progress to be made, let me stress that. but we've seen eight hour and 12 hour weeks at reduced and we continue to support at accident emergency departments in further progress . we are also seeing a douglas ross mentioned recruitment . we ross mentioned recruitment. we have record numbers of staff in at nhs rate . now since this at nhs rate. now since this government took office . we have government took office. we have increased nhs staffing . by

increased nhs staffing. by 28,800 people within the national health service. we've got higher staffing per head of population than in england and other parts of the uk . we've got other parts of the uk. we've got funding that has doubled in our national health service. we've got higher funding to proportionately than anywhere else in the uk, to the tune proportionately of about £18 billion, equivalent to 44,000 nurses in our national health service. and yes, we have significant work to do to reduce waiting times. we are focussed firstly on the longest waits and we've seen significant progress in reducing the longest waits . in reducing the longest waits. but the reason i did meet the comparison and do meet the comparison and do meet the comparison with other parts of the uk is because douglas law stands here and tells us and asked people to believe that these problems are unique to scotland and somehow down to the health secretary in scotland. and that's where the audit scotland report is. instruct because it says that these

issues are not unique to scotland. i'm quoting from page seven scotland's nhs is not alone in facing these issues and many of the factors are with the control of the scottish government. so this is nicola sturgeon , current first sturgeon, current first minister, of course. she has resigned hence the leadership race to lead the snp and to become new first minister and the man to the left, humza yousaf, is in the running for that and this particular discussion going on with douglas ross now back on his feet because humza yousaf, of course, was health secretary there, still is technically. and we've got this audit scotland report which has warned of the key recruitment targets being missed and the bma in scotland saying the report of the state of health provision in scotland . health provision in scotland. hence douglas ross calling the health secretary useless. that is the word that he used in the chamber . is the word that he used in the chamber. more of is the word that he used in the chamber . more of course, from chamber. more of course, from edinburgh as we get it. and the

latest on the snp leadership race too. but let's return to northern ireland now and it's political leaders from sinn fein to the dup have issued a joint statement to condemn the shooting of a senior off duty policeman in omagh last night. is being treated as attempted murder and a police news conference in belfast revealing three men have now been arrested. well, detective chief inspector john caldwell is arrested. well, detective chief inspectorjohn caldwell is in inspector john caldwell is in critical but stable condition. he was shot in front of his son, an other youngsters, as he helped a football session at a local youth club . the secretary local youth club. the secretary of state for northern ireland, chris heaton—harris, gave this reaction a little earlier. it was it was a very it was a cowardly and callous attack that happened last night. cowardly and callous attack that happened last night . a very happened last night. a very senior , a well known local senior, a well known local police officer is now in a critical condition in hospital. and our thoughts are with his with him and his family and everybody in the police and community and actually the

community and actually the community of omagh is completely shocked by this because society has moved on in northern ireland. there is no place for violence like this. are you concerned about the safety of psni officers in the light of this event? well i'm always concerned about safety of psni officers, but they are completely professional in completely professional and in all with them, all my experiences with them, they exactly what they're they know exactly what they're doing are doing and they actually are policing communities of policing the communities of northern really northern ireland really effectively and very, very well . but this is a really significant event. it's a very serious event and the it's difficult to underline how cowardly these people are . that cowardly these people are. that was the northern ireland secretary a little earlier. let's get the latest now with our northern ireland reporter dougie beattie, who is there. and do this confirm action from police that they've already arrested three individuals and therefore , perhaps we should therefore, perhaps we should preclude any kind of suggestion as to what the motive was that will be looked at at the moment. what we do know, of course, this is another tragedy to hit omagh

without an awful bomb. back in 1998, people reeling once again from violence . yes, indeed. and from violence. yes, indeed. and this this leisure centre here is about three miles out of all my time, and it's on an i train line called kelly car. it's on the me in cookstown road and it is full of families. the me in cookstown road and it is full of families . and as i is full of families. and as i stand here and i forensic officers are are painstakingly combing the area behind me to try and look for clues, dna shells that may have been spent. and, of course, last night this this off duty police officer was just he was off duty. he was being a father. he was taking his son to football, training , his son to football, training, as i have done, probably as you have done. and they knew that he wouldn't be armed. they knew he wouldn't be armed. they knew he wouldn't be armed. they knew he wouldn't be carrying his personal protection weapon . and personal protection weapon. and as was getting into the as his son was getting into the car and he was putting footballs into the boot, the shadowy figures came out and struck nigh. they they was amazing . and nigh. they they was amazing. and i think most of all that no

other children in this area because of the hit o'clock, they were all getting out. and i think that is the most the best part that we have of this. if there is a good part at all, is it no other children or parents were struck ? quite a few other were struck? quite a few other cars were struck by ricochet bullets and quite a number of them were fired. and unfortunately, some of them heading john himself. this is a very high profile officer. he is involved in chasing down organised crime and those that the psni are hunting down for him have shadowy lanes between organised crime and parallel arteries. and that is the key to all this and our thoughts are with not only the people of omagh but with caldwell's family and especially has some. the assistant chief constable mark mcewan praising i think someone a passer by who came to give first aid to john caldwell, indicating that perhaps otherwise the outcome would have been very different . indeed.

been very different. indeed. indeed it was quick thinking by a member of the public who came to his rescue, i suppose, and they managed to get him stabilised before the ambulance arrived and managed to take him to altnagelvin hospital. some 40 miles away from here and there he has nigh on. he is very critical, but he has stable and only for that member of the pubuc only for that member of the public who stood the time, didn't run from from the scene and went to help this other parent. it was no doubt greatly appreciated by all that were there. yeah just a little bit more coming in from chief constable simon burns saying his colleagues are extremely distressed but remain resolute and as i say, obviously wrong to speculate on motive at the moment. but quite clearly i think all of northern ireland's political leaders from deep across to sinn fein have come out to issue this this joint statement. it's brought people together . it definitely has. together. it definitely has. this morning, every politician you could think of here, every

street and every breed of them who are here from nationalist repubuc who are here from nationalist republic and right through to unionists , they all condemned. unionists, they all condemned. exactly what did happen here. that's why the good friday agreement was signed all those years ago. and that's why that brought this type of behaviour to an end and that is really what is at the heart of this. people do want to go back to this. northern ireland has become a very beautiful place to live over the past 15, 20 years and no one but no one wants to go back there. yeah, i know my one of the most picturesque parts as well as all alone has as reflected indeed dougie for the moment. thank you for that. back to you. of course, as we get more details. but let's now reflect on news from the home office at number of asylum office at the number of asylum seekers for a decision seekers waiting for a decision on claim to into the on their claim to come into the uk has topped 160,000. that's the first time since records began back in 2010. well, in an exclusive interview with gb news, the home secretary suella braverman, and said that nothing is ruled out when it comes to

fixing the channel migrant crisis. she was speaking to liam halligan in her first interview since becoming home secretary. so again, the law home secretary . over 45,000 people across the channelin . over 45,000 people across the channel in small boats last yeah channel in small boats last year. the number this year is expected to be a lot higher . expected to be a lot higher. rishi sunak, in his own words, is committed to passing new laws to stop the small boats. those laws have now laid before. laws have now been laid before. paalam does that mean that the government's ruled out leaving the european convention on human rights in order to try and tackle this vexed problem? well i think that there are legitimate questions that we need to start asking relating to our membership of the european convention of human rights and its operation in the united kingdom. we've seen there's a politicised and expansionist court in strasbourg that regulates the convention , regulates the convention, sometimes at odds with british values. whether it's our ability to remove people to rwanda's . we to remove people to rwanda's. we saw last year its operation combined with the eci charter

and the court have operated to stymie policymaking. you might you make a strong legal case with respect home secretary, but the optics of leaving the eci are are difficult. you've got the stomach to leave it clearly . has the prime minister at this stage, nothing's ruled out. we need to ensure that we fix this problem of illegal migration. that's my priority . and as the that's my priority. and as the prime minister himself has said, he'll do whatever it takes to achieve that goal. in light of those small boat incident , we've those small boat incident, we've seen protests now around the country, increasingly in liverpool , in rotherham, protest liverpool, in rotherham, protest planned in newquay. liverpool, in rotherham, protest planned in newquay . some have planned in newquay. some have said that those protesters are far right. is that a fair characterisation of those protesters? well, what i would say , firstly, is that violence say, firstly, is that violence is never acceptable . and is never acceptable. and intimidation, harassment and any forms of abuse to anybody are totally should be condemned. and i condemn them in the fullest

possible terms . and it's clear possible terms. and it's clear that we have an unsustainable situation in towns and cities around our country , whereby around our country, whereby because of the overwhelming numbers of people arriving here illegally and our legal duties to accommodate them, we are now having to house them in hotels. we are all frustrated with the situation that we are currently finding ourselves in and it is it is clear and undeniable that there are really, really serious pressures on communities and saying so does not make you racist or bigoted . simon clarke, racist or bigoted. simon clarke, former cabinet minister , has former cabinet minister, has said there will be a very real problem for the government if there is a northern ireland deal that doesn't carry support that doesn't carry the support of the dup. is he right? listen, the .du p are an important voice the .dup are an important voice in this debate and in this discussion. they speak. can we have a deal that they don't agree to? we have always worked

very closely with the dup. they are union. they speak for a significant portion of the communities in northern ireland and they need to be round the table. ultimately stormont will only function if the dup supports any proposal . you supports any proposal. you resigned, of course, as a brexit minister in 2018 over theresa may's deal, which you resigned over this . listen, i don't think over this. listen, i don't think we need to be talking about resignation. i've taken a very forthright position in the past because i found the terms of previous agreements intolerable. i don't support selling out on northern ireland and allowing the eu a foothold in the united kingdom . do you like being home kingdom. do you like being home secretary? well, i see my role as telling the truth and then fixing the problem. and sometimes the truth is uncomfortable for some people and they might get upset by heanng and they might get upset by hearing the truth. i'm not going to shy away from telling the

truth to the british people and for the british people. that's my role as home secretary . well, my role as home secretary. well, let's tell you that to the full 22 minute interview with liam is actually on a youtube channel at the moment. so you can actually update yourselves with all the details. but i am very glad to say we can speak to liam now in the studio . i bet a lot of the studio. i bet a lot of people are thinking that red box has got a lot of this is good to go through. not on the go through. not just on the migrant on immigration, migrant issue. on immigration, the but also protocol the boats, but also the protocol as mean, it's amazing as well. i mean, it's amazing she's actually given the interview. it is quite a feisty time to be sitting down with quite a spiky journalist like me, given the protocol is very much at the top of the prime minister's huge red box as well. this really is a key moment for rishi sunak . suella braverman is rishi sunak. suella braverman is the only what we call spot and left in government. she's one of those 28 tory mps who repeatedly voted against theresa may's

brexit deal three times in a row. jacob rees—mogg didn't. iain duncan smith didn't. boris johnson didn't. it were those 28 spartans people like peter bone, john redwood. and so on. and she headed up the charges and she was also the chair of the european research group of right leaning tory mp hard brexiteers who are the most eurosceptic and she is their flagbearer, she is their champion and they are a 60, 8000 strong grouping on the tory backbenchers, which no prime minister can ignore, particularly at the moment. and she was saying that i thought the interview was firm , but the interview was firm, but measured in the full version interview, you can you can listen to her and see her saying , look, i'm not talking about resignation at the moment this time, but i have resigned previously when i found the terms of deals intolerable on principle. as a lawyer , she principle. as a lawyer, she finds it intolerable that even though we've left the european union, there is part of the united kingdom of great britain

and northern ireland that remain in the single market and remain subject to court in subject to that court in strasbourg , the ecj, which she strasbourg, the ecj, which she calls political sized and expansionist, calls political sized and expansionist , quite calls political sized and expansionist, quite phrase. yeah, no. let's show with people watching and listening that there was no kind of agreement . there was no kind of agreement. these are the only questions i don't do that. and she was she was open to whatever you would put everyone in politics knows. i don't know that. the i don't know that. so the question would she question is, why would she actually now, bearing in actually do this now, bearing in mind being in such a sensitive time, is she actually sending a message to number 10 on both the issue of the boat coming across on the migrant issue? you know, we will see this, but also on this whole question of the northern ireland protocol, which we think is still being discussed beyond scenes. so this was a wide ranging interview we discussed nicola sturgeon gender identity bill. we discussed the met, the david carrick case. we discussed the lancashire constabulary and the tragedy of nicola bulley all of that, but the real meat and drink of the

interview was mock small boats , interview was mock small boats, northern ireland protocol and in both cases what suella braverman had laid out in her urgency to me is that she wants an option and if the negotiations fail in both cases. so like a back door? indeed, indeed . so on small indeed, indeed. so on small boats, the home office is laying legislation before parliament to quote , tackle illegal quote, tackle illegal immigration. quote, tackle illegal immigration . and on the small immigration. and on the small boats issue, that legislation does not involve leaving the european convention of human rights at this stage. but that legislation , which will be legislation, which will be pretty tough , it will say if you pretty tough, it will say if you arrive here on document and said you are immediately classified as an illegal immigrant rather than an asylum seeker. so that's quite harsh. the lords will push back on that. so she wants a kind of say, okay, then we'll leave the chart which she wants that on the table, even though the optics of leaving the eu will shock a lot of people, even people in her own parliamentary lawyers mind, the lawyers mind that we need to negotiate. we

need to have somewhere else to go and it's the same mark on the northern ireland protocol northern ireland protocol northern ireland protocol bill, which allows ministers to override the agreement with the eu . again, that is in the lords eu. again, that is in the lords and there's a row about it, huge row. i say in the interview . row. i say in the interview. downing street is letting that bill language . right. and she bill language. right. and she looks to me, she says , that's looks to me, she says, that's not my perception. right. so she says, rishi sunak, we need to put this protocol bill through because our negotiations with the eu in the past show that they're always robust. you have to have a bargaining chip and negotiating tool and we've got chris heaton—harris going to brussels on the secretary will vote on secretary. so things are still moving. oh, absolutely. did you get the indication from her that if it goes the wrong way in her view, that she and others will pull the plug and therefore put the sunak premiership in yet more trouble? well, i think if she resigned the sunak premiership would be hanging by a thread. i don't say

that lightly , but look, you only that lightly, but look, you only need 15% of backbenchers to press that button and suddenly it astonishingly crikey . and it astonishingly crikey. and we've been that will be another leadership. i mean. yeah, how weird. complete six get you know she's not saying i'm going to resign if it's a lot more sophisticated in that the fact she interview, fact she gave the interview, the fact she gave the interview, the fact she to me about times she talked to me about times when she'd previously resigned, the fact that she's the former chair eu signals were all chair of the eu signals were all there. the fact that she is the only spartan left in government , all of it adds up to a pretty stiff message. yeah. and it's all available at the moment on youtube. 22 minutes worth the. thank you very much indeed. and of course, we'll update you on what learn about chris what we learn about chris heaton—harris to heaton—harris and that visit to brussels. also coming up, we'll be reflecting on tributes be reflecting on the tributes being paid to motty john motson , legendary football , the legendary football commentator , a true broadcasting commentator, a true broadcasting legend. but let's update you on all the other things in a moment. stay with .

us on. welcome back to gb news live. and we can mark the tributes being paid to motty john motson described as the voice of football whose dies at the age of 77. what he'd worked for the bbc for some 50 years, commentating on more than two and a half thousand games on television and radio , often television and radio, often wrapped in that signature sheepskin coat. of course, in total, he'd covered ten world cups, ten european championships , 29 ea. cups, ten european championships , 29 fa cup finals before retiring of a sort in 2018. his final game for match of the day that year. but of course, he could still be heard until briefly on bbc radio five live. well, joining us now as football journalist ben jacobs and ben , i journalist ben jacobs and ben, i think it's probably apposite that we've got this government announcement that they're

looking at the game of football today and helping grassroot football with money trickling down from the premier league because this was something that was to his heart, was was very true to his heart, was grassroots football . it was grassroots football. it was grassroots football. it was grassroots football. it was grassroots football. and the passion that he had for the sport more generally permeated into all parts of the game. and into all parts of the game. and in the context of the regulator, it's about bold new plans to try and revamp football . but from and revamp football. but from motty perspective , just terribly motty perspective, just terribly sad that he's passed away at the age of 77 as a football commentator myself, he was the iconic voice that i grew up to. and what we saw in john's style motty as he was known, was personality and passion and mannerisms . it was unique, but mannerisms. it was unique, but insightful. and we all know about the sheepskin coats and obviously one or two lines either motty isms like the world cup is a truly international event that just made everybody chuckle or finding one or two

words that just was simple but brought a goat life. i remember the 1988 ea. brought a goat life. i remember the 1988 fa cup final when the culture gang were beaten by the crazy gang and he found that phrase out of nowhere. it wasn't pre—scripted. the gascoigne goal that you're in 96, which is basically just, oh yes. oh yes, oh yes . the basically just, oh yes. oh yes, oh yes. the old hat basically just, oh yes. oh yes, oh yes . the old hat trick when oh yes. the old hat trick when england beat germany, it just gets better. and better and better. and the fact that you had the reiteration of better three times for a hat trick was so simple but powerful. and motty once told a story where after that he was in the stands and somebody tapped him on the back shoulder. i think back of the shoulder. i think he was a game and they was a west ham game and they said just keeps getting said it just keeps getting better better. better and better and better. and it sven—goran eriksson, and it was sven—goran eriksson, the england manager. and the former england manager. and this is what motty did. he transcended sports. he was passionate about grassroots football regulation and in the game, and he used his words at all levels to entertain us, to inform us. and he knew ground,

which i think for commentators like myself is so important because we're all informed by his style. yeah, the right words for the right occasion, which perhaps doesn't always apply to various commentators. and of course he started as a journalist , course he started as a journalist, i think it was in nonh journalist, i think it was in north on a bone and then went onto the sheffield morning telegraph and perhaps that told in his later career that he actually wrote and spoke well as well as the knowledge of the game. and by the way, that's really difficult. i think in this modern era of journalism , this modern era of journalism, we almost take for granted the skill of multi—platform journalism where people can broadcast and write and do all things but motty was a groundbreaker in that sense because as you say, he came through the print press. he was a reporter with the barnet press and the sheffield morning telegraph , and then he moved to telegraph, and then he moved to bbc radio sheffield before finally getting his big break with the bbc on a full time bafisin

with the bbc on a full time basis in the late 1960. and when you understand from a print point of view, a headline or a story, but from a broadcast point of view, how to be concise and find the word in the moment that isn't incredible skill. because when you write, you've got time, you've got subbing editors , and when you live like editors, and when you live like yourself , you've got to be editors, and when you live like yourself, you've got to be able to reach and find that word or question moment. you've question in the moment. you've got and that motty got one take, and that was motty all over. was always that all over. that was always that ability to give the game respect , let it play out. don't pre script it, don't write the headune script it, don't write the headline before the moment, but then in that moment he could reach deep and quickly find poetry. yeah, he replaced david coleman , i think 1977 fa cup coleman, i think 1977 fa cup final . he coleman, i think 1977 fa cup final. he retired, i think 2018, but he didn't really retired . he but he didn't really retired. he was still on radio five. was you still giving his his views? because of the love of the game? and perhaps that's not always shared by those people in the profession . well, what he said profession. well, what he said which i think was very pertinent, was he wanted to go

out at his peak before anybody started saying, are you still up to scratch? and i think that appues to scratch? and i think that applies to anyone in any profession. but the beauty of football and a passion is as long as you retain the love for the game, the words were always going there. we saw him going to be there. so we saw him obviously retire. in theory , but obviously retire. in theory, but in practise, he continued to do interviews and commentate on radio stations all around the uk and any opinion that he had was always going to make news. so he would always form part of the football conversation and it's so difficult , football conversation and it's so difficult, i think, to football conversation and it's so difficult , i think, to retire so difficult, i think, to retire when you sport so much because every two years a major tournament comes around, every four years the world cup comes around, there's olympic football. premier football. football. the premier football. you're going get you're always going to get sucked back and that kid sucked back in. and that kid like demeanour but with the magical poetic wording on top of it was such a powerful combination because you always felt like when you were listening to him. he was reflective of your own excitement , but you also look to excitement, but you also look to him because he could find a way

of describing it that you couldn't. and giant of couldn't. yeah, and giant of sports broadcasting going after dicky davies, of course, the changing of the times. but ben, thank you very much indeed for bringing your here. bringing us your tribute here. and no more people will be and no doubt more people will be in with with their in touch with us, with their views memories well. views and memories as well. gb views at news dot uk. coming views at gb news dot uk. coming up sir starmer's new ideas up, sir keir starmer's new ideas for labour. all five of them. what are they? it will be revealing those plus of course, the latest on grassroot football as we've just discussing. as we've just been discussing. first, update on the first, an update on the headunes first, an update on the headlines when we have them . headlines when we have them. mark, thank you. it's1234. your mark, thank you. it's 1234. your top stories mark, thank you. it's1234. your top stories from the gb newsroom. three men have been arrested on suspicion of attempted murder following the shooting of detective chief inspector john caldwell in omagh. he was targeted by two masked gunmen while he was with his young son at a sports centre last night. he's in a critical but stable condition in hospital. police say the primary

focus is on dissident republicans. the new i.r.a. that they're now reviewing the threat level , the number of asylum level, the number of asylum seekers waiting for an initial decision on their claim has hit 160,000. that's the highest level since records began . the level since records began. the figures come as the home secretary tells gb news in an exclusive interview that nothing's ruled out when it comes to tackling illegal immigration. more than 45,000 people crossed the channel in small boats last year, which swell abroad and describes as unacceptable . speaking to liam unacceptable. speaking to liam halligan, she also said she understands why people are frustrated with hotels. housing asylum seekers . it's clear that asylum seekers. it's clear that we have an unsustainable in towns and cities around our country whereby because of the overwhelming numbers of people arriving here illegally and our legal duties to accommodate them, we are now having to house them, we are now having to house them in hotels and that is

causing understandable tensions within communities. pressures on local resources . and you can local resources. and you can watch the full 22 minute interview with the home secretary here on the gb news youtube channel. and sir keir starmer has outlined his vision for the country. if labour were to win the next general election. launching his party's five national missions, the labour leader says the uk needs to be more competitive. the economy was highlighted as a top priority and he promised to be tough on crime tv online and dab+ radio. this is gb news. don't go anywhere. mark we back in just a moment.

we've been paying tributes to john motson and of course,

grassroots football , very, very grassroots football, very, very important to him. well, that's now reflect on this move to prevent to the top clubs from joining the breakaway european super league. among the powers being held by the new independ regulator. it's been recommended by a fan led review, no less , by a fan led review, no less, and confirmed by the uk government preventing historic clubs from going out of business to one of the aims, as well as giving the fans greater input on new owners and directors a test, if you like, before they are allowed to take over the clubs. what significant protect what significant move to protect engush what significant move to protect english football's cultural heritage. joining us now is someone who knows all about cultural heritage. paul hawkins has following the story . it has been following the story. it is prophetic , of course, that on is prophetic, of course, that on the day that motty goes, his love of the grassroots game has actually been reflected now in official government announcements. absolutely and in fact, i think that is the aspect of this announcement that is going to affect the most people , because the major awards and

about you, mark, i have been playing part football for 20 years or so. goalposts yeah , years or so. goalposts yeah, exactly. what we achieved was for golf. i mean, the pitches anyone will tell you who plays sunday morning, saturday afternoon, the pictures are terrible. the changing rooms, the offices , awful the terrible offices, awful little rain matches off . little bit of rain matches off. yeah, facilities are yeah, right. the facilities are awful yeah. turn on the tv, awful. yeah. you turn on the tv, you at premier league, you look at the premier league, it's awash with money. now, we should say the premier league. do do give some the money do they do give some the money away grassroots? does go away to grassroots? it does go to the moment. but to grassroots at the moment. but the point, of the the whole point, one of the aspects this new regulator aspects of this new regulator will to force it to give more will be to force it to give more if doesn't. and that's sort of the trickle down. yeah absolutely. and not to give this is not just to grassroots, but also to the english football league, ones who are in charge of the championship league one and league two. but they want 25% of the pool broadcast revenue. i mean, that's pretty hefty for the efl hefty sum, isn't it, for the efl . that's a yeah, yeah. . yeah, that's a yeah, yeah. that's sum. the that's a huge sum. and the premier league i would say, i mean i would say the reaction

has been lukewarm given they're going to be regulated . they going to be regulated. they appreciate the government's commitment the commitment to protecting the league caution it league success. but caution it is the regulation does not is vital the regulation does not damage game ability to damage game or its ability to attract investment and grow interest . but the key and the interest. but the key and the interesting thing to this, this is all from the fans they've had this find out the this review to find out what the fans wanted. it's not top fans wanted. so it's not top down. and of course, one of the other issues is that they want this review to prevent financial failings , but actually out failings, but actually find out who wants to take over these clubs and buy these clubs. yeah. by clubs and buy these clubs. yeah. by having stricter tests for the directors and the owners of these clubs. do they may stricter criteria. interesting haven't they haven't defined what those criteria would be. so when we talk about saudi arabia controversially for human rights, only newcastle would be one of the criteria. a lot of broad brush strokes in this, what they call white paper , what they call white paper, which is politicians jargon for a plan. there's a lot of broad strokes and the devil will be in the detail. rishi sunak no less saying this puts fans back at

the heart of football. is that over? egging it upon or you know, is it really the sort of balance is changing? i think. i think if this does go ahead and it does happen, then i don't think it's over it to say it would be a kind of a revolution in football terms, this would be huge. no other major country in the world has a regulator for its football and to see a government, a conservative government, a conservative government , government, a conservative government, bringing in regulation for football, you know, and it was in the conservative manifesto in 2019 is remarkable . all of this is remarkable. all of this coming, of course, on the back of bury he went out of business macclesfield of our problems derby of our problems is about straight. and so the government will a broad is will say and finds a broad is speaking behind this. they'll say it's about strengthening football sure the football clubs, making sure the very top ones don't disappear off a european league, off to a european super league, giving the more of a say which would be prevented by this one. which be prevented which would be prevented by this. would say, this. they would be able say, you're enjoy any you're not going enjoy any european where, european super league, where, of course, top clubs , course, the very top clubs, united, spurs, liverpool, etc. they would huge amounts of

they would make huge amounts of money. this would keep them within english structure and within the english structure and more money would trickle more of that money would trickle down bottom , to the likes down to the bottom, to the likes of us who are of the rest of us who are playing for the dog and duck on the sunday. good luck. don't break leg with a ball. thank break a leg with a ball. thank you joining us. more you forjoining us. more reaction, course, as reaction, of course, to that as it comes through. but let's return the politics of return now to the politics of the labour's leader, the day with labour's leader, sir outlining five sir keir starmer, outlining five missions as he described them that to voters in that he wants to offer voters in the next election. this in a speech in earlier, one of the most significant goals to make uk highest growing economy uk the highest growing economy amongst if they were amongst g7 nations. if they were to win, however, did admit that it would be pretty tough to achieve amongst other achieve amongst the other pledges wanted to make pledges he wanted to make britain a clean energy superpower and to cut health in all inequalities. while this listen to what he had to say earlier. i will never accept that this country is destined for decline, that our best days belong to the past . success is belong to the past. success is all around us. it just needs direction . people have huge

direction. people have huge ambitions for their community. they just need a government that matches their ambition . and i, i matches their ambition. and i, i think there is a yearning to come together to be part of something bigger , that appetite. something bigger, that appetite. it's always been there in all our big in our history, the creation of the nhs during the pandemic in spades, the passing of the late queen last year , a of the late queen last year, a pride and a purpose that we have to unlock to drive our country forward towards a better future . ripple of applause . now let's . ripple of applause. now let's head back to manchester and join our political reporter , olivia our political reporter, olivia utley, who was there and the shirt sleeve approach , of shirt sleeve approach, of course, which we've seen with rishi sunak before. and we remember going back to tony blair, but certainly no sort of stones slab as we remember with ed miliband in terms of a mission statement . no, in fact ,

mission statement. no, in fact, there was very little concrete about the speech. he had these five missions statements which weren't too dissimilar to the five pledges that rishi sunak laid out a couple of months ago. what really the line that he seems to be trying to draw between him and the prime minister isn't one of policy really, or even ideal g. it's simply one of competence. he wants make it clear that wants to make it clear that labouris wants to make it clear that labour is the party with the ability to govern labour has that, the power, has the that, has the power, has the organic or skills really govern. the other really notable factor you mentioned there, blair, there was so many echoes of tony blair in the speech we heard tough on crime, tough on the causes of crime, a very blairite nofion causes of crime, a very blairite notion . and the whole ring of notion. and the whole ring of the was truly centrist. the speech was truly centrist. it was about bringing people together. it was getting together. it was about getting into saying we won't be into it was saying we won't be able of these able to achieve any of these things unless labour is in power. he struggled , power. where he struggled, failed was on the issue of trust. were number of trust. there were a number of journalists questions journalists who ask questions about it's been about trust because it's been noted that of keir noted this morning that of keir

starmer's leadership pledges . starmer's leadership pledges. there are quite a few of them that he doesn't appear to have stuck to or seems to have subtly changed his tune on. so the question that he really struggled is can he struggled with is how can he prove that he won't break the promises that he's made today in the same way that he's alleged to have broken promises that he made during that leadership campaign? yes, overall, it campaign? but, yes, overall, it was less about the specifics. he was less about the specifics. he was keen to avoid giving any policy promises he'd policy promises about what he'd do energy bills next do about, say, energy bills next year more about the year and more about the overarching air of competence that he clearly wants to give off. it was about fixing things that the tory party has broken in the last 13 years. yeah because we remember one of the leadership pledges was nationalisation, sort nationalisation, which he sort of to swerved around of seems to have swerved around talking about this british clean energy superpower. but i mean the key thing is, as you say, without the detail, when he says he wants the highest sustained growth of energy , seven nation, growth of energy, seven nation, of the imf and the bank of course the imf and the bank of course the imf and the bank of england have been scratching their heads to up their heads trying to work up

how can be grown . how the economy can be grown. and yet we got any detail from him ? no exactly. and if voters him? no exactly. and if voters were hoping that he would talk about seizing the opportunities afforded by brexit, then that certainly doesn't seem to be case, he says, vaguely on brexit that he would fix the deal that has been put in place by rishi sunak and risk that our relationship with the eu . but relationship with the eu. but when pressed for detail on that, we didn't seem to get any at all. when asked about brexit more generally, when asked about the damage that brexit has done to growth, he says , well, brexit to growth, he says, well, brexit isn't only problem that isn't the only problem that we've had. it isn't the thing that's been stopping growth in the last couple of years, which isn't the most positive outlook on brexit. they didn't seem on brexit. so they didn't seem to be much of a conquer plan, that it was simply about showing that, whereas the tory party has left everything to get into a metric you can't get a doctor's appointment, you can't get proper education for your children. the labour party has the has the structure to be able

to govern since . it was all to govern since. it was all about competence . olivia, we'll about competence. olivia, we'll leave it there because they're clearly intent on dismantling the set behind you, just in case move you away in a big box. we'll we'll let you get out of the way. thanks very indeed . the way. thanks very indeed. let's return now to our top story with a shooting last night of a senior police officer at oma in northern ireland when he was off duty in a stable but critical condition . police critical condition. police confirming that three men have now been arrested . this is what now been arrested. this is what they had to at a news they had to say at a news conference earlier. morning conference earlier. good morning . today, to give you an . today, i want to give you an update on the condition of our friend and colleague, detective chief inspector john caldwell. he's had surgery overnight and he remains in a critical condition. clearly, as an organisation , we are utterly organisation, we are utterly shocked and angered by last night's brazen and calculated attack . john is a father husband attack. john is a father husband and colleague and a valued and

active member of his local community. deputy chief constable mark hamilton visits the family in hospital overnight to offer them all support at this most difficult time. we will continue to provide all the necessary assistance to john's family and colleagues as we navigate the difficult days ahead. john has been a valued police officer for 26 years. committed to public service as a senior investigating officer . senior investigating officer. supporting victims and their families in bringing offenders to justice. john is held in the highest esteem with within our organisation. he is a credit to his family until the police service and of course our thoughts all with john and his family as he fights for his life in hospital today . family as he fights for his life in hospital today. i would like to take this opportunity to thank members of the public and

the emergency services who worked so hard last night to save john's life. john's colleagues are understandably extreme , distressed by last extreme, distressed by last night's shooting . however, they night's shooting. however, they remain resolute and committed to bringing those responsible for this heinous crime to justice. i also welcome the cross party political condemnation of last night's attack . however, it is night's attack. however, it is tragic and sad that there are still some who wish to drag us back to the past. i have also received numerous messages of support from colleagues , support from colleagues, partners and politicians as well as the public. are all united in their support for policing . i their support for policing. i and my colleagues are grateful for the strength of the condemnation of this awful attack so before i ask mckeown and myself take questions. i would also like to confirm that in this fast paced investigation this morning, we have arrested three men aged 38, 45 and 47 in

omagh and coalisland, in connection with john's attempted murder . they connection with john's attempted murder. they are connection with john's attempted murder . they are currently connection with john's attempted murder. they are currently being questioned by detective f's most grave service crimes suite. well, that was the update from the chief constable for the police service in northern ireland. simon byrne confirming those three arrests. just to remind you that detective chief inspector john caldwell in critical but stable condition in hospital . and the other aspect hospital. and the other aspect being that the garda, the police service in the republic south of the border saying they have intensified their patrolling of the border counties and indeed does. the border counties and indeed does . simon byrne the border counties and indeed does. simon byrne is indicating northern island political leaders issuing this joint statement condemning the attack more course from omagh as we get it. but let's not tell you about the thousands of asylum seekers to be sent home office questioning hours to decide their claims in a bid to help cut the soaring backlog of cases . and it's understood that could

be 12,000 people involved in this process , including those this process, including those from afghanistan , libya and from afghanistan, libya and syria. still waiting for a decision but eligible under a policy being launched today to speed up the process . typically, speed up the process. typically, the people from these countries have a high rate of being granted asylum. some 95% or above five. and that's vietnam war with south—east of england. reporter rae addison , who joins reporter rae addison, who joins us down at dover to and underlie or underline rather by the home office is trying to speed up the process , i think the latest process, i think the latest figures we've got for those coming through 160,000, i think largest since records began . in largest since records began. in terms of the backlog of cases and continued criticism , of and continued criticism, of course, about how long it's taken to interview people . who taken to interview people. who absolutely mark that policy, that you mentioned just a moment ago was been announced as the figures for irregular migration

into the uk for last year were announced this morning, just after 9:30 am. the data from the home office shows that 45,755 migrants made that dangerous crossing in small boats across the channel . in boats across the channel. in 2020 to 1190 small boats, to be precise, and 87% of those who made that journey are males to nationalities made up the vast majority of 50% of all. most of the people that came over to 8% from albania and 20% from afghan system. now, only 90% of those who made the journey in 2022 have actually claimed asylum so far . one have actually claimed asylum so far. one might presume that that would rise closer to 100% as those applications in, of course, so many people will have arrived right up towards that new year's day last year. nine

87% of those who have made a claim for asylum are still awaiting a decision. so this is very much a slow process and talks to the backlog that you mentioned of 160,000 waiting. we've talked a lot and we've heard a lot about the number of people who are being referred as potential victims of human trafficking or that number is actually only 5.8% of those who made that crossing . in 2020 to made that crossing. in 2020 to 2691. in total . now, made that crossing. in 2020 to 2691. in total. now, in terms of residents views here, a real range, as you would expect, a lot of people say that being forced to come here, make that journey because there are no legal options. and they say that rishi sunak needs to put a policy in place to make sure that people that have a safe opfion that people that have a safe option rather than crossing in small boats right . option rather than crossing in small boats right. thank you very much indeed with us on those latest figures down there at dover. but let's get the view

now of human rights lawyer shoaib khan, who joins us. thank you very much indeed for joining us here in gb news. once more, the critics say this is effectively an amnesty , but effectively an amnesty, but clearly something has got to be done to speed the process . and done to speed the process. and yes, i mean, i hope it's not an amnesty. it shouldn't be an amnesty, though. we're talking about these particular countries . but obviously, we need to be looking individual and looking at individual cases. and i is the problem that i think that is the problem that the historically the home office has historically had they don't actually had is that they don't actually consider specific particular person competencies of person that competencies of specific cases . so i think that specific cases. so i think that is something that has to be done. but yes, i mean, like you said, something has to be done. we have introduced hundreds of thousands of asylum claims in the of people the backlog of people really desperate, vulnerable boat people not allowed to work , not people not allowed to work, not allowed establish or settle allowed to establish or settle themselves, know , just themselves, you know, just waiting years and years, something has to be done is . something has to be done is. this going to work, though, we understand it's ten pages, 40 questions, all in english. and

yet the people it's going to be distributed to coming in from afghanistan, syria , eritrea, afghanistan, syria, eritrea, libya and yemen , who quite libya and yemen, who quite obviously may not have english as their first language. i exactly. and also what you've heard is that there would be strict time limits. there are conflicting information about . conflicting information about. but probably 20 days or 20 working days after which the claim might be affected because they're not written. so i think i mean, what the government has to do is provide whether it's funds, it's arrangements funds, whether it's arrangements by operators, translators, by tour operators, translators, lawyers , whatever advice these lawyers, whatever advice these people need. i'm just as well as done with ukraine has been done in just to make sure in the past just to make sure that people are actually able to this information now providing information making it easier this information now providing inf(these on making it easier this information now providing inf(these asylumaking it easier this information now providing inf(these asylum seekerseasier this information now providing inf(these asylum seekers isn'tr for these asylum seekers isn't just for their benefit, but it's for the country. it's not for the home office. we need to make sure we have accurate information them. and like information about them. and like you i that's you said, i mean, that's concerning. obviously, they wouldn't this on wouldn't be able to do this on their own . and we have to make their own. and we have to make sure there are only arrangements in that. people

in place for that. and people have also pointed to the fact for those coming from afghanistan or syria , for afghanistan or syria, for instance, the security of the uk's borders bearing in mind the various terror cells that have been identified in those countries . i mean, yes, i mean, countries. i mean, yes, i mean, like i said, that is why i mean, it shouldn't be seen and it shouldn't be a blanket amnesty . shouldn't be a blanket amnesty. obviously, something the obviously, that is something the home , decade or so, home office does, decade or so, where, you know, because they've completely failed to do their job, which is actually process these people, then you know, we have some of amnesty on, have some sort of amnesty on, you people are just let you know, people are just let through. be the case. that shouldn't be the case. that shouldn't be the case. that shouldn't be the case. that shouldn't be done. which is why i at the start, i hope that i said at the start, i hope that they actually look at they do actually look at individual consider individual cases and consider each application each individual application on itself see, itself. and obviously we see, you that obviously not you know, that obviously not impossible like we saw with ukraine, so many schemes ukraine, so many other schemes thatis ukraine, so many other schemes that is possible. so the government really does need to focus those things right. so focus on those things right. so it's other words. it's doable. in other words. yeah you very yeah shoaib khan, thank you very much for bringing much indeed for bringing us your reaction us on gb reaction and joining us on gb news more . well, coming up news once more. well, coming up in this next, we'll be back live

to omer for the latest. three people arrested in that attempted murder inquiry. the political leaders coming together, latest coming up for you. stay with us on .

him. good afternoon. welcome back. it's coming up to 1:01. i'm rhiannon jones in the gb newsroom. three men have been arrested on suspicion of attempted murder following the shooting of a high ranking officer in omagh. detective chief inspector john caldwell was targeted by two masked gunmen while with his son at a sports centre last night. he's in a critical but stable condition in hospital . police condition in hospital. police say dissident groups . the new say dissident groups. the new ira is the primary focus and

that they're now reviewing the threat level. chief constable simon byrne told reporters . a simon byrne told reporters. a respected colleague is fighting for his life . clearly as an for his life. clearly as an organisation we are utterly shocked and angered by last night's brazen and calculated attack. john is a father , attack. john is a father, husband and colleague and a valued, an active member of his local community. john's colleagues understand extremely distressed by last night's shooting. however they remain resolute and committed to bringing those responses able for this heinous crime to justice. secretary of state for northern ireland chris heaton—harris has condemned the attack. it a cowardly and callous attack that happened last night , a callous attack that happened last night, a very senior well known local police officer is now in a critical condition in hospital. and our thoughts are with his with him and his family

and everybody in the police community. and actually the community. and actually the community of omagh is completely shocked by this because society has moved on in northern times. there is no place for violence like this . the number of asylum like this. the number of asylum seekers waiting for an initial decision on their claim has hit 160,000 and that's the highest level since records began. the figures come as the home secretary tells gb news in an exclusive interview that nothing is ruled out when it comes to tackling illegal immigration. more than 45,000 people cross the channel in small boats last yean the channel in small boats last year, which swept a problem and describes as unacceptable . describes as unacceptable. speaking to liam halligan , she speaking to liam halligan, she also said she understands why people are frustrated with hotels , housing, asylum seekers hotels, housing, asylum seekers . it's clear that we have an unsustainable situation in towns and cities around our country whereby because of the overwhelming numbers of people arriving here illegally and our legal duties to accommodate them, we are now having to house

them, we are now having to house them in hotels and that is causing under standard all tensions within communities, pressures on local resources . pressures on local resources. and you can watch the full 22 minute interview with the home secretary on the gb news youtube channel. sir keir starmer has outlined his vision for the country. if labour were to win the next general election , the next general election, launching his party's five national missions . the labour national missions. the labour leader says the uk needs to be more competitive. the akonnor made was highlighted as a top priority and he promised to be tough on crime. sir keir says sticking plaster politics is holding everyone back . as far as holding everyone back. as far as the pattern is always the same. distract it by the short term obsessions fixate westminster. held back by a cynicism which uses low trust in politics as an excuse to narrow our ambitions, blinkered to the potential of an active government, setting the

direction we learn from crisis to crisis. always reacting . to crisis. always reacting. always behind the curve . a always behind the curve. a sticking plaster . never a cure . sticking plaster. never a cure. the first minister of scotland faced more space for the first time since her surprise resignation last week . i don't resignation last week. i don't understand why the conservatives are feeling uncomfortable and are feeling uncomfortable and are of course the conservative government in england has not managed avoid straight in the national nicola sturgeon took aim at the tories after being accused of leaving nhs scotland weaker with a growing waiting list. the first minister hit back saying despite the challenges facing the health service, scotland's accident and emergency department is performing well. ms. sturgeon also says the scottish health secretary is the only person in the uk who's managed to avert nhs strike action . football nhs strike action. football commentatorjohn nhs strike action. football commentator john watson ,

commentator john watson, affectionately known as motty , affectionately known as motty, described as the voice of football , has described as the voice of football, has died aged 77. he covered ten world cups, ten european championships and 29 ea. european championships and 29 fa cup finals for bbc sport . fa cup finals for bbc sport. before retiring from the organisation in 2018, during his illustrious career, spanning over half a century, he became one of football's most insta only recognisable commentators . only recognisable commentators. the road outside the russian embassy in london was this morning painted in the colours of the ukrainian flag by demonstrators . protest group led demonstrators. protest group led by donkeys, has claimed responsible party, saying it was to mark the first anniversary of russia's invasion of ukraine as a reminder to putin that ukraine is an independent state. four arrests have been made in connection with the incident . connection with the incident. this is gb news opening more as it happens now, though. let me hand you back to .

hand you back to. mark rhiannon. thank you very much indeed. rhiannon. thank you very much indeed . so those police in indeed. so those police in northern ireland with that news that three men have now been arrested after a senior officer was shot in omagh last night while off duty. detective chief inspector john caldwell said to be fighting for his life in a critical but stable condition when he actually shot in front of his son and other youngsters as he was helping a football session at a local youth club . session at a local youth club. northern ireland's political leaders, including sinn fein and the dup, a joint to the dup, issuing a joint to condemn that shooting. well, earlier officers gave an update on their investigation . let's on their investigation. let's remind you of that. in full. good morning. today, i want to give you an update on the condition of our friend and detective chief inspector john caldwell . he's detective chief inspector john caldwell. he's had detective chief inspector john caldwell . he's had surgery caldwell. he's had surgery overnight and he remains a critical condition . clearly, as

critical condition. clearly, as an organisation. we are utterly shocked and angered by last night's brazen and calculated attack . john is a father, attack. john is a father, husband and colleague and a valued and active member of his local community. deputy chief constable mark hamilton visits the family in hospital overnight to offer them all support . this to offer them all support. this most difficult time . we will most difficult time. we will continue to provide all the necessary assistance to john's family and colleagues as we navigate the difficult days ahead. john has been a valued police officer for 26 years, committed public service as a senior investigating officer, supporting victims and their families in bringing offenders to justice. john is held in the highest esteem with within our organised. he is a credit to his family and to the police service and of course also all with john

and of course also all with john and his family as he fights for his life in hospital today. i would like to take this opportunity to thank the members of the public and the emergency services who worked so hard last night to save john's life . night to save john's life. john's colleagues are on standardly extremely distressed by last night's shooting. however, they remain resolute and committed to bringing those for this heinous crime to justice. i also welcome the cross—party political condemnation of last night's attack. however, it is tragic and sad that there are still some who wish to drag us back to the past. i have also received numerous messages support from colleagues , partners and colleagues, partners and politicians as well as the public. while all in their support for policing , i and my support for policing, i and my colleagues are grateful for the

strength of the condemnation of this awful attack . so before i this awful attack. so before i ask mckeown , i myself take ask mckeown, i myself take questions. i would also like to confirm that in this fast paced investigation this morning, we have arrested three men aged 38, 45 and 47 in omagh and coalisland, in connection with john's attempted murder. coalisland, in connection with john's attempted murder . they john's attempted murder. they are currently being questioned by detectives most serious crimes suite constable simon byrne and that inquiry , in terms byrne and that inquiry, in terms of a case of attempted murder, the police service of northern ireland, will the secretary state for northern ireland. chris heaton—harris gave his reaction to little earlier . it reaction to little earlier. it was it was a it was a cowardly and callous attack happened last night . a very senior well known night. a very senior well known local officer is now a critical condition in hospital. my thoughts with his with him and family and everybody in the

policing community and actually the community of omagh is completely shocked by this because the society has moved on in northern ireland. there is no place for violence like this. are concerned about the are you concerned about the safety psni officers in the safety of psni officers in the light of this event? well i'm always concerned about safety of psni they completely psni, but they are completely professional and in all my experiences with them, they know exactly doing and exactly what they're doing and actually policing the actually are policing the communities . northern communities. northern ireland really , very, very really effectively, very, very well . but really effectively, very, very well. but this really effectively, very, very well . but this is a really effectively, very, very well. but this is a really significant event . it's a very significant event. it's a very serious event and the it's difficult to underline how cowardly these people are and let's get more now from omagh . let's get more now from omagh. reporter northern ireland. reporter northern ireland. reporter dougie beattie is there at the scene and dougie has more details emerge. really the reflection extraordinary that more weren't injured particularly these youngsters were at this football training session including cole, his own

. son indeed. hi hi. horrific. is that for his son to be with his father while he the people trying to murder him, not to something that that child will neven something that that child will never, ever over. and in fact, many of the children here will remember forever that he was at this training session 8:00 at night. and obviously went over and the car park behind me filled with parents and children . some parents here to just pick up their children. others that were like many us involved in were like many of us involved in our children's activities, the was getting into the car, john was getting into the car, john was putting the footballs into the boot of the car when two man approached him and fire shooting many times and hitting him many times. a member of the public passing by, of course job to his assistance and administered first aid immediately, which probably in all ways probably saved his life or contributed to it early high before he was transferred the hospital at londonderry, altnagelvin , where,

londonderry, altnagelvin, where, as the chief constable says he is fighting for his life over, has seen its share of this and never to see it again. last will have been a massive shock for the community for and someone like me that was used to reporting this for years. it bnngs reporting this for years. it brings us back the sequence of events that start have started this morning again. events that start have started this morning again . you have the this morning again. you have the forensic photographers . if forensic photographers. if i could just draw a picture of it for then you have the dna boys that come in, look for car tracks, etc. now, just a few moments ago, many full of police officers , white suits have officers, white suits have started to begin the fingertip search and they will start opening things like drains and so forth, taking out the contents that looking for spent shells and anything else that might come along . because we do might come along. because we do know that those two got better skipped last night in a black car that . car is believed to be car that. car is believed to be the one that was found a short while away here and it was burnt out. so the police are very much on this to try and find out, as you would expect, exactly who is

responsible. but at this minute time, the community here and the police service itself are really and their own joe caldwell's family. yeah and trying to reassure the local community, of course, as you remember 1998, 29 people killed in that bombing, the real ira. and we understand the real ira. and we understand the guard is south of the border to are actually intensifying their patrols. but on the political front already that all the political leaders from across the spectrum have come out in a joint statement to actually decry what's happened . actually decry what's happened. absolutely they have this this place this morning was full of political leaders. all to say and condemn exactly what has happened here. and, of course , happened here. and, of course, 1990 it was what the good friday was saying that was saying to stop it the likes of this was going on. and as i grew up, this was a regular occurrence. and you know, it has been absent from northern ireland, thankfully for so long. and it is the last thing anybody in

northern ireland wants to see coming back to our streets . that coming back to our streets. that is why it is vitally important to protect the good friday agreement in all its parts. dougie at the scene there in omagh, thank you for more details. of course, as they emerge and we'll keep you updated on the investigation. but let's now reflect the home secretary in an interview with gb news has said that nothing is ruled out when it comes to fixing the channel migrant crisis. suella braverman holding her first interview since being appointed as home secretary with liam talking the law home secretary over 45,000 people cross the channel in small boats last year. the number this year is expected to be a lot higher. rishi sunak , in his own words, rishi sunak, in his own words, is committed to passing new laws to stop the small boats . those to stop the small boats. those laws have now been laid before parliament. does that mean that the government's ruled out leaving the european convention on human rights in order to try and tackle this vexed problem . and tackle this vexed problem. well, i think that there are

legitimate questions that we need to start asking relating to our membership of the european convention of human rights and its operation . and in the united its operation. and in the united kingdom , we've seen there's kingdom, we've seen there's a political and expansionist court , strasbourg, that regulates the convention. sometimes aims at odds with british values , odds with british values, whether it's our ability to remove people to rwanda, as we saw last year, its operation combined with the eu charter and the court, have operated to stymie policymaking. you might the court, have operated to you make a strong legal case with home secretary, but the opfics with home secretary, but the optics of leaving the eu are are difficult. you've got the stomach to leave. it clearly has the minister at this stage nothing's ruled out need to ensure that we fix this problem of illegal migration . that's my of illegal migration. that's my priority. and as prime minister himself has said he'll do whatever it takes to achieve that goal in light of those small boat incidents, we've seen protests now around the country increasingly in liverpool in

rotherham protest planned in newquay . some have said that newquay. some have said that those protesters are far right is that a fair characterisation of those protesters . well, what of those protesters. well, what i would say, firstly is that violence is never acceptable and intimate dacian harassment , any intimate dacian harassment, any forms of abuse to anybody are totally should be condemned and i condemn them in the fullest terms and it's clear that we have it on sustainable situation in. towns and cities around , our in. towns and cities around, our country, whereby because of the overwhelming numbers of people arriving here illegally and our legal duties to accommodate them , we are now having to house them in hotels. we are all first rated with the scituate auction that we are currently finding ourselves in and it is it is clear and undeniable that there are really, really serious pressures on communities and

saying so does not you racist or bigoted ? simon clarke, former bigoted? simon clarke, former cabinet minister, has said there will be a very real problem for the government if there is a northern ireland deal that doesn't carry the support of the dupe. is he right? doesn't carry the support of the dupe. is he right ? listen, the dupe. is he right? listen, the dup are an important voice in this debate and. in this discussion, they speak . can we discussion, they speak. can we have a deal that they don't agree to? we have always worked very closely with the dup. they are unionists . they speak for are unionists. they speak for a significant portion of the communities in northern ireland and they need to be around the table. ultimately, stormont only function if the dup supports any proposal. you resigned, of course, as a brexit minister in 2018 over theresa may's . would 2018 over theresa may's. would you resign over this? listen, i don't think we need to be talking about resignation. i've taken a very forthright position in the past because i found the terms of , previous agreements

terms of, previous agreements intolerable. i don't support selling out on northern ireland, allowing the eu a foothold in the united kingdom. do you like being home secretary? well, i see my role as telling the truth and then fixing the problem . and and then fixing the problem. and sometimes the truth is uncomfortable for some people and they might get upset by heanng and they might get upset by hearing the truth . i'm not going hearing the truth. i'm not going to shy away from telling the truth to the british people and for the british people . that's for the british people. that's my role as home secretary . let's my role as home secretary. let's remind you the 22 minute interview with liam is available on our youtube channel. but liam is with us in the studio now . is with us in the studio now. this is fascinating number one that she's given this interview this time and you were allowed to ask whatever you want. you know , pre—agreed areas of no go know, pre—agreed areas of no go areas as sometimes happens at a timing where not only we've got latest figures coming through on asylum claims, but chris heaton—harris has gone to brussels again on the issue of

the protocol this really was a pretty well timed interview. if i say so myself . it's now i say so myself. it's now running on other news outlets, other broadcasters are picking it up through gritted teeth. the young pretender making the headunes young pretender making the headlines and it controversial for her to talk about the northern ireland protocol at a time when it's at the top of the prime minister's with the north on.the prime minister's with the north on. the secretary, as you say, struggle to get a deal, a deal which the prime has signalled previously, was already in the bag. and keir starmer indicating pmqs may be he was understanding it was in the back line. and yet and yet danger is as suella braverman was intimating, their to my questioning that this deal doesn't secure the agreement . doesn't secure the agreement. the democratic unionist party, the unionist party in the londo. there are, of course , others. there are, of course, others. then there won't be a government in northern ireland, stormont to be suspended, having massive for

people living in northern ireland. the reason she's doing that, mark, is because she is a lawyer and she is offended at the notion that the european court of justice she calls an expansionist politicised court would still hold sway over law making and regulation in northern ireland. and the people of northern ireland have absolutely say over that whatsoever unless reflect where she is politically the government she led the erg and you referred to her as being one of the spartans? yes, of course. and the suggestion is that behind the scenes, the will not move on this until the dup is happyin move on this until the dup is happy in that there are communications going on. and thatis communications going on. and that is maybe why rishi sunak has not been able to come to the commons which , you know, keir commons which, you know, keir starmer was expected on tuesday . here's the deal and you know let's vote on it. go with it. this is the first major test of rishi sunak as a prime minister, i would say he's between the proverbial rock and a hard

place. a place tory leaders past know well, including theresa may well his home secretary she to say this now on camera in a sit down interview is pretty punchy. yeah and yet she is , as you say, yeah and yet she is, as you say, a spartan she's one of those 28 tory employees who voted against every single iteration of theresa may's deal and will conclude secured brexit. you think of brexit without those spartans those there would not have been brexit in this form. it would have been form of theresa may's deal . keep keeping theresa may's deal. keep keeping us inside the customs union. keeping more of the uk inside the single market. the only spartans still in government now holds one of the great offices of state . that shows you the of state. that shows you the extent to which rishi sunak needs. extent to which rishi sunak needs . keep that extent to which rishi sunak needs. keep that part of his party onside and their numerous . there are 60, 80, 100 of them in the parliamentary party or needis in the parliamentary party or need is 15% of the parliamentary party under the tories. frankly

wacky to spark . and i hesitate wacky to spark. and i hesitate to say this, mark another leadership election. yeah of course we've we've had keir starmer offering labour's votes to any legislation through but i again that makes it even more difficult for sunak backing him into a corner . you ask the into a corner. you ask the question directly of her, would you resign? she didn't really answer it. surprise, surprise . answer it. surprise, surprise. but she says this isn't the time to about resigning. and then she talks about the time when she previously resigned over the same issue in 2018. yeah, yeah. i you get inkling i mean, did you get an inkling that another do or die that would be another do or die moment her? i i wonder. moment for her? i i wonder. okay. so steve baker, who? another high profile backbench tory mp, another absolute trouper of the rg one of the major movers and shakers to believe a true believer he is now also a minister. he is a northern ireland minister , is northern ireland minister, is professing loyalty to sunak, you know, people in westminster know that after a lifetime of rebelling, steve baker has

concluded he won't mind me saying that he needs to be loyal to the government and he's better off in government influencing things rather than shouting from the sidelines. it may be that suella braverman as homesick oratory has made the same conclusion , but if she has same conclusion, but if she has made that , certainly why did she made that, certainly why did she give me the interview ? yeah, and give me the interview? yeah, and here's a bit of added spice to put it into the mix. here's a bit of added spice to put it into the mix . former put it into the mix. former irish premier tea shop bertie ahern has said if an agreement on the northern ireland protocol not struck soon, it will probably not happen until there is a new british government. well, that's a pretty incredible intervention by, you know, a widely respect statesman from ireland, a signatory to the good friday. there is i was a reporter for the financial times when the good friday agreement was signed as somebody of jill , was signed as somebody of jill, british irish nationality . i british irish nationality. i reported a lot in. northern ireland, the good friday agreement not have happened without tony blair. john hume, seamus martin mcguinness , gerry

seamus martin mcguinness, gerry adams. whatever you think of them . and also bertie ahern and them. and also bertie ahern and them. and also bertie ahern and the white house, the only the only person who really made the good friday agreement happen and who can't speak now is david trimble, of course, because he just died. all the others have said very major things . and it said very major things. and it strikes me that bertie saying this is cranking up the pressure even more warning the conservatives that the world is watching. but warning the eu as well , because there are two well, because there are two sides to this argument. there two sides to this intransigence . it's not just the uk side. and we should always stress that martin mcguinness is producer. just remind us he's he's also the stage as well. but interesting as we just updating you , chris heaton—harris, you, chris heaton—harris, northern ireland secretary is in belgium in brussels at the moment, meeting the eu's maros sefcovic. and we'll see what emerges from that meeting for the moment. liam thank you very much as we say, full 22 much indeed. as we say, full 22 minute interview available on the youtube channel as we speak

to. yourselves with that to. update yourselves with that . be taking . coming up, we'll be taking a look at what keir starmer has had to on his five national had to say on his five national missions. that speech in manchester, what they'll be and what the chances of success as well coming in a moment.

welcome back to gb news live. now labour's leader, sir keir starmer has set out five national missions . they call national missions. they call them to voters earlier while speaking in manchester, those including making the uk the highest growing economy , the g7 highest growing economy, the g7 wanting to build nhs fit for the future , making the streets of future, making the streets of britain safe again, breaking down barriers to opportunity and making britain a clean energy superpower. well, he went on to say that sticking plaster politics, holding the country back. politics, holding the country back . i will never accept that back. i will never accept that this country is destined

decline, that our best days belong to the past . success is belong to the past. success is all around us. it just needs direction . people have ambitions direction. people have ambitions for their community. they just need a government that matches their ambition . and i. i think their ambition. and i. i think there is a yearning come together to be part of something bigger . that together to be part of something bigger. that appetite it's always been there. in all our big moments in our history, the creation of the nhs during the pandemic, in spades, the passing of the late queen last year . a of the late queen last year. a pride and a purpose that we have to unlock to our country forward towards a better future . well, towards a better future. well, let's get more from olivia, who's been at manchester and heard that speech. olivia clearly it's an attempt, maybe by labour to convince voters that they are viable government

in waiting, but no detail that's expected , we believe, later in expected, we believe, later in the year. but of course, as even the year. but of course, as ever, the devil is in the detail, particularly this pledge , if you like, to make us the highest sustained growth and in gdp , i mean, both the imf and gdp, i mean, both the imf and the bank of england scratching their heads as to how to make their heads as to how to make the economy grow . yeah, that was the economy grow. yeah, that was a very bold promise. and as you say, there wasn't a huge of detail to back it up. he talked quite a few times about not focusing of that growth in london and the south—east and having sort of bottom up growth in all of the regions, not just growth in the capital. and then re just redistribution elsewhere . their policy, which he called disrespectful to communities around the rest of the country. he talked about brexit. he was questioned on whether brexit is holding back britain. how you can grow the economy with brexit. and he said that brexit wasn't the only thing. essentially, i'm paraphrasing here, but brexit is the only thing holding the economy back.

well that's not wonderful news for brexit voters in places like manchester and the north or generally who those blue wall seats who think that brexit is a viable way to actually reinvigorate the economy and make it possible to seize the opportunities of brexit. he didn't mention those opportunities at all. otherwise, yes it was a it was a broad and vague plan for his his mission led to government, a phrase he kept repeating, and the point that he very keen to reiterate is that he was ready for ready for government. it wasn't so much about his policy or his ideology . it was much about his policy or his ideology. it was simply much about his policy or his ideology . it was simply that ideology. it was simply that labouris ideology. it was simply that labour is competent and it's ready to fix the. but the tories have got the country into that was the that was the basic gist it. now there are a couple of quite interesting admissions there his missions for there from his missions for government, one of which was housing. he didn't mention housing. he didn't mention housing at all and of there were plenty on both sides of the house who feel like the housing is exacerbating all sorts of

other problems in the country. and until you fix that housing crisis, the economy will be unable to grow. crisis, the economy will be unable to grow . and the other unable to grow. and the other one was child care , which he one was child care, which he mentioned in passing. and a question . of course, one of question. but of course, one of the key ways that many people , the key ways that many people, again, on both sides of the house feel that the economy could grow is making more could grow is by making more affordable ordinary affordable care for ordinary british those were affordable care for ordinary b couple those were affordable care for ordinary b couple of those were affordable care for ordinary b couple of things those were affordable care for ordinary b couple of things those quite a couple of things which quite interestingly, left out and interestingly, he left out and were to things were quite similar to the things rishi sunak left out in his five plans for the economy and britain last . plans for the economy and britain last. in fact, it was pretty hard to see the difference between the two at times. and of course he delivered it in shirtsleeves , as delivered it in shirtsleeves, as we've seen with rishi sunak. but let's reflect that we didn't get the pledges set in stone as we had with ed miliband , which had with ed miliband, which became a bit of his epitaph , of became a bit of his epitaph, of course. but reporters ask you on that very topic, what happened to the leadership pledges on nationalisation? of course when he came into the labour leadership ? well, absolutely, leadership? well, absolutely, and he talked about a great

british energy company, but that didn't seem to be the same as as personalisation of energy. in fact , there's a very interesting fact, there's a very interesting piece noting that that keir starmer is now being through 12 different slogans the first took up the lead labour leadership and a number of those leadership pledges that he made have now been swept under the carpet, if you like. so most difficult issue for starmer seem to be about getting that trust back about getting that trust back about when he was asked how how can we trust you to fulfil these five promises when of course you seem to have backtracked on the pledges that you made during the leadership contest and feels like theme which is going to like a theme which is going to be picked up again and again as we see of these speeches. we see more of these speeches. keir starmer presenting himself britain's next minister britain's next prime minister olivia updating us in manchester. thank you very much indeed. manchester. thank you very much indeed . and our apologies for indeed. and our apologies for the break up there on signal the break up there on the signal just moment. coming up, we just for a moment. coming up, we you array tomato those you nice array of tomato those celery cucumber lettuce anything else we can go hands on? yes.

the shortages are biting . more the shortages are biting. more on that in a moment. first, an update on all the bulletin headunes. update on all the bulletin headlines . yes, rihanna . well, headlines. yes, rihanna. well, thank you. it's 133. headlines. yes, rihanna. well, thank you. it's133. your top stories from the . gb newsroom. stories from the. gb newsroom. three men have been arrested on suspicion of attempted murder following the shooting. detective inspector john detective chief inspector john in omagh. he was by two masked gunmen while he was with his son at a sports centre last night. he's in a critical but stable condition in hospital . police condition in hospital. police say the primary focus is on dissident republicans. the i.r.a. and then now reviewing the threat level level . the the threat level level. the number of asylum seekers waiting for an initial decision on their claim has hit 160,000. that's highest level since records began. highest level since records began . the figures come as the began. the figures come as the home secretary tells gb news in an exclusive interview that nothing's ruled out when it

comes to tackling illegal immigration. more than 45,000 people crossed the channel in small boats last year , which small boats last year, which suella braverman describes as unacceptable. speaking to liam halligan, she also said she understood why people are frustrated with hotels, housing, asylum seekers. it's clear that we have an unsustainable situation in towns , cities situation in towns, cities around our country because of the overwhelming of people arriving here illegally and our legal duties to accommodate them. we are now having to house them. we are now having to house them in hotels and that is causing understandable. tensions communities. pressures on local resources . and you can watch the resources. and you can watch the full 22 minute interview with the home on the gb news youtube channel. sir keir starmer has outlined his vision for the country if labour were to win the next election. launching his

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and welcome back to gb news live with the queen consort and the king host, a reception at clarence house for authors, members of the literary community and representatives of charities all to celebrate the second anniversary of the reading room. her majesty will address guests on her hopes for the future of that project. let's get more from clarence house with our royal reporter, cameron walker . and cameron,

cameron walker. and cameron, perhaps people will be relieved to and hear the queen consort because clearly she's had to step from quite a number of engagements, to not getting this covid infection . yes, she has. covid infection. yes, she has. mark the first time in two weeks we have seen the queen consort in public. in fact, she started her speech at this literary reception . that's clarence house reception. that's clarence house today by saying a week late but covid free. of course it was the postponed literary reception happening to celebrate her instagram reading room. the second anniversary of it's now boasting 155,000 followers worldwide , encouraging more worldwide, encouraging more children and adults to raise the queen consort ready to believes in the importance of reading to improve people's life . but improve people's life. but yesterday there was a slight raise of eyebrows when . she raise of eyebrows when. she pulled out last minutes of a separate engagements with the king in east london and buckingham palace did. a spokesperson did say that she had made an excellent recovery from covid, but nonetheless, it was bit of a surprise she had

was a bit of a surprise she had pulled out of yet another engagements, having been to believe that she had believe all of us that she had recovered virus. but recovered from the virus. but nonetheless, she was here in pubuc nonetheless, she was here in public speaking to authors and public, speaking to authors and those in the publishing industry at clarence house alongside the king. but i think what's going to be the most memorable from , to be the most memorable from, the queen consort speech today is , this line and i'm just going is, this line and i'm just going to read it to. she said, bang beanng to read it to. she said, bang bearing in mind she's speaking to here, said, to authors here, she said, please to your please remain true to your calling by those who calling unimpeded by those who may wish to kerb the freedom of expression or impose limits on your imagination. now, i think this is significant because it was earlier this week that the british publishers of roald dahps british publishers of roald dahl's children's book say the author behind matilda bfg, those famous classics , the british famous classics, the british publishers , changed some of publishers, changed some of roald dahl's texts, including character appearances and a to be more , in their words, be be be more, in their words, be be more kind of encompassing into the modern world. now queen consort's didn't directly

address the roald dahl story. of course you couldn't. she has to remain pretty impartial as the queen and husband to the monarch of this country. but i think it was a very clear sign today that the queen consort is very in of freedom of expression and perhaps isn't too happy with cancel. perhaps isn't too happy with cancel . indeed. and of course, cancel. indeed. and of course, we reflect that. alison wonderland. lewis carroll has got a queen that indulges in capital punishment. off with heads however we shall move on to reflect. she is an avid reader herself. we understand i think peter james certainly that the brighton crime police writer is a favourite of hers . yes she is a favourite of hers. yes she is a favourite of hers. yes she is indeed, mark. in fact, her instagram reading room just started with six of the queen consort's favourite , which she consort's favourite, which she had just scribbled down the on a piece of paper during the first lockdown, way back in 2020, and she's patron of a number of

literary charities as well. she opened a library a couple of weeks ago, so it's very much one of her key themes in terms of engagements and percentages. buckingham palace is at the moment reviewing the number of patches its patronages the queen consort has at the moment. however we do know that later on this year the queen consort is going to be hosting her first literary festival at, hampton court palace. that's world famous court. so i'm sure we'll get more details as time goes on. on that one. a real page turner, as it were. cameron, for the moment at clarence house. thanks very much indeed for updating us. now, we're reflecting a little earlier on the sad news of john watson leaving us motty many tributes being paid and of course, he was a huge champion of football, but now an independent football regulator with targeted paths to step entrance of how money goes from the premier league down to those grassroots clubs and others from joining breakaway leagues all in place with the

government publishing, a white paper no less on football governance. it will act on the recommendations from a fan led review of the game . the main review of the game. the main purpose to oversee a licence system ensuring that clubs are run sustainably. this follows, of course, the collapse of bury and macclesfield field in recent years . let's get more than years. let's get more than national reporter paul hawkins, who's joining us in studio as we reflecting it's prophetic of course, that motty , who was such course, that motty, who was such a champion for the lower leagues and grassroots , he's he's left and grassroots, he's he's left stage or left the pitch and now got one of the main things that he was so passionate about. yeah which will be one of the powers, the is brought in with this football football regulator quickly a lot of ofgem, ofcom is going to be offside. oh name of game else quite a few can i know. yes to be honest that's probably the least of their right now because the devil will be in the detail. these are broad strokes in this government plan this regulator , one of plan for this regulator, one of them to get the premier

them being to get the premier league . if they have to, they'll league. if they have to, they'll have the power to force it to give more money to the lower leagues. so we're about the engush leagues. so we're about the english football league as the championship league one and league two, and then the national which national league as well, which used as the used to be known as the conference then even beyond conference and then even beyond that football sunday that grassroots football sunday morning football, saturday afternoon football. money for pitches changing etcetera pitches for changing etcetera for referees , for clubhouses, for referees, for clubhouses, you know, you name it, football's, etc. so big implications for grassroots is a huge shake up . england is going huge shake up. england is going to become first country in the world to have a football regulator. nowhere else has that, which is remarkable . that, which is remarkable. there's a conservative government in at the moment but it was part of their 20 leaves a sort of market forces. absolutely. yeah. i mean, to just sort of take it apart a bit, i mean, it's interesting. it's addressing the super clubs. yes. powers to them, for instance, getting a european super league . yeah. which was super league. yeah. which was worrying so many people and powers to put a huge amount from

what the premier league are getting tv rights done into the engush getting tv rights done into the english football league. yeah and basically enforcing that as such. absolutely. yeah so i mean, they won't do it every time and they'll only step in when they have to though the they'll still act as a conciliatory first trying to make the lower leagues , the make the lower leagues, the engush make the lower leagues, the english football league and so forth. talked to the premier league . but if they have to, league. but if they have to, there are powers that they can put some policing powers. absolutely then on top absolutely yeah. and then on top of as you say, they can of that, as you say, they can sell the big clubs, spurs, liverpool manchester united, manchester city, you're not joining european super league. joining a european super league. you're the you're staying within the engush you're staying within the english can english game as well. they can also stricter tests for also bring in stricter tests for people are thinking buying people who are thinking buying football clubs for the directors as well. we don't know what those tests and the devil those tests and again, the devil is details. yeah but the is in the details. yeah but the interesting is interesting fact on that is we've seen so many fan protest as various clubs over that particular issue. this is as a result of a fan led review and a no less. rishi saying this is putting fans back at the heart of football. yeah which, which

if this does happen it will be the i mean they're talking about giving fans the power to stop owners changing a club's name relocating a club, changing the badge, changing the shirt. we know wimbledon an mk dons moved up the up the amount to milton keynes that sort that that kind of move which is very controversial the fans would have a say in that and that would be huge if that did happen. yeah off boot maybe it could be the irish boots anyway for moment thank you very for the moment thank you very much go into extra much indeed. we'll go into extra time little later. but as time a little later. but as we're just mentioning , that sad we're just mentioning, that sad news through of course, news coming through of course, that commentator john that football commentator john watson had died at the age of 77. a bit more coming through. he died in his sleep peacefully. he'd worked for the bbc to reflect for 50 years, no less commentating a more than two and a half thousand games on, television and radio and of course that association with the. the sheepskin coat motty covering ten world cups ten european championships , 29 ea.

european championships, 29 fa cup finals . before retiring, cup finals. before retiring, though he really do that in 2018. his final game for match of the day that year. 2018. his final game for match of the day that year . well of the day that year. well joining us now on the show, gary newman, a sports presenter . and newman, a sports presenter. and i think gary, a time friend and colleague of motty . it's a sad colleague of motty. it's a sad day , but many people, you know , day, but many people, you know, remembering him with such affection and deservedly so. yeah, it was a real shock this morning. known motty since he was 11 because that's when he joined the private school public boys go to school there. boris lieutenants and we spent happy years together there in lots of ways , you know, listening to ways, you know, listening to football matches , talking about football matches, talking about football. it was a rugby school i was in the first 15 and he was pretty hopeless on it. but he got his dad actually. it was a methodist minister, was a methodist minister, was a methodist school and he had a he had a free he got him to write to the headmaster complaining

they didn't play football. we did have illicit games for all because it was 400 acres and we could find a place to play. and he was football from the he was always football from the day knew him and what a great day i knew him and what a great commentator it was an icon really. i suppose when look really. i suppose when you look at bbc and wolstenholme they at it bbc and wolstenholme they had people , david coleman and had people, david coleman and barry davies and of course john. and although the present commentators very good, they're never going to be the iconic figures because there's the football coverage is across several channels these days but yeah and was it the i mean he it was a journal ist early in his career for local newspapers did that actually really come into play that actually really come into play , if you pardon the pun play, if you pardon the pun because he always had the right word for the right moment. it was that journalistic expertise and skill that he had . he was and skill that he had. he was commentating . it's a very good commentating. it's a very good point about journalists and i think that's something missing. it's just a personal view in the

current because journalism , as current because journalism, as you know, you're a journalist, trained your mind. yeah well sometimes you go giving it the benefit , the doubt. but most so benefit, the doubt. but most so you know motty definitely he was on the ball at press i think. then he went to the sheffield telegraph and to the radio. so it definitely ensure that now we said he retired but he didn't really do that, did he? he kept appearing . radio five live to appearing. radio five live to join the sort of phone in shows. he had this love of game which extended not to just the glory matches but right down to grassroots where we just discussing the changes instituted with white paper . discussing the changes instituted with white paper. i'm not sure what motty would have made a loss. i certainly have mixed feelings about it, but i think that motty loved it and he loved going there and he definitely loved football at all levels. but obviously most of his coverage was with the big time and that's what be

remembered for. but he did . he remembered for. but he did. he love football. 24 seven when you say he did retire did retire actually he had a short spell at talksport and then i had a chat with him . he said, i've had with him. he said, i've had enough. now i'm packing in. and dunng enough. now i'm packing in. and during covid he got quite depressed, really been sort of unable to move around. motty was a great social animal and loved his friends and loved moving a lot. but he definitely retired. i sort of spoke him about two months ago for about 15 seconds and having spoken to regularly, that's the last time i actually spoke to. oh, that's that's that's very sad . but i mean, as that's very sad. but i mean, as we say, so many people remembering him with such fondness . and, you know, dicky fondness. and, you know, dicky davis has gone as well there was a warmth about this generation. i think perhaps you're included in that , that maybe some people in that, that maybe some people feel is missing nowadays . well feel is missing nowadays. well it's different agendas these days. it's different agendas these days . agendas. i understand, by days. agendas. i understand, by the way diversity and, the more

ladies involved in sports coverage. i understand all that. yeah but i think what we're in is a woke age now and i think some of the humour and some of the attitudes we have, you'd be cancelled now. i think we had great in television when was very affluent. there wasn't any competition. the bbc had a lot of the sports rights and they were different days and. you know, i'm still working flat out and motty i decided he'd had enough and that was his. but the games definitely . but you know, games definitely. but you know, we're in a world of progression of gb news has arrived. i mean who would have thought a few years ago they'd be anything other than the bbc and, itn and life moves on you have to life moves on and you have to accept it and i think motty had right all the changes he was ready for a good rest. i'm fortunate early. he died suddenly morning. and it's a real tragedy because i mean he loved his horse racing and wanting thing about multi and horse racing . he liked to own

horse racing. he liked to own horses but he was offered a quarter share in a summit and he turned that one down and he went on to win his grand national. that was the one thing he did just well he stuck to the football . gary, thank you for football. gary, thank you for your time thank you for your reflections. and i think we'll speak to you again, maybe about the paper, because may be the white paper, because may be you or two thoughts you got one or two thoughts about be back about that. will we'll be back in with you. but for the in touch with you. but for the moment, thanks very much indeed. and remembering his john and remembering his pal john watson. let's reflect the watson. now let's reflect the shortages of fruit and veg starting to impact supermarket shelves across . the uk, because shelves across. the uk, because we got aldi, tesco, asda, morrisons now all putting limits on the various fruit and veg sales. the government saying the bad weather in europe and africa causing the shortages. but increase in electricity and gas pnces increase in electricity and gas prices having an impact, of course on greenhouses and the growers here in the uk and the netherlands to . the environment netherlands to. the environment secretary, theresa coffey said it's a temporary and should be resolved within four weeks.

well, joining us now is our national reporter theo chikomba, who i think in the canterbury seen who i think in the canterbury seer, a local farm shop stocking local produce , how much have local produce, how much have they actually got in stock stock ? good afternoon, mark fortunately, they do have some here . outskirts of canterbury in here. outskirts of canterbury in low hubs and at this farm shop they've got fruit, veg and more to those who come here in the local area. and as we've in the last few days, there is a shortage in some supermarkets of course caused by the weather disruption in parts of africa. and of course , power as well in and of course, power as well in europe , in mainland europe and, europe, in mainland europe and, here in england. and i'm currently joined by tim, who works at this farm shop. tim thank you so much for your time and as you've heard over the last few days, people have been rationed only allowed to take certain number of fruits and vegetables in shops . has that vegetables in shops. has that made people come here, for

example? yeah, we have had a few new faces coming in for tomatoes and cucumbers. all the bits have been rushing to supermarkets. but it's not been not been major driver of people. i wouldn't say to no . and in terms of to us no. and in terms of tomatoes particularly, is this particular the time of the year people grow them? was it later in the year? well, in the uk, most tomatoes are sort of growing. ones are going outside to mid—summer. but we can ask from a place in town that has big glasshouses so they can grow most of the year round. so we're quite lucky that we can still get them from them at the moment and i suppose for example for you grow hair on this farm , you grow hair on this farm, let's was a problem , let's say there was a problem, but you can actually grow them yourselves tell us yourselves here. just tell us about you grow here and of about what you grow here and of course what you have as well. yes, we do a lot of soft fruits. we do pick your own. so we tend to focus on sort of raspberries , blackberries, top fruits , blackberries, some top fruits like plums . , blackberries, some top fruits like plums. so we're quite , blackberries, some top fruits like plums . so we're quite lucky like plums. so we're quite lucky that in the summer we can even get those locally use our own

get those locally or use our own depending the availability depending on the availability and we've got a wide range and yeah, we've got a wide range of things as well. we've got a butchery bread we do all the local stuff really and get things locally as we can and fit as much in the little shops we can. yeah of course in the supermarket in case people are being to what can take. being limited to what can take. is that something you having here people can take much as here or people can take much as they well at the they can? well yeah. at the moment can still take moment you can still take as much we've not been much as you can. we've not been forced to those drastic measures yet. hopefully we can yet. so yeah, hopefully we can keep supply and keep it keep a good supply and keep it ticking overnight. tim, thank you much for time. well, you so much for your time. well, as heard there, no limits as you heard there, no limits here just yet but as we know, these problems are likely to occur over the next few weeks. and as we've from and as we've heard from government minister, it's government minister, that it's something going be resolved something going to be resolved once things start to improve, particularly the supply chain for supermarkets across the uk, the you're in the right place. we'll let you go and fill your shopping bag and bring us a few extra tomatoes. but who knows? thank much for updating thank you very much for updating us sunit near canterbury us down at sunit near canterbury

. of course, on those . more, of course, on those coming up. also coming the latest from homer after , that latest from homer after, that shooting, the investigation continues , people being continues, people being arrested. we'll be speaking to the former police ombudsman for northern ireland about worries, what's happened there before that. we'll take a look at the weather for. you hello again and welcome to your tv news with me. luke miall , we've got some luke miall, we've got some bright weather across some parts of the country today . still of the country today. still quite grey and damp across southern areas and some wetter and windy weather across the north of scotland overnight . north of scotland overnight. right. we've got high pressure to uk. a ridge to the west of the uk. a ridge extends its way central parts, bringing the of the weather. but as you can see, a frontal system just clearing the south—west and another system pushing in across through the day. so it will through the day. so here it will turn windier for a time. turn and windier for a time. best of the sunshine today will be northern england. southern scotland into wales and the midlands but still quite grey, quite damp across some quite misty and damp across some southern areas still bits and pieces of light, rain and drizzle across the southwest into the afternoon. but

temperatures too on the temperatures not too bad on the face. it probably feeling quite cool cloud, but not too cool under cloud, but not too bad. we've bad. where we've got the sunshine through this evening though that rain and stronger become dominant across become more dominant across scotland. some gales for the far northeast, but most of the rain tends fizzle out after midnight to bits and pieces drifting southwards . the clear skies southwards. the clear skies across southern england , a touch across southern england, a touch of forming . so you will of frost forming. so you will need your scraper across wales and england. first and southern england. first thing on friday morning . so thing on friday morning. so a chilly start to the day here . chilly start to the day here. some sunshine around first thing. as say, that cloud thing. but as i say, that cloud is drifting southwards to the skies, milky, turning grey . and skies, milky, turning grey. and i for some places as this i think for some places as this cold front drive southwards, we will see few and pieces of will see few bits and pieces of rain, or heavy bursts rain, one or two heavy bursts likely farther north. so where we see behind the cold front, we'll see some clear skies, one or two showers for eastern coast. keen northerly coast. quite a keen northerly breeze feeling quite chilly breeze so feeling quite chilly here. again, temperatures here. but again, temperatures not too for this stage in not too bad for this stage in february as we get into friday night , we february as we get into friday night, we continue to february as we get into friday

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channel it's 2:00 here with gb news live i'm mark longhurst and coming up for you this afternoon, three men arrested in northern ireland after a senior off duty policeman was shot in omagh in front of his son and other youngsters playing . he's youngsters playing. he's critical but in a stable . the critical but in a stable. the latest outrage to hit the town, the scene of the real ira bombing back in 1998 that killed 29. we're speaking to a former police ombudsman for northern ireland and is this signs of a growing problem , pressure growing problem, pressure increasing on rishi sunak from

senior conservatives over his unannounced as brexit deal designed ensure smooth trade between northern ireland, the rest of the uk and the eu. will there be a showdown with own party? and what has he negotiated with the use the northern ireland secretary is in brussels this afternoon and the tributes being paid to the voice of football and the king of the sheepskin coat. motty john watson dying at the age of 77. his match record, including 29 ea. his match record, including 29 fa cup finals , ten world cups fa cup finals, ten world cups and ten european championships after the death of dickie davis , the game loses another of its great broadcasting champions. and as ever, we want to hear what you think and perhaps your tributes to motty as well. get in touch gb views at gbnews.uk. but time after the latest headunes but time after the latest headlines with reaction . mark, headlines with reaction. mark, thank you. good afternoon. it's 2:02. your top stories , the gb

2:02. your top stories, the gb newsroom. three men have been arrested on suspicion of attempted murder . the shooting attempted murder. the shooting of a high ranking officer in oman. detective chief inspector john caldwell was targeted by two masked gunmen while with his son at a sports centre last night. he's in a critical but stable condition in hospital . stable condition in hospital. police say dissident group the new ira is the primary focus and that they're now reviewing threat level. chief constable simon byrne told reporters a respected colleague is fighting for his life . clearly as an for his life. clearly as an organisation we are utterly shocked and angered by last night's brazen and calculated attack. john is a father , attack. john is a father, husband and colleague and a valued and active member of his local community. john's colleagues are understandably extremely distressed by night's shooting. however remain resolute and committed to bringing those responsible for this heinous crime to justice.

secretary of state for northern ireland heaton—harris has condemned the attack. it was a cowardly and callous attack happened last night. cowardly and callous attack happened last night . a very happened last night. a very senior , well—known local police senior, well—known local police officer is now in a critical condition in hospital. and our thoughts are with his with him and his family and everybody in the police and community. and actually the community of omagh is completely shocked by this because has moved on because our society has moved on in northern ireland. there is no place for like this . place for violence like this. the number of asylum seekers waiting for an initial decision on their claim has hit 160,000. that's the highest level since records began. figures come as the home secretary tells gb news in an exclusive interview that nothing's ruled out when it comes to tackling illegal immigration. comes to tackling illegal immigration . more than 45,000 immigration. more than 45,000 people crossed the channel in small boats last year, which suella braverman describes as unacceptable . speaking to our

unacceptable. speaking to our liam halligan , she also said she liam halligan, she also said she understands why are frustrated with hotel housing asylum seekers . it's clear that we have seekers. it's clear that we have unsustainable situation in towns and around our country whereby because of the overwhelming of people arriving here illegally and our legal duties to accommodate them, we are now having to house them in hotels and that is causing understandable tensions . understandable tensions. communities. pressures on local resources . and you can watch the resources. and you can watch the full 22 minute interview with the home secretary on the gb news youtube . so sir keir news youtube. so sir keir starmer has outlined vision for the country . if labour were to the country. if labour were to win the general election. launching his party's five national missions , the labour national missions, the labour leader says the uk needs to be more competitive. the economy was highlighted as a top priority and he promised to be

tough on crime. sir keir says sticking plaster politics is holding everyone back. the is always the same . distracted by always the same. distracted by the short term obsessions that fixate , westminster held back by fixate, westminster held back by a cynicism which uses low trust in politics as an excuse to narrow our ambitions blinkered to the potential of an active government. setting the direction we learn from crisis to crisis . always reacting. to crisis. always reacting. always behind the curve. a sticking plaster. never a kweer .four sticking plaster. never a kweer . four people have been arrested after a huge ukrainian flag was painted outside the russian in london. hundreds of litres of yellow and blue paint were poured onto the road . the poured onto the road. the country's colours across a 500 square metres. protests group led by donkeys, has claimed responsibility, saying the massive flag marks the first

anniversary of russia's invasion of ukraine. and tributes have been pouring in for football commentatorjohn been pouring in for football commentator john motson, whose died aged 77. gary lineker describing him as england's voice of football for generations . affectionately generations. affectionately known as motty he became synonymous with the beautiful game during his distinguished year career with the bbc , he year career with the bbc, he covered ten world cups, ten european championship caps and 29 fa cup finals before retiring from the organisation in 2018 . from the organisation in 2018. and he'll be very much missed . and he'll be very much missed. this is gb news will bring you more as happens now though let me hand you back . me hand you back. mark we are and thank you very much indeed. now northern ireland's political leaders from fein to

the dup , a joint statement to the dup, a joint statement to condemn the shooting of that senior off duty policeman in omagh last night. three men have been arrested when detective chief inspector john in chief inspectorjohn in a critical but stable condition , critical but stable condition, was said by the police federation . be fighting for his federation. be fighting for his life though he was shot in front of his son and other youngsters as he helped at a football session local youth club. session at a local youth club. well, earlier, police gave an update on their investigation . update on their investigation. this is what they had to say. good morning. today i want to give you an update on the condition of our friend and colleague, detective chief inspector john caldwell , having inspector john caldwell, having he's had surgery overnight and he's had surgery overnight and he remains in a critical condition . clearly as an condition. clearly as an organised nation we are utterly and angered last night's brazen and angered last night's brazen and calculated attack. john is a father , husband and colleague father, husband and colleague and a valued and active of his local community. deputy chief

constable mark hamilton visits the family in hospital overnight to offer them all support at this most difficult time. we will continue to provide all the necessary assistance to john's family and colleagues as we navigate the difficult days ahead. navigate the difficult days ahead . john has been valued ahead. john has been valued police officer for 26 years. committed to public service as a senior investigating officer , senior investigating officer, supporting victims and their families in bringing offenders to justice. john is held in the highest with within our organisation. he is a credit to his family until the police service and course our thoughts all with john and his family as he fights his life in hospital today. he fights his life in hospital today . i would like to take this today. i would like to take this opportunity to thank the members of the public and the emergency services who worked so hard last

night to save john's life . night to save john's life. john's colleagues , john's colleagues, understandably, extremely , by understandably, extremely, by last night's shooting . however, last night's shooting. however, they remain resolute and committed to bringing those responsible for this heinous crime to justice. i also welcome the cross—party political condemnation of last night's attack . however, it is tragic attack. however, it is tragic and sad that . there are still and sad that. there are still some who wish to drag us back to the past. i have also received numerous messages of support from colleagues , partners and from colleagues, partners and politicians as well as the public. while all in their support for policing , i and my support for policing, i and my colleagues are grateful for the strength of the condemnation of this awful attack . so before i this awful attack. so before i ask mckeown, i myself take questions . i would also like to questions. i would also like to confirm that in this fast paced investigation this morning, we have arrested three men aged 38, 45 and 47 in omagh , coalisland

45 and 47 in omagh, coalisland in connection with john's attempted murder . they are attempted murder. they are currently being questioned . currently being questioned. detectives most grievously for serious crimes. sweets what police are revealing more details about that investigation. let's get now from omagh and join our northern ireland reporter dougie beattie who's at the scene and dougie . who's at the scene and dougie. those details that have emerged, the fact that john cause own son many youngsters were there at the time and perhaps. you know , the time and perhaps. you know, looking at something that could have been a lot the indeed and for sure that john caldwell was just out last night he there was neither a detective an inspector he was a father . neither a detective an inspector he was a father. he was neither a detective an inspector he was a father . he was here he was a father. he was here doing what many of us with our children. he was enjoying a night with his son. he was involved in the local community and a training session with local young football team. i've done this type of thing myself , done this type of thing myself, but unfortunately for him , there

but unfortunately for him, there are those in this community that did not want him to survive and they lay waiting for him in the car park behind me . and as he car park behind me. and as he walked to the car , his son going walked to the car, his son going into the front of the car, he opened the boot through in some of the training materials and footballs . when two men came of footballs. when two men came of the darkness and opened fire on them, shooting them multiple times. some of the cars in the car park here by being inspected by forensic officers for they also were hit by ricochets stray bullets at the time. so it's a huge, high, vile this attack was. and what meaning that they really wanted this wasn't a car they were going to murder this policeman in front of other children here in and in front of many other adults who were here picking up their children from many sporting activities . it is many sporting activities. it is a sad day for roma . this town a sad day for roma. this town course has been hard hit by terrorists in the past and in factit terrorists in the past and in

fact it was the place where the worst terrorist atrocity in northern ireland ever took place, actually in the british isles. that was the home of all the 1998 and the good friday agreement was just three months before that ball off , that before that ball went off, that it to stop all this it was meant to stop all this type of behaviour. and for a reporter me standing here reporter like me standing here and watching the sequence of events going on behind us, the earlier on we had the first forensic photography . then we forensic photography. then we had forensic officers , and now had forensic officers, and now we have that all vital forensic finger tips, search these officers night are up, the manholes looking for any special clues, any signs of anything that they can bring forward as and we can only assume that very shortly a car transporter will come in and take mr. car away. as for him, he was taken out of here last night, assisted by members of the public, very brave. and it shows you the type of community is here instead of running away . some of them running away. some of them rushed to his aid and probably helped save his life. he was

taken to the galvin hospital in londonderry , where, as you've londonderry, where, as you've heard it said he is still in a critical condition and fighting for his life. indeed another dark shadow as you were saying, descending the on omagh. but john caldwell, as we say, is stable. that's the latest we're getting, which is it's good news. but dougie thank you for updating us there at the speed at scene. let's speak now to bo'ness newell alone, who's a former police for northern ireland. thank you very much indeed for us, bo'ness and us, dougie was reflecting there, of course people with those memories of 90, 98 other atrocities to omagh. i think you've reflected yourself, you know , this is such a picturesque know, this is such a picturesque town and for people once again town and for people once again to have to cope with this , i to have to cope with this, i think it's absolutely appalling and i think it's shocking that this incident occurred at all, that this this brave man who was playing with the children and helping the children develop their skills, that he was

shocked is absolutely awful. happened when the children were there that these bullets were ricocheting around and hitting all the cars . yeah. and perhaps all the cars. yeah. and perhaps we are thankful . yes, indeed. to we are thankful. yes, indeed. to others, including his children weren't injured. now there are three people who've been arrested . so we have to be arrested. so we have to be careful what we talk in terms of the investigation . but clearly the investigation. but clearly there will be those now worried about the situation in northern ireland and whether this means there has to be a reassessment . there has to be a reassessment. the security situation , i think the security situation, i think the threat level is still at substantial shows. that was what they say . yeah. i think that they say. yeah. i think that they say. yeah. i think that they will have to the security situation it was level was reduced i think last march but i think there's an ongoing assessment in any event and we you see it is not the case that nothing has happened before this we had a continual reporting about bombs and we have continual shootings of young people and middle aged people by parallel the troops from both

sides. so this this level of paramilitary activities is continuing this of mr. caldwell is something exceptional, though, and it seems it seems to be connected with the fact that he's a police officer . and that he's a police officer. and that means that every police officer who up this morning and put their uniform as well as reflected every police officer going out to work will have reflected what does this mean to me and their children and their spouses and their parents the siblings? everyone will be saying what's going on? i think it's profoundly important that we just rememberjohn it's profoundly important that we just remember john caldwell's family and john caldwell . i family and john caldwell. i would want to express my sympathy and i would be enormously concern for his little son and for all other children who are there because it'll never leave their you know, that the trauma will be with them another generation. and over a course by it, by violence and we reflect that . violence and we reflect that. caldwell a very high profile

chief inspector who's been with investigations into , as you say, investigations into, as you say, both the terrorist aspect and organised crime as well . clearly organised crime as well. clearly whatever the investigation out, it is a case of attempted murder. there will be those saying that perhaps there needs to be a stronger security reaction. what would you say to that. reaction. what would you say to that . i think reaction. what would you say to that. i think that you need to assess , you know, how the assess, you know, how the security prevents inside and the prevention atrocity sites is functioning at the moment. i have no doubt that the constable and his officers and the security services indeed are currently engaged in that to see what known and what is known about the activities of these paramilitaries. i know the suspicion falling on dissident paranormal actress and you know you can ask well, paranormal actress and you know you can ask well , five years on you can ask well, five years on from the good friday agreement, why haven't they just gone away ? but they haven't. and i think one of the reasons they haven't is they're not just involved in

in a fight that they would call a site for freedom, whatever it is they call it . but they're is they call it. but they're also engaged seriously in organised crime. and that makes it very speculative. yeah. and therefore, maybe that's why there is direct involvement with john corbett . do you take some john corbett. do you take some heart with what we heard from all of the political leaders in northern ireland this morning, from from sinn fein to the dup with this this joint statement condemning what's i would have expected less of them. i think everybody in northern ireland will condone what's happened today. your to the today. what is your to the people of omagh? clearly you've had experience meeting these people before . they must be people before. they must be reeling from this . i think reeling from this. i think there'll be terrible distress and terrible concern i suppose for the people who are in the vicinity. i would be saying to them, can check your dashcams, can you look think about whether you cars , whether you you saw any cars, whether you saw any movement , if you have saw any movement, if you have any information at all, matter how it may seem, how insignificant it may seem, please, you provide it to

please, will you provide it to the police? because the police can build from the tiniest bit of information. yeah. and, and i think i would want to say to them that the rest, of the people of northern ireland are with that pain, that with some in that pain, that their experience now because their experience and now because they experiencing they will be experiencing because of the because of that one of the saddest is that when saddest things is that when something happens , it something like this happens, it it , it brings something like this happens, it it, it brings back all the us happened previously and omagh has suffered so much . yeah and has suffered so much. yeah and families knowing people directly of course involved in all those incidents over the years . incidents over the years. baroness nuala alone , former baroness nuala alone, former police ombudsman for northern ireland. thank very much for joining us here on gb news. thank you for your time. thank you.the thank you for your time. thank you. the pressure on rishi sunak from senior members of his own party over the proposed or perhaps as yet unnamed proposed brexit deal. we're learning that chris heaton—harris, northern ireland secretary in brussels this afternoon as we speak. but the prime minister forced to promise that parliament will get to, as he said, express its view on any agreement amid the fears

on any agreement amid the fears on some of the backbenches he could try to force it through . could try to force it through. well, it comes amid claims by the spectator magazine liz truss will any agreement that does not go as far as the protocol bill that she drew up while foreign secretary with boris johnson and of course the second prime minister after mr. johnson to issue the warning that casts doubt over version of any tory. now in an exclusive interview with gb news, home secretary suella braverman has warned will not accept any compromise , as not accept any compromise, as she says sells out northern ireland and allows the eu a foothold in the united kingdom . foothold in the united kingdom. let's speak to our political correspondent, tom harwood, who joins us now from westminster. tom, first of all, are you getting any inkling to how significant this visit is from chris heaton—harris to brussels? because we've had all this suggestion , these video calls suggestion, these video calls going to fro. although james cleverly understand foreign secretary not involved today .

secretary not involved today. yes. although james cleverly has been involved with his counter parts. maros sefcovic over the previous days there has been this sort of triumvirate of rishi sunak talking with ursula von der leyen, the european president, james cleverly has been meeting with mario kovac and of course chris heaton—harris has been doing these go meetings mainly stakeholders in northern ireland, but also with others in the european union as well. the prime minister met with businesses earlier this week and of course at the end of last week the prime minister met with party leaders , northern ireland party leaders, northern ireland in what many people were assuming was the sort of choreographed crescendo of all of these negotiations that let's not forget, have been going for more than a year. yet it wasn't to be what people thought might have been a deal at the start of this week has seemingly hit some along the road. now might it be

that the dup less a few enthusiast stick about the proposals than the government had thought might it be these potential conversations and interventions from the likes of 7 interventions from the likes of ? boris johnson and liz truss might be giving the government pause for breath, or if we believe number 10, these are negotiations that genuinely still going on that they never intended to wrap it up quite early and that there's still a way to go. it really depends on who you believe and who you listen to in this conversation. number ten has all the time been saying that there is still a lot of negotiations still to go. however, there are others , some however, there are others, some on the european side who've been saying actually a lot of saying that actually a lot of this decided . the this already been decided. the big question is when , will we big question is when, will we get to know the core detail of this new member of parliament outside of those involved in the intense negotiations themselves has been shown, any text of the negotiation they've been given

briefings and of overviews of the direction. the government wants to go in. but but when we get down to that core detail thatis get down to that core detail that is not yet public , is not that is not yet public, is not yet known, and when it that might well be a pretty feisty showdown in the building behind me . they have been promised me. they have been promised votes as we saw in pmqs. but from from vote to a point of order, not mind but lisa nandy shadow levelling up secretary what was been occurring in the chamber there behind you . well, chamber there behind you. well, it hasn't happened yet got wind that in a few minutes time there will be a point of order relating to nandy comments about the omagh shooting that she made earlier this morning on gb news, the shadow levelling up secretary was asked about it the omagh shooting and immediately started to talk about the northern ireland protocol and in a words that the conservative party chairman hands has described as irresponsible , he

described as irresponsible, he said it was irresponsible to speculate on the cause of the shooting . this is after lisa shooting. this is after lisa nandy said to gb news that the failure deal with the northern ireland is having profound , far ireland is having profound, far reaching consequences . we need reaching consequences. we need the prime minister to stand up, face down his backbenches and with the labour party in the national interest to try and get this situation resolved. now there are some who think that that wasn't an appropriate to the omagh shooting. the of which of course is currently under active police investiga ation. so it will be interesting to see what is said about these comments in. the house of commons in few minutes time. yes, because of course those comments she made outside the chamber as such but bearing in mind, as you say an active police investigation with three people having been arrested. but tom, for the moment, thank you for updating us. the westminster more as hear it. but coming more as we hear it. but coming up we've got those interviews . up we've got those interviews. for thousands of asylum seekers that could be scrapped in favour

of a questionnaire all to cut the soaring backlog of cases. but let's take a break for you now .

and welcome back to gb news live now face to face interviews for thousands of asylum seekers could be scrapped in favour of home office questionnaires , all home office questionnaires, all in a bid to cut the soaring backlog cases. it's thought that around thousand people from afghanistan , syria, eritrea, afghanistan, syria, eritrea, libya and yemen who've applied for asylum in the uk on the still awaiting their decision, will be eligible under this new home office policy. but aims to speed up the process for those nafions speed up the process for those nations who have a high about 95% rate of being granted a there are currently though many outstanding asylum cases . let's outstanding asylum cases. let's get more with south of east of

england reporter rae jones is down in dover. in fact i the latest figures that we've got out this morning 160,000 not standing asylum claims indicating why the home office is trying to do something . yeah is trying to do something. yeah absolutely right. about 160,000, it's the highest number since records began being recorded in 2010. and of course, today they released the annual figures, the number of so—called crossings that small boat crossings across the english channel for 2022. now that was a 60% increase on the figure 2021 when there was just over 28,000 last year. there just under 46,000 migrants who crossed the channel in 1000, 109 small boats. now, 87% of the passengers on those boats were males , 28% from albania, and 20% males, 28% from albania, and 20% from afghanistan . those are the

from afghanistan. those are the largest two nationalities making up 8% of the total. now, 90% so far. of those who made that crossing last year have claimed asylum. we have to assume will rise much closer to 100% and 97. and of course , is key. and it and of course, is key. and it ties into that hundred and 60,000 figure are still awaiting a decision from the government . a decision from the government. now, 2691, that's just over four, rather, 5.8% are being referred , potentially being the referred, potentially being the victims of human trafficking. and if we look at the stats, typically they are people who have come here from , vietnam now have come here from, vietnam now earlier on i spoke to residents here in dover to find out their reaction to the latest figures . reaction to the latest figures. to understand why they're making that treacherous journey, why they feel the need that they have to put themselves and their family at risk and sort of help out, but cause of the problem rather than , just counting the rather than, just counting the numbers of who come across successfully or who don't even

come across successfully. i don't understand why so many men , no families, but obviously on their own, all coming here, they're not they're not fleeing war a lot of them. and just economic migrants are . i just economic migrants are. i just think it shows the conditions they must be living in and how difficult is to get proper asylum over the country as brought to on our asylum list that , we allow over . so brought to on our asylum list that, we allow over. so i just think it shows i mean the danger of crossing into conditions and what they're paying to cross just shows the desperation them and how difficult must be where they are. and i think we need to set up a immigration system that's more allow it . so as you that's more allow it. so as you can hear that, marco, really clear message for many of the people i've spoken to, they that there are not enough and safe opfions there are not enough and safe options for people to claim

asylum here in the uk. they feel many of them that therefore people are being forced to use unsafe options like coming over here on small boats. of course rishi sunak has pledged, he said back in december, that he will reduce the asylum backlog . by reduce the asylum backlog. by 92,000 cases by the end of this . it remains to be seen that will be successful or . but today will be successful or. but today for updating us on the in dover but let's return now to the studio and get the views of international human rights lawyer david, who's joining us. david thank you for coming in. i'm just looking actually, this figure, think it's 166,000 is figure, i think it's166,000 is the specific figure a huge backlog . and clearly the home backlog. and clearly the home office feels it has to do something. but in terms of what talking for specific talking about for specific countries is a ten page 40 question questionnaire , i mean, question questionnaire, i mean, is it really going to be able to get these people through in a timely and right manner? i think the quick answer to that is no,

but i think the first thing to look at is the fact that this is clear, if ever we needed it, of the complete failure of the conservative and particularly priti asylum this priti patel asylum policy. this is 160,000 people in backlog, the highest ever been since the records began. so clearly the conservative government able to do that previously . now the do that previously. now the current the current system , what current the current system, what they're effectively suggesting and know we need an asylum system that's fair effective and efficient that gives asylum to the genuine but also ensures that we root out the. exactly. so it to be robust as well and we should reflect that. mark white who's , been reporting for white who's, been reporting for us at dover on particularly the boats coming . it does appear boats coming. it does appear that for many of the albanian asylum seekers . i think 14,223 asylum seekers. i think 14,223 applications from albania 83% of them adult males and perhaps . them adult males and perhaps. mark's been finding that they've been schooled to claim asylum that's the way that they in. in other words absolutely and is

it. obviously if you're going to have face to face interview with someone who is experienced in weeding the fake asylum claims , weeding the fake asylum claims, is that more difficult or easier if you've got someone filling in a form in a language? most of not speak english? or are they going to rely on third party? is it's going to i think from an immigration perspective you're looking at is effectively the rishi seeking meet the rishi sunak is seeking meet the commitments met in commitments that he's met in terms filling in terms of politics but filling in the form it should more the form it should be more difficult to get asylum in the uk and live here than it is to get a job as a pizza. and that's the situation got you are the situation we've got you are going get more and more fake going to get more and more fake asylum seekers. so where you on this claim the critics this this claim from the critics who this is effectively some who say this is effectively some kind them . i agree kind amnesty for them. i agree with them. i agree them. it's an amnesty. it's to clear the decks it were don't think it will be it were i don't think it will be effective going to effective and it's going to protect genuine asylum, effective and it's going to protecis genuine asylum, effective and it's going to protecis what nuine asylum, effective and it's going to protecis what we 1e asylum, effective and it's going to protecis what we need'lum, effective and it's going to protecis what we need ton, effective and it's going to protecis what we need to protect which is what we need to protect it. but it's going to encourage it's almost a marketing campaign for right. for the people smugglers. right. and in terms the systemic and in terms of the systemic failure, which have obviously most acknowledge is most people acknowledge there is

it that it's the system it the case that it's the system itself , that they're not manning itself, that they're not manning it? they haven't enough it? they haven't got enough person alphonsus border force? i think so i think it's a the think and so i think it's a the system and there's not enough people completely people they need to completely revise because it's revise the system because it's not backlog. you look not just the backlog. you look at current i think at the current figures, i think there freedom of there was a freedom of information request done by a newspaper last that showed that more 13,000 have more than 13,000 people have been waiting more than ten years. it's not the backlog. years. so it's not the backlog. it's the backlog. the backlog the whole system is broken and needs replacing . this a short needs replacing. this is a short term will not work and term fix that will not work and will brits risk by. will put brits at risk by. david, you very much david, thank you very much indeed and, giving indeed for coming in and, giving us more, of course us your view more, of course reaction coming in as we receive . but let's also reflect that we've got more coming in terms of the tributes paid to motty john and the king of football commentating anna sheepskin the of course, dying at the age of 77. sad news , but a much loved 77. sad news, but a much loved by many people. update now on the headlines . by many people. update now on the headlines. his rihanna.

by many people. update now on the headlines. his rihanna . mark the headlines. his rihanna. mark thank you. it's 234. your top stories from the gb newsroom. three men have been arrested on suspicion, attempted murder following the shooting of detective chief inspector john in omagh. he was targeted by two masked gunmen while . he was with masked gunmen while. he was with his young son at a sport centre last night. he sent critical but stable condition hospital. police say the primary focus is on dissident republicans , the on dissident republicans, the new ira, and that they're now reviewing the threat level , the reviewing the threat level, the number of asylum seekers waiting for an initial decision on their claim has hi t £160,000. the claim has hit £160,000. the highest level since records began.the highest level since records began. the figures come as the home secretary tells in an exclusive interview that nothing's ruled out when it comes to tackling illegal immigration. more than 45,000 people crossed the channel in small boats last year, which sort of brought them and describes as unacceptable . describes as unacceptable. speaking to our liam halligan

also said she understands why people are frustrated with hotel housing asylum seekers . it's housing asylum seekers. it's clear that we have an unsustainable situation in towns and cities around our country whereby because of the overwhelming numbers of people arriving here illegally and our legal duties to accommodate them, we are now having to house them, we are now having to house them in hotels and that is causing understandable tensions within communities. pressures on local resources . and you can local resources. and you can watch the full 22 minute interview with the home on the gb news youtube . channel and sir gb news youtube. channel and sir keir starmer has his vision for the country . if labour were to the country. if labour were to win the next general , the country. if labour were to win the next general, launching his party's five national missions , the labour leader says missions, the labour leader says the uk needs to be more competitive. the economy was highlighted as a priority and he promised be tough on crime tv

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welcome back to gb news limelight tomorrow. would you believe mark's a year since the russian invasion of ukraine and it was russia calls it that military operation was displaced 8 million ukraine ins many fleeing europe. currently 152,000 refugees living with sponsors in the uk under the homes ukraine scheme ellie costello went to find out more for us. natalie benko is a ukrainian designer and logistics manager. she's been running her business from the uk may 20, 22. i think that being here in london i could present more in a

good way either way ukrainian products and my embroidered is just a small piece of the whole of the whole to present ukrainian product here. natalie is most impressed with president zelenskyy. somebody she never expected to be a war leader . expected to be a war leader. we're proud about him . and you we're proud about him. and you were proud about him and we're grateful for him . completely grateful for him. completely transformed . his personality and transformed. his personality and to his grave. because the you need to be brave . once here in need to be brave. once here in london , natalie became friends london, natalie became friends with fellow designer alina, who fled her kyiv the day that war broke out. i don't know why i had a prediction like that even before i went to the room of my son, took him to sleep . me it son, took him to sleep. me it was so strange for me, but i

don't know my best had something like intuition and really they needed wake up at four or five in the morning because i heard the explosion . and it was so the explosion. and it was so scary in hockey alina lived one hour from the russian border . hour from the russian border. her husband drove her and their four year old son for a week to get to the polish border . i've get to the polish border. i've been crying so much because it was forbidden for ukrainian men to leave the country and, it meant and for me it was like i to say, like kind of goodbye to his father. the ukraine sponsorship scheme allows ukrainian nationals and their family members to come to the uk if they have a name sponsor under the homes of ukraine scheme . as of february 2023, one scheme. as of february 2023, one 52,000 visas have been approved this scheme. chris telecom ski is from swindon. welcomes ukraine. he and his family have

welcomed their guest, yona we formed a committee and invited some of the new ukrainians that had come over the first month to join and become part of something to welcome ukrainians into get them comfortable and relaxed here , socialising and relaxed here, socialising and meeting each other , but also meeting each other, but also addressing some of the main needs they have. so english has been big challenge. so organising and, securing some engush organising and, securing some english classes , getting around english classes, getting around and transport really to get the ukrainians together. and transport really to get the ukrainians together . so before ukrainians together. so before arrived i was expecting just a room . i did. i didn't expect room. i did. i didn't expect that much help and of feeling welcome here. so i'm very grateful. but in england hasn't been an easy transition for everyone . lena has struggled to everyone. lena has struggled to find a suitable host home for herself and her four year old son, orest for now, he is back home in ukraine with his father while selina is here working a fashion designer. but orest is excited to come to london once a

home is found for him in spy by watching the paddington bear films. one year on from the outbreak of the war, ukrainians settled here in. the uk. hope for victory back in their homeland. i believe in them that all these horrors will end this year and hopefully maybe in this summer. they have this advertisment and the street . advertisment and the street. it's about how we will be what we will do, how we celebrate . we will do, how we celebrate. ellie costello gb news news . ellie costello gb news news. well, that's the human face, of course, of what's happened a yeah course, of what's happened a year. but let's reflect that with this anniversary of britain warning that the could last yet another year. defence secretary ben wallace saying that russia has shown a complete for both the lives of people in ukraine but his own soldiers. the united nafions but his own soldiers. the united nations set to approve a resolution to condemn the invasion and calling for a swift return to peace. anthony calling the russian invasion an affront to the world's collective

conscience. but what could be happening tomorrow? and then from then on, john is no good in prince, whose former adviser at the ministry of defence, a nato and the un. thank you very much for joining us in the studio. forjoining us in the studio. it's a pleasure. i gather ben wallace and others are saying the intelligence suggests yet another barrage of missiles perhaps from russia tomorrow to mark anniversary. it's possible, although they've used an enormous number of their missiles , but the repertoire of missiles, but the repertoire of what they can do that great. but i think the fundamental point is that whether this is going to be a short war. long war is fundamentally to us in the west now . don't forget, people now. don't forget, people viewing must not forget that it was the united kingdom. it was johnson and wallace who thanks to the fact that we were not in the european union by way, were point able to act, namely late and quickly. last year , if they and quickly. last year, if they hadnt and quickly. last year, if they hadn't been able to provide the famous and low anti—tank weapons . most people in business reckon

that the ukrainians would have to the right. these were the green stubby sort of shoulder held missile launches that we saw that took. strike the one on the ukrainian soldier as fired at the tanks whilst they shouted save the queen. yeah those ones . yeah. and we've the way let's be clear about it. the uk has been the decisive country the way through the germans, the french have frankly been pretty lament . and the eu , as i argued lament. and the eu, as i argued in my piece for centre for brexit policy last weekend, has been basically catatonic . don't been basically catatonic. don't just take office. obviously you know the germans are very anxious not only for what it may do in terms of russian oil supplies, but bearing in mind their domestic history and on their domestic history and on the messages. and of course, we understand that. but this is you know, it's a it's an venda, as they call it. it's a it's a turning point in history. right. and if the germans speak conditional, if germans really do what schulze said were going

to do, which is to start seriously funding , they're going seriously funding, they're going to recognise that the of trying to recognise that the of trying to talk and do business with the russians isn't going to work right then we have a quite world on our hands. yeah and of course some are suggesting that the leopard 2 tanks are even better than own challenger 2 tanks that are going out pretty good. but anyway , let's reflect on what anyway, let's reflect on what main needed to actually get this to a more timely end. we've we've been talking about the f—16s , american fighter jets, f—16s, american fighter jets, and this what obviously zelenskyy was referring when he came to have that address in westminster hall. you've got a different assessment as to what may actually be the right kit for the right time . yeah, it's for the right time. yeah, it's not just me, ben wallace has the same view. f—16 and american aircraft . go watch top gun aircraft. go watch top gun maverick. yeah, i want to see what they look like in the dogfights in the air with these extremely complicated, fast jets. they take a long to learn to fly and a long time to learn to fly and a long time to learn to fight. they're not going to

be available quickly. right. what needed for the for the coming spring offensive is the missing piece , the combined arms missing piece, the combined arms package. missing piece, the combined arms package . the ukrainians have package. the ukrainians have already put together very with our help and that is close air support the aeroplane they want and need and have asked for the a—1o and need and have asked for the a—10 thunderbolt often called the warthog. and we saw that in action . the gulf war. we action. the gulf war. we certainly did . they operated certainly did. they operated far, low level to these five, fly slow. they low they are basically flying tanks. they are incredibly well armoured. they and a fearsome they have a gatling gun unlike anything else in the sky. it's what infantryman in a trench down wants to see coming over the in order to deal with his enemy. now at the moment it's a bit like the vicar of dibley . you like the vicar of dibley. you remember the character who always says, no, no, no, no, no, no, yes . right always says, no, no, no, no, no, no, yes. right up until now , the no, yes. right up until now, the americans have said no. they're the only people who have these. yes, but interesting to me, although some of us have known this for some time, this privately for some time, the have not made the ukrainians have not made pubuc

the ukrainians have not made public that quite public the fact that quite ingeniously they've built own simulators. the a—10, they've been training their own pilots, the a—10, so they might get them if the americans gave them to them, might get them into the fight. if would biden fight. well, if what would biden do on that? because clearly there's this decision there's been this decision making process , what might be making process, what might be viewed from the kremlin as offensive defensive and key. offensive or defensive and key. the problem with a fighter jets or long—range jets. moscow could that as a threat coming over its own borders. this is like a mediaeval debate about many angels dance on the head of a pin. all weapons are offensive or defensive. we're well past that. or defensive. we're well past that . not my . or defensive. we're well past that. not my . we have a war that. not my. we have a war created by putin, which went catastrophically wrong for putin. you know that from the speech , rather regretful speech. speech, rather regretful speech. the two hour speech where he was trying to do a deal with the russians and saying, look, if i bribe you a will you let me carry on murdering children? it was horrendous. we need to recognise the truth of . recognise the truth of. something that winston churchill

said the british cabinet was debating at the time of the russian civil war whether we should intervene or not. and he said half heartedly to make peace coupled with half heartedly making war is the worst possible . we have to worst possible. we have to double down is our war. we should be very grateful are fighting it so in other very quickly force putin to the table by winning the war on the ground. that's what has to happen and that can be done and it can be done by enabling the ukrainians make a decisive move. i would guess, around crimea . i would guess, around crimea. yeah. which which obviously they'll have to get back within their own fault have regard it as a victory . thank you very as a victory. thank you very much for your assessment we shall see what happens tomorrow andindeedin shall see what happens tomorrow and indeed in the coming months . tributes are being . now the tributes are being paid to motty john motson, described as the voice of football, who has died very suddenly, age of 77. he worked for 50 years, no less, for the bbc commenting on more than two and a half thousand games on

television, radio often wrapped up in that signature sheepskin coat.in up in that signature sheepskin coat. in total he'd covered ten world cups , ten european world cups, ten european championships and nine f.a. world cups, ten european championships and nine fa cup finals before hanging up his sheepskin coat in 2018. his final game for match of the day that year too, but could still be heard now and again on radio five live. that's bring in sports presenter and chris scudder who of course would have been at many of those world cups european cups and fa cups at the same time as him. i mean he was a giant, wasn't he, chris? yeah, he was a 50 years at the mike mark one of the all time greats really . i go back, i can really. i go back, i can remember wolstenholme when he had a classic line in the some paper on pitch. i think it's all over. paper on pitch. i think it's all over . he paper on pitch. i think it's all over. he didn't have that, but he had that boyish enthusiasm in which no other commentators had since then. really came up with some great lines. certainly and i remember when heard of that

this morning, i might cast my mind back to the great as a cup shot in the late eighties when wimbledon beat liverpool out of the crazy gang of beating the culture club, which was a lovely from him. but you're right. i mean, i was at so many games with you know, the start with him, you know, the start times when times for england when they didn't deliver david beckham's free kicks in 2000 to the five one win in germany. those lines you always him to shake the sheets jacket it was which of many years ago in a blizzard. and it always stuck within that and. what? what a legend really. and real. a really sad day for football . yeah. and we've been football. yeah. and we've been reflecting . we spoke to gary reflecting. we spoke to gary numan . you know, he trained numan. you know, he trained a journalist, local newspaper , so journalist, local newspaper, so he had that word craft . and of he had that word craft. and of course, perhaps that was the skill that came to play, choosing the right words for the right moment. choosing the right words for the right moment . yeah, i think this right moment. yeah, i think this there's a danger now of modern commentators say too . also you

commentators say too. also you know, we forget, don't we? the pictures are doing the speaking . so just sit back and he was he was he was brilliant at that he he was he had as i that boyish enthusiasm he reacted to what he was seeing as if were watching at home. he knew when to shut up and when to be descriptive to i think now there's you a barrage of facts and all the rest of it and that but motty was his old school and he will never be forgotten . no question about forgotten. no question about that. and to talking that old school, jemmy hill, gone, ticky davis now and now. motty it is a change in the times, isn't it, for some of us, and certainly , for some of us, and certainly, yeah, lucky i someone just this week as well mean we all grew up in which i think the thing to remember mark is, you know there's so much live sports on television now . football is on television now. football is on every night of a week and there are many commentators. we are so many commentators. we always originals . always remember the originals. there few of them . i there were so few of them. i mentioned coach fawcett home,

david for me will always stand out because i'll always remember him describing pele in 1970 when i was a boy . and those those i was a boy. and those those lines that he delivered then will always live . me and motty . will always live. me and motty. but he shot to fame on the back of one game. let us not forget 1971 when he just joined the bbc , it was the amazing victory for non—league hereford when they beat newcastle . they were first beat newcastle. they were first division at the time and the goal famous goal by ronnie radford, who himself died last year and you know, that was almost his first vow as a commentator but those pictures have been repeated repeated over the years i think, the glory days of football . as i say that days of football. as i say that there are so many commentators now and they are just shows a little bit too much is said in my opinion. yeah indeed. less is more. chris on that very note, thank you for that. good to see the sun is shining in pembrokeshire. thanks joining us. lovely. yeah quite right to well someone who has just had a

wry grin . i talked about wry grin. i talked about remembering an age past. let's reflect that. we've got the other football news. the european super league , the european super league, the powers being held by english football's new independent regulator , the plan for that regulator, the plan for that regulator, the plan for that regulator recommended by fan led review confirmed today by the uk government . while it prevents government. while it prevents historic clubs too from going out of business as well as , out of business as well as, giving fans a greater input to the owners and directors of , the owners and directors of, their clubs, significant moves to protect english football's cultural heritage. well, paul is here with more on it . you know, here with more on it. you know, white paper, it all sounds a bit dull, but i mean, goodness me, it's going through, you know, everything from top to bottom andifs everything from top to bottom and it's come from the right. let's make no bones. it this could be potentially this all happens. one of the biggest shake ups to english football everin shake ups to english football ever in 100. i mean, we're talking about really, really big stuff here, becoming the first major country in the to world football in the same way that we have a regulator for energy

bills or for the telecommunications where you have off chairman ofcom that will well off or off go offside or offside . absolutely. well, or offside. absolutely. well, well done . however it comes well done. however it comes a time when there are huge questions about the top of the game who owns the clubs are the right people to own it and the of money at the top of the game and whether it filters down into those non—league clubs and into the english football league as well. this well. yeah. so this is a regulator that would be given powers if it needed to make that filter downwards from the very top to . down the english top to. down the english football league, that's the championship one i need to and then into what they call the national league, which used to be as the conference and be known as the conference and then further on into grassroots football sunday morning, the dog and afternoon know and dog saturday afternoon know thousands thousands of thousands and thousands of people play football across people to play football across the benefiting from the country, benefiting from that of improving that money in terms of improving the facilities use, the the facilities they use, the pitches, shower might pitches, maybe shower might be hot of cold. well, yeah, hot instead of cold. well, yeah, exactly. so like a sunday exactly. so that's like a sunday fitual exactly. so that's like a sunday ritual exactly . and just one ritual is exactly. and just one other thought. i mean , we had

other thought. i mean, we had all discussion about, other thought. i mean, we had all discussion about , the all this discussion about, the european super league and all our top clubs away from our top clubs moving away from the they'd the the premiership. they'd the power to stop that sort of thing. yes. well, they thing. yes. well, yeah, they have say manchester have the power to say manchester united, manchester city, liverpool, etc. you're liverpool, spurs, etc. you're not leaving. you'll staying in england these , are these. this england these, are these. this is a lot of regular. england these, are these. this is a lot of regular . and coming is a lot of regular. and coming from a conservative government who put it in their manifesto in 2019 off the back of bury one of the game's oldest clubs going out business because they couldn't manage their defences. yeah as well. and then derby as well they've problems. so this is about trying to make football more financially secure. and for a conservative government regulating to redistribute that enormous wealth that exists between full in football . so between full in football. so forget football turned into a business basically but unlike a business basically but unlike a business your your customers who have been customers stay with one club. yeah for the family stays with as well. yeah. and very quick thought rishi sunak

saying this is putting fans back at the heart of football. so clearly the government wants this to succeed. the this to succeed. yes, the government this to government does want this to succeed. mean, it sounds succeed. i mean, it sounds great. doesn't it's a populist move, but certainly if this does go ahead the fans will get more of say. they'll a say on of a say. they'll get a say on the they'll get say in the board. they'll get a say in whether the changes its whether the club changes its colours. the badge is relocated, etc. so yeah, big changes etc. so yeah, big, big changes the english football, if the way for english football, if this only this happens, that's only question it question mark. when will it happen looking at two, happen? we're looking at two, three years time. some are saying you go saying it should happen. you go into as you all. so into extra time as you all. so that's it. thank you very much indeed. back of the net. that's it for moment. patrick, with it for the moment. patrick, with you. back andrew you. and we're back with andrew tomorrow at 12. stay with us here gb news. hello and here on gb news. hello and welcome to your latest gb news weather forecast with me, luke miall . now weather forecast with me, luke miall. now the cloud is cleared across areas as we head through the evening, irritating, clear and frosty . but elsewhere, some and frosty. but elsewhere, some strong winds and some bits and pieces of rain and we've got high pressure dominating the scene the moment with a ridge extending across much of the uk

. but it drifts southwards . but as it drifts southwards overnight are going to see this cold front drifting in, which overnight are going to see this cold bring drifting in, which overnight are going to see this cold bring some|g in, which overnight are going to see this cold bring some wet, which overnight are going to see this cold bring some wet, whiwindy will bring some wet and windy weather for a time across parts of scotland some gales for the north—east but north—east of scotland. but as we the night progresses , that we as the night progresses, that rain will just drift its way southwards with a veil cloud southwards with a veil of cloud extending so it's the far extending of it. so it's the far south that see the frosty south that will see the frosty conditions. some skies conditions. some clear skies here. need scrapers here. you'll need your scrapers first on friday morning . first thing on friday morning. elsewhere, by friday morning, it will be a little milder and a cloudier, so a bit of a grey dank start across many and northern parts of . the united northern parts of. the united kingdom, as we through the day you'll see the brighter skies develop for scotland and northeast england, but it stays quite grey and cloudy through parts of wales, the midlands , parts of wales, the midlands, into southern england, but even we will some breaks we will see some breaks developing in that cloud through the day. temperatures on the face of too bad, but face of it, not too bad, but feeling in that strong northerly , drifting to in , a few showers drifting to in those north sea coastal areas and staying and and staying quite grey and cloudy southwest cloudy across the southwest through the afternoon and into the evening as we see that front

drifting through. it will drifting through. but it will clear. then as go into clear. and then as go into friday night, turning and colder for many places , probably some for many places, probably some frost and one or two mist patches out towards the west. further east, though with that breeze and a few showers drifting in, it won't be quite as chilly but nonetheless, as chilly here, but nonetheless, temperatures cold by the temperatures turning cold by the time they start saturday morning, but there will be some sunshine to start the day on saturday. so a bright and breezy to the for many of us. one to the day for many of us. one or two of mist and folk or two of those mist and folk patches woke clear. then for patches woke clear. and then for many, it's not a bad looking day. spells and day. some sunny spells and temperatures feeling a little bit pressure bit now. high pressure dominates. be a lot dominates. there will be a lot of over the next few days of cloud over the next few days and a little chilly .

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