i they're conservatism. i think they're absolutely, and absolutely, absolutely nuts. and >> and he's got more problems because rishi sunak is facing revolt from within his own cabinet after threatened to leave the european court of human over his rwanda human rights over his rwanda policy . policy. >> and it time to come clean.7 >> and is it time to come clean.7 the health secretary demands to know the fate of 9000 young people treated at gender clinics were they failed by adults in the health service, and the fake stamp scandal, which was broken here on gb news. >> we followed this story throughout and it seems counterfeit stamps leaving people £5 penalties to people paying £5 penalties to try to collect post while try to collect their post while thousands of them are coming from guess where china . from guess where china. >> members of the public are urging royal mail to find and destroy these chinese knockoffs and stop finding innocent people , or they won't be able to trust stamps again.

>> we're also going to be debating whether it is time to scrap or reform the nhs. what can we possibly do to save it.7 let us know your thoughts this morning. gbnews.com/your say is the portal , the website, the the portal, the website, the comment page that we're enjoying so much. i will try and stay concentrated on the show today. first though, the very latest news with sophia wenzler . news with sophia wenzler. >> thanks, bev. good morning. it's 930. i'm sophia wenzler in the gb newsroom . your headlines the gb newsroom. your headlines a change to family visa rules comes into force today as part of the government's plan to reduce immigration. it's part of the home secretary's promise to transform the uk's immigration system, cut unfair levels of immigration and ensure those arriving here do not burden the taxpayer. the measure will see the minimum income for family visas rise by more than £10,000 to £29,000, an increase of more

than 55% by early 2025. this will have increased two more times, rising to £38,700, a new poll suggests. rishi sunak and other high profile tories could keep their seats because of voter id confusion in the next general election . a poll by general election. a poll by campaign group for best britain found 16% of people did not know that they would need a photo id to vote in the upcoming local and general elections. it means around 5 million could be turned away from polling stations . the away from polling stations. the government passed the legislation in 2022, with the new rules coming into force last year. new rules coming into force last year . nearly new rules coming into force last year. nearly half of new rules coming into force last year . nearly half of workers year. nearly half of workers have spent time looking at jobs outside the nhs , according to outside the nhs, according to new analysis. researchers found around 47% have looked at employment outside the nhs, with 14% applying for non nhs jobs between march and june last yeah between march and june last year. it's understood stress,

workload , staff shortages and workload, staff shortages and pay workload, staff shortages and pay are the top reasons for those leaving the nhs. the study team raised concerns over burnout after almost 1 in 2 workers reported feeling very tired or drained most days or every day . president joe biden every day. president joe biden has promised ironclad support for israel, as he warned iran not to launch a missile attack. this comes as fears grow that tehran could retaliate following a strike in syria that killed major senior iranians. israel has denied responsibility for the attack. mr biden said iran is threatening to launch a significant attack, and said the us will do all it can to protect israel's security , and a once israel's security, and a once a day migraine pill has been recommended on the nhs, with a charity claiming it could change the lives of thousands. the pill , sold under the brand name akua, has been given the green light for nhs use under the new

final draft guidance . it's final draft guidance. it's understood around 170,000 sufferers will benefit from the treatment. anyone who experiences at least four migraines a day and a month has tried at least three other methods, but found no relief . methods, but found no relief. for the latest stories, sign up to gb news alerts by scanning the qr code on your screen, or go to gbnews.com alerts. now it's . it's. >> a very good morning. welcome to britain's newsroom on gb news. very busy lisa. >> lisa was sitting down in my seat. >> makes a nice change right overnight. boris johnson has launched a furious attack on the prime minister. called the prime minister. he's called the sale of tobacco to future generations to stop the sale of tobacco absolutely nuts, he said. we need spend more on said. we need to spend more on defence. let's have a listen to said. we need to spend more on defenjohnson have a listen to said. we need to spend more on defenjohnson speakingsten to said. we need to spend more on defenjohnson speaking in n to ottawa. >> the difference between us conservative and our our opponents is that every , every

opponents is that every, every time, their instincts are always about control and expropriation and coercion and taking your money and spending it on your behalf and regulating your lives and we are on the whole in favour of freedom. when i look at some of the things that were, were, were doing now, i think that are being done in the name of conservatism. i think they're absolutely, absolutely nuts. but, we're banning but, you know, we're banning cigars . and what is i mean, cigars. and what is i mean, maybe, maybe you all think that's a idea. i just that's a great idea. i just can't i can't see what what is the banning the the point of banning with a the party winston churchill party of winston churchill wants to , i mean, donnie, donnie, to ban, i mean, donnie, donnie, moi and break, as they say in quebec. you know, it's just it's just it's just mad. >> well, it's quite refreshing to hear him talking about freedom and not banning things. >> it's, you know, i mean , good >> it's, you know, i mean, good luck. good, good. i quite agree with what you're saying because i don't understand this ban. i mean, smoke, mean, nobody wants to smoke, but the that they're going to the idea that they're going to ban anyone born after 2009 from

buying legally , i buying cigarettes legally, i mean, unworkable. and most mean, it's unworkable. and most houbobs mean, it's unworkable. and most holibobs it's nuts. yeah, holibobs thinks it's nuts. yeah, but there is a convention that former prime ministers don't criticise the country when they're . and he's they're abroad. and he's personally criticising not just rishi sunak, who's out on the campaign trail today. >> he's talking very freely there, wasn't he. >> but it's classic boris, wasn't it classic boris . wasn't it classic boris. >> we'll find out where he was as well. because the thing is, my suspicion about boris is he's always to his audience. always talking to his audience. right. he right. he's saying what he thinks. ottawa. he's thinks. he's in ottawa. he's saying the person saying what he thinks the person in wants to hear, in the room wants to hear, whether audience of whether it's an audience of people paying to him speak people paying to hear him speak or the time. or his current wife at the time. so i have my suspicions that he's just talking, he's he's maybe just talking, he's talking the context. >> conservatives , it's >> canadian conservatives, it's the canada strong and free network. and he was also with the former, tony abbott. is there the former australian prime minister. yeah. so, so he is feeling at home. >> okay. so he's talking to a conservative crowd. he's trying to talk the rhetoric of freedom and liberty and personal choice. but he is he's drawing the

distinction between that and this current conservative government who seem to not be on board with those sorts of issues i >> -- >> yeah. and he's also talking about defence spending because as you know, in the budget, there was absolutely no increase in defence spending. we're arguably potentially some arguably facing potentially some people would say potentially even world war iii. but there is the biggest war in europe, in ukraine and no extra money for defence spending. and that is a source of great tension in the tory party. >> well, another headache for the prime minister. he's going to face cabinet revolt if he to face a cabinet revolt if he decides leave the european decides to leave the european court rights. court of human rights. >> these 12 cabinet are >> these 12 cabinet members are said oppose leaving, said to oppose leaving, including , james including jeremy hunt, james cleverly and alex chalk. the justice three actually add to that the foreign secretary, david cameron, no david cameron, lord cameron, no way were lord cameron, allow this. >> so this debate heated up again, after calls from tory mps to quit the echr following that landmark ruling that governments have protect people have a duty to protect people from climate change. that was, in just the

in sweden. we just saw the switzerland , switzerland. thank switzerland, switzerland. thank you. just saw the footage you. we just saw the footage yesterday. is with us, yesterday. sam fales is with us, our favourite barrister and, sam, just explain to us, because this echr acronym is bandied around a lot, what would it mean for british people if we came out of the echr.7 >> well, it would put us on a diplomatic par with russia. basically the, the european convention on human rights was created by that with the leadership of two conservative politicians, winston churchill and david maxwell fyfe, who's one of my favourite lawyers of all time. and they saw the dangers of communism. they saw the dangers of what had happened in europe in the in the mid 20th century. and they said the only way to stop authorities from rising again is to put lines in place where you say to the state this far can you go but no further.7 and to recognise that all individuals have a

fundamental basic value and so and that's what the echr does. it sets down, sets down the, the fundamental points that protect the basic value of human beings and says to states, you , and says to states, you, whatever you do, you have to respect people's fundamental personhood. >> so if we left okay, so we're on a you say we'll be the same as russia. and i think belarus isn't in it as well. indeed. yeah, i think what is it, 44 countries are members, but it's not the place of a european court to meddle in what i would argue is domestic politics. it's argue is domestic politics. it's a huge overreach. now, you've read, unlike me, the full 300 page ruling from the echr for my sins . and i'm glad that the one sins. and i'm glad that the one judge who dissented was the british one. that's reassuring. but don't you think they've gone too because what's next, too far because what's next, then? this switzerland hasn't gone enough in climate gone far enough in climate change policy. oh, they need to spend more on defence spending. is to be the next is that going to be the next thing? >> w we've w— w we've got to be

>> well, i think we've got to be really clear that court really clear that the court didn't go outside. what states have said the core of have already said the core of the was , was to the judgement was, was to recognise that states in the paris agreement have seen that publicly recognised that climate change an existential threat, change is an existential threat, and they've made each state has made commitments to made public commitments to cutting, to cutting emissions. right. and so the court's trying to summarise 300 pages of reasoning in three sentences goes like this. the court said states have recognised that this is an existential threat. it goesit is an existential threat. it goes it therefore goes to people's fundamental humanity. states have been very clear about what they need to do to combat that. so if states don't live up to what they've said they have to do, then that is a violation of our our fundamental rights. so it's not saying the court's going to develop your policies for you. it's not saying we're going to create a new right. it's recognising what states have already said and say and saying to them, you can't just be all talk. you have to be

action. but hang on. >> nato members have a commitment to spend 2.5% of spending on of gdp on defence. are they now going to say that all nato to make a ruling about countries in, in the echr within nato that they've got to spend that 2.5? >> no, i don't think it would go the same. >> it's the same principle though, isn't it? >> well , the protection from >> well, the protection from environmental harm has long been recognised as a fundamental right. this isn't new. this is there's sort of 30 years defence of our borders. >> defence of the realm is a fundamental right. >> and indeed the european court has protected and protected our right to defence. but it hasn't gone so far as to say you you have to comply with nato guidelines because nato is a i'm going to say regional. and let me let me just preface that by saying, in the broadest sense, nato is a regional agreement. the paris agreement is a global agreement. and so these are on slightly different levels

because what human rights does, it doesn't look at us as brits or as americans or as french or venezuelans. it looks at us as people . so it's very difficult people. so it's very difficult to say, well, people in this western corner of the world are won't have one set of rights, and people elsewhere have a different set of rights. but with the paris agreement, that's something that applies to every person it's on person in the world. so it's on much firmer footing i think. >> so does it set this case this week? does it set a bit of a dangerous precedent , though, in dangerous precedent, though, in terms of courts holding no nonelected? well, the paris agreement, okay, that was elected governments coming together for that. but organisations that are determining policy being held to account by courts on the bidding of certain individuals. >> well, this is what public law and public international law does it. >> this isn't new though. isn't it? isn't this a new phenomenon and an unaccountable court?

>> yeah. no. >> yeah. no. >> so this so we can go all the way back to the case of james madison in, in the united states, which in, in, i think 1804. but i might have got that date wrong. so don't quote me. we won't hit the late, late 18th century, early 19th century, the a case where it was made very clear that individuals are entitled to hold governments to account for governments compliance with the law. and that has been the role of domestic public law courts. and it's been the role since the middle of the 20th century of international public law courts, governments with the law. it isn't law that we have to >> it isn't law that we have to become net zero quite in line with the 2030 agenda. sustainable goals. it isn't law . sustainable goals. it isn't law. do you see what i mean? >> well, it's a it's international law because it's the recognising the paris agreement and b it is law that we must protect the rights to a, a home and private life. and it

was that what the court said and this, this isn't a new a new decision either . the this, this isn't a new a new decision either. the court has been saying things like this for years and years and years, just not in the climate change context. it said. if other people can impose climate change upon you, then that's a violation of your your right to a private life. just in the same way that if people can impose some sort of pollution from their garden on onto you and kind of gas you or something, that's a violation of your private life, it's the same thing. and so and no part of that court case would be whether climate change is specifically man made based on carbon emissions . emissions. >> that is a given. >> that is a given. >> that is not that. the court said, look, that's not none of our business. that's something for states to come up with. and states have come up with it. and the other really important the other point really important point switzerland point was switzerland was quite open with the court in saying, yes, we get we understand that we have not reached our the goals that we undertook under

paris. we understand we haven't even really got a plan in place to do that. and the court said , to do that. and the court said, if you had come to us and said, look, we're meeting our goals. here's the evidence, here's the plan. bit of paper. this here's the evidence, here's the plan. bit of paper . this is what plan. bit of paper. this is what we're going to do. well, then we'd be in a completely different set of circumstances. >> we, switzerland, tell the court lost . i tell them court to get lost. i tell them to get lost. it's the job of governments to be held to account over law, not unelected judges. 44 judges piously sitting in judgement. i hope the swiss government says we're not doing it, or i hope not, because that's exactly what the role of judges is to do. it's a gift for people in this country who want to leave the european court of human it's human rights. they say it's overstepping it's overstepping the mark. it's overreaching it's overreaching itself. it's the job governments decide. job of governments to decide. it's the of a court to it's not the job of a court to make a government do it. it's the can kick the the voters can kick the government switzerland government of switzerland out if they what they're government of switzerland out if they response what they're government of switzerland out if they response to. at they're government of switzerland out if they response to. global're warming. >> well, the point about public law is it's for the government to decide the law. but once the government has decided the law,

it's for the government to stick to that law. you can't have sort of acting willy nilly once you've decided the law. and this is what the court has, has said it hasn't, hasn't gone in any particular, adventurous direction. it's literally said to the swiss government, this is what you agreed to. now you need to stick to it. fascinating >> like it or make any difference to climate change. anyway, if switzerland net zero. switzerland. population what? switzerland. population of what? 1.5 million or something. massive polluter. yeah, exactly . massive polluter. yeah, exactly. i mean, that's that's what makes the whole thing even more risible . risible. >> thank you, sam brilliantly explained. as always, sam fails there. barrister. there. our favourite barrister. now. half nhs now. up next, nearly half of nhs workers have spent time looking for jobs outside of the nhs. >> but in some slightly positive news, waiting lists for routine hospital treatment in england has fallen for the fifth month in a row. but do we need to reform the

well, this is worrying. nearly half of nhs workers are now spending time looking forjobs spending time looking for jobs outside the health service. according to some new analysis . according to some new analysis. >> and the prime minister says not tackling the huge waiting lists are one of his biggest failures in office. >> although he will cling to this figures just released show the list for routine the waiting list for routine hospital treatment in england at least has fallen for the fifth month row. least has fallen for the fifth mo so row. least has fallen for the fifth mo so how row. least has fallen for the fifth mo so how do v. least has fallen for the fifth mo so how do we reform the nhs? >> so how do we reform the nhs? joining us now is senior clinical lecturer at university of exeter medical school, bharat pankhania and communications manager ladies of liberty manager at ladies of liberty jess gill. good morning to you both. if i could start with you, bharat, how do we fix the nhs and is there any good news? >> well, the nhs is one of the best in the world. if only we would a manage it right and fund it right. so how do you fix it? the first thing is this medicine costs money. and if you were to invest and we have not invested

invest and we have not invested in public health preventative measures, then you create fewer patients. although this preventative action takes about 20 years to grow to fruition , it 20 years to grow to fruition, it is the best solution possible because when you have a healthy population, they go to work, and when they go to work, they pay taxes. and when they pay taxes, they contribute to the exchequer. therefore for having a healthy population should be very important . and therefore very important. and therefore you do your preventative medicine going forward. the nhs, most people don't know this , most people don't know this, that further to the private finance initiatives, we are bleeding a lot of money to these. we are mortgaged. we are mortgaged out of existence to these private companies who own these private companies who own the hospital buildings, to whom we have to pay a colossal amount of our money because of those pfi initiatives. and what we can

do about what those initiatives are, i don't know . the one other are, i don't know. the one other bit that we must do also is , of bit that we must do also is, of course, we have this artificial barriers called the purchaser provider split, which is, trusts compete with themselves to provide services instead of competing . it is better to work competing. it is better to work collaboratively. we are not a chain of supermarkets competing with each other and therefore it is better to say we will work together to produce the best for our country, for all the patients, all over the country. there are a few more things i would say, but i'll break for how. >> now. >> go on. thank you. jess, what do you think? where are we at with the nhs? with the n hs? >> with the nhs? >> i'm sorry, but it's absolute nonsense that the nhs is underfunded in the uk, i believe is the sixth highest. >> healthcare spending in all the oecd countries . it's the oecd countries. it's consistently rising, this idea

that there's this elaborate scheme that the tories are trying to underfund the nhs to privacy is a conspiracy and it shouldn't be taken seriously. it's an absolute joke yourself. >> they if you look at all the fellow european union countries, germany, france , italy, spain, germany, france, italy, spain, out of 32 countries, i think it's an actual as a product of gdp, we invest less. >> let's just finish back because you did have your say, jess.i because you did have your say, jess. i mean , is he saying that jess. i mean, is he saying that you're wrong? are we spending more than other countries? >> we're the sixth highest out of 32 other countries. it's a product of the system. it's a system that's wrong. i wish that healthcare companies acted like tesco and asda. that would actually produce a better product if we treated patients like consumers, i think then we have a healthcare system that prioritises the patients, prioritises the patients, prioritises the patients, prioritises the people . you prioritises the people. you know, during the covid pandemic, we were told to protect the nhs. why didn't our healthcare system

protect us? i think we completely need to change our mentality around the nhs because quite frankly, it's a cult mentality . the nhs needs to be mentality. the nhs needs to be abolished , listen, we really abolished, listen, we really want to carry this on, but we've got to take a quick break for the news. if you don't mind, we're just going to ask you to hang on for a minute, because we do have to a break. do have to take a news break. and nhs is incredibly and i know the nhs is incredibly important our viewers. so, important to our viewers. so, alex burkill, all, has alex burkill, first of all, has the back in a minute. the weather back in a minute. >> a brighter outlook with boxt solar sponsors of weather on . gb news. >> morning. here's your latest gb news, weather update brought to you by the met office. some damp, drizzly weather across southern parts today, but elsewhere it's looking largely dry and pretty warm. like i said though, across southern parts here there will be outbreaks of drizzly rain going to be quite grey and bit dank here. further north though , lots of fine north though, lots of fine weather to be had, especially across parts of scotland.

northern england, a decent amount and with the amount of sunshine and with the sunshine it is also going to feel pretty warm. temperatures are likely to be higher than they have been recently. could see around 20 or 21 see highs of around 20 or 21 celsius, would it the celsius, which would make it the warmest of the year so far. warmest day of the year so far. later as we go through the later on, as we go through the end of the day and overnight, we are going to see some wet weather spilling way across weather spilling its way across parts ireland into parts of northern ireland into parts of northern ireland into parts wales, northern parts of north wales, northern england across scotland to england and across scotland to some this wet could some of this wet weather could be pretty though. in the be pretty heavy, though. in the south likely to stay south it is likely to stay mostly dry, albeit cloudy mostly dry, albeit pretty cloudy because of the cloud. temperatures won't drop much, so it is going to be a mild start to the day tomorrow. most places starting in double figures as we go friday itself then, go through friday itself then, and a north south split and a bit of a north south split across northern parts. there will further outbreaks will be further outbreaks of rain . some of them could be rain. some of them could be quite persistent, a bit heavy at times, across times, particularly across western north northwest england, perhaps north northwest england, as well. further though as well. further south, though largely bright, some largely dry and bright, some decent sunshine. and with that, whilst temperatures might not be quite as high as today, it is

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gb news. >> good morning. it's 10:00 gb news. >> good morning. it's10:00 on thursday, the 11th of april. this is britain's newsroom on gb news with me. bev turner and andrew pierce. >> boris blair, sunak overnight. the former prime minister has launched a furious attack on his successor. one calling successor. but one calling some of mad and says of his policies mad and says he's got to spend much more on defence when i look at some of the things that were, were, were doing now, i think, or that are being done in the name of conservatism, i think they're absolutely, absolutely nuts. conservatism, i think they're absandzly, absolutely nuts. conservatism, i think they're absand moreisolutely nuts. conservatism, i think they're absand more trouble! nuts. conservatism, i think they're absand more trouble for|ts. conservatism, i think they're absand more trouble for sunak. >> and more trouble for sunak. >> and more trouble for sunak. >> he's facing a revolt from his cabinet after threatening to leave the european court of

human rights. >> time to come clean. the health secretary, victoria atkin, is demanding to know the fate of 9000 young people who were treated gender clinics were treated at gender clinics where they fell by the health service. in your view, i think they were. >> and fake stamp scandal >> and this fake stamp scandal is running and running. we followed this story. we broke this about counterfeit this story about counterfeit stamps, people £5 stamps, leaving people paying £5 penalties collect their post. penalties to collect their post. well, it turns out that thousands of these stamps are coming to from china . coming to britain from china. >> and members of the public are urging royal mail to find and destroy these chinese knockoffs and stop fining innocent members of the public, or they won't trust royal mail again . trust royal mail again. >> prince harry's visa application papers have been handed over to a federal judge in the united states. we're all waiting to see now whether they'll be made .

they'll be made. public. and this is over. harry's application to live in the united states. did he or didn't he put on his application that he put on his application that he took drugs? because in that book, 'spare' which where he, confessed to using he did cannabis, cocaine, mushrooms, he did all of that. and even donald trump has raised it as an issue. so is there is that dock going to be made public? and of course, if he has fibbed, technically, he could kicked technically, he could be kicked out. if he's back, out. but if he's coming back, please don't your wife . please don't bring your wife. >> gbnews.com/your is the >> gbnews.com/your say is the place to let us know your thoughts on all of our stories this morning. first though, the very latest news with sophia wenzler. >> thanks, bev. good morning. it's 10:02. >> thanks, bev. good morning. it's10:02. i'm sophia wenzler in the gb newsroom. a change to family visa rules comes into force today as part of the government's plan to reduce immigration. it's part of the home secretary's promise to

transform the uk's immigration system, cut unfair levels of migration and ensure those arriving here do not burden the taxpayer. the measure will see the minimum income for family visas rise by more than £10,000 to £29,000, an increase of more than 55% by early 2025. this will have increased two more times, rising to £38,700. nearly half of workers have spent time looking at jobs outside the nhs, according to new analysis. researchers have found around 47% have looked at employment outside the nhs, with 14% applying for non nhs jobs between march and june last yeah between march and june last year. the study team raised concerns over burnout after almost 1 in 2 workers reported feeling very tired or drained most days or every day. it's understood stress , workload, understood stress, workload, staff shortages and pay are the top reasons for staff leaving the nhs. shadow transport secretary louise haigh told gb

news labour would prioritise the nhs if it were in power. >> yes, there's been disputes around pay, but actually the pressure that . is on overworked pressure that. is on overworked nhs staff and social care staff is really significant. so bringing down those waiting lists to reduce the pressure we hope would address that retention crisis and encourage people the but people to stay in the nhs. but there's too many there's no doubt that too many of the workforce have been have been overlooked , overworked and been overlooked, overworked and under—supported for too long. >> meanwhile, doctor bhasha mukherjee said the prime minister bears some of the blame for the nhs failure to retain staff. >> i think it's very irresponsible of the prime minister to pass the blame so overtly when he's trying to retain us as staff . you know, retain us as staff. you know, this dispute has been going on for more than a year now, and to say that it's just the junior doctors fault for the failure of both really to come to

both parties really to come to a, agreement, i think it's very irresponsible . it's very irresponsible. it's very disrespectful towards junior doctors , i mean, if you want doctors, i mean, if you want this workforce to stay in the nhs and uphold the nhs, then this is no way to be speaking off them and to them . off them and to them. >> the royal mail says it's working to remove counterfeit stamps from circulation after reports of fake ones. it follows calls from gb news for royal mail to investigate its system. after an investigation , the after an investigation, the telegraph reported china is flooding britain with counterfeit royal mail stamps as small retailers are buying forgeries online. it's understood that the fakes were causing a rise in complaints that stamps bought from legitimate stores were being deemed fraudulent, which can result in a £5 penalty. a man has been charged with the murder of a woman who was killed while pushing her baby in a pram. 25 year old habiba moazzam has been charged with murder and possession of a bladed article .

possession of a bladed article. the kusuma attacker died after being stabbed in bradford on saturday afternoon. masum is appearing at bradford magistrates court this morning . magistrates court this morning. a woman who was stabbed to death in central london has been named by police. they continue to appeal for information on 27 year old cameron . been known to year old cameron. been known to her friends as angela was found inside her home address in a property in bayswater on monday morning. a post—mortem examination carried out on wednesday found the cause of death was sharp force trauma. there has been no arrest and enquiries continue . in other enquiries continue. in other news, a new poll suggests rishi sunak and other high profile tories could keep their seats because of voter id confusion in the next general election. a poll by campaign group best for britain found 16% of people did not know that they would need a photo id in the upcoming local and general elections . it means

and general elections. it means around 5 million could be turned away from polling stations. as the government passed the legislation in 2022, with the new coming into force last new rules coming into force last yeah year. and the met police will reinvestigate the decision to charge caroline flack with assaulting boyfriend as new assaulting her boyfriend as new witness evidence may be available . the tv presenter died available. the tv presenter died in february 2020, with the coroner saying she took her own life after discovering she was going to be prosecuted. the crown prosecution service had recommended she only get a caution , but was overturned caution, but this was overturned after london's met police appealed it. miss flack's mother has repeatedly criticised how police handled the case. and for the latest stories, sign up to gb news alerts by scanning the qr code on your screen or go to gbnews.com. alerts now it's back to andrew and . bev. to andrew and. bev. >> 1007 with britain's newsroom

on gb news with andrew pierce and bev turner, we're going to go back to that debate on the nhs. joining us now is the senior clinical lecturer at university of exeter medical school, bharat pankhania and communications manager at lady celebrities left celebrities jess gill. we left you about how much you to arguing about how much money spent, but let's money is being spent, but let's move the money. it move away from the money. it does reforming , doesn't it? does need reforming, doesn't it? the services are delivered, the way services are delivered, even where streeting, the shadow health secretary the other day, was saying it's not can't carry on the way it is. and he was floating the idea of much more private sector involvement in floating the idea of much more priv delivery»r involvement in floating the idea of much more priv delivery»r iisome ment in floating the idea of much more priv delivery»r iisome services. floating the idea of much more pri\okay.3ry»r iisome services. floating the idea of much more pri\okay.3ry»rme,me services. floating the idea of much more pri\okay.3ry»rme,me me,ices. floating the idea of much more pri\okay.3ry»rme,me me, let. >> okay. let me, let me, let me take that thread up. we can always do better. that doesn't necessarily mean that private competitors are going to be better, because what private competitors do is they cherry pick, they want to do the easy, easy money on a procedures, the endoscopies, the knee replacements , the hip

replacements, the hip replacements, the hip replacements, etc. what they do not want to do and they will not touch are the renal transplants , touch are the renal transplants, the heart transplants, the itu, the heart transplants, the itu, the chronic diseases , the ones the chronic diseases, the ones that cost a lot of money. so just to say are we've got competition from the private sector , therefore all will be sector, therefore all will be well is a mistake. it's a huge mistake. and what that happens, what that does is it takes money out of the nhs system. so when you are paying the private sector for those knee hip replacements, etc, that money which could have gone into the nhs pot goes out and therefore when you want to repair your buildings, you want to have a assistant for, blood samples , assistant for, blood samples, you want lab assistants, you want radiography, etc. you haven't got that money. so it is a misnomer. the other thing that we can do, we must do is those reforms. those reforms are important . reforms. those reforms are important. but the reforms. those reforms are important . but the reforms are important. but the reforms are we need a healthier population and we need to stop wasting

money. we do waste a lot of money. we do waste a lot of money on management. we waste a lot of money on people. what we would say commissioning services . it's a paper exercise. millions and millions of pounds are spent on commissioning, whereas . you know that the trust whereas. you know that the trust does this. the trust works with other trusts and you find the best place to deliver that, rather than a commissioner sitting in an office saying, i'm going 100 knee going to buy 100 knee replacements you . replacements from you. >> okay, jess, what what do you make of that? the other thing we've not really brought into this a lot money that this is a lot of money that seems being spent on the seems to be being spent on the nhs is for new nhs at the moment is for new digital technological digital systems, technological advancements, and maybe we need more beings well. more human beings as well. >> i think sorry, sorry. >> i mean, i think sorry, sorry. >> i mean, i think sorry, sorry. >> let's just let jess come in. go on. jess . i >> let's just let jess come in. go on. jess. i mean, i think it's best that we let the market

decide what is needed. >> personally, i think one individual person or a group of people aren't able to decide the entire health care system of a country. the issue is centralisation and the issue is bad planning. you can't bad economic planning. you can't have you have economic calculation. you can't a properly efficient can't have a properly efficient allocation of resources. when you have a centralised socialist system. and we can look to loads of other different examples around the world. australia there's the nordic models, germany, all these different countries . have different types countries. have different types of health care systems and they perform way better than the nhs. i think honestly, if you care about people, if you care about patients, if care the patients, if you care about the workers if you care workers in the nhs, if you care about the taxpayer who is forced to this immoral system, to fund this immoral system, then you would want to get rid of the nhs and replace it with something a lot more privatised. >> is it immoral? jess >> why is it immoral? jess >> why is it immoral? jess >> yeah, think it's immoral to >> yeah, i think it's immoral to force people to fund a system which they don't have a lot of choice in. yeah, sure, it might

be free at the point of use, but what's the point of being what's the point of it being free the point of use if no free at the point of use if no one can use it? because the waiting list is so long? i think that's immoral. think people that's immoral. i think people should over their should have autonomy over their body their body and autonomy over their health to say that you to immoral to say that you have to fund the especially the fund the system, especially the working has to fund this working class has to fund this system, they have system, and they don't have many other options as well. and they have use their tax money have to use their tax money to that which could go towards private systems, which would that which could go towards privatthem,ems, which would that which could go towards privatthem, which hich would that which could go towards privatthem, which would )uld that which could go towards privatthem, which would treat serve them, which would treat them as consumers instead of just cog on the waiting just being a cog on the waiting list. think that would list. i think that would be a more moral system. think we more moral system. i think we should there should put nye bevan up there with rest of the socialist with the rest of the socialist dictators like chairman and dictators like chairman mao and stalin , quite frankly. stalin, quite frankly. >> go on, barrett, you're shaking your head vociferously . shaking your head vociferously. there, look, look. >> the simple answer is as follows , poor people die as follows, poor people die as a result of not receiving health care in america . people are care in america. people are either bankrupted or they die . either bankrupted or they die. it's as simple as that, right? health care is one of those things that a civilised nation can provide for its population,

and it can provide it pretty well if they put their mind to it. i would like to take part in reforming the nhs. i feel we've had several secretaries of state who haven't had a handle on health and health care matters and they've fiddled and things started to go drastically wrong when we did all these fees. and then we had the andrew lansley, reforms, which has decimated . reforms, which has decimated. pubuc reforms, which has decimated. public health. and i tell you, pubuc public health. and i tell you, public health is the one that creates fewer patients. and if you've got fewer patients, then your goes further. we've your money goes further. we've got pfi fiasco, and i don't got the pfi fiasco, and i don't know how you would get out of it. so, there are a lot of things you can do. you were mentioning it. well of course we needit mentioning it. well of course we need it to us not overtake need it to help us not overtake us. unfortunately, with mega, it projects in the nhs, there have been failures. and of course, we mustn't have another it failure.

so we had fujitsu working on it systems for the uk and they wasted billions of pounds. and then the project was scrapped. it's that sort of waste that we should of course reform and not spend. >> and you probably agree with that jess wouldn't you. >> yeah, absolutely. i think . we >> yeah, absolutely. i think. we should try and make, make use of the taxpayers money as efficient. can i quickly respond on the americans? course, on the americans? of course, because i'm not because for one, i'm not advocating american advocating for an american system. there are plenty of other examples, mentioned other examples, like i mentioned with model, for with the nordic model, for example. issue example. but two, the issue with the american actually the american system is actually more government regulation, the american system is actually monthe government regulation, the american system is actually monthe american1ent regulation, the american system is actually monthe american medical|lation, like the american medical association and the fda lobbying the government, making it unaffordable for consumers . unaffordable for consumers. again, the issue goes to the free markets. and i think if you genuinely care about people, you would be for free markets, health care. >> so, barrett, you obviously don't care about people because you think this should be partly

taxpayer funded. >> it's the most efficient way to look after the majority of the population . the national the population. the national health service. it does a great job. there's one other item i would like to share with you is this, there is, a disconnect between our hospital sector and our, health care sector in the community, he care homes, a huge disconnect, and we pay a lot of money, or people pay a lot of money, or people pay a lot of money to care homes to look after their frail and elderly parents, etc. now we need to address this elephant in the room, which is that that care home secretary is privately run and it is it is a law unto itself. so if they don't want to readmit a patient, a patient stays in the hospital. the patient stays in the hospital , patient stays in the hospital, the bed is blocked. the bed is blocked. we can't do your knee ,

blocked. we can't do your knee, hip, hip replacement, etc. and therein is a huge problem of discharges . and that can be discharges. and that can be addressed very quickly if you put your mind to it. if you've got a handle on what the issues are, and it very much seems that those in power subsequently, over many decades don't seem to have had a handle on that. thank you so much, ladies of liberty communications gill you so much, ladies of liberty comseniorations gill you so much, ladies of liberty com senior lecturer gill you so much, ladies of liberty com senior lecturer. gill you so much, ladies of liberty com senior lecturer. at gill you so much, ladies of liberty com senior lecturer. at the gill and senior lecturer. at the university of exeter medical school, bharat pankhania. thank you for your extra time as well this morning, you. this morning, both of you. >> i take issue with jess >> i would take issue with jess describing aneurin describing a aneurin bevan putting bevan same putting in nye bevan in the same pantheon hideous people like pantheon of hideous people like like chairman mao . he like stalin and chairman mao. he was a very good man. >> i like i love the fact that she comes out swinging, though. yeah, she believes in what she's saying, right? listen, still to come can you guess come this morning, can you guess which minister had come this morning, can you guess wsecret minister had come this morning, can you guess wsecret affair minister had come this morning, can you guess wsecret affair with minister had come this morning, can you guess wsecret affair with their ster had a secret affair with their deputy press secretary? >> give them >> i'm going to give them a clue. it's theresa may. clue. it's not theresa may.

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about? to put the about? first, we want to put the katherine carol. katherine forster. carol. >> yeah, yeah. >> yeah, yeah. >> you know what mean? >> yeah, yeah. >> you know what mean? >> yeah, yeah. >> you know yesterday�*an? >> yeah, yeah. >> you know yesterday�*a was every. you know, yesterday i was shocked day. and shocked to my bones all day. and then worse then today, it's even worse because out that six because now we find out that six out doctors and out of seven doctors and clinicians at these private clinics cooperate. clinics refused to cooperate. some some some of these nhs clinics, some of and they hiding >> and they were hiding some of them private. >> and they were hiding some of them of vate. >> and they were hiding some of them of the . >> and they were hiding some of them of the nhs refused to >> some of the nhs refused to cooperate with hilary cass. now, this is astonishing. now, why are they doing that? is it because know damage because they know the damage they're and they're causing to kids or. and now hide that? now they're trying to hide that? because the only because that would be the only excuse to excuse for them not to cooperate. you this cooperate. but you know, this this damning report. this is a damning report. i mean, know, hilary cass said mean, you know, hilary cass said yesterday the steep yesterday that that the steep rise in gender reassignment was dnven rise in gender reassignment was driven not by science but by ideology, which is shocking to me. and i just i just think, you know, and watching the left yesterday and today, back—pedalling like crazy, these were the ones who, who were all in favour of these clinics and saying these were all disturbed, upset kids and they needed to be given the freedom and their rights were being, you know, were being, what's the word

eroded by them not being allowed to change sex? it's all nonsense now. and nhs have said now. and now the nhs have said that 9000 patients referred from child clinics to adult clinics. we've now got to find out what's happened to them because we, you know, lives wrecked bones, wrecked minds wrecked. >> i think there should be criminal prosecutions. >> well, it's funny because somebody suggested that the >> well, it's funny because somettodanggested that the >> well, it's funny because somettoday and sted that the >> well, it's funny because somettoday and theythat the >> well, it's funny because somettoday and they said the >> well, it's funny because somettoday and they said that; paper today and they said that all that all of these clinicians that that by that were driven by this ideology refused ideology and who refused to cooperate , the government should cooperate, the government should step in and do something about it. now, i don't know what whether means prosecution, it. now, i don't know what whewhat means prosecution, it. now, i don't know what whewhat it means prosecution, it. now, i don't know what whewhat it should s prosecution, it. now, i don't know what whewhat it should s proseclthat but what it should mean is that they are allowed near kids they never are allowed near kids ever again in their lives. >> children have been physically and mentally harmed by taking these and mentally harmed by taking the i; the classic >> i mean, the classic cleah >> know the >> they didn't know the consequences >> they didn't know the conseq of1ces drugs. effects of these drugs. she's absolutely they absolutely clear that they didn't why didn't know that. so why were these permitted these doctors permitted to do it? face criminal it? they should face criminal prosecutions. . prosecutions. well, i mean. investigation, right. >> i mean, their argument would be that in certain maybe be that in certain other maybe when things be that in certain other maybe whe childhood things be that in certain other maybe whe childhood leukaemia things be that in certain other maybe whe childhood leukaemia or ngs like childhood leukaemia or something, kind

like childhood leukaemia or so experimental kind like childhood leukaemia or so experimental treatment. kind of experimental treatment. >> this is why they of experimental treatment. >> cooperate. 1is is why they won't cooperate. >> these like the >> so these kids are like the drug don't drug companies don't want because being experimented. >> absolutely. >> absolutely. >> and they'll be sued for it. i mean, think really mean, i think what's really damning report damning about this report is also something never also something that was never interrogated, which is why to all want all these kids want to transition, majority transition, why do a majority of girls transition girls want to transition to being it to being boys? because it used to being boys? because it used to be it's be all the way around and it's gone know, of gone up, you know, a sort of thousand and . the reasons thousand fold. and. the reasons are there, they're various, but they're to do with social media. they're to do with misogyny in society. they're to do with little girls thinking it might just boy just be easier if i was a boy and peer pressure and peer pressure about pressure and there's lots about the and the effect of peers and, and also influence social also the influence of social media are media influencers, not who are not trained, who've media influencers, not who are not no trained, who've media influencers, not who are not no proper trained, who've media influencers, not who are not no proper knowledge,)'ve media influencers, not who are not no proper knowledge, who are got no proper knowledge, who are actually promoting ideology, got no proper knowledge, who are actually pror agree ideology, got no proper knowledge, who are actually pror agree with logy, whether you agree with it or not, they they should not be a source young not, they they should not be a source a young not, they they should not be a source a primary young not, they they should not be a source a primary ofjng people. a primary source of information. yeah, but it is. >> that's remember information. yeah, but it is. >> hilary that's remember information. yeah, but it is. >> hilary kc, that's remember information. yeah, but it is. >> hilary kc, she's remember information. yeah, but it is. >> hilary kc, she's the1ember information. yeah, but it is. >> hilary kc, she's the former who hilary kc, she's the former president college who hilary kc, she's the former pr> expert in the field. >> and you know what thought >> and you know what i thought about yesterday ? i about that report yesterday? i thought, you she could thought, you know, she could have damning. have been much more damning. i thought her report was very considered, very, very measured and it was clever in its way

because it meant that the stone walls and the mermaids couldn't come crashing back on her and accuse her you know, accuse her of, you know, whatever. know, whatever. but i but, you know, also , we've got to look at she also, we've got to look at she was being intimidated as well for the four years that was for the four years that she was doing report. for the four years that she was doiiyeah, report. for the four years that she was doiiyeah, justrt. for the four years that she was doiiyeah, just want to >> yeah, i just want to interrupt you ladies just for a moment, because we want to talk to the that, to a guest down the line that, sharon davies. normally, we talk to the to sharon davies about the transition we might get. in fact, sharon, you're there fact, sharon, if you're there with get a quick with us, let's get a quick question you on this. but i question with you on this. but i know here about know you're here to talk about this astonishing the this astonishing news in the papers olympic this astonishing news in the papers are olympic this astonishing news in the papers are going z)lympic this astonishing news in the papers are going z)lygetc this astonishing news in the papers are going z)lyget money athletes are going to get money pnzes athletes are going to get money prizes in track and field, but we can't have you here on the day after the cas review without very you mind, very quickly, if you don't mind, your review, very quickly, if you don't mind, yommust review, very quickly, if you don't mind, yommust vindicated aw, very quickly, if you don't mind, yommust vindicated in you must feel very vindicated in some in terms of your some ways in terms of your position last years i >> -- >> yeah. and to be honest with you, horrified it's taken this long for it to come out, you know, well done to you guys who've been highlighting it for such a long time, this evidence isn't it's there for isn't new. it's been there for a long, lots of long, long time. lots of children been saved. children could have been saved. the medical the horrors of medical

intervention , it's been a very intervention, it's been a very difficult topic to get. just listened to, you know, in a rational, respectful debate. and obviously then that reflects straight into sport as well. you know, fighting just know, we've been fighting just trying for trying to get fair sport for females. my females. and that's really my area been area of expertise. i've now been battling with that for over nine years. since 2015, and i'm years. so since 2015, and i'm just about to go off and see the sports minister today. so i'm hopeful that we can actually protect the female category in sport well, talking of >> good. well, talking of fairness in sport. yeah sharon >> good. well, talking of fairnepage sport. yeah sharon >> good. well, talking of fairnepage sp�*the yeah sharon >> good. well, talking of fairnepage sp�*the paper'>haron >> good. well, talking of fairnepage sp�*the paper today. front page of the paper today. but little but getting very little coverage. and field coverage. so track and field athletes olympic athletes at the paris olympic games given £40,000 for games will be given £40,000 for a gold medal. you swam in time a gold medal. you swam in a time where this was unimaginable. where's carole malone going to cough. okay, carole malone has just left the studio. i'm very sorry . she's gone the other way, sorry. she's gone the other way, of course, so to just just of course, but, so to just just respond to this, does this change the ethos of the olympic spirit and endeavour for you? >> no . no, not at all.

>> no. no, not at all. >> we wouldn't think twice about not paying our footballers to go to world or our, you to the world cup or our, you know, rugby players to go the know, rugby players to go to the world cricketers world cup or our cricketers to go the indies. go touring in the west indies. you are olympic you know, these are olympic athletes who are training professionals. athletes who are training proivery�*nals. athletes who are training proivery much athletes who are training profvery much money athletes who are training proivery much money all get very much money at all compared the profile the compared to the profile on the sporting tell sporting arena. and i can tell you amount money sporting arena. and i can tell you the amount money sporting arena. and i can tell you the earnsnt money sporting arena. and i can tell you the earns nt the my that the ioc earns from the olympic the billions olympic games is in the billions and a very, very tiny percentage in finds its way in single figures finds its way back to the athletes. so it's about time that we appreciated our olympians, whether they are cyclists . whether they're cyclists. whether they're swimmers, whether they're track and field athletes. that's just and field athletes. that's just a because far it's just a shame because so far it's just the and field. the track and field. >> just track and >> so far, it's just track and field. and they've taken the ioc, olympic ioc, the international olympic committee you one lot demand. do you think if one lot get has it ? >> 7. >>i 7- >> i hope 7_ >> i hope so, 7— >> i hope so, i ? >> i hope so, i mean 7 >> i hope so, i mean obviously it comes down to each individual federation. so world aquatics will look after what's going on in pool the in the swimming pool with the diving synchronised swimming diving and synchronised swimming and etc, you know, diving and synchronised swimming and there etc, you know, diving and synchronised swimming and there very:, you know, diving and synchronised swimming and there very wealthy ow, and there are very wealthy organisation and they very organisation and they have very big think that

big sponsors. i do think that what we need to do is make sure that the ioc money that we tap , that the ioc money that we tap, that the ioc money that we tap, that this money just doesn't come from and field or come from track and field or just you just come from swimming, you know, because it's the ioc that sells and makes an sells the olympics and makes an absolute fortune out of it. >> well, interesting. good for you, sharon. didn't expect you to say actually. yeah, to say that actually. but yeah, all right . great all credit to you, right. great to good luck sports minister. >> you e much. minister. >> you much. bye by >> thank you so much. bye by carol maloney back in. do carol maloney snuck back in. do you live tv ? you know we're on live tv? you're as bad as him. do you know what? you're as bad as him. do you knowthought could have gone you're as bad as him. do you kno other ght could have gone you're as bad as him. do you kno other way. could have gone you're as bad as him. do you kno other way. sharon d have gone you're as bad as him. do you kno other way. sharon was ve gone you're as bad as him. do you kno other way. sharon was on gone the other way. sharon was on screen, i'll screen, and i thought, oh, i'll just i thought could, but >> and i thought you could, but obviously the back. >> sorry. sharon davies thought she. was so she. you thought she was so bonng she. you thought she was so boring out. boring you ran out. >> i sharon. i was very >> no, i love sharon. i was very excited. why >> no, i love sharon. i was very estarted why >> no, i love sharon. i was very estarted yeah, why >> no, i love sharon. i was very estarted yeah, got hy i started a cough. yeah, i got excited she good. excited because she was good. because this . because you know about this. >> but what do you think about the olympics, by the way? do you think right the think it's right that the athletes get a £40,000 for winning i it winning gold medal? i think it rather defeats the. >> beautiful. rather defeats the. >> perhaps. jtiful. it does. but rather defeats the. >mean, aps. jtiful. it does. but rather defeats the. >mean, lotthiful. it does. but rather defeats the. >mean, lots of ul. it does. but rather defeats the. >mean, lots of olympicdoes. but rather defeats the. >mean, lots of olympic athletes: i mean, lots of olympic athletes have they ? you have other jobs, don't they? you know, right up until a kind of a month they go month before they have to go into hardcore training, into that hardcore training, it's very difficult be it's very difficult to be a professional athlete. people think hear much

think because we hear so much about league football. think because we hear so much abouthere league football. think because we hear so much abou there massive ue football. think because we hear so much abouthere massive salariesall. think because we hear so much abouthere massive salaries ?.. isn't there massive salaries? everyone thinks if you're everyone thinks that if you're a sports person, you're paid really nearly . really well and nearly. everybody has to have a side hustle of some kind, so it'd be 40,000 winner. >> then in no time at all. the silver medallist. say, what about yeah, exactly. don't silver medallist. say, what about you h, exactly. don't silver medallist. say, what about you can (actly. don't silver medallist. say, what about you can justy. don't silver medallist. say, what about you can just give on't silver medallist. say, what about you can just give money see how you can just give money for i don't can just for god. i don't say i can just give for i'm not give money for gold. i'm not silver you think? >> no, ti- ti“ >> no, no, you don't do really, sport. sports sport. we're not really sports people. should people. do you think they should be it's rather be paid, i think it's rather sad, i think. >> no, don't it's sad. >> no, i don't think it's sad. i think athletes a lot to think athletes give up a lot to do do, you know? do what they do, you know? i mean, it's just they do mean, it's not just what they do kind they're kind of. on the day they're training of every kind of. on the day they're traininweekends, of every kind of. on the day they're traininweekends, of intor kind of. on the day they're traininweekends, of into the week, weekends, late into the evening, getting evening, and they're not getting paid i don't know paid for that. so i don't know if they should get 50 grand, but i think there should be support. and them are supported. and a lot of them are supported. of course. ex—husband >> of course. my ex—husband had two medals. two olympic gold medals. it's only remembered two olympic gold medals. it's only yeah. remembered two olympic gold medals. it's only yeah. mean,emembered two olympic gold medals. it's only yeah. mean, you've ered two olympic gold medals. it's only yeé about ean, you've ered two olympic gold medals. it's only yeé about invoicingve ered two olympic gold medals. it's only yeé about invoicing forred blogged about invoicing for quite a good sign. >> you've locked him out your mind, bev. >> i know he's gone through her invoice, but i'm just thinking how affected how that would have affected him. morning. him. training every morning. it

probably wouldn't. would it have put pressure yeah, put more pressure on him? yeah, i put more pressure i might have put more pressure on him. i mean, it might be most. >> does it not any money at >> does it not get any money at all? no, no, not a penny. >> a lot of get >> but a lot of them get sponsorship. but they might tom day hard for >> yeah but that's hard for families isn't it. because you never knew money was never knew where money was comingyou know changed? >> do you know what changed? everything olympic athletes, >> do you know what changed? everlottery olympic athletes, >> do you know what changed? everlottery funding? athletes, >> do you know what changed? everlottery funding? yes, ates, was lottery funding? yes, absolutely. game changing. it meant . my brother could go to meant. my brother could go to the olympics because he got, i don't know, it was something like £18,000 year as a student like £18,000 a year as a student and a swimmer. and so that changed everything. but no, often olympic often these especially olympic sports, and sports, they can come away and make after make almost nothing after committing make almost nothing after com that's; make almost nothing after com that's the other thing. and that's the other thing. >> but what happens though, if you're a cheat, you win gold. you get your £40,000, £50,000 and months you've and six months later you've cheated . i've spent the money. cheated. i've spent the money. >> just pay it back. >> you just have to pay back >> you just have to pay it back by that. are you? well, like, if you don't, if you don't pay your tax, you just pay it back. you get a monthly instalment plan, you pay get a monthly instalment plan, you pay it back. think if you pay it back. i think if

you're representing your country, you're representing your co do ry, you're representing your co do it for love, because it's to do it for love, because it's a work and it's a a lot of hard work and it's a lot sacrifice, not for a lot of hard work and it's a lot athletesce, not for a lot of hard work and it's a lot athletes themselves, or a lot of hard work and it's a lot athletes themselves, but for the athletes themselves, but for their families. >> is saying the >> yeah, and cepco is saying the same. head of same. he's the head of the international olympic committee. and he? and he won gold, didn't he? >> i guess the thing is at >> yeah, i guess the thing is at the moment, an olympic gold medal most athletes is medal for most athletes is depending and depending on the year and depending on the year and depending sport, depending on the sport, will earn sponsorship earn you money in sponsorship deals and appearances and reality everything else. >> ?- 5 not you're >> probably not if you're in synchronised >> probably not if you're in sanell, sed >> well, no. >> well, no. >> only big, big, >> and it's only the big, big, big who came big stars. the ones who came second, and ones second, third and fourth ones who bronze won't who got silver and bronze won't make that kind of money. yeah, right. >> we were talking about the cast review just before, and in response to that, we want to read their statement. nhs england continue support read their statement. nhs engnewly continue support read their statement. nhs eng newly opened nue support read their statement. nhs eng newly opened childreanport read their statement. nhs eng newly opened children andrt the newly opened children and young people's gender services and forward its and is bringing forward its review of the adult service specifications . specifications. >> nhs england will review the use of gender affirming hormones through of updated through a process of updated evidence review public evidence review and public consultation, similar to the rigorous process that was followed to review the use of puberty hormones . i puberty suppressing hormones. i think the government's got to go really i think really far, cameron. i think private are no longer

private clinics are no longer allowed to give these drugs. >> they shouldn't allowed to allowed to give these drugs. >> tithem|ouldn't allowed to allowed to give these drugs. >> tithem outin't allowed to allowed to give these drugs. >> tithem out att allowed to allowed to give these drugs. >> tithem out at all. allowed to allowed to give these drugs. >> tithem out at all. butwed to allowed to give these drugs. >> tithem out at all. but also, 0 grow them out at all. but also, these were putting these clinics were also putting pressure on doctors give pressure on nhs doctors to give the so they would the drugs out so they would start process and then then start the process and then then bully these doctors into carrying it on. and it's a disgrace clinicians disgrace that clinicians employed nhs have been employed by the nhs have been allowed to treat kids basically like they're lab rats . and, you like they're lab rats. and, you know, that's what it is. and in decades to come, these i mean, you read carabel story has now started a movement to help people and that's started a movement to help peo other and that's started a movement to help peo other thing, and that's started a movement to help peo other thing, the and that's started a movement to help peo other thing, the nhs that's started a movement to help peo other thing, the nhs have; the other thing, the nhs have said. the cas said that you have to we have have a department to we have to have a department for them, especially now, kids who have been damaged, what do they with it? they do with it? >> it's a huge growth >> well, it's a huge growth area in pharmaceutical industry, >> well, it's a huge growth area in afraid rmaceutical industry, >> well, it's a huge growth area in afraid rmaceuticiout dustry, >> well, it's a huge growth area in afraid rmaceuticiout of stry, >> well, it's a huge growth area in afnikkimaceuticiout ofstry, >> well, it's a huge growth area in afnikkimacecaroliut ofstry, >> well, it's a huge growth area in afnikkimacecaroliut now,r, time, nikki and carol for now, but back about but they will be back in about an first, though, an hour or so. first, though, carol in the studio. carol might stay in the studio. >> no, i just carol might stay in the studio. >> no, ijust didn't >> well, no, i just i didn't hear headlines sophia hear the headlines with sophia wenzler. >> thanks, bev. it's 1031. wenzler. >> thanks, bev. it's1031. i'm sophia wenzler in the gb news room. your headlines. a change to family visa rules comes into

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gb news. very good morning. we are. we are looking at your comments here. you weren't impressed by what boris johnson was saying. howard morning. harris says i can't stand how boris the can't stand how boris has the front moan anything . front to moan about anything. he's had his and he blew he's had his chance and he blew it. moaning about rishi, it. he is moaning about rishi, but was that gave rishi but it was boris that gave rishi the the first place. and the job in the first place. and jacqueline has said just ignore the echr macron does and nothing happens. >> well, that's absolutely my view. it's much easier, much less arduous than to get because getting out of the echr, we can't out, have to can't just walk out, we have to get legislate in the commons and it up in the house get legislate in the commons and it lords up in the house get legislate in the commons and it lords forevehip in the house get legislate in the commons and it lords forever. yeah:he house get legislate in the commons and it lords forever. yeah so house get legislate in the commons and it lords forever. yeah so just se of lords forever. yeah so just ignore like. >> e- like. >> peter said boris >> well, peter said boris johnson says pro—freedom, johnson says he's pro—freedom, he's his he's a liar. he was under his premiership. locked in premiership. we were locked in our houses. it was boris who squandered sum of squandered the largest sum of taxpayers money uk taxpayers money in the uk history, future history, and has indebted future generations for many decades to come. the bubbles come. i think the boris bubbles burst, and yet burst, i think it has, and yet there's still he's still got a

cadre of supporters who think if he came back, everything would change. don't think there's he came back, everything would chanmanyion't think there's he came back, everything would chan many of|'t think there's he came back, everything would chan many of them1k there's he came back, everything would chan many of them anyiere's he came back, everything would chan many of them any more, that many of them any more, though. anthony, who is a gb news a good thank news member, a very good thank you. says boris doesn't you. anthony says boris doesn't seem on sunak. why seem very keen on sunak. why doesn't farage join doesn't he? and farage join reform uk and help it to become a force uk politics, and a real force in uk politics, and give people a real alternative to major parties ? and to the two major parties? and alastair has said you're reporting almost 50% of nhs reporting that almost 50% of nhs staff have considered a job outside of the nhs . many of outside of the nhs. many of these will have considered agency outside agency working, which is outside of the nhs. such a good point. >> better paid. >> yeah, and better paid. >> yeah, and better paid. >> yeah, and better paid. >> yeah , exactly, and yeah, >> yeah, exactly, and yeah, loads loads of messages loads and loads of messages still coming in. rishi has nothing to lose and everything to gain if he puts the leaving the echr in their manifesto, they're out of government anyway, big go broke. anyway, so go big or go broke. yeah, anyway, so go big or go broke. yeaand lot of those cabinet >> and a lot of those cabinet ministers rebelling ministers who are rebelling against their against him will lose their seats , jeremy hunt being seats anyway, jeremy hunt being one yeah, days on. one of them. yeah, two days on. still talking about the echr because rishi lied his because rishi lied through his teeth leaving it. why do teeth about leaving it. why do you fall for these every you fall for these lies? every time ? i don't think we do fall

time? i don't think we do fall for the lies, chris. i think that's a bit harsh, right. keep your messages coming. gbnews.com forward. slash your say right. >> were you a scrabble player, mr chard , i love scrabble. we mr chard, i love scrabble. we played it a lot as a family, actually , t h i c k how many actually, t h i c k how many points to no 16. >> well, scrabble has remained unchanged for the last 75 years, but now a new version of the game is to be released as part of its new inclusivity drive. oh, isn't everybody doing inclusivity? >> it's aimed at those who find the word game too intimidating and have a limited knowledge of the dictionary. well, that's why you've got to play scrabble, because it improves your dictionary improves your dictionary and improves your diction. joining now , someone >> well, joining us now, someone who t h i c k is >> well, joining us now, someone who thickisthe >> well, joining us now, someone who t h i c k is the 2016 who is not t h i c k is the 2016 world scrabble champion. brett smithson, . good morning. smithson, brett. good morning. you're my hero. good morning. smithson, brett. good morning. you'rd01y hero. good morning. smithson, brett. good morning. you'rdo you aro. good morning. smithson, brett. good morning. you'rdo you do. good morning. smithson, brett. good morning. you'rdo you do. youd morning. smithson, brett. good morning. you'rdo you do. you just�*rning. smithson, brett. good morning. you'rdo you do. you just have. how do you do. you just have like, the most amazing, dictionary. i can't even find the word vocabulary . thank you. the word vocabulary. thank you. how many words? how many letters

is that? do you just do you just know every in the english language? >> well, i quite >> well, i was i was quite lucky. and. good morning. thanks for i was quite lucky for having me, i was quite lucky when i was kid, and i started when i was a kid, and i started learning, i think first learning, and i think i first picked in anger when i picked up a tile in anger when i was about 17. so i never was about 16 or 17. so i never really at with really played at home with family, pretty much family, but i had a pretty much photographic , and i photographic memory, and i learnt most of the 150,000 or so useful words pretty early on. it just stuck. really, so the difficulty for me when i'm playing the game is actually not finding the it's then finding the words. it's then just working out what is the best play. so slightly best one to play. so slightly different from maybe home play best one to play. so slightly diffewhenrom maybe home play best one to play. so slightly diffewhen whatnaybe home play best one to play. so slightly diffewhen what happened e play best one to play. so slightly diffewhen what happened when! best one to play. so slightly diffewhen what happened when you and when what happened when you won the world scrabble champion? >> just how does that tournament work? >> yeah, so when i won it and it was in lille that year, you have a tournament that runs over five days and effectively it's kind of a league, and then the top eight went through to a quarterfinal that was knockout and then a semi then, then obviously a final, and i was

lucky enough to, to win through, chat. we got on the right there, nigel richards, one of my kind of key nemeses i managed to knock out, and then i won the final three nil in a best of five. gosh >> well, that's pretty impressive. can i ask you the first of the three you won. what was the last word that sealed victory for you? can you remember ? remember? >> yeah, well, there's two answers to that. so the word that actually sealed victory wasn't the final play, it was the word braconid, which is a nasty little wasp that lays its eggsin nasty little wasp that lays its eggs in caterpillars. when they hatch, they eat the caterpillar from the inside out, but the reason that one halfway through the game was it covered two triple scores. multiply triple word scores. you multiply it by so scored me 176, it by nine. so it scored me 176, the actual nail in the coffin, though, i played the word zorrino, which is , skunk fur of zorrino, which is, skunk fur of all things. not not a word you use every day . that's called 96. use every day. that's called 96. so my final game of the final of the world championship, i think i scored 638, which was one of

the highest competitive scores i'd ever had, as well. >> do you get paid to win a scrabble as the world scrabble championship, or do they give you scrabble you lots of scrabble boards or something? prize ? something? what's the prize? >> oh, i've got so many scrabble boards, it doesn't come boards, but, no. it doesn't come with a lot of money. and this is one the things that i'm one of the big things that i'm kind for, you know, kind of pushing for, you know, chess, win get chess, you win it, you get a million. so i kind of million. yeah, so i won kind of about ten which, you know, about ten k, which, you know, for a for a game that theoretically is accessibly, globally can have billions of players, i think is little bit players, i think is a little bit low. so i'm working on on low. so, so i'm working on on promoting low. so, so i'm working on on pro well|g you're very >> well i think you're very underpaid that personally. underpaid for that personally. so the paper today so this news in the paper today is a new scrabble is that there's a new scrabble board available. why? what is it. >> yeah. so the idea here and it's interesting that people have kind of leapt on the dumbing down, actually , what it dumbing down, actually, what it is, a refiguring the is, is a is a refiguring of the classic game , so the classic classic game, so the classic game still very much there, classic game, so the classic gami'm still very much there, classic game, so the classic gami'm very very much there, classic game, so the classic gami'm very happy1uch there, classic game, so the classic gami'm very happy for] there, classic game, so the classic gami'm very happy for thatre, and i'm very happy for that because having been ranked in the five the for 20 the top five in the world for 20 years, couldn't my years, i couldn't lose my competitive the years, i couldn't lose my comjversion the

years, i couldn't lose my comjversion has the years, i couldn't lose my comjversion has a the years, i couldn't lose my comjversion has a team the years, i couldn't lose my comjversion has a team of he years, i couldn't lose my comjversion has a team of people new version has a team of people competing actually, against the mechanics of the game, and people think it's less brutal. but just to be clear on every move, you have to satisfy a challenge that the game gives you. if at any point you fail, you. if at any point you fail, you lose. as a team . so it's you all lose. as a team. so it's instant, sudden death, that kind of challenge, so it'll be things like player seven, letter word. it will be, play a word that connects or bridges to words already on the board. so the strategy in this version is not about how do i score as much and stop you, it's how do i satisfy a challenge, but how do i make it more likely that you'll be able to do one to keep the team going , i able to do one to keep the team going, i mean, i've actually played it. i really enjoyed it. the only thing is for me, obviously it's aimed at families and family time. i think it's great for that. as a world champion, it would be like having dwayne the rock johnson on your side in a tug of war. it's exactly not exactly it's not exactly not exactly a fair team, but i've play tested it with young families , and it with young families, and actually they find it really accessible. and the great thing

is as well, that the base set, the challenges come with different levels of difficulty. so can from just player so you can go from just player two letter word up to, as i say, player which is much more challenging. >> what do you do when you're not scrabble, do not playing scrabble, do you have job, i well, yeah, so have a day job, i well, yeah, so i'm ahead of people. >> chief of staff for tech start—ups in london, but actually i'm big into board gaming more broadly and i think, like a lot of people, during covid, i was kind of looking for things to do, and outside of scrabble, i discovered board games. and this this is another thing, actually , i think that thing, actually, i think that scrabble together has captured good word , the good scrabble word, the zeitgeist, of modern gaming. i'm seeing a huge number of collaborative games coming to the market, and it's much more popular now. so i think we are seeing a bit of an evolution. but, yeah , i would say most but, yeah, i would say most nights of the week i'm playing some form of game. maybe not scrabble, actually. >> and the trouble is, brett, you know, you look at teenagers

now and they only you know, you look at teenagers now to and they only you know, you look at teenagers now to play and they only you know, you look at teenagers now to play stuff and they only you know, you look at teenagers now to play stuff on|nd they only you know, you look at teenagers now to play stuff on|n(screen. nly want to play stuff on a screen. they don't sit a they don't want to sit around a board. have to encourage that. >> are you allowed to enter the world championship again or if you've won it once, that's it. absolutely. >> going back . i narrowly >> i keep going back. i narrowly missed last time, i will missed out last time, i will play missed out last time, i will play again, and i'm ranked world number three currently, so i've got a i've got to get myself back my rightful position . we back to my rightful position. we want win. want you to win. >> brilliant. you to. >> brilliant. we want you to. you these olympians are you see what these olympians are going to get. they're going to get they track going to get. they're going to get field they track going to get. they're going to get field olympics. track going to get. they're going to get field olympics. so track going to get. they're going to get field olympics. so perhaps and field olympics. so perhaps we to 40,000. we should get you up to 40,000. >> whole campaign >> brett, i did a whole campaign to make scrabble a sport. i mean, classified as mean, chess is classified as a sport countries in the sport in most countries in the world, the world, so why should the scrabble world, so why should the scr.good you. good for you. >> good for you. good for you. thank much joining >> good for you. good for you. tha2016 much joining >> good for you. good for you. tha2016 world1uch joining >> good for you. good for you. tha2016 world scrabble oining >> good for you. good for you. tha2016 world scrabble champion us. 2016 world scrabble champion and world wordsmith brett smitheram. i've got one of smitheram. there i've got one of those wooden ones, a scrabble that you like. it's like a lazy susan. it spins around like that. oh it's very polished. honestly. >> it was a good, fun family game. i can see it on, on on the kitchen table. all of would kitchen table. all of us would play. got bit cross play. yeah. my mum got bit cross with us though. if we couldn't,

if long. oh come on if we took too long. oh come on you say. >> i know how she feels. yeah. should a break? can you should we go to a break? can you guess former guess which former prime minister a secret affair minister had a secret affair with their deputy press? >> you know who they're all going to think. >> you going to think >> are you going to think it's boris, yes. boris, right? yes. >> he did, that's not >> maybe he did, but that's not the the one. that's the one. that's the one. that's not the name we're going to bnng not the name we're going to bring it isn't theresa

>> which is looking at your comments coming in. i've had a message from jules taylor. morning, jules. and she said my husband, was husband, ian taylor, was a bronze and gold olympic medallist in 1984 and 1998. he was the gb hockey goalkeeper. he worked as a teacher. he had to pay worked as a teacher. he had to pay for a supply teacher when he required time off. good lord. olympic athletes today received lots of money from sponsorship and sporting and also their sporting organisations. feel organisations. therefore, i feel no payment should given, it no payment should be given, it should gold medal should be given. the gold medal should be given. the gold medal should the honour should be about the honour of a great achievement.

>> feel most days >> so where i feel most days have gone, they? have gone, aren't they? >> like we do lose >> it feels like it. we do lose something losing that, something with losing that, there's about but there's no doubt about it. but similarly, nice similarly, wouldn't it be nice if your husband had been given? >> although if you think about tom daley, i think it's terrific. olympic terrific. and he won olympic gold, he's pretty well, he's been pretty well paid for a long time, hasn't he? yes. for his sport. not competing on the sport. he's not competing on the same husband same terms as. jules's husband and actually the athletes. >> anyway, track and field, do very, very well compared to a lot of other sports because it's the glamour sport. >> health >> yeah. right now the health secretary, atkins, says secretary, victoria atkins, says the must reveal the fate of the nhs must reveal the fate of the nhs must reveal the fate of the 9000 transgender youngsters who were treated by that controversial tavistock clinic. >> , of course, follows the >> this, of course, follows the cass review that found that gender clinics had refused to disclose transgender disclose whether transgender people as people who transitioned as children changed their children later changed their minds or went on to suffer serious health problems serious mental health problems and what should happen those and what should happen to those who agenda the who push the trans agenda in the nhs ? nhs? >> and if you read the cass review, said there wasn't a review, she said there wasn't a proper evidence to justify them inflicting on these inflicting those drugs on these kids. still isn't. it still isn't. but joining us now is the

psychotherapist stella o'malley. stella, you're the expert stella, i you're the expert here, but my instinct is i feel such harms have been meted out to some of these children. there should potentially be at least a consideration of criminal prosecutions . prosecutions. >> well, certainly any clinicians that continue to push the trans affirmative approach. now that the cass review is out, i think, yeah, they should be facing criminal prosecutions. up until now, there was an awful lot of doubt. i think , among a lot of doubt. i think, among a lot of doubt. i think, among a lot of doubt. i think, among a lot of clinicians. however, really from the period between 2019 and 2024. so that's a five year period that that period is where i would say clinicians rightfully should not have been been part of the gender affirmative approach . there was affirmative approach. there was an outcry when, you know, marcus evans, the governor of gids and the tavistock, he left dave bell, the governor left, you know, 35 clinicians left in

2019. and they were saying that these children weren't weren't receiving the appropriate treatment. and so any clinicians that left that stayed beyond 2019, i'd call into question their ability to treat any sort of gender questioning children under underpinning this stellar is this notion that a child sits down with a psychotherapist like yourself and says they are conflicted about their gender and the adults in the room believes them and confirms that belief. >> if a child sat with you as a psychotherapist, let's say ten, 11, 12 years old and said that 11,12 years old and said that how would you treat that individual? >> well, it's one thing to confirm their belief that they're very distressed about their gender. there's nothing wrong with that. and we we wrong with that. and we would we would always kind of affirm their we their their distress. we understand that, like sometimes people get very, very distressed about lots of different things . about lots of different things. there's a lot of ways to manifest distress , and manifest your distress, and genderis manifest your distress, and gender is one of them. that doesn't mean that we should

immediately put them on a fast track onto a medicalized identity state. their sexual awakening with puberty blockers, prevent any sexual development with medication like puberty blockers, and presume that they're going to one day medically transition. that's that's a complete different response to any standard psychotherapeutic response, which is to kind of hasten slowly , cautiously, least slowly, cautiously, least invasive approach. first and just explore what, what, why, why are they distressed about their gender? what does gender mean to them? what is it? what is it be a girl? is it to be a girl? >> and that mean do you is it to be a girl? >> lthat that mean do you is it to be a girl? >> lthat there 1at mean do you is it to be a girl? >> lthat there are mean do you is it to be a girl? >> lthat there are peopleo you is it to be a girl? >> lthat there are people whor feel that there are people who are the body? i are born in the wrong body? i was listening to some parents on phonein was listening to some parents on phone in stations yesterday saying that their teen was suicidal, self—harming from suicidal, was self—harming from being very young and therefore the parents just want that child to be happy. we just want our kids to be happy, don't we? and therefore they go along with it because it's going to therefore they go along with it becauthe it's going to therefore they go along with it becauthe happy. going to therefore they go along with it becauthe happy. could to therefore they go along with it becauthe happy. could that make the child happy. could that child in the make the child happy. could that

child body? in the wrong body? >> born bodies and >> we're born in our bodies and we're born as our bodies, and when it's our bodies when we die, it's our bodies that die. i don't have any opfion that die. i don't have any option other body, so option of any other body, so i can't be in the wrong body. can't be born in the wrong body. it's a it's nice description it's a it's a nice description of a feeling. it's a very good metaphor. there weren't metaphor. but there weren't a range of bodies that i could have born into. not unless have been born into. not unless you're going to believe in something that i had something like a soul that i had something like a soul that i had some bodies. are something like a soul that i had sonbodies. bodies. are something like a soul that i had son bodies. yeah. dies. are something like a soul that i had sonbodies. yeah. there are something like a soul that i had sonbodies. yeah. there isn't are our bodies. yeah. there isn't another body available for you. all right. no i don't think it's a good description. i think it's actually a very confusing description. >> i'm so sorry. >>— >> i'm so sorry. >> the clock is beating us. we'd love you to come back and talk to . to. >> a brighter outlook with boxt solar , sponsors of weather on . solar, sponsors of weather on. gb news. good morning. welcome to your latest gb news weather update. it's a much drier and brighter day for many areas of the uk. today will also feel quite warm in the sunshine, but if you're across the south coast, you're more likely to see cloudier skies and potentially

some of some rain. that's because of this front that's sunk this weather front that's sunk southwards tonight. it's southwards through tonight. it's going southern going to linger for southern areas through the day. much of the rain has pitted away from it, but you're in it, but if you're in southwestern especially it, but if you're in southviparts�*n especially it, but if you're in southviparts�*n cornwall, cially it, but if you're in southviparts�*n cornwall, you're across parts of cornwall, you're more likely to see some drizzly rain through much of day . rain through much of the day. clouds will be a little bit thicker to thicker as well, extending to more south eastern areas. two elsewhere, though it should be a dry day . it's going dry and bright day. it's going to warm in the sunshine, to feel warm in the sunshine, particularly to feel warm in the sunshine, particuwey to feel warm in the sunshine, particuwe could see 20 degrees coast. we could see 20 degrees in parts of cambridgeshire, for example, but temperatures climbing to high teens quite climbing to the high teens quite widely evening . widely through this evening. rain will return for northwestern areas pushing into parts and parts of northern ireland and then scotland. then western scotland. elsewhere, though, it should stay dry. but clouds stay largely dry. but clouds will thicken through the night. it's going to be a bit of a dull evening dull start to the it's going to be a bit of a dull even but dull start to the it's going to be a bit of a dull even but it's dull start to the it's going to be a bit of a dull even but it's going. start to the it's going to be a bit of a dull even but it's going to art to the it's going to be a bit of a dull evenbut it's going to be to the day, but it's going to be another mild start. temperatures won't below ten degrees won't dip much below ten degrees once again in far of once again in the far north of scotland , you're likely to see scotland, you're likely to see a fairly bright start, but elsewhere, said, it's elsewhere, as i said, it's likely to be quite cloudy, with rain persisting across this northwestern patch through much of the day. further south, for

central england, parts central areas of england, parts of wales, the south coast to some break out, some sunshine will break out, particularly as head into the particularly as we head into the afternoon. little afternoon. it may be a little hazy , but it's going to feel hazy, but it's going to feel warm that once warm in that sunshine once again, likely again, with temperatures likely climbing to above 20 degrees, which warmest which could make it the warmest day of the year so far. that warm feeling inside from boxt boilers sponsors of weather on

gb news. >> it's 11 am. on thursday, the 11th of april. this is britain's newsroom on gb news with andrew pierce and bev turneh >> so boris has blasted the prime minister overnight. boris johnson has launched a furious attack on the prime minister, calling some his policies mad calling some of his policies mad and saying that the tories must spend more on defence. >> when i look at some of the things that were, were, were doing now, i think that are being done in the name of

conservatism. i think they're absolutely, absolutely nuts. and >> and deported foreign criminals, the home office are funny. that can't confirm how many convicted foreign nationals were actually issued a deportation order last year. >> it's the data nightmare on marsham street. we found at the last figures they have are for september of 2022. >> and government mutiny in in the offing. rishi sunak faces a revolt from his cabinet after threatening to leave the european court of human rights over his rwanda policy, and sickness are soaring. sickness claims are soaring. >> sickness benefits in britain rose in every constituency last yeah rose in every constituency last year, tory heartland seeing some of the biggest increases of your nafion of the biggest increases of your nation of scroungers, probably . nation of scroungers, probably. >> and the fake stamp scandal gb news has followed this story about counterfeit stamps, leaving people paying £5 penalties their penalties just to collect their post. well, it turns out that

thousands of these stamps are coming to from china coming to britain from china. we're going to be talking to the reporter that broke that story here at gb news about the stamps. i think it's quite interesting . basically, it's interesting. basically, it's counterfeit stamps. interesting. basically, it's cou not feit stamps. interesting. basically, it's cou notfeit chinese stamps. interesting. basically, it's cou notfeit chinese government it's not the chinese government and the people who bought them innocently being fined by the post office. >> yeah. >> yeah. >> let us know your thoughts this morning. >> gbnews.com/your say is the comments page and you can talk to each other on there as well, which is very pleasant first, which is very pleasant at first, though, sophia though, your news with sophia wenzler. >> thanks, bev. good morning. it's 11:02. i'm sofia wenzler in it's11:02. i'm sofia wenzler in the gb newsroom and some breaking news to start. a man has been remanded in custody after being charged with murdering a woman who was stabbed in the city as stabbed to death in the city as she walked her baby in a pram.

25 year old habiba masum has been charged with murder and possession of a bladed article. 27 year old kusuma akhter died after being stabbed in bradford on saturday afternoon. she was taken to hospital but died from her injuries. nhs figures show. the waiting list for routine hospital treatment in england has fallen for the fifth month in a row, over 305,000 people have been waiting more than a year to start routine hospital treatment at the end of february. that's down from 321,000 at the end of january . 321,000 at the end of january. the government and nhs england have pledged to eliminate all waiting lists of more than a year by march next year , and year by march next year, and nearly half of workers have spent time looking at jobs outside the nhs. that's according to new analysis. researchers have found around 47% have looked at employment outside the nhs, with 14% applying for non nhs jobs between march and june last yeah between march and june last year. it's understood stress,

workload, staff shortages and pay workload, staff shortages and pay are the top reasons for staff leaving the nhs. shadow transport secretary louise haigh, told gb news that labour would prioritise the nhs if it were in power. >> yes, there's been disputes around pay but actually the pressure that is on overworked nhs staff and social care staff is really significant. so bringing down those waiting lists to reduce the pressure, we hope would address that retention crisis and encourage people to stay in the nhs. but there's no doubt that too many of the workforce have been have been overlooked, overworked and under—supported for too long. >> in other news, a to change family visa rules comes into force today as part of the government's plan to reduce immigration. it's part of the home promise to home secretary's promise to transform the uk's immigration system, cut unfair levels of migration and ensure those arriving here do not burden the

taxpayer. the measure will see the minimum income for family visas rise by more than £10,000 to £29,000, an increase of more than 55% by early 2025. this will have increased two more times, rising to £38,700. the royal mail says it's working to remove counterfeit stamps from circulation after reports of fake ones. it follows calls from for gb news royal mail to investigate its systems. after an investigation , the telegraph an investigation, the telegraph reported china is flooding britain with counterfeit royal mail stamps as small retailers are buying forgeries online. it's understood that the fakes were causing a rise in complaints that stamps bought from legitimate stores were being deemed fraudulent, which can result in a £5 penalty. former prime minister boris johnson has attacked rishi sunak's flagship smoking policy as absolutely nuts as he criticised the state of the conservative party at an event

in canada. under the prime minister's plan . anyone who is minister's plan. anyone who is turning 15 this year or younger , turning 15 this year or younger, from everyone being able to legally buy tobacco products, some of the things that were were, were doing now i think that are being done in the name of conservatism. >> i think they're absolutely, absolutely nuts. you know, absolutely nuts. but you know, we're banning cigars. and what is i mean, maybe , maybe you all is i mean, maybe, maybe you all think that's a great idea. i just can't i can't see what what is the point banning with the is the point of banning with the party churchill wants party of winston churchill wants to ban? i mean, don it don him what? and break as they say in quebec, you know, it's just it's just it's just mad. >> and the met police will reinvestigate the decision to charge caroline flack with assaulting her boyfriend as new witness. evidence may be available. the tv presenter died in february 2020, with a coroner saying she took her own life after discovering she was going to be prosecuted. the crown prosecution service had recommended she only get a

caution , but this was overturned caution, but this was overturned after london's met police appealed it. miss flack's mother has repeatedly criticised how police handled the case and for the latest stories, sign up to gb news alerts by scanning the qr code on your screen or go to gb news. common alerts now it's back to andrew and . bev. back to andrew and. bev. >> to 1106 with britain's newsroom on gb news with andrew pearson bev turneh lots of views coming. can i talk about these olympic awards? because sharon course won sharon davis, who of course won silver, i think in swimming, she said supports the idea of said she supports the idea of gold medal winners getting £40,000, which is the new plan. pj says prize money for gold medals. my, we've come a long way from ideals. when it was way from the ideals. when it was reinstated, says. i think reinstated, julie says. i think olympic athletes should be given reinstated, julie says. i think olymjmoneyates should be given reinstated, julie says. i think olymjmoney for; should be given reinstated, julie says. i think olymjmoney for their|ld be given reinstated, julie says. i think olymjmoney for their success. len some money for their success. they're being exploited. the philosophy, ideals philosophy, the olympic ideals stems from the rich and privileged public schoolboys of

the didn't need to the past who didn't need to worry themselves about money. she's of fire, she's thinking chariots of fire, and who else has been getting in touch here? >> mark said. i was playing the other day, playing scrabble the other day, playing scrabble the other accused of other day. i was accused of cheating. she picks up the board through the board, and the piece is the window. now is out the window. so now the word the street. very word is on the street. very good. funny , and, a lot good. that's funny, and, a lot of getting touch about of you getting in touch about the cast report we've been talking about quite a lot this morning , yeah. keep your morning, yeah. keep your messages coming. on the nhs in crisis, danny has said, don't be fooled. my partner needed to see a specialist. last year, we were told it would take eight months. a specialist. last year, we were tolcasked uld take eight months. a specialist. last year, we were tolcasked for take eight months. a specialist. last year, we were tolcasked for takappointmenths. we asked for an appointment to be set up, but also looked into a was a private appointment which was £304 an hour. we were able to set within two weeks. three set up within two weeks. three days after the private appointment received a letter from for seven from the nhs set for seven months but with the same months ahead, but with the same specialist . don't tell me there specialist. don't tell me there isn't a two tier system. well wow. >> wow. >> now overnight boris johnson, he's launched a big attack on the prime minister. people talking about that too . he's

talking about that too. he's called the sale of tobacco to future generations that the ban of tobacco to future generations absolutely nuts. and we need to spend more on defence. let's listen to him speaking at this conference conservative conference with conservative thinkers . thinkers in ottawa. >> the difference between us conservatives and our, our opponents is that every, every time their instincts are always about control and expropriation and coercion and taking your money and spending it on your behalf and regulating your lives. and we are on the whole in favour of freedom. when i look at some of the things that were, were, were doing now i think that are being done in the name of conservatism. i think they're absolutely, absolutely nuts. but, you know, we're banning cigars and what is i mean, maybe, maybe you all think that's a great idea. i just can't i can't see what what is the banning the the point of banning with the party churchill party of winston churchill wants to , i mean, donnie, donnie, to ban, i mean, donnie, donnie, moi and break, as they say in quebec, you know, it's just it's just it's just mad he's actually

mocking the prime minister, isn't he? >> because that was one of the flagship policies announced in the prime minister's speech at the prime minister's speech at the party conference. i must say i bit nonplussed by it. he the party conference. i must say i to»it nonplussed by it. he the party conference. i must say i to stop nplussed by it. he the party conference. i must say i to stop any ssed by it. he the party conference. i must say i to stop any children t. he the party conference. i must say i to stop any children from wants to stop any children from the upwards being the age of 15 upwards now being able legally buy cigarettes. able to legally buy cigarettes. based a similar new based on a similar policy in new zealand , which, by the way, the zealand, which, by the way, the new zealand government has dropped. that's , pretty dropped. but that's, pretty disrespectful of rishi, even if you agree with him. there is this convention that prime ministers when they go abroad, don't down own country. >> yeah, viewers are not >> yeah, our viewers are not impressed, actually, with boris johnson talking like that. i think boris johnson is doing what boris johnson does, which think boris johnson is doing what boriwhat�*nson does, which think boris johnson is doing what boriwhat lhei does, which think boris johnson is doing what boriwhat the people nthh think boris johnson is doing what boriwhat the people in ch think boris johnson is doing what boriwhat the people in the is saying what the people in the room was room want to hear. and it was a conservative c conference, conservative small c conference, and the idea, you know, he says they're taking more of your money and not letting you spend it yourself. is the conservative government who have given us the highest tax burden? yeah. and in 70 years. and it didn't he didn't just minister. >> just happen on >> it didn't just happen on rishi's watch, did it? >> exactly. right now >> exactly, exactly. right now moving on. the home office are being secretive as ever.

being as secretive as ever. >> they've been unable to confirm how many convicted foreign nationals were issued a deportation order last year, as they there was a disruption they said there was a disruption to the data system. how convenient is that ? well, our convenient is that? well, our investigative reporter who broke the is the story, charlie peters, is with us, the home office. i mean, talk what it, mean, talk about what was it, john reid, the labour home secretary, said in 2006, fit john reid, the labour home secpurpose aid in 2006, fit john reid, the labour home secpurpose .d in 2006, fit john reid, the labour home secpurpose . itin 2006, fit john reid, the labour home secpurpose . it still 06, fit john reid, the labour home secpurpose . it still isn't. fit for purpose. it still isn't. >> well, that was the reaction from rob bates, research from rob bates, a research director at a think tank that i worked this story , who worked with on this story, who did say that not fit for purpose very sums up the stakes of very much sums up the stakes of the home office at the moment, because they aren't able to tell us many of these deportation us how many of these deportation orders issued. they orders have been issued. they can how many people they can say how many people they deported those deported last year, those figures were released last month. the month. but when you ask the illegal migration minister, michael tomlinson, when was the last you issued deportation last time you issued deportation orders? they've only them up orders? they've only got them up to september 2022, which in political is yonks ago. political terms is yonks ago. it's far too long. and this comes at a time when there is, of course, grave concern about how people are tracking foreign

national offenders in britain. yeah. robert jenrick, the former migration minister, has said recently that there's insufficient transparency in how the government this. insufficient transparency in how the gcallingient this. insufficient transparency in how the gcalling for this. insufficient transparency in how the gcalling for an this. insufficient transparency in how the gcalling for an amendment to he's calling for an amendment to the criminal justice bill that would require national immigration and visa status to be listed when someone commits a crime that would give more information towards the gap on deportation and foreign criminals. but to know how many have been deported, but not how many issued order, many have been issued an order, does point to a potential that there significant there. >> and what is the position? charlie, is every foreign national who commits a crime automatically deported when they leave, or does it depend on the severity of the offence? i don't think it's automatic, some think it's automatic, and some are bail are are released on bail and are given process . given delayed in the process. >> disappear. and then that is another concern. i mean, speaking seniors in the home speaking to seniors in the home office last night when i had this story firmed they said office last night when i had thime ory firmed they said office last night when i had thime thatirmed they said office last night when i had thime that thati they said office last night when i had thime that that becausey said office last night when i had thime that that because we've to me that that because we've reduced detention capacity, reduced our detention capacity, capacity so much, just 2200 spaces country , that spaces in the country, that means it's getting more and more difficult to remove people

quickly , which then invites that quickly, which then invites that legal process. now, they did also out that we do also point out that we do actually get rid of some pretty nasty people on a regular basis. some 17,700 people deported since january 2019. there are regularly escorted removals to countries such as albania and jamaica very typical destinations for these returns. but at the same time to not know how many of these orders have been issued does point to a gap potentially between the numbers that removed . that need to be removed. >> isn't there about 11,000 foreign nationals in our prisons which at the seams? which are bursting at the seams? i why deport i don't know why we don't deport all they commit the all of them when they commit the offence. kick them out. >> it's definitely >> yeah, it's definitely an overrepresentation regards overrepresentation with regards to prison population. to the prison population. yeah. and offenders and foreign national offenders and at the same time as we're reducing the detention capacity to people, we're also to remove people, we're also losing population losing prison population space as well. i mean, the size of the army is shrinking very aggressively . it's now less than aggressively. it's now less than the prison population. the prison population is less than 80,000 probably do know >> so they probably do know these figures, charlie, but they're revealing them. these figures, charlie, but they'rthe revealing them.

these figures, charlie, but they'rthe problem,ealing them. these figures, charlie, but they'rthe problem, they've 1em. these figures, charlie, but they'rthe problem, they've said well, the problem, they've said is that foi in, is that when the foi went in, they that to they said that due to significant disruption to their information, management, significant disruption to their information, management , they're information, management, they're unable to acquire it. >> what does that mean? well, we do know last year the chief do know that last year the chief inspector borders inspector of the borders did say that there was a major problem with information management. they're a they're going through a disruption. changing disruption. they're changing their moment. but their systems at the moment. but their systems at the moment. but the national offender the foreign national offender returns command. the team that leads this said that there leads on this said that there was no single version of the truth another truth on this data. another staff member told the reporter that they would be that they would not be comfortable releasing data to the public. and they also said, thankfully , thankfully, that's thankfully, thankfully, that's not job. they said, i'm not my job. they said, well, i'm glad hear that. glad to hear that. >> it's not that. i mean, we're entitled know . entitled to know. >> well, the home office tell us that. be comfortable. they don't recognise and they recognise our claims and they say data is available, but say that data is available, but we've not it for 2023. we've not seen it for 2023. >> keep trying >> okay, well keep trying charlie. thank you. >> good story. >> good story. >> right. still to come prince harry's us visa application papers been handed over to papers have been handed over to a federal judge. we're all waiting to see whether they will

be made public or not. and why does matter? because does it matter? because >> because when he applied for his visa in the united states, did the revelation did he include the revelation from his book, 'spare' he from his book, 'spare' that he took a lot of drugs, took quite a lot of drugs, illegal drugs, when he was younger because didn't . that younger because he didn't. that is in breach of us immigration law, he might be out here law, and he might be out here with on .

gb news. 1117. you're with britain's newsroom on gb news. andrew pearson. bev turner malone. karen malone is back. she says she's going out she's not going to walk out the studio time. studio this time. >> walk i was >> i didn't walk out. i was coughing hodgson. i was coughing nichi hodgson. iwas trying to not make noise, trying to not make a noise, but instead kerfuffle. instead created a kerfuffle. >> for first >> sorry, not for the first time, , carol, let's start time, right, carol, let's start with this, ministers threatening to turn on sunak if he chooses to turn on sunak if he chooses to quit the echr this is incredible. >> yeah, there's something like 12 cabinet ministers are thought

to oppose us leaving, and there's about six. want us to stay , and but, you know, the stay, and but, you know, the latest poll says that that more than 50% of tory voters want us to leave the echr. >> i think it's probably more like, i would think 70. >> i would think that is the truth of it. but the so the tories are here. they have a chance do something that the chance to do something that the electorate wants may scrape electorate wants that may scrape them election , and them in the next election, and they're purposely choosing to ignore the electorate again . ignore the electorate again. they want. and it is astonishing all this is happening in the week that the actor made that ridiculous decision in switzerland, where a group of ladies called climate seniors, backed by greenpeace, went to the echr and said their country wasn't doing enough to protect them against climate change. this is going to be replicated already. now >> greta thunberg running, rubbing her hands with glee. >> well, more than that. it's >> well, no more than that. it's happening. 30 happening. more than 30 countries backed countries have now said backed by her thunberg, that their countries are not protecting them. what it's going to

them. imagine what it's going to do in terms immigration. do in terms of immigration. imagine kind of because imagine all the kind of because what i didn't realise was that charities and campaign groups account most of the claims account for most of the claims put into the echr. it's not governments, it's not individual bills, it's these charities and campaign groups. >> it's a lobbying exercise. it's a lobbying in terms of ideologies, isn't it? in that case, , these, these case, and these, these, these women switzerland were women in switzerland were backed by they were there's a heat >> they were there's a heat wave. >> it will kill them. >> it will kill them. >> well, that's what said. >> well, that's what they said. yeah. lot of yeah. well they have a lot of heat switzerland. well heat waves in switzerland. well they don't actually because i've got there. got family there. >> what do lose though, got family there. >>you what do lose though, got family there. >> you think, do lose though, got family there. >>you think, nikki, lose though, got family there. >>you think, nikki, lowe though, got family there. >>you think, nikki, lowe do ugh, do you think, nikki, if we do come echr protections come out of the echr protections for against any government? >> no. we lose things like protections for workers. i mean, we're very strict about what? how can work under what how people can work under what conditions, how many hours we lose that that will conditions, how many hours we lose vulnerable that will conditions, how many hours we lose vulnerable people. l exploit vulnerable people. i'm sorry. will do . and sorry. it will it will do. and then there are other things around and around gender and equal pay and all it. we all the rest of it. yes, we have our noticed. got >> not noticed. we've got a judiciary. >> not noticed. we've got a judic know, know , you said this >> i know, i know, you said this to andrew i to me before, andrew and i do. i do that. the other there do see that. but the other there are points made two do see that. but the other there arethe points made two do see that. but the other there arethe tory points made two do see that. but the other there arethe tory ministers made two

do see that. but the other there arethe tory ministers thate two do see that. but the other there arethe tory ministers that are two of the tory ministers that are worried about it. one is by james cleverly saying that if we leave, then we affect international cooperation, which i agree with. and i completely agree with. and i said that last week and also, tom tugendhat, who's made the point that actually, if we leave, it undermines the good friday now that's friday agreement. now that's quite friday agreement. now that's qui'but, nicky, cannot have >> but, nicky, you cannot have judges. judges job is to uphold the it is not to make the the law. it is not to make the law. and what what this decision is effect , law. and what what this decision is effect, going to do. it's is in effect, going to do. it's going to allow judiciary going to allow the judiciary to set government policy. that cannot be the that cannot be the case that that thatis cannot be the case that that that is a massive threat to democracy in this country. and they're not accountable. they're not accountable. it is a huge threat to democracy to have even know the name of the british judge. >> i don't think anybody does . yeah. >> i mean, that's they do wield yeah. >.huge ean, that's they do wield yeah. >.huge amountt's they do wield yeah. >.huge amount of they do wield yeah. >.huge amount of huge to wield yeah. >.huge amount of huge powerd yeah. >.huge amount of huge power. we a huge amount of huge power. we don't who it is, sure. a huge amount of huge power. we dorbut who it is, sure. a huge amount of huge power. we dorbut we who it is, sure. a huge amount of huge power. we dorbut we couldwho it is, sure. a huge amount of huge power. we dorbut we could find it is, sure. a huge amount of huge power. we dorbut we could find out, sure. a huge amount of huge power. we dorbut we could find out aere. journalists. >> but they are power. they've got so much power and we don't know who they are. and we, as you know, the judge who blocked know who they are. and we, as you rwanda 1e judge who blocked know who they are. and we, as you rwanda flightge who blocked know who they are. and we, as you rwanda flight and ho blocked know who they are. and we, as you rwanda flight and the)locked the rwanda flight and the government should have ignored that even know government should have ignored that nationality even know government should have ignored that nationality that even know government should have ignored that nationality thateven kis,iv what nationality that judge is, but, gendeh but, you know, or gender. >> not relevant

really. >> it is. course >> it is. of course it is. >>— >> it is. of course it is. >> they a decision and they >> they make a decision and they don't not even don't even we're not even allowed said it. so don't even we're not even all> you can complain about 20 years decision switzerland years decision in switzerland cannot appealed , right. cannot be appealed, right. >> they're supremely accurate. they're clever they never get. >> but there can be surely another case put in that can counter it. >> but. but i find it incredible that sunak has actually said he will now ignore the strasbourg rulings if he does , if they rulings if he does, if they tried to block flights to rwanda. don't rwanda. but i actually don't believe that. do you believe that, guys? i just don't believe that. >> i'm afraid don't. that. >> im afraid don't. that. >> i mean,id don't. that. >> i mean, jeremy 't. that. >> i mean, jeremy hunt said >> i mean, jeremy hunt has said last would never last year that it would never happen under a sunak government. he wouldn't well. he said he wouldn't do it well. >> other who >> also, the other person who won't it is david cameron, won't allow it is david cameron, foreign secretary. won't allow it is david cameron, foreigrcourse,ary.course, can we >> of course, of course, can we talk foreign aid, nikki? >> of course, of course, can we talk go foreign aid, nikki? >> of course, of course, can we talk go on.:oreign aid, nikki? >> of course, of course, can we talk go on. what'said, nikki?

>> of course, of course, can we talk go on. what's thisnikki? >> of course, of course, can we talk go on. what's this story’ yes. go on. what's this story about? half of foreign aid spent in uk. this is quite in the uk. this is quite surprising, isn't it? >> look, i mean, foreign aid is actually a very small, small amount it's amount of our spending. it's like , what, 0.5% of gdp? we like, what, 0.5% of gdp? we don't spend very much. and the reason we spend it is because. how much. sorry, andrew. it is that it? that's true. do that isn't it? that's true. do you too much. you think there's too much. i don't enough. and don't think it's enough. and the reason actually, reason being because actually, if don't other if you don't help other countries where people are experiencing or or countries where people are expericatastrophes, or or countries where people are expericatastrophes, then or other catastrophes, then actually with actually you end up with immigration, you don't immigration, which you don't want, so you kind of have immigration, which you don't want, afterso you kind of have immigration, which you don't want, after the 'ou kind of have immigration, which you don't want, after the people of have immigration, which you don't want, after the people you1ave to look after the people you know , nothing to with just know, nothing to do with just being and being a decent human and actually wanting to care about somebody your somebody else who isn't of your country. what's interesting somebody else who isn't of your countrthis what's interesting somebody else who isn't of your countrthis is what's interesting somebody else who isn't of your countrthis is that�*s interesting somebody else who isn't of your countrthis is that actually, :ing about this is that actually, lots of the money has been spent about this is that actually, lotbritaina money has been spent about this is that actually, lotbritain because has been spent about this is that actually, lotbritain because it's been spent about this is that actually, lotbritain because it's going spent in britain because it's going to, house asylum seekers. it's going to, give them basic essentials and food and some training while they await decisions that never really come from the home office. >> so we're spending our foreign aid budget here. >> obviously that's >> yes. and obviously that's there's so many problems with that, being that that, one of them being that there countries there are lots of countries where for where they're desperate for help. yemen, somalia, those things those countries have

things of those countries have dropped off the radar in terms of helping them of us, helping them even reporting them. reporting on them. and we've of forgotten other kind of forgotten about other countries because we're dealing maybe so refugees in maybe with so many refugees in this it's this country. i mean, it's important , you know, important to say, you know, refugees do not receive a lot on on an individual basis. they get about £40, 18 a week or something to live on. >> that's to spend that's >> zigi that's to spend that's not including their food and their board and their hotel bills and all the rest. so it's not hundreds of pounds not £40, it's hundreds of pounds for every immigrant, every day spent on every jim mcmahon, but they don't receive it themselves. >> 15.4 billion were spending >>15.4 billion were spending a year on international. far year on international. yeah, far too much. >> but but the problem is with the we haven't the home office, we haven't processed quickly enough the home office, we haven't pro

the government just haven't publicised enough? because we talk million talk about that £11 million a day. talk about that £11 million a daythat's me . i've never >> that's news to me. i've never i've didn't know >> that's news to me. i've never i've it. didn't know about it. >> i didn't know it. so >> i didn't know about it. so i mean don't know if that is mean i don't know if that is, is it true. it just seems a it true. i mean it just seems a bizarre thing to me. it does. >> you but >> but, you know, but the problem with foreign aid problem with the foreign aid budget, one budget, i mean, there was one particular nicky, when budget, i mean, there was one particwas nicky, when budget, i mean, there was one particwas £1 nicky, when budget, i mean, there was one particwas £1 billion.y, when budget, i mean, there was one particwas £1 billion left hen budget, i mean, there was one particwas £1 billion left inn budget, i mean, there was one particwas £1 billion left in the there was £1 billion left in the in the kitty and they in the tin in the kitty and they rushed spending it, rushed around spending it, showering yes. showering it like confetti. yes. and ridiculous. that is wicked. >> yeah. that's ridiculous. >> yeah. that's ridiculous. >> be on >> and it could be spent on pensioners who are struggling. >> and it could be spent on pensi> and it could be spent on pensi> and it could be spent on pensi> and it could be spent on pensi> and it could be spent on pensi> it could be spent on so many things. silly. things. that's silly. i completely you. but completely agree with you. but actually, so completely agree with you. but actualpeople so completely agree with you. but actualpeople in so completely agree with you. but actualpeople in need so completely agree with you. but actualpeople in need in so completely agree with you. but actualpeople in need in other many people in need in other countries actually countries that actually it shouldn't question shouldn't even be a question of having the having anything left over at the end year. end of the year. >> yeah. >> yeah. >> can talk about having >> can we talk about having anything over at the end of anything left over at the end of the year when your tea bags? >> oh, that's how much can >> oh, that's how much we can get. good story, bags. get. this is a good story, bags. >> story would >> i thought this story would appeal and appeal to pearce and it's a great drinker that great tea drinker saying that one. a 1 in 10 in the sun, one. it's a 1 in 10 in the sun, but it says 1 in 7 in the star. tea drinkers are so skint that they're their they're having to reuse their tea , do you do that? tea bags, do you do that? >> no. >> no. >> this a very depressing >> this is a very depressing story. the cost of living crisis

has. >> i also think it sounds like one of those made up stories as well. >> well, it isn't the star who did the research on this, wonder? >> well, let's have it. let's just look. >> well, let's have it. let's just it'll look. >> well, let's have it. let's just it'll be look. >> well, let's have it. let's just it'll be a)ok. >> well, let's have it. let's just it'll be a tea company. >> it'll be a tea company. >> it'll be a tea company. >> be company >> it'll be a tea company saying, by saying, i got, oh, polled by vouchercodes.co.uk and that's who they've done the poll. >> the thing is, i'd rather just >> the thing is, i'd ratherjust have fewer cups of tea than reuse a tea bag. i'm northern. i leave the tea terrible. leave the tea bag in. terrible. you don't? that's you don't? yes, but that's a very yorkshire thing to do. you let mash. oh, a pot. let it mash. oh, use a pot. >> dirty brown by >> oh, so it's dirty brown by the time pot. >> oh, no. >>- >> oh, no. >> it depends how >> well, it depends how much time you use time you've got. you can't use a pot tea every cup. oh, pot of tea for every cup. oh, you make time. you have to make time. >> made a pot of tea, >> but if you made a pot of tea, would milk in the would you put the milk in the cup the tea cup first? cup first or the tea cup first? >> the tea you >> oh, the tea always. you put the in. yes. yes. the tea in. yes. no. yes. yes. not milk first. the tea in. yes. no. yes. yes. notalways rst. the tea in. yes. no. yes. yes. notalways puts in first. >> always puts the tea in first. i put milk i always put the milk in. >> milk in. >> no, i put the milk in. >> no, i put the milk in. >> it's, i think we're >> i think it's, i think we're making because can't. >> if you put too much in this, you can't take it. >> know i put a little bit in >> i know i put a little bit in and add to it. and then you can add to it. >> true, that's and then you can add to it. >> i true, that's and then you can add to it. >> i usually true, that's and then you can add to it. >> i usually true, thmuch true. i usually put too much in. it's milk. it's like hot milk. >> up with what >> i once came up with what i thought absolute genius in thought was absolute genius in lockdown, had much

lockdown, when i had too much time clearly, time on my hands, clearly, and i decided pot and time on my hands, clearly, and i decithe pot and time on my hands, clearly, and i decithe milk pot and time on my hands, clearly, and i decithe milk in pot and time on my hands, clearly, and i decithe milk in the pot and time on my hands, clearly, and i decithe milk in the pot. and put the milk in the pot. >> that's filthy. >> no, that's filthy. >> no, that's filthy. >> me. savagery. and >> bear with me. savagery. and then some around then i had some friends around and we're pouring tea and and we're pouring the tea and i said, this is amazing. said, look, this is amazing. and they're that's they're all going, yeah, that's quite clever. why don't we normally do that? and then my friend door friend came over from next door and she sat down i said, do and she sat down and i said, do you cup of tea? she went, you want a cup of tea? she went, yes, black please. and i thought, well, that's, that's the black. the end of black. >> there's two things there. there's that there's you there's that and there's you were breaking lockdown were obviously breaking lockdown rules were obviously breaking lockdown rulewell, we know that >> well, we all know that somebody we don't do snitches on this program . malay. no i'm joking. >> yeah. it was obviously during the time when you could have a bubble obviously. can we talk about angela rayner . about angela rayner. >> have we got time or not. just we. yeah. >> we finished with these two how. >> now. >> oh flu you-e now. >> oh you're staying here. >> oh no. you're staying here. apparently to do apparently we're going to do a quick thing. i want to quickly take this. >> w- fl listen to this >> we've got to listen to this just second. just for a second. >> shadow transport >> so this is shadow transport secretary she's secretary louise haigh. she's been about been talking to reporters about the she is. >> most people who have tried to access treatment recently, access nhs treatment recently, whether it be accessing a gp appointment unfortunately appointment or unfortunately having to go to a&e, will not

feel that the targets are being met or that the tories plan is working . waiting lists are still working. waiting lists are still 320,000 higher than when rishi sunak became prime minister so he's failing on his own metrics. a&e waiting times are higher, as are ambulance waits , labour have are ambulance waits, labour have are ambulance waits, labour have a plan funded by tackling the huge gap in tax avoidance to bnng huge gap in tax avoidance to bring down waiting lists and use the private sector to make sure that we can use that capacity there and quickly bring down waiting lists so people can access the treatment they access the nhs treatment they deserve . deserve. >> well. backdrop talking about the nhs in front of a load of buses , i know. buses, i know. >> how does that work? a little confusing, how does that work? well she's currently well apparently she's currently shadow well apparently she's currently shadovhaigh . louise haigh. >> she could be the transport secretary in six months time or something i don't. well, maybe she does. >> it could be health secretary. maybe she's ambitions maybe she's got ambitions and that's she's that's the whole reason she's talking about now. talking about this now. >> put election >> they could put the election off very last moment, off to the very last moment, which january , saying that. >> do you not think they'll do

that? >> so no. why not? i think he's got sense of as soon got any sense of as soon as possible think possible because i think it could worse, better. could get worse, not better. >> . >> yeah. >> yeah. >> no, i said, you not think >> no, i said, do you not think the january get the economy january could get better small better if these if the small boats the boats keep flooding across the channel that's going to be a very bad economy very bad the economy could. >> yeah. >> em- em— e to wait for the economy. >> what about angela rayner? >> angela rayner? >> angela rayner? >> she's deputy leader of >> well, she's deputy leader of the labour. >> embarrassing >> she had a very embarrassing day. it's not going day. i mean, it's not going to go in to go away. and thanks in part to my your who my paper and your paper, who will this go? and nor will not let this go? and nor should they go, because should they let it go, because i'm hearing people i'm sick of hearing people saying, only saying, well, it was only £1,500. dodge it. £1,500. if she did dodge it. well, a matter. there's £3. well, it's a matter. there's £3. £4, £150,000. it's the principle. you do not break the law now. we don't know if she has yet. it's, you know, it's likely to be investigated. but what thought in, she what i thought she was in, she was north east yesterday was in the north east yesterday there massive there was a massive demonstration. people had banners saying angela rayner, tax and she slipped out tax dodger and she slipped out around the back. but, you know, if she has this evidence to say, she says she has this evidence from her tax people. so that says it will exonerate her. >> why are we why not

>> why are we not why not pubush publish it? >> have all senior >> and why have all the senior people party people in the labour party not read evidence about how read this evidence about how grey, who starmer's chief of staff, sue grey, who was head of ethics and propriety in the civil service. ethics and propriety in the civil serisn't we've heard nothing >> why isn't we've heard nothing from >> why isn't we've heard nothing frorwell, about this. we've >> well, not about this. we've heard about heard plenty from her about other mean, this other things. yeah. i mean, this is odd. and this is very, very odd. and this is this blow up very, very this could blow up very, very badly rayner. is badly for angela rayner. this is a timing a terrible timing for the election, actually i this election, actually. i mean, this could end her. could be the end of her. actually, this could be depending results actually, this could be dependillj results actually, this could be dependi|i agree, results actually, this could be dependi|i agree, if results actually, this could be dependi|i agree, if she's'esults actually, this could be dependi|i agree, if she's got.ts are. but i agree, if she's got the she's done the evidence that she's done nothing needs the evidence that she's done no show needs the evidence that she's done no show it. needs to show it. >> her shtick is nikki >> and her her shtick is nikki is she's a direct speaks is that she's a direct speaks from heart, absolutely it. >> and she's it. aboutme >> and she's all about the working people and people without and she without very much money. and she wants standard of wants to raise their standard of living the rest it. living and all the rest of it. and it like has and it it feels like she has maybe , you know, pulled few maybe, you know, pulled a few strings somewhere strings or put money somewhere that it . that she shouldn't have put it. well, good. well, she it's not good. >> strenuously denies this >> she strenuously denies this idea that she's a tax dodger, doesn't i wonder carol doesn't she? and i wonder carol as well with some people might actually her to them. it actually endear her to them. it makes it clear that she was living in a council house, that she worked really hard. she bought that council house. well,

she somebody at bought that council house. well, she time. somebody at the time. >> that's kind been blown up >> that's kind of been blown up by on sunday story by by the mail on sunday story at weekend, where at the weekend, where they showed her living showed photographs of her living clearly husband's house, clearly in her husband's house, all whatever all the furniture, whatever it was put bang to was that was kind of put bang to rights, but would not be so was that was kind of put bang to righ'if but would not be so was that was kind of put bang to righ'if she would not be so was that was kind of put bang to righ'if she had ould not be so was that was kind of put bang to righ'if she had noti not be so was that was kind of put bang to righ'if she had not consistently bad if she had not consistently demanded. that's right, that certain mps make their tax certain tory mps make their tax affairs public. there's one just come to light today about a tory mp where she demanded her stophim, and also the fact that she hammered rishi sunaks wife . she hammered rishi sunaks wife. so if she's doing that to the tories, know, she said last tories, you know, she said last week that, you know, my tax affairs business. how can affairs are my business. how can that how can she possibly get away saying that you can't away with saying that you can't if mp? away with saying that you can't if it's mp? away with saying that you can't if it's hypocrisy anyway, isn't >> it's hypocrisy anyway, isn't it of one person it demanding it of one person and not i know. >> yeah, but it's interesting. other people sticking up for her. pierce just pointed her. and pierce has just pointed this the this out that a lot of the people sticking are people sticking up for her, are saying mp saying that she wasn't an mp at the she was an mp. the time, but she was an mp. three later, she was three months later, she was campaigning mp when campaigning to be an mp when this is alleged she sold that house in march 2015. >> she was an the middle >> she was an mp in the middle of 2015, so she shouldn't of may 2015, so she shouldn't have been doing it. >> what she'll

>> it sounds like. what she'll get a technicality that get off on a technicality that actually aligned actually the dates aligned in such actually her such a way, but actually her intention was to be an mp. so yeah. >> ladies, nicky carroll it's never enough. to never long enough. we've got to go sofia. waiting go to sofia. she's waiting very patiently to give us the headunes. headlines. >> thanks, bev. it's 1131. headlines. >> thanks, bev. it's1131. i'm sophia wenzler in the gb newsroom . your headlines. a man newsroom. your headlines. a man has been remanded in custody after being charged with murdering a woman who was stabbed to death in the city as she walked her baby in a pram. 25 year old habiba masum stood in the glass fronted dock as he was told by district judge alex boyd he will appear again at bradford crown court on friday. dressed in a grey sweatshirt and flanked by three security guards, he spoke only to confirm his name, date of birth and address during the six minute long hearing. 27 year old kulsoom achkar died after being stabbed in bradford on saturday afternoon . nhs figures show the

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of gold is £1,863.04 per ounce, and the ftse 100 is at 7950 points. >> rosalind gold proudly sponsors the gb news financial report up at noon. >> good afternoon britain, with emily and tom andrews reading the paper. >> no, i'm still i'm still interested. the paper. yesterday he was dancing on stage . he was dancing on stage. >> no, no, i'm fascinated by this story about the olympics. so the. yeah. and your mate steve redgrave, the most successful british olympian in history, coming on to about history, coming on to talk about it. going him it. we're going to talk to him in moment. get in just a moment. you will get £40,000 olympic £40,000 if you win an olympic gold he five if gold medal. he won five if you're or but if you're on track or field. but if you're on track or field. but if you're synchronised swimmer or a rower, a roweh rowe r, a rowe t. >> rower, a roweh >> where is it? >> where is it? >> i don't think so. it's not particularly. >> people forget olympics >> people forget the olympics comes every four years. you train for four years. this. did you see £40,000? yeah, yeah, £10,000 that's £10,000 a year. that's a million. that's less than the minimum wage. and. yeah, but devoting your life they do a lot of others. >> they do a lot of other

contests. >> but this is a dramatic change, dramatic change, but change, a dramatic change, but also a pitiful amount of money. >> it by four, it >> if you divide it by four, it is, think about it, is, if you think about it, what's about track is, if you think about it, wha field about track is, if you think about it, wha field then?|bout track is, if you think about it, wha field then? well, trackack is, if you think about it, wha field then? well, track and is, if you think about it, whafhave:hen? well, track and is, if you think about it, whafhave azn? well, track and is, if you think about it, whafhave a budget,, track and field have a budget, you see. so this the glamour this is the they're the glamour sports this is the they're the glamour scho fair, went to >> to be fair, when i went to london olympics, the only london 2012 olympics, the only thing the relay thing we wanted to see the relay the was people running on the track. didn't get to see the track. i didn't get to see the 100m, i there for super saturday. >> i was too. tom well, i was we in the same stadium and we didn't know it would have been in the but you'd have been didn't know it would have been in the children'syou'd have been didn't know it would have been in the children's section.|ve been in the children's section. >> like the >> yeah, well, i like the rhythmic there rhythmic gymnastics, so there you go. >> i could watch that all day. yeah, i do bit of yeah, i do a little bit of synchronised as well. synchronised swimming as well. yeah, all but we're yeah, it's all fun. but we're going about going to be talking about nothing to do the nhs nothing to do with the nhs because to be because we're going to be heanng because we're going to be hearing none other than hearing from none other than wes streeting time . we're streeting during our time. we're thinking in, well, not too long now. in about an hour's time, we'll be speaking to him and we're be him we're going to be asking him about nhs, how he'll deal about the nhs, how he'll deal with differently, also about the nhs, how he'll deal with he'd fferently, also about the nhs, how he'll deal with he'd get ntly, also about the nhs, how he'll deal with he'd get to y, also about the nhs, how he'll deal with he'd get to grips also about the nhs, how he'll deal with he'd get to grips with» about the nhs, how he'll deal with he'd get to grips with the how he'd get to grips with the old bma. would he do a better job he says he can't. job because, he says he can't. >> they be dictated to by

>> they can't be dictated to by middle leftists. >> they can't be dictated to by micexactly leftists. >> they can't be dictated to by micexactly. leftists. >> exactly. >> exactly. >> what does that mean? >> what does that mean? >> he's which he's not >> which he's not which he's not one, because he's >> which he's not which he's not one, a because he's >> which he's not which he's not one, a very because he's >> which he's not which he's not one, a very workinguse he's >> which he's not which he's not one, a very working classz's background. >> indeed. he's >> he is indeed. and also he's been within been taking on the left within his saying use his party, saying we should use more services within the more private services within the nhs, saying it shouldn't be some sort that you sort of sacred cow that you can't mix and match with this. >> absolutely keir >> absolutely convinced keir starmer to starmer is pushing him out to say the kite to test say that to fly the kite to test the because doesn't the water because he doesn't want himself. the water because he doesn't warwell, himself. the water because he doesn't warwell, yet himself. the water because he doesn't warwell, yet what self. the water because he doesn't warwell, yet what we. the water because he doesn't warwell, yet what we do know is >> well, yet what we do know is that huge that there would be huge pushback not only from the doctors, also doctors, the unions, but also from within the party. massive. >> course, he's >> but also, of course, he's u—turned on this issue of trans women. that's a question to women. that's a big question to askyeah . okay. brilliant. that >> yeah. okay. brilliant. that and more with tom emily from and more with tom and emily from midday . and we're going to be midday. and we're going to be talking redgrave

gb news. >> it's 1140 with britain's newsroom on gb news. with andrew pierce and bev turneh >> so the royal mail say that it is working to remove counterfeit

stamps after stamps from circulation. after reports fake ones follows reports of fake ones follows calls gb who calls from gb news, who broke this the royal mail to this story for the royal mail to investigate its system after investigation. >> we being flooded now. >> and we are being flooded now. it emerges these stamps it emerges with these stamps from it emerges with these stamps frorso gb news has been speaking >> so gb news has been speaking to people in horsham to hear what make this scandal. what they make of this scandal. >> concerns me that the >> well, it concerns me that the wholesalers , the uk wholesalers, wholesalers, the uk wholesalers, are getting them mixed up in their supplies , that raises some their supplies, that raises some questions as to why that's happening and where they get their stamps from. it's not good, it ? having their stamps from. it's not good, it? having a fraud good, is it? having a fraud going on and these stamps are all the old people are buying stamps, aren't they? so at the end of the they still use end of the day, they still use their so i'll take their mail. so i'll take it. they're caught now, their mail. so i'll take it. they'rthey? caught now, their mail. so i'll take it. they'rthey? calstampsv, their mail. so i'll take it. they'rthey? calstamps are aren't they? these stamps are getting the post getting caught in the post offices. it's not getting caught in the post offiygood it's not getting caught in the post offiygood it's it's not getting caught in the post offiygood it's fake, it's not not good if it's fake, it's terrible . terrible. >> i mean they're going through a bad time at the moment. so yeah i've no idea when it's going to arrive either. i just have and hope. have to post it and hope. >> well joining us now is our digital finance editor, jessica sheldon, who broke this story similarly, earlier this year.

what is the update today then? jessica. >> hello . so this morning we >> hello. so this morning we have reports of china allegedly flooding britain with counterfeit stamps, and then they are passing on these these stamps to small retailers who are selling them to customers who are totally unaware . now we who are totally unaware. now we have some stamps here which we can have a little marketplace. brilliant, now, you wouldn't necessarily know there was a problem with them, but when you compare them with some genuine stamps, you start see that stamps, you start to see that the flat and the the barcode is flat and the colour is slightly different. >> i mean, who would notice that icant? >> i've got my glasses on, i can't >> i've got my glasses on, i cant any >> i've got my glasses on, i can't any difference. can't see any difference. so these ones. so, these are the knockoff ones. so, here we go. where are you? i think you're going to look at me here. so these are the stamps which have been bought online and they are fake. and these are the real ones, which i'm sorry, look and feel almost. exactly. they're pretty good fakes, jessica, aren't they? >> they really are. but i think it's also interesting that this has happened. meanwhile we

has has happened. meanwhile we also have found problems with, genuine tin stamps bought from reputable places. so last week we broke the story that royal mail had admitted that it had deemed a genuine stamp as counterfeit. oh and on bbc watchdog last night, they also had the story that royal mail had the story that royal mail had admitted one of the stamps , had admitted one of the stamps, they're deemed was genuine. it was counterfeit, and they deemed it, to be genuine. yeah. so, in a letter to the lady who we interviewed, they said that the stamp had been rechecked by their team stamp had been rechecked by theirteam and stamp had been rechecked by their team and confirmed to be genuine . they said that there genuine. they said that there had been wrong apply the had been wrong to apply the surcharge very sorry surcharge and were very sorry that actions had failed that their actions had failed her occasion. they her on this occasion. and they said they would investigate her on this occasion. and they saicissue they would investigate her on this occasion. and they saicissue becauselld investigate her on this occasion. and they saicissue because people stigate her on this occasion. and they saicissue because people are ate the issue because people are getting a fiver, aren't they? >> yeah. if you put a stamp, a dodgy stamp on the envelope, it's a £5 fine when you receive the letter. >> yeah. so there's a lot of money, causing of money, it's also causing lots of problems with people not getting their think they their post when they think they will. to pay, the will. and having to pay, the money at the other end. so people who are buying these

online, this might be a really stupid question, jessica, but are they paying the full price for these as you would a genuine stamp? >> i think. >> i think. >> i think it varies. i think people are buying them from places they think are reputable, but they're not. and there are some websites online which look very similar genuine on royal very similar to genuine on royal mail websites, but they are . mail websites, but they are. >> this is very bad for the little shopkeeper who's already struggling with against big competition, because a of competition, because a lot of people not going people will think, i'm not going to buy my stamps there anymore. yes. and go in to yes. and if they go in to buy the buy other the stamps there, they buy other stuff absolutely. really >> yeah, absolutely. it's really worrying. really worrying. i think it really affects if affects reputation as well. if you selling you think that you're selling a genuine stamp to someone and then it finds out that they're counterfeit, that's really worrying for your business. >> and it's very difficult already because people think, oh, to write oh, i can't be bothered to write a expensive to a letter. it's so expensive to buy a stamp anyway. and just to whatsapp even more people. yeah, they'll whatsapp even more people. yeah, the yeah, absolutely. and >> yeah, absolutely. and you know, their post for know, people need their post for all sorts of reasons. it might be to pay bills, it might be to

get in contact with someone and all things. all sorts of things. >> so is the general >> so do you. is the general sense royal mail are sense that the royal mail are losing at moment losing this battle at the moment because losing this battle at the moment bec.you behind because can you put behind it? because these could be being printed off in their millions. >> they could be. i think >> yeah, they could be. i think it's very worrying that some of the stamps that they are finding, are genuine . they're finding, are genuine. they're deeming them counterfeit. so i think they still need to investigate their systems . investigate their systems. >> okay. jessica, thank you so much. reply, the royal mail much. in reply, the royal mail said, we are working hard to remove from remove counterfeit stamps from circulation. we regularly monitor online marketplaces to detect work closely with a number >> we work closely with a number of police forces across the country to apprehend offenders and premises . and search premises. >> in cases, we've >> in recent cases, we've discovered retail discovered stamps with a retail value 250,000. that's value of over 250,000. that's serious business, right? >> don't go anywhere. we're going to be speaking to the rowing legend, olympic legend sir steve redgrave. five olympic gold medals at five separate olympics about this story about olympians getting prize money. you're with britain's

gb news. very good morning. it's 1148 very good morning. it's1148 now. olympic gold medallist in track and field will receive prize money for the first time in a landmark decision. >> world athletics is going toward 40,000 to individual olympic champions during this summer's paris games, which start august or in july. summer's paris games, which sthink august or in july. summer's paris games, which sthink .august or in july. i think. >> yeah, that's right, end of july. in five july. so let's bring in five times medallist, times olympic gold medallist, greatest ever, greatest olympian ever, ever. sir joins us now. sir steve redgrave joins us now. morning steve. great to see you. good morning . this took us by good morning. this took us by surprise a little bit andrew and i this this story when we were flicking through the papers this morning at odds morning because it feels at odds with the olympic ethos of , with the olympic ethos of, performance and victory for its own sake as opposed to monetary gain. but do we just sound a little old fashioned in that attitude ? attitude? >> maybe a little bit old fashioned in some ways, because that, athletes that are training for the olympics in, across all

the sports are training professionally. some of them do not get paid for doing that as the era that i came through, but they are training, a full time. they are the sort of the entertainment of, of, elements of, of the olympic games. so the face of the games , but i was face of the games, but i was surprised by athletics taking this move , it's taking it to a this move, it's taking it to a different step , but the problem different step, but the problem is, is that most of the other sports won't be able to follow this. so the figurehead of the olympic games of all the sports is athletics. they are the sort of, of the, the pinnacle of, of all the sports, but a sport like mine of rowing or some of the combat sports , just won't be combat sports, just won't be able to afford to do the same thing. i would prefer that money to be of , of thing. i would prefer that money to be of, of put into more of the development of the sport of maybe of, of, other poorer nafions maybe of, of, other poorer nations within athletics of

being able to, enhance them. but but giving money to the gold medallist. and i think what they're saying is in in four years time in la that there will be, of, of for money silver and bronze. yeah. athletics is so high profile that, if you are good enough and lucky enough to, to win a gold medal or medals in future within athletics, you're probably going to be able to earn, endorsements, prize money, appearance money. you're going to get that anyway. it's the image on the other sports in some ways , in a sense. back in, some ways, in a sense. back in, in barcelona, when basketball, the professional basketball players were introduced and i was a little bit sort of taken back from that, but they didn't get paid to coming to the games. multi—millionaires from their sport doing it, but they sport were doing it, but they didn't get paid to going the didn't get paid to going to the olympic games. didn't get paid to going to the olyit'sc games. didn't get paid to going to the olyit'sc gameisn't it, steve? >> it's tough, isn't it, steve? because somebody because think of somebody like you. put you. what you had to put yourself through day in, day out to your gold medal.

to win your olympic gold medal. this is going to create a two tier olympics because it's saying the one who won saying the one the guy who won the medal, the the 400m gold medal, or the woman who won the running woman who won the 400m running gold more gold medal, deserves it more than you did, and you would have worked hard just as hard as they did. >> yeah, no . yeah. exactly >> yeah, no. yeah. exactly right. it's that that separation of what? there's 28 to 32 olympic sports now , and we're olympic sports now, and we're always been on the same level footing and, this sort of, of makes a difference. but then you're giving the money to the people that are probably more capable of earning the money in any other sport within the olympic process . and that just olympic process. and that just doesn't seem fair, because you're right, doesn't seem fair, because you're right , steve, i doesn't seem fair, because you're right, steve, i hadn't thought about that. >> like you say, when the basketball players came in, some of were nba players of those were nba players in america. i watering figures. america. on i watering figures. and i think in tennis is similar actually . andy murray, we have actually. andy murray, we have the professional tennis players who do the circuit all year round, millions pounds.

round, make millions of pounds. and i always love the fact that they would turn up for the olympics because as it was about the recognition and the achievement rather than the money. do you think the other sports will be under pressure now to follow suit ? now to follow suit? >> well, certainly the sports that potentially can can afford it of the golf, the tennis of basketball, that's a that, that's a, that's a possibility. when i came to terms with the american dream team basketball coming into to barcelona, and i was talking to matt parkinson about it, and he said, they're not getting paid to do this. they're multi—millionaires from their sport , but they're coming their sport, but they're coming to try and win something that you've got two of already, at that time, obviously, i went on and won a couple of more times since then, because i was greedy, and i would have loved to be paid, for, for doing that . to be paid, for, for doing that. >> wouldn't have made any difference, though, about .

difference, though, about. >> sorry to interrupt you, but i'm dying to know. would it have made difference to you? made any difference to you? would still got and made any difference to you? woton still got and made any difference to you? woton the still got and made any difference to you? woton the thamesll got and made any difference to you? woton the thames down and made any difference to you? woton the thames down at and got on the thames down at leander at 5:00 every morning? if this money, it if you had this money, would it have difference , it have made any difference, it would have made the back bounce a little bit more healthy , i a little bit more healthy, i came back from atlanta, in the red, struggling to find the finance to be able to do it. so, yes, there are certain sports that are more privileged financially than others, but that's the whole thing about the olympics is that you're coming along. everyone is on a level platform, from that, and you're making this into a two tier process of being able to afford , process of being able to afford, surely you can do something much better than, than than giving the athletes, those athletes that are probably earning much more than that already, to other sports or of developing your own sports, let's have a little bit of lateral thinking. this is this is for me. it's the wrong, wrong direction. >> well, it's great to hear your

opinion on it, steve, thank you so much for the greatest olympian of all time this morning. >> an honour to talk to steve redgrave . fascinating. redgrave. fascinating. >> completely view >> completely different view to sharon . sharon davis. >> completely different view, but very interesting. he's very wise had wise man. right. go on. who had an affair when they were prime minister? >> wasn't theresa may. >> it wasn't theresa may. i don't know about boris johnson, but wilson was but it was harold wilson who was the second most successful labour minister labour prime minister in history. affair with history. he had an affair with history. he had an affair with his assistant press secretary in the in the times today. >> all right, here's your weather. tom and emily. next >> looks like things are heating up. >> boxt boilers sponsors of weather on gb news. good morning. welcome to your latest gb news weather update. it's a much drier and brighter day for many areas of the uk. today will also feel quite warm in the sunshine, but if you're across the south coast, you're more likely to see cloudier skies and potentially that's potentially some rain. that's because weather front because of this weather front that's sunk southwards through tonight. it's going to linger

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gb news. >> good afternoon. britain. it's 12:00 on thursday, the 11th of april. cabinet revolt. >> rishi sunak will face a rebellion if he decides to leave the european convention on human rights. the chancellor , the home rights. the chancellor, the home secretary and the justice secretary have all voiced opposition to leaving. >> this comes as shocking stats show more than half the show that more than half the foreign aid budget is now being spent with in britain, looking after asylum seekers, hmm'hmm . after asylum seekers, hmm'hmm. >> and in better news for the prime minister, perhaps nhs

waiting lists have fallen for a fifth month in a row . rishi fifth month in a row. rishi sunak claims strike action has hindered progress, but insists he's still making headway. but despite the fall , lists are despite the fall, lists are still longer than when sunak took office. now shadow health secretary wes streeting will speak to us on gb news this very hour houh >> now it's such a big day to be speaking to the shadow health secretary. not only, of course, we've got these new numbers showing that, the waiting lists have now fallen for five months in a row. but also, of course , in a row. but also, of course, the cass review came out yesterday, and the shadow health secretary, wes streeting, has been changing his position on some of these issues. we want to know, what would you ask ? wes know, what would you ask? wes streeting, the shadow health secretary, one the people secretary, one of the top people in keir starmer's team, will be speaking to him a little bit later this hour. >> yes, he's his tune, >> yes, he's changed his tune, hasn't women are