britain. it's >> good afternoon. britain. it's 12:00 on thursday, the 16th of may. >> keir starmer unveils his six step pledge card to change britain . but does it have the britain. but does it have the power of tony blair's five step pledge card or ed miliband six point stone of doom parasite outbreak panicked residents have been told to boil their water before drinking it due to contaminated taps. >> we're live in devon to find out more and our doctors being forced to choose between patient safety or their jobs claims that nhs bosses are destroying the careers of whistleblowers. >> we speak to one man on the front line . front line. >> and today marks 81 years since the bold, heroic flight of the dambusters. we'll be live with raf heroes on a 300 mile journey to honour those who lost their lives and kept us safe . their lives and kept us safe. >> what we're talking about .

here. >> we are looking forward to that. it is a marvellous film, but also a marvellous story of the dambusters , of what they did the dambusters, of what they did of the nazi infrastructure they took out. and 81 years. today it's all in the run up to the 80th anniversary of d—day, which of course is coming on the 6th of course is coming on the 6th of may, only a couple of weeks away. yes. >> and these cyclists, these cyclists on this 300 mile journey, one of our reporters is going to be there, live on the scene interviewing them. see how they feel after such a journey. and of course, this is all in memory of those who lost their lives for our future, essentially. >> well, it was the most remarkable , mission of remarkable, mission of technological progress. the bouncing bomb, but also bravery and heroism and it is, well, well worth remembering if you have any story . well worth remembering if you have any story. his if you

remember the first time you were when you learnt about the dambusters, please do write in. gb news. com forward slash , your gb news. com forward slash, your say yes, because, unfortunately, quite a lot of young people, according to these, surveys that we've been doing, don't have clue. >> no, no clue , no clue at all. >> no, no clue, no clue at all. >> there is there is the risk that sort of this memory gets lost. yeah. that, that really what became sort of the foundation of modern britain in many ways , that formative many ways, that formative experience of the second world war is , is to some extent war is, is to some extent slipping away. it's very important that it doesn't die with the generation who are sadly moving on now, who fought in that war. >> absolutely. have we become a bit ignorant of our own history? gbnews.com/yoursay. let's get the headlines with . aaron. the headlines with. aaron. >> very good morning to you. good afternoon. in fact, it's 12:02. sir keir starmer has claimed stability is change and says that's why it has to be labour's first step. he's outlined a series of

pre—election pledges, which include a new border security command to tackle people smuggling gangs, cutting nhs waiting lists and a commitment to employ 6500 new teachers. labour also planned to set up great british energy, a publicly owned power company , and crack owned power company, and crack down on antisocial behaviour. but sir keir says years of decline won't easily be undone. >> there's no quick fix to the mess that the tories have made of this country , but this is a of this country, but this is a changed labour party with a plan to take us forward , and i have to take us forward, and i have ambition for this country and like all ambition that starts with first steps, first steps towards higher growth. an nhs back on its feet , secure back on its feet, secure borders, cheaper bills , safer borders, cheaper bills, safer streets and opportunities for your children . your children. >> this news just in a six year

old boy has died after falling from an apartment block in east london. it's understood the child fell from the upper floor of a building in plaistow shortly before 6 am. the death is being treated as unexpected and authorities are working to establish the full circumstances . now a man has been arrested and charged with attempted murder after slovakia's prime minister was shot several times yesterday . the suspected yesterday. the suspected attacker is a 71 year old former security guard. he's posted anti—government views on social media as slovakia's interior minister believes the attack was politically motivated. now robert fico is known admirer of both vladimir putin and hungary's authoritarian leader , hungary's authoritarian leader, viktor orban. he scaled back support for ukraine recently and promotes a nationalistic, anti—western rhetoric . thousands anti—western rhetoric. thousands of slovakians have protested against his policies. of slovakians have protested against his policies . well, mr against his policies. well, mr fico underwent surgery in this hospital overnight . deputy prime hospital overnight. deputy prime minister robert kalinak says his condition is improving . condition is improving. >> over the course of the night,

the doctors have managed to stabilise the patient's condition and at this moment further procedures are underway that should improve his condition. the situation is very serious . serious. >> the education secretary says controversial changes to sex education will still allow children to have explore ideas and have contested debates. the government's outlined proposals that would ban sex ed for children under the age of nine. the guidelines, which are subject to a nine week consultation, also recommend children aren't taught about the concept of gender identity. gillian keegan says it's important that parents are fully in the picture and gender ideology is not taught as fact. we're also making it crystal clear that it should be transparent to parents, and parents should be able to see the materials they are the first educators of their children, so they should be able to see what's also going on in school. >> and we're also on the on top of our gender questioning guidance, which we published for consultation earlier on. we're

also making it very clear that genden also making it very clear that gender, identity is a contested view and should not be taught as a fact causing death or injury by dangerous cycling is to become a new offence, punishable by ”p become a new offence, punishable by up to 14 years in prison. >> mps have voted in favour of an amendment to the criminal justice bill, which is making its way through parliament, following campaigning by sir iain duncan smith . the former iain duncan smith. the former tory leader says the change is urgent and not anti—cycling. however, critics have pointed out more people are killed by cattle every year or lightning and that laws already exist to prosecute dangerous cyclists . it prosecute dangerous cyclists. it will apply to incidents involving pedal cycles , e—bikes, involving pedal cycles, e—bikes, e—scooters and unicycles a game changing weapon system that can instantly disable swarms of hostile drones is being developed . the cutting edge developed. the cutting edge drone killer uses radio waves to target and scramble the electronics of enemy drones, and

can take down multiple hostile targets at once. it could offer significant protection from the kind of attack drones currently being used by president putin's forces. it's part of efforts to respond to the defence secretary's call to put the uk's defence industry on a war footing . the presidents of footing. the presidents of russia and china claim they're deepening diplomatic ties, are stabilising the world, and they've called for a political solution to the war in ukraine. vladimir putin was greeted by xi jinping with full military honours on a two day state visit to beijing, their third meeting, in just over a year, comes less than a week after russia launched a new offensive in northeastern ukraine. vladimir putin says their strategic relationships are not opportunistic or directed against other countries. although china has long been suspected of supporting russia's economy and its invasion of ukraine. for the latest, you can sign up to gb news alerts. scan the qr code on your screen. our website also has the details. now it's over to tom and . emily.

now it's over to tom and. emily. >> good afternoon britain. it's 12:08 now. today is the 81st anniversary of the infamous , or anniversary of the infamous, or indeed rather more famous dambusters raid that took place dunng dambusters raid that took place during the second world war. heroic, i should say heroic indeed. >> however, the mission to destroy dams in the heart of nazi germany came at a great cost. 53 airmen died in the attack, including the crew led by dinghy young, who who was shot down just moments from safety. >> and this week a team of raf cyclists have been riding 300 miles from their base at raf digby in lincolnshire to a war memorial in the netherlands, which marks the place that the crew perished. >> yes, well, let's go straight to the netherlands now and speak to the netherlands now and speak to our reporter. will hollis. will a big day to our reporter. will hollis. willa big day. to our reporter. will hollis. willa big day . vie to our reporter. will hollis. will a big day . vie portland willa big day. vie portland powers is outstanding, people. >> yes, well, the memorial service here at the beach on

castricum on zee on the dutch coastline has just started . coastline has just started. we've been talking about the cyclists that have ridden 300 miles from the international bomber command centre in lincoln over the course of this week . over the course of this week. for the last week they've been wearing cycling jerseys. now you can see them in their royal air force uniform and wing commander neil hallett, the station commander of raf digby , is commander of raf digby, is speaking right now. it's not just the raf here that are acknowledging the sacrifice of that dambusters crew led by melvin dinghy young. there's also people from the local area that have come down because they know how important this is. there's the international bomber command centre here as well . command centre here as well. there are people from the dutch royal air force as well, and there are quite a lot of people that have come down here specifically to show that this isn't just a british story. the dambusters were a unit of men from 617 squadron that also

featured people from across the commonwealth. but it is a story that has captured the hearts of the dutch people, particularly because , as it was, the dutch because, as it was, the dutch people that were eventually freed by operations like operation upkeep and chastise , operation upkeep and chastise, which took the war to germany and to the industrial heartlands . three german dams were the target, two of them successfully breached the mirna dam. one of those that was first breached by dinghy jung's team. but it was here, on the way back to england , that they were shot down by one of the final dutch batteries . they were going towards the coastline. we're just moving out of the way. sorry. just because there's a van that's trying to get through this is the thing with everyday life. even for a memorial service, regular people still need to do their job. so we're just step into the side for one moment with our camera operator. but you can see how fantastic, how fantastic the royal air force look, they say it's been an emotional journey

coming from the international bomber command centre in lincoln. but this is the finish line, the reason that we're here today is because this is where the air crew from 617 squadron dinghy young's crew died , but dinghy young's crew died, but they brought with them a set of silhouettes you can see here on the dune side. and that represents the men of dams, an art installation that took part in the 80th anniversary last yeah in the 80th anniversary last year. this is the 81st anniversary. you're going to see anniversary. you're going to see a lot more installations like this, because a number of them are going to be put on the d—day coastline to mark the 80th anniversary of d—day. now, in a few moments time, there's going to be a piped, a piped performance of the last post . performance of the last post. and then shortly after, the dutch air force are going to be taking a fly—past two f—35s. it was lancaster bombers that were used during the attack on the dams, the dambuster raids. but today it's two f 45 that are

going to be flying past. in honour of that sacrifice. however >> it is a very, very moving occasion. of course will. but, also, i suppose there's a sense of heroism here of, of a job well done. this was, after all, a successful mission . that and a successful mission. that and the sacrifice of these men saved so many more lives. >> yes. well, it was 19 lancasters that flew out from raf scampton 81 years ago today . raf scampton 81 years ago today. they were heading to the german heartlands, the industrial heartlands, the industrial heartlands, where there were factories where people lived and worked on the german war machine. and it's thought that countless lives were saved by the actions of those men , all the actions of those men, all picked by the wing commander , picked by the wing commander, guy gibson vc, who picked the best from the royal air force. and he took them there because

he knew that the mission was dangerous and he needed the absolute best. the sacrifice was great. 133 people that went out on those raids, 53 of them never came home. and it is worth reflecting on the fact that without that sacrifice, britain and its allies would not experience the freedom that we do today . do today. >> and i understand, will, we're expecting the dutch air force to fly past at about 12:30. is that right ? right? >> yes. there's nothing more stirring, is there, than a fly past. we see them and we love them. in britain, for events like the king's coronation, for the queen's jubilee , it's the queen's jubilee, it's something that really captures the imagination of regular civilians when they're around people like the raf, our service men and women , and in a short men and women, and in a short amount of time, two very modern

jets. the f—35s, will be flying over here, the beach at castricum on zee before it was lancasters that were flying to and from those dambuster raids . and from those dambuster raids. today we've had lots of passenger jets taking particularly brits over to amsterdam to celebrate in the tourist delights. but in a few moments it's that really sombre ceremonial f—35 jets that will be flying over here in castricumse . castricumse. >> back with you as soon as we see those aeroplanes. thank you very much. live from the netherlands for bringing us all of that. >> well , staying with the world >> well, staying with the world war ii commemorations, a second torch lighting event will take place in cambridge today, following one in oxford. as we approach the 80th anniversary of d—day. >> yes, the event aims to bring old and young together to pass the torch of commemoration to the torch of commemoration to the next generation and comes as prime minister rishi sunak and defence secretary grant shapps are set to join d—day veterans

to mark the historic occasion in june. well we can now go live to epping and speak to our reporter , ray addison, who is there for us. >> us. >> ray, tell us about where you are and what is expected to happen. >> well, yes, i'm in epping at nonh >> well, yes, i'm in epping at north weald airfield . and now north weald airfield. and now fighter jets scrambled from here dunng fighter jets scrambled from here during the battle of britain in world war ii. and it's now the base of aero legends. that's the biggest vintage aviation company in the united kingdom. >> in fact, they own this dakota transport plane that's directly behind me. >> and that flew during world war ii as well. >> now today, they've been announcing a series of events to mark the 80th anniversary of d—day. >> and i'm joined by the owner, keith perkins. keith, thanks for being here with us. what can he tell us about these events ? tell us about these events? >> well, they're quite extensive. we've got, five

ground events across the uk and normandy , a whole programme of, normandy, a whole programme of, round canopy parachuting to emulate the drops that were made in normandy in 1944. and we've even put on the weather today. this is june 1944. weather? yeah it's hugely expensive. >> it's massively time consuming i >> everything that you do, it's a bit of a passion project for you. >> i know. why do we do it? >> i know. why do we do it? >> why do you do it, yeah, it's a really good question, but it's part of, i think an inbuilt thing with us to remember, you know, the freedoms we have today and the sacrifices that were made. obviously we fly the aeroplanes a lot, which is a living example of that. but, the last time probably that there'll be a number of veterans available to attend the vet , the available to attend the vet, the ceremonies and, yeah, it's part of a remembrance programme, really for us and a commitment to do so . talk to us about the to do so. talk to us about the planes that will be taking part in these events, we've got something like 9 to 11 dakotas.

we've got many coming over from the states. in fact, they're leaving today. it's a week's journey going via greenland and so on, and we've got, a number of fighter planes, spitfires , of fighter planes, spitfires, mustangs and so on that will be providing a wingman for them and creating the, you know, the sort of ambience of 1944 you're really battling to keep the memory of, of d—day alive in the minds of everyone around the world. >> how is d—day perceived in france? how is it perceived by the other allied nations that took part , well, it's obviously took part, well, it's obviously a big event in normandy , and i a big event in normandy, and i think there's sometimes mixed emotions because the invasion did a lot of damage. there were a lot of , civilian casualties, a lot of, civilian casualties, but still grateful for the beginning of their liberation, really. you know, so it's a big event, everywhere in normandy. we'll have some sort of memento or a hark back to 1944, june the

6th. so big event that, no one will be under any illusion that it didn't happen there, that's for sure, in terms of, you it didn't happen there, that's for sure, in terms of , you know, for sure, in terms of, you know, the allied side, i said earlier, we don't have hollywood, so we always underplay the british and commonwealth involvement. but most people don't understand that. most of the troops that went in on d—day were british and commonwealth, hollywood sometimes presents it as an all american thing, but it certainly wasn't keith , thank you so much. wasn't keith, thank you so much. >> i have to leave it there. unfortunately, just simply due to time, but it's really fascinating to hear about these events that you're organising. so as we, as we heard, they're really busy series of events. sorry for the noise. we've got the air ambulance over to my left, but a really busy series of events and a clear passion to keep the memory of d—day alive and all those who made the ultimate sacrifice. >> absolutely marvellous stuff. ray addison, thank you so much for bringing us that and that. impressive dakota aircraft behind you. i'm looking forward to seeing some spitfires, but i

don't know, i grew up quite near duxford airfield in cambridgeshire, which does all of these old. oh, yeah, sort of living memorial, wartime plane demonstrations. when i went to school, sometimes you'd look up in the sky and you'd see there's a spitfire going by. >> but it is so important what ray was saying. and the man he was with about how keeping the memory of d—day alive, making sure future generations understand that crucial , crucial understand that crucial, crucial part of history, and remembering all of those young men . i mean, all of those young men. i mean, what was the average age of the men involved in all of this? >> it is remarkable seeing some of the ages, perhaps not the average ages, but i mean, there are 18 year olds who went up in the sky. just some things that you couldn't imagine today, really quite remarkable. remarkable, event . that's that. remarkable, event. that's that. that, of course not just, of the 6th of june, but but of the years leading up to it as well as we saw with the daring raids of the dambusters.

>> indeed. well, coming up, we're going to be live in devon because , panicked residents have because, panicked residents have been told to boil their water before drinking it. and this apparently is due to contaminated taps. we're going to be there talking to residents. this is good afternoon, britain. we're on

gp news. well. keir starmer has been out and about today, hasn't he? in essex. this time, launching his, six step pledge plan . six step pledge plan. >> you can tell that it's not a reheat of tony blair's five step pledge card, because there's another one. and that's a crucial difference. >> it's a crucial, crucial difference. and he also plonked in immigration for the first time. that wasn't one of his five missions, was it? it wasn't one of the five missions. >> so you know you have five missions, six pledges, six steps. i wonder what's going to

be next. should we cross to our political correspondent, katherine forster to try and make some sense of what this really was today? because, catherine, a lot of people saying there wasn't really anything new. >> well, you're quite right, tom and emily, we've actually heard all of these pledges before in one form or another . all of these pledges before in one form or another. keir starmer announced his five missions for national renewal, as he likes to say over a year ago now . but they didn't really ago now. but they didn't really cut through with the public. they were a little bit with me. they were a little bit with me. they didn't cut through in the same way as rishi sunak. currently rather ill fated five promises so they've added one. that's the one concerning this, border security command that was announced last week to try to counter illegal immigration. and with the other five, they've sort of refined them and distilled them down into something that they think is going to resonate with voters. let's have a look first at what keir starmer had to say a little bit earlier .

bit earlier. >> so here we are, one card, six steps in your hand , a plan to steps in your hand, a plan to change the country. this is a message that we can take to every doorstep across the country, every doorstep across the country and make that argument . decline is not argument. decline is not inevitable. politics can make a difference. britain will have a better future, and you can chooseit better future, and you can choose it with labour. >> yes, saying to voters , this >> yes, saying to voters, this is your choice. it's up to you. changeis is your choice. it's up to you. change is possible. and i think what a contrast to rishi sunak speech that he made the prime minister just on monday , behind ministerjust on monday, behind a lectern at a think tank talking about how dangerous the world is, talking about security and talking about al. this had a totally different feel. sir keir starmer, no jacket, no tie

sleeves rolled up, literally centre stage , surrounded on all centre stage, surrounded on all four sides by people walking around reading from prompts that were up on screens around the room. a very different feel. i think he's trying to be accessible, trying to be relatable there, sir, in sir keir starmer is a bit of a problem for labour because a lot of voters just don't really connect with him, don't really quite get him. he hasn't sort of fired them with enthusiasm. so he's trying to be approachable, labour are aware that although they're 20 points ahead in the polls, a lot of the support for them is really quite soft part early. this lead is largely because the conservatives have beenin because the conservatives have been in power for 14 years, and there's many voters simply very, very fed up with them. what labour want to do is for people to be voting for them, rather than just against something else. yes, absolutely. >> the rolled up sleeves, the rather relaxed look. it is

different for keir starmer, but of course comparisons have been made now between sir keir starmer and tony blair, who also had his pledges. they were on a little credit card style thing. i think we've got a picture of that available , there he is. that available, there he is. there's tony blair with his little card. i think he gave them to all of his colleagues, didn't he, all his mps, so that they could have it always to hand. and then we also had, ed miliband, which perhaps was more of a, a stone of doom here. he unveiled with his six, better plan, better future , six plan, better future, six pledges. did he call them? >> he called them pledges cast in stone . although people ended in stone. although people ended up calling it the ed stone, which was, perhaps, a bit of a blunder . which was, perhaps, a bit of a blunder. there was all sorts of rumour about where this stone ended up , whether it got broken ended up, whether it got broken down after the election, whose garden it's plonked in, but, catherine is this going to ed up, is this going to end up much more like, tony blair's successful card or ed miliband's

slightly less successful slab of doom ? doom? >> well, we'll find out with a general election , won't we? but, general election, won't we? but, obviously there 20 points ahead. of course , things can always of course, things can always change and change fast, but the expectation is that keir starmer is going to be heading into government, and they were going to hope that this is going to land. well, of course there'll be all sorts of focus groups , be all sorts of focus groups, looking into this, seeing what voters made of it . but looking into this, seeing what voters made of it. but i thought, you know, the way he used, individual people , talking used, individual people, talking about this hospital that more children were having operations to take their rotten teeth out than anything else were quite powerful. also, you know, he was getting a coffee from a service station and a lady with a, you know, ingrowing eyelid was was so upset because she's on this endless waiting list. so, you know, painting a picture of a, he says, you know, a country thatis he says, you know, a country that is stuck that is failing in many senses and saying change is

possible with the labour party, but admitting saying, you know , but admitting saying, you know, this is going to be hard. there's very little money around. we've been on massive spending sprees with the furlough scheme during covid, with supporting people's energy bills and whoever gets into power after the next election , power after the next election, there's going to be very, very difficult choices. he was also accused in the questions that followed the press conference by scaling back the ambitions. they said , you know, these are less said, you know, these are less ambitious than what you promised ambitious than what you promised a year ago. and he said, no, no, no, that's not true, it's just that these are the first steps, the first steps for change, as it says on the on the billboard that are going to be popping up in target constituencies near you soon, he said. these are the first steps, but their plans are much bigger. let's see if voters are convinced . are convinced. >> let's see. indeed, very, very interesting stuff . catherine. interesting stuff. catherine. i wonder whether the tories will come out with a little card with

some with the five pledges of rishi sunak . can we can we rishi sunak. can we can we remember the five pledges of rishi sunak is, i'm going to try and do this from memory. okay. okay. cut inflation, grow the economy economy, reduce debt, stop the boats . stop the boats. >> and that's not going very well, is it? >> and what's the fifth one? >> and what's the fifth one? >> nhs waiting list. >> nhs waiting list. >> cut. waiting list. >> cut. waiting list. >> yes, nhs waiting list. bish bash. >> i'll tell you what. i don't think i could do that with keir starmers five pledges. >> no more teachers. that's one of them. thank you so much, catherine. katherine forster, our political correspondent, there are lots of a couple of you have got in touch to say, can starmer save britain is a bit of a harsher headline we had there , implying that britain there, implying that britain does need saving , well, keir does need saving, well, keir starmer obviously wants us to think that it does. >> yes , yes, i know thoughts on >> yes, yes, i know thoughts on that. >> yes, yes, i know thoughts on that . no thoughts >> yes, yes, i know thoughts on that. no thoughts on that. no thoughts on that. well coming up, we're going to be live in cambridge at a protest against

the war in gaza. what exactly is going on with these , student going on with these, student activists? good afternoon britain, we're on . gb news. britain, we're on. gb news. >> it's 1231. britain, we're on. gb news. >> it's1231. i'm aaron armstrong in the gb newsroom . armstrong in the gb newsroom. sir keir starmer says all six of his pre—election pledges are fully funded and achievable within two terms of a labour government . among the promises government. among the promises are a new border security command to tackle people smuggling gangs, plans to cut nhs waiting lists and to improve economic stability. sir keir says labour has a firm plan for britain's future . britain's future. >> there's no quick fix to the mess that the tories have made of this country , but this is a of this country, but this is a changed labour party with a plan to take us forward, and i have ambition for this country and like all ambition that starts with first steps, first steps

towards higher growth . an nhs towards higher growth. an nhs back on its feet, sir. secure borders, cheaper bills, safer streets and opportunities for your children in. >> well, meanwhile, conservative party chairman richard holden says labour's promises should be taken with a pinch of salt quite clear that labour don't have a cohesive plan and would take the country back to square one. >> i have no idea why anybody would believe a word that keir starmer says when every single time he's got a different audience to play for, he changes his tune, he changes what he's saying and changes what he says. >> he stands for, you know, the 16 relaunches in a matter of a couple of years. after four years in opposition . he's not years in opposition. he's not got a cohesive plan. i think it says everything you need to know about keir starmer. >> a man's been charged with attempted murder after slovakia's prime minister was shot several times yesterday. the interior minister believes the attack was politically

motivated . slovakia has scaled motivated. slovakia has scaled back its support for ukraine while opening dialogue with russia. the prime minister is understood to be in a critical but stable condition in hospital . a non—executive director of thames water has quit after shareholders refused to inject around £3 billion of extra funding . the troubled companies funding. the troubled companies come under increased scrutiny after sewage spills into waterways quadrupled over the past year, it has warned bills could rise by up to 44. the government says customers should not pay for the company's poor performance . you can sign up to performance. you can sign up to our news alerts by scanning the qr code on your screen, or by going to our website

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britain. it's 1236 >> well. good afternoon. britain. it's1236 now. britain. it's 1236 now. southwest water has urged people to boil their tap water after hundreds were struck down with vomiting and stomach pains in a seaside town in devon. >> residents across brixham are being told to boil water as a precaution, including when drinking it or using it to, to cook with or even to brush their teeth so they're boiling this water, but are they boiling with rage ? well, joining us from one rage? well, joining us from one of these affected towns is our reporter, jeff moody. jeff, this is the most extraordinary story for modern britain. it sounds like something out of victorian england . england. >> it really does, doesn't it, the cars have been arriving here bumper to bumper, since at least 7:00 this morning. i've been here since 7:00, and there's been no let up at all from the cars arriving here to collect free bottles of water. and there is a sense , as you say, of is a sense, as you say, of people boiling with rage, that

this is happening, but also concern. people are very concerned because the ones that are ill are very ill. the dire care is very extreme. it lasts a long time and it's followed by stomach cramps that some people say are akin to childbirth. it's that painful. so there is a real issue here, and a lot of people are comparing it to covid. they're saying, look, we don't we're back in this situation again where we don't really understand what's going on. so many people are getting ill, the elderly people are getting ill, but also children to a significant number of children are falling ill to the local primary school has closed down, cafes and restaurants , of cafes and restaurants, of course, have closed because they rely very heavily on water. and a lot of other businesses are finding that there's no trade at all because people are staying inside. but also animals are getting affected. we know that this spreads from animals to humans and vice versa . somebody humans and vice versa. somebody was telling me earlier on that

she had a fish tank, and the other day she changed the water in her fish tank and all her fish died. somebody else was telling me that her cat is incredibly ill with this, and all the time they don't really know what is going on, there are a lot of anger, of course, for southwest water, who were very late in the day to say that there was a problem at the first person fell ill 12 days ago, and it wasn't until yesterday at 1 pm. that southwest water actually said, look , don't drink actually said, look, don't drink the water. up until that point, they said, no, it's nothing to do with us. it's no problem at all, yesterday they said, look, you must boil the water. if you're going to use water, try and use bottled water. don't even clean your teeth with the water, too. they've issued an apology, and they've said that they're investigating a local reservoir which actually suppues reservoir which actually supplies 40,000 people in the area. so this is a pretty serious state of affairs for most of the people here, earlier

on, i caught up with some of the people in the queue and they told me about their frustration at what's happened . at what's happened. >> i was already poorly anyway. and the kids we've got quite a big family of children, so i've just come to collect for my daughter and for myself. yeah. so two separate households. so that's eight, nine, ten people altogether. >> this is a fantastic piece of organisation and hopefully we'll get through it as quickly as possible as soon as i identify the cause of the problem . the cause of the problem. >> well thank you. well, southwest water has has increased the amount of compensation they're offering. they were offering £15 that now has been increased to £100. but a lot of people are saying, well, you know, that really isn't enough. and the other danger here is that it spreads . danger here is that it spreads. we were hearing about a rugby team that came down here and played a game of rugby a couple of days ago. they've now gone back up north and they're all

sick there. so the danger is that it spreads out of this area. this really is a situation that could very easily get out of control. >> yes, indeed. thank you very much , jeff moody. jeff is in in much, jeff moody. jeff is in in devon for us. thank you very much , pretty pretty horrifying much, pretty pretty horrifying actually. hearing from experts that you can be ill for up to a month with this type of parasite and hundreds falling ill. i heard that one school has even had to shut down because they don't have access to enough bottled water. they were expecting the company at the heart of this to deliver, you know, bottled water for the safety of the children. and it didn't come, so they had to close the school, although we can all say that how how this is this is terrible. >> this is terrible. and of course it is. i quite liked the man that jeff spoke to there in his car saying, what a fantastic piece of organisation this is. keep calm to get it, to get it. identify died now before it spread beyond the area. i mean, okay, 40,000 people in the area, quite huge. but before it spreads to the whole of devon, the whole of the southeast, before it spreads much, much further. it does seem that

they're putting a lid on it now. let's hope that it doesn't escape beyond that and become a wider problem throughout the country. >> yeah, it's not what you expect , is it really? i mean, expect, is it really? i mean, i dnnk expect, is it really? i mean, i drink tap water all the time. i don't even filter it sometimes. but clearly, maybe we all should be. life on the edge. we all living life on the edge. anyway, a protest at cambridge university against the war in gaza has now spread to a lawn outside senate house, where graduations usually take place. >> us gb news presenter patrick christys has been there today. he joins us now. and patrick, the weather's not great. has that dampened the protest, no it's not. i tell you what, what's also not particularly great is my connection. so if it's possible, i'll just do a little walk and talk, set the scene. and this is the site of the white horse inn, okay, known as little germany, where cambridge scholars debated the works of martin luther in the early 16th century. this is the birthplace of the reformation in england. it's an important site. and here we have with the camera, just pans around over my shoulder here. the site of this

cambridge university pro—palestine encampment, now @gbnews. we are the home of robust free speech and debate. so what we decided to do earlier on was present these campers with the former home secretary, suella braverman. she wanted to come and talk to them, to engage in a debate with them, listen to their demands, find out what was really going on and none of them particularly wanted to engage. why did you bottle it? when we presented you with the home secretary, former home secretary? just out of interest . secretary? just out of interest. why did you bottle it? no. let's keep going. okay, interesting. because this is really a home of academic rigour, isn't it? here at cambridge university, they've set up their encampment. at cambridge university, they've set up their encampment . they've set up their encampment. they've got the signs here. this is liberated land here at cambridge. okay. they're all in the tents. and then also another concerning aspect to this is that actually one thing that we are seeing are members of university staff taking part in this. guys, can i just ask as well just any particular reason

why, when the actual former home secretary was here, you decided not to engage at all? i wonder if the people of palestine might actually want to hear from you. no. nothing remarkable , isn't no. nothing remarkable, isn't it? so there is a list of demands. one of them is divest now. so they want the university to divest any of its interests in anything they say israeli, but many people would regard as just being jewish. they've got a list of things they really need here. this includes , vegan and here. this includes, vegan and nut free food. okay, there's a chap here. hello, sir. can i ask why? when the former home secretary came, did you decide to bottle it? do you not want to engage at all? now no. okay, so this is just one of the sites here at, cambridge university. what about yourself, sir? i'll ask you again. you had a good opportunity. now, this is an interesting one. so a faculty staff observer. so aren't you a member of staff here at the university? are you a member of staff here? you know what, sir? would you like to talk to us?

no. fine no. well, people can make their own minds up, can't they? really? but here is the list of demands. disclose, divest, reinvest and protect, later on this evening, on gb news. on my show, we'll be showing you the footage of what happened when we presented this lot with former home secretary suella braverman. she will also be live on my show between 9 and 11 pm. >> wow. very interesting indeed. so you're not going to be, you know, rallying the troops , know, rallying the troops, campaigning for vegan meals, a vegan package, you know, it's a rainy day. they might you might need to lift their spirits a bit if you want them to talk to you, no, i won't be doing that. although there is a chop house just around the corner, so i might call in on that one. and there's free hot meals here on there's free hot meals here on the site, though. but yeah, make sure you do tune in 9 to 11 pm. for patrick christys tonight. suella braverman. we spent about half an hour walking around here. >> well, patrick, make sure you go and go to the fudge kitchen. it's just about, 20m down the road. they'll give you a free sample. well worth it on king's parade. patrick christys. thank you for joining parade. patrick christys. thank

you forjoining us, my goodness. quite, quite eerie. it's almost spooky. sort of these, these these zombie like people refusing to speak, sort of just bumbling around and sort of ducking away from the camera. >> i mean, let's be frank, he was a bit billy nomates there, wasn't he? no one would speak. they're all a stunned into silence. >> this is this is king's college, cambridge, which hangs a hammer and sickle flag in its student bar . a hammer and sickle flag in its student bar. right, so a hammer and sickle flag in its student bar . right, so that student bar. right, so that gives you a slight idea of, of, the type of college of, i mean, if it were to happen at any cambridge college, you can imagine it happening outside king's. well there you go. >> he's had a good go now. coming up, hundreds of brits face disrupted or even cancelled holidays. this is after boeing safety crisis has led to an aircraft shortage. we'll find out more after

break. >> good afternoon. britain. coming up to 10 to 1. now. brits

could face hundreds of cancelled flights as a safety crisis at boeing leads to aircraft shortages. >> yes. just last week, a boeing 737 of trans air en route to bamako veered off the runway at dakar international airport in senegal and 11 passengers were injured. so the question really is are these planes fit for purpose ? purpose? >> well, joining us now is john strickland, aviation consultant . strickland, aviation consultant. and host of our future skies podcast. thanks for making the time for us, john. this is a pretty concerning story. we've of course, all saw the frankly shocking footage of that alaska airlines flight where the panel sort of blew out in the middle of the air. and now this story at bamako as well. are these isolated incidents , or is there isolated incidents, or is there a theme here with the safety of boeing aircraft at. >> we don't know much about the incident that happened in, the last couple of weeks in africa as you said, it was a shock to everybody, travellers and indeed

people in the airline industry to see about the alaska, inoperative emergency door that detached and that goes into a whole big history about boeing and challenges it's facing. having had two fatal crashes, in the last four years with max aircraft, which , did lead to, aircraft, which, did lead to, sadly, the loss of life of, 346 people, a lot going on there culturally to put the company right, including the ceo. having stood down, other senior managers standing down. but the issue in terms of what this means for british travellers, this summer in terms of capacity, actually, it plays out somewhat differently. boeing has got delivery delays, partly because of these organisational challenges and putting right the issues that led to those two fatal crashes, some airlines will receive aircraft late this summer, the one that is most affected in terms of, british travellers is ryanair, which of course is a very large airline. they've got about 550 aircraft,

but they now find themselves maybe short by about 17 this summer because of boeing delivery delays . but they've delivery delays. but they've taken actions already, flights that were due to operate , with that were due to operate, with that were due to operate, with that capacity have already been cancelled and taken off sale. passengers will predominantly have been rebooked or been given the option to make rebookings. we then see on the airbus side, the other big manufacturer of aircraft and aircraft they produce, called the airbus a321 . produce, called the airbus a321. some of those are powered by an american engine made by the company pratt and whitney, and those engines , have proved to be those engines, have proved to be not delivering the reliability and service that was expected. it's a massive headache for them as a manufacturer and operators of that type aircraft with those engines are having to be grounded for engine repairs or replacements that could take up to a year per aircraft . now, the to a year per aircraft. now, the main airline in terms of the uk, is affected . there is wizz air. is affected. there is wizz air. they find themselves in terms of what they've just published,

with maybe 40 aircraft short of what they planned this summer. it's a different position for ryanair. it means ryanair is still growing, but not as much as planned. was there simply cannot grow. and again, they've largely taken the actions that a number of uk airports have seen aircraft taken out and routes cancelled . so the big travel cancelled. so the big travel groups used by uk travellers , i groups used by uk travellers, i don't think, are going to see much of any effect here on in. it's going to be smaller players, probably predominantly customers in other markets in the uk who will have more pain . the uk who will have more pain. well, that's good news. >> i mean, you mentioned two very popular budget airlines. i think it's fair to say ryanair and wizz air, but you think they're going to be okay. they're going to be able to find enough aircraft to keep their very, very busy summer schedule. >> was this just said, we cannot grow. they plan to grow double digit this summer. they've just had to accept. and it's a big pain for them financially. they cannot grow. so they put a lid on capacity and already cancelled flights out. ryanair will hear their financial results on monday. i'm sure there'll be a lot of heated words from michael o'leary about music not being delivered and

the relatively late time in which they had to cancel. they're not going into the summer and still hand—to—mouth cancelling. they've done the necessary work with easyjet, who reported their half year financial results today, said they're getting all the aircraft they're getting all the aircraft they expect this summer from airbus, jet2 of course, another big airline focused on holidays. they've said they expect the capacity as planned and i think that pretty well the same. >> we know how vocal the ryanair bossis >> we know how vocal the ryanair boss is sometimes, so he'll probably let us all know, thank you so much forjoining us. john strickland , aviation consultant. strickland, aviation consultant. we're going to be back in just a tick with the queen, camilla and prince william. they are out and about. >> a brighter outlook with boxt solar sponsors of weather on . gb news. >> hello again. here's your latest gb news weather update brought to you by the met office. it will turn mostly dry overnight and it will be dry for many of us tomorrow , but before

many of us tomorrow, but before then we do have some heavy rain around at the moment. currently across central parts that's been dnven across central parts that's been driven by an area of low pressure that is pushing its way westwards, and that's then pushing the heavy rain westwards as we go through the end of the day. so it is going to clear away. but before then we could have some heavy rain, particularly as we go through this evening's rush hour, could cause some problems on the road. otherwise we are likely to see most places turning dry overnight , although just most places turning dry overnight, although just a most places turning dry overnight , although just a few overnight, although just a few spots of rain where the clouds thick enough across some northern parts of england. perhaps there will be some clear skies , but temperatures aren't skies, but temperatures aren't going to drop a huge amount. so for many it is going to be a relatively mild start to the day. on friday morning, minima of around 11 and 12 celsius for most places. if we look at the details for tomorrow morning and across scotland , it's a largely across scotland, it's a largely fine start. plenty of sunshine here, though perhaps towards the western isles, a bit more cloud and some outbreaks of rain . also and some outbreaks of rain. also and some outbreaks of rain. also a bit more cloud across southern parts of scotland and into northern ireland and northern england too. and this cloud could bring a few outbreaks of rain first thing tomorrow morning, but nothing especially

heavy. heading further south across the rest of england and wales . lots of fine sunny wales. lots of fine sunny weather to be had, but some mist and fog patches possible across parts of the southeast. any mist and fog, though, will quite quickly clear tomorrow morning and for many tomorrow. actually looks like a largely fine day. yes, there will be some showers around , but these will be quite around, but these will be quite hit and miss, so most places are likely to avoid them. but the showers across parts of scotland, particularly central scotland, particularly central scotland, could turn heavy and possibly thundery, with some decent sunshine around. temperatures for many are likely to be a little bit higher than today. more widely, getting into the low 20 celsius. so feeling pretty warm in that sunshine to more fine weather to come across northern parts as we go into the weekend. but further south it's looking quite showery, especially on saturday. perhaps fewer showers on sunday, temperatures still above average for the time of year, so feeling warm in any sunshine . warm in any sunshine. >> that warm feeling inside from boxt boiler as sponsors of weather on

gb news. >> well. good afternoon. britain. it's 1:00 >> well. good afternoon. britain. it's1:oo on thursday, the 16th of may. >> our doctors being forced to choose between patient safety and their own jobs. it comes with claims that nhs bosses are destroying the careers of whistleblowers. we're going to speak to one man on the front line and keir starmer unveils his six step pledge card to change britain. >> but does it have the power of tony blair's five step pledge card? or ed miliband six point stone of doom parasite outbreak panicked residents have been told to boil their water before drinking it due to contaminated taps. >> we're going to be live in devon to find out more. now, lots of you have been getting in touch about this

extra ordinary story from devon, about all of this contaminated water, the worries it could be spreading around as well. gb views gbnews.com/yoursay is how to get in touch . and judith has to get in touch. and judith has written in to say south west water needs to explain this happening in britain 2024 is beyond disgraceful. >> yes , you don't expect your >> yes, you don't expect your tap to be contaminated with something that could leave you ill for up to a month , john ill for up to a month, john says. these water companies have two jobs, only supply us with clean tap water and deal with the sewage. great job people. can i sense a bit of a sarcasm there, john? >> wonderful, wonderful stuff. karen says my dog prefers bottled bottled water. tells me all i need to know. your dog seems depher a very pampered pooch. >> pampered pooch diva dog. lyn says. you know the advert for third world countries pay £3 a month to help clean their water suppues. month to help clean their water supplies. that will be us soon. oh well, there you go. very pc from lyn. >> i'm just looking forward to

paul kagame getting out on the television in rwanda and going please, please spare some money for the poor people in the united kingdom who clearly need our aid and our charity, but, you know, there are a lot of people in the southwest in devon who are keeping calm and carrying on, as we heard from jeff moody, who was who was there talking to people. one chap said, you know, everything's organised. we're getting our bottled water. >> it was the leader of one african country who, during our foot and mouth crisis, organised food, a food collection to be sent to britain and britain rejected it . and no one could rejected it. and no one could really work out if it was trying to make a political point or genuinely, the leader of an african country trying trying to help out the uk, i'm i'd have to know which country i'm going to have to. >> i'd have to know which leader. >> i'm going to find this out. >> i'm going to find this out. >> okay. we'll get back to you on it after the headlines. >> but shall we, return to that in just a few minutes after your headunes in just a few minutes after your headlines with . aaron?

headlines with. aaron? >> good afternoon to you. it's 1:02. i'm aaron armstrong. sir keir starmer has claimed stability is change, and that's why it has to be labour's first step. he's outlined a series of pre—election pledges , which pre—election pledges, which include a new border security command to tackle a gangs behind small boat crossings, cutting nhs waiting lists and a commitment to employ 6500 new teachers. labour also plans to set up great british energy, a publicly owned power firm, and crackdown on anti—social crackdown on anti —social behaviour. crackdown on anti—social behaviour. but sir keir says years of conservative decline won't easily be undone. >> there's no quick fix to the mess that the tories have made of this country , but this is a of this country, but this is a changed labour party with a plan to take us forward , and i have to take us forward, and i have ambition for this country and like all ambition that starts with first steps, first steps towards higher growth and nhs back on its feet , secure

back on its feet, secure borders, cheaper bills , safer borders, cheaper bills, safer streets and opportunities for your children . your children. >> well, conservative party chairman richard holden says labour's promises should be taken with a pinch of salt. quite clear that labour don't have a cohesive plan and would take the country back to square one. >> i have no idea why anybody would believe a word that keir starmer says when every single time he's got a different audience to play for , he changes audience to play for, he changes his tune, he changes what he's saying and changes what he says he stands for, you know , the 16 he stands for, you know, the 16 relaunches in a matter of a couple of years . after four couple of years. after four years in opposition, he's not got a cohesive plan. i think it says everything you need to know about keir starmer. >> a six year old boy has died after falling from an apartment block in east london. it's understood the child fell from the upper floor of a building in plaistow shortly before 6 am. the death is being treated as unexpected and authorities are working to establish the full

circumstances . the prime circumstances. the prime minister has defended the government's controversial changes to sex education. rishi sunak says parents should know what their children are being taughtin what their children are being taught in schools and sex education should come at an appropriate time. the new proposals would ban it for children under the age of nine, and would recommend the concept of gender identity is not part of gender identity is not part of the curriculum. the education secretary says gender ideology should not be taught as fact . should not be taught as fact. >> we're also making it crystal clear that it should be transparent to parents, and parents should be able to see the materials . they are the the materials. they are the first educators of their children, so they should be able to see what's also going on in school. and we're also on the on top of our gender questioning guidance, which we published for consultation earlier on. we're also making it very clear that gendenis also making it very clear that gender, is identity is a contested view and should not be taught as fact. >> a man's been charged with attempted murder after slovakia's prime minister was shot several times yesterday.

the suspected attacker is a 71 year old poet and former security guard. speaking moments ago, the interior minister said the attack was politically motivated and the suspect had cited the government's policies on the media as a possible motive. robert fico is an admirer of both vladimir putin and hungary's authoritarian leader, viktor orban. he scaled back support for ukraine and promotes a nationalistic , promotes a nationalistic, anti—western rhetoric. thousands of slovakians have protested against his policies. of slovakians have protested against his policies . a game against his policies. a game changing weapon system that can instantly disable swarms of hostile drones is being developed. the cutting edge drone killer uses radio waves to target and scramble the electronics of enemy drones, and can take down multiple hostile targets at once. it could offer significant protection from the kind of attack drones being used by president putin's forces in ukraine. it's part of efforts to respond to the defence secretary's call to put the uk's defence industry on a war footing , and

defence industry on a war footing, and britain has asked china to push for an end to russia's war in ukraine. as vladimir putin visits beijing , vladimir putin visits beijing, the russian president was greeted by xi jinping with full military honours for their third meeting in just over a year. it comes less than a week after russia launched a fresh offensive in north eastern ukraine. china has long been suspected of supporting russia's economy and its invasion of ukraine. for the latest, you can sign up to gb news alerts the qr codes on your screen. the details are also @gbnews com slash alerts. now back to tom and . emily. and. emily. >> good afternoon britain. it's 1:07 now sir keir starmer today has been out and about making his pitch to the country campaigning as he ramps up to this year's general election . this year's general election. >> yes. among labour's promises are a new border security command to tackle people smuggling gangs and pledges to

cut nhs waiting lists and recruit more teachers . now the recruit more teachers. now the labour leader insists all the commitments are fully costed. but the conservatives have hit back, saying starmer is on his 16th relaunch and has no coherent plan . so were should we coherent plan. so were should we get the thoughts now of the former labour mp bill rammell? bill, great to have you on the show. let's go with that costed element here because i'm just reading the detail on this and he says he's going to cut nhs waiting times 40,000 more appointments each week during evenings and weekends. that might be tough with the unions, but he says it's going to be paid for by cracking down on tax avoidance and non—dom loopholes. now that's open to difference of interpretation , really. and also interpretation, really. and also analysis there. you've got economists saying on the one hand that actually you're not going to get that much money from closing down these non—dom loopholes and tax avoidance. well you know, the government does its best to try and crack down on that anyway . so is it

down on that anyway. so is it true to say that this is really costed, bill? >> yes it is, you know, there's been detailed analysis , if you been detailed analysis, if you look, for example, at the non—dom changes the government has brought in, there's numerous loopholes , that can be plugged loopholes, that can be plugged to raise additional revenue to the commitment for 6500 extra, teachers is going to be paid for by ending the tax breaks for private schools . 13,000 new private schools. 13,000 new police officers . police officers. >> but what was really important about the launch this morning and i was in the room, is that we've needed for some time a kind of pledge card to synthesise this, to distil the commitments that we're making , commitments that we're making, for the early years of a labour government , the tangible, government, the tangible, credible policies that will make a difference to people's lives. >> bill, where's the where's the evidence , though, on on this evidence, though, on on this costing.

>> i mean, really cracking down on non—dom loopholes. you know as well as i do that many people are increasingly mobile around the world. if people are taxed too much, they can easily move elsewhere and, you know, benefit from lower tax rates. you've got the tax breaks for private schools . where are these? schools. where are these? where's the evidence really that that's going to boost the coffers enough to recruit 6500 new teachers ? are you sure these new teachers? are you sure these aren't, you know, exaggerations? and frankly , lies? and frankly, lies? >> no, they're absolutely not. >> no, they're absolutely not. >> and one of the hallmarks of this changed labour party under keir's leadership with rachel reeves reeves of shadow chancellor, is we've been absolutely screwed in, not promising more than we can deliver. >> and, you know, the critics, the critics will come at us from another angle saying, you're not promising enough. each of these proposals and there's reputable economic analysis to back this up, are costed and will deliver.

>> i mean, bill taxes are taxes are going to have to rise across the board. aren't they really to fund all of this unless there's astronomical, astronomical economic growth . and keir economic growth. and keir starmer is only saying he's going to deliver economic stability , not astronomical stability, not astronomical growth. then there are going to have to be tax rises across the board . board. >> no, i mean, this is part of the way that the labour party has changed. we're really appalled and shocked that we've got the highest tax burden since the second world war, and we know we can't deliver , improved know we can't deliver, improved pubuc know we can't deliver, improved public services through additional taxes . public services through additional taxes. how it will come about is through economic growth with a significant commitment to, infrastructure spending to house building . and, spending to house building. and, you know, don't judge politicians on what they say, judge them on what they do. the difference between the last labour government and this conservative government is about £150 billion in terms of more economic growth under the last

labour government compared to this one. and it's economic growth by the changes that we will bring about that will generate the funds that are needed to improve beyond these limited changes, to make the further advance bill that we need. >> okay. yeah. this, great british energy, this , publicly british energy, this, publicly owned clean power company, how much do you reckon that's going to cost? and what evidence is there to suggest that it's going to be a success? because at the moment, the labour party is planning to pay for it with a windfall tax on oil and gas giants . i mean, they're already giants. i mean, they're already taxed through the roof. so i mean, where's the evidence that's going to be a cost effective ? it's just, you know, effective? it's just, you know, a bit of branding, isn't it? really >> it's not. it's not branding. emily, if you look at the amount of money that the, utilities have been making, there is scope for additional, windfall taxes and by creating that great british energy company publicly

owned to work effectively to bnng owned to work effectively to bring down our energy bills has to be part of the way forward. and also supporting the green jobs that we need for the future to grow our economy , as i say on to grow our economy, as i say on the on that point, on that point , what level is labour proposing to raise the windfall tax at? >> it was first introduced at 60. it then went up to 80. you're suggesting 90. 99. i mean, what level is labour going to tax these businesses, no, i don't believe it's going that high. i've not seen it's already at 80. yeah. well, yeah , but at 80. yeah. well, yeah, but there is scope for additional because, you know, the utility companies as energy bills have gone up have made extortionate profits and they've made them above and beyond the increase in energy prices that have come about, come about as a result of domestic and global events. and i think most reasonable think

that taxing the production of more energy is going to raise pnces more energy is going to raise prices or lower prices, because i put it to you that you're a smart guy. >> you get the sort of economics of supply and demand, if you're pretty punitive towards the companies that are doing the pumping, you're going to get less stuff and less stuff to sell means higher prices . sell means higher prices. >> do you know what? in the run up to 1997, and there were real echoes of this today in terms of the pledge cards, one of the commitments we made in 1997 was a windfall tax on the privatised utilities to get 250,000 people, young people, off benefit and into work. and labour politicians were doing similar interviews to this at that stage and were said, this is punitive. it's not going to raise the funds. and we absolutely did that. funds. and we absolutely did that . not funds. and we absolutely did that. not only did we do that, but we went further and i'm confident being fiscally 23% windfall tax bill rammell. >> that was 23. yeah yeah, yeah. we've already got an 80% windfall tax on on, on on

energy. and the privatised utilities in the run up to 97 hadnt utilities in the run up to 97 hadn't made quite the profits, which the energy companies have made over recent years. >> and there is scope for this and there's credible analysis that backs that up. yeah >> yeah. i guess the worry is, is whether these pledges are costed and whether they will whether it's just, you know, the same old taxing of wealth and, and productivity and all that. but, i guess the proof may be in the pudding. we'll see, bill, thank you very much indeed . thank you very much indeed. thanks for that. back and forth. bill rammell, former labour mp. yes i, i'm not sure about this costing. >> yeah . >> yeah. >> yeah. >> i think sometimes the taxing non—doms is it really going to raise as much as they hope? is it or is it actually going to lose money? jeremy hunt in the last budget, announced a tax on non—doms is another tax. >> are they going to double the tax?i >> are they going to double the tax? i mean, like what are they going to do. >> it's closing the loopholes. >> it's closing the loopholes. >> oh, you can't just pretend they're a loophole. i mean, jeremy hunt literally announced this and then and then labour had to come up with new ideas to

in terms of how to be fair, the conservatives took didn't they take the extra windfall tax off of off labour's, pledges? >> they did anyway. anyway, they're all swapping and changing their policies. >> but the thing is, if it's already happened, that's not new money. you're going to have to find somewhere to cut in order to spend that money again. >> well, tax breaks for private schools getting rid of those. there you go. sorted. >> oh and so, so many children then go into the state sector because that's going to be completely free. yeah right. well vladimir putin has been greeted by xi jinping with full military honours. shall i try that again ? yeah. go on. that again? yeah. go on. vladimir putin was greeted by xi jinping with full military honours as he arrived for a two day state visit. visit to beijing? >> yes, this is their third meeting in just over a year. a third meeting in just over a year and comes less than a week after russia launched a new offensive in north eastern ukraine. now, russia and china's leaders say their deepening diplomatic relations are making the world a safer place. but how worried should the west really be seeing these images? let's pose that question to senior

consulting fellow at chatham house, keir giles, keir, watching the meeting between these two leaders can't help but feel a little unsettled. what's your assessment here? >> i think anybody that doesn't feel unsettled probably hasn't been paying attention, i'm sad to say. and that's not so much about this meeting, but it's about this meeting, but it's about what it represents and the context it's happening in. >> you have an aggressive state thatis >> you have an aggressive state that is waging a genocidal assault on the other end of europe. >> and of course, it's backed by a coalition of other countries that are quite content to see this happen. >> foremost among them, of course, china, which is fuelling russia's war machine and tolerating the disruption and damage that it's causing around the world. meanwhile, of course, you've got the uk and other western european countries belatedly realising that they're hollowed out armed forces and completely non—existent civil defence isn't really ready for the challenge when russia has settled the situation in ukraine to its satisfaction and moves on to its satisfaction and moves on to its satisfaction and moves on to its next target. so, yes, unsettling. partly because it shows that china is still

tolerating what russia is doing and will still allow it to happen. >> does this feed into what rishi sunak spoke about at the start of this week? this axis of evil between, russia, china to iran and north korea all working together to destabilise the world? >> well, there are a lot of names that have been thrown at this coalition of countries that are currently happily to stand with russia and are actually sending ammunition and supplies in so that it can launch them at ukraine. it is an axis of convenience as well, because of course, they have a shared interest in bringing down the west, and that's what we should really be concerned about. the fact that they have coalesced around this idea that the more damage you do to countries like the uk, europe , north atlantic the uk, europe, north atlantic area, the better it will be for all of them. >> yes, vladimir putin saying russia is very grateful for china's help in trying to find a solution to the war in ukraine. i mean, what is he what is he talking about there? what is this, the way in which china is,

is trying to help help him with the war. >> well, russia should be very grateful overall because, of course, it is chinese tolerance. and china actually supplying so much to russia for its war machine that is actually allowing russia to continue doing what it is now. that statement was about the so—called chinese peace plan , so—called chinese peace plan, this 12 point plan that china kind of came out with in the middle of last year to proposing a kind of settlement for the ukraine conflict . it's a bit of ukraine conflict. it's a bit of a misnomer. it's not really a peace plan. it's really how china feels about the war. and it's not all on russia's side. it also calls for things like territorial integrity , territorial integrity, respecting the un charter, a safeguarding nuclear plants , safeguarding nuclear plants, preserving grain exports. so thatis preserving grain exports. so that is a direct criticism of what russia was doing at the time. but yet putin is absolutely desperate for chinese support to continue. so he's going to gloss over that and he's going to pretend that everything continues to be rosy in that relationship between moscow and beijing. >> and he's telling the world that, that together, china and

russia are upholding the principles of justice and a democratic world order, it's doublespeak, isn't it, really? >> well, as ever, you have to hold up a mirror and look at it. what is the exact reverse of what they're saying? and then it starts to make sense in exactly the same way that one of the justifications that putin used for launching this full scale invasion of ukraine was that russia had tried to preserve ukrainian territorial integrity. it only makes sense if you look at it through the looking glass. >> wow. well, what a what a concerning meeting of convenience and perhaps new axis thatis convenience and perhaps new axis that is being created of trade and cooperation between china and cooperation between china and russia. keir giles of chatham house, thank you so much for talking us through it, i peyton stearns there saying we uphold together justice and democracy or the democratic world order. >> i did mention that an african leader once offered food aid to the united kingdom. at the top of this hour, i'd forgotten

about that. yeah, i believe it was idi amin in the 1970s who was, of course, running uganda at the time, sort of did it in a sarcastic way. but there we go. >> that's very interesting. i'll remember that for the next pub quiz. anyway cyclists could face tougher punishments for killing or seriously injuring pedestrians. there's a bit of a row over this. some cyclists think it's a much too much. we'll be debating this very shortly with someone who goes by the name of britain's most hated, hated cyclist. gosh

>> good afternoon. britain. it's 1:24. now. cyclists could face tougher punishments for killing or seriously injuring pedestrians. as a leading conservative mp puts forward plans for new legislation. yes. >> under the proposal, cyclists could face equal punishments as drivers and potentially face

prison time for reckless cycling. so today we are debating if this is fair question being should cyclists face the same punishments as drivers as well? >> joining us is someone who's been described as britain's most hated cyclist, dave cherry, who believes that cyclists should not be held accountable for things that are beyond their control. we've also got motoring journalist danny kelly, who says that a lot of cyclists are menaces and should face tougher penalties. well, my goodness, why don't we turn to dave cherry? first of all, dave , cherry? first of all, dave, what's the argument here in terms of cyclists not being held so accountable ? so accountable? >> well, we don't emit an emission . we don't require road emission. we don't require road tax or insurance. we're not considered a motorised vehicle under the road traffic act. >> so that's a good start, you look at the facts and figures, vehicles kill more than cyclists. so

>> no, but if a cyclist was . >> no, but if a cyclist was. >> no, but if a cyclist was. >> but if a cyclist did, if a cyclist was cycling recklessly and unfortunately, they killed a pedestrian by the way, that they were cycling in a dangerous fashion, surely they should be held just as accountable as a driver who did the same. >> yeah. totally agree , you've >> yeah. totally agree, you've got personal injury avenues, you've got reckless , dangerous cycling. >> yeah. at the end they if you hurt someone, you need to be held accountable . held accountable. >> but on the risk and probability side, the more dangeris probability side, the more danger is vehicles. they're mainly going to kill. >> well, danny, let's throw that to you . look at the statistics. to you. look at the statistics. the number of people who have been injured by bicycles is negligible, whereas thousands of people are injured in car collisions . collisions. >> well, we have punishments for those thousands of people who are, reckless behind the wheel and they injure or maim people.

i think dave's argument is a weak one in the sense that just because you don't produce any emissions, you shouldn't be held accountable. what we're talking about, dave, is a tiny minority. you know, the vast majority of cyclists are considerate people . cyclists are considerate people. you know, they'll maybe sound their bell when they're cycling behind someone on a towpath or a footpath or a psychopath . we're footpath or a psychopath. we're talking about a tiny minority, dave, who will just not give anybody any advance warning. warning. and the first, you know, about it as a pedestrian is a is a is a blast of air as they go past you. sometimes, dave, even in excess of 20 miles an hour if they're on one of these, these battery powered bikes. so i think we're talking about a tiny minority. me and dave, i've followed your story with great interest over the years, and you yourself were nearly killed by a trucker, and you wanted the law changing and what i can't find, what i can't understand is if you look objectively about the whole story, dave, is that all we're wanting is the same rules to apply wanting is the same rules to apply to the guy who nearly killed you, to apply to people

who are reckless on two wheels, and objectively , i can't come up and objectively, i can't come up with any reason as to why you personally wouldn't be an advocate of it . advocate of it. >> all right, you've done your own work. so, you know, i'm sitting on the fence. as you're aware, i'm a professional london bus driver, so i know about risks and dangers , but it's on risks and dangers, but it's on the probabilities. yeah, i know what you're saying , but the probabilities. yeah, i know what you're saying, but just the probabilities. yeah, i know what you're saying , but just not what you're saying, but just not target cyclists. yeah, because we are vulnerable in the sense, as you're aware. and i shouldn't be here today. but what i'm saying is, if you're going to do it for cyclists , let's do it for it for cyclists, let's do it for the riders. the individuals on illegal e—scooters and let's do, mobility scooters and whatever else that uses the road . else that uses the road. >> all right. well, look, i'm not i'm not aware of it. >> i'm not aware of anyone being mowed down by someone disabled doing six miles an hour on a scooter. >> what i am aware of are the 5 or 6 people killed every year by cyclists. i think, dave, what we

need to do is just concentrate on the story, which is cyclists, not horse riders, and not disabled people. >> sorry, i suppose, danny, is there an issue here if we're trying to regulate bicycles in the same way that we regulate cars, you're going to have to set up a new parallel dvla. you're going to have to have a little license plates on bicycles . you're going to create bicycles. you're going to create a huge statist infrastructure for people that just peddle about. is there a risk that you're going to get huge government overreach here? >> well, they try and behave like a cars half the time. >> i don't buy that for one second, tom. we heard the scaremongering when the government banned smoking in pubs, we heard people say no one's ever going to go back to a boozerif one's ever going to go back to a boozer if you can't light up, it's a load of garbage. >> loads of pubs are closing down thousands of them. >> that's not to do with the smoking ban. we're talking about cheap booze from supermarkets. now you're conflating two stories here to prove , one stories here to prove, one story. we're talking about the smoking ban where people were told that if you can't have a ciggy, you won't be able to go

into a boozer. and that was just a fallacy. it's proven to be a fallacy. we're talking about a tiny minority of cyclists here. i wouldn't mind putting some sort of number plates on a bike, you know, you could do it with a smartphone. you can maybe capture it with some sort of code and then you can upload it. it's not some sort of bureaucratic nightmare that you may do. >> i need to get a number plate for my eight year old, who's cycling on a little stabiliser bicycle. do they need to register with the government? >> no , no, you're being ridiculous. >> we're not talking about eight year olds killing people. we're talking about grown men and women killing people. >> how do you then make the distinction between who's going to kill someone and who isn't? how do you before you'd allow an eight year old on a bike on the road? yes. well, not on a cycle path. absolutely. that's very common. >> well, yeah, but no one is being mowed down by eight year olds, are they, tom? and you know this. you're being disingenuous. we're talking about people flying at 15, 16. in fact, there was a 28 mile an hour guy who killed a woman. and the police couldn't prosecute him because the speed restrictions didn't apply to cyclists . you know, that's what cyclists. you know, that's what we're talking about. we're not talking about eight year olds on

three streets. >> i mean, dave, the fact is that there are just as there are unscrupulous drivers, there are awful cyclists. i mean, i live in london, cyclists don't sometimes go straight through the traffic lights when they should stop. they ignore pedestrian crossings. a lot of the time. we've all witnessed this with our eyes. how are you supposed to, you know, hold them accountable for that type of behaviour or is that acceptable? if you're on two wheels and for , if you're on two wheels and for, not well, riding dangerously is not well, riding dangerously is not acceptable in anyone's book. >> this this. >> this this. >> get the prima donnas out of the way. >> yeah, prosecute them . >> yeah, prosecute them. >> yeah, prosecute them. >> prosecute you. do you agree with me? >> have you got your number plates yet? >> well, look, the old bill can stop someone if they go through red lights. you don't need a number plate for that. stop prosecuting them. reckless, dangerous driving or riding, i should say that's how you do it, is not it? >> not illegal for cyclists to go through red lights? >> they don't get prosecuted? or do they ?

do they? >> sorry, dave. go ahead. >> sorry, dave. go ahead. >> well, only a motor vehicle because you're not going to get three points on a non—existent license. the road traffic act is designed for motorised vehicles and a cycle is not a motorised vehicle. so technically, you're not committing an offence. don't forget, it's only an offence to cross a red light on the stop line. majority of segregated cycle lanes are on a footpath adjacent to the stop line , look, adjacent to the stop line, look, if i may say, i think we are confusing the story here. the story is about reckless riding. if somebody wants to get through a cycle, through a red light and get hit by a car, they're not going to be the ones that are being prosecuted. it's their own damn fault. we're talking about pedestrians who are mown down by cyclists 20, 25 miles an hour, and they don't use their bell. they don't give any advance warning. and that's what we're talking about. we're not talking about eight year olds on tricycles. we're not talking about cycles going through red lights. we're talking about people being hit by bikes, probably going 20 miles an hour. and that's what we're talking about. >> okay. well, thank you very

much to both of you, dave sherry, britain's most hated cyclist. and of course, danny kelly there too, who's a motoring journalist a strong stuff. >> yeah. strong stuff. i think. you know what? no one would argue if we just had more segregated paths , because then segregated paths, because then they don't get in the way of journeys because where are you going to put them, tom? >> you're going to remove remove the way where people can actually drive and get about on other vehicles. >> stop having three lane motorways, have two motorways. good luck. >> good luck in our towns and cities with that roads. good luck. yes it's anyways nhs bosses are destroying the careers of whistleblowers who try to speak out about patient safety. that's according to some medics . we'll hear from the medics. we'll hear from the chair of the bma very shortly. >> it's 133. chair of the bma very shortly. >> it's133. good chair of the bma very shortly. >> it's 133. good afternoon. chair of the bma very shortly. >> it's133. good afternoon. i'm aaron armstrong. sir keir starmer says all six pre—election pledges are fully funded and achievable within two terms of a labour government. among the promises are a new border security command to

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i >> -- >> well. good afternoon. britain. it's 139 >> well. good afternoon. britain. it's139 in the afternoon. and nhs bosses have been accused of destroying the careers of whistleblowers who stand up to protect patients lives. this is according to a telegraph report today. >> yes. doctors claims they've lost their jobs, with some suffering from extreme mental health issues. as reportedly, bosses strive to bury any concerns. while the chair of the bma , professor phil banfield, bma, professor phil banfield, stated today that doctors are being forced to choose between patient safety and their careers. >> yes. health secretary victoria atkins mp commented a little earlier the ability for professionals to report their concerns to me is a vital part of ensuring that our health care system meets the needs of patients and indeed of other staff members. >> and i understand that many of

the reports that have rightly been focused on are several years in the making, as in, there is perhaps a little bit more historical, since the steps that we have brought in. so, for example, nhs england has brought in a freedom to speak up guardians in every health trust. what that means is there is a person whose responsibility it is to ensure that staff can report their concerns to this guardian so that they can then take action. we have also set up a confidential helpline for people who wish to report their concerns. and again, we know that that is not only being used by clinicians, but importantly, cases are being dealt with. >> well, that was the health secretary speaking a little earlier . i'm secretary speaking a little earlier. i'm delighted to say that we're joined now in the studio by the chair of the bma council, professor banfield, phil , thanks so much forjoining phil, thanks so much for joining us. i suppose the big question, the worry many people will have

is , is just how prevalent is is, is just how prevalent is this issue of doctors not feeling like they're able to speak up when there are issues ? speak up when there are issues? >> well, sadly, it's all too common. the bma did a snapshot survey this year of 1500 doctors and six out of ten of them almost said that they'd raised concerns over the last 12 months. only 50, just over 50% had said , that they were having had said, that they were having their concerns addressed in any kind of detail. and only 6, said that their concerns had been, addressed fully. now, this is in the background, of course, of our having a duty to patients by the general medical council to report patient safety issues. and what we find is that when we

report this, it's not the safety concern that's investigated, but the person raising those concerns. and, you know, and that's a very unsafe place for the nhs to be. >> it's quite incredible . and >> it's quite incredible. and also, dare i say, horrifying really, if patient safety is being put at risk in this way as a doctor or a nurse, it is your duty to call out where you see things that are going wrong within the nhs. i wonder , i read within the nhs. i wonder, i read your article and you claim that perhaps and correct me if i'm wrong, but nhs bosses essentially care about their reputation more than patient safety. >> well, what i can do is report what what it feels like on the on the shop floor. so this is the everyday lived experience of doctors and nurses trying to make the health service a better place. now, you know, in reality, despite those concerns, we do an enormous amount of good work day in, day out, 24 seven

across the whole year . so, you across the whole year. so, you know, the times at which that has a knock on effect are relatively small, but you've only got to look at the royal college of emergency medicine's concerns that they raised about, delayed , transfer of patients delayed, transfer of patients out of emergency departments into hospitals where they've estimated that 260 patients a week die because of those delays . i mean, that's a that's a scandal that the concerns of professionals and medical experts go unheeded. >> and yet there have been all of these new initiatives in recent years, these freedom to speak up guardians now in every nhs trust confidentiality , nhs trust confidentiality, confidential helplines, all of these things . is it not enough these things. is it not enough or what needs more to be done to create an atmosphere more than anything else? >> well, what we need to do is to, is to, is to stop blaming

the messenger here, you know, we've got a situation where if you raise a concern, you are likely to be the person that's investigated rather than the concern. and we need a no blame culture like they have in the aviation industry . now, the aviation industry. now, the difficulty with that, of course, is that sometimes you've got to uncover some uncomfortable truths about health organisations or the people running them, and there seems to be an awful lot of money spent protecting the reputation of these organisations that could be redirected, of course, into patient care. >> here's a very controversial solution . it's what the private solution. it's what the private sector does to stop whistleblowers and damage to firms being covered up. when someone leaves in scandal at the head of an organisation, they get what's known as a golden handshake. lots and lots of money. as a parting gift from the firm. it it sort of means that the ceo of an organisation

is not trying to cover up any scandal. if there's a scandal, they'll resign and it will be uncovered , but they'll get a uncovered, but they'll get a hell of a lot of money to go. that's what the private sector does. it would be very uncomfortable to imagine giving a scandal, scandal struck head of part of the nhs or the nhs money to leave. but, is there anything in that? >> well, i mean, what we see, all too often is that, health service managers are just moved from one part of the organisation , to another part, organisation, to another part, health service managers are are unregulated. one solution might to be introduce regulations so that they become , a responsible, that they become, a responsible, and, actually carry the can for the decisions that they make to run unsafe services. >> yeah. i mean, philjust >> yeah. i mean, phil just lastly, this was a the most shocking example recently was with the lucy letby case. and i know that's historic to an extent, but the fact that

whistleblowers tried to, you know, tell the nhs management, try to tell those higher up that something was going wrong, horrifically going wrong, and it took so long for that to then you know, end in some kind of action. >> well, of course , you know, >> well, of course, you know, the difficulty with the lucy letby case and chester is that, you know, the threat of the general medical council was made to the doctors involved. there is no equivalent threat that you can use to an administrator or a health board, but, you can use to an administrator or a health board, but , you know, the health board, but, you know, the repercussions of what's gone on in chester are still going on, today. so you know, we are seeing health boards and the behaviours of, of health boards and trusts around the country still taking precedent over patient safety. >> so what would you like to see the government do now about creating. you mentioned more

regulation. what shape would that take? it seems like this is a very tricky thing because it's based on culture within an organisation , perhaps more than organisation, perhaps more than anything, more ferm, more real. >> well, i, i'm, you know, i'm a consultant in, in, in wales and my observation of the nhs in england is it's become unclear who is responsible and running the nhs in england because, the day to day management is devolved to down the, trusts and, and these icbs there doesn't seem to be one person in charge. and i think that that would and yet and yet if you if you'll let me it wasn't the idea of that that there's some sort of that that there's some sort of competition that services get better. >> and of course the nhs in england has been performing better than the nhs in wales, well, i'm not quite sure that that's true, but, waiting times are less in england than they are less in england than they are in wales. >> wales has seen a pretty,

pretty tragic, outcome in terms of the access to care. many people having to go to english hospitals just to get routine care. >> well , i care. >> well, i think that's a debate for a for another day . but, you for a for another day. but, you know, the difficulty with what's going on in, in england is the lack of openness and transparency . and as you say, it transparency. and as you say, it is a cultural issue here. you should want to know what's going on if, if, if a patient or a member of staff says, you know, this is a dangerous state of play this is a dangerous state of play to be in, then you shouldn't say, oh, no, stop complaining . you should say, complaining. you should say, that's really interesting. we'll take ownership of that and we'll investigate it every time. just to make sure that what is going on actually is safe. it's very simple to do. it just involves a change of mindset and presumably the unions. >> also, it is part of their job to try and protect these whistleblowers and make them sure that they know their rights

and everything, guide them through whatever process there is, we're gonna have to leave it there . but thank you so much for there. but thank you so much for your time. really, really interesting to get your perspective on this. professor phil banfield, who is the chair of the bma council as well. >> today marks the 81st anniversary of those heroic dambusters who took place , who dambusters who took place, who took that and that raid that took that and that raid that took place during the second world war. we're going to be heanng world war. we're going to be hearing on the ground from the netherlands, from the memorial of some of those who fell during that raid.

next. >> well. good afternoon. britain. it's 152 >> well. good afternoon. britain. it's152 in the afternoon, and we had a bit of a ding dong, didn't we earlier? about whether cyclists are a bit of a menace or can be a bit of a menace, and whether they should get a tougher punishments if they cause harm to pedestrians or potentially other motorists, i guess. yeah. other cyclists. >> now, i do think there are two

different types of cyclists, though. i think there are the mammals who can be a nuisance. the middle aged men in lycra well, the ones on e—bikes and then everyone else. what i find really interesting, i went to amsterdam a few times last year and a few times. yeah, got some friends out there and gosh, no one wears a helmet. no one wears lycra because you've got these segregated cycle lanes and you can just cycle freely, safely. and it's not sort of this, this sort of head down, running through lights, competitive thing that you see in london. >> it'sjust thing that you see in london. >> it's just you keep making this mom keeps making this comparison between amsterdam and london. and my argument is that london. and my argument is that london is absolutely not like amsterdam in many ways. so you couldn't just completely you couldn't just completely you couldn't just completely you couldn't just completely transport their system to ours. but anyway, keith says some cyclists seem an act entitled. it's usually the lycra brigade . it's usually the lycra brigade. yes, some people going into the city or going to their workplace, they try and race their time from yesterday, so of course they're not going to take as much care as you know. mrs.

miggins on her, on her bike with her nice little well basket . her nice little well basket. >> exactly. it's like they think they're in the olympics. but pete says cyclists must not film and report other road users for infractions. that's lower than the low. the same goes for all other road users. you're not the police and it's not your job to police and it's not your job to police highways and byways. yes, a certain broadcaster likes, likes, filming. >> what's going on on the streets, doesn't it? yes some people are, you know, very nosy. perhaps that's a nice way of putting it. >> john says all cyclists should pay >> john says all cyclists should pay roads tax. all cyclists should be insured. all cyclists should be insured. all cyclists should display a registration number either on the bike or the bib worn by the rider. what sort of authoritarian state are you trying to create here? well, why do we why do motorists have to have all this apart from driving two ton hunks of metal? well, you've seen some of these bikes vicious. >> paul says cyclists can use mobiles, drink beer, go through red lights, ride on pavements and police don't bother. they

should be the same. law applied to cycles as to cars. >> i have to say, growing up in cambridge, people would be stopped if they didn't have lights on their bicycles and they'd be fined by the police. really? >> yeah. well, i mean, in many cities, it's these, these e—bike things that you can rent that are the horror show pete says about three people are killed by cyclists each year. lightning and cattle kill more people. yes, but, pete, should we not still make sure that cyclists are cycling safely? groucho marx says so. tom's a cyclist, then you can see through you. yes. this is the thing i drive. tom doesn't he? tom cycles, i don't. so there's the i don't bike in london actually fight. >> i don't have a bike in london, but but maybe i should, but, but of course sharon says has failed to build all of these connected cycleways. so. so it's bad for everyone. >> sharon says most of the cyclists that ride push bikes, bike like nutters, especially delivery riders who haven't read the highway code. they must obey the highway code. they must obey the rules of the road, including not jumping red lights. yes, it

does anger me. also, it is dangerous for, blind people too when they're trying to cross the road. they don't necessarily know that a bike could just come straight past. >> yeah, no, it's funny, but, the rac , was actually founded by the rac, was actually founded by cyclists back in the, back in the early 19. well, there you go. >> there's some more trivia. >> there's some more trivia. >> used to be a shared interest in smooth roads. and so the lobby groups for cyclists and cars were the same. they diverged. okay, well , now next diverged. okay, well, now next we're going to be speaking to the nephew of melvin dinghy young, one of the

>> good afternoon. britain. it's 2:00 on the 16th of may. >> it is indeed. 2:00 on the 16th of may. >> it is indeed . parasite >> it is indeed. parasite outbreak. panicked residents have been to told boil their water before drinking it due to contaminated taps. we're live in devon. to find out more , keir

devon. to find out more, keir starmer unveils not one, not two, not three. >> four. it's six six steps on his pledge card to change britain. but how does it have the power of tony blair's five step pledge card? or ed miliband's 56. stone of doom, and a just stop oil protester who sprayed scotland yard's famous sign with orange paint has been cleared of all criminal charges . the barrister went as charges. the barrister went as far as to liken to her rosa parks. is she an eco protester or a civil rights campaigner? >> it's extraordinary that people who can blatant damage a building, vandalise something end up being let off. i mean, are the laws not in the right place? are the judges trying to make moral or political decisions rather than legal ones

7 decisions rather than legal ones ? what's going on? >> perhaps there's a little bit of morality in their play. i mean, the barrister likening her to rosa parks, a black civil rights activist. oh, it's exactly. i think it's a little bit much, don't you? >> i think it's exactly the same. clearly. clearly, the oppression faced by climate activists in this country today is exactly the same as black people in segregated america. i think that's that's exactly. clearly, i can't see anything offensive about that comparison from the white protesters at all. i can't see anything offensive there. >> and i wonder why they targeted scotland yard. have they got extreme carbon emissions? do they need to divest from oil and gas? >> last time i checked, the police have quite a few horses. i don't know if that's the issue. maybe they're they want to them to go back even further . to them to go back even further. pre—industrial revolution. >> well let us know what you think. do you think being an eco zealot and eco activist who sprays orange paint over scotland yard is, you know, the same as being a suffragette, suffragist or better, much

better, or a or rosa parks. indeed do you think the thing rosa parks was peaceful? >> yeah. the suffragettes, the suffragettes were violent. they killed people, they planted bombs, they blew things up. they tried to assassinate the prime minister they were a nasty group. >> those pesky women. the suffragists, on the other hand, they were the ones who actually won the vote for women. >> i mean, the suffragettes get painted through history as if they're the people who won the vote. they did not win the vote for women. the people that did violence did not win the vote for women. the vote for women passed through an act of parliament as a result of civic pressure from law abiding people i >> -- >> this is 5mm >> this is one of the things that annoys tom the most. the difference between suffragette and suffragist and people not knowing it. so there you go, let us know what you make of that, that decision to let her off, even though she sprayed a scotland yard in orange paint,

gbnews.com/yoursay let's get your headlines with . aaron. your headlines with. aaron. >> good afternoon. it's 2:03. i'm aaron armstrong. sir keir starmer has claimed stability is change, and that's why it has to be labour's first step. he's outlined a number of pre—election pledges, which include a new border security command to tackle the gangs behind small boat crossings, cutting nhs waiting lists and a commitment to employ 6500 new teachers. labour also plans to set up great british energy, a publicly owned power company , publicly owned power company, and to crack down on anti—social behaviour. but sir keir says years of conservative decline won't easily be undone. >> there's no quick fix to the mess that the tories have made of this country, but this is a change. labour party with a plan to take us forward and i have ambition for this country and

like all ambition that starts with first steps, first steps towards higher growth , an nhs towards higher growth, an nhs back on its feet, secure borders , cheaper bills, safer streets and opportunities for your children . children. >> however, the conservative party chairman , richard holden, party chairman, richard holden, says labour's promises should be taken with a pinch of salt quite clear that labour don't have a cohesive plan and would take the country back to square one. >> i have no idea why anybody would believe a word that keir starmer says, when every single time he's got a different audience to play for, he changes his tune, he changes what he's saying and changes what he says. >> he stands for , you know, the >> he stands for, you know, the 16 relaunches in a matter of a couple of years. after four years in opposition, he's not got a cohesive plan. i think it says everything you need to know about keir starmer. >> south west water has

apologised for a water borne disease outbreak in devon after a parasite was found in a key reservoir. residents in parts of brixham and alton were told to boil their drinking water yesterday after small traces of the parasite cryptosporidium were found in the hillhead reservoir. the uk health security agency says 22 people are confirmed to have the disease, and as many as 70 other cases of diarrhoea and vomiting are under investigation . junior are under investigation. junior doctors in england are holding fresh talks with the government in an effort to end their long running dispute over pay. since march last year, there have been a series of walkouts, with staff demanding a 35% pay rise, phased in over a number of years. health secretary victoria atkins says she's pleased the british medical association have agreed to the mediation . to the mediation. >> but since i was appointed as secretary of state in november, i've worked incredibly hard to try to tackle industrial action because we know that in the last

yearit because we know that in the last year it has led to some 1.4 million appointment being cancelled, and that has a real impact for patients. and so this is i hope, a welcome step forward with the junior doctors committee of the bma to ensure that conversations about pay, but also working conditions can happenin but also working conditions can happen in private . happen in private. >> the prime minister has defended the government's controversial changes to sex education. rishi sunak says parents should know what their children are being taught, and sex education should come at an appropriate time. the new proposals would ban it for children under the age of nine, and would recommend the concept of gender identity is not part of gender identity is not part of the curriculum. education secretary says gender ideology should not be taught as fact . should not be taught as fact. >> we're also making it crystal clear that it should be transparent to parents, and parents should be able to see the materials. they are the first educators of their children, so they should be able to see what's also going on in school. and we're also on the on

top of our gender questioning guidance, which we published for consultation earlier on. we're also making it very clear that genden also making it very clear that gender, identity is a contested view and should not be taught as a fact . a fact. >> a man has been charged with attempted murder after slovakia's prime minister was shot several times yesterday. the country's interior minister says the attack was politically motivated, and says the 71 year old suspect had cited the government's policies on the media as a possible motive. well, the shooting took place on the day slovakia's parliament began discussing a plan to aboush began discussing a plan to abolish the public broadcaster. robert fico is a known admirer of both vladimir putin and hungary's authoritarian leader, viktor orban, and he has scaled back support for ukraine. thousands of slovakians have protested against his policies , protested against his policies, and you can get more on all of our stories by scanning the qr code on your screen or going to news.com slash alerts. now back to tom and . emily.

to tom and. emily. >> good afternoon britain. it's 2:07 now. there is some corner of a foreign field that is forever england today is the 81st anniversary of the historic heroic dambusters raid that took place during the second world war. >> yes , and at a special >> yes, and at a special memorial service to mark the occasion in the netherlands, a moving rendition of the last post has just been played

i >> -- >> they 5mm >> they shall grow not old as we that are left. grow old. let's cross to the netherlands now and speak to our reporter will hollis . hollis. >> yes. well, today, 30,000 people or so walk up and down the beaches of castricum on zee, and they're passing a memorial stone dedicated to dinghy young

and his crew that never made it home. during the dambuster raids. and i'm delighted to say that following the memorial service we've just seen, we're joined by geoffrey sturt , who is joined by geoffrey sturt, who is the nephew of dinghy young, just describe for me, geoffrey, why was your uncle the famous dambuster called dinghy during his career? >> he ditched a plane not once, but twice in the channel, including one time when he was including one time when he was in a raft for 24 hours with his crew, and they happened to be rescued by a destroyer coming over from the us under the lend lease program . there's a life lease program. there's a life magazine team that was on board and they captured that story. so he was known as dinghy young thereafter, and he's celebrated today because of the courage that it took to go on the dambusters raids . dambusters raids. >> he was the first team to breach the myrna dam and it was over this beach that they were going back to england when they were shot down. what does it mean to you being here today and

remembering your uncle and those lives lost? >> it's tremendously moving. but i think one of the wonderful things about this event, if i may, is the connection that this community has to that event, the gratitude that the dutch people have for the sacrifices that were made, the families of the crew who've travelled here with me and have come for other and other remembrances. and so that's to me, is the, the best part about this, i think, is, is the living memory of the crew and its contribution and its sacrifice. >> the wonderful thing about that time is that the royal air force and the dambusters men were made up of not just british people, but people from across the commonwealth. and your uncle, he was not just british. he was half american. is that correct? is that the genealogy? >> he is a british citizen. but he my grandmother was an american. met my grandfather in california, married, came back to london, had children there. he spent part of his life growing up in california and

then in connecticut before coming back to the uk, attending oxford and then volunteering for the raf. so yes, there is that american connection, the dambusters is a story that british children are taught about , british children are taught about, mainly by watching the film at christmas. >> is the dambusters a story that american people know and care about ? or that american people know and care about? or is that just because of your historical connection? i think there is a great interest in the story. >> because of the story, because of the novelty of what was attempted , the bravery, the, the attempted, the bravery, the, the raid and all of that . but raid and all of that. but there's great interest, i think, just generally in how britain defended itself during the war, the battle of britain and things like that. so it's part of what i think people remember or know about britain during the war years. >> this was a fairly small service. there were local dignitaries, people from the royal air force who cycled all the way from lincolnshire in england to be here. there are people from the dutch air service , there were people from service, there were people from the international bomber command

centre. but you were here as well after flying in from arizona in america. why did you mount to make such a long trip for a memorial service for quite rightly , an uncle that you never rightly, an uncle that you never actually met? >> oh , boy. it's he's been part >> oh, boy. it's he's been part of my life, i think, since i grew up. and so i've always known of the story of his life . known of the story of his life. he was an inspiration to my mother, who was the youngest of three. and we first came here in 2018 for the dedication of the memorial and made the connections that i was just describing to the families, to the dutch family that , that, the dutch family that, that, that that caused this memorial to be created , i was here then to be created, i was here then with my, my, my late wife and my daughter, and my son couldn't make it. and i'm happy that he's with me today because he happens to bear a little bit of a resemblance to my uncle, this year we're remembering the 80th anniversary of the d—day landings. there are some veterans left from that campaign. there are, sadly, no men of 617 squadron that flew the dambusters raid alive anymore. why is it important for

you to keep the memory of the dambusters raid alive ? dambusters raid alive? >> i think the sacrifice that they made and everyone else who was involved in bomber command. it's important to remember they were young, they were dedicated. they were fearless , and they they were fearless, and they endured tremendous sacrifice in defending, defending britain. and it's important to remember that. it's also important to remember the costs of war on both sides and the consequences of war, particularly. and in this country , that's what the this country, that's what the dutch do so well, is to remember the sacrifices and why it's important to remember them, to fight for the freedoms that they have today. >> the average age of the dambusters from across 617, led by wing commander guy gibson, was just 21 years old. from this seven, the air crew that served with your uncle, the youngest was 20 years old. it's the ultimate sacrifice , isn't it? ultimate sacrifice, isn't it? >> it is indeed. indeed. my uncle was 27. yeah 27 years old. >> that's younger than i am.

it's such an incredible age to give everything. what does that mean to you? knowing that a small part of your history played such a big role in the second world war? >> i'm just grateful and honoured by by their sacrifice and i'm particularly happy and honoured that that iebc has taken this effort to remember them. i think the ride from digby was a wonderful way to remember. it's an athletic , an remember. it's an athletic, an act of athletic prowess to have endured the rides that they did, which is exactly what that raid involved, to fly at night for six hours piloting an avro lancaster was a feat of great athleticism, and my uncle was was an athlete in himself. he was an athlete in himself. he was on the oxford team that beat cambridge in 1938, if i'm not mistaken. so there's kind of a special connection there. >> so geoffrey sturt all the way from arizona, the nephew of dinghy young who led the lancaster crew that didn't make it past the north sea and back to england. we want to reference, first of all, that

the silhouettes that you might have seen earlier have now been taken down. they've been taken down because they're going back with the royal air force, because they're going to be auctioned off in memory of those men, but also to raise funds for the international bomber command centre, because they're going to be using that money towards a new learning centre so that the next generation of children can learn about the dambusters and the men and women of bomber command. oh absolutely fantastic stuff. >> so necessary as well. will hollis , thank you so much for hollis, thank you so much for bringing us all of that live from the netherlands. >> what a fantastic interview. yeah, hearing from that man geoffrey sturt. really, really fascinating . that was brilliant, fascinating. that was brilliant, and we're going to move on though to some domestic politics because keir starmer is he the man to save britain. he certainly wants us to think so. the labour leader today claimed that decline is not inevitable, as he made his party's pitch to the country ahead of this year's general election. >> well, among labour's pledges are now a new security border command, which, some people say

is just a rejigged, command that already exists. but this is about tackling people smuggling gangs. pledging to cut waiting lists is in there too, but also a recruitment of teacher pledge . a recruitment of teacher pledge. >> yes, lots in there. the labour leader insists all of these commitments are fully costed, but the conservatives have, of course, hit back, saying starmer is on his 16th relaunch and has no coherent plan, although rishi sunak's had a few too, hasn't he ? a few too, hasn't he? >> well, let's discuss this further now with the political commentator peter spencer. now, peter, you'll you'll remember the 2015. edestone as it was known where ed miliband sort of stood up and, and had all of his pledges there cast into rock , pledges there cast into rock, didn't really quite go so well for him. they were attacked as being a little bit vague. i think we can read on there an nhs with time to care was one of those pledges. what on earth does that mean? i'm not quite sure, but of course more successful in this ilhc was tony blair's pledge card. perhaps

that's more similar to what keir starmer is doing today. how does it shape up with leaders of labour's past? >> i think it is much closer to the tony blair analogy than it is to the miliband one, and i can see the i can see the point of it, that simply that all the polls tell us quite clearly that the country is or the bulk of the country is or the bulk of the country, it would seem, is fed up to the back teeth with the tories. >> but they haven't really fallen in love with labour and the sort of war0 that they watch. all that starmer would he want them and they sort of they forgive my relapse into the, east of mayfair stuff, go for it. yeah >> go for it. yeah. >> right. then, but i mean, what he's i mean, not all that many people, frankly. >> let's get real here, will have actually watched the speech and taken naked notes or whatever, but what they will see over the coming weeks are these stonking great billboards with

keir starmer there with his sleeves rolled up, which is actually that was something, david cameron was rather fond of the sleeves rolled up image. so what he's trying to present is, look, the tories have made a mess. i rolled up my sleeves. i'm going to fix them. >> do you think this is a change? that was perhaps inspired by what happened at the labour party conference last year? keir starmer was attacked by a man dousing him with glitter. he took off his jacket , glitter. he took off his jacket, he rolled up his sleeves. he got on with the speech. we're starting to see a lot more of a jacket, less sleeves rolled up. keir starmer , could that have keir starmer, could that have been the inspiration? >> it probably played a part. i suppose he can, but hope actually, in this context that that, the prime minister doesn't decide to hold the election right back until the winter because i think it would be a bit rocky going out there with his in his shirtsleeves , with no his in his shirtsleeves, with no jacket on. but, i mean, what this is, is clearly it's a preliminary skirmish in the election campaign . and i note

election campaign. and i note that he's put the, the, the economy top of his list, which, of course, resonates with the whole cost of living crisis thing. and he has put the nhs second because first of all, people are concerned about the poundin people are concerned about the pound in their pocket. and second, they're concerned about the hospital up the road. so all that makes perfect sense. he has put in the small boats thing as you as you pointed out, tom, i think that is to do with the fact you rather like to get those 45 red wall, constituencies that switched over to boris johnson to come back. and, i it is he's hamstrung by the fact he doesn't know when the election's going to be. obviously .1.2. he also doesn't want to give too much detail in case he comes up with a really cracking good idea. and the tories nick it. >> yes. i mean he has he has got the six main things i imagine, the six main things i imagine, the economy, nhs, border

security , vie energy. of course, security, vie energy. of course, lots of people are very miffed about the cost of their energy bills, antisocial behaviour. another one parking their lawns on the conservatives turf, a thank you, peter. we're going to have to leave it there because we've run out of time a political commentator, peter spencer well, coming up, the covid inquiry is set to become the most expensive inquiry in history. >> is this a good use of taxpayers money that

next. >> right. good afternoon. britain. it's 224 now. south west water has urged people to boil their tap water after hundreds were struck down with diarrhoea, vomiting. >> and your fiance joined us. >> and your fiance joined us. >> oh my goodness. >> oh my goodness. >> no, it's not patrick christys. inaya >> he can do with. you know

what? we're glad to provide him with the promotion, but we'll continue anyway, now we're talking about something very serious that hundreds of people have been drinking this, water that seems to contain a parasite , and they're having the most awful stomach pains. >> and this is all happening in a seaside town in devon. yes. >> it's in brixham, where residents are being told to boil water as a precaution, including when drinking it or using it to cook with or brush their teeth. let's cross to jeff moody now. it's nice to see that. good afternoon. britain's back behind us, let's cross to jeff, who is who is there on the scene of a water, operation ? water, operation? >> yes, absolutely. the people are still queuing for miles to get in here to collect their bottled water, in the last half an hour, we've heard from the mp for totnes, anthony mangnall, who says that he had a meeting with south west water this morning and he says he has identified the problem. now we have to just say that this

nothing has come so far from south west water . but the local south west water. but the local mp is saying that they have told him that it is a faulty air valve. now, what that means is that animal waste and contaminated ground water has been able to get through that air valve into the system. now, we don't know exactly where that valve valve was. if it was by the reservoir itself , that means the reservoir itself, that means that up to 40,000 people in the area could be drinking traces of animal waste . if it's more animal waste. if it's more locally sourced, then again, that's 16,000 people within this area. so whichever way you cut it, that's an awful lot of people that are finding themselves sick. now, we're heanng themselves sick. now, we're hearing that hundreds of people are sick. they're violently sick. they're getting severe cases of diarrhoea. they're also when the diarrhoea passes, the stomach pains are so intense that some people have been describing it like childbirth ,

describing it like childbirth, death or local schools are closed down, cafes and restaurants are closed down and it isn't just a virus that affects the elderly or the vulnerable . it affects children vulnerable. it affects children too. and it also affects pets. we're hearing of cats and dogs who are being sick as well, i've been talking to some of the people who are in the queue this morning to fetch their water. they're pretty annoyed with south west water because it took them so long to tell people not to drink the water. here's what they've been saying to me. >> i was already poorly anyway. and the kids? we've got quite a big family of children , so i've big family of children, so i've just come to collect for my daughter and for myself . yeah. daughter and for myself. yeah. so two separate households. so that's eight, nine, ten people altogether. >> this is a fantastic piece of organisation and hopefully we'll get through it as quickly as possible as soon as i identify the cause of the problem . the cause of the problem. >> and the danger, of course, is that this can spread because it

can be transmitted from human to human. also from human to animal and animal to human. so anybody that has been in the area in south—west, south devon on houday south—west, south devon on holiday over the last few days and has then gone away, gone back home again further into the country, could well be infecting others. so this could turn out to be incredibly serious indeed . to be incredibly serious indeed. >> much indeed. jeff moody, who's there in brixham in devon, rather worrying for residents, of course . really great to get of course. really great to get that insight. everyone's queuing up for their bottled water as so they should. so they should more stoically than others. >> i did enjoy that. that last man that jeff interviewed there saying, well, they've caught it early. let's hope they find the problem and we'll just get on. it's very calm and carry on attitude. >> but yes, i imagine for well, as jeff said, for infants and elderly people in particular, getting this parasite in your water is absolutely well, could be a pretty disastrous yes for your health. so we'll keep an eye on it and we'll keep an eye on it. >> certainly. well, there's lots

more coming up in the programme, not least one of our big bugbears today about these eco protesters seemingly getting off with criminal damage. well, it is criminal damage , surely. is criminal damage, surely. well, you'd think, but then again, i'm not a judge . i'm not again, i'm not a judge. i'm not again, i'm not a judge. i'm not a lawyer. well, this was perhaps ourjudges a lawyer. well, this was perhaps our judges know far better than us. ordinary. >> i mean, from what i can see, a young woman took it upon herself to spray a scotland yard with orange paint. there she is. she looks very angry indeed, she's standing outside it, presumably proud of what she's done. she would be desperate to be arrested . but imagine. be arrested. but imagine. i mean, someone wrote in saying because the barrister said that she's, you know, comparable to rosa parks, the black civil rights activist . but presumably, rights activist. but presumably, if you went around and sprayed the lawyer's house in orange paint, you'd be done for criminal damage. no so scotland yard, it doesn't matter. >> well, this is what's so baffling. i want to know on what terms was she let off and what moral hazard is there now for

anyone to go around and spray anyone to go around and spray any building they like with any sort of paint that they like? it's soft touch britain. >> we'll get to the details very shortly, but coming up we'll have the latest pictures of prince william and queen camilla because they've been out and about today. we'll tell you where. but first, the headlines with . aaron. with. aaron. >> but good afternoon to you. it's 230 exactly. i'm aaron armstrong sir keir starmer says all six pre—election pledges are fully funded and achievable within two years of a labour government. a among the promises are a new border security command to tackle people smuggling gangs. it plans to cut nhs waiting lists and improve economic stability. the government has described it as another reset and says it's not another reset and says it's not a coherent plan . britain's asked a coherent plan. britain's asked china to push for an end to russia's war in ukraine as vladimir putin visits beijing , vladimir putin visits beijing, the russian president was greeted by x! jinping with full

military honours for their third meeting in just over a year. china has long been suspected of supporting russia's economy and its invasion of ukraine. a man has been charged with attempted murder after slovakia's prime minister was shot several times yesterday. the suspect attacker is a 71 year old poet and former security guard. the country's interior minister says the attack was politically motivated . it comes after robert fito's government approved a proposal to crack down on press freedom by abolishing the country's pubuc by abolishing the country's public broadcaster, and south west water has apologised for a water borne disease outbreak in devon after a parasite was found in a key reservoir. residents in parts of brixham and alston were told to boil their drinking water yesterday after small traces of the parasite cryptosporidium were found in the hillhead reservoir. the uk health security agency says 22 people are confirmed to have the disease , and as many as 70 other disease, and as many as 70 other cases of diarrhoea and vomiting are under investigation . well,

are under investigation. well, i'll be back with more at the top of the next hour. you can get more now by scanning the qr code on your screen for gb news alerts

i >> -- >> good afternoon. britain is 235 now. the covid inquiry is set to become the most expensive in history . set to become the most expensive in history. the investigation into the pandemic is said to have already cost the taxpayer a staggering £94 million. >> well, that could buy. i don't know, one year of gary lineker, couldn't it? >> a few houses in south ken, but the cash keeps rolling. >> the final report is not expected to be produced until the end of 2026, which would mean that the project, the projected cost of this inquiry is set for a mind blowing £200

million in total. >> so a lot of money, isn't it? is it worth it? joining us is the head of campaigns at the taxpayers alliance, elliot kirk. now the taxpayers alliance, led this research , elliot, £300,000 this research, elliot, £300,000 a day over the last year , a a day over the last year, a staggering amount of money. how doesit staggering amount of money. how does it compare to previous investigations? we've had of this type? >> oh, listen, it's far, far higher. >> the only one that comes close is the inquiry into child sex abuse. but that went on for about double the amount of time when you look at the total inquiry, the other really concerning thing is that these costs are actually accelerating. so if you look from the start in summer 2022, the average cost, the average spending has been £136,000 a day. but in the latest financial year, it was £200,000 a day. >> you then add to that the cost to the civil service, i.e. not the covid inquiry, but to the civil service of, for example, preparing witnesses and preparing witnesses and

preparing evidence . preparing evidence. >> and that's an additional £100,000 a day. so these costs are spiralling completely out of control, impacted by inflation as well. >> elliot , as well. >> elliot, who's as well. >> elliot , who's getting as well. >> elliot, who's getting all this money. is it going to lawyers i mean where's it going . lawyers i mean where's it going. >> so listen that's a very good question. so if you look at the £94 million spent so far, roughly half is going towards legal costs, another 15 million towards operating costs. and interestingly, there's about £95 million towards a project £9.5 million towards a project called every story matters, which is where essentially the covid inquiry goes on tour to speak to individuals about their experiences of covid. >> i think that's a very noble thing to do. but ultimately, is that really why we want this inquiry? don't we want this inquiry? don't we want this inquiry fundamentally to get to the bottom of what went wrong and what should have happened instead? >> sounds like an art project. more than i mean, surely. yeah, an inquiry should be about decisions that were made in government. i mean, yes, it matters how it affects people, but that's not going to affect, i mean, hearing hearing someone be very sad about what happened . be very sad about what happened. it's not going to affect you. how we prepare for the next thing. >> yeah. listen, the inquiry should be about fundamentally

did the government was a government prepared to for the pandemic, did it respond in the correct way? was it right for the government to take away our most basic liberties with almost no scrutiny for about a year and a half? without any, as i said, pubuc a half? without any, as i said, public scrutiny or real public debate, despite the fact that actually our death rate was by no means the best in europe or the best in the world. and i think, unfortunately, that's not what the inquiry has been focusing on. and when we when we landed with a bill of potentially £200 million or at the moment it could have to say be even more, i think there's going to be real questions about what we're actually getting for this. >> we've got we've got two issues really running in parallel, the cost of this all and whether it's actually going to find out what we all want it to find out what we all want it to find out what we all want it to find out, or at least examine those issues. i'm reading here that, lord saville of newdigate, who carried out the bloody sunday inquiry, said this is a necessary expense. he says it's got to be thorough . it's got to got to be thorough. it's got to be fair. this takes time and expertise. that's expensive . he expertise. that's expensive. he says he has deep sympathy for the inquiry , and he says he

the inquiry, and he says he wouldn't be surprised if it costs more than than his one, do you have any sympathy with that, that this requires perhaps not, £300,000 a day, but it's going to cost a lot of money, alison. >> of course it's going to cost money. these things will always cost money. but listen, i've watched enough of the covid inquiry and read enough about the covid inquiry to know that mostly it's been a political pantomime, and i think that's completely inappropriate. it's actually, i find , it's actually, i find, it's insensitive to the victims themselves . and ultimately it themselves. and ultimately it means that we're not going to learn anything. and if something like this happens again, we're going to reach the same, reactive and tired. solutions that we did last time. >> the earlier i went along to the covid inquiry and sat there for dominic cummings, giving evidence, i found it extraordinary the amount that they focused on. how many men were in number 10 was was there sort of a sort of a two male led team that led to all of this whatsapp messages and, and being

rude on whatsapp messages and swearing as if that doesn't happenin swearing as if that doesn't happen in every government ever. and dominic cummings sat there saying, sorry, can we talk about the systems of management here? can we talk about the dates of when, who said what and when? and they said, no, we want to talk about your sweary whatsapps . it's extraordinary. >> yeah. and listen , as i said >> yeah. and listen, as i said at the taxpayers alliance at the moment are estimating it will be £200 million. that's based on, extrapolating a cost per day so far. but as we've discussed, that cost per day is accelerating , which means if it accelerating, which means if it continues to accelerate, that £200 million could actually look like quite a serious underestimate . underestimate. >> yeah, a huge, huge amount of money, a huge expense . and, money, a huge expense. and, i imagine not all of the british pubuc imagine not all of the british public are signed up to the benefits of this. anyway. thank you. elliot keck from the taxpayers alliance, who were looked into these, these extraordinary expense. shall we speak to martin daubney because he is up next at 3:00 to get a little insight, a little taster of what's to come. martin, what's coming up?

>> fabulous show. guys. thanks for giving me an opportunity to sell my show. we've got a sit down interview with sir keir starmer in the show today. he launched his six step plan . will launched his six step plan. will it allow him to take strides towards downing street , or will towards downing street, or will his list sink like the edstone ? his list sink like the edstone? plus in dublin yesterday, dramatically, there was an assassination attempt on the politician who's led the ireland is full campaign, pushing back against record asylum seeking and immigration in the country. we'll have a proper update on how politics in ireland has become so divided and toxic. plus, holy smoke, what in god's name is london mayor sadiq khan doing visiting the pope? and while he's there, would he slap an ulez fine on the popemobile? that's all. coming up three till six. >> i'm glad you're covering that, martin, because, yeah , i that, martin, because, yeah, i was i was wondering myself, what on earth is he doing at the vatican? >> isn't the pope maybe an electric? i know so well, i

guess we'll find out. >> i guess we'll find out all the joke. tom it's a great joke. >> don't spoil the joke. >> don't spoil the joke. >> yeah, i very much enjoyed it. well, martin daubney, thank you so much. we'll see you in, around 15 or 20 minutes time. but of course, this just stop oil protester who sprayed scotland yard's famous sign with that orange paint. well, she's been cleared of criminal charges, will be going to be joined by one of their activists

on. good afternoon. britain. it's a 2:45, and the royals are out in force today. yes the prince of wales has spoken this afternoon at an event to celebrate global efforts to tackle antimicrobial resistance and build stronger health systems. food security and climate resilience. yes. >> it comes as queen camilla visited lamb house in east sussex to join a garden party

with organisations in celebration of rise, renowned literary history. there she is. shame about the weather. yes, well, we can't change that, can we? >> joining us now is royal correspondent cameron walker to talk about this increase in it feels like there's been a lot more royal events. i suppose it is sort of the season for it, but my goodness, quite a lot of activity. yeah there certainly is. >> tom, very british weather as you probably saw there . you probably saw there. buckingham palace has also announced that the king and queen are going to be visiting the chelsea flower show this year as well. >> so another event in the royal calendar to add. but prince william was talking about a very serious topic this afternoon, and that was about what he sees . and that was about what he sees. and many see as the rise of anti—migration microbial resistance, which is a huge mouthful, isn't it, but basically, i see this as a bit of a situation where the british government is using prince william as a power tool of soft diplomacy. >> so the reason he's been talking about this is because the lancet shows that almost 5 million people die every single

year across the world, from causes associated with antimicrobial resistance. >> so, for example, if you're given an antibiotic , sometimes given an antibiotic, sometimes those that disease inside you does not, does not get killed by the antibiotic because they become resistant to it. and that's what prince william wants to raise awareness of and what he has been raising awareness of today is predicted that by 2050, so 25 years time, that global death toll each year will rise to 10 million. so in a speech today in london, he called for unity and action on this issue . unity and action on this issue. it comes as the government's pledged £85 million to support international community in tackling this growing threat. i also understand that prince william , has kind of, although william, has kind of, although it's the first time he's spoken about this thing publicly today, behind the scenes , it has been a behind the scenes, it has been a growing concern of his. he, of course, was an raf search and rescue pilot. he was an air ambulance pilot as well for east

anglia. and he saw how antibiotics and similar, medical things can, can really help. but also the rising threat of this problem . so prince william, problem. so prince william, a bit on the war, war footing, as it were, on, on this particular global issue today. >> and, queen camilla, she's giving up the fur. >> she's giving up the fur. yes although she stopped wearing fur in 2017. actually, emmy . but it in 2017. actually, emmy. but it was. it's been officially confirmed by buckingham palace as speaking to the animal rights group peta that she is not no longer going to buy any fur items. the late queen elizabeth ii items. the late queen elizabeth i! did something very similar as well. today of course, she's been getting wet at the garden party, but before that she was also in east sussex at the charleston festival, one of the oldest, longest running, even literary festivals in the country. speaking to schoolchildren about the importance of reading, she sees it. that's one of her life's work, really trying to encourage young people and adults to read and how that can really improve your life chances going forward. she was doing that to a great

british photo there. >> queen camilla in the rain. >> queen camilla in the rain. >> walker, thank you very much for joining us and updating us forjoining us and updating us on those issues . forjoining us and updating us on those issues. but to forjoining us and updating us on those issues . but to move on, on those issues. but to move on, a just stop oil activists who spray painted the famous scotland yard sign with orange paint has been cleared of criminal damage charges. >> yes , the activist laura >> yes, the activist laura johnson's barrister, went so far as to believe it or not, liken her to civil rights campaigner rosa parks. >> well, joining us now is just stop oil spokesperson adrian johnson . and adrian do your do johnson. and adrian do your do your do you see yourself as as a civil rights activist , thank you civil rights activist, thank you so much for having me on. tom and to emily speak to you and your viewers about this really important, story. your viewers about this really important, story . sorry, if i important, story. sorry, if i could talk about what happened in the court , as you quite in the court, as you quite rightly say, she was acquitted. she got full acquittal. she was found not guilty by a jury of her peers who listened to the evidence for almost a week, really, and decided in less than an hour that she had a legal excuse for the action that she

took , because they decided that took, because they decided that the action was peaceful. they decided that the that the damage was not significant . and was not significant. and importantly, they came to the conclusion that convicting laura would be a disproportionate interference with her right to the freedom of expression, which is a massively important point. >> it's not serious damage. i can come and paint your house. >> yeah. >> yeah. >> if you had a legal excuse for doing so, you'd be most welcome to do that. >> but you would need to establish in a court of law as laura did last week, that you have a valid reason for doing it. >> so i really passionately believe that the economy would grow faster if we had lower taxes.i grow faster if we had lower taxes. i think more people would be better fed. i think we'd have less poverty. can i just come and write tax cuts on your house? >> so you would need to be taking action against the government, right? >> which is exactly what laura johnson did in that case. >> that's what i'd be doing. i'd be writing tax cuts on your house, saying that. i think that's that's what we need.

>> yeah. it's an interesting conversation to be having, but you would agree that my house has got nothing to do with the government. >> and that's the whole point here. back in 2019, the metropolitan police were given overwhelming evidence that our government are committing crimes against humanity. now. they haven't acted on that evidence. if they were to open up these investigations, our government would change their policies and we would not need to be taking action of the kind that laura johnson did back in 2022. >> adrian, do you see why this might worry, some people, clearly this, jury decided that she was she's been acquitted. no criminal charges , no criminal criminal charges, no criminal conviction. anyway, but if everyone just did this because of the cause that they felt passionate about, we'd live in quite a dangerous place. i mean, if someone put orange paint all over my workplace , i'd probably over my workplace, i'd probably feel at the very least intimidated. feel at the very least intimidated . and surely this is intimidated. and surely this is this is criminal damage. i mean , this is criminal damage. i mean, we can't just all go around spraying orange paint. it seems

ludicrous to me. rather entitled. >> yeah, i fully understand that's a really good point. and i would reassure your viewers and yourselves for that matter, that they have no need to worry because we live in a country that has fantastic laws and legal protection. however, laura was taking this action because and she was doing this in support of law and order and, and the rule of law. and she did say, in her press release . yes, say, in her press release. yes, i would like to adrian, i would, i would like to adrian, i would, i would like no, it's completely connected, isn't it. i would like to ask the met police, who are they there to serve and protect the good people of this country or our oil corrupted government? i would like to ask them how they are planning to police the mass hysteria. the panic, the fear, the looting, the theft , the hoarding, and the the theft, the hoarding, and the inevitable violence that will result when our shelves are empty. yeah, that we cannot feed our children. >> you're saying this is as if it's a fact? of course we know that as time has gone on, actually, as as the climate's

got less, conducive to better farming, technology has improved. there's more food being produced today than there has at any point in human history . it. everyone, i think, history. it. everyone, i think, can accept that the climate is changing, that that that human activity is contributing hugely towards that climate change. but that doesn't mean that we're going to have bare shelves in this country . and to say to this country. and to say to state that as a as a statement of fact , seems like it's a of fact, seems like it's a peculiar position to take. it's not one, for example, that the un has arrived at. >> tom. it is what the un have arrived at. that's exactly the warnings that they are giving us. and tom hasn't said we're going to have famines in the united kingdom . they are, united kingdom. they are, because we're going to find it increasingly difficult to grow food. tom, i would ask you to put your your lack of concern about farming to our farmers. they are literally struggling to make ends meet and they are, you know, for a fact that we had the wettest year, the wettest 18 months on record. they were not

able to plant potatoes in ireland. come on, we're going to run out of food. >> we're not. that doesn't mean we're going to run out of food. that really doesn't. what that means is that new technology is being used. even though there was a difficult year for potatoes this year, more food was produced around the world than ever before because you find ways around this sort of stuff. i guess i've got a more optimistic view and you've got a more disastrous one. i'm so sorry i'm being counted down. we've got to end it. but thank you, adrian johnson, thank you so much for coming on and talking us through. that's the end of the show. >> when we get into potatoes from just appalled to . from just appalled to. >> a brighter outlook with boxt solar sponsors of weather on gb news . news. news. news. >> hello again. here's your latest gb news weather update brought to you by the met office. it will turn mostly dry overnight and it will be dry for many of us tomorrow. but before then we do have some heavy rain around at the moment. currently

across central parts, that's been driven by an area of low pressure that is pushing its way westwards, and that's then pushing the heavy rain westwards as we go through the end of the day. so it is going to clear away. but before then we could have some heavy rain, particularly as we go through this evening's rush hour, could cause some problems on the road. otherwise we are likely to see most places turning dry overnight , although just most places turning dry overnight, although just a most places turning dry overnight , although just a few overnight, although just a few spots of rain where the clouds thick enough across some northern parts of england. perhaps there will be some clear skies, but temperatures aren't going to drop a huge amount. so for many it is going to be a relatively mild start to the day. on friday morning, minima of around 11 and 12 celsius for most places. if we look at the details for tomorrow morning and across scotland, it's a largely fine start. plenty of sunshine here, though perhaps towards the western isles, a bit more cloud and some outbreaks of rain . also and some outbreaks of rain. also and some outbreaks of rain. also a bit more cloud across southern parts of scotland and into northern ireland and northern england too. and this cloud could bring a few outbreaks of rain first thing tomorrow morning, but nothing especially heavy. heading further south across the rest of england and

wales . lots of fine sunny wales. lots of fine sunny weather to be had, but some mist and fog patches possible across parts of the southeast. any mist and fog, though, will quite quickly clear tomorrow morning and for many tomorrow. actually looks like a largely fine day. yes, there will be some showers around , but these will be quite around, but these will be quite hit and miss, so most places are likely to avoid them. but the showers across parts of scotland, particularly central scotland, particularly central scotland, could turn heavy and possibly thundery, with some decent sunshine around. temperatures for many are likely to be a little bit higher than today. more widely, getting into the low 20 celsius. so feeling pretty warm in that sunshine to more fine weather to come across northern parts as we go into the weekend. but further south it's looking quite showery, especially on saturday. perhaps fewer showers on sunday, temperatures still above average for the time of year, so feeling warm in any sunshine . warm in any sunshine. >> that warm feeling inside from boxt boiler as sponsors of weather on

gb news. >> a very good afternoon to you. it's 3 pm. and welcome to the martin daubney show on gb news broadcasting live from the heart of westminster all across the uk . on today's show, labour leader sir keir starmer unveiled earlier the six steps of his general election pledges . but general election pledges. but will these six steps help him take great strides towards downing street, or is keir's list doomed to sink? just like ed miliband's ed stone? plus, later in the show , gb news chris later in the show, gb news chris hope will sit down with the man himself to find out more. and today marks the 81st anniversary of the legendary dambusters missions that define british bravery and helped to turn the course of world war ii well. to mark the occasion, a team of raf cyclists will cycle 300 miles from raf digby in lincolnshire to a war memorial in the netherlands , marking the place netherlands, marking the place the crew sadly perished and will be live from that historic site