>> owning 930 on tuesday, the 21st of may. this is britain's newsroom on gb news with andrew pierce and bev turner. >> very good morning. thanks for joining us. so comprehensive compensation ministers will set out the details of a £10 billion package for the victims of the infected blood scandal. later. here is rishi sunak reacting to the inquiry yesterday, the people and institutions in which we place our trust failed in the most harrowing and devastating way . way. >> and the prime minister is in vienna asking for support and he's getting it for his rwanda migrant scheme. he's been speaking exclusively to gb news, and we're going to bring you that shortly. >> and xl bully dogs. that shortly. >> and xl bully dogs . another >> and xl bully dogs. another dog has killed its owner. a woman in her 50s has been mauled to death by her own dogs at home in east london yesterday. the two registered dogs have been seized, but for the jobless added britons are going to be offered training to plug gaps in

the labour market which were filled by overseas workers. >> why offer.7 why not make them .7 >> why offer.7 why not make them? >> why offer.7 why not make them? >> and >> why offer? why not make them? >> and andrew's book launch for finding margaret took place last night. look at that . there is night. look at that. there is you with one of your favourite women. yeah >> and also joan collins and me. >> and also joan collins and me. >> the great dame joan collins was there, as was bev turner with her young man. he's very young. >> it was a lovely day, though, wasn't it ? and it's an amazing story. >> it was a great turnout too, and so it was great. and yeah, so it's the book comes out on thursday. >> super. right. let us know your thoughts this morning gbnews.com. get involved with the program and each other. you can talk to each other on there as well. first though, the very latest news with tatiana sanchez

i >> -- >> beth, thank you very much. the top stories from the gb newsroom. the government will outline how it plans to compensate the victims and families of the infected blood scandal when it makes a statement in the commons today. the prime minister apologised yesterday after the infected blood inquiry published its final report into the scandal, blaming failures on successive governments. the nhs and blood services since the 1970s, 30,000 people were infected with hiv and hepatitis through contaminated blood products and transfusions around 3000 have since died. chancellor jeremy since died. chancellorjeremy hunt has pledged to pay victims back as part of a £10 billion package, but the prime minister is in vienna for talks with the austrian chancellor about . austrian chancellor about. illegal migration. rishi sunak arrived at the chancellery,

greeted by austria's karl nehammer. a red carpet was rolled out to welcome him. 15 eu countries, including austria , countries, including austria, signed a letter calling on the european commission to tighten migration policy and to look at third country schemes. their meeting comes as the government promised an extra £25 million for the national crime agency to tackle people smuggling gangs. at a press conference this morning, rishi sunak said the criminal gangs are growing in strength and business as usual won't solve the problem. >> people are losing their lives as they are exploited by these criminal gangs and it is, of course, a threat to our stability , to the rule of law. stability, to the rule of law. and rightly, our citizens are demanding that their leaders, their politicians tackle it. we have to think creatively. we have to think creatively. we have to think creatively. we have to pursue new ideas , new have to pursue new ideas, new solutions and deterrence. removals to safe third countries like the uk's pioneering rwanda scheme. and, as carl said , it's scheme. and, as carl said, it's increasingly clear that many other countries now agree that

thatis other countries now agree that that is the approach that is required. bold novel looking at safe country partnerships . safe country partnerships. >> meanwhile, during a visit to essex police headquarters, the home secretary has insisted the government is still determined to stop the boats as migrant channel crossings near 10,000 for the year so far. james cleverly has said people smugglers have changed the way they operate . when he was they operate. when he was questioned over why the number of migrants arriving in the uk continues to rise and brits out of work in the uk will be offered places on skills boot camps as the government aims to plug camps as the government aims to plug gaps in the labour market previously filled by overseas workers. benefits claimants will be given training for roles in key sectors facing shortages, including hospitality vie care, construction and manufacturing. in a speech today, the work and pensions secretary, mel stride, is expected to say that the uk has relied on foreign labour for too long and he's determined to put that right. it comes after the home office announced a

number of restrictions to cut the number of people entering the number of people entering the country, and ahead of official net migration statistics to be published on thursday . and for the latest thursday. and for the latest stories, sign up to gb news alerts. by scanning the qr code on your screen, or go to gb news. common alerts. now it's back to andrew and bev . back to andrew and bev. >> good morning. 935 we're a little bit foggy in the head this morning, having been to andrew's lovely book launch last night . night. >> that's the book. >> that's the book. >> this is the book. and, my other half gave it to him and said, would you sign something nice to bev inside? it couldn't bnng nice to bev inside? it couldn't bring himself to do that. so he did write it to my mother, to joyce.i did write it to my mother, to joyce. i love bev, really honest. and she pissed . yeah. honest. and she pissed. yeah. thank you. protested too much. no, but it was a really fun do. and, joan collins was there . of coui'se. >> course. >> she made a lovely speech.

>> she made a lovely speech. >> how old is she now? >> how old is she now? >> she will not thank me for asking for answering this question, but she has already had her 90th. >> she is extraordinary . and >> she is extraordinary. and actually not just that she doesn't look 90. the fact that she stood up, spoke without any kind of card, just spoke from the heart. took the mickey out of you a little bit, a lot , of you a little bit, a lot, which is fine. >> it was a really good event and actually , you know, the and actually, you know, the story is the story itself is so remarkable . and as you said last remarkable. and as you said last night on the stage, you presume that an adoption story is going to be all kind of davina mccall, andifs to be all kind of davina mccall, and it's going to be lovely and there's going to be happy music. and it isn't that story always work out the twist, because i did find my birth mother. >> that's what the story is about, finding margaret. and it wasn't, as you might expect, and, who would have thought that my birth mother would have been three weeks from her 35th birthday, when she had me in 1961? who had what single mothers were 35 in 1961. extraordinary. >> yeah, it is extraordinary. >> yeah, it is extraordinary. >> so i've just delved and delved and then the extraordinary story about my

birth father or not. >> and i don't think this story is quite finished yet as well, because you've still got to meet, haven't you, your half siblings. yeah the children your mother went on to have. >> she had four children. she got married while i was still in the orphanage. yeah. >> good luck to her. because she wanted to find some happiness. and i don't resent her for that. she died a few years ago, and i was actually at the funeral. >> well, there's more to come from this story, but. yeah, it's really good. >> so bev was there with a very young man, very young man. very charming, because i know he'd be watching very charming, very charming. >> and you were flirting with him , i was not. oh, you were, him, i was not. oh, you were, you were definitely flirting with him a little bit. was but also i met your your lovely young man as well. >> are you flirting with him? >> are you flirting with him? >> he was very nice. >> he was very nice. >> a bit of a waste time . >> a bit of a waste time. >> a bit of a waste time. >> now, then, should we move on? i think we should. 938. government is going to outline its plans to compensate the victims and families of the infected blood scandal. >> can i just say here again, why is it the taxpayer again, that's going to have to do this? because when we say the

government is going to compensate, it means everybody watching this, everybody listening to this, it's our money. and it was a day of shame. yeah. for the way the nhs behaved, the way ministers behaved, the way ministers behaved and the terrible cover up. >> correct. >> correct. >> it's being called a day of national shame. the prime minister apologised after the infected blood inquiry published its final report into the scandal. he blamed it on failures of successive governments , the nhs and blood governments, the nhs and blood services, blood services basically means the drug companies, right? the pharmaceutical companies who in the united states have paid vast sums of compensation . sums of compensation. >> why aren't they doing it here? now, in a very chilling section of the inquiry, it found that boys at lord mayor treloar college in hampshire were used as objects for research . listen as objects for research. listen to this figure. only 30 of 122 boys with haemophilia at that school in the 1970s and 1980s have survived . they were they have survived. they were they were effectively killed. >> it's outrageous and shocking. there are called eugenics. >> there are calls for lord ken clarke , the former health clarke, the former health secretary, to lose his peerage

over this here he is giving evidence at the inquiry. >> why do we have to go in such meticulous detail through who said what, when and when did he change his mind? and i do seem to have changed my mind, yes. it didn't make any difference, did it? well, i think what happened on the ground, not for me to answer questions. well, it is what is the relevance of all this? what difference did it make on the ground? >> well, joining us now is political correspondent for the spectator, james heale, and political editor of huffpost, kevin schofield . the arrogance kevin schofield. the arrogance that drips off ken clarke in that drips off ken clarke in that clip, just kind of for me, explains why this particular issue was kicked down the road for so many years. james, if politicians had that opinion . politicians had that opinion. >> yes. so ken clarke was the junior minister at the beginning of the 1980s, when the news was starting to come out, that aids was linked to these blood transfusions and i think, you know, someone like that who went

on the record and defended what the government was doing at the time, you might think have a bit more contrition in his statement and that evidence given in 2021, by that point, of course, it was clear we'd had decades of these stories. we all knew what the evidence was pointing to, and you'd think someone like that would be a bit more humble in that position. and so i think that's what people are focusing on. i think what happened 30 years or so ago, people can go, well, it was in line with the science and government opinion at the time. but ken clarke's evidence was extraordinarily combative. and i think maybe i think andrew would agree with me, perhaps the image of ken clarke as a sort of cuddly tory of the 2020s, very different to the 80s, of course, he was a bit of a bruiser, a big cabinet hitter, and i think we saw a touch of what he was like then. >> i completely agree with that. agree with that. james. and kevin schofield, he emphatically denied any link between blood and aids. and yet we already knew it was becoming increasingly obvious. there was a direct link and the very following year, his own government sanctioned those extraordinary advertisements. you remember the great tombstones to warn people about aids and the possibility of unprotected sex. so he seems to

me to be in a lot of difficulty. should he be? should we be talking about taking his peerage away? which would be an unusual step . step. >> it really would be an unusual step. i think it's a legitimate debate to be had. i think i can absolutely understand why the victims are so angry at his arrogance . and you just saw it arrogance. and you just saw it there in that clip of the way that he answered questions, as james says, very combative , no james says, very combative, no contrition whatsoever. and really, the families deserve answers, as you say, as to why ken clarke took the position that he did in the 1980s, despite the evidence we already knew then , or government knew then, or government officials already knew then that there was a link between, blood products and aids. and yet ken clarke was arguing as health secretary. that was not the case. and here are all these years later and he doesn't seem to have shifted his position. so yeah, i think it is a legitimate

question. it's a it's one obviously for the forfeitures committee. it's highly unusual for them to remove a peerage , for them to remove a peerage, but absolutely, i can understand why people are at least raising that as an issue, given the strong criticism of ken clarke in the report. and, you know, as we've just seen there, the evidence that that he gave dunng evidence that that he gave during the inquiry itself and james, what about, the idea of the drugs companies getting involved here or even criminal prosecution ? prosecution? >> because in france, back in 1999, three government ministers were prosecuted , one were prosecuted, one successfully, people were sent to prison who were worked in, in the blood industry, if i could put it that way, shouldn't. there's no talk yet so far, despite the report yesterday of criminal prosecutions, and i can't for the life of me think, why not? >> well, i think that unfortunately , due to a lot of unfortunately, due to a lot of the people being involved are now dead, perhaps the lack of people who you can identify for criminal prosecutions is one

practical hurdle, but i. right, i think you're right, andrew, to have that conversation. i think what we're going to see today is a conversation around, you know, the compensation, how the taxpayers going to pay for it, if that's in line with the recommendations of the inquiry. but i suspect in the coming days, we're really going to see a lot of that. and i think in this country, you know, we often have a really bad tradition, i think, where people frankly get away with it, where we don't have criminal prosecutions appued have criminal prosecutions applied for so—called white collar crime. and so i think in this case, given, as rishi sunak said, this is a day of national scandal, one of the worst in this country's history, where the state was literally injecting poisoned blood into the arms of young men and women. i think that there's a very strong case for this kind of thing to be pursued in the future. >> these kids at treloar college, kevin, in what where was the duty of care? what's happened there? is that just that the pharmaceutical company that the pharmaceutical company that was injecting them with this blood was just able to act with absolute impunity, because why who was not there looking

after those kids, who was not there checking that they were being protected? and has anything changed? >> well, that's an excellent question. i mean, you wonder i mean, these poor children were effectively used to be experimented on, and, you know, when they're at school, there is a duty of care on the teachers , a duty of care on the teachers, on staff to look after these children. how this was allowed to happen. and the families of these children thought that they were being looked after, to the best of the school staff's ability. and yet we now know that they were being , that they were being, experimented on effectively. and, facing a low, a slow, lingering death , absolutely lingering death, absolutely horrendous. and that's probably one of, you know, the whole inquiry has uncovered , you know, inquiry has uncovered, you know, thousands of examples of terrible , suffering, needless terrible, suffering, needless suffering by thousands of people. but i think that one in particular really gets to the heart of the matter. these were young, innocent children who ,

young, innocent children who, through no fault of their own, were condemned to death . and were condemned to death. and really, the families deserve so many answers as to how this happened and reassurances for the public that this type of thing can never possibly happen again . again. >> and james heale just finally on this, there was it was brutal because staff would go around the classroom pointing at the boy, saying, you've got it, you haven't. you've got it . you haven't. you've got it. you haven't. you've got it. you haven't. referring to a disease called hiv that was ultimately going to kill them. unbelievable >> absolutely. it was the callous handling , compounding callous handling, compounding the initial shocking misjudgement. the initial shocking misjudgement . and that is why misjudgement. and that is why when you see people like ken clarke be so cavalier in their evidence, after decades of these kind of stories, it's all the more galling for the victims. and their families, really is right. >> thank you both so much, kevin and james heale, from the spectator there this morning. in a statement, a spokesperson at the lord mayor treloar college has said the inquiry's report shows the full extent of this horrifying national scandal. we are devastated that some of our

former pupils were so tragically affected and hope that the findings provide some solace for them and their families. the report lays bare the systemic failure at the heart of the scandal . scandal. >> well, that won't bring much comfort, will it? >> it won't bring much comfort. and i don't think anything has changed. as we know, there are a lot of people who have been used as guinea pigs in even recent times. it's nothing to do with infected blood. >> when i was reading, i thought this, this god forgive me to even think of germany. what was going on with the experiments the nazi doctors did on jewish people experimenting on boys? let's just pump this stuff into their veins . let's just pump this stuff into their veins. it might be all right. >> might not sound strangely familiar . familiar. >> recent events killed 75% of them. yeah, i'm just going to read out a tweet from our colleague here @gbnews mark dolan, which i think is brilliant. >> he said the infected blood scandal is a profound moment of national shame. the government, the nhs and the civil service failed, three decades of tragic victims said. luckily, things have changed and the covid 19 vaccine rollout was ethical, proportionate and did no harm because there are some questions

still to be asked, especially with children in that debate as well . so has with children in that debate as well. so has much changed. i'm not sure it has. i hope it will, and i hope there are lessons to be learned, and i hope people are held to account. >> up next rishi sunak. >> up next rishi sunak. >> he's in austria. he's getting support for his rwanda deal.

>> good morning. >> good morning. >> 950 fell out, right. >> 950 fell out, right. >> rishi sunak is in austria. he's held talks with the country's leader about illegal migration. >> he's announced an extra 25 million. honestly to disrupt people smugglers and their operations. we've got an exclusive interview with the prime minister, which we're going to be broadcasting very shortly. and he's going to make some very big revelations. >> but first, mel white is here with the latest. >> i'm not sure how big the revelations are going to be, but, you know, 25 million is

nothing. >> play it down, mark. >> play it down, mark. >> no, no, i mean, how much have we squandered with the french authorities to try to stop the people, the to try to crack down on the people smugglers, to try to stop the boats going in on the channel in the first place. >> what does it take for a copper to just puncture the dinghy? >> to be fair to the french, do we have to be? >> they are we do we have to be fair? >> they are doing that . 500 >> they are doing that. 500 million tons are your question. yes. what a lot of money. the french over a number of years to enhance the security on the beaches. they've got a very strong , long stretch of strong, long stretch of coastline that they've got to try to police . the people try to police. the people smugglers are trying to keep one step ahead of them. they've actually been adapting their tactics in recent weeks. we've noficed tactics in recent weeks. we've noticed that now they seem to be pushing out boats much more often , but in smaller numbers. often, but in smaller numbers. so before you had a surge tactic where you get a dozen boats at least being pushed off from the beachesin least being pushed off from the beaches in the hope that the

majority of these boats would get through. now they seem to be just trying to pick stretches of beach where they think law enforcement are not going to be go out on days when the weather's not that good and, you know, takes them a bit by surprise. but, you know, that's their tactic for the moment. it'll change again, trying to stay one step ahead of the people smugglers is an, you know, an extraordinarily difficult task for the authorities to do. we're getting 25 million more for the ncaa. >> they are don't don't the french police know who they are? don't. interpol. no they don't. the british police know that it can't be beyond the wit of man to know who they are and to get them. >> well, you would you would certainly think so. and yes, of course they do have intelligence as to who the big organised criminal networks are. but intelligence, knowing who people are and actually being able to prove that they're linked to a crime is difficult. you can't move on individuals necessarily, until you have that evidence in place that you can put before

the courts, or you're just back to square one again. >> it's i think, what's changed recently for me, probably in the last six months with this story, is that this felt like a very british problem, illegal migration for such a long time. but there was this letter signed by 15 leaders of eu countries last week, wasn't it mainland europe is feeling this badly now that might bring things to a head which might also help us. >> i think that's an excellent point. actually, europe appear to be wakening up to the need to come up with a solution that's going to act as a proper deterrent. and they are seriously looking at the issue of third countries now, which is going to be interesting for laboun going to be interesting for labour, because labour has said very explicitly , absolutely, if very explicitly, absolutely, if they get into power, rwanda is being scrapped . so what are they being scrapped. so what are they going to do then? look for another third safe country. we're going to go through this whole rigmarole again . yeah, so whole rigmarole again. yeah, so european countries, a number of them are actively looking at them. in fact, some like italy , them. in fact, some like italy, have already signed with the likes of albania. all right. thank you mark. >> well we'll have that

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gb news. >> away . >> away. >> away. >> 10:00 on monday, the 21st of may. this is britain's newsroom on gb news with me, bev turner and andrew pierce. >> the prime minister is in vienna, and he's getting key support from europe for his rwanda migrant scheme. he's been speaking exclusively to gb news. and we're going to bring you that very soon. >> and comprehensive compensation ministers will set out the details of a £10 billion package for the victims of the

infected blood scandal later today. here's rishi sunak reacting to the inquiry yesterday . yesterday. >> the people and institutions in which we place our trust failed in the most harrowing and devastating way the sewage scandal. >> the chief medical officer for england, sir chris whitty, says cleaning up our water is a pubuc cleaning up our water is a public health priority as well as an environmental one. more stating it has been obvious honestly and boot camp for the jobless. >> out of work, britons will be offered training to plug gaps in the labour market, which were filled by overseas workers. i think that is a very good idea, so . i. so. i. >> how much? >> how much? >> how much do we pay the chief medical officer for england to come up with that profound observation? sir chris whitty profess sound observation. he's a man you saw on your tv screen virtually every day during the

covid covid lockdown. oh, it's a pubuc covid covid lockdown. oh, it's a public health issue and an environmental. we never know. it's a chris. >> honestly, we're all outraged about our dirty rivers and seas. it is not acceptable. we're going to be going live, actually, to a big event in the uk this morning, a celebration actually, of our rivers and how clean they should be. we're going to be talking to some experts who are down there, hopefully in the who'd swim in a river these days. >> not me. >> not me. >> i like swimming in rivers. i know you made your way then. i've not been in one this morning. i wish i had. there's a canal out here. it always takes my eye. i love swimming in rivers and. but even if i didn't, my. i want my kids to go in the sea on holiday. and i want them to be able to swim in clean waters. let us know your thoughts. this morning gbnews.com/yoursay first though, tatiana sanchez. >> beth. thank you. the top stories victims of the infected blood scandal will find out today how the government will compensate them when it makes a statement in the house of

commons. the prime minister apologised yesterday after the infected blood inquiry published its final report into the scandal, blaming failures on successive governments , the nhs successive governments, the nhs and blood services . since the and blood services. since the 19705, 30,000 and blood services. since the 1970s, 30,000 people were infected with hiv and hepatitis through contaminated blood products and transfusions . products and transfusions. around 3000 have since died. chancellor jeremy around 3000 have since died. chancellorjeremy hunt has chancellor jeremy hunt has pledged to pay victims back as part of a £10 billion package. shadow cabinet minister nick thomas—symonds says yesterday was a profound moment for the country, but that victims should not have gone through what they did . did. >> the fact that it isn't just this awful scandal, we've got the hillsborough scandal as well. we've got the windrush scandal, we've got the post office horizon scandal and how it is that there are people who are putting protecting their own reputations, protecting the reputations, protecting the reputation of institutions above the public interest .

reputation of institutions above the public interest. he reputation of institutions above the public interest . he talked the public interest. he talked about a cultural change. there's not a single policy lever to pull to make that possible. that's going to require leadership. and that's what we have to dedicate ourselves to do, not just now, but in the months and years ahead . months and years ahead. >> meanwhile, the prime minister has said illegal migration has become truly one of the defining issues of our time. he's in vienna for talks with the austrian chancellor about illegal migration . in. rishi illegal migration. in. rishi sunak arrived at the chancellor . sunak arrived at the chancellor. he greeted by austria's karl nehammer. a red carpet was rolled out to welcome him. 15 eu countries, including austria, signed a letter calling on the european commission to tighten migration policy and to look at third country schemes . their third country schemes. their meeting comes as the government promised an extra £25 million for the national crime agency to tackle people smuggling gangs. at a press conference this morning, rishi sunak said the

criminal gangs are growing in strength and business as usual won't solve the problem. people are losing their lives as they are losing their lives as they are exploited by these criminal gangs and it is, of course, a threat to our stability , to the threat to our stability, to the rule of law. >> and rightly, our citizens are demanding that their leaders, their politicians, tackle it. we have to think creatively. we have to think creatively. we have to think creatively. we have to pursue new ideas , new have to pursue new ideas, new solutions and deterrence. removals to safe third countries like the uk's pioneering rwanda scheme. and as carl said, it's increasingly clear that many other countries now agree that thatis other countries now agree that that is the approach that is required. bold novel looking at safe country partnerships . safe country partnerships. >> meanwhile, during a visit to essex police's headquarters, the home secretary has insisted the government is still determined to stop the boats as migrant channel crossings near 10,000 for the year so far. james cleverly has said people smugglers have changed the way they operate . when he was they operate. when he was questioned over why the number

of migrants arriving in the uk continues to rise, he blamed laboun continues to rise, he blamed labour, saying the rwanda scheme has been delayed because of the delaying tactics of the labour party . brits out of work delaying tactics of the labour party. brits out of work in delaying tactics of the labour party . brits out of work in the party. brits out of work in the uk will be offered places on skills bootcamps as part of a government bid to plug gaps in the labour market previously filled by overseas workers . filled by overseas workers. benefits claimants will be given training for roles in key sectors facing shortages, including hospitality, care , including hospitality, care, construction and manufacturing. in a speech today, work and pensions secretary mel stride is expected to say the uk has relied on foreign labour for far too long and he is determined to put that right. it comes after the home office announced a number of restrictions to cut the number of people entering the number of people entering the country, and head of official net migration statistics being published this week, mel stride told gb news this morning that this is a big opportunity for the domestic workforce. >> i've set up a cross—ministerial task force that will be looking at making those kind of changes to the way

the labour market works in those sectors to encourage and increase the supply of labour into them. we did that with hgv licences and drivers. if you remember, back in 2021 when we had 33 different changes, which evenin had 33 different changes, which even in the short term really freed up labour supply. so those are the kind of things that i'm going to be talking about today. >> in other news, the owner of south west water has revealed it's paying out around £35 million in compensation to customers affected by the parasite outbreak in devon . parasite outbreak in devon. southwest water increased compensation to £215 for customers, as many were still told to boil their water before drinking it. that's after the contamination of supply by cryptosporidium . that's a water cryptosporidium. that's a water borne disease which can cause unpleasant symptoms such as diarrhoea and vomiting. environment secretary steve barclay told the commons that the number of cases in the brixham area could continue to rise due to symptoms taking up to ten days to emerge and drivers are being warned over

congestion ahead of what's expected to be the busiest. may bank holiday weekend on the roads since the start of the covid pandemic. the roads since the start of the covid pandemic . the rac roads since the start of the covid pandemic. the rac has predicted more than 20 million leisure trips by car will be made between friday and bank houday made between friday and bank holiday monday, the worst day is likely to be friday, as the start of the long weekend coincides with the beginning of the half term for some schools . the half term for some schools. for the latest stories, sign up to gb news alerts by scanning the qr code on your screen or go to gb news. com slash alerts. now back to andrew and . bev. now back to andrew and. bev. >> good morning. it is 1008. this is britain's newsroom on gb news with andrew pearson . bev news with andrew pearson. bev turner you've been getting in touch on home on gbnews.com/yoursay. james, who is a member. thank you very much. james, says rishi. very simple. turn the boats back. under international maritime law, we are entitled to do it.

why are you still lying to the british public with about 25 exclamation marks and, saul has got in touch about this story about labour offering boot camps. so training boot camps not the physical type to people who haven't got jobs, but they might need to reskill , let's say might need to reskill, let's say empty, worthless waste of time, says the tories. >> actually offering it, not the laboun >> actually offering it, not the labour. it's a labour. it's a laboun labour. it's a labour. it's a labour. no, it's mel stride. oh, announcing it today. >> make them work or sanction their benefits. thank you. britain is filthy. get the unworkable out with supervised foreman power washing our city centres , lanes, back courts, centres, lanes, back courts, cleaning flytipping etc. brilliant that i agree with. i am so sick of our dirty pavements and they're broken and there's litter everywhere and it's a great idea. >> but why are they waiting till five minutes before a general election to do it? >> exactly . vie i think that's >> exactly. vie i think that's why i presumed it was a labour policy. it feels like at the moment we've been having this sort of impasse, haven't we, where no one's been telling us what they're going to do, and suddenly there's now like

policy, policy, policy. >> labour is saying, oh, this is demonising migrants. no, what we're saying is this country is full up, we're bursting at the seams. so we've got vast numbers of people on benefits who aren't working, who could be working. and this is what mel stride is saying. can i help people to know how to apply for a job? because some people do need help , a problem with basic literacy, because he's saying, we've got to mobilise these unemployed people to get them back into work. the thing is, we've got to make sure that it's beneficial for them to work, bev, rather than staying on benefits, because that's the trouble. often it is more beneficial to stay on benefits. ridiculous right? >> gbnews.com/yoursay so the government will outline its plans today to compensate the victims and families of the infected blood scandal in a very chilling section of the inquiry, it found. >> this is just so distressing. boys at lord mayor treloar college in hampshire will use as objects for research guinea pigs. in other words, only 30 of the 122 pupils with haemophilia at the school in the 70s and 80s

are still alive today . are still alive today. >> there are calls for lord ken clarke, the former health secretary, to lose his peerage. here he is at the inquiry , not here he is at the inquiry, not exactly looking contrite. >> why do we have to go in such meticulous detail through who said what, when and when did he change his mind ? and i do seem change his mind? and i do seem to have changed my mind. yes. it didn't make any difference, did it? well, i think what happened on the ground, not for me to answer questions. well, it is what's what's the relevance of all this? what difference did it make on the ground? >> so ken clarke was health minister in 1983 when he denied any link between blood and the growing problem of hiv aids. if you got hiv , you turned to aids you got hiv, you turned to aids in the 1980s. it was a death sentence . and that was the sentence. and that was the problem with this blood. much of the blood that was imported from er came from prisons, gay bars , er came from prisons, gay bars, sex workers. it had hiv in it and he denied there was any

link. >> joining us now is the chair of haemophilia scotland bill wright. good morning bill i'm sure it's been an emotional week for you. in some regards. there's a huge amount of information to take in and a huge amount of exam operation, actually, and disbelief about the things that we've heard coming out of this inquiry. can you just explain to us how this happenedin you just explain to us how this happened in the first place? as the chair of haemophilia scotland , how was infected blood scotland, how was infected blood able to be distributed , did so able to be distributed, did so willingly ? willingly? >> well, as it's finally been reported in the inquiry , there reported in the inquiry, there were major shortcomings throughout the situation. there was a lack of regulation in terms of the way that blood was processed. for those people who had blood transfusions, they basically, the inquiry indicates that that some doctors were using blood fast and loose when there was evidence going right back to the 1940s that that blood, you know, taking one pint of blood from one person and

giving it to another person involved the potential to carry viruses such as hepatitis. and of course, the later virus, hiv. i myself was infected with hepatitis c in 1986, and so , hepatitis c in 1986, and so, there were were problems at all levels because for those people who had haemophilia, the bleeding disorder where they have difficulty actually making their blood clot , they give this their blood clot, they give this blood, they gave this these blood, they gave this these blood concentrates called factor eight and factor nine in order to stop them bleeding . but those to stop them bleeding. but those concentrates were made up from blood donors , from literally blood donors, from literally thousands of people. and it just needed one of those donors to carry a virus for a haemophiliac to be infected with that virus . to be infected with that virus. >> when do you think, bill, in honesty , that they would that honesty, that they would that people in in authority people distributing the blood were aware there could be a problem because i know they were screening for hiv from 1986, but

they weren't screening for hepatitis announced until 1991. >> well, some there were scientists who frankly were were signalling back in the 1940s, then the 50s, then the 60s that hepatologists not haematologists , you know, people who who are experts on viruses rather than on blood, who were saying that there was the danger that that blood could be carried and the various, official committees and so on. and so forth. they chose to frankly ignore a lot of that, that advice. and it actually turned out that those the analogy i would draw here is that there was smoke coming out of a building, but when the fire brigade, turned up, they said, well, this isn't actually a real fire yet , so let's just see what fire yet, so let's just see what happens. fire yet, so let's just see what happens . and we can actually,

happens. and we can actually, you know, we can research on it and see watch closely what happens. and then if the building burns down with a child in it, then obviously that's bad news. so there was this this culture amongst the medical profession where rather than any evidence, where there was a potential risk, and they, they chose to act in it, they waited until they said, well, no, we need , convincing proof that that need, convincing proof that that blood's actually the cause of the virus of these viruses. in other words, they didn't adopt a precautionary approach. >> and the society bill was very was the first to say ken clarke should not even get his peerage until the public inquiry into infected blood had reported. now, ken clarke got his peerage. we saw his cavalier arrogance response in that public inquiry. is your view now that actually there should at least be a

debate about whether he should keep that period, because he can, of course, in certain circumstances it can be stripped from him, well, i think there may well be a strong case for that. and what you're actually talking about there is justice, and i've just had a debate with colleagues in another broadcasting forum about whether , for example, criminal prosecutions might take place , i prosecutions might take place, i think that there are two ways of looking at justice. there's from the, the perspective of the perpetrator, the guilty parties . perpetrator, the guilty parties. but also there's the there's from the perspective of the victims here. and of course, those of us that have been infected would be, you know, the survivors would be seen as the victims. and we're about to hear this afternoon from the government about how they might actually compensate for that. i think certainly kenneth clarke's reputation has been completely shredded in this report that appeared yesterday , along with appeared yesterday, along with other ministers, along with civil servants and along with

doctors . whether we need to go doctors. whether we need to go beyond that , may well cause beyond that, may well cause a lot of angst , beyond that, may well cause a lot of angst, and we need to be aware of the law of unintended consequences, because because if we weren't successful in removing kenneth clarke from the house of lords , then that may house of lords, then that may well cause further stress. further angst, further anguish and anger. and i think i think we've now reached a point where, frankly, perhaps we really need to get on with our lives in this community, and you know, what's left of our lives . i community, and you know, what's left of our lives. i mean, i was infected 38 years ago, personally with hepatitis c, i then went on to develop because of that liver cirrhosis. and i've recently been diagnosed with liver cancer, so i was unfortunately unable to be in london yesterday to hear, the report being delivered . but the report being delivered. but the report being delivered. but the report came as no surprise. it wasn't a shock , because we'd wasn't a shock, because we'd watched the evidence during the course of the inquiry, we'd seen

kenneth clarke and the offensive manner in which he he he behaved dunng manner in which he he he behaved during that inquiry, and the disrespect that he paid to sir bnan disrespect that he paid to sir brian and his legal team. so none of that came as a surprise, what was a surprise was, frankly, the judgement that that sir brian placed in all of this after he assembled all the evidence together . evidence together. >> okay. thank you so much. we wish you all the best. yeah. bill, that's the chair of the haemophilia association scotland. bill. right. >> thank gracious. you consider i mean the easiness to just be bitter. >> i know it's quite touching isn't it. it's similar with the post office scandal i think when something's been going on for so long, maybe you you can't be consumed by the anger and the hate and actually you just channel it into trying to get things done, let's tell you what the lord mayor of treloar college said , we are devastated college said, we are devastated that some of our former pupils were so tragically affected they died. the findings provide some

solace for them and their families. the report lays bare the systemic failure at the heart of the scandal tragically affected, says the statement. >> no, they died. >> no, they died. >> yeah, and that some of them died. the majority of them died , died. the majority of them died, right. still to come. do you know what d—day is ? well, know what d—day is? well, apparently more than half of young people don't. generation z, of course, yet again, you're going to go, aren't you? next week on d—day, gonna be here for gb news and on the beaches in france. >> i'm looking forward to it. it'll be very moving, very powerful. 80th anniversary, of course, of d—day, because some of us know what it is and why it's important. >> don't go anywhere. this is britain's newsroom on

gb news. >> 1022 us gb news. >>1022 us britain's gb news. >> 1022 us britain's newsroom on gb news with andrew pierce and bev turner. >> we are joined in the studio by gb news senior political commentator nigel nelson and former lib dem mp luciana berger

, labour mp. i was going to say we weren't. i was just going to say you were for a little while. yeah, somebody got that off wikipedia wrong . yeah, you were wikipedia wrong. yeah, you were labour and then you were temporarily with the lib dems and you are now back in the labour party. i am, yes. >> you left the labour party, luciana, over the appalling anti—semitism during jeremy corbyn's leadership. michael gove, the community secretary, is making a speech this morning where he's saying these marches, particularly in london, they're becoming a vehicle for hatred. and the organisers have to do more to stop the anti—semitism. the cries for intifada. what's your view? >> well , it's your view? >> well, it's i think we have to be very, very careful that we don't paint every single protester in that vein and certainly most people are peace loving and, you know, exercising their right to protest, as we have in this country separately , have in this country separately, we have a challenge in a very serious situation. and i was watching some of the videos from the protests that took place over the weekend of people that are not they're not following the rules. we've got people that have face coverings when they're not supposed to have face

coverings. and i saw footage from the weekend of people calling for intifada in this country, which is obviously very, very serious and needs to be addressed. >> do you as a jewish person, would you feel safe if walking in central london in the area of the marches, you saw what happened to gideon falter a few weeks ago, a part of the anti—semitism and the campaign against anti—semitism. he was threatened with arrest. you look very jewish, sir. >> and i saw that video. i mean, ichoose >> and i saw that video. i mean, i choose not to travel into those areas on the weekend because of that, but because i'm recognisable and identifiable as a member of the jewish community. that's not the case for everyone, but that's a choice that i make. >> that's terribly sort of when you stop and think about what that means , is, as a british that means, is, as a british citizen in 2024, how do you how do you square that with any sort of, clamp down on those sorts of protests, whilst also maintaining our right to protest? >> well, i think it answers the question that you asked at the start, and that's about making

sure that everything can and should be done to hold people to account , that do break the account, that do break the rules. and the fact that we continue to see on a weekly bafis continue to see on a weekly basis this footage, we see both video and photographs of people that are holding placards that do break the rules, have very clearly anti—semitic and anti—jewish hatred written within them. and the fact that we're seeing people that are chanting things again that break the rules, that's where we need to see the action taken. so our streets are safe for people that wish to walk amongst them. >> nigel, it is shameful state of affairs, isn't it, that jewish people will feel unwilling? luciano, who's very high profile to go into our great capital city because of course, it is. >> i mean, obviously luciano is recognisable in a way, in a way that other people may not be, and this is where the police must, must take action. i mean, i mean, certainly if gove is turning around and saying that the organisers must try and police their own demonstration properly, that's right to there should be no anti—semitism on these marches . there should be

these marches. there should be no hate speech. the chanting we talked about before, it depends what chants are actually being made . but really it comes down made. but really it comes down to it's down to the police to make sure these demonstrations don't break the law . they are don't break the law. they are arresting people. a number of several hundred people have already been arrested on on these demonstrations. that is right . but if people are still right. but if people are still getting through, you're going to need more police out there to make more arrests. yeah, i mean, michael gove is going to be talking this morning. >> he's going to say that the organisers of these marches could do everything in their power to stop them. and they don't to stop that . he's talking don't to stop that. he's talking about promoting hate. the marches have been overwhelmingly peaceful , of course, but there peaceful, of course, but there was somebody was arrested at the weekend for carrying a coffin with offensive language on it, where how do you see this panning out? luciano, if you can get out your crystal ball . what? get out your crystal ball. what? because whilst this is raging in the middle east, we are going to see this in this country every

single weekend. that could be years . years. >> and we've seen it at different moments in our history, and we certainly saw it, you know, between, you know, under the last government as well. and, and, and then it was the next thing. so i think in the next thing. so i think in the here and now, the most important thing is about ensuring that we do have laws in this country and that they are used to hold people to account when they break them. and that's certainly, i think, the gap at the moment. i mean, i can't i don't have a crystal ball. i don't have a crystal ball. i don't know what will happen into the future, but certainly now at this moment, you know, just in the last few days we have seen that footage of what's happened on our streets. and that's why more action needs to be taken. and we do have laws, you know, we do have rules which mean that people cannot or should be doing this, and therefore people should be held to account. >> we're just going to get a clip because this is michael gove, the community secretary, speaking. now we might just just to catch a bit of what he's saying since then the shadow has only spread the hate grown. >> we've seen an explosion in anti—semitism. the charity charged with recording

anti—semitic incidents, the community security trust, recorded 4103 incidents in 2023. as we've heard, that was an increase of 147% on the previous yean increase of 147% on the previous year, which was itself a record high. of those figures, 2699 incidents occurred after october the 7th. that is more anti—semitic incidents occurred between october the 7th and december the 31st, 2023 than in any previous 12 month period, and every day brings fresh examples. the chaplain driven off campus at leeds university because he was jewish. the visitor to a mosque promoting interfaith dialogue told he was not welcome because he was jewish. the family, who found their baby's passport defaced because they were jewish. the stand up comic, who was told by a bbc comedy star that she would

be killed and her family would be killed and her family would be grieving for her in the cemetery because she was jewish. the renovator of a dilapidated building threatened with a machete and told he should leave the jew building he was working in because he was jewish. the reporter told not to cover an event because her eyes looked jewish and inseparable from these incidents are the increasingly strident , these incidents are the increasingly strident, visible and lurid demonstrations of anti—semitism on our streets dunng anti—semitism on our streets during protest marches , during protest marches, swastikas, hamas banners, depictions of jews as exploiters, devils, child killers . it's incessant. we saw killers. it's incessant. we saw it again. only this weekend. the imagery of der sturmer paraded past the gates of downing street . now, of course, i know that many of those on these marches are compassionate people, driven by for peace and an end by desire for peace and an end to suffering. but they're side by side with those who are

promoting hate. the organiser of these of these marches could do everything in their power to stop that. but many, the majority don't. and we know now that it majority don't. and we know now thatitis majority don't. and we know now that it is genuinely dangerous for people to be openly, clearly, proudly jewish near these marches at a time when we're all encouraged to be our whole authentic selves , to whole authentic selves, to celebrate our identity, to be out and proud . there is only one out and proud. there is only one group told that they and they alone can only be tolerated on terms set by others jews. the organisers of the marchers say that there are jewish people on their demonstrations, but they are only safe if they deny what is dear to so many jewish people. the safety of people in israel, if they are to be accepted on these marches, then they must knuckle under, accept they must knuckle under, accept the calls to globalise the intifada, or to end the zionist entity. they have to obey the rules laid down by others. those

march organisers who reserve the right to tell jews both where they should live in the world and how they should live on our streets . it is a classic streets. it is a classic anti—semitic trope to set the terms on which jews will be accepted , say michael gove, the accepted, say michael gove, the community secretary. >> luciano, there's him speaking . what? how do you react to what he's saying? >> well, i mean, he's he's setting out the real life experience of too many jewish people across this country. we have seen this explosion and this massive increase in anti—jewish attacks, anti—jewish rhetoric. some of it's online, some of it's in person . and some of it's in person. and we're seeing this replicated not just in our country, but in other western countries at this time as well. and some of the trail comments, i didn't hear them at that moment. is that michael grave in this speech is going to say that it's anti—jewish hatred is the canary in the coal mine, because what starts with anti—semitism doesn't end with anti—semitism. and we have a responsibility to all of our society and all of

our country to stamp it out, because it doesn't just stop and start with anti—jewish hatred. >> is it the worst you've ever known it? yes absolutely. >> yeah. >> yeah. >> and certainly in my experience, yeah. in my 43 years. but yeah . years. but yeah. >> do you just before we let you go >> do you just before we let you 9° ' >> do you just before we let you go , i mean, do you have go, i mean, do you have confidence that these organisers are going to heed what he's saying? well, i because i saw it on saturday, i saw no attempt to crack down on these terrible people with their placards from the river to the sea. palestine must be free. an anti—semitic trigger. i heard people saying hateful things about jewish people. it was horrible. so in this speech, we know that michael gove is talking about that element as well as many other things. >> let's not just say it's just about those demonstrations. and as i said at the start, people have the right to demonstrate, but it's when they cross the line that people need to be held to account and absolutely much more needs to be done to tackle those people that, emit, anti—semitic and anti—jewish hatred. but it doesn't just stop and start with those demonstrations either, because

many of the examples i've heard and from people in the jewish community across the united kingdom have experienced it in their workplaces, in their places of education online. and so we need to be looking at this in the round, not just in that specific area. >> okay. right. thank you both. i'm afraid it was cut short because we listen to michael gove. but you will be back with us in about an hour or so. first though, the very latest news with tatiana sanchez. >> beth thank you and good morning. the top stories this hour. victims of the morning. the top stories this hour . victims of the infected hour. victims of the infected blood scandal will find out today how the government will compensate them when it makes a statement in the house of commons. the prime minister apologised yesterday after the infected blood inquiry published its final report into the scandal, blaming failures on successive governments, the nhs and blood services. since the 1970s, and blood services. since the 19705, 30,000 and blood services. since the 1970s, 30,000 people were infected with hiv and hepatitis through contaminated blood

products and transfusions. around 3000 have since died. chancellor jeremy around 3000 have since died. chancellorjeremy hunt has chancellor jeremy hunt has pledged to pay victims back as part of a £10 billion package. the prime minister says illegal migration has become truly one of the defining issues of our time. as he visits vienna for talks with the austrian chancellor about the issue, a red carpet was rolled out as rishi sunak was greeted by austria's karl nehammer. rishi sunak was greeted by austria's karl nehammer . the austria's karl nehammer. the prime minister has said the two are deepening cooperation on illegal migration and agreed that schemes like the uk's rwanda plan are needed to tackle the issue in europe. they're meeting comes as the government promised an extra £25 million for the national crime agency to tackle people smuggling gangs . tackle people smuggling gangs. meanwhile, during a visit to essex police headquarters as the home secretary insisted the government is still determined to stop the boats as migrant channel crossings near 10,000 for the year so far. james cleverly has said people smugglers have changed the way they operate. when he was

questioned over why the number of migrants arriving in the uk continues to rise . and a woman continues to rise. and a woman has died after a dog attack in a house in east london, with police seizing two xl bullies from the property. the metropolitan police says the victim was in her 50s and the incident happened yesterday afternoon. officers say she was pronounced dead at the scene and the two registered dogs were seized after being contained in a room from february, the fastest year. it became a criminal offence to own the xl bully breed in england and wales without an exemption certificate . and for the latest stories, sign up to gb news alerts by scanning the qr code on your screen or go to gb news .com/ alerts . alerts. >> cheers! britannia wine club proudly sponsors the gb news financial report. >> here's a quick snapshot of

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gb news. >> now, a dedicated police task force is being set up to bring down grooming gangs. and it's made hundreds of arrests in its first year. >> that's right. in the last 12 months, the crack team of expert investigators and analysts have helped police arrest over 550 suspects and protect over 4000 victims. >> well, joining us now is chris

phillips, a former senior police officer. chris, this is progress andifs officer. chris, this is progress and it's good news on the face of it, a special, dedicated team . do they have to have expertise in grooming gangs or are they learning on the job because they seem to be doing pretty well? yeah it's a little bit of both actually. >> and of course, you learn from mistakes that have been made in the past. you also learn from experience , and, what it does experience, and, what it does show is that if you put enough officers onto a situation, onto a crime , you can solve it. and a crime, you can solve it. and the big issue, i think, is lack of experience in policing and also lack of capability because people are just leaving. >> it's all very well making hundreds of arrests, chris, but i'd like to know how many of them are going to end up behind bars . bars. >> we'd all like to know that, bev, and then that's something that the criminal justice system needs to get his head around, because , as you've probably because, as you've probably read, read recently, the courts have been prevented from sending anyone to prison because the prisons are full. so, listen, the whole criminal justice

system is shocked, the police can only do their part of the job bringing the cases . it's job bringing the cases. it's then up to the cps and the courts to decide what to do with them. i think i think what what this has shown is if you take money away from policing as an example , generally you will not example, generally you will not have police either on the streets or, dealing with these sorts of crimes. and, and when you do put the resources in, you get these kind of results. these grooming gangs just remind people who are they targeting, these grooming gangs, are they young girls always , generally young girls always, generally young girls always, generally young girls. and of course, in ourinner young girls. and of course, in our inner cities, and we all know the cities that have been mentioned in the particular issues they've got in those cities. i think , you know, this cities. i think, you know, this this is something of a new kind of an offence for police to have to deal with. in particular, much of it is done online, and i think you have to have those skill levels around dealing with the online stuff as well as the

on the ground stuff. and that's obviously where these police officers have concentrated . officers have concentrated. >> the famous grooming gangs, of course, were predominantly in the last few years, been up north, rochdale, rotherham, predominantly pakistani male communities that were able to protect each other from the law actually . and part of the reason actually. and part of the reason of course, we've seen chris in this is that there was a fear of police officers, of being accused of targeting , of racial accused of targeting, of racial profiling or indeed being racist. so can we conclude that that fear has now somewhat abated ? abated? >> no, i don't think that fear has abated at all. i think, everyone's, tippy toeing around the whole islamic crime situation, aren't they? that's i mean, we know that it's just, that these police officers have been given a particular task to do, and they're finding a very professional way through it. i think, this is a problem for society . we're all scared of society. we're all scared of being called racist. i think, and, you know, police, are really worried about having the finger pointed at them. >> and also, chris, it's great

that this this police unit is doing this great job, but we don't we need as well community leaders in these communities. we think of some of these pakistani gangs at beds referred to speak out and to almost try and deal with it from within their own community. >> yes, for everyone to recognise when crime is happening and to deal with it and certain communities have certain crime types. and this unfortunately is an issue that has been predominantly around the pakistani , young men or not the pakistani, young men or not even young men, sort of middle aged men. it's, it's a real problem. and i think, until we all grow a pair, really, and start dealing with the problems that we have in our cities, then we won't be able to solve the problems of crime in our cities . problems of crime in our cities. >> okay, chris, great to see you from police officer chris phillips there, that is we just sort of did a good news story about police officers catching people who needed to be caught. we just have a moment of reflection, and we should remind us of the police do a great job most of the time, but often we

talk about the police when things go horribly wrong. >> and let's not forget how the police walked into that. that guy was on the rampage in london just a few weeks ago, and they tackled that man with a sword, and they didn't even have a taser. >> well, it sounds like what's happened there. they've put funding, they've put resources, they've put manpower behind targeted. and guess what? stop the press. >> it works. it's intelligence led policing, which is why you need to have intelligence led stop and search, because that will stop these young men going out with knives. >> yeah, right. >> yeah, right. >> keep your messages coming in. gbnews.com forward slash your say. but up next, what on earth can we do to clean up our rivers and waterways, stop the water companies polluting them? we feel really strongly about this, and we know that a lot of you at home do as well. we're going to be talking to an expert down the line who is enjoying the uk river summit with britain's newsroom on .

gb news. >> we've got some important breaking news here. regulations which lowered the threshold for police intervening and protests are unlawful. according to the high court. in a legal action brought by the civil liberties group liberty against the home office. >> we'll have more on that later in the show. it's just a broken who governs this country. >> does the government govern the country or do the courts? i think we know, yeah. >> but, you know, i'm a fan of civil liberties. >> i like the fact that we have to be able to protest. we need people like liberty pushing back against increasingly authoritarian governments. so but we don't know the detail of it. it's we'll get it soon. so we will let you know, right. uk river summit today. it's held on the banks of the river wandle in south london. environmental speakers and experts have come together to discuss the state of our rivers and what we can do about it. >> joining us now is the organiser, claire zamboni. claire, are rivers are in a bad place, not least because of the

water companies are dumping so much sewage into them . isn't much sewage into them. isn't that the case? >> that is absolutely the case. there are so many pollutants, so many threats to our rivers , and many threats to our rivers, and that's why we created the event today to bring everyone together today to bring everyone together to talk about solutions and also learn about some of the different issues around the river from sewage , from road river from sewage, from road runoff, from agriculture . so runoff, from agriculture. so yeah, here we are at morden hall on the river wandle . on the river wandle. >> so what kind of event is it today? claire who have you got speaking there? what sort of issues are you going to be covering? >> we have got a huge range, so we've got some really hard hitting panels, chaired by some well—known people in the environmental space. we've got celebrities like jim murray, who's a huge supporter of clean rivers. fergal sharkey , we have rivers. fergal sharkey, we have the ceo of the environment agency . we have regulators here agency. we have regulators here and we've actually got a cross—party panel where we have the green party, the liberal

democrats and labour talking about possible solutions and one of the things i think everyone can agree on here is that we really do need cross—party collaboration to actually make our rivers healthy . our rivers healthy. >> how urgent is this problem? claire >> it's very urgent. i've actually got two experts in here with me now who can probably tell you a little bit more about the facts and figures, but we are literally sitting on the face of a precipice right now. >> would you would would you say to people who have liked swimming in rivers, would you say to people, don't . say to people, don't. >> that's not really my area. i'm the organiser of the event. i'm the organiser of the event. ihave i'm the organiser of the event. i have an overview. but, i think if you look at the facts and figures that are printed in the newspapers, they are pretty atrocious. i personally wouldn't swim in a river in the uk , and swim in a river in the uk, and also you've got the very worrying fact about the fish life, the biodiversity, what's happening underneath . because, happening underneath. because, being able to swim is just one element, you know, we're

actually destroying the wildlife on our rivers, what kind of issue issues are there in terms of that wildlife, claire, is it is it about a huge reduction in the number of fish , for the number of fish, for instance, huge reduction in the number of fish ? number of fish? >> there was an announcement actually made today about the fish kills . i actually made today about the fish kills. i think actually made today about the fish kills . i think they've fish kills. i think they've risen by something like 500% in the last year or so. i mean , it the last year or so. i mean, it is extraordinary, we've got , you is extraordinary, we've got, you know, loss of biodiversity, a loss of insect life into invertebrate life. i mean, it is just being decimated right now. >> okay, well , we wish you the >> okay, well, we wish you the best of luck with it. with your, summit today at the river wandle in south london. thank you so much for joining in south london. thank you so much forjoining us this much for joining us this morning. the organiser there, claire zamboni of the uk river wmmw >> will you still swim in river? >> yeah, i will, i don't swallow it. try to, not you'd have to have your you'd have to have you'd have to have something on your nose. your hose. >> your nose. >> something on your mouth.

>> something on your mouth. >> i mean, i'm quite good at swimming without swallowing water, though. it's not that difficult. but it's more. you do have to be a bit careful, though, because especially even if you've got cuts on your arm or anything, some of the bacteria and the germs that you can get in river water can be really bad for you. it's really it's just awful. it's an absolute stain on this country. the state of our water supply . the state of our water supply. while the water companies make billions of pounds worth of property and only last week south west water people couldn't dnnk south west water people couldn't drink the water in the whole of the region. >> they're getting a couple of hundred pounds compensation, aren't they? >> yeah, should we go and listen to michael gove , the community to michael gove, the community secretary is still making a speech on anti—semitism in this country. here he is . country. here he is. >> in this country , we must say >> in this country, we must say to every jewish citizen in this country, your your safety is the best guarantee of our security . best guarantee of our security. your freedom to live as you choose is the only way that we

can be certain. we remain a land of liberty . your future is our of liberty. your future is our future . we said never again. and future. we said never again. and thatis future. we said never again. and that is a promise we will never, ever disavow . thank you ever disavow. thank you. thank you again for coming. and of course, if people would like to ask me questions or indeed put points, please feel free. and if anyone would like to please put their hand up and identify yourself. if you're speaking on behalf of a media organisation or a community group or, that was michael gove, there raising awareness in the uk of anti—semitism. >> but the vast majority of it, of course, coming from the muslim community because of events in the middle east. >> yes, since gaza. and we heard luciana berger speaking just a moment ago, she's going to be back with us in the studio a little later. now she left the labour party over the extraordinary anti—semitism, which was not stamped out by jeremy corbyn, the equalities and human rights commission made

and human rights commission made a devastating landmark report about arne slot on his watch. she's saying now, in her lifetime, she's in her early 40s, she's never known it so bad. and that is terrible. >> let's see what you've been saying at home. libby has just said there's no cross—party needed. tell the water companies no more effluent. she doesn't use that word in our rivers, or we will take your companies off you and send you to prison . i you and send you to prison. i wish, sometimes wish we could do that. actually and livy says i couldn't swim in someone's poo even if i had. my mouth's closed, my mouth closed. >> but i know what she means. >> but i know what she means. >> i know, and jonathan says , >> i know, and jonathan says, sometimes you do say sentences on this programme that you don't think are going to come out. jonathan says the rivers will clean themselves, but we've got to stop dumping poop in them. i do not think it's rocket science, but i bet it costs the taxpayer a lot of money. and nigel, i'll post this again, he says. renationalising the water companies i worked for the environment agency before it was privatised. i worked on the land drainage side of the company. he goes on to say the company was self—regulatory. it took itself

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heavy for some of us, even across parts of scotland, though they won't be especially frequent here. we could see some downpours, a decent amount of bright or sunny spells around though towards eastern parts . though towards eastern parts. holding on to a bit more cloud here. plenty of showers though across parts of northern ireland likely to see some disruption , likely to see some disruption, especially on the roads. could be a bit of a surface. water flooding also plenty of showers across many parts of england and wales, and here they could be heavy, possibly even thundery too. so do take care, especially if you're heading to on the roads as we go through overnight tuesday into wednesday, we are going to see more showery rain developing and there's the potential for some more persistent rain to kick in across eastern parts as we go towards dawn on wednesday as well. quite a bit of cloud for many of us, so temperatures aren't going to drop a huge amount, but there could be some murkiness for some of us, some mist, some fog patches, a bit of low cloud in some spots . low cloud in some spots. tomorrow the big talking point will be the heavy, persistent rain. a bit of uncertainty as to

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unlawful. >> the high court rules the government unlawfully gave police wider powers to impose conditions on protests , which conditions on protests, which cause more than minor disruption to the public. our home security editor will break this ruling down for us xl bully dogs. >> here we go again. down for us xl bully dogs. >> here we go again . they've >> here we go again. they've killed their owner. a woman in her 50s has been mauled to death by her own dogs at her home in east london. the two dogs had been registered and they've now been registered and they've now been seized. >> and boot camp for the jobless out of work, britons will be offered training to plug gaps in the labour market, which were filled by overseas workers . is filled by overseas workers. is that a good idea ? that a good idea? >> and my book launch, finding margaret, took place last night and i was delighted by the turnout. there we are, beverley turner and the other great woman, dame joan collins. >> get involved this morning,

gbnews.com/yoursay se. we are reading your messages and we'll be reading them to you in just a moment. first, though, tatiana . moment. first, though, tatiana. >> beth. thank you. the top stories from the gb newsroom. victims of the infected blood scandal will find out today how the government will compensate them when it makes a statement in the house of commons. the prime minister apologised yesterday after the infected blood inquiry published its final report into the scandal, blaming failures on successive governments, the nhs and blood services . since the 1970s, services. since the 1970s, 30,000 people were infected with hiv and hepatitis through contaminated blood products and transfusions around 3000 have since died. chancellor jeremy since died. chancellorjeremy hunt has pledged to pay victims back as part of a £10 billion package. shadow cabinet minister nick thomas—symonds says

yesterday was a profound moment for the country, but victims should not have gone through what they did. >> the fact that it isn't just this awful scandal, we've got the hillsborough scandal as well, we've got the windrush scandal, we've got the post office horizon scandal. and how it is that there are people who are putting protecting their own reputations , protecting the reputations, protecting the reputations, protecting the reputation of institutions above the public interest. he talked about a cultural change. there's not a single policy lever to pull to make that possible . pull to make that possible. that's going to require leadership. and that's what we have to dedicate ourselves to do, not just now, but in the months and years ahead. >> the prime minister says illegal migration has become truly one of the defining issues of our time. >> as he visits vienna for talks with the austrian chancellor about the issue, a red carpet was rolled out as rishi sunak was rolled out as rishi sunak was greeted by austria's karl nehammer. the prime minister has said the two are deepening cooperation on illegal migration and agreed that schemes like the

uk's rwanda plan are needed to tackle the issue in europe . tackle the issue in europe. their meeting comes as the government promised an extra £25 million for the national crime agency to tackle people smuggling gangs at a press conference this morning, rishi sunak said the criminal gangs are growing in strength and business as usual will not solve the problem . the problem. >> people are losing their lives as they are exploited by these criminal gangs and it is, of course, a threat to our stability, to the rule of law and rightly our citizens are demanding that their leaders, their politicians tackle it . we their politicians tackle it. we have to think creatively. we have to think creatively. we have to think creatively. we have to pursue new ideas , new have to pursue new ideas, new solutions and deterrents. removals to safe third countries like the uk's pioneering rwanda scheme. and, as karl said , it's scheme. and, as karl said, it's increasingly clear that many other countries now agree that thatis other countries now agree that that is the approach that is required. bold novel looking at safe country partnerships . safe country partnerships. >> meanwhile, during a visit to

essex police headquarters, the home secretary has insisted the government is still determined to stop the boats as migrant channel crossings near 10,000 for the year so far. james cleverly has said people smugglers have changed the way they operate when he was questioned over why the number of migrants arriving in the uk continues to rise, he blamed laboun continues to rise, he blamed labour, saying the rwanda scheme has been delayed because of the delaying tactics of the labour party . and as you've just heard, party. and as you've just heard, the high court has ruled that the high court has ruled that the regulations which lowered the regulations which lowered the threshold for police intervening in protest were unlawful . civil liberties group unlawful. civil liberties group liberty brought legal action against the home office over protest regulations last year. the government measures lowered the threshold for what it considered serious disruption to community life. they also allowed police officers to take into account any relevant cumulative disruption of repeated protests. well, in today's ruling, two judges ruled for the group, finding the home office acted outside of its powers . a woman has died after

powers. a woman has died after a dog attack in a house in east london, with police seizing two xl bullies from the property. the metropolitan police says the victim was in her 50s and the incident happened yesterday afternoon . officers say she was afternoon. officers say she was pronounced dead at the scene and the two registered dogs were seized after being contained in a room from the 1st of february this year, it became a criminal offence to own the xl bully breed in england and wales without an exemption certificate . and brits out of work in the uk will be offered places on skills bootcamps as part of a government bid to plug gaps in the labour market previously filled by overseas workers. benefits claimants will be given training for roles in key sectors facing shortages, including hospitality , including hospitality, construction and manufacturing. in a speech today, shortly , work in a speech today, shortly, work and pensions secretary mel stride is expected to say that the uk has relied on foreign labour for too long and that he's determined to put that

right. it comes after the home office announced a number of restrictions to cut the number office announced a number of told gb news this morning that this is a big opportunity for the domestic workforce. >> i've set up a cross—ministerial taskforce that will be looking at making these kind of changes to the way the labour market works in those sectors to encourage and increase the supply of labour into them. we did that with hgv licences and drivers. if you remember, back in 2021 when we had 33 different changes, which evenin had 33 different changes, which even in the short term really freed up labour supply. so those are the kind of things that i'm going to be talking about today. >> and for the latest stories, sign up to gb news alerts by scanning the qr code on your screen or go to gb news. com slash alerts. now it's back to andrew and . bev. andrew and. bev. >> 1107 it is britain's news on

>>1107 it is britain's news on gb news and andrew pearson bev turner. >> so breaking news this morning. the high court has ruled the government unlawfully gave police stricter powers at protests which cause more than minor. that's the quote , minor. that's the quote, disruption to the public. >> the legal action was brought by liberty, the civil rights group, and they took the action against the home office. >> sir mark white is here to tell us now what happened, mark? >> well, it seems a significant judgement that has been handed down here. that is a blow there's no doubt against the government. this is legislation that was effectively pushed through, or at least they tried to push it through under suella braverman that was voted out , braverman that was voted out, though, in the lords, and instead they still pushed the legislation through under what's known as the statutory instrument. so effectively, by passing that primary legislation to allow this law to come in. and this law effectively meant that police, in weighing up the disruptive element of these protests that we see from

extinction rebellion, just stop oil under like they could measure the threshold for what was considered serious disruption to community life from significant and prolonged, which is what it should be to more than minor. clearly, liberty in taking this to the court decided that this was completely unfair. passing legislation by the back door , legislation by the back door, and the judges, for the most part, appear to have agreed with liberty. >> so legislation by the back doon >> so legislation by the back door. in what respect, mark, in the sense that it was going through as primary legislation in parliament. >> it was voted down by the lords instead of, ping pong going into this parliamentary ping going into this parliamentary ping pong that we've seen, rwanda with rwanda or the more expedient route was taken, which was to pass a statutory instrument. >> but you can do in just like that. and this was the public order act, wasn't it? >> because i remember at the time this being passed and being pretty outraged that it felt like a creeping authoritarian government, because this isn't

recent , the act wasn't recent. recent, the act wasn't recent. this is nothing to do with the palestine marches. is it? >> no. this is yeah, you're right. this is the public order bill and it came in response to the very significant disruption over a long period of time that we were seeing from groups like just stop oil and extinction rebellion, when they were blocking main motorways, town centres and alight, there was a great deal, it has to be said, of public support for a tougher stance. yeah, you know , against stance. yeah, you know, against the disruption these groups were causing and against that backdrop, you had suella braverman that pushed through or tried to push through the public order bill. but an element of that was rejected by the lords as i say, out of it seems, political expediency vie they just pushed it through anyway, using this statutory instrument. >> the labour party was opposed to it, as i recall. >> yes, indeed. >> yes, indeed. >> and they could have played parliamentary ping pong, but it could have gone backwards and forwards for weeks. so they if they hadn't used this procedure called a statutory instrument

mark, would it. this would never have gone to court, presumably. >> i think that's absolutely right. if it had gone through the proper system and was primary legislation at the end of the day . i mean, to be fair of the day. i mean, to be fair to suella braverman, you can if you just cast your mind back to what we were reporting on as a channel at that time was day after day , a very significant after day, a very significant disruption, reporting on the fact that ambulances in some cases were being blocked, going to hospital . there was outrage to hospital. there was outrage by many people in the country shared by me pressure that suella braverman was under. but she took an expedient route here and now the government, the home office is paying the price, which was signed off by the cabinet. >> can't just blame her sign off. yeah. >> no. >> no. >> and the prime minister >> and the prime minister >> but now they've got the headache. really, to decide what do they do here? do they try to, actually continue with this, bill, which obviously clearly liberty and others have said regardless of the route to

expediency of going to a statutory instrument and pushing this through . actually, what's this through. actually, what's contained in this, is very worrying, in terms of the chilling effect it has on the ability of people to carry out protests when it's effectively handing. so much power to the police to use, you know, very limited, disruption carried out by people as an excuse to shut down legitimate protests. so there is that side to the argument as well. it will be up to the home office. we're waiting to hear from them now, as to what their next move will be, whether they will try and push ahead, because it comes out in the same way that lord warn is. >> report is coming out, which says that protests like just stop oil. we talked about it yesterday on the programme where they cause economic damage and hurt to businesses that they there should be a mechanism by which the small cafe, the shop can get compensation from the protesters . and some of these protesters. and some of these protesters. and some of these protest protesters are very well funded. yeah >> i mean, it's highly topical.

it's not gone away as an issue. and it is only, you know, becoming more of an issue of concern for, many people around the country , as we see, for the country, as we see, for instance, the, pro—palestinian protests that have been taking place on a regular basis . so place on a regular basis. so there is definitely, you know, a clamour out there for some kind of action to be taken that can ensure that the levels of disruption that these protests cause is perhaps not as significant as has been faced in the past. but it's that balancing act weighing up the fundamental rights we have as a free democracy to allow people to go out and to protest on what they see as legitimate subjects. you never know when you're balancing that up against the disruption to people's everyday lives. >> absolutely. you never know when you're going to need the rights to protest. i for one, i'm applauding this decision. this i'm not right. the government will outline its plans to compensate the victims and families of the infected blood scandal later today. >> the inquiry found that. boys, this is shocking. lord mayor

treloar college in hampshire will use his objects for research. guinea pigs. in other words, only 30 of the 122 pupils with haemophilia at the school in the 1780s are still alive today. >> so one of the pupils who died was a son of angela newcomb and angela. we're delighted to say joins us now. good morning angela. thank you so much. what a what a long journey. you have had with this issue. a lot of people are coming to this for the first time actually this week, which i'm sure, must be, infuriating to you in many ways, you just tell us what happened to neil, if you don't mind going back. what what what was his condition and what happened in terms of his treatment ? terms of his treatment? >> we have a letter of invitation released for him to join to lourdes college when he was nine. out of the blue. we live right down here in north devon. often this lovely opportunity to join the college with a treatment, unit on site . with a treatment, unit on site. and obviously he went and was

going to pay a help towards the petrol and the uniform, and it was in an ideal situation for him, and we thought he would really benefit from going to lourdes. unknown to us, there , lourdes. unknown to us, there, there were trials being conducted there . conducted there. >> and how old was he at the time, angela? when he when he went to the school? pardon? how old was he at the time then? when, when he went, he went to he joined to lourdes when he was nine. >> right. quite young. they were quite 1 or 2, perhaps a little bit younger than neil. but he was nine. he wasn't a tall boy , was nine. he wasn't a tall boy, and his nickname was lofty, right from his college , and he right from his college, and he was always lofty to his colleagues and to his mates up there. >> and did the experiment on your son and angela, as best you know. did it start straight away ? >> 7. >>i 7_ >> i haven't 7 >> i haven't got the ? >> i haven't got the paperwork. i'm not sure, but it has been traced. yes when he was infected and when we were informed , i and when we were informed, i think it was about 3 or 4 year

gap. but he joined it when he was nine and he was informed he's one of those boys. i think he's one of those boys. i think he's been on previous, news bulletins . they were called into bulletins. they were called into a room in groups of five and pointed. you have, you have you haven't. he was one of those boys. >> i'm terrible. >> i'm terrible. >> and. >> and. >> and. >> and angela, just just who do you hold responsible? do you have do you hold some individuals personally responsible in your mind for the cover ups ? cover ups? >> i blame kenneth clarke . he >> i blame kenneth clarke. he had the power to cover these things, and he's denied what what actually did happen to our children and the wish or the civil servants who allowed the factor eight to come into this country when the americans weren't going to use it themselves anymore . but we still themselves anymore. but we still bought it in. from my understanding, bought it in. from my understanding , because there was understanding, because there was such a surplus and it was

cheaper to bring into this country. and it's all in sir brian's report , the brian's report, the circumstances, you know, what i'm trying to express , so it was i'm trying to express, so it was the factor eight should have come in because it was source and dubious, people, wasn't it? drug addicts, prisoners , sex workers. >> angela can can can you bear to tell us what actually happened to neil? how quickly he got sick and how long he was sick for, i think it was 17, 18. he was told when he was 16, but then he was very angry. a young lad of 16, being told, you got hiv . and, so coping with that hiv. and, so coping with that with a very angry and living with a very angry and living with all the stigma , it got into with all the stigma, it got into a fight in our local park where they was taking the mickey out of him. some of the other boys and his brother matthew stepped in. that was one little issue he

had to cope with. but yes, he is not a good death, is it? you can imagine dying from aids from other previous people you've followed in life , he lost his followed in life, he lost his hair, he lost weight. he became doubly incontinent. he became paranoid . and, he lost a bit of paranoid. and, he lost a bit of his mobility. he. but he was always knew . always knew. >> how old was he, angela, when he died, 22. 22. a week after his 22nd birthday. >> so? >> so? >> so? >> so he lived with it for six years at least. >> the chronic side of it. i would my, my thinking , it was would my, my thinking, it was a such a lively boy. if he was here now, he'd be like his brother. he'd have a nice car, hopefully a family. and that's what hurts me. he told me in my local torrington, where i come from in north devon, in the local cemetery . that's what you

local cemetery. that's what you know. that's the basics of it. or isn't it? yeah. >> yeah. well, we hope you find some peace. >> ask you one thing, angie, because you're the government is going to announce a compensation scheme today, but money can never bring your son back , can it? >> no. it's bittersweet. bittersweet this is the sadness . bittersweet this is the sadness. the validation is there. i'm pleased that we've. we've got that. we've got that from sir brian's report, which was a. but no, no, i'd rather i want my son back.i no, no, i'd rather i want my son back. i could i know any day back. i could i know any day back because he he he's got a different life for him, different life for him, different life for myself. they can't bring the boys back . can't bring the boys back. >> that's right. >> that's right. >> you've done. and you're doing a great job of raising awareness, angela, of the scandal. >> and hopefully lessons will be learned into the future. angela newcomb there, who lost her son. >> sorry for your loss. >> sorry for your loss. >> thank you very much. thank you. a spokesperson for treloar college said we're devastated that some of our former pupils

were so tragically affected , and were so tragically affected, and hope the findings provide some solace. the report lays bare the systemic failure at the heart of the scandal. >> can i just say what i said last time? tragically affected. they died. they were killed . they died. they were killed. >> breaking news, breaking news. at least one person has died and several others have been injured after a plane from london experienced severe turbulence . experienced severe turbulence. our homeland security editor, mark white has more. what's happened? mark? >> well, this is an extremely serious story. i've never heard of anyone ever dying as a result of anyone ever dying as a result of anyone ever dying as a result of a plane hitting turbulence. very common, of course, for our aircraft encountered turbulence, severe turbulence has been known to cause some serious injuries in the past, but this is off a degree. so much higher than that one person, we're told, dead 20 others have been injured. this was a singapore airlines flight that had taken off from london heathrow last night, just after 10:00 last night, heading for

singapore . it encountered severe singapore. it encountered severe turbulence. we're told, in an area of heavy thunderstorms, and as a result of that, clearly those injuries in that death occurred as the aircraft was forced to , make an emergency forced to, make an emergency landing to divert to thailand and, to suvarnabhumi international airport in bangkok, as it landed there , bangkok, as it landed there, reports that there were, as you would imagine , emergency would imagine, emergency services, a fleet of ambulances waiting on the tarmac for the singapore airlines , a777 flight. singapore airlines, a777 flight. so clearly triple seven, boeing, 777, one of the new air jumbo jet, designs, good safety record, used now by many, many airlines around the world, remember? of course, it was the 747 jumbo jet we would see in

these long haul routes. now, the majority of these long haul routes are serviced by the likes of the boeing 777. but as i say, information coming through to us now of this tragedy in the air, which, as i say, is very significant, i have never heard of anyone having. i may be wrong, but i've just never heard of anyone dying. >> as a result, singapore airlines flight it was sukh 321 operating from heathrow to singapore . it encountered severe singapore. it encountered severe turbulence en route and one fatality and several injuries . fatality and several injuries. >> i'll bring you more on that throughout the day now. still to come. do you know what d—day is? well, apparently more than

gb news. >> it's 1125. you're with britain's newsroom on gb news. with me? bev turner and andrew pierce. >> we've got nigel nelson with our senior political commentator and the former labour mp,

luciana berger. and you are both very welcome. dangerous dogs xl bully dogs . bully dogs. >> another woman mauled to death. luciano, this is . we death. luciano, this is. we thought we'd seen the end of this when these regulations came in on these dogs. it hasn't completely worked, has it? it hasn't worked at all. >> and i was looking at the numbers. over 20 people have lost their lives in the last two years alone. and i was reflecting back on the campaigns that i was involved in when i was in parliament and when i was the member of parliament for liverpool wavertree, i had not one, but two constituents that were tragically killed by these animals and was involved in a massive campaign , largely driven massive campaign, largely driven by our postal workers who are on the coalface of being, you know, facing these dogs on a daily basis. and in a debate in over ten years ago, i read out the names of people that had been killed in this country. and it feels like we're just like in this cycle, like, you know, at what point are we actually going to take action to make sure that people aren't being killed? and it's quite extraordinary. >> i mean, these dogs were her own dogs. so you could argue,

well, it's her choice if she wants to have these dangerous dogsin wants to have these dangerous dogs in her house, that that's a choice that she was able to make. >> i think we've seen that. it's these dogs in particular, these bully dogs that are killing humans in this country. and i think really shines a spotlight on the fact that regulation so far are not making a difference. we also know that while a number of thousands of people, i think it's around 30,000 people have registered their dogs. it's estimated that between 15 and 20,000 people have not registered their dogs in that country. i mean, obviously it's an estimate. we don't know what the numbers are. >> what's the answer then, luciana? >> well, i think there's lots of things that we need to do. i mean, for a long time we've been calling for tougher sentencing. certainly the sentences have got stronger, but they. i don't think they still serve us enough of a deterrent. and we need to do far more when it comes to breeding these animals as well. and we haven't seen the regulations come forward to really hold people to account and actually have the people in place to identify where this breeding is taking place. at the moment, our police kennels are

spending thousands and thousands of pounds when they're having to kennel these animals, when they do identify them. but and the so much that could be done to prevent them getting into people's hands in the first place, nigel, we're clearly not doing it enough. i don't know, and i think the root of the problem is the fact that we put through the dangerous dogs act back in the 90s, when dogs seemed to be eating everybody, it was never thought out , vets it was never thought out, vets aren't able to use it properly . aren't able to use it properly. so they're saying what you need to do is a complete overhaul of the act to have tougher penalties when people breach the regulations set down. i mean, bearin regulations set down. i mean, bear in mind the dogs were talking about here were registered dogs, but what vets are saying is others, the others who aren't registered, they have to put down bully xl's aren't a breed , so all they've got is a breed, so all they've got is a description the government have given them of the dog, and they're not quite sure whether they're not quite sure whether they're putting a dog down that should be put down, shouldn't be. everything is such a mess. that's why the law itself needs

a complete review. >> shouldn't they be put down? is that is that too draconian? >> i think if a dog has killed someone, then they are. >> but. but even if they haven't, i mean, these dogs are potentially killers . potentially killers. >> they are potentially killers. and that's why they've been banned and why people are registering them. but people are being encouraged to hand them in. yeah. and not enough of people are doing so. and i don't think people are made aware of the dangers. so, you know, as someone who follows it very closely, i've seen all the stories over more than a decade now. but, you know, i think it's fair to say that people, you know, might not see all those individual stories and the cumulative impact of what each of these dogs are doing. >> i don't understand why anybody would want a dog like that. >> well, i mean, there's some people that genuinely don't understand or because they're not told and they're not informed because they're buying their dogs from illegal breeders who are not responsible and who are not sharing with the people that are purchasing these animals, the danger that they can impose either on people outside their home or on

actually their owners themselves. and too many of these stories, these tragic stories that are impacting too many families across this country of where people, as we've just heard in the last 24 hours, who themselves own the dogs and are then killed by their own pet. >> right. let's talk about labour's plans for housing. nigel nelson, angela rayner brave choice, one might say, to announce a housing story. >> well, she is she is shadow housing secretary. >> but at the moment you would think about her own ex houses. >> well , there's always that but >> well, there's always that but that's his her portfolio so. >> well true. it's a little awkward, isn't it. but anyway, she's going to announce the sites, for series of new houses , sites, for series of new houses, new towns, new towns is the idea. >> i mean, it's based on the, the post—war plan. we had various new towns, harlow being one of them. well, in another one of them. well, in another one and the idea is to do this, to get a commitment or to fulfil a commitment for 1.5 million new homes in the first five years of a labour government. now there's going to be some controversial aspects to this, because some of

it involves on building on green belt. although what labour are calling it now is grey belt. so these are things like like a car park might be designated green belt or wasteland can be green belt. you find where these these pockets are and use those for the land. >> sounds >> sounds great. >> sounds great. >> i think it's really important . i think, you know, particularly when we see house building at some of its you know, lowest levels since before the war. >> blair years since before the blair years, since before there's a pretty low they we are there's a pretty low they we are the lowest levels that we've seen since the night before the 19405. 1940s. >> 19405. >> and actually what we can learn from the history of our country is how we can, as a government, or how our governments could and should turbocharge our economy by actually laying the foundations to have this growth. we have a housing crisis in this country. we do not have enough homes. i think the ambition is, is , is, think the ambition is, is, is, is, is very ambitious, but it's an important one because we need those 1.5 million homes. and why is it it's the opposition today that's in leeds at this uk reef conference making this

announcement and that we've seen nothing come forward from this government though the old nimby charge, luciano great idea new town but not here. >> could cost us. >> could cost us. >> we've got. >> we've got. >> how are you going to get the evidence of those new towns like milton keynes, where they have been done and they have been built and they've been built to great effect. and actually, i think we find ourselves in a place now when i have conversations with people that people accept that we desperately need new homes, we've got a growing population, we've got a growing population, we've got a growing population, we've got people that kind of that previously might have lived more people in a household. we've now got more single households we desperately need more homes and all parts of the country. and for all the jobs that this will create and the economy, you know that the positive impact it will have on our economy, it's absolutely critical. we need that investment. and, you know, i think from all the conversations i've had, people are really welcoming this. >> yeah, as long as i hope they're the right kind of houses, they need to be brilliantly insulated. so people have low bills and even maybe generating some of their own power. and 40% will be affordable. >> yes. >> yes. >> and affordable. the commitments we've heard from the labour party today are to that

effect. they're saying that they're going to be sustainable homes, not ones that need to be retrofitted in the next 510 years time. they are homes for the future and that they're going to be built in a way that they you know, that there are good homes, that there are good quality, and they're affordable homes to that 40. i think that gold standard that labour set out is really, really important to ensure that we've got the social housing, the affordable housing, different types of tenure as well. >> yeah, super. right. luciana. nigel, thank you so much to have you. >> luciana, are you going to come and see us again? >> oh, maybe you invite me. >> oh, maybe you invite me. >> we will for sure. >> we will for sure. >> right? that's it for now. but here's your latest news with tatiana sanchez. >> beth. >> beth. >> thank you. first, the top story this hour as we've been heanng story this hour as we've been hearing breaking news, a passenger has died during turbulence on a flight from london to singapore. the plane was forced to divert back to bangkok. singapore airlines has confirmed a number of people have also been injured. it says there were a total of 211 passengers and 18 crew on board.

this is a developing story. we'll bring you more on this as we get it. in other news, victims of the infected blood scandal will find out today how the government will compensate them when it makes a statement in the house of commons. the prime minister apologised yesterday after the infected blood inquiry published its final report into the scandal, blaming failures on successive governments, the nhs and blood services. since the 1970s, services. since the 19705, 30,000 people were infected with hiv and hepatitis through contaminated blood products and transfusions. around 3000 have since died . chancellor jeremy since died. chancellorjeremy hunt has pledged to pay victims back as part of a £10 billion package. the prime minister says illegal migration has become truly one of the defining issues of our time. as he visits vienna for talks with the austrian chancellor about the issue, the prime minister has said the two are deepening cooperation on illegal migration and agreed that schemes like the uk's rwanda plan are needed to tackle

the issue. in europe. their meeting comes as the government promised an extra £25 million for the national crime agency to tackle people smuggling gangs . tackle people smuggling gangs. the high court has ruled that the regulations, which lowered the regulations, which lowered the threshold for police intervening in protests, were unlawful. civil liberties group liberty brought legal action against the home office over protest regulations last year. the government measures lowered the threshold for what is considered serious disruption to community life. they also allowed police officers to take into account any relevant cumulative disruption of repeated protest. s and a woman has died after a dog attack in a house in east london, while police seized two xl bullies from the property. the metropolitan police says the victim was in her 505 and the incident happened yesterday afternoon. officers say she was pronounced dead at the scene and the two registered dogs were seized after being contained in a room from the 1st of february

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about it. what's coming up guys? >> well goodness me, this aeroplane, a flight from london to singapore, a boeing plane, a777, a very safe aircraft . a777, a very safe aircraft. >> a passenger has died after the plane encountered turbulence. an extraordinary story. more developing , details story. more developing, details coming about every minute. but but hugely concerning for anyone thinking of going on holiday this year. yes we hope we can find out exactly what happened. >> one passenger dead, that's what we know. dozens injured , what we know. dozens injured, according to the latest reports. so we'll get some expert analysis of what might have happened on board that flight. but terrifying . it was terror. but terrifying. it was terror. terrible. >> it was instant turbulence. if people didn't have their seatbelts on, wouldn't it? because you would think. and maybe the person who sadly lost their life might end up being cabin crew, who was perhaps walking. >> we're told it was a passenger. >> it was a passenger. gosh >> it was a passenger. gosh >> so it really it really does. i mean, the details are sketchy at this stage, but the plane's made an emergency landing, not at its final destination. so we're going to learn a lot more

as the show goes on. but it really does highlight that some of the dangers out there. i mean, i think this is an experience that most people will have had at their lives. i've had i've been in mild turbulence, but nothing where i would have expected it sounds like an absolute nightmare. >> yeah. >> yeah. >> i don't think it's unprecedent. i've never heard of this happening before, certainly not from a flight. >> going from britain. from london? yeah. in a safe plane. yeah. from from a developed city to a developed city. >> yeah. singapore. >> yeah. singapore. >> yeah. singapore. >> yeah. so hopefully we'll find out more about that story as it develops. we're also going to have rishi sunak. i know you've been talking about him this morning . we're going to have his morning. we're going to have his exclusive interview. >> you a&e leave our katherine forster hanging. >> i think he might have done. who knows? >> but yes, it was. it was a bit of a rush, but she did get more time with him than than was expected. so less time in all of the fluff around it. more time for the actual interview and we'll look forward to seeing it. >> but this also as well. and perhaps we will speak about this dunng perhaps we will speak about this during the show, this high court

ruling against the government on these protest powers. very interesting indeed. on the day that we're expecting this report to be published on cracking down on protests further. so lots of mixed messages coming out through the legal system. and we await that report to court. >> i'm not of course i am. >>— >> i'm not of course i am. >> you never know when you might want to protest. be careful what you wish for. >> yes, this is the liberty group who aren't great fans of the government, as you can imagine. and yes , of course we imagine. and yes, of course we will be finding out how what that compensation is for the victims of the blood scandal. >> emily and tom here from midday. don't go anywhere. quick,

break. >> it's 1142. >> it's 1142. >> is britain's news. when gb news, andrew pierce and bev turner. have you been the breaking news this hour? >> that's right. >> that's right. >> we've been hearing this morning a passenger has died dunng morning a passenger has died during turbulence on a flight. a flight from london to singapore. >> the plane was forced to divert to bangkok, singapore

airlines has confirmed a number of people were also injured. it'5 of people were also injured. it's says there were a total of 211 passengers and 18 crew on board. we're trying to find out how many brits have been affected. >> we're going to follow this story throughout the day on gb news us now. in other news, the government will outline its plans to compensate the victims and families of the infected blood scandal later today . blood scandal later today. >> well, let's talk to jess collins, a senior partner of collins, a senior partner of collins solicitors, which is representing more than 1500 victims. des, good morning to you.cani victims. des, good morning to you. can i ask how on earth do does anybody quantify what a family or a loved one is entitled to in terms of compensation? if somebody has died, loss of income, loss of dignity, the terrible stigma that many people who died of aids and hiv in the 80s that many people who died of aids and hiv in the 805 would have gone through, how can you put a figure on it? how do they work it out ? work it out? >> it can be done. >> it can be done. >> it's done by the courts. all the time. >> it's a lengthy, complicated process . pi'ocess. >> process. >> but the machinery legal machinery is there to do it.

>> one of the things that does concern us in this case is that there are so many people who will be queuing up for compensation, and it's going to take a long time to work through it. now, we've been saying this to the government for, certainly for two years now. the government put put in place a report from robert francis outlining how it might might work. compensation and that report has basically sat on a whitehall shelf for over two years, and no one has done anything with it. if they if moves had been made earlier, we wouldn't. we wouldn't be facing the logjam, which i suspect we're going to hit this afternoon. >> well, i thought there was quite a significant exchange in the comments yesterday. >> des, when the prime minister was pressed about would this compensation be paid before the end of the year? and classic politician, we didn't get a proper response. it seems to me like this is going to be kicked down the road again, and this the compensation will be on the

next government's watch, which we are expecting to be a labour government. >> i think that's probably right. i think the history or the track record of this administration is that it has tried to kick compensation for infected, but down the down the road for as long as it can, and i think a lot of, pious aspirations as to we'll do it quickly. we'll do it now. we apologise. it was our fault and we're going to put it right. i'd like to see what comes out this afternoon. i'm not over hopeful . afternoon. i'm not over hopeful. >> des, do you have any idea how much individual as might be expected in terms of compensation? is it too early to tell? >> it's too early to tell. and it's got to be individually classified or categorised because if you take an 18 year old who might have a football career for 20 years, earn more than you and i could dream of ever earning, you get the same child, going, doing manual work.

the compensation is going to be a lot lower. so it's just got to be worked out case by case. >> yeah. okay well, we wish you the best of luck with it. des collins, senior partner at collins, senior partner at collins solicitors, who's representing more than just applauding isn't it. >> kicking it down the road again. kicking the can down the road. >> i'm wondering i don't think we kind of got to the bottom of who has pushed it forward now. >> well theresa may set up the inquiry. >> well good for her. yeah. >> well good for her. yeah. >> well good for her. yeah. >> well done theresa may. >> well done theresa may. >> much criticism of what many things she did. but in 2017 she said to be an inquiry. of course it's taken forever inquiry because they always do. but if you think this has been around since the 90s, it's been a problem. the mail on sunday expose this over 30 years ago, and every government, every government, we'll leave it to the next one to deal with. >> it's too messy. >> it's too messy. >> cameron. well done, theresa may. >> so is it coincidental that it was a woman that finally got this rolling along? >> exactly. >> exactly. >> but but the compensation you heard what des is saying. i thought it was a really interesting exchange. i'm surprised it wasn't picked up

more, one of the labour mps said, will it be by the end of the year? no reply. no. which means it won't be right. >> don't go anywhere. we're going to bring the latest updates after this breaking news story about a passenger who has died

gb news. very good morning. we are looking at this breaking news that a passenger died on turbulence from a flight from london to singapore. nick has got in touch on gbnews.com/yoursay and nick says i've flown out to singapore dozens of times . the turbulence dozens of times. the turbulence over the indian ocean and the himalayas was quite violent at times, with the plane dropping to up to 100ft in a couple of seconds. on one occasion whilst walking in the aisle, my feet momentarily left the floor with a feeling of weightlessness. on another occasion, a trolley decided to go for a run as the pilot attempted to climb to smoother air, and on another, the oxygen masks dropped down. so it's obviously a route that

is subject to all sorts of turbulence. apparently there was a storm at the time as well. >> i don't expect to hear that someone's died. so the plane was forced to divert to bangkok . 30 forced to divert to bangkok. 30 people were hurt as well . one people were hurt as well. one person died. died? it was a boeing 707, boeing 777 left the uk on monday . boeing 707, boeing 777 left the uk on monday. it's just as we were talking earlier. you don't expect a plane that leaves britain to fly to singapore for this to happen. i've never heard of it before. this sort of thing. >> it's that moment, isn't it, when you start to feel the plane shake, just start to feel its shake, just start to feel its shake and you think, oh, something, something rattles in your glass and then they will hopefully come round and say, can you just check you've got your seatbelt on in the plane and the fasten seatbelt sign comes on. you can't go to the loo. it's that moment. and sometimes we can be a little blase about that. maybe when the air stewards are coming down, you think, oh, there's no cure, i might just nip to the loo. air

turbulence is all right, isn't it? it's not going to be causing any problems. and then you look at a day like this, it's obviously been fatal for one. >> and also so much stuff now is put in the overhead lockers. and if any of those were burst open, i mean, they mean they are rammed. now >> that's right. >> that's right. >> big bags, heavy bags, which could add to the problem when there's really bad disruption . there's really bad disruption. >> there were 211 passengers on board. there were 18 crew on board. there were 18 crew on board as far as we know , the board as far as we know, the fatality was actually a passenger and not as i'd originally assumed, maybe an air steward walking around the plane i >> -- >> well, emma >> well, let's talk to, lisa minot, who is the travel editor for the sun. lisa, this is frankly shocking . frankly shocking. >> it is very shocking. yes. i mean, although we do experience turbulence on flights a lot, it is highly unusual for somebody to actually lose their life in this way . this way. >> in fact, there's only actually been 38 deaths since 2009. in total, of the millions of flights that we take every yean of flights that we take every year, so it is extremely unusual , it just shows, lisa, we were

just saying that actually sometimes we can be a bit blase when you're sat in an aeroplane for your regular flyer, when they give you the instructions of where your exits are, people have their headphones in. it's a reminder that it can possess risks flying, even if it isn't about an aeroplane flight falling out of the sky. >> very much so, yes. i mean, this is why you're told all the time on airlines. >> i've literally just flown back from cancun yesterday and you're advised to have your seatbelt on at all times, particularly on those overnight flights when perhaps you're going to fall asleep. >> you're not going to be paying attention in the same way that you normally would if a seatbelt light goes on. so having that seatbelt on at all times is really important. >> i mean, generally it's more likely that you're going to be injured if you're a crew member because obviously they're up and about, they're moving about the plane, but i mean, there is evidence we're seeing now that there is an increase in the number of really serious incidents of turbulence because of climate change. we've got jet streams that are moving faster ,

streams that are moving faster, we've got higher winds, and with that comes the added , obviously, that comes the added, obviously, the added idea that there's going to be more chance of there being severe injuries from really severe turbulence. but it is only 3, 73% of flights will experience even moderate turbulence , and a 10th of turbulence, and a 10th of a percent that will experience severe turbulence like this. >> lisa thank you. good to see you.thank >> lisa thank you. good to see you. thank you forjoining us at the very last minute, lisa minnow, their travel editor at the sun singapore singapore airlines have said they offer their deepest condolences to the families of the deceased . tom families of the deceased. tom and emily are here now with good afternoon britain and they have a lot more on this story as it as it unfolds. >> we'll see you tomorrow. >> we'll see you tomorrow. >> that's right. continued coverage of the singapore airlines flight taking off from london. one passenger dead. what has gone on? we're going to hear much more detail over the course of the next couple of hours, and we will have that exclusive gb news interview with the prime minister, rishi sunak. >> what will he have to say about the debate over protests? and of course , his stop the

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gb news. >> good afternoon. britain. it's 12:00 on tuesday. the 21st of may. >> i'm tom harwood and i'm emily carver . carver. >> our top story this hour. at least one passenger has been killed and dozens injured in severe turbulence on a flight from london to singapore . we'll from london to singapore. we'll have the latest and keep you updated on this developing story i >> -- >> and a judge has ruled that new powers introduced to police pro—palestinian protests are

unlawful . it follows legal unlawful. it follows legal action brought by a leading civil liberties group. this as the government's independent adviser, says some extreme protest groups should be proscribed. >> in this hour. we'll hear from the government on how it intends to compensate the victims of the infected blood scandal. this as calls grow for former health secretary lord ken clarke to be stripped of his peerage. >> and rishi sunak has spoken to gb news exclusively during his visit to austria, where he's looking for cooperation to tackle illegal . tackle illegal. immigration. >> so much for brexit britain being by itself. rishi sunak is finding ally after ally in europe. the austrian chancellor saying that the rwanda scheme is a fantastic idea. 15 eu countries now looking to do third country deals with african states to manage migration , and