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But the end of the week. Cant you . But bev turner. But ive bev turner. This tom harwood. Its this is tom harwood. Its going to be more professional to hear right . Hear on air right . Well, interest could well, Interest Rates could rise again the of rise again as the bank of englands policy Englands Monetary Policy Committee today in Committee Meets today in more potentially bad news for mortgage holders. So when will mortgage holders. So when will they ever come back down . Well be asking the details as would you mention this shop they might be putting on a little bit too much weight. An article in the paper this morning, it said that you must tell your partner if theyre getting fat. Have you ever had this difficult potentially difficult but potentially necessary and necessary conversation and following in the footsteps of swimming, cycling and athlete sticks, british rowing has now said that it will ban Transgender Athletes from competing in womens events. Competing in womens events. Quite right. So you could be six foot seven in female lycra, youre still to going be a man in female lycra. Some women are six foot seven, very few, but some are. Some rowers are actually. But anyway, were going to be talking about that. Were going to have an International Rower to International Rower on to discuss let your discuss it. Let us know your thoughts this morning. Vaiews gbnews. Com is the email address. All, here address. But first of all, here is very latest news with is your very latest news with Rhiannon Jones. Is your very latest news with Rhiannon Jones. Bev thank you. Rhiannon jones. Bev thank you. Good morning. Its 9. 32. Your top stories from the newsroom on the bank of englands expected to increase its Interest Rate for the 14th time in a row today. Economists predict a 0. 25 percentage point rise, increasing the base rate to 5. 25. It would be the highest hike in Interest Rates for 15 years. As the bank continues its battle to control the rising cost of living, the increase today, wed add yet more pressure on borrowers. This. The Prime Minister says the governments pay offer to doctors is fair and final. Doctors is fair and final. Writing in the daily express, rishi sunak says therell be no more talks on this years pay, calling the latest offer very generous. He called the calling the latest offer very generous. He called the nhs an institution the uk is rightly proud of and praised the Health Care Staff across the country. Mr sunaks urging doctors to call off their strikes. Gps in call off their strikes. Gps in england will be able to order a host of checks directly to help speed up the diagnosis of a range of heart and respiratory conditions. Doctors will be able conditions. Doctors will be able to order diagnostic checks for some conditions without needing to go via a specialist. Patients will instead receive a direct referral to hospital or community diagnostic centres. Up community diagnostic centres. Up to 1 Million People are expected to 1 Million People are expected to benefit from the new plans as and the science secretary has accused a labour mp of misleading the public after he shared a fake image of the Prime Minister. Mp for hull east karl turner posted a doctored picture showing rishi sunak with a badly pulled pint at a beer festival with a woman seemingly looking on disapprovingly. Michelle on disapprovingly. Michelle donelan has described sharing the deepfake image pretty desperate stuff by labour. Mr desperate stuff by labour. Mr turner later said he hadnt realised the image was a fake. Realised the image was a fake. And you can get more on all of those stories by visiting our website. Gbnews. Com now though, its back over to tom and. Bev its back over to tom and. Bev good morning. Thank you for joining us. Its 935 now on thursday morning to our top story. The bank of england is poised to raise Interest Rates for the 14th consecutive time today as it fights to take back control of inflation in yes. Signs do suggest that inflation is slowly coming back down, with policy makers set to opt perhaps for a quarter rather than a half point rise. Than a half point rise. So joining us now is our economics and Business Editor Liam Halligan. Whats your prediction then for today . How have to this point . Have we got to this point . I cant believe were looking at the 14th raise in Interest Rates i i i think theyll raise by a quarter i think if youd quarter point. I think if youd have asked this time last have asked me this time last week, id have said theyll probably raise half point probably raise by a half point to 5. 5. I think theyll actually go to 5. 25 from 5. Thats because we have seen inflation come down a bit. As you say, it was eight point. Its 8. 7. In may, it was 7. 9. In june. So may, it was 7. 9. In june. So its going in the right direction. But consider , bev, direction. But consider, bev, 7. 9 in june. For thats times. The bank of englands 2 target it that compares to 5. 5 across the eurozone and 3 repeat 3 in the eurozone and 3 repeat 3 in the us. Thats because energy is the us. Thats because energy is so cheap in the us because theyre fracking. But liam doesnt. The effect of Interest Rates rises. Take a long time to filter in to Inflation Numbers as we see them on the ground . Isnt one of the arguments that the bank of england went too late initially in raising rates . Are they now potentially overcompensated because what they do today will not actually take effect in the real economy for many, many months . Thats right. Interest rates thats right. Interest rates or Monetary Policy, as we say, the moving of Interest Rates work with as Milton Friedman said, the famous Nobel Laureate economist, 60 and 70s with long and variable lags. There arent many laws in economics , but many laws in economics, but thats one of them. Lets have a look at whats happened to Interest Rates over recent years. As if gb news readers and listeners and viewers need reminding. So back in 2017, rates were still very, very low after the Global Financial crisis , they then went even crisis, they then went even lower to a quarter of a during lower to a quarter of a during lockdown, and they you see on the right of the screen that staircase, thats 14 successive rate, 13 successive rate rises. Sorry to 5 from december 2021. I think it will go to 5. 25 today. Now, i agree with you, tom. Ive been writing this for many months. I think the danger is that the bank of england, they were too late to start raising Interest Rates. All Central Banks were they had Central Banks were they all had this ridiculous that this ridiculous idea that inflation was going to be transitory. Who really transitory. Anybody who really understands market ice understands Financial Market ice can at signals from can look at the signals from Financial Markets know Financial Markets would know that true. That was that that wasnt true. That was some of wheeze, some head some kind of wheeze, some head in the sand. So having been late in the sand. So having been late to increase Interest Rates and then they started very cautiously lots of small cautiously with lots of small rises rather than rises , rises rather than big rises, were going to get rid of inflation as the Federal Reserve did in the states. The bank of england, i would say, is now overcompensate, waiting, trying to tough they are to show how tough they are by raising even more. Look, raising rates even more. Look, gdp was flat in may, nought gdp was flat in may, nought growth. Yeah, the economy has stalled. Were on the brink of recession. Inflation is coming down. So mpc members, Monetary Policy committee members, cool your boots , hold fire. Lets see your boots, hold fire. Lets see what happens with the 13 Interest Rate rises that are already in the system. Because when you raise Interest Rates, real people suffer. Real people suffer. Oh, nine months ago, when the bank of england raised rates by just nought. 25 in the Federal Reserve in the states, was raising by nought point five. When think that filtered when do you think that filtered through . Is that one of the reasons why british inflation is now higher than american inflation . There are lots of reasons. British inflation is now higher than inflation. The than american inflation. The main money is main reason for my money is Energy Prices. We have a system in the uk that ive been at pains to explain here on gb news in tiny little timeslots so people actually get it where the price of electricity is determined by the marginal price of wholesale gas because we have so many gas fired power stations backing up the renewables that just sit there idle. But they have to be ready to be literally fired up to replace renewables on the many, many days when the sun doesnt shine and the wind doesnt blow. So thats a big reason why our electricity pnces reason why our electricity prices , Energy Prices generally prices, Energy Prices generally are high, and that feeds into inflation as america, in contrast, has turned itself into an energy exporting superpower, not just an energy importing superpower. For its been superpower. For its been fracking. Its been giving tax incentives to create domestic energy. On the contrary, weve got a 75 windfall tax. If you try and create energy in this country from from the north sea. So i think the main reason is energy. I think our Labour Market is tighter. I think there is more sort of structural problems in the uk , like a lack problems in the uk, like a lack of competition when it comes to retailing. More price fixing, if im honest. Thats why weve got the competition and markets authority, our main sort of competition regulator now holding inquiries simultaneously into the food retailing and housebuilding, two of the biggest things that people spend their money on, i think i would suspect, liam, tell me if im wrong, im tapping into my economics a level history here. Dont laugh, tom. That makes you an expert in media language. I think that where were going to feel it as family members when this mortgage interest, if people are on flexible , obviously if theyre flexible, obviously if theyre not, if youre on a fixed rate and youve got a fixed rate of mortgage, youre probably all right weather this storm for right to weather this storm for a few more months until it expires. It expires. F until it expires. But those who will either have it expire or who are on variable rate or who are on a variable rate tied the Interest Rate, i tied to the Interest Rate, i think autumn, november, think this autumn, november, december, going december, some people are going to miserable christmas, to have a miserable christmas, dont think . Think dont you think . I dont think its to before next its going to happen before next yeah its going to happen before next year. Think it will the end year. I think it will be the end of this year. Well id say this. Id say the uk economy has proved to be remarkably resilient. Reason bank resilient. One reason the bank of credibility is so of englands credibility is so shot because been shot isnt because theyve been very and timid with their very slow and timid with their Interest Rate rises and now theyre trying to overcompensate. They were also predicting for a long time that the going to have the uk was going to have a recession lasting not two successive quarters, five successive quarters, but five quarters. We havent even had a recession lasting quarters, recession lasting two quarters, just the office for budget just like the office for budget responsibility. Again the bank of england are an official forecaster massively forecaster who have massively overegged the doom and gloom , by overegged the doom and gloom, by the way, and we should call that out because they have ranks of people staring at screens and looking at data and their forecasts have been woeful. And i say that with regret. A lot of my friends work in the bank of england and the treasury. We done lot of stuff in done a lot of stuff in economics, academia. I know a lot of these people well. Ive known them for 20, 30 years and theyre forecasting has been really and think so i really bad. And i think so i dont want to overdo the doom and gloom. And the uk has avoided recession. And the avoided recession. And the trouble bev, if you think trouble is, bev, if you think back to that graph , for years back to that graph, for years Interest Rates were low, people locked in, then locked in locked in, then they locked in for two, 3 or 5 years. And the reality is over, over the as we approach the next general election, in total, there are going to be several million households fields where those fixed rates expire higher and then they havent been on a sort of an Interest Rate mortgage unked of an Interest Rate mortgage linked to a base rate of a quarter or a half of 1. Theyre now going to be on a mortgage unked now going to be on a mortgage linked to a base rate of 5 or 6, which will mean a massive increase. There was some there was some interesting statistics yesterday, werent there, about how many more people are renting properties in the uk now than there decades before . There have been decades before . How seems like were flipping how it seems like were flipping over model and over to that european model and do think at this we will do you think at this we will look back this and go, that look back on this and go, that was that it happened. Was the time that it happened. Fewer could the fewer people could get on the housing ladder . I think this has been happening long time. This i think this has been heten,1ing long time. This i think this has been heten, 15,1 long time. This i think this has been heten, 15, 20 long time. This i think this has been heten, 15, 20 years|g time. This i think this has been heten, 15, 20 years intime. This i think this has been heten, 15, 20 years in thee. This is ten, 15, 20 years in the making. With respect, if you look back at the numbers, say even five years the number even five years ago, the number of renting had gone from of people renting had gone from 10 households. 19 the 10 of uk households. In 19 the 1990s to 20 now, particularly younger people, you know, ask the guy on the right what its like. You this guy has like. You know, this guy has a great job media. Right great job in the media. Right and he is subject to the and yet he is subject to the london market and london rental market and interest really nasty. Interest rates are really nasty. And Interest Rates affect renters, too, because the landlords it a lot of landlords pass it on a lot of landlords pass it on a lot of landlords rent shooting landlords rent has been shooting up landlords are levied. What does that mean . It means theyve bought the properties with mortgages. They have mortgage a lot. So thats getting taxed a lot. So thats why lot of landlords are why a lot of landlords are leaving or trying to leaving the market or trying to push rent up. The amount of push the rent up. The amount of kids talked to in the gb news kids i talked to in the gb news newsroom renting in newsroom who are renting in london, increases london, massive increases in in in their and that goes in in their rents. And that goes across the board. So the bank of england needs to understand and its hard for government and its hard for the government and even because they even the opposition because they cant really gainsay or criticise of criticise what the bank of england theyre england is doing because theyre meant but meant to be independent. But Bank Economists need bank of england economists need to that. They need to to realise that. They need to realise that they are now on the bnnk realise that they are now on the brink of tipping. The uk into a recession. That is deeper than it otherwise needs to be. And they do that just to try they mustnt do that just to try and regain some of their battered credibility. They will be their earlier be compounding their earlier errors in my view, if they continue to raise Interest Rates. Thats a really, really stark assessment there. Liam, thank you for bringing it to you so much for bringing it to us. Thank you so much for bringing it to us. Thank you. Liam. In a cheery way start the show , liam way to start the show, Liam Halligan league , isnt it . And halligan league, isnt it . And Business Editor there , right . Business editor there, right . Let us know what you think. Are be affected by are you going to be affected by these Interest Rate rises . And if so, to what extent . Vaiews gbnews. Com the email vaiews gbnews. Com is the email address. Donald trump has hit vaiews gbnews. Com is the email addreat. Donald trump has hit vaiews gbnews. Com is the email addreat prosecutorsump has hit vaiews gbnews. Com is the email addreat prosecutors just has hit vaiews gbnews. Com is the email addreat prosecutors just hourst back at prosecutors just hours before his Court Appearance on charges trying to overturn charges of trying to overturn the of the 2020 us the results of the 2020 us election. Yes, trump said that the indictment was quote , indictment was quote, unprecedented and showed corruption in the biden presidency. See, its the third presidency. See, its the third time in four months that hes been charged as he campaigns to regain the presidency. So lets speak to our colleague, gb news presenter barron s Arlene Foster, who joins us now. Eileen, thank you for making the time this morning. It does seem like this is a familiar story. Perhaps weve heard trump be called to court before in new york. Now today hes being called to court in washington, dc. Last time called to court in washington, dc. Last time this happened, it didnt seem to affect him too badly politically. Is there anything different about this time . Time . Yeah. Good morning to you both. Uh, this is yeah. Good morning to you both. Uh, this is the yeah. Good morning to you both. Uh, this is the big both. Uh, this is the Big International story. Of course. Weve heard from liam about the big domestic story, but the Big International story is that this is indictment. You is the third indictment. As you rightly , that hes faced. Rightly say, that hes faced. The difference is that this is the first indictment which relates his time in office. Relates to his time in office. This one is in connection with him trying to overturn the will of voters and disrupt the peaceful transition to the new president from 2020. And theres a number of issues, i think, tom, that we could look at this morning. We could look at the whole issue of the presumption of innocence. We had a case recently here in the uk , the recently here in the uk, the kevin spacey case, where everybody had their view on what was going to happen. And of course, the jury decided that he was innocent. And i think its very important that people get into context the fact that despite the fact that this is the third indictment, there is a very strong presumption of innocence, both in the usa and here in the uk. So we have to factor that in. We also have to factor that in. We also have to factor in the fact that given that this is his third indictment, how are these cases going to be scheduled . Because this is a man, by all accounts, whos going to be the republican nominee yet again for the president ial race. In fact, these indictments only seem to harden support right around donald trump for the election. So how are these cases going to be scheduled . Because this is his third and theres possibly a fourth coming in georgia. And fourth coming in georgia. And then, of course, the third issue is the fact that hes going to have to face a jury and tom and bev, theres nobody in the United States that doesnt know who donald trump is. Theres nobody that doesnt have a view on trump. So how is a on donald trump. So how is a jury going on donald trump. So how is a jury going to be selected to deal with this issue . Its a constitutional right in the United States to be tried by a jury. And this is going to be an incredibly difficult problem to select a jury that will give him a fair trial would you predict, arlene , that he will show up in arlene, that he will show up in court himself knowing what we do about his character . Oh, i about his character . Oh, i definitely think hell be there in court because he has the opfion in court because he has the option to join remotely, as i understand it. But you and i know thats not going to happen. Hes going to turn up, as i understand it, people have been queuing overnight out to get into the courthouse to watch the spectacle. And thats what it is. Its a huge spectacle , bill, is. Its a huge spectacle, bill, and he will use it to his advantage. And lets be very honest about that. I suppose there is an argument that the former president could turn to his president could turn this to his advantage. Hes only reportedly advantage. Hes only reportedly been washington , dc once been to washington, dc once since he stopped being president dc is seen in american political lingo as sort of somewhere to be looked down upon. The swamp sort of all the worst things about politics happening in this little city. Perhaps his return to it could be could be spun in some way that hes being dragged back into this political maelstrom. Do you think using maelstrom. Do you think using your with your political hat on that he will turn this to his advantage . Advantage . I think weve already seen that. I think weve already seen that. I think i think weve already seen that. I think we know i think weve already seen that. I think we know that i think weve already seen that. I think we know that hes using this as being a victim. Hes saying that hes been pursued by his political enemies. And there are many people in the United States, many of his supporters believe that that is the case. They see this as a conspiracy. So its going to be very difficult to present this as a fair trial. He will ramp up the fact that this is a political conspiracy against him. And there are many people that will support him in that. And he will use this to his advantage. As ive said, his poll ratings are actually hardening now. And you will see people saying, well, this man has been pursued, not and therefore were going to support him. And meanwhile, the president of the United States, the current incoming count, who says that hes going to run again, is facing his own difficulties by being drawn into scandals surrounding his son. So its not a pretty picture in terms of democracy in the United States, but its a fascinating one to watch. And is like something out of a us drama, i have to say. Yeah, it really is. It really is. Thank yeah, it really is. It really is. Thank you, arlene. Lovely to is. Thank you, arlene. Lovely to see you as always. Baroness Arlene Foster there. Now, tom, Arlene Foster there. Now, tom, when you wake up in the morning, what are you frightened of . Oh, gosh. What am i frightened . Thats a bit of a mean question, but that is a mean. I try not to be frightened of things in the morning. What about you, bev . Well, im frightened generally you generally of things like, you know, happening to the know, something happening to the kids that. Kids or car stuff like that. Well, frightened of is well, im not frightened of is the stuff that the Cabinet Office telling to us be office is telling to us be frightened off because. Because theyve updated the National Risk help the public risk register to help the public prepare scenarios prepare for worst Case Scenarios that could strike the country at any moment. Yes well, another pandemic, russias potential to disrupt Global Energy supplies and extreme weather are among the top threats that the Cabinet Office has identified. Mark white is here to stop me rolling my eyes now, mark, very cynical. Im so cynical. But i guess weve always had a National Risk register. Have we . Or is this a new thing to keep us all on our toes . It was only published in in recent years, and in fact , its recent years, and in fact, its not been updated for a few years. So this is an updated risk. National risk register. Its not meant to alarm people like yourself and we tommy boy, when he wakes up in the morning. It is, though meant to be a sobering assessment of some of the risks that this country faces. Chief among them, of course, at the moment are energy suppues course, at the moment are Energy Supplies with what is happening in the ukraine that has highlighted the instability of these Traditional Energy routes that people might have thought were stable. Clearly, theyre not anymore. The impact thats had on fuel bills that were told partly behind. What prompted rishi sunak to. Award prompted rishi sunak to. Award another 100 oil and gas licences in the north sea. And meanwhile, the deputy Prime Minister is at a wind farm fabrication yard today. And to be less cynical, therefore, is this risk register meant to be read by people in government more than people sitting at home so that the government then decides to make contingency plans, whether its for Antimicrobial Resistance or the potential for the russians to cut off our Energy Supplies or all the rest of it. Yeah, its meant be read yeah, its meant to be read by absolutely those in government, but also for those in local government, government, but also for those in local government , those in in local government, those in the voluntary sector. And its the voluntary sector. And its to really help in terms of the resilience and the preparation that this country can make for a range of potential risks. It is true to say without obviously being cynical about it, but the world is a much more dangerous place now. And as a consequence , the threats facing the uk are more than they have been for a long, long time. Is it . Yes i think so. Theres a range. Think so. Theres a range. Theres a range of different threats that we never had in the past , such as the threat to past, such as the threat to undersea cables. We depend so undersea cables. We depend so much on these transatlantic cables for much of the sort of the cyber world work that we do, you know, in the exchange of data and knowledge across the atlantic that is under threat, were told like never before. Its actually prompted the royal navy to purchase new vessels to be able to try to guard our undersea infrastructure if theres a cyber threat. Just more generally. More generally. But you see, isnt it fascinating because this is the paradox, isnt it, as we move into age where we into this digital age where we have rely on a digital age have to rely on a digital age and yet it renders us more vulnerable, more vulnerable to international threats, what it doesis international threats, what it does is the government, international threats, what it does is the government , for does is the government, for example, bought the oneweb space satellite internet Communication System back in 2019 or 2020. If i remember correctly, which is, i suppose , a which is, i suppose, a contingency for these cables. So isupposeit contingency for these cables. So i suppose it makes sense, mark, that the government identifies where the risks are and takes steps to mitigate those risks. Yes, i mean absolute and you mentioned the cyber world. It is, you know, without a doubt making us more vulnerable all to issues around the hacking of these services that we rely on day in and day out. I love having you in here, mark. You always make me think. But you see, i would say therefore on the risk register might be the risk of moving towards an increasingly digitised world, which. Well, yes. Your list, yes. Stick that on your list, prime as opposed Prime Minister, as opposed to saying anyway, us saying we might anyway, let us know think. Know what you think. Like you like this have you like you like this on the list . There was ai systems as a risk. Youd like that quite right to know what you think to let us know what you think should on the risk. What do should be on the risk. What do you up in the morning and you wake up in the morning and think threat to you . Im think is a threat to you . Im guessing its probably not extreme still to extreme weather now. Still to come, rates are come, Interest Rates are expected rise for the 14th expected to rise for the 14th time a row. In time in a row. In a row. In a row. Later today. Well discuss what this means for the money in your pocket. And were going be talking and were going to be talking to rower, which i think is why to a rower, which i think is why i row. Anyway, there go. I said row. Anyway, there we go. This is britains newsroom on gb news, peoples channel. This is britains newsroom on gb ne\looks peoples channel. This is britains newsroom on gb nev looks like� ples channel. This is britains newsroom on gb nev looks like things hannel. 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A few these could be heavy, few of these could be heavy, perhaps at times, but perhaps thundery at times, but there some sunny spells, there will be some sunny spells, some dry , some places staying dry, particularly east particularly towards the east and of england. And and south east of england. And here, temperatures reaching 22 or 23 celsius, just a little cooler around the north and the west with that northerly breeze into evening time. Showers into the evening time. Showers still risk of heavy still the risk of some heavy ones eastern areas, but ones across eastern areas, but starting to become drier from the west with some spells the west with some clear spells overnight , two showers during overnight, two showers during the early hours , generally on the early hours, generally on the early hours, generally on the light side, but still feeding eastern areas feeding in across eastern areas and temperatures for most double figures once again, 13 to 15 celsius to take us into friday morning. So we do have some early sunshine across western parts of the uk. First thing cloudier further east, the risk of a few showers and thats generally how it stays through the friday. Of the the day. On friday. Best of the sunny spells and dry weather across parts of uk. Across western parts of the uk. Further east, increasing risk further east, an increasing risk of some afternoon showers. Some of some afternoon showers. Some of could heavy times of these could be heavy at times and then signs of rain coming in by the end of the day across the far west good morning. Its 10 am. On thursday, the 3rd of august. This is britains newsroom here on gb news. With me, tom harwood and bev turner. Very good morning to you. So Interest Rates , Interest Rates Interest Rates, Interest Rates could rise again as the bank of england policy Committee Meets today more news for today in more bad news for mortgage holders. Will they ever mortgage holders. Will they ever come back down again . And when might that be . Liam be here. And would you pull up your other half for putting on too much weight . An article in the papers this morning says that you must tell your partner if theyre getting fat. Have you ever had this talk and following in the footsteps of swimming, cycling and athletics , british cycling and athletics, british rowing will now ban Transgender Athletes from competing in womens events. Good. Good. News good. News but of course, this show is nothing without you. We want you to email in with your views on all of the stories that were discussing today. Discussing today. Vaiews gbnews. Com is the address to email. Vaiews gbnews. Com is the address to email. But vaiews gbnews. Com is the address to email. But before all address to email. But before all of that, lets get an update on this mornings. Of that, lets get an update on this mornings. News thank you, tom. Good morning. Its 10 01. Good morning. Its10 01. Your top stories from the newsroom. The bank of england is expected to increase its Interest Rate for the 14th time Interest Rate for the 14th time in a row today. Economists predict a 0. 25 percentage point rise increase in the base rate to 5. 25. It would be the highest hike in 15 years. As the bank continues its battle to control the rising cost of living. The increase today would add yet more pressure on borrowers. Shadow energy ministerjonathan Shadow Energy minister Jonathan Reynolds says the government needs to do more to help the trade deals that weve got as a country look at for instance, our deal with the eu not covering agriculture and food prospects. Therefore youve got higher levels of checks, more bureaucracy , more delay in that. Bureaucracy, more delay in that. That has an impact on food prices. The agenda of the prices. Thats the agenda of the government should be pursuing a resilient, economy. Resilient, prosperous economy. So , the bank england have so yes, the bank of england have got decisions make got difficult decisions to make today, theres for today, but theres a role for government in minimising those pressures well. Pressures as well. Jeremy leaf is an well, jeremy leaf is an independent Estate Agency owner. He told gb news there are some positive elements to draw on on the one hand, weve got the anticipation of bad news rates going up, but actually theres a glimmer of good news as well, because if they dont go up quite as much as some people are suggesting, like five and a quarter, not five and a half, and the pace is seen to be slowing, actually starts to bnng slowing, actually starts to bring Mortgage Rates , which bring Mortgage Rates, which affects most of us down, down and those on the market are starting to come down just a little bit. So its that glimmer having your cake and eat it. Sorry about the cake. Prime minister says he the Prime Minister says he wont apologise supporting wont apologise for supporting new oil and Gas Exploration. New oil and Gas Exploration. Its after greenpeace activists scaled his yorkshire home in black oily fabric in protest of the policy. Rishi sunaks announced plans to max out oil and gas reserves by granting more than 100 new licences for extraction in the north sea. The Campaign Owners say they draped his to house drive home the dangerous consequences of the policy. The Prime Minister, policy. The Prime Minister, meanwhile, says the governments pay meanwhile, says the governments pay offer to doctors is fair and final. Writing in the daily express, rishi sunak says therell be no more talks on this years pay, calling the latest offer very generous. He latest offer very generous. He called the nhs an institute in the uk is rightly proud of and praised Health Care Staff across the country. Mr sunak is urging doctors to call off their strikes. Meanwhile, gps in strikes. Meanwhile, gps in england will be able to order a host of checks directly to help speed up the diagnosis of a range of heart and respiratory conditions. Doctors will be able to order checks for some conditions without needing to go via a specialist. Patients will instead receive a direct referral to hospital or community diagnose centres after 1 Million People are expected to benefit from the new plans. As benefit from the new plans. As the science secretary has accused a labour mp of misleading the public after he shared a fake image of the Prime Minister. Mp for hull east karl turner posted a doctored picture showing rishi sunak at a beer festival with a badly pulled pint and a woman seemingly looking on disapprovingly. Michelle donelan has described sharing the deep fake image pretty desperate stuff by laboun pretty desperate stuff by labour. Mr turner later said he hadnt labour. Mr turner later said he hadnt realised the image was a fake. The average price of fake. The average price of a litre of petrol rose for a second consecutive month in july. Research from the rac found a litre of unleaded now costs 140 £0. 05. Thats up by a penny since the start of the month and since the start of the month and since the start of the month and since the start of june. However the wholesale price of petrol rose by £0. 06 a litre in the middle of july, following hikes in oil costs , meaning further in oil costs, meaning further rises are likely on the way. Diesel, however, remain the same. Former us President Donald Trump is appearing in court in washington dc today to face four new criminal charges. Hes new criminal charges. Hes accused of conspiring to defraud the us by preventing congress from certifying joe bidens victory after the 2020 election. Its the third time in four months hes been charged as he campaigns to regain the presidency and viewers are switching off Traditional Television at record rates , as television at record rates, as according to a new ofcom report , the watchdog found the number of people watching a programme on broadcast television each week dropped from 83 in 2021 to 79 last year. Thats the biggest fall since records began. The biggest fall since records began. The declines as a result of increasing competition from streaming sites as well as losing younger viewers to social media platforms. Well, this is media platforms. Well, this is gb news across the uk on your television, in your car as well, on Digital Radio and on your Smart Speaker by saying play gb news. Now, though , its back to news. Now, though, its back to bev and. Bev and. Tom good morning. Well, lets good morning. Well, lets lets have a look at what some of you have been saying today. Weve spoken about quite a bit in the programme already and were only half an hour in. But on Interest Rates , steve from on Interest Rates, steve from stoke has written in to say i followed the markets over the years and observed various economists opinions. I reckon gb news is Liam Halligan should become chancellor. It appears , become chancellor. It appears, he observes outside the noise of general consensus and sees the detail well. Hes here. Well be seeing he is just sitting there. Hes here. We should bring you to in vision for this because a lot of these messages are you. He sat there are about you. He sat there reading paper are we reading the paper like, are we bonng reading the paper like, are we boring you . Halligan i think the idea of me a politician, idea of me being a politician, that ship has sailed that that ship has sailed long ago. Will carry on. Ago. Well, we will carry on. Always the of theres always the house of lords. you well get your well get you well get your reaction. Some of these are questions for you, actually, liam, steve from leeds says, liam, for steve from leeds says, i up i dont entirely by the up explanation behaviour of explanation for the behaviour of the england forecasts the bank of england forecasts were, in my view, so horrifically gloomy wildly horrifically gloomy yet wildly inaccurate as an extension of project poor handling project fear. The poor handling of is, in my view , of the economy is, in my view, the establishment giving the peasants so that they peasants a kicking so that they can brexit truth in that . I dont buy that. What i do buy ive seen this with my buy and ive seen this with my own eyes is often official forecasters overegged the doom and gloom, so when it turns out not so bad, the public feels a bit better and you get a bit of an economic boost. But i still think its sort of, you know, youd call it gaslighting, wouldnt you . Economic gaslighting. And david says, isnt it now time for government to take time for the government to take back of Interest Rates back control of Interest Rates from england . From the bank of england . Talked about this an well, we talked about this an hour i dont think the hour ago. I dont think the problem that the bank of englands but englands independent, but i think independent bank think an independent bank of england know, it england will, you know, if it went politicians hands, went back in politicians hands, youd massive rate cuts went back in politicians hands, youd of massive rate cuts went back in politicians hands, youd of an assive rate cuts went back in politicians hands, youd of an electionte cuts went back in politicians hands, youd of an election that ts went back in politicians hands, youd of an election that would ahead of an election that would store up inflation in the future. For the problem is, the bank england isnt bank of england isnt independent more independent enough. We need more free the bank of Free Thinkers on the bank of england. To rid of england. We need to get rid of this of cognitive of this sort of cognitive of intellectual sclerosis and we need more people who arent the treasurys favourites. The bank of englands favourites. We need treasurys favourites. The bank of en outside favourites. We need treasurys favourites. The bank of en outside out urites. We need treasurys favourites. The bank of en outside out oftes. We need treasurys favourites. The bank of en outside out of the we need treasurys favourites. The bank of en outside out of the box need good outside out of the box thinkers. Thinkers. Liam michael has written in to say no one is talking about savers. As he says his isa is returning less than half a less returning less than half a less than half a , despite interest than half a, despite Interest Rates being. Why is that . Well, believe it or not, the banks are profit making institutions and unless they are shamed into doing it, some of them wont raise Interest Rates for savers. You know, the moment the Interest Rate goes up from the Interest Rate goes up from the bank of england, if youre a mortgage holder, you get an email or a letter within hours or days saying, oh , were or days saying, oh, were putting Mortgage Rate. Putting up your Mortgage Rate. Sorry, son, you know, stroll on. But if you have a if you have a savings account, those rate rises slower to rises are much, much slower to come weve now got all come through. Weve now got all the conduct authority, the financial conduct authority, various select committees of the house of commons and lords trying to shame the banks into why they arent raising Interest Rates higher. Now, heres a little footnote from history. The law Lords Economic Affairs select committee and the commons Economic Affairs select committee wanted bank bosses to come and explain why Interest Rates werent going up for savers , and they actually had to savers, and they actually had to shame alison rose to turning up the ceo of natwest. She said she was too busy. Was too busy. Well, bev, just just before we get more onto the economics, some people have been getting in touch about what they are fearing. Fearing. In the morning i had a complete mind. I i know. I really did. I really did. Im sorry about that. Im sorry about that. Im sorry about that. I dont know what i feel. I dont know what i feel. Because youre a fearless young man. And i think. I think i know lovely. Think know what i fear i think ill know what i fear when see in the face. But when i see it in the face. But just sort of imagine. But colin has written in say getting has written in to say getting rid is a fear of his. Rid of cash is a fear of his. Thats referencing, of course, the dont Keep Cash Campaign of gb andy has written in gb news. Andy has written in saying just about how saying i just worry about how expensive will be. Cost of expensive today will be. Cost of living the forefront of so living at the forefront of so many minds and ann many peoples minds and an ann has say i think has written in to say i think the biggest threat to our country our National Country is our National Security. Hundreds security. With hundreds of illegal undocumented persons entering the country daily and the russian and the cyber the russian threat and the Cyber Threats lots to the russian threat and the cyber threatabout. Lots to the russian threat and the cyber threatabout. Yeah lots to think about. Yeah can i can i just say i dont can i can ijust say i dont Kill Campaign is now over kill Cash Campaign is now over 240,000 signatures. You can sign its really easy. Gbnews. Com forward slash cash cash. Im going to talk to the chancellor of the exchequer. Im going to sit down with him and quiz him about various issues this afternoon on. It would be great if i could tell him that a quarter a million gb news quarter of a million gb news viewers listeners want us viewers and listeners want us backing our petition to not kill cash. Backing our petition to not kill cash. So lets get this thing cash. So lets get this thing signed. Gbnews. Com forward slash cash. Lets see if we can get it. Just lets see if we can get it to 250,000 while tom and i are on air today. 9000. If youre on social media, tweet out the link. It only takes literally just takes a second to sign it. So please, please do. Lets see if we can get that to 250 by the end of the show. And also, if youve got anything that you want liam to ask the chancellor email views at gb news. Email in gb views at gb news. Com is address to email. Com is the address to email. Well forward those across to liam. But but liam, what what are we what are we expecting first from the bank of england . First from the bank of england . But secondly, how does the chancellor respond to that . Respecting that independence . But clearly theres political but clearly theres a political tightrope to walk here. Course. Of course. Of course. Raise interest look, when you raise Interest Rates 13 times in a row, probably 14 midday today , probably 14 times midday today, they then it affects real people , lives, livelihoods, businesses as marriages. This is big stuff. And so, of course, its inherently political. But back inherently political. But back in 1997, the then labour government, gordon brown, decided and i supported him at the time to take independence to give the bank of england independence to take those Interest Rate decisions away from politicians. So the bank of england could take a england economists could take a more term view , not just more long term view, not just cutting rates because theres about a about be a general about a about to be a general election and being reckless with your because that election and being reckless with your overheat ecause that election and being reckless with your overheat there that election and being reckless with your overheat the economy and would overheat the economy and that would stoke inflation. So thats the idea. And thats a model thats been used pretty successfully 25, 30 years successfully for 25, 30 years now around the world. Us now around the world. The us Federal Reserve is largely independent. The European Central even lot of kind central bank, even a lot of kind of market economies , of emerging market economies, like an economy i know really well. To be a well. I used to be a correspondent in moscow. The russian bank, even a russian central bank, even a elvira nabiullina. Often elvira nabiullina. Shes often been voted the best central banker in the world she banker in the world because she is fiercely in dependent. Is so fiercely in dependent. Believe it or not, despite the threats the kremlin, threats from the kremlin, despite because despite absolutely. Because absolutely. Lets not go down a rabbit hole. You can read about it. Yeah well, all saying is it. Yeah well, all im saying is that central banking that independent central banking is standard around the is the standard model around the world now. And it has been for , world now. And it has been for, for the most part, successful. Whats happened with the bank of england is that its not independent enough. Its been independent enough. Its been taken over by the mandarins , by taken over by the mandarins, by the treasury people , by bank of the treasury people, by bank of england insiders. When gordon brown first made the bank of england independent, the nine strong Monetary Policy committee , it had 4 or 5 people on it who were completely, you know, highly regarded economist, but they werent establishment types. They out of the box. They were out of the box thinkers. Reputation was thinkers. They reputation was solid. They werent kind of suck up to anybody. They werent trying house of trying to get into the house of lords. Really depended lords. They really depended their depended on on their reputation depended on on them being proved right. It so they made forecasts and they influenced those decisions. Now weve got basically not entirely, but theres lots of sort of drone economists on the bank of Englands Monetary Policy Committee, treasury types, are there because types, who are there because they are the nice usual suspects. But theres no grit in the oyster. You need grit. But theres no grit in the oyster. You need grit in. But theres no grit in the oyster. You need grit in the oyster. You need grit in the oyster. You need grit in the oyster. What do you have hard decisions to make about Monetary Policy . What did you make of rishi sunaks response yesterday day when somebody asked what when somebody asked him what he should that should do about the fact that his Mortgage Rate has gone, you know, doubled the amount hes paying know, doubled the amount hes paying month . He paying every month . Well, he said on lbc. Said it on lbc. He said lbc. Said it on lbc. I wasnt lbc. Said it on lbc. I wasnt goingi. Mention i wasnt going to mention that inferior media outlet, but there weve got to be there we go. Weve got to be fair. But it it was talking fair. But it was it was talking on lbc. But he he also so, you know, he said got to talk know, he said youve got to talk to bank. That kind of. To your bank. That was kind of. Also said, trust me, and he also said, trust me, i know to how run the economy. I didnt think he got the tone right. He didnt get it right. I agree. So i interviewed him exclusively for gb news earlier this week. I did spend some time and i did spend some time with i obviously talked to with him. I obviously talked to him camera well. And i do him off camera as well. And i do think getting little bit think hes getting a little bit better a bit less of better at being a bit less of a kind of creature from some wealthy out of space galaxy. Right but hes still got a long way go. Hes kind of way to go. Hes kind of similarly robotic some ways similarly robotic in some ways to starmer, and i do think to keir starmer, and i do think he more people around him he needs more people around him who get the economy and who really get the economy and what people and what ordinary people think and feel. Thats big feel. I think thats a big problem the party now. Problem with the tory party now. So me that there will so it strikes me that there will be of england interest be a bank of england Interest Rate today. It will rate rise today. It will probably quarter point, a probably be a quarter point, a 5 to 5. 25, rather than 5 to 5. 5. Im hoping it will be the last rate rise and it is political. Thats why im going to be. You know, the chancellor is keen to talk to economics editors this afternoon and ill be talking to him about 330. Brilliant. Brilliant. Well, send us your questions, what to ask what you would like. Liam to ask him, you . Right. Thanks, him, wont you . Right. Thanks, liam. F e e thats an answer for perhaps thats an answer for steve said liam steve from stoke, who said liam should perhaps he should be chancellor. Perhaps he should be chancellor. Perhaps he should on the should instead sit on the Monetary Policy committee, get some of those different views. We would love that. We would love that. Wed love that. Right. Speaking of Interest Rates, thats the big picture thats all the big picture stuff. Affecting stuff. But how is it affecting real people the uk east real people in the uk east midlands . Reporter will hollis is east midlands for us is in the east midlands for us with Peoples Panel to with our Peoples Panel to find out affecting people out how it is affecting people on ground. Will, what are on the ground. Will, what are you down there . You hearing down there . Yes, well, thats what its about , isnt it . Its about the about, isnt it . Its about the real people and chesterfield, where i am today in the east midlands, is a town of about 100,000 so real people. We 100,000 or so real people. We tried to fit them all to in this cafe number 10 here in the high street. But we couldnt get quite that many. So weve just got of them. Weve josh, got two of them. Weve got josh, whos designer here, and whos a web designer here, and weve also got teresa, who runs a cafe. Lets start off a cafe. Josh, lets start off with you. You run small with you. You run a small business, also work with business, but you also work with small here in Small Businesses here in chesterfield. Whats the market like in chesterfield when like here in chesterfield when weve pretty much weve got high costs pretty much everywhere . Everywhere . Interesting when quite interesting when chesterfield we get more views as well. Please market town, but as well. Please market town, but as loads of Manufacturing Industry and as you can see when you walk around the town, a lot of the shops are boarded up, theyre struggling in the manufacturing businesses. They manufacturing businesses. They tend to work in a deficit. And so they rely on borrowing. Obviously their costs going obviously their costs are going to theyre not to increase and theyre not going spend as much future going to spend as much on future projects, especially in the next 18 months when the Economic Growth starts reducing. Its a bit of a Digital World right how. Now. Do people want websites or are those the kind of things that people arent putting their money in towards right now . Definitely a Digital Marketer out there at the moment. Businesses dont seem to invest as much as what they really what they should be because they can make a lot more money by investing a small amount into their website and they can actually increase more profits and more sales. Profits and more sales. Its one thing having a website, but you also need a shopfront, especially if you work in hospitality like you do to razor. Youve got a Little Family cafe teresas Lanne Mirrlees just around the corner. How is it for you at the moment . Because you need to buy stock and the prices stock wholesale and the prices are incredibly high right now. Are incredibly high right now. Everything is. Some things have really doubled price and have really doubled in price and obviously you dont want to pass it on to your customers, but i have to its really difficult. Its a difficult balance at the moment and wages going up. Im trying to struggle. Im struggling with employing staff. So obviously you need good staff. They want good wages. If you dont give them a good wage, theyre going to go somewhere else. So at the moment it is its difficult at the minute, but but obviously were paying more. You have to put some of it more. You have to put some of it onto your customers, but you cant put too much on otherwise they wont come back. They wont come back. The reason that the bank of england say theyre raising Interest Rates is because inflation is high. They need to stamp that by bringing up Interest Rates so that people have less to money spend. You want people to come in and spend money, you also need money money, but you also need money to survive in this economic climate. Its a tightrope that youre walking and chesterfields a small town chesterfields only a small town on and you rely on regular customers and we have a really good following. Good following. And obviously if you put your pnces and obviously if you put your prices up too much, theyre not going to come back. So its a very difficult balance at the moment. But yeah, well, were moment. But yeah, well, were coming back in about an hour or so because weve got two hours till that bank of england release of the new Interest Rate figures. Were not going anywhere. Weve got the cafe to ourselves. So i think another coffee is in order. Bev oh, thank you, will. Thank you very much. Will there thank you very much. Will there in the east midlands . Will hollis now have a quick look at this . The Prime Ministers house this . The Prime Ministers house has invaded by activists. I has been invaded by activists. I think weve got the image for you to see. We . Maybe we havent. Well there we go. There it is. There it is. There there it is. There is there it is. There is the house. So this is in yorkshire. This is rishi sunaks home in his constituency, downing street constituency, not downing street , personal family home. , his personal family home. That makes me a little bit uncomfortable, which is richmond in yorkshire. You guessed its the oh, you guessed it. Its the just oil lot. We think its Just Stop Oil lot. We think its them. No new oil. If youre listening on the radio, theyve basically huge cover like basically put a huge cover like a basically sheets which theyve dangled from the gutter of the scale of the house climbed on top of it. The home of the Prime Minister extraordinary. We will minister extraordinary. We will be discussing this in our news review a little bit later on. So do not go anywhere near. Do not go anywhere near. Looks like things are heating up. Boxed boilers are proud sponsors of weather on. Gb news. Sponsors of weather on. Gb news. Hello alex deakin here with your latest weather update from the met office for gb news. Not quite as wild as yesterday, but a cool, cloudy day for most. A bit of sunshine day for most. A bit of sunshine here and there, but there are also a few showers around this low the wet and windy low brought the wet and windy weather its clearing weather yesterday. Its clearing away, allowing the away, but it is allowing the winds down from the winds to come down from the north, bringing feel and north, bringing a cool feel and quite a bit of cloud. Plenty of showers across the highlands and the Western Isles and a scattering of showers across England Wales could or england and wales could see 1 or 2 heavy but many places 2 heavy ones. But many places will be dry for most of the day and well see a little bit of sunshine here and there, some brightness poking through, a little of blue sky. Could little bit of blue sky. Could see temperatures in the south east 20s, maybe south east into the 20s, maybe 23 24, but mostly , again, 23 or 24, but mostly, again, were high teens , low 20s at were high teens, low 20s at best. And feeling cooler with that breeze continuing to bring outbreaks of rain across northern scotland and sprinkling of showers elsewhere could be 1 or 2 heavy ones over eastern parts through the evening and indeed overnight. Indeed continuing overnight. Elsewhere, places will elsewhere, most places will become dry. Well keep a fair bit cloud around and bit of cloud around and temperatures will mostly hold up to 11 to 14 celsius. But friday, again, dry and bright for the most part. But there will be some showers again, particularly over north east england initially and then moving south into parts of lincolnshire , east into parts of lincolnshire, east anglia and the south east, sprinkling of heavy afternoon showers, but further west many places and a better chance places dry and a better chance of seeing some sunny spells, particularly in the afternoon for and southwest england. For wales and southwest england. Again, teens again, temperatures high teens or goodbye. Or low 20s goodbye. Looks like things are heating up. Boxed boilers, proud up. Boxed boilers, proud sponsors of weather on. Gb news good morning. Its 1025 and good morning. Its1025 and youre good morning. Its 1025 and youre with britains newsroom here on gb news with me tom harwood and bev turner. So weve got breaking news for you. Greenpeace activists have invaded the Prime Ministers private home, draping a massive, oily black piece of fabnc a massive, oily black piece of fabric from the roof. Were looking at incredible images here. If youre listening on the radio. So rishi sunak has this beautiful design attached Georgian House in richmond in yorkshire. The activists wearing orange suits, work suits have climbed onto the roof. Its clearly quite a professional outfit this and theyve hung these massive big pieces of black fabric to basically cover the whole of the front of this large house. And there are two protesters in front of it saying Rishi Sunak Oil profits or our future. And theyve filmed all of it. And there are ladders on the roof. There are ropes. It looks roof. There are ropes. It looks like these people are wearing abseiling equipment. This is quite an operation in and really quite an operation in and really quite concerning , given that quite concerning, given that this isnt downing street, this isnt government property. This isnt government property. This is the prime target home of a man. His wife and his two little girls. Well, lets get more on girls. Well, lets get more on this with the former government adviser, james price , who joins adviser, james price, who joins us in the studio now. James, us in the studio now. James, have we seen anything like this before . No, i think its incredibly concerning, to be honest. You know, Prime Minister it know, the Prime Minister it was widely reported this is his first holiday in Something Like four his four years. Hes taking his family away. Knows he family away. God knows he deserves matter you deserves it. No matter what you think performance, the think about his performance, the man deserves man works very hard, deserves a holiday. Occasionally holiday. We all do occasionally to of breach to see this kind of breach happen incredibe concerning happen is incredibe concerning when realise the lengths when you realise the lengths that go keep a prime that normally go to keep a Prime Minister, keep downing street minister, to keep downing street and all these other secret and all these other top secret areas so secure, areas of government so secure, what was something much what if it was something a much more nefarious its more nefarious group . Its really more nefarious group . Its reaii mean, it very much draws i mean, it very much draws attention the fact that there attention to the fact that there is security his private is no security at his private constituency home, presumably , constituency home, presumably, you know, you can look through the windows there into his childrens bedroom, the little girls bedrooms. Its do childrens bedroom, the little girls bedrooms. Its do they girls bedrooms. Its do they have what you dont want is we dont want to live in a world where every politician has a home surrounded by electronic gates. Thats not a country i want to live in. And i dont think the mps would either. But do you think they have to do something now, james, with with the way that these activists are becoming more confident . Think this wider i think it is this wider point that were really, really lucky in this country to live in a where people have a a world where people have a shared set values. We all shared set of values. We all understand live in this understand that we live in this society by certain society and we play by certain rules, that we let kids rules, right . That we let kids walk around free and safe in the streets, that you can walk home late at and hope that late at night and hope that you dont robbed anything dont get robbed or anything terrible you, and that terrible happen to you, and that these fascists, frankly, we these eco fascists, frankly, we are tearing away at are not just tearing away at the fabnc are not just tearing away at the fabric they on the fabric that they put on the Prime Ministers theyre Prime Ministers house. Theyre tearing fabric of tearing at the fabric of society. We dont feel that society. If we dont feel that we to the tennis or go to we can go to the tennis or go to any normal private thing without these eco terrorists, these entitled eco terrorists, frankly, ruining it, frankly, coming and ruining it, as were to going see as you say, were to going see more security. Were going to see even more see politicians be even more distanced to distanced and were going to see trust eroded amongst trust be further eroded amongst our britons. Our fellow britons. Say to those who what do you say to those who and it might a very small and it might be a very small minority of people who say this isnt the time honoured tradition british tradition of good british protest. An invasion, protest. This isnt an invasion, this free speech, which i this is free speech, which i think that that would be from the same sort of people who, if you were to go and do it to them, they would say that you were trespassing. The it, you know, all the rest of it, you know, we that wonderful we saw that wonderful counter protest just counter protest against just stop had gone stop oil where people had gone in and they found they were having a banquet and theyd in and they found they were havag a banquet and theyd in and they found they were hava load banquet and theyd in and they found they were hava load of banquet and theyd in and they found they were hava load of alarmst and theyd in and they found they were hava load of alarms going heyd in and they found they were hava load of alarms going upd set a load of alarms going up into filled balloons in into helium filled balloons in the and their own the roof and ruined their own party. They seem very party. They didnt seem very happy was happening happy when it was happening to these i think these guys back again. I think its really concerning. Its really, really concerning. And just imagine if this was any of own homes, any of of our own homes, any of your viewers homes. Englishmans viewers homes. An englishmans home would home is his castle. What would you you saw these climbing you do if you saw these climbing on your roof, looking in your windows . Its not a coincidence, is it, this has come after it, that this has come after rishi sunak that he would rishi sunak said that he would give licences as to give 100 new licences as to drill for oil and gas, and he effectively support effectively signalled support for controversial for this controversial Rosebank Development shetland. So development out in shetland. So every what i dont want is every time what i dont want is to live in a country where every time a politician thinks theyre going to make a decision about what fuel energy and security , what fuel energy and security, they are going to be literally hit back at in this way. Personally and their personal property. Thats a shift in politics in this country. Yeah, absolutely. You think 30 years ago you could still walk down downing street . Thats changed completely. See, the security there is incredibly tight. Politician doesnt tight. The politician doesnt feel that own constituency feel that his own constituency home somewhere can home is somewhere where he can feel peace. Think that, as feel at peace. I think that, as you say, its a really dangerous shift in the way that people start at politics start looking at politics and what when start what happens when people start taking into their own taking the law into their own handsin taking the law into their own hands in the opposite direction. Weve fortunately, weve seen, fortunately, very few people driving few examples of people driving their the just stop their cars into the Just Stop Oil. You see other oil protesters. You see in other countries, much more countries, its much, much more brutal and its brutal and violent. And its only common only the good common self restraint of brits. That means that havent had much means that we havent had much worse of this already. Means that we havent had much wornow, of this already. Means that we havent had much wornow, james, of this already. Means that we havent had much wornow, james, weres already. Means that we havent had much wornow, james, were luckyady. Means that we havent had much wornow, james, were lucky we now, james, were lucky we have the studio this have you in the studio this morning got years morning because weve got years of the top of of experience at the top of government advising the most senior in land. Senior politicians in the land. But originally coming but you were originally coming in to talk about something thats the department thats gone on in the department of an of health. Youve written an article the telegraph about article in the telegraph about it all this news about it before all this news about the broke the Prime Ministers house broke just morning. What just this morning. What has steve in the Health Steve Barclay done in the Health Department . Can talk about yeah, we can talk about something important now. Brilliant really exciting brilliant its a really exciting development. So Steve Barclay is the secretary said all the Health Secretary he said all these roles and it came these other roles and it came out from a bit of reporting in the telegraph, i think by dominic hes Dominic Penna that since hes been Health Secretary, the number servants has number of Civil Servants has actually down. And, you actually gone down. And, you know, we think an know, we think its an inevitability that the state always now that always keeps growing. Now that the Service Stands half the civil Service Stands at half a in Central London and a million in Central London and god many more people god knows how many more people elsewhere and Steve Barclay has managed the number managed to shrink the number of people with no people working there with no seeming loss of quality. In fact, the opposite, because hes also exciting also getting exciting new technologies and all technologies going in and all the other new exciting ai advancements Health Advancements and new Health Sciences , his drugs that will sciences, his drugs that will help people lose weight, all these exciting things. And hes doing that with a smaller Civil Service hopefully it inspires every department do every other department to do exactly as well. Every other department to do exa so as well. Every other department to do exa so 1 1, as well. Every other department to do eano 1 1, one as well. Every other department to do eano 1 1, one bit s well. Every other department to do eano 1 1, one bit ofvell. Every other department to do eano 1 1, one bit of the civil so 1 1, one bit of the Civil Service thats actually shrinking, even though the rest of to be absorbing of it seems to be absorbing itself. Thank you, james. James price, there. Right. James price, there. Right. Still come this morning, james price, there. Right. Still going e this morning, james price, there. Right. Still going to his morning, james price, there. Right. Still going to his asking g, james price, there. Right. Still going to his asking if you were going to be asking if you would your partner if they would tell your partner if they were putting on too much weight. Its a bit awkward, it, its a bit awkward, isnt it, all your mornings all that after your mornings news jones. News with Rhiannon Jones. Good morning. Its 1031. News with Rhiannon Jones. Good morning. Its1031. Your top stories from the newsroom. Top stories from the newsroom. The bank of england is expected to increase its Interest Rate for the 14th time in a row today. Economists predict a 0. 25 percentage point rise, increasing the base rate to 5. 25. It would be the highest hike in 15 years as the bank continues its battle to control the rise of cost of living. The the rise of cost of living. The increase today were down to yet more pressure on borrowers as the Prime Minister says he wont apologise for supporting new oil and Gas Exploration after greenpeace activists scaled his yorkshire home and covered it in black fabric in protest of the policy. Rishi sunak has announced plans to max out oil and gas reserves by granting more than 100 new extraction licences ses in the north sea. Licences ses in the north sea. Meanwhile the Prime Minister says the governments pay offer to doctors is fair and final. Writing in the daily express, rishi sunak, says therell be no more talks on this years pay, calling the latest offer very generous. 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Through the big, big stories. And suppose , dawn, lets and i suppose, dawn, lets start you this story about start with you this story about the Prime Ministers house being isuppose the Prime Ministers house being i suppose theres no other word for it attacked by greenpeace. I feel like feel like im feel like i feel like im actually big brother. Actually on big brother. This is davina. Please do not swear because it makes me want to im absolutely to swear. Im absolutely astonished that was astonished by this. If that was your house out there, how would your house out there, how would you feel now . What you think about the minister and the about the Prime Minister and the politics . Is someones politics . This is someones private home, someone has private home, someone who has two children now we know two small children now we know because told world because he told the world yesterday on yesterday that hes off on holiday. So know the family holiday. So we know the family werent find werent there. But i just find this utterly shocking. Where is the security . I know. I the security . I know. I mean, if it was if it was my house, id really be willing to fall the willing them to fall off the roof. Actually, that roof. Actually, i know that might a very charitable might not be a very charitable thing say, sam. Or maybe thing to say, sam. Or maybe theyre just doing, you know, maybe what need. We maybe this is what we need. We need activism. Need people to need activism. We need people to change the narrative. As im saying dont saying it. You can tell i dont believe it. Well, i think, you know, the right to protest in britain. It is fundamental right. Im very is a fundamental right. Im very pro i think thats a pro that right. I think thats a very thing. But very important thing. But but this different thing. This this is a different thing. This is actually intruding on is this is actually intruding on somebodys personal property. Its trespass. Its, know, its trespass. Its, you know, well, criminal well, there may be criminal damage, but actually, damage, who knows . But actually, we ministers we do know the Prime Ministers gone gone to gone away. Hes gone to california. Us this california. He told us this yesterday the radio. But that yesterday on the radio. But that doesnt mean his house should be lacking in security. The police should all time. Should be there all the time. And elaborate nature of this and the elaborate nature of this , you know, well, attack on his house, i suppose it is, is quite something. If you look at the images there, i mean, this is not a kind of spontaneous , not a kind of spontaneous, joyous thing, an awful lot with a full rigging equipment. Havent they . Abseiling . Abseiling . Got ladders , theyve theyve got ladders, theyve got helmets and all the of got helmets and all the rest of it. Oh im glad that theyre taking precautions of their own heads. The fact heads. But i suppose the fact that the Prime Minister is going away was going this away or was going because this was yesterday, its only come about now, but the that the about now, but the fact that the Prime Minister is going away to some extent makes this more concerning. Thinking about your concerning. Thinking about your home as you go away on holiday , home as you go away on holiday, being being nervous about is everything safe. Did i make sure everything safe. Did i make sure the timers the lights are going on . Did i leave a neighbour a key . Are always thinking key . People are always thinking about the safety their own about the safety of their own home. Theres Something Special about a home. Very, very much so. I mean, as you say, tom, quite rightly, youre paranoid you youre always paranoid about you know, the heating know, did you turn the heating off, have you left a light on, etcetera, etcetera. Did you lock the which is the one the door . Which is the big one for the husband always for us . Is the husband always goes several times because goes back several times because you lock the door, drives me mad. This like, know, mad. But this is like, you know, can imagine that sort of can you imagine that sort of like theyre finding like when theyre finding out whats you know, whats going on here, you know, and sam said, the criminal and as sam said, the criminal damage, but the double Security Risk everybody risk is now Everybody Knows exactly what we knew. His constituents. Obviously constituents. He obviously he knows address, knows what knows his address, knows what his house like, knows the his house looks like, knows the point etcetera, point of entry, etcetera, etcetera. Security breach. Lots of people have been getting in touch from home. Keith has said. Where are the police . There are People Police . There are people crawling over sunaks house and not a policeman in sight. Apparently he cant get a police service. Same the of service. The same as the rest of us, margaret said. I hope that every one of them that covered sunaks in oily fabric was sunaks house in oily fabric was arrested these just arrested and these idiots just went too far. But i mean, the fact that theyve got the confidence to broadcast this has come out of their social media. This footage, theyve this footage, and theyve obviously fear of being obviously got no fear of being arrested for this. Remarkable. Its remarkable. Its remarkable. This is the problem, and this this is the problem, isnt actually we see isnt it, that actually we see too times now that the too many times now that the police be focusing on police seem to be focusing on things policing and things like policing and comments social media rather comments on social media rather than actually doing Proper Old School is school policing. And this is something government something that the government keeps to keeps insisting is going to crack i this is crack down on. I mean, this is just basic security, though. This is the Prime Ministers house. These people have obviously staked this house out for some time because for quite some time because those oily cloths exactly fit for quite some time because thorsizely cloths exactly fit for quite some time because thorsizely the|s exactly fit for quite some time because thorsizely the house. Ly fit for quite some time because thorsizely the house. So it for quite some time because thorsizely the house. So you the size of the house. So you know, its almost like theyve gone measured up, isnt gone up and measured up, isnt it . This clearly it . Yeah. So this has clearly been time in the planning. It . Yeah. So this has clearly beenhave time in the planning. It . Yeah. So this has clearly been have these in the planning. It . Yeah. So this has clearly been have these people planning. It . Yeah. So this has clearly beenhave these people beening. It . Yeah. So this has clearly beenhave these people been able how have these people been able to access the house in this way . It just beggars belief. Id also like point out that the hive like to point out that the hive is wearing the is vests are wearing the climbing and the ropes climbing helmets and the ropes are all by products of are probably all by products of the petrochemical industry. Environmentally you can get environmentally friendly ones, but i mean, theyre rare. Yeah, very theyre quite rare. Yeah, very true. True. One of the most irritating things about this to me is that greenpeace as an organisation, campaigns against lots of other forms of energy as well. They campaign against nuclear power. For example, one of the green most powerful forms of energy generation. We could have. It energy generation. We could have. It makes me think , what have. It makes me think, what are they trying to aim for here . Just for us to stop using electricity, living in caves , electricity, living in caves, eating insects and walking everywhere, shutting down the nhs, turning off the mri machines. Machines. By the way, tom, how exactly. By the way, tom, how did there with all that did they get there with all that equipment . They there on equipment . Did they get there on their bikes . Yeah. Oh, yeah. Oh, yeah. Theyll have cycled, no doubt, the local you know. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. But this operation, i mean, these groups of these people. Yeah. To them, this yeah. As you say to them, this is, is organised. Yeah. Is, this is organised. Yeah. This look we can see, can this is look we can see, we can see on screen now abseiling equipment. I mean theyve got to that they can sail that point where they can sail off ministers roof. That point where they can sail off its, ministers roof. That point where they can sail off its, mean. Inisters roof. That point where they can sail off its, mean. Inist should. Its, i mean they should never have been able to even get to the front door let alone get on the roof, set up abseiling ropes these oily ropes and unveil these oily cloths slightly different tack. I have thought that i would have thought that our, unquote, billionaire our, quote unquote, billionaire Prime Minister might have a slightly house this slightly nicer house than this sort dash. Its a sort of pebble dash. Its a lot nicer than anything have. Nicer than anything i have. His house is either its a his house is either too big too small. Well, it too big or too small. Well, it its a very nice house. Its a very nice house pebble dash. It its a very nice house pebble dash. It does look better with the with the black, might the with the black, you might say. Its a lovely say. But i mean its a lovely georgian property. Its a big detached house. This the one, detached house. This is the one, of course, that he got into trouble. I think dawn for having his swimming pool. He had to increase pool that he had to increase the energy in the local grid. Yes, exactly. Swimming pool. So up his swimming pool. So maybe no coincidence maybe its no coincidence that they this in the they chose this house in the constituency theyre constituency where theyre actually shutting swimming actually shutting local swimming pools they pools for kids because they cant to run and heat cant afford to run and heat them. Cant afford to run and heat the yeah, you know, we could yeah, but, you know, we could invite round bev. Invite the local kids round bev. I im sure he wouldnt i mean, im sure he wouldnt mind. Oh yeah, right. Im sure. Lots of you. Ive been getting victor from rishis home. Victor from devon rishis home. Totally the totally outrageous. Throw the book at them. Christina said im outraged at what greenpeace has done. They do this to done. How dare they do this to rishis do they think rishis home . Who do they think they are . Em sue from london saying find out the people are. Blow up out who the people are. Blow up those photos their faces that those photos of their faces that they have put out they themselves have put out there oh, and sue there and make sure. Oh, and sue suggesting we make nuisance suggesting we make a nuisance outside suggesting we make a nuisance outwell, i was to suggesting we make a nuisance out well, i was to say go well, i was going to say go to their house. How would they like it . Right. Can we talk about a story that weve been trailing all morning . This youre all morning . This is if youre getting a bit fat or if your partners fat, partners getting a bit fat, would them . Would you tell them . Lister well, i think its sam lister well, i think its just, you know, in life, in just, you know, in in life, in relationships, it would be great if everyone was honest all the time. But theyre not, are they . So, you know, people muddle along the best they can. Along through the best they can. And know, im not and i think, you know, im not sure always being brutally sure always being being brutally honest way to go. Sure always being being brutally horthis way to go. Sure always being being brutally horthis is way to go. Sure always being being brutally horthis is julie way to go. Sure always being being brutally horthis is julie cookiy to go. Sure always being being brutally horthis is julie cook in o go. Sure always being being brutally horthis is julie cook in the . This is julie cook in the mail. Dawn, isnt it . Whos saying that should saying that we should always tell partners being cruel to tell our partners being cruel to be a very fit, be kind . Youre a very fit, healthy. Youre a gym bunny, arent you . You like to keep yourself nick. Arent you . You like to keep youi;elf nick. Arent you . You like to keep youi like nick. Arent you . You like to keep youi like my nick. Arent you . You like to keep youi like my cycling, and i like i like my cycling, and i like climbing. Ironically, not on peoples though. Peoples houses, though. Ive actually done this. Ive actually done this. Ive actually done this. Ive done this. I must have. Ive done this. I told the husband i actually told the husband and. And with you, its and to be honest with you, its probably saved his life because he was putting up. Look, its all the language, isnt it . All in the language, isnt it . You literally them you dont literally call them a fat so and so and sort of like make of you do it in a make fun of them. You do it in a kind, caring, loving way bed. But was but the husband was getting a bit portly as men do when they get to a certain age. Tom it might not happen to you, but just and obviously just be warned. And obviously there danger when there is a danger again when you get to a certain age of developing 2 diabetes. Yes developing type 2 diabetes. Yes so we had the conversation. The husband had do husband agreed he had to do something he something about it and he actually ended up losing three and stone. Oh, amazing. And a half stone. Oh, amazing. Im really, really him. Im really, really proud of him. Hes a little bit strapped on. Sorry think sometimes sorry but i think sometimes its, know , this this chap its, you know, this this chap isnt morbidly obese or obese or anything. You know, hes got a bit of a paunch, but i think, yeah, i think sometimes you have to have this conversation, often not because mean. Not because youre being mean. Because issues. Because there are health issues. Yeah this is the couple. This is juue this is the couple. This is julie cook. Fact, shes, julie cook. In fact, shes, shes friend of the show. Shes a friend of the show. Weve often had julie on as a journalist and shes raised awareness this, saying, awareness of this, saying, should tell should you tell should you tell your half . You, tom your other half . Would you, tom well, heres the thing. I think i think that potentially putting a bit of potentially putting on a bit of relationship weight is an inevitable of inevitable conflict sense of being relationship. Inevitable conflict sense of beiithe relationship. Inevitable conflict sense of beiithe happy|tionship. Inevitable conflict sense of beiithe happy |tionshi dont inevitable conflict sense of beiithe happy|tionshi dont pull the happy hearts dont pull yourself off market. Yourself off the market. Then who who are you losing the weight for . Thats true. Thats true. Thats true. Thats a point. Thats a good point. Thats a good point. Actually. Because being actually. Yeah. Because being loved and cuddly on the sofa loved up and cuddly on the sofa and you have dinner you take and you have dinner and you take you takeaways and you just you have takeaways and you just hunker down a little bit, dont you . Its a difficult one, i have to would i to say. I would definitely i would would other would i would tell my other half, i think. But you hope you wouldnt. Hope you dont wouldnt. You hope you dont have hope you work it have to. You hope you work it out yourself. Out for yourself. Its you know, people but its you know, people know anyway, dont they. Yeah. So yeah, yeah. So yeah, yeah. I mean, yeah, the husband did realise took someone to realise it just took someone to nagging calls i like nagging as he calls it. I like to think was just gentle to think it was just gentle punch, but perhaps, perhaps outside of relationship, you have built in have that that sort of built in nagging in the that nagging in the sense that perhaps someone wouldnt want to go for drink with you or go for a drink with you or perhaps wouldnt. Perhaps you wouldnt. Youd find it a harder youd find it a bit harder to, you know, you need to replicate sort of social replicate the sort of social cues outside, right . Right. Within the relationship. Exactly. So you know, im not going to go out for dinner you tonight. You know. Right. Pizza. Right. Pizza. Right. Pizza. Lets come to your by line. Lets come to front page on lets come to your front page on the daily express. What have you been about today . The daily express. What have you beeyeah, about today . The daily express. What have you beeyeah, rishi today . Hes yeah, its rishi sunak. Hes written piece for us today, written a piece for us today, andifs written a piece for us today, and its basically hes been very clear with the doctors who were striking Junior Doctors, consultants that the pay settlement for this year is its fair and its final, and it doesnt matter how much they strike, hes not going to change his that. And he points his mind on that. And he points out that actually a lot of the work is in the nhs who are on much lower salaries than these people settled. Why they people have settled. Why they still pursuing this, why they are pushing up, waiting lists. He them specifically for he blames them specifically for pushing waiting and pushing up, waiting lists and points actually , you know, points out actually, you know, if you if you give a 35 pay rise a Junior Doctor or rise to a Junior Doctor or a consultant, that is to going help, not going to help the battle down inflation. Battle to bring down inflation. So hes saying, look, this is fair the whole country. Fair for the whole country. Youre good youre actually on pretty good salaries youre causing salaries anyway. Youre causing big problems. Im not im not going to change my mind on pay negotiations. So its fairly stark. Is he right on . Is he right on . Well, 35 is ridiculous. Well, 35 is ridiculous. I mean, but i mean, you know, i just want these debates between the government and the unions to be televised on gb news one side says news because one side says theyre talking to us. The theyre not talking to us. The other side. Yes, we are. Who are they actually talking to . One another. This applies any of another. This applies to any of having some transparency over these conversations. What conversations place. Conversations are taking place. But, i mean, its quite ridiculous. And listen to a junior on the radio the Junior Doctor on the radio the day was denying the fact day who was denying the fact that action was having any that their action was having any effect on patients on waiting lists. It clearly is. Thousands lists. It clearly is. Thousands of people have had their appointments cancelled. Oh, absolutely. Everybody Everybody Knows somebody, dont they . The Prime Minister has written this for the express today. Of course, hes on holiday. He jetted off yesterday afternoon or evening. Did he write it on the plane . Well, he only jetted off in the evening time, so he had the whole day. Yeah. Well, this is what i was going ask you that actually. So. He has done this so. So he has done this comment piece. Has basically comment piece. Has he basically spoken to you and youve ghosted it for hes not. It for him or hes not. Hes not . No, no, no, no, no. Hes literally. Come sam. Hes literally. Come on, sam. From number 10 yesterday. Okay. Okay okay. Okay so somebody has written it for and hes checked it, for him and hes checked it, write piece them. Write a piece for them. So we know. So we know he is. He is working right up until the moment that steps foot in the moment that he steps foot in the rishi moment that he steps foot in the risii mean, i think the one thing i mean, i think the one thing we about him is he is workaholic. So you know, he wasnt you know, it was actually the airport going the missus. Airport going to the missus. The door or not . Did i lock the door or not . Did i lock the door or not . Hes glad he did lock the doon hes glad he did lock the door. Yeah. Yeah oh, goodness. Oh, fantastic. Oh, goodness. Oh, fantastic. But i suppose that does tie into when he lands if into when, when he lands or if hes the first hes already landed, the first thing be told is, oh, the thing hell be told is, oh, the stress. House has been stress. Your house has been invaded and we dont, we dont know other the know anything other than the video had been published by video that had been published by the themselves. The activists themselves. You dont else theres no dont know what else theres no and that be. And how stressful that be. Those little girls and those two little girls just a holiday with just want to have a holiday with their and dad. Their mum and dad. Be so disturbed. And youd be so disturbed. And im thinking, my youngest is the same their eldest. I same age as their eldest. I think and as a little girl, think 12. And as a little girl, she so frightened if she would be so frightened if she would be so frightened if she pictures of our house she saw pictures of our house being defaced that way. Being defaced in that way. I in whatever way will i guess in whatever way will they be really, they be able to be really, really upset by that . Be really disturbed youd be really disturbed by it. And see what it. And i dont see what difference they think its going to to government in to make to government policy in terms of oil and gas. The thing. Thats the thing. Thats the thing. Extraordinary thing, sam, the extraordinary thing, sam, that when the government announced licences announced those 100 new licences in graphic they put out in in every graphic they put out in every interview that every minister they said minister went out, they said this were showing were stuffing just stop if stuffing it to Just Stop Oil. If anything, the activists that were doing illegal things encouraged the government to take this course of action. I think the problem is yeah, i think the problem is , now just , though, activists are now just breaking the law with impunity. Breaking the law with impunity. And this is the problem, isnt it . And how have we got to this position where the right to protest has actually become the position where the right to prote to has actually become the position where the right to prote to actuallyally become the position where the right to prote to actually do become the position where the right to prote to actually do whatever he right to actually do whatever you without without being you like without without being prosecuted . That that prosecuted . And i find that that is the big problem. Weve got this this point. I thought this at this point. I thought that was a really interesting point, tom, because, you know, when burgled, you when your house is burgled, you never the same. Never feel quite the same. Feel really uncomfortable never feel quite the same. It feel really uncomfortable never feel quite the same. It going l really uncomfortable never feel quite the same. It going back. Y uncomfortable never feel quite the same. It going back. And comfortable never feel quite the same. It going back. And thiszortable never feel quite the same. It going back. And this istable never feel quite the same. It going back. And this is an. E in it going back. And this is an invasion their home. And as invasion of their home. And as you those two little you say, both those two little girls, like theyre girls, its like theyre probably my probably looking thats my bedroom theyre coming bedroom window. Theyre coming over you can tell them as and you can tell them as parents, you could say, oh, its fine. They wouldnt do anything to you. But theyre not theyre not believe that. Not going to believe that. Thats such a such thats such a its such a powerful is why powerful image. That is why theyve because is theyve done it, because it is such powerful and we are such a powerful image and we are talking about it. Were giving them publicity. But other were not but on the other hand, were not giving good publicity giving them good publicity because angry it. Also, hl h also, i come back to this point, do not think point, i do not think i genuinely do not think the government would have gone ahead with new oil and gas with those new oil and gas licences if it hadnt been for just i think stop Just Stop Oil. I think Just Stop Oil polarised debate where oil polarised this debate where the government where actually the government where actually the the United Kingdom the country, the United Kingdom was on Climate Policy was so united on Climate Policy for until about for the most part up until about a until these a year ago, up until these protests started, it just makes people once you dig your and it once you dig your heels in. Yeah i mean, do you think hes going to even going to get these these oil and gas licences . Because since since they sam . Because since since they announced announced announced since they announced that ago, that a couple of days ago, actually that would actually anybody that would invest said we invest in that have said we cant in it anyway cant invest in it anyway because of our esg policy. So its probably not going to get because of our esg policy. So itsthe bably not going to get because of our esg policy. So itsthe ground t going to get because of our esg policy. So itsthe ground anyway. To get off the ground anyway. Well, i dont mean, well, i dont know. I mean, number 10 quite vague on the number 10 are quite vague on the timescale this happen. Timescale for this to happen. They we if they wont even say if we if therell new drilling before therell be new drilling before therell be new drilling before the election. Know, the next election. So, you know, these time, but these things can take time, but i will see in autumn i think we will see in autumn some progress and well some progress on it and well perhaps firmer numbers then. Yeah. Em em e to have to talk do we want to have to talk about this racist leaflets . Oh, yes. Quickly. Cabinet yes. Very quickly. Cabinet minister the minister faces inquiry over the racist who is racist leaflet. Dawn who who is in trouble and what have they done in trouble and what have they dorokay. This is our the okay. Well this is our the davids davis, the welsh secretary who sent leaflet secretary who has sent a leaflet around warning constituents that there travellers camp there may be a travellers camp set up in the. And how do they feel about it . Fine. It seems fairly sensible thing to do doesnt it . But he has been reported for racism for using the g word. I didnt even know the g word. I didnt even know that. Youre not allowed to say gypsy. This is the thing, tom. All gypsy i thought selfies identified in that way. They do. They do. They do. So big fat gypsy wedding is a tv programme is a movie. I think there were issues just horrifically racist. Just been horrifically racist. Keep up. I cant keep up. I cant keep up. Well, this is look and he is the mp for monmouth and he said, look, not a criticism of look, its not a criticism of the gypsy traveller community. He goes, i just wanted there was no consultation was no there was no consultation with residents. They didnt was no there was no consultation with wasidents. They didnt was no there was no consultation with was happening. Y didnt was no there was no consultation with was happening. Itsdnt was no there was no consultation with was happening. Itsjust know it was happening. Its just saying, happy with saying, look, are you happy with this there this camp being set there without talking in another. Police are investigating a leaflet instead of guarding rishi house and the rishi sunak house and its the lead page telegraph newspaper. Thank you , ladies. Anyway, thank you, ladies. Sam and dawn. On this in the next houn more of you in a bit. Were also to going have a top security expert to discuss these protests youre protests by greenpeace. Youre with britains newsroom i looks like things are heating up. Boxed boilers , proud up. Boxed boilers, proud sponsors of weather on gb news. Sponsors of weather on gb news. Hello, alex deakin here with your latest weather update from the met office for gb news. Not quite as wild as yesterday, but a cool cloudy day for most. A bit of sunshine here and there, but there are also a few showers around this low brought the wet and windy weather yesterday. Its but is its clearing away, but it is allowing winds come allowing the winds to come down from north, bringing a cool from the north, bringing a cool feel quite a bit of cloud. Feel and quite a bit of cloud. Plenty of showers across the highlands Western Isles highlands and the Western Isles and scattering of showers and a scattering of showers across england and wales could see 1 or 2 heavy ones, but many places dry for most of places will be dry for most of the day and well see a little bit of sunshine here and there, some brightness poking through. A blue sky could a little bit of blue sky could see the see temperatures in the south east into the 20s, maybe 23 but mostly, again , 23 or 24, but mostly, again, were high teens, low 20s at best. And feeling cooler with that breeze continuing to bring outbreaks of rain across northern scotland. Sprinkling of showers elsewhere could be 1 or 2 heavy ones over eastern parts through the evening and indeed continuing overnight. But elsewhere, places will elsewhere, most places will become dry. Well keep a fair bit of cloud around and temperatures will mostly hold up to 11 to 14 celsius. Friday, again , then dry and bright for again, then dry and bright for the most part. But there will be some showers again, particularly over north east england. Initially and then moving south into of lincolnshire, east into parts of lincolnshire, east anglia the south east. Anglia and the south east. A sprinkling of heavy afternoon showers, but further west many places dry and a better chance of seeing some spells, of seeing some sunny spells, particularly the afternoon particularly in the afternoon for southwest england. For wales and southwest england. Again, teens again, temperatures high teens or low 20s goodbye. Or low 20s goodbye. Looks like things are heating up. Boxed boilers proud sponsors up. Boxed boilers proud sponsors of weather on. Gb news. Good morning. Its 11 00 gb news. Good morning. Its11 00 on thursday, the 3rd of august. This is britains newsroom on gb news bev turner and tom harwood. Now greenpeace have covered rishi sunaks £2 million mansion in oil black fabric and unveiled a banner saying Rishi Sunak Oil profits or our future. Well i mean, i suppose our future is debateable. There but the move is against the Prime Ministers backing for a major expansion of nonh backing for a major expansion of north sea oil and gas drilling. Well have the very latest on this security this Extraordinary Security breach. Breach. Also , Interest Rates could also, Interest Rates could rise again as the bank of England Policy Committee meet today in more bad news for mortgage holders will they come down that announcement will be in about one hour. And following in the footsteps of swimming, cycling and athletic british rowing will ban Transgender Athletes from competing in womens events. Competing in womens events. Let us know your thoughts on everything that were discussing this morning, particularly about that story of the Prime Ministers house being stormed by those pirates. Oysters by those pirates. Oysters gbviews gbnews. Com is the email address. First, though, here is the very latest news with Rhiannon Jones. Bev thank you. Good morning. Its 11 01. Your bev thank you. Good morning. Its11 01. Your top bev thank you. Good morning. Its 11 01. Your top stories its11 01. Your top stories from the gb newsroom. Protesters from the gb newsroom. Protesters are gathering outside the bank of england as its expected to increase its Interest Rate for the 14th time in a row. Today economists predict a 0. 25 percentage point rise , percentage point rise, increasing the base rate to 5. 25. It would be the highest hike in 15 years. As the bank continues its battle to control the rising cost of living, the increase today would add yet more pressure on borrowers. Shadow energy ministerjonathan Shadow Energy minister Jonathan Reynolds says the government needs to do more to help the trade deals that weve got as a country look at for instance, our deal with the eu not covering agriculture and food prospects. Therefore youve got higher levels of checks, more bureaucracy , more delay in that. Bureaucracy, more delay in that. That has an impact on food prices. The agenda the prices. Thats the agenda the government should pursuing government should be pursuing a resilient, economy. Resilient, prosperous economy. So, yes , the bank of england so, yes, the bank of england have difficult to have got difficult decisions to make theres role make today, but theres a role for minimising make today, but theres a role for pressures minimising make today, but theres a role for pressures asminimising make today, but theres a role for pressures as wellnising make today, but theres a role for pressures as well. Ising those pressures as well. Well, jeremy leaf is an independent estate agent owner. He told gb news there are some positive elements to draw on. On the one hand, weve got the anticipation of bad news rates going up, but the anticipation of bad news rates going up , but actually rates going up, but actually theres a glimmer of good news as well, because if they dont go as well, because if they dont 9 up as well, because if they dont go up quite as much as some people are suggesting, like five and quarter, not five and a and a quarter, not five and a half and the pace is seen to be slowing , that actually starts to slowing, that actually starts to bnng slowing, that actually starts to bring Mortgage Rates, which affects most of us down and those on the market starting to come down just a little bit. So its that glimmer having your cake and eat it. Sorry about the cake. The Prime Minister says he wont apologise for supporting new oil and Gas Exploration. Its after greenpeace activists scaled his yorkshire home, draping it in black fabric in protest of the policy. Rishi protest of the policy. Rishi sunak has granted more than 100 new licences for oil and gas extraction in the north sea. The campaigners say theyve taken action to drive home the dangerous consequences of the move. North Yorkshire Police says its managing the situation. Alex wilson from greenpeace says the Prime Minister needs to choose a side. Were all here because rishi sunak has opened the door for a new drilling frenzy in the north sea while large parts of our world are literally on fire, this will be a disaster for the climate. A disaster for the climate. It wont lower energy bills. It wont lower energy bills. Its not going to boost our energy security. We the only energy security. We the only people that are going to profit from this at all are the big oil companies. Companies. The Prime Minister says the governments pay offer to doctors is fair and final. Doctors is fair and final. Writing in the daily express, rishi sunak says therell be no more talks on this years pay, calling the latest offer very generous. He called the nhs an institution the uks rightly proud of and praised healthcare staff across the country. Mr sunakis staff across the country. Mr sunak is urging doctors to call off their strikes and gps in england will be able to order a host of checks direct early to help speed up the diagnosis of a range of heart and respiratory conditions. Doctors will be able to order checks for some conditions without needing to go via a specialist , conditions without needing to go via a specialist, and conditions without needing to go via a specialist , and patients via a specialist, and patients will instead receive a direct referral to hospital or community diagnostic centres. Up community diagnostic centres. Up to 1 Million People are expected to 1 Million People are expected to benefit from the new plans. To benefit from the new plans. The science secretary has accused a labour mp of misleading the public after he shared a fake image of the Prime Minister. Mp for harlow, karl turner posted a doctored picture showing rishi sunak at a beer festival with a badly pulled pint and a woman seemingly looking on, disapprove. Hinckley looking on, disapprove. Hinckley Michelle Donelan has described sharing the deep fake image pretty desperate stuff by labour. Mr turner later said he hadnt realised the image was fake and the average price of a litre of petrol rose for a second consecutive month in july. The consecutive month in july. The rac found a litre of unleaded now costs 140 £0. 05, up by a penny since the start of the month and up to pence since the start of june. The wholesale start of june. The wholesale price of petrol rose by £0. 06 a litre in the middle of july, following hikes on in oil costs , meaning further rises are likely. See diesel, meanwhile, likely. 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By simply saying play gb news now its back to tom and beth. Tom and beth. So as weve been discussing, greenpeace active artists have invaded the Prime Ministers private home, draping a massive , oily black piece of fabric over the roof. Incredible images that were seeing. Here are that were seeing. Here are there are the images. You can see that the Prime Ministers georgian home in nonh ministers georgian home in North Yorkshire is being scaled by people with what looks like abseiling equipment. Theyve abseiling equipment. Theyve hooked themselves onto various points in the roof of the Period Property and are draping down measured to fit out black sheets across it in what can only be described as the most incredible sort of Security Breach from the private home of the Prime Minister. And his family. Yeah, well, well get this is a Security Specialist and joins us now. Good morning, will. How are you . Good morning, will. I are you . Good morning, will. I think will is there with us as we change our autocue flicker. Hi, will. Right. You understand a little bit about these sorts of things, security that Prime Ministers in particular should expect. He he was obviously on his plane to california yesterday, just about the time that we think these protesters were at the property. Should there been somebody there there have been somebody there to sure that this wouldnt to make sure that this wouldnt happen . To make sure that this wouldnt hapabsolutely , bev. I mean, im absolutely, bev. I mean, im really quite astounded by firstly how well organised greenpeace are, although to a certain extent theyve been doing these sort of stunts for many, many years. So theyre many, many years. So theyre very well rehearsed. Theyll very well rehearsed. Theyll certainly have done their planning but the, the thing planning. But the, the thing that me the most is that concerns me the most is this a very prominent this is a very prominent property of rishi sunak. Rishi sunak , who is our Prime Minister sunak, who is our Prime Minister , and he is a person, an individual who is vulnerable to a wide spectrum of threats amongst those will be eco zealots, but it could be also terrorists and we look at this particular operation , and this particular operation, and this wasnt a simple case of a number of individuals turning up on the day and rolling this out. This was well planned. Well rehearsed, and inevitably well equipped. Equipped. Is it normal , do you think, is it normal, do you think, will for a Prime Ministers constituency home, though, to have no security . We were just saying earlier, i dont want to live in a world where all of our mps or our ministers have to be in gated communities. You know, the point of our old the whole point of our Old Fashioned democratic , fashioned democratic, particularly the constituency system and the surgeries that mps do, is that they can be close to the public. Do you think this would signal a change . Maybe well, i mean, to be honest, im really, really quite surprised. Bev anyway , the fact surprised. Bev anyway, the fact that there was no security , that there was no security, albeit in a very low level sense, that would have prevented this happening. And im not just talking about these turning talking about these guys turning up morning and actually up this morning and actually carrying out their stunt. Im talking detection. I talking about the detection. I mean, things that we mean, one of the things that we in will continually in security will continually drone on about is threat detection. And its that hostile reconnaissance advance. Detection. And its that hostile reconnaissance advance. Now, reconnaissance in advance. Now, this should have been picked up well in advance. I mean, if you drive through, for example, connaught in central Connaught Square in Central London, tony blair has an london, where tony blair has an actual residence, you will never drive past it and not see Uniformed Police officers outside it. So this is a retired Prime Minister, not an active Prime Minister, not an active Prime Minister, not an active Prime Minister who is in a whos in a position during a very contentious period, particularly when it comes to a climate change, when it comes to eco zealots. You know, we only have zealots. You know, we only have to see just drop oil on a weekly bafis to see just drop oil on a weekly basis carrying out their stunts. But this is an individual that a strike by a terrorist group would be a huge success. And in this instance, obviously, its eco zealots unfurling. Obviously a black blanket to demonstrate their point and get their agenda across. But whats to say there across. But whats to say there wouldnt be a lone actor who with an improvised explosive device that theyve created putting that on the property, whether that was on a delayed timer that could be remotely triggered or whether it be a device which literally exploded there. And then that even symbolically without the family actually being a resident at the time, would would send out huge reverberate , obviously, within reverberate, obviously, within the terrorist community, but also to the International Community at how poorly protected he seems to be in this incident. And its worth emphasising again at this point that this this a holiday home. This is this is the family home of the Prime Minister the Prime Minister works up Prime Minister often works up from his constituency. No doubt there are National Security related documents in that building. Of course, he , when he building. Of course, he, when he was chancellor, developed the darlington campus of the treasury, where he worked at least once a month. And he does visit there often as Prime Minister as well. No doubt minister as well. No doubt within that building there is some very sensitive documents. Some very sensitive documents. This is a huge risk. Yeah, its huge. Tom, i mean, and again, we go back to jo cox. I mean, is it really that long ago before we start thinking about mps in their own constituencies . And this is just constituencies . And this is just standard mps and about their personal their personal protection, their personal protection, their personal safety . This is the Prime Minister our country. I Prime Minister of our country. I mean, almost laughable the mean, its almost laughable the fact that there was no means of security to prevent these individuals getting there. Individuals getting on there. Now the one thing we know with environmental protest environmental groups and protest groups theyre very savvy to groups is theyre very savvy to what law so in terms of what the law is. So in terms of what the law is. So in terms of what they could be prosecuted for, unfurling black sheets is not criminal damage for them being on top of the actual residence itself , being on top of the actual residence itself, again, being on top of the actual residence itself , again, falls residence itself, again, falls into this very foggy, very ambiguous law that we have in this country on trespass. So this country on trespass. So theres a very good chance theyll probably be released with caution once theyve eventually been taken off the building. Certainly there building. But certainly there are health and safety implications. Police simply are health and safety impli drag1s. Police simply are health and safety impli drag them police simply are health and safety impli drag them offylice simply are health and safety impli drag them off the simply are health and safety impli drag them off the simofy cant drag them off the top of the building. They could be there certainly the rest of there certainly for the rest of today, few days. Today, if not for a few days. And weve this before and weve seen this before with other fathers for other groups like fathers for justice, climbed either justice, whove climbed either on the outside buckingham on the outside of Buckingham Palace cranes and palace or up large cranes and caused amounts of publicity caused huge amounts of publicity for their cause, but also huge amounts of disruption. In this instance, probably very little disruption. It is embarrassing. Okay. Thank you so much, okay. Thank you so much, security expert will geddes here. There. Youve been getting in touch here. Russell from great the Great Yarmouth said the greenpeace have greenpeace protesters have a right protest it. Of course. Right to protest it. Of course. However, they broke well , they however, they broke well, they said broke into a private said they broke into a private house causing damage. House and are causing damage. Well, said, they didnt well, as will said, they didnt break the house. Break into the house. They probably damage break into the house. They probthey damage break into the house. They probthey should damage break into the house. They probthey should be damage break into the house. They probthey should be arrested,mage and they should be arrested, says prosecuted. Says russell, and prosecuted. In addition , this is the prime addition, this is the Prime Minister, like him or not, where the security people and gary agrees. He no agrees. He what you he says no matter what you think or his policies, think of him or his policies, this 100 out of order. And this is 100 out of order. And surely this have crossed surely this must have crossed some law trespassing some criminal law trespassing for one on private property. I for one on private property. I think thats what really sticks it. Its not government property. Its private property. Yeah. Yeah. Okay. So weve been talking about but the about it this morning, but the bank poised bank of england is poised to raise rates the raise Interest Rates for the 14th consecutive today at 14th consecutive time today at midday tries to take midday as it tries to take back control of inflation. But how can people afford control of inflation. Blmassivein people afford control of inflation. Blmassive rate ople afford control of inflation. Blmassive rate rises . Fford control of inflation. Blmassive rate rises . Well, these massive rate rises . Well, mortgage costs are soaring and putting people into financial difficulty. Our yorkshire reporter anna riley is in bradford for us and anna, i suppose im sorry to do this, but first of all, you are our yorkshire reporter. But first of all, you are our yorkshire reporter. How do you feel safe in yorkshire. Do you feel safe in yorkshire. Do you feel that the police are there to protect you , given that the to protect you, given that the Prime Ministers home . Is there for the most part , yeah. For the most part, yeah. For the most part. I suppose it depends. Like any place in the country, doesnt it . Theres certain safer spots than than others. Places where you do feel others. Places where you do feel safe , but places where maybe on safe, but places where maybe on a dark night you wouldnt walk safe, but places where maybe on a darialone. You wouldnt walk safe, but places where maybe on a darialone. But wouldnt walk safe, but places where maybe on a darialone. But certainly walk safe, but places where maybe on a darialone. But certainly with there alone. But certainly with some of the crime figures that weve seen recently, ill be doing a story tomorrow, actually, about burglary, about burglary and that not being solved. So, yes, fingers solved. So, yes, fingers crossed, will be safe in yorkshire. But yes, here, this morning, im at christians against poverty. Its a charity thats dedicated to help people with debt relief and help people that are struggling with the cost of living. Of course, with the Interest Rate at currently at 5, thats been the highest rate in 15 years. So a rise again, is certainly to going impact people that are facing debt or problems with the cost of living. Now im joined by of living. Now im joined by lynn weston. She is the director lynn weston. She is the director of church engage here at christians against poverty. Christians against poverty. Lynn, what would another Interest Rate rise do for people that are already struggling with the cost of living . Well, our clients are already struggling with debt with their already with prices soaring over the last year of being in the midst of the cost of living crisis, things are already really difficult for people who have got debt problems and even for who do have for people who do not have really go up. What really seen those go up. What this means is that people just cant afford the basics in like rent, mortgage, food , food, just rent, mortgage, food, food, just the basics to get by is a real struggle. And we just cant even struggle. And we just cant even get the basic budgets to meet. So this is going to cause even more anxiety amongst our clients. And were seeing a real increase in people who are having thoughts of suicide. 50 having thoughts of suicide. 50 of our clients are saying they dont see another way out. So its heartbreaking to see whats happening at the moment. It really is. And youre and it really is. And youre obviously your here obviously doing your best here as can see people as a charity. We can see people behind calls from behind us answering calls from people provide people, but you also provide face Face Services in face to Face Services in churches well. What are churches as well. What are people telling you . Youve obviously just mentioned Mental Health struggles. There weve seen a massive increase in Mental Health struggles and the vulnerability of our clients and a real sense of feeling isolated. And so the services we isolated. And so the services we offer and i think the face to face element is such an important bit that have got important bit that we have got people churches will people in churches who will go out and people be with out and see people and be with them give them a real sense them and give them a real sense of, this alone. Of, youre not in this alone. There help here can there is help here and we can help through process. Help you through this process. And we hear of and the stories we hear of clients who just feel weight clients who just feel the weight of lifted off them of the world lifted off them when they know they can walk. This somebody makes this journey with somebody makes such difference. This journey with somebody makes suc thankference. Much, this journey with somebody makes sucthankference. Much, lynn. So, thank you so much, lynn. So, yes , if you are or yes, if you are watching or listening and struggling with debt, and especially feeling worried about this Interest Rate rise are charities rise, there are charities out there this one, like there like this one, like christians against poverty to help yeah help with debt. Yeah okay. Thank you very much. Anna. Anna riley there in yorkshire. And no doubt shell be hotfooting to the be hotfooting it over to the Prime Ministers home of richmond now. So get us the very latest there. Yes really concerning no, really, really concerning story, but go story, of course. But lets go to the big concerning to the other big concerning story. Well, suppose it all it story. Well, i suppose it all it all in together. All does tie in together. Were delighted now in delighted to be joined now in the studio by the former adviser to the bank england, to the bank of england, roger gall, roger, i suppose we gall, and roger, i suppose we were at the start of the hour looking at protesters attacking the home of the Prime Minister. But today , of course, the bank but today, of course, the bank of england is going to announce this potential Interest Rate rise should protesters not be going after the bank of england governor instead . Absolutely i mean, he has a one track mind. I mean , the man has got mind. I mean, the man has got a solution in search of a problem. Its a good thing he wasnt in charge of covid because if hed seen an unconscious body by the riverside , he would have raised riverside, he would have raised its Interest Rates. Its all he its Interest Rates. Its all he knows. So many people. Ive been at this 14 months saying the three things. Number one, we have whats called cost push inflation. Its not driven by consumer demand. Were not spending. This is food and spending. This is food and Energy Prices that we cant control. Raising Interest Rates and making money more expensive for people doesnt stop spending when theyre not spending. It doesnt bring down inflation when cost push inflation comes down by itself, just as were seeing with food and energy right now, its historic all the way back to wheat starting to grow again in ancient biblical egypt. Its history next year itll be 3 and it will have ruddy nothing thing to do with sunak , hunt, bailey or anybody sunak, hunt, bailey or anybody else, although of course theyll all claim credit for it. But its interesting what you say there, roger, about the fact that you know, what tom was saying about why arent people protesting feel strongly protesting people feel strongly enough go and that to the enough to go and do that to the prime home. And yet Prime Ministers home. And yet there people will there will be people who will have give up their come have to give up their homes come this winter because the Mortgage Rates huge and yet you rates are so huge and yet you dont feel that theres the anger why . Anger in the public. Why . Question , because oil , great question, because oil, every time you put your hand in your pocket at the petrol pump, your pocket at the petrol pump, you feel it. Yeah. If this was football , people would be out in football, people would be out in the streets. This stuff, Interest Rate drive , my Interest Rate drive, my economics, all the buzz words and all the mystique in the arcane nonsense they all put around this stuff makes people, you know, i mean, theyre just not interested. But people dont. And its always that way, except this time they dont understand. Theyre going to get home open an envelope, and their mortgage is to going shoot up yet 14th time. So three yet again. 14th time. So three points. Number one, this isnt the kind of inflation that was ever going solved by ever going to be solved by raising rates. Number raising Interest Rates. Number two, do they have called in ben bernanke, the former head of the Federal Reserve of america, to come in and check the forecasts of bailey and his associates . Of bailey and his associates . Its miserable. Its wrong all the time. They have made so many mistakes. But i mean , why do we mistakes. But i mean, why do we need to call in . As somebody said to me, a ruddy yank, to come in and check this. Okay. Weve got andy haldane, the former economy list of the bank of england sitting right here. Oh wait a minute. He doesnt agree with raising Interest Rates or printing money. Quantitative easing, the way bernanke does. Bernanke and bernanke does. Bernanke and bailey are blood brothers, so theyve brought in this apparently great figure who is as criticised for being slow to act and not saying things. Bernanke is criticised by no less than the New York Times for forgetting small things like not noticing the world financial crisis, stroke credit crunch ten years ago for quantitative easing, which is whats caused a large part of inflation. So theyre bringing in this completely wrong foreign guy to back up bailey and the people go , oh, all right, fine. You know, thats why they dont object. That speaks of but that very much speaks of a sort of a global view as well, doesnt it , a sort of a global view as well, doesnt it, in terms of fixing the british economy, like you say, why are they going to america . Here. Picked america . Hes here. Hes picked the going tell america . Hes here. Hes picked the what going tell america . Hes here. Hes picked the what he going tell america . Hes here. Hes picked the what he wants ing tell america . Hes here. Hes picked the what he wants tog tell america . Hes here. Hes picked the what he wants to hear. All effectively. Going pick the person hes going to pick the person whos going to rubber what whos going to rubber stamp what hes is hes doing in america is completely different. Two reasons. One, they have their own supply. Putin own energy supply. No putin manipulated price, manipulated the gas price, electricity, blah, blah, blah. Electricity, blah, blah, blah. Number whats number two, they have whats called demand pull inflation. They have people spending. Theres 1. 7 trillion hidden in mattresses from the pandemic that people are spending and low inflation. Well , their inflation has well, their inflation has more than halved. More than halved. Exactly. Its 3. It works there. So but even if bailey is going to slavishly follow america, guys , they didnt raise america, guys, they didnt raise the rate last time. So why is he going to do it today . Its just insane. Okay all right, roger. Well, thank you so much. Now, still to come, you so much. Now, still to come, british rowing is going to ban Transgender Athletes from competing in womens events. Competing in womens events. Yes, well be tracing that just guy good morning. Its 1125 guy good morning. Its1125 and youre with britains newsroom on gb news. With me tom harwood and bev turner. So british rowing is the latest sport to abandon its controversial policy on Transgender Athletes today, restricting the womens category solely to those who are born biologically female. Biologically female. Now transgender, Transgender Athletes are currently able to compete in britains elite female rowing races only under certain circumstances. But this change would get rid of those exceptions. Thats right. So alex storey is a former olympic rower and Peter Tatchell is an lgbtq activist. Good morning to you activist. Good morning to you both. Alex, let me come to you first. As the former International Rower, do you think this is the right decision . I imagine maybe your answer possibly might be different to a female rower, maybe. Maybe. No, not unless a girl wants to compete with me on a wig with a wig. I mean, its an insane proposition. It should never have been discussed. And i. Have been discussed. And i. I want to get my money back for the time wasted. Talking about this ludicrous topic, which verges on insanity. I have this ludicrous topic, which verges on insanity. I have two verges on insanity. I have two daughters, and im delighted that they will not have to compete with the likes of me. I mean, my daughters will be five foot on average. Six foot ten on average. Im six foot ten on average. Im six foot eight insane that foot eight and its insane that we ever got so far as to even consider girls rowing against men in the name of fairness. So men in the name of fairness. So its a step in the right direction. I think that theres a theres a wider story, though, which is that the ioc is very keen to bring open categories at the Olympic Games in order to reduce the number of rowers competing because we take too much space and we dont bring enough revenue. Enough revenue. And peter, if i can come to you, this is a triumph of common sense. Surely we well, fairness in sport is absolutely paramount. You know , its absolutely you know, its absolutely important that there is fairness in sport. But we also have to balance that against fairness towards trans athletes as well. Towards trans athletes as well. Now, i accept that many trans athletes may may have an advantage and that would be wrong. But i dont think we should generalise about trans athletes because they come in all shapes and sizes , different all shapes and sizes, different weakness, different strength. So weakness, different strength. So for example, you know , not all for example, you know, not all trans athletes are six foot five tall and weigh £220. You know, i know a trans woman footballer who competes in her team. She is who competes in her team. She is the one of the smallest and weakest members of the team. You know, she there are other biological females who tower over her and are much stronger. So i would prefer individual assessment to assess each individual trans athlete on what potential advantages they have and if they do have unfair advantages, then of course they should not compete. But equally , we need to say that all all elite athletes tend to have advantages. So some may have bigger hearts and lungs , which bigger hearts and lungs, which gives them an advantage. And these may be biological, biological females with bigger hearts and lungs. They have a hearts and lungs. They have a clear advantage over other women athletes. But no one is athletes. But no one is proposing for them to be banned. And i just think that the policy is a bit unfair and a bit one sided. Alex story what do you say to that . Because there has been a lot of reporting this morning about this change, putting it in the same bracket, for example, as international swimming, which said that transgender women who had gone through male puberty werent allowed to compete. Werent allowed to compete. Thats slightly different to what rowing has said today , what rowing has said today, because this is just any trans people, no matter if they went through male puberty or not, no matter what their hormone levels are or what their height is or their muscle mass, just a just a complete ban is that anti individualist . Right. Anti individualist . Right. Well , the first thing id say well, the first thing id say is that peter owes me an enormous amount of money. Im on houday enormous amount of money. Im on holiday here and i have to discuss this insane topic, but ill forgive him this once the i think the broader topic is, is simply this in order to compete, you need honesty in sports. You need honesty in sports. Without honesty, there is there is there are no rules. There are no principles. In other words, you cannot build a sport based on deception. This idea that on deception. This idea that a trans woman is a woman is the beginning of the deconstruction of organised sport. A trans woman is a bloke in a wig pretending to be a woman and the equally a trans man is not a quy equally a trans man is not a guy. And we all know this. So the first thing you need to have in any sport is honesty and the core root of honesty is to see a guy and to see a girl and describe them as they are. Its not a subjective point of view. Not a subjective point of view. Its an objective statement of fact. Anybody who believes the opposite of that is selling you insanity and time wasting. Peter im 48. I have an enormous amount of stuff to do. If you keep wasting peoples time on this, there might not be as generous as me with forgiveness i Peter Tatchell, if youd like to respond as a campaigner for trans rights , well , just take trans rights, well, just take the example of trans men. This this ban would equally apply this this ban would equally apply to trans men. Yet according to british rowing , um, according to british rowing, um, trans men , men do not have an trans men, men do not have an advantage. In fact, they have advantage. In fact, they have a deficit. They are. They are deficit. They are. They are unable to compete on an equal bafis unable to compete on an equal basis because according to british rowing, they do not have the same advantages as biological males. So im just saying that there are some holes in this policy. And as i said , i in this policy. And as i said, i would like to see individual assessment , but theres nothing assessment, but theres nothing to prevent individual assessments. I accept that in most cases , as a male person who most cases, as a male person who has gone through puberty as a male will have an advantage in most cases. But we know that people come in all kinds of different biological makeups. You know, some men do not conform to the macho, strong muscle mass bone density, bone size of other men. And i just think that we shouldnt be lumping all trans people in the same category. There individuals. And theres no reason why we couldnt have individual assessments because that way we would ensure that the sport was fair. Okay. Thank you both. Peter tatchell, thank you. And alex story. Thank you for interrupting your holiday. We do appreciate it. A voice of reason there somewhere looking absolutely beautiful. So thank you, gentlemen. Right right now, moving on. Still to come, greenpeace has covered the Prime Ministers mansion in an oily back black fabric. Back black fabric. Yes, it begs the question just where was the security . So that and much, much more to come after this. After this. Good morning. Its 1132. After this. Good morning. Its1132. Im Rhiannon Jones in the newsroom. Protesters are gathering outside the bank of england ahead of an expected increase in its Interest Rate. The 14th month in a row is expected. Economists predict a 0. 25 percentage point rise, increasing the base rate to 5. 25. It would be the highest hike in 15 years. As the bank continues its battle to control the rising cost of living. Todays increase , expected at todays increase, expected at midday, would pile yet more pressure on borrowers as the Prime Minister says, he wont apologise for supporting new oil and Gas Exploration. Its after greenpeace activists scaled his yorkshire home, draping it in black fabric in protest of the policy. Rishi sunak granted more policy. Rishi sunak granted more than 100 new licences for extraction in the north sea. The campaigners say theyve taken action to drive home the dangerous consequences of the move. North Yorkshire Police has confirmed its officers are at the scene managing the situation in. The Prime Minister says the governments pay offer to doctors is fair and final. Writing in the daily express, rishi sunak says therell be no more talks on this years pay, calling the latest offer very generous. He called the nhs an institution the uks rightly proud of and praised healthcare staff across the country. Mr staff across the country. Mr sunakis staff across the country. Mr sunak is urging doctors to call off their strikes. Meanwhile, off their strikes. Meanwhile, gps in england will be able to order a host of checks directly to help speed up the diagnosis of a range of heart and respiratory conditions as doctors will be able to order checks for some conditions without needing to go via a specialist. Patients will instead receive a direct referral to hospital or community diagnostic centres. Up community diagnostic centres. Up to 1 Million People are expected to 1 Million People are expected to benefit from the new plans. To benefit from the new plans. And the science secretary has accused a labour mp of misleading the public after he shared a fake image of the Prime Minister. Mp for hull east karl turner posted a doctored picture showing rishi sunak at a beer festival with a badly pulled pint and a woman seemingly looking on disapprovingly. Looking on disapprovingly. Michelle donelan has described sharing the deepfake image pretty desperate stuff by labour. Mr turner later said he hadnt realised the image was a fake. Realised the image was a fake. And you can get more on all of those stories by visiting our website gbnews. Com. Direct website gb news. Com. Direct bullion website gbnews. Com. Direct bullion sponsors. The finance report on gb news for gold and silver investment. For gold and silver investment. Heres a quick snapshot of todays markets. The pound will buy you 1. 2652 and ,1. 1576. The price of gold is. £1,530. 25 per price of gold is. £1,530. 25 per ounce, and the ftse 100 is at 7503 points. Direct bullion sponsors the finance report on gb news for physical investment i it looks like things are heating up. Heating up. Boxed boilers, proud sponsors of weather on. Gb news. Of weather on. Gb news. Hello alex deakin here with your latest weather update from the met office for gb news. Not quite as wild as yesterday , but quite as wild as yesterday, but a cool cloudy day for most. A bit of sunshine here and there, but there are also a few showers around. This low brought the wet and weather yesterday. And windy weather yesterday. Its but is its clearing away, but it is allowing winds to come down allowing the winds to come down from north, bringing cool from the north, bringing a cool feel and quite a bit of cloud. Plenty of showers across the highlands Western Isles highlands and the Western Isles and a scattering of showers across and wales could across england and wales could see 1 or 2 ones. But many see 1 or 2 heavy ones. But many places be dry for most of places will be dry for most of the day and well see a little bit of sunshine here and there , bit of sunshine here and there, some brightness poking through, a sky. Could some brightness poking through, a temperatures sky. Could some brightness poking through, a temperatures inky. Could some brightness poking through, a temperatures in the zould see temperatures in the south east into the 20s, maybe 23 or 24, but mostly , again, 23 or 24, but mostly, again, were high teens , low 20s at were high teens, low 20s at best. And feeling cooler with that breeze continuing to bring outbreaks of rain across northern scotland and sprinkling of showers elsewhere could be 1 or 2 heavy ones over eastern parts through the evening and indeed overnight indeed continuing overnight elsewhere. Places will elsewhere. Most places will become dry. Well keep a fair bit of cloud around and temperatures mostly hold up temperatures will mostly hold up to 11 to 14 celsius. Friday again, dry and bright for the most part. But there will be some showers again, particularly over north east england initially and then moving south into parts of lincolnshire , east into parts of lincolnshire, east anglia and the south east, sprinkling of heavy afternoon showers, but further west, many places dry and a better chance of seeing some sunny spells, particularly in the afternoon for wales southwest england. For wales and southwest england. Again, teens again, temperatures high teens or low 20s goodbye. Or low 20s goodbye. Looks like things are heating up. Boxed boilers, proud up. Boxed boilers, proud sponsors of weather on. Gb news good morning. Its 1141 and good morning. Its1141 and youre good morning. Its 1141 and youre with britains newsroom here on gb news with me tom harwood and bev turner. So several labour mps, including a shadow minister, unwittingly, it seems, have been sharing a photoshopped image of the Prime Minister. Yes, for the benefit of those listening on the radio. Rishi sunak tweeted out a photo of himself pulling a pint with a barmaid stood behind him, but the doctored version of this picture shows the barmaid staring dismissed at him as if she was mocking him and also accentuates the head on the been i been ihave been i have to say, its a very, very realistic looking fake image, isnt it . Yeah, it is, of course. Unless you see them side by side. If you didnt know. I mean, thats the expression i want to pull. If i was behind rishi sunak, id rolling my eyes. I just think it looks really peculiar. Also the pint peculiar. And also the pint looked little computer looked a little bit Computer Generated geddes generated maybe, but will geddes is and joins is a tech journalist and joins us. Us now. Us now. Youve e youve seen a t e youve seen a lot of well, youve seen a lot of fake in your time. Was fake images in your time. Was this a good one . No, it wasnt. And i feel disappointed that the labour mp was foolish enough to post it. It was used to possibly accentuate their argument. The challenge we face, though, both of you, is that were seeing more and more images and content in this space. The very fact that earlier this year the vatican had to put out a statement saying that the pope does not wear balenciaga clothes , goes to tell you just how far this issue has gone. He was pictured in a really long one of those long iconic white jackets that balenciaga make. Make. And they had to say that he doesnt wear them. He obviously wears the clothes that pope wears the clothes that the pope wears. Going to see wears. So youre going to see more and more of this. And its not just to going be funny things like, you know, rishi with rishi sunak and somebody with a face doesnt look normal rishi sunak and somebody with a face them. Esnt look normal behind them. Hasnt been very the face hasnt been very well that person. Well focussed on that person. But going more and but were going to see more and more this it could get more of this and it could get more of this and it could get more more serious and could more and more serious and could be sorts of ways to be used in all sorts of ways to try and prove arguments in all kinds of different fashions. Am l, kinds of different fashions. Am i, to online here . To i, am i just to online here . To me looks like a really, me that looks like a really, really photoshopped really obviously photoshopped image i suppose people image, but i suppose most people dont time staring dont spend their time staring at images all day. So at computer images all day. So so perhaps im out of touch here, but. For carl here, but. But. But for carl turner , the labour mp, angela turner, the labour mp, angela eagle, the former labour leadership contender and labour mp and bill esterson, whos actually a shadow minister under keir starmer. Actually a shadow minister under keir starmer. Should these keir starmer. Should these people not be more careful about what theyre uncritically sharing , adding their own sharing, adding their own comments to putting out online . Do they not have an extra responsible duty here . I agree with you entirely and i should also say, you know, this is obviously examples where weve got labour politicians , but got labour politicians, but conservatives have been just as guilty. Guilty. I think what happens in some guilty. These1k what happens in some guilty. These situations ppens in some guilty. These situations is ens in some guilty. These situations is if|s in some guilty. These situations is if an1 some of these situations is if an image proves your argument, you let kind of reality let all kind of reality disappear. And currently you can look at these images and look for all errors that for all kinds of errors that that the image thats been the image thats been posted yesterday is a photoshopped image. Its not a deep fake image. Its not a deep fake image. Its not a deep fake image. It hasnt been generated by Artificial Intelligence. You by Artificial Intelligence. You can still find a number of errors in those Artificial Intelligence images that are generated as deepfakes. But its getting harder to getting harder and harder to detect. Whats now detect. And whats actually now happening is most of the Tech Companies are developing Artificial Intelligence tools to check what images have been deep faked. And this is why its going to get so challenging over the next few years for viewers and listeners to gb news is going to be when you were youngen going to be when you were younger, remember they used to say, you photos cant say, bev, you know, photos cant lie. They can. They very easily i yeah, exam yeah, very much so. Thank you. Will we all have to have our wits about us, dont we . Right back in the studio now, weve got Political Editor of the lister. Weve the express, sam lister. Weve got dawn neesom got our very own dawn neesom here. Also weve been joined here. And also weve been joined in white as in the studio by mark white as well, want to talk well, because we want to talk about situation about this situation in yorkshire. Prime yorkshire. Mark, with the Prime Ministers covered yorkshire. Mark, with the prime mithese s covered yorkshire. Mark, with the prime mithese blankets, covered yorkshire. Mark, with the prime mithese blankets, let covered yorkshire. Mark, with the prime mithese blankets, let mevered yorkshire. Mark, with the prime mithese blankets, let me tellj in these blankets, let me tell you some our viewers you what some of our viewers have wasnt it have been saying. Wasnt it yorkshire felt Yorkshire Police that felt no further should taken . Further action . Should be taken . With starmers with regards to starmers obvious with regards to starmers obv durham with regards to starmers ovaurham police, well done. Durham police, well done. Durham police, well done. Says maybe the last yvonne says maybe the last three made me three years have made me cynical. Really to cynical. But are we really to believe prime believe that the Prime Ministers has no security . Believe that the prime ibliveters has no security . Believe that the prime iblive ins has no security . Believe that the prime iblive in belfast. Has no security . Believe that the prime iblive in belfast. Has chiefcurity . I live in belfast. Our chief constable ranking constable and higher ranking politicians have security politicians all have security detail. Their homes are protected or protected either with cameras or security some sort. Security presence of some sort. I think stunt a lot of i think this stunt a lot of people getting into saying this was allowed to happen as there were as were some other were as were some of the other protests activists. Protests by climate activists. Now, why do people think like that . About trust, isnt it . Yeah, i mean, dont think yeah, i mean, i dont think nonh yeah, i mean, i dont think north Yorkshire Police deliberately allowed it to happen that sense, by happen in that sense, but by the very fact that they clearly do not have a presence there guarding this key building, not have a presence there guarding this key building , then guarding this key building, then these greenpeace protesters were able to get access to that Prime Ministerial home. Now, okay, people might argue, well, the pm is only there some of the time. Hes not there at the moment. Why does it require for any kind of security . I think its of security . I think its unthinkable that if you look to the United States as the president of the United States, any of the buildings that that president occupies that are connected to him, would not have a secret service detail. If you look even closer to home to the french president , all of the buildings associated with him are under guard as well. It is a are under guard as well. It is a metropolitan Police Responsibility when the Prime Minister and his family are in residence there, the parliamentary and diplomatic Protection Command would be up there. But when theyre not there, its north Yorkshire Police. Its their responsibility and it just, i think, beggars belief that there is no kind of security presence around. And this house what time around. And this house what time of the day it was, mark . I mean, its clearly daylight. Its not like they did it at 3 00 in the morning. Itsjust 3 00 in the morning. Its just a couple of hours ago that greenpeace got in there and up onto theyre and up onto the roof. Theyre still we still there as far as we understand, the police have turned up. They have put a what they call containment so they call a containment in. So basically are now present basically they are now present at scene in back front and at the scene in back front and sides of the building. But going up to remove them is always a tncky up to remove them is always a tricky exercise as and has a risk. So it was its normally a number of hours before the protesters once theyve made the point they want to make usually come down of their own volition. So when we watch that footage , theyve even got their own official photographer whos with them taking them leaping around, taking their photographs. This is very much theyve much a stunt that theyve been in of. And have been in control of. And have been broadcasting their social media feeds. Are they still broadcasting from the roof of the house . Do you know, mark . Not sure if theyre im not sure if theyre broadcast, certainly broadcast, but theyve certainly broadcast, but theyve certainly broadcast all of broadcast and put out all of their pictures. Theyre very switched course, theyre their pictures. Theyre very swi about course, theyre their pictures. Theyre very swi about getting ourse, theyre their pictures. Theyre very swi about getting ours maximum all about getting the maximum pubuchy all about getting the maximum publicity for the message that theyre trying to get across. Theyre trying to get across. This, of course, in response to the government granting these 100 oil and gas licences in the nonh 100 oil and gas licences in the north sea. Now weve had a reaction in from deputy Prime Minister oliver dowden. Hes just said , stop the stupid just said, stop the stupid stunts. Got to be careful how we stunts. Got to be careful how we say that. One. But thats all he said on that one. We dont know. The metropolitan police have reached out to they said they dont discuss this protective issues. So thats convenient. Can i just you would imagine that there has to be a review now, former former editor of a National Newspaper , dawn, National Newspaper, dawn, wheres the dilemma im sitting here with in my heart is how much publicity we give these people. People. And when have those and when you have those decisions goes decisions to make, what goes through terms of through your mind in terms of what you put on front page is this is very Important News story. I think theres a huge security issue here. The fact that it security issue here. The fact thatitis security issue here. The fact that it is the minister no that it is the Prime Minister no matter what you think of his politics, prime politics, it is the Prime Minister. Yeah, this would be politics, it is the prime m i listen yeah, this would be politics, it is the prime mi was. Yeah, this would be politics, it is the prime mi was editing|h, this would be politics, it is the prime mi was editing the his would be politics, it is the prime mi was editing the dailyyuld be politics, it is the prime mi was editing the daily starbe if i was editing the daily star still, which im not, by the way, i would consider this a splash. Mean, youre splash. I mean, yes, youre giving publicity, but is giving them publicity, but is there a thing as bad there such a thing as bad publicity . Because i think as we discussed earlier on, bev, its making a lot people angry , making a lot of people angry, you know, because all think, you know, because we all think, well, that was my house and, well, if that was my house and, you know, my kids bedroom, they were the window you know, my kids bedroom, they were bedroom, the window you know, my kids bedroom, they were bedroom, how the window you know, my kids bedroom, they were bedroom, how wouldindow you know, my kids bedroom, they were bedroom, how wouldinfeel to the bedroom, how would i feel . Well, its exactly . Well, its not exactly helping. Im quite environmentally friendly. I dont cycle everywhere. Dont drive. I cycle everywhere. Its helping the its not exactly helping the cause, is it . And thats the thing. Its making people thing. So its making people angry. And the that angry. So yes. And the fact that we sitting about it we are sitting talking about it and you are getting a very strong response from the viewers and it makes it and the listeners, it makes it a good news story. Course, sam, the so, yes, of course, sam, the prime is on holiday. Prime minister is on holiday. We be expecting some should we be expecting some words Prime Minister on words from the Prime Minister on this . Normally happens words from the Prime Minister on tiprime normally happens words from the Prime Minister on tiPrime Ministerally happens words from the Prime Minister on tiPrime Minister isy happens words from the Prime Minister on tiPrime Minister is away . Ans words from the Prime Minister on tiPrime Minister is away . But a Prime Minister is away . But something im not sure if theres any precedent for Something Like that. Anything i dont remember anything like happening while the like this happening while the Prime Ministers been away like this happening while the prime my sters been away like this happening while the prime my time; been away like this happening while the prime my time. Been away during my time. I mean, i would hope personally that he doesnt have to respond personally to this because i think important because i think its important that politicians do have a rest. He had a holiday for four he hasnt had a holiday for four years. Are years. I think people are running country. I think running the country. I think should be overtired. I think should not be overtired. I think its good to have a break. So i would that he is actually would hope that he is actually leaving people back leaving it to the people back here. We know, here. Obviously, as we know, oliver responded. Oliver dowden has responded. Theres also just quickly theres also i can just quickly read you a response from the former deputy chief constable, peter walker of north Yorkshire Police, who says this is a major failing and it grieves me to say this its former this because its my former force there to be force. There needs to be a significant investigation how force. There needs to be a sign has nt investigation how force. There needs to be a signhas happened. Ation how force. There needs to be a signhas happened. Iion how force. There needs to be a sign has happened. I suspect w this has happened. I suspect what has happened is that people have done their job in an have not done theirjob in an operational sense, which is quite operational sense, which is quium, would that um, that would imply that someone should have been stationed and the decision stationed there and the decision was they sort of was made that they can sort of leave their post. Well , i leave their post. Well, i mean, take what you want from statement, want from his statement, i guess, but is the guess, but that is the implication, isnt it . Ask you, mark, is can i just ask you, mark, is this a criminal offence . I mean, have they committed i mean, im a to the law of a bit confused as to the law of trespass. It a criminal trespass. Is it a criminal act or not . Yeah. Trespass. Is it a criminal act or rlyt . Yeah. Trespass. Is it a criminal act or h mean, yeah. Trespass. Is it a criminal act or h mean, theres certainly i mean, theres certainly trespass the private property, so. Would that so. Yeah, i would imagine that there level criminal there is a lower level criminal offence. Thats committed, offence. Thats been committed, but its , its more the but i think its, its more the concern whether a security concern over whether a Security Breach at what is a sensitive property because it is owned by, by the Prime Minister of our country. And i think that theres no threat to life here. These are eco active estates. There is no one in terms of the Prime Minister or his family in residence at the moment. But there is the wider security issue surrounding people having access to a home of the leader of this country and, you know, people that maybe have more nefarious intent , actions, you nefarious intent, actions, you know , state actors or anyone know, state actors or anyone else that might want to get access to that home to do whatever. So is it listening devices or whatever device . Thats what i was thinking. Thats what i was thinking. Yeah, exactly. Yes. Yes. To say that if this were the United States of america and these were people trying to scale bidens theyd scale joe bidens home, theyd be shot. Be shot. Yes. Its necessarily yes. Its not necessarily acas, but its a nice reminder that thats not a country i want to live in. Even though you look like want like you might want to. Actually, what tom, because actually, what im thinking about this is as the gone on, weve the morning has gone on, weve been discussing it. Im going to make popular. Make myself very popular. I think something quite think theres something quite charming about the fact he think theres something quite chara ing about the fact he think theres something quite chara house out the fact he think theres something quite chara house that he fact he think theres something quite chara house that everybody he think theres something quite chara house that Everybody Knows has a house that Everybody Knows where just where it is, and you can just walk know that might walk up to it. I know that might make horribly naive, make me sound horribly naive, but as ive said before, dont but as ive said before, i dont want politicians to live in want our politicians to live in gated want our politicians to live in gat true. It does look a true. And it does look like a community, doesnt it . There are the farms around it. Community, doesnt it . There are timean, farms around it. Community, doesnt it . There are timean, what farms around it. Community, doesnt it . There are timean, what annoys. Around it. Community, doesnt it . There are timean, what annoys me und it. Community, doesnt it . There are timean, what annoys me going. I mean, what annoys me going back was talking about back to what i was talking about just is the fact that, you just now is the fact that, you know, this is a criminal offence and eco commit and whenever eco warriors commit criminal offences, whether its glueing themselves to thing or walking of traffic, walking in front of traffic, which offence as which is a criminal offence as well, police let them well, now the police let them get on with it and if any of us, you know, put a toe wrong. Yeah, you know, put a toe wrong. Yeah, you least you know, at the very least were of like heavily fined were sort of like heavily fined for absolutely. Were sort of like heavily fined for absjustely. Pointing out its just worth pointing out as well the flip side of how nice to be nice it might be to be accessible politicians , accessible to our politicians, which risk too. Weve which is the risk too. Weve seen with david amess and other politicians in their constituency right. Constituency right. All of you. Dawn, sam, mark, thank you so much. Weve come to the end of the week. Its been lovely having you here with me this week. Well do come back again soon, wont you . And tom is, course, in slot is, of course, here in this slot every morning as well. Every friday morning as well. Coming its a live desk coming up next, its a live desk with longhurst pip with Mark Longhurst and pip tomson interest decision tomson Interest Rate decision moments. Moments away. Looks like things are heating up. Boxed boilers are proud sponsors of weather on gb news hello there and Greg Dewhurst and welcome to your latest gb news weather forecast. A brighter day overall. There will still be some heavy showers around, but with some sunny spells it should just feel a touch than it has done of touch warmer than it has done of late this morning. The best of the sunshine across central southern parts, but generally quite a picture. Quite a cloudy picture. A northerly breeze bringing some patchy showery rain across northern western areas. And northern and western areas. And then the afternoon, then through into the afternoon, well see an increase in risk of some showers developing. Few some showers developing. A few of heavy, perhaps of these could be heavy, perhaps thundery but there thundery at times, but there will sunny spells, some will be some sunny spells, some places staying dry , particularly places staying dry, particularly towards south east towards the east and south east of. Here, of england. And here, temperatures reaching 22 or 23 celsius, just a little cooler around the north and the west with that northerly breeze into the evening showers still the evening time. Showers still the evening time. Showers still the risk of some heavy ones across eastern areas, but starting become drier from starting to become drier from the west with some clear spells overnight, two showers during the hours , generally on the early hours, generally on the early hours, generally on the light side, but still feeding in across eastern areas and temperatures for most double figures again, 13 to 15 figures once again, 13 to 15 celsius to take us into friday morning. So we do have some early sunshine across western parts of the uk. First thing, cloudier further east, the risk of few showers and thats of a few showers and thats generally how it stays through the friday. Best the the day on friday. Best of the sunny weather sunny spells and dry weather across western parts of the uk. Further east, an increasing risk of some afternoon showers. Some of some afternoon showers. Some of some afternoon showers. Some of be heavy at times of these could be heavy at times and then signs of rain coming in by end the day across the by the end of the day across the far west behind me there, temperatures are generally similar, reaching the high teens to low 20s. To low 20s. Looks like things are heating up. Boxed boilers proud sponsors up. Boxed boilers proud sponsors of weather on. Gb news away. Hello and welcome to the live desk here on gb news. With 12 noon fast approaching high noon indeed for the bank of england and its decision on Interest Rates, it is widely expected that the Monetary Policy committee will raise the base rate by another quarter of a to 5. 25, the last time we saw that figure was april 2008. That figure was april 2008. Well, throughout the programme, were going to bring you the latest reaction from across the country and discussing what it means and could we be means for you and could we be seeing more Interest Rate rises in the pipeline . Lets cross now to economics business to our economics and Business Editor liam, is at the bank editor liam, who is at the bank of england as well. Liam, as we should say, few protests, this should say, a few protests, this time the old lady of time joining the old lady of threadneedle street, indicating how contentious all how contentious this has all become. Become. Yeah, there were some protesters here earlier saying that the best way to tackle the cost of living crisis to lower inflation from 7. 9 where it currently is four times the bank of englands 2 target protesters saying that the best way to tackle that inflation isnt to raise Interest Rates any more. And i must say there are quite a few people, including myself , here in the including myself, here in the city of london, who agree with them, who think that given that weve had 13 successive Interest Rate rises since december 2021, that the bank of englands done enough. And with the uk economy now on a knife edge , you had 0 now on a knife edge, you had 0 growth in may. The best thing that bank of england can do now is hold fire to cool their boots and to just sit on the current Interest Rate of 5. So there has been some protest. Theres also not, i would say not a consensus here at all about what the bank of england should do. I think we may have a three way split on the Monetary Policy committee that does that mean . That that what does that mean . That means that them may vote means that some of them may vote to go from 5 to 5. 5. Some may vote to go 2 to 5. 25. And some of the nine economists on the Monetary Policy committee in the building behind me, theyre the bank of england, may even vote for to be on hold. I think for rates to be on hold. I think on balance , this mark and pip, on balance, this mark and pip, the most likely outcome in just a of minutes even less a couple of minutes or even less than that will be a quarter point rise to 5. 25. And if that does happen, if youve got