Warm anywhere today, however, warmer weather is on the way for wednesday and thursday. Join me wednesday and thursday. Join me later for a full forecast. Later for a full forecast. Good morning to you. Im stephen dixon. And im Ellie Costello and this is breakfast on gb news. Now. Do you wake up feeling at one with nature or are you irritated by the dawn. 7 because if youre by the dawn. 7 because if youre up at this time of day, you probably hear the dawn chorus. Does that drive you mad. 7 because it shouldnt. If it does, it shouldnt do because its in several the papers this several of the papers this morning. But research has found that places that dont have as much birdsong, people , al, are much birdsong, people, al, are more likely to be admitted to hospital with Mental Health problems. Really. 7 really. So its very really . Really. So its very good for you. The sound is good good for you. The sound is good for your Mental Health. It is actually good for reducing anxiety and mood disorders. So reducing anxiety and mood disorders. So listening to reducing anxiety and mood disorders. So listening to the disorders. So listening to the birds is good for the soul. We sort of knew it, but its now theyve proved it. I dont really like that soundin i dont really like that sound in the morning, though. What . Especially when youre trying to well , when what . Especially when youre trying to well, when im trying to sleep well, when im trying to sleep well, when im trying to sleep well, when im trying to have a lie in that is the most at most annoying sound. The birds. And you cant do anything about it either. No theyre just there. Youve just got to let it wash over you and know its doing good. Doing you some good. Yeah, thats probably what i need do. But when i am away need to do. But when i am away in the country, gone away for the weekend whatever, its the weekend or whatever, its the weekend or whatever, its the stillness. Yes. The the stillness. Yes. In the mornings. Nice. Mornings. Its quite nice. You dont in london really dont get that in london really dont get that in london really do oh no, i suppose not. Well, oh no, i suppose not. Well, i dont live in. Do you get lovely birdsong. Do you get lovely birdsong. I do. Weve got loads of birds in the garden so its. Its lovely. And it doesnt drive you mad . And it doesnt drive you mad . I love the birdsong. No, i love the birdsong. Maybe older thing, maybe its getting older thing, but love the birdsong. But i love the birdsong. It depends the yeah, well, it depends on the sound squawking less. Sound when its squawking less. So. Yeah so. Yeah magpies, itd be if its magpies, itd be a problem. Yeah that would be problem. On the theme of wildlife, theres a new study out today about foxes. Do you like foxes . I do like foxes. I do like foxes. Apparently urban foxes well, apparently urban foxes because, hear because, you know, you hear about foxes who are about those city foxes who are really they go through really bold and they go through the not scared the bins and theyre not scared of human beings anymore. Apparently research out apparently this new research out today says urban are today says that urban foxes are actually no cunning. Actually no more cunning. Theyre lazy. And theyre just a bit lazy. And thats why you see coming thats why you see them coming right up to humans up right up to humans or going up to look for food. To the bins to look for food. They want to scavenge for they dont want to scavenge for their food anymore. Theyre just lazy. Well, why not . Well, why not . Well, why not . If theyre not brave, theyre not brave cunning, theyre if theyre not brave, theyre not brave or cunning, theyre if theyre not brave, theyre not brave or cunning, just re if theyre not brave, theyre not brave or cunning, just lazy if theyre not brave, theyre noh, rave or cunning, just lazy if theyre not brave, theyre noh, and or cunning, just lazy if theyre not brave, theyre noh, and the unning, just lazy if theyre not brave, theyre noh, and the country just lazy if theyre not brave, theyre noh, and the country just lare. Oh, and the country foxes are a little bit cleverer or a bit more willing to hunt for their food. It would seem they have no choice. Well, yeah, thats true. Well, yeah, thats true. Thats true. Exactly. Mind you, urban foxes always look really skinny. Really skinny. Well, probably cant well, they probably cant find food. Find any food. Oh, its not right. Oh, no, its not right. Oh, no, its not right. I actually really like i actually do really like foxes. Theyre very foxes. I think theyre very cute. Thats probably cute. Sorry thats probably going really lots going to really annoy lots of you. Do youre city dwellers. Yeah. Yeah. And they can be a blight on lots of households, i think. Especially if you own chickens. But theyre very but i do think theyre very cute. Do you like i love cute. The fox do you like i love a fox. Would you feed a local fox if i had one to feed . All right, i would, yeah. All right, i would, yeah. I know lots of people that feed their their local foxes do get in touch on those stories or any of stories that were any of the stories that were talking about today. Vaiews gbnews. Com i expect youll have now, i expect youll have something say about this one. Something to say about this one. 20 migrants who were to be moved onto the bibby stockholm barge in portland have had those transfer years cancelled after lawyers from a Refugee Group claim they had Mental Health concerns and that some of them were scared of water. So in total , only 15 people so in total, only 15 people were moved onto the barge yesterday, even though it has a capacity of 500. So the government is still housing over 50,000 migrants in Hotels Across the country at the cost of £2. 2 billion a year, which is triple what it spends on homelessness. What it spends on homelessness. Well, our reporter jeff moody is in portland and hes asked some young people there what they think about it all. No fear. Refugees are welcome here. Anyone doesnt agree . Anyone doesnt agree . Anyone doesnt agree . I dont agree with it. I dont agree with it. What dont you agree with them all coming here . Its about a bunch of random men coming here. Its putting us in risk and its putting our island in risk. Why are there no women coming here . And why is there no. Why is there no. Wheres the kids if theyre if theyre getting kicked out of their country, why arent kids and getting kicked and women also getting kicked out . Is it all men . Out . And why is it all men . Yeah, well, different people, like agree, some like some people agree, some people dont. Its like a massive split. And were going to go in earlier because to have to go in earlier because our parents going to be our parents are going to be worried for us and theyre to going make just been going make us. Weve just been allowed till 10 00 now. Its allowed out till 10 00 now. Its going to be half nine again. Well bosher a reporter well stefan bosher is a reporter for politico and he joins us in the studio this morning. Good to see you. Good really good to see you. Good morning to you. So what do you morning to you. So what do you make then . Just 15 make of this then . Just 15 asylum actually making Asylum Seekers actually making it bibby stockholm it onto the bibby stockholm yesterday , after yesterday after delay, after delay i know its delay after delay. I know its becoming ever more farcical. The governments attempt to try house the 50,000, the try to house the 50,000, the 50,000 people who are on the backlog the who are backlog at the moment, who are needing to be processed in this country, people who have, you know, asylum. Have know, seeking asylum. But have come boats on the come here through boats on the channel. And it seems that this latest scheme try to get latest scheme to try to get people on barges house people people on barges to house people on barges, a time is on barges, 500 at a time is going at a snails pace, only 15 a day. So, i mean, at this rate, i think that theyre not going to very it really to get very far. And it really does show the problem. The government trying find government has in trying to find places to actually house these people. Mean, and it is one people. I mean, and it is one that really does blow both parties because have parties because labour have also said would barges said that they would use barges in i think in government. So i think theres lack ideas all theres a lack of ideas on all fronts at moment. Fronts at the moment. Well, i mean, but were well, look, i mean, but were now in this farcical situation. I mean thankfully Suella Braverman going to braverman says shes going to crack lawyers are crack down on lawyers who are sort bending rules, sort of bending the rules, breaking really to try breaking the rules really to try and all work. And she and make all this work. And she says as as we hear that says that as as we hear that some of these migrants or Asylum Seekers havent gone on to the barge because despite the fact they crossed the channel to get here, theyre afraid of water. Yeah, thats right. And that was reason 20 people was the reason why 20 people didnt get on to the barge yesterday. There was expected 35. Only 15 many claims 35. Only 15 went on many claims at the last minute from lawyers saying that they they have fears and psychological issues going on. Water after coming across on channel boats and it is you know , another example of some lawyers trying to disrupt the process for whatever reason. I mean, there was a recent daily mail expose showing that some lawyers. 0ne lawyer in particular was caught in a sting and advising clients to lie, basically to extend their asylum claims. So the government is now coming out with ways to try to crack down on these sort of practises and, you know, one of the political sort of advantages is you know, potential is that, you know, potential advantages is theyre trying to tie the labour party and to keir starmer with this, he has a background in human rights law and think that people will and they think that people will not it he is teamed with not like it if he is teamed with these sort of practises weve just touched i mean, weve just touched there the Charity Groups and there on the Charity Groups and there on the Charity Groups and the lawyers are supporting there on the Charity Groups and the lavipeople are supporting there on the Charity Groups and the lavipeople whoa supporting there on the Charity Groups and the lavi people who wont orting there on the Charity Groups and the lavi people who wont be ng the 20 people who wont be joining the bibby stockholm just yet. Them have a fear of yet. Some of them have a fear of water. Do you think this could turn into another messy legal battle where we see the back and forth lawyers, the forth between the lawyers, the Charity Groups and the home office . I mean, weve seen it before, rwanda, when before, havent we . Rwanda, when the was actually on the the plane was actually on the runway at one point . Thats and we still thats right. And we still havent any flights havent had any flights to rwanda. Probably wont at rwanda. And we probably wont at this the next election this point for the next election because it is up in the because it is caught up in the courts. I think absolutely thats happen thats what will happen here. And the government and i think that the government can use it to a political advantage to the next advantage and go to the next election say, weve tried to election to say, weve tried to do things, were being do all these things, were being disrupted know, their disrupted by, you know, their words they were words that they say that were being by a cabal of being disrupted by a cabal of lefty by labour lefty lawyers, by the labour party and other campaigners. Party and by other campaigners. Let on with the job and, let us get on with the job and, you know, actually solve this problem 10,000 people coming problem of 10,000 people coming here boat. But at the here a year by boat. But at the moment, the actual willing to supply Practical Solutions is lacking. Lacking. So were in this situation where obviously were trying to rehouse these people on a barge , but none of this is actually going to stop, is stopping the people getting here in the first place. I mean, we need a double edged approach, dont we . We do. And the government have put a lot more money to in trying to enforce boats coming across with the french government. And i think that that is the key. The key thing, its going more key thing, its going to be more engagement french engagement with our french partners, more engagement with the to stop the people the eu to try to stop the people smugglers letting these boats come first place, because come in the first place, because at moment it seems like at the moment it seems like a trade thats been very, very much going without any sort of repercussions in france or or if there is , then there is really there is, then there is really not enough to stop these massive amounts of people coming over by boat. And its were seeing, you know, more stories of people being turned back by people smugglers people smugglers smugglers or people smugglers who to people who are willing to throw people off boats. So i think that law off boats. So i think that Law Enforcement certainly needed. Yeah. Whats your reaction on to those boxes . We just heard there from jeff moody speaking to young people in portland, those teenagers ears seem to divide that group, some of them saying refugees are welcome. And then refugees are welcome. And then there a young there there was a young girl there saying she doesnt understand why men, why theres why its just men, why theres no children first. No women and children first. Sorry about to say its a different mean, different story. Look, i mean, kids , i think for these sort of kids, i think for these sort of things often pick up opinions from their and i think from their parents. And i think im these communities, im sure in these communities, opinion very divided. I think opinion is very divided. I think we the whole range of we have the whole range of opinion. Person, opinion. 0ne people, one person, young theyre welcome young man saying theyre welcome here, another person saying theyre worried. Theyre quite worried. The fact that theyre all coming. And that theyre all men coming. And the that is, is because the reason that is, is because it predominantly who do it is predominantly men who do come these voyages come over on these awful voyages because, of them because, you know, many of them either for economic reasons or for genuine refugee reasons, are trying to find a better life for them their families. So that them and their families. So that is also obviously a concern for people in the in the area in terms of women and their safety. I and not to say i mean, and thats not to say that, know, because theyre that, you know, because theyre migrants, any less safe. Migrants, theyre any less safe. But i think the idea of a lot of young men coming over and having that people young men coming over and having that not people young men coming over and having that not feel people young men coming over and having that not feel the people young men coming over and having that not feel the safest. People may not feel the safest. Why that were still why is it that were still not a point where we can not at a point where we can process . I know weve got a lot more people coming in than weve had previously, we had previously, but why are we not processing a lot not processing this a lot faster . Think its the faster . I think its just the sheer amount numbers and the sheer amount of numbers and the cost take to process cost it would take to process them at rate. Them at such a rate. I mean, im from australia where we had similar a similar political battles Many Political battles over many years amount of people political battles over many year came amount of people political battles over many year came over|mount of people political battles over many year came over by unt of people political battles over many year came over by boatf people political battles over many year came over by boat was ople who came over by boat was a fraction compared to the uk seeing. And were seeing, you know, a year. Know, tens of thousands a year. And a time where the and at a time where the government trying to have government is trying to have a penod government is trying to have a period Fiscal Consolidation period of Fiscal Consolidation and less on government and spend less on government outlays, know, it is a very outlays, you know, it is a very difficult thing to do. Okay. Stefan good to okay. Stefan bosher, good to see this morning. Thanks see you this morning. Thanks very much indeed. You very much. Now, thank you very much. For now, unless youve been living under thank you very much. For now, unless itsve been living under thank you very much. For now, unless its beeneen living under thank you very much. For now, unless its been veryving under thank you very much. For now, unless its been very wet,under a rock, its been very wet, hasnt 0h, awful. Its been hasnt it . Oh, awful. Its been very miserable. And the met office has recorded the sixth wettest july on record, which has left the nations farmers desperate for dry weather in order to harvest crops. Yet this time of the year is crucial for grain harvests, especially when the rising cost of electricity is making drying crops even more expensive. Well, our National ReporterTheo Chikomba has been to meet some farmers, hoping for dry weather sooner rather than later i after weeks of dry weather and high temperatures , heavy and high temperatures, heavy rain has been causing and high temperatures, heavy they grow year, theyve been grappling with contrasting conditions , a with contrasting conditions, a lack of rainfall. Last year and here we are, surplus of rainfall. All that is surplus of rainfall. All that is making a big implication to us in that the grain is or the grains are suffering with the amount of water is that its very soon going to be shooting in the air and starting to grow raining like it is at the moment. It will take two days dry, sunny weather before we will be dry enough so that we can harvest it. Well, according to the met office, the uk saw its wettest july since 2009 and they saw records of around 140. 1mm of rain. And this of course has rain. And this of course has cause